Nominations and Resignations

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cassiope was established (Greece)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Irenopolis was established (Turkiye)

Titular Metropolitan See of Pessinus (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

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

Fr. Jean René Calloch, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic)

Fr. Pierre Cotel, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic), passed away

Archbishop Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Boba-Dilla resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Abbot Gregor Danner, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Fr. Sigisbert Liebert, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Fr. Pancratius Pfeiffer, S.D.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians)

Fr. Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia)

Fr. Hendrik Nollen, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia)

Pope Benedict XV resigned as Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy)

Msgr. Achille Ratti, Priest of Milano (Italy) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

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

Fr. Vincenzo La Puma was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Fr. Serafino Cimino, O.F.M., Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land, was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Archbishop Carlo Pietropaoli, Apostolic Delegate to Venezuela, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Venezuela

Archbishop Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Colombia

Abbot Gustavo Provveduti, Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy), passed away at 71

Msgr. Ascenzo Dandini resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Pietro Piacenza resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Francesco Spolverini resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

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

Mr. Giuseppe Dalla Torre was appointed as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Fr. Bruno Schinxe, M.S.C., Ecclesiastical Superior of Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands), passed away

Fr. Dominic Wagenaar, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir (Pakistan), passed away

Fr. Andreas Puff, S.V.D., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Gaston Robichez, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Stefano Aurelio Bacciarini, S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Servants of Charity

Blessed Fr. Franziskus Maria vom Kreuze Jordan (Francis Mary of the Cross / Johann Baptist), S.D.S., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians)

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

Fr. Riccardo Sykes, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zambese (Zimbabwe)

Abbot Ambrogio Maria Amelli, O.S.B., was appointed as Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

Fr. František Xaver Marat, O. Cr., resigned as Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star

Fr. Josef Vlasák, O. Cr., was appointed as Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star

Sr. Maria de Loe, R.S.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Bishop Henri-Louis-Prosper Bougoin, Bishop of Périgueux (France), passed away at 69

Fr. Antonio Lippolis was elected Bishop of Larino (Italy)

Diocese of Nocera Umbra was renamed as Diocese of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

Bishop Nicola Cola, Bishop of Nocera Umbra (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

Fr. Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Obba and Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Raffaele Virili, Titular Bishop of Troas, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Victoria-Nyanza was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria-Nyanza (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Victoria-Nyanza was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda (Uganda)

Bishop Joseph Francis Busch, Bishop of Lead (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Bishop Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke, Bishop of Albany (USA), passed away at 75

Fr. Ignacio Pica, B., Superior General emeritus of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), passed away at 79

Fr. Gabriel-Roch de Llobet was elected Bishop of Gap (France)

Bishop Antal Fetser, Titular Bishop of Paleopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania), was appointed as Bishop of Győr (Hungary)

Archbishop Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Genova (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Capotosti, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Thermæ

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme, Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals, 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, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme in commendum and Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Cardinal Scipione Tecchi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica and Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, passed away at 60

Cardinal Antonio Vico was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Americo Bevilacqua, Bishop of Alatri (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Rhithymna

Archbishop Andrea Caron, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

Bishop Ludovico Gavotti, Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

Fr. Carlo Sica was elected Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Fr. Angelo Cambiaso was elected Bishop of Albenga (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Zaffarami was elected Titular Bishop of Sasima

Fr. Mauro Caruana, O.S.B., was elected Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) and Bishop of Malta (Malta)

Fr. John Joseph Brown, S.J., was appointed as Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Fr. Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora was elected Titular Bishop of Sora and Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras)

Fr. Joseph Bannin, S.A.C., Vicar General emeritus of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), passed away at 63

Diocese of Jericó was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín and became suffragan of Medellín) (Colombia)

Fr. Franz Löbmann was elected Titular Bishop of Priene, Vicar Apostolic of Meißen (Germany) and Prefect Apostolic of Lausitz (Germany)

Saint Fr. David Galván Bermúdez, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 34

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

Archbishop Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O., Bishop emeritus of Nottingham (England), passed away at 86

Fr. Joseph Ernst, Priest of Hildesheim (Germany), was elected Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Wlodimir Ledochowski, S.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

Fr. Severiano Sainz y Bencamo was elected Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

Cardinal Antonio Vico, Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites

Fr. Arnold Frans Diepen was elected Titular Bishop of Danaba-orum and Coadjutor Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

Diocese of Bisarcio was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Ozieri) (Italy)

Diocese of Ozieri was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Bisarcio and became suffragan of Sassari) (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sapporo 札幌 was established (from Diocese of Hakodate 函館 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Bishop Leonardo Baumbach, C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Soli

Bishop Josef Kahn, Bishop emeritus of Gurk (Austria), passed away at 75

Bishop Alfonso Bermyn (閔玉清), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古 (China), passed away at 62

Bishop Charles Gustave Walravens, Bishop of Tournai (Belgium), passed away at 73

Fr. Giovanni Sodo was elected Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy) and Bishop of Cerignola (Italy)

Bishop Gregorio Ignazio Romero, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), passed away at 54

Archbishop Edward Likowski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 78

Fr. Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez was elected Titular Bishop of Dorylæum and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

Bishop Pedro Juan Campins y Barceló, Bishop of Mallorca (Spain), passed away at 56

Bishop Leonida Mapelli, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy), passed away at 53

Fr. Manuel María Vidal y Boullon was elected Titular Bishop of Birtha and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Fr. Edward Patrick Roche was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

Venerable Fr. Josip Lang, Priest of Zagreb (Croatia), was elected Titular Bishop of Alabanda and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Dominik Premus was elected Titular Bishop of Belogradum and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Thomas Francis Doran was elected Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA)

Archbishop Cesare Boccanera, Bishop emeritus of Narni (Italy), passed away at 74

Bishop Marie-Jean-Célestin Douais, Bishop of Beauvais (France), passed away at 66

Bishop Rudolf Hittmair, Bishop of Linz (Austria), passed away at 55

Bishop Pietro La Fontaine, Titular Bishop of Carystus and Secretary of Congregation for Sacred Rites, was promoted as Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Mission sui juris of Zambese was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Zambese (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Matteo Vido was elected Bishop of Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Sénégal (Algeria)

Fr. Quintino Rodrigo de Oliveira e Silva was elected Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Bishop-elect Adolphe Rayssac (實茂芳), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Shantou 汕頭 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

Bishop John Joseph Grimes, S.M., Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand), passed away at 73

Fr. Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R., was elected Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Curium and Coadjutor Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Blessed Fr. Antonio Torres García was appointed as Priest of Guadix (Spain)

Bishop Joseph John Fox, Bishop emeritus of Green Bay (USA), passed away at 59

Fr. Manoel Antônio de Paiva was elected Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Bishop Luigi Finoja, Bishop emeritus of Catanzaro (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien was elected Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

Archbishop Francesco Paolo Carrano, Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), passed away at 73

Cardinal Antonio Agliardi, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum and Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery, passed away at 82

Bishop Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien, Bishop of Amiens (France), passed away at 68

Bishop Pancrazio Giorgi, Bishop of Segni (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Joseph Petrelli, Bishop of Lipa (Philippines), was promoted as Apostolic Delegate to Philippines and Titular Archbishop of Nisibis

Bishop Jacques-Louis Monestès, Bishop of Dijon (France), passed away at 59

Bishop Albino Pella, Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Abbot Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine (Italy), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Acerno (Italy)

Bishop Fedele Abati, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Chios (Greece), passed away at 95

Fr. Francisco de Paula Mas y Oliver was elected Bishop of Gerona (Spain)

Bishop Angelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi, Titular Bishop of Europus and Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Segni (Italy)

Fr. Carmine Cesarano, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Ozieri (Italy)

Bishop Leonardo Baumbach, C.P., Bishop emeritus of Nikopol (Bulgaria), passed away at 59

Archbishop Benedetto Bonazzi, O.S.B. Cas., Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), passed away at 74

Bishop Camillo Tiberio, Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Konstantyn Czechowicz, Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland), passed away at 68

