OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 28, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, rector of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary of Kaduna, Nigeria, as bishop of Maiduguri (area 132,000, population 5,2000,000, Catholics 100,000, priests 28, religious 42), Nigeria. The bishop-elect was born in Lot, Nigeria in 1960 and was ordained a priest in 1986. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Senan Louis O'Donnell, O.S.A., upon having reached the age limit.

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