Recent Appointments

Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia), was elected Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq), President of Synod of the Chaldean Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq

Bishop Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R., was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks

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

Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako resigned as President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq and Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

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)

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 Peter Rusnák resigned as Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina)

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 Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B., Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

Archbishop Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India) and Secretary of Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church, was appointed as Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Archbishop Mathew Moolakkattu, O.S.B. Vall., Metropolitan Archbishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Second Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Archbishop Andrews Thazhath resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Bishop Joseph Thomas Konnath resigned as Second Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Bishop Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B., Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Archbishop Flavien Joseph Melki, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 94

Bishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T., Bishop emeritus of Gorakhpur of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 93

Fr. Ihor Rantsya was consecrated as Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Fr. John Kuttiyil was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Kuriakose Thomas Thadathil was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mariamme

Fr. Raffaele De Angelis was consecrated as Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Fr. James Patteril, C.M.F., was consecrated as Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop, Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), was elected Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) and President of Synod of the Romanian Church

Fr. Joseph Thachaparambath, C.M.I., was consecrated as Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan, Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye), was canonised

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Fr. Ihor Rantsya, Priest of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Bishop Petro Pavlo Oros, Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine), was beatified

Cardinal Lucian Mureșan, Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio and Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 94

Bishop Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Syro-Malankara

Fr. John Kuttiyil, Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Kuriakose Thomas Thadathil, Priest of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Mariamme and Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Syro-Malankara

Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 94

Fr. Mariusz Dmyterko was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tzernicus and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław–Koszalin of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Cardinal Francesco Montenegro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Fr. Raffaele De Angelis, Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was elected Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Diocese of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Faridabad (with suffragan sees Bijnor and Gorakhpur) (India)

Diocese of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalyan (with suffragan sees Chanda and Rajkot and gained territory from Diocese of Shamshabad) (India)

Diocese of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shamshabad (with suffragan see Adilabad and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalyan, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ujjain, Diocese of Adilabad, Diocese of Bhadravathi, Diocese of Bijnor, Diocese of Chanda, Diocese of Gorakhpur, Diocese of Jagdalpur, Diocese of Rajkot, Diocese of Sagar and Diocese of Satna) (India)

Diocese of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ujjain (with suffragan sees Jagdalpur, Sagar and Satna and gained territory from Diocese of Shamshabad) (India)

Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, Archbishop-Bishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Prince Panengadan Devassy, Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Archiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T., Bishop of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Sebastian Vaniyapurackal, Titular Bishop of Troina and Bishop of Curia of the Syro-Malabars, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S., resigned as Bishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy resigned as Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. James Patteril, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Joseph Thachaparambath, C.M.I., was elected Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Makhoul Farha, O.C.D., was consecrated as Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Peter Stasiuk, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia), passed away at 82

Bishop Szilárd Keresztes, Bishop emeritus of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary) and Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary), passed away at 93

Fr. Makhoul Farha, O.C.D., was elected Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Elias Youssef Rahal, M.S.P., resigned as Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Mariusz Dmyterko, Priest of Wrocław–Koszalin of the Ukrainians (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Tzernicus and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław–Koszalin of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J., resigned as Pontifical Delegate on liturgical matters for Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Habib Hermez Jajou Al-Nawfali, Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Chaldeans

Bishop Saad Hanna Sirop resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Chaldeans

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Bishop Felix Dawood Al Shabi, Bishop of Zakho of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Elias Nassar was appointed as Bishop of Curia of the Maronites

Bishop Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko, Bishop of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 49

Bishop Antoine Nabil Andari resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Rafic El Warcha, Procurator at Rome of the Maronites, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Bishop of Curia of the Maronites

Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil resigned as Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Geevarghese Mathew Manakarakavil, Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India), was appointed as Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Cardinal Lucian Mureșan, President of Synod of the Romanian Church, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) and President of Episcopal Conference of Romania, was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Romania

Msgr. Ignazio Ceffalia was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino

Cardinal George Alencherry, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme, Major Archbishop emeritus of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) and former President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (India)

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)

Msgr. Ignazio Ceffalia, Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino and Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka, Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq), passed away at 94

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz resigned as Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), was appointed as Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Bishop Hryhoriy Komar, Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Italy of the Ukrainians (Italy)

Bishop Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Italy of the Ukrainians (Italy)

Msgr. Simon Kassas was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Peter Karam resigned as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

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

Fr. Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cleopatris and Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

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

Fr. Hovsep Bezazian (Bezouzou) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

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

Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and Prefect of Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims

Bishop Ladislav Hučko, Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia), passed away at 76

Bishop Bosco Puthur resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Joseph Pamplany, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Secretary of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, was appointed as Major-Archepiscopal Vicar of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Stephen Victor Chmilar, Bishop emeritus of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada), passed away at 79

Bishop Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Archbishop George Jacob Koovakad, Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Msgr. George Jacob Koovakad was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans

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 Prince Panengadan Devassy, Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Archiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

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)