Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Auzia was suppressed (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Tipasa was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tipasa (Algeria)

Diocese of Eichstätt lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg (Germany)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ptolemais antea Syis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais (Libya)

Titular Episcopal See of Sebaste was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sebaste (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Antigonea was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Antigonea

Fr. Suitbert Birkle (Franz Xaver), O.S.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

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

Fr. Egide de Boeck, C.I.C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Eméry Cambier, C.I.C.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Giovanni Borzatti de Löwenstern resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Archbishop Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Boba-Dilla, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Br. Gabriel-Marie Jean-Antoine, F.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Br. Imier de Jésus Lafabrègue, F.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Bishop Heinrich Vollmar resigned as Military Vicar of Germany (Germany)

Archbishop Domenico Darmanin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfù (Greece), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kefalonia–Zakynthos (Greece)

Fr. Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Bishop Filippo Degni di Salento, Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 74

Msgr. Pio Papi was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Fr. Francisco Dall’Olio, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Vicar General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Fr. Giuseppe M. Lucchesi, O.S.M., resigned as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Fr. Stefan Novák was elected Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Fr. Bertrand Cothonay, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

Abbot Bernard Ghoraïra, O.A.M., was appointed as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Abbot Emmanuel Ubaid, O.A.M., resigned as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Archimandrite Séraphim Chmayel, B.C., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

Archimandrite Youssef Kfoury, B.C., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

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

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

Bishop Giovanni Blandini, Bishop of Noto (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Luigi del Forno, Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Francisco Xavier Ricardo Vilá y Mateu, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam), passed away at 61

Bishop Dominikus Willi, O. Cist., Bishop of Limburg (Germany), passed away at 68

Bishop Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C., Titular Bishop of Milopotamus, was appointed as Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Fr. Emmerich Bjelik was elected Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) and Titular Bishop of Thasus

Bishop Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz, Bishop of Sonora (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Bishop Philippe Meunier, Bishop of Évreux (France), passed away at 69

Bishop Augustine Francis Schinner resigned as Bishop of Superior (USA)

Fr. Bernard Coyne was elected Bishop of Elphin (Ireland)

Bishop Giosuè Bicchi, Bishop of San Severino (Italy), passed away at 63

Bishop-elect Abdul-Ahad Dawood Tappouni, Titular Bishop of Danaba-orum and Auxiliary Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bathna of the Syriacs

Fr. Augustinus Kilian was elected Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Bishop Francisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Salamanca (Spain), passed away at 61

Bishop Richard Alphonsus O’Connor, Bishop of Peterborough (Canada), passed away at 75

Bishop Filemón Cabanillas, Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), passed away at 70

Fr. James Albert Duffy was elected Bishop of Kearney (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Kaffa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Galla) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bangweulu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa) (Zambia)

Fr. Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru)

Fr. Étienne-Benoît Larue, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus and Vicar Apostolic of Bangweulu (Zambia)

Fr. Henry Joseph O’Leary was elected Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

Cardinal Franz Xaver Nagl, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 57

Saint Fr. Francesco Spinelli, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), passed away at 59

Archbishop François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Archbishop Étienne-Marie-Alphonse Sonnois, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France), passed away at 84

Bishop Louis-Jean Déchelette, Titular Bishop of Hierapolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Évreux (France)

Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi, Apostolic Delegate to Colombia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

Diocese of San Miguel was established (from Diocese of San Salvador and became suffragan of San Salvador) (El Salvador)

Diocese of San Salvador was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador (with suffragan sees San Miguel and Santa Ana and lost territory to establish Diocese of San Miguel and Diocese of Santa Ana) (El Salvador)

Diocese of Santa Ana was established (from Diocese of San Salvador and became suffragan of San Salvador) (El Salvador)

Bishop Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar, Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Fr. Alexis-Armand Charost was elected Titular Bishop of Miletopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai (France)

Bishop Andrea d’Agostino, C.M., Bishop of Ariano (Italy), passed away at 74

Bishop Ignacio Monterisi, Bishop of Potenza (Italy) and Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy), passed away at 52

Bishop John Joseph Hogan, Bishop of Kansas City (USA), passed away at 83

Bishop Thomas Francis Lillis succeeded as Bishop of Kansas City (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tripoli was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Libya (Libya)

Fr. Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna and Vicar Apostolic of Libya (Libya)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Rota, Bishop of Lodi (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Michele Akras was elected Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria)

Bishop Paul Fortini, Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown (Australia), passed away

Saint Fr. David Uribe Velasco was appointed as Priest of Chilapa (Mexico)

Bishop Gennaro Cosenza, Bishop of Caserta (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

Archbishop Thomas Fennelly resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland)

Bishop Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rouen (France), passed away at 71

