Nominations and Resignations

Abbot Norbert Schachinger, O. Praem., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Fr. Martín Rucker Sotomayor was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tarapacá (Chile)

Cardinal François-Désiré Mathieu resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Abbot Gregor Danner, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Fr. Cristoforo Becker, S.D.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Assam (India)

Fr. Angelus Münzloher, S.D.S., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Assam (India)

Bishop Matthew Gaffney resigned as Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

Br. Jerome Byrne, F.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Br. Alphonsus Delany, F.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Saint Pope Pius X, Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy)

Fr. Roberto Achille Razzòli, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Saint Fr. Miguel de la Mora y de la Mora was appointed as Priest of Colima (Mexico)

Saint Fr. Jesús Méndez Montoya was appointed as Priest of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique resigned as Bishop of Arequipa (Peru)

Blessed Fr. Antoni Zawistowski was appointed as Priest of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Gerardo Villota, I.E.M.E., Founder of Saint Francis Xavier Spanish Institute for Foreign Missions, passed away at 67

Archbishop Frediano Giannini, O.F.M., resigned as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Martín Alsina Sevarroja, C.M.F., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)

Fr. Antoninus ab Assumptione, O.SS.T., was appointed as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Gregorius a Jesu et Maria, O.SS.T., resigned as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Ludovico Quercini, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. Clemente Serrat, C.M.F., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)

Bishop Stefano Gerbino di Cannitello, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Morando, C.S.S., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy)

Bishop Eliseo Giordano, O. Carm., Bishop of Alghero (Italy), passed away at 85

Bishop Tomás Sivilla y Gener, Bishop of Gerona (Spain), passed away at 88

Bishop Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Vinati was elected Bishop of Bosa (Italy)

Fr. Augustin Ravoux, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Montana (USA), passed away at 91

Blessed Cardinal Marcelo Spínola y Maestre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 71

Fr. Franz Borgia Sedej was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

Fr. Cassien Augier, O.M.I., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

Cardinal Pierre-Lambert Goossens, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme and Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium), passed away at 78

Fr. Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas was elected Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Bishop Paul Basbous resigned as Bishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Checrallah Khouri, L.M., was elected Bishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

Cardinal Adolphe-Louis-Albert Perraud, C.O., Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli and Bishop of Autun (France), passed away at 78

Fr. Boutros Al Zoghbi was elected Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

Archbishop Serafino Milani, O.F.M. Obs., Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Pontremoli (Italy), passed away at 86

Cardinal Achille Manara, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio and Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. João Antônio Pimenta was elected Titular Bishop of Pentacomia and Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Léon-Adolphe Amette, Bishop of Bayeux (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Side and Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris (France)

Bishop Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon, Bishop of Belley (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)

Fr. Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong was elected Bishop of Valence (France)

Bishop Emile-Christophe Enard, Bishop of Cahors (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

Fr. François-Léon Gauthey was elected Bishop of Nevers (France)

Fr. François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure was elected Bishop of Bayonne (France)

Fr. Eugène-Jacques Grellier was elected Bishop of Laval (France)

Bishop Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet, Bishop of Mende (France), was appointed as Bishop of Chartres (France)

Fr. Pierre Dadolle was elected Bishop of Dijon (France)

Fr. Louis-Jean Déchelette was elected Titular Bishop of Hierapolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Fr. Charles du Pont de Ligonnès was elected Bishop of Rodez (France)

Fr. Adrien-Alexis Fodéré was elected Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France)

Fr. Jacques-Jean Gely was elected Bishop of Mende (France)

Fr. Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier was elected Bishop of Versailles (France)

Fr. Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Henri Gouraud was elected Bishop of Vannes (France)

Fr. Félix-Adolphe-Camille-Jean-Baptiste Guillibert was elected Bishop of Fréjus (France)

Fr. Marie-Joseph Ollivier was elected Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Fr. Charles-Paul Sagot du Vauroux was elected Bishop of Agen (France)

