Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Prusa (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Theodosiopolis (Greek Rite) was established (Turkiye)

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

Abbot Josef Kluger, C.R.L.A., was appointed as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Abbot Joseph Sailer, C.R.L.A., resigned as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Fr. Sebastião Tomás, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil)

Bishop Reinaldo Muñoz Olave was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Msgr. John Prior, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Pro-Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Serafino Many, P.S.S., Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Courcoux, C.O.I., was appointed as Superior General of Oratory of France (Oratorians of France)

Fr. Venancio de Lisle-en-Rigault, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Br. Henri Bacuwe was appointed as Superior General of Marist Brothers

Br. Antoine Usclard resigned as Superior General of Marist Brothers

Msgr. Jakub Skala was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Meißen (Germany)

Fr. Wilhelm Gier, S.V.D., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Bishop Giuseppe Németh, Auxiliary Bishop of Csanád (Hungary), passed away at 89

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

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

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

Archbishop Eugenio Pacelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P., resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

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

Abbot Mauro Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Msgr. Benedetto Melata resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Guglielmo Sebastianelli resigned as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Juan Antonio de San Juan en Persiceto, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Saint Fr. Giustino Maria Russolillo, S.D.V., was appointed as Founder of Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists)

Prof. Giuseppe Dalla Torre di Sanguinetto was appointed as Director of L’Osservatore Romano

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

Mr. Bartolomeo Pietromarchi was appointed as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Alexios Akel resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. Joseph Adalbert Fleischer, C.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Archbishop Flavien Kfoury, Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites

Abbot Amadeus de Bie, O. Cist., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)

Abbot Benoît Gariador, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Msgr. Pietro Guidi was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Fr. Alfonso Maria Andrioli, M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Fr. Adrianus Brocken, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. Thomas Giacchetti, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits)

Fr. Anastasius Kalysh, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Fr. Jan Kasprzycki, C.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Fr. Piotr Markiewicz, O.S.P.P.E., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Fr. Angelo Mercati was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Fr. Eugène Meyer, M.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. Florent Mortier, C.I.C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Fr. Thomas Rodríguez, O.E.S.A., resigned as Prior General of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits)

Fr. Joseph Rutten, C.I.C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Fr. Francesco Vido, M.I., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Fr. Wladyslaw Zapala, C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Br. Jerome Hennessey, C.F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Br. Calasanctius Whitty, C.F.C., resigned as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Saint Fr. Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Priest of Lviv (Ukraine), passed away at 74

Bishop Ramón Peris Mencheta, Bishop of Coria (Spain), passed away at 68

Fr. Justí Guitart i Vilardebó was elected Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Bishop Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal), passed away at 60

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Leo, Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) and Bishop of Tropea (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Bisceglie (Italy)

Bishop Thomas Francis Barry, Bishop of Chatham (Canada), passed away at 78

Bishop Bernard Nicholas Ward, Bishop of Brentwood (England), passed away at 62

Bishop Giuseppe Melchisedechian, Bishop of Garin of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 71

Bishop Giacomo Ghezzi da Castelmadama, O.F.M. Obs., Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy), Bishop of Orte (Italy) and Bishop of Gallese (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop Angelo Michele Jannachino, Bishop emeritus of Telese (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop John Joseph McCort, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Altoona (USA)

Bishop Laureano Vérez de Acevedo, S.J., Titular Bishop of Nyssa, passed away at 75

Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery, Bishop of Campinas (Brazil), passed away at 56

Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Hulka, Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia), passed away at 68

Fr. Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Adamaua (Cameroon)

Fr. Atanasio Khoriaty, B.S., was elected Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Giorgio Giovanni Elli, Bishop of Squillace (Italy), passed away at 39

Bishop Placide Colliard, Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland), passed away at 44

Cardinal Aristide Rinaldini, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio and Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals, passed away at 76

Bishop Lucien-Emile Mossard, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin (Vietnam), passed away at 68

Bishop Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin (Vietnam)

