OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 23, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Emilius Goulet P.S.S. of the Society of Priests of St. Sulpice and rector of the Pontifical Canadian College in Rome, as metropolitan archbishop of Saint-Boniface (area 38,000, population 365,000, Catholics 101,920, priests 121, permanent deacons 14, religious 411), Canada. The archbishop-elect was born in Saint-Isidore-de-Dorchester, Canada, in 1933 and ordained a priest in 1958.

- Fr. Nicholas Chia, diocesan chancellor and bursar, as well as pastor of the Holy Cross Church in Singapore, as archbishop of Singapore (area 639, population 3,893,700, Catholics 147,421, priests 140, religious 369). The archbishop-elect was born in Singapore in 1938 and ordained a priest in 1964.

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