OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 19, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Gerardo Antonio Zerdin Bukovec O.F.M., pastor of the mission of Atalaya, as coadjutor of the apostolic vicariate of San Ramon (area 80,000, population 450,000, Catholics 356,000, priests 17, religious 51), Peru. The bishop-elect was born in Lendava, Slovenia, in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1975.

- Fr. Jose Luis Escobar Alas, vicar general of San Vicente (area 2,044, population 478,060, Catholics 457,300, priests 43, religious 148), El Salvador, as auxiliary of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1982.

- Fr. Genesio Tarasco S.D.B., bursar of the Salesian Inspectorate of Turin, Italy, as bureau chief at the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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