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Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ 菊地 功), S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan and President of Caritas Internationalis, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Leonardi

Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Fr. Andrea Lembo (アンドレア・レンボ), P.I.M.E., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mulia and Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Fr. Andrea Lembo (アンドレア・レンボ), P.I.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Mulia and Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Bishop Paul Kazuhiro Mori (パウロ 森 一弘), Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), passed away at 84

Archbishop Leo Boccardi (レオ・ボッカルディ) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka 大阪 was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Takamatsu 高松 and lost suffragan see Takamatsu 高松) (Japan)

Diocese of Takamatsu 高松 was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松) (Japan)

Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス 前田万葉), Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan)

Fr. Ismael González Fuentes (イスマエル・ゴンザレズ), I.E.M.E., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

Bishop Peter Takaaki Hirayama (ペトロ 平山高明), Bishop emeritus of Oita 大分 (Japan), passed away at 99

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) and President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Msgr. Carl Leonard Reid resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ 菊地 功), S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, was appointed as President of Caritas Internationalis

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia), was appointed as President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Fr. Ismael González Fuentes (イスマエル・ゴンザレズ), I.E.M.E., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

Bishop John Eijiro Suwa (使徒ヨハネ 諏訪 榮治郎) resigned as Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

Fr. Sulpicius Shinzo Moriyama (スルピス 森山信三) was consecrated as Bishop of Oita 大分 (Japan)

Fr. Sulpicius Shinzo Moriyama (スルピス 森山信三), Priest of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan) and General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, was elected Bishop of Oita 大分 (Japan)

Fr. Joseph Atsushi Yamashita (ヨセフ 山下 敦) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Oita 大分 (Japan)

Fr. Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan (エドガル・ガクタン), C.I.C.M., was consecrated as Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ 菊地 功), S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) and General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス 前田万葉) resigned as Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (ヨセフ 高見三明), P.S.S., resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (ラファエル 梅村昌弘), Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan), was appointed as Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Fr. Ignatius Takashi Taguchi (イグナチオ 田口孝志) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Oita 大分 (Japan)

Fr. Joseph Atsushi Yamashita (ヨセフ 山下 敦) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Oita 大分 (Japan)

Bishop Peter Michiaki Nakamura (ペトロ 中村倫明), Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (ヨセフ 高見三明), P.S.S., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Fr. Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan (エドガル・ガクタン), C.I.C.M., was elected Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Fr. Peter Shiro Komatsu (ペトロ 小松史朗) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka (ライムンド 田中健一), Bishop emeritus of Kyoto 京都 (Japan), passed away at 93

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ 菊地 功), S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), was appointed as General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti

Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi (ペトロ 地主敏夫), Bishop emeritus of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan), passed away at 90

Fr. Sulpicius Shinzo Moriyama (スルピス 森山信三), Priest of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan), was appointed as General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Archbishop Leo Boccardi (レオ・ボッカルディ), Apostolic Nuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Fr. Ignatius Takashi Taguchi (イグナチオ 田口孝志) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Oita 大分 (Japan)

Bishop Paul Sueo Hamaguchi (パウロ 浜口末雄), Bishop of Oita 大分 (Japan), passed away at 72

Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ 岡田武夫), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), passed away at 79

Fr. Paul Daisuke Narui (パウロ 成井大介), S.V.D., was consecrated as Bishop of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

Archbishop Joseph Chennoth (車納德 / ジョセフ・チェノットゥ), Titular Archbishop of Milevum and Apostolic Nuncio to Japan, passed away at 76

Fr. Paul Daisuke Narui (パウロ 成井大介), S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

Fr. Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, S.J., Superior General emeritus of Society of Jesus (Jesuits), passed away at 84

Bishop Josep María Abella Batlle (ホセ・マリア・アベイヤ), C.M.F., Titular Bishop of Malamocco and Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), was appointed as Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Fr. Peter Hironobu Sugihara (ペトロ 杉原寛信) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (マルチノ 平賀徹夫) resigned as Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Fr. Peter Shiro Komatsu (ペトロ 小松史朗) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

Fr. Peter Michiaki Nakamura (ペトロ 中村倫明) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Fr. Peter Michiaki Nakamura (ペトロ 中村倫明), Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), was elected Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Fr. Carl Leonard Reid, Priest of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia) and Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (ドミニコ 宮原良治) resigned as Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Fr. Peter Hironobu Sugihara (ペトロ 杉原寛信) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Msgr. Harry Entwistle resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Fr. Carl Leonard Reid, Priest of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia), was appointed as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス 前田万葉) took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana

Fr. Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (フランシスコ・ザビエル 中野裕明) was consecrated as Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Fr. Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi (マリオ 山野内倫), S.D.B., was consecrated as Bishop of Saitama さいたま (Japan)

Fr. Josep María Abella Batlle (ホセ・マリア・アベイヤ), C.M.F., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Malamocco and Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Fr. Paul Toshihiro Sakai (パウロ 酒井俊弘), Opus Dei, was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Nova barbara and Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan)