OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 17 APR 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Archbishop-bishop Slawoj Leszek Glodz of Warszawa-Praga, Poland, as metropolitan archbishop of Gdansk (area 2,500, population 979,972, Catholics 918,319, priests 722, religious 767), Poland. He succeeds Archbishop Tadeusz Goclowski C.M., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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