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Friday, July 15, 2011

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 15 JUL 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, apostolic nuncio to Rwanda, as apostolic nuncio to Chile.

 - Appointed Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, apostolic nuncio to Gerogia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as apostolic nuncio to Belarus.

 - Appointed Bishop Rigoberto Corredor Bermudez of Garzon, Colombia, as bishop of Pereira (area 6,126, population 1,332,000, Catholics 1,005,000, priests 195, permanent deacons 34, religious 209), Colombia. He succeeds Bishop Tulio Duque Gutierrez S.D.S., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Bishop Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto of Florencia, Colombia, as bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (area 24,612, population 609,000, Catholics 585,000, priests 174, religious 157), Colombia.
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