Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Przemyśl lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv (Poland)

Apostolic Administration of Košice na Slovensku was suppressed (to Diocese of Košice) (Slovakia)

Apostolic Administration of Rožňava na Slovensku was suppressed (to Diocese of Rožňava) (Slovakia)

Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Albania and Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania (Albania)

Fr. Miguel Alfredo Barat, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Tefé (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tefé (Brazil)

Fr. Tomaz M. de Marcellano, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Alto Solimões (Brazil), passed away at 41

Fr. Jan Anastáz Opasek, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Slavonic Benedictine Congregation of Saint Adalbert and Saint Margaret

Fr. Marcelliano da La Guerche, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Djibouti (Djibouti), passed away

Fr. Gabriele Arosio, P.I.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Neghelli (Ethiopia), passed away

Fr. Federico da Baselga, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Endeber (Ethiopia), passed away

Fr. Tiziano da Verona, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia), passed away

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

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

Msgr. Carlo Grano, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

Archbishop Antonio Riberi (黎培理) resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Africa for Missions

Archbishop Gustavo Testa resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia

Bishop Cristoforo Demonico Carullo, O.F.M., Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Conza (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Bisaccia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy)

Archbishop Egidio Lari resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

Archbishop Giuseppe Rossino was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Msgr. Giuseppe Guerri resigned as Underdatary of Apostolic Dataria

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

Msgr. Alberto Toso resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

Fr. Ercole Gallone, C.S.P., was appointed as President of Society of Saint Paul

Archbishop Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ 土井辰雄), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

Msgr. Lawrence Tatewaki Toda (ラウレンチオ 戸田帯刀) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

Fr. Augusto Wachter, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Borneo (Malaysia), passed away

Fr. Bolesław Kominek, Priest of Katowice (Poland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia (Poland)

Fr. Alfonso Poisson, C.S.Sp., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Bishop Józef Čársky resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava na Slovensku (Slovakia) and Apostolic Administrator of Szatmár na Slovensku (Slovakia)

Fr. Facundus Peterek, S.D.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians)

Fr. John A. Wall, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kodok (South Sudan), passed away

Fr. Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., resigned as Papal Commissioner for Society of Saint Paul

Archbishop Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M., Apostolic Delegate to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye

Fr. Grygory Balahurak, O.S.B.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Ivan Sleziuk (Іван Слезюк) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Stepans Vaprovyč was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. John Joseph Krol, Priest of Cleveland (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Thomas Francis Devine was appointed as Priest of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

Msgr. Roberto Devreesse was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Fr. Pierre Boisard, P.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Fr. Philemon S’papen, F.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Charity

Fr. Policarp Schmoll, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Br. Tarcisius de Leeuw, C.S.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Br. Robertus Knuvers, C.S.A., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Fr. Damian Chen Da-ming (陳達明), Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Zhaotong 昭通 (China), passed away at 66

Fr. Agostino Casaroli, Priest of Piacenza (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell, Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Bishop Saturnino Peri, Bishop emeritus of Iglesias (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Sauatra

Fr. Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Mundinitza and Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

Bishop Hernán Frías Hurtado, Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile)

Archbishop Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M., Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy), passed away at 62

Bishop Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F., Titular Bishop of Telmissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama), was promoted as Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

Archbishop Juan Gualberto Guevara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru), was appointed as Military Vicar of Peru (Peru)

Blessed Fr. Jules Grand, Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay (France), passed away at 39

Bishop Pio Marcello Bagnoli, O.C.D., Bishop of Marsi (Italy), passed away at 85

Bishop Adrien Pierre Devals, M.E.P., Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia), passed away at 62

Fr. Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C., General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was elected Bishop of Teramo (Italy)

Bishop Costantino Stella, Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

Bishop Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Gabala and Vicar Apostolic of Papua (Papua New Guinea), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade

Archbishop Claudio María Volio y Jímenez, Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), passed away at 70

Archbishop Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Comacchio (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop Demetrio Moscato, Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) and Bishop of San Marco (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Acerno (Italy)

Fr. Enrico Nicodemo was elected Bishop of Mileto (Italy)

Fr. Domenico Brizi was elected Bishop of Cingoli (Italy) and Bishop of Osimo (Italy)

Fr. Lucio Crescenzi was elected Titular Bishop of Pharsalus

Blessed Fr. Antoni Świadek, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 35

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

Fr. Edward Dennis Head was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Bishop Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda (Rwanda), passed away at 70

Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda (Rwanda)

Bishop Franz Justus Rarkowski resigned as Military Vicar of Germany (Germany)

Fr. José Souto Vizoso was elected Titular Bishop of Elusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Fr. Adolf Bolte was elected Titular Bishop of Cibyra and Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Bishop Michal Bubnič, Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia), passed away at 67

Bishop Marius Besson, Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland), passed away at 68

Blessed Fr. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski, Priest of Chełmno (Poland), passed away at 32

Bishop Luigi Paulini, Bishop of Concordia (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Europus and Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis

Blessed Fr. Giuseppe Rossi, Priest of Novara (Italy), passed away at 32

Bishop William Francis O’Shea, M.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Heijo (North Korea), passed away at 60

Fr. Joseph Gao Zheng-yi (Kao) (高正一) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

Bishop Luigi Bumci, Bishop emeritus of Lezhë (Albania), passed away at 72

Archbishop Michael Sheehan, Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia), passed away at 74

Fr. Arthur Hughes, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Hieropolis

Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo), passed away at 60

Bishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona succeeded as Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Bishop Paul Peter Rhode, Bishop of Green Bay (USA), passed away at 73

Blessed Fr. Lazër Shantoja, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 52

Fr. Vincent Chang Kuo-ting (張國珽) was appointed as Priest of Beijing 北京 (China)

Bishop Alberto José Gonçalves, Bishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil), passed away at 86

Bishop John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C., Titular Bishop of Mylasa, was appointed as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. Edward Joseph Hunkeler was elected Bishop of Grand Island (USA)

Fr. Anthony John King Mussio was elected Bishop of Steubenville (USA)

Fr. Francis Joseph Schenk was elected Bishop of Crookston (USA)

Bishop Nicolao Milone, Bishop of Alessandria (Italy), passed away at 72

Blessed Fr. Pierre de Porcaro, Priest of Versailles (France), passed away at 40

Archbishop Giuseppe Lojacono, Bishop emeritus of Ariano (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop David Keane, Bishop of Limerick (Ireland), passed away at 74

Fr. Vincent Stanislaus Waters was elected Bishop of Raleigh (USA)

Bishop Joseph Lörks, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 68

Bishop Valentín Comellas y Santamaría, Bishop of Solsona (Spain), passed away at 83

Bishop Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand, Bishop of Oran (Algeria), passed away at 66

Bishop Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Laos (Thailand), passed away at 67

Bishop Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand), passed away at 48

Blessed Fr. Ndre Zadeja, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 53

Fr. Traian Crisan was appointed as Priest of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania)

Archbishop János Mikes, Bishop emeritus of Szombathely (Hungary), passed away at 68

Bishop Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga, Bishop of León (Nicaragua), passed away at 63

Cardinal Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 60

Bishop Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B., Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil), passed away at 67

Archbishop Francesco Pascucci, Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), passed away at 74

Blessed Bishop Władysław Goral, Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 46

Blessed Fr. Antoine Charmet, Priest of Saint-Étienne (France), passed away at 38

Blessed Bishop Vilmos Apor, Bishop of Győr (Hungary), passed away at 53

Blessed Fr. Mario Ciceri, Priest of Milano (Italy), passed away at 44

Archbishop Angelo Rotta resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

Fr. Joseph Gerald Berry was elected Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

Fr. Thomas John Flynn was elected Titular Archbishop of Silyum and Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

Bishop John Roderick MacDonald resigned as Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

Bishop Henry Joseph O’Brien, Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Fr. James Louis Connolly was elected Titular Bishop of Mylasa and Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River (USA)

Bishop Augustin Hermann, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Lower Volta (Ghana), passed away at 65

Archbishop Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy) and Archbishop of Matera (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis

Bishop James Paul McCloskey, Bishop of Jaro (Philippines), passed away at 74

Fr. Daniel Figueroa Villón was elected Titular Bishop of Parnassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru)

Bishop John Roderick MacDonald was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ancusa and Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish (Canada)

Bishop Andrew James Louis Brennan, Bishop of Richmond (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Telmissus

Bishop Peter Leo Ireton, Titular Bishop of Cyme and Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Richmond (USA)

Fr. Vitus Bouma, SS.CC., Prefect Apostolic of Bangka dan Billiton (Indonesia), passed away at 52

Fr. Louis Francis Kelleher was elected Titular Bishop of Thenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Fr. Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua) and Titular Bishop of Lappa

Bishop Josip Marija Carevic, Bishop emeritus of Dubrovnik (Croatia), passed away at 62

Fr. Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas, Priest of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), was elected Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ and Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Titular Bishop of Arcadia

Bishop Ettore Castelli, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 63

Fr. Egbert Maria Pelzer (歐培徒), O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Tingzhou 汀州 (China), passed away at 62

Bishop Timoteo Giorgio Raymundos, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Santorini (Greece), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Chariopolis

Fr. Sergio Pignedoli, Priest of Reggio Emilia (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. William Richard Arnold was elected Titular Bishop of Phocæa and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA)

Blessed Fr. Jean Batiffol, Priest of Paris (France), passed away at 38

Fr. Pancratius Pfeiffer, S.D.S., Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians), passed away at 72

Bishop Pedro Dionisio Tibiletti, Bishop of San Luis (Argentina), passed away at 57

Cardinal Luigi Lavitrano, Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Bishop Luigi Ermini, Bishop of Matelica (Italy) and Bishop of Fabriano (Italy), passed away at 88

Bishop Jean Gay, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)

Bishop Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Apollonia

Fr. Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Phacusa

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

Fr. William Joseph Smith was elected Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

Fr. Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Bishop Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (USA), passed away at 87

Bishop Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (USA)

Bishop José Luis Montenegro y Flores, Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala), passed away at 76

Fr. Robert Bell Clune was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. Lorenzo Antonetti was appointed as Priest of Novara (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Bovone was appointed as Priest of Alessandria (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Giussani was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

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

Archbishop Pranciškus Karevičius, M.I.C., Bishop emeritus of Žemaitija (Lithuania), passed away at 83

Fr. Marie-Antoine Roy, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)

Bishop-elect Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Messene and Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Fr. José de Jesús Angulo del Valle y Navarro was elected Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

Bishop Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert (Canada), passed away at 81

Fr. Michele Rateni was elected Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) and Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Fr. Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Fr. Thomas Tharayil was elected Titular Bishop of Azotus and Coadjutor Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Luigi Sposito was appointed as Priest of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Blessed Fr. René Giraudet, Priest of Luçon (France), passed away at 37

Archbishop Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Verapoly (India), passed away at 73

Fr. Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Daphnusia

Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca was established (from Diocese of Nueva Pamplona and Apostolic Prefecture of Arauca) (Colombia)

Fr. Henri Routhier, O.M.I., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Naissus

Fr. Domenico Bernareggi was elected Titular Bishop of Famagusta and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Joseph-Georges-Édouard Michaud, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Uganda (Uganda), passed away at 60

Fr. Anthony Jordan, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Vada and Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert (Canada)

Fr. Josef Köstner was elected Bishop of Gurk (Austria)

Fr. Luís Eduardo García Rodríguez, M.X.Y., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Labateca (Colombia)

Msgr. Bernardo De Felicis was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Archbishop Antonio Melomo, Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy), Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) and Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles, Bishop emeritus of Chilapa (Mexico), passed away at 85

Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Piracicaba (Brazil)

Bishop Ernesto de Paula, Bishop of Jacarezinho (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil)

Bishop Walenty Dymek, Titular Bishop of Madytus and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro

Fr. Teofilo Emilio de Backere, C.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Surabaia (Indonesia), passed away at 63

Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa ▼ resigned as Titular Bishop of Maura

Bishop François-Xavier Ross, Bishop of Gaspé (Canada), passed away at 76

Bishop Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Isinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Huancayo (Peru)

Fr. Carlos Alberto Arce Masías was elected Bishop of Tacna (Peru)

Fr. Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P., was elected Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Cardinal Adolf Bertram, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 86

