Nominations and Resignations

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Pomarium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Pomaria (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Rusaddir was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Rusadus (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Tadama was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tadamata (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Thagura was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thagora (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Vatarba was established (Algeria)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Beroë was established (Bulgaria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Sardica was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Serdica (Bulgaria)

Titular Episcopal See of Paphos was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Paphus (Cyprus)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Nitria was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Nitrium (Egypt)

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Sele was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sela (Egypt)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Axomis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Axomis (Ethiopia)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Soteropolis was established (Georgia)

Diocese of Paderborn lost territory to Diocese of Fulda (Germany)

Titular Episcopal See of Carpathus was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Carpathus (Greece)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cypsela was established (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Hierisus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hierissus (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Lacedæmon was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Lacedæmonia (Greece)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Lemnus was established (Greece)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Leucas was established (Greece)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Maronea was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Maronea (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Methymna was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Methymna (Greece)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Mytilene was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Mitylene (Greece)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Polystilium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Polystylus (Greece)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Rhusium was established (Greece)

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Thespia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thespiæ (Greece)

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

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ægina was established (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Ænus was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Ænus (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Hólar was restored (Iceland)

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

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Orthosia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Orthosias (Lebanon)

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

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Bitylius was established (Palestine)

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

Titular Metropolitan See of Nazareth was restored (Palestine)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Matriga was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Matrega (Russia)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Nicopsis was established (Russia)

Titular Episcopal See of Tana was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tanais (Russia)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Adraha was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Adraa (Syria)

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

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Anasartha was established (Syria)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Berœa was restored (Syria)

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

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Gabula was established (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Hemesa was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Hemesa (Syria)

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Paltus was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Paltus (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Resaina was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Rhesaina (Syria)

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

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

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Maxula was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Maxula Prates (Tunisia)

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Thænæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thenæ (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Zama was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Zama maior (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Argiza was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Algiza (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Amorium was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Amorium (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Attalia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Attalea (Turkiye)

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Brysis was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Camachus was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Camachus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Charriæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Carrhæ (Turkiye)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cotrada was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Cotyæum was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Cotyæum (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Danium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Daonium (Turkiye)

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Eucaita was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Euchaitæ (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Garella was established (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Himeria was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hemeria (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Hipæpa was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hypæpa (Turkiye)

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Ionopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Jonopolis (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Lyrba was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Lyrbe (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Martyropolis (Syriac Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Silyum was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Tavium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tavium (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 Thermæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thermus basilicæ (Turkiye)

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

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Vasada was established (Turkiye)

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

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Phulli was established (Ukraine)

Titular Episcopal See of Bethelea was suppressed

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

Titular Episcopal See of Usada was suppressed

Fr. Ottone Raible, S.A.C., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia)

Abbot Herman-Joseph Smets, O.C.S.O., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Fr. Eliseu van der Weijer, O. Carm., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu (Brazil)

Fr. Robert Francis Forster, C.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

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

Fr. Jean Cuvelier, C.SS.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Fr. Lawrence Leslie McReavy was appointed as Priest of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Fr. Martin-Marie-Stanislas Gillet, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Filippucci, Archbishop of Athens (Greece), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece)

Cardinal Achille Locatelli was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Carlo Castelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

Archbishop Carmelo Pujia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bova (Italy)

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

Bishop Alessandro Macchi, Bishop of Andria (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vieste (Italy)

Msgr. Giuseppe Guerri was appointed as Regent of Apostolic Dataria

Fr. Augusto Ciriaci was appointed as Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. Giovanni Pasquale Scotti resigned as Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Mr. Augusto Ciriaci was appointed as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Luigi Colombo resigned as General President of Italian Catholic Action

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

Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres, Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

Archbishop George Joseph Caruana resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

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

Fr. Roberto Brown, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Salisbury (Zimbabwe), passed away

Fr. Giovanni Matteo Konings, O.S.C., Ecclesiastical Superior of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), passed away

Abbot Jean-Baptiste Ollitraut de Kéryvallan, O.C.S.O., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Msgr. Luigi Capotosti was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Menghini resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

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

Fr. Ignace Dagher, O.L.M., resigned as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Henri Garriguet, P.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Fr. John Bernard Harney, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

