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Fr. Reinaldo Sorto Martínez was consecrated as Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador)

Fr. Reinaldo Sorto Martínez, Priest of San Salvador (El Salvador), was elected Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador)

Fr. Óscar Álvarez Orellana was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Fr. Óscar Álvarez Orellana, Priest of San Salvador (El Salvador), was elected Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Fr. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aëtus and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Archbishop Luigi Roberto Cona, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, was appointed as Extra-Regional Observer to Central American Integration System (SICA)

Fr. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Aëtus and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Msgr. Luigi Roberto Cona was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Sala Consilina

Msgr. Luigi Roberto Cona, Priest of Piazza Armerina (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State and President of Financial Security Committee, was elected Titular Archbishop of Sala Consilina and Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador

Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas resigned as President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama

Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia

Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Sacramento a Tor de’ Schiavi and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (El Salvador)

Bishop Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar, Bishop emeritus of Santiago de María (El Salvador), passed away at 84

Archbishop Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, Opus Dei, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Salvador (El Salvador), passed away at 89

Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzmán, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Domenico di Guzmán pro hac vice Title

Fr. Rutilio Grande García, S.J., and 2 companions were beatified

Fr. Cosma Spessotto (Sante), O.F.M., was beatified

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro

Bishop Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B., Bishop of Zacatecoluca (El Salvador), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Bishop José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M., resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Bishop Eduardo Alas Alfaro, Bishop emeritus of Chalatenango (El Salvador), passed away at 89

Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca resigned as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (El Salvador)

Msgr. Luigi Roberto Cona, Priest of Piazza Armerina (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State and President of Financial Security Committee

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Extra-Regional Observer emeritus to Central American Integration System (SICA), passed away at 62

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), was canonised

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Mali, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador

Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzmán and Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Portugal)

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, Apostolic Nuncio to Belize and Extra-Regional Observer to Central American Integration System (SICA), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca, Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (El Salvador) and Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez took possession as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Sacramento a Tor de’ Schiavi

Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Titular Bishop of Mulli and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), was created Cardinal-Priest of SS. Sacramento a Tor de’ Schiavi

Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) and President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador, was appointed as President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama

Msgr. Luigi Roberto Cona, Priest of Piazza Armerina (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop José Oscar Barahona Castillo, Bishop emeritus of San Vicente (El Salvador), passed away at 77

Fr. Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D., was consecrated as Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador)

Archbishop Giacinto Berloco resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg

Fr. Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador)

Bishop Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador)

Archbishop Girolamo Prigione, Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum, passed away at 94

Fr. William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera was consecrated as Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

Bishop Miguel Angel Morán Aquino, Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador)

Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M., resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador and Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador)

Bishop-elect William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera, Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Bishop Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar resigned as Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

Fr. William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera, Priest of San Salvador (El Salvador), was elected Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Bishop José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M., Bishop of San Vicente (El Salvador), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), was beatified

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, was appointed as Extra-Regional Observer to Central American Integration System (SICA)

Archbishop Francesco De Nittis, Titular Archbishop of Tunes, passed away at 80

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mali

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea

Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro resigned as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belize

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro