OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 23, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr, Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo M.S.P. superior general of the Missionary Society of St Paul in Abuja, Nigeria, as auxiliary of the apostolic vicariate of Bomadi (area 18,000, population 2,700,000, Catholics 21,000, priests 17, religious 6), Nigeria. The bishop-elect was born in Ogriagbene, Nigeria, in 1955 and ordained a priest in 1990.
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