Friday, June 8, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 8, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Fr. Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah, vicar general of the archdiocese of Lome, Togo and secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Togo, as archbishop of Lome (area 3,682, population 1,535,000, Catholics 436,263, priests 175, religious 494). The archbishop-elect was born in Kpogame Tahasi, Togo in 1943 and ordained a priest in 1972. He succeeds Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Msgr. Lourdes Daniel, vicar general of the diocese of Poona, India as bishop of Amravati (area 46,447, population 10,182,215, Catholics 6,224, priests 34, religious 207), India. The bishop-elect was born in Dehu Road, India in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1980.
NER:RE/.../AMUZU:KPODZRO:DANIEL                VIS 20070608 (140)


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