OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT, 6, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia, vice gerent of Rome, as bishop of Vicenza (area 2,200, population 768,391, Catholics 753,045, priests 828, permanent deacons 26, religious 2,524), Italy. He accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Pietro Giacomo Nonis upon having reached the age limit.

It was made public on Saturday October 4 that the Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador, presented by Bishop Victor Maldonado Barreno upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Cardinal James Francis Stafford, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, as major penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary.

- Appointed Bishop Stanislaw Rylko, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, as president of the same council, elevating him at the same time to the dignity of archbishop.

- Accepted the resignation presented by Bishop Cipriano Calderon Polo as vice-president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America upon having reached the age limit. He appointed as his successor Archbishop Luis Robles Dias, apostolic nuncio in Cuba.

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