Friday, September 21, 2001

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, SEP 21, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatron of San Felipe, as bishop of Temuco (area 18,000, population 520,000, Catholics 374,400, priests 64, permanent deacons 48, religious 169), Chile. He succeeds Bishop Sergio Contreras Navia, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted in accordance with the age limit.

- Accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Hourton Poisson from the pastoral care of the diocese of Temuco, Chile, in accordance with the age limit.

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