OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 27, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Diego Rafael Padron Sanchez of Maturin, Venezuela, as metropolitan archbishop of Cumana (area 6,162, population 505,864, Catholics 480,000, priests 35, religious 53), Venezuela. The archbishop-elect was born in Montalban, Venezuela in 1939 and was ordained a priest in 1963.

- Appointed Bishop-Prelate Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martinez O.A.R., of Chota, Peru as bishop of Chachapoyas (area 21,659, population 281,000, Catholics 267,000, priests 22, religious 65), Peru.

- Appointed Fr. Jose Carmelo Martinez Lazaro O.A.R., superior of his community and vice-pastor of the parish "Santa Rita de Casia" in Lima, Peru as bishop-prelate of Chota (area 6,823, population 320,000, Catholics 310,000, priests 32, religious 30), Peru. The bishop-prelate-elect was born in Luezas, Spain in 1954 and was ordained a priest in 1980.

- Elevated the apostolic administration of Zakarpattia of the Latins, Ukraine to the diocese of Mukacheve of the Latins and appointed Bishop Antal Majnek O.F.M., apostolic administrator of the same ecclesiastical jurisdiction, as first bishop of the new diocese.

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