OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 1, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Giovanni Giudici, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Milan, Italy, as bishop of Pavia (area 782, population 168,379, Catholics 157,226, priests 167, religious 262), Italy. He succeeds Bishop Giovanni Volta whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese he accepted upon having reached the age limit.

On Saturday November 29, it was made public that the Holy Father appointed:

- Archbishop Jose Paulino Rios Reynoso, of Huancayo, Peru, as metropolitan archbishop of Arequipa (area 26,306, population 909,829, Catholics 818,846, priests 190, religious 512), Peru. He succeeds Archbishop Luis Sanchez-Moreno Lira whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted upon having reached the age limit.

- Bishop Juan Antonio Ugarte Perez, prelate of Yauyos, Peru, as metropolitan archbishop of Cuzco (area 23,807, population 1,300,000, Catholics 1,284,000, priests 187, religious 324), Peru. He succeeds Archbishop Alcides Mendoza Castro whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted upon having reached the age limit.

- Fr. Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M., undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture, as bishop of Armenia (area 1,928, population 445,000, Catholics 390,000, priests 91, permanent deacons 1, religious 182), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in 1950 in Armenia and was ordained a priest in 1975.

- Fr. Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, professor and vice-rector of St. Peter regional seminary in Pedu, Cape Coast, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Kumasi (area 5,188, population 1,600,000, Catholics 350,000, priests 77, 66 religious), Ghana. The bishop-elect was born in Emenaa, Ghana in 1960 and was ordained a priest in 1988.

- Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea, apostolic nuncio in Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen, as apostolic nuncio in Qatar.

- Appointed Msgr. Anselmo Guido Peorari, counselor to the apostolic nunciature in Solvenia, as apostolic nuncio in Rwanda, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Sermide, Italy in 1946 and was ordained a priest in 1970.

- Msgr. Renato Boccardo, chief of protocol with special duties to the Secretariat of State, as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. The archbishop-elect was born in Torino, Italy in 1952 and was ordained a priest in 1977.

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