WORLD CONGRESS OF CATHOLIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 16, 2002 (VIS) - Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan will participate in the 21st World Congress of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC) that will take place from September 1 to 4 in Seoul, Korea. The theme of the congress is: "Identity and mission of Catholic Doctors in Health Care."

Archbishop Lozano, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, will address participants at the beginning of the meeting and will read a message from John Paul II, written for the occasion. In addition to an inaugural session, four scientific sessions are scheduled on the following topics: "Church and Health Care: Ethos and Ethics"; "The Mission of the Catholic Doctor"; "Overseas Medical Mission: The Witness of Catholic Doctors in the Field of International Health Care Cooperation" and "Catholic Church and Managed Care."

Currently, 52 countries form part of the FIAMC and among their objectives is the promotion of the meeting of medical professionals from all over the world. At the conference in September in Seoul, almost all the delegates of the international associations of Catholic doctors of these 52 countries will be represented.

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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 16, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Philippe Barbarin of Moulins, France as metropolitan archbishop of Lyon (area 5,087, population 1,725,300, Catholics 1,200,000, priests 878, permanent deacons 46, religious 2,489), France.

- Appointed Bishop Ramon Antonio Linares Sandoval of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, as bishop of Barinas (area 35,200, population 557,896, Catholics 400,000, priests 44, religious 47), Venezuela.

- Appointed Bishop Octavio Ruiz Arenas, auxiliary of Bogota, Colombia, as bishop of Villavicencio (area 65,470, population 512,320, Catholics 491,217, priests 140, permanent deacons 13, religious 117), Colombia.

- Appointed Bishop Arthur Roche, auxiliary of Westminster, England, as coadjutor of Leeds (area 4,075, population 2,000,000, Catholics 157,957, priests 193, permanent deacons 19, religious 203), England.

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