OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 5, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz O.F.M. Cap., definitor general of his order for Latin America, as bishop of Caico (area 9,372, population 266,000, Catholics 253,000, priests 36, permanent deacons 17, religious 76), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Biritinga, Brazil in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1980.
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