Fr. François-Eugène Touzet was elected Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Cardinal Pietro Respighi, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Rinaldo Camillo Rousset, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy)

Archbishop-elect Franz Borgia Sedej was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

Bishop William Henry O’Connell, Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi and Coadjutor Archbishop of Boston (USA)

Bishop Giovanni di Montemarano, O.S.B., Bishop of Montemarano (Italy), was canonised by equipollence

Br. Marco de’ Marconi, C.b.P., was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Mattia Vicario, Bishop of Novara (Italy), passed away at 56

Fr. François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)

Archbishop Enrico Grazioli, Bishop emeritus of Guastalla (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Antal Fetser was elected Titular Bishop of Paleopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania)

Bishop Cristoforo Maiello, Bishop of Irsina (Italy) and Bishop of Gravina (Italy), passed away at 44

Archbishop Cornelius O’Brien, Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada), passed away at 62

Fr. John Joseph Collins, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jamaica (Jamaica)

Fr. Eduardo Gimpert Paut was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Valparaíso (Chile)

Fr. Geraldo Van Caloen, O.S.B., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Phocæa

Bishop Augustin Egger, Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland), passed away at 72

Fr. Thomas Spreiter, O.S.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Thenæ

Bishop Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas, Bishop emeritus of León (Spain), passed away at 78

Bishop Vincenzo Giuseppe Veneri, Bishop of Amelia (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. William Andrew Macdonell was elected Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

Bishop Marie-Joseph Ollivier, Bishop of Ajaccio (France), passed away at 62

Bishop Palmerio Garau, Bishop of Terralba (Italy) and Bishop of Ales (Italy), passed away at 80

Fr. Ferdinand Rüegg was elected Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Archbishop Roberto Papiri, Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop José Terrés, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking (Vietnam), passed away at 63

Bishop Francisco do Rego Maia, Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis

Fr. Aloys Schaefer was elected Titular Bishop of Abila, Vicar Apostolic of Meißen (Germany) and Prefect Apostolic of Lausitz (Germany)

Bishop Wilhelmus Antonius Ferdinand Wulfingh, C.SS.R., Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname), passed away at 66

Bishop Nicolás Casas y Conde, O.E.S.A., Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia), passed away at 51

Blessed Fr. Jul Bonati was appointed as Priest of Durrës (Albania)

Fr. Luigi Capotosti was elected Bishop of Modigliana (Italy)

Fr. Nicasio Arellano, O.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Cucusus

Bishop Eutizio Parsi, Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy), passed away at 60

Cardinal Giuseppe Callegari, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title and Bishop of Padova (Italy), passed away at 64

Fr. Luis Martín, S.J., Superior General of Society of Jesus (Jesuits), passed away at 59

Fr. John Baptist Morris, Priest of Nashville (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Acmonia and Coadjutor Bishop of Little Rock (USA)

Bishop James Herbert Blenk, S.M., Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Cardinal Joseph-Guillaume Labouré, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova and Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France), passed away at 64

Fr. Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Victoria–Palmerston (Australia)

Fr. William Anthony Johnson was elected Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. José Marcondes Homem de Melo was elected Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Fr. Adolf Bertram, Priest of Hildesheim (Germany), was elected Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. António Barbosa Leão was elected Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola)

Fr. Severo Araújo y Silva was elected Titular Bishop of Temnus and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Archbishop Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, O.F.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia)

Archbishop Miguel de los Santos Taborga, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia), passed away at 72

Bishop Ignazio Zuccaro, Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Archelaïs

Diocese of Belém do Pará was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (with suffragan sees Amazonas, Piaui, São Luís do Maranhão and Santarém) (Brazil)

Diocese of Mariana was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana (with suffragan sees Goiás and Pouso Alegre) (Brazil)

Bishop Silvério Gomes Pimenta, Bishop of Mariana (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Bishop-elect José Marcondes Homem de Melo, Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Archbishop Natale Bruni, Commendatory Abbot of Nonantola (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy), was appointed as Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy)

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

Bishop Gaetano d’Alessandro, Bishop of Cefalù (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cius

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Zanguebar was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar) (Tanzania)

Bishop Pierre-Marie-Frédéric Fallières, Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France), passed away at 72

Archbishop Theodore Dalhoff, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), passed away at 69

Sr. Julie Billiart, S.N.D., Superior General of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, was beatified

Bishop Leonhard Haas, Bishop of Basel (Switzerland), passed away at 72

Bishop Edward MacGennis, Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland), passed away at 59

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Aldanesi, Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dionysias

Bishop-elect Ferdinand Rüegg was confirmed as Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Fr. Lawrence Gaughran was elected Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

Archbishop Tommaso de Stefano, Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), passed away at 52

Bishop Jerónimo Hermosilla Aransáez, O.P., and 7 companions were beatified

Fr. François Steinmetz, S.M.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin) and Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum

Bishop Stefano Gerbino di Cannitello, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Trapani (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Giuseppe Aversa was elected Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico, Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico and Titular Archbishop of Sardes

Archbishop Joseph Weber, C.R., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Sr. Thérèse de Saint-Augustine Lidoine (Marie-Madeleine-Claudine), O.C.D., and 15 companions were beatified

Bishop Mariano Holguin, O.F.M., Bishop of Huaraz (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Arequipa (Peru)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Desanti was elected Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Bishop António Xavier de Souza Monteiro, Bishop of Beja (Portugal), passed away at 76

Archbishop Giuseppe Macchi, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Palestrina (Italy), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. Pedro Meca Moreno was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Br. Bonaventura de Barcelona Gran Peris (Miquel Baptista), O.F.M., was beatified

Bishop Pierre-Joseph Geay was appointed as Titular Bishop of Samos

Bishop John Bernard Delaney, Bishop of Manchester (USA), passed away at 41

Bishop-elect Adolf Bertram, Priest of Hildesheim (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Edward Daniel Howard was appointed as Priest of Dubuque (USA)

Fr. Lajos Rajner was elected Titular Bishop of Cidyessus and Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Johannes Trepnau, Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), passed away at 70

Fr. Peter Leo Ireton was appointed as Priest of Baltimore (USA)

Fr. Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (China)

Fr. Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Western Honan 河南西境 (China)

Fr. Edward Joseph McCarthy was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada)

Archbishop Pierre-Xavier Mugabure (ピエール・ザヴィーエ・ムガブル), M.E.P., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Archbishop Pierre-Marie Osouf (ピエール・オズーフ), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), passed away at 77

Bishop Giuseppe Candido, Bishop emeritus of Ischia (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Nicola Zoccoli, Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. Jakobus von Stammler was elected Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Bishop Jean-Marie-François Lamouroux, Bishop of Saint-Flour (France), passed away at 72

Fr. Dominique Castellan was elected Bishop of Digne (France)

Fr. François-Auguste Labeuche was elected Bishop of Belley (France)

Fr. Victor-Omésime-Quirin Laurans was elected Bishop of Cahors (France)

Fr. Paul-Augustin Lecoeur was elected Bishop of Saint-Flour (France)

Fr. Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier was elected Bishop of Bayeux (France)

Fr. Jules-Laurent-Benjamin Morelle was elected Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Fr. Henri-Raymond Villard was elected Bishop of Autun (France)

Fr. Luigi Pellizzo was elected Bishop of Padova (Italy)

Fr. Tibor Boromisza was elected Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

Bishop Carlo Castelli, Bishop of Bobbio (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy)

Fr. Annibale Lupi, Priest of Ferrara (Italy), was elected Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Ricci, Bishop of Jesi (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

Bishop Adalbert Endert, Bishop of Fulda (Germany), passed away at 55

Bishop Juan Comes y Vidal, Bishop emeritus of Teruel (Spain), passed away at 62

Fr. François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bagamoyo (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Celenderis

Bishop Pedro Casas y Souto, Bishop of Plasencia (Spain), passed away at 79

Bishop-elect Jakobus von Stammler was confirmed as Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Archbishop Antonio Briganti, Bishop emeritus of Orvieto (Italy), passed away at 88

Fr. Louis Sebastian Walsh was elected Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Bishop José de Camargo Barros, Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), passed away at 48

Bishop Auguste-René Dubourg, Bishop of Moulins (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)

Bishop Giuseppe Ridolfi, Bishop of Todi (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Apamea Cibotus

Fr. Andrés Segura y Domínguez was elected Bishop of Tepic (Mexico)

Bishop Zigmund Bubics resigned as Bishop of Košice (Slovakia)

Bishop Augustín Fischer-Colbrie succeeded as Bishop of Košice (Slovakia)

Fr. Emile-Louis-Cornil Lobbedey was elected Bishop of Moulins (France)

Bishop Santos Zárate y Martínez, Bishop of Almería (Spain), passed away at 75

Bishop Antonio Galibert, Bishop of Santorini (Greece), passed away at 76

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Zanguebar was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Bishop Giuseppe Gamba, Bishop of Biella (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Archbishop Francesco Trotta, Bishop emeritus of Teramo (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Ignatius von Senestréy, Bishop of Regensburg (Germany), passed away at 88

Fr. John Henry Norton was elected Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia)

Fr. Marie-Eugène-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma (Myanmar) and Titular Bishop of Corydala

Saint Bishop Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R., Bishop of Pasto (Colombia), passed away at 58

Bishop Giovanni Graziani, Titular Bishop of Carystus, was appointed as Bishop of Todi (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Andrea Masera was elected Bishop of Biella (Italy)

Archbishop Fernando Antonio Arturo de Merino y Ramírez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), passed away at 73

Archbishop Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Boba-Dilla succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Giuseppe Cigliano, Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 52

Bishop Tobia Patroni, Bishop of Valva (Italy) and Bishop of Sulmona (Italy), passed away at 87

Fr. Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E., was elected Bishop of Krishnagar (India)

Fr. Graziano Génnaro (田瑞玉), O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Hiericho

Bishop Pio Vidi (魏明德), O.F.M., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China), passed away at 64

Bishop Guillermo Juan Carter Gallo, Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile), passed away at 64

Archbishop Francesco Paolo Carrano, Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Bisceglie (Italy)

Bishop Ronald MacDonald, Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Gortyna

Bishop François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire, Bishop of Périgueux (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Metymna and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Fr. John March was elected Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada)

Fr. Franz Xavier Wernz, S.J., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University, was appointed as Superior General of Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

Fr. Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho was elected Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Bishop Jean-Amand Lamaze, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga), passed away at 73

Bishop Armand Olier, S.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga)

Fr. Henri-Louis-Prosper Bougoin was elected Bishop of Périgueux (France)

Archbishop Pietro Maffi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Miniato (Italy)

Bishop Augustin-Victor Deramecourt, Bishop of Soissons (France), passed away at 65

Fr. Vincenzo Bacchi was elected Titular Bishop of Myndus

Fr. Josef-Léon Cardijn was appointed as Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Fr. Auguste Lavillardière, O.M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

Bishop Giuseppe Gandolfi, Bishop of Poggio Mirteto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Fr. Wladyslaw Bandurski was elected Titular Bishop of Cydonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Bishop Emile-Paul-Angel-Constant Le Camus, Bishop of La Rochelle (France), passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. Michał Woźniak was appointed as Priest of Warszawa (Poland)

Archbishop Giulio Tonti, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Fr. Felice Del Sordo was elected Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis

Bishop Angelo Rossi, Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy) and Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Antonius von Henle, Bishop of Passau (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Bishop Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf, Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Passau (Germany)

Bishop Jules Bruguière (包儒略), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China), passed away at 55

Bishop Giuseppe Paderi, Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy), passed away at 79

Archbishop Gaudêncio José Pereira, Archbishop-Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal), passed away at 76

Fr. Giuseppe Fietta was appointed as Priest of Ivrea (Italy)

Fr. József Lányi was elected Titular Bishop of Tinum

Fr. Antanas Karosas (Antoni Karaś) was elected Titular Bishop of Dorylæum and Auxiliary Bishop of Žytomyr (Ukraine)

Archbishop Antonio Sabatucci, Apostolic Internuncio to Argentina, was appointed as Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Fr. Camillo Tiberio was elected Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy)

Diocese of Yucatán was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán (with suffragan sees Campeche and Tabasco) (Mexico)

Bishop Martín Tritschler y Córdoba, Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)

Archbishop Alessandro Bavona, Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador and Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Costantini, Bishop emeritus of Sutri (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Nepi (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Achille Locatelli was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Argentina

Archbishop Florian Oksza von Stablewski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 65

Fr. Jean-Auguste-François-Eutrope Eyssautier was elected Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Bishop José Ramón Astorga Salinas, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 75

Bishop Nicolo Zimarino, Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Gravina (Italy) and Bishop of Irsina (Italy)

Bishop-elect Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho, Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Archbishop José Marcondes Homem de Melo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais antea Syis

Fr. Georg Caric was elected Titular Bishop of Ceramus and Auxiliary Bishop of Split (Croatia)

Fr. Guglielmo Blazek was elected Titular Bishop of Modra and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Bishop Antonius von Henle, Bishop of Passau (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Bishop Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf, Titular Bishop of Arethusus and Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Passau (Germany)

Cardinal József Samassa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

Fr. Pietro La Fontaine was elected Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Msgr. Achille Locatelli, Apostolic Internuncio to Argentina, was elected Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica

Fr. Giorgio Delrio was elected Bishop of Gerace (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Di Maria was elected Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Finoja, Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis antea Cratea

Fr. Nicola Jezzoni was elected Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) and Bishop of Valva (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Maria Raiti, O. Carm., Bishop of Lipari (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Fr. Giuliano Tommasuolo was elected Titular Bishop of Hephæstum and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

Archbishop Filippo Camassei, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos (Greece), was promoted as Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó, Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior and Apostolic Administrator of Solsona (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Bishop Salvador Castellote y Pinazo, Bishop of Jaén (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Fr. Francisco de Pol y Baralt was elected Bishop of Gerona (Spain)

Fr. Francisco Jarrín y Moro was elected Bishop of Plasencia (Spain)

Bishop Joan Josep Laguarda i Fenollera, Bishop of Urgell (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Bishop Angelo Maria Dolci, Bishop of Gubbio (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador and Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia

Bishop Salvatore Gaffiero, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta), passed away at 78

Bishop Angelo Maria Dolci, Bishop of Gubbio (Italy), Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador and Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus

Fr. Raffaele Piras was elected Bishop of Atri (Italy) and Bishop of Penne (Italy)

Bishop José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez, Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico), passed away at 70

Archbishop Giustino Adami, Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea Ponti, passed away at 75

Fr. George Albert Guertin was elected Bishop of Manchester (USA)

Bishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva, Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Zanguebar was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar (Tanzania), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Saint Fr. Ġorġ Preca (George Preca) was appointed as Priest of Mariana (Brazil)

Fr. Michail Miroff was elected Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis ante Apri of the Bulgarians

Fr. Atanasio María Vicente Soler y Royo, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Citharizum and Vicar Apostolic of Goajira (Colombia)

Fr. Pierre-Louis Péchenard was elected Bishop of Soissons (France)

Fr. Augusto Silj was appointed as Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities

Bishop Henry Cosgrove, Bishop of Davenport (USA), passed away at 72

Bishop James Joseph Davis succeeded as Bishop of Davenport (USA)

Archbishop Salvador Castellote y Pinazo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 60

Fr. Augusto Silj, Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities, was elected Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea Ponti

Fr. Joseph Damian Schmitt was elected Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Cardinal Felice Cavagnis, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria ad Martyres and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, passed away at 65

Cardinal Luigi Tripepi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica and Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, passed away at 70