Nominations and Resignations

Fr. Manuel Antonio López de Mesa was elected Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

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

Abbot Ildefons Schober, O.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

Abbot Innocent Wolf, O.S.B., resigned as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Bishop Stefano Pribek de Ville, Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), passed away at 88

Archbishop Bernard of Jesus Arginzonis y Astobiza, O.C.D., resigned as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Alexander Kattakayam, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia)

Br. James Aloysius Hoare, C.F.C., Superior General emeritus of Christian Brothers, passed away at 89

Cardinal Domenico Ferrata was appointed as Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Cardinal Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to United States of America

Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro, Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Archbishop Carlo Caputo was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy)

Abbot Silvano de Stefano, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Msgr. Domenico Mustafà resigned as Director Master of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel

Fr. Lorenzo Perosi was appointed as Director Master of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel

Msgr. Vincenzo Tarozzi resigned as Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters

Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)

Fr. Marcellino da Vallarsa resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Syria and Cilicia (Syria)

Abbot Peter Engel, O.S.B., was appointed as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Simone Maria Bernardini, O. Carm., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

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

Fr. Václav Horák, O. Cr., resigned as Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star

Fr. František Xaver Marat, O. Cr., was appointed as Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star

Fr. Pius Maria Mayer, O. Carm., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

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

Br. Hilarius Martens, C.S.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Br. Timotheus Scheffer, C.S.A., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Bishop Francesco Trotta, Bishop of Teramo (Italy), was promoted as

Fr. Vilmos Batthyány was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia) and Titular Bishop of Titopolis

Bishop Victor Gaetano Sinibaldi, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Allahabad (India), passed away at 57

Bishop Aurelio Zonghi, Bishop of Jesi (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis

Fr. Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusus and Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Lugari was appointed as Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini (翁德明), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan 湖南南境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Synaus

Fr. Matteo Gaughren, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Tentyris and Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange (South Africa)

Diocese of Sioux City was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque and became suffragan of Dubuque) (USA)

Bishop José María Massia, O.F.M., Bishop of Loja (Ecuador), passed away at 87

Cardinal Donato Maria Dell’Olio, Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), passed away at 54

Fr. Odorico Giuseppe Rizzi, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Adraha and Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China)

Bishop Felice de Siena, Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy), passed away at 55

Bishop Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hipæpa

Fr. Jaime-Maria Martinez y Cabanas was elected Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras)

Bishop Francesco Trotta was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Gortyna

Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

Cardinal Agostino Ciasca, O.E.S.A., Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, passed away at 66

Bishop Antonio Colomer, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Tonking (Vietnam), passed away at 69

Bishop Maximino Velasco, O.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Tonking (Vietnam)

Bishop Antonio Dias Ferreira, Bishop emeritus of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola), passed away at 61

Bishop Francesco di Costanzo, Titular Bishop of Eudocias and Auxiliary Bishop of Tricarico (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Monopoli (Italy)

Bishop Gennaro Trama, Titular Bishop of Capharnaum, was appointed as Bishop of Lecce (Italy)

Fr. Ricardo Sanz de Samper y Campuzano was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Diocese of Piaui was established (from Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Fr. Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría was elected Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Diocese of Medellín was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín (with suffragan sees Antioquía and Manizales) (Colombia)

Bishop Joaquín Pardo-Vergara, Bishop of Medellín (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Porrati, Bishop of Bobbio (Italy), passed away at 76

Bishop Tommaso Cirielli, Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Grosgeorge, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Cambodia (Cambodia), passed away at 55

Bishop José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M., Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Bishop Petrus von Hötzl, O.F.M., Bishop of Augsburg (Germany), passed away at 65

Fr. Luigi Piccardo was elected Titular Bishop of Capharnaum and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. George Ambrose Burton was elected Bishop of Clifton (England)

Fr. Agapito Augusto Fiorentini (鳳朝瑞), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Rusadus

Fr. Maximilian von Lingg was elected Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Fr. Brice Meuleman, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Fr. Pierre-Xavier Mugabure (ピエール・ザヴィーエ・ムガブル), M.E.P., was elected Titular Archbishop of Sagalassus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Fr. Bernardine Thomas Edward Clark, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Tingis and Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates)

Fr. Ghulian Hussig was elected Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Philip Joseph Garrigan was elected Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Fr. Damien Grangeon, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin (Vietnam)

Cardinal Jakob Missia, Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy), passed away at 63

Fr. William John Kenny was elected Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

Archbishop Charles Petre Eyre, Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland), passed away at 84

Bishop Herculano López de la Mora, Bishop of Sonora (Mexico), passed away at 71

Fr. João Francisco Braga was elected Bishop of Niterói (Brazil)

Bishop José Ramón Ibarra y González, Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Puebla–Tlaxcala (Mexico)

Fr. Giovanni Barcia was elected Titular Bishop of Croia

Bishop-elect Giovanni Barcia was uncanonically appointed as Ordinary of Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Ordinary of Silicia of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Patriarch Pierre IV Géraigiry [Géraijiry], Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 60

Diocese of Mixtecas was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala and without ecclesiastical province) (Mexico)

Cardinal Agostino Gaetano Riboldi, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy), passed away at 63

Ms. Orosia de Jaca was canonised by equipollence

Ms. Ève de Saint-Martin was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Antonio Maria Roveggio, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (Sudan), passed away at 43

Fr. Compton Theodore Galton, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Petinessus and Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana (Guyana)

Msgr. Giacomo Poletto was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Luigi Boschi was elected Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy)

Bishop Raniero Sarnari resigned as Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy)

Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA), passed away at 62

Saint Fr. Agostino Roscelli, Priest of Genova (Italy), passed away at 83

Diocese of Saint-Pierre was renamed as Diocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

Bishop Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont, Bishop of Saint-Pierre (Martinique), was appointed as Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

Archbishop John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti, Archbishop emeritus of Bucureşti (Romania), passed away at 55

Fr. Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour was elected Bishop of Carcassonne (France)

Fr. Pierre-Lucien Campistron was elected Bishop of Annecy (France)

Bishop Domenico Maria Valensise, Bishop of Nicastro (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus

Fr. John Baptist Pitaval was elected Titular Bishop of Sora and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Blessed Fr. Emmanuel Gómez González was appointed as Priest of Feldkirch (Austria)

Archbishop Hubert Theophil Simar, Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 66

Fr. Joseph Francis Rummel was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Bishop Philip Schelfhaut, C.SS.R., was appointed as Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

Bishop Mihai Pavel, Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 74

Fr. Franz Xaver Nagl was elected Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

Bishop Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I., succeeded as Bishop of Saint Albert (Canada)

Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I., Bishop of Saint Albert (Canada), passed away at 73

Bishop Aleksandras Kazimieras Beresnevičius (Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz), Bishop of Kujawy–Kaliska (Poland), passed away at 78

Bishop Anton Johann Zerr resigned as Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova)

Bishop Michel Rosset, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France), passed away at 71

Fr. Eduard Baron von der Ropp was elected Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova)

Cardinal Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště, Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio

Bishop-elect Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour was confirmed as Bishop of Carcassonne (France)

Bishop-elect Pierre-Lucien Campistron was confirmed as Bishop of Annecy (France)

Bishop-elect Maximilian von Lingg was confirmed as Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

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

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Pietro Maffi was elected Titular Bishop of Cæsarea and Auxiliary Bishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Cardinal Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino

Abbot Benedetto Bonazzi, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

Fr. Guido Maria Conforti was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Festa was elected Titular Bishop of Capitolias

Fr. Andreas Jordán was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

Fr. Pasquale Morganti was elected Bishop of Bobbio (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Régine was elected Titular Bishop of Ascalon

Bishop Giovanni Battista Ricci, Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Fr. Federico de Martino was elected Titular Bishop of Hephæstum

Fr. Antonio Di Tommaso was elected Titular Bishop of Eudocias

Fr. Michele Lucibello was elected Titular Bishop of Thermæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Amalfi (Italy)

Bishop Raniero Sarnari was appointed as Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy)

Fr. Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea

Fr. João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro (鮑理諾), Priest of Angra (Portugal), was elected Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Cardinal Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, Bishop of Kraków (Poland), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Fr. Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki was elected Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

Bishop José Manuel de Carvalho (嘉惠勞), Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau), was appointed as Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Bishop Francisco José Ribeiro Vieira e Brito, Bishop of Angra (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Bishop Joan Josep Laguarda i Fenollera, Titular Bishop of Titopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Fr. Juan Torres Ribas was elected Bishop of Menorca (Spain)

Bishop-elect Damien Grangeon, M.E.P., was confirmed as Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Uthina

Fr. James John Keane was elected Bishop of Cheyenne (USA)

Bishop François-Antoine Jauffret, Bishop of Bayonne (France), passed away at 68

Bishop-elect Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D., Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea, was appointed as Bishop of Teramo (Italy)

Bishop Máedóc of Ferns (Aidan), Bishop-Abbot nullius of Ferns (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Albert of Cashel was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Carthage of Lismore, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Lismore (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Ciarán of Saigir (Kieran) was canonised by equipollence

Abbot Kevin of Glendalough, Abbot nullius of Glenndálocha (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Colman of Cloyne, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Cloyne (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Colmán of Dromore, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Dromore (Northern Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Colman mac Duagh, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Kilmacduagh (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Abbot Comgall of Bangor was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Conleth of Kildare, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Kildare (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Declan of Ardmore, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Ardmore (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Eugene, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Ardstraw (Northern Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Fachtna of Ross, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Ross (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Felim of Kilmore was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Finbarr of Cork, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Cork (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Finnian of Clonard, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Clonard (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Flannán mac Toirrdelbaig, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Killala (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Jarlath mac Loga, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Tuam (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Laserian of Leighlin (Molaise), Bishop-Abbot nullius of Leighlin (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Mac Nisse of Connor, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Connor (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Macartan of Clogher, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Clogher (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Muredach of Killala, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Killala (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Nath Í of Achonry, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Achonry (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Br. Oran of Iona was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Asicus of Elphin, Bishop-Abbot nullius of Elphin (Ireland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Federico de Martino, Titular Bishop of Hephæstum, was appointed as Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy)

Bishop Salvatore Angelo de Martis, O. Carm., Bishop of Galtellì–Nuoro (Italy), passed away at 84

Bishop Alfonso Maria de la Cruz Sardinas, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Huánuco (Peru), passed away at 60

Archbishop Aurelio Zonghi, Bishop emeritus of Jesi (Italy), passed away at 72

Archbishop Cyrille Géha [Jahâ], Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Lieutenant Colonel Silvester Kost resigned as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop Tullio Sericci, Bishop of Comacchio (Italy), passed away at 73

Fr. Agostino Sayeghian was elected Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Tescari, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez was elected Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico)

Cardinal Lőrinc Schlauch, Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati and Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania), passed away at 78

Archbishop Patrick Augustine Feehan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA), passed away at 72

Fr. Efrem Giesen (申永福), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Paltos and Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung 山東北境 (China)

Fr. Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Paralais and Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)

Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Cardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D., resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

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

Archbishop Arsène Aïdynian, C.M.V., Superior General of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Vienna, passed away at 77

Archbishop Thomas William Croke, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland), passed away at 78

Cardinal Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Poznań (Poland) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, passed away at 79

Cardinal José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc., Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Panemotichus and Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Archbishop Thomas Fennelly succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland)

Cardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D., was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Bishop Simeón Pereira y Castellón succeeded as Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

Bishop Francisco Ulloa y Larios, Bishop emeritus of León (Nicaragua), passed away at 82

Diocese of Lead was established (from Diocese of Sioux Falls and became suffragan of Saint Paul) (USA)

Bishop John Aloysius Maguire, Titular Bishop of Trocmadæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland), was promoted as Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Bishop Thomas Francis Barry succeeded as Bishop of Chatham (Canada)

Bishop James Rogers resigned as Bishop of Chatham (Canada)

