Recent Events

Bishop John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria)

Fr. Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., was created Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata

Fr. Enzo Fortunato, O.F.M. Conv., Director of Communication of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, was appointed as President of Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day

Bishop John Franklin Meldon Hine, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Southwark (England), passed away at 86

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop Hugh Edward Gilbert, O.S.B., resigned as President of Bishops’ Conference of Scotland

Canon Christopher Paul Thomas resigned as General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

Mr. Gregory Pope was appointed as General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

Bishop Philip Moger, Titular Bishop of Glastonbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England), was appointed as Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff–Menevia (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Menevia and lost suffragan see Menevia) (Wales)

Archbishop Mark O’Toole, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) and Bishop of Menevia (Wales), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff–Menevia (Wales)

Abbot Hugh David Renwich Turnbull Allan, O. Praem., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

Msgr. Timothy Francis Menezes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thugga and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Canon Richard Adrian Walker was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mortlach and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Fr. David Arthur Waller was consecrated as Bishop-Ordinary of Our Lady of Walsingham (England)

Msgr. Paul James Curry was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Ramsbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Maroun-Nasser Gemayel resigned as Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France) and Apostolic Visitator in Western and Northern Europe of the Maronites

Canon John Bosco MacDonald was consecrated as Bishop of Clifton (England)

Fr. David Arthur Waller, Priest of Our Lady of Walsingham (England), was elected Bishop-Ordinary of Our Lady of Walsingham (England)

Msgr. Keith Newton resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of Walsingham (England)

Msgr. Timothy Francis Menezes, Priest of Birmingham (England) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Thugga and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Canon Richard Adrian Walker, Priest of Birmingham (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Mortlach and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Msgr. Paul James Curry, Priest of Westminster (England) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Ramsbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. Andrew Small, O.M.I., resigned as Secretary pro tempore of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop Declan Ronan Lang resigned as Bishop of Clifton (England)

Canon John Bosco MacDonald, Priest of Clifton (England), was elected Bishop of Clifton (England)

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was appointed as Member of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations

Canon Christopher John Whitehead resigned as Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Fr. Enzo Fortunato, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Director of Communication of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Canon Christopher John Whitehead, Priest of Clifton (England), was appointed as Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ambrogio della Massima

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Titular Archbishop of Ravello, Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ambrogio della Massima

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright, Titular Bishop of Ramsbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England), was appointed as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

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

Bishop Hugh Christopher Budd, Bishop emeritus of Plymouth (England), passed away at 85

Sr. Helen Alford, O.P., was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Bishop David Christopher McGough, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (England), passed away at 78

Bishop Thomas Anthony Williams resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

Fr. Philip Moger was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Glastonbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette, Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Ruthenians (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop Stephen Robson resigned as Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Fr. Peter Gwilym Collins was consecrated as Bishop of East Anglia (England)

Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) and Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Robert Byrne, C.O., resigned as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Cardinal Arthur Roche took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba

Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces, Titular Archbishop of Macri, passed away at 91

Fr. Philip Moger, Priest of Leeds (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Glastonbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Msgr. Brian Edwin Ferme, Priest of Portsmouth (England), Chaplain of His Holiness and Prelate Secretary of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Fr. Jeremy Ponsonby Meredyth Davies, Priest of Westminster (England), passed away at 87

Fr. Peter Gwilym Collins, Priest of Cardiff (Wales), was elected Bishop of East Anglia (England)

Bishop Alan Stephen Hopes resigned as Bishop of East Anglia (England)

Bishop Howard George Tripp, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Southwark (England), passed away at 95

Archbishop Arthur Roche, Archbishop ad personam and Prefect of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians

Bishop Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski, Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians

Bishop Mark O’Toole, Bishop of Plymouth (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) and Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Archbishop George Stack resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) and Apostolic Administrator of Menevia (Wales)