Nominations and Resignations

Apostolic Prefecture of Mérk was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger) (Hungary)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Nazareth (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (Israel)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Nitra and Diocese of Spiš (Poland)

Titular Episcopal See of Acilisene was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Acilisene (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Alexandria minor was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Alexandria minor (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tharona was suppressed (Turkiye)

Fr. José Ruysschaert was appointed as Priest of Tournai (Belgium)

Fr. Henri Roy, I.S.P.X., was appointed as Founder of Secular Institute of Pius X

Fr. Amedeo Rojas, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile)

Fr. Joseph Mary Yuan Ke-zhi (Yüen K’ai-chih) (袁克治) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zhumadian 駐馬店 (China)

Fr. Fabijan Abrantovič (龐懷德), M.I.C., resigned as Ordinary of Harbin 哈爾濱 of the Russians (China)

Fr. Andrėj Cikota (祁高德), M.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Fr. Damian Chen Da-ming (陳達明) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Zhaotong 昭通 (China)

Fr. Joseph Kerec (紀勵志), S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zhaotong 昭通 (China)

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

Fr. Bernardin Castanié, SS.CC., Prefect Apostolic of Cook Islands (Cook Islands), passed away at 70

Msgr. Romualdo Migliorini, O.S.M., Prefect Apostolic of Swaziland (Eswatini), passed away

Fr. Bartolomeo Bechis, C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Tigray of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia), passed away

Abbot Henri Marcotte de Sainte-Marie, O.S.B., was appointed as Prior of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

Fr. Charles Souvay, C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

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

Abbot Sigisbert Mitterer, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Archbishop Alessandro Guidati, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

Fr. Roberto da Gangi, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

Fr. Giuseppe Casoria, Priest of Acerra (Italy), was appointed as Defender of the Bond of Sacred Roman Rota

Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Bishop Evasio Colli, Bishop of Parma (Italy), was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Archbishop Egidio Lari was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

Msgr. Primo Principi, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

Archbishop Saverio Ritter resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia

Bishop Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Bova (Italy)

Msgr. Giulio Guidetti was appointed as Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Msgr. Giuseppe Tondini was appointed as Undersecretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Fr. Nicola Riccardi, O.P., resigned as Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Ambrose Leblanc (アンブローズ・ルブラン), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Urawa 浦和 (Japan)

Bishop Franciszek-Piotr Bučys, M.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Bishop Justinas Staugaitis resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania)

Msgr. Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Ogoja (Nigeria)

Fr. Giovanni Starcke, M.S.F., Ecclesiastical Superior of Northern Norway (Norway), passed away

Bishop Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru)

Fr. Antonio Gioacchino Pereira, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lisboa (Portugal), passed away at 77

Fr. Aloysius Mohn, M.F.S.C., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Lydenburg (South Africa)

Fr. Luigi Mohn, F.S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Umtata (South Africa), passed away

Fr. Salvatore van Nuffel, O.S.B. Subl., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Transvaal (South Africa), passed away at 55

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

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

Fr. Athanasius Staub, O.S.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Blessed Bishop Mykolai Charnets’kyi (Миколай Чарнецький), C.SS.R., was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. John Patrick Cody, Priest of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Ulric Beste (Conrad), O.S.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. William Howard Bishop, G.H.M., was appointed as Founder of Glenmary Home Missioners

Fr. Leo M. Finn was appointed as Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

Fr. John J. McGivney resigned as Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

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

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

Fr. Giovanni Battista Frey, C.S.Sp., resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Fr. Giacomo Maria Vosté, O.P., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Apostolic Prefecture of Urawa 浦和 was established (from Diocese of Yokohama 横浜 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bhamo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Burma) (Myanmar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Burma was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mandalay (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bhamo) (Myanmar)

Diocese of Chilaw was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo and became suffragan of Colombo) (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Giobbe Chen Chi-ming (陳啓明), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Perta and Vicar Apostolic of Zhengdingfu 正定府 (China)

Fr. Thomas Roch Agniswami, S.J., was elected Bishop of Kottar (India)

Bishop Bernard O’Kane, Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland), passed away at 72

Fr. Louis Perera, O.M.I., was appointed as Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Austin M. Moore, O.S.M., Prior General emeritus of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites), passed away

Fr. Lorenz Zeller, O.S.B., was elected Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Rio Branco (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum

Fr. Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Parætonium

Fr. Patrizio Usher, S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bhamo (Myanmar)

Fr. Mariano Rossell y Arellano was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Archbishop Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho, Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil), passed away at 70

Diocese of Nitra lost territory to Diocese of Katowice (Slovakia)

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Leo, Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), passed away at 74

Bishop Juan Torres Ribas, Bishop of Menorca (Spain), passed away at 94

Bishop Manuel Larraín Errázuriz succeeded as Bishop of Talca (Chile)

Bishop Carlos Silva Cotapos, Bishop of Talca (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Myrica

Bishop Matteo Angelo Filipello, Bishop of Ivrea (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. Gaetano De Cicco was elected Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Marchesani was elected Bishop of Cava (Italy) and Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

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

Bishop Giovanni Francesco Gnidovec, C.M., Bishop of Skopje (North Macedonia), passed away at 65

Bishop Alfredo Silva Santiago, Bishop of Temuco (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Fr. Beniamino Socche was elected Bishop of Cesena (Italy)

Bishop Gaudenzio Giacinto Stanchi (石道琪), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China), passed away at 53

Blessed Bishop Anselmo Polanco y Fonteche, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Teruel (Spain), passed away at 57

Blessed Fr. Felipe Ripoll Morata, Priest of Teruel (Spain), passed away at 60

Bishop Arturo Jara Marquez, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile), passed away at 58

Pope Pius XI, Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), passed away at 81

Msgr. Carlo Confalonieri resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Bishop Emmanuel Segrada, P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Toungoo (Myanmar), passed away at 78

Archbishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier, Bishop emeritus of Laval (France), passed away at 89

Bishop Vincenzo Migliorelli, Bishop emeritus of San Severino (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Treia (Italy), passed away at 65

Fr. Robert Leiber, S.J., was appointed as Private Secretary of the Pope

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, 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, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals, was elected Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Fr. Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Dagnum and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia)

Msgr. Giuseppe Del Ton, Priest of Poreč i Pula (Croatia), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Archbishop Joseph-Lucien Giray, Bishop emeritus of Cahors (France), passed away at 74

Bishop Nándor Rott, Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), passed away at 69

Bishop Tihamér Tóth succeeded as Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Fr. Sebastiano Baggio, Priest of Vicenza (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Luigi Raimondi, Priest of Acqui (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Felice Beccaro was elected Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

Fr. Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M., was elected Bishop of Alghero (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Cogoni was elected Bishop of Ozieri (Italy)

Msgr. Giuseppe Bracale was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Ennio Francia was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Auguste-Maurice Clément, Bishop emeritus of Monaco (Monaco), passed away at 73

Archbishop Nicola Piccirilli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop Bartolomé Pascual Marroig succeeded as Bishop of Menorca (Spain)

Bishop Amando Agostino Bahlmann, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil), passed away at 76

Bishop Filippo Mantini, Bishop of Pergola (Italy) and Bishop of Cagli (Italy), passed away at 57

Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara, Bishop of Cartagena (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona (Spain)

Cardinal Luigi Maglione, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as 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 and Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Archbishop Cleto Cassani, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sassari (Italy), passed away at 72

Pope Pius XII was installed as Supreme Pontiff

Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bombay (India), passed away at 69

Cardinal Francesco Marmaggi was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

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

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education

Cardinal Federico Tedeschini, Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, was appointed as President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Swaziland was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Swaziland (Eswatini)

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

Mission sui juris of Miarinarivo lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Morondava (Madagascar)

Fr. Peter Rogan, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Buéa (Cameroon), was elected Titular Bishop of Acmonia and Vicar Apostolic of Buéa (Cameroon)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire) and Titular Bishop of Onuphis

Fr. Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Thagaste and Vicar Apostolic of Swaziland (Eswatini)

Fr. Antonius Everardo Giovanni Albers, O. Carm., Prefect Apostolic of Malang (Indonesia), was elected Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia and Vicar Apostolic of Malang (Indonesia)

Cardinal Nicola Canali was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

Bishop Joseph Henry Conroy, Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), passed away at 80

Bishop Bernard Joseph Mahoney, Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA), passed away at 63

Bishop Francis Joseph Monaghan succeeded as Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Abbot Théophile Bourgeois, C.R.B., Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard, passed away at 83

Fr. Dominic Desperben (德文彬), SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Hainan 海南 (China)

Fr. Miklós Dudás, O.S.B.M., was elected Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Fr. Alexandru Todea was appointed as Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Pierre Veuillot was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Fr. Joseph-Albany-Emilien Massé (馬), P.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China)

Diocese of Puerto Montt was established (from Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud) (Chile)

Cardinal Donato Sbarretti, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, passed away at 82

Fr. Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D., was elected Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

Bishop Vicente Castellanos y Núñez, Bishop emeritus of Tulancingo (Mexico), passed away at 68

Fr. Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк) was appointed as Priest of Pinsk (Belarus)

Fr. Louis Perera, O.M.I., Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka), passed away at 42

Bishop Johann Baptist Dietz succeeded as Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Bishop Joseph Damian Schmitt, Bishop of Fulda (Germany), passed away at 80

Msgr. Adamo Pucci, Priest of Fano (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Josef Mutschlechner, Bishop emeritus of Brixen (Italy), passed away at 62

Archbishop Eduardo Tonna, Titular Archbishop of Garella, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Miletus

Bishop Francis Joseph Spellman, Titular Bishop of Sila and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Bishop Edwin Vincent O’Hara, Bishop of Great Falls (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Kansas City (USA)

Archbishop José Américo Orzali, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), passed away at 76

Cardinal Domenico Mariani, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio and Vice-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, passed away at 76

Msgr. Giacomo Violardo, Priest of Roma (Italy), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Apostolic Prefecture of Jingxian 景縣 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xianxian 獻縣) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kwango lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ziguinchor was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Dakar) (Senegal)

Apostolic Prefecture of Shunsen was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul 서울) (South Korea)

Bishop Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Crete (Greece), passed away at 76

Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre, Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Fr. Ignacio de Alba y Hernández was elected Titular Bishop of Algiza and Coadjutor Bishop of Colima (Mexico)

Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, 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 Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Bishop Adam Hefter, Bishop of Gurk (Austria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Marciana

Fr. Leopoldo Brellinger (凌安瀾), S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Jingxian 景縣 (China)

Msgr. Cesare Zerba, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline

Bishop Paolo Rostagno, Bishop of Andria (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ivrea (Italy)

Bishop Tihamér Tóth, Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), passed away at 50

Bishop Henryk Ignazio Przezdziecki, Bishop of Siedlce (Poland), passed away at 66

Fr. François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B., was appointed as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

Bishop Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu), passed away at 82

Diocese of Ceneda was renamed as Diocese of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Bishop Eugenio Beccegato, Bishop of Ceneda (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Fr. Richard James Cushing, Priest of Boston (USA), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Luis Calixto Leiva Charry, Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia), passed away at 48

Archbishop Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

Archbishop Alexis Lemaître, M. Afr., Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia), passed away at 75

Bishop Antonio Laubitz, Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 77

Fr. Lawrence Joseph Shehan, Priest of Baltimore–Washington (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Emile Barthès, Auxiliary Bishop of Albi (France), passed away at 56

Diocese of Concepción was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción (with suffragan sees Chillán, Puerto Montt, San Carlos de Ancud and Temuco) (Chile)

Bishop José María Caro Rodríguez, Bishop of La Serena (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)

Bishop Alfredo Silva Santiago, Bishop of Concepción (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile)

Apostolic Vicariate of Majunga lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Mission sui juris of Miarinarivo was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Miarinarivo (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Majunga and Apostolic Vicariate of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Prefecture of Vatomandry was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Tamatave (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tananarive lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

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

Fr. Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Krishnagar (India)

Bishop Francesco Petronelli, Bishop of Avellino (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Bisceglie (Italy)

Bishop Pietro Tesauri, Bishop of Isernia (Italy) and Bishop of Venafro (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Ortona (Italy)

Fr. Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Vatomandry (Madagascar), was elected Titular Bishop of Hypselis and Vicar Apostolic of Tamatave (Madagascar)

Fr. Ignace Ramarosandratana was elected Titular Bishop of Thiava and Vicar Apostolic of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Fr. Joseph Kiwánuka, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Thibica and Vicar Apostolic of Masaka (Uganda)

Diocese of La Serena was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Serena (Chile)

Msgr. Francesco Annibale Ferretti, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Giuseppe Fayec, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Fr. Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giacomo Violardo, Priest of Roma (Italy), Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Cesare Zerba, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Giuseppe Lojacono, Bishop of Ariano (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Aprus

Fr. Paolo Savino was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Cesario Stern (路道宣), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Weihai 威海 (China)

Diocese of Resistencia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe and became suffragan of Santa Fe) (Argentina)

Diocese of Surigao was established (from Diocese of Cagayan de Oro and became suffragan of Cebu) (Philippines)

Fr. Vincent Nicholas Foy was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Francis Lisowski, Bishop of Tarnów (Poland), passed away at 62

Bishop Firmin Lamy, Bishop of Langres (France), passed away at 50

Fr. Smiljan Franjo Cekada was elected Titular Bishop of Pharbæthus and Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Dominic Langenbacher (藍堅牧), C.P., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Chenzhou 辰州 (China), passed away at 55

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

Fr. Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin was elected Titular Bishop of Jonopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans (France)

Bishop Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller, Bishop of Warmia (Poland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Klaipėda (Lithuania)

Fr. Michał Kozal was elected Titular Bishop of Lappa and Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

Msgr. Richard James Cushing, Priest of Boston (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Mela and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Fr. William Otterwell Brady was elected Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

Fr. Thomas Arthur Connolly was elected Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) and Titular Bishop of Sila

Fr. Thomas Edward Flynn was elected Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Apostolic Prefecture of Benkoelen was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Palembang (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Western District was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Cape Town (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Cape of Good Hope, Central District was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Transvaal was promoted as Territorial Abbacy of Pietersburg (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Fr. Jean Larregain (甘有為), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Arycanda and Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China)

Fr. Guy-Léandre Le Floch, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Ajmer (India)

Fr. Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic of Benkoelen (Indonesia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Palembang (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Athyra

Bishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)

Fr. Leo Isidore Scharmach, M.S.C., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) and Titular Bishop of Mostene

Fr. James Colbert was elected Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Olbia

Bishop Francis Hennemann, S.A.C., Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Cape Town (South Africa)

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

Fr. Oreste Rauzi was elected Titular Bishop of Argos and Auxiliary Bishop of Trento (Italy)

Sr. Émilie de Vialar, S.J.A., was beatified

Blessed Fr. Władysław Maćkowiak was appointed as Priest of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Bishop Anunciado Serafini, Titular Bishop of Arycanda and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cirenaica was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Derna) (Libya)

Apostolic Vicariate of Derna was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cirenaica) (Libya)

Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Tripolitana) (Libya)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tripolitana was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata) (Libya)

Fr. Joseph Charbonneau was elected Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

Bishop Joseph-Louis-Aldée Desmarais, Titular Bishop of Ruspæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Amos (Canada)

Bishop Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé resigned as Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

Bishop Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica (Libya), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi (Libya)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia)

Bishop Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia (Eritrea), was beatified

Blessed Fr. Jan Franciszek Macha was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia)

Archbishop Andrew Killian, Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia), passed away at 66

Fr. Ernesto Civardi, Priest of Pavia (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Cook Islands (Cook Islands)

Fr. Giovanni Riegler, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lydenburg (South Africa)

Bishop Nicolas Charikiopoulos, Bishop of Chios (Greece), passed away at 69

Bishop José de Jesús Manríquez y Zárate, Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Verbe

Fr. Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria), passed away

Archbishop Pietro Gjura, Archbishop of Durrës (Albania), passed away at 64

Apostolic Prefecture of Yanggu 陽穀 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Yanggu 陽穀 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Haut-Congo was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Peng-yang was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Heijo (North Korea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mount Currie was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kokstad (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lang Són et Cao Bang was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

Fr. Thomas Tien Ken-sin (田耕莘), S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Yanggu 陽穀 (China), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Yanggu 陽穀 (China) and Titular Bishop of Ruspæ

Fr. Biagio Sigibaldo Kurz, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Mount Currie (South Africa), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kokstad (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Terenuthis

Fr. Charles-Joseph Lemaire (惠化民), M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Jilin 吉林 (China) and Titular Bishop of Otrus

Fr. Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia

Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Haut-Congo (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. William Francis O’Shea, M.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Heijo (North Korea) and Titular Bishop of Naissus

Fr. Jules Halbert, S.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu) and Titular Bishop of Archelaïs

Fr. Félix-Maurice Hedde, O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam), was elected Titular Bishop of Echinus and Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

Fr. Alberto Mendoza y Bedolla was elected Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Bishop Henri-Jean Houbaut, Bishop of Bayonne (France), passed away at 59

Apostolic Administration of Košice na Slovensku was established (from Diocese of Košice) (Slovakia)

Apostolic Administration of Rožňava na Slovensku was established (from Diocese of Rožňava) (Slovakia)

Apostolic Administration of Szatmár na Slovensku was established (from Diocese of Satu Mare) (Slovakia)

Apostolic Administration of Trnava lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom (Slovakia)

Fr. Giulio Czapik was elected Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Bishop József Grósz, Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

Archbishop Domenico Spolverini, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thracia, passed away at 68

Bishop Michal Bubnič, Titular Bishop of Scilium and Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava (Slovakia), was appointed as Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia)

Bishop Józef Čársky, Apostolic Administrator of Košice (Slovakia) and Auxiliary Bishop of Košice (Slovakia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava na Slovensku (Slovakia), Apostolic Administrator of Szatmár na Slovensku (Slovakia) and Apostolic Administrator of Košice na Slovensku (Slovakia)

Fr. Stefan Madarász was elected Bishop of Košice (Slovakia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Wuzhou 梧州 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Wuzhou 梧州 (China)

Diocese of Massa Carrara was renamed as Diocese of Apuania (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Multan was promoted as Diocese of Multan (became suffragan of Delhi and Simla) (Pakistan)

Fr. Frederic Anthony Donaghy (唐汝琪), M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Setea and Vicar Apostolic of Wuzhou 梧州 (China)

Bishop Augustin Henninghaus (韓寧鎬), S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Yanzhoufu 兗州府 (China), passed away at 76

Fr. Bernard Francis Mayer (馬奕猷), M.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Wuzhou 梧州 (China)

Bishop Cristoforo Arduino Terzi, O.F.M., Bishop of Massa Carrara (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Apuania (Italy)

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

Bishop Timothy J. Corbett, Bishop emeritus of Crookston (USA), passed away at 81

Bishop Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M., Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Rhasus

Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore–Washington (USA)

Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore–Washington (USA)

Fr. Lorenzo Sahag Koguian, C.A.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Romania of the Armenians (Romania)

Fr. Zoltán Lengyel was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Romania of the Armenians (Romania)

Bishop Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M., Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil), passed away at 67

Archbishop Eduard Baron von der Ropp, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus), passed away at 87

Fr. Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O.C.S.O., was elected Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Bishop José Santiago Irala, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Chachapoyas (Peru), passed away at 81

Bishop José Gaspar d’Afonseca e Silva, Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Archbishop José Horacio Campillo Infante, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thracia

Blessed Fr. Alojs Andritzki was appointed as Priest of Meißen (Germany)

Archbishop Orazio Mazzella, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taranto (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. Narciso Jubany Arnau was appointed as Priest of Barcelona (Spain)

Msgr. Arturo Mazzoni, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Peter Wang Ji-zhi (王基之), Prefect Apostolic of Zhumadian 駐馬店 (China), passed away at 48

Bishop Lorenzo Maria Balconi (巴明善), P.I.M.E., Titular Bishop of Mylasa and Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia

Bishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias, Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Fr. Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral was elected Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Fr. Henry Vincent Marshall was elected Bishop of Salford (England)

Bishop János Mikes, Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palæstina, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Selymbria

Fr. Neil Farren was elected Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

Fr. William Joseph Condon was elected Bishop of Great Falls (USA)

Archbishop Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache, Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran), passed away at 78

Fr. Raffaele Campelli was elected Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

Fr. Giocchino Pedicini was elected Bishop of Ariano (Italy)

Fr. Andrej Škrábik was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia) and Titular Bishop of Scyrus

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Bishop Henri Lécroart (劉欽明), S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Xianxian 獻縣 (China), passed away at 74

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

Fr. Joseph Parecattil was appointed as Priest of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop José María Caro Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC., was elected Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Fr. Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia was elected Titular Bishop of Orthosia in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Mr. Martin H. Carmody resigned as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Mr. Francis P. Matthews was appointed as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Bishop Pablo Alegría Iriarte, O.A.R., Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia), passed away at 63

Cardinal Angelo Maria Dolci, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, passed away at 72

Fr. Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Tigias and Vicar Apostolic of Derna (Libya)

Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus (Belarussian Rite) was established (Belarus)

Apostolic Exarchate of Velyka Ukraina was established (Ukraine)

Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia (Ukrainian Rite) was established (Ukraine)

Fr. Klymentii Sheptyts’kyi (Марiя Казимир Климентій Шептицький / Maria Kazymyr), M.S.U., Hegumen of Ukrainian Studite Monks, was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Russia of the Russians (Russia)

Fr. Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj, Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Velyka Ukraina (Ukraine)

Blessed Bishop Mykolai Charnets’kyi (Миколай Чарнецький), C.SS.R., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus)

Fr. Paul Etoga was appointed as Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Bishop Luigi Zaffarami, Bishop emeritus of Todi (Italy), passed away at 74

Archbishop Paul Bruchési, Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada), passed away at 83

Archbishop George Gauthier succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Bishop Charles-Léo Nelligan, Bishop of Pembroke (Canada), was appointed as Military Vicar of Canada (Canada)

Fr. Josip Žabkar was appointed as Priest of Salzburg (Austria)

Bishop Joseph-François-Marie Julliot, Bishop emeritus of Les Gonaïves (Haiti), passed away at 65

Bishop François Daoud, Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 68

Bishop Norbert-Georges-Pierre Rousseau, Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France), passed away at 68

Cardinal George William Mundelein, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA), passed away at 67

Bishop Augustus John Schwertner, Bishop of Wichita (USA), passed away at 68

Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinopole (Syria)

Blessed Fr. Marian Skrzypczak, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 30

Fr. Donald Alphonsus Campbell, Priest of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland), was elected Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)

Fr. James Maguire was elected Titular Bishop of Ilium and Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Fr. Louis Chiron was elected Bishop of Langres (France)

Fr. Edmund Vansteenberghe was elected Bishop of Bayonne (France)

Bishop Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé, Bishop emeritus of Hearst (Canada), passed away at 64

Bishop Jean Castel, Bishop of Tulle (France), passed away at 71

Bishop Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer, Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia), passed away at 69

Cardinal Alessandro Verde was appointed as Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Bishop Manuel Pío López Estrada, Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico)

Archbishop Thomas P. Gilmartin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland), passed away at 78

Bishop Alberto Romita, Bishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy), passed away at 59

Bishop Odilon Fages, O.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Orange River (South Africa), passed away at 63

