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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 2, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Manuel Urena
Pastor of Cartagena, Spain, as metropolitan archbishop of Zaragoza (area
13,309, population 794,000, Catholics 770,000, priests 718, religious 2,360),
Spain. He succeeds Archbishop Elias Yanes Alvarez whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having
reached the age limit.

Over the course of the last few weeks the Holy Father has adopted a number of
provisions that can only be made public today. He:

- Appointed Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, apostolic nuncio in Tanzania, as
apostolic nuncio in El Salvador.

- Appointed Msgr. Giambattista Diquattro, counsellor to the apostolic
nunciature in Italy, as apostolic nuncio to Panama, at the same time elevating
him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Bologna,
Italy, in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1981.

- Appointed Bishop Nechan Karakeheyan, of Ispahan of the Armenians, Iran, as
Ordinary for Armenian Catholics of Eastern Europe, at the same time assigning
him the title of Archbishop "ad personam." He succeeds Archbishop Nerses Der
Nersessian C.M.A., whose resignation from the same office was accepted by the
Holy Father in accordance with Canon 210 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern
Churches. He also accepted the resignation from the position of coadjutor of
the same Ordinariate presented by Archbishop Vartan Kechichian, in accordance
with Canons 218 and 210 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

Yesterday afternoon, April 1, it was made public that the Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of Phan Thiet, Vietnam,
presented by Bishop Nicolas Huynh Van Nghi. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop
Paul Nguyen Thanh Hoan.

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of Taejon, Korea, presented
by Bishop Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Lazarus
You Heung-sik.

- Appointed Archbishop John Atcherley Dew of Wellington, New Zealand, as
military ordinary of New Zealand. He succeeds Cardinal Thomas Stafford
Williams, archbishop emeritus of Wellington, whose resignation from same office
the Holy Father accepted.

- Appointed Bishop Boniface Lele of Kitui, Kenya, as metropolitan archbishop of
Mombasa (area 30,395, population 1,999,405, Catholics 197,100, priests 75,
permanent deacons 1, religious 453), Kenya.

- Appointed Bishop Malayappan Chinnappa S.D.B. of Vellore, India, as
metropolitan archbishop of Madras-Mylapore (area 3,160, population 6,894,871,
Catholics 341,314, priests 436, religious 2,705), India.

- Appointed Fr. Yvon Ambrose as bishop of Tuticorin (area 6,440, population
2,715,000, Catholics 340,000, priests 171, religious 763), India.

- Appointed Fr. Giuseppe Franzelli M.C.C.I. as bishop of Lira (area 12,030,
population 1,751,700, Catholics 980,600, priests 51, religious 148), Uganda.

- Appointed Msgr. Dieudonne Uringi Uuci as bishop of Bunia (area 22,470,
population 918,727, Catholics 474,695, priests 61, religious 192), Democratic
Republic of the Congo.

- Appointed Msgr. Jebalamai Susaimanickam as coadjutor bishop of Sivagangai
(area 8,353, population 3,116,363, Catholics 206,861, priests 141, religious
442), India.
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