Nominations and Resignations

Apostolic Prefecture of Patagonia Meridional, Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Chile)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ptolemais was restored (Israel)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ptolemais antea Syis was established (Libya)

Titular Episcopal See of Sasima was restored (Turkiye)

Bishop William Bernard Kelly resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia)

Fr. Franz Pfanner, C.M.M., was appointed as Founder of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Fr. Pierre Cotel, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic)

Fr. Enrique Ezequiel Vacas Galindo, O.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Canelos y Macas (Ecuador)

Fr. Victor Bourdenne, S.C.I. di Béth., resigned as Superior General of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram

Fr. Pierre Estrate, S.C.I. di Béth., was appointed as Superior General of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram

Fr. Nicolaus Blum, S.V.D., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Fr. Leopold Fonck, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

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

Saint Fr. Arnold Janssen, S.V.D., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

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

Msgr. Carlo Cremonesi was appointed as Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Domenico Jorio was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Cardinal Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A., resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Francesco Pascucci was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Fr. Ciro Pontecorvi was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy)

Archbishop Pietro Zamburlini, Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. Giovanni Capitoli was elected Bishop of Termoli (Italy)

Fr. Angelo Colombaroli, F.S.C.I., resigned as Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Fr. Federico Vianello, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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

Bishop José Santiago Irala, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

Fr. Joaquín Rosselló i Ferrà, M.SS.CC., Founder of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary of Mallorca, passed away at 76

Archimandrite Gabriel Bassil, B.A., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

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

Fr. John J. Hughes, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

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

Fr. Enrico Pucci Cañco was appointed as Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals

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

Sr. Marie de Saint-Julien Aubry, O.S.U., resigned as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Cardinal Pierre-Paulin Andrieu, Bishop of Marseille (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)

Bishop John Baptist Pitaval, Titular Bishop of Sora and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Cardinal Giulio Boschi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Archbishop Pasquale Morganti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cervia (Italy)

Fr. Adamo Borghini was elected Titular Bishop of Carpasia and Auxiliary Bishop of Ferrara (Italy)

Bishop Carlo Vincenzo Ricotta, Bishop of San Marco (Italy) and Bishop of Bisignano (Italy), passed away at 57

Saint Fr. Arnold Janssen, S.V.D., Superior General emeritus of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites), passed away at 71

Bishop Thomas Francis Hickey succeeded as Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Bishop Bernard John Joseph McQuaid, Bishop of Rochester (USA), passed away at 85

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

Archbishop Barthélemy Clément Combes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Fr. Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Basutoland (Lesotho), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland (Lesotho) and Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia

Archbishop Santiago de Zubiría y Manzanera, Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico), passed away at 74

Blessed Fr. Manuel Domingo y Sol, Founder of Diocesan Labour Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, passed away at 72

Bishop Joaquim Silvério de Sousa, Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Auxume and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. John Grimes was elected Titular Bishop of Himeria and Coadjutor Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Cardinal Serafino Cretoni, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva and Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, passed away at 75

Bishop Giacinto Arcangeli, Bishop of Asti (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Michele Arcangelo Pirone, Bishop of Nusco (Italy), passed away at 68

Cardinal Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites

Msgr. Giuseppe Mori, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Frederick Linneborn, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh)

Bishop David Camilli, Bishop of Fiesole (Italy), passed away at 62

Bishop Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh)

Fr. Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Thelepte, Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

Bishop Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Milopotamus

Apostolic Prefecture of Basutoland was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Basutoland (Lesotho)

Bishop Matheus de Oliveira Xavier, Bishop of Cochin (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa (India) and Patriarch of East Indies

Bishop Jean-Louis Vey, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Siam (Thailand), passed away at 69

Bishop Pavao Gugler, Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia), passed away at 88

Blessed Cardinal Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 75

Fr. Alexandre Piquemal was elected Titular Bishop of Thagura and Auxiliary Bishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Archbishop Victor van den Branden de Reeth, Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium), passed away at 67

Fr. Everhard Illigens was elected Titular Bishop of Germanicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. José Bento Martins Ribeiro was elected Bishop of Cochin (India)

Bishop Giuseppe Gelli, Bishop of Volterra (Italy), passed away at 87

Bishop Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez, Bishop of La Serena (Chile), passed away at 55

Bishop Richard Owens, Bishop of Clogher (Ireland), passed away at 69

Bishop António Moutinho, Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde), was appointed as Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal)

