OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 20, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Giuseppe Mani, military ordinary for Italy, as metropolitan archbishop of Cagliari (area 4,041, population 551,708, Catholics 530,000, priests 382, permanent deacons 32,religious 1096), Italy. He accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese presented by Archbishop Ottorino Pietro Alberti upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco of Pesaro, Italy as military ordinary for Italy.

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