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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

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

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

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

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

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., 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 John 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

Bishop Iwannis Louis Awad, Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Venezuela of the Syriacs (Venezuela), passed away at 86

Fr. Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs

Bishop Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Armenians

Bishop Elie Yéghia Yéghiayan, I.C.P.B., Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of the Armenians (France), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Armenians

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

Archbishop Théophile Philippe Barakat, Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 67

Fr. Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan, Priest of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria), Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Syriacs and Procurator at Rome of the Syriacs, was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs

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

Msgr. Georges Masri resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Syriacs

Fr. Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria of the Greek-Melkites

Titular Metropolitan See of Apamea in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Apamea in Syria (Syria)

Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela of the Greek-Melkites (Venezuela)

Fr. Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria of the Greek-Melkites, Apostolic Administrator of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México of the Greek-Melkites (Mexico) and Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela of the Greek-Melkites (Venezuela)

Archbishop Denys Antoine Chahda resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

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