Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Rhithymna was suppressed (Greece)

Apostolic Exarchate of Turkey of Europe (Greek Rite) was renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Pityus was suppressed

Fr. Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Palmas (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Mazzarotto resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Palmas (Brazil)

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

Fr. Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Agostino M. León, O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador), passed away

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

Abbot Marie-François Janssens, O. Cist., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)

Fr. Charles Le Petit, C.I.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Archabbot Raphael Walzer, O.S.B., resigned as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

Abbot Placidus Glogger, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Fr. Sigisbert Mitterer, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Abbot Raphael Molitor, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Bartholomew Perumalil, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Silvester Thattil, C.M.I., resigned as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Cardinal Luigi Capotosti resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Francesco Marmaggi resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Poland

Cardinal Giulio Serafini, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law

Cardinal Enrico Sibilia resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Albania

Msgr. Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Fr. Augusto Ciriaci resigned as Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. Mariano Cordovani, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Giuseppe Gianfranceschi, S.J., resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes

Fr. Marco Sales, O.P., Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 59

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

Mr. Augusto Ciriaci resigned as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Lamberto Vignoli was appointed as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi (パウロ 山口 愛次郎) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Fr. Andre Dumas, O.P., former Apostolic Administrator of Hakodate 函館 (Japan), passed away

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

Bishop Emmanuel Segrada, P.I.M.E., resigned as Titular Bishop of Hirina and Vicar Apostolic of Toungoo (Myanmar)

Fr. William R. Booth was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Peng-yang (North Korea)

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

Bishop Jean Amoudru (Maurice-Marie-Félix Amoudru), O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad (Russia)

Fr. Michel Florent (Clovis François Florent), O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad (Russia)

Fr. Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archbishop Agustín Parrado García, Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jaén (Spain)

Blessed Fr. Oleksa Zaryts’kyi (Олексa Зарицький) was appointed as Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

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

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

Fr. Paul Voillard, M. Afr., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Fr. Jean-Pierre Leonard, S.J., was elected Bishop of Trichinopoly (India)

Bishop Matthew Cullen, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland), passed away at 69

Cardinal Francesco Marmaggi was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

Bishop János Mikes, Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Acmonia

Archbishop Thomas O’Donnell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada), passed away at 61

Bishop Joseph-François-Marie Julliot, Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Axomis

Archbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Simla (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Simla (India) and Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria

Fr. Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M., was elected Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

Fr. Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert was elected Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti)

Bishop Romolo Genuardi, Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 52

Bishop Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats, Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

Bishop Juan Antón de la Fuente, Bishop emeritus of Teruel (Spain), passed away at 87

Fr. Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Paul Heider, O.T., Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order), passed away at 67

Apostolic Prefecture of Huangzhou 黃州 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Qichun 蘄春 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Dakar (Senegal)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sénégal was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

Apostolic Prefecture of Gariep was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Aliwal (South Africa)

Fr. Nikollë Vinçens Prenushi, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Sapë (Albania)

Fr. Gaspare Thaçi was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yukon–Prince Rupert (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis

Fr. Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli (佳格理), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Huangzhou 黃州 (China), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Qichun 蘄春 (China) and Titular Bishop of Gindarus

Fr. Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) and Titular Bishop of Thelepte

Bishop Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Egide de Boeck, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop-elect Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Vescera

Fr. Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic of Gariep (South Africa), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Usinaza

Fr. Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. Silv., was elected Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Nicolaus Szarvas (查宗夏), S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Daming 大名 (China)

Archbishop Vincenzo Pulisic, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zadar (Croatia), passed away at 83

Archbishop Jan de Jong succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen, Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Selymbria

Fr. William Lawrence Adrian was elected Bishop of Nashville (USA)

Bishop Melchior Sun De-zhen (Souen) (孫德禎), C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Anguo 安國 (China)

Cardinal Luigi Sincero, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 65

Fr. Stanislaus Lo Guang (Lokuang) (羅光) was appointed as Priest of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

Fr. Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Quilon (India)

Archbishop Frediano Giannini, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria), was appointed as Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Bishop Joseph-Lucien Giray, Bishop of Cahors (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lycopolis

Cardinal Massimo Massimi was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law

Archbishop José Garibi Rivera succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Archbishop José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 71

Fr. Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Iringa (Tanzania)

Fr. Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P., was elected Bishop of Cariati (Italy)

Bishop Silvain van Hee, S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Moncton was established (from Diocese of Chatham and Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick and with suffragan sees Chatham and Saint John, New Brunswick) (Canada)

Diocese of Nelson was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver and became suffragan of Vancouver) (Canada)

Fr. Antonio del Giudice was appointed as Priest of Andria (Italy)

Bishop Matteo Pellegrino, Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy), passed away at 58

Bishop António Antunes succeeded as Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva, Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal), passed away at 76

Fr. Pierre-Maurice-Marie Rivière was elected Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

Bishop Auguste-Maurice Clément, Bishop of Monaco (Monaco), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Algiza

Fr. Paul Kiredjian was elected Titular Archbishop of Cypsela and Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Bishop Celestino Annibale Cattaneo, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea) and Titular Bishop of Busiris, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia

Fr. Heinrich Roleff was elected Titular Bishop of Elæa and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. John Gordon was appointed as Priest of Dublin (Ireland)

Archbishop Egidio Lari resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Iran

Fr. Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M., was elected Apostolic Delegate to Iran and Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phœnicia

Diocese of Hakodate 函館 was renamed as Diocese of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Apostolic Vicariate of Thái Bính was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bùi Chu) (Vietnam)

Bishop-elect Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー), Bishop of Hakodate 函館 (Japan), was appointed as Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Fr. Nicolas Stam, M.H.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya) and Titular Bishop of Cediæ

Fr. Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Nicius and Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya)

Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Transvaal (South Africa), passed away at 87

Fr. Juan Casado Obispo, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Barata and Vicar Apostolic of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

Fr. Vasyl Mastsiukh (Maścjuch), Apostolic Administrator of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland), passed away at 62

Fr. Johann Baptist Höcht was elected Titular Bishop of Miletopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Fr. Patrick Albert Bray, C.I.M., was elected Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Fr. Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M., was elected Apostolic Delegate to Syria and Titular Archbishop of Rhusium

Sr. Marie Madeleine de Pazzi, F.M.M., Superior General emeritus of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, passed away at 72

Fr. Alain Marie Hubert Antoine Jean Roland du Noday, O.P., was elected Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil)

Bishop Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), passed away at 71

Fr. Robert Johann Schälzky, O.T., was appointed as Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order)

Archbishop-elect Paul Kiredjian succeeded as Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Archbishop Vahan Kitchourian, Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 61

Msgr. Alfredo Vitali was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Guillermo Bolatti was appointed as Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Corrado Bafile was appointed as Priest of L’Aquila (Italy)

Fr. Guido del Mestri was appointed as Priest of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

Fr. Pio Guizzardi was elected Titular Bishop of Pharsalus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy)

Bishop Adriano Bernareggi succeeded as Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Maria Marelli, Bishop of Bergamo (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop James Anthony Walsh, M.M., Superior General emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers), passed away at 69

Bishop Agostino Mancinelli, Bishop of Aquino (Italy), Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Bishop of Sora (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

Bishop Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Giuseppe Augusto da Rocha Noronha was elected Titular Bishop of Bargala and Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

Fr. Francis Joseph Monaghan was elected Titular Bishop of Mela and Coadjutor Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Fr. Adolfo Vorbuchner was elected Titular Bishop of Knin and Coadjutor Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Bishop John Joseph McCort, Bishop of Altoona (USA), passed away at 76

Msgr. Francesco Annibale Ferretti was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika (Tanzania), was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Bishop Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Huê (Vietnam), passed away at 84

Fr. Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Modra and Apostolic Administrator of Sandomierz (Poland)

Bishop Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 51

Bishop Emidio Trenta, Bishop of Tuscania (Italy) and Bishop of Viterbo (Italy), was appointed as Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy)

Bishop Anton Pieter Franz van Velsen, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Batavia (Indonesia), passed away at 71

Bishop Giuseppe Miglior, Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy), passed away at 60

Fr. Bartolomé Pascual Marroig was elected Titular Bishop of Lappa and Coadjutor Bishop of Menorca (Spain)

Bishop Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf, Bishop of Passau (Germany), passed away at 80

Bishop Joseph Robert Cowgill, Bishop of Leeds (England), passed away at 76

Archbishop Dominique Castellan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France), passed away at 79

Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands), passed away at 68

Apostolic Prefecture of Tshumbe was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia was elected Titular Bishop of Leuce and Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique)

Fr. Antonio Pildáin y Zapiáin was elected Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain)

Fr. Ildebrando Antoniutti, Priest of Udine (Italy), was elected Apostolic Delegate to Albania and Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia

Archbishop Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico), passed away at 59

Cardinal Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna and Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Religious, passed away at 73

Mission sui juris of Hainan 海南 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Hainan 海南 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangyang 襄陽 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Laohekou 老河口) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang 新絳 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Luanfu 潞安府) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Timor was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lesser Sunda Islands) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Victoria Falls was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Broken Hill) (Zambia)

Fr. Francis Yi Xuan-hua (Yi Hsüan-hua) (易宣化) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xiangyang 襄陽 (China)

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

Fr. Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Rabat (Morocco) and Titular Bishop of Tubia

Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Urundi (Burundi)

Fr. Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

Apostolic Prefecture of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón (Peru)

Fr. Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P., Prefect Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Mossyna and Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón (Peru)

Bishop Aloys Ernest Joye, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Port Victoria (Seychelles) and Titular Bishop of Raphia

Bishop Alexandre-Paul-Marie Chabanon, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam), passed away at 62

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

Fr. Luigi Raimondi was appointed as Priest of Acqui (Italy)

Fr. Harry Anselm Clinch was appointed as Priest of Monterey–Fresno (USA)

Msgr. Primo Principi, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giuseppe Pasquazi, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

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

Fr. Gregorio Modrego y Casaus was elected Titular Bishop of Æzani and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

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

Fr. Joseph Albert Malula was appointed as Priest of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Blessed Fr. Luigi Boccardo, Priest of Torino (Italy), passed away at 74

Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Valerio Valeri resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

Blessed Fr. Józef Kurzawa was appointed as Priest of Włocławek (Poland)

Archbishop Andrea Cassulo, Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

Fr. Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Bishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier, Bishop of Laval (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia

Cardinal Angelo Maria Dolci, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Fr. Giovanni Mercati, Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Fr. Michele Fontevecchia was elected Bishop of Aquino (Italy), Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Bishop of Sora (Italy)

Fr. Raffaele De Giuli was elected Bishop of Capaccio–Vallo (Italy)

Bishop Domingo Hồ Ngọc Cẩn succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Bishop Pedro Muñagorri y Obineta, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam), passed away at 70

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia

Cardinal Luigi Maglione was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana

Cardinal Giovanni Mercati, Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library, was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Cardinal Enrico Sibilia was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Cardinal Federico Tedeschini, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Spain, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria

Fr. Biagio Budelacci was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Nyssa

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Archbishop Filippo Cortesi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Fr. Mariano Simon Garriga was elected Titular Bishop of Syene and Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

Blessed Fr. Zef Marksen was appointed as Priest of Lezhë (Albania)

Msgr. Giulio Chiavoni, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Manuel Moll y Salord was elected Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria and Coadjutor Bishop of Tortosa (Spain)

Blessed Archbishop Andrea Giacinto Longhin, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Treviso (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Antonio Rocca was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Augusta

Archbishop João Batista Becker resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Vacaria (Brazil)

Fr. Cândido Julio Bampi, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Vacaria (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Tlos

Archbishop Pierre-Florent-André du Bois de la Villerabel resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Blessed Fr. Maurice Rondeau was appointed as Priest of Meaux (France)

Fr. Antonino Pinci was appointed as Priest of Palestrina (Italy)

Bishop James Edward Walsh (華理柱), M.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Jiangmen 江門 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro was established (from Diocese of Jaro and Diocese of Lipa and depended on Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith) (Philippines)

Fr. Yakiv Medweckyj was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Fr. Francesco Beretti was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea Philippi

Fr. Gino Paro was appointed as Priest of Treviso (Italy)

Archbishop Pierre-Florent-André du Bois de la Villerabel was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Melitene

Bishop Pacifico Tiziano Micheloni, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates), passed away at 55

Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi 沙市 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Yichang 宜昌) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Xinxiang 新鄉 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Weihuifu 衛輝府) (China)

Fr. Zenón Arámburu Urquiola (蒲廬), S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Eressus and Vicar Apostolic of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China)

Fr. Fabian Yu Yu-wen (Yu Teh-Guen) (余郁文) was elected Vicar Apostolic of Yazhou 雅州 (China) and Titular Bishop of Phacusa

Fr. Joseph Zhang Run-bo (張潤波) was elected Titular Bishop of Tadamata and Vicar Apostolic of Xuanhuafu 宣化府 (China)

Fr. Thomas Megan (米乾), S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China)

Fr. Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Thaumacus

Bishop Ludovico Cattaneo, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy), passed away at 63

Bishop William Turner, Bishop of Buffalo (USA), passed away at 65

Diocese of Los Angeles–San Diego was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Angeles (with suffragan sees Monterey–Fresno and San Diego and lost territory to establish Diocese of San Diego) (USA)

Diocese of San Diego was established (from Diocese of Los Angeles–San Diego and became suffragan of Los Angeles) (USA)

Fr. Julian Edward Dillon (狄隆), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Shashi 沙市 (China)

Archbishop Valerio Valeri was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Bishop John Joseph Cantwell, Bishop of Los Angeles–San Diego (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Renato Spallanzani was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Cardinal Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca and Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France), passed away at 67

Fr. Angelo Calabretta was elected Bishop of Noto (Italy)

Bishop Pietro Mozzanica, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 63

Fr. Paul Yü Pin (于斌) was elected Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina and Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing 南京 (China)

Fr. Martin Michael Johnson was elected Bishop of Nelson (Canada)

Bishop Nicola Jezzoni, Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) and Bishop of Valva (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palæstina

Blessed Fr. José Vigil Cabrerizo, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 29

Bishop Eugène-Louis-Marie Le Fer de la Motte, Bishop emeritus of Nantes (France), passed away at 68

Fr. Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea) and Titular Bishop of Pisita

Archbishop Gioacchino Lima, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), passed away at 61

Blessed Fr. Agrícola Rodríguez G. de los Huertos, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 40

Fr. Basile Ephrem Hykary was elected Titular Archbishop of Amastris and Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Blessed Fr. Mariano Caballero Rubio, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 39

Blessed Fr. Manuel González-Serna Rodríguez, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 56

Blessed Fr. Juan Huguet Cardona, Priest of Menorca (Spain), passed away at 23

Fr. Maurilio Silvani was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Titular Archbishop of Naupactus

Blessed Fr. José Máximo Moro Briz, Priest of Ávila (Spain), passed away at 54

Fr. Pietro Kedigian was elected Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia

Fr. Johann Baptist Dietz was elected Titular Bishop of Jonopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Fr. Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta was elected Titular Bishop of Limnæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Fr. Alfredo Viola was elected Titular Bishop of Bitylius and Coadjutor Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Archbishop Fernando Cento, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Fr. Carmine Rocco was appointed as Priest of Calvi (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Leandro Bago Bueno, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 74

Blessed Fr. Miguel Borrero Picón, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 62

Blessed Fr. Juan Morillo Torres, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 61

Bishop Eustaquio Nieto y Martín, Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain), passed away at 70

Blessed Fr. Joaquín de la Madrid Arespacochaga, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 75

Fr. Antonio Teutonico was elected Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

Blessed Fr. José Camí Camí, Priest of Lérida (Spain), passed away at 28

Saint Fr. Pedro Poveda Castroverde, Priest of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain) and Founder of Teresian Association (T.A.), passed away at 61

Blessed Fr. Vicente Toledano Valenciano, Priest of Cuenca (Spain), passed away at 35

Fr. Killian Flynn (Vincent Joseph), O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls (Zambia)

Blessed Fr. Matías Manuel Albert Ginés, Priest of Zaragoza (Spain), passed away at 68

Blessed Fr. Matías Molina de la Poza, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 40

Blessed Fr. Bartolomé Rodríguez Soria, Priest of Albacete (Spain), passed away at 41

Venerable Msgr. Nelson Henry Baker, Priest of Buffalo (USA) and Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium, passed away at 94

Blessed Fr. Zósimo Izquierdo Gil, Priest of Zaragoza (Spain), passed away at 40

Blessed Fr. Ricardo Pla Espí, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 37

Blessed Fr. Antonio Martínez López, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 42

Diocese of Gazireh (Chaldean Rite) was demoted as Apostolic Administration of Upper Gazireh (Turkiye)

Bishop Domingo Juan Vargas, O.P., Bishop of Huaraz (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gerara

Blessed Fr. Justino Alarcón Vera, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 51

Blessed Fr. Francisco de Asís Arias Rivas, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 61

Blessed Fr. Juan María Coca González-Saavedra, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 51

Blessed Fr. Vicente Montserrat Millán, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 32

Blessed Fr. Cristóbal Segovia Valero, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 70

Blessed Fr. Josep Guardiet Pujol, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 57

Blessed Fr. Juan Heredia Torres, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 44

Blessed Fr. Manuel Heredia Torres, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 36

Blessed Bishop Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O., Bishop of Lérida (Spain), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Antonio Jesús Díaz Ramos, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 39

Blessed Fr. Gonzalo Magaña Rodríguez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 36

Bishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin (華朗庭), M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China)

Blessed Fr. Pedro Carballo Corrales, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 54

Blessed Fr. Saturnino Ortega Montealegre, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 69

Bishop Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville, Bishop of Dijon (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Fr. Julio Pardo Pernía, Priest of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain), passed away at 63

Fr. Franz Tschann was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria) and Titular Bishop of Panium

Bishop André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Bishop of Valença (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Bishop José Maria Perreira Lara, Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil), passed away at 50

Fr. Thomas Keogh was elected Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

Blessed Bishop Cruz Laplana y Laguna, Bishop of Cuenca (Spain), passed away at 61

Blessed Fr. Fernando Español Berdie, Priest of Cuenca (Spain), passed away at 60

Fr. Richard Thomas Guilfoyle was elected Bishop of Altoona (USA)

Bishop Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau (倪德隆), M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China)

Blessed Bishop Florentino Asensio Barroso, Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro and Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro (Spain), passed away at 58

Bishop Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats, Bishop of Segorbe (Spain), passed away at 68

Blessed Fr. Francisco López-Gasco Fernández-Largo, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 47

Blessed Fr. Antonio Mateo Salamero, Priest of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain), passed away at 71

Blessed Fr. José María Marín Acuña, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 42

Blessed Bishop Manuel Basulto y Jiménez, Bishop of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 76

Blessed Bishop Manuel Borras Ferré, Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona (Spain), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. Tomás Fernández Valenzuela, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 28

Blessed Fr. Buenaventura García de Paredes, O.P., Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), passed away at 70

Blessed Fr. Juan Pablo García Vázquez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 63

Blessed Fr. Enrique María Gómez Jiménez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 71

Blessed Fr. José Jordán y Blecua, Priest of Lérida (Spain), passed away at 30

Blessed Fr. Lorenzo Mora Rojo, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 45

Blessed Fr. Lucas Muñoz Bezares, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 40

Blessed Fr. Juan Ignacio Muñoz Nieto, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 39

Blessed Fr. José Nadal y Guiu, Priest of Lérida (Spain), passed away at 25

Blessed Fr. Félix Pérez Portela, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 41

Blessed Fr. Rogelio Rodero Matarán, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 62

Blessed Fr. Domingo Sánchez Lázaro, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 76

Blessed Fr. Pascual Araguás Guardia, Priest of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 37

Blessed Fr. Silvestre Arnau Pasqüet, Priest of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 25

Blessed Fr. Josep Boher Foix, Priest of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 48

Blessed Fr. Francesc Castells Brenuy, Priest of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. Pere Martret Moles, Priest of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 35

Blessed Fr. Josep Joan Perot Juanmartí, Priest of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 59

Blessed Fr. Josep Tápies Sirvant, Priest of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 67

Archbishop Luigi Pellizzo, Bishop emeritus of Padova (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Antoni Jacek Zimniak was elected Titular Bishop of Dionysiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

Blessed Fr. Gaietà Clausellas Ballvé, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 72

Blessed Fr. Bernardo Cruz Pérez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 59

Blessed Fr. José García Librán, Priest of Ávila (Spain), passed away at 26

Archbishop Giulio Tommasi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy), Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy) and Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy), passed away at 81

Blessed Fr. Ildefonso Galán Cruz, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 63

Blessed Fr. Pedro Gambín Pérez, Priest of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 50

Blessed Fr. Cayetano García Martínez, Priest of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 41

Blessed Fr. Juan Mesonero Huerta, Priest of Ávila (Spain), passed away at 22

Blessed Fr. Florencio López Egea, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 52

Blessed Fr. Antonio del Castillo García, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 42

Blessed Fr. Liberio González Nombela, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 40

Fr. Henry John Poskitt was elected Bishop of Leeds (England)

Blessed Bishop Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría, Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain), passed away at 53

Blessed Fr. Justo Arévalo y Mora, Priest of Ciudad Real (Spain), passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. Pedro Buitrago Morales, Priest of Ciudad Real (Spain), passed away at 53

Blessed Fr. Damián Gómez Jiménez, Priest of Ávila (Spain), passed away at 65

Blessed Fr. Félix González Bustos, Priest of Ciudad Real (Spain), passed away at 33

Blessed Fr. Gregorio Martos Muñoz, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 28

Blessed Fr. Manuel Molina Estepa, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 58

Bishop Frédéric Edouard Camille Lamy, Bishop of Meaux (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France)

Bishop Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron, Titular Bishop of Lamia and Auxiliary Bishop of Auch (France), was appointed as Bishop of Cahors (France)

Fr. Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcadé was elected Bishop of Laval (France)

Fr. Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet was elected Bishop of Nantes (France)

Blessed Fr. Manuel López Álvarez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. Juan Rubio Sánchez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 31

Blessed Fr. Vicente Rubio Sánchez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 33

Blessed Fr. Pablo Segalá Solé, Priest of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 32

Blessed Fr. Salvador Lobato Pérez, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 34

Blessed Fr. Julio Melgar Salgado, Priest of Ciudad Real (Spain), passed away at 36

Blessed Fr. Francisco Moreno Arroyo, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 40

Blessed Fr. José Polo Benito, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 57

Blessed Fr. Juan Soler García, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 31

Blessed Fr. Rigoberto Aquilio de Anta y de Barrio, Priest of Albacete (Spain), passed away at 42

Blessed Fr. Cayetano Fernández Hurtado, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 62

Blessed Fr. Agustín González de Lara, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 65

Blessed Fr. Juan Segura Rubira, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 54

Blessed Fr. Juan Sánchez Molina, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 53

Blessed Fr. Vicente Francisco Vañó Crespo, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 43

Blessed Fr. Agustín Bermejo Miranda, Priest of Ávila (Spain), passed away at 32

Blessed Fr. Francisco López Navarrete, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 44

Blessed Fr. Juan Olid Martínez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 30

Blessed Fr. Francisco Romero Ortega, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 64

Blessed Fr. José Romero Ortega, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 61

Bishop Antonio Mantiero, Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Treviso (Italy)

Fr. Ioan Bălan was elected Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Blessed Fr. José Almunia López Teruel, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 66

Blessed Fr. Pedro Asúa Mendía, Priest of Vitoria (Spain), passed away at 45

Blessed Fr. Manuel Checa Martínez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 44

Blessed Fr. Manuel Ureña Abolafia, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 47

Blessed Bishop Manuel Medina y Olmos, Bishop of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. Pedro Antonio Almécija Morales, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 32

Blessed Fr. Juan Manuel Felices Pardo, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 43

Blessed Fr. José Ramón Flores Beltrán, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. Antonio García Padilla, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. Juan Garrido Requena, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 72

Blessed Fr. José Gómez de Haro, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 36

Blessed Fr. Nicolás González Ferrer, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 64

Blessed Fr. Aurelio Leyva Garzón, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Santiago Mesa Leyva, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 61

Blessed Fr. Mariano Morate Domínguez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 51

Blessed Fr. Torcuato Pérez López, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. Francisco Rodríguez Carmona, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 26

Bishop Johann Baptist Hierl, Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany), passed away at 80

Blessed Bishop Diego Ventaja Milán, Bishop of Almería (Spain), passed away at 56

Blessed Fr. Joaquín Berruezo Prieto, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 37

Blessed Fr. Domingo Campoy Galbano, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 33

Blessed Fr. Carmelo Coronel Jiménez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. Francisco de Haro Martínez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 49

Blessed Fr. Rafael Machuca Juárez de Negrón, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. Pedro Martín Abad, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 33

Blessed Fr. José María Martínez Vizcaíno, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 37

Blessed Fr. Gregorio Morales Membrives, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 53

Blessed Fr. Miguel Morano Sáez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 41

Blessed Fr. Francisco Roda Rodríguez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 63

Blessed Fr. Antonio Torres García, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 46

Blessed Fr. Enrique Vidaurreta Palma, Priest of Málaga (Spain), passed away at 39

Blessed Fr. Juan José Egea Rodríguez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 59

Blessed Fr. Andrés Iniesta Egea, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 59

Blessed Fr. Antonio Lorca Muñoz, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 50

Blessed Fr. Pedro Marín Martos, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 34

Blessed Fr. Pedro Meca Moreno, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 52

Blessed Fr. Agustín Navarro Iniesta, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 34

Blessed Fr. Josep Samsó y Elias, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 49

Blessed Fr. Juan Barat Barberán, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Pedro José Cejudo de la Torre, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. José María de la Hoz Manjón, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 28

Blessed Fr. Miguel García Lahoz, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 39

Blessed Fr. Cipriano Herrera Caballero, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 61

Blessed Fr. José López Pérez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. Francisco Martínez Baeza, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 61

Blessed Fr. Antonio Molina Rascón, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 39

Blessed Fr. Francisco Morales Collado, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 42

Blessed Fr. Juan Ángel Román Pulido, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. Julián Ruiz Guzmán, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. Martín Salinas Cañizares, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 41

Blessed Fr. Roque Tarazona García, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 56

Blessed Fr. Manuel Heredia Gascón, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 35

Blessed Fr. José Sánchez Alabarces, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 65

Blessed Fr. Pedro Sánchez Barba, Priest of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 41

Blessed Fr. Juan Villar de Dios, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. Miguel Beato Sánchez, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 25

Blessed Fr. Mamerto Carchano Carchano, Priest of Albacete (Spain), passed away at 57

Blessed Fr. José Castaño Galera, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 65

Blessed Fr. Francisco Morales Vera, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 36

Blessed Fr. Antonio Peral Bustos, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 31

Blessed Fr. Fernando González Ros, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 65

Fr. Simon Konrad Landersdorfer, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Passau (Germany)

Blessed Fr. Fortunato Arias Sánchez, Priest of Albacete (Spain), passed away at 44

Blessed Fr. Manuel Contreras Villén, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 45

Blessed Fr. Antonio Montañés Chiquero, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 66

Blessed Fr. Alfonso Navarrete Crespo, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Francisco Palomares Vílchez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. José Pancorbo Gutiérrez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 40

Blessed Fr. José Peña Pinto, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 28

Blessed Fr. José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 71

Blessed Fr. Emilio Antequera Lupiañez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 68

Blessed Fr. Ramiro Argüelles Hevia, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 65

Blessed Fr. José Cano García, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 32

Blessed Fr. Juan Capel Segura, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 61

Blessed Fr. Joaquín Gisbert Aguilera, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 33

Blessed Fr. Juan Ibáñez Martínez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Pio Navarro Moreno, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 76

Blessed Fr. Francisco Rodríguez Martínez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 66

Blessed Fr. José Román García González, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 55

Archbishop Luigi Centoz, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Blessed Fr. Antonio Romeu Collado, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 54

Fr. José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Meru (Kenya)

Fr. Giacinto Maria D’Avila, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador)

Bishop Carlo Re, I.M.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Meru (Kenya)

Blessed Fr. Antonio Martínez García, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 44

Blessed Fr. Francisco Ortega Espejo, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. José González Roa, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 73

Blessed Fr. Juan Pedro Roa Molina, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 69

Fr. Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral was elected Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Archbishop Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Dijon (France)

Blessed Fr. Manuel Alcayde Pérez, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. Antonio Lara Pardo, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 39

Blessed Fr. Melitón Martínez Gómez, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Manuel Miranda Ruiz, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 57

Blessed Fr. Juan Fernando Pardo Navarro, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 66

Blessed Fr. Juan Antonio López Pérez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 55

Fr. Ambrogio Squintani was elected Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Juan García Cervantes, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 51

Blessed Fr. Diego Morata Cano, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 55

Blessed Fr. Juan María Torres Pérez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 64

Blessed Fr. Francisco Fernández Gavilán, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. Francisco Javier Bellido, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 53

Blessed Fr. José Bellido Aragón, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 48

Blessed Fr. Manuel Casado Garrido, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 27

Blessed Fr. Ginés Céspedes Gerez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 34

Blessed Fr. Pedro Solís Rodríguez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 50

Blessed Fr. Antonio José Ureña Liébana, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 29

Blessed Fr. Alberto Pancorbo Solís, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 69

Blessed Fr. Manuel Izquierdo Izquierdo, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 82

Blessed Fr. Antonio Martínez López, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 45

Blessed Fr. Antonio Cañada Fernández, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 32

Blessed Fr. Joaquín Muñoz Maestre-Aranda, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 70

Blessed Fr. Juan Antonio Ramírez Navarro, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 70

Blessed Fr. Manuel Serrano Zafra, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 61

Archbishop William Hayden, Archbishop of Hobart (Australia), passed away at 69

Blessed Fr. Antonio Fuentes Ballesteros, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 48

Blessed Fr. José Fuentes Ballesteros, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 51

Blessed Fr. Pedro Pardo Barrón, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 44

Fr. Carlo Martini was appointed as Priest of Piacenza (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Fulgencio Martínez García, Priest of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 25

Blessed Fr. José Ruiz Berruezo, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 35

