Nominations and Resignations

Titular Metropolitan See of Philippopolis was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Philippopolis (Bulgaria)

Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia (Bulgarian Rite) was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople, Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia and Apostolic Vicariate of Tracia) (Bulgaria)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Cassandria was established (Greece)

Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia) (Greece)

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

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

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

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

Titular Metropolitan See of Traianopolis in Rhodope (Armenian Rite) was restored (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Soltania was suppressed (Iran)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Nazareth (Maronite Rite) was restored (Israel)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais (Israel)

Titular Episcopal See of Tricomia was suppressed (Israel)

Titular Episcopal See of Sinis was suppressed (Italy)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Œa was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Œa (Libya)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Constantia was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Constantia (Romania)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Cæsarea Paneas was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cæsarea (Syria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Hemesa was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Hemesa (Syria)

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

Titular Metropolitan See of Hierapolis was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Hierapolis in Syria (Syria)

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Trisipa was established (Tunisia)

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

Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia) (Turkiye)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Phoba (Syriac Rite) was established (Turkiye)

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Siniandus was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Stadia was established (Turkiye)

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

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

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

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

Apostolic Vicariate of Tracia (Bulgarian Rite) was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia) (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Verbe was established (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Bosporus was established (Ukraine)

Titular Episcopal See of Ioppe (Syriac Rite) was restored

Fr. Louis Cancella, C.S.Sp., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Lunda (Angola)

Fr. Hyacinthe Bricet, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Dahomey (Benin), passed away at 80

Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa ▼, Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cafelândia (Brazil)

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

Abbot Michael Ott, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Saint Peter–Muenster (Canada), passed away

Fr. Riccardo Turner, M.H.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia), passed away

Fr. Matthieu Konings was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Giuseppe Kupka, Auxiliary Bishop of Brno (Czechia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Brno (Czechia)

Archbishop Emmanuele Maria Polit, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

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

Fr. Austin M. Moore, O.S.M., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Sr. Marie de Saint-Jean Martin, O.S.U., was appointed as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Archbishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

Fr. Oscar Morin, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Navrongo (Ghana)

Fr. Isidoro da Smirne, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

Bishop István Zadravecz, O.F.M., resigned as Military Ordinary of Hungary (Hungary)

Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Poona (India)

Fr. John Berchmans Koithara, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

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

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

Archbishop Eugenio Pacelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri resigned as President of Commission for the Patrimony of the Holy See

Msgr. Domenico Jorio resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments

Fr. Domenico Mariani resigned as Secretary of Commission for the Patrimony of the Holy See

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

Archbishop Pietro Di Maria, Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Fr. Beniamino Nardone was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Archbishop Tito Trocchi was appointed as Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Bishop Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy)

Msgr. Vincenzo Bianchi-Cagliesi was appointed as Regent of Apostolic Chancery

Msgr. Leopoldo Capitani resigned as Pro-Regent of Apostolic Chancery

Msgr. Arturo Mazzoni was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline

Msgr. Cesare Spezza resigned as Regent of Apostolic Chancery

Fr. Melchor da Benisa, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Fr. Juan Antonio de San Juan en Persiceto, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Fr. Silvio Di Vezza, C.P., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

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

Fr. Giuseppe Balbo, I.M.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Meru (Kenya)

Fr. Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

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

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

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

Sr. Angele de Notre-Dame Lorenzutti, O.S.U., resigned as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Bishop Joseph Adalbert Fleischer, C.M.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

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

Fr. Daniele Kauczor, F.S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa), passed away

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

Fr. Teofil Skalski was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kyiv–Černihiv (Ukraine)

Fr. Jan Swiderski was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Fr. Giovanni Matteo Konings, O.S.C., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Hermann Arndt, C.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Fr. James Wesley Donahue, C.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)

Fr. Gilbert Francais, C.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)

Fr. Jakub Jagalla, C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Fr. Umberto Montevecchi, P.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

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

Fr. Wladyslaw Zapala, C.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

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

Bishop-elect Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon)

Bishop-elect Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C., Vicar Apostolic of Kenya (Kenya), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri (Kenya)

Apostolic Prefecture of Navrongo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou) (Ghana)

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

Bishop Antonio Hernández y Rodríguez, Bishop emeritus of Tabasco (Mexico), passed away at 61

Bishop Denis Joseph O’Connell, Bishop of Richmond (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mariamme

Bishop Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), passed away at 49

Fr. Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians)

Msgr. Edward Aloysius Mooney, Priest of Cleveland (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Delegate to East India and Titular Archbishop of Irenopolis in Isauria

Bishop Andrea Machado, S.J., Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), passed away at 75

Cardinal Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen (Belgium), passed away at 74

Blessed Fr. Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung (นิโคลาส บุญเกิด กฤษบำรุง) was appointed as Priest of Bangkok (Thailand)

Bishop Joseph Sarsfield Glass, C.M., Bishop of Salt Lake (USA), passed away at 51

Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Arturo Jara Marquez, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile)

Blessed Fr. Luigi Talamoni, Priest of Milano (Italy), passed away at 77

Cardinal Luigi Sincero was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Bishop Pietro Mankowski, Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ænus

Fr. Hryhorii Lakota (Григорій Лакота) was elected Titular Bishop of Daonium and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Fr. Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J., Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was elected President of Pontifical Commission for Russia and Titular Bishop of Ilium

Bishop Charles McHugh, Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland), passed away at 73

Cardinal Edmund Dalbor, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 56

Cardinal Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 61

Fr. Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen (尚唯善), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Tremithus and Vicar Apostolic of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

Bishop Claude Bardel, Bishop of Séez (France), passed away at 74

Saint Fr. Giuseppe Allamano, I.M.C., Priest of Torino (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Filippo Perlo, I.M.C., was appointed as Superior General of Consolata Missionaries

Bishop Luis Antonio Castro Alvarez, SS.CC., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Giovanni Borzatti de Löwenstern, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Zadar (Croatia), passed away at 75

Archbishop Jan Feliks Cieplak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania), passed away at 68

Bishop Giovanni Andrea Masera, Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy), passed away at 58

Fr. Salvatore Meo was elected Titular Bishop of Methone

Archbishop Paul-Eugène Roy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), passed away at 66

Bishop Ignazio Homsi, Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites, passed away at 73

Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud (趙保祿), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Ningbo 寧波 (China), passed away at 71

Msgr. Arthur Wynen, Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Archbishop Ernesto Cozzi, Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis and Apostolic Delegate to Albania, passed away at 55

Fr. Alfred-Odilon Comtois was elected Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Abbot Suitbert Birkle (Franz Xaver), O.S.B., Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, passed away at 49

Cardinal Augusto Silj, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 79

Cardinal Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B., Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Patagonia Septentrional (Argentina), passed away at 88

Bishop Natale de Cleene, C.I.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Ramón Calvó y Martí, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia), passed away at 64

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Rey (ジャン・ピエール・レイ), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis

Fr. John Francis Norton was elected Titular Bishop of Lunda and Coadjutor Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

Fr. Enrico Valtorta (恩理覺), P.I.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Lerus and Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Cardinal Francesco Ragonesi was appointed as Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archdiocese of Durrës lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Albania)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bondo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Uélé Occidentale) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Uélé Occidentale was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Buta (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bondo) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Meru was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kenya) (Kenya)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kenya was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyeri (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Meru) (Kenya)

Bishop Richard Ryan, C.M., Bishop of Geraldton (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Fr. Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Citrus

Fr. Rambert-Irénée Faure was elected Bishop of Saint-Claude (France)

Bishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles (France)

Bishop Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet, Bishop of Chartres (France), passed away at 86

Bishop Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P., Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Index, passed away at 75

Bishop Jean Forbes, M. Afr., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda (Uganda) and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kampala (Uganda), passed away at 62

