Recent Events

Bishop Leopold Nowak, Bishop emeritus of Magdeburg (Germany), passed away at 97

Archbishop Nikola Eterović resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) and President of German Episcopal Conference, was appointed as Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Joshy George Pottackal, O. Carm., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Ceramussa and Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Bishop Joachim Wanke, Bishop emeritus of Erfurt (Germany), passed away at 84

Fr. Martin Marahrens was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Bishop Georg Bätzing resigned as President of German Episcopal Conference

Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), was appointed as President of German Episcopal Conference

Bishop Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

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

Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer, Bishop emeritus of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay), passed away at 83

Bishop Otto Georgens resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Fr. Martin Marahrens, Priest of Hildesheim (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Joshy George Pottackal, O. Carm., was elected Titular Bishop of Ceramussa and Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Fr. Gottfried M. Wolff, O.S.M., resigned as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Theological Faculty of Marianum

Bishop Horst Eberlein resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg (Germany)

Br. Benedikt Molitor, F.M.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Mercy of Our Lady Help of Christians

Fr. Konrad Maria Ackermann, Priest of Regensburg (Germany), was appointed as Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia), was beatified

Bishop Fritz Lobinger, Bishop emeritus of Aliwal (South Africa), passed away at 96

Fr. Miguel Fritz, O.M.I., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Bishop Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Archbishop Werner Thissen, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany), passed away at 86

Fr. Miguel Fritz, O.M.I., Apostolic Administrator of Pilcomayo (Paraguay), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort resigned as President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Bishop Felix Genn resigned as Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Andreas Geßmann was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna and Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany)

Fr. Stephan Lipke, S.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Arena and Auxiliary Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia)

Mother Marion Schiele, F.S.O., was appointed as International Superior of Consecrated Women of Spiritual Family “The Work”

Fr. Klaus Krämer was consecrated as Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Bishop Antuan Ilgit, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Anatolia (Turkiye), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia (Turkiye)

Fr. Max Josef Metzger, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was beatified

Fr. Andreas Geßmann, Priest of Essen (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna and Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany)

Bishop Wilhelm Zimmermann resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany)

Bishop Franz Kamphaus, Bishop emeritus of Limburg (Germany), passed away at 92

Bishop Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of Alindao (Central African Republic), passed away at 85

Bishop Helmut Bauer, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Würzburg (Germany), passed away at 91

Fr. Klaus Krämer, Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany), was elected Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Archabbot Jeremias Schröder, O.S.B., President of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines), was appointed as Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. Stephan Lipke, S.J., Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, was elected Titular Bishop of Arena and Auxiliary Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia)

Bishop Heinz-Günter Bongartz resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agnese in Agone, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone pro hac vice Title

Bishop Reinhold Nann resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru)

Archbishop Georg Gänswein was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia and Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Fr. Michael Ruedin, F.F.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Brothers of the Holy Cross

Bishop Maroun-Nasser Gemayel resigned as Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France) and Apostolic Visitator in Western and Northern Europe of the Maronites

Bishop Franziskus Eisenbach, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mainz (Germany), passed away at 81

Bishop Dominicus Meier, O.S.B., Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Fr. Paul Reder was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Pićan and Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Abbot Primate Notker D. Wolf, O.S.B., Abbot Primate emeritus of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines), passed away at 83

Bishop Karl Reger, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Aachen (Germany), passed away at 93

Bishop Ulrich Boom resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Fr. Paul Reder, Priest of Würzburg (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Pićan and Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Bishop Franz Josef Dietl, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 90

Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Piscibus pro hac vice Title and President emeritus of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”, passed away at 89

Bishop Klaus Dick, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Köln (Germany), passed away at 95

Bishop Franz Josef Gebert resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany)