Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Abrytus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Abryus (Bulgaria)

Titular Episcopal See of Röskild was restored (Denmark)

Titular Episcopal See of Canea was suppressed (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ptolemais (Libya)

Apostolic Administration of Targul-Siret (Ruthenian Rite) was established (Romania)

Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Adramyttium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Adramyttium (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Bathna (Syriac Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Bathna (Turkiye)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Eucaita was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Axiopolis was established

Fr. John Creagh, C.SS.R., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia)

Cardinal Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) and President of Episcopal Conference of Austria, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria)

Abbot Norbert Schachinger, O. Praem., resigned as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Abbot Gummarus Crets, O. Praem., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Fr. Robert Francis Forster, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Bishop Jerome van Aertselaer (方濟眾), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Outer Mongolia 外蒙 (Mongolia)

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

Fr. Camille-Paul Stappers, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lulua Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Emilio Callewaert, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away

Fr. Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Ceslas Rolin, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Uélé Orientale (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Reginald van Schoote, O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Uélé Orientale (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away

Bishop Andrea Machado, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Fr. Virgilio Maldonado was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Fr. James Frederick Player, C.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Bishop Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Fr. Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Joseph Hiss, S.M., resigned as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Archabbot Raphael Walzer, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

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

Fr. Theodosius Jan Herkenrath, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Alberto Di Jorio, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals and Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals

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

Msgr. Giuseppe Pizzardo, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Archbishop Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Msgr. Leopoldo Capitani was appointed as Pro-Regent of Apostolic Chancery

Msgr. Bernardo Colombo, Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Msgr. Salvatore Luzio was appointed as Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Pacifico Massella resigned as Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters

Msgr. Nicola Sebastiani, Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters

Msgr. Domenico Spada was appointed as Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State

Fr. Guerino Benedetto Fraccalvieri, B., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Pietro Vigorelli, B., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Mr. Luigi Colombo was appointed as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Bartolomeo Pietromarchi resigned as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Joseph Bakhache was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

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

Fr. Giuseppe Oster, C.S.Sp., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Fr. Ildefonso Lanslots, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Transvaal (South Africa)

Fr. Roberto Brown, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zambese (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Edoardo Parry, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Zambese (Zimbabwe), passed away

Abbot Joseph Aramouni, O.A.M., was appointed as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Abbot Bernard Ghoraïra, O.A.M., resigned as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Abbot Jean-Baptiste Ollitraut de Kéryvallan, O.C.S.O., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

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

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

Fr. Martín Alsina Sevarroja, C.M.F., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)

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

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

Fr. Nicolás García Cuesta, C.M.F., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)

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

Fr. Henri Lebon, S.M., was appointed as Vicar General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

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

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

Fr. Philemon S’papen, F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Charity

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

Fr. Amedeus Stockmans, F.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Charity

Fr. Felix Vlieghe, C.I., resigned as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Paul Voillard, M. Afr., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Fr. Antonin Wicart, C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Antonio Farage was elected Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria of the Greek-Melkites

Bishop François-Xavier Brunet, Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada), passed away at 53

Bishop Patrick O’Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe (Ireland), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Attalia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Luigi Arrigoni was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Marie-Joseph-Aloys Munsch, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania)

Bishop Marie-Joseph Verdier, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia), passed away at 86

Archbishop Charles-Hugues Gauthier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at 78

Apostolic Prefecture of Chifeng 赤峰 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Mongolia 東蒙古) (China)

Pope Benedict XV, Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. Giuseppe Nascimbeni, Priest of Verona (Italy), passed away at 70

Cardinal Enrique Almaraz y Santos, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 74

Bishop Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix, Bishop emeritus of Tarentaise (France), passed away at 67

Bishop Manuel Damasceno da Costa, Bishop of Angra (Portugal), passed away at 54

Bishop Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez, Bishop emeritus of Dijon (France), passed away at 77

Cardinal Achille Ratti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) and Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, was elected Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Fr. Carlo Confalonieri, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Private Secretary of the Pope

Bishop Wenceslao Sangüesa y Guía, Bishop emeritus of Cuenca (Spain), passed away at 80

Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú was established (from Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)

Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (with suffragan sees Piaui, Bom Jesus do Piauí and São José do Grajaú and lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú) (Brazil)

Bishop Miguel de Lima Valverde, Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Archbishop Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B., Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Verissa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Fr. José María González Valencia was elected Titular Bishop of Siunia and Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico)

Venerable Fr. Raffaele delle Nocche was elected Bishop of Tricarico (Italy)

Pope Pius XI was installed as Supreme Pontiff

Bishop Agapitos Malouf, Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 74

Fr. Jeronim Mileta, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Nanlong 南龍 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Guangxi 廣西 and Apostolic Vicariate of Guizhou 貴州) (China)

Mr. Giovanni Acquaderni, Founder of Society of Italian Catholic Youth, passed away at 82

Fr. Joseph-Antoine-Augustin Giustiniani was elected Titular Bishop of Ænus s. Hænus and Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Bishop-elect Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Paleopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Velicia and Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

Apostolic Prefecture of Nagoya 名古屋 was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京 and Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata 新潟 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Fr. Josef Reiners (ヨゼフ・ライネルス), S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Japan), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Archbishop Ghulian Hussig, Archbishop emeritus of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 81

Archbishop Barthélemy Clément Combes, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), passed away at 82

Fr. Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup was elected Titular Bishop of Isinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Archbishop Alexis Lemaître, M. Afr., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

Fr. Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci (恩禮奇), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Laohekou 老河口 (China) and Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos

Fr. Michael Sheehan was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) and Titular Archbishop of Germia

Fr. Gallus Steiger, O.S.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lindi (Tanzania)

Fr. Villibrordo Lay, O.S.B., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Lindi (Tanzania)

Fr. John Joseph Swint was elected Titular Bishop of Sura and Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling (USA)

Fr. Patrick Joseph Barry was elected Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis, Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Beirut

Fr. Enrique Pérez Serantes was elected Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Bishop Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D., Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba) and Apostolic Administrator of Cienfuegos (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba)

Bishop Désiré-Hyacinthe Berthoin, Bishop of Autun (France), passed away at 66

Bishop Miguel María de la Mora y Mora, Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Fr. Donald Mackintosh, Priest of Glasgow (Scotland), was elected Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Fr. Alexandru Nicolescu was elected Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Blessed Bishop Valeriu Traian Frenţiu, Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P., Bishop of Mysore (India), passed away at 68

Bishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Bishop Domenico Bianconi, Bishop of Ferentino (Italy), passed away at 69

Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Bishop Ramiro Fernández y Balbuena, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), passed away at 74

Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní was established (from Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana) (Venezuela)

Fr. Giacomo Moris, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

Bishop Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A., Bishop of Andria (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Salvatore Baccarini, C.R., was elected Bishop of Terracina (Italy)

Fr. Giordano Corsini was elected Titular Bishop of Hebron and Auxiliary Bishop of Verona (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kansu 甘肅東境 (lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Western Kansu 甘肅西境) (China)

Mission sui juris of I-li 伊犁 was suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Western Kansu 甘肅西境) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Western Kansu 甘肅西境 (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 and gained territory from the suppressed Mission sui juris of I-li 伊犁) (China)

Fr. Constantin Daems (湯執中), C.I.C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (China)

Bishop Goffredo Frederix (費達德), C.I.C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (China)

Msgr. Enrico Caiazzo was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

Bishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser, Titular Bishop of Bitha and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Fr. Arnold Verstraelen, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Myriophytos

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia 中蒙古 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chahaer 察哈爾 (lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Outer Mongolia 外蒙) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Datongfu 大同府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shanxi 山西北境) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ningxia 寧夏 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Suiyuan 綏遠 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ningxia 寧夏) (China)

Mission sui juris of Outer Mongolia 外蒙 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia 中蒙古) (Mongolia)

Bishop Goffredo Frederix (費達德), C.I.C.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

Bishop-elect Arnold Verstraelen, S.V.D., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

Bishop Hubert-Olivier Chalifoux, Auxiliary Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada), passed away at 71

Fr. Antonio Melomo was elected Bishop of Squillace (Italy)

Bishop José Othón Núñez y Zárate, Bishop of Zamora (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cabassa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Bishop Patrick Joseph James Keane, Titular Bishop of Samaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Bishop Johannes von Euch, Vicar Apostolic of Denmark (Denmark), passed away at 88

Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley, Bishop of Savannah (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Scilium

Fr. Salvatore van Nuffel, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Transvaal (South Africa)

Fr. Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville) and Titular Bishop of Iabruda

Fr. Joseph Adalbert Fleischer, C.M.M., Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries, was elected Vicar Apostolic of Mariannhill (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis

Bishop Mihael Napotnik, Bishop of Lavant (Austria), passed away at 71

Fr. Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Legia

Bishop Salvador-Pierre Walleser (法來善), O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

Fr. Placido Ferniani was elected Bishop of Bitonto (Italy) and Bishop of Ruvo (Italy)

