Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Areopolis was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Areopolis (Jordan)

Bishop Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Fr. Gustave-Maria Blanche, C.I.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

Bishop Michel-Thomas Labrecque resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

Fr. Julien Banckaert was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M., Titular Archbishop of Bostra, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus

Fr. William Whitmee, S.A.C., resigned as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Bishop Julien Vidal, S.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of British Solomons (Solomon Islands)

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

Fr. Dionysius Schüler, O.F.M., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Fr. Maximilian Kugelmann, S.A.C., was appointed as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

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

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Emidio Taliani, Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary, was created

Fr. Francesco Maria Traina was elected Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Saint Fr. Luigi Orione, F.D.P., was appointed as Founder of Sons of Divine Providence and Superior General of Sons of Divine Providence

Bishop Paul-Raphaël Abi-Mourad was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Philip Mallouk resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. Jean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of British Solomons (Solomon Islands)

Archbishop Francesco Sogaro, F.S.C.I., was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Fr. Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters

Fr. Emmauel Bailly, A.A., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)

Fr. George Deshon, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. François Picard, A.A., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)

Fr. Euzebiusz Rejman, O.S.P.P.E., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Fr. Giuseppe Sommavilla, M.I., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Sr. Santa Clara Bray, R.J.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Sr. San Cirilo Reynier, R.J.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Bishop Tommaso Gomes de Almeida, Bishop of Guarda (Portugal), passed away at 66

Saint Fr. Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Gulstan Francis Ropert, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA), passed away at 63

Cardinal Serafino Cretoni, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics, was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites

Cardinal Luigi Tripepi was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics

Bishop James Edward Quigley, Bishop of Buffalo (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Isidoro Badía y Sarradel, Priest of Urgell (Spain), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Ascalon

Fr. Patrick Joseph O’Connor was elected Titular Bishop of Soli and Coadjutor Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Orange Free State was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange (South Africa)

Cardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum, Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery and Secretary of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition, passed away at 69

Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Bishop Ramón Torrijos y Gómez, Bishop of Badajoz (Spain), passed away at 61

Fr. John Francis Regis Canevin, Priest of Pittsburgh (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Sabrata and Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. Giuseppe Astuni was elected Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea

Archbishop Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. Obs., Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Cortona (Italy), passed away at 61

Fr. Federico Domenico Sala was elected Titular Bishop of Famagosta and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop James Rogers was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ombus

Archbishop Felix-Marie de Neckere, Titular Archbishop of Melitene, passed away at 78

Archbishop Giuseppe Elis Khayatt, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 46

Bishop Étienne-Auguste-Joseph-Louis Bardou, M.E.P., Bishop of Coimbatore (India), passed away at 68

Bishop Mariano Palermo, Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. Giordano Zaninovic, O.P., was elected Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Fr. Adrien Caussanel, S.J., was appointed as Founder of Brothers of the Sacred Heart

Fr. Charles Algernon Stanley was elected Titular Bishop of Emmaüs and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Angelo Michele Onorati, Bishop of Tricarico (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop John Healy, Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

Bishop Anton Hubert Fischer, Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)

Bishop Giovanni Privitera, Bishop of Patti (Italy), passed away at 58

Fr. Luca Canepa was elected Bishop of Galtellì–Nuoro (Italy)

Fr. Eugen Notz, O. Cist., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria)

Diocese of Cienfuegos was established (from Diocese of La Habana and became suffragan of Santiago) (Cuba)

Diocese of Pinar del Río was established (from Diocese of La Habana and became suffragan of Santiago) (Cuba)

Fr. Braulio Orúe Vivanco was elected Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Bishop of Cariati (Italy)

Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus), passed away at 54

Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv., was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nacolea

Bishop John Bilsborrow, Bishop of Salford (England), passed away at 66

Fr. Girolamo da Lione, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Syria and Cilicia (Syria)

Bishop Alessandro Toti, Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Giuseppe Benigno Perilla, Bishop of Tunja (Colombia), passed away at 71

Bishop Franz Wilhelm Cramer, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany), passed away at 88

Bishop Paolo Maria Barone, Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Melitene

Archbishop Ferdinando Capponi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy), passed away at 67

Bishop James Rogers, Bishop emeritus of Chatham (Canada), passed away at 76

Fr. Alexander Párvy was elected Titular Bishop of Carpasia and Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary)

Bishop Thomas James Conaty, Titular Bishop of Samos, was appointed as Bishop of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA)

Blessed Fr. Josep Joan Perot Juanmartí was appointed as Priest of Urgell (Spain)

Bishop Antônio Cândido Alvarenga, Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), passed away at 66

Bishop Gaetano Quattrocchi, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Serræ

Archbishop Manuel Vieira de Matos, Titular Archbishop of Mytilene, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

Fr. Benedetto Spila was elected Bishop of Alatri (Italy)

Fr. Dionisio Efrem Naccàsché was elected Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Etienne Apikian was elected Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaems, SS.CC., was elected Titular Bishop of Zeugma and Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA)

Bishop Giuseppe Masi, Ordinary of Silicia of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 77

Archbishop Pietro Maglione, Bishop emeritus of Capaccio–Vallo (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Ezechiel Francisco Soto, SS.CC., Bishop of Huaraz (Peru), passed away at 63

Apostolic Prefecture of Liberia was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone) (Liberia)

Archbishop Raffaele Sirolli, Bishop emeritus of Sora (Italy), Bishop emeritus of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Aquino (Italy), passed away at 62

Fr. James Browne, C.S.Sp., Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone), passed away at 66

Bishop Matteo Zannoni, Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia), passed away at 72

Bishop Guglielmo Giustini, Bishop of Loreto (Italy) and Bishop of Recanati (Italy), passed away at 57

Bishop Francesco Solano del Rísco, O.F.M., Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru), passed away at 74

Bishop John Joseph Glennon, Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City (USA), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Bishop Henry Moeller, Bishop of Columbus (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Areopolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Fr. Ismael Perdomo Borrero was elected Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Fr. Joseph Müller was elected Titular Bishop of Sarepta and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Archbishop Alphonse-Martin Larue, Bishop emeritus of Langres (France), passed away at 78

Bishop Enrico Pietro Delega Kossowski, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Kujawy–Kaliska (Poland), passed away at 75

Fr. Joshua Magnaghi, B., Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), passed away at 53

Blessed Bishop Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz, Bishop of Susa (Italy), passed away at 73

Fr. Rafael Amador y Hernández was elected Bishop of Mixtecas (Mexico)

Bishop Louis Olivieri, Bishop of Ajaccio (France), passed away at 68

Blessed Sr. Josepha Stenmanns (Hendrina), S.Sp.S., Founder of Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, passed away at 50

Fr. Jacques-Denis Peyramale, M.E.P., was appointed as Bishop of Coimbatore (India)

Bishop Johann Baptist Assmann, Military Vicar of Germany (Germany), passed away at 69

Bishop Jean-Marie Crochet, Bishop of Nagpur (India), passed away at 59

Fr. Francesco Bracci was appointed as Priest of Civita Castellana (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Andrés Iniesta Egea was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Jeremiah James Harty was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

Fr. Philip George Scher was appointed as Priest of Monterey–Fresno (USA)

Archbishop Gaetano Quattrocchi, Bishop emeritus of Mazara del Vallo (Italy), passed away at 52

Fr. Thomas O’Dea was elected Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

Fr. Charles Henry Colton, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Bishop Andrés Ferrero Malo, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Fr. Frederick Zadok Rooker was elected Bishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Bishop José Hevía y Campomanes resigned as Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Fr. Dennis Joseph Dougherty, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was elected Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Diocese of Vancouver Island was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver Island (with suffragan sees New Westminster and Mackenzie) (Canada)

Diocese of Baker City was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oregon City and became suffragan of Oregon City) (USA)

Bishop Bertram Orth, Bishop of Vancouver Island (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver Island (Canada)

Cardinal Herbert Alfred Vaughan, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) and Superior General of Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill, passed away at 71

Msgr. Gaetano De Lai was appointed as Secretary for Seminaries of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Archbishop Johannes Baptist Katschthaler, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Giuseppe Doubrava was elected Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Archbishop Anton Hubert Fischer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Antonio Agliardi was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery and Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum

Archbishop Andrea Aiuti, Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis and Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Beniamino Cavicchioni, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio and Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Bishop Pietro Maffi, Titular Bishop of Cæsarea and Auxiliary Bishop of Ravenna (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

Patriarch Carlo Nocella, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Patriarch of Constantinople, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi was elected Bishop of Loreto (Italy) and Bishop of Recanati (Italy)

Cardinal Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Francesco Satolli, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli, Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Archbishop Emidio Taliani, Titular Archbishop of Sebastia, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals and Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Archbishop Giuseppe Ceppetelli, Titular Archbishop of Myra and Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was promoted as Patriarch of Constantinople

Fr. Ferdinando Fiandaca was elected Bishop of Nicosia (Italy)

Fr. Ludovico Gavotti was elected Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Lazzareschi, Titular Bishop of Neocæsarea, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Iconium

Fr. Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Tricarico (Italy)

Fr. Prospero Scaccia was elected Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

Fr. Robert John Seton was elected Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis

Bishop Nicola Maria Audino, Bishop of Lipari (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)

