OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 22, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father gave his assent to the election to the dignity of bishop of Archpriest Kevork Khazoumian, patriarchal exarch of Jerusalem and Amman. The election was carried out canonically by the Synod of Bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church, meeting in Rome on October 15, 2001. The bishop-elect was born in Chiah, Lebanon, in 1935 and ordained a priest in 1960.

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