Recent Events

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 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, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)

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)

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 Luis Quinteiro Fiuza resigned as Bishop of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

Fr. Antonio José Valín Valdés, Priest of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain), was elected Bishop of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)

Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Fr. José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez, Priest of Madrid (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Vergi and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. Vicente Martín Muñoz, Priest of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Valliposita and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Ursona

Abbot Octavi Vilà Mayo, O. Cist., was consecrated as Bishop of Girona (Spain)

Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea

Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Ursona and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana

Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio, Prefect emeritus of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, President emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Commission and former President of International Theological Commission, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Bishop Ángel Fernández Collado resigned as Bishop of Albacete (Spain)

Cardinal José Cobo Cano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain) and Ordinary of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain

Cardinal Juan José Omella Omella resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Spain

Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain

Archbishop Luis Javier Argüello García, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Spain

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), Grand Chancellor of Salesian Pontifical University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ursona

Bishop Francisco González Valer, S.F., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Washington (USA), passed away at 84

Cardinal José Cobo Cano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Ordinary of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain)

Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra resigned as Ordinary of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain)

Abbot Octavi Vilà Mayo, O. Cist., was elected Bishop of Girona (Spain)

Fr. Aitor Jiménez Echave, C.M.F., was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino and Bishop emeritus of David (Panama), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Panama)

Bishop Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya, Bishop emeritus of San Sebastián (Spain), passed away at 90