Nominations and Resignations

Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa)

Msgr. John Mary Fraser, S.F.M., was appointed as Founder of Scarboro Foreign Mission Society

Fr. Johannes Baptist Steeneman, C.I.C.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of I-li 伊犁 (China), passed away at 66

Bishop Andrea Machado, S.J., Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Abbot Raphael Molitor, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

Archbishop Angelo Maria Dolci, Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Persia

Msgr. Paolo Giobbe, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith

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

Archbishop Carlo Pietropaoli resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Venezuela

Abbot Mauro Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Msgr. Carlo Respighi, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology and Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium, was appointed as Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Prefecture for Pontifical Ceremonies

Msgr. Francesco Riggi resigned as Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Prefecture for Pontifical Ceremonies

Fr. Ferdinando Diotallevi, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Joseph Forestier, S.M., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea), passed away

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

Fr. Adalberto Ottone Rielander, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Ignacy Maria Dubowski resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Msgr. Ricardo Isasa resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Fr. Edoardo Parry, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zambese (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Riccardo Sykes, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Zambese (Zimbabwe), passed away

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Menghini was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Fr. Francesco Saverio Calcagno, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

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

Fr. Antoine Delpuch, M. Afr., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Joseph Maubon, A.A., was appointed as Vicar General of Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)

Sr. Antonietta Della Casa, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Bishop Pierre-Célestin Cézerac, Bishop of Cahors (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea and Coadjutor Archbishop of Albi (France)

Fr. Emilio Jiménez Pérez was elected Titular Bishop of Anthedon and Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro (Spain)

Bishop John Samual Foley, Bishop of Detroit (USA), passed away at 84

Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Bishop François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Togo (Togo)

Fr. Carmelo Patané was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

Bishop Angelo Michele Jannachino, Bishop of Telese (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lorea

Bishop Aeneas Chisholm, Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland), passed away at 81

Bishop Hubert Otto (陶福音), C.I.C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (China)

Diocese of Leiria was restored (from Patriarchal See of Lisboa and Diocese of Coimbra and became suffragan of Lisboa) (Portugal)

Bishop George John Smith, Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland), passed away at 77

Archbishop Victor Mihali, Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 76

Bishop Nicholas Aloysius Gallagher, Bishop of Galveston (USA), passed away at 71

Br. Nuno de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira (Nuno), O. Carm., was beatified by equipollence

Archbishop Luigi Lazzareschi, Bishop emeritus of Gubbio (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop James McGolrick, Bishop of Duluth (USA), passed away at 76

Saint Fr. Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero was appointed as Priest of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Bishop John William Shaw, Bishop of San Antonio (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Fr. Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza was elected Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil)

Fr. Jonas de Araújo Batinga was elected Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

Bishop Alphonse-Gabriel-Pierre Foucault, Bishop of Saint-Dié (France), was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente was elected Bishop of Le Mans (France)

Fr. Eugen Remigius Schwarz, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Bettiah (India), passed away at 44

Bishop Americo Bevilacqua, Titular Bishop of Rhithymna, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis

Bishop Giovanni Festa, Titular Bishop of Capitolias, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Tharona

Fr. Agostino Migliore was elected Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Nola (Italy)

Fr. Daniel Mary Gorman was elected Bishop of Boise City (USA)

Bishop Cyrillo de Paula Freitas, Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Antipatris

Fr. Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph-Lucien Giray was elected Bishop of Cahors (France)

Fr. Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Venezuela and Titular Archbishop of Seleucia

Bishop João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro (鮑理諾), Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau), passed away at 66

Fr. Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Fr. Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán was elected Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Fr. Carlos Silva Cotapos was elected Bishop of La Serena (Chile)

Fr. Luis Antonio Castro Alvarez, SS.CC., was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Fr. Matteo Múgica y Urrestarazu was elected Bishop of Osma (Spain)

Fr. Paolo Marella was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Giorgio Giovanni Elli was elected Bishop of Squillace (Italy)

Bishop Emilio Francisco Lisson Chaves, C.M., Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

Archbishop Edmond Francis Prendergast, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA), passed away at 74

Archabbot Ildefons Schober, O.S.B., President emeritus of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 69

Bishop Lazzaro Mladenoff, C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Macedonia of the Bulgarians (Greece), passed away at 63

Cardinal Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia, Archbishop emeritus of Spoleto (Italy) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, passed away at 65

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Cazet, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Central Madagascar (Madagascar), passed away at 90

Fr. Denis Hallinan was elected Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

Blessed Fr. Félix Pérez Portela was appointed as Priest of Jaén (Spain)

Fr. Giuseppe Ramiro Marcone, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine (Italy)

Cardinal Oreste Giorgi was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch Borneo was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Borneo (Indonesia)

Fr. William Hayden was elected Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Fr. Jan Pacificus Bos, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Dutch Borneo (Indonesia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Borneo (Indonesia)

Abbot Giovanni del Papa, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy), passed away at 67

Apostolic Prefecture of Urabá was established (Colombia)

Fr. Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer was elected Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Bishop Domenico Lancellotti, Bishop of Troia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Conversano (Italy)

Bishop John Joseph Collins, S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica)

Blessed Fr. Franciszek Rogaczewski was appointed as Priest of Gdańsk (Poland)

Archbishop Emilio Maria Miniati, Bishop emeritus of Massa Carrara (Italy), passed away at 79

Archbishop Pierre-Célestin Cézerac succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

Archbishop Eudoxe-Irénée-Édouard Mignot, Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France), passed away at 75

Bishop-elect Jan Pacificus Bos, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Borneo (Indonesia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Capitolias

Archbishop John Healy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland), passed away at 77

Bishop Charles Joseph O’Reilly, Bishop of Baker City (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

Archbishop Joseph Weber, C.R., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lviv (Ukraine), passed away at 71

Fr. William Theodore Heard was appointed as Priest of Southwark (England)

Bishop Cosimo Agostino, Bishop of Ariano (Italy), passed away at 57

Fr. Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain (卜恩佑), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Archelaïs and Vicar Apostolic of Ningyuanfu 寧遠府 (China)

Bishop Francesco Brusák, Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 77

Fr. Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

Fr. Julijans Vaivods was appointed as Priest of Liepāja (Latvia)

Sr. Marie Madeleine de Pazzi, F.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Fr. Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Canada)

Bishop Pedro Pascual Francesco Farfán, Bishop of Huaraz (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Cusco (Peru)

Bishop Pedro Coll Armengol, C.M.F., Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo (Equatorial Guinea), passed away at 59

Bishop Michael Higgins, Auxiliary Bishop of Tuam (Ireland), passed away at 54

Bishop Pio Giuseppe Passerini (拔士林), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (China), passed away at 52

Bishop Joseph-Marie-François-Xavier Métreau, Bishop of Tulle (France), passed away at 62

Cardinal Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R., President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea

Archbishop Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Bishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty, Bishop of Buffalo (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Adolphus Edwin Medlycott, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 79

Fr. Thomas Joseph Walsh was elected Bishop of Trenton (USA)

Blessed Fr. Carl Lampert was appointed as Priest of Feldkirch (Austria)

Bishop Emmanuele Maria Polit, Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Fr. Daniel Hermida Ortega was elected Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Bishop Ernesto Angiulli, Titular Bishop of Augusta, passed away at 68

Bishop Franz Egger, Bishop of Brixen (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Gabriel Llompart y Jaume Santandreu was elected Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Fr. Marcial López y Criado was elected Bishop of Cádiz (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Ceuta (Spain)

Cardinal Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea

Fr. James Charles McGuigan was appointed as Priest of Charlottetown (Canada)

Archbishop Franciszek Albin Symon, Bishop emeritus of Płock (Poland), passed away at 77

Bishop Francisco de Paula Silva, C.M., Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), passed away at 51

Archbishop José Cadena y Eleta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 63

Fr. Gerard-Joseph Hoogers (高東升), C.I.C.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of I-li 伊犁 (China)

Bishop Georg Caric, Titular Bishop of Ceramus and Auxiliary Bishop of Split (Croatia), was appointed as Bishop of Makarska (Croatia) and Bishop of Split (Croatia)

Archbishop Juan Ignacio González Eyzaguirre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 73

Bishop Pietro Di Maria, Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy), was promoted as Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland and Titular Archbishop of Iconium

Archbishop Peregrin-François Stagni, O.S.M., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland

Bishop-elect Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B., Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Fr. Stefano Corbini was elected Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Fr. George Henry Bennett was elected Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Fr. Giuseppe Signore was elected Bishop of Telese (Italy)

Archbishop John Joseph Keane, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA), passed away at 78

Fr. Agostino Cennini, O.S.M., and 3 companions were beatified by equipollence

Abbot Angelo Maria Ettinger, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy), passed away at 50

Venerable Fr. Giovanni Jacono was elected Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy), Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) and Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy)

Cardinal Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A., Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, passed away at 69

Archbishop Balthasar Kaltner, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria), passed away at 74

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Castanier (ジャン・バティスト・カスタニエ), M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

