OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 19 SEP 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Vincent Jordy of the clergy of the archdiocese of Strasbourg, France, rector of the major seminary of Strasbourg, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area 8,280, population 1,734,145, Catholics 1,300,000, priests 872, permanent deacons 60, religious 1,826). The bishop-elect was born in Perpignan, France in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1992.
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