Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Tipasa was established (Algeria)

Fr. Charles Guérin, Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria), passed away at 32

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

Archbishop Mattia Dvornik resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Fr. Camillo Francesco Carrara, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea)

Fr. Michele da Carbonara, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea)

Fr. Noël Durand, C.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

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

Fr. Victorin Marijon, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

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

Fr. Andrea Felice da Ienne, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Rhodes and adjacent islands (Greece), passed away

Abbot Ippolito Feher, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary), passed away at 68

Msgr. Francesco Cherubini was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Msgr. Michelangelo Bovieri was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Msgr. Giacomo Poletto resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Domenico Spolverini was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary

Fr. Paolo Albera, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)

Fr. Ignacio Pica, B., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

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

Fr. Stanislao von Krolikowski, O.S.F.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

Sr. Angele de Notre-Dame Lorenzutti, O.S.U., was appointed as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

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

Archimandrite Jean Khawam, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Msgr. Vincenzo Bugarini resigned as Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary

Fr. Pio De Mandato, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. Enrico Pucci Cañco resigned as Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals

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

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

Fr. Euzebiusz Rejman, O.S.P.P.E., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

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

Sr. Flóra Kuscerová was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Daughters St. Francis of Assisi

Sr. Evangelista Nováková resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Daughters St. Francis of Assisi

Archbishop Angelo Maria Dolci resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador and Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia

Fr. Joseph Sweens, M. Afr., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria-Nyanza (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Capsa

Diocese of Aracaju was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Bishop Marc Hudrisier, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles), passed away at 61

Bishop John Brady, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), passed away at 67

Fr. Bernardino Shlaku, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tiberias and Coadjutor Bishop of Pult (Albania)

Cardinal Francesco Satolli, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, passed away at 70

Fr. Antonio Anastasio Rossi was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy)

Fr. Agostino Laera was appointed as Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

Fr. Carlo Liviero was elected Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

Fr. Joseph John Rice was elected Bishop of Burlington (USA)

Cardinal Pietro Respighi, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

Archbishop Pasquale Guerini was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Melitene

Fr. Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Franz Xaver Nagl, Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Tyrus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Bishop Neil McNeil, Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Bishop François-Léon Gauthey, Bishop of Nevers (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

Diocese of Catamarca was established (from Diocese of Salta and Diocese of Tucumán and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

Diocese of Corrientes was established (from Diocese of Paraná and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

Bishop Juan Maura y Gelabert, Bishop of Orihuela (Spain), passed away at 68

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

Fr. Pierre Aziz Ho was elected Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Fr. François Daoud was elected Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Saint Fr. Giuseppe Allamano, I.M.C., Priest of Torino (Italy), was appointed as Founder of Consolata Missionary Sisters

Blessed Fr. Jan Nepomucen Chrzan was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Apollonio Maggio was elected Titular Bishop of Lystra

Bishop Félix Soto y Mancera, Bishop of Badajoz (Spain), passed away at 60

Fr. Emmanuel-Jules-Marie Marbeau was elected Bishop of Meaux (France)

Bishop Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B., Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) and Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea and Apostolic Administrator of Perugia (Italy)

Fr. Angelo Maria Ettinger, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Władysław Demski was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Saint Fr. Alfonso Maria Fusco, Priest of Salerno (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos was elected Bishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Fr. Juan Martín Yáñez y Paz was elected Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

Fr. John William Shaw, Priest of Mobile (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Castabala and Coadjutor Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

Bishop Denis O’Donaghue, Titular Bishop of Pomarium and Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Louisville (USA)

Fr. John Jeremiah Lawler was elected Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul (USA)

Archbishop François Lesné, Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis, Apostolic Delegate to Persia and Apostolic Administrator of Isfahan (Iran), passed away at 63

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境) (China)

Fr. John Joseph Nilan, Priest of Boston (USA), was elected Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Fr. Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Joppe

Fr. Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues (富成功), C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Alalis

Fr. Pietro Zanolini was elected Bishop of Fabriano (Italy) and Bishop of Matelica (Italy)

Bishop George Michael Lenihan, O.S.B., Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand), passed away at 51

Fr. Julijan iz Bala Cesarello, O.F.M., was beatified by equipollence

Diocese of Aqrā (Chaldean Rite) was restored (from Diocese of Amadiyah and became suffragan of Babylon) (Iraq)

Fr. Agostino Laera resigned as Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

Fr. Leonardo Baumbach, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Gerasa and Coadjutor Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin was established (from Diocese of Prince Albert and became suffragan of Saint-Boniface) (Canada)

Diocese of Regina was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface and became suffragan of Saint-Boniface) (Canada)

Bishop Luigi Domenico Cenci, T.C., Titular Bishop of Apollonia, passed away at 81

Fr. Patrick Richard Heffron was elected Bishop of Winona (USA)

Diocese of Corumbá was established (from Diocese of Cuiabá and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Diocese of Cuiabá was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá (with suffragan see Corumbá and lost territory to establish Diocese of Corumbá) (Brazil)

Bishop Carlos Luiz d’Amour, Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Fr. José Alves Martins was elected Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Bishop Pacificio Fiorani, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) and Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy)

Fr. Karl Augustin was elected Titular Bishop of Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Cardinal Beniamino Cavicchioni was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies

Bishop Thomas Francis Lillis, Bishop of Leavenworth (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cibyra magna and Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City (USA)

Bishop Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão, Bishop of Alagôas (Brazil), passed away at 60

Fr. Agostino Cattaneo was elected Bishop of Guastalla (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Riccardi, Bishop of Sarsina (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop François-Auguste Labeuche, Bishop of Belley (France), passed away at 58

Bishop Maximiano Reynoso y del Corral, Bishop emeritus of Tulancingo (Mexico), passed away at 68

Bishop Ricardo Cortés y Cullel, Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 67

Fr. Nicolaus Schoenig, S.V.D., Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Togo (Togo), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Togo (Togo)

Fr. Carlo Garcia Irigoyen was elected Bishop of Trujillo (Peru)

Fr. Francesco di Paolo Grozo was elected Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

Archbishop Šimon Milinović, O.F.M. Obs., Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro), passed away at 75

Bishop Ambrosius Jacobus J. van Baars, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. Camille Costa de Beauregard, Priest of Chambéry (France), passed away at 69

Bishop Andrew Boylan, C.SS.R., Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland), passed away at 67

Bishop Abbondio Cavadini, S.J., Bishop of Mangalore (India), passed away at 64

Cardinal Benedetto Lorenzelli resigned as Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

Abbot Tiburzio Hajdu, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary)

Fr. Giuseppe Gregorio Castro, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Cusco (Peru)

Bishop János Ivánkovits, Bishop emeritus of Rožňava (Slovakia), passed away at 63

Bishop Pietro La Fontaine, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Carystus

Bishop Pietro La Fontaine was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for Sacred Rites

Bishop Giovanni Battista Gorordo, Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Fr. John Bernard MacGinley was elected Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines)

Fr. José María Vilaseca, M.J., Founder of Missionaries of Saint Joseph, passed away at 79

Diocese of São Luiz de Cáceres was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Bishop John Cameron, Bishop of Antigonish (Canada), passed away at 84

Bishop Bernardino di Milia, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Larino (Italy), passed away at 70

Blessed Fr. Michele Rua, S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), passed away at 72

Fr. Wincenty Kluczynski was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus) and Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus)

Bishop Gaspar Felicjan Cyrtowt, Titular Bishop of Castoria and Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania), was appointed as Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania)

Bishop Antanas Karosas (Antoni Karaś), Titular Bishop of Dorylæum and Auxiliary Bishop of Žytomyr (Ukraine), was appointed as Bishop of Augustów (Poland)

Fr. Marian Józef Ryx was elected Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

Fr. Longinus Żarnowiecki was elected Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine)

Fr. Joseph Francis Busch was elected Bishop of Lead (USA)

Fr. Timothy J. Corbett was elected Bishop of Crookston (USA)

Fr. John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Bismarck (USA)

Diocese of Calbayog was established (from Diocese of Cebu and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Diocese of Lipa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manila and Diocese of Nueva Caceres and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Apostolic Prefecture of Palawan was established (from Diocese of Jaro) (Philippines)

Diocese of Tuguegarao was established (from Diocese of Nueva Segovia and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Diocese of Zamboanga was established (from Diocese of Cebu and Diocese of Jaro and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Fr. Joseph Petrelli was elected Bishop of Lipa (Philippines)

Fr. Pablo Singzon was elected Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

Fr. Pierre Chatelus was elected Bishop of Nevers (France)

Fr. Jean-Arthur Chollet was elected Bishop of Verdun (France)

Fr. Adolph Manier was elected Bishop of Belley (France)

Bishop Giacomo Sereggi, Bishop of Sapë (Albania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania)

Diocese of Toledo was established (from Diocese of Cleveland and became suffragan of Cincinnati) (USA)

Bishop Luis Pérez y Pérez (方類斯), O.E.S.A., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China), passed away at 63

Bishop Remigio Guido Barbieri, O.S.B., Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar), passed away at 73

Fr. Giorgio Gusmini was elected Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Bishop Carlo Bertuzzi resigned as Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Fr. Gabriele Vettori was elected Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

Fr. Nicola Cola was elected Bishop of Marsi (Italy)

Fr. Josef Gross was elected Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Fr. Tommaso Valeri, O.F.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Ermini resigned as Titular Bishop of Hamatha

Bishop Boghos Terzian, Bishop of Adana of the Armenians (Turkiye), was elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Fr. Giosuè Signori was elected Bishop of Fossano (Italy)

Fr. Agostino Losinski was elected Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

Fr. Bartolo da San Gimignano Buonpedoni, T.O.R., was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Arturo Marchi, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

Bishop Guglielmo Giosafat Giuseppe Pifferi, O.E.S.A., Sacristan of His Holiness of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 90

Fr. Emanuele Virgilio was elected Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

Military Vicariate of Chile was established (Chile)

Mission sui juris of Drisdale River was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia and became suffragan of Melbourne) (Australia)

Abbot Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia), was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Drisdale River (Australia)

Fr. Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Cerasus

Abbot Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Drisdale River (Australia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia)

Bishop Bartolomeo Ortolani, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Gregorio Govrik, C.M.V., was elected Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Armenians and Superior General of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Vienna

Bishop-elect Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Shiré (Malawi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang 浙江 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chekiang 浙江東境 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Western Chekiang 浙江西境) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Chekiang 浙江西境 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang 浙江) (China)

Abbot Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia), Ecclesiastical Superior of Drisdale River (Australia) and Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Dorylæum

Fr. Paul-Albert Faveau (田法服), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tamasus and Vicar Apostolic of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud (趙保祿), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang 浙江 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang 浙江東境 (China)

Bishop Carlo Bertuzzi was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Dioclea

Bishop Apollonio Maggio, Titular Bishop of Lystra, was appointed as Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

Bishop Matthew Gibney resigned as Bishop of Perth (Australia)

Fr. Agustín González, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Adraha and Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China)

Blessed Fr. Juan García Cervantes was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Solimões was established (from Diocese of Amazonas) (Brazil)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tefé was established (from Diocese of Amazonas) (Brazil)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Krapàc, Titular Bishop of Beograd and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia), was appointed as Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia)

Bishop Rocco Francesco Vucic, Titular Bishop of Helenopolis, was appointed as Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia)

Fr. Rafael Edwards Salas was elected Titular Bishop of Dodona and Military Vicar of Chile (Chile)

Archbishop Pierre-Xavier Mugabure (ピエール・ザヴィーエ・ムガブル), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), passed away at 59

Bishop Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P., succeeded as Bishop of Mysore (India)

Bishop Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P., resigned as Bishop of Mysore (India)

Bishop Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking (Vietnam)

Fr. Karl Joseph Alter was appointed as Priest of Toledo (USA)

Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of North Carolina and became suffragan of Baltimore) (USA)

Bishop Leo Michael Haid, O.S.B., Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (USA), was appointed as Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA)

Fr. Henry William Cleary was elected Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

Fr. Michael Antonio Maria Vuylsteke, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Charadrus and Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao)

Mission sui juris of Valdivia was established (from Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud) (Chile)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé (Sudan)

Bishop Vincenzo Pulisic, Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Bishop Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tlous

Bishop Bernardine Thomas Edward Clark, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Tingis and Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates), was appointed as Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Bishop Augusto Klinke Leier, Auxiliary Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Valdivia (Chile)

Bishop José Correia Cardoso Monteiro, Bishop of Angra (Portugal), passed away at 66

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

Fr. Agostino Laera was elected Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy)

Fr. Adolfo Verrienti was elected Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Calynda

Fr. Francesco Giuseppe Lardone was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M., was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Msgr. Giuseppe De Piro, M.S.S.P., was appointed as Founder of Missionary Society of Saint Paul

Bishop Giuseppe Foschiani succeeded as Bishop of Belluno (Italy) and Bishop of Feltre (Italy)

Fr. Enrico Dante was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Cherubin, Bishop of Feltre (Italy) and Bishop of Belluno (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Patrick Finegan was elected Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland)

Bishop José Santiago Irala, O.F.M., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tingis

Diocese of Cali was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán and became suffragan of Popayán) (Colombia)

Msgr. Ricardo Sanz de Samper y Campuzano, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop José Guadalupe de Jesús de Alba y Franco, O.F.M., Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico), passed away at 68

Fr. Jacques-Emile Sontag, C.M., was elected Bishop of Isfahan (Iran) and Apostolic Delegate to Persia

Bishop Matthew Gibney was appointed as Titular Bishop of Balanea

Bishop Domenico Fanucchi, Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy), passed away at 63

Bishop Paolo Emio Bergamaschi, Bishop of Troia (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Areopolis

Archbishop Denis Steyaert, O.C.D., Titular Archbishop of Damascus, passed away at 83

Fr. Joseph Chartrand, Priest of Vincennes (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Flavias and Coadjutor Bishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Bishop Rocco Anselmini, Bishop of Nocera Umbra (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop John Baptist Cahill, Bishop of Portsmouth (England), passed away at 68

Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Abbacy nullius of San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Acerenza and united to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Acerenza) (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Maria Bonito, Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Auxume

Bishop Edward Joseph Dunne, Bishop of Dallas (USA), passed away at 62

Diocese of Alexandria was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Natchitoches and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Diocese of Natchitoches was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Alexandria) (USA)

Fr. Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Domenico Mannaioli, Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pomaria

Bishop Severo Araújo y Silva, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), passed away at 64

Bishop Cornelius van de Ven, Bishop of Natchitoches (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

Venerable Fr. Ovide Charlebois, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Berenice and Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin (Canada)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jianchang 建昌 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan 四川南境) (China)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant (光若翰), M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Jianchang 建昌 (China) and Titular Bishop of Eurœa

Diocese of Pelotas was established (from Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (with suffragan sees Pelotas, Santa Catarina, Santa Maria and Uruguaiana and lost territory to establish Diocese of Pelotas, Diocese of Santa Maria and Diocese of Uruguaiana) (Brazil)

Diocese of Santa Maria was established (from Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Diocese of Uruguaiana was established (from Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Bishop Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, C.M., Bishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Fr. Aguedo Felipe Alvarado Liscano was elected Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Fr. Miguel Alfredo Barat, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tefé (Brazil)

Fr. Arturo Celestino Alvarez was elected Bishop of Zulia (Venezuela)

Fr. Paolo Charles Perini, S.J., was elected Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Lavest (羅惠良), M.E.P., Prefect Apostolic of Guangxi 廣西 (China), passed away at 58

Bishop Nicola Cola, Bishop of Marsi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nocera Umbra (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Angelucci was elected Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Emanuelli was elected Bishop of Ales (Italy) and Bishop of Terralba (Italy)

Bishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P., Bishop of Nusco (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia

Bishop Carlo Marozio, Bishop of Susa (Italy), passed away at 62

Fr. Maurice Patrick Foley was elected Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Bishop Lorenzo Petris de Dolammare, Bishop emeritus of Sapë (Albania), passed away at 75

Fr. Evangelista Galea, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Alto Solimões (Brazil)

Archbishop Charles-Hugues Gauthier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Bishop Konrad von Busch, Bishop of Speyer (Germany), passed away at 63

Bishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P., Bishop of Nusco (Italy) and Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Antiochia

Diocese of Isfahan was promoted as Archdiocese of Isfahan (Iran)

Bishop Jacques-Emile Sontag, C.M., Bishop of Isfahan (Iran) and Apostolic Delegate to Persia, was promoted as Archbishop of Isfahan (Iran)

Archdiocese of Simla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra and Diocese of Lahore) (India)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo) (Tanzania)

Fr. Marie-Joseph-Aloys Munsch, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Magnesia ad Mæandrum

Fr. Filippo Raffaele Presutti, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Anchialus and Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates)

Fr. James Romanus Bilsborrow, E.B.C., was elected Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Fr. François Bonne (フランソワ・ボンヌ), M.E.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P., Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Antiochia, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Damascus

Bishop Francesco Vento, Bishop of Aversa (Italy), passed away at 61

Fr. Thomas Joseph Toolen was appointed as Priest of Baltimore (USA)

Bishop Marcellino Benavente, O.P., Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), passed away at 65

Bishop Aquilino Ferreyra y Alvarez, Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), passed away at 86

Archbishop Dario Mattei-Gentili resigned as Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

Colonel Leopold Meyer von Schauensee, Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard, passed away at 57

Bishop Jaime de Anasagasti y Llamas, Bishop of Campeche (Mexico), passed away at 47

Bishop Leonard Stefan Deda, O.F.M., Bishop of Lezhë (Albania), passed away at 47

Bishop Giuseppe Morticelli, Bishop emeritus of Penne (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Atri (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Eduardo Brettoni was elected Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa was elected Bishop of Socorro (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Rio Negro was established (from Diocese of Amazonas) (Brazil)

Archbishop Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois, Bishop emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay (France), passed away at 77

Bishop Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida, Bishop of Piaui (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Natal (Brazil)

Bishop Josef Kahn resigned as Bishop of Gurk (Austria)

Archbishop Boutros Al Zoghbi, Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus), passed away at 78

Archbishop Gyula Városy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 64

Fr. Gustavo Testa was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Archbishop Donato Sbarretti, Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Archbishop Simon Aichner, Bishop emeritus of Brixen (Italy), passed away at 93

Bishop Balthasar Kaltner, Titular Bishop of Agathopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria), was appointed as Bishop of Gurk (Austria)

Archbishop Peregrin-François Stagni, O.S.M., Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland

Fr. Michael von Faulhaber was elected Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Bishop Ernesto Fontana, Bishop of Crema (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Paul-Léon Ferrant (郎守信), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China), passed away at 51

Bishop Barnabé Piedrabuena, Titular Bishop of Cestrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina)

Archbishop Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B., Titular Archbishop of Laodicea and Apostolic Administrator of Perugia (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Gibraltar was promoted as Diocese of Gibraltar (without ecclesiastical province) (Gibraltar)

Fr. Henry Gregory Thompson, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

Bishop Pietro Podaliri, Auxiliary Bishop of Recanati (Italy), passed away at 91

Bishop Ferdinando Maria Cieri, Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy), passed away at 70

Diocese of Alexandria in America was renamed as Diocese of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

Fr. Hermann Zschokke was elected Titular Bishop of Cæsarea Paneas and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Bishop Clément Ghazarossian, Bishop of Ancyra of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 80

Msgr. Johannes Montel Edler von Treuenfels, Dean emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 79

Bishop William Timothy Cotter, Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth (England), was appointed as Bishop of Portsmouth (England)

Cardinal Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro, Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople and Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals, passed away at 70

Fr. Angelo Bartolomasi was elected Titular Bishop of Derbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy)

Fr. John Chamberlain Ward was elected Bishop of Leavenworth (USA)

Bishop Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes, Titular Bishop of Tabæ and Coadjutor Bishop of Ceará (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Fr. Roberto Calai-Marioni was elected Titular Bishop of Hesbon

Bishop Hippolyte Louis Bazin, Vicar Apostolic of French Sudan (Mali), passed away at 53

Colonel Jules Repond was appointed as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop Filippo Allegro, Bishop of Albenga (Italy), passed away at 81

Diocese of Floresta was established (from Diocese of Olinda and became suffragan of Olinda) (Brazil)

Diocese of Olinda was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda (with suffragan sees Ceará, Floresta, Natal and Paraíba and lost territory to establish Diocese of Floresta) (Brazil)

Bishop Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito, Bishop of Olinda (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil)

Bishop Paškal Buconjić, O.F.M., Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina), passed away at 76

Fr. Emidio Trenta was elected Bishop of Larino (Italy)

Fr. Uberto Maria Fiodo was elected Bishop of Bovino (Italy)

Fr. Agostino Zampini, O.E.S.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Porphyreon and Sacristan of His Holiness of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Edward Denis Kelly was elected Titular Bishop of Cestrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Diocese of Montes Claros was established (from Diocese of Diamantina and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Bishop Edouard-Adolphe Cantel, Bishop of Oran (Algeria), passed away at 74

Bishop Angelo Balzano, Bishop emeritus of Termoli (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Angelo Cattaneo (何安業), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 (China), passed away at 66

Archbishop Jacques-Hector Thomas, Titular Archbishop of Adrianopolis, passed away at 77

Fr. Pio Marcello Bagnoli, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Marsi (Italy)

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

Blessed Fr. Antonio Lorca Muñoz was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Filippo Francesco Nakic, Bishop of Split (Croatia) and Bishop of Makarska (Croatia), passed away at 73

Blessed Fr. Pedro Carballo Corrales was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Fr. Giovanni Rosi was elected Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy)

Fr. Patrick Joseph Clune, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Perth (Australia)

Fr. Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Archbishop of Simla (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Transvaal was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal) (South Africa)

Fr. Maurice-François Ducoeur (劉志忠), M.E.P., was elected Prefect Apostolic of Guangxi 廣西 (China) and Titular Bishop of Barbalissus

Bishop István Vilmos, Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary), passed away at 61

Bishop Fortunato Vinelli, Bishop of Chiavari (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Wilhelm Atanazy Kloske was elected Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)