Recent Events

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

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

Bishop Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda, 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

Fr. Rafael García de la Serrana Villalobos resigned as Director of Directorate for Infrastructures and Services of Vatican City State

Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of David (Panama)

Cardinal José Cobo Cano took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli

Dr. Benjamín Estévez de Cominges, Delegate of the Administration of the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation, was appointed as Secretary General of Secretariat for the Economy

Fr. Florencio Roselló Avellanas, O. de M., was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Archbishop Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba, Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea and Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique

Fr. Mikel Garciandía Goñi was consecrated as Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Archbishop Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Pablo Varela Server, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Panamá (Panama), passed away at 81

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

Msgr. Luis Manuel Cuña Ramos, Priest of Ourense (Spain) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana

Bishop Carles Soler Perdigó, Bishop emeritus of Girona (Spain), passed away at 91

Fr. Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda was consecrated as Bishop of Helsinki (Finland)

Fr. Manuel González-Serna Rodríguez and 19 companions were beatified

Archbishop Francisco Pérez González resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Fr. Florencio Roselló Avellanas, O. de M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Fr. Mikel Garciandía Goñi, Priest of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain), was elected Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A., resigned as Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez resigned as Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)

Bishop Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas, Titular Bishop of Ursona and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Santander (Spain)

Bishop Julián Ruiz Martorell, Bishop of Huesca (Spain) and Bishop of Jaca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)

Bishop Manuel Sánchez Monge resigned as Bishop of Santander (Spain)