Recent Events

Fr. Evandro Luis Braun was consecrated as Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Carlos Paiva was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil)

Diocese of São José do Rio Preto was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto (with suffragan sees Barretos, Catanduva, Jales and Votuporanga) (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B., Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil)

Bishop Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil)

Bishop Valter Magno de Carvalho, Titular Bishop of Giufi and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil)

Bishop Edmar Perón resigned as Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Bishop Bruno Elizeu Versari, Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Fr. Giuseppe Luigi Spiga was consecrated as Bishop of Grajaú (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Ranis Rosendo Dos Santos, C.SS.R., was consecrated as Bishop of Caicó (Brazil)

Bishop Zeno Hastenteufel, Bishop emeritus of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil), passed away at 78

Fr. Joselito Ramalho Nogueira was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Hiansen Vieira Franco was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tigava and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Angélico Sândalo Bernardino, Bishop emeritus of Blumenau (Brazil), passed away at 92

Bishop Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues, Bishop of Januária (Brazil), passed away at 61

Fr. José Maria Pereira was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Sigus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Evandro Luis Braun was elected Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R., Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Carlos Paiva, Priest of Patos de Minas (Brazil), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil)

Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina) and Apostolic Administrator of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Archbishop Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorocaba (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Italy of the Ukrainians (Italy)

Bishop Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R., resigned as Bishop of Itapetininga (Brazil)

Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P., Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Itabuna (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte, Opus Dei, resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itapetininga (Brazil)

Fr. José Maria Pereira, Priest of Petrópolis (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Sigus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Joselito Ramalho Nogueira, Priest of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Hiansen Vieira Franco, Priest of Guaxupé (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Tigava and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães, Titular Bishop of Galtellì and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Fr. João Batista de Oliveira, S.V.D., was consecrated as Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Fr. José Roberto dos Reis, C.P., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Feradi minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

Fr. Giuseppe Luigi Spiga, Priest of Cagliari (Italy), was elected Bishop of Grajaú (Brazil)

Bishop Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes, Bishop of Propriá (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Ranis Rosendo Dos Santos, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Caicó (Brazil)

Cardinal Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova

Bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello, Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil)

Fr. Samuel Ferreira de Lima, O.F.M., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Nasbinca and Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus (Brazil)

Msgr. Nereudo Freire Henrique was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mopta and Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Fr. Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador)

Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Fr. Josivaldo José Bezerra was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Patara and Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Archbishop Dario Campos, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil)

Bishop Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J., Titular Bishop of Fiorentino and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil)

Fr. José Roberto dos Reis, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Feradi minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

Bishop Pedro José Conti resigned as Bishop of Macapá (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Babra and Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Macapá (Brazil)

Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil and President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova

Bishop Francesco Biasin resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Corumbá (Brazil)

Fr. João Batista de Oliveira, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Fr. Samuel Ferreira de Lima, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Nasbinca and Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus (Brazil)

Bishop José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Marajó (Brazil), passed away at 84

Fr. Josivaldo José Bezerra, Priest of Olinda e Recife (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Patara and Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Msgr. Nereudo Freire Henrique, Priest of Paraíba (Brazil) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Mopta and Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Bishop Pablo León Hakimian, Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina) and Apostolic Exarch of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil), passed away at 70

Diocese of Chapecó was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chapecó (with suffragan sees Caçador, Joaçaba and Lages) (Brazil)

Diocese of Joinville was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Joinville (with suffragan sees Blumenau and Rio do Sul) (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach, Bishop of Joinville (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Joinville (Brazil)

Bishop Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.J., Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chapecó (Brazil)

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, E.P., President emeritus of Heralds of the Gospel and Superior General emeritus of Clerical Society of Virgo Flos Carmeli, passed away at 85