Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Marocco was suppressed (Morocco)

Titular Metropolitan See of Pessinus (Armenian Rite) was established (Turkiye)

Fr. Felipe Salas Errázuriz, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile), passed away

Fr. Fedele da Montclar, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia)

Bishop Stefano Benedetto Paulovic-Lucich, Auxiliary Bishop of Split (Croatia), passed away at 80

Abbot Sigismund Stary, O. Praem., resigned as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Fr. Joseph Hiss, S.M., was appointed as Vicar General of Society of Mary (Marianists) and Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. Joseph Simler, S.M., resigned as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Bishop Vincenzo Addessi, Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Raffaele Bianchi, Bishop emeritus of Pienza (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Chiusi (Italy), passed away at 78

Msgr. Vincenzo Nussi resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Luigi Pericoli resigned as Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Fr. Luigi Biaschelli, C.PP.S., resigned as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. Domenico Pasqualigo, O.P., was appointed as Vice-Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Giacinto Petroni, C.PP.S., was appointed as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. Domenico Vicentini, C.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Fr. Bruno Schinxe, M.S.C., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands)

Bishop Vilmos Batthyány, Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

Fr. Alessandro dei Santi, O.SS.T., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Benadir (Somalia)

Blessed Fr. José Romero Ortega was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Abbot Columban Brügger, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) and President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland

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

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

Fr. Michel Baglin, O. Cart., resigned as Minister General of Carthusian Order (Carthusians)

Fr. René Herbault, O. Cart., was appointed as Minister General of Carthusian Order (Carthusians)

Fr. Jan Kasprzycki, C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

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

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

Fr. Pawel Smolikowski, C.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Br. Michael Titus Moylan, C.F.C., resigned as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Br. Calasanctius Whitty, C.F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Fr. Agathange de Vendôme Noury (François), O.F.M. Cap., and Fr. Cassien de Nantes Lopez Netto (Gonzalo Vaz), O.F.M. Cap., were beatified

Cardinal Benoît-Marie Langénieux, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France), passed away at 80

Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroun was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun (Cameroon)

Fr. Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Parætonium and Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon)

Fr. Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Rhaetia (Switzerland)

Archbishop Domenico Bucchi-Accica, Bishop of Orvieto (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 78

Fr. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (John Vianney), Priest of Lyon (France), was beatified

Fr. Leonard Stefan Deda, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Thagura and Coadjutor Bishop of Lezhë (Albania)

Fr. Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon was elected Titular Archbishop of Cabassa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Fr. François-Théophile-Zotique Racicot was elected Titular Bishop of Pogla and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Marek Križin (Márk Körösi / Marko Križevčanin) and 2 companions were beatified

Fr. Frediano Giannini, O.F.M., Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Syria, Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria) and Titular Archbishop of Serræ

Apostolic Vicariate of Goajira was established (from Diocese of Santa Marta) (Colombia)

Patriarch José Moreno y Mazón, Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), passed away at 79

Fr. Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi was elected Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Bassani was elected Titular Bishop of Delcus and Coadjutor Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Archbishop Domenico Fegatelli, Bishop emeritus of Rimini (Italy), passed away at 62

Bishop Salvatore Frattocchi, Titular Bishop of Memphis and Auxiliary Bishop of Orvieto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Orvieto (Italy)

Fra’ Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce, S.M.O.M., Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 77

Patriarch Luigi Piavi, O.F.M., Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), passed away at 71

Archbishop Joseph von Schork, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany), passed away at 75

Bishop Johann Baptist Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 64

Fr. Friedrich Philipp von Abert was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Bishop Eugenio Cano resigned as Bishop of Bosa (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Morticelli resigned as Bishop of Atri (Italy) and Bishop of Penne (Italy)

Fr. Alessandro Baravelli, B., Superior General emeritus of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), passed away at 77

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

Bishop Richard Preston, Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England), passed away at 48

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

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Bertagna, Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. William Timothy Cotter was elected Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth (England)

Fr. Augustín Alemany, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru)

Fr. Thomas Francis Hickey was elected Titular Bishop of Berenice and Coadjutor Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Bishop Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin, Bishop of Agen (France), passed away at 66

Fr. Ambrogio Luddi, O.P., was elected Bishop of Assisi (Italy)

Bishop Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick resigned as Coadjutor Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Bishop Joseph Higgins, Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Fra’ Galeazzo von Thun und Hohenstein, S.M.O.M., was appointed as Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Fr. Costanzo Castrale was elected Titular Bishop of Gaza

Archbishop Giovanni Tacci Porcelli resigned as Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Tavani, Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy), passed away at 73

Fr. José Correia Cardoso Monteiro was elected Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Archbishop Nilo Isworoff, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Constantinople of the Bulgarians (Turkiye) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 81

Bishop Giulio Meszlényi, Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania), passed away at 73

Bishop Joseph Georg von Ehrler, Bishop of Speyer (Germany), passed away at 71

Fr. Konrad von Busch was elected Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Bishop Odorico Giuseppe Rizzi, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China), passed away at 46

Fr. Antoine Martin, S.M., Superior General of Society of Mary (Marists), passed away at 82

Fr. Cyrillo de Paula Freitas was elected Titular Bishop of Eucarpia and Coadjutor Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Cardinal François-Désiré Mathieu was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop-elect Friedrich Philipp von Abert was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta, Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono and Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia in commendum, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

Cardinal Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo, Bishop of Como (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy)

Fr. Emilio Parodi, C.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Pessinus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Bishop Emanuele Merra, Bishop of Crotone (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

Fr. Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui was elected Titular Bishop of Dora and Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Bishop José Meseguer y Costa, Bishop of Lérida (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Fr. Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia was elected Bishop of León (Spain)

Fr. Richard Collins was elected Titular Bishop of Selinus and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (樊國樑), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (China), passed away at 67

Bishop Stanislas-François Jarlin (林懋德), C.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (China)

Fr. Jan Pacificus Bos, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Dutch Borneo (Indonesia)

Fr. Fabiano Antonio Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Fr. Cristoforo di Romagna, O.F.M., was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Giovanni Privilegio was elected Bishop of Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

Bishop Antoine-Marie-Joseph Usse, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Burma (Myanmar), passed away at 44

Archbishop Luigi Canali, O.F.M. Obs., Minister General emeritus of Order of Observant Friars Minor, passed away at 69

Apostolic Vicariate of Gansu 甘肅 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gansu 甘肅) (China)

Cardinal Andrea Aiuti, Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, passed away at 55

Diocese of Superior was established (from Diocese of Green Bay and Diocese of La Crosse and became suffragan of Milwaukee) (USA)

Bishop Joaquim Silvério de Sousa succeeded as Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Bishop João Antônio dos Santos resigned as Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Archbishop Isaac Hagian, Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians (Turkiye), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pessinus of the Armenians

Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia), passed away at 90

Msgr. Eugenio Pacelli, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Francesco Saverio Mangeruva, Bishop of Gerace (Italy), passed away at 82

Archbishop Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France), passed away at 76

Fr. Augustine Francis Schinner was elected Bishop of Superior (USA)

Fr. André-Etienne-Athanase Hermel, SS.CC., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia) and Titular Bishop of Casius

Bishop João Antônio dos Santos, Bishop emeritus of Diamantina (Brazil), passed away at 86

Bishop József Boltizár, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 84

Sr. Marie de la Rédemption, F.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Bishop Alexander Macdonell, Bishop of Alexandria in America (Canada), passed away at 71

Bishop-elect Konrad von Busch was confirmed as Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Fr. Giovanni Graziani was elected Titular Bishop of Carystus

Fr. Thomas Bossart, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) and President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland

Saint Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) and Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians), passed away at 65

Bishop José María Carpenter Aponte, Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 75

Archbishop Francesco Saverio de Hornstein, Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania), passed away at 65

Bishop José Lourenço da Costa Aguiar, Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil), passed away at 57

Bishop Ludwig Wahl, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Meißen (Germany) and Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Lausitz (Germany), passed away at 73

Bishop Edmund Knight, Bishop emeritus of Shrewsbury (England), passed away at 77

Bishop James Bellord, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Gibraltar (Gibraltar), passed away at 59

Bishop Ignacio Díaz y Macedo, Bishop of Tepic (Mexico), passed away at 52

Fr. Angelo Cattaneo (何安業), M.E.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Hippus and Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 (China)

Bishop Aloys-Joseph-Eugène Arnaud, Bishop of Fréjus (France), passed away at 70

Bishop Jean Hazera, Bishop of Digne (France), passed away at 67

Fr. Eduardo Maldonado Calvo was elected Bishop of Tunja (Colombia)

Bishop Manuel Fernández de Castro y Menéndez, Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain), passed away at 71

Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. Kazimierz Tomasz Sykulski was appointed as Priest of Radom (Poland)

Bishop Maxime Decelles, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), passed away at 56

Bishop Filemón Fierro y Terán, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico), passed away at 45

Fr. Domenico Pozzoni (師多敏), M.E.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tavium and Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Bishop Lorenzo Antonelli, Bishop of Venosa (Italy), passed away at 62

Blessed Fr. Manuel López Álvarez was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Louis-Auguste Dartois, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin), passed away at 44

Archbishop Francisco Mora y Borrell, Bishop emeritus of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA), passed away at 77

Fr. Giacomo Sereggi was elected Bishop of Sapë (Albania)

Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus), passed away at 54

Bishop Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy, Bishop of Aire et Dax (France), passed away at 81

Archbishop Salvatore Palmieri, C.PP.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Jean Muradian, Bishop of Marasc of the Armenians (Turkiye), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cisamus

Fr. Jean-Claude Raffin, S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marists)

Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle, Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA), passed away at 62

Bishop Étienne-Marie Potron, Titular Bishop of Hiericho, passed away at 68

Bishop Cassian Spiß, O.S.B., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar (Tanzania), passed away at 39

Bishop Luis María Benziger, O.C.D., succeeded as Bishop of Quilon (India)

Bishop Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D., Bishop of Quilon (India), passed away at 61

Fr. Maurus Hartmann, O.S.B., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Southern Zanguebar (Tanzania), passed away at 39

Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory was promoted as Diocese of Oklahoma (became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Bishop Theophile Meerschaert, Titular Bishop of Sidyma and Vicar Apostolic of Indian Territory (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Oklahoma (USA)

Fr. Andrea Caron was elected Titular Bishop of Argos and Coadjutor Bishop of Ceneda (Italy)

Fr. Augustín Alemany, O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru)

Fr. Bernardo Irastorza, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru)

Fr. Claude-Marie Chanrion, S.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia) and Titular Bishop of Chariopolis

Bishop Alphonse-Hilarion Fraysse, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), passed away at 63

Bishop Franz Leopold von Leonrod, Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany), passed away at 78

Fr. Léon-Alexander Lejeune, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Lower Niger (Nigeria), passed away at 43

Cardinal Raffaele Pierotti, O.P., Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano and Master of the Sacred Palace emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 69

Bishop Alfonso Archi, Bishop of Comacchio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Como (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Golfe Saint-Laurent was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

Fr. Gustave-Maria Blanche, C.I.M., Prefect Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria and Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

Fr. Giovanni Maria Pellizzari was elected Bishop of Piacenza (Italy)

Mission sui juris of Kenya was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar) (Kenya)

Mission sui juris of Marshall Islands was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of New Pomerania) (Marshall Islands)

Fr. James Duhig was elected Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Fr. Raymund Netzhammer, O.S.B., was elected Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania)

Archbishop Nematalla Seluan, Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus), passed away at 59

Fr. Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lower Niger (Nigeria)

Blessed Fr. Francisco de Paula Victor, Priest of Mariana (Brazil), passed away at 78

Fr. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani was appointed as Priest of Faenza (Italy)

Bishop Géraud Bray (白振鐸), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China), passed away at 79

