Nominations and Resignations

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet 西藏 (India)

Diocese of Cajamarca exchanged territory with Diocese of Trujillo (Peru)

Diocese of Trujillo exchanged territory with Diocese of Cajamarca (Peru)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr, Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Military Vicar of Australia (Australia)

Fr. Ernest Ménager, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Dahomey (Benin), passed away at 64

Fr. Francisco Gutiérrez, C.M.F., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Chocó (Colombia)

Fr. Riccardo Turner, M.H.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia)

Fr. Emilio Callewaert, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Léon Dérikx, O. Praem., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Uélé Occidentale (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Reginald van Schoote, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Uélé Orientale (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

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

Msgr. Francesco Pascucci resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Fr. Josef Reiners (ヨゼフ・ライネルス), S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

Fr. Bernardo Irastorza, O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru)

Blessed Fr. Bronisław Bonawentura Markiewicz, S.D.B., was appointed as Founder of Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel (Michaelites)

Fr. Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Rhaetia (Switzerland)

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

Fr. Agostino Koch, O.H., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Fr. Joseph Saïgh, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul

Bishop Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria), passed away at 43

Bishop Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thebæ

Bishop Giuseppe Camassa resigned as Bishop of Melfi (Italy) and Bishop of Rapolla (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Costa was elected Bishop of Melfi (Italy) and Bishop of Rapolla (Italy)

Bishop-elect José María Caro Rodríguez, Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mylasa

Bishop-elect Luís Silva Lezaeta, Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Olena

Archbishop Dario Mattei-Gentili, Archbishop emeritus of Perugia (Italy), passed away at 69

Archbishop Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus

Bishop Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., Bishop of Adria (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Edessa

Archbishop Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

Archbishop Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

Archbishop François Bonne (フランソワ・ボンヌ), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), passed away at 56

Bishop Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong, Bishop of Valence (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France)

Fr. Flavien Prat, SS.CC., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers)

Fr. Joseph-Marie-François-Xavier Métreau was elected Titular Bishop of Thermæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Tours (France)

Fr. Nikola Dobrečić was elected Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro)

Archbishop Louis-André Navarre, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 75

Bishop Juan María Riesa, O.P., Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Archbishop Alessandro Bavona, Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary, passed away at 55

Bishop Denis Joseph O’Connell, Titular Bishop of Sebaste and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Richmond (USA)

Fr. Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern was elected Bishop of Cheyenne (USA)

Fr. Adolphe-Casimir David was elected Titular Bishop of Sebaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Fr. Leonida Medina was elected Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Fr. Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary

Blessed Fr. Bronisław Bonawentura Markiewicz, S.D.B., Founder of Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel (Michaelites), passed away at 69

Msgr. Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno, Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary, was elected Titular Archbishop of Laodicea

Fr. Austin Dowling was elected Bishop of Des Moines (USA)

Fr. Giovanni Bonzano, P.I.M.E., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith, was elected Titular Archbishop of Melitene and Apostolic Delegate to United States of America

Fr. Joseph Félix François Malleret, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

Archbishop Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia), passed away at 63

Archbishop Francesco Sogaro, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Central Africa (Sudan) and President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 72

Fr. Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues was elected Bishop of Valence (France)

Fr. Vicente Castellanos y Núñez was elected Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Archbishop Germanos Mouaqqad, M.S.P., Bishop emeritus of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) and Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul, passed away at 62

Fr. Joseph-Felix Blanc, S.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga) and Titular Bishop of Dibon

Fr. José Garibi Rivera was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop James Duhig, Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Amida and Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Archbishop Edmund Stonor, Titular Archbishop of Trapezus, passed away at 80

Fr. Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Gordus and Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)

Archbishop Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy) and Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria

Bishop Domenico Darmanin, Bishop of Syros (Greece), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfù (Greece)

Fr. Louis Petit was elected Archbishop of Athens (Greece) and Apostolic Delegate to Greece

Bishop Guglielmo Blazek, Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia), passed away at 74

Diocese of Kearney was established (from Diocese of Omaha and became suffragan of Dubuque) (USA)

Fr. Joseph Henry Conroy was elected Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Msgr. Domenico Mustafà, Director Master emeritus of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel, passed away at 82

Fr. Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M., was elected Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

Apostolic Vicariate of Brownsville was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Corpus Christi) (USA)

Diocese of Corpus Christi was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Brownsville and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Fr. Antonio Caggiano was appointed as Priest of Santa Fe (Argentina)

Fr. Michael Higgins was elected Titular Bishop of Temnus and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuam (Ireland)

Bishop Ludovít Szmrecsányi, Titular Bishop of Magyddus, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Eger (Hungary)

Fr. Győző Horváth was elected Titular Bishop of Martyropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Fr. Giulio Costantino, C.S.I., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Fr. Eugenio Reffo, C.S.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Fr. Giacomo Ghio was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy)

Fr. Rocco Caliandro was elected Bishop of Termoli (Italy)

Archbishop Neil McNeil, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Ferdinando Fiandaca, Bishop of Nicosia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Camassa was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Trapezopolis

