Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Craina was suppressed (Albania)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Cydonia was suppressed (Greece)

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

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

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Gabala was established (Syria)

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

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

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Mopsuestia was restored (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Myriophytos was suppressed (Turkiye)

Fr. Benoit-Marius Bonnefoux, C.S.Sp., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

Fr. Charles Estermann, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

Fr. Theodor Innitzer was elected Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria)

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

Fr. Carlo Ilario Currea, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Río Magdalena (Colombia), passed away at 53

Fr. Leone Sieben, C.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 46

Archbishop Luis Antonio de Mena y Steinkoft resigned as Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Emanuele Reyes, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Bishop Dionysios Kfoury, B.S., was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

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

Archbishop Antonino Zecchini, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Estonia

Bishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Théodore Labouré, O.M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

Fr. Wilhelm Gier, S.V.D., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Fr. Joseph Grendel, S.V.D., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Abbot Remigio Bárdos, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary), passed away at 64

Abbot Alcuin Deutsch, O.S.B., was appointed as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

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

Fr. Michael Browne, O.P., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of International Pontifical Institute of Angelicum

Fr. Vigilio da Valstagna Dalla Zuanna (Federico), O.F.M. Cap., Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

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

Fr. Pio Paschini was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Athenaeum of Roman Pontifical Seminary

Bishop-elect Carlo Re, I.M.C., Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Meru (Kenya)

Fr. Mariano Cordovani, O.P., resigned as Rector Magnificus of International Pontifical Institute of Angelicum

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

Fr. Giovanni Penco, C.S.P., was appointed as President of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Pietro Ricaldone, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)

Fr. Giovanni Rossi Massimo Toschi, C.S.P., resigned as President of Society of Saint Paul

Bishop Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F., Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

Fr. Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Fr. Enrico Breuer, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay), passed away

Bishop John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Thomas de la Hoz (楊多默 / トマス・デ・ラ・ホス), O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Shikoku 四国 (Japan)

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

Abbot Ernest Helmstetter, O.S.B., resigned as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Adrianus Brocken, M.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. Emil Herman, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

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

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

Fr. Christianus Janssen, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. Reginald Weinmann, C.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Fr. Antonin Wicart, C.I., resigned as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Bishop Anton Gisler, Coadjutor Bishop of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 68

Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Central America

Fr. Leopoldo Buteler was elected Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Archbishop Antoun Arida, Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Riccardo Carlesi, Bishop of Cortona (Italy), passed away at 62

Apostolic Prefecture of Zhaoxian 趙縣 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China)

Fr. John Zhang Bi-de (張弼德), Prefect Apostolic of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos and Vicar Apostolic of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China)

Fr. Luke Zhao Qing-hua (趙慶化) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Chifeng 赤峰 (China)

Bishop Désiré-Marie-Joseph-Antelne-Martin Paget, Bishop of Valence (France), passed away at 72

Fr. Romuald Denis Hayes was elected Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Fr. Timoteo Giorgio Raymundos, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Santorini (Greece)

Fr. George Weld, S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana (Guyana) and Titular Bishop of Mallus

Fr. Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Coimbatore (India)

Archbishop Luigi Fantozzi, Bishop emeritus of Veroli (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P., Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

Bishop Adolfo Verrienti, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Altamura (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), passed away at 60

Bishop Geraldo Van Caloen, O.S.B., Abbot nullius emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), passed away at 78

Fr. Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia (富濟才), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yuci 榆次 (China)

Fr. Angelo de la Calle Fontecha, O.S.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yueyang 岳陽 (China)

Fr. Ippolito Martínez y Martínez, O.S.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 澧縣 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kontum was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Quinhon) (Vietnam)

Bishop Isaias Papadopulos, Honorary Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 76

Bishop Salvatore Scanu, Bishop of San Marco (Italy) and Bishop of Bisignano (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani (費樂理), O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Laohekou 老河口 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Aspendus and Vicar Apostolic of Laohekou 老河口 (China)

Bishop Isidoro Sain, O.S.B., Bishop of Rijeka–Opatija (Croatia), passed away at 62

Fr. Luigi Centoz was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne

Bishop Francesco De Pietro, Bishop of Acerra (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Calynda

Fr. Louis-Prosper Durand (杜安坤), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Weihai 威海 (China)

Fr. Eugene Venance Guichard (衛國棟), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China)

Bishop Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Gubbio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Terracina (Italy), Bishop of Priverno (Italy) and Bishop of Sezze (Italy)

Fr. Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto was elected Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

Bishop John Joseph Mitty, Bishop of Salt Lake (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ægina and Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Carlo Agostini was elected Bishop of Padova (Italy)

Fr. Cipriano Witte, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Central Norway (Norway)

Blessed Fr. Gerhard Hirschfelder was appointed as Priest of Münster (Germany)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kumasi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast) (Ghana)

Apostolic Vicariate of Diégo-Suarez lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore (Madagascar)

Bishop Vicente Castellanos y Núñez resigned as Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban (Sudan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fushun 撫順 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Orinoco was established (from Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana) (Venezuela)

Fr. Jozef Hubert Willem Lemmens was elected Titular Bishop of Cardicium and Coadjutor Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Bishop Gabriele Vettori, Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) and Bishop of Prato (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

Fr. Wilhelm Stockums was elected Titular Bishop of Erythræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Sr. Marie Marguerite du Sacré-Cœur, F.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Bishop Moisés Ferreira Coelho, Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Berœa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil)

Venerable Bishop Geevarghese Ivanios Giorgio Tommaso Panickerveetil, O.I.C., Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Phasis

Bishop Jacob Abraham Theophilos Kalapurakal was appointed as Titular Bishop of Arad

Bishop Antonio Podlaha, Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 67

Bishop Marcial López y Criado, Bishop of Cádiz (Spain), passed away at 64

Diocese of Ljubljana lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gorizia e Gradisca, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Udine and Diocese of Trieste (Slovenia)

Fr. Raffaello Toro, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Río Magdalena (Colombia)

Bishop André-Etienne-Athanase Hermel, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia), passed away at 58

Fr. Pietro Tagliapietra was elected Bishop of Treia (Italy) and Bishop of San Severino (Italy)

Fr. Berardo Barracciu (巴), O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China)

Fr. John Collins, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Liberia (Liberia)

Fr. Giuseppe Franciolini was elected Bishop of Cortona (Italy)

Bishop Gustavo Matteoni, Bishop of Grosseto (Italy) and Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Antiochia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Drago was elected Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) and Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy)

Fr. William Cecil MacGrath, S.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Chuzhou 處州 (China)

Fr. Dionisio Habib Naassani was elected Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Wladyslaw Bandurski, Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine), passed away at 66

Bishop Thomas Joseph Shahan, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA), passed away at 74

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

Fr. Edoardo van Goethem, M.S.C., Prefect Apostolic of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Arnold Verstraelen, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia), passed away at 49

Fr. John Heffernan, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Uzippari

Msgr. Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S., was appointed as Founder of Saint Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions

Fr. Luiz Scortegagna was elected Titular Bishop of Phocæa and Coadjutor Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil)

Fr. Paul Adam Curran, O.P., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Jianningfu 建寧府 (China)

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

Diocese of Transilvania was renamed as Diocese of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Fr. Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B., Prefect Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Titular Bishop of Milevum and Vicar Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Gusztáv Károly Majláth, Bishop of Transilvania (Romania), was appointed as Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Mission sui juris of Shiqian 石阡 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Guiyang 貴陽) (China)

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

Bishop Zygmunt Łoziński, Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus), passed away at 61

Bishop Jozef Hubert Willem Lemmens succeeded as Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Bishop Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen, Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands), passed away at 70

Fr. Beniamino Ubaldi was elected Bishop of Gubbio (Italy)

Fr. Laurenz Matthias Vincenz was elected Titular Bishop of Paphus and Coadjutor Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Bishop Eduardo Maldonado Calvo, Bishop of Tunja (Colombia), passed away at 71

Bishop Luigi Spandre, Bishop of Asti (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Nicola Colangelo was elected Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy)

Fr. Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola)

Bishop Augusto Klinke Leier, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), passed away at 62

Bishop Fiorenzo Umberto Tessiatore (戴夏德), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China), passed away at 39

Fr. Raymond Aloysius Lane (林化東), M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Fushun 撫順 (China)

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

Cardinal Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A., Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) and Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria), passed away at 67

Fr. Pietro Moretti (穆繼文), O.F.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Tongzhou 同州 (China)

Bishop Pierre Chatelus, Bishop of Nevers (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Leucas

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

Blessed Fr. Anton Zogaj was appointed as Priest of Durrës (Albania)

Fr. Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pomaria and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China)

Fr. Julien-Marie Nouailles, SS.CC., was elected Titular Bishop of Fornos major and Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia)

Bishop Niccolò Rotoli, O.F.M., Bishop of Venafro (Italy) and Bishop of Isernia (Italy), passed away at 63

Bishop Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes, Bishop of Northampton (England), passed away at 64

Fr. Antonio Tani was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Maria Raiti, O. Carm., Bishop of Trapani (Italy), passed away at 68

Archdiocese of Petra and Philadelphia (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (Jordan)

Fr. Paul Salman was elected Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Fr. Olexander Stojka was elected Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Bishop Leo Walega, Bishop of Tarnów (Poland), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tlos

Bishop Georg Schmid von Grüneck, Bishop of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 80

Bishop-elect Laurenz Matthias Vincenz succeeded as Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Apostolic Vicariate of Thanh Hoá was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Phát Diêm) (Vietnam)

Bishop Evasio Colli, Bishop of Acireale (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Parma (Italy)

Bishop Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese, Bishop of Aosta (Italy), passed away at 65

Bishop Cornelius van de Ven, Bishop of Alexandria (USA), passed away at 66

Fr. Francesco Niccoli was elected Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy)

Fr. James Augustine McFadden was elected Titular Bishop of Bida and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. John Francis McNulty was elected Bishop of Nottingham (England)

Fr. Joseph Edward McCarthy was elected Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Bishop John Bertram Peterson, Titular Bishop of Hippos and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Manchester (USA)

Bishop Umberto Rossi, Bishop of Susa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Asti (Italy)

Fr. Callisto Lopinot, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore (Madagascar)

Fr. Bernardus Joseph Joannes Visser, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

Fr. Gabriel Brunhes was elected Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Blessed Fr. José Vigil Cabrerizo was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Bishop Konrad Gröber, Bishop of Meißen (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Fr. Joseph-Louis-Adhémar Lapierre (石俊聲), P.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Sipingjie 四平街 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Cardicium and Vicar Apostolic of Sipingjie 四平街 (China)

Fr. Peter Cheng Yu-tang (Tch’eng) (成玉堂) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

Bishop Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Mogadishu (Somalia), passed away at 49

Bishop Evarist Zhang Zhi-liang (張智良), Vicar Apostolic of Jining 集寧 (China), passed away at 45

Apostolic Prefecture of Douala was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Douala (Cameroon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kavirondo was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kisumu (Kenya)

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

Fr. Jacobus Hubertus Goumans, O.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bandung (Indonesia)

Fr. Gorgonio Brandsma, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kavirondo (Kenya), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya)

Fr. Joachim Ammann, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania)

Mission sui juris of Huangzhou 黃州 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Huangzhou 黃州 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sipingjie 四平街 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sipingjie 四平街 (China)

Mission sui juris of Zhangdian 張店 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Zhangdian 張店 (China)

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

Bishop Bernard Hackett, C.SS.R., Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland), passed away at 69

Bishop Michel-Thomas Labrecque, Bishop emeritus of Chicoutimi (Canada), passed away at 82

Fr. Ferdinando Fulgenzio Pasini (班錫宜), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sanyuan 三原 (China)

Bishop Bernard Cornelius O’Riley resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa)

Fr. Peter Joseph Monahan was elected Bishop of Calgary (Canada)

Fr. Edward Myers was elected Titular Bishop of Lamus and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Apostolic Exarchate of Greece (Greek Rite) was established (from Apostolic Exarchate of Turkey of Europe) (Greece)

Diocese of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara Rite) was established (became suffragan of Trivandrum) (India)

Metropolitanate sui juris of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara Rite) was established (with suffragan see Tiruvalla) (India)

Bishop George Calavassy, Apostolic Exarch of Turkey of Europe of the Greeks (Turkiye), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece)

Venerable Archbishop Geevarghese Ivanios Giorgio Tommaso Panickerveetil, O.I.C., Titular Archbishop of Phasis, was appointed as Metropolitan of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Jacob Abraham Theophilos Kalapurakal, Titular Bishop of Arad, was appointed as Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Dionisio Leonida Varouhas was elected Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis and Apostolic Exarch of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkiye)

Blessed Fr. Marian Konopiński was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop-elect Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Douala (Cameroon), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Turuzi

Fr. Francesco Joosten, C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis

Fr. John Zhang Zhi-nan (Tchang) (張指南) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

Fr. Pacifico Giulio Vanni (萬九樓), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Zapara and Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China)

Fr. Eugenio Artaraz Emaldi, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Cotenna and Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Apostolic Prefecture of Datongfu 大同府 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Datongfu 大同府 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Hongtong 洪洞 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Luanfu 潞安府) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Shuozhou 朔州 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Shuozhou 朔州 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Zhouzhi 盩厔 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu 西安府) (China)

Bishop Juan Agustín Boneo, Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina), passed away at 87

Fr. Edgar Anton Häring (俞廣仁), O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Shuozhou 朔州 (China)

Bishop-elect Francesco Joosten, C.I.C.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Datongfu 大同府 (China)

Blessed Fr. Władysław Findysz was appointed as Priest of Przemyśl (Poland)

Bishop Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B., Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany), passed away at 84

Bishop Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam), was appointed as Bishop of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam)

Fr. Demetrio Moscato was elected Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) and Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

Fr. Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P., was elected Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy)

Fr. Umberto Ugliengo was elected Bishop of Susa (Italy)

Fr. Louis Lévesque was appointed as Priest of Rimouski (Canada)

Fr. Domenico Dell’Aquila was elected Titular Bishop of Lystra, Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J., Bishop of Calicut (India), passed away at 65

Fr. Louis-Jean Guyot was appointed as Priest of Bordeaux (France)

Fr. Émile André Jean-Marie Maury was appointed as Priest of Lyon (France)

Blessed Fr. Antoine Charmet was appointed as Priest of Saint-Étienne (France)

Fr. Clarence George Issenmann was appointed as Priest of Cincinnati (USA)

Fr. Ivan Starcevic was elected Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia)

Fr. James Edward Kearney was elected Bishop of Salt Lake (USA)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Ressia, Bishop of Mondovì (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia

Diocese of Barranquilla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena and became suffragan of Cartagena) (Colombia)

Bishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera, Bishop of Manizales (Colombia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Rhizæum and Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop Giordano Corsini, Bishop of Guastalla (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia

Blessed Bishop Carlo Liviero, Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. Kazimierz Bukraba was elected Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

Fr. Mattias Leonardus Trudon Brans, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Padang (Indonesia), was elected Titular Bishop of Corna

Fr. Jacques Mangers, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Selja and Vicar Apostolic of Oslo (Norway)

Mission sui juris of Bulawayo was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

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

Bishop António Bento Martins Júnior, Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

Diocese of Bacolod was established (from Diocese of Cebu and Diocese of Jaro and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mountain Provinces was established (from Diocese of Nueva Segovia) (Philippines)

Bishop John Aloysius Coleman succeeded as Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Connor, Bishop of Armidale (Australia), passed away at 83

Archbishop Giacomo Carabelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy), passed away at 45

Apostolic Prefecture of Jubbulpore was established (from Diocese of Allahabad and Diocese of Nagpur and became suffragan of Madras) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Padang was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Padang (Indonesia)

Mission sui juris of Karafuto was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Sapporo 札幌) (Russia)

Mission sui juris of Tukuyu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika) (Tanzania)

Bishop-elect Mattias Leonardus Trudon Brans, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Padang (Indonesia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Padang (Indonesia)

Archbishop José María Bottaro y Hers, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Macra

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

Fr. Francesco Imberti was elected Bishop of Aosta (Italy)

Fr. Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta was elected Titular Bishop of Algiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Fr. Gabriele Martelino Reyes was elected Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Msgr. Francis Joseph Spellman, Priest of Boston (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Titular Bishop of Sila and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija lost territory to Archdiocese of Zadar (Croatia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zadar was demoted as Archdiocese of Zadar (gained territory from Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija, lost territory to Diocese of Šibenik and without ecclesiastical province) (Croatia)

Bishop Ambrogio Daffra, Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy), passed away at 91

Bishop Daniel Joseph Curley, Bishop of Syracuse (USA), passed away at 63

Fr. Bernard Alexis Burquier, C.R.A., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland)

Bishop Pierre Louis Perrichon, M.E.P., Coadjutor Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia), passed away at 60

Fr. Ferdinando Ricca was elected Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Fr. Salvatore Russo was elected Bishop of Acireale (Italy)

Bishop George Joseph Finnigan, C.S.C., Bishop of Helena (USA), passed away at 47

Fr. Jean-Avila Roch, P.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions

Bishop Maurice Feltin, Bishop of Troyes (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France)

Fr. Frédéric Edouard Camille Lamy was elected Bishop of Meaux (France)

Fr. Emile Barthès was elected Titular Bishop of Verbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Albi (France)

Fr. Auguste-Callixte-Jean Bonnabel was elected Bishop of Gap (France)

Fr. Patrice Flynn was elected Bishop of Nevers (France)

Fr. Georges-Auguste Louis was elected Bishop of Périgueux (France)

Fr. Jean-Joseph Pays was elected Bishop of Carcassonne (France)

Bishop Camille Pic, Bishop of Gap (France), was appointed as Bishop of Valence (France)

Bishop Raimondo Jaffei, Bishop of Forlì (Italy), passed away at 84

Abbot Bernard Alexis Burquier, C.R.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Bethlehem, Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune

Cardinal Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith and President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies, passed away at 77

Bishop José Vila y Martínez, Bishop of Gerona (Spain), passed away at 65

Bishop Venceslao Frind, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 89

Bishop Stefan Novák, Bishop emeritus of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia), passed away at 52

Venerable Cardinal August Hlond, S.D.B., President of Episcopal Conference of Poland, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), was appointed as Founder of Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants

Bishop Crisanto Luque Sánchez, Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Tunja (Colombia)

Fr. Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos was elected Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Fr. Petrus Legge was elected Bishop of Meißen (Germany)

Fr. Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P., resigned as Titular Bishop of Pomaria and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China)

Fr. Idílio José Soares was elected Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

Fr. Pietro Capizzi was elected Bishop of Campagna (Italy)

Fr. Paolo Galeazzi was elected Bishop of Grosseto (Italy)

Fr. Giacomo Zaffrani was elected Bishop of Guastalla (Italy)

Fr. Theodor Innitzer was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Bishop Santiago Luis Copello, Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Grouard (Canada), passed away at 80

Bishop John Bernard MacGinley, Bishop of Monterey–Fresno (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Croæ

Archbishop António Bento Martins Júnior succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

Archbishop Manuel Vieira de Matos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal), passed away at 71

Archbishop Gustavo Matteoni succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy)

Archbishop Prospero Scaccia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Sebastiano Briacca was elected Bishop of Mondovì (Italy)

Fr. Luís António de Almeida was elected Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal)

Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel (梅致遠), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Guangzhou 廣州 (China), passed away at 78

Bishop Jean-François-Etienne Marnas, Bishop of Clermont (France), passed away at 73

Fr. Nicolás Fasolino, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was elected Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina)

Fr. Vicente Peira was elected Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina)

Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Bishop Nicola Ciceri (徐則麟), C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China), passed away at 78

Fr. Augustinus Philipp Baumann was elected Titular Bishop of Casius and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Archbishop Emmanuele Maria Polit, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador), passed away at 70

Fr. Joseph Höffner was appointed as Priest of Trier (Germany)

Fr. Luigi Baumeister (包美德), M.S.C., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Shiqian 石阡 (China)

Fr. Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Cuttack (India)

Fr. Max Theodor Franz Donders, M. Afr., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Tukuyu (Tanzania)

Bishop Ernest Hauger, S.M.A., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)

Bishop Francisco Banegas y Galván, Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico), passed away at 65

Fr. Enrico de Ferrari, S.D.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Alto Orinoco (Venezuela)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu 西安府) (China)

Bishop Antoine Alphonse de Wachter, Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium), passed away at 77

Diocese of Goiás was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás (with suffragan sees Porto Nacional, Bananal, Jataí and São José de Alto Tocantins) (Brazil)

Bishop Emanuel Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B., Bishop of Goiás (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiás (Brazil)

Bishop Antonio Lippolis, Bishop of Ugento (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dionysias

Bishop Odilon Fages, O.S.F.S., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Orange River (South Africa)

Bishop Jean-Marie Simon, O.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Orange River (South Africa), passed away at 73

Bishop José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes, Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil), passed away at 64

Fr. Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson was elected Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada)

Fr. Giuseppe Rolla was elected Bishop of Forlì (Italy)

Fr. Francisco Gomez de Santiago, O.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Dausara

Apostolic Prefecture of Jianchangfu 建昌府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Yujiang 餘江) (China)

Bishop-elect Edoardo van Goethem, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Corone

Fr. Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Pomaria and Vicar Apostolic of Kumasi (Ghana)

Fr. Joseph Attipetty was elected Titular Archbishop of Gabula and Coadjutor Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

Fr. Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Vasada and Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania)

Archbishop Albert Thomas Daeger, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA), passed away at 60

Msgr. Silvio Romani was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giovanni Teodori was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. John Francis Dearden was appointed as Priest of Cleveland (USA)

Bishop Anton Johann Zerr, Bishop emeritus of Tiraspol (Moldova), passed away at 83

Fr. Daniel Francis Desmond was elected Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

Fr. Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎) was appointed as Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Bishop Marie-Augustin-Olivier de Durfort de Civbac de Lorge, Bishop of Poitiers (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis

Bishop Edward John O’Dea, Bishop of Seattle (USA), passed away at 76

Bishop Jules-Louis-Marie de Carsalade du Pont, Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France), passed away at 85

Bishop Pierre Patau resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

Bishop John Joseph McMahon, Bishop of Trenton (USA), passed away at 57