Recent Events

Fr. Jefferson Santos Pinheiro was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tagaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Fr. José Silvio de Brito was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Menefessi and Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil)

Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho, Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Castanhal (Brazil)

Bishop Carlos Verzeletti resigned as Bishop of Castanhal (Brazil)

Fr. Milton Zonta, S.D.S., was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil)

Sr. Sônia Maria Pinho de Matos, A.S.C., was appointed as Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) and Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), was appointed as President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Fr. Jefferson Santos Pinheiro, Priest of Aracaju (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Tagaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B., resigned 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)

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator for Brazil of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Archbishop Orlando Brandes resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator for Uruguay of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Dr. Cristiane Murray resigned as Vice-Director of Press Office of the Holy See

Fr. José Silvio de Brito, Priest of Natal (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Menefessi and Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil)

Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda, Titular Archbishop of Canne, passed away at 92

Fr. Evandro Campos Maria was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cilibia and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Fr. Jânison de Sá Santos was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cillium and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Aldemiro Sena dos Santos, Bishop of Guarabira (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Carlos do Nascimento was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cibaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Fr. Celso Alexandre was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Capsa and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Márcio Antonio Vidal de Negreiros, O.S.A., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Catula and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Thadeu Gomes Canellas, Bishop emeritus of Osório (Brazil), passed away at 95

Bishop José Roberto Fortes Palau, Bishop of Limeira (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorocaba (Brazil)

Bishop Marco Aurélio Gubiotti, Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Archbishop Gil Antônio Moreira resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Bishop Aparecido Donizeti de Souza resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Cascavel (Brazil)

Diocese of Baturité was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza and became suffragan of Fortaleza) (Brazil)

Archbishop Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Baturité (Brazil)

Fr. Milton Zonta, S.D.S., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil)

Fr. Gilson Meurer was consecrated as Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Fr. George Luís Amaral Muniz was consecrated as Bishop of Propriá (Brazil)

Fr. Evandro Campos Maria, Priest of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Cilibia and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Bishop Osvaldo Giuntini, Bishop emeritus of Marília (Brazil), passed away at 89

Fr. Jânison de Sá Santos, Priest of Propriá (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Cillium and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Carlos do Nascimento, Priest of Fortaleza (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Cibaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Fr. Celso Alexandre, Priest of Ourinhos (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Capsa and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Márcio Antonio Vidal de Negreiros, O.S.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Catula and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis resigned as Apostolic Commissioner for Heralds of the Gospel

Bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello succeeded as Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil)

Bishop João Casimiro Wilk (Jan Kazimierz), O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil), passed away at 74

Bishop Benedito Araújo, Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil)

Bishop Walter Jorge Pinto, Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)

Fr. Gilson Meurer, Priest of Florianópolis (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Bishop Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães succeeded as Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Bishop Tarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Bishop Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F., resigned as Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Fr. George Luís Amaral Muniz, Priest of Viana (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Propriá (Brazil)

Bishop José Moreira de Melo, Bishop emeritus of Itapeva (Brazil), passed away at 84

Fr. Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Bishop of Jardim (Brazil)

Fr. Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tisili and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Archbishop Gilberto Pereira Lopes, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Campinas (Brazil), passed away at 98

Fr. Gabriel dos Santos Filho was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Altiburus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Bishop Jayme Henrique Chemello, Bishop emeritus of Pelotas (Brazil), passed away at 93

Fr. Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Jardim (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo Alves Romão, Titular Bishop of Calama and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Fr. Clésio Facco, S.A.C., was consecrated as Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

Archbishop Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)