Nominations and Resignations

Apostolic Administration of Bosna i Hercegovina (Ruthenian Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Križevci) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Aprhodytopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Aphrodytopolis (Egypt)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Pharsalus was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Pharsalus (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Hippus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hippus (Israel)

Mission sui juris of Outer Mongolia 外蒙 was renamed as Mission sui juris of Urga 庫倫 (Mongolia)

Diocese of Tomé was renamed as Diocese of São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Titular Episcopal See of Beograd was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Belgrado e Semendria (Serbia)

Titular Episcopal See of Agæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Agæ (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Bulla Regia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Bulla Regia (Tunisia)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Carie Portus was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Caria (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Hadrumetum was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hadrumetum (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Hirina was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hirina (Tunisia)

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

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Dansara was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Dausara (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Germia s. Germocolonia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Germia s. Germocolonia (Turkiye)

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

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Theodosiopolis ante Apri (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Fr. Aleksey Bazyuk resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bosna i Hercegovina of the Ruthenians (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Urga 庫倫 (Mongolia)

Bishop Jerome van Aertselaer (方濟眾), C.I.C.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Outer Mongolia 外蒙 (Mongolia)

Fr. Léon Dérikx, O. Praem., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Uélé Occidentale (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Ceslas Rolin, O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Uélé Orientale (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away

Fr. Jean Rodhain was appointed as Priest of Bordeaux (France)

Fr. Justin Favre, Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana), passed away

Bishop Epifanio Scianow resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Macedonia of the Bulgarians (Greece)

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

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

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

Fr. Michael O’Dwyer, S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Cardinal Gaetano De Lai, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Archbishop Pietro Pisani resigned as Apostolic Delegate to East India

Bishop Francesco Sidoli, Bishop of Rieti (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

Msgr. Pio Papi resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Msgr. Giuseppe Zaccarella was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters

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

Sr. Caterina Daghero, F.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco

Sr. Luisa Vaschetti, F.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco

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

Fr. Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia)

Fr. Alessandro dei Santi, O.SS.T., Prefect Apostolic of Benadir (Somalia), passed away

Fr. Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa)

Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa)

Fr. Guglielmo Herting, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Kroonstad (South Africa), passed away

Bishop Stefano Aurelio Bacciarini, S.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Servants of Charity

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

Fr. Bertrand Cothonay, O.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

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

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

Fr. Joseph McSorley, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Bishop Antônio Malan, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Amisus and Bishop-Prelate of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

Fr. Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Acmonia

Bishop-elect Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bagamoyo (Tanzania)

Bishop Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China)

Bishop Jerome van Aertselaer (方濟眾), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China), passed away at 78

Fr. Josef Hammels was elected Titular Bishop of Soli and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Jean-Marie Jan was elected Titular Bishop of Metropolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

Bishop Pierre Aziz Ho, Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Arad

Fr. Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Theodosius Jan Herkenrath, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bangka dan Billiton (Indonesia)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Eurœa and Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Boschi, Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Angelo Cesare Vigiani, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Andrapa

Fr. Anton Pieter Franz van Velsen, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Æzani

Bishop Ioannes Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Gozo (Malta), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Modon

Bishop Vincenzo Bacchi, Bishop of Faenza (Italy), passed away at 69

Msgr. Francesco Rossi Stockalper was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Vincenzo Bianchi-Cagliesi was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Bishop-elect Angelo Cesare Vigiani, O.F.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Chaco (Bolivia)

Bishop-elect Anton Pieter Franz van Velsen, S.J., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Indonesia)

Archbishop Giuseppe Fiorenza, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Siracusa (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. William Francis Brown was elected Titular Bishop of Pella and Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

Bishop Amedée Crooy resigned as Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Fr. Gaston Antoine Rasneur was elected Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Bishop Giuseppe Gregorio Castro, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Cusco (Peru), passed away at 64

Apostolic Prefecture of Jiangmen 江門 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Shantou 汕頭) (China)

Diocese of Belo Horizonte was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte (with suffragan sees Aterrado and Uberaba) (Brazil)

