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2026.09.10: Bishop Crispin Barrete Varquez (65), Bishop of Borongan (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines)
2026.09.08: Archbishop Pedro Brito Guimarães (72) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Porto Nacional (Brazil)
2026.09.08: Bishop Júlio César Gomes Moreira (54), Titular Bishop of Thisiduo and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil)
2026.09.08: Fr. José Paulino Francisco Neto (54), Priest of Araçuaí (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil)
2026.09.08: Fr. Andrew Ding Yang (丁楊) (44) was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chongqing 重慶 (China)
2026.09.08: Fr. Gerardo Antonio Vargas Cruz, O.F.M. (49), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Fajardo–Humacao (Puerto Rico)
2026.09.05: Fr. Vincent Lawrence Mpwaji (48) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tacarata and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)
2026.09.04: Fr. Serhii Kippa, O.F.M. Cap. (47), was elected Titular Bishop of Marazanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine)
2026.09.03: Archbishop Balázs Bábel (75) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungary)
2026.09.03: Bishop Ferenc Palánki (62), Bishop of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungary)

Necrology

2026.09.07: Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B., Bishop emeritus of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria) and Patriarchal Exarch emeritus of Damascus of the Armenians (Syria), passed away at 90
2026.09.07: Msgr. George J. Brubaker, Priest of Wilmington (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 77
2026.09.07: Msgr. Michael J. Walsh, Priest of Trenton (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 76
2026.09.05: Msgr. Patricio R. Getigan, Priest of Pagadian (Philippines) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 86
2026.09.02: Msgr. Philippe Ambassa Mimfoumou, Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 95
2026.09.02: Msgr. Juan Ignacio Alfaro, Priest of San Antonio (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 87
2026.08.31: Msgr. John C. Nosser, Priest of Rockville Centre (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 89
2026.08.30: Msgr. Jean-Marie Vianney Nsengumuremyi, Priest of Nyundo (Rwanda) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 76

Papal Audiences

2026.09.10: Archbishop Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski, Archbishop Mitja Leskovar
2026.09.07: Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J.
2026.09.05: Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Cardinal Mario Grech, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad
2026.09.04: Patriarch Francesco Moraglia, Archbishop Pavel Pezzi, F.S.C.B., Msgr. Jain Mendez, Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.
2026.09.03: Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Archbishop Mark Gerard Miles, Bishop Gabriel Bernardo Barba, Archbishop Giuseppe Satriano, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., Bishop Cesar Essayan, O.F.M. Conv.

Feasts

2026.09.10:	Thursday in the 23ʳᵈ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Bolzano–Bressanone) Blessed Alfonso de Mena and Blessed Alfonso Navarrete, religious and martyrs (Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Blessed Charles Spinola and Blessed Jerome de Angelis, priests and martyrs (Czechia, Puerto Rico) Blessed Domingo Castellet and Blessed Luis Eixarc, priests and martyrs (Barcelona, Sant Feliu de Llobregat) Blessed Francisco Gárate, religious (Bilbao, San Sebastián) Blessed Francisco Morales Sedeño and Blessed José Salvanés de San Francisco, martyrs (Madrid) Blessed Giovanni Mazzucconi, priest and martyr (Milano) Blessed Jacinto Orfanell, priest and martyr (Tortosa) Blessed José de San Jacinto, priest, and companions, martyrs (Alcalá de Henares) Blessed Richard of Saint Ann, priest and martyr (Tournai) Blessed Vicente de San José de Ayamonte, martyr (Huelva) Blesseds Sebastianus Kimura and 204 companions, martyrs (Japan) Our Lady of Life (Bologna) Our Lady of Sion (Nancy) Saint Ambrose Barlow, priest and martyr (Salford) Saint John Francis Regis, priest (Denver) Saint Nemesian, bishop, and companions, martyrs (Algeria, Tunisia, Rabat) Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint Peter Claver, priest (Ireland, Getafe, Kraków, Madrid) Saint Peter of Mezonzo, bishop (Lugo, Mondoñedo–Ferrol, Ourense, Santiago de Compostela, Tui–Vigo) Saint Theodard of Maastricht, bishop and martyr (Liège, Speyer) Saint Veranus of Vence, bishop (Nice) Thursday in the 2ⁿᵈ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian)
2026.09.11:	Friday in the 23ʳᵈ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Galloway, Montpellier, Saint-Hyacinthe) Blessed Bonaventure of Barcelona, religious (Sabina–Poggio Mirteto, Tarragona) Blessed Domenico Spadafora, religious (San Marino–Montefeltro) Blessed Francesco Bonifacio, priest and martyr (Trieste) Blessed María de Jesús López de Rivas, virgin (Sigüenza–Guadalajara) Blessed Tomás del Espíritu Santo, martyr (Vitoria) Feria: 15ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Friday in the 2ⁿᵈ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) Our Lady of Peyragude (Agen) Our Lady of the Holy Cave (Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana) Saint Bodo of Toul, bishop (Saint-Dié) Saint Deiniol, bishop (Wales) Saint Dominic of Silos, abbot (Burgos, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño, Osma–Soria) Saint Felix and Saint Regula, martyrs (Liechtenstein, Tarazona) Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, priest and martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Saint-Flour) Saint Marcellus of Velay, priest and martyr (Le Puy-en-Velay) Saint Maternus of Cologne, bishop (Köln, Trier) Saint Notburga of Eben (München und Freising) Saint Venerius, hermit (Ajaccio) Saint Veranus of Vence, bishop (Mende) Saint Vincent and Saint Ramirus, priests, and companions, martyrs (León) Saint Vincent, abbot and martyr (Oviedo) Saints Protus and Hyacinth, martyrs (Extraordinary Form) The Most Holy Name of Mary (Strasbourg)
2026.09.12:	Saturday in the 23ʳᵈ Week in Ordinary Time The Most Holy Name of Mary Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Helsinki) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Co-Cathedral (Mechelen–Brussel, Poreč i Pula) Blessed Apolinar Franco, priest and martyr (Valladolid) Blessed María de Jesús López de Rivas, virgin (Toledo) Our Lady Mother of Graces (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Our Lady Mother of Social Justice and Love (Gliwice) Our Lady at the Cliff (Civita Castellana) Our Lady of El Henar (Segovia) Our Lady of Estíbaliz (Vitoria) Our Lady of Piekary (Katowice) Our Lady of Rzeszów (Rzeszów) Our Lady of Valvanera (Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Saint Ailbe, bishop (Ireland) Saint Amatus, Saint Romaric and Saint Adelphus, abbots (Saint-Dié) Saint Amatus, bishop (Cambrai) Saint Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, bishop and martyr (Clermont) Saint John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor of the Church (Angers) Saint Marcellinus of Carthage, martyr (Algeria, Tunisia, Rabat) Saint Maternus of Cologne, bishop, and companions (Strasbourg) Saint Pontius of Roda, bishop (Barbastro–Monzón) The Lord of Miracles (Huesca)
2026.09.13:	24ᵗʰ Sunday in Ordinary Time 16ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) 3ʳᵈ Sunday after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Our Lady of the Oak Tree (Viterbo)
2026.09.14:	The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Monday in the 24ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela) The Crucified Christ of Locaumba (Tacna y Moquegua) The Lord of Exaltation (Chuquibambilla)
2026.09.15:	Our Lady of Sorrows Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Zamora) Our Lady of Angustias (Cuenca, Granada, Guadix) Our Lady of Ceri (Porto–Santa Rufina) Our Lady of Seven Sorrows (Extraordinary Form, Slovakia) Our Lady of the Good Apparition (Santander) Our Lady of the Hill (Gaeta) Our Lady of the Way (León) Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, bishop (Tournai) Saint Mirin, abbot (Paisley) Saint Nicomedes, martyr (Extraordinary Form) Tuesday in the 24ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (Venezuela) Malaysia Day (Malaysia)
2026.09.16:	Saint Cornelius, pope, and Saint Cyprian, bishop, martyrs Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diocese (Gozo) Mary, Queen of the Frentani People (Lanciano–Ortona) Our Lady of Sorrows (Zamora) Saint Cyprian of Carthage, bishop and martyr (Algeria, Tunisia, Rabat) Saint Ludmila, martyr (Czechia) Saint Ninian, bishop (Scotland, Antigonish) Saints Euphemia, virgin, Lucy and Geminianus, martyrs (Extraordinary Form) Wednesday in the 24ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (Czechia) Ember Day (Slovakia, Lake Charles)

Martyrology

2026.09.10:	Saint Nemesian, martyr at Alexandria of Egypt Saints Nemesian, bishop, Felix, Lucius, Felix, Litteus, Polyanus, Victor, Jader and Dativus, martyrs Saint Pulcheria, empress of the Roman Empire Saint Agabio, bishop of Novara Saint Sauve, bishop of Albi Saint Théodard, bishop of Tongres, martyr Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches Blessed Oglerio, Cistercian abbot Lucedio Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, Augustinian priest Blesseds Sebastianus Kimura, Francisco Morales Sedeño, priests, and 50 companions, martyrs of Japan Saint Ambrose Barlow, Benedictine priest, martyr of England Blessed Hubert de Saint-Claude Gagnot, Carmelite priest and martyr of France
2026.09.11:	Saints Proto and Giacinto, martyrs at Rome Saints Felix and Regula, martyrs at Zurich Saint Paphnutius, bishop in Egypt Saint Patient, bishop of Lyons Saint Sacerdos, bishop of Lyons Saint Deiniol, bishop abbot of Bangor Saint Adelphe, abbot of Remiremont Saint Leudinus Bodo, bishop of Toul Saint Elia Speleota, hermit Blesseds Gaspar Koteda, Franciscus Takeya and Petrus Kawano, martyrs of Japan Blessed Bonaventura de Barcelona, Franciscan religious Blessed François Mayaudon, priest and martyr of France Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Lazarist priest and martyr of China Blessed Lorenzo Villanueva Larrayoz, Hospitaller religious, martyr of Spain Blessed José María Segura Penadés, priest and martyr of Spain
2026.09.12:	The Most Holy Name of Mary Saint Autonomo, bishop, martyr at Bithynia Saints Hieronides, Leontius and Serapion, martyrs at Alexandria of Egypt Saint Ailbe, bishop of Emly Saint Guidon d’Anderlecht, pilgrim Blesseds Apolinar Franco García, Tomás del Espíritu Santo de Zumárraga Lazcano, priests, and 4 companions, martyrs of Japan Blessed Roger Faverge, Lasalian religious, martyr of France Saint Franciscus Ch’oe Kyŏng-hwan, martyr of Korea
2026.09.13:	Saint John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople and doctor of the Church Saint Julian, priest and martyr at Ankara The Dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Saint Lidoire, bishop of Toiurs Saint Émilien, bishop of Valence Saint Marcellinus, martyr at Carthage Saint Maurille, bishop of Angers Saint Aimé, priest and abbot of Remiremont Saint Venerio, hermit Saint Aimé, bishop of Sion Blessed María López de Rivas Martínez, Carmelite virgin Blessed Claude Dumonet, priest and martyr of France Blessed Aurelio María Villalón Acebrón, Lasalian religious, martyr of Spain
2026.09.14:	The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Deposition of Saint Cornelius, pope and martyr Passion of Saint Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, martyr Saint Maternus, bishop of Tongres Birth of Saint John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor of the Church Saint Pierre, Cistercian, bishop of Tarantaise Saint Alberto, patriarch of Jerusalem Saint Notburga, virgin Blessed Claude Laplace, priest and martyr of France Saint Jean-Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, bishop, vicar apostolic of Sichuan and martyr of China
2026.09.15:	Our Lady of Sorrows Saint Nicomede, martyr at Rome Saint Valérien, martyr Saints Straton, Valerius, Macrobius and Gordian, martyrs Saint Nicetas the Goth, martyr Saint Albin, bishop of Lyons Saint Epvre, bishop of Toul Saint Aicadre, abbot of Jumièges Saints Emilas, deacon, and Jeremías, martyrs at Cordoba Blessed Rolando de’ Medici, anchorite Saint Caterina da Genova Fieschi Adorno Blessed Camillo Giovanni Battista Costanzo, Jesuit priest and martyr of Japan Blesseds Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Ángeles, martyrs of Mexico Blessed Anton Maria Schwartz, priest, founder of the Christian Workers of Saint Joseph Calasanz Blessed Pascual Penadés Jornet, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Władysław Miegoń, priest and martyr at Dachau Blessed Paolo Manna, PIME priest and superior general
2026.09.16:	Saints Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, martyrs Saint Euphemia, martyr Saints Abbondio and companions, martyrs Saints Vittore, Felice, Alessandro and Papia, martyrs at Rome Saint Prisco, bishop of Nocera, martyr Saint Ninian, bishop of Whithorn Saints Rogelio and Servodeo, martyrs at Cordoba Saint Ludmila, martyr in Bohemia Saint Edith, virgin Blessed Victor III, pope Saint Vital, abbot of Savigny Saint Martín, Cistercian abbot and bishop of Sigüenza Blessed Louis Aleman, archbishop of Arles Blesseds Dominicus Shobyōye, Michaël Himonoya and his son Paulus, martyrs of Japan Saint Juan Macias, Dominican religious Passion of Saint Andreas Kim Tae-gŏn, priest and martyr of Korea Blessed Ignacio Casanovas Parramón, Piarist priest and martyr of Spain Blesseds Laureano María de Burriana Ferrer Cardet, Benito María de Burriana Ferrer Jordá and Bernardino María de Andújar Martínez Robles, Amigonian religious, martyrs of Spain