Diocese of Maceió was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maceió (with suffragan sees Aracaju and Penedo) (Brazil)

Bishop Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes, Bishop of Maceió (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Bishop Agostino Migliore, Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Nola (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Monopoli (Italy)

Archbishop Ettore Fronzi resigned as Bishop of Treia (Italy)

Bishop Adamo Borghini, Bishop of San Severino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Treia (Italy)

Bishop Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D., Bishop of Teramo (Italy), passed away at 67

Bishop Heinrich Joeppen, Military Vicar emeritus of Germany (Germany), passed away at 66

Blessed Fr. Martín Salinas Cañizares was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Archbishop René-François Renou, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tours (France), passed away at 75

Archbishop Francesco Cherubini resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti

Fr. Goffredo Frederix (費達德), C.I.C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (China)

Fr. Domingo Comin, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Obba

Bishop Michael Fintan Power, Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada), passed away at 43

Cardinal Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Cardinal Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Bishop-elect Goffredo Frederix (費達德), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thagaste

Fr. Karel Boromejský Kašpar was elected Titular Bishop of Bethsaida and Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Fr. Antonio Podlaha was elected Titular Bishop of Paphus and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Jules-Alexandre Cusin was elected Titular Bishop of Nyssa and Coadjutor Bishop of Mende (France)

Bishop Karl Joseph Schulte, Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)

Cardinal Giulio Boschi was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Basilio Pompilj resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Gustavo Matteoni was elected Bishop of Grosseto (Italy)

Archbishop Ernesto Maria Piovella, Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Bishop Ulisse Bascherini, Bishop of Grosseto (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro

Fr. Salvatore Ballo Guercio was elected Titular Bishop of Oëa and Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Fr. Geoffrey Zaccherini was elected Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy), Bishop of Gallese (Italy) and Bishop of Orte (Italy)

Fr. Pierre Nommesch was elected Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Fr. Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla was elected Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico)

Bishop Maximino Ruiz y Flores, Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Derbe and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Luigi Barlassina, Titular Bishop of Capharnaum, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) and Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine), was promoted as Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop James Paul McCloskey, Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Fr. Valentin Wojciech was elected Titular Bishop of Danaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Archbishop Giovanni Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Trapezus

Bishop Edmond Heelan, Titular Bishop of Gerasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux City (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Fr. Marcos Sergio Godoy was elected Bishop of Zulia (Venezuela)

Fr. Stanisław Kostka Łomżyński was elected Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Archbishop Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada), passed away at 70

Archbishop Dionisio Efrem Naccàsché, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 70

Cardinal Filippo Giustini, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, passed away at 67

Bishop Eduardo Solar Vicuña, Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile), passed away at 58

Cardinal Michele Lega, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline

Cardinal Augusto Silj, Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Blessed Fr. Miguel Morano Sáez was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. István Zadravecz, O.F.M., was elected Military Ordinary of Hungary (Hungary) and Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis

Archbishop Joseph Darian, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Maronites, passed away at 58

Bishop Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P., Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gerasa

Bishop Lajos Rajner, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 77

Bishop Nicolas Donnelly, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland), passed away at 82

Fr. Donald Alphonsus Campbell was appointed as Priest of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)

Fr. Francis James Brennan was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Carlo Taccetti, Bishop of Gubbio (Italy), passed away at 58

Abbacy nullius of Santa Maria di Polsi was suppressed (to Diocese of Gerace and united to Diocese of Gerace) (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Shaozhou 韶州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Guangzhou 廣州) (China)

Bishop Eduard Graf O’Rourke, Bishop of Riga (Latvia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Canea

Bishop Louis-Jean Déchelette, Bishop of Évreux (France), passed away at 71

Bishop Giuseppe Dallepiane, Bishop of Iglesias (Italy), passed away at 59

Fr. Antonijs Springovičs was elected Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Niger was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria)

Fr. Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Lower Niger (Nigeria), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria) and Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniæ

Bishop Francisco de Paula Mas y Oliver, Bishop of Gerona (Spain), passed away at 59

