OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

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

 - Appointed Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverria of Cienfuegos, Cuba, as bishop of Holguin (area 14,089, population 1,600,000, Catholics 435,000, priests 30, permanent deacons 3, religious 49), Cuba. He succeeds Bishop Hector Luis Lucas Pena Gomez, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Bishop Giuseppe Merisi, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Milan, Italy, as bishop of Lodi (area 894, population 256,855, Catholics 253,166, priests 228, religious 325), Italy. He succeeds Bishop Giacomo Capuzzi, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

  On Saturday, November 12, it was made public that he:

 - Appointed Msgr. Lino Pizzi of the clergy of the archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola, Italy, rector of the diocesan seminary, as bishop of Forli-Bertinoro (area 1,182, population 175,769, Catholics 171,142, priests 150, permanent deacons 8, religious 235), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Rivara, Italy in 1942 and ordained a priest in 1966. He succeeds Bishop Vincenzo Zarri, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, as his special envoy to the First National Eucharistic Congress of Chad, due to be held in Moundou from January 4 - 8, 2006.
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