OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

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

- Appointed Bishop Anthony Meagher, auxiliary of Toronto, Canada, as metropolitan archbishop of Kingston (area 15,600, population 315,000, Catholics 102,650, priests 74, permanent deacons 11, religious 189), Canada. The archbishop-elect was born in Oshawa, Canada in 1940, was ordained a priest in 1972 and a bishop in 1997. The Pope accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese presented by Archbishop Francis John Spence, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Bishop Paul-Andre Durocher, auxiliary of Sault Sainte Marie, Canada, as bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall (area 1,290, population 87,388, Catholics 56,050, priests 43, permanent deacons 18, religious 78), Canada. He accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Eugene Philippe LaRocque, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Fr. Ronald P. Fabbro, C.S.B., superior general of the Congregation of Priests of St. Basil, as bishop of London (area 21,349, population 1,421,916, Catholics 455,013, priests 281, religious 521), Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Sudbury, Canada in 1950 and was ordained a priest in 1980. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop John Michael Sherlock, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Fr. Richard Smith, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Halifax, Canada and vicar general of the same archdiocese, as bishop of Pembroke (area 20,000, population 131,812, Catholics 65,896, priests 75, permanent deacons 7, religious 180), Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Halifax, Canada in 1959 and was ordained a priest in 1987.

- Appointed Bishop Richard Grecco, auxiliary of London, Canada, as auxiliary of Toronto, Canada.

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