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2026.07.04: Fr. Noël Bernard Coulibaly (49) was consecrated as Bishop of Sikasso (Mali)
2026.07.04: Fr. Cristino Ramos González (50) was consecrated as Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay)
2026.07.04: Fr. Motlatsi Meshack Phomane (50) was consecrated as Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)
2026.07.04: Fr. Patrick Ngwenya (59) was consecrated as Bishop of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)
2026.07.03: Archbishop Christopher Charles Prowse (72) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Australia (Australia)
2026.07.03: Msgr. Stuart Russell Hall (63), Priest of Melbourne (Australia) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Military Ordinary of Australia (Australia)
2026.07.03: Fr. Vijaya Paul Reddy Duggimpudi (61) was consecrated as Bishop of Warangal (India)
2026.07.03: Fr. Wacław Grądalski (61) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum and Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)
2026.07.02: Fr. Francis Xavier Trương Bǚu Diệp, Priest of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), was beatified
2026.07.02: Fr. Stephen Wang Wei-jon (59), Priest of Westminster (England), was elected Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England)

Necrology

2026.07.04: Bishop Adriano Caprioli, Bishop emeritus of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy), passed away at 90
2026.07.02: Bishop Giacomo Lanzetti, Bishop emeritus of Alba (Italy), passed away at 84
2026.07.02: Bishop Juan Frausto Pallares, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of León (Mexico), passed away at 84
2026.07.01: Mr. Roger Joseph Vangheluwe, Bishop emeritus of Brugge (Belgium), passed away at 89
2026.06.30: Bishop Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz, Bishop emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina), passed away at 77
2026.06.30: Msgr. Vincent Timothy Kelly, Priest of Miami (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 92
2026.06.27: Msgr. Anthony Aniebonam Okafor, Priest of Enugu (Nigeria) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 78
2026.06.26: Msgr. Edward Robert Domin, Priest of Allentown (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 64

