PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, JUN 18, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Isaac Thottunkal, protosincello (vicar general) of the eparchy of Bathery, India, as auxiliary of the archieparchy of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars (area 8,684, population 8,350,000, Catholics 305,000, priests 227, religious 819), India, also giving him the office of apostolic visitator to Syro-Malankarese faithful in North America and Europe. The bishop-elect was born in Mukkoor, India, in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1986.