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2026.05.30: Fr. Jefferson Santos Pinheiro (49) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tagaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)
2026.05.30: Fr. Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas (51) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Satafis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)
2026.05.28: Fr. Kenneth Thorson, O.M.I. (59), was elected Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada)
2026.05.27: Fr. John Mbua Mwandi (55), Priest of Kitui (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Kitui (Kenya)
2026.05.27: Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela (58) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kitui (Kenya)
2026.05.26: Fr. Bernardino Ne Ne (56), Priest of Loikaw (Myanmar), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Taungngu (Myanmar)
2026.05.26: Bishop Simon Kim Jong-Gang (김종강 시몬 / 金鍾岡) (61), Bishop of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu 대구 (South Korea)
2026.05.25: Fr. Arnulfo Moreno Quiñonez (47), Priest of Guapi (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Castra nova and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia)
2026.05.25: Fr. Luis Fernando de Jesús Pérez Agudelo (58), Priest of Medellín (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Leges and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia)
2026.05.25: Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政) (67), Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar and Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
2026.05.25: Fr. Anthony James Corcoran, S.J. (63), Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan), was elected Titular Bishop of Aëtus
2026.05.25: Bishop Francisco Castro Lalupú (52), Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Peru), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru)
2026.05.25: Bishop Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez (63) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí (Peru)
2026.05.25: Archbishop Santiago Ignacio De Wit Guzmán (61), Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia and Plenipotentiary Representative to Caribbean Community (CARICOM), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Necrology

2026.05.26: Archbishop Edoardo Rovida, Titular Archbishop of Taormina, passed away at 98
2026.05.24: Archbishop Mario Milano, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Aversa (Italy), passed away at 90
2026.05.20: Bishop John Huston Ricard, S.S.J., Bishop emeritus of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA) and Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites), passed away at 86
2026.05.15: Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu (蘇孝洲), Bishop emeritus of Sibu (Malaysia), passed away at 86
2026.05.15: Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lusaka (Zambia), passed away at 78
2026.05.14: Archbishop Godefroy Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 95
2026.05.13: Archbishop Pierre Mouallem, M.S.P., Archbishop emeritus of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel), passed away at 98
2026.05.12: Bishop Jean-Marie-Louis Bonfils, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Nice (France), passed away at 96
2026.05.12: Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale, passed away at 79

Papal Audiences

Feasts

2026.05.29:	Friday in the 8ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Paul VI, pope Blessed Guillaume Arnaud and companions, martyrs (Montpellier) Blessed Joseph Gerard, priest (South Africa, Nancy) Saint Bona of Pisa, virgin (Pisa) Saint Eusebius and Saint Pollio, martyrs (Đakovo–Osijek) Saint Joachim Kai Zhihao, martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Saint Just of Urgell, bishop (Solsona, Urgell) Saint Maximin of Trier, bishop (Poitiers, Trier) Saint Maximus of Emona, bishop (Slovenia) Saint Pedro Sans y Jordá, bishop and martyr (Tortosa) Saint Urszula Ledóchowska, virgin (Poland, Helsinki, Mother of God at Moscow) Saint Votus and Saint Felix, and companions (Jaca) Saints Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander, martyrs (Bolzano–Bressanone, Trento) Saints Sisinnius, Martyrius, and Alexander, martyrs, and Virgilius, bishop (Ambrosian) Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Ember Friday of Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
2026.05.30:	Saturday in the 8ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Białystok, Ragusa, Szczecin–Kamień) Blessed Carlo Liviero, bishop (Città di Castello) Blessed Giacomo Salomoni, priest (Venezia) Blessed Marianus of Roccacasale and Blessed Didacus Oddi, religious (Palestrina) Blessed Marianus of Roccacasale, religious (Sulmona–Valva) Blessed Marie-Céline of the Presentation, virgin (Bordeaux, Périgueux) Blessed Matilde of the Sacred Heart, religious (Plasencia) Blessed Otto Neururer, priest and martyr (Bolzano–Bressanone, Wien) Blessed Pere Tarrés i Claret, priest (Barcelona, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Terrassa, Vic) Commemoration of the Coming of Saint Paul, apostle, to Pozzuoli (Pozzuoli) Our Lady of Distress (Haarlem–Amsterdam) Saint Cantius, Saint Cantianus, and Saint Cantianilla, martyrs (Slovenia) Saint Clinus, abbot (Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo) Saint Esuperantius of Ravenna, bishop (Ravenna–Cervia) Saint Ferdinand (Spain) Saint Jan Sarkander, priest and martyr (Poland) Saint Joan of Arc, virgin (Congo-Kinshasa, France) Saint Paul VI, pope (Ambrosian) Saint Vitalis of Assisi, monk (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Saint Walstan (East Anglia) Saint Zdislava (Czechia, Poland) Translation of the Relics of Saint Stephen of Hungary (Hungary) Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Ember Saturday of Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
2026.05.31:	The Most Holy Trinity
2026.06.01:	Saint Justin, martyr Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Beja, Brentwood, Colorado Springs, Kansas City) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Co-Cathedral (Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia) Blessed Paul Yun Ji Chung and companions, martyrs (South Korea) Saint Angela Merici, virgin (Extraordinary Form) Saint Florus, bishop (Saint-Flour) Saint Proculus of Bologna, martyr (Bologna) Saint Reparata, virgin and martyr (Teramo–Atri) The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Congo-Kinshasa)
2026.06.02:	Tuesday in the 9ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Marcellinus and Saint Peter, martyrs Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Chur, Cremona, Rzeszów) Blessed Sadok, priest, and companions, martyrs (Sandomierz) Feria: 1ˢᵗ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Our Lady of Grace (Legnica) Saint Annibale Maria di Francia, priest (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Monreale, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Caprasius and the holy monks of Lérins (Fréjus–Toulon) Saint Crescentinus and companions, martyrs (Città di Castello) Saint Erasmus and Saint Marcian, bishops and martyrs (Gaeta) Saint Erasmus of Formia, bishop and martyr (Avezzano) Saint Felix of Nicosia, religious (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint John the Hermit, priest (Burgos, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Saint Justin, martyr (Saint-Flour) Saint Pothinus, bishop, and Saint Blandine, virgin, and companions, martyrs (France) Saint Simeon of Syracuse, hermit (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani, Trier) Saints Germanus, Paulinus, Just and Sicius, martyrs (Girona) Saints Marcellinus, Peter, and Erasmus, bishop, martyrs (Extraordinary Form) Tuesday in the Week after the 1ˢᵗ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian)
2026.06.03:	Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs Feria: 1ˢᵗ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Our Lady of the Letter (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Conus of Teggiano, religious (Teggiano–Policastro) Saint Juan Grande, religious (Jerez de la Frontera) Saint Kevin, abbot (Ireland) Wednesday in the 9ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (Rwanda, Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)
2026.06.04:	The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (if Corpus Christi is not transferred to Sunday) Thursday in the 9ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (if Corpus Christi is transferred to Sunday) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Palermo) Blessed Eve de Saint-Martin, religious (Liège) Our Lady “Salus Populi Romani” (Roma) Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr (L’Aquila) Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs (Ireland, Teggiano–Policastro) Saint Coltilda (France) Saint Elizabeth Hesselblad, virgin (Sweden, Helsinki) Saint Eutychius of Como, bishop (Como) Saint Francis Caracciolo, priest (Chieti–Vasto, Napoli, Trivento) Saint Genesius of Clermont, bishop (Clermont) Saint Hilary of Carcassonne, bishop (Carcassonne et Narbonne) Saint Juan Grande, religious (Sevilla) Saint Justin, martyr (Bologna) Saint Morand of Cluny, monk (Strasbourg) Saint Optatus of Milevis, bishop (Algeria, Tunisia, Rabat) Saint Peter of Verona, priest and martyr (Rieti) Saint Quirinus of Sescia, bishop and martyr (San Marino–Montefeltro, Szombathely) Saint Íñigo of Oña, abbot (Burgos)

Martyrology

2026.05.29:	Saint Paul VI, pope Saint Hesychius, palace official, martyr Saint Maximinus, bishop of Trier Saints Sisinnio, deacon, Martirio, lector, and Alessandro, porter, martyrs Saint Esuperanzio, bishop of Ravenna Saint Senatore, bishop of Milan Saint Gérard, monk and later bishop of Mâcon Saint Bona, virgin Blesseds Guillaume Arnaud and 10 companions, martyrs of France Blessed Gherardesca, widow Blessed Richard Thirkeld, priest and martyr of England Blessed Joseph Gérard, Oblate priest Saint Maria Ursula of Jesus Ledóchowska, virgin, founder of the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Agony
2026.05.30:	Saint Gabinus, martyr Saints Basil the Elder and Emmelia, husband and wife Saint Anastasio, bishop of Pavia Saint Dymphna, virgin and martyr Saint Hubert, bishop of Liège Saint Ferdinand III of Castile, king of Castille and Leon Saint Joan of Arc, virgin Saint Luke Kirby and Blesseds William Filby, Laurence Richardson and Thomas Cottam, priests and martyrs of England Blesseds William Scott and Richard Newport (Smith), priests and martyrs of England Saint Matthias Kalemba Mulumba Wante, martyr of Uganda Saint Joseph Marello, bishop of Acqui, founder of the Oblates of Saint Joseph Blessed Otto Neururer, priest and martyr of Germany
2026.05.31:	The Most Holy Trinity The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saint Petronilla, virgin and martyr at Rome Saint Hermias, legionary and martyr Saints Cantius, Cantianus and Cantianilla, martyrs Saint Selve, bishop of Toulouse Blessed Giacomo Salomoni, Dominican priest Saint Battista da Varano, abbess of the Clarisse monastery of Camerino Blesseds Robert Thorpe and Thomas Watkinson, martyrs of England Blessed Nicholas Barré, Minim priest, founder of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus Saint Felix of Nicosia, Capuchin religious Blessed Mariano da Roccacasale Di Nicolantonio, Franciscan religious Saint Noë Mawaggali, martyr of Uganda
2026.06.01:	Saint Justin, martyr Saints Chariton, Charitana, Evelpistus, Hierax, Peon and Liberianus, martyrs Saints Ammon, Zenon, Ptolemy, Ingenuus, soldiers, and old Theophilus, martyrs of Alexandria of Egypt Saints Ischyrion, army commander, and 5 soldiers, martyrs Saint Procolo, martyr at Bologna Saint Fortunato, priest Saint Caprais, monk Saint Flour, bishop of Lodève Saint Ronan, bishop Saint Wigstan, king of Mercia, martyr Saint Simeone, recluse Saint Íñigo, abbot Blessed Teobaldo Blessed Giovanni Pelingotto, Franciscan tertiary Blessed John Storey, martyr of England Blesseds Alfonso Navarrete Benito, Hernando de San José Ayala Fernández and Leo Tanaka, martyrs of Japan Blessed Jean-Baptiste-Ignace-Pierre Vernoy de Montjournal, canon of Moulins, martyr of France Saint Giuse Túc, martyr of Vietnam Saint Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, bishop of Piacenza, founder of the Scalabrinians Saint Hannibal Mary Di Francia, priest, founder of the Rogationists
2026.06.02:	Saints Marcellinus, priest, and Peter, exorcist, martyrs Saints Pothin, bishop of Lyons, Blandine and 46 companions, martyrs Saint Erasmus, bishop of Formia and martyr Saint Eugene I, pope Saint Nicephorus, bishop of Constantinople Saint Guido, bishop of Acqui Saint Nicola Pellegrino, pilgrim Blesseds Sadoc, priest, and 48 companions, Dominican religious and martyrs at Sandomierz Saint Ðaminh Ninh, martyr of Vietnam
2026.06.03:	Saints Charles Lwanga and 12 companions, martyrs of Uganda Saint Cecilius, priest Saint Hilaire, first bishop of Carcassonne Saint Clotilde, queen of All the Franks Saint Liphard, priest Saint Oliva, virgin Saint Kevin, founder and the abbot of the monastery of Glendalough Saint Genès, bishop of Clermont Saint Isaac, martyr at Cordoba Saint Davino Armeno, Armenian pilgrim Saint Morand, monk Blessed Andrea Caccioli, first Franciscan priest Saint Cono, monk Blessed Francis Ingleby, priest and martyr of England Saint Juan Grande Román, Hospitaller religious Blessed Charles-René Collas du Bignon, Sulpician priest and martyr of France Saint Phaolô Vũ Văn Ðổng, martyr of Vietnam Blessed Diego da Vallinfreda Oddi, Franciscan religious Birth of Saint John XXIII, pope
2026.06.04:	The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Saint Quirinus, bishop of Sescia and martyr Saint Metrophanes, bishop of Byzantium Saint Ottato, bishop of Milevum Saint Petroc, abbot Saint Gualtiero, abbot Saints Nicola and Trano, hermits Blessed Pacifico da Cerano, Franciscan priest Saint Francesco Caracciolo, priest, founder of the Clerics Regular Minor Saint Filippo Smaldone, priest, and founder of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart Blesseds Antoni Zawistowski, priest, and Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski, martyrs at Dachau

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
2026.06.06 – 2026.06.12: Apostolic Journey to Spain
2026.06.12: World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests 2026
2026.06.20: Pastoral Visit to Pavia
2026.06.20: Pastoral Visit to Sant'Angelo Lodigiano
2026.06.27 – 2026.06.28: 15ᵗʰ Extraordinary Consistory
2026.07.04: Pastoral Visit to Lampedusa
2026.07.12: Sea Sunday 2026
2026.07.26: World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2026
2026.08.06: Pastoral Visit to Assisi

Commemorations

2026.05.31: 1ˢᵗ anniversary, Beatification of Polish Martyrs of the Sisters of Saint Catherine (2025)
2026.06.02: 30ᵗʰ anniversary, Canonisation of Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Juan Grande Román and Egidio Maria di San Giuseppe (1996)
2026.06.04: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Gil Belascoain Ilarragorri and Blessed Laureano Pérez Carrascal (1876)
2026.06.05: 10ᵗʰ anniversary, Canonisation of Stanisław Papczyński and Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad (2016)
2026.06.06: Centenary, Beatification of Martyrs of Aubenas (1926)
2026.06.06: 5ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Maria Laura (2021)
2026.06.07: 4ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Blessed Anna van Sint-Bartholomeus García (1626)
2026.06.08: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Modest de Mieres Bover Teixidó (1876)
2026.06.08: Centenary, Death of Saint Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan (1926)
2026.06.09: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Luigi Boccardo (1936)

Jubilarians

2026.05.30: Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis (76), Bishop emeritus of Šiauliai (Lithuania), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.05.30: Bishop Aleksander Kaszkiewicz (Аляксандр Кашкевіч) (76), Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus and Bishop emeritus of Grodno (Belarus), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.05.31: Cardinal Toribio Ticona Porco (89), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano and Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Corocoro (Bolivia), celebrates 40 years as bishop
2026.05.31: Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe (83), Bishop emeritus of Las Vegas (USA), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.06.02: Bishop Waldemar Musioł (49), Titular Bishop of Bagis and Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.06.02: Bishop Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr. (54), Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.06.02: Archbishop José Francisco Rezende Dias (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.06.02: Bishop Gerard Johannes Nicolaas de Korte (70), Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.06.02: Bishop José Lai Hung-seng (黎鴻昇) (80), Bishop emeritus of Macau 澳門 (Macau), celebrates 25 years as bishop