Fr. Bede Beekmeyer, O.S.B. Silv., was elected Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Diocese of Tarbes was renamed as Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Fr. Raffaele Santi was elected Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy)

Archbishop Friedrich Philipp von Abert, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany), passed away at 59

Fr. Johannes Biermans, M.H.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Gargara

Bishop Marie-Joseph Cuaz, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand)

Apostolic Vicariate of Coastal Chi-Li 直隸海濱 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境) (China)

Fr. Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li 直隸海濱 (China)

Bishop-elect Johannes Biermans, M.H.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

Fr. Alojzije Mišić, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Antal Papp was elected Titular Bishop of Lyrba and Coadjutor Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Bishop Andrea Caron, Bishop of Ceneda (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

Archbishop Pietro Balestra, O.F.M. Conv., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy), passed away at 70

Bishop-elect Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li 直隸海濱 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Curubis

Bishop William Miller, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal (South Africa)

Fr. Patrick-Thomas Ryan was elected Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

Bishop Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin, S.J., Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), passed away at 75

Fr. Johann Jacobus von Hauck was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Fr. Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta was elected Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

Bishop Augustinus Gockel, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at 82

Bishop Laurentius Mayer, Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 83

Bishop Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos, Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico), passed away at 49

Saint Fr. Arcangelo Tadini, Priest of Brescia (Italy), passed away at 65

Fr. James Morrison was elected Bishop of Antigonish (Canada)

Bishop Rogatien-Joseph Martin, Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), passed away at 63

Bishop James Francis Corbett, Bishop of Sale (Australia), passed away at 77

Fr. Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)

Apostolic Prefecture of South Solomons was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of South Solomons (Solomon Islands)

Fr. Jean-Pierre Rey (ジャン・ピエール・レイ), M.E.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Fr. Jean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M., Prefect Apostolic of South Solomons (Solomon Islands), was elected Titular Bishop of Musti and Vicar Apostolic of South Solomons (Solomon Islands)

Bishop Casimir Vic (和安當), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Kiangsi 江西東境 (China), passed away at 59

Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils, Bishop of Le Mans (France), passed away at 71

Bishop-elect Antal Papp succeeded as Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Bishop Giulio Firczak, Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine), passed away at 75

Fr. Jean-Claude Combaz (ジャン・クロード・コンバス), M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Diocese of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian Rite) was established (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom, Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár, Diocese of Mukačeve, Diocese of Oradea Mare and Diocese of Prešov and became suffragan of Esztergom) (Hungary)

Fr. Donald Louis Mackintosh was elected Titular Archbishop of Chersona and Coadjutor Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Fr. Carlo Grano was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (Ukrainian Rite) was established (Canada)

Archbishop-elect Johann Jacobus von Hauck was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Archbishop José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 62

Mission sui juris of San Andrés y Providencia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena) (Colombia)

Bishop Mariano Markovic, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Danaba-orum and Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), passed away at 71

Msgr. Eugenio Pacelli, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Fr. John McIntyre was elected Titular Bishop of Lamus and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Josef Altenweisel, Bishop of Brixen (Italy), passed away at 60

Fr. Henri Léonard, M. Afr., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Unianyembé (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania

Bishop François Gerboin, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Unianyembé (Tanzania), passed away at 65

Bishop-elect Henri Léonard, M. Afr., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Unianyembé (Tanzania)

Fr. George Gauthier was elected Titular Bishop of Philippopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. John Joseph McCort was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) and Titular Bishop of Azotus

Fr. Daniel Mannix was elected Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Antonio Macrioniti was elected Bishop of Syros (Greece)

Bishop François Belleville, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking (Vietnam), passed away at 52

Bishop Antonino Sardi, Bishop of Anagni (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Palmyra

Fr. Mykyta Budka (Микита Будка) was elected Apostolic Exarch of Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Patara

Fr. François-Xavier Bossé, Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada), passed away at 73

Cardinal Anton Hubert Fischer, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 72

Bishop João Batista Becker, Bishop of Santa Catarina (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Timothy Casey, Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Fr. Edward Alfred Leblanc was elected Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada)

Fr. Joseph Aloysius Burke was appointed as Priest of Buffalo (USA)

Blessed Fr. Francisco de Haro Martínez was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer was elected Titular Bishop of Delcus and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop John Grimes succeeded as Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Bishop Patrick Anthony Ludden, Bishop of Syracuse (USA), passed away at 74

Saint Sr. Cándida María de Jesús Cipitria y Barriola (Juana Josefa), F.I., Founder of Daughters of Jesus, passed away at 67

Archbishop Giuseppe Ridolfi, Titular Archbishop of Apamea Cibotus, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

Fr. Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte was elected Bishop of Le Mans (France)

Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata 新潟 was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京, Diocese of Hakodate 函館 and Diocese of Osaka 大阪 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Bishop Gioachino Cantagalli, Bishop of Faenza (Italy), passed away at 86

Blessed Archbishop Pio Alberto del Corona, O.P., Bishop emeritus of San Miniato (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Joseph Shiel was elected Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Fr. Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud (田), C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Kiangsi 江西東境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Elæa

Cardinal József Samassa, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco and Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary), passed away at 83

Archbishop Ludovít Szmrecsányi succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary)

Fr. Pietro Pacifici, C.R.S., was elected Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy)

Fr. Salvador-Pierre Walleser (法來善), O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Mariana and Caroline Islands (Micronesia) and Titular Bishop of Tanagra

Fr. Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Verinopolis and Bishop-Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil)

Bishop José Alves de Mariz, Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal), passed away at 68

Fr. Bartolomeo Cattaneo was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith

Fr. Carlo Pensa was elected Bishop of Atri (Italy) and Bishop of Penne (Italy)

Fr. Emilio Poletti was elected Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy)

Bishop Charles Maurice Graham, Bishop emeritus of Plymouth (England), passed away at 78

Fr. Atanasio Giorgio (Cyrille) Dallal was elected Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Cardinal Pierre-Hector Coullié, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), passed away at 83

Bishop Joaquim José Vieira, Bishop of Ceará (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Himeria

Fr. Abdul-Ahad Dawood Tappouni was elected Titular Bishop of Danaba-orum and Auxiliary Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye)

Fr. Moisé Sarkis was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusus of the Syriacs

Blessed Bishop-elect Flaviano Michele Melki was confirmed as Bishop of Gazireh of the Syriacs (Turkiye)

Archbishop Manoel da Silva Gomes, Coadjutor Archbishop of Mopsuestia (Turkiye) and Auxiliary Bishop of Ceará (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Ceará (Brazil)

Archbishop Ronald MacDonald, Bishop emeritus of Harbour Grace (Canada), passed away at 77

Fr. Domenico Tardini was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Angus MacFarlane, Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland), passed away at 69

Bishop Franz Egger, Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Putumayo was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of San León del Amazonas) (Peru)

Fr. Leo Sambrook, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Putumayo (Peru)

Bishop Rafael Fernández Concha, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 78

Bishop John Joseph Clancy, Bishop of Elphin (Ireland), passed away at 55

Fr. Edward Joseph Hanna was elected Titular Bishop of Titopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Bishop James Jordan Carroll, Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Metellopolis

Archbishop Benito Murúa y López, Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 66

Bishop Magloire-Désiré Barthet, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Senegambia (Senegal), passed away at 75

Fr. Patrick Phelan was elected Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Bishop Francisco Jarrín y Moro, Bishop of Plasencia (Spain), passed away at 69

Bishop Gaetano Pizzi, Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

Bishop Franz Egger, Titular Bishop of Laranda and Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Bishop Joaquim José Vieira, Titular Bishop of Himeria, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus

Bishop Francesco Baldassarri, Bishop of Imola (Italy), passed away at 76

Cardinal Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy), passed away at 88

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

Bishop Raffaele Sandrelli, Bishop emeritus of Sansepolcro (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M., Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico), passed away at 74

Diocese of Calgary was established (from Diocese of Saint Albert and became suffragan of Edmonton) (Canada)

Diocese of Saint Albert was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton (with suffragan see Calgary and lost territory to establish Diocese of Calgary) (Canada)

Bishop Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I., Bishop of Saint Albert (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada)

Archbishop Youssef Debs, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at 66

Bishop James Charles McDonald, Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada), passed away at 72

Cardinal Franz Xaver Nagl, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

Bishop Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Echinus

Cardinal František Salesky Bauer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati

Bishop Felix von Hartmann, Bishop of Münster (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Adam Senger was elected Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Bishop Károly Hornig, Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Aristide Rinaldini was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Antonio Vico was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto

Bishop Vincenzo Bacchi, Titular Bishop of Myndus, was appointed as Bishop of Faenza (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Barcia, Ordinary of Silicia of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Ordinary of Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Silvio Gasperini was elected Bishop of Anagni (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Andrea Masera, Bishop of Biella (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Himeria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy)

Fr. Natale Serafino was elected Bishop of Biella (Italy)

Bishop José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez, Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Antonio Hernández y Rodríguez was elected Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

Bishop Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Epiphania

Cardinal Enrique Almaraz y Santos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio

Cardinal José María Justo Cos y Macho, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo

Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Vincent Teofilo Popiel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 87

Diocese of Camagüey was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago) (Cuba)

Diocese of Matanzas was established (from Diocese of La Habana and became suffragan of Santiago) (Cuba)

Fr. Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon) and Titular Bishop of Corycus

Fr. André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Magydus

Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Victoria-Nyanza and Apostolic Vicariate of Unianyembé) (Rwanda)

Bishop Hector-Irénée Sévin, Bishop of Châlons (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria-Nyanza (Tanzania), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kivu (Rwanda)

Bishop Joseph Sweens, M. Afr., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria-Nyanza (Tanzania)

Fr. Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Laranda

Fr. Cleto Vincenzo Pejov, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Titular Bishop of Lyrbe

Archbishop János Csernoch, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Cardinal Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Fr. Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Banjaluka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Tomasso Trussoni was elected Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy)

Fr. Valeriu Traian Frenţiu was elected Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Francesco di Costanzo, Bishop of Monopoli (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Amisus

Fr. Joseph-Marie Tissier was elected Bishop of Châlons (France)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Flapp, Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia), passed away at 67