Bishop Charles Henry Colton, Bishop of Buffalo (USA), passed away at 66

Bishop Lawrence Scanlan, Bishop of Salt Lake (USA), passed away at 71

Bishop Camillus Paul Maes, Bishop of Covington (USA), passed away at 69

Bishop Geraldo Van Caloen, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop António Moutinho, Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal), passed away at 52

Blessed Fr. Jak Bushati was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Damian Johannes Theelen, C.P., was elected Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Arauca was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare) (Colombia)

Fr. Felice Ambrogio Guerra Fezza, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Hamatha and Apostolic Administrator of Santiago (Cuba)

Bishop Dominique Castellan, Bishop of Digne (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France)

Bishop-elect Joseph Ernst, Priest of Hildesheim (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Angel Regueras y López was elected Bishop of Plasencia (Spain)

Fr. Paolo Albera was elected Bishop of Bova (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M., Bishop of Ariano (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ipsus

Blessed Fr. Lazër Shantoja was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Diocese of Seert (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Diarbekir) (Turkiye)

Bishop Stefano P. Israelian, Bishop of Kharput of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 49

Bishop Giacomo Topuzian, Bishop of Mush of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 60

Bishop Robert Brindle, Bishop of Nottingham (England), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tacapæ

Fr. Pierre-Florent-André du Bois de la Villerabel was elected Bishop of Amiens (France)

Fr. Maurice-Louis-Marie Rivière was elected Bishop of Périgueux (France)

Fr. Désiré-Hyacinthe Berthoin was elected Bishop of Autun (France)

Fr. Eugène-Stanislas Le Senne was elected Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Fr. Léon-Adophe Lenfant was elected Bishop of Digne (France)

Bishop Cosimo Agostino, Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ariano (Italy)

Bishop Edward Joseph Hanna, Titular Bishop of Titopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Joseph Sarsfield Glass, C.M., was elected Bishop of Salt Lake (USA)

Bishop Ercolano Marini, Bishop of Norcia (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

Fr. Fabio Berdini was elected Bishop of Cesena (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Cazzani resigned as Bishop of Cesena (Italy)

Bishop Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel, Bishop of Monaco (Monaco), passed away at 56

Saint Archbishop Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan, Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 46

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

Fr. Paul-Gaston Laperrine d’Hautpoul was elected Titular Bishop of Carystus

Fr. Sixto Sosa Díz was elected Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis and Apostolic Administrator of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela)

Archbishop Louis-Philippe Adélard Langevin, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada), passed away at 59

Fr. Giuseppe Marušic was elected Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia)

Bishop Charles Warren Currier was appointed as Titular Bishop of Etalonia

Fr. John Joseph Brown, S.J., resigned as Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Bishop Thomas Francis Kennedy, Rector of Pontifical North American College and Titular Bishop of Adrianopolis, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Trachea

Fr. Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J., was elected Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Fr. Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D., was elected Titular Archbishop of Acrida and Coadjutor Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

Bishop Ibrahin Addai-Scher, Bishop of Seert of the Chaldeans (Turkiye), passed away at 48

Bishop Augusto Álvaro da Silva, Bishop of Floresta (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Barra (Brazil)

Fr. José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes was elected Bishop of Floresta (Brazil)

Msgr. Alessandro Verde was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for Sacred Rites

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

Fr. Edmund Dalbor was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Fr. Paul Anton Jedzink was elected Titular Bishop of Themisonium and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Antonius Mönch was elected Titular Bishop of Polystylus and Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Fr. Michele Izzi was elected Bishop of Alatri (Italy)

Fr. Cesare Zerba was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Archbishop Joseph Estefan, Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus of the Maronites, passed away at 67

Bishop Thomas Francis Cusack, Titular Bishop of Themiscyra and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Albany (USA)

Fr. Michael James Gallagher, Priest of Grand Rapids (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Tipasa and Coadjutor Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Archbishop John O’Reilly, Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia), passed away at 68

