Nominations and Resignations

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benevento lost territory to Diocese of Lucera (Italy)

Diocese of Larino lost territory to Diocese of San Severo (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Ostroh was suppressed

Fr. Henry Bardou, Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria), passed away

Fr. Louis David was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria)

Bishop Antoon Stillemans, Bishop of Gent (Belgium), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Paphos

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

Fr. Ernest Handekijn was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Jules Girard, S.M.A., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Delta del Nilo (Egypt)

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

Archbishop Achille Locatelli resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Argentina

Cardinal Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Austria-Hungary

Bishop Adolfo Turchi was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Msgr. Giulio Grazioli resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Blessed Fr. Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, O.P., resigned as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Ludwig Theissling, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Giuseppe Oster, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Archbishop Juan Soldevilla y Romero, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Huesca (Spain)

Archbishop Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Bishop Marutha Pierre Topal, Titular Bishop of Martyropolis of the Syriacs, passed away at 90

Archimandrite Benedictos Abdel-Nour, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Archimandrite Jean Khawam, B.A., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Fr. Emilio Larquère, C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Arauca (Colombia)

Bishop Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D., Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cienfuegos (Cuba)

Fr. Thomas Dunn was elected Bishop of Nottingham (England)

Bishop Thomas Francis Doran, Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA), passed away at 59

Apostolic Vicariate of Temiskaming was promoted as Diocese of Haileybury (Canada)

Bishop Richard Scannell, Bishop of Omaha (USA), passed away at 70

Fr. Ignace-Marie Le Ruzic was elected Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Patriarch Cyrille VIII Géha [Jahâ], Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 75

Bishop Vasile Hossu, Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 49

Bishop Mariano Supervía y Lostalé, Bishop of Huesca (Spain), passed away at 80

Fr. Emmet Michael Walsh was appointed as Priest of Savannah (USA)

Archbishop Domenico Maria Valensise, Bishop emeritus of Nicastro (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop Vito Antonio Fioni, Bishop emeritus of Larino (Italy), passed away at 76

Archbishop Giuseppe Camassa, Bishop emeritus of Rapolla (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Melfi (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D., Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Augila

Bishop Pasquale Giamgian, Bishop of Prusa of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 65

Archbishop Peregrin-François Stagni, O.S.M., Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy) and Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ancyra

Fr. José Tupinambá da Frota was elected Bishop of Sobral (Brazil)

Venerable Fr. Giovanni Battista Pinardi was elected Titular Bishop of Eudoxias and Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy)

Bishop Dionisio Nicolosi, Bishop of Chios (Greece), passed away at 77

Bishop Raniero Sarnari, Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Dionisio Avila was elected Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Manuel Prat Pujoldevall (馬守仁), O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Mactaris and Vicar Apostolic of Amoy 廈門 (China)

Cardinal Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Fr. Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse (駱書雅), M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (China) and Coadjutor Bishop of Ægeæ (Turkiye)

Fr. Bernard Hackett, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland)

Bishop John Jeremiah Lawler, Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Lead (USA)

Fr. Emilio Bongiorni was elected Titular Bishop of Sasima and Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Edward Mulhern was elected Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

Diocese of Comayagua was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán and Apostolic Vicariate of San Pedro Sula) (Honduras)

Apostolic Vicariate of San Pedro Sula was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Comayagua and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa) (Honduras)

Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Comayagua and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa) (Honduras)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Comayagua and with suffragan sees Santa Rosa de Copán and San Pedro Sula) (Honduras)

Bishop Jaime-Maria Martinez y Cabanas, Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Diocese of Guaxupé was established (from Diocese of Pouso Alegre and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Bishop Michele Cardella, C.P., Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy), passed away at 70

Diocese of Newport was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff) (England)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff was restored (from the suppressed Diocese of Newport and with suffragan see Menevia) (Wales)

Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis, Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

Bishop José Torras y Bages, Bishop of Vic (Spain), passed away at 69

Bishop James Romanus Bilsborrow, E.B.C., Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales)

Fr. Claudio María Volio y Jímenez was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Desanti, Bishop of Ajaccio (France), passed away at 69

Fr. Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda was elected Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Peter Göbl, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany), passed away at 64

Archbishop Basilio Haggiar, B.S., Archbishop-Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 77

Bishop John Walter Shanahan, Bishop of Harrisburg (USA), passed away at 70

Cardinal Diomede Falconio, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Cardinal Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Fr. Reinaldo Muñoz Olave was elected Titular Bishop of Pogla

Fr. Johannes Baptista Sproll was elected Titular Bishop of Halmyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Bishop Eduard Herrmann, Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland), passed away at 79

Fr. Giuseppe Beltrami was appointed as Priest of Fossano (Italy)

Archbishop Valeriano Menéndez Conde y Álvarez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 67

Archbishop Louis-Ernest Dubois, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Bishop Bernhard Joseph Doebbing, O.F.M., Bishop of Sutri (Italy) and Bishop of Nepi (Italy), passed away at 60

Fr. Pedro Segura y Sáenz was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Valladolid (Spain)

Fr. Carlo Confalonieri was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Parente was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Cardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, passed away at 81

Bishop Thomas Francis Brennan, Bishop emeritus of Dallas (USA) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada), passed away at 60

Archbishop Giacomo Merizzi, Bishop emeritus of Vigevano (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M., Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil), passed away at 49

Cardinal Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Bishop Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M., Ordinary of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 50

Fr. Saturnino de La Torre Merino, O.E.S.A., Pro-Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China), passed away at 63

Bishop Leonida Medina, Bishop of Pasto (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Chamacus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia)

Fr. Niccolò Rotoli, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Isernia (Italy) and Bishop of Venafro (Italy)

Bishop Vincenzo Franceschini, Bishop of Fano (Italy), passed away at 71

Diocese of Penedo was established (from Diocese of Alagôas and became suffragan of Olinda) (Brazil)

Fr. Jean Baptist Rene, S.J., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Alaska (USA), passed away at 74

Fr. Daniel Foley was elected Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Fr. Georges-Jean-Damascène Lachavanne, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Fr. Calogero Licata was elected Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy)

Fr. Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) and Titular Archbishop of Tenedus

Bishop Felice Ambrogio Guerra Fezza, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Hamatha and Apostolic Administrator of Santiago (Cuba), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

Blessed Fr. Lek Sirdani was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Blessed Fr. Ndre Zadeja was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Bishop Andrea Machado, S.J., Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Fr. Eduardo Gimpert Paut, Apostolic Administrator of Valparaíso (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Echinus

Fr. Karl Reth was elected Titular Bishop of Lete and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant (光若翰), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Jianchang 建昌 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

Bishop Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Pesaro (Italy), passed away at 70

Bishop Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, Titular Bishop of Orthosia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil)

Archbishop Leone Kecegian, Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. Édouard Poppe was appointed as Priest of Gent (Belgium)

Archbishop João Irineu Joffily, Titular Bishop of Sufetula and Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil)

Cardinal Hector-Irénée Sévin, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), passed away at 64

Cardinal Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště, Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Francisco Muñoz Izquierdo was elected Bishop of Vic (Spain)

Fr. Rigoberto Domenech y Valls was elected Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

Archbishop Enrico Gasparri, Apostolic Delegate to Colombia, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Colombia

Fr. Victor-Augustin Vié was elected Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

Bishop Martin-Jérôme Izart, Bishop of Pamiers (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

Fr. Francis Joseph Spellman was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Omaha (USA)

Blessed Fr. Juan Manuel Felices Pardo was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

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

Blessed Fr. José Ruano López was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Eugenio Giambro, Bishop of Sarsina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Maffei was elected Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy)

Fr. Gustave-Lazare Garnier was elected Bishop of Luçon (France)

Fr. Auguste-Joseph-Marie Simeone was elected Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Fr. Rafael Afanador y Cadena was elected Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Fr. Honoré-Paul-Emile Halle was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France) and Titular Bishop of Pergamus

Fr. Giustino Sanchini was elected Bishop of Fano (Italy)

Fr. Joaquim Mamede da Silva Leite was elected Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Phrygia and Auxiliary Bishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Bishop Henry Pinckney Northrop, Bishop of Charleston (USA), passed away at 74

Bishop Felice Gianfelice, Bishop of Boiano (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Francis Patrick Keough was appointed as Priest of Hartford (USA)

Bishop Thomas O’Callaghan, O.P., Bishop of Cork (Ireland), passed away at 77

Bishop Tranquillo Guarneri, Bishop of Rieti (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Europus

Fr. Francesco Sidoli was elected Bishop of Rieti (Italy)

Bishop Robert Brindle, Bishop emeritus of Nottingham (England), passed away at 78

Bishop Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname), passed away at 68

Fr. Ambrogio Riccardi was elected Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Fr. Jean Raynaud was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (France) and Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia

Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini (鳳朝瑞), O.F.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China)

Bishop Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Central Shaanxi 陝西中境 (China)

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

Archbishop Achille Locatelli was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg

Archbishop Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Fr. Riccardo Carlesi was elected Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Murphy, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Fr. Philip Richard McDevitt was elected Bishop of Harrisburg (USA)

Fr. Vincenzo Migliorelli was elected Bishop of Norcia (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Maria Olivares, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Nepi (Italy) and Bishop of Sutri (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Krapàc, Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia), passed away at 73

Bishop Gustave-Maria Blanche, C.I.M., Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada), passed away at 67

Archbishop Henri Doulcet, C.P., Bishop emeritus of Nikopol (Bulgaria), passed away at 59

Archbishop Achille Locatelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

Archbishop Giovanni Tacci Porcelli resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

Bishop Giovanni Battista Vinati, Bishop of Bosa (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Bishop Garabed Kiciurian, Bishop emeritus of Garin of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 69

Bishop Patrick-Thomas Ryan, Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Pembroke (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

Fr. Felipe Rincón González, Priest of Zulia (Venezuela), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh)

Fr. Pierre Marceillac was elected Bishop of Pamiers (France)

Bishop Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain)

Fr. Eustaquio Nieto y Martín was elected Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain)

Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding, Bishop emeritus of Peoria (USA), passed away at 76

Bishop Valentín García y Barros, Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain), passed away at 77

Fr. Ignatius Jean, O.S.B., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Indian Territory (USA), passed away at 70

Bishop Daniel Cohalan, Titular Bishop of Vaga and Auxiliary Bishop of Cork (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Cork (Ireland)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Firenze lost territory to Diocese of Prato (Italy)

Diocese of Pistoia lost territory to Diocese of Prato (Italy)

Fr. Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Mysore (India)

Bishop Michael James O’Doherty, Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Maurice Patrick Foley, Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Fr. Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin was elected Bishop of Lipa (Philippines)

Bishop Jules-Alexandre-Léon Bouissière, Bishop of Constantine (Algeria), passed away at 56

Fr. Giuseppe de Nardis was elected Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy)

Archbishop Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Trapezus and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Antonio Maria Bonito, Archbishop emeritus of Amalfi (Italy), passed away at 63

Bishop Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia), passed away at 72

Fr. Giuseppe Fagnano, S.D.B., Prefect Apostolic of Patagonia Meridional, Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas (Chile), passed away at 72

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Honan 河南東境 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Honan 河南北境 and Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Honan 河南南境) (China)

Bishop Modesto Augusto Vieira, Bishop emeritus of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) and Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil), passed away at 50

Archbishop Ermanno Jürgens, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), passed away at 68

Fr. Romolo Molaroni was elected Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy)

Bishop Dmytro Yaremko, Titular Bishop of Ostroh, passed away at 36

Apostolic Prefecture of Patagonia Meridional, Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Bishop Pavel Huyn, Bishop of Brno (Czechia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Bishop Santiago Ozcoidi y Udave, Bishop of Tarazona (Spain), passed away at 65

Archbishop Roberto Menini, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria), passed away at 78

Bishop Cleto Vincenzo Pejov, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Fr. Robert Winkley, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir (Pakistan)

Bishop Charles Marbach, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Strasbourg (France), passed away at 74

Fr. Ignacy Maria Dubowski was elected Apostolic Administrator of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) and Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine)

Fr. Michele Godlewski was elected Titular Bishop of Agbia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Ukraine)

Fr. William Godfrey was appointed as Priest of Liverpool (England)

Cardinal Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P., resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bavaria

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

Cardinal Francesco Salesio Della Volpe, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 71

Bishop Antoon Stillemans, Bishop emeritus of Gent (Belgium), passed away at 83

Archbishop Ismael Puyrredón, Bishop emeritus of Puno (Peru), passed away at 61

Bishop Paul Daniel Cyrille, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 85

Fr. Pietro Fumasoni Biondi was elected Titular Archbishop of Doclea

Archbishop-elect Pietro Fumasoni Biondi was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to East India

Archbishop Ladislao Michele Zaleski resigned as Apostolic Delegate to East India

Saint Fr. Pedro Esqueda Ramírez was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Yukon–Prince Rupert (Canada)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yukon was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Yukon–Prince Rupert (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver) (Canada)

Fr. Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Yukon (Canada), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Yukon–Prince Rupert (Canada)

Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi (譚維新), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Honan 河南東境 (China)

Bishop Louis-Joseph Maurin, Bishop of Grenoble (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

Bishop Henri Monnier, Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai (France), passed away at 96

Archbishop Donato Sbarretti, Titular Archbishop of Ephesus, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious and Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo was elected Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Bishop Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones resigned as Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Archbishop Louis-Ernest Dubois, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France), was appointed as

Archbishop Auguste-René Dubourg, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Louis-Joseph Maurin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., Titular Archbishop of Edessa, Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law, 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 Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

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

Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Patriarch Pietro La Fontaine, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Nicolò Marini was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi, Titular Archbishop of Tyrus and Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Antonio Vico resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Giuseppe Aversa, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria

Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P., Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia and Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Archbishop Ladislao Michele Zaleski, Titular Archbishop of Thebæ, was promoted as Patriarch of Antioch

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

Bishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde, Bishop of Vitoria (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Bishop José María Salvador y Barrera, Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Scotti, Bishop of Osimo (Italy) and Bishop of Cingoli (Italy), passed away at 84

Bishop Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Bishop of Gubbio (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Thebæ and Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities

Archbishop Augusto Silj, Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities, was appointed as Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Cardinal Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Donato Sbarretti was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

Fr. Norbert Johann Klein, O.T., was elected Bishop of Brno (Czechia)

Bishop Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones was appointed as Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador)

Archbishop Louis-Ernest Dubois, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Auguste-René Dubourg, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina

Cardinal Louis-Joseph Maurin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

Fr. Paul Nègre was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Viviers (France) and Titular Bishop of Cybistra

Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto

Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta

Cardinal Oreste Giorgi was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin

Cardinal Pietro La Fontaine, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Cardinal Nicolò Marini was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica

Cardinal Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca

Cardinal Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati

Fr. William Thomas B. Russell, Priest of Baltimore (USA), was elected Bishop of Charleston (USA)

Msgr. Evaristo Lucidi, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Giuseppe Mori, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments and Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Msgr. Carlo Perosi, Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Archbishop Giovanni Tacci Porcelli was appointed as Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Bishop Giuseppe Staiti di Brancaleone, Bishop of Andria (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Sebastiano Nicotra was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Bishop Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M., Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Gangra

Fr. Angelico Zanetti, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Bosa (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Honorat Koźmiński (Florentyn Wacław), O.F.M. Cap., Founder of Sons of Our Lady of Sorrows (Dolorists), passed away at 87

Archbishop Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy), passed away at 63

Blessed Fr. Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, O.P., Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), passed away at 84

Msgr. Sebastiano Nicotra, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was elected Titular Archbishop of Heraclea

Fr. Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Issus and Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile)

Archbishop Emilio Parodi, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy), passed away at 62

Fr. Giuseppe d’Alessio was elected Titular Bishop of Sidon and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Ayres de Gouvea, I.C., Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon, passed away at 88

Bishop Emile-Louis-Cornil Lobbedey, Bishop of Arras (France), passed away at 60

Bishop Michael James Gallagher succeeded as Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Bishop Henry Joseph Richter, Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA), passed away at 78

Bishop John Dunne, Bishop of Wilcannia (Australia), passed away at 70

Bishop Alfredo Peri-Morosini resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (Switzerland)