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   VATICAN CITY, 24 SEP 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:   
      
   - Appointed Bishop Daniel Fernandez Torres, auxiliary of San Juan de Puerto   
   Rico, Puerto Rico, as bishop of Arecibo (area 2,157, population 615.600,   
   Catholics 379,000, priests 87, permanent deacons 2, religious 213), Puerto   
   Rico. He succeeds Bishop Inaki Mallona Txertudi C.P., whose resignation from   
   the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having   
   reached the age limit.   
      
   - Appointed Bishop Douglas Crosby O.M.I. of Corner Brook and Labrador, Canada,   
   as bishop of Hamilton (area 16,824, population 1,982,908, Catholics 562,000,   
   priests 224, permanent deacons 24, religious 371), Canada. He succeeds Bishop   
   Anthony F. Tonnos, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese   
   the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.   
   NER:RE/VIS 20100924 (130)   
      
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