Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Tuscamia was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Ubaza was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Vada was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Zerta was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Odessus was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Odessus (Bulgaria)

Titular Episcopal See of Cabasa was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cabasa (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Adulis was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Adulis (Ethiopia)

Titular Episcopal See of Nysirus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Nisyrus (Greece)

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

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

Titular Metropolitan See of Achrida (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (North Macedonia)

Titular Episcopal See of Matriga was restored (Russia)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Eguga was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Turuzi was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Uccula was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Uzita was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Uzzipari was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Vinda was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Zuri was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Cadossia was established (Turkiye)

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

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Sion was restored (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tarsus (Armenian Rite) was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Achantus was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Alalis was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Elearchia was suppressed

Bishop Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia)

Fr. Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (雷鳴遠), C.S.J.B., was appointed as Founder of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist

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

Bishop Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil)

Fr. Stanislas de Vos, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away

Fr. Joseph Heintz, C.SS.R., Prefect Apostolic of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away

Bishop Antonio Farage resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Fr. Gabriel Martin was appointed as Founder of Missionaries of the Plain

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

Bishop Isaias Papadopulos, Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as Honorary Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

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

Fr. Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Bellary (India)

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

Msgr. Alfredo Ottaviani was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Cardinal Carlo Perosi was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

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

Fr. Giacinto Petroni, C.PP.S., resigned as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. Antonio Velardi, C.PP.S., was appointed as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Romuald Simó i Costa, O.S.B., Pro-Rector emeritus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, passed away at 48

Blessed Bishop Mykyta Budka (Микита Будка) was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Thomas Augustine Judge, C.M., was appointed as Founder of Missionary Servants of Most Holy Trinity

Fr. John J. McGivney was appointed as Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

Fr. Patrick J. McGivney resigned as Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

Abbot Maur Etcheverry, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Abbot Benoît Gariador, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

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

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

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

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

Sr. Maria de Loe, R.S.C.J., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sr. Manuela Vicente, R.S.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Bishop Angel Marquina y Corrales, Bishop of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 68

Bishop Giorgio Koletsi, Bishop of Sapë (Albania), passed away at 59

Archbishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia), passed away at 83

Archbishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia)

Bishop Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud (田), C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Msgr. Domenico Jorio, Secretary of Apostolic Dataria and Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline

Fr. Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior and Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil)

Fr. Cesario Giovanni Ippolito Esquerre, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Valerian Joseph de Souza was elected Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Bishop Josef Medard Kohl, O.S.B., Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 68

Diocese of Socorro was renamed as Diocese of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Bishop Leonida Medina, Bishop of Socorro (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Archbishop Giulio Tommasi, Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy)

Fr. Konstantyn Dominik was elected Titular Bishop of Athribis and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

Diocese of Galtellì–Nuoro was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Nuoro) (Italy)

Diocese of Nuoro was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Galtellì–Nuoro and became suffragan of Cagliari) (Italy)

Bishop José Pereira Alves, Bishop of Natal (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Niterói (Brazil)

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

Bishop Andrea Giacinto Longhin, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Udine (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Nogara was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy)

Abbot Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy) and Provost of Atina (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia

Fr. Constace Jurgens, C.I.C.M., was elected Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Bishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes, Bishop of Joliette (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Bishop Carlo Falcini, Bishop of San Miniato (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. Giorgio Kortikian was elected Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

Fr. Joseph-Georges-Alexandre Courchesne, Priest of Nicolet (Canada), was elected Bishop of Saint-Germain de Rimouski (Canada)

Fr. Giuseppe Zambonardi, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel (South Sudan)

Bishop Daniel Champavier, Bishop of Marseille (France), passed away at 61

Fr. Anthonipillai Thomas Bastiampillai, O.M.I., was appointed as Founder of Rosarian Fathers

Apostolic Vicariate of Antofagasta was promoted as Diocese of Antofagasta (became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Bishop Luís Silva Lezaeta, Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Olena, was appointed as Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile)

Archbishop Francisco do Rego Maia, Bishop emeritus of Belém do Pará (Brazil), passed away at 78

Archbishop Arturo Marchi, Archbishop of Lucca (Italy), passed away at 81

Saint Fr. Jesús Méndez Montoya, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), passed away at 47

Archbishop Frederick William Keating, Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England), passed away at 68

Cardinal Carlo Perosi was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Bishop Francis Martin Kelly, Titular Bishop of Mylasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Winona (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Winona (USA)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia) (Indonesia)

Fr. Gustave-Joseph Deswazières (祝福), M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Beihai 北海 (China)

Bishop Ludovico van Hoeck, S.J., Bishop of Patna (India), was appointed as Bishop of Ranchi (India)

Bishop Jacques-Eugene Manna, Titular Bishop of Thabbora, passed away at 60

Msgr. Pietro Ciriaci, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia and Titular Archbishop of Tarsus

Fr. Étienne Fourcadier was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar)

Msgr. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Priest of Faenza (Italy), was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Fr. Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O., was elected Titular Bishop of Selymbria and Apostolic Administrator of Ibiza (Spain)

Fr. Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Titular Bishop of Samosata

Fr. Lorenzo Maria Balconi (巴明善), P.I.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Mylasa

Bishop-elect Gustave-Joseph Deswazières (祝福), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Beihai 北海 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia

Bishop-elect Étienne Fourcadier, Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus

Bishop Edward Francis Hoban, Titular Bishop of Colonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Archbishop Giovanni Aelen, M.H.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis

Saint Fr. Toribio Romo González, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 27

Fr. Attilio Adinolfi was elected Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Fr. Ernest-Victor Mennechet was elected Bishop of Soissons (France)

Bishop Fabio Berdini, Titular Bishop of Pergamum, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Trajanopolis

Bishop Rafael Balanzá y Navarro, Titular Bishop of Chersonesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Lugo (Spain)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Walsh, Bishop of Trenton (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Newark (USA)

Fr. John Joseph McMahon was elected Bishop of Trenton (USA)

Fr. István Révész was elected Titular Bishop of Trebenna and Military Ordinary of Hungary (Hungary)

Bishop-elect Lorenzo Maria Balconi (巴明善), P.I.M.E., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China)

Fr. Antonio Cardona Riera was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Menorca (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta

Fr. Tomás Muñiz Pablos was elected Bishop of Pamplona (Spain)

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

Bishop Francesco di Paolo Grozo, Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru), passed away at 76

Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Msgr. Francesco Roberti, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Giuseppe Mojoli was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Bishop Hector-Raphaël Quilliet, Bishop of Lille (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis

Fr. Bernard James Sheil was elected Titular Bishop of Pegæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Mission sui juris of Miyazaki 宮崎 was restored (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima 鹿児島 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Araucanía was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Araucanía (Chile)

Apostolic Prefecture of Xing’anfu 興安府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Hanzhongfu 漢中府) (China)

Archdiocese of Rhodes was restored (from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Rhodes and adjacent islands and without ecclesiastical province) (Greece)

Apostolic Prefecture of Rhodes and adjacent islands was suppressed (to establish Archdiocese of Rhodes) (Greece)

Fr. Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia and Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile)

Fr. Peter Cheng You-you (程有猷) was elected Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina and Vicar Apostolic of Xuanhuafu 宣化府 (China)

Fr. Silvain van Hee, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Possala

Fr. Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Rhodes and adjacent islands (Greece), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

Fr. Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Fr. Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira was elected Titular Archbishop of Mitylene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

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

Bishop-elect Silvain van Hee, S.J., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B., Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) and Bishop of Malta (Malta), was appointed as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia)

Fr. Joseph Francis Rummel, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Bishop of Omaha (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Río Magdalena was established (from Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Diocese of Santa Marta and Diocese of Socorro y San Gil) (Colombia)

Bishop Michael O’Farrell, O. de M., Bishop of Bathurst (Australia), passed away at 63

Bishop Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bamako (Mali)

Bishop John Francis Norton succeeded as Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

Fr. Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Lipari (Italy)

Bishop Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O., Titular Bishop of Himeria, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Melitene

Territorial Prelature of Gurupi was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Marajó was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Bishop José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide Echeverría, Bishop of Melo (Uruguay), passed away at 65

Bishop Angelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi, Bishop of Segni (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Anton Gisler was elected Titular Bishop of Milevum and Coadjutor Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Archbishop José Mora y del Rio, Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico), passed away at 74

Bishop Charles Algernon Stanley, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 84

Fr. Jean El-Hage was elected Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Fr. Emanuele Phares was elected Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites

Bishop Augustinus Josephus Callier, Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands), passed away at 78

Diocese of Daman was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman and lost title of Cranganor) (India)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Daman, gained title of Cranganor and lost suffragan see Daman) (India)

Fr. Jean-Émile Anizan, F.C., Founder of Sons of Charity, passed away at 75

Patriarch Matheus de Oliveira Xavier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa (India) and Patriarch of East Indies, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Fr. Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic)

Fr. Francisco de Paula Vallet, C.P.C.R., was appointed as Founder of Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King

Fr. Gioacchino Lima, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Archbishop Serafino Cimino, O.F.M., Minister General emeritus of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), passed away at 54

Bishop Joseph Ernst, Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), passed away at 64

Fr. José da Cruz Moreira Pinto was elected Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Fr. Patrick Collier was elected Titular Bishop of Himeria and Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

Bishop Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz, Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico), passed away at 66

Bishop Santiago Luis Copello, Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Abbot Simeone and 7 others were beatified by equipollence

Fr. Fiorenzo Umberto Tessiatore (戴夏德), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China)

Bishop-elect Fiorenzo Umberto Tessiatore (戴夏德), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Algiza

Fr. Johannes Ross (ヨハネス・ロス), S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) and Titular Bishop of Tabala

Diocese of Lingayen was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manila and Diocese of Nueva Segovia and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Ordinariate of Harbin 哈爾濱 (Russian Rite) was established (China)

Fr. Riccardo Bartoloni was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania and Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria

Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania

Bishop Manuel de Castro y Alonso, Bishop of Segovia (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

Archbishop John Baptist Pitaval, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (USA), passed away at 70

Fr. Gioacchino Bonardi was elected Titular Bishop of Pergamum and Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze (Italy)

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

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

Fr. Vitus Bouma, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bangka dan Billiton (Indonesia)

Fr. Fabijan Abrantovič (龐懷德), M.I.C., was appointed as Ordinary of Harbin 哈爾濱 of the Russians (China)

Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France), passed away at 89

Bishop Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh), passed away at 73

Archbishop Antonio Galati, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Crotone (Italy)

Blessed Fr. José Cano García was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Vicente Montserrat Millán was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Juan Soler García was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Étienne Irénée Faugier, Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France), passed away at 68

Fr. Teofilo Emilio de Backere, C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia)

Fr. Giovanni Giuseppe Tomazic was elected Titular Bishop of Bargala and Auxiliary Bishop of Lavant (Austria)

Fr. Giuseppe Marazzi was elected Titular Bishop of Oropus and Auxiliary Bishop of Albano (Italy)

Archbishop Jean El-Hage was confirmed as Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Fr. Antonio Samorè was appointed as Priest of Piacenza (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Gionali, Abbot Ordinary of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Albania) and Titular Bishop of Callinicum, was appointed as Bishop of Sapë (Albania)

Fr. António Maria Teixeira was elected Titular Bishop of Sinda and Coadjutor Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Qingdao 青島 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Fr. Georg Weig (維昌祿), S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Antandrus and Vicar Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Bishop Lawrence Gaughran, Bishop of Meath (Ireland), passed away at 85

