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Fr. Alfonso María Bauer Ormazábal, S.D.B., was consecrated as Bishop of Florida (Uruguay)

Fr. Alfonso María Bauer Ormazábal, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Florida (Uruguay)

Bishop Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini resigned as Bishop of Florida (Uruguay)

Bishop Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Melo (Uruguay), passed away at 94

Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina) and Apostolic Administrator of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator for Brazil of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator for Uruguay of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer, Bishop emeritus of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay), passed away at 83

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Bishop Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio, Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas (Uruguay), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina) and Apostolic Administrator of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Bishop Pablo León Hakimian, Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina) and Apostolic Exarch of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil), passed away at 70

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Bishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay)

Bishop Luis Eduardo González Cedrés, Titular Bishop of Thugga and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay)

Fr. Martín Alfredo Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B., was consecrated as Bishop of Luena (Angola)

Fr. Martín Alfredo Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Luena (Angola)

Fr. Gonzalo Aemilius, S.J., resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer resigned as First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Bishop Jacinto Vera y Durán, Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was beatified

Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone, Permanent Observer to Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay, was appointed as Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

Bishop Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay)

Sr. Maria Francesca di Gesù Rubatto (Anna Maria), S.C.M.R., was canonised

Fr. Óscar Walter García Barreto was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Horta and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Bishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B., resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Fr. Óscar Walter García Barreto, Priest of Concepción (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Horta and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Archbishop Anselmo Guido Pecorari resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria and Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández, Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Bishop Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza, Titular Bishop of Medianas Zabuniorum and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

Fr. Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J., was consecrated as Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay)

Fr. Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J., was elected Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay)

Bishop Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero, Bishop emeritus of Florida (Uruguay), passed away at 90

Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández, Bishop of Melo (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay)

Bishop Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero resigned as Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay)

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was appointed as Member of Council for the Economy

Bishop Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante, Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) and President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay, was appointed as Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Diocese of Maldonado–Punta del Este was renamed as Diocese of Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Minas) (Uruguay)

Diocese of Minas was suppressed (to Diocese of Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas) (Uruguay)

Bishop Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín, Opus Dei, resigned as Bishop of Minas (Uruguay)

Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio, General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay and Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas (Uruguay)

Fr. Gonzalo Aemilius, S.J., was appointed as Private Secretary of the Pope

Bishop Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner, Bishop of Salto (Uruguay), passed away at 66

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Bishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B., resigned as First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone, Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi

Prof. Guzmán Carriquiry Lecour resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Bishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B., Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay), First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council and President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay, was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Bishop Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante, Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Msgr. Gianfranco Gallone was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Mottola

Msgr. Gianfranco Gallone, Priest of Oria (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Titular Archbishop of Mottola

Bishop Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González, Bishop emeritus of Melo (Uruguay), passed away at 97

Msgr. Gianfranco Gallone was elected Permanent Observer to Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Fr. Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Medianas Zabuniorum and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)