OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 12, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

 - Fr. Enemesio Angelus Lazzaris F.D.P., vicar general of the Brothers of Divine Providence in Rome, as bishop of Balsas (area 66,025, population 237,944, Catholics 172,710, priests 27, permanent deacons 2, religious 49), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Sideropolis, Brazil in 1948 and ordained a priest in 1975.

 - Fr. Tadeusz Wojda S.A.C., official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, as bureau chief in the same congregation.
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