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

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

Fr. Martin Torbey, O.L.M., was appointed as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Hong y Jean Verdier, P.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Br. Tarcisius de Leeuw, C.S.A., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Br. Timotheus Scheffer, C.S.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Fr. Robert John Armstrong was elected Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Fr. John Francis O’Hern was elected Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Cardinal Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Raimondo Pérez y Rodríguez, Bishop of Badajoz (Spain), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sion and Military Vicar of Spain (Spain)

Fr. Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate (陳明理), O.A.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Guide 歸德 (China)

Fr. Carlo Ilario Currea, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Río Magdalena (Colombia)

Archbishop Joseph Pfluger, Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 71

Cardinal Luigi Sincero, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Petra

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

Diocese of La Spezia was established (from Diocese of Luni–Sarzana and became suffragan of Genova) (Italy)

Bishop Jean Martin Adam, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Gabon (Gabon), passed away at 82

Fr. Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M., was elected Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece)

Fr. Nikolaus Bares, Priest of Trier (Germany), was elected Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Bernard James Sullivan, S.J., was elected Bishop of Patna (India)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Bishop of Langres (France), passed away at 60

Bishop Domenico Del Buono, Bishop of Ruvo (Italy) and Bishop of Bitonto (Italy), passed away at 48

Bishop Joseph Deitmer, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 63

Bishop István Révész, Military Ordinary of Hungary (Hungary), passed away at 66

Fr. Francesco Petronelli was elected Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Diocese of Jaboticabal was established (from Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of Rio Preto was established (from Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beirut (Armenian Rite) was established (Lebanon)

Fr. Pedro Dionisio Tibiletti was elected Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro and Auxiliary Bishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Fr. Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M., was elected Bishop of Joinville (Brazil)

Bishop Manuel María Vidal y Boullon, Bishop of Tui (Spain), passed away at 67

Fr. Justin Cawet was elected Titular Bishop of Hemeria and Coadjutor Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Fr. Evarist Zhang Zhi-liang (張智良) was elected Titular Bishop of Catenna

Bishop Pierre-Eugène-Alexandre Marty, Bishop of Montauban (France), passed away at 78

Fr. Edward Thomas Sheehan (徐安慶), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Calydon and Vicar Apostolic of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Bishop Jean-Marie Jan succeeded as Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

Bishop François-Marie Kersuzan, Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis

Fr. Theodor Breher (白化東 / 브레허 白화동 주교), O.S.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yanji 延吉 (China)

Fr. Manuel Arce y Ochotorena was elected Bishop of Zamora (Spain)

Fr. Luciano Pérez Platero was elected Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Fr. Manuel López Arana was elected Titular Bishop of Curium and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E., was elected Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jining 集寧 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi 西灣子) (China)

Fr. Giovanni Costantini was elected Bishop of Brugnato (Italy), Bishop of La Spezia (Italy) and Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (Italy)

Fr. William Finnemann, S.V.D., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Sora

Bishop-elect Evarist Zhang Zhi-liang (張智良) was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Jining 集寧 (China)

Archbishop Giovanni Aelen, M.H.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madras (India), passed away at 74

Mission sui juris of Sikkim was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta and Apostolic Vicariate of Dajianlu 打箭爐 and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Fr. Franz Kamprath was elected Titular Bishop of Stadia and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Archbishop Giovanni Gamberoni, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy), passed away at 60

Archbishop Giacomo Montanelli succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy)

Fr. Jules Elmire Douénel, M.E.P., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Sikkim (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Jiaying 嘉應 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Shantou 汕頭) (China)

Mission sui juris of Queenstown was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District) (South Africa)

Bishop Francesco Giacci, Bishop emeritus of Marsi (Italy), passed away at 73

Apostolic Vicariate of Anqing 安慶 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu 蕪湖) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bengbu 蚌埠 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu 蕪湖) (China)

Fr. Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Fr. Cesare Maria Guerrero was elected Bishop of Lingayen (Philippines)

Blessed Fr. Adam Bargielski was appointed as Priest of Łomża (Poland)

Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Antonio Vico, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, passed away at 82

Fr. Francesco Fellinger was elected Titular Bishop of Nisyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Dellepiane was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Izmir (Turkiye)

Fr. Stefano Hász was elected Titular Bishop of Sura

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

Territorial Prelature of Paracatu was established (from Diocese of Montes Claros and Diocese of Uberaba and became suffragan of Diamantina) (Brazil)

Fr. Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas was elected Bishop of Natal (Brazil)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega, Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro

Bishop Damien Grangeon, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon (Vietnam)