Diocese of Juiz de Fora was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral, Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Fr. Auguste Grumel was elected Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France)

Bishop Richard Collins, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England), passed away at 66

Blessed Fr. Zygmunt Sajna was appointed as Priest of Warszawa (Poland)

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

Bishop Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes, Bishop of Monaco (Monaco), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Monaco (Monaco) and Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade

Fr. Giuseppe Bruno was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law

Fr. Federico Cattani Amadori was appointed as Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Jerônimo Tomé da Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), passed away at 74

Bishop John Edward Gunn, S.M., Bishop of Natchez (USA), passed away at 60

Bishop Domenico Pozzoni (師多敏), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), passed away at 62

Bishop Theophile Meerschaert, Bishop of Oklahoma (USA), passed away at 76

Fr. Edoardo van Goethem, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Andrew Killian was elected Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia)

Fr. John Barry was elected Bishop of Goulburn (Australia)

Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

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

Archbishop Giulio Vaccaro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy), passed away at 72

Archbishop Nicola Averardi, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, passed away at 80

Bishop Federico Polloni, Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana), passed away at 54

Bishop Rocco Caliandro, Bishop of Termoli (Italy), passed away at 52

Fr. Odorico Cheng He-de (成和德), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China)

Fr. Emile-Jean-François Thiénard was elected Bishop of Constantine (Algeria)

Fr. Fabien-Zoël Decelles was elected Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Fr. John Dignan was elected Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

Fr. Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N., was elected Bishop of Galtellì–Nuoro (Italy)

Bishop Ruggero Bovelli, Bishop of Modigliana (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Faenza (Italy)

Bishop Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M., Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Ferretti, Bishop of Poggio Mirteto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy)

Bishop José María González Valencia, Titular Bishop of Siunia and Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

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

Archbishop Grégoire Pierre Habra, Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

Archbishop Patrick Joseph Hayes, Military Vicar of United States of America (USA) and Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop George William Mundelein, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop John Bernard MacGinley, Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Monterey–Fresno (USA)

Archbishop João Irineu Joffily, Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Fr. José Maria Perreira Lara was elected Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil)

Bishop Giovanni Vescia, Bishop of Policastro (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hiericho

Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes, Military Vicar of United States of America (USA) and Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Cardinal George William Mundelein, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo

Saint Bishop Józef Sebastian Pelczar, Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland), passed away at 82

Fr. Jean-Camille Costes was elected Titular Bishop of Telmissus and Coadjutor Bishop of Angers (France)

Blessed Fr. Francesco Mottola was appointed as Priest of Tropea (Italy)

Saint Fr. Margarito Flores García was appointed as Priest of Chilapa (Mexico)

Fr. Joseph Freri was elected Titular Bishop of Constantia

Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Zanzibar (Tanzania), passed away at 67

Fr. José Ignacio López Umaña was elected Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

Fr. Pedro Maria Rodríguez Andrade was elected Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Fr. Giuseppe Kupka was elected Titular Bishop of Adraa and Auxiliary Bishop of Brno (Czechia)

Bishop Agnello Renzullo, Bishop of Nola (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Philadelphia

Blessed Fr. Georg Häfner was appointed as Priest of Würzburg (Germany)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 蠡縣 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 and Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé Occidentale was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Uélé Occidentale (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Melchior Sun De-zhen (Souen) (孫德禎), C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 蠡縣 (China)

Fr. Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Germaniciana and Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Apostolic Prefecture of San Miguel de Sucumbíos was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Napo) (Ecuador)

Bishop Denis Kelly, Bishop of Ross (Ireland), passed away at 72

Fr. Tomás Juan Carlos Solari was appointed as Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza was elected Titular Bishop of Zaraï and Auxiliary Bishop of Tortosa (Spain)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Boracchia, Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy), passed away at 74

Archbishop Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Monaco (Monaco)

Fr. Auguste-Maurice Clément was elected Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

Cardinal Oreste Giorgi, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ancyra

Cardinal Oreste Giorgi resigned as Titular Archbishop of Ancyra

Fr. Louis-Nestor Renault (唐靄鐸), M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Suifu 敘府 (China) and Titular Bishop of Antiphræ

Bishop Gustavo Matteoni, Bishop of Grosseto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy)

Fr. Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA) and Titular Bishop of Arabissus

Bishop Alberto Costa, Bishop of Melfi (Italy) and Bishop of Rapolla (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Venosa (Italy)

Fr. Egisto Domenico Melchiori was elected Bishop of Nola (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé Orientale was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Uélé Orientale (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Megara

Fr. Giuseppe Potier, C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Arauca (Colombia)

Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Ruthenian Rite) was established (from Ordinariate of United States of America) (USA)

Ordinariate of United States of America (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America) (USA)

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

Bishop Célestin-Félix-Joseph Chouvellon (舒福隆), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan 四川東境 (China), passed away at 74

Fr. John Francis Noll was elected Bishop of Fort Wayne (USA)

Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding resigned as Bishop of Fort Wayne (USA)

Bishop Louis Sebastian Walsh, Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA), passed away at 66

Blessed Fr. Shtjefën Kurti was appointed as Priest of Durrës (Albania)

Bishop Florian Stan, Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 67

Fr. Konštantín Bohačevskyj was elected Titular Bishop of Amisus and Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA)

Fr. Basil Takach was elected Titular Bishop of Zela and Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA)

Blessed Fr. Emmanuel Gómez González, Priest of Feldkirch (Austria), passed away at 46

Bishop Pierre Verdier, Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (France), passed away at 69

Bishop Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L., Bishop emeritus of Anglona–Tursi (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Tarsus

Fr. Joseph Casimir Plagens was elected Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Archbishop Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil), passed away at 83

Venerable Fr. Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Fr. Pedro Vera y Zuria was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Henricus Leo Smeets, S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Benkoelen (Indonesia)

Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör, Bishop of Würzburg (Germany), passed away at 85

Bishop Francesco Ciceri, Bishop of Pavia (Italy), passed away at 75

Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc (Hungarian Rite) was established (Hungary)

Bishop Andrea Righetti, Bishop of Carpi (Italy), passed away at 80

Blessed Fr. Édouard Poppe, Priest of Gent (Belgium), passed away at 33

Apostolic Prefecture of Sinú was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena) (Colombia)

Fr. Josef Bombera was elected Titular Bishop of Hieropolis

Fr. Michael Gonzi was elected Bishop of Gozo (Malta)

Bishop António Antunes, Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

Bishop Paul Nègre was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (France)

Blessed Fr. Mario Ciceri was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Ginés Céspedes Gerez was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Blessed Fr. José Gómez de Haro was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Camillo Francesco Carrara, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea), passed away at 53

Bishop Pacificio Fiorani, Bishop of Osimo (Italy) and Bishop of Cingoli (Italy), passed away at 68

Archbishop Brice Meuleman, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India), passed away at 62

Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Fr. Oddo Bernacchia was elected Bishop of Larino (Italy)

Fr. Richard Oliver Gerow was elected Bishop of Natchez (USA)

Fr. Francis Clement Kelley was elected Bishop of Oklahoma (USA)

Bishop Jean-Joseph Tournier, Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage (Tunisia), passed away at 81

Territorial Prelature of Bananal was established (from Diocese of Porto Nacional and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Diocese of Santos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo, Diocese of Botucatu and Diocese of Taubaté and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of Sorocaba was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo, Diocese of Botucatu and Diocese of Taubaté and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Venerable Fr. Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Fr. José Carlos de Aguirre was elected Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil)

Fr. Justino José de Sant’Ana was elected Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Fr. Carlos Duarte Costa ▼ was elected Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

Fr. Inocêncio Engelke, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph-Alfred Langlois was elected Titular Bishop of Titopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Bishop Antal Papp, Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus and Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Fr. Godric Kean was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) and Titular Bishop of Tavium

Archbishop Raymund Netzhammer, O.S.B., Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus

Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal (South Africa)

Bishop Luigi Lavitrano, Bishop of Cava (Italy) and Bishop of Sarno (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

Fr. Péter Gebé was elected Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Bishop Joseph Guérard, Bishop of Coutances (France), passed away at 78

