Nominations and Resignations

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hobart was demoted as Archdiocese of Hobart (without ecclesiastical province) (Australia)

Apostolic Administration of Bosna i Hercegovina (Ruthenian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Križevci) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Titular Episcopal See of Arethusus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Arethusus (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Arethusa (Syriac Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Arethusus (Syria)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Ostroh was established

Fr. John Creagh, C.SS.R., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia)

Fr. Aleksey Bazyuk was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bosna i Hercegovina of the Ruthenians (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Msgr. Ricardo Sanz de Samper y Campuzano resigned as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Fr. Dionýz Njarady was elected Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Fr. Pasquale da Luchon, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Fr. James Frederick Player, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Fr. Venancio de Lisle-en-Rigault, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Fr. Antoine Fiat, C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

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

Fr. Emile Villette, C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

Fr. Justin Favre was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

Fr. Alexander Kattakayam, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Basil Thaliath, C.M.I., resigned as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti was appointed as Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Fr. Serafino Cimino, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Bishop Antonio Maria Contini resigned as Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) and Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy)

Msgr. Pacifico Massella was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters

Msgr. Guglielmo Sebastianelli was appointed as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Nicola Sebastiani was appointed as Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State

Fr. Geremia Angelucci, C.P., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Fr. Silvio Di Vezza, C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Fr. Paul Abu-Mourad resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. Alexios Akel was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Blessed Fr. Franciszek Rosłaniec was appointed as Priest of Radom (Poland)

Fr. Charles Cox, O.M.I., was elected Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa)

Archbishop Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople

Fr. Dmytro Yaremko was elected Titular Bishop of Ostroh

Blessed Fr. Andrii Ischak (Андрій Іщак) was appointed as Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Abbot Peter Engel, O.S.B., resigned as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Ernest Helmstetter, O.S.B., was appointed as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

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

Fr. Luigi Caterini, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

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

Fr. Augustin Duret, S.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

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

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

Archbishop Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), was promoted as Patriarch of Indias Occidentales and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Archbishop Jules-Basile Kandelaft, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 65

Bishop Everhard Illigens, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany), passed away at 62

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

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta was appointed as Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archbishop Carlo Bertuzzi, Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy), passed away at 87

Bishop Juan Antonio Ruano Martín, Bishop of Lérida (Spain), passed away at 73

Bishop Carlo Mola, C.O., Bishop emeritus of Foggia (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Giovanni Maria Diamare, Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy), passed away at 76

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

Bishop Modesto Augusto Vieira, Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Archelaïs and Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil)

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 President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Fr. Victor Arrién was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia)

Fr. Jean-Marie Bourchany was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France) and Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum

Cardinal Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R., was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Bishop Giuseppe Izzo, Bishop of Sarno (Italy) and Bishop of Cava (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Andrea Fiore, Bishop of Cuneo (Italy), passed away at 60

Bishop William Turner, Bishop of Galloway (Scotland), passed away at 69

Bishop José de Jesús Guzmán y Sánchez, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico), passed away at 49

Saint Fr. José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, Priest of Córdoba (Argentina), passed away at 73

Venerable Bishop Matthew Makil, Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 62

Fr. Louis James O’Leary was elected Titular Bishop of Hierapolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Chatham (Canada)

Archbishop Salvatore Tolu, Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy), passed away at 65

Cardinal Casimiro Gennari, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello, Bishop emeritus of Conversano (Italy) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, passed away at 74

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

Diocese of Cajazeiras was established (from Diocese of Paraíba and became suffragan of Paraíba) (Brazil)

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

Bishop Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques, Bishop of Paraíba (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil)

Diocese of Augsburg lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez, Bishop of Zamora (Spain), passed away at 78

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Bishop Charles Warren Currier resigned as Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

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

Fr. Rufino Santos Pérez, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru)

Bishop James Dominic Murray, O.E.S.A., Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown (Australia), passed away at 67

Cardinal Benedetto Lorenzelli was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives

Fr. José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez was elected Titular Bishop of Thermæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

Bishop Pierre-Emile Rouard, Bishop of Nantes (France), passed away at 74

Cardinal Johannes Baptist Katschthaler, Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in Parione and Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria), passed away at 81

