OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 18, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Roberto Muhiirwa, pastor of the Cathedral of Virika, Uganda, as bishop of the diocese of Fort Portal (area 9,553, population 1,116,631, Catholics 513,238, priests 83, religious 295), Uganda. The bishop-elect was born in 1958 in Ibonde, Uganda and was ordained a priest in 1985. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, presented by Bishop Paul L. Kalanda upon having reached the age limit.

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