OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 22, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Odilon Guimaraes Moreira, auxiliary of Vitoria, Brazil as bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano (area 8,724, population 800,000, Catholics 600,000, priests 54, religious 88), Brazil.

- Bishop Augusto Jose Zini Filho, auxiliary of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as bishop of Limeira (area 4,958, population 1,325,000, Catholics 1,010,000, priests 83, religious 160), Brazil.

- Fr. Assis Lopes, rector of the Major Seminary in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1934 and was ordained a priest in 1968.

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