OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 8, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. of Bloemfontein, South Africa as bishop of Johannesburg (area 14,517, population 6,000,000, Catholics 700,000, priests 164, permanent deacons 39, religious 613), South Africa.
- Appointed Fr. Wojciech Polak, rector of the Primatial Seminary in Gniezno, Poland as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese (area 8,530, population 1,023,352, Catholics 995,003, priests 741, 250 religious). The bishop-elect was born in Inowroclaw, Poland in 1964 and was ordained a priest in 1989. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the same archdiocese presented by Bishop Szczepan Wesoly upon having reached the age limit. At the same time he accepted his resignation as delegate for the pastoral care of Polish migrants.

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