Recent Events

Msgr. George George Panamthundil was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Floriana

Archbishop-elect George George Panamthundil, Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan and Apostolic Nuncio to Tajikistan

Msgr. George George Panamthundil, Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Floriana and Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania and Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz, Bishop of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Russia) and Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J., resigned as Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

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

Bishop José Luís Mumbiela Sierra, Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan), was appointed as President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

Bishop Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy, Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan), was appointed as General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

Bishop José Luís Mumbiela Sierra resigned as President of Conferenza Episcopale del Kazakhstan

Fr. Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Maiuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Fr. Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy, Priest of Karaganda (Kazakhstan), was elected Titular Bishop of Maiuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Fr. Dariusz Buras resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan)

Fr. Peter Sakmár was appointed as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Atyrau (Kazakhstan)

Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia (Kazakh Rite) was established (Kazakhstan)

Archpriest Vasyl Hovera, Priest of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan and Central Asia of the Kazakhs (Kazakhstan)

Msgr. George George Panamthundil, Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan), passed away at 87

Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J., Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia) and Ordinary of Russia of the Russians (Russia), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Fr. Władysław Bukowiński, Priest of Kraków (Poland), was beatified

Bishop Nikolaus Messmer, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan), passed away at 61

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

Bishop Janusz Wiesław Kaleta was appointed as Lay state

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan and Apostolic Nuncio to Tajikistan

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan and Apostolic Nuncio to Tajikistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

Mr. Józef Wesołowski, Lay state, passed away at 67

Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan)

Fr. Dariusz Buras was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan)

Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro, Titular Bishop of Castulo and Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan), was appointed as Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Archbishop Tomash Bernard Peta resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Kazakhstan

Bishop José Luís Mumbiela Sierra, Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan), was appointed as President of Conferenza Episcopale del Kazakhstan

Bishop Janusz Wiesław Kaleta resigned as Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt resigned as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN) and Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS)

Archbishop Józef Wesołowski, Titular Archbishop of Slebte, was appointed as Lay state

Archbishop Józef Wesołowski resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Bishop Mykola Simkaylo, Bishop of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 60

Fr. Adelio Dell’Oro was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Castulo

Fr. Adelio Dell’Oro, Priest of Milano (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Castulo and Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan)

Bishop Janusz Wiesław Kaleta resigned as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Atyrau (Kazakhstan)

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN), was appointed as Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS)

Fr. José Luís Mumbiela Sierra was consecrated as Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Bishop Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Fr. José Luís Mumbiela Sierra, Priest of Lleida (Spain), was elected Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C., resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Bishop Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C., Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Most Holy Mary in Astana (Kazakhstan)

Bishop Janusz Wiesław Kaleta, Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) and Titular Bishop of Phelbes, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) and Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J., resigned as President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN)

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan and Apostolic Nuncio to Tajikistan

Fr. George George Panamthundil, Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Miguel Maury Buendía was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Italica

Msgr. Miguel Maury Buendía, Priest of Madrid (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan and Titular Archbishop of Italica

Archbishop Józef Wesołowski, Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Tajikistan and Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Msgr. Janusz Wiesław Kaleta was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Phelbes

Msgr. Janusz Wiesław Kaleta, Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan), was elected Titular Bishop of Phelbes

Msgr. Francis Assisi Chullikatt was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Ostra

Fr. Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Celerina and Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Fr. Nikolaus Messmer, S.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Carmeiano

Msgr. Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Priest of Verapoly (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan, Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Titular Archbishop of Ostra