OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 4 DEC 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Christophe Zoa, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Yaounde, Cameroon, as bishop of Sangmelima (area 20,254, population 160,000, Catholics 87,800, priests 23, religious 36), Cameroon. He succeeds Bishop Raphael Marie Ze, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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