OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 22, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Luis Antonio G. Tagle, of the clergy of the diocese of Imus, the Philippines, rector and professor of theology in the diocesan seminary, pastor of the cathedral, and member of the International Theological Commission, as bishop of Imus (area 1,287, population 2,104,501, Catholics 1,851,960, priests 191, religious 623). The bishop-elect was born in Manila in 1957, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. He succeeds Bishop Manuel C. Sobrevinas, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with the age limit.

- Conferred episcopal dignity to Fr. Edwin Angot de la Pena, prelate of the territorial prelature of Marawi, the Philippines. The bishop-elect was born in San Juan in 1954, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1981.

- Appointed Fr. Juan Florindo Agurto Munoz, O.S.M., pro-vicar general of the apostolic vicariate of Aysen, Chile, as coadjutor of San Carlos de Ancud (area 24,483, population 151,520, Catholics 118,100, priests 22, permanent deacons 5, religious 45), Chile. The bishop-elect was born in Santiago de Chile in 1959, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1986.

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