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Wednesday, September 29, 2004

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, SEP 29, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Anuar Battisti of Toledo, Brazil, as metropolitan archbishop of Maringa (area 6,325, population 582,191, Catholics 403,369, priests 59, permanent deacons 13, religious 158), Brazil. Archbishop-elect Battisti was born in Lajeado, Brazil in 1953 and was ordained a priest in 1980.

- Bishop Vincent Barwa of Purnea, India as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Ranchi (area 5,299, population 2,796,892, Catholics 115,201, priests 183, religious 945), India.
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