OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 10, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Jean-Luc Bouilleret, spiritual director and professor at the University Seminary of Lyon, France, as bishop of Amiens (area 6,277, population 556,100, Catholics 489,000, priests 130, religious 280), France. The bishop-elect was born in Arbois, France in 1953 and was ordained a priest in 1981. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Jacques Noyer upon having reached the age limit.

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

- Archbishop Domenico Umberto D'Ambrosio of Foggia-Bovina, Italy as archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo (area 1,665, population 156,450, Catholics 153,300, priests 122, religious 264), Italy and delegate of the Holy See for the Works of St. Pio of Pietreclina.

- Fr. Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F., regional superior of the Claretians and pastor in Franceville, Gabon, as bishop of Ebebiyin (area 12,000, population 180,125, Catholics 170,040, priests 24, religious 74), Equatorial Guinea. The bishop-elect was born in Evinayong, Equatorial Guinea in 1947 and was ordained a priest in 1981.

- Archbishop Francesco Marchisano as president of the Permanent Commission for the Preservation of Historic and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See.

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