OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 17, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Fabriciano Sigampa of La Rioja, Argentina, as metropolitan archbishop of Resistencia (area 28,250, population 540,000, Catholics 450,000, priests 63, permanent deacons 10, religious 154), Argentina. The archbishop-elect was born in Vichigasta, Argentina in 1936, ordained to the priesthood in 1970 and consecrated a bishop in 1985.
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