POPE ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF BISHOP BELO IN EAST TIMOR

VATICAN CITY, NOV 26, 2002 (VIS) - Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Holy See Press Office director, said in a communique released today that "Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B., has presented to the Holy Father on numerous occasions his resignation as apostolic administrator of Dili, East Timor, motivated by health reasons. Today the Holy Father accepted that resignation. Bishop Belo will explain the reasons for his resignation in a communique that he will issue today."

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