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Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec (Казiмiр Велікаселец), O.P., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pinsk (Belarus), passed away at 80

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru and Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean

Msgr. Ignazio Ceffalia was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau and Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru and Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa

Msgr. Ignazio Ceffalia, Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino and Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau and Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu

Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec (Казiмiр Велікаселец), O.P., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

Bishop Uladzimir Huliai succeeded as Bishop of Grodno (Belarus)

Bishop Aleksander Kaszkiewicz (Аляксандр Кашкевіч) resigned as Bishop of Grodno (Belarus)

Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians

Fr. Andrei Znoska was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Skradin and Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands

Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was elected Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand

Fr. Andrei Znoska, Priest of Grodno (Belarus), was elected Titular Bishop of Skradin and Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

Archbishop Ante Jozić (尤安泰), Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia and Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia

Fr. Uladzimir Huliai was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Grodno (Belarus)

Archbishop Iosif Staneuski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus), was appointed as President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Bishop Aleh Butkevich resigned as President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Fr. Uladzimir Huliai, Priest of Grodno (Belarus), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Grodno (Belarus)

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was appointed as Member of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ambrogio della Massima

Cardinal Agostino Marchetto took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Titular Archbishop of Ravello, Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ambrogio della Massima

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Titular Archbishop of Écija, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Apostolic Administration of Belarus (Belarussian Rite) was restored (Belarus)

Archimandrite Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C., Apostolic Visitator in Belarus of the Belarussians, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus)

Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz, Bishop of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Russia) and Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B., Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), was elected Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Bishop Iosif Staneuski, Titular Bishop of Tabaicara and Auxiliary Bishop of Grodno (Belarus), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus)

Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec (Казiмiр Велікаселец), O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus)

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

Bishop Aleh Butkevich, Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus and Bishop of Vitebsk (Belarus), was appointed as President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Bishop Aleksander Kaszkiewicz (Аляксандр Кашкевіч), Bishop of Grodno (Belarus), was appointed as Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., Bishop emeritus of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran) and Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), passed away at 88

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus) and President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec (Казiмiр Велікаселец), O.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus)

Bishop Iosif Staneuski, General Secretary of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus, was promoted as

Bishop Yury Kasabutski, Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus), was appointed as General Secretary of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Msgr. Ante Jozić (尤安泰) was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Cissa

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Titular Archbishop of Écija and Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Archbishop-elect Ante Jozić (尤安泰) was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

Msgr. Ignazio Ceffalia, Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

Archbishop-elect Ante Jozić (尤安泰) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire

Msgr. Ante Jozić (尤安泰), Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia), Head of Study Mission in Hong Kong of Philippines and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire and Titular Archbishop of Cissa

Archbishop Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M., Coadjutor Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), passed away at 84

Archbishop Teofilo Matulionis, Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) and Archbishop ad personam, was beatified

Archbishop Dominik Hrušovský, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia), passed away at 90

Msgr. Gábor Pintér was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus

Archbishop Petro Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M., Archbishop-Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine), passed away at 50

Msgr. Gábor Pintér, Priest of Vác (Hungary) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus and Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation and Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine