Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Nazareth (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (Israel)

Diocese of Tuscanella was renamed as Diocese of Tuscania (Italy)

Titular Metropolitan See of Achrida (Armenian Rite) was established (North Macedonia)

Fr. Henry Bardou was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria)

Fr. Louis Cancella, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Lunda (Angola)

Fr. Victor Wendling, C.S.Sp., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Lunda (Angola)

Abbot Bruno Doerfler, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint Peter–Muenster (Canada)

Fr. Julien Banckaert resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Fulgence Carnonckel, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Stanislas de Vos, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Pietro Maria Kernivinen, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)

Saint Fr. Benedetto Menni Figini (Benedict Menni / Angelo Ercole), O.H., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

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

Fr. Marcel Beguin resigned as Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

Fr. Dionysius Schüler, O.F.M., Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), was elected

Fr. Giacomo Cluts, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sumatra (Indonesia)

Archbishop Diomede Falconio, O.F.M., Apostolic Delegate to United States of America, was created

Cardinal Casimiro Gennari resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop-Bishop of Tuscanella (Italy) and Archbishop-Bishop of Viterbo (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Tuscania (Italy)

Bishop Adolfo Turchi, Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Aversa (Italy)

Fr. Pacifico Monza, O.F.M., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

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

Fr. Carlo Zappa, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Nigeria)

Fr. Ildefonso Lanslots, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Transvaal (South Africa)

Fr. Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan was elected Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Blessed Fr. Omeljan Kovč (Омеля́н Ковч) was appointed as Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. James Anthony Walsh, M.M., was appointed as Founder of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers) and Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

Fr. Thomas Frederick Price, M.M., was appointed as Founder of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

Fr. Mariano Alcalá, O. de M., was appointed as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Fr. Pedro Armengol Valenzuela, O. de M., resigned as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

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

Fr. Jacques-Marie Mayaud, O. Cart., was appointed as Minister General of Carthusian Order (Carthusians)

Br. Wulfrannus Franken, C.S.A., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Br. Timotheus Scheffer, C.S.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Sr. Mabel Digby, R.S.C.J., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sr. Janet Stuart, R.S.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Archbishop Gaetano d’Alessandro, Bishop emeritus of Cefalù (Italy), passed away at 76

Lieutenant Colonel Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen resigned as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Blessed Fr. Pedro Gambín Pérez was appointed as Priest of Cartagena (Spain)

Fr. Ignaz Rieder was elected Titular Bishop of Sura and Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Fr. Giovanni Ogé, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Liberia (Liberia)

Cardinal Francesco Salesio Della Volpe, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, was appointed as Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Francesco Segna, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index, passed away at 74

Bishop Antonio Feruglio, Bishop of Vicenza (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Amisus

Archbishop Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary

Bishop-elect Michael von Faulhaber was confirmed as Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Fr. Joseph Schrembs, Priest of Grand Rapids (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Sophene and Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Fr. Joseph Butt was elected Titular Bishop of Alexandria minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Bernardo Pizzorno, Titular Bishop of Comanæ, was appointed as Bishop of Crema (Italy)

Bishop Juan José Antonio Eguiguren-Escudero, Bishop of Loja (Ecuador), passed away at 43

Fr. Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire), was elected Titular Bishop of Ariassus and Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop John Lyster, Bishop of Achonry (Ireland), passed away at 60

Bishop Giorgio Goga, Bishop emeritus of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 91

Bishop Sébastien Herscher, Bishop of Langres (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea

Fr. Cleto Cassani was elected Titular Bishop of Thacia Montana and Auxiliary Bishop of Sassari (Italy)

Fr. Antun Bauer was elected Titular Archbishop of Pessinus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Bishop Nicola Marconi, O.F.M., Bishop of Pult (Albania), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis

Bishop Alfred-Casimir-Alexis Williez, Bishop of Arras (France), passed away at 74

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

Archbishop Angelo Maria Dolci, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus, was appointed as Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

Bishop Bernardino Shlaku, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop of Pult (Albania)

Bishop Edmond Francis Prendergast, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia (USA)

Archbishop Alessandro Bavona, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary

Fr. Luis María Niella was elected Bishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Fr. Johann Baptist Hierl was elected Titular Bishop of Teuchira and Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Bishop Thomas Bonacum, Bishop of Lincoln (USA), passed away at 64

Fr. Andrea Karlin was elected Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

Fr. Miguel de Lima Valverde was elected Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Apostolic Prefecture of Eritrea was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Eritrea (Eritrea)

Fr. Camillo Francesco Carrara, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea), was elected Titular Bishop of Agathopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea)

Archbishop Pasquale Guerini, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 89

Bishop Antonio Feruglio, Bishop emeritus of Vicenza (Italy), passed away at 69

Fr. Marie-Augustin-Olivier de Durfort de Civbac de Lorge was elected Bishop of Langres (France)

Fr. Miguel María de la Mora y Mora was elected Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Fr. François Belleville, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Amisus and Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking (Vietnam)

Fr. Eugenio Giambro was elected Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Fr. Abdallah Khoury was elected Titular Archbishop of Arca in Armenia of the Maronites

Fr. Joseph Sakr was elected Titular Archbishop of Hemesa of the Maronites

Archbishop Paul Auad, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth of the Maronites, was appointed as Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

Archbishop Patrick John Ryan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA), passed away at 79

Archbishop Giovanni Aelen, M.H.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India)

Archbishop Joseph Colgan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India), passed away at 90

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

Bishop Giovanni Capitoli, Bishop of Termoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy)

Fr. Ferdinando Rodolfi was elected Bishop of Vicenza (Italy)

Fr. Charles-François Lasne, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Olba and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)

Bishop Adolfo Perea, Bishop of Pasto (Colombia), passed away at 57

Fr. Pierre-Firmin Capmartin was elected Bishop of Oran (Algeria)

Fr. Giovanni Scotti was elected Bishop of Cariati (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Astuni, Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea, passed away at 80

Bishop Francesco Certo, Titular Bishop of Sinope and Apostolic Administrator of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), passed away at 61

Bishop Thomas Heslin, Bishop of Natchez (USA), passed away at 65

Fr. Louis-Elisée Fatiguet (樊體愛), C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Aspendus

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa (Malawi)

Fr. Mathurin Guillemé, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa (Malawi) and Titular Bishop of Matara in Proconsulari

Fr. Alexis Lemaître, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Sitifis and Vicar Apostolic of French Sudan (Mali)

Archbishop Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado, Metropolitan Archbishop of Michoacán (Mexico), passed away at 62

Fr. Peter Göbl was elected Titular Bishop of Sinope and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Apostolic Vicariate of Guam was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Mariana Islands) (Guam)

Apostolic Prefecture of Caroline Islands was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mariana and Caroline Islands (gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Mariana Islands) (Micronesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mariana Islands was suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Mariana and Caroline Islands and to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Guam) (Northern Mariana Islands)

Archbishop Giuseppe Aversa, Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Bishop Hermann Jakob Dingelstad, Bishop of Münster (Germany), passed away at 76

Fr. Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Castoria and Coadjutor Bishop of Kumbakonam (India)

Bishop João Antônio Pimenta, Titular Bishop of Pentacomia and Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Msgr. Umberto Benigni was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Johann Baptist von Neudecker was elected Titular Bishop of Helenopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Fr. Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of French Guinea (Guinea)

Bishop John William Shaw succeeded as Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

Bishop John Anthony Forest, Bishop of San Antonio (USA), passed away at 72

Bishop Cyrillo de Paula Freitas, Titular Bishop of Eucarpia and Coadjutor Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Bishop Charles Maurice Graham, Bishop of Plymouth (England), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tiberias

Bishop Salvador Masot y Gómez (蘇瑪素), O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境 (China), passed away at 65

Bishop Pietro Kojunian, Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon of the Armenians

Bishop Vilmos Batthyány succeeded as Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

Bishop Imrich Bende resigned as Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

Fr. Joseph Godehard Machens was appointed as Priest of Hildesheim (Germany)

Bishop Godfried Marschall, Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 70

Fr. Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra was elected Titular Bishop of Orthosia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Archbishop Tommaso Maria Granello, O.P., Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, passed away at 70

Bishop Imrich Bende, Bishop emeritus of Nitra (Slovakia), passed away at 86

Fr. Ignace Beaufays, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Rhodes and adjacent islands (Greece)

Fr. Giuseppe Rovetta was elected Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Fr. Angelo Portelli, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Selinus and Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

Fr. Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A., was elected Bishop of Squillace (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ubangui belge was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Karol Antoni Niedziałkowski, Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine), passed away at 64

Apostolic Vicariate of Korea 조선 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul 서울 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku 대구) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku 대구 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Korea 조선) (South Korea)

Bishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel (민 아우구스티노), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Korea 조선 (South Korea), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Fr. Florian-Jean-Baptiste Demange (안세화 플로리아노), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Adrasus and Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

Fr. Giovanni Gamberoni was elected Bishop of Chiavari (Italy)

Bishop Adolfo Turchi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Aversa (Italy)

Bishop Settimio Caracciolo di Torchiarolo, Bishop of Alife (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

Fr. Wincenty Sękowski, M.I.C., Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers), passed away at 70

Fr. Manoel da Silva Gomes was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Mopsuestia (Turkiye) and Auxiliary Bishop of Ceará (Brazil)

Fr. Emilio Ferrais was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Catania (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Lystra

Fr. Giosuè Cattarossi was elected Bishop of Albenga (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Shaanxi 陝西中境 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境) (China)

Fr. Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio (易興化), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Bagis

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

Archbishop Cesare Sambucetti, Titular Archbishop of Corinthus, passed away at 73

Archbishop Paul Rubian, Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Juan Pascual Chimento was appointed as Priest of La Plata (Argentina)

Cardinal Beniamino Cavicchioni, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies, passed away at 74

Bishop János Csernoch, Bishop of Csanád (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Bishop Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék, Bishop of Győr (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania)

Fr. John Joseph Keily was elected Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Bishop Domenico Lancellotti, Titular Bishop of Delcus, was appointed as Bishop of Troia (Italy)

Fr. Vittoriano Romàn Zárate di S. Giuseppe, O.A.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines)

Fr. Gyula Glattfelder was elected Bishop of Csanád (Hungary)

Fr. Árpád Lipót Várady was elected Bishop of Győr (Hungary)

Fr. Giacomo Topuzian was elected Bishop of Mush of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Archbishop John Joseph Keane, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cius

Archbishop Giovanni Tacci Porcelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

Bishop Ioan Sabo, Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 74

Apostolic Prefecture of Western Honan 河南西境 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Western Honan 河南西境 (China)

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

Bishop Emile-Louis-Cornil Lobbedey, Bishop of Moulins (France), was appointed as Bishop of Arras (France)

Fr. José María Caro Rodríguez was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste-Etienne-Honoré Penon was elected Bishop of Moulins (France)

Apostolic Vicariate of Patagonia Septentrional was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Diocese of La Plata and Diocese of San Juan de Cuyo) (Argentina)

Archbishop Fergus Patrick McEvay, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada), passed away at 58

Fr. Augusto Álvaro da Silva was elected Bishop of Floresta (Brazil)

Fr. Francisco de Campos Barreto was elected Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil)

Fr. José Tomas Gomes da Silva was elected Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Fr. Hermeto José Pinheiro was elected Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

Fr. Modesto Augusto Vieira was elected Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

Fr. Michael Fintan Power was elected Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada)

Fr. John Henry Tihen was elected Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

Fr. Patrick Morrisroe was elected Bishop of Achonry (Ireland)

Bishop Pierre Dadolle, Bishop of Dijon (France), passed away at 54

Bishop Edmond Francis Prendergast, Titular Bishop of Scillium, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Henri Pelgé, Bishop of Poitiers (France), passed away at 74

Bishop Koloman Belepotoczky resigned as Military Vicar of Austria (Austria)

Bishop Joseph Robert Cowgill succeeded as Bishop of Leeds (England)

Bishop William Gordon, Bishop of Leeds (England), passed away at 79

Fr. Joseph Patrick Lynch was elected Bishop of Dallas (USA)

Fr. Josef Beran was appointed as Priest of Plzeň (Czechia)

Fr. John Alexander Floersh was appointed as Priest of Nashville (USA)

Fr. Moses Elias Kiley was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Apostolic Exarchate of Turkey of Europe (Greek Rite) was established (Turkiye)