Fr. Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Archbishop of Macra and Coadjutor Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Bishop Joseph Thorman, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England), passed away at 65

Bishop Pasquale Ragosta, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dioclea

Blessed Fr. José Ruano López, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 48

Bishop Johannes Scheifes, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany), passed away at 73

Bishop Giovanni Garigliano, Bishop of Biella (Italy), passed away at 64

Blessed Fr. José Manuel de Lemus Garzón, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 69

Blessed Fr. José Antonio García Navarro, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 57

Blessed Fr. Manuel Medina de la Torre, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 56

Blessed Fr. Cristóbal Muñoz González, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 42

Fr. Angelo Ficarra was elected Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Bartolomé Caparrós García, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 64

Blessed Fr. Antonio Órpez Muñoz, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 72

Blessed Fr. Manuel Ramírez González, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 33

Blessed Fr. Herminio Motos Torrecillas, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Ramón de la Chica Cruz, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 40

Blessed Fr. Juan de Dios Manjón Lombardo, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. José Sánchez Medina, Priest of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 36

Bishop Joseph Ambühl, Bishop of Basel (Switzerland), passed away at 63

Archbishop Louis-Joseph Gaillard resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nantes (France)

Blessed Fr. Alfredo Almunia López Teruel, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 77

Blessed Fr. Genaro Fueyo Castañón, Priest of Oviedo (Spain), passed away at 72

Blessed Fr. Manuel Navarro Martínez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 57

Blessed Fr. Andrés Navarro Sierra, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 54

Blessed Fr. Leonardo Olivera Buera, Priest of Zaragoza (Spain), passed away at 47

Blessed Fr. Eduardo Valverde Rodríguez, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Juan de Dios Marín Masdemont, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 56

Fr. Lorenzo Basoli was elected Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Julián Castilla Casado, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 66

Bishop Luigi Fogar, Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Patræ

Fr. Alessandro Evreinoff was elected Titular Bishop of Pionia

Blessed Fr. Ildefonso Ortega González, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 62

Fr. Charles Francis Buddy was elected Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Fr. Gaetano Alibrandi was appointed as Priest of Acireale (Italy)

Mr. John J. Phelan, Supreme Knight emeritus of Knights of Columbus, passed away at 85

Blessed Fr. Diego Rodríguez Carrascosa, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 65

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Montini, Priest of Brescia (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Guilio Barbetta was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Federico Emmanuel, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Philomelium and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Fr. Guido Maria Mazzocco was elected Bishop of Adria (Italy)

Msgr. Vittorio Bartoccetti was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Pietro Coffano was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giuseppe Graneris was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Marco Martini was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Amleto Tondini was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. James Francis McIntyre, Priest of New York (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Giovanni Mauri, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 82

Blessed Fr. Juan Ortega Uribe, Priest of Almería (Spain), passed away at 58

Bishop Salvatore Meo, Titular Bishop of Methone, passed away at 81

Blessed Fr. Miguel Díaz Sánchez, Priest of Albacete (Spain), passed away at 57

Cardinal Louis-Joseph Maurin, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), passed away at 77

Fr. Federico Lunardi was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Side

Fr. Franz von Streng was elected Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Blessed Fr. José María Cánovas Martínez, Priest of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 42

Fr. Theodore Schu (舒德祿), S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Yanzhoufu 兗州府 (China)

Archbishop Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Indochina

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

Fr. Domenico Ettorre was elected Titular Bishop of Sela and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. John van Sambeek, M. Afr., Ecclesiastical Superior of Lwangwa (Zambia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Gergis

Bishop János Mikes, Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary) and Titular Bishop of Acmonia, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palæstina

Blessed Fr. Aquilino Rivera Tamargo, Priest of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 29

Bishop Teodorico de Angelis, Bishop of Ugento (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy)

Bishop Costanzo Castrale, Titular Bishop of Gaza, passed away at 86

Fr. Eduard Profittlich, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia), was elected Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Hæmimonto

Blessed Fr. Ramón Rojo y Díaz de Cervantes, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 51

Archbishop Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat (Serbia) and Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia

Fr. Josip Ujčić was elected Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia) and Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat (Serbia)

Blessed Fr. José Ortega Carrillo, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 59

Bishop-elect Franz von Streng was confirmed as Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Bishop Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner (羅漢光), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Zhifou 芝罘 (China), passed away at 68

Bishop Henri Lécroart (劉欽明), S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

Blessed Fr. Vicente Catena Vílchez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 28

Bishop Manuel Irurita y Almándoz, Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 60