Mission sui juris of Bellary was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Diocese of Hyderabad and became suffragan of Madras) (India)

Fr. Joseph-Arthur Papineau was elected Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

Fr. Raffaele Angelo Palazzi (柏長青), O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China) and Titular Bishop of Nara

Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Bishop Antonio Torrini, Bishop of Alatri (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

Bishop Geoffrey Zaccherini, Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy), Bishop of Gallese (Italy) and Bishop of Orte (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Fr. Johannes Dominicus Josephus Aengenent was elected Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

Fr. Odilon Fages, O.S.F.S., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Orange River (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Mulia

Apostolic Prefecture of Guide 歸德 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府) (China)

Fr. Joseph Lörks, S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Guilherme Augusto Inácio da Cunha Guimarães was elected Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Bishop António Augusto de Castro Meireles, Bishop of Angra (Portugal), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lamia and Coadjutor Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Archbishop Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B., was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Archbishop Emilio Ferrais, Titular Bishop of Lystra and Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Petra

Abbot Giuseppe Placido Maria Nicolini, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy), was elected Bishop of Assisi (Italy)

Bishop Joseph MacRory, Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Fr. António Bento Martins Júnior was elected Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal)

Fr. Auguste Haouisée (惠濟良), S.J., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing 南京 (China)

Fr. Jacques Nessimian was elected Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Archbishop Avedis Arpiarian, Bishop of Marasc of the Armenians (Turkiye), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Bishop Giovanni Naslian, Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Armenians

Archbishop Giuseppe Rokossian was appointed as Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Fr. Luis Durou y Sure, C.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Jorge García Cabalieros was elected Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala)

Cardinal Giovanni Tacci Porcelli, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, Bishop emeritus of Città della Pieve (Italy) and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 64

Fr. Alfonso Marie de Sanctis was elected Bishop of Segni (Italy)

Archbishop-elect Jacques Nessimian was confirmed as Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Saint Fr. Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 26

Saint Fr. Justino Orona Madrigal, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 51

Blessed Fr. Marian Górecki was appointed as Priest of Gdańsk (Poland)

Blessed Fr. Pedro José Rodríguez Cabrera was appointed as Priest of Cartagena (Spain)

Archbishop Giovanni Naslian, Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Armenians

Archbishop Giuseppe Rokossian, Titular Archbishop of Achrida of the Armenians, was appointed as Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Bishop-elect Auguste Haouisée (惠濟良), S.J., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing 南京 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cercina

Fr. Antonio Sévat, C.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) and Titular Bishop of Ezerus

Fr. Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bamako (Mali) and Titular Bishop of Garba

Diocese of Nellore was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and became suffragan of Madras) (India)

Fr. Eugène Mederlet, S.D.B., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India)

Fr. Emmanuel-Célestin Suhard was elected Bishop of Bayeux (France)

Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Caruso, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hierissus

Bishop Ludovico Cattaneo, Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

Bishop Felice Del Sordo, Bishop of Alife (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Pietro Pavan was appointed as Priest of Treviso (Italy)

Mission sui juris of Ilan 依蘭 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan 원산) (China)

Mission sui juris of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Jilin 吉林 and Apostolic Vicariate of Rehe 熱河) (China)

Fr. Antoni Wladislao Szlagowski was elected Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Bishop Tibor Boromisza, Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania), passed away at 87

Fr. Johann Baptist Schauer was elected Titular Bishop of Sabadia and Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Fr. Ugo Giubbi was elected Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)

Fr. Eugenio Lebouille (劉士杰), C.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (China) and Titular Bishop of Conana

Fr. Gaetano Mignani (梅雅誼), C.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China) and Titular Bishop of Cassandria

Mission sui juris of Cuttack was established (from Diocese of Vizagapatam) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yanji 延吉 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan 원산) (China)

Bishop João Tavares de Moura, Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil), passed away at 44

Fr. Francis Lisowski was elected Titular Bishop of Mariamme and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Fr. Stefano Walczykiewicz was elected Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Ukraine)

Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Tabora (Tanzania)

Bishop Emanuele Phares was confirmed as Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites

Archbishop Constantino Aiutti, Titular Archbishop of Phasis and Apostolic Delegate to Indochina, passed away at 52

Fr. Georg Fröwis (法樂維), S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (China)

Fr. Giovanni Soggiu (蘇輯伍), O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China)

Venerable Fr. Vincenzo Cimatti (ヴィンチェンツォ・チマッチ), S.D.B., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Miyazaki 宮崎 (Japan)

Fr. Richard Downey was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Fr. Felice Fioretti, B., Superior General emeritus of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), passed away at 78

Fr. William Mark Duke was elected Titular Archbishop of Phasis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Fr. Jean Delay was elected Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Abbot Mauro M. Parodi, O.S.B. Oliv., Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans), passed away at 72

Fr. Charles-Antonelli Lamarche was elected Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Bishop Giacomo Sinibaldi, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, passed away at 71

Fr. Agostino Gemelli, O.F.M., Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, was appointed as Founder of Missionaries of the Kingship of Christ

Bishop Alexandre-Philibert Poirier, Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France), passed away at 62

Bishop Josip Grgur Marčelić, Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia), passed away at 81

Bishop Patrick Joseph James Keane, Bishop of Sacramento (USA), passed away at 56

Fr. Pasquale Dell’Isola was elected Bishop of Cava (Italy) and Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

Bishop John Joseph Keily, Bishop of Plymouth (England), passed away at 74

Bishop Benedetto Spila, Bishop emeritus of Alatri (Italy), passed away at 81

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oregon City was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon) (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon was established (from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oregon City and with suffragan sees Baker City, Boise City, Great Falls, Helena, Seattle and Spokane) (USA)

Archbishop Edward Daniel Howard, Metropolitan Archbishop of Oregon City (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Fr. Juan Pascual Chimento, Priest of La Plata (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Sela and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Archbishop Luigi Lavitrano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

Bishop Abraham Brownrigg, S.S.S., Bishop of Ossory (Ireland), passed away at 91

Bishop Patrick Collier succeeded as Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

Bishop Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Henri Gouraud, Bishop of Vannes (France), passed away at 72

Fr. José María Eguino Trecu was elected Bishop of Santander (Spain)

Blessed Bishop Manuel Medina y Olmos, Titular Bishop of Amorium and Auxiliary Bishop of Granada (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Guadix (Spain)

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

Archbishop Gabriel-Roch de Llobet succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Archbishop Gaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty, Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France), passed away at 84

Bishop Andrea Giacinto Longhin, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Treviso (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Patræ

Saint Fr. Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 29

Fr. Achille Liénart was elected Bishop of Lille (France)

Archbishop Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Les Gonaïves (Haiti)

Fr. Joseph-François-Marie Julliot was elected Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti)

Fr. Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M., was elected Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

Fr. Olaf Offerdahl was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Norway (Norway)

Bishop Johannes Olav Smit resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Norway (Norway)

Fr. Carlo Chiarlo, Priest of Lucca (Italy), was elected Titular Archbishop of Amida

Fr. Josef Mutschlechner was appointed as Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Archdiocese of Istanbul (Armenian Rite) was restored (from Patriarchal See of Cilicia and without ecclesiastical province) (Turkiye)

Fr. Luigi Maria Perego, O.S.B. Oliv., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P., Titular Bishop of Eurœa and Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy)

Fr. Paolino Ladeuze was elected Titular Bishop of Tiberias

Cardinal Gaetano De Lai, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, passed away at 75

Fr. Joseph Schröffer was appointed as Priest of Eichstätt (Germany)

Fr. Ernesto Ruffini was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Bishop Thomas Francis Hickey, Bishop of Rochester (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Viminacium

Archbishop Francesco Melchiori, O.F.M., Archbishop of Durrës (Albania), passed away at 66

Bishop José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán, Bishop emeritus of Zamora (Mexico), passed away at 63

Bishop-elect Gustave-Joseph Deswazières (祝福), M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Beihai 北海 (China)

Cardinal Carlo Perosi, Pro-Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Fr. Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

Fr. Feliciano Rocha Pizarro was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

Blessed Bishop Mykyta Budka (Микита Будка) resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Ernesto de Laurentiis was elected Bishop of Ischia (Italy)

Archbishop Luis Durou y Sure, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Verapaz and Petén (Guatemala)

Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

Bishop Odorico Cheng He-de (成和德), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China), passed away at 55

Bishop Paolo Carlo Francesco Origo, Bishop of Mantova (Italy), passed away at 88

Bishop Augusto Klinke Leier resigned as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Valdivia (Chile)

Bishop Joseph Sweens, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza (Tanzania)

Fr. Domenico Menna was elected Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

Archbishop John McIntyre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Odessus

Fr. Joseph-Georges-Édouard Michaud, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Zabi

Bishop Vlaho Barbić, Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia), passed away at 50

Bishop Giuseppe Padula, Bishop of Avellino (Italy), passed away at 86

Bishop Giacomo Montanelli, Bishop of Crema (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Neocæsarea and Coadjutor Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy)

Bishop Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues (富成功), C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (China) and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Beijing 北京 (China), passed away at 55

Bishop Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Canal of Suez (Egypt), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Indochina

Archbishop James August Smith, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland), passed away at 87

Bishop Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Orthosia and Apostolic Delegate to Indochina, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Adulis

Bishop Hector-Raphaël Quilliet, Bishop emeritus of Lille (France), passed away at 69

Bishop-elect Joseph-Georges-Édouard Michaud, M. Afr., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Tabora (Tanzania)

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

Bishop Godric Kean resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Giuseppe Signore, Bishop of Telese (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Emmaüs

Cardinal Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Giuseppe Francica-Nava di Bontifé, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo and Archbishop of Catania (Italy), passed away at 82

Archbishop Emilio Ferrais succeeded as Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Bishop Alberto Costa, Bishop of Venosa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Lecce (Italy)

Bishop Władysław Krynicki, Bishop of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 67

Venerable Fr. Gaetano Francesco Mauro, P.O.C.R., was appointed as Founder of Congregation of Rural Catechists

Fr. Teofilo Matulionis was elected Titular Bishop of Matrega and Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev (Belarus)

Archbishop Riccardo Bartoloni, Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Bishop Gabriel Llompart y Jaume Santandreu, Bishop of Mallorca (Spain), passed away at 66

Fr. Salvatore Del Bene was elected Bishop of Telese (Italy)

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

Bishop Ático Eusébio da Rocha, Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil)

Venerable Bishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B., Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa ▼ resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cafelândia (Brazil)

Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), passed away at 68

Bishop Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Cardinal Donato Sbarretti, Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

Cardinal Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M., was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Bishop Jules-Géraud Saliège, Bishop of Gap (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

Fr. Maurice-Louis Dubourg was elected Bishop of Marseille (France)

Fr. Camille Pic was elected Bishop of Gap (France)

Fr. Angelo Maria Navarro was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

Fr. József Grósz was elected Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Hungary)

Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P., Bishop of Kumbakonam (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gurza

Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities and Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Camillo Laurenti, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites and Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Luigi Sincero, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title

Fr. Settimio Peroni was elected Bishop of Norcia (Italy)

Fr. Matteo Pellegrino was elected Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy)

Abbess Irmgard von Chiemsee, O.S.B., was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Eduard Schick was appointed as Priest of Fulda (Germany)

Fr. Egidio Vagnozzi was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ 田口 芳五郎) was appointed as Priest of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Bishop Michael Joseph Crane, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), passed away at 65