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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 28, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Peter F. Christensen of the clergy of the archdiocese of Saint
Paul and Minneapolis, U.S.A., pastor of the parish of the Nativity of Our Lord,
as bishop of Superior (area 40,701, population 443,209, Catholics 81,885,
priests 71, permanent deacons 57, religious 104), U.S.A. The bishop- elect was
born in Pasadena, U.S.A., in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1985. He succeeds
Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Luigi Renzo of the clergy of the archdiocese of Rossano-
Cariati, Italy, vicar general and pastor of the cathedral, as bishop of
Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea (area 943, population 156,900, Catholics 151,000,
priests 136, permanent deacons 10, religious 158), Italy. The bishop-elect was
born in Cosenza, Italy in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1971. He succeeds
Bishop Domenico Tarcisio Cortese O.F.M., whose resignation from the pastoral
care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age
limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Pietro Santoro of the clergy of the archdiocese of Chieti-
Vasto, Italy, pastor and episcopal vicar, as bishop of Avezzano (area 1,700,
population 115,137, Catholics 109,000, priests 109, permanent deacons 5,
religious 160), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Vasto in 1946 and ordained
a priest in 1970.

- Appointed Fr. Soane Patita Paini Mafi, vice rector of the regional seminary
of the Pacific in Fiji, as coadjutor of Tonga (area 748,000, population
110,000, Catholics 16,221, priests 30, religious 54), Kingdom of Tonga. The
bishop-elect was born in Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga in 1961 and ordained a
priest in 1991.

- Appointed Fr. Anthony Ademu Adaji M.S.P., bursar of St. Paul's Seminary in
Abuja, Nigeria, as auxiliary of Idah (area 12,898, population 1,409,000,
Catholics 188,617, priests 56, religious 167), Nigeria. The bishop-elect was
born in Ukpaba, Nigeria in 1964 and ordained a priest in 1995.

- Appointed Msgr. Novatus Rugambwa, nunciature counsellor in Indonesia, as
under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and
Itinerant Peoples.
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