Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Bitha was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Bitha (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Röskild was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Roskilde (Denmark)

Titular Episcopal See of Pupiana was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Papiana (Tunisia)

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Hierapolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hieropolis (Turkiye)

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Tænarum was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tenara

Br. Allais-Charles Petiot, F.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Fr. Pasquale da Luchon, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Djibouti (Djibouti), passed away

Fr. Ernest-Joseph Sorret, S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Br. Imier de Jésus Lafabrègue, F.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Fr. Giovanni Sastre y Riutort, C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Poona (India)

Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mangalore (India)

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

Fr. Louis Neriamparampil, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

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

Fr. Gundisalvo Galland, O.P., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Mossul (Iraq)

Msgr. Michelangelo Bovieri resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Msgr. Bernardo Colombo resigned as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Msgr. Nicola Sebastiani, Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters, was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes

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

Fr. Stanislao von Krolikowski, O.S.F.S., Prefect Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia), passed away

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

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

Fr. Guglielmo Herting, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kroonstad (South Africa)

Fr. Daniel Kauczor, M.F.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lydenburg (South Africa)

Fr. Daniele Kauczor, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa)

Bishop Gaston Robichez, S.J., Bishop of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Galle (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Cristoforo Kondoff was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tracia of the Bulgarians (Turkiye)

Venerable Fr. Nelson Henry Baker, Priest of Buffalo (USA), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium

Fr. Ferdinando Buoni, P.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Fr. Pio Holzer, M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Fr. Joseph Pais resigned as Titular Bishop of Isaura and Apostolic Administrator of Mangalore (India)

Fr. Gervais Quenard, A.A., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)

Lieutenant Colonel Georges von Sury d’Aspremont was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Fr. Antonin Cech was elected Titular Bishop of Cidyessus and Auxiliary Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Archbishop Jules Tiberghien, Titular Archbishop of Nicæa, passed away at 55

Bishop Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles, Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Doara

Patriarch Jaime Cardona y Tur, Military Vicar of Spain (Spain), passed away at 84

Fr. Fedel María Cosió y Medyna was elected Bishop of Puno (Peru)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Fabre, Bishop of Marseille (France), passed away at 78

Bishop Jules-Laurent-Benjamin Morelle, Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France), passed away at 73

Fr. Kazimieras Mikalojus Michalkiewicz was elected Titular Bishop of Thyatira and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Archbishop Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Bishop Daniel Champavier, Titular Bishop of Sora and Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (France), was appointed as Bishop of Marseille (France)

Fr. Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández was elected Bishop of Coro (Venezuela)

Archbishop Giovanni Festa, Titular Archbishop of Tharona, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nicæa

Msgr. Cesare Pecoraio was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Jules-André Brault, O.M.I., Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), passed away at 55

Bishop Emanuele Virgilio, Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy), passed away at 54

Archbishop Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos, Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal), passed away at 70

Fr. Joseph Gabriel Zelger, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria

Fr. Richard Ryan, C.M., was elected Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Bishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel (민 아우구스티노), M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Milos and Vicar Apostolic of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mopsuestia (Turkiye)

Bishop José López Mendoza y García, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Pamplona (Spain), passed away at 74

Titular Episcopal See of Milos was suppressed (united to Diocese of Syros) (Greece)

Fr. Bernardin Castanié, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Cook and Manihiki (Cook Islands)

Diocese of Vladivostok was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Siberia) (Russia)

Fr. Karol Slivosky was elected Bishop of Vladivostok (Russia)

Fr. Agustín Hombach, C.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco, Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 89

Bishop Charles Joseph O’Reilly, Bishop of Lincoln (USA), passed away at 63

Bishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero, Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia)

Fr. John Alexander Floersh, Priest of Nashville (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Lycopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville (USA)

Apostolic Administration of Jugoslavenska Banat was established (from Diocese of Csanád) (Serbia)

Apostolic Administration of Jugoslavenska Bačka was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalocsa) (Serbia)

Fr. Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat (Serbia)

Archbishop Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P., was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Antinoë

Cardinal Bartolomeo Bacilieri, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola and Bishop of Verona (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop-elect Joseph Gabriel Zelger, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Fr. Gerard Vesters, M.S.C., Prefect Apostolic of Celebes (Indonesia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) and Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palæstina

Apostolic Administration of Timişoara was established (from Diocese of Csanád) (Romania)

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

Bishop Pierre-Marie-François Lalouyer (藍祿葉), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria 滿州北境 (China), passed away at 72

Archbishop Árpád Lipót Várady, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 57

Fr. Joseph Deitmer was elected Titular Bishop of Sora and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Fr. Daniel Joseph Curley was elected Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Fr. Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet (魏暢茂), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Themisonium and Vicar Apostolic of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

Bishop Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni, Titular Bishop of Anemurium and Auxiliary Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

Archbishop Angelo Paino succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Fr. Andrew James Louis Brennan, Priest of Scranton (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Thapsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Fr. Lorenzo da Villamagna, O.F.M. Obs., was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Antonio Tommaso Videmari was elected Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

Fr. Gerard-Joseph Hoogers (高東升), C.I.C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Datongfu 大同府 (China)

Fr. Andrea Taccone was elected Bishop of Bova (Italy)

Bishop Leonida Medina, Titular Bishop of Chamacus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Socorro (Colombia)

Bishop Jean-Auguste-François-Eutrope Eyssautier, Bishop of La Rochelle (France), passed away at 78

Fr. Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P., was elected Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada)

Bishop Ferdinand Brossart, Bishop of Covington (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Vallis

Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Volta was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast and Apostolic Vicariate of Togo) (Ghana)

Apostolic Vicariate of Majunga was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Diégo-Suarez) (Madagascar)

Msgr. Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Swaziland (Eswatini)

Fr. Martín Rucker Sotomayor was elected Titular Bishop of Mariamme

Fr. Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar) and Titular Bishop of Raphanea

Fr. Jenaro Méndez del Río was elected Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

Fr. Mattia Eder, O.S.F.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

Bishop Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel, Bishop of Digne (France), passed away at 62

Bishop Maurice Francis Burke, Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA), passed away at 77

Bishop Francis Gilfillan succeeded as Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA)

Fr. Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A., Apostolic Administrator of Togo (Togo), was elected Titular Bishop of Verinopolis

Saint Archbishop Józef Bilczewski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine), passed away at 62

Fr. Ioan Boroş was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thespiæ

Bishop John Henry Norton, Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia), passed away at 67

Bishop-elect Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A., Apostolic Administrator of Togo (Togo), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo)

Bishop Luigi Pellizzo, Bishop of Padova (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis

Archbishop Enrique Sánchez y Paredes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico), passed away at 46

Fr. Augustin Hermann, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Bubastis and Vicar Apostolic of Lower Volta (Ghana)

Fr. Francis William Howard was elected Bishop of Covington (USA)

Fr. Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Bovino (Italy)

Archbishop Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia), passed away at 53

Archbishop Ernesto Eugenio Filippi, Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople

Archbishop Michele Zezza di Zapponeta succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Kallas was appointed as Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop George Gauthier, Titular Bishop of Philippopolis, Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) and Apostolic Administrator of Montréal (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Tharona and Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Edward Doorly was elected Titular Bishop of Sarepta and Coadjutor Bishop of Elphin (Ireland)

Bishop Eduardo Duarte e Silva resigned as Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Bishop José Tupinambá da Frota, Bishop of Sobral (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Archbishop Mariano Antonio Espinosa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), passed away at 78

Bishop Thomas O’Dea, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland), passed away at 65

Bishop Agostino Cattaneo, Bishop of Guastalla (Italy), passed away at 70

Apostolic Prefecture of Swaziland was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Natal) (Eswatini)

Bishop Frederick Charles Hopkins, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras (Belize), passed away at 79

Fr. William MacNeely was elected Bishop of Raphoe (Ireland)

Sr. Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus Martin (Thérèse of the Child Jesus / Marie Françoise-Thérèse), O.C.D., was beatified

Bishop Norbert Johann Klein, O.T., Bishop of Brno (Czechia), was appointed as Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order)

Bishop Michele Angelo Baldetti, Bishop of Cortona (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hieropolis

Apostolic Administration of Tütz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Chełmno) (Poland)

Msgr. Robert Weimann was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tütz (Poland)

Bishop Edmundus Sybrandus Luypen, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Indonesia), passed away at 67

Bishop Joseph-Claude Excoffier (田), M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Yunnan 雲南 (China), passed away at 61

Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima 広島 was established (from Diocese of Osaka 大阪 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Mission sui juris of Marshall Islands was suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands) (Marshall Islands)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mariana and Caroline Islands was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands (gained territory from the suppressed Mission sui juris of Marshall Islands) (Micronesia)

Fr. Michel Garicoïts, S.C.I. di Béth., Superior General of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram, was beatified

Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino (Robert Bellarmine), S.J., Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index, was beatified

Bishop Eduardo Duarte e Silva was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

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

Bishop Joseph-Michel-Frédéric Bonnet, Bishop of Viviers (France), passed away at 87

Bishop Paul Nègre resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Viviers (France)

Fr. Alphonse-Osias Gagnon was elected Titular Bishop of Pegæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Fr. Johannes Michael Buckx, S.C.I., Apostolic Administrator of Finland (Finland), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Finland (Finland) and Titular Bishop of Doliche

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Luigi Sincero, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals and Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Bishop Riccardo Carlesi, Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cortona (Italy)

Bishop Giordano Corsini, Titular Bishop of Hebron and Auxiliary Bishop of Verona (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Guastalla (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Kallas was confirmed as Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Archbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal, Titular Archbishop of Mytilene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal)

Bishop Louis-Marie-Henri-Joseph Bigolet, M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam), passed away at 50

Venerable Fr. Elia Dalla Costa was elected Bishop of Padova (Italy)

Cardinal Oreste Giorgi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin and Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Achille Locatelli, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Portugal, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina

Cardinal Luigi Sincero was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro

Fr. Girolamo Cardinale was elected Bishop of Verona (Italy)

Fr. Santiago López de Rego y Labarta, S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands (Micronesia) and Titular Bishop of Dionysiopolis

Cardinal Enrique Reig y Casanova, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio

Fr. Ernesto Camagni was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

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

Archbishop Angelo Maria Dolci was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

Archbishop Francesco Marmaggi, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia

Archbishop Clemente Micara, Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg

Archbishop Souleyman Moussa Sabbagh, Archbishop-Bishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye), passed away at 58

Fr. François-Jean-Marie Serrand was elected Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Saint Fr. Filippo Smaldone, Priest of Rossano (Italy), passed away at 74

Cardinal Juan Soldevilla y Romero, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain), passed away at 79

Bishop Andrea Karlin, Titular Bishop of Themiscyra, was appointed as Bishop of Lavant (Austria)

Bishop Alexander MacDonald, Bishop of Victoria (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hebron

Fr. Quirino Clemente Bonefačić was elected Bishop of Makarska (Croatia) and Bishop of Split (Croatia)

Bishop Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., Bishop of Volterra (Italy), was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Severino Vieira de Melo was elected Bishop of Piaui (Brazil)

Fr. Louis Rhéaume, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Haileybury (Canada)

Fr. Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez was elected Titular Bishop of Anemurium and Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop José Guadalupe Ortíz y López, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico)

Bishop Rafael Amador y Hernández, Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico), passed away at 67

Apostolic Prefecture of Adamaua was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban (Cameroon)

Diocese of Mérida was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida (with suffragan see San Cristóbal de Venezuela) (Venezuela)

Fr. Julio Campero y Aráoz was elected Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

Bishop Barnabé Piedrabuena, Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

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

Bishop Antonio Ramón Silva, Bishop of Mérida (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Apostolic Prefecture of Buéa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun and Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Islanda was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Denmark) (Iceland)

Diocese of Calicut was established (from Diocese of Coimbatore, Diocese of Mangalore and Diocese of Mysore and became suffragan of Bombay) (India)

Diocese of Tuticorin was established (from Diocese of Trichinopoly and became suffragan of Bombay) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Gariep was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District and gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Gariep (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lydenburg was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal) (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Equatorial Nile was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal) (Uganda)

Bishop Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues (富成功), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (China), was appointed as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Beijing 北京 (China)

Fr. Martino Meulenberg, S.M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland)

Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J., Bishop of Mangalore (India), was appointed as Bishop of Calicut (India)

Fr. Francesco Tiburzio Roche, S.J., was elected Bishop of Tuticorin (India)

Fr. Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Celebes (Indonesia)

Fr. Joseph Pais was appointed as Titular Bishop of Isaura and Apostolic Administrator of Mangalore (India)

Fr. Sabas Sarasola Esparza, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Thenara and Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios (Peru)

Bishop Sixto Sosa Díz, Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Bishop Alexis-Xyste Bernard, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), passed away at 75

Fr. Miguel Antonio Mejía was elected Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela)

Fr. Daniel James Gercke was elected Bishop of Tucson (USA)

Fr. Francisco Antonio Granadillo was elected Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

Fr. Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz was elected Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Fr. Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Rabat (Morocco) and Titular Bishop of Orthosia

Fr. Giacomo Violardo was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Giuseppe Bernardi was appointed as Priest of Cuenca (Spain)

Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Marruecos) (Morocco)

Bishop Denis Hallinan, Bishop of Limerick (Ireland), passed away at 73

Bishop James Ryan, Bishop of Alton (USA), passed away at 75

Archbishop Jan Feliks Cieplak, Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev (Belarus), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev (Belarus)

Fr. Henry Joseph O’Brien was appointed as Priest of Hartford (USA)

Fr. John Joyce Russell was appointed as Priest of Baltimore (USA)

Fr. Luigi Fogar was elected Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

Abbot Adalbert Dungel, O.S.B., President emeritus of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception, passed away at 81

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

Bishop Thomas O’Doherty, Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

Fr. Antonio Vignato, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Equatorial Nile (Uganda)

Bishop Luigi Pugliese, Bishop of Ugento (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Phessa and Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis

Bishop Alois Hartl, Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 77

Bishop Manuel Lago y González, Bishop of Tui (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Cardinal Nicolò Marini, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 79

Fr. Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Gariep (South Africa)

Bishop Julián de Diego y García Alcolea, Bishop of Salamanca (Spain), was promoted as Patriarch of Indias Occidentales

Archbishop Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera, Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico), passed away at 70

Bishop Manoel Raymundo de Mello, Bishop of Caetité (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Stobi

Bishop Marie-Félix Choulet (蘇裴理斯), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China), passed away at 68

Saint Fr. Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes was elected Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

Fr. Serafín María Armora y González was elected Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico)

Bishop Bolesław Twardowski, Titular Bishop of Telmissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Diocese of Bobbio was renamed as Diocese of Bobbio–San Colombano (gained territory from the suppressed Abbacy nullius of San Colombano) (Italy)

Abbacy nullius of San Colombano was suppressed (to Diocese of Bobbio–San Colombano) (Italy)

Bishop Pietro Calchi Novati, Bishop of Bobbio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy)

Saint Fr. Agustín Caloca Cortés was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. John William Campling, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Buéa (Cameroon)

Cardinal Agostino Richelmy, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via and Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Ernest Rieu, S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marists)

Fr. Rafael Balanzá y Navarro was elected Titular Bishop of Chersonesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

Bishop Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O., Titular Bishop of Constantia, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Melitene

Archbishop Michail Miroff, Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis ante Apri of the Bulgarians, passed away at 63

Bishop Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique, Bishop emeritus of Arequipa (Peru) and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 69

Fr. Endre Kriston was elected Titular Bishop of Gerasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary)

Fr. Giovanni Panico, Priest of Ugento (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Adrien-Alexis Fodéré, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France), passed away at 84

Bishop Thomas Sebastian Byrne, Bishop of Nashville (USA), passed away at 82

Fr. Lorenzo Del Ponte was elected Titular Bishop of Oropus and Auxiliary Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Bishop Angelo Petrelli, Bishop of Venosa (Italy), passed away at 60

Bishop Joseph van Reeth, S.J., Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka), passed away at 80

Fr. Josep Srebrnic was elected Bishop of Krk (Croatia)

Fr. Ludovico Cattaneo was elected Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Pasi, Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy), passed away at 52

Fr. Georges Lemaître was appointed as Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Joseph-Antoine-Augustin Giustiniani, Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio (France), passed away at 50

Archbishop Antonín Cyril Stojan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia), passed away at 72

Bishop Amiel-François Bessière, Bishop of Constantine (Algeria), passed away at 53

Fr. Vladimir Ghika was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Bishop Joseph Stoffels, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 44

Bishop Lúcio Antunes de Souza, Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil), passed away at 60

Bishop Silvio Gasperini, Bishop of Anagni (Italy), passed away at 71

Diocese of Riga was promoted as Archdiocese of Riga (Latvia)

Bishop Antonijs Springovičs, Bishop of Riga (Latvia), was promoted as Archbishop of Riga (Latvia)

Diocese of Alton was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Springfield in Illinois) (USA)

Diocese of Springfield in Illinois was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Alton and became suffragan of Chicago) (USA)

Fr. Louis-Marie Ricard was elected Titular Bishop of Marciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Nice (France)

Bishop Matteo Múgica y Urrestarazu, Bishop of Osma (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Pamplona (Spain)

Bishop Angel Regueras y López, Bishop of Plasencia (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

Bishop Manuel María Vidal y Boullon, Titular Bishop of Birtha and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tui (Spain)

Bishop Giulio Serafini was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Fr. Jazeps Rancans was elected Titular Bishop of Marcopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

Bishop Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M., Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia)

Fr. Emilio Larquère, C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Arauca (Colombia), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia)

Fr. Luigi Mazzini was elected Bishop of Anagni (Italy)

Fr. Leopold Prečan was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Bishop Alfonso Andreoli, Bishop of Loreto (Italy) and Bishop of Recanati (Italy), passed away at 73

Fr. James Aloysius Griffin was elected Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Udine lost territory to Diocese of Concordia (Italy)

Fr. Michael Buchberger was elected Titular Bishop of Athribis and Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Maximiliano Crespo Rivera, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

Archbishop Vilmos Batthyány, Bishop emeritus of Nitra (Slovakia), passed away at 53

Archbishop Giosuè Signori, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), passed away at 63

Apostolic Prefecture of Kroonstad was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa) (South Africa)

Bishop John Gallagher, Bishop of Goulburn (Australia), passed away at 77

Fr. Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum

Fr. Enrico Gogarty, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania)

Diocese of Petrolina was established (from Diocese of Pesqueira and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife) (Brazil)

Bishop Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék, Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania), passed away at 55

Archbishop Giuseppe Moràbito, Bishop emeritus of Mileto (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Pietro Zanolini, Bishop of Lodi (Italy), passed away at 57

Abbot Thomas Bossart, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) and President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland, passed away at 65

Apostolic Prefecture of Zululand was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Eshowe (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Natal) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Natal lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Eshowe (South Africa)

Fr. Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras (Belize) and Titular Bishop of Birtha

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

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou 漢口 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Hanyang 漢陽, Apostolic Prefecture of Puqi 蒲圻 and Apostolic Prefecture of Wuchang 武昌) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Hanyang 漢陽 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Puqi 蒲圻 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Wuchang 武昌 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境) (China)

Fr. Trudo Johannes Jans (鄧炳文), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Rhosus

Bishop Antonio Lippolis, Bishop of Larino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ugento (Italy)

Bishop Peter Joseph O’Reilly, Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria (USA), passed away at 73

Bishop Graziano Génnaro (田瑞玉), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (China), passed away at 60

Fr. Ignatius Staub, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

Fr. Vlaho Barbić was elected Titular Bishop of Sura and Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

Fr. Étienne-Joseph Hurault was elected Bishop of Viviers (France)

Msgr. Aurelio Galli, Secretary of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Bishop Giuseppe Gamba, Bishop of Novara (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

Msgr. Evaristo Lucidi, Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera and Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Bishop Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica

Archbishop Michele Zezza di Zapponeta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), was promoted as Patriarch of Constantinople

Fr. Aluigi Cossio was elected Bishop of Loreto (Italy) and Bishop of Recanati (Italy)

Fr. Dante Maria Munerati, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

Fr. António Augusto de Castro Meireles was elected Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Apostolic Vicariate of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Changanacherry (became suffragan of Ernakulam) (India)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam (with suffragan sees Changanacherry, Kottayam and Trichur) (India)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Kottayam (became suffragan of Ernakulam) (India)

Apostolic Vicariate of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Trichur (became suffragan of Ernakulam) (India)

Bishop Augustine Kandathil, Titular Bishop of Arad and Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Alexander Chulaparambil, Titular Bishop of Busiris and Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Thomas Kurialachery, Titular Bishop of Pella and Vicar Apostolic of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Francis Vazhapilly, Titular Bishop of Philadelphia and Vicar Apostolic of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Blessed Fr. Mariano Caballero Rubio was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Fr. Thomas O’Donnell was elected Bishop of Victoria (Canada)

Fr. Eugène Curien was elected Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Fr. Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin was elected Bishop of Digne (France)

Cardinal Aurelio Galli was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria

Cardinal Evaristo Lucidi was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro

Bishop Uberto Maria Fiodo, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium

Bishop-elect Enrico Gogarty, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Themiscyra

Fr. Francis Joseph Beckman was elected Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

Fr. Edward Daniel Howard, Priest of Dubuque (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Isauropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Davenport (USA)

Fr. Alphonse John Smith was elected Bishop of Nashville (USA)

Bishop Michele Angelo Baldetti, Bishop emeritus of Cortona (Italy), passed away at 69

Apostolic Vicariate of Funingfu 福寧府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou 福州 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Funingfu 福寧府 and Apostolic Prefecture of Tingzhou 汀州) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tingzhou 汀州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bangka dan Billiton was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Sumatra) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Benkoelen was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Sumatra) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sumatra was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Padang (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bangka dan Billiton and Apostolic Prefecture of Benkoelen) (Indonesia)

Bishop Francisco Aguirre Murga (宋金鈴), O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

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

Fr. David Keane was elected Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

Abbot Ignatius Staub, O.S.B., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) and President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland