VATICAN CITY, MAR 5, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Ramon Jose Aponte Fernandez, pastor of San Alejo in Bocono, Venezuela, as bishop of Valle de la Pascua (area 37,997, population 360,000, Catholics 352,000, priests 18, religious 35), Venezuela. The bishop-elect was born in Carache, Venezuela in 1948 and was ordained a priest in 1974.
- Appointed Bishop Michel Mouisse, auxiliary of Grenoble, France, as bishop of Perigueux (area 9,225, population 390,000, Catholics 290,000, priests 137, permanent deacons 9, religious 246), France. He succeeds Bishop Gaston Poulain whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted upon having reached the age limit.
NER:RE/./APONTE:MOUISSE:POULAIN VIS 20040305 (120)
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