OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 4 SEP 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Enrique Eguia Segui, pastor of the parish of "Nuestra Senora de la Esperanza" in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires (area 203, population 2,815,000, Catholics 2,578,000, priests 878, permanent deacons 6, religious 2,352). The bishop-elect was born in Buenos Aires in 1962 and ordained a priest in 1988.
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AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, 4 SEP 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Archbishop Janusz Bolonek, apostolic nuncio to Bulgaria.

 - Archbishop Francesco Gioia O.F.M. Cap., emeritus of Camerino - San Severino Marche, Italy, and pontifical delegate for the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy.

 - Chou-seng Tou, ambassador of the Republic of China on his farewell visit.

 - Algirdas Saudargas, ambassador of Lithuania on his farewell visit.

 - Fr. Jose G. Funes S.J., director of the Vatican Observatory.
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IN MEMORIAM

VATICAN CITY, 3 SEP 2008 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent weeks:

 - Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriate C.P., bishop-prelate emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru, on 18 July at the age of 81.

 - Bishop Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo M.C.C.J., former auxiliary of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 23 July at the age of 82.

 - Archbishop James Chinoa, emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi, on 18 August at the age of 84.

 - Archbishop Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath, emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, on 16 August at the age of 84.

 - Bishop Joseph Das, emeritus of Berhampur, India, on 5 August at the age of 78.

 - Bishop Wilhelm Emil Egger O.F.M. Cap. of Bolzano-Bressanone, Italy, on 16 August at the age of 68.

 - Bishop Affonso Felippe Gregory, emeritus of Imperatriz, Brazil, on 6 August at the age of 78.

 - Bishop Michael Kuchmiak C.SS.R., apostolic exarch emeritus for faithful of Byzantine rite resident in Great Britain, on 26 August at the age of 85.

 - Bishop Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal O.F.M. Cap., emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India, on 9 August at the age of 87.

 - Archbishop Marius Maziers, emeritus of Bordeaux, France, on 14 August at the age of 93.

 - Bishop Wolodymyr Walter Paska, auxiliary emeritus of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians, U.S.A., on 16 August at the age of 84.

 - Bishop Peter Quinn, emeritus of Bunbury, Australia, on 23 August at the age of 80.

 - Bishop Guillermo Ranzahuer Gonzalez, emeritus of San Andres Tuxtla, Mexico, on 5 August at the age of 80.

 - Bishop Paul Schruers, emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium, on 25 August at the age of 78.

 - Bishop Franco Sibilla, emeritus of Asti, Italy, on 12 August at the age of 85.

 - Bishop Manuel d'Almeida Trinidade, emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal, on 5 August at the age of 90.
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