Recent Events

Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians

Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was elected Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio

Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi resigned as Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia)

Fr. Bruno Varriano, O.F.M., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Écija and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Jamal Khader Daibes, Titular Bishop of Patara and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine), was appointed as Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti) and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia)

Fr. Bruno Varriano, O.F.M., Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), was elected Titular Bishop of Écija and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., Grand Prior of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine), President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions and President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara was consecrated as Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara, Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) and Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq), was elected Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (Palestine)

Patriarch Youssef Absi, resigned as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Msgr. Nareg Naamoyan, Priest of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Archbishop Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado, resigned as Protosyncellus of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Fr. Jamal Khader Daibes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Patara and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Rafic Nahra was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Verbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Jamal Khader Daibes, Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine), was elected Titular Bishop of Patara and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Rafic Nahra, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Verbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi resigned as Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa

Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B., Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), was elected Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖), Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to India

Ms. Margaret Karram was appointed as President of Focolare Movement (Work of Mary)

Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M., Archbishop of Haifa and Holy Land of the Maronites (Israel), Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine of the Maronites (Palestine) and Patriarchal Exarch of Jordan of the Maronites (Jordan), was appointed as Vice-President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land

Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M., resigned as Pro-President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., Titular Archbishop of Verbe, Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine) and Grand Prior of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), was promoted as Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine), President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions and President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land

Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs

Msgr. Paul Collin, Protosyncellus emeritus of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (Palestine), passed away at 81

Bishop-elect Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan, Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan, Patriarchal Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine), was elected Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., Grand Prior of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) and Vice-President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions, was promoted as Pro-President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions

Bishop Grégoire Pierre Melki resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto resigned as Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Fr. Youssef Matta was consecrated as Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara, Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) and Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq), was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Archbishop-elect Youssef Matta, Priest of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel), was appointed as Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

Msgr. Nareg Naamoyan resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad, B.S., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Greek-Melkites

Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M., Archbishop of Haifa and Holy Land of the Maronites (Israel), Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine of the Maronites (Palestine) and Patriarchal Exarch of Jordan of the Maronites (Jordan), was appointed as Pro-President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land

Archbishop Georges Wadih Bacouni resigned as Pro-President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land

Fr. Youssef Matta, Priest of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel), was elected Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

Archbishop Georges Wadih Bacouni, Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel) and Pro-President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara, Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad, Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 87

Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash was appointed as Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey resigned as Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto was appointed as Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Archbishop Antonio Franco resigned as Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title and Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, passed away at 92

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Non-Residential Pontifical Representative for Vietnam and Apostolic Nuncio to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine