OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 30, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Carmelo Scampa, 'fidei donum' of the diocese of Cremona, Italy and secretary of the Midwest Region of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, as bishop of Sao Luis de Montes Belos (area 42,601, population 265,913, Catholics 199,434, priests 17, permanent deacons 7, religious 68), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Scandolara Ripa d'Olio, Italy in 1944 and was ordained a priest in 1971.

- Msgr. Celestino Migliore, undersecretary of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State, as permanent observer of the Holy See to the Organization of the United Nations, with the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in 1952 in Cuneo, Italy and was ordained a priest in 1977.

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