Recent Events

Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada, Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp., Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Roberto Carlos Zacarías López, Bishop of Canindeyú (Paraguay), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title

Msgr. Vincenzo Turturro was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Ravello

Fr. Roberto Carlos Zacarías López was consecrated as Bishop of Canindeyú (Paraguay)

Diocese of Canindeyú was established (from Diocese of Ciudad del Este and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Fr. Roberto Carlos Zacarías López, Priest of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), was elected Bishop of Canindeyú (Paraguay)

Archbishop Eliseo Antonio Ariotti resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Msgr. Vincenzo Turturro, Priest of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Ravello and Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Bishop Pedro Collar Noguera, Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Bishop Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Asunción (Paraguay), passed away at 83

Msgr. Vincenzo Turturro, Priest of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Fr. Miguel Fritz, O.M.I., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Archbishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay), President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay and Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay), Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay) and President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino and Secretary General emeritus of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri resigned as Secretary General of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops

Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Concepción (Paraguay), passed away at 85

Archbishop Giorgio Zur, President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 88

Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks, Bishop emeritus of Encarnación (Paraguay), passed away at 89

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B., resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia, Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp., Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Fr. Celestino Ocampo Gaona was consecrated as Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay)

Fr. Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia was consecrated as Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Sr. María Felicia de Jesús Sacramentado Guggiari Echeverría (María), O.C.D., was beatified

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Military Ordinary of Paraguay (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay)

Fr. Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia, Priest of Villarrica (Paraguay), was elected Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba resigned as Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Fr. Celestino Ocampo Gaona, Priest of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay), was elected Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay)

Bishop Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes resigned as Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil)

Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, I.Sch., resigned as Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay)

Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, was appointed as Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay)

Bishop Pedro Collar Noguera, Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

Bishop Mario Melanio Medina Salinas resigned as Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto, Titular Bishop of Eminentiana, Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina) and Apostolic Visitator in Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Venezuela of the Ukrainians, was appointed as Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina)

Fr. Pedro Collar Noguera was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Fr. Pedro Collar Noguera, Priest of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), was elected Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete, Bishop emeritus of Alto Paraná (Paraguay), passed away at 78

Archbishop Antonio Lucibello resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye and Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan

Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino, Bishop emeritus of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay), passed away at 91

Archbishop Orlando Antonini resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B., Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay and Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, I.Sch., resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero, Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, Opus Dei, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), passed away at 69

Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero, Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay)

Fr. Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I., was consecrated as Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)