Nominations and Resignations

Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław) (Czechia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Torino lost territory to Diocese of Gap and Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (Italy)

Diocese of Ventimiglia lost territory to Diocese of Nice (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Capharnaum was suppressed (Palestine)

Military Vicariate of Poland was suppressed (Poland)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Siraces was suppressed

Fr. José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R., Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Lábrea (Brazil)

Fr. Henrique Klein, Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil), passed away

Fr. Pietro Giacomini Calliman, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile)

Archbishop Lorenzo Maria Balconi (巴明善), P.I.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Bishop Faustino M. Tissot (丁玉守), S.X., resigned as Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China)

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

Fr. Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Río Magdalena (Colombia)

Fr. Raffaello Toro, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Río Magdalena (Colombia), passed away

Fr. Louis Wach, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away

Msgr. František Onderek was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Český Těšín (Czechia)

Fr. Joseph Grendel, S.V.D., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

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

Fr. Alois Große Kappenberg, S.V.D., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Filippucci resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece)

Fr. Marco Sigala, Apostolic Administrator of Santorini (Greece), was elected Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece)

Fr. Hovannes Gamsaragan resigned as Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Bishop Apollinaris William Baumgartner (アポリナリス・バウムガートナー), O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 (Japan)

Bishop Angelo Maria Navarro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Fr. Vincent Alappatt, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Peter Janser, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Indore (India), passed away

Fr. John Berchmans Koithara, C.M.I., resigned as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Archbishop Yousef Ghanima was elected Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Jeremiah Dennehy, S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Fr. Michael O’Dwyer, S.S.C.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Msgr. Alberto Di Jorio, Priest of Roma (Italy), Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals and Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals

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

Archbishop Luigi Centoz resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua

Archbishop Federico Lunardi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

Fr. Pacifico M. Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Bishop Carlo Re, I.M.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri (Kenya)

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

Fr. Andrea Gasparino was appointed as Priest of Cuneo (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Risso, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

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

Mother Eugenia Ravasio, N.S.A., resigned as Superior General of Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles

Archbishop Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ 土井辰雄) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

Fr. Carlo Maria Cavallera, I.M.C., was elected Apostolic Administrator of Meru (Kenya)

Fr. Giuseppe Kirsten, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Benue (Nigeria), passed away

Fr. Joseph Patrick O’Donohoe, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir (Pakistan), passed away

Fr. Giuseppe Billiet, C.I.C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Philippines), passed away

Bishop Józef Gawlina resigned as Military Vicar of Poland (Poland)

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

Blessed Bishop Valeriu Traian Frenţiu resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Blessed Bishop Iuliu Hossu resigned as Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) and Apostolic Administrator of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

Blessed Bishop Ioan Suciu, Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Giuseppe Fayec, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Ziguinchor (Senegal), passed away

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

Fr. Teodoro Koenig, S.A.C., Prefect Apostolic of Oudtshoorn (South Africa), passed away

Msgr. Higini Anglès i Pàmies was appointed as President of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music

Fr. Francisco de Paula Vallet, C.P.C.R., Founder of Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King, passed away at 64

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

Archbishop Andrea Cassulo was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye)

Bishop Olexandr Chira, Auxiliary Bishop of Mukacheve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Mukacheve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Fr. William Slattery, C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

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

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

Msgr. Ermanno Bonazzi was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Fr. Hilary Doswold, O. Carm., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

Fr. Antonio Ferrua, S.J., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Fr. Stephen Harrington, S.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Joseph Hickey, O.S.A., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)

Fr. Ignatius a SS. Sacramento, O.SS.T., was appointed as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Christianus Janssen, M.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

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

Fr. Wladyslaw Kwiatkowski, C.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Fr. Kilian Lynch, O. Carm., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

Fr. Karl Mansfeld, M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Fr. Patrick McCabe, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. John Mix, C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

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

Fr. Florindo Rubini, M.I., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

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

Fr. Jozef Vandeputte, C.I.C.M., Vicar General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists), was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Sr. Santa Teresa Chapleau, R.J.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Sr. Luisa Fernanda Sagnier, R.J.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Mr. Enrico Josi was appointed as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

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

Fr. Gerald Cushing Fitzgerald, S.P., was appointed as Founder of Servants of the Paraclete

Bishop Manuel Prat Pujoldevall (馬守仁), O.P., Bishop of Xiamen 廈門 (China), passed away at 73

Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fort-Lamy was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban, Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum and Apostolic Prefecture of Berbérati) (Chad)

Apostolic Prefecture of Jingxian 景縣 was promoted as Diocese of Jingxian 景縣 (became suffragan of Beijing 北京) (China)

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

Abbot Primate Fidelis von Stotzingen, O.S.B., Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines), passed away at 75

Fr. Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Sufetula and Vicar Apostolic of Uganda (Uganda)

Fr. Domenico Savarese was elected Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Carroll McCormick was elected Titular Bishop of Ruspæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima 鹿児島 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Cardinal Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), passed away at 63

Blessed Bishop Hryhorii Khomyshyn (Григорій Xомишин), Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 79

Blessed Bishop Ivan Sleziuk (Іван Слезюк) succeeded as Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Adalberto Accioli Sobral, Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Fr. Secondo Chiocca was elected Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Fr. James Buis, M.H.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

Fr. Michel Olçomendy (奧爾科曼迪), M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia)

Fr. John Creagh, C.SS.R., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia), passed away at 76

Msgr. Alberto Di Jorio, Priest of Roma (Italy), Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals, Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals, Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium and Secretary General of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Fr. Johannes Damascus Jesacher, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Yongzhoufu 永州府 (China), passed away at 66

Apostolic Vicariate of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas was promoted as Diocese of Punta Arenas (Chile)

Bishop Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon), passed away at 64

Abbot Luigi Maria Perego, O.S.B. Oliv., Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans), passed away at 82

Bishop Joseph Martin Nathan, Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia), passed away at 79

Fr. Giacomo Lercaro was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Melas was elected Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

Fr. Cosma Alterio, S.D.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Alto Orinoco (Venezuela)

Archbishop Filippo Cortesi, Titular Archbishop of Siraces and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, passed away at 70

Archbishop Pierre-Marie Durieux, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France), passed away at 62

Bishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia), passed away at 58

Bishop Antonius Hilfrich, Bishop of Limburg (Germany), passed away at 73

Archbishop Michele Akras, Archbishop emeritus of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at 75

Fr. Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco) and Titular Bishop of Fussala

Fr. Joseph Masterson was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

Fr. Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler was elected Titular Bishop of Calydon and Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Antonio Di Tommaso, Bishop of Oria (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cyrene

Fr. John Edward Petit was elected Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Archbishop Tito Trocchi, Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 82

Fr. Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Araxa and Vicar Apostolic of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. René van Heusden, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Cariana and Vicar Apostolic of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia and Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar)

Fr. Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S., Prefect Apostolic of Morondava (Madagascar), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar) and Titular Bishop of Aspendus

Bishop Juan Villar y Sanz, Bishop of Lérida (Spain), passed away at 74

Fr. James Fergus was elected Bishop of Achonry (Ireland)

Fr. Allen James Babcock was elected Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Mark Kenny Carroll was elected Bishop of Wichita (USA)

Fr. Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Prado, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France) and Titular Bishop of Myrina

Fr. Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard was elected Bishop of Soissons (France)

Fr. Albert-Paul Droulers was elected Bishop of Amiens (France)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Théas, Bishop of Montauban (France), was appointed as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Diocese of Cervia lost territory to Diocese of Comacchio (Italy)

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

Bishop Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A., resigned as Bishop of Syros (Greece)

Fr. Georges Xenopulos, S.J., was elected Bishop of Santorini (Greece) and Bishop of Syros (Greece)

Fr. Paul Cheikho was elected Bishop of Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Raphael Rabban was elected Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Etienne Katcho was elected Titular Bishop of Arsamosata and Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Archbishop-elect Giacomo Lercaro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cervia (Italy)

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

Archbishop Leopold Prečan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia), passed away at 80

Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and Diocese of Mercedes and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

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

Fr. Fernand Martin, M. Afr., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Fort Jameson (Zambia)

Bishop Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland (Lesotho)

Bishop Cyrillo de Paula Freitas, Bishop emeritus of Corumbá (Brazil), passed away at 86

Bishop Antonin Alois Weber, Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Samos

Bishop Angelo Rossini, Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Ravenna (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

Fr. Pasquale Quaremba was elected Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Fr. Paolo Rota was elected Titular Bishop of Memphis and Auxiliary Bishop of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla was elected Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

Fr. Thomas Joseph McDonough, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA) and Titular Bishop of Thenæ

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

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

Fr. Nicolaas Verhoeven, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Hermonthis and Vicar Apostolic of Manado (Indonesia)

Fr. Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Drivastum and Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Fr. Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I., Apostolic Administrator of Aliwal (South Africa), was elected Titular Bishop of Attuda and Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal (South Africa)

Fr. Basile Khoury, B.S., was elected Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Thomas Henry McLaughlin, Bishop of Paterson (USA), passed away at 65

Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Copiapó (Chile)

Bishop Alessandro Evreinoff, Titular Bishop of Pionia, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Parium

Archbishop Mario Zanin (蔡寧) was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Bishop Joaquim Mamede da Silva Leite, Auxiliary Bishop of Campinas (Brazil), passed away at 70

Fr. José Hascher, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Æliæ

Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Vizagapatam (India), passed away at 72

Fr. Floyd Lawrence Begin was elected Titular Bishop of Sala and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Bishop-elect Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P., Vicar Apostolic of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Caffa

Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S., succeeded as Bishop of Vizagapatam (India)

Fr. Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Garoua (Cameroon)

Fr. Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ 脇田 浅五郎) was elected Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

Bishop Joseph Ferche, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Zdzislaw Golinski was elected Titular Bishop of Hemeria and Coadjutor Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Aloysius Haene, S.M.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Fort Victoria (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves was elected Titular Bishop of Parnassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Abbot Ignatius Staub, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) and President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland, passed away at 74

Bishop Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida, Bishop emeritus of Natal (Brazil), passed away at 78

Msgr. Alberto Di Jorio resigned as Secretary General of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Fr. Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana was elected Titular Bishop of Eressus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

Bishop Ferdinando Ricca, Bishop of Trapani (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Aristides de Araújo Porto, Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil), passed away at 64

Fr. Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Gibba and Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Leonard Joseph Raymond was elected Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Fr. Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Eguga and Vicar Apostolic of Rabat (Morocco)

Fr. Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand) and Titular Bishop of Cidyessus

Bishop Leo Ferdinand Dworschak, Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Fargo (USA)

Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R., Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City (USA)

Mr. Contardo Ferrini was beatified

Fr. Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

Fr. Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon (France) and Titular Bishop of Cassandria

Bishop Étienne Fourcadier resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar)

Fr. André-Pierre-François Fauvel was elected Bishop of Quimper (France)

Fr. Ángel Herrera Oria was elected Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Fr. Aurelio del Pino Gómez was elected Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

Bishop Manuel Hurtado y García, Titular Bishop of Bilta and Auxiliary Bishop of Granada (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tudela (Spain) and Bishop of Tarazona (Spain)

Fr. Alfonso Ródenas García was elected Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Joseph du Bouchet, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Fort-Lamy (Chad)

Fr. Patrick Murray, C.SS.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)

Abbot Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) and President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland

Ms. Maria Goretti was beatified

Fr. Gabriel-Marie Garrone was elected Titular Archbishop of Lemnus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

Fr. Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres was elected Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Fr. Leonardus Buys, C.SS.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), passed away at 63

Fr. Bernard Yago was appointed as Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Alberico Semeraro was elected Bishop of Oria (Italy)

Archbishop George Joseph Caruana resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Fr. Léo Deschâtelets, O.M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

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

Fr. Hilaire Balmès, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

Fr. John Lawrence May was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Mother Marie-Thérèse de Jésus Le Clerc (Alix), C.B.M.V., was beatified

Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Archbishop Peter Joseph Monahan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada), passed away at 59

Archbishop Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Syria

Apostolic Prefecture of Tingzhou 汀州 was promoted as Diocese of Changting 長汀 (became suffragan of Fuzhou 福州) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nyassa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa) (Malawi)

Fr. Johann Werner Lesinski (雷新基), O.P., was elected Bishop of Changting 長汀 (China)

Fr. Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) and Titular Bishop of Rusicade

Diocese of Arezzo lost territory to Territorial Abbacy of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy)

Diocese of Pienza lost territory to Territorial Abbacy of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy)

Diocese of Kansas City was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Leavenworth and became suffragan of Saint Louis) (USA)

Diocese of Leavenworth was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Kansas City) (USA)

Fr. Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira was elected Titular Bishop of Arycanda and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Abbot Pietro Romualdo M. Zilianti, O.S.B. Oliv., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans)

Fr. Juan C. Sison was elected Titular Bishop of Limata and Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Msgr. John Joseph Wright, Priest of Boston (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Titular Bishop of Ægeæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Fr. James Joseph Byrne was elected Titular Bishop of Etenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul (USA)

Bishop George Joseph Donnelly, Bishop of Leavenworth (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Kansas City (USA)

Fr. Henry Theophilus Klonowski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA) and Titular Bishop of Daldis

Fr. James Edward McManus, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Ludwig Haag, M. Afr., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Tukuyu (Tanzania)

Fr. Antonio Taffi was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico and Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis

Msgr. John Patrick Cody, Priest of Saint Louis (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Br. Niklaus von Flüe (Nicholas of Flüe) was canonised

Bishop Joseph-Marie Tissier, Bishop of Châlons (France), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Francis Wall, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland), passed away at 80

Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore–Washington (USA), passed away at 67

Fr. John Anthony Kyne was elected Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

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

Archdiocese of Glasgow was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Glasgow (with suffragan sees Motherwell and Paisley, lost territory to Diocese of Galloway and lost territory to establish Diocese of Motherwell and Diocese of Paisley) (Scotland)

Diocese of Motherwell was established (from Archdiocese of Glasgow and became suffragan of Glasgow) (Scotland)

Diocese of Paisley was established (from Archdiocese of Glasgow and became suffragan of Glasgow) (Scotland)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Filippucci, Archbishop of Athens (Greece), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

Fr. Marco Sigala was elected Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

Bishop Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A., was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece)

Fr. Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro, Apostolic Administrator of Portoviejo (Ecuador), was elected Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Fr. Giovanni Saldarini was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Maurice Roy, Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) and Military Vicar of Canada (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Francis Joseph Grimshaw was elected Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Archbishop Andrea Cassulo was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye

Fr. Joseph Emil Malenfant, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Gorakhpur (India)

Archbishop Giuseppe Cogoni, Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy), passed away at 61

Msgr. Carlo Respighi, Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Prefecture for Pontifical Ceremonies, Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology and Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium, passed away at 73

Fr. Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech was elected Titular Bishop of Doliche and Auxiliary Bishop of Albi (France)

Fr. Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin was elected Titular Bishop of Utica and Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

Fr. Joseph Mary Marling, C.PP.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Thasus and Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Bishop Pavol Jantausch resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia)

Fr. Ambróz Lazík was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia)

Bishop Pierre Marceillac, Bishop of Pamiers (France), passed away at 83

Apostolic Prefecture of Nouna was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Gao) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ouahigouya was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou) (Burkina Faso)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Kayes was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako) (Mali)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sikasso was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso) (Mali)

Apostolic Prefecture of Calabar was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Calabar (Nigeria)

Fr. Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Cratia

Fr. Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼, was elected Titular Bishop of Anthedon and Vicar Apostolic of Dakar (Senegal)

Fr. Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J., was elected Bishop of Patna (India)

Fr. Thomas Peter McKeefry, Priest of Auckland (New Zealand), was elected Titular Archbishop of Dercos and Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Fr. James Moynagh, S.P.S., Prefect Apostolic of Calabar (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Lambæsis and Vicar Apostolic of Calabar (Nigeria)

Fr. Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Fr. Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Accra (Ghana), was elected Titular Bishop of Capitolias and Vicar Apostolic of Accra (Ghana)

Fr. Aurelian Bilgeri, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe (South Africa)

Msgr. Enrico Dante, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, was appointed as Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Prefecture for Pontifical Ceremonies

Fr. Marcello Saint-Denis, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nyassa (Malawi)

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

Fr. Bartholomew Kim Hyeon-bae (김현배 바르톨로메오) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zenshu (South Korea)

Fr. John Hart, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kodok (South Sudan)

Bishop Francis Joseph Magner, Bishop of Marquette (USA), passed away at 60

Fr. George Laurence Craven was elected Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Archbishop Francesco Petronelli, Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Bananal (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Cœla

Fr. Carlo Maria Cavallera, I.M.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Sufes and Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri (Kenya)

Bishop Thomas Aloysius Boland, Titular Bishop of Hirina and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Paterson (USA)

Fr. Bernardino Realino, S.J., was canonised

Fr. João de Brito (John de Britto), S.J., was canonised

Fr. Giuseppe Cafasso was canonised

Fr. Joseph Hlouch was elected Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana, Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

Fr. Albert Decourtray was appointed as Priest of Lille (France)

Fr. Leo Scheffczyk was appointed as Priest of Wrocław (Poland)

Fr. Augusto Lauro was appointed as Priest of Cosenza (Italy)

Bishop Pavol Jantausch, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Trnava (Slovakia), passed away at 77

Msgr. Alberto Serafini was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Archbishop Gabriele Vettori, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. Thomas John McDonnell was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Sela

Bishop Francis Xavier Wang Ze-pu (Wang Tse-pu) (王澤浦), Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mactaris

Bishop Santos Ballesteros López, O.A.R., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Casanare (Colombia), passed away at 77

Fr. Stanisław Szymecki was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Henry J. Althoff, Bishop of Belleville (USA), passed away at 73

Fr. Stefano Garon, M.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Morondava (Madagascar)

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

Fr. Michel Garicoïts, S.C.I. di Béth., Superior General of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram, was canonised

Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye (雍守正), M.E.P., Apostolic Delegate to Iraq, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Indonesian Archipelago

Bishop Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller, Bishop of Warmia (Poland), passed away at 66

Bishop Antanas Karosas (Antoni Karaś), Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania), passed away at 91

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Gorakhpur lost territory to Diocese of Allahabad (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Daming 大名 was promoted as Diocese of Daming 大名 (became suffragan of Beijing 北京) (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Gabon was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Libreville (Gabon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kafiristan e Kashmir was promoted as Diocese of Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Fr. Gaspar Lischerong (隆其化), S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Daming 大名 (China)

Fr. Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura and Vicar Apostolic of Libreville (Gabon)

Fr. Jacobus Grent, M.S.C., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Parlais

Fr. Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J., was elected Bishop of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Louis-August Chorin, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Polystylus and Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok (Thailand)

Bishop René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok (Thailand)

Fr. Roger Etchegaray was appointed as Priest of Bayonne (France)

Fr. Silvano Piovanelli was appointed as Priest of Firenze (Italy)

Bishop Leonida Medina, Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Novæ Patræ

Bishop Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J., succeeded as Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Fr. Michael Keller was elected Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Bishop Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (USA), passed away at 63

Fr. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, S.M.M., Founder of Missionaries of the Company of Mary (Montfort Missionaries), Founder of Brothers of Christian Instruction of Saint Gabriel (Gabrielite Brothers) and Founder of Daughters of Wisdom, was canonised

Sr. Catherine Labouré, F.d.C., was canonised

Patriarch Yousef Emmanuel II Thoma [Toma], Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) and Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 94

Fr. Nicholas Hettinga, M.H.M., was elected Bishop of Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Bishop-elect Peters Strods, Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Liepāja (Latvia)

Fr. Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, C.P., was elected Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Bishop Georges-Léon Pelletier, Titular Bishop of Hephæstus and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Fr. Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands) and Titular Bishop of Birtha

Fr. Settimio Todisco was appointed as Priest of Brindisi (Italy)

Archbishop Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), passed away at 71

Bishop André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Vinh (Vietnam), passed away at 83

Archbishop Adriano Smets, Titular Archbishop of Gangra, passed away at 79

Bishop Alessandro Macchi, Bishop of Como (Italy), passed away at 69

Fr. Alfonso Espino y Silva was elected Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

Fr. John Alexander Matheson was elected Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Fr. Roman Richard Atkielski was elected Titular Bishop of Stobi and Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Fr. Louis Abel Caillouet was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA) and Titular Bishop of Setea

Fr. Hugh Aloysius Donohoe was elected Titular Bishop of Taium and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. James Aloysius McNulty, Priest of Newark (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Methone and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Fr. Hubert Michael Newell was elected Titular Bishop of Zapara and Coadjutor Bishop of Cheyenne (USA)

Fr. Theodos (Peter) Schall, O.S.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe (South Africa)

Bishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Bangui (Central African Republic), passed away at 62

Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 89

Bishop Eugène Curien, Bishop emeritus of La Rochelle (France), passed away at 79

Fr. Stephanos Sidarouss, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Sais and Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Alexandros Scandar was elected Bishop of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Daniel-Auguste Lemonnier was elected Titular Bishop of Byblus and Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen (France)

Diocese of Assiut (Coptic Rite) was established (from Diocese of Luqsor, from the suppressed Titular Episcopal See of Lycopolis and became suffragan of Alexandria) (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Lycopolis was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Assiut) (Egypt)

Bishop Marc Khouzam, Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) and Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Knut Ansgar Nelson, E.B.C., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sweden (Sweden) and Titular Bishop of Bilta

Bishop Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F., Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia), passed away at 73

Bishop Juan Niccolai, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia)

Fr. Rufino Jiao Santos was elected Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Fr. Joseph Maximilian Mueller was elected Titular Bishop of Sinda and Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Bishop Arthur Hughes, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Hieropolis, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Aprus and Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt

Bishop Thomas Lawrence Noa, Titular Bishop of Salona and Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux City (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Marquette (USA)

Fr. Emilio Botero González was elected Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Archbishop Mario Giardini, B., Archbishop emeritus of Ancona e Umana (Italy), passed away at 69

Fr. Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC., was elected Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou, Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Macedonia, was appointed as Bishop of Montauban (France)

Patriarch Cyrille IX Moghabghab [Moughabghab], Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 91

Abbot Bernhard Kälin, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

Archbishop Yousef Ghanima, Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) and Titular Archbishop of Martyropolis, was elected Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Luigi Noviello, Bishop of Alife (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Ernest Rieu, S.M., resigned as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marists)

Fr. Alcime Cyr, S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marists)

Fr. Sebastiano Fraghí was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

Fr. Ferdinand Dirichs was elected Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Fr. Stepán Tróchta, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Patriarch Luigi Barlassina, Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine), passed away at 75

Fr. Henri-René-Adrien Brault was elected Bishop of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Felix Guiller was elected Bishop of Pamiers (France)

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

Fr. Marie-Dominique Maillet, O.P., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam), passed away

Bishop Domenico Argnani, Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy), passed away at 67

Fr. Lorenzo Gargiulo was elected Titular Archbishop of Germa in Hellesponto and Coadjutor Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

Bishop Miguel Antonio Mejía, Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela), passed away at 70

Bishop Francesco Emanuelli, Bishop of Terralba (Italy) and Bishop of Ales (Italy), passed away at 84

Bishop Giovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade

Fr. Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Gao (Mali), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Nouna (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Gao (Mali)

Fr. Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sikasso (Mali)

Fr. Anthony van Oorschot, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tukuyu (Tanzania)

Fr. Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France)

Fr. Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso)

Cardinal Carlo Salotti, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites, passed away at 77

Fr. Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦) was appointed as Priest of Daegu 대구 (South Korea)

Fr. Anton Durcovici was elected Bishop of Iaşi (Romania)

Bishop Marcu Glaser, Apostolic Administrator of Iaşi (Romania), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Iaşi (Romania)

Archbishop Massimo Saïgh, M.S.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA), passed away at 72

Blessed Bishop Teodor Jurij Romża (Теодор Ю́рій Ро́мжа / Romzsa Tódor), Titular Bishop of Appia and Apostolic Administrator of Mukacheve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine), passed away at 36

Fr. Étienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kayes (Mali)

Fr. André-Gustave-Émile Leclerc was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) and Titular Bishop of Hephæstus

Sr. Jeanne de la Croix Delanoue (Jeanne) was beatified

Abbot Pedro Eggerath, O.S.B., Abbot nullius emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), passed away at 67

Fr. Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P., was elected Titular Archbishop of Nazareth, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Bisceglie (Italy)

Fr. Filippo Jacolino was elected Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe Venturi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy), passed away at 73

Bishop Luis Adriano Díaz Melo, Bishop of Cali (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Celenderis

Fr. Laurent Tétrault, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Tabuda and Vicar Apostolic of Bubuka (Tanzania)

Diocese of Austin was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio, Diocese of Dallas and Diocese of Galveston and became suffragan of San Antonio) (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore–Washington was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore (lost territory to establish Archdiocese of Washington and gained suffragan see Washington) (USA)

Archdiocese of Washington was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore–Washington and became suffragan of Baltimore) (USA)

Bishop John Michael McNamara, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore–Washington (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Blessed Bishop Yosafat Kotsylovs’kyi (Йосафат Коциловський), O.S.B.M., Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland), passed away at 71

Bishop Enrique María Dubuc Moreno, Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia

Bishop Francesco Joosten, C.I.C.M., Bishop of Datong 大同 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sagalassus

Bishop Joseph Zhang Run-bo (張潤波), Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Arcadia

Bishop Henri-Aimé-Anatole Prunier, M.E.P., Bishop of Salem (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tanagra

Bishop Felice Bonomini, Bishop of Narni (Italy) and Bishop of Terni (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Como (Italy)

Bishop Jeronim Mileta, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia), passed away at 76

Archbishop James Hugh Ryan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA), passed away at 60

Fr. Arturo Ignacio Camargo was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Ombi

Msgr. Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle, Priest of New York (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Francis Patrick Keough, Bishop of Providence (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

Fr. Wendelin Joseph Nold, Priest of Dallas (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Sasima and Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston (USA)

Fr. Louis Joseph Reicher was elected Bishop of Austin (USA)

Fr. Albert Rudolph Zuroweste was elected Bishop of Belleville (USA)

Archbishop Emile Yelle, P.S.S., Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of Saint-Boniface (Canada), passed away at 54

Bishop Giuseppe Della Cioppa, Titular Bishop of Tiberias, Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alife (Italy)

Fr. Michael Cornelius O’Neill was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada)

Fr. Dominic Ignatius Ekandem was appointed as Priest of Calabar (Nigeria)

Bishop José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Carrhæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Bishop Paulus Rusch, Titular Bishop of Lycopolis and Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Meloë in Isauria

Cardinal Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France), passed away at 71

Archbishop Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet (魏暢茂), M.E.P., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

Bishop Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate (陳明理), O.A.R., Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Remesiana

Fr. Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier was elected Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium and Auxiliary Bishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Bishop-elect José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Colybrassus

Fr. Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Palmas (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Palmas (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Girba

Fr. Manoel Könner, S.V.D., Apostolic Administrator of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Modra

Fr. Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Santarém (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Conana and Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil)

Fr. Francesco Bottino was elected Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy)

Archbishop Joseph Rabbani, Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Constantina

Fr. Albino Luciani, Priest of Belluno (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Basile Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 68

Bishop Eugenio Artaraz Emaldi, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh (Vietnam), passed away at 74

Bishop Honoré Joseph Coppieters, Bishop of Gent (Belgium), passed away at 73

Fr. Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Chapada (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chapada (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Magydus

Fr. Jean Duperray was elected Titular Bishop of Lamia and Coadjutor Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Fr. Benigno Carrara was elected Titular Bishop of Hieropolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Bishop Santino Margaria, Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy), Bishop of Orte (Italy) and Bishop of Gallese (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop José Pereira Alves, Bishop of Niterói (Brazil), passed away at 62

Bishop John Aloysius Coleman, Bishop of Armidale (Australia), passed away at 60

Archbishop Maurilio Silvani, Titular Archbishop of Naupactus and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria, passed away at 65

Archbishop José Miralles y Sbert resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

Bishop Juan Hervás y Benet succeeded as Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

Archbishop José Miralles y Sbert, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Mallorca (Spain), passed away at 87