OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 17, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S., auxiliary of the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan, as metropolitan archbishop of the same archdiocese (area 4,192, population 1,511,890, Catholics 68,551, priests 152, permanent deacons 1, religious 948).

- Msgr. Luigi Moretti, secretary prelate of the vicariate of Rome, as vice-gerent of the diocese of Rome, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop.

- Msgr. Mauro Parmeggiani, director of the service for the youth ministry in the diocese of Rome, as prelate secretary of the vicariate of Rome.

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