Bishop Leo Michael Haid, O.S.B., Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (USA) and Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA), passed away at 75

Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins was established (from Diocese of Goiás and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Fr. Giuseppe Ballerini was elected Bishop of Pavia (Italy)

Bishop John Alexander Floersh succeeded as Bishop of Louisville (USA)

Bishop Denis O’Donaghue, Bishop of Louisville (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lebedus

Fr. Massimo Rinaldi was elected Bishop of Rieti (Italy)

Fr. Michael Francis Glancey was elected Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Marcelin-Charles Marty, Bishop of Nîmes (France), passed away at 61

Bishop Thomas Joseph Dowling, Bishop of Hamilton (Canada), passed away at 84

Bishop Giovanni Vescia, Bishop emeritus of Policastro (Italy), passed away at 76

Cardinal Gaetano De Lai, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Bishop John Thomas McNally, Bishop of Calgary (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Hamilton (Canada)

Bishop Máximo Fernández, O.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Central Tonking (Vietnam), passed away at 77

Fr. Bernardus Johannes Alfrink was appointed as Priest of Utrecht (Netherlands)

Fr. Vincent George Taylor, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA)

Bishop Calogero Licata, Bishop of Teano (Italy) and Bishop of Calvi (Italy), passed away at 51

Fr. Wilhelm Burger was elected Titular Bishop of Tebe di Tebaide and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Natale Serafino, Bishop emeritus of Chiavari (Italy), passed away at 63

Bishop Ramón Barberá y Boada, Bishop of Palencia (Spain), passed away at 77

Archbishop Matteo Vido, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), passed away at 77

Archbishop Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli, O.C.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Josyf Botsian was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Francis Xavier Trương Bǚu Diệp was appointed as Priest of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Mission sui juris of Valdivia was promoted as Apostolic Administration of Valdivia (Chile)

Fr. Matthias Ehrenfried was elected Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Bishop Anatol Novak, Titular Bishop of Irenopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Bishop Jean-Marie Bourchany resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Bishop Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin (Vietnam), passed away at 57

Archbishop Eduardo Duarte e Silva, Bishop emeritus of Uberaba (Brazil) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 72

Bishop Pietro Pomares y de Morant, Bishop of Foggia (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy)

Diocese of Lausanne et Genève was renamed as Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

Bishop Marius Besson, Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland), was appointed as Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

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

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

Bishop Giacomo Laminne, Auxiliary Bishop of Liège (Belgium), passed away at 60

Bishop Luis Antonio Castro Alvarez, SS.CC., Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lycopolis

Bishop Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Issus and Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Archbishop Roberto Vicentini resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Bishop Oddo Bernacchia, Bishop of Larino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Termoli (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Skopje was demoted as Diocese of Skopje (without ecclesiastical province) (North Macedonia)

Diocese of Beograd was promoted as Archdiocese of Beograd (Serbia)

Fr. Giovanni Francesco Gnidovec, C.M., was elected Bishop of Skopje (North Macedonia)

Fr. Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat (Serbia), was elected Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia)

Fr. Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan)

Bishop Théophile-Marie Louvard, Bishop of Langres (France), was appointed as Bishop of Coutances (France)

Apostolic Administration of Estonia was established (from Archdiocese of Riga) (Estonia)

Fr. Edward John Galvin (高爾文), S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Hanyang 漢陽 (China)

Venerable Bishop Josip Lang, Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia), passed away at 67

Archbishop Antonino Zecchini, S.J., Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia)

Bishop-elect Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Jerichus

Bishop Ioannes Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A., Bishop emeritus of Gozo (Malta), passed away at 81

Fr. Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau was elected Bishop of Nîmes (France)

Fr. Antonio Laubitz was elected Titular Bishop of Jasus and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Diocese of Oruro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and became suffragan of Sucre) (Bolivia)

Diocese of Potosí was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and became suffragan of Sucre) (Bolivia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre (lost territory to establish Diocese of Oruro, Diocese of Potosí and Diocese of Tarija and gained suffragan sees Oruro, Potosí and Tarija) (Bolivia)

