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2026.01.14: Fr. Luis Carlos Lerma Martínez (63) was consecrated as Bishop of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico)
2026.01.14: Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk (63), Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania
2026.01.10: Fr. Jesús Alberto Torres Ariza (50) was consecrated as Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia)
2026.01.10: Archbishop Felice Accrocca (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) and Archbishop-Bishop of Foligno (Italy)
2026.01.10: Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino (77) resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) and Bishop of Foligno (Italy)
2026.01.10: Fr. Joseph Francis Badji (60), Priest of Ziguinchor (Senegal), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Kolda (Senegal)
2026.01.09: Fr. Domenico Basile (59), Priest of Andria (Italy), was elected Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy)
2026.01.09: Bishop Domenico Cornacchia (75) resigned as Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy)
2026.01.09: Cardinal Stephen Brislin (69) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cape Town (South Africa)
2026.01.09: Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka (65), Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Necrology

2026.01.09: Bishop Vincenzo Zarri, Bishop emeritus of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy), passed away at 96
2026.01.07: Archbishop Domenico Graziani, Archbishop emeritus of Crotone–Santa Severina (Italy), passed away at 81
2026.01.06: Bishop Raffaele Nogaro, Bishop emeritus of Caserta (Italy), passed away at 92
2026.01.05: Bishop Paolo Gillet, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Albano (Italy), passed away at 96
2026.01.03: Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo, Bishop emeritus of Buga (Colombia), passed away at 89
2026.01.01: Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Mbanza Congo (Angola), passed away at 80
2025.12.30: Bishop Raúl Corriveau, P.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras), passed away at 95
2025.12.27: Bishop Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F., Bishop emeritus of Copiapó (Chile), passed away at 89

Papal Audiences

2026.01.14: Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop Santiago Ignacio De Wit Guzmán
2026.01.12: Archbishop Mario Enrico Delpini, Prof. Davide Prosperi, Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, Msgr. Jain Mendez, Br. Pascal Ahodegnon, O.H.
2026.01.10: Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer, Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖), Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.
2026.01.09: Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, Cardinal Roberto Repole
2026.01.07: Cardinal Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M., Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun (陳日君), S.D.B.

Feasts

2026.01.13:	Tuesday in the 1ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Hilary, bishop and doctor of the Church Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Huacho) Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, priest and martyr (Guam) Blessed Falcus of Palena, hermit (Sulmona–Valva) Saint Kentigern, bishop (Scotland) The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Extraordinary Form) Tuesday in the 1ˢᵗ Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian)
2026.01.14:	Wednesday in the 1ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Odoric de Pordenone, priest (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Blessed Peter Donders, priest (Breda, ’s-Hertogenbosch) Blessed Pierre de Castelnau, martyr (Nîmes) Blessed Valentinus Paquay, priest (Hasselt) Saint Devasahayam, martyr (India) Saint Felix of Nola, priest and martyr (Extraordinary Form, Nocera Inferiore–Sarno) Saint Firmin and the Holy Bishops of Mende (Mende) Saint Giovanni Antonio Farina, bishop (Vicenza) Saint Hilary, bishop, confessor and doctor of the Church (Extraordinary Form) Saint Juan de Ribera, bishop (Orihuela–Alicante, Valencia) Wednesday in the 1ˢᵗ Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian)
2026.01.15:	Thursday in the 1ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Giacomo Villa, priest and martyr (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Blessed Pierre de Castelnau, martyr (Carcassonne et Narbonne, Montpellier) Holy Christ of Esquipulas (Costa Rica, Guatemala) Our Lady of Banneux (Liège) Saint Amarus, abbot (São Tomé and Príncipe, Angra, Braga, Viana do Castelo) Saint Anastasia, martyr (Zadar, Đakovo–Osijek) Saint Arnold Janssen, priest (Congo-Kinshasa, Roermond, Wien) Saint Berardus, priest, and companions, martyrs (Sevilla) Saint Bonitus of Clermont, bishop (Marseille) Saint Francisco Fernandez de Capillas, priest and martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Palencia, Valladolid) Saint Ita of Limerick, virgin (Ireland) Saint Malard of Chartres, bishop (Chartres) Saint Maurus and Saint Placidus, monks (Montecassino) Saint Maurus, abbot (Extraordinary Form, Susa) Saint Paul of Thebes, hermit (Extraordinary Form, Hungary) Saint Probus of Rieti, bishop (Gaeta, Rieti) Saint Remigius of Reims, bishop (France, Namur, Tournai) Saint Romedius of Thaur (Bolzano–Bressanone, Trento) Saint Secundina of Anagni, virgin and martyr (Anagni–Alatri) Saints Hadulf, Emebert and Vindician, bishops (Cambrai) Thursday in the 1ˢᵗ Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian)
2026.01.16:	Friday in the 1ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Juana María Condesa, virgin (Valencia) Blessed Louis-Antoine Ormières, priest (Carcassonne et Narbonne) Blessed Paolo Manna, priest (Aversa, Napoli) Friday in the 1ˢᵗ Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Our Lady of Refuge (Paris, Saint-Denis) Saint Berardus, priest, and companions, martyrs (Rabat) Saint Bonitus of Clermont, bishop (Clermont) Saint Fulgentius of Cartagena, bishop (Cartagena, Plasencia, Sevilla) Saint Fursa, abbot (Ireland, East Anglia) Saint Honoratus, bishop (Monaco, Aix, Fréjus–Toulon, Marseille, Nice) Saint Joseph Vaz, priest (India) Saint Marcellus I, pope and martyr (Extraordinary Form) Saint Titian of Oderzo, bishop (Vittorio Veneto)
2026.01.17:	Saint Anthony, abbot Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Aire et Dax) Our Lady of Arabia (Southern Arabia) Our Lady off Pontmain (Laval) Saint Roseline de Villeneuve, virgin (Fréjus–Toulon)
2026.01.18:	2ⁿᵈ Sunday in Ordinary Time 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form, Ambrosian) Our Lady of Arabia (Northern Arabia) Santo Niño (Philippines)
2026.01.19:	Monday in the 2ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Marcelo Spínola y Maestre, bishop (Coria–Cáceres, Cádiz y Ceuta, Huelva, Jerez de la Frontera, Málaga, Sevilla) Feria: 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form) Monday in the 2ⁿᵈ Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr (Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Solsona, Tarragona, Terrassa, Tortosa, Urgell, Vic) Saint Agritius of Trier, bishop (Trier) Saint Bassianus of Lodi, bishop (Ambrosian) Saint Canute, king and martyr (Extraordinary Form) Saint Catellus of Castellammare, bishop (Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia) Saint Columba, and companions, martyrs, Mozarabs of Cordoba (Córdoba) Saint Fabian, pope and martyr (Ambrosian, Nigeria, Trivento, Viana do Castelo) Saint Fillan, abbot (Dunkeld) Saint Henry of Finland, bishop and martyr (Norway, Sweden, Helsinki, København) Saint Juan de Ribera, bishop (Mérida–Badajoz, Salamanca) Saint Józef Sebastian Pelczar, bishop (Poland) Saint Lomer of Corbion, abbot (Chartres) Saint Meinrad of Einsiedeln, hermit and martyr (Chur) Saint Peter Thomas, bishop (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 Sebastian, martyr (Nigeria, Trivento) Saint Solennus of Blois, hermit (Blois) Saint Wulstan of Worcester, bishop (England) Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abachum, martyrs (Extraordinary Form, Porto–Santa Rufina)

