OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

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

- Msgr. Giovanni d'Aniello, nunciature counsellor in the service of the Holy See, as pontifical representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, elevating him at the same time to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Aversa, Italy, in 1955, and ordained to the priesthood in 1978.

- Bishop Robert William Muench of Covington, U.S.A., as bishop of Baton Rouge (area 14,583, population 809,998, Catholics 217,199, priests 141, permanent deacons 25, religious 175), U.S.A.

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