OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 21, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Auxiliary Bishop Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M., of Boma (area 11,350, population 1,434,981, Catholics 1,134,381, priests 159, religious 268), Republic of the Congo, as bishop of the same diocese, relieving Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika from the pastoral care of Boma and transferring him to the titular see of Belesasa.

On Saturday, May 19, it was made public that the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender, apostolic nuncio in Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia, as apostolic nuncio in the Czech Republic.

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