OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 31, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Brian Finnigan, secretary general of the Australian Episcopal Conference, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Brisbane (area 65.000, population 2.555.100, Catholics 550.603, priests 260, permanent deacons 1, religious 1.038), Australia. The bishop elect was born in Port Fairy, Australia, in 1938 and ordained a priest in 1970.

- As members of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum": Fr. Vittorio Nozza, director of Italian Caritas; Kenneth F. Hackett, executive director of "Catholic Relief Services", U.S.A.; Ana Alvarez de Lara, president of "Manos Unidas", Spain; Terence Thompson of "Share Life", Canada.

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