OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 11, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Martin Munyanyi of the clergy of Masvingo, Zimbabwe former rector of the major philosophical seminary of Bulawayo, as bishop of Gweru (area 29,158, population 2,109,650, Catholics 196,000, priests 39, religious 207), Zimbabwe. The bishop-elect was born in Bikita, Zimbabwe, in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1983.
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