Recent Events

Fr. Joachim Thinh Xuan Nguyen (Nguyễn Xuân Thinh) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Madaurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Rene Ramirez, R.C.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mauriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Bishop Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Fr. Joachim Thinh Xuan Nguyen (Nguyễn Xuân Thinh), Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Madaurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Rene Ramirez, R.C.J., Priest of Sandhurst (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Mauriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Joachim Xavier Rego, C.P., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Broome (Australia)

Bishop Timothy John Norton, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Madaurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Broome (Australia)

Fr. Joseph John Caddy was consecrated as Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

Bishop Kevin Michael Manning, Bishop emeritus of Parramatta (Australia), passed away at 90

Fr. Joseph John Caddy, Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was elected Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., resigned as Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet, Bishop of Sale (Australia), was appointed as Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Peter William Ingham, Bishop emeritus of Wollongong (Australia), passed away at 83

Archbishop Francis Patrick Carroll, Archbishop emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), passed away at 93

Bishop Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Aitape (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 90

Br. Peter Bernard Clinch, C.F.C., Superior General of Christian Brothers, passed away at 70

Bishop Bosco Puthur was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Chris de Souza was appointed as General Secretary of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Fr. Stephen Hackett, M.S.C., resigned as General Secretary of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) and President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Msgr. Carl Leonard Reid resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia) and President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bunbury (Australia)

Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan resigned as Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Fr. John Panamthottathil, C.M.I., was consecrated as Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne of the Syro-Malabars (Australia)

Bishop Kenneth Michael Howell, Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Bishop Robert Michael McGuckin resigned as Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia), was appointed as President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy, Bishop of Armidale (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia)

Fr. John Panamthottathil, C.M.I., was elected Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne of the Syro-Malabars (Australia)

Bishop Bosco Puthur resigned as Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne of the Syro-Malabars (Australia)

Cardinal George Pell, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) and Prefect emeritus of Secretariat for the Economy, passed away at 81

Msgr. Brian Edwin Ferme, Priest of Portsmouth (England), Chaplain of His Holiness and Prelate Secretary of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Terence John Gerard Brady resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Tim Brennan, M.S.C., was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop Thomas Halim Habib, Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Oceania and the Gulf Countries of the Copts

Bishop Hilton Forrest Deakin, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia), passed away at 89

Bishop James Foley resigned as Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge resigned as President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia), was appointed as President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Fr. Timothy John Norton, S.V.D., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Madaurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Joseph Hitti, Bishop emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia), passed away at 96

Br. Peter Bernard Clinch, C.F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Fr. Daniel Joseph Meagher was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Daniel Joseph Meagher, Priest of Sydney (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Bishop William Joseph Wright, Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia), passed away at 69

Fr. Timothy John Norton, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Madaurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey, Bishop of Geraldton (Australia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Broome (Australia)

Bishop Christopher Alan Saunders resigned as Bishop of Broome (Australia)

Msgr. Paul Boyers resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Broome (Australia)

Fr. Martin Ashe was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Muteci and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Msgr. Anthony John Ireland was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Carinola and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Archbishop Issam John Darwish, B.S., resigned as Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖), Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Archbishop Christopher Charles Prowse, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Australia (Australia)

Bishop Max Leroy Davis resigned as Military Ordinary of Australia (Australia)

Fr. Martin Ashe, Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Muteci and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Msgr. Anthony John Ireland, Priest of Melbourne (Australia) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Carinola and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)