OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 27, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Rafael Masahiro Umemura, as bishop of Yokohama (area 28,234, population 15,134,000, Catholics 51,209, priests 145, religious 763), Japan. The bishop-elect was born in Kikuna, in 1952 and was ordained a priest in 1985. Up until now he has been dean of studies of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Tokyo.

- Dr. Paolo Vian as "scriptor latinus" of the Vatican Apostolic Library.

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