Recent Events

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

Bishop Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B., Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

Cardinal Mario Zenari resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

Cardinal Mario Zenari, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri and Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Archbishop Diego Causero, Titular Archbishop of Grado, passed away at 85

Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka, Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq), passed away at 94

Fr. Hovsep Bezazian (Bezouzou) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Morandini, Titular Archbishop of Numida, passed away at 87

Fr. Manuel Ruiz López, O.F.M., and 10 companions were canonised

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

Bishop Kévork Assadourian resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

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)

Bishop Youssef-Massoud Massoud, Bishop emeritus of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at 84

Archbishop Nicolas Antiba, B.A., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Damascus of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Fr. Wasim Salman, Priest of Palestrina (Italy), was appointed as President of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

Fr. Hanna Jallouf, O.F.M., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria)

Bishop Kévork Assadourian, Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon), was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Damascus of the Armenians (Syria)

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara was consecrated as Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Fr. Hanna Jallouf, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria)

Fr. Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Aleppo (Syria)

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara, Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) and Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq), was elected Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Archbishop Gregorios Elias Tabé, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 82

Fr. Yagop Jacques Mourad was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Ibrahim Salameh, M.S.P., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Argentina of the Greek-Melkites (Argentina)

Fr. Yagop Jacques Mourad, Priest of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

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

Patriarch Youssef Absi, resigned as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B., resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Damascus of the Armenians (Syria)

Archbishop Abraham Nehmé, B.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 95

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 Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Titular Archbishop of Sala Consilina

Fr. Antranig Ayvazian was consecrated as Bishop of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

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 Boutros Marayati resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

Fr. Antranig Ayvazian, Priest of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria), was elected Bishop of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Msgr. Nareg Naamoyan, Priest of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Bishop Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria)

Fr. Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Aleppo (Syria)

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. Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami was consecrated as Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami, Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Patriarchal Administrator of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria), was elected Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Georges Masri was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan, Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Syriacs and Procurator at Rome of the Syriacs, was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. George El-Khoury resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Georges Salim Khawam, M.S.P., was consecrated as Archbishop of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Archbishop Boutros Marayati resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Fr. Georges Masri, Priest of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Fr. Georges Salim Khawam, M.S.P., Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul, was elected Archbishop of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Archbishop Nikolaki Sawaf resigned as Archbishop of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Archbishop Issam Youhanna Darwish, B.S., resigned as Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo, Archbishop emeritus of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 79

Archbishop Boutros Marayati, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) and Apostolic Administrator of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Patriarch Grégoire Bedros XX Ghabroyan, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 86

Archbishop Pier Giacomo De Nicolò, Titular Archbishop of Martana, passed away at 92

Archbishop Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, M.S.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 88

Archbishop Michel Abrass, B.A., was deposed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Jean Assaad Haddad, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 94