Nominations and Resignations

Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem (Chaldean Rite) was established (Palestine)

Titular Episcopal See of Massimopolis was suppressed (to Titular Episcopal See of Maximianopolis)

Bishop Gabriele Neviani, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Sapë (Albania), passed away at 68

Bishop Rudesindo de la Lastra y Gordillo resigned as Bishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Abbot Hartmann Strohsacker, O.S.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. Laurent Janssens (Henricus Antonius), O.S.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Bishop Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui, Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Abbot Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C., resigned as President of English Benedictine Congregation

Fr. John Prior was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Serafino Many, P.S.S., was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Abbot Ildefons Schober, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

Fr. Antonino da Pettineo, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

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

Fr. Basil Thaliath, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Bishop Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache, Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran), was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (Palestine)

Archbishop Athanase Ignace Nuri, Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs

Fr. Pacifico da Seggiano Carletti (Celso), O.F.M. Cap., Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

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

Msgr. Giulio Grazioli, Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Msgr. Antonino Marini resigned as Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Geremia Angelucci, C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Saint Fr. Luigi Guanella, Priest of Como (Italy), was appointed as Founder of Congregation of the Servants of Charity and Superior General of Congregation of the Servants of Charity

Fr. Antoun Arida was elected Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Bernard Christen von Andermatt, O.F.M. Cap., Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans), was elected

Bishop Etienne Apikian, Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 64

Msgr. Ricardo Isasa was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Fr. Albert Botty, C.I.C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Fr. Adolf Van Hecke, C.I.C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Bishop Ruggero Catizone, Auxiliary Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy), passed away at 68

Archbishop Estephan Auad, Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away

Bishop Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Louis-André Navarre, M.S.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz, Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland), passed away at 65

Bishop Andrea Caron succeeded as Bishop of Ceneda (Italy)

Bishop Sigismondo Brandolini Rota, Bishop of Ceneda (Italy), passed away at 84

Bishop Gábor Gzele, Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary), passed away at 84

Bishop Adolphe-Josué-Frédéric Fiard, Bishop of Montauban (France), passed away at 86

Bishop Pierre-Eugène-Alexandre Marty succeeded as Bishop of Montauban (France)

Cardinal Francesco Segna, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index

Bishop Francesco Bacchini, Bishop emeritus of Terni (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes was elected Titular Bishop of Tabæ and Coadjutor Bishop of Ceará (Brazil)

Patriarch António Sebastião Valente, Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa (India), passed away at 62

Bishop Rocco Tornatore, M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma (Myanmar), passed away at 72

Archbishop Léon-Adolphe Amette succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

Cardinal François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), passed away at 88

Fr. Auguste Lavillardière, O.M.I., Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates), passed away

Bishop Johannes Fidelis Battaglia resigned as Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Fr. Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Phacusa

Msgr. Basilio Pompilj was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Blessed Fr. Louis Brisson, O.S.F.S., Founder of Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales, passed away at 90

Bishop Serafino Angelini, Bishop of Avellino (Italy), passed away at 59

Fr. Frederick William Keating was elected Bishop of Northampton (England)

Fr. Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L., was elected Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Bishop António Alves Martins, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Viseu (Portugal), passed away at 99

Bishop Antonio Maurovic, Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia), passed away at 56

Msgr. Oreste Giorgi, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was appointed as Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Archbishop Alfonso Maria Giordano, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Teano (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Calvi (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Hector-Irénée Sévin was elected Bishop of Châlons (France)

Fr. Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc was elected Bishop of Quimper (France)

Fr. Pietro Scebli was elected Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Br. Vivaldo da San Gimignano Stricchi (Vivaldo) was canonised by equipollence

Fr. János Csernoch was elected Bishop of Csanád (Hungary)

Bishop Giovanni Elia Mellus, O.S.H., Bishop of Mardin of the Chaldeans (Turkiye), passed away at 76

Fr. Giovanni Vincenzo Tasso, C.M., was elected Bishop of Aosta (Italy)

Bishop John Leonard, Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa), passed away at 79

Bishop John Rooney succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa)

Bishop André-Etienne-Athanase Hermel, SS.CC., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia)

Bishop Marie-Joseph Verdier, SS.CC., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia)

Bishop Giocondo de Nittis, O.F.M., Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Henry Henry, Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland), passed away at 61

Apostolic Prefecture of Yukon was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie and became suffragan of Saint-Boniface) (Canada)

Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Bishop-elect Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sagalassus

Apostolic Prefecture of Intendencias Orientales was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia)

Bishop Gustave Augustin Rouxel, Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA), passed away at 68

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria, Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople and Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals, passed away at 70

Diocese of Santa Catarina was established (from Diocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) (Brazil)

Fr. Agostinho Francisco Benassi was elected Bishop of Niterói (Brazil)

Fr. Franz Egger was elected Titular Bishop of Laranda and Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Bishop François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal), passed away at 51

Fr. Nicola Canali was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Bishop Raffaele Capone, C.SS.R., Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos was elected Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

Fr. Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia

Diocese of Modigliana lost territory to Diocese of Sarsina (Italy)

Bishop Athanasius Götte, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China), passed away at 50

Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera, Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico), passed away at 80

Bishop-elect Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia)

Diocese of Cajamarca was established (from Diocese of Chachapoyas and Diocese of Trujillo and became suffragan of Lima) (Peru)

Msgr. Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli, Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters, was elected Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye), Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople and Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea

Fr. Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yukon (Canada)

Fr. Ivan Šaric was elected Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Paul-Eugène Roy was elected Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Auguste Prézeau, Prefect Apostolic of Shiré (Malawi), was elected Titular Bishop of Adraha and Vicar Apostolic of Shiré (Malawi)

Bishop Fergus Patrick McEvay, Bishop of London (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Archbishop Dennis O’Connor, C.S.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Apostolic Prefecture of Shiré was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Shiré (Malawi)

Apostolic Prefecture of Marruecos was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Marruecos (Morocco)

Fr. Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco), was elected Titular Bishop of Phessa and Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco)

Bishop Henri-Charles-Dominique Denéchau, Bishop of Tulle (France), passed away at 75

Fr. Alberto Di Jorio was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Leonard Stefan Deda, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop of Lezhë (Albania)

Bishop Francesco Malczynski, Bishop of Lezhë (Albania), passed away at 78

Cardinal Gennaro Portanova, Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente and Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy), passed away at 62

Archbishop Celestino del Frate, Archbishop of Camerino (Italy) and Bishop of Treia (Italy), passed away at 70

Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó was established (from Diocese of Antioquía) (Colombia)

Bishop José María Cázares y Martínez, Bishop of Zamora (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

Archbishop Pasquale Trosksi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Skopje (North Macedonia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nacolea

Fr. Francesco Brusák was elected Titular Bishop of Acmonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Bishop Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Mieczysław Leonard Pallulon), Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania), passed away at 73

Fr. João Batista Becker was elected Bishop of Santa Catarina (Brazil)

Archbishop Dennis O’Connor, C.S.B., was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea

Archbishop William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Port-Louis (Mauritius), passed away at 79

Fr. Georg Schmid von Grüneck was elected Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Fr. Emmanuel Segrada, P.I.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Hirina and Vicar Apostolic of Toungoo (Myanmar)

Bishop Rafael Sabás Camacho y García, Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico), passed away at 81

Bishop Manuel Rivera y Muñoz succeeded as Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico)

Br. Gerardo Cagnoli, O.F.M., was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Samuel Webster Allen, Bishop of Shrewsbury (England), passed away at 64

Bishop Ignatius Frederick Horstmann, Bishop of Cleveland (USA), passed away at 67

Bishop Annibale Lupi, Bishop of Comacchio (Italy), passed away at 52

Bishop Manuel Antonio López de Mesa, Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia), passed away at 61

Archbishop Mariano Casanova y Casanova, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 74

Sr. Marie-Madeleine Postel (Julie Françoise-Catherine) was beatified

Archbishop Peter Bourgade, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA), passed away at 62

Patriarch Cyrillus Macaire resigned as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Antonio Polin, Bishop of Adria (Italy), passed away at 82

Archbishop-elect Leone Kecegian was confirmed as Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Paul Peter Rhode was elected Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Sr. Maddalena Sofia Barat, R.S.C.J., Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was beatified

Fr. Bernard Christen von Andermatt, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis

Br. Gabriele dell’Addolorata Possenti (Francesco), C.P., was beatified

Fr. Miguel Claro Vásquez was elected Titular Bishop of Legio and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Diocese of Botucatu was established (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of Campinas was established (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of Ribeirão Preto was established (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal was established (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of São Paulo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo (with suffragan sees Botucatu, Campinas, Ribeirão Preto, São Carlos do Pinhal and Taubaté and lost territory to establish Diocese of Botucatu, Diocese of Campinas, Diocese of Ribeirão Preto, Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal and Diocese of Taubaté) (Brazil)

Diocese of Taubaté was established (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Bishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva, Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. John Tohill was elected Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Bishop Apolinary Wnukowski resigned as Bishop of Płock (Poland)

Fr. Antoni Julian Nowowiejski was elected Bishop of Płock (Poland)

Fr. John Aloysius Duffy was appointed as Priest of Newark (USA)

Blessed Fr. Kazimierz Witold Gostyński was appointed as Priest of Lublin (Poland)

Archbishop Antonio Maria Bonito succeeded as Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

Archbishop Enrico de Dominis (Dominicis), Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Giuseppe Ricciardi, Bishop of Nardò (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. James Jordan Carroll was elected Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Bishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty, Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Blessed Fr. Józef Czempiel was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Cardinal Antonio Agliardi, Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery, was appointed as Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro, Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, was appointed as Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria

Bishop-elect Amando Agostino Bahlmann, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Argos

Bishop Alfred Allen Paul Curtis, Bishop emeritus of Wilmington (USA) and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA), passed away at 77

Blessed Fr. Donizetti Tavares de Lima was appointed as Priest of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

Abbot Vittore Corvaia, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Œa

Fr. Jan Feliks Cieplak was elected Titular Bishop of Evaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev (Belarus)

Fr. Manuel San Román y Elena was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Mylassa

Bishop-elect Georg Schmid von Grüneck was confirmed as Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Fr. Albert Nègre was elected Bishop of Tulle (France)

Bishop Andreas Thiel, Bishop of Warmia (Poland), passed away at 81

Bishop Domenico Taccone-Gallucci, Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) and Bishop of Tropea (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi

Cardinal Carlo Nocella, Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto, Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, passed away at 81

Bishop Pacificio Fiorani, Titular Bishop of Carystus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

Bishop Joseph van der Stappen, Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium), passed away at 62

Fr. Auguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice (穆理思), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Lesvi

Fr. Enrico Sibilia was elected Titular Archbishop of Side

Bishop-elect Auguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice (穆理思), O.F.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China)

Fr. Hugh Singleton was elected Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Bishop Giuseppe Padula, Bishop of Bovino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery, Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Archbishop Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduas

Bishop Juan Ignacio González Eyzaguirre, Titular Bishop of Flavias and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Pavol Szmrecsányi, Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania), passed away at 62

Archbishop José Marcondes Homem de Melo, Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais antea Syis, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil)

Br. Potentinus and 2 others were canonised by equipollence

Ms. Christina von Stommeln Bruso was beatified by equipollence

Bishop José Cueto y Díez de la Maza, O.P., Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain), passed away at 68

Fr. Luigi Giacomo Baccini, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Urbania (Italy) and Bishop of Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

Bishop Marcello Mazzanti, Bishop of Prato (Italy) and Bishop of Pistoia (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. Albino Pella was elected Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy)

Archbishop Bartolomeo Mirra, Titular Archbishop of Auxume, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Laureano Vérez de Acevedo, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Nyssa

Archbishop Julien-François-Pierre Carmené, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Pierre (Martinique), passed away at 79

Archbishop-elect Enrico Sibilia was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Chile

Bishop Giacomo Matteo Ahmndahño, Bishop of Gazireh of the Syriacs (Turkiye), passed away at 74

Fr. Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine (Italy)

Archbishop Benedetto Tommasi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop John Lancaster Spalding, Bishop of Peoria (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis

Fr. Ettore Fronzi was elected Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

Archabbot Placidus Wolter, O.S.B., President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 80

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

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Victoria was demoted as Diocese of Victoria (became suffragan of Vancouver) (Canada)

Bishop Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I., Bishop of New Westminster (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Blessed Fr. Mariano Morate Domínguez was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Archbishop Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada), was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

Apostolic Vicariate of Temiskaming was established (from Diocese of Pembroke and became suffragan of Ottawa) (Canada)

Archbishop Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Diocese of Rockford was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago and became suffragan of Chicago) (USA)

Archbishop Giovanni Maria Santarelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy), passed away at 45

Archbishop Mariano Soler, Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), passed away at 62

Archbishop Carlo Caputo, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Altamura (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Iader Bertini, Bishop of Montalcino (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Peter James Muldoon, Titular Bishop of Tamassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Fr. Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan was elected Titular Bishop of Macri and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA)

Msgr. Johannes Montel Edler von Treuenfels resigned as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Archbishop Bertram Orth, Bishop of Victoria (Canada), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Amasea

Fr. Élie-Anicet Latulipe was elected Titular Bishop of Catenna and Vicar Apostolic of Temiskaming (Canada)

Fr. Alexander MacDonald was elected Bishop of Victoria (Canada)

Bishop Michael Tierney, Bishop of Hartford (USA), passed away at 69

Bishop Federico Foschi, Bishop of Cervia (Italy), passed away at 70

Bishop Giovanni Gigante, Auxiliary Bishop of Lecce (Italy), passed away at 65

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Berthier, M.S., Founder of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family, passed away at 68

Fr. Lúcio Antunes de Souza was elected Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

Cardinal Gaetano De Lai was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Cardinal Casimiro Gennari was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Fr. Michele Lega was appointed as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Giuseppe Mori was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Fr. Luigi Sincero was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Federico Tedeschini was appointed as Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State

Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Bishop Francis McCormack resigned as Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

Fr. Filippo Giustini was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Msgr. Scipione Tecchi was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Giuseppe Foschiani was elected Titular Bishop of Flavias and Coadjutor Bishop of Belluno (Italy)

Bishop José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán succeeded as Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

Cardinal François-Désiré Mathieu, Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France) and Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals, passed away at 69

Cardinal Francesco Salesio Della Volpe was appointed as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives

Cardinal Domenico Ferrata, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Cardinal José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Cardinal Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta and Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 74

Fr. Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., was elected Bishop of Adria (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Edward Detkens was appointed as Priest of Warszawa (Poland)

Archbishop Isaac Hagian, Archbishop emeritus of Sebaste of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 71

Bishop Maximilian Gereon Graf von Galen, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany), passed away at 76

Cardinal Pietro Maffi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of San Miniato (Italy)

Fr. Augusto Klinke Leier was elected Auxiliary Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Proconnesus

Bishop Antonio Ruiz-Cabal y Rodríguez, Bishop emeritus of Pamplona (Spain), passed away at 73

Archbishop Pietro Alfonso Iorio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia

Bishop Jean-Pierre Pagis, Bishop emeritus of Verdun (France), passed away at 73

Bishop Antonio Bassani succeeded as Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Bishop Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Chioggia (Italy), passed away at 88

Fr. Augustinus Bludau was elected Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Archbishop Paolo Maria Barone, Titular Archbishop of Melitene, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy)

Bishop José Mora y del Rio, Bishop of León (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Apolinary Wnukowski was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus) and Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus)

Fr. Nicola Giannattasio was elected Bishop of Nardò (Italy)

Bishop Federico de Martino was appointed as Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy)

Fr. Stefan Denisiewicz was elected Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland)

Archbishop Louis-François Sueur was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis

Bishop Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer, Bishop of Linz (Austria), passed away at 63

Fr. Alberto José Gonçalves was elected Bishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Fr. Thomas Kurialachery was appointed as Founder of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation)

Mother Mary Francesca de Chantal, S.A.B.S., was appointed as Co-Founder of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation)

Fr. Jan van Ruusbroec, O.E.S.A., was beatified by equipollence

Cardinal Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France), passed away at 77

Bishop John Stephen Michaud, Bishop of Burlington (USA), passed away at 65

Fr. Emanuele Mignone was elected Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

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

Fr. Luigi Ermini was elected Titular Bishop of Hamatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy)

Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli resigned as Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office