OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 16 JAN 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Felix Anthony Machado of the clergy of Vasai, India, under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, as bishop of the diocese of Nashik (area 57,532, population 20,295,000, Catholics 86,750, priests 111, religious 406), India, with the personal title of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Remedy, India in 1948 and ordained a priest in 1976.
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