1.   Pope John Paul II appointed several new bishops.

2.   A new Catholic bishop was installed in Galway yesterday.

3.   The new bishop is a firm believer in the ordination of woman priests, a policy which he knows is opposed by some churchmen in the diocese.

4.   A question now is, what will be the status of the new bishops, who are back in the United States?

5.   A new bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach began a two-day ceremony of taking office Wednesday at St. Ignatius Loyola Cathedral.

6.   He was in England at the invitation of the archbishop of Canterbury attending the consecration of a new flying bishop.

7.   Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Armando X. Ochoa has been appointed by Pope John Paul II as the new bishop of El Paso, the Vatican announced.

8.   Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation and named Lynch to fill in until a new bishop is appointed for the diocese.

9.   Robinson declined to be interviewed, saying the finalists for the Newark position had agreed not to speak with the media until after a new bishop is chosen.

10.   Rome also has the option of appointing an apostolic administrator to supervise the diocese until a new bishop is named.