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   VATICAN CITY, 28 OCT 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:   
      
   - Appointed Bishop Lionel Gendron P.S.S., auxiliary of Montreal, Canada, as   
   bishop of Saint-Jean - Longueuil (area 2,075, population 696,000, Catholics   
   591,000, priests 115, permanent deacons 2, religious 437), Canada. He succeeds   
   Bishop Jacques Berthelet C.S.V., whose resignation from the pastoral care of   
   the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.   
      
   - Appointed Fr. Jacques Habert of the clergy of Creteil, France, episcopal   
   vicar with responsibility for the pastoral sector of Charenton-le-Pont /   
   Joinville-le-Pont / Saint-Maurice, as bishop of Sees (area 6,103, population   
   292,879, Catholics 272,200, priests 166, permanent deacons 17, religious 326),   
   France. The bishop-elect was born in Saint-Malo, France in 1960 and ordained a   
   priest in 1989.   
   NER:RE/VIS 20101028 (130)   
      
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