Apostolic Prefecture of French Guinea was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea (Guinea)

Fr. Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of French Guinea (Guinea), was elected Vicar Apostolic of French Guinea (Guinea) and Titular Bishop of Selge

Archbishop François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France), passed away at 84

Fr. Giuseppe di Girolamo was elected Bishop of Lucera (Italy)

Fr. Ranulfo da Silva Farias was elected Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

Fr. Luigi Versiglia (雷鳴道), S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Carystus and Vicar Apostolic of Shaozhou 韶州 (China)

Fr. Santos Ballesteros López, O.A.R., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Capharnaum

Fr. Antonio Akšmovic was elected Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia)

Fr. Désiré-Marie-Joseph-Antelne-Martin Paget was elected Bishop of Valence (France)

Fr. Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

Fr. James Michael Liston was elected Titular Bishop of Olympus and Coadjutor Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

Fr. James Whyte was elected Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand)

Fr. Alexandru Theodor Cisar was elected Bishop of Iaşi (Romania)

Fr. Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Titular Bishop of Europus

Bishop Enrique Reig y Casanova, Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Cardinal Juan Soldevilla y Romero, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo

Bishop Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui, Bishop of Segovia (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain)

Saint Bishop Manuel González y García, Titular Bishop of Olimpus and Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Bishop Ramón Guillamet y Coma, Bishop of Córdoba (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Fr. Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Ombi

Fr. Etienne Soukkarie was elected Titular Archbishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Apostolic Administration of Fiume was established (from Diocese of Senj–Modruš) (Croatia)

Fr. Kaspar Klein was elected Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fiume (Croatia)

Blessed Fr. Stanisław Mysakowski was appointed as Priest of Lublin (Poland)

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

Fr. Guillermo José Harris y Morales was elected Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

Fr. Arthur Doubleday was elected Bishop of Brentwood (England)

Fr. Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel was elected Titular Bishop of Ænus s. Hænus and Auxiliary Bishop of Tours (France)

Fr. Clemente Micara was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia and Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria

Fr. Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese was elected Bishop of Aosta (Italy)

Fr. José Clos y Pagés, S.J., was elected Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

Fr. Marius Besson was elected Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland)

Bishop Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D., Bishop emeritus of Cienfuegos (Cuba), passed away at 59

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

Bishop Francisco Ferreira da Silva, Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique), passed away at 68

Sr. Louise de Marillac, F.d.C., was beatified

Fr. Bisciarah Riccardo Chémali was elected Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Fr. Félix-Henri-François-Donatien Perroy, M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma (Myanmar) and Titular Bishop of Medea

Br. Gabriele dell’Addolorata Possenti (Francesco), C.P., was canonised

Sr. Marguerite-Marie Alacoque (Marguerite), V.H.M., was canonised

Cardinal Giulio Boschi, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals, passed away at 82

Bishop Nicolo Zimarino, Bishop of Irsina (Italy) and Bishop of Gravina (Italy), passed away at 73

Fr. Giuseppe Alves Correia da Silva was elected Bishop of Leiria (Portugal)

Fr. Marcellino António Maria Franco was elected Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

Ms. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) was canonised

Fr. Maurice Boch, S.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Abbot Remigio Bárdos, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary)

Archbishop Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Apostolic Internuncio to Venezuela, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Diocese of Catamarca lost territory to Diocese of Salta (Argentina)

Archbishop Oliver Plunkett, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was beatified

Fr. Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M., resigned as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Bishop Pierre-Louis Péchenard, Bishop of Soissons (France), passed away at 77

Fr. Giovanni Battista Montini was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Domenico Del Buono was elected Titular Bishop of Augila and Auxiliary Bishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy)

Ms. Anna Maria Taigi was beatified

Archbishop Paul-Eugène Roy, Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

Bishop Alexandre Piquemal, Auxiliary Bishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), passed away at 68

Bishop Emanuele Mendes da Conceição Santos, Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Évora (Portugal)

Fr. Albert Lewis Fletcher was appointed as Priest of Little Rock (USA)