Bishop Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Crete (Greece), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Echinus

Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinopole lost territory to Diocese of Skopje (Turkiye)

Fr. Sebastian Großrubatscher, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yongzhoufu 永州府 (China)

Fr. Agostino M. León, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Canelos y Macas (Ecuador)

Apostolic Vicariate of Salonica was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinopole) (Greece)

Territorial Prelature of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario was established (from Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia and Diocese of Nola and became suffragan of Napoli) (Italy)

Archbishop Americo Bevilacqua, Bishop emeritus of Alatri (Italy), passed away at 63

Archbishop Carlo Cremonesi, Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities, was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy)

Bishop José Guadalupe Ortíz y López, Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ancusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Fr. Francis Martin Kelly was elected Titular Bishop of Mylasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Winona (USA)

Bishop Pranciškus Karevičius, M.I.C., Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis

Archbishop Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco), passed away at 68

Bishop Edward Denis Kelly, Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA), passed away at 65

Fr. Ferenc Virág was elected Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

Fr. Giuseppe Fietta, Priest of Ivrea (Italy), was elected Titular Archbishop of Serdica

Bishop Louis-Marie Ricard, Titular Bishop of Marciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Nice (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nice (France)

Fr. James J. Roche was elected Bishop of Ross (Ireland)

Msgr. John Prior, Dean of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 64

Fr. Alfredo Vicente Scherer was appointed as Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Fr. Thomas Peter McKeefry was appointed as Priest of Auckland (New Zealand)

Diocese of Kaišiadorys was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius and became suffragan of Vilnius) (Lithuania)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Žemaitija and with suffragan sees Panevėžys, Telšiai, Vilkaviškis and Klaipėda) (Lithuania)

Territorial Prelature of Klaipėda was established (from Diocese of Warmia and became suffragan of Kaunas) (Lithuania)

Diocese of Panevėžys was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Žemaitija and became suffragan of Kaunas) (Lithuania)

Diocese of Telšiai was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Žemaitija and became suffragan of Kaunas) (Lithuania)

Diocese of Vilkaviškis was established (from Diocese of Łomża, from the suppressed Diocese of Žemaitija and became suffragan of Kaunas) (Lithuania)

Diocese of Žemaitija was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas, Diocese of Panevėžys, Diocese of Telšiai and Diocese of Vilkaviškis) (Lithuania)

Fr. Mecislovas Reinys was elected Titular Bishop of Tiddi, Coadjutor Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) and Coadjutor Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Bishop Juozapas Skvireckas, Titular Bishop of Ceramus and Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Bishop Antanas Karosas (Antoni Karaś) was appointed as Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Fr. Juozapas Kukta was elected Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Fr. Kaziemiras Paltarokas was elected Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

Fr. Justinas Staugaitis was elected Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania) and Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Bishop Juan Martín Yáñez y Paz, Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina), passed away at 85

Fr. Eugène-Charles-Philippe Crépin was elected Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Apostolic Administration of Leningrad was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev) (Russia)

Archbishop Serafino Cimino, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

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

Archbishop Natale Bruni, Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy) and Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop José Miralles y Sbert succeeded as Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop Ramón Guillamet y Coma, Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 70

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

Bishop Jacques Leen, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Murphy, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius), passed away at 71

Archbishop Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), passed away at 87

Bishop Carlo Wisnar, Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia), passed away at 73

Fr. Francesco Salis-Seewis was elected Titular Bishop of Corycus and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Bishop Angelico Zanetti, O.F.M., Bishop of Bosa (Italy), passed away at 61

Fr. Elia Scedid was elected Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus of the Maronites

Bishop Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos, Bishop of Paraná (Argentina), passed away at 58

Fr. Elias Richa was elected Titular Archbishop of Nazareth of the Maronites

Fr. Johannes Hillebrand was elected Titular Bishop of Ceramus and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. Adolfo Pagani was elected Bishop of Como (Italy)

Bishop Edward Daniel Howard, Titular Bishop of Isauropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Davenport (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Oregon City (USA)

Fr. Massimo Massimi was appointed as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Giovanni Cardona, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Lunda (Angola)

Fr. Boļeslavs Sloskāns was elected Titular Bishop of Cillium

Bishop Pedro Pascual Miguel y Martínez, O. de M., Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil), passed away at 56

Bishop Frederick Eis, Bishop emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA), passed away at 83

Archbishop Patrick Delany, Archbishop of Hobart (Australia), passed away at 73

Fr. Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy) and Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy)

Fr. Emilio Cottafavi was elected Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) and Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy)

Archbishop William Barry succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Diocese of Curitiba was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba (with suffragan sees Jacarezinho, Ponta Grossa and Foz do Iguaçu and lost territory to establish Diocese of Jacarezinho, Diocese of Ponta Grossa and Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu was established (from Diocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Diocese of Jacarezinho was established (from Diocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Diocese of Ponta Grossa was established (from Diocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Apostolic Vicariate of Xuanhuafu 宣化府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Beijing 北京) (China)

Bishop João Francisco Braga, Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Fr. Louis Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien) (陳國砥), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

Fr. Philip Zhao Huai-yi (趙懷義) was elected Titular Bishop of Vaga and Vicar Apostolic of Xuanhuafu 宣化府 (China)

Fr. Aleksander Frison was elected Titular Bishop of Limyra

Fr. Acacio Chacón Guerra was elected Titular Archbishop of Milevum and Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek (Namibia)

Fr. Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Cimbebasia (Namibia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek (Namibia) and Titular Bishop of Mopsuestia

Apostolic Vicariate of Fenyang 汾陽 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Taiyuanfu 太原府) (China)

Bishop Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA)

Bishop Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaems, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA), passed away at 68

Bishop Lorenzo Del Ponte, Titular Bishop of Oropus and Auxiliary Bishop of Acqui (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Bishop Geremia Pascucci, Bishop of Trivento (Italy), passed away at 44

Fr. André-Hubert Fournet was beatified

Fr. Theodore Labrador Fraile (趙炳文), O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Fussala and Vicar Apostolic of Funingfu 福寧府 (China)

Fr. José Joaquín Arteaga y San Julián, O.C.D., Prefect Apostolic of Urabá (Colombia), passed away at 47

Archbishop Martín García y Alcocer, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Cebu (Philippines), passed away at 83

Blessed Fr. Buenaventura García de Paredes, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Sr. Jeanne-Antide Thouret was beatified

Blessed Fr. Paolo Manna, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Blessed Fr. Joaquín Gisbert Aguilera was appointed as Priest of Guadix (Spain)

Fr. Enrique María Dubuc Moreno was elected Titular Bishop of Zaraï and Coadjutor Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Fr. Bertrand Cothonay, O.P., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam), passed away at 71

Fr. Giovanni Colombo was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Archbishop Rinaldo Camillo Rousset, O.C.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Andrew James Louis Brennan, Titular Bishop of Thapsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Richmond (USA)

Fr. Bolesław Filipiak was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Blessed Fr. Agustín Navarro Iniesta was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Sr. Bartolomea Capitanio, S.C.C.G., Founder of Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenzia Gerosa (Sisters of Maria Bambina), was beatified

Bishop Félix-Adolphe-Camille-Jean-Baptiste Guillibert, Bishop of Fréjus (France), passed away at 83

Fr. Jacques Salès, S.J., and Br. Guillaume Saultemouche, S.J., were beatified

Bishop Giorgio Glosauer, Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 65

Bishop Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte, Bishop emeritus of Le Mans (France), passed away at 68

Sr. Lucia Filippini was beatified

Bishop Jean-Marie Clerc, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Vizagapatam (India), passed away at 79

Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S., succeeded as Bishop of Vizagapatam (India)

Diocese of Cafelândia was established (from Diocese of Botucatu and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Fr. Miho Pušic was elected Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Cardinal Donato Sbarretti, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Raoul-Octove-Marie-Jean Harscouët was elected Bishop of Chartres (France)

Fr. Octave-Louis Pasquet was elected Bishop of Séez (France)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Etienne-Honoré Penon, Bishop of Moulins (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cusæ

Archbishop Luigi Capotosti, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments and Titular Archbishop of Thermæ, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

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

Msgr. Carlo Perosi, Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Fr. Filippo Mantini was elected Bishop of Bosa (Italy)

Bishop Quirico Travaini, Bishop of Fossano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cuneo (Italy)

Archbishop Elias Richa was confirmed as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth of the Maronites

Archbishop-elect Elia Scedid was confirmed as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus of the Maronites

Fr. Bernard O’Kane was elected Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

Patriarch Cyrille IX Moghabghab [Moughabghab] was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. John Joseph Mitty was elected Bishop of Salt Lake (USA)

Fr. Francis John Vaughan was elected Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to France

Archbishop Luigi Maglione, Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Fr. Odorico Cheng He-de (成和德), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Catenna

Fr. Melchior Sun De-zhen (Souen) (孫德禎), C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 蠡縣 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Esbus

Archbishop Louis Petit, Archbishop of Athens (Greece) and Apostolic Delegate to Greece, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Corinthus

Cardinal Luigi Capotosti was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

Bishop Fernando Cento, Bishop of Acireale (Italy), was promoted as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela and Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria

Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

Cardinal Carlo Perosi was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

Bishop Fabio Berdini, Bishop of Cesena (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pergamum

Archbishop Filippo Cortesi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Bishop Nicola Giannattasio, Bishop of Nardò (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pessinus

Bishop Francesco Maffei, Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Limisa

Bishop Luigi Mazzini, Bishop of Anagni (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia

Bishop Romuald Jałbrzykowski, Bishop of Łomża (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Venerable Bishop August Hlond, S.D.B., Bishop of Katowice (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Arkadiusz Lisiecki was elected Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Stanisław Kostka Łomżyński, Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

Bishop Joseph Gabriel Pinten, Bishop of Superior (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Msgr. Nicola Canali, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, was appointed as Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Blessed Fr. Zygmunt Pisarski was appointed as Priest of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Anton Ceska (アントン・テェスカ), S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

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

Bishop Giuseppe Salvatore Scatti, Bishop of Savona (Italy) and Bishop of Noli (Italy), passed away at 83

Fr. Theodore Mary Reverman was elected Bishop of Superior (USA)

Fr. Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tütz (Poland)

Bishop Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P., Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Giuseppe Venturi was elected Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

Fr. Pedro Francisco Luna Pachón, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Titiopolis

Bishop Joseph-Alfred Langlois, Titular Bishop of Titopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada)

Fr. Albert Gregory Meyer was appointed as Priest of Milwaukee (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Shuozhou 朔州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Taiyuanfu 太原府) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Canal of Suez was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt) (Egypt)

Blessed Fr. Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos, Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), passed away at 80

Bishop-elect Louis Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien) (陳國砥), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Attuda

Fr. Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama) and Titular Bishop of Tanais

Bishop Paul Wilhelm Keppler, Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany), passed away at 73

Bishop Bernard Coyne, Bishop of Elphin (Ireland), passed away at 71

Bishop Edward Doorly succeeded as Bishop of Elphin (Ireland)

Fr. José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Callipolis and Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco)

Archbishop Louis Couppé, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 75

Fr. Eugenio da Carcagente, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia)

Bishop Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland), passed away at 68

Bishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal), was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

Sr. Beatriz da Silva y de Menezes, O.I.C., was beatified by equipollence

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

Fr. Joseph Hu Jo-shan (胡若山), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia and Vicar Apostolic of Taizhou 台州 (China)

Bishop Auguste-Joseph-Marie Simeone, Bishop of Ajaccio (France), was appointed as Bishop of Fréjus (France)

Fr. Kyril Stefan Kurteff was elected Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) and Titular Bishop of Briula

Archbishop Atanasio Giorgio (Cyrille) Dallal, Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq), was appointed as Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Fr. Carlos Labbé Márquez was elected Titular Bishop of Bida and Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile)

Fr. Simon Chu Kai-min (朱開敏), S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Lesvi and Vicar Apostolic of Haimen 海門 (China)

Diocese of Amarillo was established (from Diocese of Dallas and Diocese of San Antonio and became suffragan of San Antonio) (USA)

Diocese of San Antonio was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio (with suffragan sees Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso and Galveston and lost territory to establish Diocese of Amarillo) (USA)

Bishop Arthur Jerome Drossaerts, Bishop of San Antonio (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Antonio (USA)

Fr. Eduardo Parente was elected Titular Bishop of Thermus basilicæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Capua (Italy)

Fr. Marc Khouzam was elected Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Bernardo Pizzorno, Bishop of Brugnato (Italy) and Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (Italy), passed away at 64

Abbot Michael Ott, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Saint Peter–Muenster (Canada)

Apostolic Vicariate of Taizhou 台州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ningbo 寧波) (China)

Fr. Francesco Basilio Bistauros was elected Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Arthur Hinsley was elected Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis

Apostolic Vicariate of Haimen 海門 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nanjing 南京) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Cook and Manihiki was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Cook Islands (Cook Islands)

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

Bishop Boļeslavs Sloskāns was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev (Belarus) and Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus)

Fr. Petar Dujam Munzani was elected Titular Bishop of Sarepta and Apostolic Administrator of Zadar (Croatia)

Fr. Alessandro de Giorgi was elected Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palæstina

Bishop Antony Iosifovich Malecki was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad (Russia) and Titular Bishop of Dionysiana

Fr. Dionigio Casaroli was elected Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Marcozzi was elected Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy)

Bishop Paul-Stanislas LaRocque, Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada), passed away at 79

Saint Fr. Luis Batis Sáinz, Priest of Durango (Mexico), passed away at 55

Bishop Jean-Claude Combaz (ジャン・クロード・コンバス), M.E.P., Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), passed away at 69

Bishop Alberto Odorico Timmer (翟宇仁), O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu 潞安府 (China)

Fr. José Humberto Quintero Parra was appointed as Priest of Mérida (Venezuela)

Saint John of the Cross, Founder of Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites), was proclaimed as Doctor of the Church

Fr. Rudolph Aloysius Gerken was elected Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Gonon was elected Bishop of Moulins (France)

Archbishop Dionysius Schüler, O.F.M., Minister General emeritus of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), passed away at 72

Fr. Severinus Giacomo Gertken, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint Peter–Muenster (Canada)

Fr. José María Bottaro y Hers, O.F.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Władysław Szcześniak, Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 67

Fr. Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Bishop Jaime Viladrich y Gaspar, Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 61

Cardinal Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva and Bishop of Orléans (France), passed away at 83

Bishop Aguedo Felipe Alvarado Liscano, Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), passed away at 81

Bishop Enrique María Dubuc Moreno succeeded as Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Archbishop-elect Giuseppe Fietta was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Central America

Bishop Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez, Bishop of Cali (Colombia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia

Msgr. Ricardo Sanz de Samper y Campuzano resigned as Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia

Bishop Isidoro Badía y Sarradel, Bishop of Tarazona (Spain), passed away at 61

Archbishop Agostino Sayeghian, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria), passed away at 63

Fr. Ghébrē Michele, C.M., was beatified

Bishop Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski succeeded as Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

Bishop Augustinus Rosentreter, Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), passed away at 82

Fr. Francis Joseph Spellman, Priest of Boston (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Abbot Severinus Giacomo Gertken, O.S.B., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint Peter–Muenster (Canada)

Fr. Manuel Ruiz López, O.F.M., and 10 companions were beatified

Bishop William Francis O’Hare, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica), passed away at 56

Bishop Johann Baptist von Neudecker, Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 86

Archbishop Jean-Marie du Lau d’Allemans and 190 companions were beatified

Bishop Emilio Jiménez Pérez, Titular Bishop of Anthedon and Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro (Spain), passed away at 63

Bishop Edward Patrick Allen, Bishop of Mobile (USA), passed away at 73

Fr. Eftimios Youakim, B.S., was elected Bishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Noël Pinot, Priest of Angers (France), was beatified

Archbishop Filippo Cortesi was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina and Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Fr. Julian Gronski was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Siberia (Russia)

Bishop Joseph-Romuald Léonard, Bishop of Saint-Germain de Rimouski (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Agathopolis

Fr. Antonio Eustaquio Aguirrebeitia y Arriaga, O.C.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Urabá (Colombia)

Fr. Pierre-Sylvain Valentin (華朗庭), M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China)

Bishop Claudio María Volio y Jímenez, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Laranda

Bishop Tranquillo Guarneri, Bishop of Acquapendente (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy)

Bishop Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C., Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Bostra

Bishop Michael John Hoban, Bishop of Scranton (USA), passed away at 73

Fr. Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Podalia

Bishop-elect Pierre-Sylvain Valentin (華朗庭), M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria

Bishop Anton Keil, Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria), passed away at 72

Bishop Josyf Botsian, Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 47

Archbishop Edward Ilsley, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Birmingham (England), passed away at 88

Bishop James Joseph Davis, Bishop of Davenport (USA), passed away at 74

Blessed Fr. Jean-Baptiste Fouque, Priest of Marseille (France), passed away at 75

Fr. Francesco Bracci, Priest of Civita Castellana (Italy), was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giuseppe Trezzi was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Mario Venturini, C.G.S., was appointed as Founder of Congregation of Jesus the Priest (Venturini) and Superior General of Congregation of Jesus the Priest (Venturini)

Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus was renamed as Territorial Prelature of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil)

Bishop Próspero Maria Gustavo Bernardi, O.S.M., Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil)

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

Bishop Maurice Landrieux, Bishop of Dijon (France), passed away at 69

Apostolic Vicariate of Uélé Orientale was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Francisco Javier Baztán y Urniza, Bishop emeritus of Oviedo (Spain), passed away at 82

Fr. Léon-Étienne Duval was appointed as Priest of Annecy (France)

Archbishop Alberto Bitter, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Sweden (Sweden), passed away at 78

Bishop Carlos María Javier de la Torre, Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Fr. Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux was elected Bishop of Orléans (France)

Archbishop Giuseppe Gamba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Lorenzo Lauri, Titular Archbishop of Ephesus and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Poland

Bishop Monalduzio Leopardi, Titular Bishop of Leptis Maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Recanati (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cingoli (Italy) and Bishop of Osimo (Italy)

Bishop Pasquale Righetti, Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Noli (Italy) and Bishop of Savona (Italy)

Bishop Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Bishop of Coria (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

Fr. Manuel Irurita y Almándoz was elected Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

Fr. Juan Villar y Sanz was elected Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Fr. Charles Daniel White was elected Bishop of Spokane (USA)

Bishop Francesco Isola, Bishop emeritus of Concordia (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Juvéncio de Brito was elected Bishop of Caetité (Brazil)

Fr. André-Jean-François Defebvre (戴安德), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Gibba and Vicar Apostolic of Ningbo 寧波 (China)

Fr. John Patrick Barrett was elected Titular Bishop of Assus and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Cardinal Giuseppe Gamba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Fr. Luis Benitez y Cabañas, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Isba and Auxiliary Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Fr. Adrien-Jean Larribeau (원형근 아드리아노), M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Titular Bishop of Dusa

Bishop Adamo Borghini, Bishop of San Severino (Italy) and Bishop of Treia (Italy), passed away at 67

Archbishop Francesco Moretti, Bishop emeritus of Narni (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Terni (Italy), passed away at 75