OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 15, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Gregorio Martinez Sacristan, diocesan delegate for the catechesis, as bishop of Zamora (area 6,984, population 165,065, Catholics 163,865, priests 211, religious 546), Spain. The bishop-elect was born in 1946 in Villarejo de Salvanés, Spain and he was ordained priest in 1971.
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