Recent Events

Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz, Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba), was appointed as Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Bishop Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez, Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba), was appointed as General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Bishop Marcelo Arturo González Amador, Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba) and Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba, was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Bishop Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J., resigned as General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Archbishop Antoine Camilleri, Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia, Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti, Apostolic Delegate to Somalia and Special Representative to African Union (AU), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

Archbishop Giampiero Gloder, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova and Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

Archbishop Bruno Musarò resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Bishop Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés, Bishop emeritus of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba), passed away at 78

Fr. Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia and Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla

Fr. Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez, Priest of La Habana (Cuba), was elected Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia and Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Bishop Felipe de Jesús Estévez resigned as Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Matanzas (Cuba)

Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz, Bishop of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Matanzas (Cuba)

Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal resigned as Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

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)

Bishop Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba), passed away at 85

Bishop José Siro González Bacallao, Bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río (Cuba), passed away at 90

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

Fr. Marcos Pirán Gómez was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Boseta and Auxiliary Bishop of Holguín (Cuba)

Fr. Marcos Pirán Gómez, Priest of San Isidro (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Boseta and Auxiliary Bishop of Holguín (Cuba)

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Bishop Octavio Cisneros resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) and Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was appointed as Resigned cardinalatial rights and privileges

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

Archbishop Antoine Camilleri was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia, Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti, Apostolic Delegate to Somalia and Special Representative to African Union (AU)

Archbishop Giampiero Gloder, President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

Archbishop Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla

Msgr. Antoine Camilleri was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Skálholt

Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, Priest of Malta (Malta), Undersecretary for Relations with States of Secretariat of State, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Member of Financial Security Committee, was elected Titular Archbishop of Skálholt

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba), passed away at 82

Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

Bishop Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J., Titular Bishop of Passo Corese, Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) and General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba, was appointed as Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez resigned as Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lino

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Titular Archbishop of Roselle, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State and Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lino

Fr. Silvano Pedroso Montalvo was consecrated as Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba)

Fr. Silvano Pedroso Montalvo, Priest of La Habana (Cuba), was elected Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba)

Archbishop Giulio Einaudi, Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana, passed away at 89

Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría, Bishop of Holguín (Cuba), was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Fr. Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz was consecrated as Bishop of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba)

Fr. Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz, Priest of Camagüey (Cuba), was elected Bishop of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba)

Bishop Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega resigned as Bishop of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba)

Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Bishop Wilfredo Pino Estévez, Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Archbishop Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Bishop Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Archbishop Giampiero Gloder, President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, was appointed as Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

Cardinal Beniamino Stella took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano

Archbishop Beniamino Stella, Titular Archbishop of Midila, Prefect of Congregation for Clergy and President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

Bishop Marcelo Arturo González Amador, Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba), was appointed as Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba