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New Cardinals

Pope Francis announced on 2024.10.06 that he would elevate the following 20 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), Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

News

Necrology

Papal Audiences

Feasts

  • 2024.10.22: 

Tuesday in the 29á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Saint John Paul II, pope

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ajaccio, Angers, Dubrovnik, Guarda, Sandomierz, Valladolid)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Co-Cathedral (Orvieto–Todi)

Blessed Contardo Ferrini (Berlin)

Blessed Peter of Castello, priest (CittĂ  di Castello)

Feria: 22ⁿᔈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Our Lady of Boulogne (Nanterre)

Saint Bertarius, abbot and martyr (Montecassino)

Saint John of Capistrano, priest (Ukraine, Lanciano–Ortona)

Saint Lawrence of FrazzanĂČ, priest (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)

Saint Louvent of Saint-Privat, martyr (Mende)

Saint Martin of Dume, bishop (Braga)

Saint Mary Salome (Santiago de Compostela)

Saint Mary of Clopas and Saint Mary Salome (NĂźmes)

Saint Montaine, Saint SĂ©vĂšre and Saint Bertoare, virgins (Bourges)

Saint Nunilo and Saint Alodia, virgins and martyrs (Huesca)

Saint Silvanus, martyr (Limoges)

Tuesday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

  • 2024.10.23: 

Wednesday in the 29á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Saint John of Capistrano, priest

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia, Bologna, Lanciano–Ortona, Urgell)

Blessed Gregorio Celli, religious (Rimini)

Blessed Marie-Madeleine Fontaine and companions, martyrs (Cambrai)

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop and confessor (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Eucharius, martyr (Nancy)

Saint John Paul II, pope (Nottingham)

Saint John of Syracuse, bishop (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)

Saint JĂłzef Bilczewski, bishop (Poland, Ukraine)

Saint Lomer of Corbion, abbot (Blois)

Saint Servandus and Saint Germanus, martyrs (CĂĄdiz y Ceuta, MĂ©rida–Badajoz)

Saint Severin of Cologne, bishop (Köln)

Wednesday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

  • 2024.10.24: 

Thursday in the 29á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Szeged–Csanád, Trapani)

Blessed Jan Wojciech Balicki, priest (Przemyƛl)

Saint Arethas and companions, martyrs (Northern Arabia)

Saint Eberigisil, bishop (Köln)

Saint Luigi Guanella, priest (Chur, Como, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, Lansing, Lugano, Milano, Vittorio Veneto)

Saint Rafael GuĂ­zar y Valencia, bishop (Mexico)

Saint Raphael, archangel (Extraordinary Form, CĂłrdoba)

Thursday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

  • 2024.10.25: 

Friday in the 29á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (JaĂ©n, Koszalin–KoƂobrzeg, Lisboa, SpiĆĄ, Toledo)

Blessed Carlo Gnocchi, priest (Milano)

Blesseds Recaredo, Isidoro, JosĂ© Pascual, JosĂ© MarĂ­a and companions, priests and martyrs (Segorbe–CastellĂłn de la Plana)

Feria: 22ⁿᔈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Friday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

Our Lady Queen of Palestine (Jerusalem)

Our Lady of El Collell (Girona)

Our Lady under the Organs (Pisa)

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop (Mexico, Przemyƛl)

Saint Anthony of Saint Ann GalvĂŁo, priest (Brazil)

Saint Bernat CalbĂł, bishop (Tarragona, Vic)

Saint Cletus the Tiburtine, deacon (Tivoli)

Saint Front of Perigueux, bishop (Le Puy-en-Velay, PĂ©rigueux)

Saint Fructus (Segovia)

Saint Gaudentius of Brescia, bishop (Milano)

Saint Hilairy of Mende, bishop (Mende)

Saint John Paul II, pope (Sandomierz)

Saint Maurus of PĂ©cs, bishop (Hungary, Slovakia)

Saints Chrysanthus and Daria, martyrs (Extraordinary Form)

The Six Welsh martyrs and companions, martyrs (Wales)

Translation of the Relics of Saint Adalbert, martyr (Gniezno)

Translation of the Relics of Saint Bartholomew, apostle (Benevento)

  • 2024.10.26: 

Saturday in the 29á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (NĂźmes)

Blessed Bonaventure of Potenza, priest (Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni, Ischia)

Blessed Celina Borzęcka, religious (Bielsko–ƻywiec, KrakĂłw)

Blessed José Gregorio Hernåndez (Venezuela)

Our Lady of Verdun, Mother of God (Verdun)

Saint Amandus of Strasbourg, bishop (Strasbourg)

Saint Aptonus of AngoulĂȘme, bishop (AngoulĂȘme)

Saint Cedd, bishop (Brentwood)

Saint Chad and Saint Cedd, bishops (England)

Saint Demetrius and companions, martyrs (Srijem)

Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, martyr (PoĆŸega)

Saint Evaristus, pope and martyr (Extraordinary Form)

Saint John ĐáșĄt, priest and martyr (HĂ  NĂŽi)

Saint Rusticu of Narbonnes, bishop (Carcassonne et Narbonne)

Saint Valentine and Saint Engratia, martyr (Segovia)

Saturday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Cabo Verde)

  • 2024.10.27: 

30á”—Ê° Sunday in Ordinary Time

1Ëąá”— Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)

Dedication of the Churches of the Vicariate (Southern Arabia)

The Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2024.10.28: 

Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Les GonaĂŻves)

Our Lord of the Sea (Callao)

The Lord of Miracles (Peru)

Martyrology

  • 2024.10.22: 

Saint John Paul II, pope

Saint Marcus, bishop of Jerusalem

Saint Abercius, bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia

Saints Philip, bishop of Heraclea in Europa, and Hermes, deacon, martyrs

Saint Mellon, bishop of Rouen

Saint ValÚre, deacon and martyr at Besançon

Saint Louvent, abbot of Saint-Privat, martyr

Saint Leotadus, bishop of Auch

Saint Modéran, bishop of Rennes, later abbot of Berceto

Saint BenoĂźt, hermit

Saints Nunilo and Alodia, virgins and martyrs of Spain

Saint Donato di Scozia, bishop of Fiesole

  • 2024.10.23: 

Saint John of Capistrano, Franciscan priest

Saints Servando and GermĂĄn, martyrs of Spain

Saints John, bishop, and James, priest, martyrs in Persia

Saint Theodoret of Antioch, priest and martyr at Antioch

Saint Severin, bishop of Cologne

Saint Severinus Boëthius, martyr at Pavia

Saint Giovanni, bishop of Siracuse

Saint Romain, bishop of Rouen

Saint BenoĂźt, priest

Saint Ignatius, bishop of Constantinople

Saint Ælfléda, abbess

Saint Allucio, peacemaker of the poor

Blessed Giovanni Bono, hermit

Blessed Giovannangelo Porro, Servite priest

Blessed Thomas Thwing, priest and martyr of England

Blesseds Marie-Clotilde-AngÚle de Saint-François-Borgia Paillot and 5 companions, Ursuline virgins, martyrs of France

Saint PhaolĂŽ Tống Viáșżt Bường, martyr of Vietnam

Blessed Arnould RĂšche, Lasalian religious

Blesseds Ildefonso de la Cruz, Justiniano de San Gabriel de la Dolorosa, Passionist priests, Eufrasio del Amor Misericordioso, TomĂĄs del SantĂ­simo Sacramento, Honorino de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores and JosĂ© MarĂ­a de JesĂșs y MarĂ­a, Passionist religious, martyrs of Spain

Blessed Leonardo Olivera Buera, priest and martyr of Spain

Blesseds Ambrosio León Lorente Vicente, Florencio Martín Ibåñez Låzaro and Honorato Andrés Zorraquino Herrero, Lasalian religious, martyrs of Spain

  • 2024.10.24: 

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, archbishop of Santiago of Cuba, founder of the Claretians

Saints Ciriacus and Claudian, martyrs at Hierapolis

Saint Proclus, bishop of Constantinople

Saints Arethas and 340 companions, martyrs in Arabia

Saint SĂ©noch, priest

Saint Martin, deacon and abbot

Saint Everigisil, bishop of Cologne and martyr

Saint Magloire, bishop of Dol

Saint Fromond, bishop of Coutances

Saint Giuse LĂȘ Dăng Thi, martyr of Vietnam

Saint Luigi Guanella, priest, founder of the Servants of Charity

Blessed Giuseppe Baldo, priest, founder of the Little Daughters of Saint Joseph

  • 2024.10.25: 

Saints Crisante and Daria, martyrs at Rome

Saints Crépin and Crispian, martyrs at Soissons

Saint Miniato, martyr at Florence

Saint Front, first bishop of PĂ©rigueux

Saints Martyrius and Marcian, martyrs at Constantinople

Saint Gaudenzio, bishop of Brescia

Saint Hilaire, bishop of Mende

Saint Frutos, martyr in Segovia

Saint MĂłr, bishop of PĂ©cs

Saint Bernat CalbĂł, bishop of Vic

Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy, bishop of Cork and Cloyne

Blessed Recaredo Centelles Abad, priest and martyr of Spain

Blesseds MarĂ­a Teresa Ferragud Roig, MarĂ­a JesĂșs MasiĂĄ Ferragud, MarĂ­a VerĂłnica MasiĂĄ Ferragud and MarĂ­a Felicidad MasiĂĄ Ferragud, Capuchin Clarisse virgins, and Josefa de la PurificaciĂłn MasiĂĄ Ferragud, Discalced Augustinian virgin, martyrs of Spain

  • 2024.10.26: 

Saints Lucian and Marcian, martyrs at Nicomedia

Saint Rogatian, priest of Carthage, and Saint Felicissimus, martyrs

Saint Amandus, first bishop of Strasbourg

Saint Rustique, bishop of Narbonne

Saint Aptone, bishop of AngoulĂȘme

Saint Cedd, bishop of London

Saint Eata, bishop of Hexham

Saint Sigebaud, bishop of Metz

Saint Witta, first bishop of BĂŒraburg

Saint Beóån, bishop of Mortlach

Saint Folco Scotti, bishop of Pavia

Blessed Damiano da Finale Furcheri, Dominican priest

Blessed Bonaventura da Potenza Lavanga, Conventual Franciscan priest

  • 2024.10.27: 

Saint Evaristus, pope and martyr

Saint Trasea, bishop of Eumenia and martyr

Saint Namace, bishop of Clermont

Saint Gaudioso, bishop of Naples

Saint Oran, monk

Blessed Bartolomeo di Breganze, Dominican, bishop of Vicenza

Blessed Salvador Mollar Ventura, Franciscan religious and martyr of Spain

  • 2024.10.28: 

Saints Simon and Jude, apostles

Saint Ferrutius, martyr

Saint Fedele, martyr near Como

Saints Vicente, Sabina and Cristeta, martyrs at Avila

Saint GenĂšs, martyr in France

Saint Sauve, bishop of Amiens

Saint Faron, bishop of Meaux

Saint Germain, abbot of Talloires

Saints Francisco Serrano FrĂ­as, Dominican bishop-elect and vicar apostolic of Fujian, JoaquĂ­n Royo PĂ©rez, Juan Alcober Figuera and Francisco DĂ­az del RincĂłn, Dominican priests, martyrs of China

Saint Gioan ÐáșĄt, priest and martyr of Vietnam

Saint Rodrigo Aguilar AlemĂĄn, priest and martyr of Mexico

Blessed Salvador Damiån Enguix Garés, father of family, martyr of Spain

Blessed José Ruiz Bruixola, priest and martyr of Spain


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