OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 19, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Angelo Amato, S.D.B., ordinary professor of Theology at the Pontifical Salesian University, as secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in 1938 in Molfetta, Italy and was ordained a priest in 1967.

- Fr. Brian Farrell, bureau chief of the section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of bishop. The bishop-elect was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1944 and was ordained a priest in 1969.

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