Bishop Stefane Carton de Wiart, Titular Bishop of Taium and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium), was appointed as Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Bishop Louis Delmotte, Bishop of Tournai (Belgium), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniæ

Bishop Lucio Crescenzi, Titular Bishop of Pharsalus, was appointed as Bishop of Fabriano (Italy) and Bishop of Matelica (Italy)

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

Bishop Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Ucayali (Peru), passed away at 75

Apostolic Vicariate of Labrador was established (from Diocese of Harbour Grace, Apostolic Vicariate of Baie d’Hudson and Apostolic Vicariate of Golfe Saint-Laurent and became suffragan of Saint John’s, Newfoundland) (Canada)

Apostolic Prefecture of San José de Amazonas was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas) (Peru)

Fr. Valentin Schaaf, O.F.M., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Fr. Franjo Kuharić was appointed as Priest of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Vincenzo Bonaventura Medori was elected Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Santa, I.M.C., Titular Bishop of Metelis and Auxiliary Bishop of Rimini (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Rimini (Italy)

Fr. John Francis Dearden, Priest of Cleveland (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Gerard-Joseph Hoogers (高東升), C.I.C.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Datongfu 大同府 (China), passed away at 77

Fr. Ezio Barbieri was elected Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro and Auxiliary Bishop of Pisa (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Luigi Lenzini, Priest of Modena (Italy), passed away at 64

Fr. Dino Monduzzi was appointed as Priest of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy)

Fr. Giulio Bianconi was elected Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) and Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy)

Archbishop José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Archbishop Pedro Vera y Zuria, Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico), passed away at 71

Bishop Ivan Bucko resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA)

Fr. Jan Bula was appointed as Priest of Brno (Czechia)

Fr. Kazimierz Jan Majdański was appointed as Priest of Włocławek (Poland)

Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos (Peru)

Blessed Fr. Maurice Rondeau, Priest of Meaux (France), passed away at 33

Fr. Enrico de Ferrari, S.D.B., Prefect Apostolic of Alto Orinoco (Venezuela), passed away at 69

Diocese of Omaha was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Omaha (with suffragan sees Grand Island and Lincoln) (USA)

Bishop James Hugh Ryan, Bishop of Omaha (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Fr. Gaspar Hu Xiu-shen (胡修身), Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Linqing 臨清 (China), passed away at 64

Fr. Domenico Valerii was elected Bishop of Marsi (Italy)

Bishop Edoardo Luigi Antonio Leys, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kivu (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 56

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Acerenza lost territory to Archdiocese of Matera (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Halsall was elected Titular Bishop of Zabi and Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

Blessed Fr. Karl Leisner, Priest of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 30

Fr. Igino Ragni was appointed as Priest of Fabriano (Italy)

Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Oliveira (Brazil)

Fr. José de Medeiros Leite was elected Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil)

Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław) (Poland)

Fr. Edmund Nowicki was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Piła (Poland)

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

Bishop Feliciano Rocha Pizarro, Bishop of Plasencia (Spain), passed away at 75

Bishop Giuseppe d’Alessio, Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 86

Bishop León Angel Olano y Urteaga, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam)

Fr. William Aloysius Scully, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Pharsalus and Coadjutor Bishop of Albany (USA)

Fr. John Patrick Treacy was elected Titular Bishop of Metelis and Coadjutor Bishop of La Crosse (USA)

Fr. Apollinaris William Baumgartner (アポリナリス・バウムガートナー), O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Joppe and Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam)

Bishop Alfred-Odilon Comtois, Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada), passed away at 69

Archbishop Pietro Tesauri, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy), passed away at 62

Fr. Josef Reiners (ヨゼフ・ライネルス), S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan), passed away at 71

Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S., succeeded as Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch, Bishop of Strasbourg (France), passed away at 71

Msgr. Oleksandr Malynowskyj resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Piła (Poland)

Bishop Lorenz Zeller, O.S.B., Bishop-Prelate of Rio Branco (Brazil), passed away at 72

Bishop Attilio Adinolfi, Bishop of Anagni (Italy), passed away at 59

Bishop Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy) and Provost of Atina (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Giuseppe Stella, Titular Bishop of Utica, Apostolic Administrator of Brugnato (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of La Spezia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Luni–Sarzana (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (Italy), Bishop of Brugnato (Italy) and Bishop of La Spezia (Italy)

Bishop Leone Proserpio, S.J., Bishop of Calicut (India), passed away at 67

Bishop Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Salona and Apostolic Administrator of Novara (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Bishop Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Lydda, Apostolic Administrator of Belluno (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Feltre (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Belluno (Italy) and Bishop of Feltre (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Francis McGeough, Priest of New York (USA), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Henri-Édouard Dutoit, Bishop of Arras (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Letopolis

Bishop François-Louis Auvity, Bishop of Mende (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dionysiana

Bishop Daniel Francis Desmond, Bishop of Alexandria (USA), passed away at 61

Bishop Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Nilopolis

Fr. Martin Lucas, S.V.D., was elected Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa and Titular Archbishop of Adulis

Fr. Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ 脇田 浅五郎) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kwoszu (South Korea)

Archbishop Pedro Pascual Francesco Farfán, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 74

Archbishop Raymund Netzhammer, O.S.B., Archbishop emeritus of Bucureşti (Romania), passed away at 83

Fr. Jorge María Mejía was appointed as Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Giuseppe Zaffonato, Titular Bishop of Elatea and Apostolic Administrator of Vittorio Veneto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Fr. Henri-Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Bishop Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C., Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh), passed away at 65

Venerable Bishop József Mindszenty, Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Carlo Stoppa, Titular Bishop of Dioclea and Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Ordinariate of Ordinariat d’Autriche de rite oriental (Eastern Rite) was established (Austria)

Archbishop Ercolano Marini, Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Aprus

Bishop Nikolay Avtonomov was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria

Bishop Vittorio D’Alessi, Titular Bishop of Lyrbe, was appointed as Bishop of Concordia (Italy)

Fr. Ernesto Ruffini, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

Fr. Jaime Garcia Goulart was elected Bishop of Díli (Timor-Leste)

Cardinal Joseph MacRory, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), passed away at 84

Mr. Francis P. Matthews resigned as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Bishop Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), passed away at 85

Bishop Francesco Imberti, Bishop of Aosta (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy)

Fr. François Charrière was elected Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

Archbishop Carlo Serena succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy)

Bishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus, Titular Bishop of Hippos and Apostolic Administrator of Loja (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

Bishop Gastão Liberal Pinto, Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil), passed away at 61

Fr. Franciszek Jop was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Daulia

Mr. John E. Swift was appointed as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Bishop Romuald Denis Hayes, Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia), passed away at 53

Bishop Emile-Jean-François Thiénard, Bishop of Constantine (Algeria), passed away at 72

Archbishop Ercolano Marini, Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) and Titular Archbishop of Aprus, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Adana

Archbishop Michele Akras, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus

Fr. Carlo Boiardi was elected Bishop of Apuania (Italy)

Bishop Guiseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P., Titular Bishop of Thennesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Caserta (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 85

Bishop Edward Francis Hoban succeeded as Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Archbishop Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland (USA) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 79

Fr. Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Aradus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

Fr. Victor-Jean Perrin was elected Bishop of Arras (France)

Fr. Louis-Sylvain Robin was elected Bishop of Blois (France)

Bishop Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau, Titular Bishop of Isba and Auxiliary Bishop of Blois (France), was appointed as Bishop of Mende (France)

Bishop Joseph Gabriel Pinten, Bishop emeritus of Grand Rapids (USA), passed away at 78

Fr. Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Sokodé (Togo), was elected Titular Bishop of Curubis and Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo)

Fr. Leo Jozef Suenens, Priest of Mechelen (Belgium), was elected Titular Bishop of Isinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

Bishop Eduardo Brettoni, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P., Titular Bishop of Trocmades and Auxiliary Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala)

Archbishop Giuseppe Beltrami, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Bishop Charles-Joseph Lemaire (惠化民), M.E.P., resigned as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Jilin 吉林 (China)

Bishop Ersilio Menzani, Bishop of Piacenza (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Msgr. Alfredo Parisella was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Timothy Manning, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Lawrence Joseph Shehan, Priest of Baltimore–Washington (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Titular Bishop of Lydda and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA)

