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Fr. Hugues de Woillemont resigned as General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of France

Fr. Christophe Le Sourt, Priest of Le Mans (France), was appointed as General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of France

Fr. Éric Bidot, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Bishop of Tulle (France)

Fr. Éric Bidot, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Tulle (France)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Bishop René Marie Albert Dupont (두봉 레나도), M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Andong 안동 (South Korea), passed away at 95

Cardinal Jean-Marc Noël Aveline, Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France), was appointed as President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort resigned as President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Bishop Benoît Bertrand, Bishop of Pontoise (France), was appointed as Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Bishop Dominique Blanchet resigned as Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Fr. François Gourdon was consecrated as Bishop of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Franck Javary was consecrated as Bishop of Châlons (France)

Fr. François Gourdon, Priest of Angers (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Étienne Guillet was consecrated as Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), was appointed as Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa

Archbishop Nicolas Lhernould, Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa and Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia), was appointed as President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa

Bishop Terence Robert Curtin resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Archbishop Jérôme Daniel Beau, Archbishop of Bourges (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poitiers (France)

Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Fr. Franck Javary, Priest of Nanterre (France), was elected Bishop of Châlons (France)

Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Rey resigned as Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Bishop François Touvet succeeded as Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Sr. Thérèse de Saint-Augustine Lidoine (Marie-Madeleine-Claudine), O.C.D., and 15 companions were canonised by equipollence

Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Archbishop Georges Edmond Robert Gilson, Archbishop emeritus of Sens (France) and Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Mission de France (France), passed away at 95

Fr. Étienne Guillet, Priest of Versailles (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and President of Commission for Advocates, was appointed as Protodeacon of College of Cardinals

Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, S.S.P.X. ▼, passed away at 79

Bishop Francis Victor Bestion, Bishop of Tulle (France), was appointed as Bishop of Blois (France)

Msgr. Philippe Curbelié was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Utica

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

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux (France), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (France)

Fr. Alexandre de Bucy was consecrated as Bishop of Agen (France)

Archbishop Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poitiers (France), was appointed as Archbishop of Sens (France)

Msgr. Philippe Curbelié, Priest of Toulouse (France), Chaplain of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, was elected Titular Bishop of Utica

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò ▼ was deposed as Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana

Bishop Benoît Bertrand, Bishop of Mende (France), was appointed as Bishop of Pontoise (France)

Bishop Stanislas Lalanne resigned as Bishop of Pontoise (France)

Fr. Grégoire Drouot was consecrated as Bishop of Nevers (France)

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 Peter Karam, Bishop of Curia of the Maronites, Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France)

Archbishop Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Agen (France)

Fr. Alexandre de Bucy, Priest of Versailles (France), was elected Bishop of Agen (France)

Br. Guy de Montpellier, O.H.S.S., Founder of Hospitallers of the Holy Spirit, was beatified by equipollence

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo

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

Bishop Nicolas Lhernould, Bishop of Constantine (Algeria) and Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa, was promoted as Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia)

Fr. Grégoire Drouot, Priest of Autun (France), was elected Bishop of Nevers (France)

Bishop Benoît Rivière resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nevers (France)

Archbishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud, Archbishop of Sens (France) and Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France), was appointed as Bishop of Viviers (France) and Archbishop ad personam

Msgr. François Durand was consecrated as Bishop of Valence (France)

Fr. Matthieu Dupont was consecrated as Bishop of Laval (France)

Archbishop Philippe Ballot resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Strasbourg (France)

Bishop Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy, Bishop of Saint-Denis (France), was promoted as Archbishop of Strasbourg (France)

Bishop Gilles Reithinger, M.E.P., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Metz (France), passed away at 85

Fr. Matthieu Dupont, Priest of Versailles (France), was elected Bishop of Laval (France)

Msgr. François Durand, Priest of Mende (France), was elected Bishop of Valence (France)

Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti resigned as President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Bishop Jean Laffitte resigned as Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)