OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 13, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Roman Casanova Casanova, pastor in the diocese of Tortosa, Spain, as bishop of Vic (area 3,964, population 357,641, Catholics 353,362, priests 231, permanent deacons 7, religious 751), Spain. The bishop-elect was born in Deltebre in 1956 and was ordained a priest in 1981. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Josep Maria Guix Ferrers upon having reached the age limit.

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