OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 5, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed Msgr. Amandio Jose Tomas, of the diocesan clergy of Vila Real, Portugal, rector of the Pontifical Portuguese College in Rome, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Evora, (area 13,547, population 290,400, Catholics 246,325, priests 116, religious 295, permanent deacons 10), Portugal. The bishop-elect was born at Cimo da Vila da Castanheira, Portugal, in 1943 and was ordained a priest in 1967.

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