Bishop Edwin Vincent Byrne, Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico), was appointed as Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)

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

Cardinal Luigi Sincero resigned as Titular Archbishop of Petra

Apostolic Prefecture of Hpyeng-yang was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Peng-yang (North Korea)

Fr. Gregorij Rožman was elected Titular Bishop of Semta and Coadjutor Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Zhaoxian 趙縣 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengdingfu 正定府) (China)

Fr. Ange-Marie-Paul Hiral, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Sululos and Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said (Egypt)

Fr. Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan) and Titular Bishop of Panemotichus

Fr. Burcardo Huwiler, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bubuka (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Vazari

Fr. Antoon Oomen, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Zattara

Apostolic Prefecture of Bahama was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of New York) (Bahamas)

Territorial Prelature of Diamantino was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Fr. Júlio Maria de Lombaerde, S.D.N., was appointed as Founder of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Abbot Sigisbert Liebert, O.S.B., President emeritus of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria, passed away at 78

Cardinal Aurelio Galli, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria and Secretary emeritus of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes, passed away at 63

Apostolic Prefecture of Sapporo 札幌 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Fr. Sergio Guerri was appointed as Priest of Tarquinia (Italy)

Archbishop Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy), passed away at 59

Cardinal Evaristo Lucidi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro, Secretary emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Auditor General emeritus of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 62

Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka), passed away at 68

Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva, Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title, President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library and Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, passed away at 82

Fr. István Breyer was elected Titular Bishop of Trisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Karol Miecislao Radonski, Titular Bishop of Berissa and Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

Fr. Willy Onclin was appointed as Priest of Liège (Belgium)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bubuka was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Tabora and Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria-Nyanza) (Tanzania)

Fr. John Zhang Bi-de (張弼德) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China)

Bishop Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA), passed away at 80

Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria-Nyanza was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mwanza (Tanzania)

Bishop Thomas Shine succeeded as Bishop of Middlesbrough (England)

Bishop Richard Lacy, Bishop of Middlesbrough (England), passed away at 88

Fr. Thomas Mulvany was elected Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

Fr. Josip Marija Carevic was elected Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

Archbishop Karol Hryniewiecki, Bishop emeritus of Vilnius (Lithuania), passed away at 87

Mission sui juris of Hainan 海南 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Beihai 北海) (China)

Fr. Clément-Émile Roques was elected Bishop of Montauban (France)

Fr. Hippolyte Tréhiou was elected Bishop of Vannes (France)

Mission sui juris of Zhangdian 張店 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Jinanfu 濟南府) (China)

Fr. Joseph Marie Zhang Jing-xiu (張敬修) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China)

Cardinal Franziskus Ehrle, S.J., was appointed as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Bishop Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada)

Bishop Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I., resigned as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada)

Fr. Federico Emmanuel, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Philomelium and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Miguel Paternain, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

Bishop Francis Johannes succeeded as Bishop of Leavenworth (USA)

Bishop John Chamberlain Ward, Bishop of Leavenworth (USA), passed away at 71

Bishop Angelo Bartolomasi, Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy) and Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palæstina

Fr. Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara was elected Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Francis Xavier Ford (福爾德), M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Jiaying 嘉應 (China)

Fr. Eugene-Jean Imhof (英賀福 / 歐日諾) was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China)

Diocese of Paraguay was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción (with suffragan sees Concepción y Chaco and Villarrica and lost territory to establish Diocese of Concepción y Chaco and Diocese of Villarrica) (Paraguay)

Diocese of Concepción y Chaco was established (from Diocese of Paraguay and Apostolic Prefecture of Pilcomayo and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Diocese of Villarrica was established (from Diocese of Paraguay and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Bishop Sinforiano Bogarín, Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Fr. Lino Rodrigo Ruesca was elected Titular Bishop of Tabbora and Auxiliary Bishop of Granada (Spain)

Archbishop Adolfo Turchi, Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy), passed away at 65

Archbishop François de Berré, O.P., Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq), passed away at 71

Bishop Angelo Antonio Fiorini, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Pontremoli (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Martino Chiolino (林棟臣), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jixian 級縣 (China)

Patriarch Ignace Efrem II Rahmani, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye), passed away at 80

Fr. Walenty Dymek was elected Titular Bishop of Madytus and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Égide-Marie Roy (エジド・ロア), O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Fr. Pedro Prat Escalas, O.E.S.A., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of San León del Amazonas (Peru), passed away at 68

Fr. Pierre-Marie Gerlier was elected Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Fr. Pietro Gjura was elected Archbishop of Durrës (Albania)

Bishop Richard Michael Joseph O’Brien, Bishop of Peterborough (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Amorium and Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Fr. François O’Rourke, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria)

Fr. Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria)

Fr. Cyrill Rudolph Jarre (楊恩賚), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia and Vicar Apostolic of Jinanfu 濟南府 (China)

Patriarch Matheus de Oliveira Xavier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India), passed away at 70

Fr. Basile Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Abydus and Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Frédéric-Joseph-Marie Provost, M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma (Myanmar) and Titular Bishop of Macri

Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Eupen–Malmedy–Sankt Vith (Belgium), passed away at 73

Bishop Luís Silva Lezaeta, Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile), passed away at 69

Bishop Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng (Vietnam), passed away at 61

Apostolic Prefecture of Yongnian 永年 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xianxian 獻縣) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu (Tanzania)

Apostolic Prefecture of Luoyang 洛陽 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengzhou 鄭州) (China)

Mission sui juris of Yixian 易縣 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府 and Apostolic Vicariate of Beijing 北京) (China)

Bishop Teotonio Emanuele Ribeira Vieira de Castro, Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India), was promoted as Patriarch of East Indies and Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Bishop António Maria Teixeira succeeded as Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India)

Fr. Egano Righi-Lambertini was appointed as Priest of Bologna (Italy)

Fr. Dino Staffa was appointed as Priest of Imola (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Pedro Antonio Almécija Morales was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Thomas O’Donnell, Bishop of Victoria (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Methymna and Coadjutor Archbishop of Halifax (Canada)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane lost territory to Diocese of Rockhampton (Australia)

Diocese of Toowoomba was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane and became suffragan of Brisbane) (Australia)

Fr. James Byrne was elected Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Fr. William Bouter, M.H.M., was elected Bishop of Nellore (India)

Bishop Jules-Alexandre Cusin succeeded as Bishop of Mende (France)

Bishop Jacques-Jean Gely, Bishop of Mende (France), passed away at 80

Fr. Daniel Mageean was elected Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Martino Meulenberg, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland), was elected Titular Bishop of Lunda

Fr. John Aloysius Coleman was elected Titular Bishop of Verbe and Coadjutor Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Fr. Edmund Joseph Gleeson, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Vatarba and Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland (Australia)

Fr. Giovanni Jeremich was elected Titular Bishop of Berissa and Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy)

Bishop Adolfo Verrienti resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Cui Shou-xun (Tsui Shou-hsün) (崔守恂) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yongnian 永年 (China)

Fr. Félix-Maurice Hedde, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

Fr. Giovanni Bosco (John Bosco), S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), was beatified

Fr. Julio Rosales y Ras was appointed as Priest of Calbayog (Philippines)

Apostolic Prefecture of Islanda was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Islanda (Iceland)

Bishop-elect Martino Meulenberg, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland)

Bishop John Patrick Barrett, Titular Bishop of Assus and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England), was appointed as Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Msgr. Francesco Borgongini Duca, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was elected Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa

Msgr. Alfredo Ottaviani, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Fr. Domenico Tardini, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Msgr. Giuseppe Pizzardo, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State and General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Sr. Teresa Margherita Redi (Anna Maria), O.C.D., was beatified

Bishop Maurice-François Ducoeur (劉志忠), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Nanning 南寧 (China), passed away at 50

Archbishop William Barry, Archbishop of Hobart (Australia), passed away at 57

Diocese of Trento was promoted as Archdiocese of Trento (Italy)

Bishop Celestino Endrici, Bishop of Trento (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Trento (Italy)

Fr. Claude La Colombière, S.J., was beatified

Territorial Prelature of Jataí was established (from Diocese of Goiás and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Fr. Louis-Joseph Fillon was elected Bishop of Langres (France)

Bishop António Barbosa Leão, Bishop of Porto (Portugal), passed away at 68

Bishop António Augusto de Castro Meireles succeeded as Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Fr. Gomidas Keumurdjian was beatified

Fr. Thomas Leighton Williams was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

Archbishop Abdul-Ahad Dawood Tappouni, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria), was elected Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye) and Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Bishop Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J., Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

Abbot Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Marie-Eugène-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma (Myanmar)

Bishop-elect Martino Meulenberg, S.M.M., Titular Bishop of Lunda and Vicar Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hólar

Archbishop Ricardo Isaza y Goyechea, Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), passed away at 82

Blessed Fr. Pierre de Porcaro was appointed as Priest of Versailles (France)

Fr. James Donald Scanlan was appointed as Priest of Westminster (England)

Br. Francesco Maria da Camporosso, O.F.M. Cap., was beatified

Archbishop Francesco Borgongini Duca was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

Abbot Pedro Eggerath, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Archbishop Cleto Cassani, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Acrida

Fr. Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Cuttack (India)

Diocese of Kumbakonam lost territory to Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor (India)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras exchanged territory with Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor (India)

Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta, Diocese of Chittagong, Diocese of Dacca and Diocese of Tuticorin (India)

Diocese of Trichinopoly exchanged territory with Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor (India)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Yazhou 雅州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Suifu 敘府) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 蠡縣 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Anguo 安國 (China)

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

Bishop Alessandro Guidati, Titular Bishop of Adada and Vicar Apostolic of Salonica (Greece), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Archbishop-elect Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas., Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Ercole Attuoni was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea Philippi and Auxiliary Bishop of Pisa (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Lagumina, Titular Bishop of Samos and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Carpathus

Patriarch Ignace Gabriel I Tappouni was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mérk was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger) (Hungary)

Mission sui juris of Huangzhou 黃州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou 漢口) (China)

Mission sui juris of Shaowu 邵武 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou 福州) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Nigeria was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Western Nigeria) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Nigeria was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Nigeria (lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria) (Nigeria)

Archbishop Aurelio Briante, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Egypt (Egypt), passed away at 83

Blessed Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas., Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Fr. François O’Rourke, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Dellepiane, Apostolic Administrator of Izmir (Turkiye), was elected Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis

Fr. Andrew Thomas McDonald, O.S.B., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland)

Archbishop Francesco Rossi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy), passed away at 65

Fr. Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

Fr. John Joseph Carberry was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Bishop Adolph Manier, Bishop of Belley (France), passed away at 77

Blessed Fr. Kazimierz Grelewski was appointed as Priest of Radom (Poland)

Apostolic Vicariate of Shunqingfu 順慶府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Chengdu 成都) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sipingjie 四平街 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Rehe 熱河 and Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Wanxian 萬縣 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Chongqing 重慶) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Honan 河南北境 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Weihuifu 衛輝府 (China)

Fr. Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Fr. Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Archbishop James John Keane, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA), passed away at 71

Bishop Pierre Aziz Ho succeeded as Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Jeremie-Timothee Makdassi, Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 82

Bishop Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria), passed away at 51

Cardinal António Mendes Bello, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro and Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), passed away at 87

Fr. Henri Lamiroy was elected Titular Bishop of Lamus and Coadjutor Bishop of Brugge (Belgium)

Bishop Athanase Jules Benham Kalian, Titular Bishop of Bahtnæ of the Syriacs, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Auxiliary Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye), was promoted as Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Bishop Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tananarive (Madagascar), passed away at 79

Fr. Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Peng-yang (North Korea)

Archbishop Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry (India), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cotrada

Bishop Antonin Cech, Auxiliary Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia), passed away at 63

Bishop Andrea Taccone, Bishop of Bova (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bitonto (Italy) and Bishop of Ruvo (Italy)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Etienne-Honoré Penon, Bishop emeritus of Moulins (France), passed away at 79

Bishop Trudo Johannes Jans (鄧炳文), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Yichang 宜昌 (China), passed away at 52

Blessed Fr. Anton Maria Schwartz, C.Op., Founder of Congregation of Christian Workers of Saint Joseph Calasanz, passed away at 77

Fr. Ivan Bucko was elected Titular Bishop of Cadi

Bishop José Guadalupe Ortíz y López, Titular Bishop of Ancusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop José de Jesús López y González, Titular Bishop of Dadima and Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Cardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), passed away at 73

Fr. Luigi Bondini, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Titular Archbishop of Perge

Archbishop Pasquale Gagliardi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Lemnus

Bishop Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N., Bishop of Nuoro (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Guffens, S.J., was appointed as Founder of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Bishop Ruggero Bovelli, Bishop of Modigliana (Italy) and Bishop of Faenza (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy)

Archbishop Nicola Monterisi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vasto (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Acerno (Italy)

Fr. Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P., was elected Titular Archbishop of Neocæsarea in Ponto

Bishop Antonio María Pueyo de Val, C.M.F., Bishop of Pasto (Colombia), passed away at 65

Fr. Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron was elected Titular Bishop of Lamia and Auxiliary Bishop of Auch (France)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), passed away at 75

Bishop Edmund Michael Dunne, Bishop of Peoria (USA), passed away at 65

Bishop Louis-Marie Ricard, Bishop of Nice (France), passed away at 60

Fr. Matthew Li Rong-zhao (Ly Iun-ho) (李容兆) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yazhou 雅州 (China)

Fr. Tarcisio Martina (馬迪懦), C.S.S., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Archbishop Olivier-Elzéar Mathieu, Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada), passed away at 75

Cardinal Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere

Bishop Saturnino Peri, Bishop of Iglesias (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ancusa

Fr. Vicente Enrique y Tarancón was appointed as Priest of Tortosa (Spain)

Fr. Leopoldo Díaz y Escudero was elected Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico)

Bishop Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C., succeeded as Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh)

Bishop Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C., Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cyrene

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Ricci, Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy), passed away at 84

Fr. Virgile-Joseph Béguin was elected Bishop of Belley (France)

Fr. Jean Verdier, P.S.S., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

Archbishop Hendrik van de Wetering, Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands), passed away at 78

Fr. Paul-Marie-Joseph Julliotte (余禮灼), SS.CC., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Hainan 海南 (China)

Mission sui juris of Dali 大理 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnanfu 雲南府) (China)

Bishop Antônio José dos Santos, C.M., Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Assis (Brazil)

Archbishop-elect Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia

Fr. Ivan Latyševskyj was elected Titular Bishop of Adada and Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Eduardo Tonna was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

Archbishop Paschal Charles Robinson, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

Archbishop Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Titular Archbishop of Mitylene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was promoted as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. Paul Wang Wen-cheng (王文成) was elected Titular Bishop of Olena and Vicar Apostolic of Shunqingfu 順慶府 (China)

Bishop James Michael Liston succeeded as Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

Bishop Henry William Cleary, Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand), passed away at 70

Mr. Richard Gwyn and 135 companions were beatified

Fr. Antônio Mazzarotto was elected Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste-Michel-Marie-Louis Pénicaud (賁德馨), M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Beihai 北海 (China) and Titular Bishop of Assus

Fr. Francis Xavier Wang Ze-pu (Wang Tse-pu) (王澤浦) was elected Titular Bishop of Sinda and Vicar Apostolic of Wanxian 萬縣 (China)

Fr. Jan Remiger was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) and Titular Bishop of Dadima

Archbishop-elect Jean Verdier, P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Eugenio Pacelli, Titular Archbishop of Sardes, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany and Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Luigi Lavitrano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. José Garibi Rivera, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Rhosus and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Archbishop Joseph MacRory, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Patriarch Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Pierre-Guillaume Marque, O.M.I., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Joseph Henry Albers was elected Titular Bishop of Lunda and Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Fr. Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Photice and Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada)

Fr. Tommaso Berutti (柏露梯), S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China) and Titular Bishop of Cusæ

Fr. Edoardo Luigi Antonio Leys, M. Afr., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kivu (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Uzalis

Cardinal Jean Verdier, P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina

Fr. Franz Joseph Fischer was elected Titular Bishop of Zuri and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

Cardinal Luigi Lavitrano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

Cardinal Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio

Cardinal Joseph MacRory, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro

Fr. Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I., Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa), was elected Titular Bishop of Mina and Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa)

Fr. Augustin-Marie Tardieu, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Vada and Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon (Vietnam)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tarapacá was promoted as Diocese of Iquique (gained territory from Diocese of Arequipa and became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Diocese of Arequipa lost territory to Diocese of Iquique (Peru)

Bishop Carlos Labbé Márquez, Titular Bishop of Bida and Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Iquique (Chile)

Fr. Giuseppe Maria Sensi was appointed as Priest of Cosenza (Italy)

Fr. John Ogilvie, S.J., was beatified

Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Haut-Congo) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Cardinal Giuseppe Gamba, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva and Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Julio Garret resigned as Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Bishop Quintino Rodrigo de Oliveira e Silva, Bishop of Crato (Brazil), passed away at 66

Bishop Alexandre Berlioz (アレキサンドル・ベルリオーズ), M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Hakodate 函館 (Japan), passed away at 77