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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 24 JAN 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Fr. Mate Uzinic of the clergy of the archdiocese of Split-Makarska, Croatia,
rector of the major seminary, as bishop of Dubrovnik (area 1,368, population
87,300, Catholics 76,800, priests 85, religious 247), Croatia. The bishop-elect
was born in Dubrava, Croatia in 1967 and ordained a priest in 1993.

- Bishop Victor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid, auxiliary of Medellin, Colombia, as
bishop of Malaga-Soata (area 7,466, population 177,600, Catholics 167,500,
priests 63, religious 87), Colombia.

- Bishop Robert Francis Vasa of Baker, U.S.A., as coadjutor bishop of Santa
Rosa in California (area 30,320, population 898,000, Catholics 167,945, priests
101, permanent deacons 35, religious 87), U.S.A.

On Saturday 22 January it was made public that he appointed Archbishop Santos
Abril y Castello, apostolic nuncio, as vice chamberlain of Holy Roman Church
for a period of three years.
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