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Fr. Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P., was consecrated as Bishop of Huesca (Spain) and Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Fr. José Ángel Lostado Fernandez, T.C., was appointed as Superior General of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonian Friars)

Fr. Ángel Román Idígoras was consecrated as Bishop of Albacete (Spain)

Bishop Esteban Escudero Torres, Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 79

Fr. Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago was consecrated as Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) and former President of Episcopal Conference of Chile, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Chile)

Archbishop Vicente Jiménez Zamora resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Huesca (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Jaca (Spain)

Fr. Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P., Superior General of Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists), was elected Bishop of Huesca (Spain) and Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Bishop Demetrio Fernández González resigned as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Bishop Jesús Fernández González, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

Fr. Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr., was consecrated as Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria)

Fr. Ángel Román Idígoras, Priest of Alcalá de Henares (Spain), was elected Bishop of Albacete (Spain)

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani and Member of Council of Cardinals, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Fr. Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago, Priest of Islas Canarias (Spain), was elected Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Msgr. Maurizio Bravi was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Tolentino

Bishop Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A., Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain), passed away at 90

Msgr. Jordi Bertomeu Farnós, Priest of Tortosa (Spain) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Pontifical Commissioner for Sodalitium of Christian Life

Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., resigned as President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa

Bishop Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D., resigned as Bishop of San Jacinto (Ecuador)

Fr. Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria)

Fr. Javier Aparicio Suárez, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

Msgr. Maurizio Bravi, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Permanent Observer to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), was elected Titular Archbishop of Tolentino, Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

Fr. Arturo Javier García Pérez was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tamazeni and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Fernando Enrique Ramón Casas was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Pertusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop José Antonio Satué Huerto, Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín (Spain), was appointed as Pontifical Delegate for Institute of the Incarnate Word

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Bishop Joseph Marie Bonnemain, Opus Dei, Bishop of Chur (Switzerland), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Switzerland

Bishop César Augusto Franco Martínez resigned as Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Bishop Jesús Vidal Chamorro, Titular Bishop of Elepla and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Fr. Xabier Gómez García, O.P., was consecrated as Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain)

Sr. Juana de la Cruz Vázquez y Gutiérrez (Juana), T.O.R., was beatified by equipollence

Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Girolamo della Carità, Prefect of Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and Prefect of Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims, passed away at 72

Fr. Gaietà Clausellas Ballvé and Mr. Antoni Tort Rexachs were beatified

Bishop José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Marajó (Brazil), passed away at 84

Fr. Juan Antonio González Núñez, M.C.C.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Awasa (Ethiopia)

Fr. José Torres Padilla, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), was beatified

Fr. Arturo Javier García Pérez, Priest of Valencia (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Tamazeni and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Fernando Enrique Ramón Casas, Priest of Valencia (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Pertusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Jesús Etayo Arrondo, O.H., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Bishop Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Napo (Ecuador)

Fr. Manuel Ruiz López, O.F.M., and 10 companions were canonised

Bishop Vicente Juan Segura, Bishop emeritus of Ibiza (Spain) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 69

Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C., Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, President of Appeals Court of Vatican City State and President of Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy, was appointed as Plenipotentiary Pontifical Commissioner for the complex of Torreciudad of Barbastro–Monzón (Spain)

Bishop Agustín Cortés Soriano resigned as Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain)

Fr. Xabier Gómez García, O.P., Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), was elected Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain)

Sr. Ana de Jesús de Lobera y Torres (Ana), O.C.D., was beatified

Msgr. Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Fr. Rodrigo Carrizo Moya, F.M.V.D., resigned as President of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity

Bishop Bernardo Álvarez Afonso resigned as Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Bishop Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda, Opus Dei, Bishop of Helsinki (Finland), was appointed as Vice-President of Scandinavian Episcopal Conference

Fr. Ignasi Maria Fossas i Colet, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Subiaco Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Archbishop Ramiro Moliner Inglés, Titular Archbishop of Sarda, passed away at 83

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., resigned as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), Grand Chancellor of Salesian Pontifical University and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità

Fr. Antonio José Valín Valdés was consecrated as Bishop of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

Msgr. Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat, Priest of Tortosa (Spain) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Fr. José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Vergi and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. Vicente Martín Muñoz was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Valliposita and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)

Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)