OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 6 JUL 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Bishop Severino Clasen O.F.M. of Aracuai, Brazil, as bishop of Cacador (area 12,398, population 392,000, Catholics 329,000, priests 54, permanent deacons 1, religious 97), Brazil.

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Caxias do Sul, Brazil, presented by Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto, upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni C.S.

 - Appointed Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio S.J. of Tyler, U.S.A., as bishop of Mayaguez, (area 1,616, population 518,600, Catholics 418,000, priests 66, permanent deacons 26, religious 132), Puerto Rico. He succeeds Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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