Recent Events

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino, was appointed as Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Fr. Miro Relota, O.F.M., was consecrated as Military Ordinary of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Archbishop Tomo Vukšić resigned as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Miro Relota, O.F.M., was elected Military Ordinary of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Cardinal Vinko Puljić, Cardinal-Priest of S. Chiara a Vigna Clara and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Ladislav Hučko, Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia), passed away at 76

Fr. Marko Medo was consecrated as Bishop of Gospić–Senj (Croatia)

Fr. Mladen Vukšić, O.F.M., was consecrated as Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

Fr. Marko Medo, Priest of Croatia (Croatia), was elected Bishop of Gospić–Senj (Croatia)

Fr. Mladen Vukšić, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

Bishop Marko Semren, O.F.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Fr. Željko Majić was consecrated as Bishop of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Franjo Komarica resigned as Bishop of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Željko Majić, Priest of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was elected Bishop of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Zdenko Križić, O.C.D., Bishop of Gospić–Senj (Croatia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Archbishop Želimir Puljić resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Bishop Berislav Grgić resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Tromsø (Norway)

Msgr. Ivan Kovač, Priest of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Bishops

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša, Metropolitan Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia) and President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Archbishop Želimir Puljić was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Bishop Ivan Štironja, Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro), was appointed as Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Archbishop Želimir Puljić resigned as Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša, Apostolic Administrator of Poreč i Pula (Croatia) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia), was appointed as President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference

Archbishop Želimir Puljić resigned as President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Tajikistan and Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

Cardinal Vinko Puljić resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Archbishop Tomo Vukšić, Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bishop Petar Palić, Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano and Apostolic Commissioner for Institute of the Incarnate Word, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Ponziano pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Vinko Puljić resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Archbishop Tomo Vukšić succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator to the Parish of Međugorje of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro

Archbishop Henryk Hoser, S.A.C., Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Warszawa-Praga (Poland), passed away at 78

Bishop Đura Džudžar resigned as Vice-President of International Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius

Cardinal Francesco Monterisi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alla Regola, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo alla Regola pro hac vice Title

Fr. Ivan Štironja was consecrated as Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

Fr. Ivan Štironja, Priest of Trebinje–Mrkan (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was elected Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

Bishop Mile Bogović, Bishop emeritus of Gospić–Senj (Croatia), passed away at 81

Fr. Milan Stipić was consecrated as Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Fr. Milan Stipić, Priest of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia) and Apostolic Administrator of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was elected Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša, Coadjutor Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Bishop Petar Palić, General Secretary of Croatian Bishops’ Conference and Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia), was appointed as Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Ratko Perić resigned as Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Dražen Kutleša, Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Archbishop Tomo Vukšić, Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Coadjutor Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Tomo Vukšić, Military Ordinary of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Pero Sudar resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Ilija Janjić resigned as Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

Fr. Ivan Kovač, Priest of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Slađan Ćosić (高德隆) resigned as Pro-Chargé d’affaires in China

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló was appointed as Apostolic Commissioner for Institute of the Incarnate Word

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco