Recent Events

Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Fr. Jan Bula and Fr. Václav Drbola were beatified

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政), Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar and Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Member of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations, was appointed as President of Interdicastery Commission on Articificial Intelligence

Msgr. František Sedláček was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R., Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference and Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Msgr. Jan Balík was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P., resigned as President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Archbishop Jan Graubner resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R., Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) and Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Raymond Cayré, Br. Gérard-Martin Cendrier (Gérard), O.F.M., Mr. Roger Vallée, Mr. Jean Mestre, and 46 companions were beatified

Msgr. Jiří Neliba was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Diego Causero, Titular Archbishop of Grado, passed away at 85

Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 82

Bishop Václav Malý resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Archbishop Jan Graubner resigned as President of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Archbishop Josef Nuzík, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia), was appointed as President of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R., Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia), was appointed as Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Jan Vokál resigned as Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Msgr. František Staněk was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Prokop Brož was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Litomyšl and Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore, Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria), President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Wien (Austria), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Austria)

Bishop Ladislav Hučko, Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia), passed away at 76

Fr. Prokop Brož, Priest of Hradec Králové (Czechia), was elected Titular Bishop of Litomyšl and Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R., resigned as General Secretary of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria) and Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Msgr. Josef Socha, Priest of Hradec Králové (Czechia) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away

Msgr. Karel Moravec was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R., was consecrated as Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as Member of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations

Msgr. Radomil Kaláb, Priest of Brno (Czechia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away

Bishop Josef Nuzík, Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Roman Czudek, Priest of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia), was appointed as General Secretary of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Fr. Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R., General Secretary of Czech Bishops’ Conference, was elected Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Bishop Jan Baxant resigned as Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Bishop Josef Kajnek resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Msgr. Josef Rùt, Priest of Hradec Králové (Czechia) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away

Msgr. Karel Orlita, Priest of Brno (Czechia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as President of International Association of Exorcists

Bishop Martin David, Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia, Auxiliary Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia) and Apostolic Administrator of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia), was appointed as Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia)

Bishop Jan Vokál resigned as Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., resigned as President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission

Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Estonia (Estonia), passed away at 85

Msgr. Karel Exner, Priest of Hradec Králové (Czechia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away

Sr. Maria Paschalis Jahn (Maria), C.S.S.E., and 9 companions were beatified

Msgr. Frantižek Hanáček was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Vojtěch Cikrle resigned as Bishop of Brno (Czechia)

Bishop Pavel Konzbul, Titular Bishop of Litomyšl and Auxiliary Bishop of Brno (Czechia), was appointed as Bishop of Brno (Czechia)

Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Archbishop Jan Graubner, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) and President of Czech Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

Msgr. Ladislav Tichý, Priest of Brno (Czechia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away

Bishop František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem., Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia), passed away at 74

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Undersecretary of Migrant and Refugee Section of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission and Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Bishop Jan Konzal passed away at 86

Bishop Petr Esterka, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brno (Czechia), passed away at 85

Fr. Simèon-Marie Cardon (Ignace-Alexandre-Joseph), O. Cist., and 5 companions were beatified

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政), Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain