Recent Events

Bishop Adélio Giuseppe Tomasin, P.S.D.P., Bishop emeritus of Quixadá (Brazil), passed away at 94

Fr. Itacir Brassiani, M.S.F., was consecrated as Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Janusz Marian Danecki, O.F.M. Conv., Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande (Brazil), passed away at 72

Bishop Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Feradi minus, Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Itacoatiara (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Rafael do Nascimento, S.D.V., resigned as Superior General of Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists)

Msgr. Adalberto Donadelli Júnior was consecrated as Bishop of Rio do Sul (Brazil)

Fr. José Otacio Oliveira Guedes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Severiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Bishop Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Tefé (Brazil), passed away at 84

Fr. Milton Zonta, S.D.S., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians)

Bishop Dilmo Franco de Campos, Auxiliary Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil), passed away at 52

Fr. Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira was consecrated as Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Fr. Geraldo dos Reis Maia was consecrated as Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Bishop Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos, Titular Bishop of Castabala and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Anselmo Ricardo Ribeiro, S.V.D., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title

Diocese of Jaú was established (from Diocese of São Carlos and became suffragan of Campinas) (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva, Bishop of Lins (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Jaú (Brazil)

Bishop Jorge Pierozan, Titular Bishop of Arena and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Rio Grande (Brazil)

Fr. Itacir Brassiani, M.S.F., was elected Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Aloísio Alberto Dilli, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Sérgio Arthur Braschi resigned as Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil)

Bishop Bruno Elizeu Versari, Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil)

Msgr. Adalberto Donadelli Júnior, Priest of Joinville (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Rio do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Júlio César Souza de Jesus, Titular Bishop of Arba and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Floriano (Brazil)

Fr. Lucio Nicoletto was consecrated as Bishop-Prelate of São Félix (Brazil)

Bishop Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata succeeded as Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)

Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)

Fr. José Otacio Oliveira Guedes, Priest of Niterói (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Severiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Fr. Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira, Priest of Sobral (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Fr. Edmar José da Silva was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Garriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Fr. Adenis Roberto de Oliveira, S.d.P., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Hermiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Bishop José Mário Scalon Angonese, Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cascavel (Brazil)

Fr. Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira was consecrated as Bishop of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Vicente de Paula Tavares was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Gergis and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Archbishop Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Prado, resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Fr. Geraldo dos Reis Maia, Priest of Uberaba (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Canindé Palhano resigned as Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C., Bishop of Caicó (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

Fr. Edilson de Souza Silva was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Badiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S., was consecrated as Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)

Fr. Danival Milagres Coelho was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Vatarba and Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Archbishop Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Bishop Giovane Pereira de Melo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira, Priest of Brasília (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Vicente de Paula Tavares, Priest of Brasília (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Gergis and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Fr. Bruno Varriano, O.F.M., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Écija and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Antônio Fernando Brochini, C.S.S., Bishop emeritus of Itumbiara (Brazil), passed away at 77

Archbishop Josafá Menezes da Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Bishop Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Grajaú (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil)

Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino resigned as Bishop-Prelate of São Félix (Brazil)

Bishop Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Aracaju (Brazil)

Fr. Lucio Nicoletto, Priest of Padova (Italy), was elected Bishop-Prelate of São Félix (Brazil)

Fr. Edmar José da Silva, Priest of Mariana (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Garriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Fr. Adenis Roberto de Oliveira, S.d.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Hermiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Fr. Edilson de Souza Silva, Priest of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Badiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cascavel (Brazil)

Archbishop Adelar Baruffi resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil)

Fr. Raimundo Vanthuy Neto was consecrated as Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)