Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Aulon was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Aulona (Albania)

Titular Episcopal See of Croia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Croæ (Albania)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Centuria was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Dusa was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Phessa was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Fessei (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Phussala was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Fussala (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Garba was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Gibba was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Lambaisis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Lambæsis (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Lesbi was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Lesvi (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Madauros was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Madaurus (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Maximiana was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Midila was restored (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Mulia was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Sila was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Tubunæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thubunæ (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Tiddi was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Siunia was suppressed (Armenia)

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Odessus was established (Bulgaria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Ratiaria was established (Bulgaria)

Titular Episcopal See of Knin was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tinum (Croatia)

Titular Episcopal See of Chytris was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Chytri (Cyprus)

Titular Metropolitan See of Salamis postea Constantia was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Salamis (Cyprus)

Titular Episcopal See of Tamassus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tamasus (Cyprus)

Titular Metropolitan See of Antinœ was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Antinoupolis (Egypt)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cabassa was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Cabasa (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Casium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Casium (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Coptos was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Coptus (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Gerrha was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Geras (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Hephæstum was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hephæstus (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Hermopolis maior was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hermopolis Magna (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Hermopolis minor was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hermopolis Parva (Egypt)

Titular Metropolitan See of Leontopolis in Bithynia was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Leontopolis (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Letopolis was established (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Nitria was restored (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Ombus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ombus (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Panopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Panopolis (Egypt)

Titular Metropolitan See of Ptolemais antea Syis was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Ptolemais (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Rhinocolura was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Rhinocorura (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Sata was established (Egypt)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tamiathis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Tamiathis (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Thennesis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thennesus (Egypt)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Theodosia was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Theodosiopolis (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Adulis was established (Ethiopia)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Auxume was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Axomis (Ethiopia)

Titular Metropolitan See of Phasis was established (Georgia)

Titular Episcopal See of Anastasiopolis was suppressed (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Anastasiopolis (Syriac Rite) was suppressed (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Bargala was established (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Cardica was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cardicium (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Karpathus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Carpathus (Greece)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Citrus was established (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Daulis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Daulia (Greece)

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Ezerus was established (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Halmiros was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Halmyrus (Greece)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Lamia was established (Greece)

Titular Metropolitan See of Larissa was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Larissa (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Leros was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Lerus (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Lete was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Lete (Greece)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Maronia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Maronea (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Modon was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Methone (Greece)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Metymna was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Methymna (Greece)

Titular Metropolitan See of Mytilene was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Mytilene (Greece)

Titular Metropolitan See of Patrasso was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Patræ (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Salona was established (Greece)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Serræ was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Sirrhæ (Greece)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Stobi was established (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Thaumaci was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thaumacus (Greece)

Titular Metropolitan See of Traianopolis (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Tricale was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tricca (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Zapara was established (Greece)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Diocæsarea (Israel)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Helenopolis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Helenopolis (Israel)

Titular Episcopal See of Ioppe was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Joppe (Israel)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Porphyreon was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Porphyrium (Israel)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ptolemais was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais (Israel)

Titular Episcopal See of Giovanni S. d’Acri (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais (Israel)

Titular Episcopal See of Samaria was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sebaste (Israel)

Titular Episcopal See of Aila was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Aila (Jordan)

Titular Episcopal See of Hesbon was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Esbus (Jordan)

Titular Episcopal See of Gadaræ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Gadara (Jordan)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Beirut was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Beirut (Lebanon)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Heliopolis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Heliopolis (Lebanon)

Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tripolis (Lebanon)

Titular Metropolitan See of Darnis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Darnis (Libya)

Titular Episcopal See of Leptis Magna was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Leptis Maior (Libya)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Sabrata was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sabratha (Libya)

Titular Episcopal See of Theuchira was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Teuchira (Libya)

Titular Metropolitan See of Dioclea was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Doclea (Montenegro)

Titular Episcopal See of Hiericho was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Jericho (Palestine)

Titular Metropolitan See of Nazareth was suppressed (Palestine)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia antea Tomi was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia (Romania)

Titular Episcopal See of Tana was restored (Russia)

Titular Metropolitan See of Viminacium was restored (Serbia)