Martyrology

2026.01.13:	Saint Hilary, bishop of Poitiers and doctor of the Church Saints Ermil and Stratonicus, martyrs Saint Agritius, bishop of Trier Deposition of Saint Remi, bishop of Reims Saint Kentigern, bishop of Glasgow and abbot Saint Peter, priest and martyr at Capitolias Saints Gumersindo, priest, and Servuodeo, monk, martyrs at Cordoba Saint Gottfried, canon regular Saint Ivette, widow Blessed Veronica Negroni da Binasco, Augustinian virgin Saints Ðaminh Phạm Trọng Khảm, Luca Phạm Trọng Thìn and Giuse Phạm Trọng Tả, martyrs of Vietnam Blessed Emil Szramek, priest and martyr at Dachau
2026.01.14:	Saint Potito, martyr in Dacia Saint Glicerius, deacon and martyr Saint Felice, priest of Nola Holy monks of Raithu and Mount Sinai, martyrs Saint Nino Saint Firmin, bishop of Amiens Saint Eufraise, bishop of Clermont Saint Dazio, bishop of Milan Saint Fulgencio, bishop of Écija Blessed Oddone di Novara, Carthusian priest Blessed Odoric of Pordenone, Franciscan priest, missionary to China Blessed Petrus Norbert Donders, Redemptorist priest
2026.01.15:	Saint Secondina, virgin and martyr at Anagni in Lazio Saint John Calybite, hermit Saint Ita, virgin Saint Probo, bishop of Rieti Saint Maur, abbot Saint Tarcice, virgin Saint Ablebert, bishop of Cambrai Saint Malard, bishop of Chartres Saint Romedius, anchorite Saint Bonnet, bishop of Clermont Saint Arsenio, Benedictine hermit Blessed Pierre de Castelnau, priest and martyr Blessed Giacomo l’Elemosiniere, martyr at Chiusi Blessed Angelo da Gualdo Tadino, hermit Saint Francisco Fernández de Capillas, Dominican priest and martyr of China Saint Arnold Janssen, priest, founder of the Society of Divine Word Blessed Nikolaus Groß, father of family and martyr of Germany
2026.01.16:	Saint Marcellus I, pope and martyr Saint Danactus, martyr Saint Melas, bishop of Rhinocorura in Egypt Saint Honorat, bishop of Arles Saint Jacques, bishop of Tarentaise Saint Tiziano, bishop of Oderzo Saint Lubais, abbot Saint Trivier, priest, monk and hermit Saint Fursey, abbot, founder of monastery of Lagny Blessed Giovanna, Camaldolese virgin Saints Berardo, Ottone, Pietro, Accursio and Adiuto, first Franciscan martyrs Saint Joseph Vaz, Oratorian priest Blessed Giuseppe Tovini, Franciscan tertiary Blessed Juana María Condesa Lluch, virgin
2026.01.17:	Saint Anthony the Great, abbot Saints Speusippus, Eleusippus, Melapsippus and Leonilla, martyrs in Cappadocia Saint Julian Sabas, hermit Saint Marcel, bishop of Die Saint Sulpice le Pieux, bishop of Bourges Blessed Gamelbert, Benedictine priest, founder of the monastery of Metten Saint Roseline, abbess of Celle-Roubaud Saint Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo, priest and martyr of Mexico
2026.01.18:	Saints Successus, Paul and Lucius, bishops and martyrs at Carthage Saints Cosconius, Zeno and Melanippus, martyrs at Nicaea in Bithynia Saint Volusien, bishop of Tours Saint Prisca, martyr at Rome Saint Deicolus, abbot and founder of the monastery of Luxeuil Blessed Beatrice d’Este, Benedictine nun Saint Margaret, Dominican virgin Blessed Facio, pilgrim and penitent Blessed Andrea da Peschiera Grego, Dominican priest Blessed Cristina Ciccarelli, Augustinian virgin Blessed Regina Protmann, virgin, founder of the Sisters of Saint Catherine Blesseds Félicité Pricet, Monique Pichery, Charlotte Lucas and Victoire Gusteau, martyrs of France Blessed Maria Teresa Fasce, abbess of the Augustinian monastery of Cascia
2026.01.19:	Saint Germanicus, martyr at Philadelphia Saint Pontiano, martyr at Spoleto Saints Mario, Marta, Audiface and Abaco, martyrs Saint Macarius, priest and abbot of the monastery of Scete Saint Macarius of Alexandria, monk Saint Bassiano, bishop of Lodi Saints Liberata and Faustina, virgins Saint Laumer, abbot of Corbion Saint Giovanni, bishop of Ravenna Saint Remi, archbishop of Rouen Saint Arsenio, bishop of Corfù Blessed Marcelo Spínola y Maestre, archbishop of Seville, cardinal, founder of the Servants of the Divine Heart

