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   VATICAN CITY, 20 OCT 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:   
      
   - Appointed Bishop Pedro Brito Guimaraes of Sao Raimundo Nonato, Brazil, as   
   archbishop of Palmas (area 29,938, population 196,000, Catholics 150,000,   
   priests 75, permanent deacons 16, religious 84), Brazil. The archbishop-elect   
   was born in Eliseu Martins, Brazil in 1954, he was ordained a priest in 1986   
   and consecrated a bishop in 2002.   
      
   - Appointed Bishop Dirceu Vegini, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Curitiba,   
   Brazil, as bishop of Foz do Iguacu (area 7.062, population 494,000, Catholics   
   393,000, priests 44, religious 82), Brazil. He succeeds Bishop Laurindo   
   Guizzardi C.S., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese   
   the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.   
      
   - Appointed Bishop Sabino Ocan Odoki, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Gulu,   
   Uganda, as bishop of Arua (area 10,561, population 1,810,000, Catholics   
   735,000, priests 96, permanent deacons 1, religious 220), Uganda.   
   NER:RE/VIS 20101020 (160)   
      
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