Ordinariate of Harbin 哈爾濱 (Russian Rite) was promoted as Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China)

Fr. Andrėj Cikota (祁高德), M.I.C., was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Harbin 哈爾濱 of the Russians (China)

Archbishop Frediano Giannini, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aleppo (Syria) and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 78

Archbishop Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales), passed away at 79

Archbishop Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia), passed away at 68

Fr. Julius Döpfner was appointed as Priest of Würzburg (Germany)

Blessed Fr. Leon Nowakowski, Priest of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 26

Archbishop René-Pierre Mignen, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France), passed away at 64

Bishop Audino Rodríguez y Olmos, Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Bishop Eli-Antoine Durand, Bishop of Montauban (France), passed away at 51

Fr. Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ogoja (Nigeria)

Bishop Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández, Bishop of Coro (Venezuela), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Rhizæum and Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Francisco José Iturriza Guillén, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Coro (Venezuela)

Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania was established (from Archdiocese of Durrës and became suffragan of Shkodrë) (Albania)

Archbishop Albert Levame, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala and Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay and Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Bishop Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco, Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Apostolic Prefecture of Luapula Supérieur was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Joseph Sak, S.D.B., Prefect Apostolic of Luapula Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Titular Bishop of Scilium and Vicar Apostolic of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Laurence William Youens, Bishop of Northampton (England), passed away at 65

Fr. Frederic Osterrath, O.S.B. Subl., was elected Abbot Ordinary of Pietersburg (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Tingis

Bishop Francis Augustin Henschke, Titular Bishop of Prænetus and Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Archbishop Nicolas Cadi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

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

Archbishop Tito Trocchi, Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Bishop Gaston Antoine Rasneur, Bishop of Tournai (Belgium), passed away at 65

Bishop Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 69

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

Bishop Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Belize (Belize), passed away at 81

Fr. Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj, Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Apostolic Exarch of Velyka Ukraina (Ukraine), was elected Titular Archbishop of Serræ and Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Arthur Douville was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Vita

Bishop Leopoldo Lara y Torres, Bishop emeritus of Tacámbaro (Mexico), passed away at 65

Archbishop Carlo Sica, Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Souleyman Kutchouk Ousta, Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 54

Bishop Adam Hefter, Titular Bishop of Marciana, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Massimianopolis in Rhodope

Fr. Abel Zayia, C.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Archbishop-Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Phát Diêm (Vietnam), passed away at 82

Fr. Philip Matthew Hannan was appointed as Priest of Baltimore (USA)

Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinopole (Syria)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Fr. Matthew Beovich was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Adramyttium and Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Garella

Fr. Alexandre Vachon was elected Titular Archbishop of Acrida and Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Fr. Henri Joseph Marie Belleau, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Baie de James (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Perrhe

Fr. Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote (王德純), O.S.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Zorolus and Vicar Apostolic of Changde 常德 (China)

Fr. Josip Lach was elected Titular Bishop of Dodona and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title and President of Pontifical Biblical Commission, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Cardinal Carlo Salotti, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola and Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Cardinal Enrico Sibilia, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

Fr. Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes was elected Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

Fr. Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria) and Titular Bishop of Thignica

Fr. John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Mylasa

Archbishop Francis Joseph Spellman, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Military Vicar of United States of America (USA)

Fr. Albert Lewis Fletcher, Priest of Little Rock (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Samos and Auxiliary Bishop of Little Rock (USA)

Bishop John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B., Bishop of Bismarck (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Teos

Archbishop Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy) and Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy), passed away at 70

Archbishop Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez, Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica), passed away at 62

Fr. Alfredo Bruniera, Priest of Treviso (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop István Fiedler, Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) and Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mulia

Diocese of Gallup was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Diocese of Tucson and became suffragan of Santa Fe) (USA)

Bishop Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bamako (Mali), passed away at 70

Fr. Domenico Bartolucci was appointed as Priest of Firenze (Italy)

Archbishop Samuel Alphonse Stritch, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Christian Herman Winkelmann, Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Wichita (USA)