VATICAN CITY, DEC 18, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilan Velazquez of Concepcion, as bishop of Coronel Oviedo (area 12,327, population 522,000, Catholics 430,000, priests 36, permanent deacons 2, religious 137), Paraguay.
- Fr. Joseph Anthony Zziwa, of the clergy of the diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda, vice-rector and professor of Church History at the National Seminary of Ggaba, as coadjutor bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana (area 11,965, population 677,000, Catholics 316,000, priests 77, religious 129). The bishop-elect was born in Mubende, Uganda, in 1956, and ordained to the priesthood in 1980.
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