Recent Events

Fr. Abel Liluala was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Bishop Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville) and Apostolic Administrator of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville) and Apostolic Administrator of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Abel Liluala, Priest of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Vivien Carol Etouolo, Priest of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Congo

Fr. Brice Armand Ibombo resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Congo

Archbishop Victor Abagna Mossa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski resigned as Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

Fr. Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp., was consecrated as Bishop of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Victor Abagna Mossa resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Congo

Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, Apostolic Administrator of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Congo

Bishop Daniel Mizonzo resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Congo

Bishop Urbain Ngassongo, Bishop of Gamboma (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Congo

Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona (何明哲) was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Vulturara

Fr. Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp., was consecrated as Bishop of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona (何明哲), Priest of Autlán (Mexico) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Vulturara, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon

Fr. Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Anatole Milandou resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Alain Mayama, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

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

Cardinal Beniamino Stella, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina, Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Clergy and former President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Beniamino Stella resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Clergy and President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order

Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti

Bishop Bernard Nsayi, Bishop emeritus of Nkayi (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 77

Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski, Delegate for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

Fr. Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga was consecrated as Bishop of Kinkala (Congo-Brazzaville)

Diocese of Owando was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Owando (with suffragan sees Impfondo and Ouesso) (Congo-Brazzaville)

Diocese of Pointe-Noire was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire (with suffragan sees Dolisie and Nkayi) (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Victor Abagna Mossa, Bishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Congo, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B., Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Cardinal Beniamino Stella, Prefect of Congregation for Clergy, President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order and Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina

Bishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, Bishop of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) and Apostolic Administrator of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga, Priest of Kinkala (Congo-Brazzaville), was elected Bishop of Kinkala (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu resigned as Bishop of Kinkala (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Daniel Nzika was consecrated as Bishop of Impfondo (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Jean Gardin, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Impfondo (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Daniel Nzika, Priest of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville), was elected Bishop of Impfondo (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul was consecrated as Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)

Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan (without ecclesiastical province) (Nigeria)

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul, Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon), Apostolic Exarch of Western and Central Africa of the Maronites (Nigeria) and Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa of the Maronites, was elected Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)

Fr. Antonio Mabiala was appointed as General Secretary of Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, Titular Archbishop of Tronto, passed away at 73

Archbishop Andrés Carrascosa Coso, Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona (何明哲), Priest of Autlán (Mexico) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu resigned as First Vice-President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar

Msgr. Francisco Escalante Molina was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Gratiana

Archbishop-elect Francisco Escalante Molina, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon

Msgr. Francisco Escalante Molina, Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Titular Archbishop of Gratiana

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon, was appointed as Delegate for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

Archbishop Diego Causero resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland