OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

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

- Appointed Bishop Florentin Crihalmeanu, auxiliary of the eparchy of Cluj-Gherla dei Romeni (Catholics 100,000, priests 143, religious 125), Romania, as bishop of the same eparchy. He succeeds Bishop Gheorghe Gutiu whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same eparchy the Holy Father accepted in accordance with Canon 210, para. 1, of the Code of Canon Law of the Eastern Churches.

- Appointed Msgr. Paolo Schiavon, pastor of the parish of St. Gregory Barbarigo and prefect of the 24th Prefecture of Rome, as auxiliary of the diocese of Rome (area 881, population 2,667,166, Catholics 2,587,720, priests 5,867, permanent deacons 61, religious 27,432), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Terranegra of Padua, Italy in 1939 and was ordained a priest in 1964.

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