Recent Events

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, 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)

Fr. Benoît Gschwind, A.A., was consecrated as Bishop of Pamiers (France)

Bishop Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Niamey (Niger), passed away at 86

Bishop François Touvet, Bishop of Châlons (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Msgr. Emmanuel Tois was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Vertara and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Archbishop François Robert Bacqué, Titular Archbishop of Gradisca, passed away at 87

Fr. Benoît Gschwind, A.A., was elected Bishop of Pamiers (France)

Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Oran (Algeria)

Msgr. Emmanuel Tois, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Vertara and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Msgr. Grégoire Cador was consecrated as Bishop of Coutances (France)

Bishop Jean-Charles Thomas, Bishop emeritus of Versailles (France), passed away at 93

Archbishop Marie-Daniel Dadiet, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 71

Bishop François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Ajaccio (France), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea

Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Titular Archbishop of Gunela and Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo

Fr. Bernard Ardura, O. Praem., resigned as President of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Fr. Olivier de Cagny was consecrated as Bishop of Évreux (France)

Fr. Étienne Vetö, I.C.N., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thérouanne and Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

Bishop Didier Berthet, Bishop of Saint-Dié (France), passed away at 61

Archbishop Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp., Archbishop emeritus of Auch (France), passed away at 95

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

Bishop Hubert Marie Michel Marcel Herbreteau resigned as Bishop of Agen (France)

Bishop Jean-Louis Balsa, Bishop of Viviers (France), was promoted as Archbishop of Albi (France)

Archbishop Jean-Marie-Henri Legrez, O.P., resigned as Archbishop of Albi (France)

Bishop Liam Seán MacDaid, Bishop emeritus of Clogher (Ireland), passed away at 78

Msgr. Grégoire Cador, Priest of Le Mans (France), was elected Bishop of Coutances (France)

Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Fr. Philippe Guiougou was consecrated as Bishop of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Archbishop Vito Rallo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco