Nominations and Resignations

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

Titular Metropolitan See of Preslavus was established (Bulgaria)

Titular Episcopal See of Nitrium was suppressed (Egypt)

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Selja was restored (Norway)

Apostolic Administration of Targul-Siret (Ruthenian Rite) was suppressed (Romania)

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

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

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

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

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

Titular Episcopal See of Flaviopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cratia (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Rhizæum was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Rhizæum (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Charadrus was suppressed

Abbot Amand Oppitz, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception

Fr. Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Marajó (Brazil)

Fr. Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jataí (Brazil)

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

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

Fr. Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Foumban (Cameroon)

Fr. Henry Carr, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Fr. Henry Ambrose Pinger (楊光被), O.F.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Zhangdian 張店 (China)

Bishop Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci (恩禮奇), O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Laohekou 老河口 (China)

Fr. Fedele da Montclar, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia), passed away

Fr. Fulgence Carnonckel, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away

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

Fr. Adrien Caussanel, S.J., Founder of Brothers of the Sacred Heart, passed away at 80

Fr. Mathurin Jéhanno, C.I.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Fr. Albert Lucas, C.I.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Fr. Augustin Bea, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

Br. Paulus Moritz, C.M.S.F., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Archbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Agra (India)

Cardinal Achille Locatelli resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., was created Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Cardinal Luigi Sincero, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Mario Giardini, B., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Japan

Fr. Roberto Ronca was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Athenaeum of Roman Pontifical Seminary

Msgr. Umberto Benigni resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Domenico Spolverini resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Giuseppe Gianfranceschi, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

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

Bishop Joseph Nicholas Dinand, S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica)

Fr. Mattia Eder, O.S.F.S., Prefect Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia), passed away

Fr. Joseph Patrick O’Donohoe, M.H.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kafiristan e Kashmir (Pakistan)

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

Archbishop George Joseph Caruana resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti

Bishop Henry Gray Graham resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland)

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

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

Msgr. Edward G. Murray was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

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

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

Fr. Joseph Rutten, C.I.C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Fr. Ferdinand Willaert, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Br. Jerome Hennessey, C.F.C., resigned as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Br. Joseph Pius Noonan, C.F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Archbishop Gennaro Cosenza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus

Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Caruso, Bishop emeritus of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop-elect Edoardo Luigi Antonio Leys, M. Afr., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Kivu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Baldassarre Ravaschieri was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Assuero Teogano Bassi (巴友仁), S.X., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Luoyang 洛陽 (China)

Fr. Heribert Aloysius Theodor Winkler (溫崇德), S.D.S., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Shaowu 邵武 (China)

Fr. Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Arthur Hinsley, Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis, was promoted as Apostolic Delegate to Africa for Missions and Titular Archbishop of Sardes

Fr. Emiliano José Lonati, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia

Fr. Augstín Barrere, F.M.I., was elected Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Bishop Francis Joseph Beckman, Bishop of Lincoln (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Bishop Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua), passed away at 66

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane, Apostolic Administrator of Izmir (Turkiye), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi

Bishop Mathias Clement Lenihan resigned as Bishop of Great Falls (USA)

Fr. Gaudenzio Binaschi was elected Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy)

Archbishop Emilio Ferrais, Archbishop of Catania (Italy), passed away at 60

Bishop Josef Alois Kessler, Bishop of Tiraspol (Moldova), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Bosporus

Diocese of Sapë exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shkodrë (Albania)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shkodrë exchanged territory with Diocese of Sapë (Albania)

Apostolic Prefecture of Pingliang 平涼 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Qinzhou 秦州) (China)

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

Apostolic Vicariate of Chiquitos was established (from Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra) (Bolivia)

Fr. Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

Msgr. James Charles McGuigan, Priest of Charlottetown (Canada) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada)

Fr. Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Victoria (Canada)

Fr. Dennis P. O’Connor was elected Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

Diocese of Gravelbourg was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Regina and became suffragan of Regina) (Canada)

Bishop Adolfo Pagani, Bishop of Como (Italy), passed away at 57

Fr. Antonio García y García was elected Bishop of Tui (Spain)

Fr. Giovanni Sismondo was elected Bishop of Pontremoli (Italy)

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri resigned as Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was appointed as Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs and President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Bishop Augustinus Bludau, Bishop of Warmia (Poland), passed away at 67

Bishop William Hayden, Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia), was promoted as Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Fr. James Patrick O’Collins was elected Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Diocese of Townsville was established (from Diocese of Rockhampton and became suffragan of Brisbane) (Australia)

Fr. Terence Bernard McGuire was elected Bishop of Townsville (Australia)

Fr. Cutbert Martin O’Gara (歐克瀾), C.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Chenzhou 辰州 (China)

Mission sui juris of Xinjiang 新疆 was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lanchowfu 蘭州府) (China)

Fr. Federico Melendro Gutiérrez (梅耿光), S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Remesiana and Vicar Apostolic of Anqing 安慶 (China)

Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Fr. Vicente Camacho y Moya was elected Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

Bishop Mathias Clement Lenihan was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Preslavus

Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia

Apostolic Prefecture of Canelos y Macas was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Canelos (Ecuador)

Fr. Joseph-Louis-Adhémar Lapierre (石俊聲), P.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sipingjie 四平街 (China)

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

Cardinal Carlo Perosi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio, Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, passed away at 61

Saint Bishop Luigi Versiglia (雷鳴道), S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic of Shaozhou 韶州 (China), passed away at 56

Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, passed away at 64

Bishop Vincenzo Migliorelli, Bishop of Treia (Italy) and Bishop of San Severino (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Samos

Bishop Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Ibora, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ægina

Bishop Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica (Libya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia)

Fr. Carlo Margotti was elected Titular Archbishop of Mesembria, Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye

Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar (Tanzania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Archbishop Angelo Rotta resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye

Bishop Louis Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien) (陳國砥), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), passed away at 54

Fr. Olaf Offerdahl, Apostolic Administrator of Norway (Norway), was elected Titular Bishop of Selja and Vicar Apostolic of Norway (Norway)

Bishop José Miralles y Sbert, Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Mallorca (Spain) and Titular Archbishop of Beroë

Fr. José María Alcaráz y Alenda was elected Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

Bishop Manuel Irurita y Almándoz, Bishop of Lérida (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien, Bishop of Arras (France), passed away at 74

Bishop Constantin-Marie-Joseph Chauvin, Bishop of Évreux (France), passed away at 70

Fr. Giuseppe Paupini was appointed as Priest of Fano (Italy)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nyassa (Malawi), passed away at 79

Archbishop Gennaro Cosenza, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Capua (Italy), passed away at 77

Archbishop Angelo Rotta was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

Bishop Goffredo Frederix (費達德), C.I.C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

Fr. James Edwin Cassidy was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River (USA) and Titular Bishop of Ibora

Archbishop Fabio Berdini, Bishop emeritus of Cesena (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Ambrogio Luddi, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Assisi (Italy), passed away at 88

Fr. Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels (顧學德), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Attuda and Vicar Apostolic of Yichang 宜昌 (China)

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs and President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was appointed as President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Fr. Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy (沈士杰), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Cidyessus

Fr. François O’Rourke, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Ostracine

Fr. Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Vinda and Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Msgr. Giuseppe Pizzardo, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was elected Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus

Bishop Giacinto Gaggia, Bishop of Brescia (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Trajanopolis in Rhodope

Diocese of Santorini lost territory to Archdiocese of Rhodes (Greece)

Apostolic Prefecture of Umtata was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Mariannhill) (South Africa)

Fr. Antonius Hilfrich was elected Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Bishop-elect François O’Rourke, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)

Fr. John Edward Morris, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Peng-yang (North Korea)

Fr. Johannes Baptist Geisler was elected Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Fr. Josef Mutschlechner resigned as Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

Bishop Fortunat-Henri Caumont, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Ajmer (India), passed away at 58

Bishop José Anselmo Luque, Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), passed away at 73

Bishop Emmanuel Coste succeeded as Bishop of Carcassonne (France)

Bishop Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour, Bishop of Carcassonne (France), passed away at 90

Bishop Ludovico Ferretti, O.P., Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy), passed away at 63

Fr. Amato Pietro Frutaz was appointed as Priest of Aosta (Italy)

Fr. William Thomas Porter, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria)

Archbishop Nicola Marconi, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Pult (Albania), passed away at 87

Fr. Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

Fr. Antoine Khoraiche was appointed as Priest of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Cardinal Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio and Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), passed away at 80

Archbishop Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Giuseppe Marušic, Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia), passed away at 61

Archbishop Giovanni Festa, Titular Archbishop of Nicæa, passed away at 66

Patriarch Francisco Muñoz Izquierdo, Bishop emeritus of Vic (Spain), passed away at 61

Fr. Jean-Marie Villot was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Bishop Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica (Libya), passed away at 45

Fr. Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman was elected Bishop of Peoria (USA)

Bishop Giovanni Rossi, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 74

Archbishop-elect Giuseppe Pizzardo, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs and Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nicæa

Fr. Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa (高金鏗), O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Fr. Francisco Gutiérrez, C.M.F., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Chocó (Colombia)

Bishop Inocencio Dávila y Matos, Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina), passed away at 56

Fr. Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli (佳格理), O.F.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Huangzhou 黃州 (China)

Fr. Vahan Kitchourian was elected Titular Archbishop of Colonia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Bishop Fernand-Jean-Joseph Thiry (フェルナン・チリー), M.E.P., Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan), passed away at 45

Bishop Arkadiusz Lisiecki, Bishop of Katowice (Poland), passed away at 50

Bishop Anton Bonaventura Jeglič, Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Garella

Bishop Gregorij Rožman succeeded as Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Bishop Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond, Titular Bishop of Clysma, was appointed as Bishop of Nice (France)

Bishop Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland (Lesotho)

Fr. Guerino Benedetto Fraccalvieri, B., Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), passed away at 59

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Rey (ジャン・ピエール・レイ), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), passed away at 71

Diocese of Kottar was established (from Diocese of Quilon and became suffragan of Verapoly) (India)

Diocese of Salem was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry, Diocese of Kumbakonam and Diocese of Mysore and became suffragan of Pondicherry) (India)

Fr. Lawrence Pereira was elected Bishop of Kottar (India)

Fr. Henri-Aimé-Anatole Prunier, M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Salem (India)

Fr. Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅) was appointed as Priest of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Cardinal Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova and Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France), passed away at 87

Bishop Alphonse-Gabriel-Pierre Foucault, Bishop of Saint-Dié (France), passed away at 87

Bishop Robert Bürkler, Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland), passed away at 67

Fr. Jean Saint-Pierre was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage (Tunisia) and Titular Bishop of Gordus

Apostolic Prefecture of Wuchang 武昌 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Wuchang 武昌 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Caquetá was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Caquetá (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Solomon Islands was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)

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

Bishop Maximilian von Lingg, Bishop of Augsburg (Germany), passed away at 88

Fr. Alejandro García Fontcuberta, O.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

Bishop Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P., resigned as Bishop of Cartagena (Spain)

Bishop Marian Józef Ryx, Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland), passed away at 76

Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Cluj–Gherla (lost territory to establish Diocese of Maramureş) (Romania)

Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian Rite) was established (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia, Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár, Diocese of Hajdúdorog, Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk, Diocese of Mukačeve and Diocese of Oradea Mare and became suffragan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia) (Romania)

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

Apostolic Administration of Timişoara was promoted as Diocese of Timişoara (Romania)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv lost territory to Diocese of Iaşi (Ukraine)

Blessed Bishop Iuliu Hossu, Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Augustin Pacha, Titular Bishop of Lebedus and Apostolic Administrator of Timişoara (Romania), was appointed as Bishop of Timişoara (Romania)

Archdiocese of Bucureşti was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bucureşti (with suffragan sees Iaşi, Oradea Mare, Satu Mare, Timişoara and Transilvania) (Romania)

Sr. Paula Frassinetti was beatified

Fr. Maurice Boch, S.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop-elect Sylvester Joseph Espelage (艾原道), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang 武昌 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Oreus

Bishop Domenico Lancellotti, Bishop of Conversano (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Johann Schäfer, S.V.D., Pro-Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Togo (Togo), passed away at 72

Fr. Miguel Monconill y Viladot, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia)

Fr. Inácio Martinez was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea (Brazil)

Fr. Philip Francis Pocock was appointed as Priest of London (Canada)

Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton was appointed as Priest of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

Br. Konrad von Parzham, O.F.M. Cap., was beatified

Fr. Pierre Erdozainey-Etchart (葉美璋), S.C.I., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Dali 大理 (China)

Blessed Fr. Pedro María Ramírez Ramos was appointed as Priest of Ibagué (Colombia)

Sr. Catalina Tomàs i Gallard was canonised

Sr. Lucia Filippini was canonised

Fr. John Joseph Scanlan was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Constantin Daems (湯執中), C.I.C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Fr. Alois Scheiwiler was elected Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Fr. Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

Fr. Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Clysma and Vicar Apostolic of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Fr. François Marty was appointed as Priest of Rodez (France)

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

Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino (Robert Bellarmine), S.J., Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index, was canonised

Fr. Teofilo da Corte Arrighi (Biagio), O.F.M., was canonised

Fr. Frano Gjini was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Albania)

Fr. Ernesto Civardi was appointed as Priest of Pavia (Italy)

Mission sui juris of Wuzhou 梧州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nanning 南寧) (China)

Mission sui juris of Rajaburi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bangkok) (Thailand)

Archbishop Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop-elect Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy (沈士杰), M.E.P., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Nanning 南寧 (China)

Bishop-elect Miguel Monconill y Viladot, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cadossia

Bishop Achille Liénart, Bishop of Lille (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Marcello Mimmi was elected Bishop of Crema (Italy)

Archbishop Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals and Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Carlo Salotti was elected Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia

Bishop Giulio Serafini, Titular Bishop of Lampsacus and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Salvatore Baccarini, C.R., Bishop of Terracina (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

Venerable Fr. Augusto Bertazzoni was elected Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy) and Bishop of Potenza (Italy)

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

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

Archbishop Raimondo Pérez y Rodríguez, Titular Archbishop of Sion and Military Vicar of Spain (Spain), was promoted as Patriarch of Indias Occidentales

Fr. Louis Benedict Kucera was elected Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

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

Bishop Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan)

Abbot Frano Gjini, Abbot Ordinary of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Albania), was elected Titular Bishop of Semta

Cardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

Fr. Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada)

Cardinal Achille Liénart, Bishop of Lille (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

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

Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Cardinal Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

Archbishop-elect Carlo Salotti was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Cardinal Giulio Serafini was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Msgr. Vincenzo Santoro was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica) and Titular Bishop of Tuscamia

Fr. Franciszek-Piotr Bučys, M.I.C., Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers), was elected Titular Bishop of Olympus

Fr. Thomas James Wade, S.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea) and Titular Bishop of Barbalissus

Fr. Alexandre-Paul-Marie Chabanon, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Bitylius

Bishop-elect Alejandro García Fontcuberta, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng (Vietnam), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Anthedon

Ordinariate of Eritrea (Eritrean Rite) was established (Eritrea)

Cardinal Donato Sbarretti, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Kidanè-Maryam Cassà was elected Ordinary of Eritrea of the Eritreans (Eritrea) and Titular Bishop of Thibaris

Cardinal Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Cardinal Giulio Serafini was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Archbishop Carmelo Patané, Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Bishop Louis James O’Leary, Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada), passed away at 52

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

Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, passed away at 93

Bishop Francisco Uranga y Sáenz, Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico), passed away at 66

Bishop Manuel Bidwell, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 58

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

Diocese of Vijayapuram was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly and became suffragan of Verapoly) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Great Namaqualand was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

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

Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Kumbakonam (India), passed away at 61

Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Bishop Miguel María de la Mora y Mora, Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), passed away at 55

Fr. John Carmel Heenan was appointed as Priest of Brentwood (England)

Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti was appointed as Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Bishop Justo Rivas Fernández, Bishop of Plasencia (Spain), passed away at 57

Blessed Bishop Iuliu Hossu, Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

Cardinal Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno was appointed as Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria

Fr. Giovanni Pirastru was elected Bishop of Iglesias (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Hengzhou 衡州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Changsha 長沙) (China)

Fr. Ignazio Canazei (耿其光), S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Carystus

Fr. Francis Liu Jin-wen (Liu Chiu-wen) (劉錦文) was elected Titular Bishop of Lampsacus and Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

Bishop Raffaele Angelo Palazzi (柏長青), O.F.M., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

Bishop-elect Jean Cuvelier, C.SS.R., Vicar Apostolic of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Circesium

Bishop Giovanni Sodo, Bishop of Cerignola (Italy) and Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller, Apostolic Administrator of Tütz (Poland), was elected Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop-elect Ignazio Canazei (耿其光), S.D.B., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Shaozhou 韶州 (China)

Fr. Bernardo Dembek was elected Titular Bishop of Troas and Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

Fr. Luigi dell’Aversana was elected Bishop of Melfi (Italy) and Bishop of Rapolla (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Noviello was elected Bishop of Alife (Italy)

Fr. Domenico Petroni was elected Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Bishop Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Mogadishu (Somalia)

Diocese of Lead was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Rapid City) (USA)

Diocese of Rapid City was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Lead and became suffragan of Saint Paul) (USA)

Fr. Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Trebenna

Bishop Ferdinando Fiandaca, Bishop of Patti (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus

Bishop John Jeremiah Lawler, Bishop of Lead (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rapid City (USA)

Fr. Louis-Augustin Marmottin was elected Bishop of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Alphonse-Paul-Désiré Gaudron was elected Bishop of Évreux (France)

Bishop-elect Alexandre-Paul-Marie Chabanon, M.E.P., was appointed as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam)

Bishop Michael Antonio Maria Vuylsteke, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao), passed away at 61

Archbishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA), passed away at 82

Msgr. Cesare Federici was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Edwin Vincent O’Hara was elected Bishop of Great Falls (USA)

Bishop Ferdinand Brossart, Bishop emeritus of Covington (USA), passed away at 80

Fr. Lafayette Libânio was elected Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil)

Bishop Giuseppe Fabbrucci, Bishop of Fidenza (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini (翁德明), O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Synaus and Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Rhusium

Diocese of Aachen was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln and Diocese of Münster and became suffragan of Köln) (Germany)

Diocese of Berlin was established (from Diocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Wrocław) (Germany)

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

Apostolic Vicariate of North German Missions was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn and Diocese of Osnabrück) (Germany)

Diocese of Paderborn was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn (with suffragan sees Fulda and Hildesheim, gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of North German Missions and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln and Diocese of Fulda) (Germany)

Apostolic Prefecture of Schleswig-Holstein was suppressed (to Diocese of Osnabrück) (Germany)

Diocese of Chełmno lost territory to Diocese of Warmia (Poland)

Apostolic Administration of Tütz was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl (became suffragan of Wrocław) (Poland)

Diocese of Wrocław was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław (with suffragan sees Berlin, Warmia and Schneidemühl and lost territory to establish Diocese of Berlin) (Poland)

Bishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning resigned as Vicar Apostolic of North German Missions (Germany) and Prefect Apostolic of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)

Bishop Kaspar Klein, Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Christian Schreiber, Bishop of Meißen (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Bishop-elect Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller, Apostolic Administrator of Tütz (Poland) and Bishop of Warmia (Poland), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Schneidemühl (Poland)

Cardinal Adolf Bertram, Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Bishop Valerian Joseph de Souza, Bishop of Mangalore (India), passed away at 45

Fr. Paolo Bertoli was appointed as Priest of Lucca (Italy)

Fr. Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński was elected Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

Bishop Samuel Alphonse Stritch, Bishop of Toledo (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Bishop Hippolyte-Marie de La Celle, Bishop of Nancy (France), passed away at 67

Bishop-elect Alois Scheiwiler was confirmed as Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Bishop Johannes Poggenburg, Bishop of Münster (Germany), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nicopsis

Fr. Ippolito Agudelo was elected Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Fr. Stanisław Adamski was elected Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Archbishop Pietro Benedetti, Titular Archbishop of Tyrus, passed away at 63

Bishop Spiridion Poloméni, Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage (Tunisia), passed away at 86

Fr. Mario Toccabelli was elected Bishop of Alatri (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Kumpfmüller was elected Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Fr. Jaime Flores Martin, H.S.O.D., was appointed as Priest of Salamanca (Spain)

Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta, Apostolic Internuncio to Central America, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic

Archbishop Maurice-Louis-Marie Rivière, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France), passed away at 71

Archbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal, Archbishop-Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal), was appointed as Founder of Portuguese Missionary Society

Archbishop Enrico Giuseppe Reed da Silva, Bishop emeritus of São Tomé de Meliapor (India), passed away at 76

Bishop Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Bishop Olaf Offerdahl, Vicar Apostolic of Norway (Norway), passed away at 72

Fr. Santino Margaria was elected Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy), Bishop of Gallese (Italy) and Bishop of Orte (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Sedlák, Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 76

Archbishop Giovanni Scotti, Archbishop of Rossano (Italy), passed away at 56

Fr. István Fiedler was elected Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) and Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

Fr. Lorenzo Sahag Koguian, C.A.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Romania of the Armenians (Romania)

Fr. Alexandru Rusu was elected Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani (費樂理), O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Laohekou 老河口 (China)

Mother Marie Salome, S.M.N.D.A., Superior General emeritus of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters), passed away at 83

Bishop Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri (Kenya)

Fr. Leopold Fonck, S.J., Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum), passed away at 65

Cardinal Vicente Casanova y Marzol, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), passed away at 76

Bishop Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Bovino (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

Archbishop Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Fr. Franjo Šeper was appointed as Priest of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Paul Bouque, S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Foumban (Cameroon)

Fr. Emanuele Hanisch, C.M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa)

Bishop Antonius Hilfrich succeeded as Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Bishop Augustinus Kilian, Bishop of Limburg (Germany), passed away at 73

Fr. Robert Winkley, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir (Pakistan), passed away at 70

Cardinal Alexis-Armand Charost, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria and Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France), passed away at 69

Cardinal Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Giovanni Soggiu (蘇輯伍), O.F.M. Conv., Prefect Apostolic of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China), passed away at 47

Archbishop Henri-Victor Altamayer, O.P., Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad (Iraq), passed away at 85

Diocese of Oklahoma was renamed as Diocese of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA)

Bishop Francis Clement Kelley, Bishop of Oklahoma (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA)

Fr. Giuseppe Cogoni was elected Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Saverio Bini, F.S.C.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan) and Titular Bishop of Vallis

Bishop Atanasio María Vicente Soler y Royo, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Goajira (Colombia), passed away at 60

Bishop José Belisario Santistevan, Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Synnada

Bishop Settimio Caracciolo di Torchiarolo, Bishop of Aversa (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Antoni Julian Nowowiejski, Bishop of Płock (Poland), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Silyum

Archbishop Austin Dowling, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA), passed away at 62

Bishop Augustine-Antoine Roy, M.E.P., Bishop of Coimbatore (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Citharizum

Bishop Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo, Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador)

Archbishop Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria

Archbishop Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Fr. Joseph Vogt was elected Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

Archbishop Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Joannes van Cauwenbergh was elected Titular Bishop of Synaus and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

Fr. Octavio Nicolás Derisi was appointed as Priest of La Plata (Argentina)

Fr. Joseph Francis McGeough was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Fr. Giuseppe Casoria was appointed as Priest of Acerra (Italy)

Bishop Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont, Bishop of Aire et Dax (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Brysis

Bishop Emmanuel-Célestin Suhard, Bishop of Bayeux (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)

Fr. Henri-Édouard Dutoit was elected Bishop of Arras (France)

Bishop Étienne-Joseph Hurault, Bishop of Viviers (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nancy (France)