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2026.08.30: Fr. Juan Carlos Morante Buchhammer, S.J. (68), was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Perú (Peru)
2026.08.29: Msgr. Stuart Russell Hall (63) was consecrated as Military Ordinary of Australia (Australia)
2026.08.29: Bishop Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A. (52), Titular Bishop of Ausuccura, Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco (Peru) and General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council, was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)
2026.08.29: Fr. Edmond Yawo Amekuse (58) was consecrated as Bishop of Kpalimé (Togo)
2026.08.28: Archbishop Georgios Altouvas (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki (Greece), was appointed as Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece), Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece) and Archbishop ad personam
2026.08.28: Archbishop Sevastianos Rossolatos (82) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece), Apostolic Administrator of Santorini (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Syros (Greece)
2026.08.28: Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. (55), Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (Paraguay), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay)
2026.08.28: Chorbishop Sharbel (Ghattas) Maroun (64), Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA) and Chorbishop, was elected Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)
2026.08.28: Archbishop Samir Nassar (76) resigned as Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Necrology

2026.08.27: Msgr. Juan Francisco Vega Rodríguez, Priest of Cienfuegos (Cuba) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 91
2026.08.25: Bishop Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa, Bishop emeritus of Engativá (Colombia), passed away at 77
2026.08.23: Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe, Bishop emeritus of Pemba (Mozambique), passed away at 92
2026.08.23: Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop emeritus of Ratnapura (Sri Lanka), passed away at 78
2026.08.22: Msgr. Crescente Bantay Japzon, Priest of Borongan (Philippines) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away at 84
2026.08.21: Msgr. Gregory Choi Gyu-sik (최규식), Priest of Toronto (Canada) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 85
2026.08.20: Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre, A.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Istanbul (Turkiye), passed away at 86
2026.08.20: Msgr. James Aiden Foynes, Priest of Saint Petersburg (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 89

