OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 23, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Ricardo Lingan Baccay of the clergy of the archdiocese of Tuguegarao, Philippines, rector of the minor seminary of "San Jacinto," as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese (area 9,000, population 1,562,503, Catholics 1,250,002, priests 82, religious 116). The bishop-elect was born in Tuguegarao in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1987.
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