OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 19, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D., of Nova Iguacu, as bishop of Governador Valadares (area 15,023, population 500,000, Catholics 415,000, priests 44, religious 45), Brazil.

- Fr. Elizeu de Morais Pimentel, rector and professor of the major seminary of the diocese of Jacarezinho, as coadjutor bishop of Paranavai (area 8,699, population 355,000, Catholics 302,000, priests 35, religious 75), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Quatigua, Brazil, in 1952, and ordained to the priesthood in 1982.

- Fr. Airton Jose dos Santos, pastor of the Cathedral of Santo Andre, Brazil, as auxiliary bishop of Santo Andre (area 720, population 2,800,000, Catholics 2,100,000, priests 118, permanent deacons 6, religious 238). The bishop-elect was born in Bom Repouso, Brazil, in 1956, and ordained to the priesthood in 1985.

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