Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Syria (Chaldean Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (Syria)

Archbishop Raffaele d’Ambrosio, O.F.M., Archbishop emeritus of Durrës (Albania), passed away at 91

Fr. Charles Guérin was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria)

Fr. Jérôme van Hoof resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Uélé (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Mattia Dvornik was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Cardinal Adolphe-Louis-Albert Perraud, C.O., resigned as Superior General of Oratory of France (Oratorians of France)

Fr. Jules Chevalier, M.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. Marius Nouvelle, C.O.I., was appointed as Superior General of Oratory of France (Oratorians of France)

Fr. Aloysius Lauer, O.F.M., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Fr. David Fleming, O.F.M., was appointed as Vicar General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Cardinal Serafino Cretoni resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Tommaso Bichi, Auxiliary Bishop of Oristano (Italy), passed away at 88

Msgr. Luigi Pericoli, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Fr. Bernardino Balsari, I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Charity (Rosminians)

Fr. Luigi Ferrari (Girolamo), B., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Lanzoni, I.C., resigned as Superior General of Institute of Charity (Rosminians)

Fr. Joshua Magnaghi, B., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Ramón Zubieta y Les, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Domingo de Urubamba (Peru)

Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

Fr. Thomas Francis Kennedy was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Fr. Garrett J. Barry resigned as Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

Fr. Patrick J. McGivney was appointed as Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

Bishop Gregorio Rodríguez y Obregón, Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), passed away at 68

Abbot Simon Cassab, O.A.M., resigned as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Abbot Emmanuel Ubaid, O.A.M., was appointed as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Archimandrite Gabriel Bassil, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Archimandrite Michel Maalouf, B.S., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archimandrite Théophane Radawi, B.A., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Archimandrite Antoine Ziadé, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Fr. Arthur Captier, P.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Fr. Antoine Hanna, O.L.M., was appointed as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Arthur Lanctin, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. Jules-Joseph Lebas, P.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Fr. Joseph Maatouk, O.L.M., resigned as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Sr. Evangelista Nováková was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Daughters St. Francis of Assisi

Bishop John Sweeny resigned as Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada)

Bishop Ignatius Mrak, Bishop emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA), passed away at 90

Bishop Winand Michael Wigger, Bishop of Newark (USA), passed away at 59

Bishop José Morgades y Gili, Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 74

Bishop Joseph Patrick Byrne, Bishop of Bathurst (Australia), passed away at 61

Fr. Rafael Fernández Concha was elected Titular Bishop of Epiphania and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Godfried Marschall was elected Titular Bishop of Orthosia and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Bishop Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Orange Free State (South Africa), passed away at 51

Bishop Giovanni Zalka, Bishop of Győr (Hungary), passed away at 80

Cardinal Sebastiano Galeati, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop Clemente Coltelli (郭德禮), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China), passed away at 35

Bishop Pasquale Pagnucci (林奇愛), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China), passed away at 68

Saint Fr. Giuseppe Allamano, I.M.C., Priest of Torino (Italy), was appointed as Founder of Consolata Missionaries

Bishop Giuseppe Candido, Bishop of Ischia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cydonia

Msgr. William Henry O’Connell, Priest of Boston (USA), Rector of Pontifical North American College and Domestic Prelate, was elected Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of New Hebrides was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Calédonie) (Vanuatu)

Fr. Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu)

Archbishop Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vasto (Italy)

Fr. Gennaro Costagliola, C.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vasto (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe Macchi, Apostolic Internuncio to Brazil, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Archbishop Vicente Alda y Sancho, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain), passed away at 61

Fr. Eugène Prévost, C.F.S., was appointed as Founder of Congregation of the Priestly Fraternity

Bishop Paolo Schinosi, Titular Bishop of Gaza, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis

Fr. Marie-Félix Choulet (蘇裴理斯), M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China) and Titular Bishop of Zela

Br. Paulus Moritz, C.M.S.F., was appointed as Founder of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Fr. Angus MacFarlane was elected Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Fr. Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito was elected Bishop of Olinda (Brazil)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Avon, Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), passed away at 53

Bishop Jules-Maurice Abbet succeeded as Bishop of Sion (Switzerland)

Bishop Adrian Jardinier, Bishop of Sion (Switzerland), passed away at 92

Fr. Jean Chrysostome Bigel, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Eumenia and Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates)

Fr. Ezechiel Francisco Soto, SS.CC., was elected Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

Fr. François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Pella, Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

Bishop Nicolas-Joseph Dabert, Bishop of Périgueux (France), passed away at 89

Archbishop Vincenzo di Giovanni resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Dias Ferreira resigned as Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola)

Fr. Jacques Roissant was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) and Titular Bishop of Usula

Archbishop Vincenzo di Giovanni, Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pessinus

Fr. Antônio Xisto Albano was elected Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Blessed Fr. Bernardo Cruz Pérez was appointed as Priest of Jaén (Spain)

Fr. Grégoire Haggiar, B.S., was elected Bishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

Bishop Timothy Casey succeeded as Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada)

Bishop John Sweeny, Bishop emeritus of Saint John in America (Canada), passed away at 79

Bishop Manuel Francisco Vélez, Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras), passed away at 61

Bishop Giovanni Battista Bertagna, Titular Bishop of Capharnaum and Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis

Bishop Nicolae Iosif Camilli, O.F.M. Conv., Titular Bishop of Gadaræ, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi

Bishop Jean-Pierre Pagis resigned as Bishop of Verdun (France)

Bishop Michael von Rampf, Bishop of Passau (Germany), passed away at 75

Fr. Thomas Fennelly was elected Titular Archbishop of Ostracine and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland)

Bishop Luigi Tesorieri, Bishop of Imola (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Alfonso Bermyn (閔玉清), C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Stratonicea and Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古 (China)

Fr. Antonius von Henle was elected Bishop of Passau (Germany)

Bishop Augustin Prosper Hacquard, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan (Mali), passed away at 40

Bishop François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy, Bishop of La Rochelle (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

Fr. François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire was elected Bishop of Périgueux (France)

Fr. Joseph-François-Ernest Ricard was elected Bishop of Angoulême (France)

Fr. Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet was elected Bishop of Mende (France)

Fr. Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix was elected Bishop of Tarentaise (France)

Fr. Emile-Paul-Angel-Constant Le Camus was elected Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Fr. Emmanuel-François Canappe was elected Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)

Fr. José Cadena y Eleta was elected Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Bishop-elect Antonius von Henle was confirmed as Bishop of Passau (Germany)

Apostolic Vicariate of Coastal Tonking was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Tonking) (Vietnam)

Fr. Balthasar Kaltner was elected Titular Bishop of Agathopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Bishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski, Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine) and Apostolic Administrator of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus) and Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus)

Fr. Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek was elected Bishop of Płock (Poland)

Fr. Denis Steyaert, O.C.D., was elected Titular Archbishop of Damascus

Archbishop Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště, Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Bartolomeo Bacilieri, Bishop of Verona (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Giulio Boschi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Msgr. Felice Cavagnis, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Donato Maria Dell’Olio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Francesco Salesio Della Volpe, Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Casimiro Gennari, Assessor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition and Titular Archbishop of Naupactus, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A., Apostolic Delegate to United States of America and Titular Archbishop of Ephesus, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Agostino Gaetano Riboldi, Bishop of Pavia (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned and Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Patriarch Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella, Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera and Patriarch of Constantinople, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Luigi Tripepi, Substitute for General Affairs of Apostolic Secretariat, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Fr. Angelo Struffolini was elected Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy) and Bishop of Cerignola (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Baldassarri, Bishop of Urbania (Italy) and Bishop of Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Certo was elected Titular Bishop of Sinope and Apostolic Administrator of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Ciceri was elected Bishop of Pavia (Italy)

Fr. Disma Marchese was elected Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Fr. Mario Palladino was elected Bishop of Ischia (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Valbonesi, Titular Bishop of Argos, was appointed as Bishop of Urbania (Italy) and Bishop of Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

Fr. Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J., was elected Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

Bishop Julian Cáceres Negrón was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tremithus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Bishop Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, Bishop of Kraków (Poland), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Franciszek Albin Symon, Bishop of Płock (Poland), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Attalia

Fr. Leo Walega was elected Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

Fr. Karol Józef Fischer was elected Titular Bishop of Mallus and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Bishop Joseph Weber, C.R., Titular Bishop of Temnus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Darnis

Bishop Karol Antoni Niedziałkowski, Titular Bishop of Samos and Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev (Belarus), was appointed as Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine) and Apostolic Administrator of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Fr. Domenico Darmanin was elected Bishop of Syros (Greece)

Bishop Teodoro Antonio Polito resigned as Bishop of Syros (Greece)

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Tonking (Vietnam)

Fr. Pierre-Paulin Andrieu was elected Bishop of Marseille (France)

Fr. Louis-Ernest Dubois was elected Bishop of Verdun (France)

Archbishop François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy, Bishop of La Rochelle (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

Bishop-elect François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire was confirmed as Bishop of Périgueux (France)

Bishop-elect Joseph-François-Ernest Ricard was confirmed as Bishop of Angoulême (France)

Bishop-elect Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet was confirmed as Bishop of Mende (France)

Bishop-elect Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix was confirmed as Bishop of Tarentaise (France)

Bishop-elect Emile-Paul-Angel-Constant Le Camus was confirmed as Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Bishop-elect Emmanuel-François Canappe was confirmed as Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)

Cardinal Bartolomeo Bacilieri, Bishop of Verona (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola

Cardinal Giulio Boschi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna

Cardinal Felice Cavagnis was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria ad Martyres

Cardinal Donato Maria Dell’Olio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina

Cardinal Francesco Salesio Della Volpe was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro

Cardinal Casimiro Gennari was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

Patriarch Carlo Nocella, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Patriarch of Antioch, was appointed as Patriarch of Constantinople

Cardinal Agostino Gaetano Riboldi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Cardinal Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro

Cardinal Luigi Tripepi was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica

Archbishop Lorenzo Passerini, Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais antea Syis and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, was promoted as Patriarch of Antioch

Cardinal Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Bishop of Urgell (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Cardinal Antonio María Cascajares y Azara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain)

Archbishop José María Justo Cos y Macho, Archbishop-Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain)

Bishop Ramón Ríu y Cabanas, Titular Bishop of Tamassus and Apostolic Administrator of Solsona (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Fr. Jean-Marie Mérel (梅致遠), M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Guangdong 廣東 (China) and Titular Bishop of Orcistus

Archbishop Alessandro de Risio, C.SS.R., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Severina (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop-elect William Henry O’Connell resigned as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Fr. Pio Claudio Nesi, O.F.M., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Olena and Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China)

Msgr. Giacomo della Chiesa, Priest of Genova (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Apostolic Secretariat

Archbishop Pietro Gasparri, Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador and Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia in commendum

Archbishop Isacco Isakowicz, Archbishop of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine), passed away at 76

Colonel Louis-Martin de Courten resigned as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Fr. Pio Claudio Nesi, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China), passed away

Bishop Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz, Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland), passed away at 75

Fr. Gregorio Nazianzeno Hoyos was elected Bishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Fr. Antonio Bonfadini, O.F.M., was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Miguel Mariano Luque y Ayerdi, Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico), passed away at 62

Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery, Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Maxime Decelles succeeded as Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Blessed Bishop Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), passed away at 77

Fr. John Joseph O’Connor was elected Bishop of Newark (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey (Benin)

Apostolic Prefecture of Gold Coast was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast (Ghana)

Fr. Louis-Auguste Dartois, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Temnus and Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin)

Fr. Maximilien Albert, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)

Bishop-elect Maximilien Albert, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Adriani

Fr. Gaetano Bisleti was appointed as Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo, Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Diocese of Altoona was established (from Diocese of Harrisburg and Diocese of Pittsburgh and became suffragan of Philadelphia) (USA)

Fr. Eugene Augustine Garvey was elected Bishop of Altoona (USA)

Lieutenant Colonel Silvester Kost was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Blessed Fr. Francisco de Asís Arias Rivas was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Melitón Martínez Gómez was appointed as Priest of Guadix (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Herminio Motos Torrecillas was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Juan Ortega Uribe was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Lieutenant Colonel Leopold Meyer von Schauensee, Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard, was appointed as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop Paolo Tosi, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Punjab (Pakistan), passed away at 75

Bishop Francisco do Rego Maia, Bishop of Niterói (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão, Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Alagôas (Brazil)

Bishop Biagio Pisani, Titular Bishop of Cæsarea, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Naupactus

Fr. Peter James Muldoon was elected Titular Bishop of Tamassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Teodoro Antonio Polito was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfù (Greece)

Fr. Alfonso Archi was elected Titular Bishop of Gaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Bishop Antonio José Gomes Cardoso, Titular Bishop of Arethusus and Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique), was appointed as Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola)

Fr. Raffaele Virili was elected Titular Bishop of Troas

Bishop Domenico Cumino, Bishop of Biella (Italy), passed away at 63

Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie) (Canada)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie and became suffragan of Saint-Boniface) (Canada)

Bishop Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Athabaska Mackenzie (Canada), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Athabaska (Canada)

Archbishop Paul-François-Marie Goethals, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India), passed away at 68

Fr. Henry O’Neill was elected Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

Archbishop Fulgenzio Czarev, O.F.M., Archbishop-Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia), passed away at 75

Msgr. Alessandro Bavona was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador and Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia

Fr. Venceslao Frind was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) and Titular Bishop of Gadara

Apostolic Prefecture of Araucanía was established (from Diocese of Concepción and Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud) (Chile)

Fr. Michael Kelly was elected Titular Archbishop of Acrida and Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Msgr. Alessandro Bavona, Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador and Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia, was elected Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus

Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Sahara and Sudan) (Algeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Sahara and Sudan was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa) (Mali)

Bishop Giovanni Antonio Hofman (賀廣才), O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shanxi 山西南境 (China)

Fr. Henri Maquet (馬澤軒), S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Amathus and Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南 (China)

Fr. Alberto Odorico Timmer (翟宇仁), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu 潞安府 (China) and Titular Bishop of Drizipara

Fr. Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Adramyttium

Fr. Peregrin-François Stagni, O.S.M., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Mission sui juris of Kasaï Supérieur was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Frantisek Borgia Krásl was elected Titular Bishop of Helenopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Hippolyte Louis Bazin was elected Titular Bishop of Thacia Montana and Vicar Apostolic of French Sudan (Mali)

Cardinal Antonio María Cascajares y Azara, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain), passed away at 67

Fr. Remigio Guido Barbieri, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

Bishop James Bellord resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

Bishop John Moore, Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA), passed away at 66

Bishop-elect Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, O.M.I., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada)

Bishop Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard, Bishop of Annecy (France), passed away at 81

Fr. Luigi Canali, O.F.M. Obs., was elected Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais antea Syis

Bishop José María Villalba, Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia), passed away

Archbishop Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. Obs., resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Cortona (Italy)

Fr. Grégoire Pierre Habra was elected Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Fr. António Moutinho was elected Titular Bishop of Argos and Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique)

Bishop Victor-Joseph Doutreloux, Bishop of Liège (Belgium), passed away at 64

Bishop Pietro Cappellari, Bishop emeritus of Concordia (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M., was elected Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil)

Fr. Thomas James Conaty, Priest of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Samos

Fr. Boghos Sabbaghian was elected Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

Fr. Clément Ghazarossian was elected Bishop of Ancyra of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Mathieu Sislian was elected Bishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Bishop Pietro Paolo de Marchi (馬天恩), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung 山東北境 (China), passed away at 62

Fr. Eduard Herrmann was elected Titular Bishop of Cybistra postea Herculea and Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop Charles Marbach resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Bishop Francesco d’Albore, Bishop of Monopoli (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis

Fr. John Mary Dunne was elected Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

Fr. Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Metz (France)

Bishop Félix Biet (畢天榮), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China), passed away at 62

Bishop Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau (倪德隆), M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China)

Bishop Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman, Bishop of San José (Costa Rica), passed away at 51

Bishop-elect Clément Ghazarossian was confirmed as Bishop of Ancyra of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Jean Muradian was elected Bishop of Marasc of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Bishop Luigi Maria Canestrari, Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (Italy), passed away at 58

Bishop José Mora y del Rio, Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Bishop Maximiano Reynoso y del Corral resigned as Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Bishop Donato Sbarretti, Bishop of La Habana (Cuba), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Gortyna and Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

Bishop José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez, Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Francesco Lichtensteiger, Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 76

Bishop Evangelista di Milia, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Lecce (Italy), passed away at 59

Bishop Andrea Maria Sterk, Bishop of Trieste (Italy) and Bishop of Koper (Slovenia), passed away at 74

Bishop-elect Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B., was confirmed as Bishop of Metz (France)

Blessed Fr. Eduardo Valverde Rodríguez was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Mattia Dvornik was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Bishop Anthony Butler, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana (Guyana), passed away at 71

Archbishop Cesare Sambucetti resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria

Bishop Vincenzo Manicardi, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy), passed away at 76

Bishop Martin Crane, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia), passed away at 83

Bishop Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A., succeeded as Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Bishop Rómulo Betancourt y Torres, Bishop of Campeche (Mexico), passed away at 43

Fr. Franz Zorn von Bulach was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France) and Titular Bishop of Erythræ

Bishop Pasquale Appodia, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine), passed away at 67

Bishop William Robert Brownlow, Bishop of Clifton (England), passed away at 71

Bishop Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin (Vietnam), passed away at 62

Bishop Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret, Bishop of Monaco (Monaco), passed away at 79

Fr. Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Joaquim Silvério de Sousa was elected Titular Bishop of Bagis and Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Fr. Flavien Kfoury was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Blessed Archbishop Tommaso Reggio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), passed away at 83

Fr. Clemente Malouf, B.S., was elected Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O., resigned as Bishop of Nottingham (England)

Fr. Giovanni Aelen, M.H.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Themisonium and Coadjutor Archbishop of Madras (India)

Bishop Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard, Bishop of Carcassonne (France), passed away at 72

Bishop Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro, Bishop of Lamego (Portugal), passed away at 53

Bishop Giovanni Battista Bongiorni, Bishop emeritus of Caltagirone (Italy), passed away at 71

Bishop Robert Brindle, Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), was appointed as Bishop of Nottingham (England)

Bishop Franz Xaver von Zottman, Bishop emeritus of Tiraspol (Moldova), passed away at 75

Abbot Leopold Wackarz, O. Cist., Abbot General emeritus of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians), passed away at 82

Blessed Fr. Narcyz Putz was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Thomas Mathias Lenihan, Bishop of Cheyenne (USA), passed away at 58

Fr. Martin-Hubert Rutten was elected Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Archbishop Donato Sbarretti, Titular Archbishop of Gortyna and Apostolic Delegate to Philippines, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ephesus

Fr. Gyula Városy was elected Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

Bishop István Vilmos, Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

Fr. Giuseppe Gamba was elected Bishop of Biella (Italy)

Fr. Arturo Marchi was elected Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy)

Bishop Eduardo Pulciano, Bishop of Novara (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

Fr. Michele Angelo Baldetti was elected Bishop of Cortona (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P., was elected Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy)

Fr. Gennaro Trama was elected Titular Bishop of Capharnaum

Bishop Mattia Vicario, Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Fr. Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék was elected Bishop of Győr (Hungary)

Fr. Wolfgang Radnai was elected Titular Bishop of Europus and Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Fr. Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó was elected Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior and Apostolic Administrator of Solsona (Spain)

Bishop Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Bishop of Jaén (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Bishop Juan Soldevilla y Romero, Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain)

Fr. José María Salvador y Barrera was elected Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain)

Fr. Giuseppe Teodorowicz was elected Archbishop of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine)

Saint Fr. Josep Manyanet i Vives, S.F., Founder of Sons of the Holy Family of Jesus Mary and Joseph, passed away at 68

Archbishop Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chieti (Italy), passed away at 71

Blessed Fr. Aurelio Leyva Garzón was appointed as Priest of Guadix (Spain)

Fr. Pascal Campana, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Lower Congo in Cubango (Angola), passed away at 52

Bishop Salvador Castellote y Pinazo, Bishop of Menorca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Bishop Ramón Ríu y Cabanas, Bishop of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 49