OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 21, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto, vicar general and rector of St. Pius X Major Seminary in Istmina-Tado, Colombia as bishop of Florencia (area 15,441, population 260,000, Catholics 225,000, priests 47, religious 70), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in El Carmen de Viboral, Colombia in 1956 and was ordained a priest in 1982.

- Appointed Fr. Joseph Boishu, delegate for the Formation of Lay People and for New Ministries for the archdiocese of Rennes, France as auxiliary bishop of Reims (area 6,931, population 597,522, Catholics 565,022, priests 175, permanent deacons 20, religious 363), France. The bishop-elect was born in 1939 in La Guerche, France and was ordained a priest in 1966. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the same diocese presented by Bishop Francois Gourgouillon in conformity with Canon 411 and Canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.

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