OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 22, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Guy Harpigny, deacon of Mons, Belgium, as bishop of Tournai (area 3,796, population 1,284,761, Catholics 900,000, priests 593, permanent deacons 39, religious 1,212), Belgium. The bishop-elect was born in 1948 in Luttre, Belgium and was ordained a priest in 1973.

- Fr. Claude-Joseph Azema, vicar general of the archdiocese of Montpellier, France as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese (area 6,101, population 900,000, Catholics 670,000, priests 272, permanent deacons 19, religious 614), France. The bishop-elect was born in 1943 Vailhauques, France and was ordained a priest in 1969.

- Archbishop Luigi De Magistris, major pro-penitenciary, as member of the Pontifical Council "Ecclesia Dei".

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