OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 20, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Jose Gonzalez Alonso, auxiliary of Teresina, Brazil, as bishop of Cajazeiras (area 13,934, population 574,000, Catholics 556,000, priests 37, religious 57), Brazil.

- Fr. Jose Carlos dos Santos F.D.P., general counsellor of the Little Work of Divine Providence (Don Orione), as auxiliary of Luziania (area 16,480, population 700,000, Catholics 500,000, priests 33, religious 42), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Maruim, Brazil, in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1979.

- Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen, auxiliary of Paderborn, Federal Republic of Germany, as bishop of Fulda (area 10,000, population 1,910,000, Catholics 447,275, priests 402, permanent deacons 17, religious 538), Federal Republic of Germany

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