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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS


VATICAN CITY, 22 JUL 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado of Mindelo, Cape Verde, as bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (area 1,803, population 345,000, Catholics 327,750, priests 40, religious 105), Cape Verde. He succeeds Bishop Paulino Do Livramento Evora C.S.Sp., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the prelature of Coari, Brazil, presented by Bishop Joercio Goncalves Pereira C.SS.R., in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
NER:RE/.../GOMES:EVORA:GONCALVES                VIS 20090722 (110)

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