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)

Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

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 Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

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

Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso resigned as Adjunct Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Tajikistan and Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro

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 Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, Adjunct Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, was appointed as Adjunct Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation

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 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

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

Cardinal Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼), Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, was appointed as Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

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 Alberto Ortega Martín, Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

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

Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

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)

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

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

Cardinal Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼), Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University and Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio

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

Bishop Joseph Gébara, Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil), was promoted as Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash was appointed 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)

Msgr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Foratiana

Msgr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, Priest of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Secretary Delegate of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was elected Adjunct Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Titular Archbishop of Foratiana

Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto resigned as Pro-President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions

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

Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C., Archbishop emeritus of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) and Patriarchal Exarch emeritus of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq), passed away at 86

Archbishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Msgr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, Priest of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Secretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”, was appointed as Secretary Delegate of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development