Nominations and Resignations

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

Mission sui juris of Ahmedabad was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay) (India)

Diocese of Trieste lost territory to Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija (Italy)

Bishop Amando Agostino Bahlmann, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Xingu (Brazil)

Fr. Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Beni in Belgian Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Arthur Hinsley resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Africa for Missions

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

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

Msgr. Emilio Morales Roque was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Bellary (India)

Fr. Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of Bellary (India), passed away

Fr. Joaquín Villallonga, S.J., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Ahmedabad (India)

Bishop Jan Pacificus Bos, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Borneo (Indonesia)

Fr. Harrie van Oort, S.C.I., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Benkoelen (Indonesia)

Msgr. Pietro Parente, Priest of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith

Archbishop Carlo Salotti resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith

Fr. Antonio Piolanti was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Gianfranceschi, S.J., resigned as Director General of Vatican Radio

Fr. Filippo Soccorsi, S.J., was appointed as Director General of Vatican Radio

Bishop Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto (Russia)

Fr. Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Abbot Henri Quentin, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

Archimandrite Nicolas Borkhoche, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archimandrite Lawandios Kilzi, B.A., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

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

Archimandrite Agapios Naoum, B.S., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

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

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

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

Fr. Nicolás García Cuesta, C.M.F., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)

Fr. François Joseph Jung, S.M., resigned as Vicar General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. François-Joseph Kieffer, S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. Felipe Maroto, C.M.F., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)

Bishop Antonio Valbonesi, Bishop emeritus of Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Urbania (Italy), passed away at 65

Archbishop-elect Mario Zanin (蔡寧) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China) and Apostolic Delegate to China

Archbishop Pietro Ciriaci, Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Bishop Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Olba

Bishop Aloys Ernest Joye, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

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

Fr. Teodoro Koenig, S.A.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District (South Africa)

Bishop Adalberto Accioli Sobral, Bishop of Barra (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Sr. Jeanne-Antide Thouret was canonised

Fr. Paolo Bertoli, Priest of Lucca (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Eugene-Jean Imhof (英賀福 / 歐日諾), Prefect Apostolic of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China), passed away at 34

Archbishop Emmanuel Coste, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France), passed away at 60

Fr. Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Benkoelen (Indonesia)

Fr. Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Bishop Francesco De Pietro, Bishop emeritus of Acerra (Italy), passed away at 89

Archbishop-elect Albert Levame, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Salvador

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

Fr. Roque González de Santa Cruz, S.J., and 2 companions were beatified

Bishop François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cius

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

Fr. Diego Maria Gómez Tamayo was elected Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Fr. Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Oëa

Bishop Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica), passed away at 65

Fr. Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S., was elected Bishop of Nagpur (India)

Fr. Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C., Prefect Apostolic of Celebes (Indonesia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Celebes (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Trisipa

Fr. Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Crete (Greece)

Fr. Igino Serci was elected Bishop of Ozieri (Italy)

Territorial Prelature of Gurupi was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Guamá (Brazil)

Fr. Bernardo Bertoglio was elected Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina (Italy)

Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Przemyśl) (Poland)

Fr. Francis Patrick Keough, Priest of Hartford (USA), was elected Bishop of Providence (USA)

Fr. Moses Elias Kiley, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Bishop of Trenton (USA)

Fr. Robert Emmet Lucey was elected Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

Fr. William David O’Brien was elected Titular Bishop of Calynda and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Jean Jadot was appointed as Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Julije Drohobeczky, Bishop emeritus of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), passed away at 81

Bishop Checrallah Khouri, L.M., Bishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 68

Bishop William Keatinge, Military Vicar of Great Britain (England), passed away at 64

Fr. Thomas Tien Ken-sin (田耕莘), S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yanggu 陽穀 (China)

Bishop Augusto Sieffert, C.SS.R., Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Polybotus

Archbishop Antonio María Claret y Clará, C.M.F., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba), was beatified

Apostolic Vicariate of Boma was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Navrongo was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Navrongo (Ghana)

Fr. Hildon-Georges-Marie Six, C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Baliana and Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Camille-Paul Stappers, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Lulua Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Lulua (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Ceramus

Fr. Joseph Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Sinna and Vicar Apostolic of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Oscar Morin, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Navrongo (Ghana), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo (Ghana) and Titular Bishop of Uthina

Fr. Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria) and Titular Bishop of Vartana

Fr. José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama) and Titular Bishop of Tegea

Fr. Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Metellopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Bagamoyo (Tanzania)

Bishop Lorenzo Maria Balconi (巴明善), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China), was appointed as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Bishop Miguel León Prado, Bishop of Linares (Chile), passed away at 79

Sr. María Micaela del Santísimo Sacramento Desmaisières López de Dicastillo (Micaela), A.A.S.C., Founder of Adoratrices Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, was canonised

Fr. Stephen Joseph Donahue was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Medea

Sr. Louise de Marillac, F.d.C., was canonised

Bishop Vicente Peira, Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina), passed away at 49

Blessed Fr. Paolo Manna, P.I.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. Adalar Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Ilan 依蘭 (China)

Fr. Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Founder of Brothers of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo and Founder of Priestly Society of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo, was canonised

Fr. Pompilio Maria Pirrotti, Sch. P., was canonised

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

Bishop Quirico Travaini, Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) and Bishop of Fossano (Italy), passed away at 67

Msgr. Ludovico Kaas was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. José da Matha de Andrade y Amaral was elected Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

Fr. Gastão Liberal Pinto was elected Titular Bishop of Hippos and Coadjutor Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil)

Fr. Teofilo Bromboszcz was elected Titular Bishop of Candyba and Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Joseph Elmer Ritter, Titular Bishop of Hippos and Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Fr. Gerald Thomas Bergan was elected Bishop of Des Moines (USA)

Archbishop Francesco Borgongini Duca, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Pontifical Administrator of the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, was appointed as Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto

Archbishop Torquato Dini, Titular Archbishop of Dara and Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia, passed away at 40

Bishop Dominik Premus, Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia), passed away at 72

Fr. Alfonso Castaldo, Priest of Napoli (Italy), was elected Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Moisés Lira Serafín, M.Sp.S., was appointed as Founder of Congregation of Missionaries of the Charity of Immaculate Mary

Bishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J., resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Russia

Cardinal Franziskus Ehrle, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library and Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, passed away at 88

Fr. Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

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

Bishop Agustín Parrado García, Bishop of Palencia (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Bishop Étienne-Joseph Hurault, Bishop of Nancy (France), passed away at 60

Archbishop Pietro Pacifici, C.R.S., Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy), passed away at 76

Mission sui juris of Beni in Belgian Congo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian Rite) lost territory to Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia, Diocese of Maramureş and Diocese of Oradea Mare (Hungary)

Apostolic Prefecture of Liberia was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Liberia (Liberia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Jos was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaduna (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Jos) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Cape of Good Hope, Central District lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa)

Mission sui juris of Queenstown lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Gariep (South Africa)

Fr. Oscar Sevrin, S.J., was elected Bishop of Ranchi (India)

Archbishop Tomasso Trussoni, Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria

Fr. John Collins, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Liberia (Liberia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia (Liberia) and Titular Bishop of Thala

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

Archbishop Francesco Cherubini, Undersecretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Religious, passed away at 68

Bishop John Joseph Nilan, Bishop of Hartford (USA), passed away at 78

Bishop Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R., Bishop of Victoria (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada)

Fr. Manuel Borras Ferré was elected Titular Bishop of Bisica and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona (Spain)

Diocese of Azul was established (from Diocese of La Plata and became suffragan of La Plata) (Argentina)

Diocese of Bahía Blanca was established (from Diocese of La Plata and became suffragan of La Plata) (Argentina)

Diocese of Córdoba was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Córdoba (with suffragan see Río Cuarto and lost territory to establish Diocese of La Rioja and Diocese of Río Cuarto) (Argentina)

Diocese of Jujuy was established (from Diocese of Salta and became suffragan of Salta) (Argentina)

Diocese of La Plata was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata (with suffragan sees Azul, Bahía Blanca and Viedma and lost territory to establish Diocese of Azul, Diocese of Bahía Blanca and Diocese of Mercedes) (Argentina)

Diocese of La Rioja was established (from Diocese of Córdoba and became suffragan of San Juan de Cuyo) (Argentina)

Diocese of Mendoza was established (from Diocese of San Juan de Cuyo and became suffragan of San Juan de Cuyo) (Argentina)

Diocese of Mercedes was established (from Diocese of La Plata and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

Diocese of Paraná was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná (Argentina)

Diocese of Rosario was established (from Diocese of Santa Fe and became suffragan of Santa Fe) (Argentina)

Diocese of Río Cuarto was established (from Diocese of Córdoba and became suffragan of Córdoba) (Argentina)

Diocese of Salta was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salta (with suffragan sees Catamarca and Jujuy and lost territory to establish Diocese of Jujuy) (Argentina)

Diocese of San Juan de Cuyo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo (with suffragan sees La Rioja, Mendoza and San Luis and lost territory to establish Diocese of Mendoza and Diocese of San Luis) (Argentina)

Diocese of San Luis was established (from Diocese of San Juan de Cuyo and became suffragan of San Juan de Cuyo) (Argentina)

Diocese of Santa Fe was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe (with suffragan sees Rosario, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán and lost territory to establish Diocese of Rosario) (Argentina)

Diocese of Viedma was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and became suffragan of La Plata) (Argentina)

Bishop Nicolás Fasolino, Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (Argentina)

Bishop Francisco Alberti, Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop Julio Campero y Aráoz, Bishop of Salta (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina)

Bishop Fermín Emilio Lafitte, Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Bishop José Américo Orzali, Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Bishop Julián Pedro Martínez resigned as Bishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Abbacy nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Administration of Rio Branco) (Brazil)

Apostolic Administration of Rio Branco was established (from the suppressed Abbacy nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro) (Brazil)

Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B., Titular Archbishop of Velicia and Apostolic Delegate to Philippines, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nicosia

Bishop Maurice Francis McAuliffe, Titular Bishop of Dercos and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Archbishop Frantisek Kordác, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 82

Diocese of Cebu was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu (with suffragan see Calbayog) (Philippines)

Bishop Gabriele Martelino Reyes, Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Bishop Antony Iosifovich Malecki resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad (Russia)

Fr. Paul Méouchi, Priest of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Bishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Emiliano Cagnoni was elected Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

Fr. Teodorico de Angelis was elected Bishop of Ugento (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Girardi was elected Bishop of Pavia (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Zaupa, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Bruno Chiesa, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Pierre-René Rogue, C.M., was beatified

Fr. Cristoforo Arduino Terzi, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Massa Carrara (Italy)

Bishop Geoffrey Zaccherini, Bishop of Jesi (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Memphis

Fr. Paul-Ernest-Anastase Forget was elected Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada)

Sr. Jeanne-Élisabeth Bichier des Âges, F.C., was beatified

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

Archbishop Neil McNeil, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada), passed away at 82

Bishop Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva, Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Fr. Ambrogio Marchioni was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. José Salazar López was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz was elected Titular Bishop of Lysinia and Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Johannes Willebrands was appointed as Priest of Haarlem (Netherlands)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Chenzhou 辰州 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Chenzhou 辰州 (China)

Mission sui juris of Rajaburi was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Rajaburi (Thailand)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ruwenzori was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda) (Uganda)

Fr. Paul Bouque, S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic of Foumban (Cameroon), was elected Titular Bishop of Vagada and Vicar Apostolic of Foumban (Cameroon)

Fr. Cutbert Martin O’Gara (歐克瀾), C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Chenzhou 辰州 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Elis and Vicar Apostolic of Yuanling 沅陵 (China)

Fr. Alojzije Stepinac was elected Titular Archbishop of Nicopsis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Nicholas Laudadio, S.J., was elected Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Gaston Robichez, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Galle (Sri Lanka)

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

Fr. François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Vulturia and Vicar Apostolic of Ruwenzori (Uganda)

Fr. Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bangweulu (Zambia) and Titular Bishop of Ambia

Archbishop Martin-Jérôme Izart, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France), passed away at 79

Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia

Archbishop Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria

Fr. Franz Xavier Eberle was elected Titular Bishop of Zaliche and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Fr. Gustavo Testa, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was elected Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia and Titular Archbishop of Amasea

Bishop Juan Manoel González Arbeláez, Bishop of Manizales (Colombia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ænus

Bishop Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla, Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile), passed away at 76

Bishop Pasquale Keklikian, Bishop of Adana of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 78

Fr. Stefane Carton de Wiart was elected Titular Bishop of Taium and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

Fr. Manuel Pío López Estrada was elected Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Fr. Timothy Manning was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Archbishop Julio Campero y Aráoz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sophene

Fr. Joseph Godehard Machens, Priest of Hildesheim (Germany), was elected Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Guglielmo Lumley, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Jos (Nigeria)

Bishop Mathurin Guillemé, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa (Malawi)

Fr. Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux was appointed as Priest of Lille (France)

Msgr. Giosuè Venturi was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Vigilio Dalpiaz was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Ottavio De Liva was appointed as Priest of Udine (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Assam was promoted as Diocese of Shillong (became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Benue was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Nigeria) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Calabar was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Nigeria) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Nigeria was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Onitsha–Owerri (Nigeria)

Fr. Pablo Alegría Iriarte, O.A.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Zorolus and Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia)

Fr. León Angel Olano y Urteaga, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam) and Titular Bishop of Lagina

Fr. Stephen Ferrando, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Krishnagar (India)

Fr. Louis Mathias, S.D.B., Prefect Apostolic of Assam (India), was elected Bishop of Shillong (India)

Bishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Onitsha–Owerri (Nigeria)

Bishop James Edwin Cassidy, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River (USA)

Fr. Luigi Santa, I.M.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kaffa (Ethiopia)

Bishop Daniel Francis Feehan, Bishop of Fall River (USA), passed away at 78

Fr. Mario Cagna was appointed as Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Bishop Louis-Marie Raucaz, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of South Solomons (Solomon Islands), passed away at 55

Fr. Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Zorava

Bishop Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion), passed away at 61

Bishop Bernardo Martínez y Noval, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Almería (Spain), passed away at 66

Archbishop Carlo Margotti, Titular Archbishop of Mesembria, Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye), Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye and Apostolic Delegate to Greece, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

Bishop Maurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy), passed away at 60

Diocese of Mossoró was established (from Diocese of Natal and became suffragan of Paraíba) (Brazil)

Bishop Julián Pedro Martínez was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ibora

Bishop James Edwin Cassidy succeeded as Bishop of Fall River (USA)

Fr. Heinrich Maria Janssen was appointed as Priest of Münster (Germany)

Bishop David Joseph Scollard, Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada), passed away at 71

Bishop Vincenzo Tymieniecki, Bishop of Łódź (Poland), passed away at 63

Fr. John Hugh MacDonald was elected Bishop of Victoria (Canada)

Fr. Antonio Riberi (黎培理), Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Apostolic Delegate to Africa for Missions and Titular Archbishop of Dara

Fr. Jean Amoudru (Maurice-Marie-Félix Amoudru), O.P., was elected Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad (Russia) and Titular Bishop of Pyrgos

Territorial Prelature of Xingu was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Territorial Prelature of Santarém and Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Bishop Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte, Bishop of Amiens (France), passed away at 67

Bishop Jean-Marie-Alexandre Morice, Bishop emeritus of Les Cayes (Haiti), passed away at 81

Bishop Joseph Gabriel Zelger, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), passed away at 66

Fr. Roberto Nogara was elected Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy)

Archbishop Honoré-Paul-Emile Halle, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Montpellier (France), passed away at 80

Fr. Carlo Falcinelli was elected Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Diocese of Caxias was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Vacaria was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Archbishop João Batista Becker, Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Vacaria (Brazil)

Bishop Pietro Tagliapietra, Bishop of Treia (Italy) and Bishop of San Severino (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Caggiano, Priest of Santa Fe (Argentina), was elected Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Bishop Juan Pascual Chimento, Titular Bishop of Sela and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina)

Fr. Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Fr. Francisco Vicentín was elected Bishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Fr. Leandro Bautista Astelarra was elected Bishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

Bishop Leopoldo Buteler, Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Fr. César Antonio Cáneva was elected Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

Fr. Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Viedma (Argentina)

Fr. Froilán Ferreira Reinafé was elected Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina)

Fr. Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P., was elected Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina)

Fr. Enrique José Mühn, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina)

Bishop Pedro Dionisio Tibiletti, Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro and Auxiliary Bishop of Corrientes (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

Fr. José Aníbal Verdaguer y Corominas was elected Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Diocese of Loreto was suppressed (to Diocese of Recanati–Loreto) (Italy)

Diocese of Recanati was renamed as Diocese of Recanati–Loreto (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Loreto) (Italy)

Bishop Aluigi Cossio resigned as Bishop of Loreto (Italy)

Bishop François-Xavier Cloutier, Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada), passed away at 85

Bishop Alessandro Pasquel, Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador), passed away at 64

Archbishop Joseph-François-Ernest Ricard, Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ternobus

Fr. Roberto José Tavella, S.D.B., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina)

Fr. Aloisius Joseph Muench, Priest of Milwaukee (USA), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Giovanni Ferrofino was appointed as Priest of Alessandria (Italy)

Bishop Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J., Bishop of Trichinopoly (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Elatea

Bishop José Maria Perreira Lara, Bishop of Santos (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil)

Fr. László Lékai was appointed as Priest of Veszprém (Hungary)

Fr. Filippo Maria Cipriani was elected Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

Cardinal Giuseppe Mori, Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere pro hac vice Title, Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Council and Prelate Auditor emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 84

Bishop Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Segorbe (Spain), passed away at 79

Archbishop Ignaz Rieder, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria), passed away at 76

Bishop José Marcos Semeria, Bishop emeritus of Melo (Uruguay), passed away at 79

Fr. Jacques Martin was appointed as Priest of Nice (France)

Bishop Anselmo Rizzi, Bishop of Adria (Italy), passed away at 60

Fr. Ferdinando Longinotti was elected Bishop of Treia (Italy) and Bishop of San Severino (Italy)

Fr. Marcello Paternôt, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Fr. James Moynagh, S.P.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Calabar (Nigeria)

Fr. Juan Carlos Aramburu was appointed as Priest of Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Archbishop Orazio Mazzella, Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria

Bishop Simone Pietro Grassi, Bishop of Tortona (Italy), passed away at 78

Archbishop John William Shaw, Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA), passed away at 70

Bishop Juan Antón de la Fuente, Bishop of Teruel (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thelepte

Archbishop Andrew Killian succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Archbishop Robert William Spence, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia), passed away at 74

Bishop Luigi dell’Aversana, Bishop of Venosa (Italy), Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) and Bishop of Melfi (Italy), passed away at 63

Bishop Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez, Bishop of Oviedo (Spain), passed away at 60

Fr. Paul Hugentobler (胡干普), S.M.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China)

Bishop Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez, Titular Bishop of Anemurium and Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Fr. Georg Fröwis (法樂維), S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (China), passed away at 69

Bishop Jean-Marie Barthe, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Trichinopoly (India), passed away at 85

Apostolic Vicariate of Caozhoufu 曹州府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Yanzhoufu 兗州府) (China)

Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin)

Fr. Franz Hoowaarts (何方濟), S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Ucres and Vicar Apostolic of Caozhoufu 曹州府 (China)

Archbishop Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Novæ Patræ

Fr. Giacomo Rosso was elected Bishop of Cuneo (Italy)

Archbishop Joseph Attipetty succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

Archbishop Gustavo Matteoni, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy), passed away at 57

Bishop José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz, Titular Bishop of Lysinia and Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Bosporus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Vasyl Mastsiukh (Maścjuch) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 82

Cardinal Luigi Sincero, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law

Bishop Ivan Starcevic, Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia), passed away at 57

Bishop Luigi Ferretti, Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Francesco Basilio Bistauros, Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 56

Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Titular Archbishop of Areopolis and Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Mesembria

Bishop John Joseph Collins, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Jamaica (Jamaica), passed away at 78

Bishop Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński, Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Pietro Mozzanica was elected Titular Bishop of Sela and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Egisto Domenico Melchiori, Bishop of Nola (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Palazzini was appointed as Priest of Cagli (Italy)

Mission sui juris of Wuzhou 梧州 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Wuzhou 梧州 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Chenzhou 辰州 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yuanling 沅陵 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Equatorial Nile was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Equatorial Nile (Uganda)

Fr. Norman Thomas Gilroy was elected Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia)

Bishop Sigismund Waitz, Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Fr. Paul Bergan Misner (高其志), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Myrica and Vicar Apostolic of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Fr. Charles Vogel (荷敬謙), M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Shantou 汕頭 (China) and Titular Bishop of Parlais

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

Fr. Tarcisius Henricus Josephus van Valenberg, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Borneo (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Comba

Fr. Joseph Ansgarius Julien, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa (Malawi) and Titular Bishop of Choba

Fr. François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion)

Bishop Dionisio Moreno y Barrio, Bishop of Coria (Spain), passed away at 55

Fr. Angelo Negri, F.S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Barica and Vicar Apostolic of Equatorial Nile (Uganda)

Fr. Constantin Daems (湯執中), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (China) and Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists), passed away at 62

Archbishop Eugène Mederlet, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India), passed away at 67

Cardinal Luigi Sincero, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law

Fr. Angelo Soracco was elected Bishop of Fossano (Italy)

Bishop Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R., Bishop of Temuco (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cabasa

Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria

Fr. Giuseppe Mazzoli was elected Titular Archbishop of Germa in Hellesponto and Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria

Archbishop Sigismund Waitz, Titular Bishop of Cibyra, Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Bishop Ambrose James Moriarty succeeded as Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Bishop Hugh Singleton, Bishop of Shrewsbury (England), passed away at 83

Archbishop Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini (翁德明), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Changsha 長沙 (China), passed away at 66

Bishop James O’Reilly, Bishop of Fargo (USA), passed away at 79

Bishop Giovanni Battista Gorordo, Bishop emeritus of Cebu (Philippines), passed away at 72

Fr. Antonio José Plaza was appointed as Priest of La Plata (Argentina)

Archbishop Giuseppe Pizzardo, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Russia

Archbishop James Charles McGuigan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. Ralph Hubert Dignan was elected Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

Bishop José Garibi Rivera, Titular Bishop of Rhosus and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Bizya and Coadjutor Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Raymond Augustine Kearney was elected Titular Bishop of Lysinia and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Bishop Salvador Montes de Oca, Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bilta

Bishop Alfred-Odilon Comtois, Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Bishop Clément-Émile Roques, Bishop of Montauban (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

Bishop Virgile-Joseph Béguin, Bishop of Belley (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

Bishop Louis-Joseph Fillon, Bishop of Langres (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

Fr. Marcel Fleury was elected Bishop of Nancy (France)

Fr. Henri-Jean Houbaut was elected Bishop of Bayonne (France)

Fr. James Francis McIntyre, Priest of New York (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary