OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 21, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Jean-Pierre Cattenoz of the clergy of the archdiocese of Avignon, France as metropolitan archbishop of the same archdiocese (area 3,578, population 498,523, Catholics 350,000, priests 162, permanent deacons 19, religious 349). The archbishop-elect was born in Maxeville, France in 1945 and was ordained a priest in 1983. He succeeds Archbishop Raymond Bouchex whose resignation from the pastoral care the Holy Father accepted upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgrs. Guido Fiandino and Giacomo Lanzetti, vicars general of the archdiocese of Torino, Italy, as auxiliaries of the same archdiocese (area 3,350, population 2,143,843, Catholics 2,065,443, priests 1,483, permanent deacons 119, religious 5,312). Bishop-elect Fiandino was born in Savigliano, Italy in 1941 and was ordained a priest in 1964. Bishop-elect Lanzetti was born in Carmagnola, Italy in 1942 and ordained a priest in 1966.

- Appointed Msgr. Michael F. Burbidge of the clergy of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, U.S.A. and rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area 5652, population 3,707,238, Catholics 1,430,161, priests 1,165, permanent deacons 190, religious 4,261). The bishop-elect was born in 1957 in Philadelphia and was ordained a priest in 1984.

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