Blessed Fr. Michał Piaszczyński was appointed as Priest of Łomża (Poland)

Archbishop Giacomo da Viterbo Capocci, O.E.S.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), was beatified by equipollence

Blessed Fr. Dominik Jędrzejewski was appointed as Priest of Włocławek (Poland)

Blessed Fr. Józef Straszewski was appointed as Priest of Włocławek (Poland)

Bishop Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy)

Fr. Michael James O’Doherty was elected Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

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

Blessed Fr. Emil Szramek was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Archbishop Ciro Pontecorvi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy), passed away at 51

Bishop Manuel Agostinho Barreto, Bishop of Funchal (Portugal), passed away at 75

Bishop Clemente Pagnani, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka), passed away at 77

Fr. Louis-Marie-Henri-Joseph Bigolet, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Antiphræ and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam)

Fr. Isaias Papadopulos was elected Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis

Fr. John Edward Gunn, S.M., was elected Bishop of Natchez (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Katanga was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge and Apostolic Prefecture of Kasaï Supérieur) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sumatra was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia) (Indonesia)

Archbishop Dennis O’Connor, C.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada), passed away at 70

Apostolic Prefecture of Matadi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop António Alves Ferreira succeeded as Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Bishop José Dias Correia de Carvalho, Bishop of Viseu (Portugal), passed away at 80

Bishop Raffaele Sandrelli, Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Comanæ

Blessed Fr. Max Josef Metzger was appointed as Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Fr. Ramiro Fernández y Balbuena was elected Titular Bishop of Scillium and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Bishop Paul-Emile-Marie-Joseph Henry, Bishop of Grenoble (France), passed away at 59

Archbishop Raimondo Ingheo, Bishop emeritus of Iglesias (Italy), passed away at 90

Fr. Antun Gjivojc was elected Bishop of Makarska (Croatia) and Bishop of Split (Croatia)

Bishop Jean Muradian, Bishop emeritus of Marasc of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 69

Fr. Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Bishop Victor-Omésime-Quirin Laurans, Bishop of Cahors (France), passed away at 68

Fr. Michael Joseph Spratt was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Bishop Emanuele Merra, Bishop of San Severo (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Olivier-Elzéar Mathieu was elected Bishop of Regina (Canada)

Bishop Luigi Bonetti, Bishop of Montalto (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Felix von Hartmann was elected Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Giorgio de Lucchi was elected Titular Bishop of Hemesa

Bishop Giulio Marsili, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Sapë (Albania), passed away at 88

Fr. Joseph Heintz, C.SS.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Giovanni Capitoli, Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy), passed away

Cardinal Anton Josef Gruscha, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 90

Archbishop Franz Xaver Nagl succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Fr. Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez was elected Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

Fr. Jacques-Louis Monestès was elected Bishop of Dijon (France)

Bishop James John Keane, Bishop of Cheyenne (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Bishop Joseph Schrembs, Titular Bishop of Sophene and Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Toledo (USA)

Diocese of Des Moines was established (from Diocese of Davenport and became suffragan of Dubuque) (USA)

Msgr. Camillo Laurenti was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Cardinal Francis Patrick Moran, Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), passed away at 80

Archbishop Michael Kelly succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Saint Fr. Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Giuseppe Castelli was elected Bishop of Susa (Italy)

Bishop Raffaele Piras, Bishop of Penne (Italy) and Bishop of Atri (Italy), passed away at 45

Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Nigeria was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Niger) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Niger was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Western Nigeria (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Nigeria) (Nigeria)

Fr. Constant Philomen Jeanningros, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Hauara and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin (Vietnam)

Fr. Francisco Xavier Ricardo Vilá y Mateu, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Adraha and Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam)

Bishop John Conmy, Bishop of Killala (Ireland), passed away at 68

Fr. Giovanni Couzian, I.C.P.B., was elected Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

Archbishop Avedis Arpiarian, Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus of the Armenians, was appointed as Bishop of Marasc of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Giovanni Naslian was elected Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Giuseppe Rokossian was elected Titular Archbishop of Achrida of the Armenians