Bishop Paul-Léon Ferrant (郎守信), C.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China)

Bishop Charles-Pierre-François Cotton, Bishop of Valence (France), passed away at 79

Fr. Athanasius Götte, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Lampa and Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China)

Fr. Joseph Robert Cowgill was elected Titular Bishop of Olena and Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds (England)

Fr. Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, O.F.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Hiericho and Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia)

Fr. Johannes Trepnau was elected Titular Bishop of Flavias and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

Archbishop Andreas Jordán, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy), passed away at 59

Abbot Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B., President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria, was elected Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Bishop Thomas Francis Brennan, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cæsarea

Bishop Plácido Labarca Olivares, Bishop of Concepción (Chile), passed away at 66

Archbishop Diego Marongiu Delrio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy), passed away at 86

Archbishop Emilio Parodi, C.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Bishop Arsenio Andrade, Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador), passed away at 80

Abbot Ľudovít Baláž was elected Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia)

Bishop Giuliano Cabras, Auxiliary Bishop of Sassari (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Francesco Pozzi, M.E.M., Bishop of Krishnagar (India), passed away at 77

Bishop Carmelo Pujia, Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy)

Bishop Cesare Boccanera resigned as Bishop of Narni (Italy)

Bishop Isidore Klaus, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana), passed away at 41

Bishop Juan Comes y Vidal resigned as Bishop of Teruel (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin (Spain)

Br. Placidus von Disentis and Abbot Sigisbert von Disentis were canonised by equipollence

Bishop Louis-Eugène Francqueville, Bishop of Rodez (France), passed away at 60

Archbishop Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop-elect Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B., President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria, was appointed as Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Archbishop József Samassa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Gyula Városy, Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Fr. Gyula Zichy was elected Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

Fr. Ottokár Prohászka was elected Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

Msgr. Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo, Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Fr. Luigi Bignami was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

Bishop Cesare Boccanera was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nicosia

Bishop Antonio Maria Bonito, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe Fiorenza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis

Bishop Ercolano Marini, Titular Bishop of Archelaïs and Auxiliary Bishop of Spoleto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Norcia (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Moretti was elected Bishop of Narni (Italy) and Bishop of Terni (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Bacchini, Bishop of Terni (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Œa

Bishop Giuseppe Morticelli was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cæsarea Paneas

Bishop-elect Ľudovít Baláž was confirmed as Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia)

Bishop János Ivánkovits was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sidyma

Archbishop Marcelo Spínola y Maestre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

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

Fr. Bélá Mayer was appointed as Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

Cardinal Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

Fr. Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida was elected Bishop of Piaui (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Xisto Albano, Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bethsaida

Archbishop Manuel José Cayzedo y Cuero, Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop Federico González y Suárez, Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Msgr. Gaetano Bisleti, Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Cardinal Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano

Fr. Jorge Barlin was elected Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines)

Bishop Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop José María Salvador y Barrera, Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Fr. Juan Antón de la Fuente was elected Bishop of Teruel (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin (Spain)

Fr. Santiago Ozcoidi y Udave was elected Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain)

Bishop Juan Antonio Ruano Martín, Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis and Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

Fr. Juan José Solís y Fernández was elected Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain)

Fr. Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Calynda and Coadjutor Bishop of Mysore (India)

Fr. Alexis-Xyste Bernard was elected Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Bishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk, Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), passed away at 84

Apostolic Prefecture of Caroline Islands was established (from the suppressed Mission sui juris of Eastern Carolines and Mission sui juris of Western Carolines) (Micronesia)

Mission sui juris of Eastern Carolines was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Caroline Islands) (Micronesia)

Mission sui juris of Western Carolines was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Caroline Islands) (Micronesia)

Bishop James Maher, Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia), passed away at 62

Fr. Fernando Cento was appointed as Priest of Macerata (Italy)

Bishop Jan Nepomuk Weinlich, Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia), passed away at 74

Bishop Georg Wuschanski, Prefect Apostolic of Lausitz (Germany), passed away at 66