Fr. John Pius Dowling, O.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Archbishop Bernard Christen von Andermatt, O.F.M. Cap., Minister General emeritus of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans), passed away at 71

Fr. Augustin-Léopold Huys, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Rusicade and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Haut-Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Emilio Francisco Lisson Chaves, C.M., was elected Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

Fr. Valentín Ampuero, C.M., was elected Bishop of Puno (Peru)

Fr. Rudolf Hittmair was elected Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Fr. Bartolomeo Fanti, O. Carm., was beatified by equipollence

Fr. John Patrick Farrelly, Priest of Nashville (USA), was elected Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. José Othón Núñez y Zárate was elected Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

Bishop José María García Escudero y Ubago, Bishop of Osma (Spain), passed away at 62

Archbishop Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry (India), passed away at 70

Fr. Giovanni Fiorentini was elected Bishop of Tricarico (Italy)

Bishop Evaristo Blanco, Bishop of Socorro (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra resigned as Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Bishop William Anthony Johnson, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 76

Fr. William Whitmee, S.A.C., Rector General emeritus of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), passed away at 57

Fr. Salvatore Scanu was elected Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) and Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

Archbishop Federico Pizza, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manfredonia (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop John Stariha, Bishop of Lead (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Antipatris

Fr. Leonard Brindisi was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos (Greece)

Fr. Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Dodona and Coadjutor Bishop of Trichinopoly (India)

Archbishop José María Cázares y Martínez, Bishop emeritus of Zamora (Mexico), passed away at 76

Fr. João Evangelista de Lima Vidal was elected Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola)

Bishop Joseph Paccolat, C.R.A., Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, passed away at 86

Bishop-elect Augustinus Bludau was confirmed as Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Archbishop Lazare Miedia, Titular Archbishop of Areopolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Skopje (North Macedonia)

Bishop-elect Rudolf Hittmair was confirmed as Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Bishop Thomas William Wilkinson, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England), passed away at 84

Ms. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) was beatified

Sr. Barbara Micarelli, F.M.G.B., Founder of Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Infant Jesus, passed away at 63

Fr. Joseph-Emile Abbet, C.R.A., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland)

Fr. Jean Eudes (John Eudes), C.I.M., Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists), was beatified

Fr. Matthias Raus, C.SS.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)

Archbishop Fédéric-Henri Oury was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais

Fr. João de Almeida Ferrão was elected Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)

Fr. Epaminondas Nuñez de Ávila e Silva was elected Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph-Marie Fabre was elected Bishop of Marseille (France)

Bishop Thomas O’Dea, Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

Fr. Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., was elected Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy)

Cardinal Casimiro Gennari, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Americo Bevilacqua was elected Bishop of Alatri (Italy)

Fr. Giacinto Gaggia was elected Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum and Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Massa Carrara (Italy)

Bishop Emilio Maria Miniati, Bishop of Massa Carrara (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis

Fr. Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P., was elected Archbishop of Camerino (Italy) and Bishop of Treia (Italy)

Fr. Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P., was elected Bishop of Nusco (Italy)

Bishop Angelo Balzano, Bishop of Termoli (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sura

Fr. Salvatore Bella was elected Bishop of Foggia (Italy)

Fr. Alfredo Del Tomba was elected Bishop of Montalcino (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Fossà was elected Bishop of Fiesole (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Giacci, Bishop of Marsi (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Philomelium

Fr. Domenico Lancellotti was elected Titular Bishop of Delcus

Bishop Carlo Mola, C.O., Bishop of Foggia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sasima

Fr. Antonio Padovani was elected Titular Bishop of Canopus and Auxiliary Bishop of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Bernardo Pizzorno was elected Titular Bishop of Comanæ

Bishop Andrea Sarti, Bishop of Guastalla (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) and Bishop of Prato (Italy)

Bishop Benedetto Spila, Bishop of Alatri (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Arethusa

Fr. Giovanni Battista Gorordo was elected Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Cardinal Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain), was appointed as Patriarch of Indias Occidentales and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Bishop Benito Murúa y López, Bishop of Lugo (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

Fr. Ramón Guillamet y Coma was elected Bishop of León (Spain)

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

Fr. Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz was elected Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain)

Bishop Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia, Bishop of León (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Fr. Joseph Gaudentius Anderson was elected Titular Bishop of Myrina and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Fr. Patrick Murray, C.SS.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)

Bishop Aristide Golfieri, Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Giovanni Antonio Falcon, Bishop of Cusco (Peru), passed away at 70

Bishop Étienne-Théodore Cuenot, M.E.P., and 19 companions were beatified

Fr. Francisco Fernández de Capillas (劉方濟), O.P., and 13 companions were beatified

Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 77

Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Haut-Congo français) (Central African Republic)

Fr. Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis

Fr. Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry (India)

Fr. Dionigi Vismara was elected Bishop of Hyderabad (India)

Bishop Pierre-André Viganò, M.E.M., Bishop of Hyderabad (India), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Æzani

Fr. Israel Audo was elected Bishop of Mardin of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Fr. Friedrich von Regensburg, O.E.S.A., was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Aldanesi, Bishop emeritus of Pergola (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Cagli (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Ciro Pontecorvi was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Fioravanti, Bishop of Veroli (Italy), passed away at 67

Fr. Klemens Maria Hofbauer, C.SS.R., was canonised

Fr. José Oriol was canonised

Archbishop Paolo Maria Barone, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy), passed away at 64

Saint Fr. David Galván Bermúdez was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Samuel Alphonse Stritch was appointed as Priest of Nashville (USA)

Bishop Sante Mei, Bishop of Modigliana (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. Franz Pfanner, C.M.M., Founder of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries, passed away at 83

Fr. Peter Wenzel resigned as Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Msgr. Mariano Ugolini was appointed as Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Bishop Francisco García y López, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 76

Fr. Patrick McKenna was elected Bishop of Clogher (Ireland)

Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Doyle, Bishop of Lismore (Australia), passed away at 59

Archbishop Apolinary Wnukowski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. José Fuentes Ballesteros was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Juan Sánchez Molina was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Archbishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at 67

Bishop Prospero Scaccia, Bishop of Tivoli (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Juan Capel Segura was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Franziskus von Bettinger was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Luigi Spandre, Titular Bishop of Tiberias and Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Asti (Italy)

Archbishop Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye), passed away at 66

Bishop Giovanni Sahhar, Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) and Bishop of Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 56

Fr. Saturnino Peri was elected Bishop of Crotone (Italy)

Fr. Antoine Alphonse de Wachter was elected Titular Bishop of Dionysias and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

Bishop Richard Collins, Titular Bishop of Selinus and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England), was appointed as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Francis McCormack was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nisibis

Fr. Giuseppe Maria Leo was elected Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) and Bishop of Tropea (Italy)

Bishop Lorenzo Chieppa, Bishop of Cariati (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Lucera (Italy)

Archbishop Pietro Monti, Bishop emeritus of Tivoli (Italy), passed away at 55

Bishop Manuel San Román y Elena, Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain)

Fr. James O’Reilly was elected Bishop of Fargo (USA)

Bishop John Shanley resigned as Bishop of Fargo (USA)

Bishop Joseph Bernard Cotter, Bishop of Winona (USA), passed away at 64

Fr. Adolfo Turchi was elected Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy)

Fr. George William Mundelein, Priest of Brooklyn (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Loryma and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Edmund Michael Dunne was elected Bishop of Peoria (USA)

Bishop Rudesindo de la Lastra y Gordillo, Bishop emeritus of Paraná (Argentina), passed away at 53

Bishop Johannes Fidelis Battaglia was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

Abbot Bonifacio Maria Krug da Huenfeld, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy) and Provost of Atina (Italy), passed away at 70

Apostolic Prefecture of Great Namaqualand was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Orange River) (Namibia)

Msgr. Giovanni Zani-Caprelli was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Bishop Patrick Vincent Dwyer succeeded as Bishop of Maitland (Australia)

Bishop James Murray, Bishop of Maitland (Australia), passed away at 81

Fr. Luigi Fantozzi was elected Bishop of Veroli (Italy)

Mission sui juris of Kenya was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kenya (Kenya)

Fr. Angelo Paino was elected Bishop of Lipari (Italy)

Fr. John Stephen Vaughan was elected Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Salford (England)

Fr. Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle (劉), M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan 四川南境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Lampa

Fr. Filippo Perlo, I.M.C., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kenya (Kenya) and Titular Bishop of Maronea

Bishop John Shanley, Bishop emeritus of Fargo (USA), passed away at 57

Fr. Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy) and Provost of Atina (Italy)

Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare (江成德), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (China), passed away at 65

Bishop Graziano Génnaro (田瑞玉), O.F.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (China)

Abbot Joseph-Emile Abbet, C.R.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Bethlehem, Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune

Fr. Ferdinando Baldelli was appointed as Priest of Pergola (Italy)

Bishop Emiliano Manacorda, Bishop of Fossano (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Jacques Roissant resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Archbishop Diomede Panici, Secretary of Congregation for Sacred Rites, passed away at 68

Bishop Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera, Bishop of Campeche (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

Fr. Emeterio Valverde y Télles was elected Bishop of León (Mexico)

Fr. Antonio Bacci was appointed as Priest of Firenze (Italy)

Bishop Narsete Djindoyan, C.A.M., Bishop of Mush of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 61

Bishop Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique was appointed as Titular Bishop of Arabissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra, Bishop emeritus of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), passed away at 85

Archbishop Luigi Morando, C.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy), passed away at 63

Abbot Utto von Metten, O.S.B., and Fr. Gamelbert, O.S.B., were beatified by equipollence

Fr. Manuel Lago y González was elected Bishop of Osma (Spain)

Bishop Federico de Martino, Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Raffaele Morisciano, Bishop of Squillace (Italy), passed away at 97

Bishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz, Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of La Serena (Chile)

Bishop Wilhelm Schneider, Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at 61

Mr. Edward L. Hearn resigned as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Mr. James A. Flaherty was appointed as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Fr. Manuel Basulto y Jiménez was elected Bishop of Lugo (Spain)

Bishop Jorge Barlin, Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines), passed away at 59

Bishop Rinaldo Camillo Rousset, O.C.D., Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy)

Bishop Luciano Gentilucci, Bishop of Matelica (Italy) and Bishop of Fabriano (Italy), passed away at 66

Apostolic Prefecture of Delta del Nilo was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Delta del Nilo (Egypt)

Fr. Augustin Duret, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Delta del Nilo (Egypt), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo (Egypt) and Titular Bishop of Bubastis

Fr. René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Siam (Thailand) and Titular Bishop of Zoara

Bishop William George McCloskey, Bishop of Louisville (USA), passed away at 85

Archbishop Pierre-Paul Servonnet, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France), passed away at 78

Fr. Nicolás Fasolino was appointed as Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Archbishop Pasquale Guerini resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Jaime de Anasagasti y Llamas was elected Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Archbishop Francis McCormack, Bishop emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland), passed away at 76

Fr. José de Jesús Guzmán y Sánchez was elected Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico)

Fr. Alfredo Ludovico Keiling, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Upper Cimbebasia in Portuguese Angola (Angola)

Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini (鳳朝瑞), O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China)

Bishop Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, O.F.M., Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), passed away at 63

Bishop Peter Augustine O’Neill, O.S.B., Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Isionda

Bishop Emanuel Jan Schöbel, O. Cr., Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia), passed away at 85

Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis succeeded as Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Ismael Puyrredón was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Madauros

Bishop Thomas Augustine Hendrick, Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), passed away at 60

Bishop Louis-Ernest Dubois, Bishop of Verdun (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

Fr. Karl Joseph Schulte was elected Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. John Carroll was elected Bishop of Lismore (Australia)

Bishop Auguste Prézeau, Vicar Apostolic of Shiré (Malawi), passed away at 37

Bishop Mathieu Sislian, Bishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians (Turkiye), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ammædæra

Bishop Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P., Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus, Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

Archbishop Marie-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-André-Clément-Fulbert Petit, Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France), passed away at 77

Bishop Emmanuel-Marie-Ange de Briey, Bishop of Meaux (France), passed away at 81

Fr. Michael Francis Fallon, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of London (Canada)

Bishop Matthew Gaffney, Bishop emeritus of Meath (Ireland), passed away at 70

Fr. Thomas P. Gilmartin was elected Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

Blessed Fr. Juan María Coca González-Saavedra was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Rafael Machuca Juárez de Negrón was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Bishop Andrés Ferrero Malo, O.A.R., Bishop emeritus of Jaro (Philippines), passed away at 63

Fr. Giovanni Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Mardin (Turkiye), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

Diocese of Natal was established (from Diocese of Paraíba and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Diocese of Bismarck was established (from Diocese of Fargo and became suffragan of Saint Paul) (USA)

Diocese of Crookston was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and became suffragan of Saint Paul) (USA)