Papal Audiences

Feasts

2026.08.30:	22ⁿᵈ Sunday in Ordinary Time 14ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) 1ˢᵗ Sunday after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Saint Emeterius and Saint Celedonius, martyrs (Santander) Saint Rose of Lima, virgin (Peru)
2026.08.31:	Monday in the 22ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Bydgoszcz, Esztergom–Budapest, Guadix, Lake Charles, Málaga) Holy Martyrs of Bắc Ninh (Bac Ninh) Monday in the 1ˢᵗ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Our Lady of the Tables (Montpellier) Our Lady, Mediatrix (Belgium) Saint Abundius of Como, bishop (Como, Lugano) Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, bishop (Ireland) Saint Aidan, bishop, and the Saints of Lindisfarne (England, Argyll and The Isles) Saint Cesidius, priest and martyr (Avezzano) Saint Dominguito del Val, martyr (Zaragoza) Saint Emeterius and Saint Celedonius, martyrs (Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Saint Felix and Saint Abbondius, bishops (Ambrosian) Saint Joseph of Arimathea and Saint Nicodemus (Jerusalem) Saint Paulinus of Trier, bishop and martyr (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Raymond Nonnatus, priest (Extraordinary Form, Barcelona, Chulucanas, Girona, Joliet, Lleida, San Ramón, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Solsona, Tarragona, Terrassa, Tortosa, Urgell, Vic) Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars, virgin (Mallorca) The Passion of Saint John the Baptist, martyr (Mayagüez)
2026.09.01:	Tuesday in the 22ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time All Holy Bishops of the Diocese (Como) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Limoges, Pescara–Penne) Blessed Bronislava of Poland, virgin (Kraków, Opole) Blessed Giovanni da Perugia, priest, and Blessed Pietro da Sassoferrato, religious, martyrs (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Blessed Giuliana of Collalto, religious (Venezia, Vittorio Veneto) Blessed José Samsó Elías, priest and martyr (Barcelona, Sant Feliu de Llobregat) Feria: 14ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Mary Queen of Peace (Warmia) Our Lady Health of the Sick (Rieti) Our Lady of Gibilmanna (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Trapani) Our Lady of Grace (Gaeta) Our Lady of Montevergine (Benevento, Montevergine) Our Lady of Tears (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Our Lady of the Angels of El Puig (Valencia) Our Lady of the Stone (Lugano) Saint Agricola of Avignon, bishop (Avignon) Saint Columba of Pagliara, virgin (Teramo–Atri) Saint Cono of Naso, hermit (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Trapani) Saint Constantius of Aquino, bishop (Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo) Saint Douceline, virgin, and Blessed Hugh of Digne, religious (Digne) Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, priest and martyr (Salford) Saint Giles of Casaio, hermit (Astorga, Lugo, Mondoñedo–Ferrol, Ourense, Santiago de Compostela, Tui–Vigo) Saint Giles, abbot (Extraordinary Form, Slovenia, Civita Castellana, Nîmes, Saint Andrews and Edinburgh) Saint Licerius of Lleida, bishop (Lleida) Saint Lupus of Sens, bishop (Orléans) Saint Priscus of Capua, bishop (Capua) Saint Sebbi, king of the East Saxons (Brentwood) Saint Sixtus and Saint Sinnicius, bishops (Reims) Saint Terentian of Todi, bishop, and Saint Flaccus, martyrs (Orvieto–Todi) Saint Vincent and Saint Laetus, martyrs (Albacete) Saint Vincent of Dax, bishop and martyr (Aire et Dax) The Twelve Holy Brothers, martyrs (Extraordinary Form) Tuesday in the 1ˢᵗ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian)
2026.09.02:	Wednesday in the 22ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Tudela (Pamplona y Tudela) Blessed André Grasset, priest and martyr (Canada) Blessed Antonio Franco, priest (Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela) Blessed Bartholomew Gutierrez, priest and martyr (Mexico) Blessed Claudio Granzotto, religious (Vicenza, Vittorio Veneto) Blessed Jules Pazery de Thorame and Blessed François-Joseph Pey, priests and martyrs (Fréjus–Toulon) Blessed Martyrs of September (Aix, Angers, Avignon, Bayonne, Belfort–Montbéliard, Besançon, Blois, Bordeaux, Bourges, Cambrai, Carcassonne et Narbonne, Chartres, Clermont, Créteil, Digne, Gap–Embrun, La Rochelle, Lille, Montpellier, Nancy, Nanterre, Orléans, Paris, Poitiers, Périgueux, Saint-Claude, Saint-Denis, Saint-Dié, Tours, Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes) Blessed Thomas Dubuisson and Blessed Louis Lanier, priests and martyrs (Laval) Our Lady of Montevergine (Avellino) Saint Albertino da Montone, abbot (Città di Castello) Saint Antoninus of Pamiers, martyr (Palencia, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia) Saint Nonnosus, abbot (München und Freising) Saint Stephen, king and confessor (Extraordinary Form) The Holy Crown of Thorns (Sweden) Wednesday in the 1ˢᵗ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Independence Day (Vietnam)
2026.09.03:	Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Roermond) Blessed Gabriel de la Magdalena, religious and martyr (Toledo) Saint Marinus, deacon (San Marino–Montefeltro) Saint Pius X, pope and confessor (Extraordinary Form) Thursday in the 22ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time (Toledo)
2026.09.04:	Friday in the 22ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Avezzano, Carpi, Ottawa–Cornwall, Tulle, Łomża) Blessed Dina Bélanger, religious (Canada) Blessed Francisco de Jesús Terrero, priest and martyr (Palencia) Blessed Giuseppe Toniolo (Pisa, Vittorio Veneto) Blessed José Pascual Carda Saporta, priest, and companions, martyrs (Ciudad Real) Blessed Maria Stella and companions, virgins and martyrs (Poland) Blessed Mario Borzaga, priest and martyr (Trento) Blessed Nicolò Rusca, priest and martyr (Como) Blessed Rose of Viterbo, virgin (Viterbo) Feria: 14ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Friday in the 1ˢᵗ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Saint Aigulphus of Lérins, abbot and martyr (Blois) Saint Avitus of Clermont, bishop (Clermont) Saint Caletricus of Chartres, bishop (Chartres) Saint Cuthbert, bishop (England, Saint Andrews and Edinburgh) Saint Fredardus of Mende, bishop (Mende) Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (Roermond) Saint Mac Nissi, bishop (Ireland) Saint Mansuetus of Toul, bishop (Nancy, Saint-Dié) Saint Menas, hermit (Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti) Saint Moses, prophet (Jerusalem, Venezia) Saint Remaclus of Stavelot, bishop (Limoges, Liège, Namur) Saint Rosalia, virgin (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nice, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Palestrina, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Suitbert of Kaiserswerdt, bishop (Köln) Translation of Saint Cuthbert, bishop (Hexham and Newcastle)
2026.09.05:	Saturday in the 22ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Teresa of Calcutta, virgin The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni) Blessed Jean-Joseph Lataste, priest (Besançon, Bordeaux) Blessed Maria Maddalena Starace, virgin (Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia) Saint Bertin of Sithiu, abbot (Brugge) Saint Laurence Justinian, bishop and confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự, priest, and Saint Joseph Hoàng Lương Cảnh, martyrs (Bac Ninh) Saint Peter of Pappacarbone, bishop (Salerno–Campagna–Acerno) Saint Taurinus and Saint Ercolanus of Porto, martyrs (Porto–Santa Rufina) Saint Venture of Castello, priest and martyr (Città di Castello) Saint Victorinus of Amiternum, martyr (L’Aquila, Rieti) Saturday in the 1ˢᵗ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian)