Fr. Antonio Bahabanian was elected Bishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Gregorio Bahabaninian was elected Bishop of Ancyra of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Pasquale Keklikian was elected Bishop of Adana of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Bishop Heinrich Marx, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 76

Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Changanacherry and Apostolic Vicariate of Ernakulam) (India)

Fr. Augustine Kandathil was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Titular Bishop of Arad

Venerable Bishop Matthew Makil, Vicar Apostolic of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Manuel San Román y Elena, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 46

Fr. Thomas Kurialachery was elected Titular Bishop of Pella and Vicar Apostolic of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Cazet resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Central Madagascar (Madagascar)

Bishop Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Central Madagascar (Madagascar)

Bishop Garabed Kiciurian resigned as Bishop of Garin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Louis-Joseph Maurin was elected Bishop of Grenoble (France)

Fr. Louis Humbrecht was elected Bishop of Poitiers (France)

Bishop Joseph Maria Koudelka, Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Bishop Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname)

Fr. Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.SS.R., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname) and Titular Bishop of Antigonea

Fr. Bonaventura da Forlì Tornielli, O.S.M., was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Juan Plaza y García was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain)

Cardinal Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Bishop of Kraków (Poland), passed away at 68

Bishop César-Jean Schang (常明德), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Shandong 山東東境 (China), passed away at 76

Bishop Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner (羅漢光), O.F.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Shandong 山東東境 (China)

Fr. Giovanni Garigliano was elected Titular Bishop of Eucarpia

Archbishop Antonio Delenda, Archbishop of Athens (Greece), passed away at 51

Fr. Marcellin Bousquet, SS.CC., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers)

Fr. Luigi Paulini was elected Bishop of Nusco (Italy)

Fr. John Marie Laval was elected Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA)

Bishop Armand Olier, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga), passed away at 60

Fr. Luigi Bumci was elected Bishop of Lezhë (Albania)

Bishop-elect Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X., Vicar Apostolic of Western Honan 河南西境 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Termessus

Fr. Juvencio Joan Hospital de la Puebla, O.E.S.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Caunas

Fr. Noè Giuseppe Tacconi (譚維新), P.I.M.E., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Aradus

Bishop Jules-Alphonse Cousin (アルフォンス・クーザン), M.E.P., Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), passed away at 69

Fr. Giorgio Koletsi was elected Bishop of Sapë (Albania)

Blessed Fr. Ndoc Suma was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Giuseppe Dallepiane was elected Bishop of Iglesias (Italy)

Fr. Pio Gurisatti, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Tomasi, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Bishop François-Eugène Touzet, Bishop of Aire et Dax (France), passed away at 69

Archbishop Teodoro Antonio Polito, Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfù (Greece), passed away at 69

Fr. Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria)

Bishop Joseph Déruaz, Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland), passed away at 85

Archbishop Ghulian Hussig resigned as Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Archbishop Camillo Sorgente, Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy), passed away at 85

Bishop Bernardo Nardi, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Thebæ, passed away at 75

Fr. Giuseppe Melchisedechian was elected Bishop of Garin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Bishop Maximiliano Crespo Rivera was appointed as Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

Archbishop Tomás Costa y Fornaguera, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain), passed away at 80

Bishop Felice Del Sordo, Bishop of Venosa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alife (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Rossi was appointed as Priest of Perugia (Italy)

Bishop Antonio María Massanet y Verd, Bishop of Segorbe (Spain), passed away at 46

Bishop Augustine Van de Vyver, Bishop of Richmond (USA), passed away at 66

Fr. Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla was elected Titular Bishop of Sophene

Bishop Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J., Bishop of Panamá (Panama), passed away at 69

Fr. Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan was consecrated as Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Emanuele Giuseppe Pena was elected Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Paulino Díaz Rodríguez, O.E.S.A., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru)

Fr. Pedro Prat Escalas, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru)

Bishop Peter Verdaguer y Prat, Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville (USA), passed away at 75

Fr. Dionysius Schüler, O.F.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus

Diocese of Birmingham was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Birmingham (with suffragan sees Clifton, Menevia and Shrewsbury) (England)

Diocese of Liverpool was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Liverpool (with suffragan sees Hexham and Newcastle, Leeds, Middlesbrough and Salford) (England)

Bishop Edward Ilsley, Bishop of Birmingham (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Thomas Whiteside, Bishop of Liverpool (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Msgr. Ricardo Sanz de Samper y Campuzano, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Bishop Peter Augustine O’Neill, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Port-Louis (Mauritius), passed away at 69

Archbishop Pietro Alfonso Iorio, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taranto (Italy), passed away at 70

Bishop Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Jamaica (Jamaica), passed away at 80

Apostolic Prefecture of Costa d’Avorio was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Costa d’Avorio (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Korhogo) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Prefecture of Korhogo was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Costa d’Avorio) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Henry Hanlon, M.H.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

Bishop Francesco Maria Traina, Bishop of Patti (Italy), passed away at 73

Bishop Ján Vályi, Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia), passed away at 74

Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France), passed away at 70

Archbishop Gaetano Caporali, C.PP.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy), passed away at 87

Bishop Michele Lucibello, Auxiliary Bishop of Amalfi (Italy), passed away at 74

Archbishop Franz Xaver Nagl, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Luca Pappafava was elected Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

Archbishop František Salesky Bauer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Francis Alphonsus Bourne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Léon-Adolphe Amette, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Louis Billot, S.J., was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Bishop François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières, Bishop of Montpellier (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop François-Virgile Dubillard, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Pierre-Célestin Cézerac was elected Bishop of Cahors (France)

Bishop Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont, Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique), was appointed as Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Fr. Pie Armand Pierre Sabadel, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Archbishop of Corinthus

Fr. Jacob Naughton was elected Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

Msgr. Gaetano Bisleti, Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Cardinal Gaetano De Lai, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

Archbishop Diomede Falconio, O.F.M., Titular Archbishop of Larissa, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Titular Archbishop of Edessa, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Lugari, Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Msgr. Basilio Pompilj, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Bishop Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi, Bishop of Loreto (Italy) and Bishop of Recanati (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Tyrus

Cardinal Agostino Richelmy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) and Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Archbishop Antonio Vico, Titular Archbishop of Philippi and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Pompeo Ghezzi was elected Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Ferri was elected Bishop of Montalto (Italy)

Bishop Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L., resigned as Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Pulvirenti was elected Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Scarlata was elected Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy)

Patriarch Boghos (Paul) Bédros XIII Terzian was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Bishop Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette, Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico)

Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres, Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Michoacán (Mexico)

Fr. Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R., was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Fr. Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonfatiusz Józef Sapieha was elected Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Patriarch António Mendes Bello, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as

Archbishop Enrique Almaraz y Santos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop José María Justo Cos y Macho, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State and President of Commission for the Patrimony of the Holy See, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop John Murphy Farley, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop William Henry O’Connell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Joseph Pfluger was elected Titular Bishop of Harpasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Cardinal Francis Alphonsus Bourne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana

Cardinal Léon-Adolphe Amette, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina

Cardinal Louis Billot, S.J., was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata

Cardinal François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières, Bishop of Montpellier (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria

Cardinal François-Virgile Dubillard, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna

Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti

Cardinal Diomede Falconio, O.F.M., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Lugari was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico

Cardinal Basilio Pompilj was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica

Archbishop Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi was appointed as Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Archbishop Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy) and Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, was appointed as Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Cardinal Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R., was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio

Fr. André-Maurice Bovet was elected Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland)

Cardinal John Murphy Farley, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Cardinal William Henry O’Connell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente

Saint Fr. Sabas Reyes Salazar was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

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

Msgr. Carlo Perosi was appointed as Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Blessed Fr. Bernardo Maria di Gesù Silvestrelli (Cesare), C.P., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists), passed away at 80

Fr. János Mikes was elected Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

Archbishop Ambrose Agius, O.S.B., Titular Archbishop of Palmyra and Apostolic Delegate to Philippines, passed away at 55

Fr. Francisco Aguirre Murga (宋金鈴), O.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Botrys

Bishop Vasile Hossu, Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár of the Romanians (Romania)

Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé Occidentale (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé Orientale) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé Orientale was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Alfonso Andreoli, Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Loreto (Italy) and Bishop of Recanati (Italy)

Archbishop Eduardo Pulciano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), passed away at 59

Fr. José Américo Orzali was elected Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Fr. Carlos María Javier de la Torre was elected Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)