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

Bishop Thomas P. Gilmartin, Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

Bishop Victor-Augustin Vié, Bishop of Monaco (Monaco), passed away at 69

Bishop Jules-Maurice Abbet, Bishop of Sion (Switzerland), passed away at 72

Bishop Thomas Francis Cusack, Bishop of Albany (USA), passed away at 56

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

Bishop Giuseppe Capecci, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Alessandria (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Adolfo Turchi, Titular Bishop of Canopus and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was promoted as Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

Diocese of Aterrado was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana and Diocese of Uberaba and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Fr. Arthur Jerome Drossaerts was elected Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

Fr. John Timothy McNicholas, O.P., was elected Bishop of Duluth (USA)

Fr. Christopher Edward Byrne, Priest of Saint Louis (USA), was elected Bishop of Galveston (USA)

Bishop Michael James Gallagher, Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Jules Benjamin Jeanmard was elected Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Fr. Francesco Morano was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Giuliano Tommasuolo, Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 76

Bishop Ricardo Isaza y Goyechea, Titular Bishop of Anemurium and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis

Archbishop François-Léon Gauthey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France), passed away at 70

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Archbishop Tommaso Audo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran), passed away at 63

Archbishop Jacques-Emile Sontag, C.M., Archbishop of Isfahan (Iran), passed away at 49

Fr. Romuald Jałbrzykowski was elected Titular Bishop of Cusæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Augustów (Poland)

Fr. Stanisław Gall was elected Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Fr. Władysław Krynicki was elected Titular Bishop of Achantus and Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

Fr. Paweł Franciszek Kubicki was elected Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

Fr. Adalberto Stanislao Owczarek was elected Titular Bishop of Ascalon and Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

Fr. Adolf Peter Szelazek was elected Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland)

Archbishop John Baptist Pitaval, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Amida

Diocese of Floresta was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Pesqueira) (Brazil)

Diocese of Garanhuns was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife) (Brazil)

Diocese of Nazaré was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife) (Brazil)

Diocese of Pesqueira was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, from the suppressed Diocese of Floresta and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife) (Brazil)

Fr. Nicolás De Carlo was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina

Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis, Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Bishop José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes, Bishop of Floresta (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Fr. Jean Castel was elected Bishop of Tulle (France)

Fr. Luigi Barlassina was elected Titular Bishop of Capharnaum and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Ignaz Rieder, Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Fr. Charles-Joseph Nicolas, S.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island (Fiji) and Titular Bishop of Panopolis

Bishop Andrés Segura y Domínguez, Bishop of Tepic (Mexico), passed away at 67

Bishop Denis Matthew Lowney, Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA), passed away at 55

Bishop Moisé Sarkis, Titular Bishop of Arethusus of the Syriacs, passed away at 70

Bishop Patrick Fenton, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 81

Fr. Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Epiphania and Coadjutor Bishop of Vizagapatam (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Betafó was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Betafó (Madagascar)

Apostolic Prefecture of Western Nigeria was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Western Nigeria (Nigeria)

Fr. Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Thignica

Fr. Nicolás Gonzalez Pérez, C.M.F., was elected Titular Bishop of Jonopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. François-Joseph Dantin, M.S., Prefect Apostolic of Betafó (Madagascar), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Betafó (Madagascar) and Titular Bishop of Satala in Armenia

Fr. Thomas Broderick, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Petnelissus and Vicar Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria)

Bishop António José de Souza Barroso, Bishop of Porto (Portugal), passed away at 63

Bishop Marie-Augustin-Olivier de Durfort de Civbac de Lorge, Bishop of Langres (France), was appointed as Bishop of Poitiers (France)

Bishop Louis Humbrecht, Bishop of Poitiers (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

Bishop Paul Basbous, Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 72

Bishop Francis Silas Marean Chatard, Bishop of Indianapolis (USA), passed away at 83

Blessed Fr. Franziskus Maria vom Kreuze Jordan (Francis Mary of the Cross / Johann Baptist), S.D.S., Superior General emeritus of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians), passed away at 70

Fr. Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Rhaetia (Switzerland)

Bishop Luca Pappafava, Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia), was appointed as Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Fr. Bolesław Twardowski was elected Titular Bishop of Telmissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Cardinal John Murphy Farley, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva and Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA), passed away at 76

Diocese of Riga was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev) (Latvia)

Bishop Charles Warren Currier, Bishop emeritus of Matanzas (Cuba), passed away at 61

Archbishop Peregrin-François Stagni, O.S.M., Archbishop emeritus of L’Aquila (Italy), passed away at 59

Fr. Marian Leon Fulman was elected Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Henryk Ignazio Przezdziecki was elected Bishop of Podlachia (Poland)

Fr. Pietro Mankowski was elected Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Archbishop John Ireland, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA), passed away at 80

Bishop Joseph Chartrand succeeded as Bishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Fr. Eduard Graf O’Rourke was elected Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

Fr. Ernst Karl Jakob Seydl was elected Titular Bishop of Eucarpia and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Bishop Carmine Cesarano, C.SS.R., Bishop of Ozieri (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Campagna (Italy)

Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

Archbishop Edoardo Carlo Gastone Pöttickh de Pettenegg, O.T., Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis, passed away at 71

Bishop Antonio Bassani, Bishop of Chioggia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Troas

Bishop Stefan Novák resigned as Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Bishop Charles Arsène Bourdon, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Burma (Myanmar), passed away at 84

Archbishop Giovanni Régine, Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), passed away at 62

Archbishop Ignaz Rieder, Titular Bishop of Sura and Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Bishop Pietro Broyer, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators (Samoa), passed away at 72

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Biolley, Bishop of Tarentaise (France), passed away at 72

Bishop Lorenzo Chieppa, Bishop of Lucera (Italy), passed away at 54

Archbishop Charles-François Turinaz, Bishop emeritus of Nancy (France), passed away at 80

Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch succeeded as Bishop of Nancy (France)

Msgr. Domenico Jorio, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, was appointed as Secretary of Apostolic Dataria

Abbot Tiburzio Hajdu, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary), passed away at 59

Archbishop Eduard Baron von der Ropp resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Fr. Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C., Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers), was elected Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Archbishop Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P., Archbishop of Camerino (Italy) and Bishop of Treia (Italy), passed away at 60

Fr. Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez was appointed as Priest of León (Mexico)

Bishop Paul Anton Jedzink, Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 67

Fr. Giuseppe Lojacono was elected Bishop of Ariano (Italy)

Fr. Santiago Luis Copello, Priest of La Plata (Argentina), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Aulon

Fr. Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni was elected Titular Bishop of Anemurium and Auxiliary Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

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

Fr. Adolfo Giuseppe Jelowicki was elected Titular Bishop of Loryma and Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Bishop Emmerich Bjelik resigned as Military Vicar of Austria (Austria)

Mr. Giovanni Pelingotto was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Michael Verdon, Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand), passed away at 80

Cardinal Louis-Joseph Maurin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Langres (France)

Fr. Louis Termier was elected Bishop of Tarentaise (France)

Bishop Johannes Joseph Koppes, Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), passed away at 75

Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands and Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg

Msgr. Domenico Jorio, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments and Secretary of Apostolic Dataria, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Enrique Pla y Deniel was elected Bishop of Ávila (Spain)

Archbishop Juan Soldevilla y Romero resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Huesca (Spain)

Fr. Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.E.S.A., was elected Bishop of Huesca (Spain)

Bishop Sixto Sosa Díz, Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis and Apostolic Administrator of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela)

Archbishop Giuseppe Stadler, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), passed away at 75

Cardinal Giulio Tonti, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, passed away at 74

Fr. Antônio José dos Santos, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Bishop Giovanni Scotti, Bishop of Cariati (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Rossano (Italy)

Bishop Ettore Fronzi, Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy), was promoted as Bishop of Treia (Italy) and Archbishop of Camerino (Italy)

Bishop Emilio Poletti, Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy), passed away at 58

Msgr. Vincenzo Tarozzi, Secretary emeritus of Secretariat of Latin Letters, passed away at 69

Archbishop Bernard of Jesus Arginzonis y Astobiza, O.C.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thracia

Archbishop Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

Cardinal Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Blessed Fr. Bolesław Strzelecki was appointed as Priest of Radom (Poland)

Fr. Edmond Heelan was elected Titular Bishop of Gerasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Fr. Joseph Francis McGrath was elected Bishop of Baker City (USA)

Msgr. Joseph-Alfred Peltier was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium

Fr. Augusto Curi was elected Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

Archbishop Ludovico Gavotti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), passed away at 50

Bishop Giosuè Signori, Bishop of Fossano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Torrini was elected Bishop of Alatri (Italy)

Archbishop Antolín López y Peláez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain), passed away at 52

Fr. Jean-Émile Anizan, F.C., was appointed as Founder of Sons of Charity

Fr. Basilius Panat (Thomas), C.S.T., was appointed as Priest of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones, Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador), passed away at 55

Fr. Crescencio Errázuriz Valdivieso was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)