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Friday, February 1, 2008

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 1 FEB 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, archbishop of Chambery and bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et Tarentaise, France, as archbishop-bishop of Lille (area 2,288, population 1,560,000, Catholics 1,060,000, priests 601, permanent deacons 62, religious 965), France. He succeeds Bishop Gerard Defois, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Fr. Fernando Vergez Alzaga L.C., bureau chief in the Ordinary Section of the Administration of the Apostolic Patrimony of the Holy See, as director of the Administration of Telecommunications of Vatican City State.
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