Papal Audiences

Feasts

2026.07.04:	Saturday in the 13ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Elizabeth of Portugal The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday Saturday in the Week after the 5ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian) All Holy Bishops of the Diocese (Hasselt) All Holy Supreme Pontiffs (Haiti) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Caltagirone, Caserta, Kraków, Tarragona) Blessed Catherine Jarrige, virgin (Saint-Flour) Blessed Maria Crocifissa Curcio, religious (Porto–Santa Rufina) Ordination of Saint Martin, bishop (Tours) Our Lady of Refuge (Mexico) Saint Alberto Quadrelli, bishop (Cremona) Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest (Vic) Saint Bernardino Realino, priest (Carpi) Saint Castus and Saint Secundinus, bishops and martyrs (Gaeta) Saint Castus of Trivento, bishop and martyr (Trivento) Saint Cesidius of Fossa, priest and martyr (L’Aquila) Saint Heliodorus of Altino, bishop (Venezia) Saint Laurian of Seville, bishop and martyr (Bourges, Sevilla) Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati (Novara, Torino) Saint Procopius of Sázava, abbot (Czechia) Saint Ulrich of Augsburg, bishop (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Bolzano–Bressanone, Chur, Strasbourg) Saint Valentine de Berrio-Ochoa, bishop and martyr (Bilbao, San Sebastián) Independence Day (USA)
2026.07.05:	14ᵗʰ Sunday in Ordinary Time 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form, Ambrosian) Saint Cyril, monk, and Saint Methodius, bishop (Czechia, Slovakia, Đakovo–Osijek) Saint Peter and Saint Paul, apostles (Thailand)
2026.07.06:	Monday in the 14ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr Blessed Mary Theresa Ledóchowska and Saint Ursula Ledóchowska, virgins (Sankt Pölten) Blessed Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, virgin (Poland, Trieste) Feria: 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Monday in the Week after the 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian) Saint Goar of Aquitaine, priest (Trier) Saint Godelieve of Gistel, virgin and martyr (Brugge, Gent) Saint Monnine, virgin (Ireland) Saint Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa, religious (Argentina, Bolivia, Madrid) Saint Roseline de Villeneuve, virgin (Gap–Embrun)
2026.07.07:	Tuesday in the 14ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Gent) Blessed Benedict XI, pope (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Blessed Peter To Rot, martyr (Australia) Blesseds Joseph and Victoria Ulma, spouses, and their children, martyrs (Przemyśl) Our Lady Sweet Mother of Den Bosch (’s-Hertogenbosch) Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest (Slovakia, Slovenia) Saint Fermin of Pamplona, bishop and martyr (Bilbao, Pamplona y Tudela, San Sebastián) Saint Maelruain, bishop and abbot (Ireland) Saint Odon of Urgell, bishop (Solsona, Urgell) Saint Willibald, bishop (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saints Cyril and Methodius, bishops and confessors (Extraordinary Form) The Holy Bishops of the Holy Roman Church (Roma) Translation of the relics of Saint Odilia, abbess (Strasbourg) Tuesday in the Week after the 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian)
2026.07.08:	Wednesday in the 14ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time All Holy Hermits and Evangelisers (Angers) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ischia) Blessed Eugene III, pope (Pisa) Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and companions, martyrs (Brazil, København, Rieti) Saint Disibod, hermit (Speyer, Trier) Saint Elizabeth, queen and widow (Extraordinary Form) Saint John of Cologne, priest, and companions, martyrs (Köln) Saint John of Dukla, priest (Poland, Ukraine) Saint Kilian, bishop and martyr (Ireland, Kingston) Saint Kilian, bishop, and companions, martyrs (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Landrada and Saint Amalberga, virgins (Hasselt) Saint Lawrence Siro, bishop (Sabina–Poggio Mirteto) Saint Sunniva and companions, martyrs (Norway) Saint Withburga of Dereham, abbess (East Anglia) Seven Sisters of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, martyrs (Taiwan, Breda) Wednesday in the Week after the 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian)
2026.07.09:	Thursday in the 14ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and companions, martyrs Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Blois, Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia) Blessed Elia Facchini, martyr (Bologna) Blessed Giovanni de Surdis Cacciafronte, bishop and martyr (Mantova, Vicenza) Blessed Mary Petkovic, virgin (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kotor, Srijem) Blessed Religious of Orange, martyrs (Avignon, Digne, Nîmes) Blessed Theofanus (Civitavecchia–Tarquinia) Feria: 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Holy Martyrs of Gorkum (Netherlands, Mechelen–Brussel) Mary Queen of Peace (Honolulu) Our Lady of Aberdeen (Scotland) Our Lady of Grace (Nice) Our Lady of Itati (Argentina) Our Lady of Peace (Congo-Kinshasa) Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) Saint Agilulfus, bishop (Köln) Saint Anatolia and Saint Victoria, virgins and martyrs (Sabina–Poggio Mirteto) Saint Anatolia, virgin and martyr (Rieti) Saint Eusanius, martyr (L’Aquila) Saint Faustina of Grottaferrata, martyr (Frascati) Saint Mary of Peace, religious and martyr (Orvieto–Todi) Saint Pancras of Taormina, bishop and martyr (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 Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, virgin (Brazil, Trento) Saint Procula, virgin and martyr (Clermont) Saint Veronica Giuliani, virgin (Ancona–Osimo, Città di Castello) Saint Willehad of Denmark, priest and martyr (København) Thursday in the Week after the 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian)
2026.07.10:	Friday in the 14ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Hvar–Brač–Vis) Blessed Carmelo Bolta, priest, and Blessed Francisco Pinazo, religious, martyrs (Valencia) Blessed Faustino Villanueva Villanueva, priest and martyr (Pamplona y Tudela) Blessed Juan Jacobo Fernández and companions, martyrs (Ourense) Blessed Manuel López Ruiz, priest and martyr (Burgos) Blessed Nicanor Ascanio and Blessed Nicolás María Alberca, martyrs (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid) Blessed Nicolás María Alberca, priest and martyr (Córdoba) Blessed Pedro Soler, priest and martyr (Cartagena) Friday in the Week after the 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian) Saint Amalberga of Temse, virgin (Gent) Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and companions, martyrs (Argentina, Colombia, Antwerpen, Blois, Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, Mechelen–Brussel) Saint Canute IV, Saint Eric IX, martyrs, and Saint Olaf II (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Canute of Denmark, martyr (Norway, Sweden, Helsinki, København) Saint Etton of Dompierre, bishop (Cambrai) Saint Felicity and sons, martyrs (Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni) Saint Leontius of Saintes, bishop (La Rochelle) Saint Leontius the Younger of Bordeaux, bishop (Bordeaux) Saint Marciana of Mauretania, virgin and martyr (Algeria, Tunisia, Rabat) Saint Peter Nguyễn Khắc Tự, martyr (Hà Nôi) Saint Peter Vincioli, abbot (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Saint Rufina and Saint Secunda, virgins and martyrs (Porto–Santa Rufina) The Seven Holy Brothers, martyrs, and Saints Rufina and Secunda, virgins and martyrs (Extraordinary Form)

Martyrology

2026.07.04:	Saint Elizabeth, queen of Portugal Saint Jucundian, martyr Saint Laureano, martyr Saint Florent, bishop of Cahors Saint Valentin, priest and hermit Saint Berthe, abbess Saint Andrea, bishop of Gortina Saint Ulrich, bishop of Augsburg Blessed Boniface of Savoy, archbishop of Canterbury Blessed Giovanni da Vespignano Blesseds John Cornelius, Jesuit priest, Thomas Bosgrave, John Carey and Patrick Salmon, martyrs of England Blesseds William Andleby, priest, Henry Abbot, Thomas Warcop and Edward Fulthrop, martyrs of England Saint Antoine Daniel, Jesuit priest and martyr of Canada Blessed Caterina Jarrige, virgin and Dominican tertiary Saint Cesidio Giacomantonio, Franciscan priest and martyr of China Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, Dominican tertiary Blessed Józef Kowalski, martyr at Auschwitz
2026.07.05:	Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest, founder of the Barnabites Saint Stephen of Nicaea, bishop and martyr Saint Cyrilla, martyr Saint Athanasius of Jerusalem, deacon and martyr Saint Domitius, hermit and martyr Saint Martha, mother of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger Saint Tommaso, abbot of Terreto Saint Athanasius the Atonite, founder and hegumen of Great Lavra Blesseds Matthew Lambert, Robert Meyler, Edward Cheevers and Patrick Cavanagh, martyrs of Ireland Blesseds George Nichols, Richard Yaxley, priests, and Thomas Belson and Humphrey Pritchard, martyrs of England Saints Teresia Chen Qingjieh and Rosa Chen Aijieh, virgins and martyrs of China
2026.07.06:	Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr Saint Cyriaca, virgin and martyr at Nicomedia Saint Romolo, first bishop of Fiesole and martyr Saint Sisoes the Great, hermit Saint Palladius, bishop Saint Moninne, founder and abbess of the monastery of Killeevy Saint Goar, priest Saint Just, monk at Condat Passion of Saint Thomas More, martyr of England Blessed Thomas Alfield, priest and martyr of England Blessed Élie Desgardin, Trappist monk, martyr of France Blessed Marie-Rose Deloye, Benedictine virgin, martyr of France Saint Petrus Wang Zuolung, martyr of China Blessed Maria Teresa Ledóchowska, virgin, founder of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver Saint Nazaria de Santa Teresa, virgin, founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Crusaders of the Church at Oruro
2026.07.07:	Saint Pantaenus of Alexandria Saint Æthelburh, abbess of the monastery of Faremoutiers Saint Hædde, bishop of Winchester Saint Willibald, bishop of Eichstätt Saint Máel, bishop abbot of Tallaght Saint Otón, bishop of Urgell Blessed Benedict XI, Dominican, pope Blessed Oddino Barotti, priest Blesseds Roger Dickenson, priest, Ralph Milner and Laurence Humphrey, martyrs of England Blessed Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin, Sulpician priest and martyr of France Blessed Iphigénie de Saint-Mathieu, virgin of Sacramentine Nuns, martyr of France Saints Antonio Fantosati, Franciscan bishop and vicar apostolic of Southern Hunan, and Giuseppe Maria Gambaro, Franciscan priest, martyrs of China Saint Marcus Ji Tianxiang, martyr of China Saint Maria Guo Lishi, martyr of China Saint Peter To Rot, martyr of Papua New Guinea Blessed María Romero Meneses, Salesian virgin
2026.07.08:	Saints Aquila and Priscilla, husband and wife Saint Glyceria, martyr in Tracia Saint Procopius, martyr in Palestine Saint Pancrazio, first bishop of Taormina and martyr Saint Auspice, bishop of Toul Saint Disibod, hermit Saint Landrada, abbess Saint Kilian, martyr Holy Abrahamic monks, martyrs of Constantinople Saint Adrian III, pope Blessed Eugene III, pope Blessed Mancius Araki Kyūzaburō, martyr of Japan Saint Ioannes Wu Wenyin, martyr of China
2026.07.09:	Saints Augustinus Zhao Rong, priest, Pedro Sans i Jordà, bishop and vicar apostolic of Szechwan, and 118 companions, martyrs of China Blessed Giovanna Scopelli, Carmelite virgin Blessed Adrian Fortescue, martyr of England Saints Nicolaas Pieck and 18 companions, martyrs of Gorkum Saint Veronica Giuliani, Clarisse abbess Blesseds Saint-Melanie de Guilhermier and Marie-des-Anges de Rocher, Ursuline virgins, martyrs of France Saint Ioachim Hao Kaizhi, catechist and martyr of China Saints Gregorio Maria Grassi, bishop and vicar apostolic of Northern Shansi, and Francesco Antonio Domenico Fogolla, bishop and coadjutor vicar apostolic of Northern Shansi, Franciscans, and 24 companions, martyrs of China Saint Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, founder of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Blessed Fidelis Chojnacki, Capuchin religious and martyr at Dachau Blessed Marija od Propetoga Isusa Petković, founder of the Franciscan Daughters of Mercy
2026.07.10:	Saints Felice, Filippo, Vitale, Marziale, Alessandro, Silano and Gennaro, martyrs at Rome Saints Rufina and Secunda, martyrs Saints Anatolia and Victoria, martyrs Saints Januarius and Marinus, martyrs Saint Apollonius of Sardis, martyr at Iconium Saints Leontius, Mauricius, Daniel, Anthony, Anicetus, Sisinius and others, martyrs at Nicopolis Saints Bianor and Silvanus, martyrs Saint Pasquier, bishop of Nantes Saint Amelberga, virgin Saint Pietro, priest and abbot Saint Canute IV, king of Denmark, martyr Blesseds Saint-Sophie de Ripert d’Alauzier and Agnès-de-Jésus de Romillon, Ursuline virgins, martyrs of France Saints Antôn Nguyễn Hữu Quỵnh and Phêrô Nguyễn Khắc Tự, martyrs of Vietnam Blesseds Manuel Ruiz López, Franciscan priest, and 10 companions, martyrs at Damascus

Celebrations

2026.07.04: Pastoral Visit to Lampedusa
2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
2026.07.12: Sea Sunday 2026
2026.07.26: World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2026
2026.08.06: Pastoral Visit to Assisi
2026.08.22: Pastoral Visit to Rimini
2026.09.01: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2026
2026.09.25 – 2026.09.28: Apostolic Journey to France
2026.09.27: World Tourism Day 2026
2026.09.27: 112ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2026

Commemorations

2026.07.05: 175ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Saint Hannibal Mary Di Francia (1851)
2026.07.05: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Pere Martret Moles (1901)
2026.07.06: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Leovigildo Ávalos González (1876)
2026.07.07: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Isabel Remuiñán Carracedo (1936)
2026.07.07: 80ᵗʰ anniversary, Canonisation of Francesca Saverio Cabrini (1946)
2026.07.08: 4ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Blessed Mancius Araki Kyūzaburō (1626)
2026.07.09: 60ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Marija od Propetoga Isusa Petković (1966)
2026.07.11: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Modesta Moro Briz (1901)
2026.07.12: 4ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Blessed Petrus Araki Chobyōe, Blessed Matthias Araki Hyōzaemon, Blessed Catharina, Blessed Monica, Blessed Ludovicus Onizuka, Blessed Ioannes Onizuka Naizen, Blessed Susanna and Blessed Ioannes Tanaka (1626)
2026.07.12: 1ˢᵗ anniversary, Beatification of Lycarion (2025)

Jubilarians

2026.07.05: Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane (78), Bishop emeritus of Mariannhill (South Africa), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.07.05: Bishop Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko (56), Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.07.07: Archbishop Antony Pappusamy (76), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madurai (India), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.07.07: Bishop Sebastián Chico Martínez (58), Bishop of Jaén (Spain), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.07.07: Bishop Victor Ndione (53), Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania), celebrates 25 years as priest