OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 10, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Mariano Jose Parra Sandoval of San Fernando de Apure, as bishop of Ciudad Guayana (area 53,596, population 850,000, Catholics 765,000, priests 36, permanent deacons 5, religious 118), Venezuela.

- Auxiliary Bishop Luis Gleisner Wobbe of Rancagua, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of La Serena (area 30,596, population 492,275, Catholics 284,517, priests 67, permanent deacons 49, religious 195), Chile.

- Bishop Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., of Valdivia, and Fr. Andres Arteaga Manieu, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile (area 9,132, population 5,083,704, Catholics 3,716,941, priests 825, permanent deacons 145, religious 3,377), Chile, vice-grand chancellor of the Catholic Pontifical University of Chile, as auxiliary bishops of Santiago de Chile. Bishop-elect Manieu was born in Santiago de Chile, in 1959, and ordained to the priesthood in 1986.

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JOHN PAUL II VACATIONS IN THE ITALIAN ALPS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 10, 2001 (VIS) - Pope John Paul has returned for the ninth time to Les Combes d'Introd, in the Valle d'Aosta region of northwestern Italy, to spend a brief vacation period in the midst of mountains which have been a part of his life since his childhood in Poland.

The villa where the Pope is staying was completed just before his sojourn there last summer. When he first saw the new house at that time, he had protested, asking "Was the villa made especially for me?" He was reassured that the house, owned by the Salesians, was put to good use throughout the year and, in fact, was used during the winter months as a ski stop.

The villa is a modified chalet-style, two-story building of stone and wood and is surrounded by a large garden and forest. Built at an altitude of 1,200 meters, it overlooks the celebrated Mont Blanc and other mountains on the Italian-French-Swiss borders.

The small papal apartment, and that of his secretary, are located on the first floor of the residence. The other guest rooms are on the ground floor and will be occupied by the three nuns who accompanied the Holy Father to Les Combes, as well as by his personal physician, the Pope's successor at the chair of ethics at the University of Lublin, Poland, and Holy See Press Office Director, Joaquin Navarro-Valls. Also on the ground floor is the kitchen and living room/dining room area.

Only one public event is on John Paul's schedule between now and his early evening departure for Rome on July 20. He will recite the angelus this coming Sunday in the presence of a number of faithful who live in or are visiting the area.

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IN MEMORIAM

VATICAN CITY, JUL 10, 2001 (VIS) - The following prelates have died in recent weeks:

- Cardinal Silvio Oddi, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Clergy, on June 29, at the age of 90.
- Cardinal Thomas Joseph Winning, archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, on June 17, at the age of 76.
- Archbishop Emeritus Jose Goncalves da Costa, C.SS.R., of Niteroi, Brasil, on June 19, at the age of 87.
- Bishop Victor Gil Lechoza of Minas, Uruguay, on June 21, at the age of 69.
- His Beatitude Maximos V Hakim, patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, on June 29, at the age of 93.
- Bishop Giulio Nicolini of Cremona, Italy, on June 26, at the age of 74.
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