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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 3 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Alexander Pyone Cho, currently "fidei donum" priest in the
diocese of Salina, U.S.A., as bishop of Pyay (area 80,937, population
9,000,000, Catholics 25,000, priests 37, religious 67), Myanmar. The bishop-
elect was born in Oatshitpin, Myanmar in 1949 and ordained a priest in 1975. He
succeeds Bishop Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe, 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 office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of
Toledo, Spain, presented by Bishop Joaquin Carmelo Borobia Isasa, upon having
reached the age limit.

- Appointed Fr. Stefan Zekorn of the clergy of the diocese of Munster, Germany,
rector-pastor of the Marian shrine of Kevelaer and canon of the cathedral
chapter of Munster, as auxiliary of Munster (area 15,265, population 4,335,600,
Catholics 2,007,335, priests 1,165, permanent deacons 270, religious 2,827).
The bishop-elect was born in Datteln, Germany in 1959 and ordained a priest in
1984.

- Appointed Msgr. Carmelo Pellegrino and Fr. Alfred Simon O.S.B., respectively
official and consultor of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, as
relators of the same congregation.
NER:RE:NEA:NA/VIS 20101203 (210)

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