Mr. Carolus Lwanga (Karoli) and 21 companions were beatified

Archbishop Johann Jacobus von Hauck, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Würzburg (Germany)

Apostolic Vicariate of Finland was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev) (Finland)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas lost territory to Diocese of Riga (Lithuania)

Diocese of Žemaitija lost territory to Diocese of Riga (Lithuania)

Fr. Manoel Nunes Coelho was elected Bishop of Aterrado (Brazil)

Sr. Marie-Madeleine Fontaine, F.d.C., and 3 companions were beatified

Sr. Marie-Natalie-Joseph de Saint-Louis Vanot (Louise-Joseph), O.S.U., and 10 companions were beatified

Fr. Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Syene and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Bishop Alexis-Armand Charost, Bishop of Lille (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Chersona and Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (France)

Fr. Michael O’Farrell, O. de M., was elected Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

Fr. Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet was elected Bishop of Soissons (France)

Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piauí was established (from Diocese of Piaui and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Bishop Hector-Raphaël Quilliet, Bishop of Limoges (France), was appointed as Bishop of Lille (France)

Bishop John Edmund Fitzmaurice, Bishop of Erie (USA), passed away at 81

Bishop-elect Kaspar Klein was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Anhalt (Germany) and Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Roberto Calai-Marioni, Titular Bishop of Hesbon, passed away at 77

Fr. Celestino Loza was elected Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Bishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

Bishop Natale Gabriele Moriondo, O.P., Bishop of Cuneo (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cidyessus

Fr. Thomas Edmund Molloy was elected Titular Bishop of Lorea and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Bishop Fabiano Landi (畢世修), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (China), passed away at 48

Bishop Marie-Félix Choulet (蘇裴理斯), M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China)

Fr. Domenico Mezzadri was elected Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Archbishop Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette, Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico), passed away at 63

Cardinal Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Archbishop Francesco Rossi resigned as Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Fr. Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara was elected Titular Bishop of Thagura and Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza (Spain)

Bishop Maurice-Louis-Marie Rivière, Bishop of Périgueux (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

Bishop Manuel de Castro y Alonso, Bishop of Jaca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Bishop Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Valladolid (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Coria (Spain)

Archbishop Augusto Eduardo Nunes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal), passed away at 71

Bishop Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz, Bishop of Badajoz (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Bishop Albert Pascal, O.M.I., Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada), passed away at 71

Fr. George Calavassy was elected Apostolic Exarch of Turkey of Europe of the Greeks (Turkiye) and Titular Bishop of Theodorium of the Greeks

Fr. Louis-Marie Raucaz, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Thelepte and Vicar Apostolic of South Solomons (Solomon Islands)

Bishop John Joseph Hennessy, Bishop of Wichita (USA), passed away at 72

Bishop Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, O.A.R., Bishop emeritus of Sigüenza (Spain), passed away at 84

Fr. Ludovico van Hoeck, S.J., was elected Bishop of Patna (India)

Fr. Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonia

Fr. Antonio Guízar y Valencia was elected Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li 直隸海濱 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ganzhou 贛州 (China)

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

Archbishop Emanuele Mendes da Conceição Santos succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal)

Bishop Georges-Jean-Damascène Lachavanne, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles), passed away at 70

Archbishop Thomas Nörber, Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 73

Bishop Alexis Lemaître, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Sitifis and Vicar Apostolic of French Sudan (Mali), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cabassa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Eupen–Malmedy–Sankt Vith (Belgium)

Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten, Bishop of Liège (Belgium), was appointed as Bishop of Eupen–Malmedy (Belgium)

Bishop Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P., Titular Bishop of Verinopolis and Bishop-Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco de Campos Barreto, Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Fr. Constantin-Marie-Joseph Chauvin was elected Bishop of Évreux (France)

Fr. Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas was elected Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Guangdong and Hainan 粵西海南 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Guangzhou 廣州) (China)

Fr. Adalberto Schmücker (瑞明軒), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung 山東北境 (China)

Fr. Pierre Louis Perrichon, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Corone and Coadjutor Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan 원산 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul 서울) (North Korea)

