VATICAN CITY, JUN 6, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the prelature of Moyobamba, Peru, presented by Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte C.P., in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon law.
- Appointed Msgr. Laurent Ulrich, vicar general of Dijon, France, as archbishop of Chambery and bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Tarentaise (area 7,460, population 354,700, Catholics 331,600, priests 209, permanent deacons 15, religious 368), France. The archbishop-elect was born in Dijon in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1979.
- Appointed Fr. Anton Losinger of the clergy of Augsburg (area 13,250, population 2,195,124, Catholics 1,536,620, priests 1,017, permanent deacons 107, religious 2,924), Germany, pastor of Irsee, as auxiliary of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Rohrbach in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1983.
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