Nominations and Resignations

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

Titular Episcopal See of Bita was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Abdera was suppressed (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Theodosiopolis was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Parœcopolis was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Themiscyra was suppressed

Fr. Mesrop Habozian, C.M.V., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Vienna

Abbot Theodor Springer, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception

Fr. Chrysostomus Schmid, O.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

Archabbot Norbert Weber, O.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

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

Fr. Bertrando Labbé, O.P., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Mossul (Iraq)

Fr. Elijah Magennis, O. Carm., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

Br. Boniface Carroll, F.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Br. Stanislaus Slattery, F.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Fr. Antonio Bacci, Priest of Firenze (Italy), was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes

Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Cardinal Luigi Sincero resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Carlo Castelli resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

Msgr. Angelo Perugini was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters

Msgr. Carlo Respighi, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium and Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Prefecture for Pontifical Ceremonies, was appointed as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Msgr. Nicola Sebastiani resigned as Secretary of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes

Msgr. Giuseppe Zaccarella resigned as Pro-Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters

Fr. Tito Finocchi, C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Fr. Giuseppe Gianfranceschi, S.J., President of Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes, was appointed as Director General of Vatican Radio

Fr. Nazzareno Jacopozzi, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

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

Fr. Paolo Meroni, F.S.C.I., resigned as Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Fr. Ferdinando Napoli, B., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Vittorio Consigliere da Sestri Ponente, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Pietro Simoncelli, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Msgr. Jose Alvarez (ホセ・アルバレス), O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku 四国 (Japan)

Fr. Giovanni Ogé, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Liberia (Liberia), passed away

Archbishop Adriano Smets resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Persia

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

Fr. Gaétan Pasotti, S.D.B., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Rajaburi (Thailand)

Fr. Ignazio Arnoz, M.H.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Antoninus ab Assumptione, O.SS.T., was appointed as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

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

Fr. Hilary Doswold, O. Carm., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

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

Fr. Franciscus Xaverius ab Immaculata Conceptione, O.SS.T., resigned as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

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

Fr. Anastasius Kalysh, O.S.B.M., resigned as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Fr. Piotr Markiewicz, O.S.P.P.E., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Fr. Pius Przeździecki, O.S.P.P.E., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Fr. Dionysius Tkachuk, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Sr. María Borja Mas de Xexás, R.J.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Sr. Santa Clara Bray, R.J.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Bishop Luigi Fantozzi, Bishop of Veroli (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Dara

Mission sui juris of Bikoro was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville and Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Cartennæ

Mission sui juris of Bulawayo was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Salisbury) (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kivu (Rwanda), passed away at 76

Bishop John Henry Tihen, Bishop of Denver (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bosana

Bishop Benjamin Christiaens (祁棟樑), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 (China), passed away at 86

Bishop-elect Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sinú was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Sinú–San Jorge (Colombia)

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

Fr. Konrad Gröber was elected Bishop of Meißen (Germany)

Blessed Fr. Francesco Maria Greco, Priest of Cosenza (Italy), passed away at 73

Bishop Luigi dell’Aversana, Bishop of Melfi (Italy) and Bishop of Rapolla (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Venosa (Italy)

Fr. Crisanto Luque Sánchez was elected Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja (Colombia)

Fr. Mykolai Charnets’kyi (Миколай Чарнецький), C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Lebedus

Bishop Joseph-Tobie Mariétan, C.R.A., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune

Bishop Josef Gross, Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia), passed away at 64

Fr. Francis Wall was elected Titular Bishop of Thasus and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Bishop Atanasio Khoriaty, B.S., Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 47

Archbishop Edward Joseph McCarthy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada), passed away at 81

Archbishop Thomas O’Donnell succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada)

Archbishop Gregorio Govrik, C.M.V., Superior General of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Vienna, passed away at 90

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

Fr. Joseph-Louis-Aldée Desmarais was elected Titular Bishop of Ruspæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Bishop-elect Joseph Vogt was confirmed as Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

Fr. Guillermo Tritschler y Córdoba was elected Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Bishop Francisco María González y Arias, Bishop of Campeche (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