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
2026.09.25 – 2026.09.28: Apostolic Journey to France and Visit to UNESCO
2026.09.27: World Tourism Day 2026
2026.09.27: 112ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2026
2026.10.16: World Food Day 2026
2026.10.18: World Mission Sunday 2026
2026.11.06 – 2026.11.08: Apostolic Journey to Uruguay
2026.11.08 – 2026.11.11: Apostolic Journey to Argentina
2026.11.11 – 2026.11.17: Apostolic Journey to Peru
2026.11.15: World Day of the Poor 2026

Commemorations

2026.09.11: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Vicente Nicasio Renuncio Toribio (1876)
2026.09.11: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Antonio González Alonso, Blessed José Martínez Torres, Blessed José Piquer Arnáu, Blessed José Pla Arasa, Blessed José María Segura Penadés, Blessed Lorenzo Villanueva Larrayoz and Blessed Rafael Vinagre Torres (1936)
2026.09.11: 80ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Francesco Giovanni Bonifacio (1946)
2026.09.11: 25ᵗʰ anniversary, September 11 attacks (2001)
2026.09.11: 10ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Władysław Bukowiński (2016)
2026.09.12: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Liduina Meneguzzi (1901)
2026.09.12: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Fortunato Arias Sánchez, Blessed Manuel Binimelis Cabré, Blessed Manuel Contreras Villén, Blessed Hugo Julián Delgado Díez, Blessed Antonio Huertas Vargas, Blessed Francisco Maqueda López, Blessed Antonio Montañés Chiquero, Blessed Alfonso Navarrete Crespo, Blessed Francisco Palomares Vílchez, Blessed José Pancorbo Gutiérrez, Blessed José Peña Pinto, Blessed Emerío José Plana Rebugent, Blessed Miguel de Jesús Puigferrer Mora, Blessed Joan Roig i Diggle and Blessed Pere Sitges Obiols (1936)
2026.09.12: 5ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Stefan Wyszyński and Elżbieta od Ukrzyżowania Pana Jezusa (2021)
2026.09.13: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Luis Vidaurrázaga González (1901)
2026.09.13: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Manuel Álvarez Álvarez, Blessed José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre, Blessed Emilio Antequera Lupiañez, Blessed Ramiro Argüelles Hevia, Blessed Florencio Arnaiz Cejudo, Blessed Sabino Ayastuy Errasti, Blessed José Cano García, Blessed Juan Capel Segura, Blessed Joaquín Gisbert Aguilera, Blessed Juan Ibáñez Martínez, Blessed Luis Eduardo López Gascón, Blessed Manuel Martínez Jiménez, Blessed Teófilo Montes Calvo, Blessed Pio Navarro Moreno, Blessed Joaquín Ochoa Salazar, Blessed José Cecilio Rodríguez González, Blessed Francisco Rodríguez Martínez, Blessed José Román García González, Blessed Francisco Cástor Sojo López and Blessed Aurelio María Villalón Acebrón (1936)

Jubilarians

2026.09.11: Archbishop Orazio Soricelli (74), Archbishop of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.09.11: Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha (90), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lahore (Pakistan), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.09.15: Bishop Adenis Roberto de Oliveira, S.d.P. (52), Titular Bishop of Hermiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.09.15: Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis (89), Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aparecida (Brazil) and Apostolic Commissioner emeritus for Heralds of the Gospel, celebrates 40 years as bishop
2026.09.16: Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa (80), Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza, Apostolic Administrator of Man (Cote d’Ivoire) and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.09.16: Archbishop Émilius Goulet, P.S.S. (93), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint-Boniface (Canada), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.09.16: Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.J. (77), Metropolitan of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea) and President of Council of the Eritrean Church, celebrates 25 years as bishop