OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 31, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Sergio da Rocha, auxiliary of Fortaleza, Brazil, as coadjutor archbishop of Teresina (area 26,495, population 1,052,564, Catholics 958,197, priests 91, permanent deacons 2, religious 196), Brazil. The archbishop-elect was born in Dobrada, Brazil in 1959, he was ordained a priest in 1984, and consecrated a bishop in 2001.
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