Titular Episcopal See of Abila was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Abyla (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Hamatha was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Amatha (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Hamatha (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Amatha (Syria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Apamea was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Apamea (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Arethusus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Arethusa (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Arethusus (Syriac Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Arethusa (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Balaneæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Balanea (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Constantia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Constantia (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Danaba-orum was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Danaba (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Evaria was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Euhara (Syria)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea ad mare (Syria)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea ad mare (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea ad mare (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Mariama was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Mariamme (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Nebo was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Neve (Syria)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Palmyra was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Palmyra (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Paltos was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Paltus (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Raphaneæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Raphanea (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Sergiopolis antea Resapha was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Sergiopolis (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Abbir Cellense was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Abbir (Tunisia)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Ammædæra was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ammædara (Tunisia)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Cillium was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Dionysiana was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Furnos Majus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Furni Majus (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Gurza was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Hippo Zarytus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hippo Diarrhytus (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Limisa was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Mater was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Matera (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Nara was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Scillium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Scilium (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Talbora was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thabbora (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Tabraca was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thabraca (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Thacia Montana was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thacia Montana (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Thuburbo minus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thuburbo minus (Tunisia)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Adana was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Adana (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Aucanda was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Arycanda (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Attalia was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Attalia (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Attudana was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Attuda (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Berisa was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Berissa (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Briula was established (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Cariopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Chariupulis (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Cibyra magna was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cibyra (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Cina was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cinna (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Colophonius was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Colophon (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Comanæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Comana Cappadociæ (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Comana Ponti was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Comana Pontica (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Conana was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Corna was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Corydallus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Croydala (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Cocussus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cucusus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Cybistra postea Herculea was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cybistra (Turkiye)

Titular Metropolitan See of Cæsarea Ponti was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Cæsarea (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Dadima was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Danium was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Anastasiopolis was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Dara (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Delcus was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Dercos was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Docimeum was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Docimium (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Domitiopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Dometiupolis (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Dorylæum was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Dorylaëum (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Eriza was established (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Eucaita was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Eucaita (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Eudocias was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Eudoxias (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Phaustinopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Faustinopolis (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Flaviopolis antea Cratea was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Flaviopolis (Turkiye)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Germia was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Germia (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Adriani was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hadriani ad Olympum (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Adrianopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hadrianopolis (Turkiye)

Titular Metropolitan See of Adrianopolis was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Hadrianopolis (Turkiye)

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

Titular Metropolitan See of Hierapolis was restored (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Iboræ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ibora (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Irenopolis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Irenopolis (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Isba was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Isionda was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Isinda (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Isaura was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Jsaura Nova (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Leuca was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Leuce (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Lipara was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Lunda was established (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Madystos was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Madytus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Magnesia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Magnesia ad Mæandrum (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Magyddus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Magydus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Mastaura was established (Turkiye)

Titular Metropolitan See of Mocissus was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Mocissus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Mylassa was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Mylasa (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Nacolea was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Nacolia (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Nazianzus was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Nazianzus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Olimpus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Olympus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Paleopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Palæopolis (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Parium was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Parium (Turkiye)

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Pergamus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Pergamum (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Petenissus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Petinissus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Phoba was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Podalia was established (Turkiye)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Pompeiopolis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Pompeiopolis (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Prusias was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Prusias ad Hypium (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Rhizus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Rhizæum (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Rhodiopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Rhodiapolis (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Sabadia was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Sala was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Soatra was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Savatra (Turkiye)

Titular Metropolitan See of Sebastia was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Sebastea (Turkiye)

Titular Metropolitan See of Seleucia Trachea was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Seleucia (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Seleucia Pieria was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Seleucia pieria (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Sion was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Metropolitan See of Synnadæ was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Synnada (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Tabala was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Tarsus (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Theodoropolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Theodorium (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Thymbrium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Timbriada (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Titopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Titiupolis (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Trapezus was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Trapezus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Trebenna was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Trocmadæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Trocmades (Turkiye)

Titular Metropolitan See of Tianæ was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Tyana (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Æzani was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Æzanis (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Chersona was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cherson (Ukraine)

Titular Episcopal See of Augila was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Axiopolis was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Bethelea was established

Titular Episcopal See of Bethsaida was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Bodona was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Etalonia was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Ioppe (Syriac Rite) was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Oropus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Oropus

Titular Episcopal See of Parœcopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Parœcopolis

Titular Episcopal See of Possala was established

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

Titular Episcopal See of Usada was established

Fr. Josef-Léon Cardijn, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was appointed as Founder of Young Christian Workers (YCW)

Fr. Pedro Massa, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rio Negro (Brazil)

Fr. Marcelo Calvo was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea (Brazil)

Fr. Francesco Ozamiz Corta, C.M.F., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of São José de Alto Tocantins (Brazil)

Fr. Peter Rogan, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Buéa (Cameroon)

Bishop Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hankou 漢口 (China)

Fr. Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Mother Marie Salome, S.M.N.D.A., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters)

Fr. Peter Resch, S.A.C., was appointed as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Archbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates)

Bishop Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N., Bishop of Galtellì–Nuoro (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ogliastra (Italy)

Msgr. Paolo Giobbe, Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith, was elected

Cardinal Basilio Pompilj, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Archbishop Pietro Benedetti resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Leo resigned as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth

Archbishop Tito Trocchi resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia

Archbishop Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria

Bishop Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China)

Bishop Pasquale Ragosta was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cava (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Sarno (Italy)

Abbot Mauro Serafini, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

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

Msgr. Enrico Caiazzo, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Fr. Ercole Crovella was appointed as Priest of Vercelli (Italy)

Fr. Giacinto Cardi, S.A.C., resigned as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Fr. Ferdinando Diotallevi, O.F.M., resigned as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Blessed Fr. Carlo Gnocchi was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Lepidi, O.P., Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 87

Fr. Aurelio Marotta, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Marco Sales, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Giuseppe Rose, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Archbishop Joseph Petrelli resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Msgr. Robert Weimann, Apostolic Administrator of Tütz (Poland), passed away at 55

Bishop John Rooney resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa)

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

Bishop Johannes Biermans, M.H.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

Msgr. Eugene S. Burke was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Msgr. Charles O’Hern resigned as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Msgr. Thomas J. Tobin was appointed as Priest of Portland in Oregon (USA)

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

Archimandrite Benedictos Abdel-Nour, B.A., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Archimandrite Basile Chehadé, B.S., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archimandrite Lawandios Kilzi, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Archimandrite Joseph Youakim, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Fr. Juan Del Carmelo Garrido, O. de M., was appointed as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

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

Fr. Giovanni Battista Frey, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Fr. Innocencio Lopez, O. de M., resigned as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Bishop Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada, Bishop of La Habana (Cuba), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia

Bishop Patrick Phelan, Bishop of Sale (Australia), passed away at 69

Archbishop Henry Moeller, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA), passed away at 75

Diocese of La Habana was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Habana (with suffragan sees Matanzas and Pinar del Río) (Cuba)

Saint Sr. María del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Porras Ayllón (Rafaela), A.C.J., Superior General emeritus of Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, passed away at 74

Cardinal Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P., was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Gaetano Cicognani was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Ancyra

Bishop Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui, Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 62

Bishop Franz Zorn von Bulach, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Strasbourg (France), passed away at 66

Fr. Leone Delaval was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

Archbishop Felice Ambrogio Guerra Fezza, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Verissa

Bishop Gabriel-Roch de Llobet, Bishop of Gap (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Odessus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Bishop Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti, Bishop of Crema (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

Msgr. Jakub Skala, former Apostolic Administrator of Meißen (Germany), passed away at 73

Bishop Louis Charles Casartelli, Bishop of Salford (England), passed away at 72

Fr. Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile)

Bishop Pedro Rocamora y García, Bishop of Tortosa (Spain), passed away at 92

Bishop Ignazio Gladès Berzi, Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 58

Bishop Charles du Pont de Ligonnès, Bishop of Rodez (France), passed away at 79

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

Fr. John Thomas Kidd was elected Bishop of Calgary (Canada)

Bishop Alfred-Jules Mélisson, Bishop of Blois (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Irenopolis

Archbishop Paolo Emio Bergamaschi, Bishop emeritus of Troia (Italy), passed away at 81

Apostolic Prefecture of Qingdao 青島 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Yanzhoufu 兗州府) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Pilcomayo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco) (Paraguay)

Apostolic Vicariate of Galla lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Djibouti (Ethiopia)

Fr. Ernest Hauger, S.M.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)

Archbishop Carmelo Pujia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Crotone (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Tommaso Videmari, Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Neocæsarea in Syria

Bishop-elect Ernest Hauger, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ

Fr. Alphonse-Emmanuel Deschamps was elected Titular Bishop of Thennesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Zanguebar (Tanzania), passed away at 83

Bishop Michele Cerrati, Titular Bishop of Lydda, passed away at 40

Fr. Yousef Ghanima, Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Areopolis was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Areopolis (Jordan)

Msgr. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Priest of Bergamo (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Archbishop of Areopolis

Fr. Marcellino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sinú (Colombia)

Military Vicariate of Italy was established (Italy)

Fr. Ettore Lodi was elected Titular Bishop of Messene and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy)

Fr. Charles-Eugène Parent was appointed as Priest of Saint-Germain de Rimouski (Canada)

Archbishop Raffaele Virili, Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais, passed away at 75

Cardinal Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

Fr. Jozef-Ernest van Roey was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

Apostolic Prefecture of Chenzhou 辰州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德) (China)

Fr. Georg Weig (維昌祿), S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Archbishop Manuel Lago y González, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), passed away at 59

Bishop Thomas-François Boutry, Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France), passed away at 79

Bishop Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon), passed away at 48

Fr. Celestino Annibale Cattaneo, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea)

Archbishop Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz, Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 89

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

Fr. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Zaragoza (Spain)

Bishop José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez, Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) and Apostolic Administrator of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Bishop Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D., Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Cienfuegos (Cuba) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

Bishop-elect Celestino Annibale Cattaneo, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Busiris

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Thomas was elected Bishop of Langres (France)

Msgr. Paolo Giobbe, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia and Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide

Fr. Józef Čársky was elected Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia) and Titular Bishop of Thagora

Fr. Pavol Jantausch, Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia), was elected Titular Bishop of Priene

Archbishop Vicente Casanova y Marzol, Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Eustaquio Ilundain y Esteban, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Marie-Dominique Maillet, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

Fr. Girolamo Apolloni, C.S.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Fr. Eugenio Reffo, C.S.I., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Bishop Damaso Pio de Bono, Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Troas

Blessed Fr. Mykola Tsehel’s’kyi (Микола Цегельський) was appointed as Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Archbishop Ernesto Eugenio Filippi, Titular Archbishop of Sardica and Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

Archbishop Alexander Christie, Metropolitan Archbishop of Oregon City (USA), passed away at 77

Fr. William Joseph Hafey was elected Bishop of Raleigh (USA)

Msgr. Vincenzo La Puma, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Fr. Gabriel-Marie Garrone was appointed as Priest of Chambéry (France)

Fr. Ermenegildo Florit was appointed as Priest of Udine (Italy)

Fr. Wendelin Joseph Nold was appointed as Priest of Dallas (USA)

Bishop Zenón Bustos y Ferreyra, O.F.M., Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), passed away at 74

Bishop Jakobus von Stammler, Bishop of Basel (Switzerland), passed away at 84

Diocese of Eupen–Malmedy was suppressed (to Diocese of Liège) (Belgium)

Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten resigned as Bishop of Eupen–Malmedy (Belgium)

Bishop Antonio Maria Gianelli, Bishop of Bobbio (Italy), was beatified

Apostolic Administration of Fiume was promoted as Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija (gained territory from Diocese of Ljubljana, Diocese of Senj–Modruš and Diocese of Trieste and without ecclesiastical province) (Croatia)

Diocese of Senj–Modruš lost territory to Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija (Croatia)

Diocese of Trieste lost territory to Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija (Italy)

Diocese of Ljubljana lost territory to Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija (Slovenia)

Fr. Isidoro Sain, O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator of Fiume (Croatia), was elected Bishop of Rijeka–Opatija (Croatia)

Bishop Vincenzo Maria Strambi, C.P., Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy), was beatified

Bishop Roberto Achille Razzòli, O.F.M., Bishop of Potenza (Italy) and Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy), passed away at 62

Bishop Gabriel Llompart y Jaume Santandreu, Bishop of Gerona (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

Archbishop Serafino Cimino, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

Territorial Prelature of Lábrea was established (from Diocese of Amazonas and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho was established (from Diocese of Amazonas and Diocese of São Luiz de Cáceres and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Apostolic Prefecture of Rio Negro was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Rio Negro (became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Fr. André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti was elected Bishop of Valença (Brazil)

Fr. Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Campos (Brazil)

Fr. Basilio Manuel Olimpo Pereira, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil)

Fr. Pierre Patau was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France) and Titular Bishop of Torone

Fr. Ludwig Theissling, O.P., Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), passed away

Fr. Giuseppe Cafasso was beatified

Archbishop Pasquale Berardi, Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nacolia

Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

Bishop Augusto Curi, Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy)

Bishop Pasquale Ragosta, Bishop of Ischia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Archbishop Alexandru Theodor Cisar resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Iaşi (Romania)

Fr. Mihai Robu was elected Bishop of Iaşi (Romania)

Sr. Marie-Rose Deloye (Suzanne-Agathe), O.S.B., and 31 companions were beatified

Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhoufu 永州府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Changsha 長沙) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Luapula Supérieur was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M., Apostolic Administrator of Ganzhou 贛州 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Ganzhou 贛州 (China)

Bishop Wilhelm Atanazy Kloske, Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 73

Fr. François Chaize, M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Alabanda

Fr. David O’Leary, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Fessei

Fr. John William Campling, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Buéa (Cameroon), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda) and Titular Bishop of Comana pontica

Fr. Georges-Marie-Eugène Audollent was elected Bishop of Blois (France)

Fr. Charles Challiol was elected Bishop of Rodez (France)

Fr. François-Marie Picaud was elected Titular Bishop of Erythræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Vannes (France)

Fr. Norbert-Georges-Pierre Rousseau was elected Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

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

Bishop Augustín Fischer-Colbrie, Bishop of Košice (Slovakia), passed away at 61

Bishop Joseph Chartrand, Bishop of Indianapolis (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Fr. Agustín Parrado García was elected Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Fr. Pietro Canisio (Peter Canisius), S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Wien (Austria), was canonised

Saint Peter Canisius, Apostolic Administrator of Wien (Austria), was proclaimed as Doctor of the Church

Bishop Placido Ferniani, Bishop of Ruvo (Italy) and Bishop of Bitonto (Italy), passed away at 54

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

Sr. Maddalena Sofia Barat, R.S.C.J., Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was canonised

Sr. Marie-Madeleine Postel (Julie Françoise-Catherine) was canonised

Fr. Władysław Szcześniak was elected Titular Bishop of Laranda and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Archbishop Bogumił z Dobrowa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Yousef Ghanima, Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Colybrassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Constantino Aiutti was elected Titular Archbishop of Phasis and Apostolic Delegate to Indochina

Bishop John Gregory Murray, Titular Bishop of Flavias and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (John Vianney), Priest of Lyon (France), was canonised

Fr. Jean Eudes (John Eudes), C.I.M., Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists), was canonised

Apostolic Vicariate of Unianyembé was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tabora (Tanzania)

Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Unianyembé (Tanzania), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Tabora (Tanzania)

Msgr. Mariano Ugolini resigned as Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Bishop Ignacy Maria Dubowski, Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Arabia

Bishop Thomas Kurialachery, Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 52

Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

Fr. Joseph Ambühl was elected Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Diocese of Poggio Mirteto was suppressed (to Diocese of Rieti and Diocese of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto) (Italy)

Diocese of Sabina was renamed as Diocese of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Poggio Mirteto) (Italy)

Cardinal Gaetano De Lai resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Edward Aloysius Mooney, Priest of Cleveland (USA), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Albino Angelo Pardini, C.R.L., Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy), passed away at 76

Blessed Fr. Stanisław Kostka Streich was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Blessed Fr. José Ruiz Berruezo was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Archbishop Angelo Rotta, Apostolic Internuncio to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and San Salvador, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye

Sr. María Micaela del Santísimo Sacramento Desmaisières López de Dicastillo (Micaela), A.A.S.C., Founder of Adoratrices Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, was beatified

Sr. Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (Bernadette) was beatified

Blessed Fr. Alfons Tracki was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley, Bishop emeritus of Savannah (USA), passed away at 77

Bishop Benedetto della Camera, Titular Bishop of Thermopylæ, passed away at 88

Fr. Francesco Sales Reyes y Alicante was elected Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines)

Br. René Goupil, S.J., and 7 companions were beatified

Bishop Matthew Gibney, Bishop emeritus of Perth (Australia), passed away at 87

Fr. Edwin Vincent Byrne was elected Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)

Bishop-elect Joseph Ambühl was confirmed as Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Bishop José Miralles y Sbert, Bishop of Lérida (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Corycus and Coadjutor Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop Joseph Chartrand, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Bishop Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert (앵베르 라우렌시오 / 范世亨), M.E.P., and 78 companions were beatified

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, President of Commission for the Patrimony of the Holy See, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera and President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Bishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P., Bishop of Duluth (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Bishop Teodoro Gordaliza Sánchez, O.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Bishop Maximino Velasco, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh (Vietnam), passed away at 73

Bishop John James Joseph Monaghan, Bishop of Wilmington (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lydda

Bishop Alfred-Jules Mélisson, Titular Bishop of Irenopolis, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Viminacium

Fr. Pierre-Julien Eymard, S.S.S., Founder of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentinos), was beatified

Fr. James Aloysius McNulty was appointed as Priest of Newark (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ucayali was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali (Peru)

Fr. Joseph Sak, S.D.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Luapula Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Flavias

Apostolic Prefecture of Baie d’Hudson was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin and became suffragan of Saint-Boniface) (Canada)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kavirondo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile) (Kenya)

Fr. Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Fr. Jacques Leen, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus and Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Fr. Bernard Cornelius O’Riley was elected Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Phoba

Fr. Dominic Langenbacher (藍堅牧), C.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Chenzhou 辰州 (China)

Bishop Laurent Janssens (Henricus Antonius), O.S.B., Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, passed away at 70

Fr. Sylvester Joseph Espelage (艾原道), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Wuchang 武昌 (China)

Cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), passed away at 85

Archbishop Paul-Eugène Roy succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

Bishop Luca Pappafava, Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia), passed away at 74

Fr. João Batista Conturon, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil)

Diocese of Bragança Paulista was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Campinas and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Bishop Domenico Del Buono, Titular Bishop of Augila and Auxiliary Bishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bitonto (Italy) and Bishop of Ruvo (Italy)

Fr. Edmond John Fitzmaurice was elected Bishop of Wilmington (USA)

Fr. Pedro Massa, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho (Brazil)

Bishop Auguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice (穆理思), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Central Shaanxi 陝西中境 (China), passed away at 62

Fr. Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Zama maior

Bishop Sebastião José Pereira, Bishop of Daman (India), passed away at 67

Venerable Fr. Léon Dehon, S.C.I., Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), passed away at 82

Archbishop Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B., resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina and Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Fr. José Solé y Mercadé was appointed as Titular Bishop of Citrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Bishop Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at 64

Bishop Gyula Zichy, Bishop of Pécs (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Bishop Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C., Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers) and Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Adulis

Fr. Michele Pellegrino was appointed as Priest of Fossano (Italy)

Bishop Luca Piergiovanni, Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy) and Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy), passed away at 49

Bishop Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain (卜恩佑), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Ningyuanfu 寧遠府 (China), passed away at 53

Patriarch Ladislao Michele Zaleski, Patriarch of Antioch and Prior General emeritus of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, passed away at 73

Patriarch Julián de Diego y García Alcolea, Patriarch of Indias Occidentales, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Domingo Campoy Galbano was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Pedro Martín Abad was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Nicolaus Schoenig, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Togo (Togo), passed away at 58

Bishop Michael Francis Glancey, Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England), passed away at 70