Diocese of Tarija was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and became suffragan of Sucre) (Bolivia)

Archbishop Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Fr. Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

Fr. Julio Garret was elected Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Diocese of Saint John in America was renamed as Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Fr. Cleto Loayza Gumiel was elected Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia)

Fr. Augusto Sieffert, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Bishop Edward Alfred Leblanc, Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Fr. Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia)

Bishop Giovanni Pranzini, Titular Bishop of Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Carpi (Italy)

Cardinal Giuseppe Francica-Nava di Bontifé, Archbishop of Catania (Italy), was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Michael Logue, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace and Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), passed away at 84

Archbishop Patrick O’Donnell succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Diocese of Roseau lost territory to Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Dominica)

Diocese of Ponce was established (from Diocese of Puerto Rico and without ecclesiastical province) (Puerto Rico)

Diocese of Puerto Rico was renamed as Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (gained territory from Diocese of Roseau and lost territory to establish Diocese of Ponce) (Puerto Rico)

Bishop George Joseph Caruana, Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), was appointed as Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Diocese of Lancaster was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Liverpool and Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and became suffragan of Liverpool) (England)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia (Mexico)

Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres, Metropolitan Archbishop of Michoacán (Mexico), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Fr. Theodor Buddenbrock (濮登博), S.V.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Western Kansu 甘肅西境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Issus

Fr. Paul-Leon-Cornelius Montaigne (滿德胎), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Sidyma

Bishop Amedée Crooy, Bishop emeritus of Tournai (Belgium), passed away at 55

Archbishop Johann Jacobus von Hauck resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Würzburg (Germany)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cambodia was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Guangdong and Hainan 粵西海南 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Beihai 北海 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Beijing 北京 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Hunan 湖南南境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Changsha 長沙 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chengdu 成都 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Szechwan 四川東境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet 西藏 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Guizhou 貴州 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Chekiang 浙江西境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Manchuria 滿州北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jilin 吉林 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shantung 山東北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jinanfu 濟南府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jing’an 晶安 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Honan 河南東境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Kansu 甘肅西境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lanchowfu 蘭州府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Laohekou 老河口 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shanxi 山西南境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Luanfu 潞安府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jiujiang 九江 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Guangxi 廣西 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanning 南寧 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Honan 河南南境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanyangfu 南陽府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chekiang 浙江東境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ningbo 寧波 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jianchang 建昌 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ningyuanfu 寧遠府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kansu 甘肅東境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Mongolia 東蒙古 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Rehe 熱河 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Manchuria 南滿 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan 四川南境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Suifu 敘府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Coastal Chi-Li 直隸海濱 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Anhui 安徽 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Chahaer 察哈爾 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Shaanxi 陝西中境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shandong 山東南境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yanzhoufu 兗州府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yan’anfu 延安府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yichang 宜昌 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yongpingfu 永平府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengdingfu 正定府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Honan 河南西境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Shandong 山東東境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhifou 芝罘 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Siam was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangkok (Thailand)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Tonking was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Tonking was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Tonking was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Tonking was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hung Hoá (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Cochin was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Huê (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Tonking was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Coastal Tonking was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Cochin was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Quinhon (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Cochin was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Saigon (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Tonking was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Vinh (Vietnam)

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

Bishop-elect Theodor Buddenbrock (濮登博), S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Western Kansu 甘肅西境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Lanchowfu 蘭州府 (China)

Bishop Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini (翁德明), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan 湖南南境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China)

Bishop Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X., Vicar Apostolic of Western Honan 河南西境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

Bishop Angel Diego y Carbajal (翟德隆), O.E.S.A., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Changde 常德 (China)

Bishop Louis-Elisée Fatiguet (樊體愛), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Jiujiang 九江 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

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

Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini (鳳朝瑞), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (China)

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

Bishop Auguste Gauthier (俄永垂), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Western Guangdong and Hainan 粵西海南 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Beihai 北海 (China)

Bishop Ernest François Geurts (武致中), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (China)

Bishop Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau (倪德隆), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China)

Bishop Vicente Huarte San Martín (胡其昭), S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Anhui 安徽 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China)

Bishop Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio (易興化), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Yan’anfu 延安府 (China)

Bishop Trudo Johannes Jans (鄧炳文), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Yichang 宜昌 (China)

Bishop Stanislas-François Jarlin (林懋德), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Beijing 北京 (China)

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

Bishop Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Central Shaanxi 陝西中境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China)

Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud (趙保祿), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang 浙江東境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Ningbo 寧波 (China)

Bishop Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse (駱書雅), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (China) and Coadjutor Bishop of Ægeæ (Turkiye), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Chengdu 成都 (China)

Bishop Adalberto Schmücker (瑞明軒), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung 山東北境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Jinanfu 濟南府 (China)

Bishop Franciscus Hubertus Schraven (文致和), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Zhengdingfu 正定府 (China)

Bishop François-Lazare Seguin (施恩), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi (譚維新), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Honan 河南東境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China)

Bishop Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Bishop Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner (羅漢光), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Shandong 山東東境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Zhifou 芝罘 (China)

Bishop Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China)

Bishop René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Siam (Thailand), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok (Thailand)

Bishop Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam)

Bishop André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Vinh (Vietnam)

Bishop Pierre-Jean-Marie Gendreau, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Bishop Damien Grangeon, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon (Vietnam)

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Tonking (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Bishop Pedro Muñagorri y Obineta, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Bishop Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Upper Tonking (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá (Vietnam)

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

Bishop Maximino Velasco, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Tonking (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding, Bishop emeritus of Fort Wayne (USA), passed away at 79

Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan 雲南 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of North Carolina was promoted as Diocese of Raleigh (became suffragan of Baltimore) (USA)

Bishop Alexandru Theodor Cisar, Bishop of Iaşi (Romania), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Iaşi (Romania) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania)

Abbot Vincent George Taylor, O.S.B., was confirmed as Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA)

Archbishop Pietro Pomares y de Morant, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy), passed away at 47

Fr. Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski was elected Titular Bishop of Podalia and Coadjutor Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

Bishop Rigoberto Domenech y Valls, Bishop of Mallorca (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain)

Bishop Augusto Álvaro da Silva, Bishop of Barra (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Fr. Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs was elected Titular Bishop of Diocæsarea and Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Bishop-elect Roberto Julio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Camachus and Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil)

Fr. Pedro Pascual Miguel y Martínez, O. de M., was elected Titular Bishop of Agathopolis and Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil)

Bishop-elect José Maria Perreira Lara, Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Fr. Sebastião Tomás, O.P., Apostolic Administrator of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Platæa and Bishop-Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil)

Bishop-elect Paul-Leon-Cornelius Montaigne (滿德胎), C.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (China)

Fr. Natale de Cleene, C.I.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Usula

Fr. Robert Costanzo Lagae, O.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Tricca

Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C., President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title

Fr. Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Fr. Joseph Thorman was elected Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

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

Cardinal Michele Lega, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio pro hac vice Title

Fr. Serafino Cimino, O.F.M., was elected Apostolic Delegate to Mexico and Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus

Venerable Bishop Fortunato Maria Farina, Bishop of Troia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Foggia (Italy)

Archbishop Francesco Sidoli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), passed away at 50

Bishop Luigi Ferri, Bishop of Montalto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Piccioni, Bishop of Livorno (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Scarante, Bishop of Sarsina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Gioacchino Pereira was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Mytilene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara, Titular Bishop of Thagura and Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Osma (Spain)

Fr. Albino González y Menédez Reigada, O.P., was elected Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Bishop-elect Justo Rivas Fernández, Titular Bishop of Priene and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Plasencia (Spain)

Fr. Silverio Velasco Pérez was elected Titular Bishop of Ticelia and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Diocese of Matagalpa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Managua and became suffragan of Managua) (Nicaragua)

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

Bishop Isidro Carrillo y Salazar, Titular Bishop of Torone and Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua), was appointed as Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

Bishop Angel Regueras y López, Bishop of Salamanca (Spain), passed away at 54

Cardinal Oreste Giorgi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title and Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, passed away at 79