Recent Events

Fr. John Jairo Gomez was consecrated as Bishop of Laredo (USA)

Fr. Michael T. Castori, S.J., was elected Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Bishop Clarence Richard Silva resigned as Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Fr. Robert Paul Boxie, Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cataquas and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Mark Edward Brennan resigned as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Bishop Roy Edward Campbell resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. John Jairo Gomez, Priest of Tyler (USA), was elected Bishop of Laredo (USA)

Bishop René Henry Gracida, Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi (USA), passed away at 102

Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, Titular Bishop of Aëtus and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Fr. Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B., was consecrated as Bishop of Belleville (USA)

Fr. Gary Richard Studniewski, Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Jamestown and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop James Anthony Tamayo resigned as Bishop of Laredo (USA)

Archbishop Henry Joseph Mansell, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop William Edwin Franklin, Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA), passed away at 95

Dr. Teresa Morris Kettelkamp resigned as Adjunct Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop William Francis Murphy, Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA), passed away at 85

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks

Fr. Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Belleville (USA)

Bishop Emmanuel Hana Shaleta resigned as Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA)

Bishop Saad Hanna Sirop was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA)

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., Titular Bishop of Ostracine, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia) and Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks, was appointed as Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Bishop Timothy Anthony McDonnell, Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop David Eugene Fellhauer, Bishop emeritus of Victoria (USA), passed away at 86

Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez was consecrated as Bishop of Palm Beach (USA)

Fr. James Misko was consecrated as Bishop of Tucson (USA)

Fr. Peter Đại Bùi was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Ausafa and Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix (USA)

Bishop Richard Frank Stika, Bishop emeritus of Knoxville (USA), passed away at 68

Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Amarillo (USA)

Bishop Patrick James Zurek resigned as Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Archbishop James Francis Checchio succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Archbishop Samuel Joseph Aquila resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Bishop James Robert Golka, Bishop of Colorado Springs (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Bishop Dennis Edward Spies, Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Joliet (USA)

Fr. John Lane Connor, L.C., resigned as Director General of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo and Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (France)

Bishop Robert Joseph Banks, Bishop emeritus of Green Bay (USA), passed away at 97

Msgr. Joseph Terrence Fitzgerald, Priest of Salt Lake City (USA) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away at 89

Bishop John Samuel Bonnici, Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano resigned as Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Bishop Gerald Frederick Kicanas resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tucson (USA)

Fr. James Misko, Priest of Austin (USA), was elected Bishop of Tucson (USA)

Bishop Gerald Michael Barbarito resigned as Bishop of Palm Beach (USA)

Fr. Peter Đại Bùi, Priest of Phoenix (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Ausafa and Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix (USA)

Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, Priest of Brooklyn (USA), was elected Bishop of Palm Beach (USA)

Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Bishop Ronald Aldon Hicks, Bishop of Joliet (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Bishop Ramon Bejarano, Titular Bishop of Carpi and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Monterey (USA)

Bishop Slawomir Szkredka resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Monterey (USA)

Fr. Michael J. K. Fuller, Priest of Rockford (USA) and General Secretary of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O., Titular Bishop of Cataquas and Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

Bishop William Michael Mulvey resigned as Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

Archbishop Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio resigned as President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Archbishop Paul Stagg Coakley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Oklahoma City (USA), was appointed as President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Archbishop William Edward Lori resigned as Vice-President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores, Bishop of Brownsville (USA), was appointed as Vice-President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Msgr. Andres Cantoria Ligot was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose (USA)

Fr. Ralph Bernard O’Donnell was consecrated as Bishop of Jefferson City (USA)