OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

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

- Fr. Luis Antonio Nova Rocha of the diocese of Facatativa, Colombia, rector of the major seminary of that diocese, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Barranquilla (area 3,388, population 2,380,000, Catholics 1,930,000, priests 173, religious 133), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in Subachoque, Colombia, in 1943 and ordained a priest in 1968.

- Fr. Hector Cubillos Pena of the archdiocese of Bogota, Colombia, pastor of the parish of San Diego, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Bucaramanga (area 5,397, population 1,130,517, Catholics 1,104,214, priests 216, permanent deacons 10, 763), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in Bogota in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1974.

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