Fr. Egidio Bignamini was elected Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

Bishop Dominic Senyemon Fukahori (ドミニコ 深堀 仙右衛門), Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki 宮崎 (Japan)

Fr. Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi (フランシスコ 出口 一太郎) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki 宮崎 (Japan)

Abbot Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy) and Provost of Atina (Italy)

Bishop Flaminio Belotti (包海容), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nanyangfu 南陽府 (China), passed away at 71

Fr. Raimondo Enrico Martín, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Diocese of Chicoutimi lost territory to Diocese of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

Apostolic Vicariate of Golfe Saint-Laurent was promoted as Diocese of Golfe Saint-Laurent (gained territory from Diocese of Chicoutimi) (Canada)

Diocese of Capaccio–Vallo was renamed as Diocese of Vallo di Lucania (Italy)

Fr. Ramón José Castellano was elected Titular Bishop of Flavias and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M., Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

Bishop Raffaele De Giuli, Bishop of Capaccio–Vallo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy)

Bishop José Maria Cuenco, Titular Bishop of Hemeria and Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Bishop Antoni Wladislao Szlagowski, Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cotyæum

Bishop Benjamin de Arriba y Castro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mondoñedo (Spain)

Fr. Fernando Quiroga y Palacios was elected Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain)

Fr. Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Priest of Tortosa (Spain), was elected Bishop of Solsona (Spain)

Fr. Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin was elected Titular Bishop of Messene and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Fr. Joseph Wilhelmus Maria Baeten was elected Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum and Coadjutor Bishop of Breda (Netherlands)

Fr. José María Bueno y Monreal, Priest of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain), was elected Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Fr. Terence James Cooke was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Fr. Julien Ries was appointed as Priest of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Joachin Felipe Oláiz y Zabalza, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Guam (Guam), passed away at 73

Archbishop Giuseppe Mazzoli, Titular Archbishop of Germa in Hellesponto and Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria, passed away at 59

Archbishop Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) and Apostolic Delegate to Italian East Africa, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Msgr. Paul Sakuzo Uchino (パウロ 内野作蔵), Apostolic Administrator of Urawa 浦和 (Japan), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Urawa 浦和 (Japan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Esmeraldas was established (from Diocese of Portoviejo) (Ecuador)

Fr. Giovanni Deutsch, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Central Norway (Norway)

Fr. Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I., was elected Titular Archbishop of Preslavus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Juvéncio de Brito, Bishop of Caetité (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Fr. Patrick O’Neill was elected Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

Msgr. Alfonso Carinci, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was elected Secretary of Congregation for Sacred Rites and Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria

Fr. Kenneth Grant was elected Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)

Fr. John Joseph O’Connor was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Archbishop Juan Gualberto Guevara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) and Military Vicar of Peru (Peru), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

Bishop Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Douala (Cameroon), passed away at 67

Bishop Marian Leon Fulman, Bishop of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 79

Bishop Sebastião Tomás, O.P., Bishop-Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil), passed away at 69

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

Fr. Antony Padiyara was appointed as Priest of Coimbatore (India)

Bishop Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz, Bishop of Córdoba (Spain), passed away at 81

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

Diocese of Madison was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Diocese of Green Bay and Diocese of La Crosse and became suffragan of Milwaukee) (USA)

Fr. Antonio Quarracino was appointed as Priest of Mercedes (Argentina)

Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Limata

Bishop Albini LeBlanc, Bishop of Hearst (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

Fr. Benedetto Falcucci was elected Titular Bishop of Dioclea and Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti (Italy)

Archbishop Antal Papp, Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary), passed away at 78

Archbishop Mariano Holguin, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru), passed away at 85

Fr. Dominic Đinh Huy Quảng was appointed as Priest of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Bishop Lucien-Louis-Claude Martin, Bishop of Amiens (France), passed away at 62

Msgr. Serafino de Angelis was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Giovanni Sessolo, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Bertrand Lacaste was elected Bishop of Oran (Algeria)

Fr. Armand Coupel was elected Titular Bishop of Orcistus and Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Fr. René-Joseph Piérard was elected Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons (France)

Msgr. Domenico Galletti was appointed as Domestic Prelate