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Thursday, November 27, 2003

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 26, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Bishop Matias Patricio de Macedo, of Campina Grande, Brazil, metropolitan archbishop of Natal (area 25,153, population 2,520,300, Catholics 1,965,834, priests 100, permanent deacons 19, religious 247), Brazil. He succeeds Archbishop Heitor de Ara£jo Sales whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted upon having reached the age limit.

- Bishop Plinio Jose Luz da Silva, auxiliary of Fortaleza, Brazil, as bishop of Picos (area 23,121, population 325,086, Catholics 305,581, priests 21, religious 34), Brazil.

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