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Wednesday, May 5, 2004

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VATICAN CITY, MAY 5, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S., of Sobral, Brazil as metropolitan archbishop of Paraiba (area 6,546, population 1,282,844, Catholics 1,044,100, priests 107, permanent deacons 17, religious 285), Brazil.  The archbishop-elect was born in 1949 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and was ordained a priest in 1977. The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese presented by Archbishop Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira upon having reached the age limit.
NER:RE/DI CILLO:PINTO                VIS 20040505 (90)


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