OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 28, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia, and Archbishop Juan Sandoval Iniguez of Guadalajara, Mexico, as members of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

On Saturday April 26 it was made public that the Holy Father:

- Appointed Cardinal Jozef Tomko, president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, as his special envoy to the ceremony in which the relics of Blessed Teodor Rornzha will be relocated. This ceremony will take place in the Ukraine on June 28, 2003.

- Appointed Archbishop Adriano Bernardini, apostolic nuncio in Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia, as apostolic delegate in Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia and Brunei.

- Appointed Bishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet of Lang Son et Cao Bang, Vietnam as apostolic administrator "sede plena" of the archdiocese of Hanoi (area 7,000, population 6,000,000, Catholics 305,000, priests 49, religious 325), Vietnam.

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