Nominations and Resignations

Apostolic Administration of Eupen–Malmedy–Sankt Vith was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln) (Belgium)

Titular Episcopal See of Giovanni S. d’Acri (Maronite Rite) was restored (Israel)

Diocese of Chioggia lost territory to Patriarchal See of Venezia (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Hamatha (Maronite Rite) was established (Syria)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Maronite Rite) was established (Syria)

Abbot Primo Dochi, Abbot Ordinary of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Albania), passed away at 73

Fr. Louis David, Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria), passed away

Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium, Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands and Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Eupen–Malmedy–Sankt Vith (Belgium)

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

Abbot Bruno Doerfler, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Saint Peter–Muenster (Canada), passed away

Bishop Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Bishop Santiago Costamagna, S.D.B., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza (Ecuador)

Bishop Franz Zorn von Bulach resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Fr. Ange Le Doré, C.I.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Fr. Albert Lucas, C.I.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

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

Fr. Nicolaus Blum, S.V.D., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Fr. Karl Gissler, S.A.C., resigned as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Venerable Fr. Geevarghese Ivanios Giorgio Tommaso Panickerveetil, O.I.C., was appointed as Founder of Order of the Imitation of Christ and Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

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

Fr. Elijah Magennis, O. Carm., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

Br. Jerome Byrne, F.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Br. Boniface Carroll, F.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Msgr. Luigi Sincero, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals

Msgr. Giuseppe Latini was appointed as Promoter of Justice of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Giacinto Cardi, S.A.C., was appointed as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Fr. Pacifico Chenuil, C.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Fr. Francisco Dall’Olio, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Vicar General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Fr. Giovanni Lottini, O.P., was appointed as Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Paolo Meroni, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Fr. Domenico Pasqualigo, O.P., resigned as Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Domingo Maria Tavani, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Fr. Federico Vianello, F.S.C.I., resigned as Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Fr. Domenico Vicentini, C.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Prof. Giuseppe Angelini resigned as Director of L’Osservatore Romano

Bishop Paul-Raphaël Abi-Mourad resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Blessed Fr. Aleksy Sobaszek was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Klymentii Sheptyts’kyi (Марiя Казимир Климентій Шептицький / Maria Kazymyr), M.S.U., was appointed as Hegumen of Ukrainian Studite Monks

Fr. Romuald Simó i Costa, O.S.B., was appointed as Pro-Rector of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. José Soto Chuliá was appointed as Founder of Work of Saint John of Avila

Bishop Andrea Elia Celebian, Bishop of Amida of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 71

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

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

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

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

Fr. Antoninus ab Assumptione, O.SS.T., resigned as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Thomas F. Burke, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Celestino Castelletti, O.H., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Fr. Jean-Marie Chabert, S.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

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

Fr. Franciscus Xaverius ab Immaculata Conceptione, O.SS.T., was appointed as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. John J. Hughes, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Agostino Koch, O.H., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Fr. Pius Maria Mayer, O. Carm., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

Fr. Joseph Saïgh, M.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul

Fr. Paul Sayyour, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul

Msgr. Francesco Rossi Stockalper was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Jean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of South Solomons (Solomon Islands), passed away at 65

Bishop Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó, Bishop of Urgell (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

Fr. Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand was elected Titular Bishop of Etalonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (France)

Fr. Quirico Travaini was elected Bishop of Fossano (Italy)

Fr. William Augustine Hickey was elected Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Providence (USA)

Bishop Edward Denis Kelly, Titular Bishop of Cestrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Archbishop Biagio Pisani, Titular Archbishop of Naupactus, passed away at 68

Bishop André-Albert Blais, Bishop of Saint-Germain de Rimouski (Canada), passed away at 76

Fr. Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero was elected Bishop of Sonora (Mexico)

Fr. José Guadalupe Ortíz y López was elected Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico)

Fr. Enrique Sánchez y Paredes was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Giacomo Laminne was elected Titular Bishop of Usula and Auxiliary Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Bishop Austin Dowling, Bishop of Des Moines (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA)

Archbishop Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Viterbo (Italy) and Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Tuscania (Italy), passed away at 92

Military Vicariate of Poland was established (Poland)

Bishop Stanisław Gall, Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), was appointed as Military Vicar of Poland (Poland)

Bishop Henri Joulain, O.M.I., Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), passed away at 66

Diocese of Bisignano lost territory to Diocese of Lungro (Italy)

Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio lost territory to Diocese of Lungro (Italy)

