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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 28, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the territorial prelature of Coari, Brazil, presented by Bishop Gutemberg Freire Regis C.SS.R., in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Joercio Goncalves Pereira C.SS.R.

 - Appointed Bishop Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias of Paulo Afonso, Brazil, as bishop of Santarem (area 171,906, population 420,000, Catholics 228,383, priests 42, religious 72), Brazil. He succeeds Bishop Lino Vomboemmel O.F.M., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
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