OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 15, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation to the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Taegu, Korea, presented by Bishop Alexander Sye Cheongduk in conformity with Canons 411 and 401, para 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Fr. Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B., up to now director of the Pontifical Missionary Works in Austria, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Wien (Vienna: area 9,000, population 2,320,000, Catholics 1,404,720, priests 1,170, religious 2,546, permanent deacons 133), Austria. The bishop-elect was born in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1940 and was ordained a priest in 1964.

- Appointed Msgr. Giovanni Angelo Becciu as apostolic nuncio in Angola and Sao Tome and Principe. The archbishop-elect was born in Sassari, Italy, in 1948 and was ordained a priest in 1972. Up to now he has been nunciature counsellor in the apostolic nunciature in the United States of America.

On Saturday, October 13, it was made public that the Holy Father appointed Fr. Franciscus Kopong Kung, pro-vicar general of Larantuka (area 4,024, population 230,000, Catholics 217,326, priests 93, religious 202), Indonesia, as coadjutor bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in 1950, and ordained to the priesthood in 1982.

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