OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 18, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Crisostomo A. Yalung, auxiliary of Manila, as bishop of Antipolo (area 1,859, population 2,890,520, Catholics 2,456,942, priests 119, religious 945), the Philippines. He succeeds Bishop Protacio G. Gungon, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Nereo P. Odchimar, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Manila, pastor of Most Holy Redeemer, Quezon City, Manila, as bishop of Tandag (area 4,861, population 460,270, Catholics 380,301, priests 34, religious 28), the Philippines. The bishop-elect was born in Bacuad, the Philippines, in 1940, and ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He succeeds Bishop Ireneo A. Amantillo, C.SS.R., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted in conformity with canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Bishop Jose de la Trinidad Valera Angulo, auxiliary of Caracas, as bishop of La Guaira (area 1,497, population 550,000, Catholics 500,000, priests 51, permanent deacons 2, religious 108), Venezuela. He succeeds Bishop Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in conformity with canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Fr. Luis Alfonso Marquez Molina, C.J.M., rector of the seminary of Calabozo, as auxiliary bishop of Merida (area 8,109, population 554,931, Catholics 543,487, priests 86, permanent deacons 2, religious 275), Venezuela. The bishop-elect was born in Tovar, Venezuela, in 1936, and ordained to the priesthood in 1962.

- Appointed as members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission: Frs. Olivier Artus, "Institut Catholique", Paris, France; Jean-Noel Aletti, S.J., Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome; Denis Farkasfalvy, O.Cist., University of Dallas, U.S.A.; Donald Senior, C.P., Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, U.S.A.; Clemens Stock, S.J., Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome; Cristoph Dohmen, University of Osnabruck, Germany; Ramon Trevijano Echeverria, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain; Miguel Antonio Barriola, of the archdiocese of Cordoba, Argentina; Ney Brasil Pereira, of the archdiocese of Florianopolis, Brazil; Regino Cortes, O.P., Philippine Dominican Center, Manila, the Philippines; Carlos Zesati Estrada, M.Sp.S., "Universidad Pontificia de Mexico," Mexico City, Mexico; Laurent Nare, BICAM, Nairobi, Kenya.

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