OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 16, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Robert Le Gall, O.S.B., abbot of the Monastery of Sainte-Anne de Kergonam, France, as bishop of Mende (area 5,180, population 73,500, Catholics 61,000, priests 162, permanent deacons 3, religious 251), France. He succeeds Bishop Paul Bertrand, 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 Saint Hilaire-du-Harcouet, France, in 1946, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1974.

- Appointed Fr. Jean-Claude Boulanger, of the clergy of the diocese of Arras, France, director of "Les Tourelles" House of Welcome in Condette, as coadjutor of Sees (area 6,103, population 292,337, Catholics 274,000, priests 210, permanent deacons 9, religious 375), France. The bishop-elect was born in Journy, France, in 1945, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1972.

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