Recent Events

Fr. José Dionisio Gómez Gouveia was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. José Manuel León, C.P., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Gigthi and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Alberto Valentín Castillo García was consecrated as Bishop of Los Teques (Venezuela)

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Fr. José Dionisio Gómez Gouveia, Priest of Caracas (Venezuela), was elected Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. José Manuel León, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Gigthi and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Elieser Antonio Rivero Barrios was consecrated as Bishop of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Fr. Alberto Valentín Castillo García, Priest of La Guaira (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of Los Teques (Venezuela)

Bishop Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez resigned as Bishop of Los Teques (Venezuela)

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra resigned as Member of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia

Fr. Elieser Antonio Rivero Barrios, Priest of San Felipe (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Bishop Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón resigned as Bishop of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Sr. María Carmen Rendíles Martínez (Carmen Elena) was canonised

Mr. José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros was canonised

Fr. Alexander Rivera Vielma was consecrated as Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Bishop Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez, Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela), passed away at 76

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Interdicastery Commission on Particular Churches, President of Interdicastery Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Member of Council of Cardinals, President of Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector and President of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations, was appointed as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Fr. Alexander Rivera Vielma, Priest of Mérida (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Fr. Frank Gerardo Pérez Alvarado, T.C., resigned as Superior General of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonian Friars)

Bishop Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín, Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Archbishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Archbishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala, Metropolitan Archbishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) and First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Archbishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M., resigned as Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Bishop Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P., Bishop of Carora (Venezuela), was appointed as Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Bishop Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Fr. Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona was consecrated as Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela)

Bishop Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B., Bishop of Guasdualito (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela)

Fr. Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona, Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela)

Cardinal Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gaetano

Bishop Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez resigned as Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Bishop Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C., Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Venezuela)

Archbishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Fr. José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira was consecrated as Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela)

Bishop José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela), passed away at 86

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B., Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Archbishop Jesús Andoni González de Zárate Salas, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela) and President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

Bishop Polito Rodríguez Méndez, Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Bishop Oswaldo Enrique Araque Valero resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Bishop Saúl Figueroa Albornoz resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Valencia (Venezuela)

Archbishop Roberto Lückert León, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Coro (Venezuela), passed away at 84

Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Fr. José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira, Priest of Los Teques (Venezuela) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, was elected Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela)

Bishop Saúl Figueroa Albornoz resigned as Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela)

Bishop Riccardo Lamba, Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy)

Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Bishop Ramón José Aponte Fernández resigned as Bishop of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela)

Bishop Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo, Titular Bishop of Badiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela)

Bishop Oswaldo Enrique Araque Valero, Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Cardinal-Bishop of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari and Cardinal Vice-Dean of College of Cardinals, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Argentina)

Bishop Víctor Hugo Basabe, Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela) and Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela)

Archbishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela)

Fr. Roberth Alexander Hernández Gómez, Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela) and Bureau Chief for the Section of Education of Dicastery for Culture and Education, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gaetano

Msgr. Javier Domingo Fernández González, Priest of Caracas (Venezuela) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

Bishop Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz, Titular Bishop of Unizibira and Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Punto Fijo (Venezuela)

Bishop Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B., resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Fr. José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira, Priest of Los Teques (Venezuela), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Fr. Oswaldo Enrique Araque Valero was consecrated as Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)