OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, SEP 21, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Antonio Francisco dos Santos, auxiliary of Braga, Portugal, as bishop of Aveiro (area 1,537, population 309,495, Catholics 270,000, priests 108, permanent deacons 28, religious 187), Portugal. He succeeds Bishop Antonio Baltasar Marcelino, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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