Recent Events

Archbishop Benny Mario Travas, Vice-President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Lahore (Pakistan)

Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula

Archbishop Joseph Arshad resigned as President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Samson Shukardin, O.F.M., Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan) and Vice-President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Msgr. Germano Penemote was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Treia

Msgr. Germano Penemote, Priest of Ondjiva (Angola) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Treia and Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan

Bishop Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Multan (Pakistan), passed away at 97

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

Fr. Yousaf Sohan was consecrated as Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)

Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates

Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Multan (Pakistan)

Fr. Yousaf Sohan, Priest of Multan (Pakistan), was elected Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)

Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Member of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia

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 Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Multan (Pakistan)

Fr. Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan)

Cardinal Joseph Coutts resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Bishop Benny Mario Travas, Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) and Vice-President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Fr. Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan)

Bishop Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan), passed away at 80

Bishop Samson Shukardin, O.F.M., Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan) and General Secretary of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Vice-President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Fr. Indrias Rehmat was consecrated as Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan)

Archbishop Renzo Fratini resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

Fr. Indrias Rehmat, Priest of Faisalabad (Pakistan), was elected Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan)

Msgr. Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Roselle

Msgr. Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, Priest of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan and Titular Archbishop of Roselle

Cardinal Joseph Coutts took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bonaventura da Bagnoregio

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Archbishop Joseph Coutts, Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Bonaventura da Bagnoregio

Archbishop Giulio Einaudi, Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana, passed away at 89

Bishop Joseph Arshad, Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan), Apostolic Administrator of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was promoted as Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and Archbishop ad personam

Archbishop Joseph Coutts resigned as President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Joseph Arshad, Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan) and Apostolic Administrator of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan), was appointed as President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Benny Mario Travas, Bishop of Multan (Pakistan), was appointed as Vice-President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

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

Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

Bishop Andrew Francis, Bishop emeritus of Multan (Pakistan), passed away at 70

Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico, Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

Bishop Joseph Arshad, Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Msgr. Germano Penemote, Priest of Ondjiva (Angola) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Rufin Anthony, Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan), passed away at 76

Archbishop Renzo Fratini resigned as Permanent Observer to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Archbishop Luigi Bressan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trento (Italy)

Fr. Benny Mario Travas was consecrated as Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)

Fr. Benny Mario Travas, Priest of Karachi (Pakistan) and Apostolic Administrator of Multan (Pakistan), was elected Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)

Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader, Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan and Titular Archbishop of Mathara in Numidia

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖), Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Fr. Samson Shukardin, O.F.M., was consecrated as Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

Bishop Rufin Anthony resigned as General Secretary of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishop-elect Samson Shukardin, O.F.M., Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan), was appointed as General Secretary of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Max John Rodrigues resigned as Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

Fr. Samson Shukardin, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

Msgr. Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, Priest of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Benny Mario Travas, Priest of Karachi (Pakistan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Multan (Pakistan)

Bishop Andrew Francis resigned as Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)

Bishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Knin, Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan) and Apostolic Administrator of Lahore (Pakistan), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Msgr. Joseph Arshad was consecrated as Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan)