OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 11, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Bernard Ginoux of the clergy of the archdiocese of Avignon, France, pastor of the parish of Orange and dean of Orange-Bollene, as bishop of Montauban (area 3,717, population 206,800, Catholics 160,600, priests 90, permanent deacons 7, religious 189), France. The bishop-elect was born in Chateaurenard, France in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1986.
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