Blessed Bishop Iuliu Hossu resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Rafael Balanzá y Navarro, Bishop of Lugo (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mondoñedo (Spain)

Bishop Fabiano Antonio Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Lahore (Pakistan), passed away at 72

Blessed Fr. Piotr Edward Dańkowski was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Blessed Fr. Michał Rapacz was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Archbishop Dominique Jacquet, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop emeritus of Iaşi (Romania), passed away at 87

Archbishop Albert Nègre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France), passed away at 77

Fr. Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan was elected Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

Bishop George Ambrose Burton, Bishop of Clifton (England), passed away at 74

Fr. Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva was elected Titular Bishop of Gurza

Bishop Joseph-Tobie Mariétan, C.R.A., Titular Bishop of Bethlehem, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Agathopolis

Bishop Joseph-Romuald Léonard, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Germain de Rimouski (Canada), passed away at 54

Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani was appointed as Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Archbishop Bertram Orth, Bishop emeritus of Victoria (Canada), passed away at 82

Archbishop Carlo Margotti, Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Greece

Fr. Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Bishop Louis-Elisée Fatiguet (樊體愛), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (China), passed away at 75

Bishop Gaudenzio Manuelli, Bishop of Anagni (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Venturi, Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vasto (Italy)

Fr. Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Michele Camilleri, Bishop of Santorini (Greece), passed away at 76

Fr. Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba was elected Titular Bishop of Siniandus and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Michael Francis Fallon, O.M.I., Bishop of London (Canada), passed away at 63

Fr. Peter Francis Rayappa was elected Bishop of Kumbakonam (India)

Fr. Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia) and Titular Bishop of Drusiliana

Fr. Juan Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua) and Titular Bishop of Colophon

Bishop Juan José Solís y Fernández, Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain), passed away at 81

Bishop Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Schneidemühl (Poland)

Msgr. Franz Hartz was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Piła (Poland)

Fr. Francesco Sanz Pascual, C.M.F., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Chocó (Colombia)

Fr. James Frederick Player, C.S.B., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians), passed away at 59

Mission sui juris of Indore was established (from Diocese of Ajmer, Diocese of Allahabad and Diocese of Nagpur) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Salisbury was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Peter Janser, S.V.D., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Indore (India)

Archbishop Emilio Francisco Lisson Chaves, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Methymna

Fr. Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Ubaza and Vicar Apostolic of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Mario Vianello was elected Bishop of Fidenza (Italy)

Archbishop Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Grouard (Canada), passed away at 91

Bishop Gaetano Bacile di Castiglione, Bishop emeritus of Castellaneta (Italy), passed away at 86

Cardinal Pietro Maffi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono and Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Basilius Panat (Thomas), C.S.T., Priest of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Founder of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”

Fr. Francesco de Filippis was elected Bishop of Veroli (Italy)

Fr. Policarpo da Costa Vaz (高德華) was appointed as Priest of Viseu (Portugal)

Fr. Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P., Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists), was elected Apostolic Delegate to East India and Titular Archbishop of Salamis

Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney resigned as Apostolic Delegate to East India

Fr. Juan Vicente Arana Idígoras, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

Fr. Joseph Zhou Ji-shi (周濟世), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Cratia and Vicar Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (China)

Fr. Boniface Yang Fu-jue (Yeung Fuk-tseuk) (楊福爵) was elected Titular Bishop of Eguga and Auxiliary Bishop of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

Fra’ Galeazzo von Thun und Hohenstein, S.M.O.M., Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 80

Diocese of Reno was established (from Diocese of Sacramento and Diocese of Salt Lake and became suffragan of San Francisco) (USA)

Bishop Patrick Vincent Dwyer resigned as Bishop of Maitland (Australia)

Bishop Edmund Joseph Gleeson, C.SS.R., succeeded as Bishop of Maitland (Australia)

Fr. Giuseppe Rossino was elected Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica

Bishop Daniel Rivero Rivero succeeded as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Archbishop José Belisario Santistevan, Bishop emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), passed away at 87

Fr. Gaspar Hu Xiu-shen (胡修身) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Linqing 臨清 (China)

Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Japan

Apostolic Prefecture of Douala was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kisantu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kwango) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Bishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin succeeded as Bishop of Versailles (France)

Bishop Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier, Bishop of Versailles (France), passed away at 81

Mission sui juris of Linqing 臨清 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Linqing 臨清 (China)

Mission sui juris of Central Norway was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Norway) (Norway)

Bishop Joseph Shiel, Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia), passed away at 59

Bishop Emilio Cottafavi, Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy) and Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy), passed away at 62

Mission sui juris of Northern Norway was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Norway) (Norway)

Apostolic Vicariate of Norway was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Oslo (Norway)

Fr. Florentino Simón y Garriga, C.M.F., was elected Titular Bishop of Leuce and Bishop-Prelate of São José de Alto Tocantins (Brazil)

Fr. Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC., was elected Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Hierissus

Bishop Compton Theodore Galton, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana (Guyana), passed away at 75

Bishop Félix-Henri-François-Donatien Perroy, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma (Myanmar), passed away at 64

Bishop Frédéric-Joseph-Marie Provost, M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma (Myanmar)

Fr. Ferdinando Bernardi was elected Bishop of Andria (Italy)

Bishop Nematallah Carame, Titular Bishop of Myndus, passed away at 80

Bishop Isidro Carrillo y Salazar, Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua), passed away at 55

Fr. Teodoro Pallaroni was elected Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Fr. Karl Joseph Alter, Priest of Toledo (USA), was elected Bishop of Toledo (USA)

Fr. Urban John Vehr was elected Bishop of Denver (USA)

Msgr. Francesco Roberti, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Fr. Thomas Kiely Gorman was elected Bishop of Reno (USA)

Blessed Fr. Ángel Darío Acosta Zurita was appointed as Priest of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico)

Bishop Péter Gebé, Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine), passed away at 66

Bishop Patrick Vincent Dwyer, Bishop emeritus of Maitland (Australia), passed away at 72

Fr. Emilio Cecco, C.S.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Letopolis

Fr. Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay)

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

Fr. Luigi Casaril, C.S.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Fr. Patrick Joseph Farrelly was elected Titular Bishop of Neve and Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore (Australia)

Archbishop João Irineu Joffily, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Anasartha

Bishop-elect Emilio Cecco, C.S.I., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

Fr. Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Douala (Cameroon)

Bishop Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China), passed away at 62

Cardinal Michele Lega, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Basilio Pompilj, Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), passed away at 73

Archbishop Giuseppe Lagumina, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Attilio Adinolfi, Bishop of Trivento (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Anagni (Italy)

Mission sui juris of Jianningfu 建寧府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou 福州) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 澧縣 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德) (China)

Mission sui juris of Gambia was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Sénégal) (Gambia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德) (China)

Bishop James Albert Duffy, Bishop of Grand Island (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Silandus

Fr. Aristides de Araújo Porto was elected Titular Bishop of Theveste and Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Archbishop Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 77

Fr. Francesco Gardini was elected Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy)

Fr. Eduard Profittlich, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia)

Archbishop Antonino Zecchini, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia)

Fr. Pierre Erdozainey-Etchart (葉美璋), S.C.I., Ecclesiastical Superior of Dali 大理 (China), passed away at 47

Bishop Auguste Haouisée (惠濟良), S.J., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing 南京 (China)

Bishop Próspero París (姚宗李), S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing 南京 (China), passed away at 84

Fr. Vladimir Ghika, Priest of Paris (France), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Vittore Rosario Fernandes was elected Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Archbishop Mario Giardini, B., Titular Archbishop of Edessa, was appointed as Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

Bishop José Bento Martins Ribeiro, Bishop of Cochin (India), passed away at 71

Bishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria)

Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria)

Territorial Prelature of Juruá was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Tefé and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Fr. John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bahama (Bahamas)

Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

Fr. Ernesto Sena de Oliveira was elected Titular Archbishop of Mitylene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. João da Silva Campos Neves was elected Titular Bishop of Vatarba and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Apostolic Administration of Harbin 哈爾濱 was established (from Diocese of Vladivostok) (China)

Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅), Apostolic Delegate to China, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China)

Fr. Domenico Marsiglia was elected Archbishop of Rossano (Italy)

Fr. Mikel Koliqi was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Johannes Damascus Jesacher, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yongzhoufu 永州府 (China)