Diocese of Chillán was established (from Diocese of Concepción and became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Diocese of Linares was established (from Diocese of Concepción and became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Diocese of Rancagua was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Diocese of San Felipe was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Diocese of Talca was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Diocese of Temuco was established (from Diocese of Concepción and became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Mission sui juris of Valparaíso was promoted as Diocese of Valparaíso (Chile)

Fr. Miguel León Prado was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Antonio Bassani, Bishop emeritus of Chioggia (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Alexandre Cardot, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma (Myanmar), passed away at 68

Bishop Félix-Henri-François-Donatien Perroy, M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma (Myanmar)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Montini, Priest of Brescia (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Participantium

Bishop Agnello Renzullo, Bishop emeritus of Nola (Italy), passed away at 89

Patriarch Dimitri I Cadi [Qâdî], Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 64

Diocese of Pinsk was established (from Diocese of Minsk and became suffragan of Vilnius) (Belarus)

Diocese of Vilnius was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius (with suffragan sees Łomża and Pinsk) (Lithuania)

Diocese of Augustów was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Łomża) (Poland)

Diocese of Częstochowa was established (from Diocese of Kielce, Diocese of Łódź and Diocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Kraków) (Poland)

Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was promoted as Diocese of Katowice (became suffragan of Kraków) (Poland)

Diocese of Kielce lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków (Poland)

Diocese of Kraków was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków (with suffragan sees Częstochowa, Katowice, Kielce and Tarnów and gained territory from Diocese of Kielce, Diocese of Spiš and Diocese of Tarnów) (Poland)

Diocese of Przemyśl exchanged territory with Diocese of Tarnów (Poland)

Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Łomża (Poland)

Diocese of Podlachia was renamed as Diocese of Siedlce (Poland)

Diocese of Tarnów lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków (Poland)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa lost territory to Diocese of Łomża (Poland)

Diocese of Kujawy–Kaliska was renamed as Diocese of Włocławek (became suffragan of Gniezno) (Poland)

Diocese of Łomża was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Augustów, gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Vilnius) (Poland)

Diocese of Spiš lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków (Slovakia)

Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz was renamed as Diocese of Lutsk (lost territory to establish Diocese of Žytomyr and became suffragan of Lviv) (Ukraine)

Diocese of Žytomyr was restored (from Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz) (Ukraine)

Bishop Zygmunt Łoziński, Bishop of Minsk (Belarus), was appointed as Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

Bishop Antanas Karosas (Antoni Karaś) resigned as Bishop of Augustów (Poland)

Venerable Msgr. August Hlond, S.D.B., Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia (Poland), was elected Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonfatiusz Józef Sapieha, Bishop of Kraków (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland)

Bishop Henryk Ignazio Przezdziecki, Bishop of Podlachia (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

Fr. Jules-Géraud Saliège was elected Bishop of Gap (France)

Fr. Emmanuel Coste was elected Titular Bishop of Cratia and Coadjutor Bishop of Carcassonne (France)

Fr. Michal Bubnič was elected Titular Bishop of Scilium and Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava (Slovakia)

Bishop Józef Čársky resigned as Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia)

Fr. José Solé y Mercadé resigned as Titular Bishop of Citrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Bishop François-Alexandre Maillet, Bishop of Saint-Claude (France), passed away at 71

Bishop John Patrick Carroll, Bishop of Helena (USA), passed away at 61

Bishop Denis O’Donaghue, Bishop emeritus of Louisville (USA), passed away at 76

Bishop Józef Čársky was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Košice (Slovakia) and Auxiliary Bishop of Košice (Slovakia)

Bishop Alfonso Archi, Bishop of Como (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Dara

Bishop Anton Johann Zerr was appointed as Titular Bishop of Salona

Bishop Disma Marchese, Bishop of Acqui (Italy), passed away at 80

Archbishop Giuseppe Ridolfi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Otranto (Italy), passed away at 66

Apostolic Vicariate of Darién was established (from Diocese of Panamá) (Panama)

Diocese of Panamá was promoted as Archdiocese of Panamá (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Darién and without ecclesiastical province) (Panama)

Bishop Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M., Bishop of Panamá (Panama), was promoted as Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

Bishop Filippo Perlo, I.M.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kenya (Kenya)

Bishop Agostino Migliore, Bishop of Monopoli (Italy), passed away at 73

Fr. Gorgonio Brandsma, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kavirondo (Kenya)

Bishop John Stephen Vaughan, Auxiliary Bishop of Salford (England), passed away at 72

Bishop Cyrille Moghabghab [Moughabghab], Bishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck–Feldkirch was established (from Diocese of Brixen) (Austria)

Bishop Emilio Ferrais, Auxiliary Bishop of Catania (Italy), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Fr. Guilherme Müller was elected Bishop of Barra do Piraí (Brazil)

Bishop José María Caro Rodríguez, Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Mylasa, was appointed as Bishop of La Serena (Chile)

Bishop Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Syene and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Fr. Melquisedec del Canto Terán was elected Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut, Apostolic Administrator of Valparaíso (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Echinus, was appointed as Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Bishop-elect Miguel León Prado, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Linares (Chile)

Fr. Rafael Lira Infante was elected Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

Bishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor, Titular Bishop of Mariamme, was appointed as Bishop of Chillán (Chile)

Bishop Carlos Silva Cotapos, Bishop of La Serena (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Talca (Chile)

Fr. Thomas Henshaw was elected Bishop of Salford (England)

Bishop Henri-Louis Chapon, Bishop of Nice (France), passed away at 80

Fr. Alexandre-Philibert Poirier was elected Titular Bishop of Irenopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti, Titular Archbishop of Corinthus and Apostolic Nuncio to France, was created Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to France and Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Enrico Gasparri, Titular Archbishop of Sebastea and Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Alessandro Verde, Secretary of Congregation for Sacred Rites, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Roberto Vicentini, Titular Archbishop of Helenopolis, was promoted as Patriarch of Antioch

Fr. Giacomo Montanelli was elected Bishop of Crema (Italy)

Archbishop Jan Feliks Cieplak, Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev (Belarus), Titular Archbishop of Acrida and Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev (Belarus), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Bishop Romuald Jałbrzykowski, Titular Bishop of Cusæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Augustów (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

Archbishop Patrick O’Donnell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Teodoro Kubina was elected Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

Bishop Francisco Muñoz Izquierdo, Bishop of Vic (Spain), was promoted as Patriarch of Indias Occidentales

Bishop Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza, Titular Bishop of Zaraï and Auxiliary Bishop of Tortosa (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tortosa (Spain)

Bishop Francisco Frutos Valiente, Bishop of Jaca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

Fr. Manuel Medina y Olmos was elected Titular Bishop of Amorium and Auxiliary Bishop of Granada (Spain)

Fr. José Vila y Martínez was elected Bishop of Gerona (Spain)

Bishop Adolf Peter Szelazek, Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Lutsk (Ukraine)

Apostolic Vicariate of British Honduras was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Belize (Belize)

Apostolic Vicariate of Norway and Spitzbergen was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Norway (Norway)

Bishop Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras (Belize), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Belize (Belize)

Bishop Johannes Olav Smit, Vicar Apostolic of Norway and Spitzbergen (Norway), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Norway (Norway)

Cardinal Enrico Gasparri was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola

Cardinal Alessandro Verde was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin

Cardinal Patrick O’Donnell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace

Bishop Fabiano Antonio Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Letopolis

Cardinal Vicente Casanova y Marzol, Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Cardinal Eustaquio Ilundain y Esteban, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna

Fr. Maurice Francis McAuliffe, Priest of Hartford (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Dercos and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Bishop Augustine Francis Schinner, Bishop of Spokane (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sala

Fr. Thomas Anthony Welch was elected Bishop of Duluth (USA)

Fr. Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Lipara and Vicar Apostolic of Saigon (Vietnam)

Fr. Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Acalissus

Fr. Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kenya (Kenya) and Titular Bishop of Centuria

Bishop Louis Couppé, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Lerus, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis

Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty was appointed as Priest of Cape Town (South Africa)

Ordinariate of Greece (Armenian Rite) was established (Greece)

Fr. Egbert Maria Pelzer (歐培徒), O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tingzhou 汀州 (China)

Bishop George Joseph Caruana, Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles

Bishop George Joseph Caruana, Apostolic Delegate to Mexico and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sebastea