Archdiocese of Cosenza lost territory to Diocese of Lungro (Italy)

Ordinariate of Italia continentale (Italo-Albanese Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Lungro (gained territory from Archdiocese of Cosenza, Archdiocese of Rossano, Diocese of Bisignano, Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio and Diocese of San Marco and without ecclesiastical province) (Italy)

Archdiocese of Rossano lost territory to Diocese of Lungro (Italy)

Diocese of San Marco lost territory to Diocese of Lungro (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Albera, Bishop of Bova (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mileto (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Isola, Bishop of Concordia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis

Archbishop Gennaro Costagliola, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Károly Emmánuel de Csáky, Bishop of Vác (Hungary), passed away at 66

Archbishop Domenico Darmanin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfù (Greece), passed away at 76

Fr. Paul Akl was elected Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria of the Maronites

Fr. Ignazio Mobarak was elected Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Agostino Bostani was elected Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Luigi Giuseppe El-Khazen was elected Titular Bishop of Ptolemais of the Maronites

Fr. Pierre Feghali was elected Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria of the Maronites

Fr. Francisco Banegas y Galván was elected Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico)

Archbishop Paolo Massad, Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at 60

Bishop-elect Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand, Titular Bishop of Etalonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tricomia

Fr. José Maurício da Rocha was elected Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Fr. Théophile-Marie Louvard was elected Bishop of Langres (France)

Fr. Jean-François-Etienne Marnas was elected Titular Bishop of Sura and Coadjutor Bishop of Clermont (France)

Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

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

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

Bishop Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna and Vicar Apostolic of Libya (Libya), was appointed as Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Antonio Caruso was elected Bishop of Cariati (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Maria Franco was elected Bishop of Ozieri (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Mele was elected Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Paulini, Bishop of Nusco (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Concordia (Italy)

Fr. Juozapas Skvireckas was elected Titular Bishop of Ceramus and Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Hayes, Titular Bishop of Thagaste, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Military Vicar of United States of America (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Fr. Albert Thomas Daeger, O.F.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Fr. Edmund Francis Gibbons, Priest of Buffalo (USA), was elected Bishop of Albany (USA)

Fr. William Turner, Priest of Saint Augustine (USA), was elected Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. Isnardo da Chiampo, O.P., was beatified by equipollence

Br. Ugolino da Gualdo Cattaneo, O.E.S.A., was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Giovanni Panico was appointed as Priest of Ugento (Italy)

Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, passed away at 77

Cardinal Gaetano De Lai, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Alexander Párvy, Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia), passed away at 70

Cardinal Donato Sbarretti was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Bishop Jan Feliks Cieplak, Titular Bishop of Evaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev (Belarus), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Acrida

Fr. Thomas William Drumm was elected Bishop of Des Moines (USA)

Fr. Anton Keil was elected Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Bishop Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), passed away at 61

Bishop Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille (文貴斌), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China), was appointed as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (China)

Fr. Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (China)

Fr. Donald Martin was elected Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)

Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Congo Belge (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Attanasio Melegro Savoya, B.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 47

Archbishop Dimitrios Cadi [Qâdî], Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. William Barry was elected Titular Archbishop of Pessinus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Bishop-elect Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Phœnicia

Fr. Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria)

Fr. Félix Couturier, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Myriophytos

Abbot Gregor Danner, O.S.B., President emeritus of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria, passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. José Trinidad Rangél Montaño was appointed as Priest of León (Mexico)

Fr. Marcelin-Charles Marty was elected Titular Bishop of Isionda and Coadjutor Bishop of Nîmes (France)

Bishop Nicasio Arellano, O.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking (Vietnam)

Bishop Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking (Vietnam)

Fr. José Joaquín Arteaga y San Julián, O.C.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Urabá (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Ontario was established (from Diocese of Haileybury and became suffragan of Ottawa) (Canada)

Archbishop Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion), passed away at 92

Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch, Bishop of Nancy (France), was appointed as Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Pelt was elected Bishop of Metz (France)

Archbishop Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon, Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Cardinal Louis-Joseph Maurin resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Langres (France)

Bishop Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer, Titular Bishop of Pentacomia and Apostolic Administrator of Solsona (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)

Fr. Paulino Díaz Rodríguez, O.E.S.A., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of San León del Amazonas (Peru), passed away at 69

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

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

Fr. Viktor Bieler was elected Bishop of Sion (Switzerland)

Fr. Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lower Congo in Cubango (Angola)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfù was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Kefalonia–Zakynthos and lost suffragan see Kefalonia–Zakynthos) (Greece)

Diocese of Kefalonia–Zakynthos was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia) (Greece)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Naxos was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Tinos–Mykonos and gained suffragan see Crete) (Greece)

Diocese of Tinos–Mykonos was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos) (Greece)

Archbishop Leonard Brindisi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos (Greece), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

Bishop Antonio Scotti, Bishop emeritus of Alife (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia, Bishop of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 71

Venerable Fr. Fortunato Maria Farina was elected Bishop of Troia (Italy)

Bishop Salvador-Pierre Walleser (法來善), O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Mariana and Caroline Islands (Micronesia)

Bishop John Francis Cunningham, Bishop of Concordia (USA), passed away at 76

Bishop Pierre-Macario Saba, Titular Bishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites, Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Dionisio Avila, Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), passed away at 43

Fr. Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela was elected Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)

Fr. João Tavares de Moura was elected Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Fr. Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) and Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis

Archbishop Leonard Brindisi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece)

Bishop Matteo Vido, Bishop of Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

Fr. Thomas O’Doherty was elected Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

Msgr. Achille Ratti, Priest of Milano (Italy), Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary and Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library, was elected Titular Archbishop of Naupactus and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

Cardinal Giulio Boschi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna and Bishop of Comacchio (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Bishop Michele Zezza di Zapponeta, Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ancyra and Coadjutor Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Volpi, Bishop of Arezzo (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Antiochia

Fr. Giacomo Maria de Amicis was elected Titular Bishop of Sinope and Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy)

Patriarch Dimitri I Cadi [Qâdî] was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Juan Francesco Aragone was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Fr. Tomás Gregorio Camacho was elected Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Fr. José Marcos Semeria was elected Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

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

Bishop Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Metz (France)

Bishop António Barbosa Leão, Bishop of Faro (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Abbot Michael Ott, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint Peter–Muenster (Canada)

Fr. Ceslao Sokołowski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Pentacomia

Bishop Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B., was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Attalia

Bishop Adolf Fritzen, Bishop of Strasbourg (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Archbishop Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli, O.C.D., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

Archbishop Domenico Gaspare Lancia di Brolo, O.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy), passed away at 93

Bishop-elect Jean-Baptiste Pelt was confirmed as Bishop of Metz (France)

Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch was confirmed as Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Bishop Ignace-Marie Le Ruzic, Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Madaurus

Fr. Raphael Guízar y Valencia was elected Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico)

Bishop Joaquín Acadio Pagaza y Ordóñez resigned as Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico)

Blessed Fr. Dedë Plani was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Blessed Fr. Gjon Gazulli was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Joseph Darnand, S.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators (Samoa) and Titular Bishop of Polemonium

Fr. Jules-André Brault, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Efrem Giesen (申永福), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung 山東北境 (China), passed away at 50

Fr. Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Libya (Libya) and Titular Bishop of Parætonium

Bishop Maurice Patrick Foley, Bishop of Jaro (Philippines), passed away at 52

Fr. Vasile Suciu was elected Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Manuel Azpeitia Palomar was elected Bishop of Tepic (Mexico)

Fr. Ramón Calvó y Martí, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Catenna and Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia)

Fr. Ippolito Ulivelli, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Orthosia and Vicar Apostolic of Chaco (Bolivia)

Bishop Romolo Molaroni, Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy), passed away at 61

Bishop José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez, Bishop of Salta (Argentina), passed away at 56

Fr. Giuseppe Placido Maria Nicolini, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Bishop Carlos María Javier de la Torre, Bishop of Loja (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador)

Bishop John Mary Dunne, Bishop of Bathurst (Australia), passed away at 76

Bishop Giovanni Vincenzo Tasso, C.M., Bishop of Aosta (Italy), passed away at 69

Fr. Massimo Saïgh, M.S.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. William Francis O’Hare, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica)

Archbishop José María Salvador y Barrera, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 68

Archbishop Pavel Huyn, Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Sardica

Archbishop Adolf Fritzen, Bishop emeritus of Strasbourg (France), passed away at 81

Fr. Árpád István Hanauer was elected Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bettiah was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Patna) (India)

Diocese of Patna was restored (from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Bettiah and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Bishop Joaquín Acadio Pagaza y Ordóñez, Bishop emeritus of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico), passed away at 80

Fr. António Antunes was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) and Titular Bishop of Rhithymna

Fr. Thomas Frederick Price, M.M., Founder of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers), passed away at 59

Fr. Frantisek Kordác was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Bishop Karl Augustin, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 71

Diocese of Allahabad lost territory to Diocese of Patna (India)

Fr. William Aloysius Scully was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Bishop Giovanni Fiorentini, Bishop of Tricarico (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy)

Fr. Alfonso Carinci was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus was established (from Diocese of Amazonas and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

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

Archbishop Donald Louis Mackintosh, Coadjutor Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland), passed away at 74

Bishop Philip Joseph Garrigan, Bishop of Sioux City (USA), passed away at 79

Cardinal Felix von Hartmann, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 67

Bishop Francisco Uranga y Sáenz, Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tlous and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Pierre-Joseph Geay, Bishop emeritus of Laval (France), passed away at 74

Fr. John Gregory Murray was elected Titular Bishop of Flavias and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Celebes was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia) (Indonesia)

Bishop Giovanni Privilegio, Bishop emeritus of Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), passed away at 73

Bishop Paul-Gaston Laperrine d’Hautpoul, Titular Bishop of Carystus, passed away at 71

Fr. Gerard Vesters, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Celebes (Indonesia)

Bishop Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría, Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico), passed away at 63

Bishop Adolf Bertram, Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni Biondi, Apostolic Delegate to East India, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Japan

Bishop Augustine Kandathil succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Aloysius Pareparambil, Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 72

Bishop Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 48

Bishop Andrea Karlin, Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Themiscyra

Fr. Próspero Maria Gustavo Bernardi, O.S.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Paltus

Fr. Alban Goodier, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Fr. Benedetto Aloisi Masella was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Chile and Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Mauretania

Archbishop Augusto Silj, Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea Ponti and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo, Titular Archbishop of Trapezus and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Angelo Bartolomasi, Titular Bishop of Derbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Galati was elected Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy)

Bishop Nicola Monterisi, Bishop of Monopoli (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vasto (Italy)

Fr. Pasquale Mores was elected Bishop of Nusco (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Pisani was elected Apostolic Delegate to East India and Titular Archbishop of Tomi

Archbishop Francesco Rossi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy)

Bishop Gisleno Veneri, Bishop of Acquapendente (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Darnis

Bishop Domenico Pasi, Titular Bishop of Philadelphia and Auxiliary Bishop of Comacchio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Scopelliti, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Resaina

Patriarch Filippo Camassei, Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Edmund Dalbor, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos, Bishop of Beja (Portugal), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis

Archbishop Juan Soldevilla y Romero, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Luigi Barlassina, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Msgr. Domenico Spolverini, Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Cardinal José María Justo Cos y Macho, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), passed away at 81

Fr. Miguel de Andrea was elected Titular Bishop of Temnus and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Carloto Fernandes da Silva Távora was elected Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph-Romuald Léonard, Priest of Saint-Germain de Rimouski (Canada), was elected Bishop of Saint-Germain de Rimouski (Canada)

Fr. Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez was elected Titular Bishop of Sozusa and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Fr. Hippolyte-Marie de La Celle was elected Bishop of Nancy (France)

Archbishop Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon, Titular Archbishop of Cabassa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Cardinal Augusto Silj, Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

Cardinal Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Bishop Emanuele Mignone, Bishop of Volterra (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Arezzo (Italy)

Cardinal Filippo Camassei, Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Cardinal Adolf Bertram, Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura

Cardinal Edmund Dalbor, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino

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

Blessed Bishop Manuel Basulto y Jiménez, Bishop of Lugo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Fr. Valentín Comellas y Santamaría was elected Titular Bishop of Hamatha and Apostolic Administrator of Solsona (Spain)

Bishop Arturo Celestino Alvarez, Bishop of Zulia (Venezuela), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thapsus and Coadjutor Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Bishop John Menachery, Vicar Apostolic of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 62

Bishop Arnold Frans Diepen succeeded as Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

Bishop Wilhelmus van de Ven, Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), passed away at 85

Bishop Henri Lécroart (劉欽明), S.J., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南 (China)

Bishop Henri Maquet (馬澤軒), S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南 (China), passed away at 76

Bishop Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion)

Bishop Jacques-Paul-Antonin Fabre, Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion), passed away at 82

Bishop Juan Muñoz y Herrera, Bishop of Málaga (Spain), passed away at 84

Archbishop Luigi Bignami, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy), passed away at 57

Bishop Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues, Bishop of Valence (France), passed away at 64