Tuesday, March 16, 1999

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 16, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Horacio Benites Astoul, as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires (area 202, population 3,771,000, Catholics 3,455,000, priests 949, religious 2,815), Argentina. The bishop-elect was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1933, was ordained a priest in 1962, and since 1976 has been pastor of Immaculate Conception parish.

- Bishop Walter Kasper of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany, as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
NEA:NA/.../BENITES:KASPER VIS 990316 (70)

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