OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 26, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Doraboina Moses Prakasam, vicar general of the diocese of Cuddapah, India, as bishop of the same diocese (area 31,018, population 4,930,000, Catholics 68,000, priests 114, religious 266). The bishop-elect was born in 1957 in Mariampuram, India and was ordained a priest in 1983.
- Appointed Bishop Prakash Mallavarapu of Cuddapah, India, as bishop of Vijayawada (area 8,734, population 4,299,875, Catholics 224,514, priests 143, religious 809), India.

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