Archbishop Robert William Spence, O.P., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Heinrich Vollmar, Military Vicar emeritus of Germany (Germany), passed away at 76

Bishop José Cándido Piñol y Batres, Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Phaselis

Archbishop James Edward Quigley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA), passed away at 60

Fr. Canuto José Reyes y Balladares was elected Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua)

Bishop Paul Peter Rhode, Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Fr. Johannes Evangelist Maria Gföllner was elected Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Blessed Fr. Kunjachan Thevarparambil (Augustine) was appointed as Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Frederick Linneborn, C.S.C., Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh), passed away at 51

Fr. Ruggero Bovelli was elected Bishop of Modigliana (Italy)

Patriarch Boghos (Paul) Bédros XII Sabbaghian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 79

Bishop Michele Kaciadurian, Bishop of Melitene of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 70

Bishop André-Maurice Bovet, Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland), passed away at 49

Bishop Marie-Julien Dunand (杜), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (China), passed away at 74

Fr. Giuseppe Fabbrucci was elected Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy)

Bishop Edward Kozłowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA), passed away at 54

Archbishop Juan Bautista Castro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela), passed away at 68

Fr. Joseph MacRory was elected Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille (文貴斌), C.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China) and Titular Bishop of Abrittum

Bishop Isidoro Clemente Gutiérrez (黎克勉), O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Amoy 廈門 (China), passed away at 62

Fr. Louis van Dyck (葛崇德), C.I.C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China) and Titular Bishop of Abbir maius

Fr. Teodoro Gordaliza Sánchez, O.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Abdera

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

Bishop Richard Alfred Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland), passed away at 70

Apostolic Vicariate of Chaozhou 潮州 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Shantou 汕頭 (China)

Bishop-elect Johannes Evangelist Maria Gföllner was confirmed as Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Bishop Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Mysore (India), passed away at 74

Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies and Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, passed away at 80

Fr. Pacifico Monza, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Troas

Bishop Philip Yaʿqob Abrahamo, O.A.O.C., Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye), passed away at 67

Blessed Bishop Flaviano Michele Melki, Bishop of Gazireh of the Syriacs (Turkiye), passed away at 56

Bishop Mathieu Sislian, Bishop emeritus of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 71

Cardinal Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 83

Bishop Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P., Bishop of Mysore (India), passed away at 64

Bishop François-Théophile-Zotique Racicot, Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), passed away at 69

Bishop Evaristo Blanco, Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), passed away at 59

Cardinal Benedetto Lorenzelli, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Archbishop emeritus of Lucca (Italy) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies, passed away at 62

Fr. Sotero Redondo Herrero, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru)

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

Bishop Joseph Higgins, Bishop of Ballarat (Australia), passed away at 77

Bishop Adolphe-Casimir David, Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France), passed away at 73

Bishop Thomas James Conaty, Bishop of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA), passed away at 68

Bishop Nicola Maria Merola, Bishop of Venafro (Italy) and Bishop of Isernia (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Mosé Higuera, Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia), passed away at 72

Bishop Bernardine Thomas Edward Clark, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles), passed away at 58

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

Fr. José Leite Lopes de Faria was elected Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal)

Bishop Longinus Żarnowiecki, Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine), passed away at 73

Bishop Henry O’Neill, Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland), passed away at 72

Fr. Pedro Eggerath, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Blessed Fr. Giuseppe Baldo, Priest of Verona (Italy), passed away at 72

Saint Fr. Luigi Guanella, Superior General of Congregation of the Servants of Charity, passed away at 72

Bishop Bonaventura Quintarelli, Bishop of Rieti (Italy), passed away at 71

Bishop Giovanni Graziani, Bishop of Todi (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop Andrea Sarti, Bishop of Prato (Italy) and Bishop of Pistoia (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Arthur Béliveau, Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri resigned as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme in commendum

Diocese of Ceará was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza (with suffragan sees Crato and Sobral and lost territory to establish Diocese of Sobral) (Brazil)

Diocese of Sobral was established (from Diocese of Ceará and became suffragan of Fortaleza) (Brazil)

Archbishop Manoel da Silva Gomes, Bishop of Ceará (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B., Bishop of Newport (England), passed away at 78

Bishop Juan María Riesa, O.P., Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), passed away at 49

Cardinal František Salesky Bauer, Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati and Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia), passed away at 74

Fr. Oronzo Caldarola was elected Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy)

Fr. Matthew Joseph Brodie was elected Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Bishop Clovis-Nicolas-Joseph Catteau, Bishop of Luçon (France), passed away at 79

Bishop John Stariha, Bishop emeritus of Lead (USA), passed away at 70

Fr. Ferdinand Brossart was elected Bishop of Covington (USA)

Bishop Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Sinis and Vicar Apostolic of Haut-Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cassiope

Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Archbishop Theodor Kohn, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Olomouc (Czechia), passed away at 70

Diocese of Regina was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Regina (with suffragan see Prince Albert) (Canada)

Archdiocese of Winnipeg was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface and without ecclesiastical province) (Canada)

Bishop Olivier-Elzéar Mathieu, Bishop of Regina (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada)

Fr. Arthur Alfred Sinnott was elected Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Archbishop Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B., Titular Archbishop of Sebastia and Apostolic Delegate to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduas, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P., Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria and Titular Archbishop of Heraclea, was created Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bavaria and Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Amedée Crooy was elected Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro and President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico

Fr. Maurice Landrieux was elected Bishop of Dijon (France)

Fr. Christophe-Louis Légasse, Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon), was elected Bishop of Oran (Algeria)

Archbishop Giulio Tonti, Titular Archbishop of Ancyra and Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso and Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

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

Archbishop Giorgio Gusmini, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti was elected Bishop of Crema (Italy)

Archbishop Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno, Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary and Titular Archbishop of Laodicea, was created Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Austria-Hungary and Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major and Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Antonio Vico, Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto, Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals and Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Bishop Giovanni Régine, Bishop of Nicastro (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Bisceglie (Italy)

Bishop Gabriele Vettori, Bishop of Tivoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) and Bishop of Prato (Italy)

Bishop Bernardo Pizzorno, Bishop of Crema (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis antea Cratea

Cardinal Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio, President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies and Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme

Fr. Manuel González y García was elected Titular Bishop of Olimpus and Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Cardinal Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Archbishop Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil), passed away at 75

Cardinal Giulio Tonti was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Bishop Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

Fr. Enrico Gasparri was elected Apostolic Delegate to Colombia and Titular Archbishop of Sebastea

Cardinal Giorgio Gusmini, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna

Cardinal Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli

Msgr. Francesco Cherubini, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti and Titular Archbishop of Nicosia

Fr. Tito Trocchi was elected Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico, Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico and Titular Archbishop of Lacedæmonia

Fr. Tranquillo Guarneri was elected Bishop of Rieti (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Zaffarami, Titular Bishop of Sasima, was appointed as Bishop of Todi (Italy)

Archbishop José Alves de Mattos, Titular Archbishop of Mytilene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pessinus

Bishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal, Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mytilene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. Emanuele Mendes da Conceição Santos was elected Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal)

Fr. Placide Colliard was elected Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland)

Bishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty, Bishop of Jaro (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Bishop George William Mundelein, Titular Bishop of Loryma and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)

Patriarch Lorenzo Passerini, Patriarch of Antioch and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 78

Diocese of Caratinga was established (from Diocese of Amazonas and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Bishop Giovanni Cazzani was appointed as Bishop of Cremona (Italy)

Bishop Giacinto Anaya, Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia), passed away at 76

Bishop Narcisse-Zéphirin Lorrain, Bishop of Pembroke (Canada), passed away at 73

Fr. Martin Kheberich was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) and Titular Bishop of Sabrata

Diocese of Porto Nacional was established (from Diocese of Goiás and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Archbishop Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France), passed away at 76

Archbishop Nicolae Iosif Camilli, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop-Bishop of Iaşi (Romania), passed away at 75

Bishop Élie-Anicet Latulipe, Titular Bishop of Catenna and Vicar Apostolic of Temiskaming (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Haileybury (Canada)