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2026.10.25: Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly (75) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)
2026.10.25: Archbishop Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona (53) succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)
2026.10.24: Bishop Joseph Francis Badji (60) succeeded as Bishop of Kolda (Senegal)
2026.10.24: Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène (75) resigned as Bishop of Kolda (Senegal)
2026.10.21: Fr. Leandro Machado Silvestre (48), Priest of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil)
2026.10.19: Fr. Stephen Wang Wei-jon (59) was consecrated as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England)
2026.10.17: Fr. Joan Torres Torres and 19 companions were beatified
2026.10.17: Fr. Jean Miguina, O.F.M. Cap. (47), was consecrated as Bishop of Sarh (Chad)
2026.10.17: Archbishop Edouard Georges Daher, B.C. (53), Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was appointed as Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)
2026.10.17: Archbishop Joseph Gébara (61) resigned as Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Necrology

2026.10.25: Cardinal Paolo Romeo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 88
2026.10.23: Bishop Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I., Bishop emeritus of Neuquén (Argentina), passed away at 84
2026.10.17: Archbishop Sabri Anar, Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye), passed away at 60
2026.10.13: Bishop Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau, Bishop emeritus of Liège (Belgium), passed away at 101
2026.10.10: Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (マルセリーノ谷大二), Bishop emeritus of Saitama さいたま (Japan), passed away at 73
2026.10.09: Bishop António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm., Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal), passed away at 84
2026.10.07: Bishop Frank Joseph Dewane, Bishop emeritus of Venice (USA), passed away at 76
2026.10.04: Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D., Bishop of Udaipur (India), passed away at 74

Papal Audiences

2026.10.26: Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C., Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C.
2026.10.24: Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Cardinal Marcello Semeraro
2026.10.23: Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A., Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar, Bishop Edgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D., Bishop Pedro Joaquin Hernández Cantarero, C.M.F., Bishop Manuel Ochogavía Barahona, O.S.A., Bishop Luis Enrique Saldaña Guerra, O.F.M., Bishop Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R., Bishop Rafael Valdivieso Miranda, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk
2026.10.22: Cardinal Mario Grech, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell
2026.10.15: Archbishop Paolo Rudelli

Feasts

2026.10.27:	Tuesday in the 30ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Denver, L’Aquila, Rožňava, Tivoli) Blessed Bartolomeo Breganze, bishop (Vicenza) Blessed Gonzalo of Lagos, priest (Portugal, Timor-Leste) Feria: 22ⁿᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Saint Florus of Pula, bishop (Poreč i Pula) Saint Francisco Díaz del Rincón, priest, and companions, martyrs (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Saint Genitorus and companions, martyrs (Bourges) Saint Namatius of Clermont, bishop (Clermont) Saint Otteran, monk (Ireland) Saint Pompilio Maria Pirrotti, religious (Chieti–Vasto) Saint Vincent, Saint Sabina and Saint Christeta, martyrs (Burgos, Toledo, Ávila, Évora) The Transitus of Saint Mary Salome (Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino) Tuesday in the Week of the 1ˢᵗ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)
2026.10.28:	Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Les Gonaïves) Our Lord of the Sea (Callao) The Lord of Miracles (Peru)
2026.10.29:	Thursday in the 30ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Częstochowa) Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka, religious and martyr (Brno, Wien) Blessed Narciso Esténaga y Echevarría, bishop, and companions, martyrs (Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Feria: 22ⁿᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Saint Colman of Kilmacduagh, bishop (Ireland) Saint Fidelis of Como, martyr (Como) Saint Francisco Díaz, priest and martyr (Sevilla) Saint Gaetano Errico, priest (Napoli) Saint Honoratus of Vercelli, bishop (Ambrosian) Saint Joachim Royo, priest, and companions, martyrs (Teruel y Albarracín) Saint Marcellus of Tangier, martyr (León) Saint Narcisus of Gerona, bishop and martyr (Girona) Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles (Peru) Saint Stefano Minicillo, bishop (Alife–Caiazzo) The Lord of Tremours (Cusco) The Martyrs of Douai College (Westminster) Thursday in the Week of the 1ˢᵗ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Translation of the relics of Saint Privatus, bishop and martyr (Mende)
2026.10.30:	Friday in the 30ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Katowice, Victoria) Blessed Maria Teresa of Saint Joseph, religious (Berlin, Roermond) Blessed Oleksa Zarytsky, priest and martyr (Russia) Feria: 22ⁿᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Friday in the Week of the 1ˢᵗ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Saint Claudius, Saint Luperculus and Saint Victoricus, martyrs (León) Saint Felix of Martana, bishop and martyr (Orvieto–Todi) Saint Germanus of Capua, bishop (Montecassino) Saint Lucain of Logny, martyr (Chartres) Saint Marcellus of Tangier and Saint Maximilian of Numidia, martyrs (Algeria, Tunisia, Rabat) Saint Marcellus of Tangier, martyr (South Africa) Saint Maximus of Cuma, martyr (Pozzuoli) Saint Theodgar of Vestervig, priest (København) The Martyrs of Douai College (Hexham and Newcastle)
2026.10.31:	Saturday in the 30ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday All Saints (Ambrosian) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Gaspé, Hradec Králové) Blessed Thomas of Florence, religious (Rieti) Blessed Tódor Romża, bishop and martyr (Hungary) Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez, religious (Mallorca, Segovia) Saint Foillan of Fosses, priest and martyr (Namur, Tournai) Saint Wolfgang, bishop (Austria, Czechia, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls) (Helsinki)
2026.11.01:	All Saints 23ʳᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)
2026.11.02:	The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls) Monday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time (Helsinki)

Martyrology

2026.10.27:	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
2026.10.28:	Saints Simon and Jude, apostles Saint Ferrutius, martyr Saint Fedele, martyr near Como Saints Vicente, Sabina and Cristeta, martyrs at Avila Saint Genès, martyr in France Saint Sauve, bishop of Amiens Saint Faron, bishop of Meaux Saint Germain, abbot of Talloires Saints Francisco Serrano Frías, Dominican bishop-elect and vicar apostolic of Fujian, Joaquín Royo Pérez, Juan Alcober Figuera and Francisco Díaz del Rincón, Dominican priests, martyrs of China Saint Gioan Ðạt, priest and martyr of Vietnam Saint Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán, priest and martyr of Mexico Blessed Salvador Damián Enguix Garés, father of family, martyr of Spain Blessed José Ruiz Bruixola, priest and martyr of Spain
2026.10.29:	Saint Felician, martyr at Carthage Saint Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem Saint Onorato, bishop of Vercelli Saint Zenobius, priest and martyr at Tyre Saint Abraham, anchorite Saint Theudère, bishop of Vienne Saint Colman, bishop of Kilmacduagh Saint Dodon, abbot Saint Gaetano Errico, priest, founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
2026.10.30:	Saint Marciano, first bishop of Syracuse, martyr Saint Serapion, bishop of Antioch Saint Eutropia, martyr at Alexandria of Egypt Saint Marcel, centurion, martyr at Tingis Saints Claudio, Lupercio and Victorio, martyrs at Leon Saint Massimo, martyr at Cuma Saint Germano, bishop of Capua Saint Gerardo, bishop of Potenza Blessed Benvenuta Boiani, Dominican virgin Blessed John Slade, martyr of England Blessed Terence Albert O’Brien, Dominican, bishop of Emly, martyr of Ireland Saint Angelo d’Acri Falcone, Capuchin priest Blessed Jean-Michel Langevin, priest and martyr of France Blessed Oleksa Zaryts’kyi, priest and martyr of Kazakhstan
2026.10.31:	Saint Epimachus of Pelusium, martyr in Egypt Saint Quentin, martyr in France Saint Foillan, abbot of Fosses Saint Antonino, bishop of Milan Saint Wolfgang, bishop of Regensburg Blessed Cristoforo di Romagna, Franciscan priest Blessed Tommaso Bellacci da Firenze, Franciscan religious Blessed Dominic Collins, Jesuit priest and martyr of Ireland Saint Alonso Rodríguez, Jesuit religious Blessed Leon Nowakowski, priest and martyr of Poland
2026.11.01:	All Saints Saint Cesario, deacon and martyr at Terracina Saint Bénigne, priest and martyr at Dijon Saint Austremoine, first bishop of Auvergne Saint Marcel, bishop of Paris Saint Romble, priest and abbot Saint Severino, monk Saint Magno, bishop of Milan Saint Vigor, bishop of Bayeux Saint Lézin, bishop of Angers Saint Mathurin, priest Saint Omer, bishop of Thérouanne Blessed Ranieri dal Borgo, Franciscan religious Saint Nuno de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira, Carmelite religious Blesseds Pietro Paolo Navarro, Dionisius Fujishima Jubyōe, Petrus Onizuka Sadayū and Clemens Kyūemon, martyrs of Japan Saints Jerónimo Hermosilla Aransáez, bishop and vicar apostolic of Eastern Tonking, Valentín Faustino Berrio-Ochoa de Aristi, bishop and vicar apostolic of Central Tonking, and Pere Josep Almató i Ribera Auras, Dominican religious, martyrs of Vietnam Blessed Rupert Mayer, Jesuit priest Blessed Teodor Jurij Romża, bishop of Mukacheve of the Ruthenians, martyr of Ukraine
2026.11.02:	The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed Saint Victorinus, bishop of Ptuj Saint Giusto, martyr at Trieste Saints Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Agapius and companions, martyrs at Sebaste Saints Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus, Anempodistus and companions, martyrs in Persia Saint Domnin, bishop of Vienne Saint Marcian, hermit Saint Ambroise, abbot of Agaune Saint Winifride, virgin Saint Georges, bishop of Vienne Saint Malachy O’Morgair, bishop of Down Blessed Marguerite de Lorraine-Vaudémont, duchess of Alençon, widow Blessed John Bodey, martyr of England Blessed Pio di San Luigi, Passionist religious

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
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
2026.11.22: World Youth Day 2026
2026.12.25 – 2027.01.01: Christmas Octave 2026
2026.12.31 – 2027.12.31: Jubilee Year of Compostela 2027
2027.01.01: World Day of Peace 2027
2027.01.18 – 2027.01.25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2027

Commemorations

2026.10.28: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Claudio Julián García San Roma, Blessed María Asumpta González Trujillano, Blessed María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga, Blessed Octavia Iglesias Blanco, Blessed Leoncio Lope García and Blessed Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez (1936)
2026.10.29: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Victoria Arregui Guinea, Blessed Julián Castilla Casado, Blessed Augusto María Merino Miguel, Blessed Joaquina Rey Aguirre and Blessed José Ruiz Bruixola (1936)
2026.10.29: 10ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Benedictine Martyrs of Madrid (2016)
2026.10.30: 350ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Saint Teofilo da Corte Arrighi (1676)
2026.10.30: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed José María Povatos Ruiz (1936)
2026.10.30: 5ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Marytrs of Diocesan Labourer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (2021)
2026.10.31: Centenary, Beatification of Noël Pinot (1926)
2026.10.31: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Timoteu de Palafrugell Miquel Girbau, Blessed Modesta Moro Briz, Blessed Ildefonso Ortega González and Blessed Pilar Isabel Sánchez Suárez (1936)
2026.11: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed José Otín Aquilé (1936)
2026.11.01: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Eudald d’Igualada Estruch Vives (1936)

Jubilarians

2026.10.28: Bishop António Lungieki Pedro Bengui (52), Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.10.30: Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado (78), Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Vasai (India), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.10.31: Bishop Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés (55), Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Chile), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.10.31: Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela (90), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain), celebrates 50 years as bishop
2026.11.06: Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (102), Bishop emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil), celebrates 60 years as bishop

Major Papal Documents

2026.09.01: Motu Proprio “Abrogating the Motu Proprio “Un futuro sostenibile””
2026.08.29: Motu Proprio “Amending Canons 106 and 126 of the Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium”
2026.07.31: Law “Fundamental Law of the Vatican City State”
2026.06.24: Motu Proprio Confirma fratres tuos On the revision of the Apostolic Constitution “In Ecclesiarum Communione”
2026.05.20: Law “Statutes of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors”

Curial Documents

Minor Papal Documents

2026.10.22: Message “Video Message of invitation to register for World Youth Day Seoul 2027”
2026.10.13: Message “St the conclusion of the Meeting on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Amoris laetitia”
2026.10.11: Letter To Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
2026.10.07: Message For the 100ᵗʰ World Mission Sunday
2026.09.14: Letter “Chirograph on the new premises to be allocated to the Vatican Apostolic Archives and the Vatican Apostolic Library”

Papal Speeches

2026.10.22: Speech To the participants in the International Congress on the Pastoral Care of Schools and Universities
2026.10.22: Speech To the delegation of the American Jewish Committee
2026.10.21: Speech To participants in the conference promoted by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
2026.10.14: Homily “Mass at the conclusion of the meeting marking the 10ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Publication of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia”
2026.10.12: Speech To the members of the Circle of St Peter
2026.10.10: Speech To the participants in the Meeting of Museum Directors from around the world (Bizot Group)
2026.10.10: Speech To the participants in the Synod of Bishops of the Greek-Melkite Church of Antioch
2026.10.08: Homily “Mass for the Inauguration of the Academic Year of the Pontifical Universities”
2026.10.07: Speech “Greeting to the Louisiana Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums”
2026.10.07: Speech “Meeting with the Heads of Eastern Churches and the Presidents of Episcopal Conferences on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Amoris laetitia”