OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 26, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Msgr. Joseph E. Kurtz of the diocese of Allentown, director of Catholic Charities and pastor of the parish of Notre Dame of Bethlehem, as bishop of Knoxville (area 36,872, population 2,012,885, Catholics 45,482, priests 64, permanent deacons 24, religious 80), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Shenandoah, U.S.A., in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1972.

- Bishop Gerald Michael Barbarito, auxiliary of the diocese of Brooklyn, U.S.A., as bishop of Ogdensburg (area 31,161, population 420,111 Catholics 139,447, priests 172, permanent deacons 54, religious 234), U.S.A.

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