Jubilarians

2026.01.14: Archbishop Carlo Ghidelli (91), Archbishop emeritus of Lanciano–Ortona (Italy), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.01.14: Bishop Christian George Nicolas Kratz (72), Titular Bishop of Themisonium and Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.01.17: Bishop Heriberto Cavazos Pérez (77), Titular Bishop of Narona and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Monterrey (Mexico), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.01.18: Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (81), Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino and Bishop emeritus of David (Panama), celebrates 40 years as bishop
2026.01.20: Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D. (79), Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq), celebrates 25 years as bishop

Major Papal Documents

2025.12.11: Apostolic Letter “On the importance of Archaeology on the occasion of the Centenary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology”
2025.12.08: Apostolic Letter Una fedeltà che genera futuro On the 60ᵗʰ anniversary of the Conciliar Decrees Optatam Totius and Presbyterorum Ordinis
2025.11.23: Motu Proprio “Regulations for the Staff of the Roman Curia”
2025.11.23: Motu Proprio “General Regulations of the Roman Curia”
2025.11.23: Apostolic Letter In Unitate Fidei On the 1700ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea

Curial Documents

2026.01.10: Apostolic Penitentiary, Decree “Special Jubilee Year for the 8ᵗʰ centenary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi”
2025.11.25: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Note “On the Value of Matrimony as an Exclusive Union and Mutual Belonging”
2025.11.04: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Note Mater Populi Fidelis “On some Marian titles regarding Mary’s cooperation in the work of salvation”
2025.11.03: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Curial Letter “On the alleged apparitions of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Dozulé”
2025.08.09: Secretariat of State, Decree “Rescript on placing the Pontifical Committee for the World Day of Children within the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life”

Minor Papal Documents

2025.12.10: Letter For the celebration of the 8ᵗʰ centenary of the Cathedral of Bruxelles
2025.11.29: Letter “Chirograph on the bond of unity and charity on the coordination of the fundraising of the Holy See”
2025.11.06: Letter “Chirograph to institute the Apostleship of the Sea as a coordination body for the coordination of the Opera of the Apostleship of the Sea”
2025.11.05: Letter “Confirmation of the Election of the Major Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia of the Romanians”
2025.11.01: Letter “Chirograph for Naming St. John Henry Newman as Patron Saint of the Pontifical Urbaniana University”

Papal Speeches

2026.01.09: Speech To members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See
2026.01.08: Homily “Extraordinary Consistory – Mass”
2026.01.07: Speech “Extraordinary Consistory”
2026.01.03: Speech “Concert of the Sistine Chapel Choir”
2026.01.01: Homily “Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God”
2025.12.29: Speech To members of the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI)
2025.12.29: Speech To Pilgrims of the Parish of “Santo Tomás de Villanueva” of Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
2025.12.24: Homily “Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord”
2025.12.22: Speech To employees of the Roman Curia, the Governorate of the Vatican City State, and the Vicariate of Rome, together with their families, for the exchange of Christmas greetings
2025.12.22: Speech “Christmas Greetings to the Roman Curia”