Nominations and Resignations

Fr. Joseph Antunes, C.S.Sp., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

Fr. Eméry Cambier, C.I.C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O., Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France), was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Fr. Marcel Beguin was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

Fr. Louis Pignol resigned as Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

Fr. Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Fr. Dominic Reuter, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Fr. Franz Xavier Wernz, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. Eugenio Pacelli, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Giovanni Maria Santarelli was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy)

Fr. Pacifico da Seggiano Carletti (Celso), O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Bishop Guglielmo Stagno di Alcontres, Auxiliary Bishop of Messina (Italy), passed away at 63

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

Fr. Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Giuseppe Bevilacqua da Barrafranca, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya), passed away

Fr. Paul Abu-Mourad was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. Eugen Englert, S.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of German Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Joseph Forestier, S.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Blessed Fr. Roman Archutowski was appointed as Priest of Warszawa (Poland)

Fr. Lorenzo Caratelli, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, was appointed as President of Commission for the Patrimony of the Holy See

Blessed Fr. Andrés Navarro Sierra was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Abbot Sébastien Wyart, O.C.S.O., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Archimandrite Youssef Kfoury, B.C., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

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

Archimandrite Basile Sawaïa, B.C., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

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

Fr. Henri Garriguet, P.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

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

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

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

Fr. Emidio Rossi, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. George M. Searle, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Francesco Vido, M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Archbishop Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary

Archbishop Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

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

Bishop Karol Rimely, Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia), passed away at 78

Archbishop Carlo Caputo, Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria

Bishop Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O., Titular Bishop of Hipæpa, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Trachea

Fr. Giovanni Battista Krapàc was elected Titular Bishop of Beograd and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Bishop René-Michel-Marie Fée, M.E.P., Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia), passed away at 47

Apostolic Prefecture of German Solomon Islands was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Prefecture of British Solomons was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of South Solomons (Solomon Islands)

Apostolic Prefecture of Benadir was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar) (Somalia)

Archbishop Antonio Belli, Bishop emeritus of Terni (Italy), passed away at 92

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

Bishop Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca, Bishop of Vitoria (Spain), passed away at 74

Fr. Paolo Schirò was elected Ordinary of Silicia of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Benda

Diocese of Joliette was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montréal and became suffragan of Montréal) (Canada)

Apostolic Prefecture of Shikoku 四国 was established (from Diocese of Osaka 大阪 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Fr. Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus, Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy)

Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Connor succeeded as Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Bishop Elzear Torreggiani, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Bishop Joseph-Simon-Herman Brunault succeeded as Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

Bishop Elphège Gravel, Bishop of Nicolet (Canada), passed away at 65

Cardinal Luigi Tripepi, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics, was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites

Fr. Celestino Endrici was elected Bishop of Trento (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Vico, Apostolic Delegate to Colombia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

Bishop-elect Celestino Endrici was confirmed as Bishop of Trento (Italy)

Diocese of Saint John’s, Newfoundland was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (with suffragan sees Harbour Grace and Western Newfoundland) (Canada)

Bishop Michael Francis Howley, Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

Bishop Neil McNeil, Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada)

Bishop-elect Georg Heinrich Kirstein was confirmed as Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Bishop Alfonso Maria Vespignani, Bishop of Cesena (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Augustine-Antoine Roy, M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Coimbatore (India)

Archbishop Enrico Carfagnini, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Gallipoli (Italy), passed away at 80

Fr. Georg Wuschanski was elected Titular Bishop of Samos and Prefect Apostolic of Lausitz (Germany)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Newfoundland was promoted as Diocese of Saint George’s (Canada)

Archbishop Antonio Buglione, Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy), passed away at 50

Archbishop Dominique Jacquet, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Iaşi (Romania), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Salamis

Msgr. Jose Alvarez (ホセ・アルバレス), O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku 四国 (Japan)

Bishop Anthony Durier, Bishop of Natchitoches (USA), passed away at 71

Bishop Joaquim Augusto de Barros, Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde), passed away at 66

Bishop Simon Aichner resigned as Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Fr. Isidore Klaus, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Tubunæ and Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)

Archbishop Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D., Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia

Fr. Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo, O.P., was elected Titular Archbishop of Titopolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

Fr. Thomas Francis Cusack, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Themiscyra and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Diocese of Fall River was established (from Diocese of Providence and became suffragan of Boston) (USA)

Fr. Peter Emmanuel Amigo was elected Bishop of Southwark (England)

Fr. William Stang was elected Bishop of Fall River (USA)

Bishop Aristide Cavallari, Titular Bishop of Philadelphia and Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy), was promoted as Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Bishop Vincenzo Molo, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Ticino (Switzerland), passed away at 70

Bishop Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B., Bishop of Leavenworth (USA), passed away at 69

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

Blessed Fr. Luigi Lenzini was appointed as Priest of Modena (Italy)

Fr. Michael Joseph Curley was appointed as Priest of Saint Augustine (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of New Hebrides was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of New Hebrides (Vanuatu)

Fr. Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S.M., Prefect Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu), was elected Titular Bishop of Terenuthis and Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu)

Bishop Stefano Porro, Auxiliary Bishop of Andria (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic of Patagonia Septentrional (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Magyddus, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sebastia

Bishop Julian Cáceres Negrón, Bishop emeritus of Ayacucho (Peru) and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 78

Archbishop Pedro Rafael González, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador), passed away at 64

Fr. Alfredo Peri-Morosini was elected Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (Switzerland) and Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia

Fr. Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Alaska (USA)

Fr. Jean Baptist Rene, S.J., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Alaska (USA)

Fr. Filippo Camassei was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos (Greece)

Fr. Apolinary Wnukowski was elected Bishop of Płock (Poland)

Fr. Josef Alois Kessler was elected Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova)

Archbishop Pietro Gasparri resigned as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Fr. Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba)

Bishop Thomas J. McRedmond, Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland), passed away at 65

Archbishop Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egypt), passed away at 73

Bishop Alexander Párvy, Titular Bishop of Carpasia and Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

Fr. Edward Aloysius Mooney was appointed as Priest of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Andrea Giacinto Longhin, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Treviso (Italy)

Bishop John Coffey, Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland), passed away at 68

Cardinal Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B. Cas., Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco and Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 90

Fr. Patrick Fenton was elected Titular Bishop of Amyclae and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Jules-François Philippe, M.S.F.S., Coadjutor Bishop emeritus of Vizagapatam (India), passed away at 68

Patriarch Boghos (Paul) Bédros XI Emmanuélian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 75

Fr. John Bernard Delaney was elected Bishop of Manchester (USA)

Bishop José Manuel de Carvalho (嘉惠勞), Bishop of Angra (Portugal), passed away at 59

Bishop Bonaventura Gargiulo, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of San Severo (Italy), passed away at 61

Bishop Pierre-Antoine-Paul Goux, Bishop of Versailles (France), passed away at 77

Bishop José Hevía y Campomanes, Bishop of Badajoz (Spain), passed away at 63

Fr. Hryhorii Khomyshyn (Григорій Xомишин) was elected Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Josef Altenweisel was elected Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Fr. Leopoldo Duarte e Silva was elected Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Fr. Fabiano Landi (畢世修), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tænarum and Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (China)

Bishop František Salesky Bauer, Bishop of Brno (Czechia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Archbishop Theodor Kohn, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pelusium

Fr. Émile Marie-Luc-Alphonse Barillon, M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Fernando Poo (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. Pedro Coll Armengol, C.M.F., Prefect Apostolic of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands (Equatorial Guinea), was elected Titular Bishop of Thignica and Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. Pavel Huyn was elected Bishop of Brno (Czechia)

Bishop Pascual Carrascosa y Gabaldón, Bishop of Ourense (Spain), passed away at 56

Fr. Giovanni Bonzano, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith

Bishop Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Salamanca (Spain), passed away at 56

Diocese of Great Falls was established (from Diocese of Helena and became suffragan of Oregon City) (USA)

Fr. Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P., resigned as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Blessed Fr. Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Blessed Fr. Torcuato Pérez López was appointed as Priest of Guadix (Spain)

Fr. Joseph John Fox was elected Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Bishop Elzear Torreggiani, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Armidale (Australia), passed away at 74

Bishop Bon-Arthur-Gabriel Mollien, Bishop of Chartres (France), passed away at 69

Fr. Carlo Chiarlo was appointed as Priest of Lucca (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Antonio García Padilla was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Juan Antonio López Pérez was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Blessed Fr. José Román García González was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Archbishop Juan Bautista Castro succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Archbishop Críspulo Uzcátegui, Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela), passed away at 59

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

Fr. Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M., was elected Bishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Fr. José Santiago Irala, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

Fr. Pedro Pablo Drinot y Piérola, SS.CC., was elected Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

Fr. Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Fr. Vincenzo Palunko was elected Titular Bishop of Rhodiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Split (Croatia)

Bishop James Moore, Bishop of Ballarat (Australia), passed away at 70

Fr. Joseph-Alfred Archambault was elected Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

Bishop Simon Aichner was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Theodosia

Fr. Ercolano Marini was elected Titular Bishop of Archelaïs and Auxiliary Bishop of Spoleto (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Roman Sitko was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Lieutenant Colonel Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop-elect Josef Altenweisel was confirmed as Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Fr. Mariano Holguin, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

