Bishops. (News in Brief: Canada).

Montreal--Melkite Bishop Sleiman Hajjar of Montreal, 51, drowned in the ocean on Sunday March 10, while vacationing in Florida. Eparch Hajjar became well-known to Canadians when he baptized pop-star Celine Dion's baby in Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal. Dion's husband is from Lebanon. The Eastern-rite Melkites have some 50,000 faithful in Canada and the United States. The Eparchy (diocese) has 10 parishes and 11 priests in Canada.

Moncton--On March 16, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Andre Richard, C.S.C., of Bathurst, N.B., to be the Archbishop of Moncton. Bishop Richard, 64, succeeds Archbishop Ernest Leger, 58, whose resignation was accepted by the Pope. A member of the Holy Cross Congregation, Bishop Richard has been bishop of Bathurst since 1989. The Moncton Archdiocese has 105,000 faithful of whom four-fifths are French-speaking; the city and surrounding areas are predominantly English-speaking.

Winnipeg--Father David Motiuk, 40, has been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Winnipeg. Born in 1962 in Vegreville, AB, Father Motiuk was Rector of Holy Spirit Ukrainian Seminary in Ottawa from 1996 to 2001, and since then has served as canonical advisor to the Ukrainian Eparchy of Edmonton.

The Archeparchy of Winnipeg has a Catholic population of 33,490 served by 38 diocesan priests, 10 religious order priests, 16 deacons and 34 religious sisters in 127 parishes and missions.