OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 7, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Bishop Jean-Marie Le Vert, auxiliary of Meaux, France, as bishop of Quimper, Cornouailles (area 6,785, population 856,000, Catholics 753,000, priests 381, permanent deacons 20, religious 808), France. He succeeds Bishop Clement Guillon C.I.M., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, apostolic nuncio to Spain, as Holy See permanent observer to the World Tourism Organization.
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