Fr. Andrea Spada was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Fra’ Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere, S.M.O.M., was appointed as Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Cardinal Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), passed away at 65

Fr. Eberhard Limbrock, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 72

Fr. Egidio Lari was elected Apostolic Delegate to Iran and Titular Archbishop of Tyrus

Archbishop Giovanni Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Izmir (Turkiye), passed away at 88

Archbishop Crescencio Errázuriz Valdivieso, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 91

Fr. Tomás Aspe, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Fr. Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Ajmer (India)

Archbishop Vahan Kitchourian succeeded as Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Archbishop Giuseppe Rokossian, Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 83

Fr. Thomas Martin Fox was elected Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Fr. Albert Henri Charles Breton (アルベルト・ブルトン), M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Fr. Hermann Bücking, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Togo (Togo), passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. Edward Grzymała was appointed as Priest of Włocławek (Poland)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian 益都縣 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Zhifou 芝罘) (China)

Mission sui juris of Sikkim was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Sikkim (India)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Yuci 榆次 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Taiyuanfu 太原府) (China)

Mission sui juris of Weihai 威海 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Zhifou 芝罘) (China)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles lost territory to Diocese of Papantla (Mexico)

Archbishop Giovanni Volpi, Bishop emeritus of Arezzo (Italy), passed away at 71

Bishop Giovanni Battista Gorordo, Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tacapæ

Archbishop James Romanus Bilsborrow, E.B.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cardiff (Wales), passed away at 68

Mission sui juris of Trabzon was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinopole) (Turkiye)

Fr. Michele da Capodistria, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Trabzon (Turkiye)

Bishop Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam)

Bishop Alexandre-Paul-Marie Chabanon, M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam)

Blessed Fr. Maksymilian Binkiewicz was appointed as Priest of Częstochowa (Poland)

Bishop Filippo Mantini, Bishop of Bosa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

Fr. Pierre-Armand-Albert-Lucien Fallaize, O.M.I., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Thmuis

Bishop James J. Roche, Bishop of Ross (Ireland), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia and Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland)

Fr. Leone Sieben, C.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa)

Blessed Fr. Władysław Bukowiński was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Blessed Fr. Jules Grand was appointed as Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

Fr. Andrea Cesarano was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vieste (Italy)

Fr. Agostino Mancinelli was elected Titular Bishop of Nazianzus, Coadjutor Bishop of Aquino (Italy), Coadjutor Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Coadjutor Bishop of Sora (Italy)

Bishop Alessandro Macchi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vieste (Italy)

Fr. Massimiliano Massimiliani was elected Bishop of Modigliana (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Xuzhou 徐州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nanjing 南京) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Chuzhou 處州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ningbo 寧波) (China)

Fr. Alfonso Verwimp, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Uccula and Vicar Apostolic of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Blessed Fr. Filippo Rinaldi, S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), passed away at 75

Bishop John Thomas Kidd, Bishop of Calgary (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of London (Canada)

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

Bishop John Andrew O’Shea (和若望), C.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Ganzhou 贛州 (China)

Fr. Romolo Genuardi was elected Titular Bishop of Pharsalus and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Montini, Priest of Brescia (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Participantium, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Venerable Bishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B., Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Fr. Franciszek Barda was elected Titular Bishop of Medea and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Archbishop Frantisek Kordác resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Alexandre-Charles Renard was appointed as Priest of Lille (France)

Fr. Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica (Libya) and Titular Bishop of Uzita

Fr. Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior and Vicar Apostolic of Mogadishu (Somalia)

Fr. Felice Pirozzi was appointed as Priest of Nola (Italy)

Archbishop Frantisek Kordác was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Amasea

Bishop René-Pierre Mignen, Bishop of Montpellier (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)

Bishop Luis María Benziger, O.C.D., Bishop of Quilon (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Antinoë

Bishop Agostino Laera, Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Trajanopolis in Phrygia

Fr. Corrado Ursi was appointed as Priest of Molfetta (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Ángel Darío Acosta Zurita, Priest of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico), passed away at 22

Bishop Alfredo Peri-Morosini, Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia, passed away at 69

Bishop Emmanuel Coste, Bishop of Carcassonne (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

Cardinal Luigi Capotosti was appointed as Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria

Bishop Christophe-Louis Légasse, Bishop of Périgueux (France), passed away at 71

Archbishop Antônio Augusto de Assis, Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil) and Titular Archbishop of Beirut, was appointed as Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Reis was elected Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Bishop José Clos y Pagés, S.J., Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines), passed away at 72

Sr. Marie de Saint Michel, F.M.M., Superior General of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, passed away at 62

Bishop George Albert Guertin, Bishop of Manchester (USA), passed away at 62

Fr. Maximilien de Fürstenberg was appointed as Priest of Mechelen (Belgium)

Diocese of Florida–Melo was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Melo and became suffragan of Montevideo) (Uruguay)

Diocese of Melo was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Florida–Melo) (Uruguay)

Fr. Francisco de Assis Pires was elected Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Fr. José Horacio Campillo Infante was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Miguel Paternain, C.SS.R., Bishop of Melo (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Florida–Melo (Uruguay)

Fr. Jean Chrysostome Bigel, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Arabia (United Arab Emirates), passed away at 77

Blessed Fr. Secondo Pollo was appointed as Priest of Vercelli (Italy)

Mission sui juris of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China)

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

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

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Izmir lost territory to Diocese of Chios (Turkiye)

Apostolic Prefecture of Central New Guinea was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

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

Archbishop Sébastien Herscher, Bishop emeritus of Langres (France), passed away at 75

Fr. Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy) and Bishop of Cerignola (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Potenza was elected Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy)

Fr. Vigilio da Valstagna Dalla Zuanna (Federico), O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Archbishop Victor Arrién, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Plata (Bolivia), passed away at 63

Blessed Fr. Ignacy Kłopotowski, Priest of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 65

Fr. Clément Joseph Mathieu was elected Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Bishop François-Marie Picaud, Titular Bishop of Erythræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Vannes (France), was appointed as Bishop of Bayeux (France)

Cardinal Francesco Ragonesi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 80

Saint Robert Bellarmine, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index, was proclaimed as Doctor of the Church

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

Bishop Thomas Dunn, Bishop of Nottingham (England), passed away at 61

Bishop Karol Józef Fischer, Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland), passed away at 84

Fr. Amedeo Polidori was elected Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy)

Bishop Louis-Joseph Gaillard, Bishop of Meaux (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France)

Fr. Antonio Mantiero was elected Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Cardinal Pedro Segura y Sáenz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Fr. Gerard-Joseph Hoogers (高東升), C.I.C.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Datongfu 大同府 (China)

Bishop Johannes Hillebrand, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at 57

Bishop József Lányi, Titular Bishop of Tinum, passed away at 63

Fr. Domenico Argnani was elected Bishop of Conversano (Italy)

Fr. Nicolò Frazioli was elected Bishop of Bosa (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Giorgis was elected Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Archbishop Timothy Casey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada), passed away at 69

Archbishop William Mark Duke succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Fr. Pierre-Marie Durieux was elected Bishop of Viviers (France)

Bishop Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P., Bishop emeritus of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 86

Bishop Ferenc Gossman, Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary), passed away at 61

Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Teodoro Gordaliza Sánchez, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh (Vietnam), passed away at 56

Bishop Nicola Ciceri (徐則麟), C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China)

Bishop Gaetano Mignani (梅雅誼), C.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China)

Fr. Basile Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Giovanni Meehan, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Gambia (Gambia)

Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria

Archbishop Avedis Arpiarian, Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon), was elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle (劉), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Suifu 敘府 (China), passed away at 66

Bishop Louis-Nestor Renault (唐靄鐸), M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Suifu 敘府 (China)

Fr. Agustín Rodríguez was elected Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay)

Archbishop Giacomo Ghio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia

Fr. Victorin Marijon, C.S.B., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians), passed away at 80

Bishop Karel Boromejský Kašpar, Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Antonin Alois Weber was elected Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

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

Fr. Maurizio Picha was elected Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Fr. António Valente da Fonseca was elected Titular Bishop of Ceramus and Auxiliary Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal)

Fr. Varkey Kattarath, C.V., Founder of Vincentian Congregation, passed away

Archbishop Franz Borgia Sedej, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ægina

Fr. Rufino Jiao Santos was appointed as Priest of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Antônio Malan, S.D.B., Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil), passed away at 68

Bishop John Gregory Murray, Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA)

Fr. Bernard Francis Mayer (馬奕猷), M.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Wuzhou 梧州 (China)

Msgr. Alfred Joseph Wood (アルフレッド・ヨゼフ・ウット), M.E.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hakodate 函館 (Japan)

Fr. Andre Dumas, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hakodate 函館 (Japan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sanyuan 三原 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu 西安府) (China)

Bishop Bartolomeo Lagumina, Bishop of Agrigento (Italy), passed away at 81

Mission sui juris of Tongzhou 同州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu 西安府) (China)

Saint Archbishop Guido Maria Conforti, Archbishop-Bishop of Parma (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. Leone Delaval, Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana), passed away at 63

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Magenties (徐司慶) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Dali 大理 (China)

Fr. Pietro Giovanni Umberto Verriet, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Eleutherna and Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao)

Fr. Ferdinand Loy (盧裴德), S.V.D., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Xinjiang 新疆 (China)

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

Fr. Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S., was elected Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci (恩禮奇), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Laohekou 老河口 (China), passed away at 45

Bishop Jean-Marie Bourchany, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lyon (France), passed away at 76

Fr. Luis Guízar y Barragán was elected Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Archbishop Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France), passed away at 75

Archbishop Franz Borgia Sedej, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy), passed away at 77

Archbishop Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vancouver (Canada) and Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates), passed away at 74

Bishop Stanisław Gall resigned as Military Vicar of Poland (Poland)

Fr. George Marin, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xuzhou 徐州 (China)

Fr. Giovanni Starcke, M.S.F., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Northern Norway (Norway)

Archbishop Karl Fritz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 67

Bishop Enrico Gogarty, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania), passed away at 47

Fr. John Patrick Cody was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Bishop Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I., Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

Mission sui juris of Dali 大理 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Dali 大理 (China)

Fr. René Graffin, C.S.Sp., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon) and Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis

Fr. Leon-Jean-Marie De Smedt (石德懋), C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Adraa and Vicar Apostolic of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Fr. Gaspare Schotte (石揚休), C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Petinessus

Fr. Carlo Re, I.M.C., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri (Kenya) and Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum

Fr. Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson (Canada), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia

Fr. Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Castoria and Vicar Apostolic of Goajira (Colombia)

Patriarch Boghos (Paul) Bédros XIII Terzian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 78

Bishop Alberto Magno di Bollstädt (Albert the Great), O.P., Bishop of Regensburg (Germany), was canonised

Saint Albert the Great, Bishop of Regensburg (Germany), was proclaimed as Doctor of the Church

Fr. Adriano Bernareggi was elected Titular Bishop of Nyssa and Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Archbishop Carmine Cesarano, C.SS.R., Archbishop-Bishop of Campagna (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

Bishop Henri Lamiroy succeeded as Bishop of Brugge (Belgium)

Bishop Gustave Joseph Waffelaert, Bishop of Brugge (Belgium), passed away at 84

Fr. Alessandro Pasquel was elected Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Fr. William Lee was elected Bishop of Clifton (England)

Fr. Ambrose James Moriarty was elected Titular Bishop of Miletopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Cardinal Louis Billot, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon emeritus of S. Maria in Via Lata, passed away at 85

Fr. Stanislaus Vincent Bona was elected Bishop of Grand Island (USA)

Blessed Fr. René Giraudet was appointed as Priest of Luçon (France)

Venerable Bishop Elia Dalla Costa, Bishop of Padova (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Baie d’Hudson was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Bishop-elect Gaspare Schotte (石揚休), C.I.C.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

Territorial Abbacy of Ndanda was established (from Territorial Abbacy of Lindi) (Tanzania)

Territorial Abbacy of Lindi was renamed as Territorial Abbacy of Peramiho (Tanzania)

Abbot Gallus Steiger, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Lindi (Tanzania), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Peramiho (Tanzania)

Venerable Patriarch Elias Boutros Hoayek, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 88

Bishop Luigi Scarano, Bishop of Tivoli (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Domenico Mannaioli, Bishop emeritus of Montefiascone (Italy), passed away at 82