OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 10, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

Erected the diocese of Dindigul, India, with territory taken from the diocese of Tiruchiparalli and the archdiocese of Madurai, making it a suffragen of the same Metropolitan Church.

Appointed Bishop Anthony Pappusamy, auxiliary of Madurai, India, as bishop of Dindigul (population 852, population 2,543,806, Catholics 182,500, priests 193, religious 888), India.

Appointed Fr. Francis Alleyne, O.S.B., abbot of the monastery of Tunapuna, Guyana, as bishop of Georgetown (population 214,887, population 800,000, Catholics 88,000, priests 30, religious 47), Guyana. The bishop-elect was born in 1951 in Point-a-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago and was ordained a priest in 1985.

On Saturday November 8, it was made public that the Holy Father:

Appointed Fr. Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A., provincial of the Augustinian Province of Italy, as bishop of Orvieto-Todi (area 1,200, population 90,800, Catholics 89,500, priests 137, permanent deacons 12, religious 279), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy in 1939 and was ordained a priest in 1964. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Decio Lucio Grandoni, upon having reached the age limit.

Erected the diocese of Puerto Escondido, Mexico, with territory taken from the archdioceses of Antequera and Oaxaca, making it a suffragen of the same metropolitan Church.

Appointed Fr. Eduardo Carmona Ortega, O.R.C., regional director of the Priestly Fraternity of the Works of the Kingdom of Christ for Mexico, as bishop of the diocese of Puerto Escondido (area 13,221, population 470,000, Catholics 423,000, priests 30, religious 22), Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1959 and was ordained a priest in 1983.

Appointed Bishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico as metropolitan archbishop of Antequera and Oaxaca (area 46,869, population 2,127,160, Catholics 1, 365,439, priests 191, religious 349, permanent deacons 21), Mexico.

Appointed Fr. Gustavo Bombin Espino, O.S.S.T., superior of the missionary territory of Maintirano in the canal of Mozambique. as bishop of the diocese of Tsiroanomandidy (area 40,000, population 393,363, Catholics 161,483, priests 36, religious 70), Madagascar. The bishop-elect was born in 1960 in San Llorente, Spain and was ordained a priest in 1987.

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