OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 14, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

  - Msgr. Francesco Alfano of the clergy of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy, pastor and episcopal vicar for clergy, as archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia (area 1,290, population 85,000, Catholics 84,500, priests 67, permanent deacons 2, religious 128), Italy. The archbishop-elect was born in Nocera Inferiore in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1982.

 - Msgr. Michele Castoro of the clergy of the diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy, bureau chief of the Congregation for Bishops, as bishop of Oria (area 921, population 181,694, Catholics 178,700, priests 121, permanent deacons 6, religious 295), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Altamura in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1977.
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