Recent Events

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Fr. Ihor Rantsya, Priest of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Bishop Jean-Paul Gusching resigned as Bishop of Verdun (France)

Msgr. Roberto Campisi, Priest of Siracusa (Italy), Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, President of Financial Security Committee, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and President of Commission of Donations for the Holy See, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Fr. Desiderio García Martínez, O. Carm., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

Bishop Renauld Dupont de Dinechin, Bishop of Soissons (France), was appointed as Bishop of Luçon (France)

Bishop François Jacolin, M.D.P., resigned as Bishop of Luçon (France)

Archbishop-elect Eric Soviguidi, Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Niger

Fr. Jean Pelletier was consecrated as Bishop of Mende (France)

Bishop Pierre-Antoine Bozo, Bishop of Limoges (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Bishop André Louis Fort, Bishop emeritus of Orléans (France), passed away at 89

Msgr. Eric Soviguidi, Priest of Cotonou (Benin), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was elected Titular Archbishop of Cerenzia and Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso

Cardinal André Armand Vingt-Trois, Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paris (France) and Ordinary emeritus of France of the Eastern Rite (France), passed away at 82

Fr. Michel Delannoy, Prado, resigned as Superior General of Associations of Priests of Prado

Fr. Michel Jean-Paul Guillaud, Priest of Lyon (France), was elected Bishop of Constantine (Algeria)

Fr. Francesco Rapacioli, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Archbishop Thibault Verny, Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France), was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

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)

Archbishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Bishop Dominique Blanchet, Bishop of Créteil (France), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Fr. Jean Pelletier, Priest of Angers (France), was elected Bishop of Mende (France)

Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Fr. Camille Costa de Beauregard, Priest of Chambéry (France), was beatified

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)

Msgr. Roberto Campisi, Priest of Siracusa (Italy), Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, President of Financial Security Committee and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as President of Commission of Donations for the Holy See

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)

Diocese of Bayeux was renamed as Diocese of Bayeux–Lisieux (lost title of Lisieux) (France)

Bishop Jacques Habert, Bishop of Bayeux (France), was appointed as Bishop of Bayeux–Lisieux (France)

Fr. Michel Jean-Paul Guillaud, General Secretary of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa, was elected

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)