Fr. Gregorio Antoniucci (安廷相), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (China), passed away at 55

Fr. Ibrahin Addai-Scher was elected Bishop of Seert of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Fr. André Abellon, O.P., was beatified by equipollence

Archbishop Giacomo Merizzi, Titular Archbishop of Ancyra, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Archbishop Giulio Tonti, Apostolic Administrator of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil and Titular Archbishop of Ancyra

Bishop José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez, Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico)

Fr. Jacques-Eugene Manna was elected Titular Bishop of Thabbora

Archbishop Henri-Victor Altamayer, O.P., Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia and Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Synnada

Fr. John Stariha was elected Bishop of Lead (USA)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Guidi was elected Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis

Fr. Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz was elected Bishop of Sonora (Mexico)

Bishop Tomás Bryan y Livermore, Bishop of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 77

Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Zanguebar was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Zanguebar (Tanzania)

Fr. Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguana, C.M., was elected Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

Fr. Cassian Spiß, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Ostracine and Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar (Tanzania)

Fr. Maurus Hartmann, O.S.B., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar (Tanzania)

Bishop John Murphy Farley, Titular Bishop of Zeugma and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mariana Islands was established (from Diocese of Cebu) (Northern Mariana Islands)

Bishop Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz, Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania), was appointed as Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

Bishop George Thomas Montgomery, Bishop of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Auxume and Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

Saint Fr. Gaetano Catanoso was appointed as Priest of Reggio Calabria (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Manuel González-Serna Rodríguez was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Bishop Stefano Scarella (司德望), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China), passed away at 60

Abbot Agostino Stöckli, O. Cist., Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria), passed away at 44

Archbishop Donato Sbarretti resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Guidi was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

Bishop Angelo Maria Meraviglia Mantegazza, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Alfonso Archi, Titular Bishop of Gaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Comacchio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Archbishop Diomede Falconio, O.F.M., Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to United States of America

Lieutenant Colonel Johann Baptist Imoberdorf was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Fr. Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia)

Bishop Giovanni Régine, Titular Bishop of Ascalon, was appointed as Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

Archbishop Leopoldo Franchi, Bishop emeritus of Livorno (Italy), passed away at 76

Bishop Athanase Nasser, Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt), passed away

Bishop William Vaughan, Bishop of Plymouth (England), passed away at 88

Archbishop Jules-Basile Kandelaft, Titular Bishop of Ioppe and Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Palmyra

Bishop Charles Maurice Graham succeeded as Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Fr. Santiago Luis Copello was appointed as Priest of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop Bernardo Cozzucli, Bishop of Nicosia (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D., was elected Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

Fr. Manuel Antonio López de Mesa was consecrated as Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

Fr. Pierre Rougeyron, S.M., Pro-Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), passed away at 85

Bishop Eduard Jan Brynyck, Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia), passed away at 56

Cardinal Gaetano Aloisi Masella, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede and Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, passed away at 76

Bishop Giuseppe Barillari, Coadjutor Bishop of Cariati (Italy), passed away at 55

Archbishop John MacEvilly, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland), passed away at 84

Bishop Antoni Baranowski (Antanas Baranauskas), Bishop of Augustów (Poland), passed away at 67

Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, was appointed as Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria

Cardinal Domenico Ferrata, Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Fr. Hormisdas Etienne Djibri was elected Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans and Auxiliary Bishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop James Laird Patterson, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 80

Bishop Raffaele Celedón, Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia), passed away at 69

Bishop Bartholomew Woodlock, Bishop emeritus of Ardagh (Ireland), passed away at 83

Bishop Francesco Giordani, Bishop of Alatri (Italy), passed away at 70

Bishop Teodosio Maria Gargiulo, Bishop of Oria (Italy), passed away at 57

Bishop Filippo Genovese, Titular Bishop of Sarepta, passed away at 70

Fr. Norbert Weber, O.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch New Guinea was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia) (Indonesia)

Archbishop Donato Sbarretti was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland

Bishop Pietro Monti, Bishop of Tivoli (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Antiochia