Fr. Lorenzo Chieppa was elected Bishop of Cariati (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Di Tommaso, Titular Bishop of Eudocias, was appointed as Bishop of Oria (Italy)

Fr. Salvatore Frattocchi was elected Titular Bishop of Memphis and Auxiliary Bishop of Orvieto (Italy)

Fr. Carlo Marozio was elected Bishop of Susa (Italy)

Fr. Massimiliano Novelli was elected Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Maria Raiti, O. Carm., was elected Bishop of Lipari (Italy)

Fr. Mario Sturzo was elected Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Terroni was elected Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy)

Fr. José Alves de Mattos was elected Titular Archbishop of Mytilene

Archbishop Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O., Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Patriarch Cyrille VIII Géha [Jahâ] was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Apostolic Prefecture of Intendencias Orientales was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá in Colombia) (Colombia)

Cardinal Anton Hubert Fischer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Cardinal Beniamino Cavicchioni was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Cardinal Carlo Nocella was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto

Bishop Maximiano Reynoso y del Corral was appointed as Titular Bishop of Neocæsarea

Fr. Francisco Uranga y Sáenz was elected Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico)

Archbishop-elect José Alves de Mattos was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. Vasile Hossu was elected Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Demetriu Radu, Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Pavol Szmrecsányi, Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia), was appointed as Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania)

Bishop Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P., Bishop of Astorga (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Cartagena (Spain)

Bishop Mariano Cidad y Olmos, Titular Bishop of Archelaïs and Auxiliary Bishop of Valladolid (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

Fr. Ricardo Cortés y Cullel was elected Titular Bishop of Eudocias and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop José Hevía y Campomanes was appointed as Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

Fr. Charles Joseph O’Reilly was elected Bishop of Baker City (USA)

Fr. Francesco Maria Traina was consecrated as Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Mission sui juris of Kwango was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Mariano Cidad y Olmos, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), passed away at 59

Bishop Isidore Clut, O.M.I., Auxiliary Bishop of Athabaska (Canada), passed away at 71

Fr. Edward Francis Hoban was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Fr. José Amador Velasco y Peña was elected Bishop of Colima (Mexico)

Bishop Martín García y Alcocer, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Fr. Thomas Augustine Hendrick was elected Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Pope Leo XIII, Supreme Pontiff, passed away at 93

Archbishop Vincenzo di Giovanni, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), passed away at 70

Bishop Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.E.S.A., resigned as Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines)

Archbishop Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA), passed away at 59

Archbishop Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟) was appointed as Priest of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Bishop Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda, Bishop emeritus of Antioquía (Colombia), passed away at 80

Cardinal Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) and Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme, was elected Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Archbishop Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Pro-Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat

Fr. Aurelio Galli, Secretary to the Secretary of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes, was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes

Fr. Franz Xavier Geyer, F.S.C.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (Sudan) and Titular Bishop of Trocmades

Abbot Eugen Gebele, O.S.B., President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria, passed away at 67

Saint Pope Pius X was installed as Supreme Pontiff

Fr. Aristide Cavallari was elected Titular Bishop of Philadelphia and Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy)

Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (with suffragan see Mixtecas) (Mexico)

Bishop José Ramón Ibarra y González, Bishop of Puebla–Tlaxcala (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Bishop Marino Russo, Bishop of Marsi (Italy), passed away at 60

Archbishop Germanos Mouaqqad, M.S.P., was appointed as Founder of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul and Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul

Fr. Jacques-Denis Peyramale, M.E.P., Bishop of Coimbatore (India), passed away at 59

Bishop Louis-Callixte Lasserre, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Arabia (United Arab Emirates), passed away at 64

Cardinal Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O., Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

Fr. Louis Charles Casartelli was elected Bishop of Salford (England)

Bishop Sámuel Hetyey, Bishop of Pécs (Hungary), passed away at 57

Br. Giusto di Novalesa, O.S.B., was canonised by equipollence

Fr. Giovanni da Vercelli Garbella, O.P., Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Giovanni Righi, O.F.M., was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick was elected Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) and Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis

Bishop Francis Alphonsus Bourne, Bishop of Southwark (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Gaspard Josephus Bottemanne resigned as Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

Fr. Augustinus Josephus Callier was elected Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

Fr. Giovanni Menicatti (梅占魁), P.I.M.E., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Tanis

Fr. John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Amastris

Bishop Charles-Constant Jolivet, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Natal (South Africa), passed away at 77

Fr. Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada was elected Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Fr. Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Territorial Prelature of Santarém was established (from Diocese of Belém do Pará and without ecclesiastical province) (Brazil)

Archbishop Nicodario Vampa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Gaspard Josephus Bottemanne, Bishop emeritus of Haarlem (Netherlands), passed away at 80

Fr. Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel was elected Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

Bishop Ezechias Banci (南熙), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (China), passed away at 70

Bishop Eugenio Carlo Valussi, Bishop of Trento (Italy), passed away at 66

Archbishop Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop emeritus of Cariati (Italy), passed away at 83

Archbishop John Joseph Glennon succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Archbishop John Joseph Kain, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA), passed away at 62

Bishop Domenico Bucchi-Accica, Bishop of Orvieto (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Amédée-Jean-Baptiste Latieule, Bishop of Vannes (France), passed away at 65

Archbishop-elect Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Fr. Dimitrios Cadi [Qâdî] was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bas-Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville)

Cardinal Andrea Aiuti resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Archbishop Antonio Maria de Lorenzo, Bishop emeritus of Mileto (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Brondel, Bishop of Helena (USA), passed away at 62

Bishop Heinrich Brück, Bishop of Mainz (Germany), passed away at 72

Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek, Bishop of Płock (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus) and Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus)

Bishop Eduard Baron von der Ropp, Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova), was appointed as Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Bishop José de Camargo Barros, Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Vincenzo Pulisic was elected Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

Bishop Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick, Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Fr. Heinrich Vollmar was elected Military Vicar of Germany (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Pergamus

Bishop Giuseppe Callegari, Bishop of Padova (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)

Archbishop Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Titular Archbishop of Nicæa, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals and Pro-Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Gaetano De Lai, Secretary for Seminaries of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Cardinal Johannes Baptist Katschthaler, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in Parione

Cardinal Andrea Aiuti was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati

Cardinal Giuseppe Callegari, Bishop of Padova (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Emidio Taliani was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Bishop Giuseppe Apollonio, Bishop of Treviso (Italy), passed away at 74

Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and Pro-Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat, was appointed as Secretary of State of Secretariat of State and Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

Fr. Francisco García y López was elected Titular Bishop of Loryma and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Julián Miranda y Ristuer was elected Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

Diocese of Mixtecas was renamed as Diocese of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

Bishop Rafael Amador y Hernández, Bishop of Mixtecas (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

Bishop Étienne-Antoine-Alfred Lelong, Bishop of Nevers (France), passed away at 68

Msgr. Benedetto Melata was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Giuseppe Wilpert was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Blessed Fr. Miguel Borrero Picón was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Archbishop Felice Gialdini, Bishop emeritus of Montepulciano (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop John Baptist von Anzer (安治泰), S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shandong 山東南境 (China), passed away at 52

Bishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, Bishop of Green Bay (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Fr. Pierre-Macario Saba was elected Titular Bishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites, Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Fr. Georg Heinrich Kirstein was elected Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Apostolic Prefecture of Shiré was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa) (Malawi)

Fr. Auguste Prézeau was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Shiré (Malawi)

Bishop Federico Domenico Sala, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 61

Archbishop Teobaldo de Vienne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienne (France), was canonised by equipollence

Abbot Clair du Dauphiné was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Ferjus de Grenoble, Bishop of Grenoble (France), was canonised by equipollence

Archbishop Barnard de Vienne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienne (France), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Amédée de Lausanne, O. Cist., Bishop of Lausanne (Switzerland), was canonised by equipollence

Abbot Eldrado di Novalesa (Eldrade de la Novalaise), O.S.B., was canonised by equipollence

Abbot Hugues de Bonnevaux, O. Cist., was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Jean de Valence, O. Cist., Bishop of Valence (France), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Arey de Gap, Bishop of Gap (France), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Cérat de Grenoble, Bishop of Grenoble (France), was canonised by equipollence

Br. Just de Condat was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Étienne de Châtillon, O. Cart., Bishop of Die (France), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Ismidon de Sassenage, Bishop of Die (France), was canonised by equipollence

Abbot Léonien de Vienne was canonised by equipollence

Archbishop Isice de Vienne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienne (France), was canonised by equipollence

Archbishop Namatius de Vienne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienne (France), was canonised by equipollence

Fr. Aprus de Sens was canonised by equipollence

Cardinal Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 81

Fr. James Joseph Hartley was elected Bishop of Columbus (USA)

Archbishop Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Cuba), passed away at 61

Bishop Denis William Mary Bradley, Bishop of Manchester (USA), passed away at 57

Bishop Maximilien Albert, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana), passed away at 37

Msgr. Pietro Piacenza was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Blessed Fr. Clemente Marchisio, Priest of Torino (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Henri Delalle, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Natal (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Thugga

Blessed Fr. Diego Morata Cano was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Armand Olier, S.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga) and Titular Bishop of Tipasa

Fr. Juan Bautista Castro, Priest of Caracas (Venezuela), was elected Titular Archbishop of Serræ and Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)