Recent Events

Archbishop Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala)

Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paúl, Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Morandini, Titular Archbishop of Numida, passed away at 87

Archbishop Ramiro Moliner Inglés, Titular Archbishop of Sarda, passed away at 83

Fr. Eddy René Calvillo Díaz was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Carmeiano and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Eddy René Calvillo Díaz, Priest of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), was elected Titular Bishop of Carmeiano and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Archbishop Bruno Musarò resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Bishop Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thévenin, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Oman

Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli resigned as Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala)

Bishop Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum, Titular Bishop of Rosella and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala)

Fr. Miguel Ángel Martínez Méndez was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Izabal (Guatemala)

Archbishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J., resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Bishop Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez, Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Fr. Miguel Ángel Martínez Méndez, Priest of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa (Guatemala), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Izabal (Guatemala)

Bishop Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Izabal (Guatemala)

Fr. Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Filaca and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera, Priest of Sololá–Chimaltenango (Guatemala), was elected Titular Bishop of Filaca and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 92

Bishop Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes, Bishop emeritus of Vera Paz (Guatemala), passed away at 96

Cardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto

Bishop Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Izabal (Guatemala)

Bishop Domingo Buezo Leiva, Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Vicar Apostolic of Izabal (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Sololá–Chimaltenango (Guatemala)

Bishop José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P., Titular Bishop of Tubia and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala)

Fr. Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Rosella and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala)

Fr. José María Gran Cirera, M.S.C., and 9 companions were beatified

Fr. Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum, Priest of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), was elected Titular Bishop of Rosella and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala)

Bishop Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala)

Archbishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala), passed away at 90

Bishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J., Bishop of Sololá–Chimaltenango (Guatemala) and President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda was consecrated as Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates, Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Bishop Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle resigned as Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Fr. José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda, Priest of Jalapa (Guatemala), was elected Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Bishop Antonio Calderón Cruz, Bishop of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa (Guatemala), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez, Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Bishop Domingo Buezo Leiva resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Br. James Alfred Miller, F.S.C., was beatified

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thévenin, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Bishop Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M., Bishop emeritus of Huehuetenango (Guatemala), passed away at 86

Fr. Tullio Maruzzo (Marcello), O.F.M., and Mr. Luis Obdulio Arroyo Navarro were beatified

Bishop Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez, Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala), passed away at 63

Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 70

Bishop Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Stanley Francis Rother was beatified

Fr. Mario Absalón Alvardo Tovar, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates and Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar

Fr. José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tubia and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J., Bishop of Sololá–Chimaltenango (Guatemala), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Archbishop Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R., resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Bishop Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Tubia and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Archbishop Ramiro Moliner Inglés resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain and Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen