IN MEMORIAM

VATICAN CITY, FEB 9, 2000 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent weeks:

- Bishop Antoni Adamiuk, former auxiliary of Opole, Poland, on January 25, aged 86.
- Bishop Vasile Cristea A.A., former apostolic visitor for the Romanian faithful of Byzantine rite in Europe, on January 17, aged 93.
- Bishop Andre Fauchet, emeritus of Troyes, France, on January 8, aged 81.
- Archbishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes, emeritus of Delhi, India, on January 30, aged 86.
- Archbishop Giuseppe Ferraioli, apostolic nuncio, on January 31, aged 70.
- Archbishop Eugene Kabanga Songasonga, emeritus of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on January 27, aged 67. - Bishop Arthur Henry Krawczak, former auxiliary of Detroit, U.S.A., on January 13, aged 86.
- Bishop Thomas Kuba Thowa, emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on January 20, aged 83.
- Bishop Bernardo Jose Nolker C.SS.R., emeritus of Paranagua, Brazil, on January 18, aged 87.
- Archbishop Domingo Roa Perez, emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela, on January 1, aged 84.
- Bishop Mauro Rubio Repulles, emeritus of Salamanca, Spain, on January 28, aged 81.
- Bishop Robert Sastre of Lokossa, Benin, on January 16, aged 73.
- Bishop Jozsef Udvardy, emeritus of Szeged-Csanad, Hungary, on January 10, aged 88.
- Bishop Guillaume Van Den Elzen O.S.A., emeritus of Doruma-Dungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on January 23, aged 86.
- Bishop Pavao Zanic, emeritus of Mostar-Duvno, Bosnia- Herzegovina, on January 11, aged 81.

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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 8, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Paolo Giglio, apostolic nuncio in the Arab Republic of Egypt, as Holy See delegate to the Organization of the League of Arab States.

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JUBILEE ORIENTAL LITURGIES TO BEGIN TOMORROW

VATICAN CITY, FEB 8, 2000 (VIS) - Tomorrow, February 9, in the Basilica of St. Mary Major, the first of eight special Holy Year celebrations of different oriental rites will take place. Tomorrow being the memory of St. Maron, the liturgy will be Siro-Antiochean Maronite.

On March 18, in the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, a Chaldean rite will be celebrated. In the same basilica on March 19, there will be a Siro-Malabar rite and on May 26 an Alexandrine-Ethiopic rite. On August 14, in St. Mary Major, there will be a rite of incense in the Coptic liturgy and on September 14, feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, in St. John Lateran, vespers will be celebrated in the Armenian rite and there will be the rite of the Antasdan. On November 21, there will be a divine liturgy in the Siro-Antiochean Malankar rite in St. Mary in Trastevere and finally, on December 8, in St. Mary Major, there will be a celebration of the Byzantine hymn Akathistos in the presence of the Holy Father.

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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 5, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Alto Parana, Paraguay, presented by Bishop Oscar Paez Garcete, in accordance with canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Bishop Rocco Talucci of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy, as archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni (area 1,247, population 283,156, Catholics 281,000, priests 149, permanent deacons 6, religious 275), Italy. The archbishop-elect was born at Venosa, Italy, in 1936, ordained a priest in 1961 and consecrated a bishop in 1988. He succeeds Archbishop Settimio Todisco, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Bishop Luciano Bux, auxiliary of Bari-Bitonto, Italy, as bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (area 930, population 177,430, Catholics 173,000, priests 101, permanent deacons 3, religious 263), Italy.

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AUDIENCE WITH INDONESIAN PRESIDENT WAHID

VATICAN CITY, FEB 5, 2000 (VIS) - At midday today, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls announced that the Holy Father had received in private audience Abdurrahman Wahid, president of the Republic of Indonesia, who later met with Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano.

"During the talks," declared Navarro-Valls, "there was an exchange of opinions on the present situation in Indonesia, with particular reference to inter-religious dialogue and peaceful co-existence between that country's various communities.

"Furthermore, the discussions also turned to the present situation in the two parts of the island of East Timor as well as in Asia in general."

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