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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 27, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote of Kotido, Uganda, as archbishop of
Tororo (area 8,837, population 2,662,000, Catholics 586,000, priests 85,
religious 150), Uganda. The archbishop-elect was born in Pallisa, Uganda in
1938, he was ordained a priest in 1965 and consecrated a bishop in 1991. He
succeeds Archbishop James Odongo, whose resignation from the pastoral care of
the same archdiocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age
limit.

- Appointed Fr. Emmanuel Obbo A.J., rector of the minor seminary of the
Congregation of the Apostles of Jesus in Nadiket Moroto, as bishop of Soroti
(area 12,864, population 1,417,000, Catholics 915,000, priests 49, religious
52), Uganda. The bishop-elect was born in Nagoke/Kirewa, Uganda in 1952 and
ordained a priest in 1986. He succeeds Bishop Erasmus Desiderius Wandera, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Fr. Aloisio Alberto Dilli O.F.M., master of novices in the province
of "Sao Francisco de Assis" and guardian of the fraternity of "Daltro Filho" in
the diocese of Caxias do Sul, Brazil, as bishop of Uruguaiana (area 38,795,
population 445,000, Catholics 330,000, priests 25, religious 81), Brazil. The
bishop-elect was born in Montenegro, Brazil in 1948 and ordained a priest in
1977. He succeeds Bishop Angelo Domingos Salvador O.F.M. Cap., whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante of the clergy of the
diocese of Minas, Uruguay, rector of the diocesan seminary, as bishop of San
Jose de Mayo (area 10,136, population 113,000, Catholics 85,800, priests 18,
religious 21), Uruguay. The bishop-elect was born in Aigua, Uruguay, in 1961
and ordained a priest in 1988.

- Appointed Msgr. Francisco Mendoza de Leon of the clergy of the archdiocese of
Manila, Philippines, rector of the shrine of Divine Mercy, as auxiliary of the
diocese of Antipolo (area 1,859, population 3,250,000, Catholics 2,410,000,
priests 126, religious 794), Philippines. The bishop-elect was born in
Paranaque, Philippines in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1975.

- Accepted the resignation from the office of grand master of the Equestrian
Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, presented by Cardinal
Carlo Furno, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Archbishop John Patrick Foley, president of the Pontifical Council
for Social Communications, as pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order of the
Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

- Appointed Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, secretary of the Administration of
the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), as president of the Pontifical
Council for Social Communications.
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