OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 10, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Miami, U.S.A., presented by Bishop Gilberto Fernandez in accordance with canons 411 and 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Bishop Kevin Michael Britt, auxiliary of Detroit, U.S.A., as coadjutor bishop of Grand Rapids (area 17,592, population 1,167,900, Catholics 158,050, priests 146, priests 18, religious 318), U.S.A.

- Appointed Fr. Pierre-Andre Dumas, rector of the Major Interdiocesan Seminary of Port-au-Prince, Haiti as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese (area 5,500, population 3,500,000, Catholics 2,500,000, priests 235, permanent deacons 4, religious 853). The bishop-elect was born in Saint Jean du Sud, Haiti in 1962 and was ordained a priest in 1991.

- Appointed Fr. Simon Saint-Hillien, C.S.C., permanent secretary of the Episcopal Conference, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The bishop-elect was born in Gonaives, Haiti in 1951 was ordained a priest in 1980.

- Appointed Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., emeritus of Vercelli, Italy and secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as metropolitan archbishop of Genoa (area 966, population 831, 553, Catholics 773,325, priests 729, permanent deacons 21, religious 2001), Italy.

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