Recent Events

Fr. Stephan Lipke, S.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Arena and Auxiliary Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia)

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

Fr. Stephan Lipke, S.J., Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, was elected Titular Bishop of Arena and Auxiliary Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia)

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)

Fr. Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz, Bishop of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Russia) and Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J., resigned as Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

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

Fr. Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

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

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi (ペトロ 地主敏夫), Bishop emeritus of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan), passed away at 90

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., Bishop emeritus of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran) and Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), passed away at 88

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus) and President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Fr. Nicolai Dubinin Gennadevich, O.F.M. Conv., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia)

Fr. Nicolai Dubinin Gennadevich, O.F.M. Conv., Vice-President of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.), was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia)

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

Archbishop Pavel Pezzi, F.S.C.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia), was appointed as President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Fr. Stephan Lipke, S.J., Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits), was appointed as General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Bishop Clemens Pickel resigned as President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation and Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to France

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

Fr. Nicolai Dubinin Gennadevich, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Vice-President of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.)

Archbishop Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M., Coadjutor Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), passed away at 84

Archbishop Pavel Pezzi, F.S.C.B., resigned as President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Bishop Clemens Pickel, Bishop of Saint Clement at Saratov (Russia) and Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, was appointed as President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J., Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia) and Ordinary of Russia of the Russians (Russia), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Archbishop Antonio Mennini resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation and Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians and Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus and Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus), was appointed as President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., Procurator at Rome of the Armenians, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk (Belarus)

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan

Msgr. Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B., was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus and Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk (Belarus)

Fr. Vahan Ohanian resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Msgr. Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B., Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan), was elected Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

Archbishop Pavel Pezzi, F.S.C.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia), was appointed as President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Bishop Clemens Pickel, Bishop of Saint Clement at Saratov (Russia), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J., resigned as President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation and Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Archbishop Ján Bukovský, S.V.D., Titular Archbishop of Tabalta, passed away at 86

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Fr. Vahan Ohanian was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi (ペトロ 地主敏夫) resigned as Bishop of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan

Fr. Pavel Pezzi, F.S.C.B., was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia)

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia) and Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus)

Fr. Pavel Pezzi, F.S.C.B., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia)