OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 18, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Msgr. Dominique Mamberti, nunciature counsellor, as apostolic nuncio in Sudan and apostolic delegate in Somalia, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Marrakesh, Morocco in 1952 and was ordained a priest in 1981.

- Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, apostolic nuncio in Slovenia and in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as apostolic nuncio in Republic of Macedonia.

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