Bishop Pablo Singzon, Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines), passed away at 69

Msgr. Lorenzo Schioppa was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

Archbishop Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, passed away at 64

Bishop Christophe-Louis Légasse, Bishop of Oran (Algeria), was appointed as Bishop of Périgueux (France)

Archbishop Francesco Niola, Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop-elect Adalberto Schmücker (瑞明軒), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung 山東北境 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Elearchia

Fr. Edward Joseph Byrne was elected Titular Bishop of Pegæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Bishop Gaspare Bova, Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 73

Msgr. Lorenzo Schioppa, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary, was elected Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Fr. Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Bishop Constant-Jean-Baptiste Prodhomme, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand), passed away at 71

Fr. Raimondo Pérez y Rodríguez was elected Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kiangsi 江西東境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou 撫州 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ganzhou 贛州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jing’an 晶安 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ganzhou 贛州) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiujiang 九江 (China)

Bishop Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud (田), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Kiangsi 江西東境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Fuzhou 撫州 (China)

Bishop Louis-Elisée Fatiguet (樊體愛), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Jiujiang 九江 (China)

Fr. Bonifatius Sauer (신상원 보니파시오), O.S.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Wonsan 원산 (North Korea) and Titular Bishop of Appiaria

Fr. Domingo Juan Vargas, O.P., was elected Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

Bishop John Mark Gannon, Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Erie (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Erie (USA)

Bishop-elect Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch New Guinea was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia)

Bishop Augustin Duret, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Delta del Nilo (Egypt), passed away at 74

Cardinal Léon-Adolphe Amette, Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), passed away at 69

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

Fr. Luigi Maglione was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland and Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Palæstina

Msgr. Francesco Marmaggi, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Romania and Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Hæmimonto

Cardinal Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 68

Fr. Karl Fritz was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Henry Joseph O’Leary, Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada)

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

Bishop Louis James O’Leary, Titular Bishop of Hierapolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Chatham (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

Fr. Patrick Joseph James Keane was elected Titular Bishop of Samaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Bishop Theodor Kappenberg, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany), passed away at 72

Fr. Michele Cerrati was elected Titular Bishop of Lydda

Bishop Giovanni Maria Pellizzari, Bishop of Piacenza (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Ľudovít Baláž, Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia), passed away at 65

Bishop Vicente Santiago Sánchez de Castro, Bishop of Santander (Spain), passed away at 79

Fr. Francisco Frutos Valiente was elected Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Fr. Henry Thomas Renouf was elected Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada)

Fr. Giuseppe Pizzardo was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Bishop Giovanni Battista Arista, C.O., Bishop of Acireale (Italy), passed away at 57

Lieutenant Colonel Alois Hirschbühl was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Saint Ephrem the Syrian was proclaimed as Doctor of the Church

Bishop Thomas Daniel Beaven, Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA), passed away at 69

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

Archbishop-elect Karl Fritz was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

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

Archbishop John Aloysius Maguire, Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland), passed away at 69

Bishop Francisco Javier Baztán y Urniza, Bishop of Oviedo (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Nilopolis

Bishop Pedro Pablo Drinot y Piérola, SS.CC., Bishop of Huánuco (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis

Bishop Eugene Augustine Garvey, Bishop of Altoona (USA), passed away at 75

Bishop John Joseph McCort succeeded as Bishop of Altoona (USA)

Bishop Hermann Zschokke, Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 82

Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kivu (Rwanda)

Fr. Leo Sambrook, O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Putumayo (Peru)

Msgr. Ernesto Cozzi was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Albania

Diocese of Krk lost territory to Apostolic Administration of Fiume (Croatia)

Bishop Vilmos Batthyány resigned as Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

Fr. Karol Kmetko was elected Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

Bishop Wolfgang Radnai resigned as Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Fr. Marián Blaha was elected Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Fr. Ján Vojtassák was elected Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Ontario was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Ontario (Canada)

Fr. Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé, Prefect Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Canada), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Canada)

Bishop William Andrew Macdonell, Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada), passed away at 66

Fr. Giovanni Rossi Massimo Toschi, C.S.P., was appointed as Founder of Society of Saint Paul and Founder of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Basile Khoury was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Thomas Spreiter, O.S.B., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Bishop Pasquale de Siena, Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Marc Chatagnon (沙), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan 四川南境 (China), passed away at 81

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle (劉), M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan 四川南境 (China)

Bishop Giovanni Menicatti (梅占魁), P.I.M.E., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China)

Fr. Clemente Fernández (林牧才), O.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan)

Bishop Franz Löbmann, Vicar Apostolic of Meißen (Germany) and Prefect Apostolic of Lausitz (Germany), passed away at 64

Archbishop Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Fr. Ildebrando Antoniutti was appointed as Priest of Udine (Italy)

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

Cardinal José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli and Patriarch emeritus of Lisboa (Portugal), passed away at 79

Fr. Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P., was elected Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal)

Cardinal James Gibbons, Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA), was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Ersilio Menzani was elected Bishop of Piacenza (Italy)

Bishop Demetriu Radu, Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 58

Fr. Thomas de la Hoz (楊多默 / トマス・デ・ラ・ホス), O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan)

Archbishop Jaime Cardona y Tur, Titular Archbishop of Sion and Military Vicar of Spain (Spain), was promoted as Patriarch of Indias Occidentales

Archbishop José Meseguer y Costa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), passed away at 77

Diocese of Łódź was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and became suffragan of Warszawa) (Poland)

Bishop Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M., Bishop of San José (Costa Rica), passed away at 64

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

Bishop Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico), passed away at 82

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

Fr. Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Augusta and Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique)

Bishop-elect Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé, Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Theveste

Fr. Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais (高德惠), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Canopus

Fr. Franciscus Hubertus Schraven (文致和), C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China) and Titular Bishop of Amyclae

Fr. Šimon Bárta was elected Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

Bishop Pierre-Florent-André du Bois de la Villerabel, Bishop of Amiens (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Fr. Alfred Flocard was elected Bishop of Limoges (France)

Fr. José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟), Priest of Macau 澳門 (Macau), was elected Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Msgr. Ernesto Cozzi, Apostolic Delegate to Albania, was elected Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis

Bishop Giorgio Delrio, Bishop of Gerace (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Lagumina was elected Titular Bishop of Samos and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

Fr. Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Fr. Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Gubbio (Italy)

Bishop Saturnino Peri, Bishop of Crotone (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Iglesias (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Rovetta, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hephæstus

Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón, Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea Ponti

Fr. Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes was elected Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

Fr. José del Patrocinio Dias was elected Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

Bishop Vilmos Batthyány was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus

Bishop Wolfgang Radnai was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Axomis

Bishop-elect Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Esbus and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Cardinal Enrique Almaraz y Santos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Bishop Eustaquio Ilundain y Esteban, Bishop of Ourense (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Fidel García Martínez was elected Titular Bishop of Hippus and Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain)

Bishop Juan Plaza y García, Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Hippus, was appointed as Bishop of Santander (Spain)

Fr. Francis Joseph Tief was elected Bishop of Concordia (USA)

Archbishop James Romanus Bilsborrow, E.B.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cius

Bishop Salvatore Bella, Bishop of Foggia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Acireale (Italy)

Bishop-elect Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé, Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Theveste, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Perrhe

Fr. Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin was appointed as Priest of Bordeaux (France)

Blessed Fr. Antonio Jesús Díaz Ramos was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Bishop-elect Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais (高德惠), M.E.P., was appointed as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria 滿州北境 (China)

Bishop Giuseppe Castelli, Bishop of Susa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cuneo (Italy)

Fr. Leopoldo Lara y Torres was elected Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Archbishop Francesco d’Albore, Bishop emeritus of Monopoli (Italy), passed away at 92

Bishop Antonio Mahnic, Bishop of Krk (Croatia), passed away at 70

Fr. Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

Archbishop Antonio Sabatucci, Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 85