OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 19, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Victor Naranjo Tovar, vicar general of the diocese of Latacunga, Ecuador, as bishop of the same diocese (area 5,093, population 296,647, Catholics 250,000, priests 52, religious 96). The bishop-elect was born in Pujili, Ecuador in 1941 and was ordained a priest in 1965. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Raul Lopez Mayorga upon having reached the age limit.

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