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Fr. Matthew Zhen Xuebin (甄雪斌) was consecrated as Coadjutor Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

Fr. Matthew Zhen Xuebin (甄雪斌), Priest of Beijing 北京 (China), was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (石鴻禎), Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Bishop Joseph Yang Yong-qiang (楊永強), Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Bishop-elect Peter Wu Yi-shun (吳奕順) was consecrated as Prefect Apostolic of Shaowu 邵武 (China)

Fr. Anthony Sun Wen-jun (孫文君) was consecrated as Bishop of Weifang 濰坊 (China)

Fr. Thaddeus Wang Yue-sheng (王躍勝) was consecrated as Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

Fr. Thaddeus Wang Yue-sheng (王躍勝), Priest of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China), was elected Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

Fr. Peter Wu Yi-shun (吳奕順), Priest of Xiamen 廈門 (China), was elected Prefect Apostolic of Shaowu 邵武 (China)

Msgr. Joseph Chiang Sui (江綏), Priest of Newark (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 92

Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (沈斌) was confirmed as Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian 益都縣 was promoted as Diocese of Weifang 濰坊 (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan 濟南 and Diocese of Zhoucun 周村 and became suffragan of Jinan 濟南) (China)

Fr. Anthony Sun Wen-jun (孫文君), Priest of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China), was elected Bishop of Weifang 濰坊 (China)

Archbishop Peter Lin Jia-shan (林佳善), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) and Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China), passed away at 86

Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (沈斌), Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China), was appointed as Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Bishop John Huo Cheng (霍成), Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), passed away at 96

Archbishop Joseph Ti Kang (狄剛), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), passed away at 94

Archbishop Joseph Gao Hong-xiao (高宏孝), O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China), passed away at 77

Bishop John Peng Wei-zhao (彭衛照) was uncanonically appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

Bishop John Peng Wei-zhao (彭衛照) resigned as Bishop of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Archbishop Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (鄭再發), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), passed away at 90

Bishop John Baptist Wang Xiao-xun (王曉勳) succeeded as Prefect Apostolic of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China)

Bishop Joseph Ye Rong-hua (葉榮華), Prefect Apostolic of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China), passed away at 91

Msgr. Stefano Mazzotti (馬德範), Priest of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Pro-Chargé d’affaires in China

Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道), Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Peter Wu Jun-wei (武俊維), Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China), passed away at 58

Archbishop James Patrick Green (格霖澤) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Nuncio to Finland and Apostolic Nuncio to Norway

Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian

Msgr. Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan (佳安道) was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Apollonia

Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye

Msgr. Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan (佳安道), Priest of Manila (Philippines), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Chargé d’affaires in China, was elected Titular Archbishop of Apollonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda

Bishop Stephen Yang Xiang-tai (楊祥太), Bishop emeritus of Yongnian 永年 (China), passed away at 98

Fr. Francis Cui Qing-qi (崔慶琪), O.F.M., was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)

Fr. Anthony Li Hui (李輝) was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Archbishop Matthew Cao Xiang-de (曹湘德), Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China), passed away at 91

Fr. Francis Cui Qing-qi (崔慶琪), O.F.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖), Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title, President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and President emeritus of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, passed away at 96

Fr. Anthony Li Hui (李輝) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Bishop Joseph Zong Huai-de (宗懷德), Bishop emeritus of Sanyuan 三原 (China) and Bishop emeritus of Sanyuan 三原 (China), passed away at 100

Bishop Andrew Han Jing-tao (韓景濤), Bishop of Siping 四平 (China), passed away at 99

Fr. Peter Liu Gen-zhu (劉根柱) was consecrated as Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

Fr. Thomas Chen Tian-hao (陳天浩) was consecrated as Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Bishop Vincent Guo Xi-jin (郭希錦) resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China)

Archbishop Joseph Chennoth (車納德 / ジョセフ・チェノットゥ), Titular Archbishop of Milevum and Apostolic Nuncio to Japan, passed away at 76

Bishop Francis Xavier Jin Yang-ke (金仰科), Bishop of Ningbo 寧波 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Ningbo 寧波 (China)

Bishop Paul Ma Cun-guo (馬存國), Bishop of Shuoxian 朔縣 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Shuoxian 朔縣 (China)

Msgr. Stefano Mazzotti (馬德範), Priest of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Peter Lin Jia-shan (林佳善), Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Bishop Peter Li Hui-yuan (李會元), Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China)

Bishop Peter Jin Lu-gang (靳祿崗) succeeded as Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China)

Bishop Joseph Zhu Bao-yu (朱寶玉), Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China), passed away at 98

Bishop Joseph Ma Zhong-mu (馬仲牧), Bishop emeritus of Ningxia 寧夏 (China), passed away at 100

Fr. Thomas Chen Tian-hao (陳天浩), Priest of Qingdao 青島 (China), was elected Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Fr. Peter Liu Gen-zhu (劉根柱), Priest of Hongtong 洪洞 (China), was elected Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

Bishop Peter Ding Ling-bin (丁令斌) succeeded as Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China)

Bishop Andrew Jin Dao-yuan (靳道遠), Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China), passed away at 90

Fr. Stephen Xu Hong-wei (胥紅偉) was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

Fr. Anthony Yao Shun (姚順) was consecrated as Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China)