Cardinal Pietro Respighi, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ferrara (Italy), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), passed away at 69

Saint Fr. José María Robles Hurtado was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero, Bishop of Córdoba (Spain), passed away at 84

Bishop Henri Doulcet, C.P., resigned as Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Bishop Leonardo Baumbach, C.P., succeeded as Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Fr. Carlo Montagnini was elected Titular Archbishop of Larissa and Apostolic Delegate to Colombia

Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Fr. John Thomas McNally was elected Bishop of Calgary (Canada)

Bishop James Jordan Carroll, Bishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), passed away at 50

Fr. Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P., was elected Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

Cardinal Domenico Ferrata, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, was appointed as Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

Cardinal Basilio Pompilj was appointed as Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Rossi was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Fr. Paolino Giovanni Tribbioli, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Bishop Giorgio de Lucchi, Titular Bishop of Hemesa, passed away at 66

Archbishop Ricardo Casanova y Estrada, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 68

Archbishop Pietro Facciotti, Bishop emeritus of Ferentino (Italy), passed away at 89

Diocese of Mont-Laurier was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa and became suffragan of Ottawa) (Canada)

Bishop Joseph-Alfred Archambault, Bishop of Joliette (Canada), passed away at 53

Saint Fr. Giovanni Battista Piamarta, F.N., Founder of Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Father John Piamarta, passed away at 71

Fr. Charles Warren Currier was elected Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

Bishop Carlo Pietropaoli, Bishop of Trivento (Italy), was promoted as Apostolic Delegate to Venezuela and Titular Archbishop of Chalcis

Bishop Andrea Cassato, Auxiliary Bishop of Otranto (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Cardinal Basilio Pompilj, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Philippi

Fr. Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Southern Kaffa (Ethiopia)

Fr. Johannes Poggenburg was elected Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Archbishop Thomas Fennelly was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Methymna

Fr. Aleksander Kakowski was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Fr. Sigismund Waitz was elected Titular Bishop of Cibyra and Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Fr. Nematallah Carame was elected Titular Bishop of Myndus

Fr. Thomas O’Shea, S.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Gortyna and Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Fr. Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam) and Titular Bishop of Eleutherna

Apostolic Vicariate of Fianarantsoa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central Madagascar) (Madagascar)

Bishop Antonio Piterà, Bishop emeritus of Bova (Italy), passed away at 89

Cardinal Basilio Pompilj resigned as Titular Archbishop of Philippi

Fr. Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Abbot Fidelis von Stotzingen, O.S.B., was appointed as Coadjutor Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

Archbishop Manuel Baptista da Costa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal), passed away at 79

Blessed Fr. Gregorio Morales Membrives was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Robert Fraser was elected Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Apostolic Prefecture of Betafó was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central Madagascar) (Madagascar)

Fr. Felice Agostino Addeo, O.S.A., was elected Bishop of Nicosia (Italy)

Fr. Giacomo Sinibaldi was elected Titular Bishop of Tiberias and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Fr. Charles Givelet, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Gindarus and Vicar Apostolic of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Madagascar was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Madagascar was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Madagascar was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tananarive (Madagascar)

Fr. Angelo Petrelli was elected Bishop of Venosa (Italy)

Bishop François-Xavier Corbet, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Madagascar (Madagascar), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

Bishop Jean-Jacques Crouzet, C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Madagascar (Madagascar), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)

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

Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P., Bishop of Kumbakonam (India), passed away at 76

Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P., succeeded as Bishop of Kumbakonam (India)

Bishop Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini, Bishop of Brescia (Italy), passed away at 85

Apostolic Prefecture of Rajputana was promoted as Diocese of Ajmer (India)

Archdiocese of Simla was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Simla (with suffragan sees Lahore and Kafiristan e Kashmir) (India)

Bishop Jules-Etienne Gazaniol, Bishop of Constantine (Algeria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Modra

Archbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Simla (India), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Simla (India)

Fr. Fortunat-Henri Caumont, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Ajmer (India)

Fr. Arthur Béliveau was elected Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Fr. Jules-Alexandre-Léon Bouissière was elected Bishop of Constantine (Algeria)

Ordinariate of United States of America (Ukrainian Rite) was established (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Ghazal was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa) (South Sudan)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Ghazal) (Sudan)

Fr. Juan José Marcos Zapata was elected Titular Bishop of Castabala and Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Fr. Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan)

Bishop Franz Xavier Geyer, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (Sudan), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan)

Apostolic Vicariate of Norway was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Norway and Spitzbergen (Norway)

Bishop Johannes Olaf Fallize, Vicar Apostolic of Norway (Norway), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Norway and Spitzbergen (Norway)

Bishop Mario Palladino, Bishop of Ischia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

Fr. Constant-Jean-Baptiste Prodhomme, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Gerrha and Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand)

Bishop Henri Doulcet, C.P., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ionopolis

Bishop-elect Augustinus Kilian was confirmed as Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Bishop Adamo Borghini, Titular Bishop of Carpasia and Auxiliary Bishop of Ferrara (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of San Severino (Italy)

Fr. Anselmo Rizzi was elected Bishop of Adria (Italy)

Archbishop Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba), passed away at 78

Fr. Alfonso Castaldo was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Aloisius Joseph Muench was appointed as Priest of Milwaukee (USA)

Cardinal Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Fr. Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch was elected Titular Bishop of Gerasa and Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (France)

Fr. Rodolfo Caroli was elected Bishop of Ceneda (Italy)

Fr. Trifone Pederzolli was elected Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Fr. Richard Michael Joseph O’Brien was elected Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

Fr. Stefano Miklósy was elected Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Fr. François-Joseph Dantin, M.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Betafó (Madagascar)

Bishop Julián Miranda y Ristuer, Bishop of Segovia (Spain), passed away at 59

Fr. Paul-Marie Richaud was appointed as Priest of Versailles (France)

Fr. Ferenc Gossman was elected Titular Bishop of Castoria and Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

Bishop John Janssen, Bishop of Belleville (USA), passed away at 78

Apostolic Prefecture of San Domingo de Urubamba was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Urubamba y Madre de Dios (Peru)

Bishop-elect Johannes Poggenburg was confirmed as Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Ramón Zubieta y Les, O.P., Prefect Apostolic of San Domingo de Urubamba (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Adraha and Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios (Peru)

Fr. Efrem Forni was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Pietro Zanolini, Bishop of Fabriano (Italy) and Bishop of Matelica (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

Bishop Francesco di Costanzo, Bishop emeritus of Monopoli (Italy), passed away at 56

Fr. Maximino Ruiz y Flores was elected Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico)

Bishop Charles Lavigne, S.J., Bishop of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), passed away at 73

Fr. Giuseppe Romeo was elected Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Józef Pawłowski was appointed as Priest of Kielce (Poland)

Fr. Francis Hennemann, S.A.C., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon) and Titular Bishop of Coptus

Bishop Julián de Diego y García Alcolea, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

Bishop José Cadena y Eleta, Bishop of Vitoria (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

Bishop Antolín López y Peláez, Bishop of Jaca (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)

Bishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde, Titular Bishop of Olimpus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

Fr. José Alvarez y Miranda was elected Bishop of León (Spain)

Fr. Antonio Alvaro y Ballano was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

Bishop Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Thagaste and Apostolic Administrator of Solsona (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

Bishop Ramón Guillamet y Coma, Bishop of León (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Fr. Angel Marquina y Corrales was elected Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain)

Bishop Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz, Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

Fr. Ramón Plaza y Blanco was elected Bishop of Orihuela (Spain)

Fr. Antonio Senso Lázaro was elected Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

Fr. Manuel Torres y Torres was elected Bishop of Plasencia (Spain)

Apostolic Prefecture of Formosa Island 台灣 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Amoy 廈門) (Taiwan)

Fr. Clemente Fernández (林牧才), O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan)

Archbishop François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France), passed away at 65

Bishop Vittore Corvaia, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Montevergine (Italy), passed away at 79

Apostolic Prefecture of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land) (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land) (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Alfredo Pacini was appointed as Priest of Lucca (Italy)

Fr. Eberhard Limbrock, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (Papua New Guinea)

Diocese of Tacámbaro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán and Diocese of Zamora and became suffragan of Michoacán) (Mexico)

Bishop William Giles, Titular Bishop of Philadelphia, passed away at 83

Fr. Cosimo Agostino was elected Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy)

Fr. Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez was elected Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) and Coadjutor Archbishop of Mopsuestia (Turkiye)

Fr. Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo was elected Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Bishop Charles-François Turinaz, Bishop of Nancy (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Antiochia

Archbishop René-François Renou resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France)

Abbot Primate Hildebrand de Hemptinne, O.S.B., Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines), passed away at 64

Fr. Francesco Roberti was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Albert Nègre, Bishop of Tulle (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France)

Fr. Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes was elected Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

Fr. François-Xavier Brunet was elected Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-François-Xavier Métreau, Titular Bishop of Thermæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Tours (France), was appointed as Bishop of Tulle (France)

Bishop Josephus Hubertus Drehmanns, Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands), passed away at 70

Bishop Joseph Maria Koudelka, Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Superior (USA)

Abbot Fidelis von Stotzingen, O.S.B., Coadjutor Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines), was appointed as Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

Fr. Giuseppe Vizzini was elected Bishop of Noto (Italy)

Fr. Canisius Teodorus Gellings, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Nicola Monterisi was elected Bishop of Monopoli (Italy)

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

Fr. Roberto Achille Razzòli, O.F.M., Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land, was elected Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy) and Bishop of Potenza (Italy)

Fr. Juan Plaza y García, Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Hippus

Diocese of Perth was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth (with suffragan sees Geraldton, Kimberley in Western Australia and Drisdale River) (Australia)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Clune, C.SS.R., Bishop of Perth (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia)

Blessed Fr. Juan José Martínez Romero was appointed as Priest of Cartagena (Spain)

Fr. John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Carrhæ

Cardinal José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, passed away at 59

Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Kaffa was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaffa (Ethiopia)

Fr. Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C., Prefect Apostolic of Southern Kaffa (Ethiopia), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kaffa (Ethiopia)

Fr. Domenico Pasi was elected Titular Bishop of Philadelphia and Auxiliary Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Archbishop Johannes Fidelis Battaglia, Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 84

Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia) (Indonesia)

Bishop Gaspar Felicjan Cyrtowt, Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania), passed away at 72

Bishop Giuseppe Foschiani, Bishop of Feltre (Italy) and Bishop of Belluno (Italy), passed away at 65

Fr. Petrus Carolus Noyen, S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

Cardinal Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 78

Bishop Ferdinand Rüegg, Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland), passed away at 66

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

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

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

Bishop François-Mathurin Guichard (方濟各．吉夏爾), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China), passed away at 71

Bishop François-Lazare Seguin (施恩), M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China)

Bishop Ernesto Kutrovatz, Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Hungary), passed away at 69

Archbishop Carlo Montagnini, Titular Archbishop of Larissa and Apostolic Delegate to Colombia, passed away at 50

Bishop William John Kenny, Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA), passed away at 60

Diocese of Lille was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cambrai and became suffragan of Cambrai) (France)

Fr. Heinrich Joeppen was elected Military Vicar of Germany (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Cisamus

Bishop Giacinto Gaggia, Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum and Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Manuel de Castro y Alonso was elected Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Fr. Robert Bürkler was elected Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Cardinal Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Fr. Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer was elected Titular Bishop of Pentacomia and Apostolic Administrator of Solsona (Spain)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lindi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Fr. Edward Kozłowski was elected Titular Bishop of Germia and Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Bishop Manuel Correia de Bastos Pina, Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal), passed away at 83

Bishop Alexis-Armand Charost, Titular Bishop of Miletopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai (France), was appointed as Bishop of Lille (France)

Bishop Jean-Arthur Chollet, Bishop of Verdun (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Bishop Giosuè Cattarossi, Bishop of Albenga (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Belluno (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Colombia

Fr. Villibrordo Lay, O.S.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lindi (Tanzania)

Bishop Ignazio Zuccaro, Bishop emeritus of Caltanissetta (Italy), passed away at 74

Archbishop Eutimio Zulhof, B.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 65

Bishop Firmin-Léon-Joseph Renouard, Bishop of Limoges (France), passed away at 82

Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefields was established (from Diocese of León and became suffragan of Managua) (Nicaragua)

Diocese of Granada was established (from Diocese of León and became suffragan of Managua) (Nicaragua)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Managua was established (from Diocese of León and with suffragan sees Granada, León and Bluefields) (Nicaragua)

Fr. John Mary Harty was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland)

Bishop Simeón Pereira y Castellón, Bishop of León (Nicaragua), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

Msgr. Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa, Apostolic Delegate to Colombia, was elected Titular Archbishop of Hemesa

Bishop Joan Josep Laguarda i Fenollera, Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 47

Fr. Henry J. Althoff was elected Bishop of Belleville (USA)

Bishop Achille Quadrozzi, Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy), passed away at 69

Cardinal Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri, Abbot nullius of Santi Vincenzo ed Anastasio alle Tre Fontane (Italy), Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 85

Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Bishop Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Fr. José Cándido Piñol y Batres was elected Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua)

Fr. Isidro Carrillo y Salazar was elected Titular Bishop of Torone and Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Bishop Stefan Denisiewicz, Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland), passed away at 79

Bishop Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa, Bishop of Socorro (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia, President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, passed away at 70

Bishop-elect Robert Bürkler was confirmed as Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Diocese of Spokane was established (from Diocese of Seattle and became suffragan of Oregon City) (USA)

Bishop Jean-Marie Barthe, S.J., Bishop of Trichinopoly (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Parlais

Bishop Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J., succeeded as Bishop of Trichinopoly (India)

Fr. Hector-Raphaël Quilliet was elected Bishop of Limoges (France)

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

Blessed Fr. Giovanni Maria Boccardo, Priest of Torino (Italy), passed away at 65

Apostolic Prefecture of Lang Són et Cao Bang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Tonking) (Vietnam)