Recent Events

Archbishop Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira, Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia and Secretary of Dicastery for the Clergy, was appointed as Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile) and Archbishop ad personam

Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Mauro Abate

Bishop Rafael de la Barra Tagle, S.V.D., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Illapel (Chile), passed away at 94

Bishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić, Bishop emeritus of Rancagua (Chile), passed away at 85

Archbishop Ivo Scapolo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Archbishop Patricio Infante Alfonso, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile), passed away at 95

Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) and former President of Episcopal Conference of Chile, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Chile)

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Bishop Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar, Titular Bishop of Glavinitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of San Jacinto (Ecuador)

Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Mauro Abate

Fr. Mario Salas Becerra, O. de M., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Ita and Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Fr. Mario Salas Becerra, O. de M., was elected Titular Bishop of Ita and Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Fr. Henry Joseph Balzan was consecrated as Titular Bishop of La Imperial and Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile)

Bishop Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC., Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile)

Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Archbishop Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Fr. Henry Joseph Balzan, Priest of Malta (Malta), was elected Titular Bishop of La Imperial and Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile)

Bishop Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez resigned as Bishop of Santa María de los Ángeles (Chile)

Bishop Cristián Castro Toovey, Titular Bishop of Tigava and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Santa María de los Ángeles (Chile)

Sr. Teresa Valenzuela Albornoz, A.A.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Adoratrices Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity

Bishop Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez, Titular Bishop of Magarmel and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Illapel (Chile)

Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) and President of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib, Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Chile and Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña, Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Osorno (Chile)

Fr. Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés was consecrated as Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Chile)

Fr. Luis Alberto Migone Repetto was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Amaura and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés, Priest of Santa María de los Ángeles (Chile), was elected Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Chile)

Fr. Luis Alberto Migone Repetto, Priest of Santiago (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Amaura and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M., Bishop of Osorno (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Bishop Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Villarrica (Chile), passed away at 91

Fr. Álvaro Chordi Miranda was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Regiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Glavinitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)

Bishop Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D., Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)

Fr. Álvaro Chordi Miranda, Priest of Vitoria (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Regiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Isauro Ulises Covili Linfati, O.F.M., was consecrated as Bishop of Iquique (Chile)

Fr. Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar, Priest of Cuenca (Ecuador), was elected Titular Bishop of Glavinitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova in commendum and Secretary of State emeritus of Secretariat of State, passed away at 94

Fr. Bernardo Andrés Álvarez Tapia was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Theuzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Fr. Óscar Walter García Barreto was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Horta and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Fr. Isauro Ulises Covili Linfati, O.F.M., Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum, was elected Bishop of Iquique (Chile)

Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B., Bishop of Temuco (Chile), passed away at 70

Fr. Bernardo Andrés Álvarez Tapia, Priest of Concepción (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Theuzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Fr. Óscar Walter García Barreto, Priest of Concepción (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Horta and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Bishop Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Punta Arenas (Chile), passed away at 86

Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore a Valmelaina and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Chile)

Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator to the Parish of Međugorje of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic, Titular Bishop of La Imperial and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Chile (Chile)

Fr. Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia

Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Saba pro hac vice Title, Bishop emeritus of Valparaíso (Chile) and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, passed away at 94

Archbishop-elect Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira was appointed as Secretary of Dicastery for the Clergy

Fr. Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira, Priest of Santiago (Chile), was elected Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia

Fr. Cristián Castro Toovey was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tigava and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib, Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Bishop Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC., Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Archbishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Bishop Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Chile