Recent Events

Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and President of Commission for Advocates, was appointed as Protodeacon of College of Cardinals

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Archbishop Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba, Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea and Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique

Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti resigned as President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali resigned as President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Bishop Paride Taban, Bishop emeritus of Torit (South Sudan), passed away at 86

Archbishop Leo Boccardi (レオ・ボッカルディ) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Bishop Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J., Bishop emeritus of El Obeid (Sudan), passed away at 84

Fr. Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta was consecrated as Bishop of Torit (South Sudan)

Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Estonia (Estonia), passed away at 85

Fr. Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta, Priest of Khartoum (Sudan), was elected Bishop of Torit (South Sudan)

Fr. Jean-Marie Chami was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

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

Fr. Jean-Marie Chami, Priest of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was elected Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) and Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Fr. Élie Joseph Warde was consecrated as Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

Fr. Élie Joseph Warde was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

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)

Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe resigned as Bishop of Yei (South Sudan)

Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Juba (South Sudan), passed away at 80

Archbishop Leo Boccardi (レオ・ボッカルディ), Apostolic Nuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Sudan)

Archbishop Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M., Undersecretary emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 88

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

Msgr. Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Nasai

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)

Bishop Clément-Joseph Hannouche, Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan), passed away at 70

Msgr. Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba, Priest of Toledo (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Titular Archbishop of Nasai

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)

Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala resigned as President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali, Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan), was appointed as President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)

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

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

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

Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.J., Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta, passed away at 87

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya

Archbishop Giovanni Moretti, Titular Archbishop of Vartana, passed away at 94

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania of the Maronites and Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites

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

Bishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker, Bishop emeritus of Malakal (South Sudan), passed away at 84

Fr. Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali was consecrated as Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan)

Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak, Bishop of Wau (South Sudan), passed away at 76

Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria resigned as Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan)

Fr. Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali, Priest of El Obeid (Sudan), was elected Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan)

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)

Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)

Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura–Yambio (South Sudan), was appointed as President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako resigned as President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa, Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt), was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Bishop Joseph Dergham, Bishop emeritus of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt), passed away at 85

Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria, Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) and Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan)

Patriarch Nersès Bédros XIX Tarmouni, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 75

Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Spirito in Sassia

Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as President of Commission for Advocates

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., Procurator at Rome of the Maronites, was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania of the Maronites and Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites

Archbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, Titular Archbishop of Sagone, President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Spirito in Sassia

Archbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with States of Secretariat of State and Secretary of Interdicastery Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe, was appointed as President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Joseph Abangite Gasi, Bishop emeritus of Tombura–Yambio (South Sudan), passed away at 86