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New Cardinals

Pope Francis announced on 2024.10.06 that he would elevate the following 21 prelates to the Sacred College of Cardinals in a consistory on 2024.12.07.

  1. Italy Archbishop Angelo Acerbi (99), Titular Archbishop of Zella and Prelate emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)
  2. Peru Archbishop Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio (74), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)
  3. Argentina Archbishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (72), Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)
  4. Ecuador Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador
  5. Chile Archbishop Fernando Natalio ChomalĂ­ Garib (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)
  6. Japan Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (ă‚żăƒ«ăƒă‚·ă‚Ș èŠćœ° 抟), S.V.D. (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東äșŹ (Japan), President of Caritas Internationalis, President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan and General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences
  7. Philippines Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David (65), Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.)
  8. Serbia Archbishop Ladislav NĂ©met, S.V.D. (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia), President of International Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius and Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences
  9. Brazil Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil and President of Latin American Episcopal Council
  10. Cote d’Ivoire Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) and Apostolic Administrator of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)
  11. Algeria Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)
  12. Iran Archbishop Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv. (61), Archbishop of Tehran–Isfahan (Iran) and President of Iranian Episcopal Conference
  13. Italy Archbishop Roberto Repole (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) and Bishop of Susa (Italy)
  14. Italy Bishop Baldassare Reina (53), Titular Bishop of AquĂŠ in Mauretania, Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy)
  15. Canada Archbishop Francis Leo (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)
  16. Lithuania Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas (52), Titular Archbishop of Tolentino and Coadjutor Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
  17. Australia Bishop Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R. (44), Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)
  18. England Fr. Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P. (79), Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  19. Italy Fr. Fabio Baggio, C.S. (59), Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Secretary of Vatican COVID-19 Commission
  20. India Msgr. George Jacob Koovakad (51), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness
  21. Italy Archbishop Domenico Battaglia (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

News

Necrology

Papal Audiences

Feasts

  • 2024.11.05: 

Tuesday in the 31Ëąá”— Week in Ordinary Time

All Holy Martyrs of Sirmium (Mostar–Duvno, Srijem, Đakovo–Osijek)

All Saints and Blesseds of the Diocese (Mantova)

All Saints of the Churches of Sicilia (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

All Saints of the Churches of Tuscany (Pisa)

All Saints of the Diocese (Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni, Ancona–Osimo, Benevento, Clermont, Nancy, Palestrina, PĂ©rigueux, Rieti, Santander, Sion)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (San Juan de Puerto Rico, Trieste)

Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg, priest and martyr (Berlin, MĂŒnchen und Freising)

Blessed MarĂ­a Rafols, virgin (Huesca, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Zaragoza)

Commemoration of Deceased Bishops and Priests of the Diocese (Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo, Velletri–Segni)

Commemoration of Deceased Bishops of the Diocese (Isernia–Venafro)

Commemoration of Deceased Bishops, Priests and Deacons who exercised their ministry in the Diocese (Trivento)

Commemoration of Deceased Priests of the Diocese (Birmingham)

Feria: 4á”—Ê° Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Angela of the Cross Guerrero GonzĂĄlez, virgin (Spain)

Saint Caesarius of Terracina, martyr (Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno)

Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop (Bologna)

Saint Emeric of Hungary (Hungary, BanskĂĄ Bystrica, KoĆĄice, Nitra, RoĆŸĆˆava, Trnava)

Saint Gerald of BĂ©ziers, bishop (Montpellier)

Saint Goussaud of Auvergne, hermit (Limoges)

Saint Lautein, abbot (Saint-Claude)

Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (Ravenna–Cervia)

Saint Martin de Porres, religious (Ireland, Chosica, MĂŒnchen und Freising, Solsona, Urgell, Viana do Castelo)

Saint Odrada of Alem, virgin (Antwerpen)

Saints with relics venerated in the churches of the Diocese (Aire et Dax, Anagni–Alatri, Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia, Astorga, Aversa, Avezzano, Belluno–Feltre, Campobasso–Boiano, Città di Castello, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, León, Montecassino, Nola, Pescara–Penne, Poitiers, Salerno–Campagna–Acerno, Teramo–Atri, Toledo, Zagreb)

Tuesday in the Week of the 2ⁿᔈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)

Commemoration of Deceased Priests and Religious (Southern Arabia)

Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2024.11.06: 

Wednesday in the 31Ëąá”— Week in Ordinary Time

All Saints and Blesseds of the Patriarchate (Venezia)

All Saints of Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda)

All Saints of Ireland (Ireland)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Berlin, Evansville, Yakima)

Blessed Andrés Jiménez Galera, priest, Blessed José María de la Virgen Dolorosa, religious, and companions, martyrs (Almería)

Blessed Antero Mateo and companions, martyrs (LeĂłn)

Blessed Avelino Blas RodrĂ­guez Alonso, priest, and companions, martyrs (Astorga)

Blessed Contardo Ferrini (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Blessed Enrique Vidaurreta Palma, priest, Blessed Juan Duarte MartĂ­n, deacon, and companions, martyrs (MĂĄlaga)

Blessed Felipe Barba, priest, and companions, martyrs (Zamora)

Blessed Fernando Llovera Puigsech, priest, and companions, martyrs (Arecibo)

Blessed JoaquĂ­n Esnaola, priest, Blessed Clara Ezcurra, virgin, and companions, martyrs (San SebastiĂĄn)

Blessed José Osés Såinz, Blessed Manuel Martínez Jarauta, religious, and Blessed Daría Andiarena Sagaseta, virgin, and companions, martyrs (Pamplona y Tudela)

Blessed LeĂłn Inchausti, priest, and companions, martyrs (Bilbao)

Blessed Manuel Basulto Jiménez, bishop, and companions, martyrs (Jaén)

Blessed Pascual Fortuño Almela, priest, and companions, martyrs (Segorbe–CastellĂłn de la Plana)

Blessed Rupert Mayer, priest (Denver)

Blessed Saturnino Ortega Montealegre and Blessed JosĂ© MarĂ­a Ruiz Cano, priests, and companions, martyrs (SigĂŒenza–Guadalajara)

Blessed Urban V, pope (Avignon, Marseille, Montpellier, NĂźmes)

Blessed ValentĂ­n Palencia Marquina, priest, and companions, martyrs (Burgos)

Commemoration of Deceased Bishops, Priests and Deacons who exercised their ministry in the Diocese (Teramo–Atri)

Feria: 4á”—Ê° Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form)

Our Lady of Suffrage (Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino)

Saint Illtud, abbot (Wales)

Saint Leonard of Noblac, abbot (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Bolzano–Bressanone, Limoges, Tulle)

Saint Modesta of Oeren, abbess (Trier)

Saint Nuno de Santa Maria, religious (Angola, Portugal)

Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, Saint Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, priests, and companions, martyrs (Spain)

Saint Perpetus of Maastricht, bishop (Namur)

Saint Romulus of Bourges, abbot (Bourges)

Saint Severus of Barcelona, bishop and martyr (Barcelona)

Saint Winnoc of Bergues, abbot (Lille)

Wednesday in the Week of the 2ⁿᔈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)

Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2024.11.07: 

Thursday in the 31Ëąá”— Week in Ordinary Time

All Holy Archbishops and Other Saints of the Archdiocese (Bourges)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Carcassonne et Narbonne, Southwark)

Blessed Anthony Baldinucci, priest (Anagni–Alatri, Frascati, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino)

Blessed Francisco de JesĂșs Palau, priest (Ibiza, Lleida, Mallorca, Tarragona)

Blessed Lucia da Settefonti, virgin (Bologna)

Blessed Urban V, pope (Mende)

Feria: 4á”—Ê° Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form)

Our Lady, Mediatrix (Argentina)

Saint Angela of the Cross Guerrero GonzĂĄlez, virgin (LeĂłn)

Saint Engelbert of Berg, bishop and martyr (Köln)

Saint Ercolanus, bishop and martyr (Perugia–Città della Pieve)

Saint Florentius of Strasbourg, bishop (Strasbourg)

Saint Israel, priest, and Saint Theobald, deacon (Limoges)

Saint Jacinto María Castañeda, priest and martyr (Valencia)

Saint Leopardus of Osimo, bishop (Ancona–Osimo)

Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, Saint Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, priests, and companions, martyrs (Barcelona)

Saint Peter Wu Guosheng, martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Saint Prosdocimus of Padua, bishop (Belluno–Feltre, Rieti, Vittorio Veneto)

Saint Stephen of Apt, bishop (Avignon, Montpellier)

Saint Vincenzo Grossi, priest (Cremona)

Saint Willibrord, bishop (Austria, England, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Antwerpen, Bolzano–Bressanone, Brugge, Gent, Haarlem–Amsterdam, Hasselt, Kþbenhavn, Liùge, Mechelen–Brussel, Tournai, Utrecht)

Saints with relics venerated in the churches of the Diocese (Velletri–Segni)

Thursday in the Week of the 2ⁿᔈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)

Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2024.11.08: 

Friday in the 31Ëąá”— Week in Ordinary Time

All Holy Bishops of the Diocese (Laval, Utrecht)

All Holy Martyrs of the Archdiocese (Berlin)

All Saints and Blesseds of the Diocese (Jerusalem, San Marino–Montefeltro)

All Saints of Wales (Wales)

All Saints of the Diocese (Aix, Ajaccio, Avignon, Blois, Bologna, Chartres, CrĂ©teil, Digne, FrĂ©jus–Toulon, Gap–Embrun, La Rochelle, Lille, Limoges, Marseille, Moulins, Nanterre, NĂźmes, OrlĂ©ans, Paris, Ravenna–Cervia, Reims, Saint-Denis)

All Saints of the Holy Roman Church (Roma)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (PƂock)

Blessed Gratia of Kotor, monk (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kotor, Srijem)

Blessed John Duns Scotus, priest (Scotland, Köln)

Commemoration of Deceased Bishops and Priests of the Diocese (Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino)

Feria: 4á”—Ê° Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form)

Friday in the Week of the 2ⁿᔈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)

Saint Austremonius of Auvergne, bishop (Clermont, Saint-Flour)

Saint Theodore of Amasea, martyr (Venezia)

Saint Toribius of Palencia, monk (Santander)

Saint Victoria, virgin and martyr (Burgos)

Saint Willehad, bishop (Groningen–Leeuwarden)

Saint Willibrord, bishop (Southwark)

Saint and Blessed Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Naples (Napoli)

Saints Joseph Nguyễn ĐÏnh Nghi, Martin TáșĄ Đức Thịnh, Paul Nguyễn NgĂąn, priests, Martin Thọ and John Baptist Cỏn, martyrs (HĂ  NĂŽi)

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome (Bourges, Getafe, Madrid)

The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs (Extraordinary Form)

Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2024.11.09: 

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome

Our Lady of Almudena (Getafe, Madrid)

Saint Theodore, martyr (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Ursinus of Bourges, bishop (Bourges)

Saturday in the 31Ëąá”— Week in Ordinary Time (KĂžbenhavn)

The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday (KĂžbenhavn)

  • 2024.11.10: 

32ⁿᔈ Sunday in Ordinary Time

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Ambrosian)

Resumed 5á”—Ê° Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form)

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome (KĂžbenhavn)

  • 2024.11.11: 

Saint Martin of Tours, bishop

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Juli, Montevergine, Sioux City)

Saint Mennas, martyr (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Victoria, virgin and martyr (Ɓowicz)

Remembrance Day (Canada)

Martyrology

  • 2024.11.05: 

Saint Domninus, martyr in Palestine

Saints Theotimus, Philoteus, Timothy and Aussentius, martyrs in Palestine

Saint Marco, bishop of Eca

Saint Fibicius, bishop of Trier

Saint Guéthenoc, abbess

Saint Bertille, abbess

Saint Guiraud, bishop of BĂ©ziers

Blessed Gomidas Keumurdjian, priest and martyr at Constantinople

Saint Ðaminh Máș§u, Dominican priest, martyr of Vietnam

Saint Guido Maria Conforti, archbishop of Ravenna, founder of the Xaverians

Blessed Joan Antoni BurrĂł Mas, Hospitaller religious, martyr of Spain

Blessed MarĂ­a del Carmen Viel Ferrando, virgin and martyr of Spain

Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg, priest and martyr of Germany

Blessed Hryhorii, auxiliary bishop of Przemyƛl of the Ukrainians, martyr in Russia

  • 2024.11.06: 

Saint Felix, martyr in Numidia

Saint Paul, bishop of Constantinople

Saint Melaine, bishop of Rennes

Saint Illtud, abbot

Saint Leonard, hermit

Saints Callinicus, Imerius, Theodore, Stephen, Peter, Paul, Theodore, John, John, and companions, martyrs in Gaza

Saint Severo, bishop of Barcelona and martyr

Saint Protais, bishop of Lausanne

Saint Winoc, abbot

Saint Étienne, bishop of Apt

Saint Théobald, deacon

Blessed Christina von Stommeln Bruso, virgin

  • 2024.11.07: 

Saint Prosdocimo, first bishop of Padua

Saint Athenodorus, bishop of Amasea

Saint Amaranthe, martyr at Albi

Saints Hiero and companions, martyrs at Melitine

Saint Ercolano, bishop of Perugia and martyr

Saint Baud, bishop of Tours

Saint Congar, abbot

Saint Florent, bishop of Strasbourg

Saint Willibrord, bishop of Utrecht

Saint Lazaros, stylite

Saint Engelbert, bishop of Cologne and martyr

Blessed Antonio Baldinucci, Jesuit priest

Saints Jacinto MarĂ­a Castañeda PuchasĂłns and Vinh-SÆĄn LĂȘ Quang LiĂȘm, Dominican priests and martyrs of Vietnam

Saint Petrus Wu Guosheng, catechist and martyr of China

Saint Vincenzo Grossi, priest, founder of the Daughters of the Oratory

  • 2024.11.08: 

Saints Symphorian, Claudius, Nicostratus, Castorius and Simplicius, martyrs at Sirmium

Saint Clair, priest

Saint Adeodatus I, pope

Saint Willehad, bishop of Bremen

Saint Geoffroy, bishop of Amiens

Blessed Johannes Duns Scotus, Franciscan priest

Blessed Maria Crocifissa Satellico, Clarisse abbess

Saints Giuse Nguyễn ÐÏnh Nghi, PhaolĂŽ Nguyễn NgĂąn, MartinĂŽ TáșĄ Ðức Thịnh, priests, MartinĂŽ Thọ and Gioan Baotixita Cỏn, martyrs of Vietnam

  • 2024.11.09: 

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica at Rome

Saint Ursin, first bishop of Bourges

Saint Agrippino, bishop of Naples

Saint Vanne, bishop of Verdun

Saints Eustolia and Sopatra, virgins

Saint Georges, bishop of LodĂšve

Blessed Giovanna, virgin

Blessed Gabriele Ferretti, Franciscan priest

Blessed Ludovico Morbioli

Blessed Grazia da Cattaro, Augustinian religious

Blessed George Napper, priest and martyr of England

Saint Élisabeth de la TrinitĂ© Catez, Discalced Carmelite virgin

Blessed Henryk Hlebowicz, priest and martyr of Belarus

Blessed Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi, father of family

  • 2024.11.10: 

Saint Leo I, pope and doctor of the Church

Saint Demetrius, bishop of Antioch

Saint Orestes, martyr

Saint Probo, bishop of Ravenna

Saints Narseh and Joseph, martyrs in Persia

Saint Justus, bishop of Canterbury

Saint Baudolino, hermit

Saint Andrea Avellino, Theatine priest

Blessed Joaquín Piña Piazuelo, Hospitaller religious, martyr of Spain

  • 2024.11.11: 

Saint Martin, bishop of Tours

Saint Menas, martyr in Egypt

Saint VĂ©ran, bishop of Vence

Saint Menna, hermit

Saint John the Almsgiver, patriach of Alexandria

Saint Bertuin, bishop and abbot of the monastery of Malonne

Saint Theodore the Studite, abbot

Saint Bartolomeo, abbot of Grottaferrata

Saint Marina, virgin and martyr of Japan

Blessed Alicja Kotowska, Resurrectionist virgin, martyr of Poland

Blessed Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, Passionist, bishop of Nikopol


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