Recent Events

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 Valerio 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 Valerio, 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)

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 Valerio was consecrated as Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

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

Fr. Oswaldo Enrique Araque Valerio, Priest of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

Bishop José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo resigned as Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

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

Archbishop Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela) and Apostolic Administrator of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza, Bishop of Punto Fijo (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela)

Bishop Saúl Figueroa Albornoz, Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Valencia (Venezuela)

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Archbishop Reinaldo Del Prette Lissot, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Venezuela), passed away at 70

Fr. Gerardo Ernesto Salas Arjona was consecrated as Bishop of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela)

Bishop Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela), passed away at 93

Fr. Gerardo Ernesto Salas Arjona, Priest of Mérida (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela)

Fr. Riccardo Lamba was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

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 and President of Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector, was appointed as President of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations

Fr. Riccardo Lamba, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Member of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia

Bishop Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A., Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Fr. Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cefala and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D., Bishop emeritus of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela), passed away at 62

Archbishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Bishop Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B., Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela) and Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

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

Archbishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela), was appointed as Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Bishop José Trinidad Fernández Angulo resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Fr. Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima, Priest of Caracas (Venezuela), was elected Titular Bishop of Cefala and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Archbishop Aldo Giordano, Titular Archbishop of Tamada and Apostolic Nuncio to European Union, passed away at 67