OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 11, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Erminio De Scalzi as auxiliary bishop of Milan (area 4,243, population 5,015,925, Catholics 4,714,950, priests 2,582, religious 9,528), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Saronno, Italy in 1940, was ordained a priest in 1964 and since 1994 has been episcopal vicar for the city of Milan.

- Fr. James F. McCarthy of the clergy of the archdiocese of New York, as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese (area 12,212, population 5,213,513, Catholics 2,347,100, priests 2,097, religious 5,553), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in 1942 in Mount Kisko, New York, was ordained a priest in 1968 and since 1996 has been parish priest of "Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish."

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