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2024.09.21

Armenia Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians

2024.08.21

Armenia 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)

2024.05.01

Palestine Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio

2024.04.04

Tunisia Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi resigned as Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia)

2024.03.16

Palestine Fr. Bruno Varriano, O.F.M., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Écija and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

2024.01.13

Djibouti 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)

2024.01.09

Palestine 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)

2023.09.30

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

2023.08.27

Iraq Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara was consecrated as Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

2023.05.27

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)

2023.02.17

Philippines Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

2023.02.15

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

2023

Palestine Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (Palestine)

Syria Patriarch Youssef Absi, resigned as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

2022.08

Iraq Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Jordan Msgr. Nareg Naamoyan, Priest of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

2022.06.25

Egypt Archbishop Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado, resigned as Protosyncellus of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

2022.05.17

Lebanon Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

2022.05.12

Palestine 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)

2022.05.06

Djibouti Fr. Jamal Khader Daibes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Patara and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

2022.04.30

Palestine Fr. Rafic Nahra was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Verbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

2022.03.11

Djibouti Fr. Jamal Khader Daibes, Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine), was elected Titular Bishop of Patara and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Palestine Fr. Rafic Nahra, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Verbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

2022.02.15

Tunisia Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi resigned as Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa

2021.09.23

Lebanon 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

2021.09.13

Italy Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal

2021.06.03

Philippines 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

2021.03.13

Italy Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to India

2021.01.31

Palestine Ms. Margaret Karram was appointed as President of Focolare Movement (Work of Mary)

2020.11

Israel 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

2020.10.24

Israel Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M., resigned as Pro-President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land

Palestine 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

2020.08.29

Palestine Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

2020.08.15

Palestine Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs

2020.04.17

Palestine Msgr. Paul Collin, Protosyncellus emeritus of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (Palestine), passed away at 81

2020.04.15

Palestine 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)

2020.03.28

Palestine 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)

2020

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

2019.11.20

Palestine Bishop Grégoire Pierre Melki resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Palestine Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

2019.09

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

2019.05.10

Egypt Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Iraq 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)

2019

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

Palestine Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad, B.S., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Greek-Melkites

2018.11.24

Israel 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

2018.06.23

Iraq Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara, Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

2018.04.04

Lebanon Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad, Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 87

2018.02.09

Palestine Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash was appointed as Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Palestine Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey resigned as Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

2017.12.29

Italy Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto was appointed as Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

2017.12

Italy Archbishop Antonio Franco resigned as Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

2017.11.19

Italy Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title and Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, passed away at 92

2017.09.15

Italy Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

2017.09.13

Italy Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Non-Residential Pontifical Representative for Vietnam and Apostolic Nuncio to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

2017.08.28

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

2017.08.24

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

2017.06.22

Syria Patriarch Youssef Absi, was confirmed as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites, Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarchal Administrator of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq), President of Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church and President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria

2017.06.20

Syria Archbishop Joseph Absi, M.S.P., Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Damascus of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was elected Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

2017.05.06

Iraq Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, resigned as Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites, President of Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church, President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria and Patriarchal Administrator of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq)

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