Bishop Salvatore Bella, Bishop of Acireale (Italy), passed away at 60

Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Bagamoyo (Tanzania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cameroun (Cameroon)

Fr. Lorenz Jäger was appointed as Priest of Paderborn (Germany)

Archbishop Vincenzo Pulisic, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia

Bishop Charles-Joseph Nicolas, S.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island (Fiji)

Bishop Julien Vidal, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island (Fiji), passed away at 75

Bishop Michele de Jorio, Bishop emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda (Rwanda)

Archbishop Giacomo Sereggi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 60

Bishop Johannes Olaf Fallize resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Norway and Spitzbergen (Norway)

Fr. Johannes Olav Smit was elected Vicar Apostolic of Norway and Spitzbergen (Norway) and Titular Bishop of Paralus

Blessed Fr. Filippo Rinaldi, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)

Bishop Domenico Scopelliti, Bishop emeritus of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), passed away at 80

Diocese of Vila Real was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Braga, Diocese of Bragança e Miranda and Diocese of Lamego and became suffragan of Braga) (Portugal)

Apostolic Administration of Gdańsk was established (from Diocese of Chełmno and Diocese of Warmia) (Poland)

Fr. Luis Antonio de Mena y Steinkoft was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Titular Archbishop of Parium

Bishop Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta, Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

Fr. Francisco María González y Arias was elected Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

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

Bishop Eduard Graf O’Rourke, Titular Bishop of Canea, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Gdańsk (Poland)

Bishop Uberto Maria Fiodo, Bishop of Bovino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu) (Burundi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi) (Rwanda)

Fr. Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Urundi (Burundi) and Titular Bishop of Musti

Fr. Vicente Huarte San Martín (胡其昭), S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Anhui 安徽 (China) and Titular Bishop of Rhesaina

Bishop-elect Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda (Rwanda), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates

Fr. Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand) and Titular Bishop of Orcistus

Bishop Franz Xavier Geyer, F.S.C.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangsu 江蘇 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanjing 南京 (China)

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

Bishop Ivan Šaric, Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Diocese of Gaspé was established (from Diocese of Saint-Germain de Rimouski and became suffragan of Québec) (Canada)

Fr. Francesco Cagliero, I.M.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Iringa (Tanzania)

Bishop Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) and Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Gravina (Italy) and Bishop of Irsina (Italy)

Fr. Daniel Rivero Rivero was elected Titular Bishop of Tlous and Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Apostolic Administration of Burgenland was established (from Diocese of Győr and Diocese of Szombathely) (Austria)

Archbishop Roberto Vicentini, Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Archbishop Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico), passed away at 81

Archbishop José Othón Núñez y Zárate succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

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

Fr. Nicola Maria di Girolamo was elected Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy)

Fr. Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia and Titular Archbishop of Adana

Fr. Bernard Joseph Mahoney was elected Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

Fr. Monalduzio Leopardi was elected Titular Bishop of Leptis Maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Recanati (Italy)

Apostolic Administration of Trnava was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom) (Slovakia)

Fr. Pavol Jantausch was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia)

Diocese of Los Angeles–San Diego was established (from Diocese of Monterey–Los Angeles and became suffragan of San Francisco) (USA)

Diocese of Monterey–Los Angeles was renamed as Diocese of Monterey–Fresno (lost territory to establish Diocese of Los Angeles–San Diego) (USA)

Bishop John Joseph Cantwell, Bishop of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Los Angeles–San Diego (USA)

Bishop Joseph-Médard Émard, Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Fr. Melezio Abou-Assaleh was elected Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Oronzo Luciano Durante was elected Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Linares was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey (Mexico)

Fr. Giovanni Rossi was elected Titular Bishop of Neve and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Archbishop José Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña, Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop José Marcos Semeria, Bishop of Melo (Uruguay), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Prusa

Blessed Fr. Cayetano García Martínez was appointed as Priest of Cartagena (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Juan Segura Rubira was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Archbishop Primo Bianchi, Archbishop of Durrës (Albania), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cassiope

Archbishop Francesco Melchiori, O.F.M., succeeded as Archbishop of Durrës (Albania)

Fr. Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) and Titular Bishop of Tadamata

Apostolic Vicariate of Haut-Congo français was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon, Titular Bishop of Modra and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Autun (France)

Fr. Étienne Irénée Faugier was elected Titular Bishop of Abydus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Fr. Hermann Joseph Sträter was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis

Fr. Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lac Albert (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Mysore (India)

Bishop Honoré-Paul-Emile Halle, Titular Bishop of Pergamus, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cabasa

Fr. Alberto Di Jorio, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Cesare Orsenigo was elected Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya

Archbishop-elect Cesare Orsenigo was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

Cardinal Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vercelli (Italy) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, passed away at 68

Bishop Francis Hennemann, S.A.C., Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lac Albert was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls and Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Francisco Javier de Irastorza Loinaz, Titular Bishop of Dora and Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Orihuela (Spain)

Bishop Gabriel Llompart y Jaume Santandreu, Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Gerona (Spain)

Fr. Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M., was elected Bishop of Savannah (USA)

Fr. Antonio Riberi (黎培理) was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Archbishop Carlo Pietropaoli, Bishop emeritus of Trivento (Italy), passed away at 65

Abbot Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Bishop Giuseppe Moràbito, Bishop of Mileto (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

Fr. František Tomášek was appointed as Priest of Olomouc (Czechia)

Cardinal Camillo Laurenti was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Fr. Tiberio Salazar Herrera was elected Bishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Fr. Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Faustinopolis

Bishop Frederick Eis, Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bida

Fr. Francis Gilfillan was elected Titular Bishop of Pegæ and Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA)

Archbishop Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M., Bishop emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), passed away at 79

Bishop Antonio Vincenzo Arenas, Bishop of Socorro (Colombia), passed away at 60

Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua Katanga was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur and Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Esteban Rojas Tobar, Bishop of Garzón (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Modra

Fr. José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide Echeverría was elected Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

Fr. Fernando Cento, Priest of Macerata (Italy), was elected Bishop of Acireale (Italy)

Fr. Agustín Aguirre y Ramos was elected Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico)

Archbishop Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B., Archbishop of Perugia (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina, Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay and Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia

Archbishop Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Bishop John Grimes, Bishop of Syracuse (USA), passed away at 69

Archbishop Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil), passed away at 60

Bishop-elect Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M., was appointed as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Rehe 熱河 (China)

Fr. Jean-Claude Raffin, S.M., Superior General of Society of Mary (Marists), passed away at 80

Msgr. Adriano Smets, Apostolic Delegate to Persia, was elected Titular Archbishop of Gangra

Fr. René-Pierre Mignen was elected Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Archbishop Clément Michel Bakhache, Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon of the Syriacs

Fr. James Downey, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Adada and Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

Cardinal Giovanni Tacci Porcelli was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Fr. Giovanni Battista Tomasi, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Zaupa, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Bishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅), Apostolic Administrator of Fiume (Croatia), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to China

Fr. Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo was elected Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

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

Msgr. Serafino Many, P.S.S., Dean of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 74

Bishop Giovanni Pulvirenti, Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Rossi, Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy), passed away at 84

Fr. Robert Dobson was elected Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Arcadia and Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

Bishop Peter Joseph Lausberg, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 69

Archbishop Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Archbishop Silvério Gomes Pimenta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil), passed away at 82

Bishop Angel Marquina y Corrales, Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Guadix (Spain)

Fr. Isidoro Sain, O.S.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fiume (Croatia)

Bishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅), Titular Bishop of Hierapolis and Apostolic Delegate to China, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia

Fr. Joseph-Eugène Limoges was elected Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Fr. Geremia Pascucci was elected Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Fr. Roberto Julio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil)

Fr. André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S., was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop Silvino Ramírez y Cuera, Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore (Mexico), passed away at 56

Bishop Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

Archbishop François de Berré, O.P., Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia

Fr. Justo Rivas Fernández was elected Titular Bishop of Priene and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Bishop Antonio Hernández y Rodríguez, Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tralles

Fr. Giovanni Urbani was appointed as Priest of Venezia (Italy)

Blessed Fr. José María Martínez Vizcaíno was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Florian Stan was elected Titular Bishop of Axiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Chiappe was elected Bishop of Gerace (Italy)

Bishop Patrick James Donahue, Bishop of Wheeling (USA), passed away at 73

Bishop Johannes Olaf Fallize, Titular Bishop of Elusa, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Chalcis

Bishop Alberto Bitter, Vicar Apostolic of Sweden (Sweden) and Titular Bishop of Doliche, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Soltania

Fr. Johann Evangelist Müller was elected Titular Bishop of Lorea and Vicar Apostolic of Sweden (Sweden)

Fr. Josef Ludovico Brems, O. Praem., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Denmark (Denmark) and Titular Bishop of Roskilde

Diocese of Coro was restored (from Diocese of Barquisimeto and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Diocese of Cumaná was established (from Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela was established (from Diocese of Mérida and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Diocese of Valencia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Bishop Ambrogio Riccardi, Bishop of Sarsina (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. Angelo Rotta was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and San Salvador and Titular Archbishop of Thebæ

Abbot Innocent Wolf, O.S.B., President emeritus of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 79

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

Fr. Antonino Zecchini, S.J., was elected Titular Archbishop of Myra

Archbishop-elect Antonino Zecchini, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania

Bishop Ippolito Ulivelli, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Chaco (Bolivia), passed away at 43

Fr. Ático Eusébio da Rocha was elected Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

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

Bishop Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque, Bishop of Piaui (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Fr. José Pereira Alves was elected Bishop of Natal (Brazil)

Bishop Modest Everaerts (楊睦多), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 (China), passed away at 76

Bishop Dionýz Njarady, Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Bishop Ignacio Placencia y Moreira, Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was established (from Diocese of Wrocław) (Poland)

Venerable Fr. August Hlond, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia (Poland)

Fr. Charles Joseph Heitz, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Bishop Henry Regis Granjon, Bishop of Tucson (USA), passed away at 59

Fr. Joseph Stoffels was elected Titular Bishop of Adraha and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Archbishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza (Uganda) and Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), passed away at 76

Apostolic Prefecture of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of New Guinea was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Papua (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of New Pomerania was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Josef Schinzel was elected Titular Bishop of Elusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Bishop Louis Couppé, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Papua (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P., Titular Bishop of Gerasa, was appointed as Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA)

Fr. Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo (賈祿), M.E.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Nanlong 南龍 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Diocese of Huejutla was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas, Diocese of San Luis Potosí and Diocese of Tulancingo and became suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles) (Mexico)

Diocese of Papantla was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas and Diocese of Veracruz–Jalapa and became suffragan of México) (Mexico)

Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Andreas Puff, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Cook and Manihiki was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Islands) (Cook Islands)

Bishop Carlos Echenique Altamira, Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina), passed away at 53

Fr. Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia) and Titular Bishop of Palæopolis in Asia

Fr. Bernard Gijlswijk, O.P., was elected Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ and Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa

Diocese of Barra do Piraí was established (from Diocese of Niterói and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) (Brazil)

Diocese of Campos was established (from Diocese of Niterói and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Doumani, B.S., Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 73

Bishop Luca Canepa, Bishop of Galtellì–Nuoro (Italy), passed away at 69

Cardinal José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), passed away at 87

Fr. François-Xavier Ross was elected Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

Bishop Antonio Farage was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt) and Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria of the Greek-Melkites

Archbishop Alexis-Armand Charost, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet, Bishop of Orléans (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Franziskus Ehrle, S.J., was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Giovanni Bonzano, P.I.M.E., Titular Archbishop of Melitene and Apostolic Delegate to United States of America, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Achille Locatelli, Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica and Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Portugal

Msgr. Giuseppe Mori, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Angelo Bartolomasi, Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Rosa was elected Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

Fr. Alessandro Fontana was elected Bishop of Ferentino (Italy)

Fr. Alessandro Macchi was elected Bishop of Andria (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Scarante was elected Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Bishop Melezio Abou-Assaleh was confirmed as Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J., was elected Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

Fr. Nicolás Corona y Corona was elected Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Fr. José de Jesús Manríquez y Zárate was elected Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico)

Fr. João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira was elected Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia and Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Enrique Reig y Casanova, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop John Joseph Swint, Titular Bishop of Sura and Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Wheeling (USA)

Archbishop Victor Arrién, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus

Bishop Élie-Anicet Latulipe, Bishop of Haileybury (Canada), passed away at 63

Cardinal Alexis-Armand Charost, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria

Cardinal Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet, Bishop of Orléans (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Cardinal Franziskus Ehrle, S.J., was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio

Cardinal Giovanni Bonzano, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio

Archbishop Angelo Maria Dolci resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople

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

Cardinal Giuseppe Mori was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Cardinal Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Archbishop Augusto Giuseppe Duc, Bishop emeritus of Aosta (Italy), passed away at 87

Fr. Albino Morera was elected Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) and Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy)

Cardinal Enrique Reig y Casanova, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Bishop Leopoldo Eijo y Garay, Bishop of Vitoria (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Bishop Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Huesca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

Bishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde, Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

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

Fr. Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría was elected Titular Bishop of Dora and Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Fr. Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats was elected Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain)

Fr. Louis Mathias, S.D.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Assam (India)

Archbishop Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Apostolic Nuncio to Austria, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Archbishop Enrico Sibilia was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Letterio D’Arrigo Ramondini, Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 73

Bishop Eduard Graf O’Rourke, Apostolic Administrator of Gdańsk (Poland), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pergamum

Saint Fr. Toribio Romo González was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Lawrence Joseph Shehan was appointed as Priest of Baltimore–Washington (USA)