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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS


VATICAN CITY, SEP 20, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father gave his assent to the canonical election carried out by the Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church, meeting on August 21, of Fr. Jose Pandarassery, vicar for the region of Malabar of the archeparchy of Kottayam, India, as auxiliary of the same archeparchy (area 560,665, population 3,595,650, Catholics 170,200, priests 214, religious 1,346). The bishop-elect was born in Ettumanoor, India, in 1961, and ordained a priest in 1987.
NEA/.../PANDARASSERY                            VIS 20060920 (90)


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