Recent Events

Apostolic Administration of Estonia was promoted as Diocese of Talinn (without ecclesiastical province) (Estonia)

Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei, Titular Bishop of Pertusa and Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia), was appointed as Bishop of Talinn (Estonia)

Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians

Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was elected Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Fr. Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

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

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

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

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

Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Estonia (Estonia), passed away at 79

Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Fr. Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B., Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), was elected Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., Bishop emeritus of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran) and Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), passed away at 88

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

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M., Coadjutor Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), passed away at 84

Archbishop Justo Mullor García, President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 84

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians and Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar, Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula, Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., Procurator at Rome of the Armenians, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

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

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

Archbishop Georg Gänswein resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Msgr. Georg Gänswein was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Msgr. Georg Gänswein, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), Private Secretary of the Pope and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household and Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia

Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк), Cardinal-Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus), passed away at 96

Msgr. Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B., was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians

Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk (Belarus)

Fr. Vahan Ohanian resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Msgr. Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B., Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan), was elected Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar and Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates

Msgr. Petar Rajič was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Sarsenterum

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Fr. Vahan Ohanian was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

Msgr. Petar Rajič, Priest of Trebinje–Mrkan (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar, Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula and Titular Archbishop of Sarsenterum

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

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

Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia and Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Archbishop Justo Mullor García resigned as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Archbishop Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M., Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), passed away at 86

Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus) and President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Msgr. Georg Gänswein, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), Chaplain of His Holiness and Private Secretary of the Pope, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Fr. Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei, was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Pertusa

Msgr. Georg Gänswein, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Private Secretary of the Pope

Archbishop Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M., resigned as Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Bishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran) and Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece), was promoted as Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), Patriarchal Administrator of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran) and Titular Archbishop of Adana of the Armenians

Archbishop Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M., resigned as Coadjutor Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Fr. Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Pertusa and Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia)