Monday, April 5, 2004

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS


VATICAN CITY, APR 5, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Wroclaw, Poland, presented by Cardinal Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz upon having reached the age limit. He promoted Bishop Marian Golebiewski of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg, Poland to the same metropolitan see.

 - Appointed Bishop Francois-Xavier Yombandje of Kaga-Bondoro, Central African Republic and apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the same diocese, as bishop of Bossangoa (area 62,420, population 498,458, Catholics 124,615, priests 34, religious 56), Central African Republic.

 - Appointed Fr. Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru as canonist and Fr. Ubaldo Todeschini, O.S.M., as counsellor of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary.

  - Appointed Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, archbishop of Krakow, Poland, as his special envoy to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the consecration of the Basilica of Lisieux, France which will take place  on July 11, 2004.
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