Recent Events

Fr. Gregg Michael Caggianelli was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

Fr. John Edward Keehner was consecrated as Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Fr. Richard Francis Reidy was consecrated as Bishop of Norwich (USA)

Bishop William Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Bishop Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Providence (USA)

Mr. Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Cardinal-Priest emeritus of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA), passed away at 94

Archbishop George Joseph Lucas resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Bishop Michael George McGovern, Bishop of Belleville (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

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

Bishop Dennis Joseph Sullivan resigned as Bishop of Camden (USA)

Bishop Joseph Andrew Williams succeeded as Bishop of Camden (USA)

Fr. Robert Fedek was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. José Maria Garcia Maldonado was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Fallaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Timothy James O’Malley was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Numida and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. John Steven Siemianowski was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Lawrence John Sullivan was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Lamphua and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Gregg Michael Caggianelli, Priest of Venice (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

Bishop Robert Gerald Casey, Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Archbishop Christopher James Coyne resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Norwich (USA)

Archbishop Dennis Marion Schnurr resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Fr. John Edward Keehner, Priest of Youngstown (USA), was elected Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless resigned as Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Fr. Richard Francis Reidy, Priest of Worcester (USA), was elected Bishop of Norwich (USA)

Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Bishop Edward Joseph Weisenburger, Bishop of Tucson (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Monica, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

Bishop Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo, Bishop emeritus of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA), passed away at 83

Fr. Artur Bubnevych was consecrated as Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Bishop José Stephen Vásquez, Bishop of Austin (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, Bishop of San Diego (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop William Leo Higi, Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana (USA), passed away at 91

Bishop José Stephen Vásquez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tyler (USA)

Fr. Robert Fedek, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. José Maria Garcia Maldonado, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Fallaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop John Gregory Kelly, Titular Bishop of Jamestown and Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Tyler (USA)

Fr. Timothy James O’Malley, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Numida and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. John Steven Siemianowski, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Lawrence John Sullivan, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Lamphua and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop John Stephen Cummins, Bishop emeritus of Oakland (USA), passed away at 96

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

Bishop Richard John Sklba, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Milwaukee (USA), passed away at 89

Archbishop James Patrick Keleher, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kansas City (USA), passed away at 93

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fr. Artur Bubnevych was elected Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop Louis Edward Gelineau, Bishop emeritus of Providence (USA), passed away at 96

Fr. Dennis Edward Spies was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cenculiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA)

Bishop Jeffrey Scott Grob, Titular Bishop of Abora and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Archbishop Jerome Edward Listecki resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti and President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, passed away at 91

Fr. Kevin Thomas Kenney was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Chunavia and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Dennis Edward Spies, Priest of Joliet (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cenculiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA)

Fr. Dennis Gerard Walsh was consecrated as Bishop of Davenport (USA)

Fr. Scott Edward Bullock was consecrated as Bishop of Rapid City (USA)

Bishop Basil Harry Losten, Bishop emeritus of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 94

Abbot Primate Gregory John Frederick Polan, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm