OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 5, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Msgr. Gerard Hanna, vicar general of Wagga Wagga (area 24,000, population 206,000, Catholics 62,000, priests 55, religious 131), Australia, as bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Armindale, Australia, in 1941 and ordained a priest in 1968. He succeeds Bishop William John Brennan whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Archbishop Marco Dino Brogi O.F.M., apostolic nuncio in Sudan and apostolic delegate in Somalia, as apostolic nuncio in the Arab Republic of Egypt.

- Appointed Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, apostolic nuncio in Senegal and apostolic delegate in Mauritania, as apostolic nuncio in Mali and Cape Verde.

- Appointed Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, apostolic nuncio in Papua New Guinea, as apostolic nuncio in the Solomon Islands.

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