OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 12, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Zeno Hastenteufel, of the clergy of Porto Alegre, professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of the same archdiocese, as bishop of Frederico Westphalen (area 11,473, population 661,000, Catholics 550,000, priests 64, religious 164), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Linha Rodrigues da Rosa in 1946, and ordained to the priesthood in 1972. He succeeds Bishop Bruno Maldaner, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted in accordance with the age limit.

- Appointed as auxiliary bishops of Seoul (area 3,768, population 12,358, Catholics 1,299,904, priests 827, religious 2,904), Korea, Fr. Joseph Lee Han-Taek, S.J., president of Sogang University, in Seoul, and Fr. Andrew Yeom Soo-Jung, pastor at Mok-dong in the archdiocese of Seoul. They succeed Auxiliary Bishop Paul Kim Ok-kyun, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted in conformity with the age limit. Bishop-elect Lee Han-Taek, S.J., was born in Ansong in 1934, and ordained to the priesthood in 1971. Bishop-elect Yeom Soo-Jung was born in Ansong in 1943, and ordained to the priesthood in 1970.

- Erected the Apostolic Prefecture of Mongo (area 533,840, population 1,528,136, Catholics 3,796, priests 7, religious 13), Chad, with territory taken from the archdiocese of N'Djamena and the diocese of Sarh. He appointed Fr. Henry Coudray, S.J., episcopal vicar of the eastern sector of N'Djamena, as first apostolic prefect of Mongo.

- Appointed Fr. Fernando Antonio Brochini, C.S.S., provincial of the Sao Jose Brazilian province of the Congregation of the Most Holy Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus Christ, as coadjutor bishop of Jaboticabal (area 5,335, population 449,000, Catholics 404,000, priests 49, permanent deacons 1, religious 84), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Rio Claro, in 1946, and ordained to the priesthood in 1973.

- Appointed Fr. Dorick McGowan Wright, vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of Belize City-Belmopan (area 22,965, population 230,000, Catholics 132,940, priests 43, permanent deacons 1, religious 81), Belize, as auxiliary of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Belize City in 1945, and ordained to the priesthood in 1975.

- Appointed Fr. Donald George Sproxton, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Perth, Australia, pastor of Saint Gerard Majella's Parish in Mirrabooka, as auxiliary of Perth (area 427,377, population 1,383,507, Catholics 380,282, priests 251, permanent deacons 2, religious 861). The bishop-elect was born in Subiaco, Western Australia, in 1953, and ordained to the priesthood in 1977.

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