Thursday, May 25, 2000

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, MAY 25, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Chachapoyas, Peru, presented by Bishop Jose Ignacio Alemany Grau C.SS.R., in conformity with Canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of canon Law.

- Accepted the proposal presented by the presidency of the Italian Episcopal Conference, and confirmed Archbishop Ennio Antonelli, emeritus of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, as secretary general of the same episcopal conference for the next five years.

- Erected the diocese of Gospic-Senj, Croatia, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Rijeka-Senj, making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan church. He appointed Bishop Mile Bogovic, auxiliary of Rijeka-Senj, as first bishop of the new diocese.

RE; NA; ECE; NER;...;...;ALEMANY; ANTONELLI; BOGOVIC;VIS;20000525;Word: 130;

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