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Friday, October 12, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 12, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Bishop Donald James Reece, of Saint John's-Basseterre, Antigua and Barbuda, as coadjutor archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (area 3,267, population 1,405,000, Catholics 56,200, priests 57, permanent deacons 19, religious 287), Jamaica. The archbishop-elect was born in Kingston in Jamaica in 1934, he was ordained a priest in 1971 and consecrated a bishop in 1981.

 - Appointed Fr. Joseph Dang Duc Ngan, vicar general of the archdiocese of Hanoi, Vietnam, and pastor of the cathedral, as bishop of Lang Son et Cao Bang (area 14,945, population 1,618,000, Catholics 6,135, priests 5, religious 10), Vietnam. The bishop-elect was born in Hanoi in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1987.
NEC:NER/.../REECE:DUC                        VIS 20071012 (130)


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