Martyrology

2026.08.30:	Saints Felice and Adautto, martyrs 60 holy martyrs of Sbeitla Saint Pammachio, senator at Rome Saint Aile, first abbot of Rebais Saint Fiacre, hermit Saint Fantinus the Younger, hermit Saint Bononio, abbot of Lucedio Saint Pietro di Trevi, hermit Saint Margaret Ward, Blesseds Richard Leigh, Edward Shelley, Richard Martin, John Roche and Richard Lloyd, martyrs of England Blessed Giovanni Giovenale Ancina, Oratorian bishop of Saluzzo Blessed María Rafols Bruna, virgin, founder of Sisters of Charity of Saint Anne Blesseds Diego Ventaja Milán, bishop of Almeria, and Manuel Medina y Olmos, bishop of Guadix, martyrs of Spain Blessed Joaquín de Albocácer Ferrer Adell, Capuchin priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Vicente Cabanes Badenas, Amigonian priest, martyr of Spain Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Benedictine abbot of Saint Paul Outside the Walls and later archbishop of Milan, cardinal
2026.08.31:	Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus Saint Aristides, martyr at Athens Saint Paulinus, bishop of Trier, martyr Saint Aidan, bishop abbot of Lindisfarne Saint Raymond Nonnatus, Mercedarian priest, cardinal Blessed Andrea Dotti, Servite priest Blesseds Edmigio Primo Rodríguez, Amalio Zariquigui Mendoza and Valerio Bernardo Herrero Martínez, Lasalian religious, martyrs of Spain
2026.09.01:	Saint Joshua, prophet Saint Sixte, first bishop of Reims Saint Prisco, martyr at Capua Saint Terenziano, bishop of Todi, martyr Saint Vincent, bishop of Dax, martyr Saint Verena, virgin Saint Victor, bishop of Le Mans Saint Costanzo, bishop of Aquino Saint Giles, hermit Saint Loup, bishop of Sens Blessed Giuliana di Collalto, Benedictine abbess Blessed Giovanna Soderini, Servite virgin Blesseds Miquel Roca Huguet, priest, and 11 companions, Hospitaller religious, martyrs of Spain Blessed Alfonso Sebastiá Viñals, priest and martyr of Spain Blesseds Pedro Rivera y Rivera, Conventual Franciscan priest, María del Carmen Moreno Benítez and María Amparo Carbonell Muñoz, Salesian virgins, martyrs at Barcelona
2026.09.02:	Saint Zenon, martyr at Nicomedia Saints Theodota, and her sons Evodius, Hermogenes and Callisto, martyrs at Nicomedia Saint Abibus, deacon and martyr at Nicomedia Saint Antoninus, martyr in Syria Saint Próspero, bishop of Tarragona Saint Just, bishop of Lyons Saint Nonnoso, abbot Saint Syagre, bishop of Autun Saint Agricol, bishop of Avignon Saint Elpidio, hermit Saints Alberto and Guido, monks Blessed Brocard, prior of Carmelite hermits Blessed Ingrid of Skänninge, widow Blesseds Jean-Marie du Lau d’Allemans, François-Joseph de La Rochefoucauld and Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld, bishops, and 92 companions, martyrs of France Blesseds Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis, priest, and 20 companions, martyrs of France
2026.09.03:	Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church Saint Phoebe, servant of the Lord Saint Basilissa, virgin and martyr in Bythinia Saint Sandila, martyr at Cordoba Saint Mansuy, first bishop of Toul Saint Marino, deacon and hermit Saint Mac Nisse, bishop of Connor Saint Ausano, bishop of Milan Saint Vitaliano di Capua, bishop Saint Remacle, abbot and later bishop of Maastricht Saints Aigulphe, abbot of Lérins, and companions, monks, martyrs Saint Chrodegang, bishop of Séez and martyr Blessed Guala, Dominican, bishop of Brescia Blesseds Bartolomé Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Augustinian Hermit priest, and 5 companions, martyrs of Japan Blessed Brigida Morello Zancano, widow, founder of the Ursuline monastery of Piacenza Blesseds André-Abel Alricy, priest, and 71 companions, martyrs at Paris Blesseds Jean-Baptiste Bottex, Michel-François de Lagardette and François-Hyacinthe Lé Livec de Trésurin, martyrs at Paris Saints Ioannes Pak Hu-jae and 5 companions, martyrs of Korea
2026.09.04:	Saint Moses, prophet Saint Marcel, martyr at Chalon-sur-Saône Saint Boniface I, pope Saint Calétric, bishop of Chartres Saint Ida, widow in Saxon Saint Frézal, bishop of Mende and martyr Saint Irmgard, countess of Aspel Saint Rosalia, virgin Blessed Caterina da Racconigi, Dominican virgin Blessed Scipion-Jérôme Brigeat Lambert, priest and martyr of France Blessed Marie Sainte-Cécile de Rome Bélanger, virgin of the Religious of Jesus and Mary Blessed José Pascual Carda Saporta, Diocesan Labourer priest, martyr of Spain Blessed Francisco Sendra Ivars, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Bernardo de Lugar Nuevo de Fenollet Bleda Grau, Capuchin religious and martyr of Spain
2026.09.05:	Saint Teresa of Calcutta, virgin, founder of the Missionaries of Charity Saints Aconzio, Nonno, Ercolano and Taurino, martyrs Saint Quinto, martyr at Capua Saints Urban, Theodore, Medimnus and companions, martyrs at Nicomedia Saint Bertin, abbot of Sithiu Saint Alberto, founder and first abbot of Butrio Blessed Giovanni il Buono di Siponto, abbot Meleda Blessed William Browne, martyr of England Blessed Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac, priest and martyr of France Saints Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Tự, Dominican priest, and Giuse Hoàng Lương Cảnh, physician, martyrs of Vietnam