Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Craina was restored (Albania)

Titular Episcopal See of Apiaria was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Apiara (Bulgaria)

Titular Episcopal See of Dobero was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Doberas (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Kefalonia was suppressed (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Ænos was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ænus s. Hænus (Greece)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Helenopolis was established (Israel)

Diocese of Tiraspol lost territory to Diocese of Iaşi (Moldova)

Diocese of Augustów lost territory to Diocese of Žemaitija (Poland)

Apostolic Prefecture of Rhaetia was suppressed (to Diocese of Chur) (Switzerland)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Carie Portus was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Camachus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Chamacus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Charræ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Charriæ (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Colybrassus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Colybranus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Theodoropolis was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Theodosiopolis (Greek Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Theodoropolis (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Verissa was restored (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Lutsk–Ostroh (Ukrainian Rite) was restored (Ukraine)

Titular Episcopal See of Pacanda was suppressed

Bishop Sigismund Waitz, Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria)

Abbot Adalbert Dungel, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception

Abbot Amand Oppitz, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception

Fr. Pietro Maria Kernivinen, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away

Abbot Germain Cozien, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Solesmes Congregation

Abbot Paul Delatte, O.S.B., resigned as President of Solesmes Congregation

Fr. Placidus Glogger, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Abbot Sigisbert Liebert, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

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

Fr. Bernardino Klumper, O.F.M., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Bishop François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Togo (Togo)

Archbishop Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Cristoforo Becker, S.D.S., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Assam (India)

Fr. Domenico Berré, O.P., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Mossul (Iraq)

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

Fr. Serafino Cimino, O.F.M., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Archbishop Pasquale Morganti resigned as Bishop of Cervia (Italy)

Msgr. Ugo Boncompagni was appointed as Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Fr. Agostino Gemelli, O.F.M., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Fr. Giuseppe Gianfranceschi, S.J., was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes

Fr. Vittorio Consigliere da Sestri Ponente, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

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

Fr. Eugenio Klaeyle, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Lower Cimbebasia (Namibia), passed away

Fr. Stephen Doummar was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. Cyril Rezk was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón (Peru)

Bishop Wenceslao Sangüesa y Guía resigned as Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

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

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

Msgr. Rudolph G. Bandas was appointed as Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Patrick Cummins, O.S.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

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

Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Togo (Togo)

Bishop Paolo Albera, Bishop of Bova (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Mileto (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis antea Cratea

Fr. Egide de Boeck, C.I.C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop-elect Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Demetrias

Bishop Giovanni Carli, Bishop of Brugnato (Italy) and Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (Italy), passed away at 76

Bishop John Francis Regis Canevin, Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pelusium

Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Algeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Cimbebasia in Portuguese Angola was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Cubango in Angola (Angola)

Apostolic Vicariate of Betafó was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Cimbebasia was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia (Namibia)

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

Fr. Alfredo Ludovico Keiling, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Upper Cimbebasia in Portuguese Angola (Angola), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Cubango in Angola (Angola)

Bishop Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada, Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), passed away at 70

Bishop Angelo Paino, Bishop of Lipari (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Antinœ and Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina (Italy)

Bishop François-Joseph Dantin, M.S., Vicar Apostolic of Betafó (Madagascar), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Togo (Togo)

Fr. Domenico Spadafora, O.P., was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Massimiliano Novelli, Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Andrapa

Bishop Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Tonking (Vietnam), passed away at 78

Cardinal Filippo Camassei, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli and Patriarch emeritus of Jerusalem (Palestine), passed away at 72

Bishop Celestino Loza, Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), passed away at 56

Bishop Pablo Padilla y Bárcena, Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina), passed away at 72

Fr. Scipio Tofini, S.A.C., Vicar General emeritus of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), passed away at 84

Archbishop Aurelio Briante, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egypt) and Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia

Bishop Andrea Cassulo, Bishop of Fabriano (Italy) and Bishop of Matelica (Italy), was promoted as Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia and Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica

Fr. Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

Archbishop Rodolfo Caroli, Bishop emeritus of Ceneda (Italy), passed away at 51

Archbishop Thomas Whiteside, Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England), passed away at 63

Archbishop Simeón Pereira y Castellón, Bishop of León (Nicaragua), passed away at 57

Bishop Friedrich Justus Knecht, Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 81

Fr. Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Cimbebasia (Namibia)

Blessed Cardinal Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 70

Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot, Bishop of Nîmes (France), passed away at 84

Bishop Marcelin-Charles Marty succeeded as Bishop of Nîmes (France)

Archbishop Fédéric-Henri Oury, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), passed away at 78

Diocese of Belo Horizonte was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Fr. Basilio Cattan was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop John Patrick Farrelly, Bishop of Cleveland (USA), passed away at 64

Bishop Pierre-André Viganò, M.E.M., Bishop emeritus of Hyderabad (India) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Tortona (Italy), passed away at 62

Diocese of Alajuela was established (from Diocese of San José and became suffragan of San José) (Costa Rica)

Apostolic Vicariate of Limón was established (from Diocese of San José and became suffragan of San José) (Costa Rica)

Diocese of San José was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José (with suffragan sees Alajuela and Limón and lost territory to establish Diocese of Alajuela and Apostolic Vicariate of Limón) (Costa Rica)

Bishop William Ambrose Jones, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), passed away at 55

Bishop Sabbatino Giani, Bishop of Livorno (Italy), passed away at 62

Apostolic Prefecture of Putumayo was suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas) (Peru)

Apostolic Prefecture of San León del Amazonas was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas (gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Putumayo) (Peru)

Bishop Giuseppe Doubrava, Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia), passed away at 68

Fr. Sotero Redondo Herrero, O.E.S.A., Prefect Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru), was elected Vicar Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru)

Fr. Martino Chiolino (林棟臣), P.I.M.E., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China)

Fr. Petrus Carolus Noyen, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia), passed away at 50

Bishop Abdul-Ahad Dawood Tappouni, Auxiliary Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye) and Titular Bishop of Bathna of the Syriacs, was promoted as Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Josyf Botsian was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lutsk–Ostroh of the Ukrainians

Fr. Athanase Jules Benham Kalian was elected Titular Bishop of Bahtnæ of the Syriacs, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Auxiliary Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye)

Apostolic Prefecture of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas) (Peru)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Anhalt was suppressed (to Diocese of Paderborn) (Germany)

Bishop Kaspar Klein resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Anhalt (Germany)

Patriarch Domenico Marinangeli, Archbishop emeritus of Barletta (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trani (Italy), passed away at 89

Archbishop Karl Joseph Schulte, Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Michael von Faulhaber, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Ludwig Maria Hugo was elected Titular Bishop of Bubastis and Coadjutor Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Fr. Johannes Scheifes was elected Titular Bishop of Cestrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

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

Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi, Titular Archbishop of Myra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Francesco Moretti, Bishop of Terni (Italy) and Bishop of Narni (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea ad mare

Bishop Bernardo Pizzorno, Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis antea Cratea, was appointed as Bishop of Brugnato (Italy) and Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (Italy)

Bishop José Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña, Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico)

Archbishop Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó, Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Vicente Casanova y Marzol, Bishop of Almería (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Archbishop Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Florencio Cerviño y González was elected Bishop of Ourense (Spain)

Archbishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn, Bishop of Menevia (Wales), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales)

Bishop-elect Martino Chiolino (林棟臣), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Calama

Bishop-elect Egide de Boeck, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Azotus

Fr. Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Bishop Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora, Titular Bishop of Sora and Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras), was appointed as Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Fr. Antonín Cyril Stojan was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte was elected Bishop of Amiens (France)

Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte, Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati

Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia

Fr. Pietro Benedetti was elected Apostolic Delegate to Mexico and Titular Archbishop of Tyrus

Fr. Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Fr. Augustus John Schwertner was elected Bishop of Wichita (USA)

Blessed Fr. Luigj Prendushi was appointed as Priest of Sapë (Albania)

Archbishop Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus and Coadjutor Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Joaquim Ferreira de Melo was elected Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil)

Archbishop Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli, O.C.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Caltanissetta (Italy)

Venerable Bishop Giovanni Jacono, Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy), Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) and Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy)

Fr. Silvino Martínez was appointed as Priest of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Belmont, Bishop of Clermont (France), passed away at 83

Bishop Jean-François-Etienne Marnas succeeded as Bishop of Clermont (France)

