Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Goulburn lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney (Australia)

Apostolic Exarchate of Russia (Russian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev) (Russia)

Bishop Francisco Alberti, Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr resigned as Military Vicar of Australia (Australia)

Archbishop Daniel Mannix was appointed as Military Vicar of Australia (Australia)

Fr. Edward John Galvin (高爾文), S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Founder of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Bishop Venceslao Frind resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Archabbot Ildefons Schober, O.S.B., resigned as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

Bishop Isaias Papadopulos was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

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

Fr. Gabriel Pulickal, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. John Blowick, S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Founder of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta resigned as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives

Bishop Pierre-André Viganò, M.E.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Msgr. Bernardo Colombo was appointed as Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Nazareno Marzolini resigned as Secretary of Commission for the Patrimony of the Holy See

Fr. Carlo Respighi, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Msgr. Sante Tampieri resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Fr. Innocenzo Gamalero, O.F.M., Founder of Angeline Franciscan Sisters, passed away at 80

Fr. Carlo Zappa, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Nigeria), passed away

Msgr. Charles O’Hern was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Archimandrite Nicolas Achkar, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

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

Archimandrite Gabriel Nabaa, B.S., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

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

Fr. Emmauel Bailly, A.A., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)

Br. Wulfrannus Franken, C.S.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Br. Timotheus Scheffer, C.S.A., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Archbishop Barthélemy Clément Combes resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Fr. Auguste-Fernand Leynaud was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Fr. Amiel-François Bessière was elected Bishop of Constantine (Algeria)

Fr. Nicolas Charikiopoulos was elected Bishop of Chios (Greece)

Fr. Lorenzo Lauri was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Peru and Titular Archbishop of Ephesus

Bishop Cleto Cassani, Titular Bishop of Thacia Montana and Auxiliary Bishop of Sassari (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Archbishop Charles Joseph Gentili, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India), passed away at 76

Bishop Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B., Bishop of Massa Carrara (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Edessa and Apostolic Internuncio to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduas

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Vinati, Bishop emeritus of Bosa (Italy), passed away at 69

Fr. Stefano Aurelio Bacciarini, S.C., Superior General of Congregation of the Servants of Charity, was elected Titular Bishop of Daulia and Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (Switzerland)

Archbishop James Duhig succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Archbishop Robert Dunne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia), passed away at 86

Fr. Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Hamatha and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Jaén (Spain)

Fr. Domenico Mariani was appointed as Secretary of Commission for the Patrimony of the Holy See and Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Msgr. Francesco Marmaggi was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Archbishop Angelo Della Cioppa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Yosafat Kotsylovs’kyi (Йосафат Коциловський), O.S.B.M., was elected Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Archbishop José Ramón Ibarra y González, Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico), passed away at 63

Archbishop Antonino Sardi, Bishop emeritus of Anagni (Italy), passed away at 67

Bishop Jules-Auguste Coqset (順其衡), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China), passed away at 69

Diocese of Antioquía was renamed as Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Jericó and lost territory to establish Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos) (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó lost territory to Diocese of Jericó (Colombia)

Diocese of Jericó was suppressed (gained territory from Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó and to Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó) (Colombia)

Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín and Diocese of Antioquía and became suffragan of Medellín) (Colombia)

Bishop Maximiliano Crespo Rivera resigned as Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

Blessed Fr. Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos, Priest of Medellín (Colombia), was appointed as Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Fr. Santiago Caragnan Sancho was elected Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Fr. James Paul McCloskey was elected Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

Bishop Maximiliano Crespo Rivera was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Bishop Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa, Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Antioquía–Jericó (Colombia)

Cardinal Diomede Falconio, O.F.M., Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, passed away at 74

Cardinal Károly Hornig, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura and Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), passed away at 76

Bishop Adolphe Rayssac (實茂芳), M.E.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

Cardinal Giulio Tonti was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Fr. John McCarthy was elected Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Alaska was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Alaska (USA)

Fr. Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Alaska (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Ammædara and Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (USA)

Bishop Giacomo Bellucci, Bishop of Pienza (Italy) and Bishop of Chiusi (Italy), passed away at 84

Bishop Antônio Xisto Albano, Bishop emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), passed away at 56

Archbishop Wincenty Kluczynski, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mohilev (Belarus), passed away at 69

Bishop Antun Gjivojc, Bishop of Split (Croatia) and Bishop of Makarska (Croatia), passed away at 66

Bishop Janos Jung, Titular Bishop of Rosalia, passed away at 75

Bishop Juvencio Joan Hospital de la Puebla, O.E.S.A., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China)

Bishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz, Bishop of La Serena (Chile), passed away at 64

Patriarch Giuseppe Ceppetelli, Patriarch of Constantinople and Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Emile-Joannes Seghers was elected Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Fr. Angel Diego y Carbajal (翟德隆), O.E.S.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Calœ

Fr. Bernard Nicholas Ward was elected Titular Bishop of Lydda and Apostolic Administrator of Brentwood (England)

Fr. Alexandre Caillot was elected Bishop of Grenoble (France)

Fr. Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien was elected Bishop of Arras (France)

Fr. Pierre Verdier was elected Titular Bishop of Titopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (France)

Cardinal Basilio Pompilj, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri

Bishop Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A., Bishop of Squillace (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Andria (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Gamberoni, Bishop of Chiavari (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Conti was elected Bishop of Chiusi (Italy) and Bishop of Pienza (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Garigliano, Titular Bishop of Eucarpia, was appointed as Bishop of Biella (Italy)

Fr. Bonaventura Porta was elected Bishop of Pesaro (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Romita was elected Bishop of Boiano (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Scarano was elected Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

Bishop Natale Serafino, Bishop of Biella (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Chiavari (Italy)

Fr. Carlo Taccetti was elected Bishop of Gubbio (Italy)

Fr. Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Paphos and Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion)

Bishop Leopoldo Eijo y Garay, Bishop of Tui (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

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

Archbishop Bartolomeo Mirra, Archbishop-Bishop of Poggio Mirteto (Italy), passed away at 81

Archbishop Angelo Struffolini, Bishop emeritus of Cerignola (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Ascoli Satriano (Italy), passed away at 63

Bishop Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille (文貴斌), C.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China)

Fr. Iuliu Hossu was elected Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár of the Romanians (Romania)

Diocese of Grand Island was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Kearney and became suffragan of Dubuque) (USA)

Diocese of Kearney was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Grand Island) (USA)

Bishop James Albert Duffy, Bishop of Kearney (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Grand Island (USA)

Cardinal Franziskus von Bettinger, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello and Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 66

Archbishop Giuseppe Aversa, Titular Archbishop of Sardes and Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria, passed away at 55

Archbishop Orazio Mazzella, Archbishop of Rossano (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

Archbishop José Alves de Mattos, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), passed away at 62

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

Archbishop James Herbert Blenk, S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA), passed away at 60

Sr. Marie de la Rédemption, F.M.M., Superior General of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, passed away at 56

Archbishop Joseph Sakr, Titular Archbishop of Hemesa of the Maronites, passed away

Msgr. Eugenio Pacelli, Priest of Roma (Italy), Domestic Prelate and Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria, was elected Titular Archbishop of Sardes

Fr. Giuseppe Palica was elected Titular Archbishop of Philippi and Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Rodolfo Caroli, Bishop of Ceneda (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia

Fr. Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Founder of Brothers of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo and Founder of Priestly Society of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo, was beatified

Pope Benedict XV, 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), was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Bishop Manuel Lago y González, Bishop of Osma (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tui (Spain)

Sr. Anna van Sint-Bartholomeus García (Anna), O.C.D., was beatified

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr, Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia), passed away at 77

Archbishop Daniel Mannix succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti, Apostolic Delegate to Australia, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Bishop Jules-Auguste Chatron (ジェル・オーグスト・シャトロン), M.E.P., Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), passed away at 73

Bishop Rodolfo Caroli, Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Tyrus

Fr. Matthias Raus, C.SS.R., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), passed away at 87

Bishop Pacificio Fiorani, Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) and Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cingoli (Italy) and Bishop of Osimo (Italy)

Bishop Jules-Etienne Gazaniol, Bishop emeritus of Constantine (Algeria), passed away at 72

Bishop Julije Drohobeczky, Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Polybotus

Bishop Dionýz Njarady, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia) and Auxiliary Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Fr. Bartolomeo Cattaneo, Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Australasia

Fr. Eugenio Beccegato was elected Titular Bishop of Sinope

Msgr. Bartolomeo Cattaneo, Apostolic Delegate to Australasia, was elected Titular Archbishop of Palmyra

Archbishop Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D., Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq), passed away at 58

Fr. Ludwig Sebastian was elected Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Blessed Fr. Leonid F’odorov (Леонід Фьодоров), M.S.U., was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Russia of the Russians (Russia)

Fr. Carlo Respighi, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium

Archbishop Pietro Scebli, Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 45

Fr. Joseph Elmer Ritter was appointed as Priest of Indianapolis (USA)

Fr. Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Tacia montana

Apostolic Prefecture of Kasaï Supérieur was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Ghazal was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan)

Bishop-elect Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Yukon–Prince Rupert (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tentyris

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

Fr. Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) and Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria

Bishop Louis-Marie-Antoine Caspar, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Cochin (Vietnam), passed away at 75

Fr. Flaminio Belotti (包海容), P.I.M.E., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Nanyangfu 南陽府 (China) and Titular Bishop of Sufetula

Bishop José María Rancés y Villanueva, Bishop of Cádiz (Spain), passed away at 75

Bishop James Augustine McFaul, Bishop of Trenton (USA), passed away at 67

Fr. Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P., Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Index, was elected Titular Bishop of Sinis

Fr. Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Cardicium

Bishop James Browne, Bishop of Ferns (Ireland), passed away at 74

Bishop Isidoro Badía y Sarradel, Titular Bishop of Ascalon and Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain)

Diocese of Diamantina was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina (with suffragan sees Araçuaí and Montes Claros) (Brazil)

Bishop Joaquim Silvério de Sousa, Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Fr. Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon was elected Titular Bishop of Modra and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Fr. Giuseppe Bertazzoni was elected Bishop of Massa Carrara (Italy)

Bishop John Mangan, Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland), passed away at 64

Fr. Giorgio Glosauer was elected Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Magna and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Giovanni Sedlák was elected Titular Bishop of Tacapæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Archbishop Joaquim José Vieira, Bishop emeritus of Ceará (Brazil), passed away at 81

Archbishop Giuseppe Giustiniani, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop Paolo Jacuzio, Bishop of Capaccio–Vallo (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy)

Bishop Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.E.S.A., Bishop emeritus of Nueva Caceres (Philippines), passed away at 77

Fr. Nándor Rott was elected Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Fr. Charles Journet was appointed as Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

Archbishop Teodoro Messaieh, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 79

Bishop Antonio María Durán, Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela), passed away at 78

Diocese of Brentwood was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Westminster and became suffragan of Westminster) (England)

Bishop Bernard Nicholas Ward, Titular Bishop of Lydda and Apostolic Administrator of Brentwood (England), was appointed as Bishop of Brentwood (England)

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

Archbishop Lorenzo Lauri, Apostolic Internuncio to Peru, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Bishop Michael von Faulhaber, Bishop of Speyer (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Eduard Baron von der Ropp, Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus)

Fr. Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Lydda and Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

Diocese of Bathurst lost territory to Diocese of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Diocese of Wagga Wagga was established (from Diocese of Goulburn and became suffragan of Sydney) (Australia)

Diocese of Wilcannia was renamed as Diocese of Wilcannia–Forbes (gained territory from Diocese of Bathurst) (Australia)

Archbishop Pasquale Trosksi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Skopje (North Macedonia), passed away at 67

Fr. Henri Lécroart (劉欽明), S.J., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南 (China) and Titular Bishop of Anchialus

Bishop-elect Ludwig Sebastian was confirmed as Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Abbot Eugen Notz, O. Cist., Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria), passed away at 60

Bishop Natale Serafino, Bishop of Chiavari (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tricale

Bishop Léon-Adophe Lenfant, Bishop of Digne (France), passed away at 59

Bishop Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas, Bishop of Concepción (Chile), passed away at 56

Fr. Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India)

Bishop Nicholas Chrysostom Matz, Bishop of Denver (USA), passed away at 67

Fr. Luigi Traglia was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Lamberti, Bishop of Conversano (Italy), passed away at 58

Fr. Kassian Haid, O. Cist., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria)

Bishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick (Ireland), passed away at 75

Bishop John McIntyre, Titular Bishop of Lamus and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus

Fr. Denis Matthew Lowney was elected Titular Bishop of Adrianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA)

Diocese of Alagôas was renamed as Diocese of Maceió (Brazil)

Bishop Alphonse Joseph Glorieux, Bishop of Boise City (USA), passed away at 73

Archbishop Thomas Francis Kennedy, Rector of Pontifical North American College, passed away at 59

Bishop Eugenio Beccegato, Titular Bishop of Sinope, was appointed as Bishop of Ceneda (Italy)

Fr. Henry Gray Graham was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) and Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia

Archbishop Hormisdas Etienne Djibri, Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans and Auxiliary Bishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Antônio dos Santos Cabral was elected Bishop of Natal (Brazil)

Bishop Pasquale Picone, Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy), Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) and Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Nicolás Rey y Redondo, Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain), passed away at 83

Fr. Mauro M. Parodi, O.S.B. Oliv., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans)

Abbot Ildebrando Polliuti, O.S.B. Oliv., Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans), passed away at 63

Archbishop Pietro Emmanuele García Naranjó, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 79

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, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law

Fr. Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M., was elected Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Bishop Vincent-François-Joseph Sage (善味增爵), M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China), passed away at 38

Fr. John Joseph Cantwell, Priest of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA), was elected Bishop of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop John Henry Tihen, Bishop of Lincoln (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Denver (USA)

Archbishop Nicola Piccirilli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Campagna (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Ortona (Italy)

Fr. Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj was appointed as Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Attilio Bianchi resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Bishop Giordano Zaninovic, O.P., Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia), passed away at 77

Archbishop Domenico Taccone-Gallucci, Bishop emeritus of Tropea (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Nicotera (Italy), passed away at 65

Msgr. Luigi Sincero, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law

Bishop Giovanni Antonio Hofman (賀廣才), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Shanxi 山西南境 (China), passed away at 83

Fr. Manuel Bidwell was elected Titular Bishop of Miletopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. William Keatinge was elected Titular Bishop of Metellopolis and Military Vicar of Great Britain (England)

Fr. Zygmunt Łoziński was elected Bishop of Minsk (Belarus)

Bishop Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz, Titular Bishop of Berisa and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nacolia

Fr. Amedeo Casabona was elected Bishop of Chiavari (Italy)

Bishop Joaquín Beltrán y Asensio, Bishop of Ávila (Spain), passed away at 79

Saint Fr. Vincenzo Grossi, Priest of Cremona (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Charles O’Sullivan was elected Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland)

Fr. Luca Piergiovanni was elected Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) and Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy)

Fr. Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Gregorio Castro, O.F.M., Bishop of Cusco (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ

Fr. John Mark Gannon was elected Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Erie (USA)

Fr. Ewen Cameron was appointed as Titular Bishop of Usula and Coadjutor Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)

Fr. Luigi Ferretti was elected Bishop of Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Jean Forbes, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Vaga, Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kampala (Uganda) and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda (Uganda)

Fr. Ewen Cameron resigned as Titular Bishop of Usula and Coadjutor Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Hayes, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Military Vicar of United States of America (USA)

Fr. Antonio María Pueyo de Val, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Fr. Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel was elected Bishop of Digne (France)

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

Cardinal Nicolò Marini was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Bishop Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte, Bishop of Le Mans (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Berissa

Bishop Adolphe Lechaptois, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika (Tanzania), passed away at 65

Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni was established (from Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra) (Bolivia)

Bishop Luigi Piccardo, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine), passed away at 72

Archbishop Federico González y Suárez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador), passed away at 72

Fr. William Codd was elected Bishop of Ferns (Ireland)

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

Fr. Federico Callori di Vignale was appointed as Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Cammarota was elected Bishop of Capaccio–Vallo (Italy)

Fr. Paul Méouchi was appointed as Priest of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Bishop Pierre-François Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Allahabad (India), passed away at 74

Bishop Pacifico Monza, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Troas, passed away at 72

Bishop Carlo Sica, Bishop of Foligno (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Paleopolis

Saint Sr. Francesca Saverio Cabrini, M.S.C., Superior General of Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, passed away at 67

Bishop Michele Izzi, Bishop of Alatri (Italy), passed away at 44