Fr. Pranciškus Karevičius, M.I.C., was elected Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania)

Blessed Fr. Włodzimierz Laskowski was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Diocese of El Paso was established (from Diocese of Dallas, Diocese of San Antonio and Diocese of Tucson and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Bishop Heinrich Hubertus Aloysius Voß, Pro-Vicar Apostolic of North German Missions (Germany), Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) and Prefect Apostolic of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), passed away at 72

Diocese of Ariano lost territory to Diocese of Lucera (Italy)

Bishop Louis-Jean-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 48

Cardinal Georg von Kopp, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura and Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 76

Archbishop Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Genova (Italy)

Fr. Charles-Marie-André Ginisty was elected Bishop of Verdun (France)

Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bight of Benin (Nigeria) and Superior General of Society of African Missions, passed away at 54

Fr. Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva was elected Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Bishop Eugenio Cano, Bishop emeritus of Bosa (Italy), passed away at 84

Bishop Filippo Bacciu, Bishop of Bisarcio (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M., Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land, was elected Bishop of Ariano (Italy)

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

Bishop Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli, O.C.D., Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sardica, Coadjutor Archbishop of Monreale (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Caltanissetta (Italy)

Fr. Franz Wolf, S.V.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Togo (Togo) and Titular Bishop of Byblus

Fr. Nicolaus Schoenig, S.V.D., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Togo (Togo)

Bishop Henri Doulcet, C.P., Titular Bishop of Ionopolis, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Dioclea

Bishop Augustine Francis Schinner was appointed as Bishop of Spokane (USA)

Fr. Eugenio van Rechem was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Fr. Pasquale Righetti was elected Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy)

Fr. Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen was elected Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Bishop Robert Fraser, Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland), passed away at 55

Fr. Enrique Reig y Casanova was elected Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Antonio Martínez López was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Bronisław Komorowski was appointed as Priest of Gdańsk (Poland)

Archbishop Enrico Sibilia resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Chile

Diocese of Uberaba lost territory to Diocese of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Bishop Balthasar Kaltner, Bishop of Gurk (Austria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Fr. Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Prusias and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Fr. Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira was elected Bishop of Santa Catarina (Brazil)

Fr. Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque was elected Bishop of Piaui (Brazil)

Fr. Michael Joseph Curley, Priest of Saint Augustine (USA), was elected Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

Apostolic Vicariate of Chaozhou 潮州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong 廣東) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong 廣東 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Guangzhou 廣州 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Chaozhou 潮州) (China)

Bishop Jacques Roissant, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Nikopol (Bulgaria), passed away at 74

Bishop Maurice-François Ducoeur (劉志忠), M.E.P., Prefect Apostolic of Guangxi 廣西 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Nanning 南寧 (China)

Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel (梅致遠), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Guangdong 廣東 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

Fr. Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop Karl Ernst Schrod, Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany), passed away at 73

Saint Sr. Elena Guerra, O.S.S., Founder of Oblates of the Holy Spirit (Institute of Saint Zita), passed away at 78

Blessed Fr. Rafael Román Donaire was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Bonaventura Cerretti was elected Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis

Fr. Fortunato de Santa was elected Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)

Fr. Andrea Cassulo was elected Bishop of Fabriano (Italy) and Bishop of Matelica (Italy)

Bishop James Trobec resigned as Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Bishop Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C., Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia

Bishop Ernesto Maria Piovella, Bishop of Alghero (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

Bishop Matías Linares y Sanzetenea, Bishop of Salta (Argentina), passed away at 72

Bishop-elect Eugenio van Rechem, Auxiliary Bishop of Gent (Belgium), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Carpasia

Saint Fr. Benedetto Menni Figini (Benedict Menni / Angelo Ercole), O.H., Prior General emeritus of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God, passed away at 73

Archbishop Antun Bauer succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Archbishop Juraj Posilović, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia), passed away at 80

Fr. Theodor Kappenberg was elected Titular Bishop of Sozopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Apostolic Prefecture of Adamaua was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun, Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum and Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Djibouti was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Galla) (Djibouti)

Bishop James Trobec was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lycopolis

Fr. Gerhard Lennartz, S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Adamaua (Cameroon)

Fr. Peter Joseph Lausberg was elected Titular Bishop of Thyatira and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Robert William Spence, O.P., was elected Titular Archbishop of Pessinus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Manuel Rivera y Muñoz, Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico), passed away at 54

Fr. John Heavey, O.E.S.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown (Australia) and Titular Bishop of Coracesium

Archbishop Pie Armand Pierre Sabadel, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Archbishop of Corinthus, passed away at 63

Diocese of Ostia–Velletri was renamed as Diocese of Ostia (lost territory to establish Diocese of Velletri) (Italy)

Diocese of Velletri was restored (from Diocese of Ostia–Velletri and became suffragan of Roma) (Italy)

Fr. Constantin Daems (湯執中), C.I.C.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (China)

Bishop-elect Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (China), was appointed as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China) and Titular Bishop of Parœcopolis

Bishop Jean Martin Adam, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon)

Bishop Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon)

Archbishop-elect Bonaventura Cerretti, Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Corinthus

Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Fr. Jean Nissan was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Bishop Petrus Leyten, Bishop of Breda (Netherlands), passed away at 79

Archbishop Jean-Clément Mamarbachi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 83

Fr. Inocencio Dávila y Matos was elected Titular Bishop of Ostracine and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. José Anselmo Luque was elected Titular Bishop of Furnos major and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Archbishop Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Balthasar Kaltner, Bishop of Gurk (Austria), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Fr. Antônio Malan, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Amisus and Bishop-Prelate of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil)

Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Abbot Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C., was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Hector-Irénée Sévin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Franziskus von Bettinger, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Felix von Hartmann, Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop János Csernoch, Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Árpád Lipót Várady, Bishop of Győr (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Fr. Daniel Cohalan was elected Titular Bishop of Vaga and Auxiliary Bishop of Cork (Ireland)

Archbishop Giacomo della Chiesa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Francesco Salesio Della Volpe, Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index, was appointed as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

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

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Filippo Giustini, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Fr. Luigi Lavitrano was elected Bishop of Cava (Italy) and Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

Msgr. Michele Lega, Dean of Sacred Roman Rota, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Cardinal Aristide Rinaldini resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Scipione Tecchi, Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Fr. Antonio Lega was elected Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Fr. Natale Gabriele Moriondo, O.P., was elected Bishop of Cuneo (Italy)

Fr. Pasquale Ragosta was elected Bishop of Ischia (Italy)

Patriarch António Mendes Bello, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. James William McCarthy was elected Bishop of Galloway (Scotland)

Patriarch Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Patriarch of Indias Occidentales and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Antonio Alvaro y Ballano, Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Zamora (Spain)

Bishop Adolf Bertram, Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Fr. Antonio Vincenzo Arenas was elected Bishop of Socorro (Colombia)

Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C., was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro

Cardinal Hector-Irénée Sévin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

Fr. Eugène-Louis-Marie Le Fer de la Motte was elected Bishop of Nantes (France)

Cardinal Franziskus von Bettinger, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

Cardinal Felix von Hartmann, Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Cardinal Károly Hornig, Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura

Cardinal Giacomo della Chiesa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati

Cardinal Filippo Giustini, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria

Cardinal Michele Lega was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

Cardinal Basilio Pompilj, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica and Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Cardinal Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

Cardinal Scipione Tecchi was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica

Fr. Leopoldo Eijo y Garay was elected Bishop of Tui (Spain)

Bishop Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui, Titular Bishop of Dora and Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Bishop Valeriano Menéndez Conde y Álvarez, Bishop of Tui (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. José Miralles y Sbert was elected Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

Bishop Ramón Barberá y Boada, Titular Bishop of Anthedon and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop Valentín García y Barros resigned as Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop Matteo Gaughren, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange (South Africa), passed away at 71

Apostolic Prefecture of Guangxi 廣西 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Guangxi 廣西 (China)

Bishop Francisco de Pol y Baralt, Bishop of Gerona (Spain), passed away at 59

Archbishop Donato Sbarretti, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was appointed as Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Bishop Luigi Capotosti, Bishop of Modigliana (Italy), was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Blessed Fr. Henryk Kaczorowski was appointed as Priest of Włocławek (Poland)

Msgr. Carlo Cremonesi, Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cleric Prelate of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Blessed Fr. Michał Sopoćko was appointed as Priest of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Bishop Antonio Padovani, Auxiliary Bishop of Cremona (Italy), passed away at 52

Bishop Jean-Marie-Alexandre Morice, Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tabæ

Bishop Joseph Félix François Malleret, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique), passed away at 48

Bishop Paul-Eugène Roy, Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Seleucia pieria

Bishop Angelo Struffolini, Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy) and Bishop of Cerignola (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Philippi

Bishop Rocco Francesco Vucic, Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia), passed away at 63

Archbishop Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez, Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) and Coadjutor Archbishop of Mopsuestia (Turkiye), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador)

Msgr. Patrick Joseph Hayes, Priest of New York (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Thagaste and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Bishop John Tohill, Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland), passed away at 58

Bishop Manuel Torres y Torres, Bishop of Plasencia (Spain), passed away at 65

Bishop Charles-Joseph-Louis-Abel Gilbert, Bishop emeritus of Le Mans (France), passed away at 64

Archbishop Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., Apostolic Administrator of Genova (Italy), was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Francisco Javier de Irastorza Loinaz was elected Titular Bishop of Dora and Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Archbishop Mattia Dvornik, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zadar (Croatia), passed away at 67

Fr. Hermann Wilhelm Berning was elected Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

Fr. Charles Cox, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Dioclea

Fr. Ernest Neveux was elected Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia and Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

Fr. Alexander Chulaparambil was elected Titular Bishop of Busiris and Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Adolphe Rayssac (實茂芳), M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Shantou 汕頭 (China) and Titular Bishop of Cotyæum

Bishop Emidio Trenta, Bishop of Larino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Tuscania (Italy) and Bishop of Viterbo (Italy)

Fr. Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) and Titular Bishop of Chytri

Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

Fr. Vincent-François-Joseph Sage (善味增爵), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Cusæ and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China)

Fr. Joachin Felipe Oláiz y Zabalza, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam) and Titular Bishop of Docimium

Bishop Franciszek Jaczewski, Bishop of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 82

Fr. Thomas Joseph Shahan was elected Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA)

Bishop François-Xavier Corbet, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar), passed away at 78

Bishop-elect Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

Archbishop Petrus Pace, Bishop of Malta (Malta), passed away at 83

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Lugari, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico and Assessor emeritus of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, passed away at 68

Bishop Giovanni Privilegio resigned as Bishop of Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

Bishop Geremia Bonomelli, Bishop of Cremona (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop Joseph-Emile Abbet, C.R.A., Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, passed away at 66

Bishop Filippo Raffaele Presutti, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates), passed away at 69

Fr. Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Francesco d’Errico was elected Bishop of Alghero (Italy)

Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel (梅致遠), M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

Bishop Emanuele Giuseppe Pena, Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), passed away at 58

Bishop Edward Likowski, Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

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

Fr. João Irineu Joffily was elected Titular Bishop of Sufetula and Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil)

Fr. Manoel Raymundo de Mello was elected Bishop of Caetité (Brazil)

Fr. Franz Xavier Wernz, S.J., Superior General of Society of Jesus (Jesuits), passed away at 71

Saint Pope Pius X, Supreme Pontiff, Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy), Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), passed away at 79

Blessed Fr. Giacomo Alberione, S.S.P., was appointed as Founder of Society of Saint Paul and Superior General of Society of Saint Paul

Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta resigned as Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

Bishop Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Santa Marta (Colombia), passed away at 64

Bishop Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi, Bishop of Bergamo (Italy), passed away at 57

Bishop Antonio Maria Contini, Bishop emeritus of Civita–Tempio (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Ampurias (Italy), passed away at 74

Fr. Pacifico da Seggiano Carletti (Celso), O.F.M. Cap., Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces and Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans), was elected Bishop of Albenga (Italy)

Bishop Augustin Duret, S.M.A., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo (Egypt)

Cardinal Giacomo della Chiesa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) and Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati, was elected Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy), Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Cardinal Domenico Ferrata, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was appointed as Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

Bishop Aloys Schaefer, Vicar Apostolic of Meißen (Germany) and Prefect Apostolic of Lausitz (Germany), passed away at 61

Pope Benedict XV was installed as Supreme Pontiff

Msgr. Ricardo Sanz de Samper y Campuzano, Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

