OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 30 JUL 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Luiz Antonio Guedes of Bauru, Brazil, as bishop of Campo Limpo (area 1,560, population 2,992,000, Catholics 2,735,000, priests 172, permanent deacons 19, religious 535), Brazil. He succeeds Bishop Emilio Pignoli, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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