Nominations and Resignations

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wien lost territory to Diocese of Brno (Austria)

Titular Episcopal See of Amyclae was suppressed (Greece)

Abbot Josef Kluger, C.R.L.A., resigned as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Abbot Alipius Linda, C.R.L.A., was appointed as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Abbot Gummarus Crets, O. Praem., resigned as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Abbot Hubertus Norbertus, O. Praem., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Fr. Philippe Delhaye was appointed as Priest of Namur (Belgium)

Fr. Charles Moeller was appointed as Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Fr. Francisco Prada Carrera, C.M.F., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of São José de Alto Tocantins (Brazil)

Fr. João Batista Conturon, S.D.B., Apostolic Administrator of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil), passed away at 56

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

Fr. Marcello Paternôt, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), passed away

Bishop Louis van Dyck (葛崇德), C.I.C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

Fr. Jacques Jacobs, O. Praem., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Emilio Cecco, C.S.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

Fr. Bartolomeo Bechis, C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tigray of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Abbot Paul Delatte, O.S.B., President emeritus of Solesmes Congregation, passed away at 89

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

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

Fr. Pier Crisologo Fabi, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

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

Fr. Ceslas Tunmer, O.P., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Mossul (Iraq)

Fr. Elijah Magennis, O. Carm., Prior General emeritus of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites), passed away at 69

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

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

Pope Pius XI, Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti, Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia, was created

Abbot Edmondo Bernardini, O. Cist., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)

Abbot Emanuele Caronti, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Msgr. Giuseppe Latini resigned as Promoter of Justice of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

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

Fr. Lorenzo Colagiovanni, C.PP.S., was appointed as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

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

Fr. Agostino Gemelli, O.F.M., Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, was appointed as President of Pontifical Academies of Sciences

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

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

Fr. Antonio Velardi, C.PP.S., resigned as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C., Apostolic Administrator of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), passed away

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

Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

Bishop Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Vitoria (Spain)

Bishop Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz resigned as Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Abbot Maur Etcheverry, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Msgr. Vigilio Dalpiaz, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Promoter of Justice of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

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

Fr. Juan Del Carmelo Garrido, O. de M., resigned as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Fr. Giuseppe Fedel was appointed as Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

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

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

Fr. Alfredo Scotti, O. de M., was appointed as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Fr. Maurice Slaterry, S.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Joseph Ma (馬光伯), C.D.D., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Fr. John Baptist Wu (吳耀漢), C.D.D., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Mr. John J. Cone, Supreme Knight emeritus of Knights of Columbus, passed away at 78

Mr. James A. Flaherty, Supreme Knight emeritus of Knights of Columbus, passed away at 83

Diocese of Marquette was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette and became suffragan of Milwaukee) (USA)

Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Marquette) (USA)

Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens, Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Marquette (USA)

Diocese of Savannah was renamed as Diocese of Savannah–Atlanta (USA)

Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Savannah–Atlanta (USA)

Bishop John Aloysius Duffy, Bishop of Syracuse (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. Paolo Castiglioni was elected Titular Bishop of Famagusta and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Teofilo Bromboszcz, Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland), passed away at 50

Blessed Fr. Antonio María Carrillo Pérez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 69

Blessed Fr. José Teba Merino, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 47

Fr. Ioan Boroş, Titular Bishop of Thespiæ, passed away at 86

Fr. Guglielmo Grassi was elected Titular Bishop of Tamiathis

Blessed Fr. Manuel María Garrido Izquierdo, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Manuel Quero Montilla, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 64

Blessed Fr. Manuel Valdivia Chica, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 44

Blessed Fr. Francisco Martínez Garrido, Priest of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 70

Bishop-elect Cipriano Cassini (趙信義), S.J., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China)

Fr. Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Multan (Pakistan)

Blessed Fr. Bernardino Espejo Garrido, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 60

Blessed Fr. Valentín Palencia Marquina, Priest of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 65

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

Bishop Michael James Gallagher, Bishop of Detroit (USA), passed away at 70

Fr. William Ferrer Cassidy (谷源真), O.P., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Jianningfu 建寧府 (China)

Bishop Pierre Aziz Ho, Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 70

Fr. Federico Pezzullo was elected Bishop of Policastro (Italy)

Bishop Patrick Finegan, Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland), passed away at 78

Patriarch Raimondo Pérez y Rodríguez, Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain), passed away at 68

Bishop Joseph-Henri-Jean-Marie Prud’homme, Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Saldæ

Blessed Fr. Juan José Martínez Romero, Priest of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 47

Blessed Fr. Pedro José Rodríguez Cabrera, Priest of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 33

Bishop Pierre-Marie Durieux, Bishop of Viviers (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France)

Fr. Joseph Evrard was elected Bishop of Meaux (France)

Bishop Claude-Marie Chanrion, S.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Xining 西寧 was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lanchowfu 蘭州府) (China)

Fr. François-Arsène-Jean-Marie-Eugène Lemasle, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Teuchira and Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam)

Bishop Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (ヤヌアリオ 早坂 久之助), Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Philomelium

Bishop Augustine Francis Schinner, Bishop emeritus of Spokane (USA), passed away at 73

Saint Fr. Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero, Priest of Chihuahua (Mexico), passed away at 44

Diocese of Santa Maria lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Bernardo Bertoglio, Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy)

Msgr. Augusto Fidecicchi was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop John Thomas McNally, Bishop of Hamilton (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada)

Fr. Justin Daniel Simonds was elected Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Fr. Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier (梅占魁), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia and Vicar Apostolic of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Bishop Paul-Albert Faveau (田法服), C.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Tamasus and Vicar Apostolic of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Fr. Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Lete and Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina (Italy)

Archbishop Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez, Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

Fr. John Joseph Krol was appointed as Priest of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Paul John Hallinan was appointed as Priest of Cleveland (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tunxi 屯溪 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu 蕪湖) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lolo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Buta) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Heinrich Wienken was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusa and Coadjutor Bishop of Meißen (Germany)

Fr. Alberto Gori, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Bishop Giustino Sanchini, Bishop of Fano (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Giuseppe Kirsten, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Benue (Nigeria)

Fr. Eugene Venance Guichard (衛國棟), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China), passed away at 53

Bishop Agostino Losinski, Bishop of Kielce (Poland), passed away at 70

Bishop José Alvarez y Miranda, Bishop of León (Spain), passed away at 86

Colonel Louis-Martin de Courten, Commander emeritus of Pontifical Swiss Guard, passed away at 101

Fr. Luciano Geraci was elected Titular Bishop of Methone and Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Prefecture of N’Zérékoré was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako) (Guinea)

Fr. Paul Gouyon was appointed as Priest of Bordeaux (France)

Fr. Franz Hengsbach was appointed as Priest of Paderborn (Germany)

Blessed Fr. Johannes Prassek was appointed as Priest of Osnabrück (Germany)

Fr. Angelo Pedroni was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Innocenzo Alfredo Russo, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Bovino (Italy)

Fr. Juliusz Bieniek was elected Titular Bishop of Dascylium and Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Francis Johannes, Bishop of Leavenworth (USA), passed away at 63

Bishop Severiano Sainz y Bencamo, Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba), passed away at 65

Bishop Eugène-Stanislas Le Senne, Bishop of Beauvais (France), passed away at 70

Fr. Luciano Marcante was elected Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) and Bishop of Valva (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski was appointed as Priest of Chełmno (Poland)

Fr. Guillaume-Marius Sembel was elected Bishop of Dijon (France)

Fr. Luigi Santa, I.M.C., Prefect Apostolic of Kaffa (Ethiopia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Gimma (Ethiopia) and Titular Bishop of Metelis

Fr. Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

Fr. José de Haas, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Fr. Jorge Larraín Cotapos was elected Bishop of Chillán (Chile)

Bishop Emilio Bongiorni, Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Jan Pacificus Bos, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Dutch Borneo (Indonesia), passed away at 72

Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia was suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Eritrea and to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Dessiè, Apostolic Prefecture of Gondar and Apostolic Prefecture of Tigray) (Eritrea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Addis Abeba was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Galla) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Dessiè was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kaffa was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gimma (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Neghelli) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Gondar was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Galla was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Harar (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Addis Abeba and Apostolic Prefecture of Neghelli) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Neghelli was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Galla and Apostolic Prefecture of Kaffa) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tigray (Ethiopic Rite) was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia) (Ethiopia)

Archbishop Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M., Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Apostolic Delegate to Italian East Africa and Titular Archbishop of Perge

Fr. Agnelo Rossi was appointed as Priest of Campinas (Brazil)

Fr. Alfredo Poledrini was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Cristoforo Becker, S.D.S., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Assam (India), passed away at 61

Bishop Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni, Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines), passed away at 49

Blessed Fr. Miguel Barberán Juan, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 52

Blessed Fr. Ildefonso García Martínez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 47

Blessed Fr. José Herrera Cano, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 40

Blessed Fr. Francisco Morales Aballe, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 65

Blessed Fr. Francisco de Paula Padilla Gutiérrez, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 44

Blessed Fr. Francisco Solís Pedrajas, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 59

Blessed Fr. José María Ruiz Cruz, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 65

Fr. Jules Elmire Douénel, M.E.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Sikkim (India)

Bishop Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Dacca (Bangladesh), passed away at 83

Bishop Carlos de Sá Fragoso, Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pitanæ

Fr. Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro was elected Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India)

Mission sui juris of Ilan 依蘭 was renamed as Mission sui juris of Jiamusi 佳木斯 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yanji 延吉 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Yanji 延吉 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur and Apostolic Vicariate of Kwango) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla (India)

Mission sui juris of Bezwada was promoted as Diocese of Bezwada (became suffragan of Madras) (India)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Simla was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Makassar was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Celebes) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Celebes was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Manado (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Makassar) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Umtata was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Umtata (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kwoszu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku 대구) (South Korea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Zenshu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku 대구) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Oceania was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tonga Islands (Tonga)

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

Fr. Theodor Breher (白化東 / 브레허 白화동 주교), O.S.B., Prefect Apostolic of Yanji 延吉 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Hieron and Vicar Apostolic of Yanji 延吉 (China)

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

Archbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Simla (India)

Fr. Silvestro Patrizio Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi and Simla (India)

Fr. Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E., Ecclesiastical Superior of Bezwada (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bezwada (India)

Bishop Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Celebes (Indonesia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Manado (Indonesia)

Fr. Emanuele Hanisch, C.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa), was elected Titular Bishop of Gor and Vicar Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa)

Fr. Stephen Kim (김양홍 스테파노) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zenshu (South Korea)

Fr. Owen MacPolin (임 오엔), S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kwoszu (South Korea)

Bishop Joseph-Felix Blanc, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands (Tonga)

Fr. Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P., was elected Titular Archbishop of Gabula and Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Fr. Ignazio Arnoz, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), was elected Titular Bishop of Busiris and Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Patrick-Thomas Ryan, Bishop of Pembroke (Canada), passed away at 72

Fr. Agostino Guérin, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of N’Zérékoré (Guinea)

Fr. Ersilio Tonini was appointed as Priest of Piacenza (Italy)

Archbishop Jean Nissan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada, Bishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba), passed away at 70

Archbishop François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure, Bishop emeritus of Bayonne (France), passed away at 85

Fr. José Fogued y Gil (扶植義), C.M.F., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tunxi 屯溪 (China)

Fr. Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi, Priest of Piacenza (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Alfred Couderc was elected Bishop of Viviers (France)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Wollgarten, C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica), passed away at 40

Fr. Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sokodé (Togo)

Bishop Giovanni Murad, Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 83

Bishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes, Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Bizya and Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

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

Bishop Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguana, C.M., Bishop emeritus of Tehuantepec (Mexico), passed away at 85

Diocese of Liepāja was established (from Archdiocese of Riga and became suffragan of Riga) (Latvia)

Archdiocese of Riga was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga (with suffragan see Liepāja and lost territory to establish Diocese of Liepāja) (Latvia)

Archbishop Antonijs Springovičs, Archbishop of Riga (Latvia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia)

Fr. Aurelio Gianora, C.R.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sikkim (India)

Archbishop Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Dijon (France)

Archbishop Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), passed away at 66

Apostolic Prefecture of Guide 歸德 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Guide 歸德 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lindong 林東 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Sipingjie 四平街) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Chuzhou 處州 was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Lishui 麗水 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Zhangdian 張店 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sokodé was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Togo) (Togo)

Fr. Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate (陳明理), O.A.R., Prefect Apostolic of Guide 歸德 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Chusira and Vicar Apostolic of Guide 歸德 (China)

Fr. Henry Ambrose Pinger (楊光被), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Zhangdian 張店 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Capitolias and Vicar Apostolic of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

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

Fr. Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Altava and Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Francis Augustin Henschke was elected Titular Bishop of Prænetus and Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva, Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil), passed away at 64

Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P., Archbishop-Bishop of Vigevano (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Pacifico del Carmine, O.C.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador)

Fr. Gabriele Arosio, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Neghelli (Ethiopia)

Diocese of Detroit was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit (with suffragan sees Grand Rapids, Lansing and Marquette and lost territory to establish Diocese of Lansing) (USA)

Diocese of Lansing was established (from Diocese of Detroit and became suffragan of Detroit) (USA)

Fr. Gerald Emmett Carter was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Paul Grégoire was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

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

Blessed Fr. Władysław Mączkowski was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney, Archbishop-Bishop of Rochester (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Walter Andrew Foery was elected Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Fr. Agostino Casaroli was appointed as Priest of Piacenza (Italy)

Fr. Paul Clarence Schulte was elected Bishop of Leavenworth (USA)

Fr. Joseph Guo Ruo-shi (Kuo Joshih) (郭若石), C.D.D., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Fr. Joseph Ma (馬光伯), C.D.D., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Bishop Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Caroní (Venezuela)

Mission sui juris of Cuttack was promoted as Diocese of Cuttack (became suffragan of Madras) (India)

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

Fr. Jacques Pessers, S.V.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Timor (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Candyba

Bishop Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Photice and Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada)

Bishop Francesco Uccellini, Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro), passed away at 89

Archbishop Pierre-Guillaume Marque, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka), passed away at 54

Bishop John Marie Laval, Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA), passed away at 82

Diocese of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino lost territory to Diocese of Foligno (Italy)

Bishop Jules-Alexandre Cusin, Bishop of Mende (France), passed away at 67

Bishop Agostino Zampini, O.E.S.A., Sacristan of His Holiness of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 78

Fr. Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A., was elected Bishop of Syros (Greece)

Fr. Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Gerardo Martino Uberto Martens, C.I.C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Makassar (Indonesia)

Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, C.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Apostolic Prefecture of Suixian 隨縣 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou 漢口) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto 京都 was established (from Diocese of Osaka 大阪 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Fr. Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, S.M.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) and Titular Bishop of Boreum

Fr. Adolph John Paschang (柏增), M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Sasima and Vicar Apostolic of Jiangmen 江門 (China)

Fr. Patrick Maurice Connaughton (龔成德), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Suixian 隨縣 (China)

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

Fr. Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Fr. Ippolito Rotoli was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. William John Conway was appointed as Priest of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Blessed Fr. Leon Nowakowski was appointed as Priest of Włocławek (Poland)

Bishop Aleksander Frison, Titular Bishop of Limyra, passed away at 62

Fr. Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco was elected Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Archbishop Manuel José Cayzedo y Cuero, Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia), passed away at 86

Archbishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Msgr. Ferrero Conti was appointed as Domestic Prelate

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

Archbishop Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Boba-Dilla, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), passed away at 74

Fr. François-Joseph Person was elected Titular Bishop of Thespiæ and Coadjutor Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Bishop Nicola Colangelo, Bishop of Nardò (Italy), passed away at 57

Bishop Melezio Abou-Assaleh, Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 56

Bishop Bernardo Dembek, Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland), passed away at 59

Blessed Fr. Giuseppe Rossi was appointed as Priest of Novara (Italy)

Bishop Bruno Occhiuto, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy), passed away at 53

Bishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J., resigned as Titular Bishop of Ilium

Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan 湘潭 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Changsha 長沙) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Yizhoufu 沂州府 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Qingdao 青島) (China)

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

Apostolic Vicariate of Bangweulu lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Lwangwa (Zambia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Broken Hill lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Lwangwa (Zambia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Jameson was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa and Mission sui juris of Lwangwa) (Zambia)

Mission sui juris of Lwangwa was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lwangwa (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Bangweulu and Apostolic Prefecture of Broken Hill, lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa and lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Jameson) (Zambia)

Bishop Norman Thomas Gilroy, Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cypsela and Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Armand Clabaut, O.M.I., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Troas

Fr. John Baptist Wang Zeng-yi (王增義), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Lamia and Vicar Apostolic of Anguo 安國 (China)

Bishop Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D., Bishop of Quilon (India), was appointed as Bishop of Trivandrum (India)

Fr. Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Zerta and Vicar Apostolic of Toungoo (Myanmar)

Fr. Edoardo Bresson, S.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia) and Titular Bishop of Cestrus

Fr. Giovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Gaza and Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates)

Bishop Giovanni Bargiggia, Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Vigevano (Italy)

Bishop Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz, Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela), passed away at 50

Archbishop Michael Sheehan resigned as Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Bishop Adolfo Giuseppe Jelowicki, Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 74

Abbot Ernest Helmstetter, O.S.B., President emeritus of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 77

Bishop Alfredo Del Tomba, Bishop of Montalcino (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro

Archbishop Anton Bonaventura Jeglič, Bishop emeritus of Ljubljana (Slovenia), passed away at 87

Fr. Luigi Bellotti was appointed as Priest of Verona (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Maria Travia was appointed as Priest of Palermo (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Giorgis, Bishop of Trivento (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Fiesole (Italy)

Fr. Paolino Limongi was appointed as Priest of Capua (Italy)

Bishop Tranquillo Guarneri, Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy) and Bishop of Acquapendente (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. Edgar Larochelle (藍德), P.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China)

Bishop Giacomo Maria de Amicis, Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy), passed away at 80

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant resigned as Titular Archbishop of Iconium

Fr. Costanzo Bergna, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Dessiè (Ethiopia)

Fr. Pietro Villa, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Gondar (Ethiopia)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

Diocese of Lorena was established (from Diocese of Taubaté and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Blessed Fr. Ildefonso Vachiano Vargas, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 42

Bishop James Edward Kearney, Bishop of Salt Lake (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Blessed Fr. Marcos García Ortiz, Priest of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 30

Bishop Jean Saint-Pierre resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

Fr. Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli was appointed as Priest of Benevento (Italy)

Abbacy nullius of Saint-Maurice et Saint-Maur de Clervaux was established (from Diocese of Luxembourg) (Luxembourg)

Abbot Giuseppe Alardo, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot nullius of Saint-Maurice et Saint-Maur de Clervaux (Luxembourg)

Bishop Joseph Henry Albers, Titular Bishop of Lunda and Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Lansing (USA)

Fr. Michael Browne was elected Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

Fr. Patrick Lyons was elected Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland)

Fr. Duane Garrison Hunt was elected Bishop of Salt Lake (USA)

Fr. George John Rehring was elected Titular Bishop of Lunda and Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Fr. Amelio Poggi was appointed as Priest of Arezzo (Italy)

Cardinal Eustaquio Ilundain y Esteban, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 74

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

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

Fr. Thomas Roberts, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Bishop Pietro Capizzi, Bishop of Campagna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy)

Bishop Jean Delay, Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Marseille (France)

Bishop François-Louis Auvity, Titular Bishop of Sarepta and Auxiliary Bishop of Bourges (France), was appointed as Bishop of Mende (France)

Fr. Felix Roeder was elected Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Bishop Charles-Paul Sagot du Vauroux, Bishop of Agen (France), passed away at 80

Bishop Julien-Marie Nouailles, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia), passed away at 61

Fr. Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

Fr. Charles-Léo Nelligan was elected Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

Fr. Joseph Francis Ryan was elected Bishop of Hamilton (Canada)

Bishop Justo Antonino de Echeguren y Aldama, Bishop of Oviedo (Spain), passed away at 53

Bishop Henry Hanlon, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Upper Nile (Uganda), passed away at 75

Archbishop Carmelo Pujia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy), passed away at 84

Fr. Alfonso Camillo De Romanis, O.E.S.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Porphyreon and Sacristan of His Holiness of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Archbishop Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India), passed away at 83

Archbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India)

Fr. Ewen Cameron, Coadjutor Bishop emeritus of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland), passed away at 61

Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut, Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile), passed away at 70

Fr. Gregorio Adam Dalmau was elected Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities and President of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies, passed away at 81

Fr. Aniello Calcara was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy), Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy) and Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy)

Fr. Raffaele Barbieri was elected Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Diocese of Satu Mare lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger and Diocese of Košice (Romania)

Diocese of Košice lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger (Slovakia)

Bishop André-Marie-Elie Jarosseau, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia)

Archbishop Pietro Di Maria, Bishop emeritus of Catanzaro (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Francesco Canessa was elected Titular Bishop of Sarepta

Fr. Epimenio Giannico was elected Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Archbishop Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez, Bishop emeritus of Cali (Colombia), passed away at 84

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pelt, Bishop of Metz (France), passed away at 74

Cardinal Pedro Segura y Sáenz was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Fr. Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi (パウロ 山口 愛次郎), Prefect Apostolic of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan), was elected Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Guillén y Salazar, C.M., Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru), passed away at 69

Fr. Vincenzo Del Signore was elected Bishop of Fano (Italy)

Fr. Giiuseppe Maria Palatucci, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Campagna (Italy)

Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa ▼, Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Maura

Fr. Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi was elected Titular Bishop of Sinope and Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Geras and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Iconium

Fr. Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia) and Titular Bishop of Salona

Fr. Jerome M. Fernandez was elected Bishop of Quilon (India)

Territorial Abbacy of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese Rite) was established (Italy)

Fr. Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez, Priest of León (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Bishop William Joseph Hafey, Bishop of Raleigh (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Appia and Coadjutor Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Bishop Joseph Vogt, Bishop of Aachen (Germany), passed away at 72

Fr. Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Velletri (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Nazianzus

Fr. Joseph Malouf, M.S.P., was elected Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora, Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica), passed away at 69

Bishop Franciscus Hubertus Schraven (文致和), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Zhengdingfu 正定府 (China), passed away at 63

Archbishop Elias Richa, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth of the Maronites, was appointed as Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Matteo Múgica y Urrestarazu, Bishop of Vitoria (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cinna

Archbishop João Francisco Braga, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Curitiba (Brazil), passed away at 69

Fr. Eugene Joseph McGuinness was elected Bishop of Raleigh (USA)

Archbishop José Marcondes Homem de Melo, Archbishop-Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil), passed away at 77

Bishop Gastão Liberal Pinto succeeded as Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil)

Fr. Cesare Zacchi was appointed as Priest of Arezzo (Italy)

Bishop Joseph-Simon-Herman Brunault, Bishop of Nicolet (Canada), passed away at 80

Bishop Carlo Garcia Irigoyen, Bishop of Trujillo (Peru), passed away at 79

Fr. Marcelliano da La Guerche, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Fr. Michel Thomas Verhoeks, C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia)

Fr. Bruno Torpigliani was appointed as Priest of Arezzo (Italy)

Archbishop Francesco Maffei, Bishop emeritus of Lacedonia (Italy), passed away at 81

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monreale lost territory to Diocese of Piana dei Greci (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo lost territory to Diocese of Piana dei Greci (Italy)

Ordinariate of Silicia (Italo-Albanese Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Piana dei Greci (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monreale and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo and without ecclesiastical province) (Italy)

Cardinal Luigi Lavitrano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Perniciaro was elected Titular Bishop of Arbanum and Auxiliary Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Schirò resigned as Ordinary of Silicia of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Patriarch Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 81

Bishop-elect Joseph Malouf, M.S.P., was confirmed as Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Stefano Miklósy, Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary), passed away at 80

Bishop Eugène Curien, Bishop of La Rochelle (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Loryma

Diocese of Yokohama 横浜 was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

Fr. Hieronimus Haberstroh, S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xining 西寧 (China)

Fr. Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ambanja (Madagascar)

Archbishop Gisleno Veneri, Bishop emeritus of Acquapendente (Italy), passed away at 93

Bishop Jean Raynaud, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Toulouse (France), passed away at 79

Fr. Efrem Forni, Priest of Milano (Italy), was elected Titular Archbishop of Darnis

Archbishop-elect Efrem Forni was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador

Diocese of Palo was established (from Diocese of Calbayog and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Fr. Alfredo Ludovico Keiling, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Cubango in Angola (Angola), passed away at 69

Bishop Francis Agagianian, Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniæ, was elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic)

Mission sui juris of Shiqian 石阡 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Shiqian 石阡 (China)

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

Fr. Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Pharan and Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Fr. Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic) and Titular Bishop of Fornos major

Fr. Charles Weber (萬賓來), S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Daldis and Vicar Apostolic of Yizhoufu 沂州府 (China)

Fr. Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (趙振聲), S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Bisica and Vicar Apostolic of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

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

Fr. Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C., Prefect Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Thois

Fr. Leone Proserpio, S.J., was elected Bishop of Calicut (India)

Fr. Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ 土井辰雄), Priest of Sendai 仙台 (Japan), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Fr. Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) and Titular Bishop of Menelaites

Archbishop Eduardo Tonna, Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Garella

Fr. Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

Bishop Louis van Dyck (葛崇德), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China), passed away at 75

Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Archbishop Antun Bauer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia), passed away at 81

Fr. Raymond Philip Etteldorf was appointed as Priest of Dubuque (USA)

Diocese of Camden was established (from Diocese of Trenton) (USA)

Diocese of Owensboro was established (from Diocese of Louisville) (USA)

Diocese of Paterson was established (from Diocese of Newark) (USA)

Fr. Denis A. Hayes was appointed as Priest of Paterson (USA)

Diocese of Louisville was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville (with suffragan sees Covington, Nashville and Owensboro) (USA)

Diocese of Newark was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Newark (with suffragan sees Camden, Paterson and Trenton) (USA)

Fr. Matthias Buchholz (步堅牧), M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Shiqian 石阡 (China)

Bishop John Alexander Floersh, Bishop of Louisville (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Walsh, Bishop of Newark (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)

Fr. Philippe-Servulo Desranleau was elected Titular Bishop of Sala and Coadjutor Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Archbishop Pietro Kojunian, Bishop emeritus of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt), passed away at 80

Archbishop Arthur Hinsley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title

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

Archbishop Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti, Titular Archbishop of Adana, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Patriarch Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Giuseppe Pizzardo, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, Titular Archbishop of Nicæa and President of Pontifical Commission for Russia, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Adelchi Albanesi was elected Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy)

Fr. Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Ruotolo was elected Bishop of Ugento (Italy)

Fr. Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki was elected Titular Bishop of Peltæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Francesco Sales Reyes y Alicante, Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines), passed away at 61

Fr. Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus was elected Titular Bishop of Hippos and Apostolic Administrator of Loja (Ecuador)

Fr. Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, S.J., was elected Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Cardinal Arthur Hinsley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna

Cardinal Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

Fr. Étienne Bornet was elected Titular Bishop of Tenedus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Fr. Joseph Walsh was elected Titular Bishop of Cœla and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuam (Ireland)

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

Cardinal Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna

Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title

Msgr. Domenico Tardini, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs and President of Pontifical Commission for Russia

Fr. Michele Acebedo y Flores was elected Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

Bishop Cesare Maria Guerrero, Bishop of Lingayen (Philippines), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Limisa and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Fr. Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia was elected Bishop of Palo (Philippines)

Fr. Francis Ridgley Cotton was elected Bishop of Owensboro (USA)

Fr. Bartholomew Joseph Eustace was elected Bishop of Camden (USA)

Bishop Thomas Henry McLaughlin, Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Paterson (USA)

Fr. Fernand Martin, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Fort Jameson (Zambia)

Fr. Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Peter Emmanuel Amigo, Bishop of Southwark (England), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

Bishop Augustine-Antoine Roy, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Coimbatore (India), passed away at 74

Fr. José Selva, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Metræ and Bishop-Prelate of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil)