OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 13, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Gabriele Mana, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Turin, Italy, pastor of Orbassano, as bishop of Biella (area 900, population 180,356, Catholics 180,000, priests 172, permanent deacons 28, religious 406), Italy. He succeeds Bishop Massimo Giustetti, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with the age limit. The bishop-elect was born in Marene, Italy, in 1943, and ordained to the priesthood in 1967.

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