OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 19, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Msgr. John Fleming of the clergy of Limerick, Ireland, former rector of the Pontifical Irish College in Rome, as bishop of Killala (area 3,754, population 38,001, Catholics 36,934, priests 57, permanent deacons 1, religious 83), Ireland. The bishop-elect was born in Ardpatrick, Ireland, in 1948 and ordained a priest in 1972. He succeeds Bishop Thomas Anthony Finnegan whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Fr. William C. Skurla, pastor of the church of St. Melania at Tucson, Arizona, as bishop of the eparchy of Van Nuys of the Ruthenians (Catholics 3,121, priests 28, permanent deacons 4, religious 12), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1987. He succeeds Bishop Martin George Kuzma whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same eparchy upon having reached the age limit was accepted in accordance with Canon 210, para, 2, of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches

- Appointed Fr. Karel Herbst S.D.B., pastor of Frystak in the archdiocese of Olomouc, Czech Republic, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Prague (area 8,990, population 2,140,000, Catholics 604,500, priests 338, permanent deacons 17, religious 520), Czech Republic. The bishop-elect was born in Prague in 1943 and ordained a priest 1973.

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