Bishop Francesco Giacci, Titular Bishop of Nyssa and Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Marsi (Italy)

Fr. Joseph-Georges-Alexandre Courchesne was appointed as Priest of Nicolet (Canada)

Bishop Wolfgang Radnai, Titular Bishop of Europus and Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia), was appointed as Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Fr. Michael Fogarty was elected Archbishop-Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland)

Deacon Arialdo di Milano was canonised by equipollence

Archbishop Mélèce Fakkak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 74

Bishop Théotime Matthieu Verhaehen (德希聖), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 (China), passed away at 37

Archbishop Nicola Ghilardi, Archbishop of Lucca (Italy), passed away at 77

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Guidi, Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis and Apostolic Delegate to Philippines, passed away at 52

Fr. Aurelio Briante, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egypt), Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia and Titular Archbishop of Cyrene

Bishop Nicola Ranieri, O.F.M., Bishop of Norcia (Italy), passed away at 60

Fr. William Giles was elected Titular Bishop of Philadelphia

Archbishop Andrea Policarpo Timoni, Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye), passed away at 71

Bishop Carlo Bonajuti, Bishop of Pesaro (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Martín García y Alcocer, O.F.M., was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Bostra

Archbishop Benedetto Lorenzelli resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Archbishop Pietro Gonzalez Carlo Duval, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria), passed away at 70

Archbishop Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo, O.P., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Goffredo Pelckmans, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan), passed away at 50

Bishop Boghos Sabbaghian, Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt), was elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Fr. Giovanni Cazzani was elected Bishop of Cesena (Italy)

Fr. Augustin Henninghaus (韓寧鎬), S.V.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Yanzhoufu 兗州府 (China) and Titular Bishop of Hypæpa

Saint Fr. Justino Orona Madrigal was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Archbishop Juraj Császka, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 77

Bishop Antonio José Gomes Cardoso, Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola), passed away at 48

Blessed Fr. Antoni Beszta-Borowski was appointed as Priest of Drohiczyn (Poland)

Bishop Ramón Martínez y Vigil, O.P., Bishop of Oviedo (Spain), passed away at 63

Archbishop Augusto Bonetti, C.M., Titular Archbishop of Palmyra and Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople, passed away at 73

Bishop Reinaldo Toro, O.P., Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), passed away at 65

Bishop Dionisio Alessandri, Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Pierre-François Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Fr. Mathias Clement Lenihan was elected Bishop of Great Falls (USA)

Bishop Casimiro Piñera y Naredo, Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain), passed away at 67

Bishop Pierre-Joseph Geay resigned as Bishop of Laval (France)

Archbishop Nicolae Iosif Camilli, O.F.M. Conv., Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Iaşi (Romania)

Fr. Ambrose Agius, O.S.B., was elected Titular Archbishop of Palmyra and Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

Bishop Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez resigned as Bishop of Dijon (France)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver Island was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Victoria (Canada)

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

Abbot Bonifacio Oslaender, Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy), passed away at 67

Fr. John Patrick Carroll was elected Bishop of Helena (USA)

Fr. Teodoro Messaieh was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Diocese of Ancona e Umana was promoted as Archdiocese of Ancona e Umana (without ecclesiastical province) (Italy)

Cardinal Achille Manara, Bishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

Msgr. Francesco Ragonesi was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Colombia

Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie was established (from Diocese of Peterborough and became suffragan of Kingston) (Canada)

Apostolic Prefecture of Transvaal was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal (South Africa)

Msgr. Francesco Ragonesi, Apostolic Delegate to Colombia, was elected Titular Archbishop of Myra

Fr. Étienne-Marie Bonaventure, M.S.F.S., was elected Bishop of Nagpur (India)

Fr. William Miller, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Eumenia

Bishop Giovanni Jannoni, Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Benoit-Marius Bonnefoux, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

Fr. David Joseph Scollard was elected Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

Saint Fr. José Maria de Yermo y Parres, Priest of León (Mexico), passed away at 52

Bishop Francesco di Mento, Bishop of Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), passed away at 58

Fr. Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil)

Fr. Giovanni del Papa, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

Fr. Zenón Bustos y Ferreyra, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. James Joseph Davis was elected Titular Bishop of Milopotamus and Coadjutor Bishop of Davenport (USA)

Fr. Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Boba-Dilla was elected Titular Archbishop of Metymna and Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Archbishop Henry O’Callaghan, Bishop emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle (England), passed away at 77

Bishop Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas resigned as Bishop of León (Spain)

Saint Archbishop Guido Maria Conforti resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Manuel Navarro Martínez was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bas-Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 62

Bishop János Ivánkovits resigned as Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia)

Bishop John Mangan was appointed as Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland)

Bishop Donnino Donnini, Bishop of Arezzo (Italy), passed away at 71

Bishop Braulio Orúe Vivanco, Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba), passed away at 61

Bishop Gaetano Camillo Guindani (Guindari), Bishop of Bergamo (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Thomas Francis Lillis was elected Bishop of Leavenworth (USA)

Fr. Cornelius van de Ven was elected Bishop of Natchitoches (USA)

Bishop Luigi de Persiis, Bishop of Assisi (Italy), passed away at 69

Archbishop William Henry Elder, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA), passed away at 85

Archbishop Henry Moeller succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Bishop-elect Luís Silva Lezaeta was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta (Chile)

Fr. Felipe Salas Errázuriz resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta (Chile)

Archbishop Joaquín Pardo-Vergara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia), passed away at 61

Fr. Jan Nepomuk Weinlich was elected Titular Bishop of Proconnesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Carlo Wisnar was elected Titular Bishop of Callipolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Edoardo Carlo Gastone Pöttickh de Pettenegg, O.T., was elected Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis

Fr. Ludovít Szmrecsányi was elected Titular Bishop of Magyddus

Archbishop Benedetto Lorenzelli, Titular Archbishop of Sardes, was appointed as Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

Fr. Alessandro Lualdi was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

Cardinal Mario Mocenni, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina and Substitute for General Affairs emeritus of Apostolic Secretariat, passed away at 81

Fr. Carlo Castelli was elected Bishop of Bobbio (Italy)

Saint Archbishop Guido Maria Conforti was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Parma (Italy)

Bishop Pasquale Morganti, Bishop of Bobbio (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Volpi, Titular Bishop of Dionysias and Auxiliary Bishop of Lucca (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Arezzo (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Arista, C.O., was elected Titular Bishop of Nyssa and Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Mauri was elected Titular Bishop of Famagusta and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Achille Quadrozzi was elected Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy)

Fr. Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Pesaro (Italy)

Patriarch Boghos (Paul) Bédros XII Sabbaghian was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Fr. Manuel Rivera y Muñoz was elected Titular Bishop of Carpasia and Coadjutor Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico)

Fr. Francisco Ferreira da Silva was elected Titular Bishop of Syene and Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique)

Bishop Antonio Ayres de Gouvea, I.C., Titular Bishop of Bethsaida, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

Bishop António Moutinho, Titular Bishop of Argos and Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Fr. Eustaquio Ilundain y Esteban was elected Bishop of Ourense (Spain)

Fr. Julián de Diego y García Alcolea was elected Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

Bishop José Cadena y Eleta, Bishop of Segovia (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

Fr. Antolín López y Peláez was elected Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P., was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Francisco Javier Baztán y Urniza was elected Bishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Bishop Julián Miranda y Ristuer, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Fr. Félix Soto y Mancera was elected Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

Bishop Francisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Jaca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

Archbishop Nicola Piccirilli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Campagna (Italy)

Blessed Mother Marie de la Passion de Chappotin (Mary of the Passion / Helene-Marie-Philippine), F.M.M., Superior General of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, passed away at 65

Fr. Giovanni Maria Santarelli was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy)

Bishop Janos Majorosy, Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 73

Fr. Attanasio Melegro Savoya, B.C., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Paolo Giobbe was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre was elected Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico)

Bishop Alessandro Sauli, B., Bishop of Pavia (Italy), was canonised

Br. Gerardo Maiella, C.SS.R., was canonised

Fr. Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera was elected Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Fr. Angelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi was elected Titular Bishop of Europus and Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (Italy)

Mr. Charles de Blois was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Giovanni Tacci Porcelli, Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nicæa

Blessed Fr. Olinto Marella was appointed as Priest of Bologna (Italy)

Fr. Andrew James Louis Brennan was appointed as Priest of Scranton (USA)

Bishop Francisco Marvez, Bishop of Zulia (Venezuela), passed away at 65

Fr. Gaspare del Bufalo, C.PP.S., Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood, was beatified

Apostolic Prefecture of Caquetá was established (from Diocese of Pasto) (Colombia)

Bishop John Francis Regis Canevin succeeded as Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Bishop Richard Phelan, Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA), passed away at 76

Bishop Simeone Volonteri (安西滿), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 (China), passed away at 73

Bishop Lazare Miedia, Bishop of Sapë (Albania), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Areopolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Modest Everaerts (楊睦多), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tadama and Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 (China)

Bishop Luigi Piazzoli (和 / 安西滿), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), passed away at 59

Archbishop Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Stefano Bellesini, O.E.S.A., was beatified

Fr. Augustín Fischer-Colbrie was elected Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Košice (Slovakia)

Fr. Luigi Ferrari (Girolamo), B., Superior General emeritus of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), passed away at 73