OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 20, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Henry Joseph Mansell of Buffalo, U.S.A., as metropolitan archbishop of Hartford (area 5,926, population 1,863, 384, Catholics 719,953, priests 499, permanent deacons 308, religious 1,191), U.S.A. The archbishop-elect was born in 1937 in New York, U.S.A., and was ordained a priest in 1962. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese presented by Archbishop Daniel Anthony Cronin upon having reached the age limit.
It was made public on Saturday October 18 that the Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Luis Alberto Parra Mora, vicar general of the diocese of Yopal, Colombia, as bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy (area 25,282, population 264,400, Catholics 175,000, priests 38, religious 104), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in Tenza, Colombia in 1944 and was ordained a priest in 1971. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Fabio De Jesus Morales, C.SS.R., in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Bishop Victor Tonye Backot of Edea, Cameroon, as metropolitan archbishop of Yaounde (area 4,964, population 1,545,300, Catholics 680,235, priests 302, religious 270), Cameroon.

- Appointed Fr. Jonas Ivanauskas, vicar general of the archdiocese of Kaunas, Lithuania, as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese (area 8,750, population 750,000, Catholics 506,000, priests 133, religious 327). The bishop-elect was born in Alytus, Lithuania in 1960 and was ordained a priest in 1985.

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