Recent Events

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)

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)

Msgr. Markus Graulich, S.D.B., resigned as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Legislative Texts

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

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)

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)

Bishop Wolfgang Weider, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Berlin (Germany), passed away at 91

Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

Fr. Matthias Ambros, Priest of Passau (Germany) and Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Culture and Education

Bishop Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Chosica (Peru)

Bishop José Haring, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil), passed away at 83

Bishop Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Bishop Udo Markus Bentz, Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Herwig Gössl, Titular Bishop of Balecium and Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Bishop Gebhard Fürst resigned as Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Fr. Antuan Ilgit, S.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tubernuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Anatolia (Turkiye)

Msgr. Daniel Pacho, Priest of Fulda (Germany), Chaplain of His Holiness and Undersecretary for the Multilateral Sector of Relations with States of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Trier (Germany), passed away at 95

Bishop Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Bishop Michael Gerber, Bishop of Fulda (Germany), was appointed as Vice-President of German Episcopal Conference

Msgr. Udo Breitbach resigned as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Bishops

Fr. Antuan Ilgit, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Tubernuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Anatolia (Turkiye)

Fr. Robert Mehlhart, O.P., was appointed as President of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music

Bishop Hans-Jochen Jaschke, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany), passed away at 81

Msgr. Udo Breitbach, Priest of Trier (Germany), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Dicastery for Bishops, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Archbishop Karl Hesse, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 86

Bishop Bernhard Haßlberger resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Cardinal Karl-Josef Rauber, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia and President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 88

Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode resigned as Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) and Vice-President of German Episcopal Conference

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck resigned as Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Fr. Hans Zollner, S.J., resigned as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Cardinal Reinhard Marx resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals

Archbishop Georg Gänswein resigned as Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Bernd Joachim Uhl, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 76

Fr. Matthias Ambros, Priest of Passau (Germany), was appointed as Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura