OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 6, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Bernardino Marchio of Pesqueira, Brazil as bishop of Caruaru (area 5,687, population 8,114,030, Catholics 685,125, priests 39, permanent deacons 6, religious 84), Brazil.

- Appointed Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C., of Ze Doca, Brazil as coadjutor of Joacaba (area 10,202, population 295,522, Catholics 242,050, priests 40, permanent deacons 1, religious 85), Brazil.

- Gave his consent to the canonical election by the Synod of Bishops of the Chaldean Church, who met in Baghdad, Iraq from October 16 to 24, 2001, of Fr. Andras Abouna, member of the eparchial clergy of Baghdad and head of the mission for the Chaldean faithful in London, England as auxiliary of the Patriarchate of Babylonia of the Chaldeans. The bishop-elect was born in Bedare/Zakho, Iraq in 1943 and was ordained a priest in 1966.

- Appointed Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, apostolic nuncio in Kazakhstan, Tadjikistanin and Kyrgyzstan, as apostolic nuncio in Uzbekistan.

- Appointed Archbishop Antonio Mennini, apostolic nuncio in Bulgaria, as representative of the Holy See to the Russian Federation.

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