OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 26, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Patrick Daniel Koroma, director of National Charities, as bishop of Kenema (area 15,710, population 1,000,000, Catholics 20,490, priests 18, religious 35), Sierra Leone. The bishop-elect was born in 1950 into a Muslim family and was ordained a priest in 1977. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop John C. O'Riordan C.S.Sp., upon having reached the age limit.

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