OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 26, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop William Francis Murphy, auxiliary of Boston, U.S.A., as bishop of Rockville Centre (area 3,164, population 3.008,203, Catholics 1,404,361, priests 525, permanent deacons 219, religious 1,604), U.S.A.

- Msgr. Victor Benito Galeone, pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Baltimore, U.S.A., as bishop of Saint Augustine (area 28,575, population 1,582,666, Catholics 134,846, priests 119, permanent deacons 25, religious 137), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Philadelphia, U.S.A., in 1935 and ordained a priest in 1960.

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