OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 10, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, U.S.A. and Archbishop Marc Ouellet of Quebec, Canada as councillors of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

On Saturday February 8, it was made public that the Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Benjamin Castillo Plascencia, auxiliary of Guadalajara, Mexico as bishop of Tabasco (area 24,661, population 1,748,769, Catholics 1,056,570, priests 110, religious 202), Mexico.

- Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana as apostolic nuncio in India and Nepal.

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