OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 1 MAR 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Accepted the resignation from the archdiocese of Los Angeles, U.S.A., presented by Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Archbishop Jose H. Gomez.

 - Appointed Bishop Peter Joseph Hundt, auxiliary of Toronto, Canada, as bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador (area 154,258, population 119,000, Catholics 41,800, priests 40, religious 18), Canada.

 - Appointed Bishop Robert Anthony Daniels, auxiliary of London, Canada, as bishop of Grand Falls (area 42,368, population 186,700, Catholics 38,300, priests 30, religious 20), Canada. He succeeds Bishop Martin William Currie, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

 - Appointed Bishop Antoine Vu Huy Chuong of Hung Hoa, Vietnam, as bishop of Da Lat (area 9,764, population 1,205,000, Catholics 326,120, priests 181, religious 1,093), Vietnam.

 - Appointed Bishop Jean Marie Vu Tat, auxiliary of Hung Hoa, Vietnam, as bishop of the same diocese (area 54,352, population 9,963,632, Catholics 222,647, priests 54, religious 191).

 - Appointed Fr. Hikmat Beylouni, "protosincellus" (vicar general) of the apostolic exarchate for Syrian faithful resident in Venezuela, as apostolic exarch of the same exarchate (Catholics 5,000, priests 5, permanent deacons 1). The bishop-elect was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1945 and ordained a priest in 1992. He succeeds Bishop Iwannis Louis Awad, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same apostolic exarchate the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 210 paras. 1 and 2 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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