OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 13, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. David Kamau, vicar general and pastor of the cathedral in Nairobi, Kenya, and Fr. Anthony Ireri Mucobo I.M.C., pastor and professor at the major archdiocesan seminary of Christ the King in Nyeri, Kenya, as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of Nairobi (area 3,271, population 3,987,217, Catholics 999,110, priests 618, religious 2,575). Bishop-elect Kamau was born in Kamondo, Kenya, in 1955 and ordained a priest in 1982. Bishop-elect Mucobo was born in Mufu, Kenya, in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1980.

- Appointed Bishop Juan Maria Uriarte Goiricelaya of Zamora, Spain, as bishop of San Sebastian (area 1,977, population 680,000, Catholics 671,600, priests 722, religious 2,423), Spain. He succeeds Bishop Jose Maria Setien Alberro, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in conformity with canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

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