OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 15, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Raphael Marie Ze, of Sangemelina, Cameroon, as apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Ebolowa-Kribi (area 27,280, population 324,000, Catholics 216,000, priests 64, permanent deacons 2, religious 52), Cameroon. He also accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Jean-Baptiste Ama, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, official at the Congregation for Oriental Churches, as under-secretary of the same congregation.

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AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAR 15, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Bruno Musaro, apostolic nuncio in Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles, and apostolic delegate in the Comore Islands, with the function of apostolic delegate in Reunion Island.
- Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, apostolic nuncio in Bangladesh.
- Catherine Bertini, executive director of the World Food Program, and an entourage.
- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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