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

Bishop Igino Bandi, Bishop of Tortona (Italy), passed away at 66

Cardinal Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

Fr. Eduardo Solar Vicuña was elected Titular Bishop of Selge and Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile)

Cardinal János Csernoch, Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio

Bishop Giorgio Gusmini, Bishop of Foligno (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

Bishop Adolfo Turchi, Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Canopus

Fr. Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans was elected Bishop of Breda (Netherlands)

Cardinal António Mendes Bello, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro

Fr. John Toner was elected Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Cardinal Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Patriarch of Indias Occidentales and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati

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

Fr. Dmytro Yaremko was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Ostroh

Bishop-elect Hermann Wilhelm Berning, Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany), was appointed as Pro-Vicar Apostolic of North German Missions (Germany) and Apostolic Administrator of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)

Archbishop-elect Jean Nissan was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Fr. Attilio Bianchi was appointed as Private Secretary of the Pope

Archbishop Wincenty Kluczynski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus) and Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis

Msgr. Nicola Canali, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Msgr. Federico Tedeschini, Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Fr. Hubert-Olivier Chalifoux was elected Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Bishop Valentín Ampuero, C.M., Bishop of Puno (Peru), passed away at 45

Archbishop Manuel Vieira de Matos, Archbishop-Bishop of Guarda (Portugal), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

Fr. Manuel Damasceno da Costa was elected Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Fr. Antonio Emanuele Pereira Ribeiro was elected Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

Fr. Giuseppe Alves Matoso was elected Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

Bishop Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Drisdale River (Australia), passed away at 53

Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Australia

Archbishop Louis-François Sueur, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Avignon (France), passed away at 73

Cardinal Domenico Ferrata, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, passed away at 67

Fr. Anselmo Federico Catalán, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia)

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as President of Commission for the Patrimony of the Holy See, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State and President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Cardinal Filippo Giustini, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, was appointed as Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Archbishop Michael Francis Howley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada), passed away at 71

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

Fr. Josef Kentenich, S.A.C., was appointed as Founder of Schoenstatt Movement

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

Bishop Pacifico da Seggiano Carletti (Celso), O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Albenga (Italy), passed away at 55

Bishop Prosper-Amable Berthet, Bishop of Gap (France), passed away at 76

Msgr. Achille Ratti, Priest of Milano (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

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

Bishop-elect José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez, Titular Bishop of Thermæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

Fr. Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva was elected Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

Bishop Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C., Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon), passed away at 61

Bishop Francis Hennemann, S.A.C., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon)

Bishop Joseph John Fox, Bishop of Green Bay (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ionopolis

Cardinal Scipione Tecchi was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites

Archbishop Angelo Maria Dolci, Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye), Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople and Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria

Fr. Moisés Ferreira Coelho was elected Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

Bishop Domenico Pugliatti, Bishop of Bova (Italy), passed away at 79

Archbishop Valerio Laspro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy), passed away at 87

Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C., was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

Cardinal Aristide Cavallari, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title and Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), passed away at 65

Cardinal François-Virgile Dubillard, Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France), passed away at 69

Bishop Luigi Ermini, Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy)

Fr. Dionýz Njarady was elected Titular Bishop of Abila and Auxiliary Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina and Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, passed away at 86

Fr. Giovanni Maria Zonghi was elected Titular Archbishop of Colossæ and President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Bishop Henri-Raymond Villard, Bishop of Autun (France), passed away at 60

Fr. Carlos Echenique Altamira was elected Titular Bishop of Thennesis and Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Bishop Valentín García y Barros was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thapsus

Fr. Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) and Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy)

Bishop Koloman Belepotoczky, Military Vicar emeritus of Austria (Austria), passed away at 69

Cardinal Michele Lega was appointed as Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria

Bishop Luigi Maria Marelli, Bishop of Bobbio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Calchi Novati was elected Bishop of Bobbio (Italy)

Fr. Simone Pietro Grassi was elected Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Bishop Pierre-Firmin Capmartin, Bishop of Oran (Algeria), passed away at 59

Venerable Fr. Félix de Jesús Rougier, M.Sp.S., was appointed as Founder of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit and Superior General of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

Fr. Adam Hefter was elected Bishop of Gurk (Austria)

Archbishop Patrick William Riordan, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA), passed away at 73