Tuesday, January 16, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 16, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

 - Fr. Francois Jacolin M.D.P., vicar general of the archdiocese of Bourges, France, and pastor of the parish of "La Resurrection" in Chateauroux, as bishop of Mende (area 5,180, population 74,300, Catholics 58,400, priests 126, permanent deacons 5, religious 193), France. The bishop-elect was born in Fontainebleau, France in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1982.

 - Msgr. Leo Boccardi, Holy See permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) and to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations Organization for Industrial Development (O.N.U.D.I.), and to the Office of the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, as apostolic nuncio to Sudan, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in San Martino in Pensilis, Italy, in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1979
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