OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 15, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany, presented by Bishop Manfred Muller, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Bishop Peter Louis Caku, auxiliary of Kengtung (area 45,856, population 971,896, Catholics 54,326, priests 33, religious 113), Myanmar, as bishop of the same diocese. He succeeds Bishop Abraham Than whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in conformity with Canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Bishop Mario Joseph Conti of Aberdeen, Scotland, as metropolitan archbishop of Glasgow (area 1,165, population 900,000, Catholics 223,534, priests 245, religious 312), Scotland. The archbishop-elect was born in Elgin, Scotland, in 1934, ordained a priest in 1958 and consecrated bishop in 1977.

- Appointed Fr. Francis Daw Tang, pastor at Kamaing, Myanmar, as auxiliary of Myitkyina (area 78,000, population 1,600,000, Catholics 93,000, priests 41, religious 106), Myanmar. The bishop-elect was born in Maw Gun, Myanmar, in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1979.

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