OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 16, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Philippe Barbarin of Moulins, France as metropolitan archbishop of Lyon (area 5,087, population 1,725,300, Catholics 1,200,000, priests 878, permanent deacons 46, religious 2,489), France.

- Appointed Bishop Ramon Antonio Linares Sandoval of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, as bishop of Barinas (area 35,200, population 557,896, Catholics 400,000, priests 44, religious 47), Venezuela.

- Appointed Bishop Octavio Ruiz Arenas, auxiliary of Bogota, Colombia, as bishop of Villavicencio (area 65,470, population 512,320, Catholics 491,217, priests 140, permanent deacons 13, religious 117), Colombia.

- Appointed Bishop Arthur Roche, auxiliary of Westminster, England, as coadjutor of Leeds (area 4,075, population 2,000,000, Catholics 157,957, priests 193, permanent deacons 19, religious 203), England.

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