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Msgr. Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Ursona

Msgr. Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi, Priest of Santo Tomé (Argentina) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Ursona, Apostolic Nuncio to Benin and Apostolic Nuncio to Togo

Bishop Isaac Jogues Kodjo Agbémenya Gaglo, Bishop of Aného (Togo), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lomé (Togo)

Archbishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Bénissan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo), passed away at 61

Archbishop Mark Gerard Miles, Apostolic Nuncio to Benin and Apostolic Nuncio to Togo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba, Bishop emeritus of Sokodé (Togo), passed away at 85

Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lomé (Togo), passed away at 93

Msgr. Yala Banorani Djetaba, Priest of Sokodé (Togo), was appointed as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals

Fr. Moïse Touho was consecrated as Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo)

Archbishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Bénissan resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Atakpamé (Togo)

Fr. Moïse Touho, Priest of Atakpamé (Togo), was elected Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo)

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title, Member of Council of Cardinals, President emeritus of Governorate of Vatican City State and President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Archbishop George Kocherry resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia and Member of Council of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title

Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State

Msgr. Mark Gerard Miles was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale

Archbishop-elect Mark Gerard Miles, Apostolic Nuncio to Benin, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Togo

Msgr. Mark Gerard Miles, Priest of Gibraltar (Gibraltar), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS), was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Benin and Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale

Bishop Jacques Danka Longa, Bishop of Kara (Togo), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Archbishop Brian Udaigwe, Apostolic Nuncio to Benin and Apostolic Nuncio to Togo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Bishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Bénissan, Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Atakpamé (Togo) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo)

Msgr. Mark Gerard Miles, Priest of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS)

Fr. Émile Segbedji was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Fr. Gustave Naguémang Wanme resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D., Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul was consecrated as Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)

Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan (without ecclesiastical province) (Nigeria)

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul, Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon), Apostolic Exarch of Western and Central Africa of the Maronites (Nigeria) and Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa of the Maronites, was elected Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)

Abbot Théodore Coco, O.S.B., resigned as President of Regional Union of Conferences of Major Superiors of Francophone West Africa (U.R.C.A.O.)

Cardinal Ivan Dias, Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bombay (India) and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, passed away at 81

Fr. Dominique Banlène Guigbile was consecrated as Bishop of Dapaong (Togo)

Bishop Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda resigned as Bishop of Dapaong (Togo)

Fr. Dominique Banlène Guigbile, Priest of Dapaong (Togo), was elected Bishop of Dapaong (Togo)

Msgr. Mark Gerard Miles, Priest of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Célestin-Marie Bawilima Gaoua was consecrated as Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)

Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba resigned as Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)

Fr. Célestin-Marie Bawilima Gaoua, Priest of Kara (Togo), was elected Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)

Bishop Julien Mawule Kouto, Bishop emeritus of Atakpamé (Togo), passed away at 68

Archbishop André Dupuy resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lomé (Togo), passed away at 88

Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was established (Nigeria)

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul, Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Western and Central Africa of the Maronites (Nigeria) and Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa of the Maronites

Archbishop Brian Udaigwe, Apostolic Nuncio to Benin, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Togo

Archbishop George Kocherry, Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

Msgr. Brian Udaigwe was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Suelli

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals

Archbishop-elect Brian Udaigwe was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Benin

Msgr. Brian Udaigwe, Priest of Orlu (Nigeria) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Suelli

Bishop Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena, Bishop emeritus of Kara (Togo), passed away at 77

Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D., Apostolic Nuncio to Benin and Apostolic Nuncio to Togo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda

Fr. Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi, Priest of Santo Tomé (Argentina), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Bishop Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou, Bishop of Kpalimé (Togo), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia