OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 7, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of Detroit (area 10,106, population 4,441,551, Catholics 1,465,918, priests 781, permanent deacons 147, religious 2341), U.S.A.:

- Msgr. Walter A. Hurley, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Farmington, U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Fredericton, Canada in 1937 and was ordained a priest in 1965.

- Msgr. John M. Quinn, director of the Department of Education of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in 1945 in Detroit and was ordained a priest 1972.

- Fr. Francis R. Reiss, pastor of St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Allen Park, U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in 1940 in Detroit and was ordained a priest 1966.

It was made public on July 5 that the Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Encarnacion, Paraguay presented by Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks, in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Msgr. Giovanni Paolo Benotto, vicar general of the archdiocese of Pisa, Italy, as bishop of Tivoli (area 892, population 239,786, Catholic 219,355, priests 121, permanent deacons 2, religious 260), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in 1949 in San Giuliano Terme, Italy and was ordained a priest in 1973. He succeeds Bishop Pietro Garlato whose resignation to the pastoral care of this diocese was accepted by the Holy Father upon having reached the age limit.

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