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Friday, October 10, 2008

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 10 OCT 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Bishop Jesus Esteban Catala Ibanez of Alcala de Henares, Spain, as bishop of Malaga (area 7,283, population 1,558,158, Catholics 1,199,782, priests 321, permanent deacons 16, religious 984), Spain. He succeeds Bishop Antonio Dorado Soto, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Bishop Matthias Ri Iong-hoon, auxiliary of Suwon, Korea, as coadjutor of the same diocese (area 5,371, population 6,914,941, Catholics 672,803, priests 365, religious 345).

 - Appointed Fr. Vincenzo Criscuolo O.F.M. Cap., consultor of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, as relator general of the same congregation.
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