Monday, February 18, 2008

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 18 FEB 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso P.S.D.P. of Saurimo, Angola, as bishop of Benguela (area 49,920, population 2,303,000, Catholics 1,116,000, priests 132, religious 477), Angola. He succeeds Bishop Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
NER:RE/.../LOPES:DAL CORSO                    VIS 20080218 (70)

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