Bishop Timoteo Hernández Mulas, Bishop of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 64

Sr. Marguerite de Lorraine-Vaudémont, O.S.C., was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Johannes Michael Buckx, S.C.I., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Finland (Finland)

Archdiocese of Gaeta lost territory to Diocese of Veroli (Italy)

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

Bishop Joseph Müller, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 75

Bishop Constant Philomen Jeanningros, M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin (Vietnam), passed away at 50

Cardinal Michael Logue, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal James Gibbons, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere and Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA), passed away at 86

Msgr. Federico Tedeschini, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

Bishop Vincenzo Palunko, Auxiliary Bishop of Split (Croatia), passed away at 79

Fr. Francis Vazhapilly was elected Titular Bishop of Philadelphia and Vicar Apostolic of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Pietro Berruti, Bishop of Vigevano (Italy), passed away at 80

Fr. Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond was elected Titular Bishop of Clysma

Archbishop William Joseph Walsh, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland), passed away at 80

Fr. Vincenzo Tymieniecki was elected Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Thomas Shine was elected Titular Bishop of Lamus and Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough (England)

Fr. Giacomo Carabelli was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

Bishop Ludwig Maria Hugo succeeded as Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Bishop Georg Heinrich Kirstein, Bishop of Mainz (Germany), passed away at 62

Archbishop Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Metz (France), passed away at 67

Archbishop Achille Ratti, Titular Archbishop of Naupactus and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Adana

Bishop Pasquale Berardi, Bishop of Bitonto (Italy) and Bishop of Ruvo (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

Fr. Franz Rudolf Bornewasser was elected Titular Bishop of Bitha and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Giacomo Cluts, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Sumatra (Indonesia), passed away at 65

Bishop Henry Gabriels, Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), passed away at 82

Fr. Johannes Raffl was elected Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Diocese of Prince Albert was renamed as Diocese of Prince Albert–Saskatoon (Canada)

Msgr. Federico Tedeschini, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was elected Titular Archbishop of Naupactus

Fr. Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina was elected Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

Archbishop Tito Trocchi, Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia

Fr. Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ 土井辰雄) was appointed as Priest of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Territorial Abbacy of Saint Peter–Muenster was established (from Diocese of Prince Albert–Saskatoon and became suffragan of Regina) (Canada)

Fr. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Giuseppe Pizzardo, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Bishop Arturo Celestino Alvarez succeeded as Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Bishop Felipe Neri Sendra, Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela), passed away at 76

Fr. Samuel Alphonse Stritch, Priest of Nashville (USA), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Apostolic Prefecture of Tierradentro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán) (Colombia)

Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Alinda and Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Caria

Fr. Pietro Ciriaci was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Bishop Georg Caric, Bishop of Split (Croatia) and Bishop of Makarska (Croatia), passed away at 54

Patriarch Cyrillus Macaire, Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 54

Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

Fr. Roberto Vicentini was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands and Titular Archbishop of Helenopolis

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

Blessed Fr. Joaquín Berruezo Prieto was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Miguel Claro Vásquez, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 60

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant (光若翰), M.E.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paris Foreign Missions Society

Fr. James Francis McIntyre was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Fr. Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Bishop Philip Schelfhaut, C.SS.R., Bishop of Roseau (Dominica), passed away at 70

Archbishop Achille Ratti resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

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

Bishop Matthew A. Harkins, Bishop of Providence (USA), passed away at 75

Bishop William Augustine Hickey succeeded as Bishop of Providence (USA)

Fr. Richard James Cushing was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre exchanged territory with Diocese of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Diocese of Santa Maria exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and Diocese of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

Diocese of Uruguaiana exchanged territory with Diocese of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Archbishop Joseph Petrelli, Apostolic Delegate to Philippines, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Bishop Michele Petkoff, Vicar Apostolic of Tracia of the Bulgarians (Turkiye), passed away at 70

Bishop Emmanuel-Jules-Marie Marbeau, Bishop of Meaux (France), passed away at 76

Colonel Jules Repond resigned as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou 撫州 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Bishop Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud (田), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Fuzhou 撫州 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Fr. Auguste Gauthier (俄永垂), M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Western Guangdong and Hainan 粵西海南 (China) and Titular Bishop of Doberus

Bishop James Schwebach, Bishop of La Crosse (USA), passed away at 73

Fr. Felice Cribellati was elected Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) and Bishop of Tropea (Italy)

Fr. Laurent Janssens (Henricus Antonius), O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Bethsaida

Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel (梅致遠), M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Orcistus, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Craina

Bishop Karel Boromejský Kašpar, Titular Bishop of Bethsaida and Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia), was appointed as Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Archbishop Pavel Huyn, Titular Archbishop of Sardica, was promoted as Patriarch of Alexandria

Archbishop Edward Ilsley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Macra

Bishop Frederick William Keating, Bishop of Northampton (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Fr. Alois Hartl was elected Titular Bishop of Germaniciana and Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Archbishop Achille Ratti, Titular Archbishop of Adana, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

Msgr. Camillo Laurenti, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Giovanni Tacci Porcelli, Titular Archbishop of Nicæa and Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Cesare Boccoleri was elected Bishop of Narni (Italy) and Bishop of Terni (Italy)

Fr. Filippo Cortesi was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela and Titular Archbishop of Siraces

Bishop Antonio Lega, Bishop of Trivento (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Attalia, Coadjutor Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) and Bishop of Cervia (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Ermini, Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Fabriano (Italy) and Bishop of Matelica (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Andrea Masera, Titular Bishop of Himeria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Piccioni was elected Bishop of Livorno (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Pranzini was elected Titular Bishop of Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy)

Fr. Umberto Rossi was elected Bishop of Susa (Italy)

Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni Biondi, Apostolic Delegate to Japan, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Fr. Joseph-Henri-Jean-Marie Prud’homme was elected Bishop of Prince Albert–Saskatoon (Canada)

Msgr. Ricardo Sanz de Samper y Campuzano, Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary and Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Archbishop John McIntyre, Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J., Bishop of Poona (India), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Madytus and Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

Cardinal Achille Ratti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Fr. Camillo Caccia Dominioni was appointed as Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni Biondi resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Japan

Cardinal Camillo Laurenti was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala

Cardinal Francesco Ragonesi was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

Cardinal Giovanni Tacci Porcelli was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere

Bishop-elect Sotero Redondo Herrero, O.E.S.A., Vicar Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Arycanda

Fr. Edward Komar was elected Titular Bishop of Alinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

Cardinal Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó, Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Cardinal Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina

Bishop Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Toledo (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Hugh Charles Boyle, Priest of Pittsburgh (USA), was elected Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. Thomas Mary O’Leary was elected Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

Bishop Anselmo Evangelista Sansoni, O.F.M., Bishop of Cefalù (Italy), passed away at 61

Fr. Silvino Ramírez y Cuera was elected Titular Bishop of Verinopolis and Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore (Mexico)

Bishop Rafael Edwards Salas, Military Vicar of Chile (Chile), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz was suppressed (to Diocese of Meißen) (Germany)

Apostolic Vicariate of Meißen was promoted as Diocese of Meißen (gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz and without ecclesiastical province) (Germany)

Bishop Joseph Maria Koudelka, Bishop of Superior (USA), passed away at 68

Fr. Jaime Viladrich y Gaspar was elected Titular Bishop of Tricomia and Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain)

Bishop Félix Couturier, O.P., Titular Bishop of Myriophytos, was appointed as Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

Fr. Francesco Borgongini Duca was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

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

Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou) (Mali)

Fr. Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Sitifis and Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Joseph Diss, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Jules Girard, S.M.A., Apostolic Administrator of Delta del Nilo (Egypt), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo (Egypt) and Titular Bishop of Bulla regia

Fr. Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bamako (Mali) and Titular Bishop of Utica

Archbishop Carlos Luiz d’Amour, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil), passed away at 85

Archbishop Hilarion-Joseph Montéty, Titular Archbishop of Beirut, passed away at 67

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

Msgr. Francesco Morano, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Massimiliano Novelli, Bishop emeritus of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy), passed away at 77

Archbishop Paolo Schinosi, Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis, passed away at 94

Bishop Gaetano Pizzi, Bishop of San Severo (Italy), passed away at 67

Fr. Bernardo Martínez y Noval, O.E.S.A., was elected Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Mattias Leonardus Trudon Brans, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sumatra (Indonesia)

Fr. Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅), Apostolic Administrator of Fiume (Croatia), was elected Titular Bishop of Hierapolis

Archbishop Pietro Benedetti, Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Fr. Ernesto Eugenio Filippi was elected Apostolic Delegate to Mexico and Titular Archbishop of Sardica

Fr. Antonio Micozzi was elected Titular Bishop of Cæsarea and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Angelo Scarpetti, O.E.S.A., was beatified by equipollence

Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) (Guatemala)

Apostolic Vicariate of Verapaz and Petén was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) (Guatemala)

Msgr. Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O., Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Himeria

Fr. Mateo Colom y Canals, O.E.S.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Andrapa and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

Apostolic Administration of Eupen–Malmedy–Sankt Vith was promoted as Diocese of Eupen–Malmedy (became suffragan of Mechelen) (Belgium)

Fr. Luis Javier Muñoz y Capurón, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Agostino de Jesus e Souza was elected Titular Bishop of Hauara and Coadjutor Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Fr. George Joseph Caruana was elected Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Apostolic Vicariate of Anhui 安徽 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangnan 江南) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangnan 江南 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangsu 江蘇 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Anhui 安徽) (China)

Bishop Próspero París (姚宗李), S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Jiangnan 江南 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Jiangsu 江蘇 (China)

Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell, Bishop of Brooklyn (USA), passed away at 67

Fr. François de Berré, O.P., was elected Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

Fr. Ferdinand Périer, S.J., was elected Titular Archbishop of Platæa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Msgr. Samuel Alphonse Stritch, Priest of Nashville (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Bishop of Toledo (USA)

Bishop Michael Joseph Curley, Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

Archbishop Jaime-Maria Martinez y Cabanas, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), passed away at 78

Fr. Christian Schreiber was elected Bishop of Meißen (Germany)

Bishop Domenico Ambrosi, Bishop of Sezze (Italy), Bishop of Priverno (Italy) and Bishop of Terracina (Italy), passed away at 75

Archbishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón, Bishop emeritus of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), passed away at 81

Fr. John Joseph Dunn was elected Titular Bishop of Camuliana and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Fr. Michael Joseph Crane was elected Titular Bishop of Curium and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Engelberto Vorsak, Titular Bishop of Zenopolis, passed away at 76

Bishop Pierre-Lucien Campistron, Bishop of Annecy (France), passed away at 80

Cardinal Giorgio Gusmini, Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Prusias and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Fr. Settimio Quadraroli was elected Bishop of Teramo (Italy)

Bishop Vicente Castellanos y Núñez, Bishop of Campeche (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Apostolic Prefecture of Zululand was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Natal) (South Africa)

Fr. Pietro Pomares y de Morant was elected Bishop of Foggia (Italy)

Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P., Titular Archbishop of Damascus, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Vigevano (Italy)

Bishop Thomas Spreiter, O.S.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zululand (South Africa)

Fr. Joseph Gionali was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Albania)

Bishop Edward Joseph Byrne, Titular Bishop of Pegæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Mr. Frank Duff was appointed as Founder of Legion of Mary

Apostolic Vicariate of Mariannhill was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Natal) (South Africa)

Bishop Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas, Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico), passed away at 60

Bishop Thomas O’Gorman, Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA), passed away at 78

Bishop Prudencio Gomes da Silva, Bishop of Goiás (Brazil), passed away at 53

Archbishop Alexis-Armand Charost succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)

Cardinal Auguste-René Dubourg, Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France), passed away at 78

Fr. Giuseppe Petrone was elected Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Melchiori, O.F.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Modon and Coadjutor Archbishop of Durrës (Albania)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conza lost territory to Diocese of Campagna (Italy)

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

Bishop Giulio Tommasi, Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy) and Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy)

Fr. Pasquale Gioia, C.R.S., was elected Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy), Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) and Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy)

Archbishop Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Haut-Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 69

Blessed Fr. Stefan Grelewski was appointed as Priest of Radom (Poland)

Archbishop Giacomo Sereggi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

Archbishop Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agra (India), passed away at 67

Bishop Mario Palladino, Bishop of Caserta (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop George Gauthier, Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Montréal (Canada)

Archbishop Lazare Miedia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Skopje (North Macedonia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Massa Carrara (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Gregorio Nazianzeno Hoyos, Bishop of Manizales (Colombia), passed away at 71

Fr. Paolo Albera, S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), passed away at 76

Bishop Ramón Plaza y Blanco, Bishop of Orihuela (Spain), passed away at 74

Bishop José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán was appointed as Titular Bishop of Carpathus

Fr. Bruno Occhiuto was elected Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Bishop Ramón Zubieta y Les, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios (Peru), passed away at 57

Abbot Joseph Gionali, Abbot Ordinary of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Albania), was elected Titular Bishop of Callinicum

Bishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral, Bishop of Natal (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Fr. Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes was elected Bishop of Northampton (England)

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

Fr. Louis-Joseph Gaillard was elected Bishop of Meaux (France)

Fr. Jules Tiberghien was elected Titular Archbishop of Nicæa

Fr. Daniel Champavier was elected Titular Bishop of Sora and Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (France)

Fr. Théophile Joseph Georgi was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Titular Archbishop of Thebæ and Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

Fr. Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap., Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was elected Titular Bishop of Geras

Fr. Mario Giardini, B., was elected Apostolic Delegate to Japan and Titular Archbishop of Edessa

Bishop Carlo Sica, Titular Bishop of Paleopolis, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Damascus

Bishop Giosuè Signori, Bishop of Alessandria (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

Fr. Nicolao Milone was elected Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

Fr. Ottavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Pacanda and Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus

Fr. Edward Francis Hoban, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Colonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy, Titular Bishop of Lorea and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Bishop Joseph Henry Conroy, Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Bishop Alexander Joseph McGavick, Titular Bishop of Marcopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Bishop of La Crosse (USA)

Bishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning, Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany), Pro-Vicar Apostolic of North German Missions (Germany) and Apostolic Administrator of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of North German Missions (Germany) and Prefect Apostolic of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)

Bishop Andrea Franchi, O.P., Bishop of Pistoia (Italy), was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Rafael Canale Oberti was elected Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina)

Archbishop Etienne Soukkarie, Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt), passed away at 53

Abbot Peter Engel, O.S.B., President emeritus of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 64

Fr. Cruz Laplana y Laguna was elected Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

Bishop Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez, Titular Bishop of Dorylæum and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Fr. Joseph Gabriel Pinten was elected Bishop of Superior (USA)

Apostolic Vicariate of Siberia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev) (Russia)

Bishop Michele de Jorio, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dorylæum

Fr. Gerard Piotrowski, O.F.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Siberia (Russia)

Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão was promoted as Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Bishop Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B., Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was promoted as Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Archbishop Ignazio Ghiurekian, Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis of the Armenians, passed away at 88

Bishop Michael Felix Korum, Bishop of Trier (Germany), passed away at 81

Bishop Santiago Costamagna, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Méndez y Gualaquiza (Ecuador), passed away at 75

Bishop Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix was appointed as Titular Bishop of Vallis

Bishop Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dionysiopolis

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant (光若翰), M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Eurœa and Superior General of Paris Foreign Missions Society, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis

Bishop James Trobec, Bishop emeritus of Saint Cloud (USA), passed away at 83

Fr. Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tegea and Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica)

Fr. Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Paleopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre was appointed as Priest of Poitiers (France)

Archbishop Antonio Lega succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Archbishop Pasquale Morganti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Jean-Marie-Michel Blois (衛忠藩), M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China)

Fr. Igino Nuti, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egypt) and Titular Bishop of Pupiana

Cardinal François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria and Bishop of Montpellier (France), passed away at 91

Bishop Honoré-Paul-Emile Halle resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Archbishop Angelo Maria Dolci resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Persia

Fr. Adriano Smets was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Persia

Fr. Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga was elected Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

Bishop William Bernard Kelly, Bishop of Geraldton (Australia), passed away at 67

Bishop Thomas Grace, Bishop of Sacramento (USA), passed away at 80

Bishop-elect Jean-Marie-Michel Blois (衛忠藩), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lambæsis

Msgr. Carlo Cremonesi, Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals, Cleric Prelate of Reverend Apostolic Camera and Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals, was elected Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia and Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities