OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 10, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Flavio Calle Zapata of Sonson-Rionegro, Colombia as metropolitan archbishop of Ibague (area 5,734, population 539,284, Catholics 485,355, priests 100, religious 173), Colombia. The archbishop-elect was born in San Andres, Colombia in 1944 and was ordained a priest in 1968.

- Bishop Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R. of Arauca, Colombia as bishop of Libano-Honda (area 3,477, population 250,000, Catholics 230,000, priests 44, religious 76), Colombia.

- Bishop Allen Henry Vigneron, auxiliary of Detroit, U.S.A., as coadjutor of Oakland (area 3,798, population 2,348,723, Catholics 429,477, priests 289, permanent deacons 90, religious 557), U.S.A.

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