Tuesday, July 26, 2005

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 26, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Archbishop Edmond Farhat, apostolic nuncio to Turkey and Turkmenistan, as apostolic nuncio to Austria. He succeeds Archbishop Giorgio Zur, whose resignation from the same office was accepted by the Holy Father, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Bishop William Enrique Delgado Silva of El Vigia - San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela, as bishop of Cabimas (area 8,251, population 797,560, Catholics 739,380, priests 39, permanent deacons 6, religious 21), Venezuela.

- Appointed Rutilio J. del Riego, pastor of the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Riverside, California, U.S.A., as auxiliary of San Bernardino (area 70,662, population 3,556,631, Catholics 1,017,196, priests 244, permanent deacons 91, religious 280), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Valdesandinas, Spain in 1940 and ordained a priest in 1965.
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