OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, AUG 1, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Sebastianappan Singaroyan of the clergy of Salem (area 8,368, population 4,670,844, Catholics 80,500, priests 166, religious 450), India, and professor at the Good Shepherd Seminary, as bishop of the same diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Mel Kathadikuppam, India, in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1978.

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