Recent Events

Bishop Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I., resigned as Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar)

Bishop Marcellin Randriamamonjy, Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar)

Fr. Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina was consecrated as Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)

Fr. Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina, Priest of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar), was elected Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)

Fr. Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S., was consecrated as Bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa was consecrated as Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Fr. Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S., was elected Bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar)

Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Maintirano (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean Désiré Razafinirina was consecrated as Bishop of Morombe (Madagascar)

Bishop Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa, Priest of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar), was elected Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean Désiré Razafinirina, Priest of Toliara (Madagascar), was elected Bishop of Morombe (Madagascar)

Fr. Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona was consecrated as Bishop of Tôlagnaro (Madagascar)

Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani, Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio pro hac vice Title and President emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, passed away at 92

Bishop Vincent Rakotozafy resigned as Bishop of Tôlagnaro (Madagascar)

Fr. Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona, Priest of Ihosy (Madagascar), was elected Bishop of Tôlagnaro (Madagascar)

Cardinal Agostino Marchetto took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Bishop Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T., Bishop emeritus of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar), passed away at 84

Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F., Bishop of Mahajanga (Madagascar), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Maintirano (Madagascar)

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Titular Archbishop of Écija, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Bishop Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T., Bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toliara (Madagascar)

Archbishop Fulgence Rabeony, S.J., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toliara (Madagascar)

Archbishop Bruno Musarò resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Bishop Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina, Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Dragonara and Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

Bishop Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D., Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar) and President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Bishop Jean Claude Randrianarisoa resigned as Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Bishop Jean de Dieu Raoelison, Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Archbishop Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona, Priest of Antananarivo (Madagascar), was elected Titular Bishop of Dragonara and Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

Archbishop Tomasz Grysa, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius

Archbishop Tomasz Grysa, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles

Fr. Donatien Francis Randriamalala, M.S., was consecrated as Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar)

Bishop Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mahajanga (Madagascar)

Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F., Bishop of Morombe (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Mahajanga (Madagascar)

Archbishop Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ambanja (Madagascar)

Fr. Donatien Francis Randriamalala, M.S., was elected Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar)

Msgr. Tomasz Grysa was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Rubicón

Msgr. Tomasz Grysa, Priest of Poznań (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Rubicón, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands

Bishop Philippe Ranaivomanana, Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar), passed away at 73

Archbishop Paolo Rocco Gualtieri, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles, Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius and Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Bishop Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S., Bishop emeritus of Morondava (Madagascar), passed away at 90

Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly, Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

Bishop Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D., Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

Bishop Gabriel Randrianantenaina, Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

Bishop Jean Claude Randrianarisoa resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

Archbishop Augustine Kasujja resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg

Fr. Gabriel Randrianantenaina was consecrated as Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar)

Fr. Gabriel Randrianantenaina, Priest of Moramanga (Madagascar), was elected Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar)

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政), Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政), Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Titular Archbishop of Écija and Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Archbishop Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Antsiranana (Madagascar), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ambanja (Madagascar)

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

Fr. Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina, Priest of Antananarivo (Madagascar), was elected Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Bishop Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B., Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Moramanga (Madagascar)

Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane

Bishop Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T., Bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mahajanga (Madagascar)