Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Hermopolis maior was suppressed (Egypt)

Apostolic Administration of Ibiza was promoted as Diocese of Ibiza (became suffragan of Valencia) (Spain)

Bishop Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Bishop Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Macapá (Brazil)

Fr. Francis Han Ting-pi (韓廷弼) was appointed as Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

Fr. Joseph Gao Zong-han (Kao) (高宗漢), Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Hongtong 洪洞 (China), passed away at 52

Fr. Luke Zhao Qing-hua (趙慶化), Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Chifeng 赤峰 (China), passed away at 75

Fr. Marcellino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Sinú–San Jorge (Colombia)

Fr. Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia)

Bishop Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Camille-Paul Stappers, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Lulua (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Josep Srebrnic, Bishop of Krk (Croatia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka–Opatija (Croatia)

Archbishop Maurice Feltin was appointed as Military Vicar of France (France)

Fr. Martino Giusti was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Fr. Gabriel Martin, Founder of Missionaries of the Plain, passed away at 76

Fr. Augustin Bea, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

Fr. Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

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

Bishop Marcellino Aramburu y Arandía, O.C.D., Bishop of Vijayapuram (India), passed away at 37

Fr. John Kuzhimepurath, O.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

Fr. Joshua Thavalathil, O.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

Fr. Jakobus Jan Kusters, M.S.F., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Bandjarmasin (Indonesia)

Cardinal Massimo Massimi, President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

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

Archbishop Federico Lunardi was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Archbishop Liberato Tosti resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua

Fr. Emilio Biancheri was elected Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Sansepolcro (Italy)

Msgr. Gildo Brugnola was appointed as Regent of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Cesare Pecoraio resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Silvio Romani resigned as Compiler of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Domenico Spada resigned as Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State

Fr. Félix Ley (フェリックス・レイ), O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 (Japan)

Archbishop Joseph Bakhache resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Bishop Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Shiré (Malawi)

Fr. Luigi Hopfgartner, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Sarawak (Malaysia), passed away

Bishop Hugh John O’Neill resigned as Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand)

Bishop Francis Hong Yong-ho (홍용호 프란치스코 / 洪龍浩), Vicar Apostolic of Heijo (North Korea), passed away at 43

Fr. Ioan Chertes was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Szilárd István Bogdánffy was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

Fr. Titu Liviu Chinezu was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Ioan Dragomir was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) and Titular Bishop of Palæopolis in Pamphylia

Blessed Bishop Anton Durcovici resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bucureşti (Romania)

Fr. Iuliu Hirţea was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) and Titular Bishop of Nebbi

Fr. Joseph Schubert was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bucureşti (Romania)

Bishop Eduard Nécsey, Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nitra (Slovakia)

Bishop Maksimilijan Držecnik, Auxiliary Bishop of Lavant (Austria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lavant (Austria)

Bishop Francis Hennemann, S.A.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop Antonio Cardona Riera, Apostolic Administrator of Ibiza (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ibiza (Spain)

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

Bishop Arturo Ignacio Camargo, Auxiliary Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Fr. Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bangweulu (Zambia)

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

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

Archimandrite Augustin Farah, B.C., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

Archimandrite Stephanos Samaha, B.C., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

Msgr. Pietro Guidi resigned as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

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

Fr. Theodosius Haluschynsky, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Fr. Hlib Kinach, O.S.B.M., resigned as Vicar General of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Fr. Arduino Kleinhans, O.F.M., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Fr. Athanasius Miller, O.S.B., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

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

Fr. Ernest Vogt, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

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

Br. Leonard Aguiar, C.M.S.F., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Br. Mathew Pereria, C.M.S.F., resigned as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Fr. Giovanni Coppa was appointed as Priest of Alba (Italy)

Archbishop Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque, Archbishop-Bishop of Campos (Brazil), passed away at 82

Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer ▼ succeeded as Bishop of Campos (Brazil)

Fr. Thomas de la Hoz (楊多默 / トマス・デ・ラ・ホス), O.P., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan), passed away at 69

Msgr. Angelo Lanzoni was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane, Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Apostolic Prefecture of Tsiroanomandidy was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Miarinarivo) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Great Namaqualand was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ndola was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ndola (Zambia)

Fr. John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

Bishop Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio (易興化), O.F.M., Bishop of Yan’an 延安 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cæciri

Fr. Giuseppe Maggi (孟守道), P.I.M.E., was elected Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

Bishop Giovanni Rizzo, Titular Bishop of Lysias and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Rossano (Italy)

Fr. Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Fr. Francis Esser, O.S.F.S., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop (Namibia) and Titular Bishop of Claneus

Fr. Anthony Victor Hälg, O.S.B., was elected Coadjutor Abbot of Ndanda (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Baia

Fr. Francis Costantin Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv., Prefect Apostolic of Ndola (Zambia), was elected Titular Bishop of Cœliana and Vicar Apostolic of Ndola (Zambia)

Fr. Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar)

Bishop Michele Godlewski, Titular Bishop of Agbia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Ukraine), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Amorium

Fr. Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru)

Fr. Atanasio Paolo Hindo was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs

Fr. Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour was elected Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Loango was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bamako (Mali)

Bishop Benjamin de Arriba y Castro, Bishop of Oviedo (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)

Bishop Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan), passed away at 72

Fr. Joseph Alexander Fernandes was elected Titular Bishop of Aphnæum and Auxiliary Bishop of Calcutta (India)

Bishop Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin, Titular Bishop of Messene and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Real (Spain), passed away at 51

Bishop Giovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates), passed away at 79

Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), passed away at 67

Territorial Prelature of Macapá was established (from Territorial Prelature of Santarém and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Bishop Fernando Gomes dos Santos, Bishop of Penedo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Fr. Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)

Bishop Guillaume-Joseph Trudel, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Tabora (Tanzania)

Bishop Ubagaraswani Bernadotte, Bishop of Coimbatore (India), passed away at 49

Bishop Carlo Agostini, Bishop of Padova (Italy), was promoted as Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Archbishop Abdallah Khoury, Titular Archbishop of Arca in Armenia of the Maronites, passed away at 76

Fr. Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau was appointed as Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Joseph Kumpfmüller, Bishop of Augsburg (Germany), passed away at 79

Blessed Fr. Jak Bushati, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 58

Fr. Joseph-Roméo Gagnon was elected Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)

Fr. Szilárd István Bogdánffy was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

Bishop Henri Delalle, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Natal (South Africa), passed away at 79

Archbishop Athanase Jules Benham Kalian, Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq), passed away at 65

Archbishop Ernesto Maria Piovella, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy), passed away at 81

Fr. Erminio Bonetta, P.I.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Kengtung (Myanmar), passed away at 67

Bishop François Chaize, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), passed away at 66

Fr. Joseph Li Dao-nan (李道南) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China)

Bishop Gabriel Brunhes, Bishop of Montpellier (France), passed away at 74

Bishop Jean Duperray succeeded as Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Fr. Czesław Falkowski was elected Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

Archbishop Sinforiano Bogarín, Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay), passed away at 85

Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Bishop Egisto Domenico Melchiori, Bishop of Tortona (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Tomazic, Bishop of Lavant (Austria), passed away at 72

Bishop Igino Nuti, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egypt)

Apostolic Vicariate of Doumé was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Diocese of Yongjia 永嘉 was established (from Diocese of Ningbo 寧波 and became suffragan of Hangzhou 杭州) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Oyo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lagos) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mupoi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal and Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Gebel) (South Sudan)

Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Doumé (Cameroon)

Fr. Venmani S. Selvanather was elected Bishop of Salem (India)

Bishop Johannes Baptista Sproll, Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany), passed away at 78

Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa) (Honduras)

Fr. Ioan Dragomir was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Palæopolis in Pamphylia and Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Egidio Vagnozzi, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Apostolic Delegate to Philippines and Titular Archbishop of Myra

Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Stanleyville (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Wamba) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Wamba was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Mission sui juris of Bellary was promoted as Diocese of Bellary (India)

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

Apostolic Vicariate of Urubamba y Madre de Dios was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado (Peru)

Fr. Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Belali and Vicar Apostolic of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Stanleyville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Callipolis and Vicar Apostolic of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of Bellary (India), was elected Bishop of Bellary (India)

Fr. Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M., was elected Bishop of Cuttack (India)

Fr. Joannes Groen, M.S.F., was elected Titular Bishop of Sbida and Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin (Indonesia)

Fr. José María García Graín, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Alabanda and Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru)

Fr. Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Bladia and Coadjutor Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Domenico Ferrara, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Mupoi (South Sudan)

Fr. Serafim Fernandes de Araújo was appointed as Priest of Diamantina (Brazil)

Fr. Jozef Tomko was appointed as Priest of Košice (Slovakia)

Fr. Maximilien de Fürstenberg, Priest of Mechelen (Belgium), was elected Titular Archbishop of Paltus

Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca, Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians), President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

Fr. Manuel dos Santos Rocha was elected Titular Bishop of Priene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro, Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mitylene

Fr. Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Agbia and Coadjutor Bishop of Joinville (Brazil)

Fr. Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório was elected Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil)

Bishop Mariano Simon Garriga succeeded as Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

Bishop Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina, Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pitanæ

Fr. Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Doumé (Cameroon) and Titular Bishop of Bure

Fr. Charles Herman Helmsing was elected Titular Bishop of Axomis and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Louis-Jean Guyot, Priest of Bordeaux (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palæstina and Coadjutor Bishop of Coutances (France)

Blessed Archbishop Nikollë Vinçens Prenushi, O.F.M., Archbishop of Durrës (Albania) and Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania (Albania), passed away at 63

Fr. Joseph Gabriel Fernandez was appointed as Priest of Quilon (India)

Bishop Armand Coupel succeeded as Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Bishop François-Jean-Marie Serrand, Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France), passed away at 74

Msgr. Mariano Strojny was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop-elect Maximilien de Fürstenberg was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Japan

Bishop Paul-Albert Faveau (田法服), C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hangzhou 杭州 (China), passed away at 89

Bishop Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M., Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula (Honduras), passed away at 65

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

Fr. Felício César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

Bishop Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O.C.S.O., Bishop of Avellino (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria and Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

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

Fr. Owen McCoy, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Oyo (Nigeria)

Fr. Emanuele Catarinicchia was appointed as Priest of Monreale (Italy)

Fr. Paul A. Lenz was appointed as Priest of Altoona–Johnstown (USA)

Fr. Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Gazera and Apostolic Delegate to Korea

Bishop Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica)

Bishop Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba, Bishop of Palencia (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Bishop Francisco Cavero y Tormo, Bishop of Coria (Spain), passed away at 66

Fr. Josip Uhač was appointed as Priest of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia)

Fr. José Sebastián Laboa Gallego was appointed as Priest of San Sebastián (Spain)

Bishop Ladislao Bánáss, Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), passed away at 60

Apostolic Prefecture of Chifeng 赤峰 was promoted as Diocese of Chifeng 赤峰 (became suffragan of Shenyang 瀋陽) (China)

Fr. Peter Gratian Grimm (甘維德), O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

Fr. Fabian Cheu was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chifeng 赤峰 (China)

Fr. Luke Zhao Qing-hua (趙慶化) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Chifeng 赤峰 (China)

Fr. Lorenzo Bianchi (白英奇), P.I.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Choma and Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Fr. Leo D’Mello was elected Bishop of Ajmer (India)

Fr. John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Æzani and Vicar Apostolic of Kokstad (South Africa)

Bishop Henri-Édouard Dutoit, Titular Bishop of Letopolis, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia

Archbishop Alfredo Pacini, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Fr. Edward Bede Clancy was appointed as Priest of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Titu Liviu Chinezu was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Patrick Lyons, Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland), passed away at 73

Archbishop Dionisio Habib Naassani, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 60

Bishop Andrea Taccone, Bishop of Bitonto (Italy) and Bishop of Ruvo (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia

Bishop Giuseppe Angelucci, Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy), passed away at 81

Fr. Wilhelm Kempf was elected Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Mission sui juris of Ahmedabad was promoted as Diocese of Ahmedabad (became suffragan of Bombay) (India)

Fr. Edwin Pinto, S.J., was elected Bishop of Ahmedabad (India)

Fr. Joaquín Villallonga, S.J., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Ahmedabad (India)

Fr. Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Marida and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia)

Fr. Arturo Duque Villegas was elected Titular Bishop of Vatarba and Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Fr. Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo was elected Titular Bishop of Amyzon and Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Bishop John Carroll, Bishop of Lismore (Australia), passed away at 83

Bishop Patrick Joseph Farrelly succeeded as Bishop of Lismore (Australia)

Bishop Vittorio D’Alessi, Bishop of Concordia (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Maximino Ruiz y Flores, Bishop emeritus of Chiapas (Mexico) and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico), passed away at 73

Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Conakry (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan) (Guinea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea) (Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch New Guinea was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Amboina (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Hollandia) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Hollandia was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch New Guinea) (Indonesia)

Fr. José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Ampora

Bishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of French Guinea (Guinea), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea)

Fr. Andrew Alexis D’Souza was elected Bishop of Poona (India)

Bishop Jacobus Grent, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Amboina (Indonesia)

Diocese of Campina Grande was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraíba and became suffragan of Paraíba) (Brazil)

Diocese of Tricarico lost territory to Diocese of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Fr. João de Souza Lima was elected Titular Bishop of Derbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Fr. Thomas Bernard Pearson was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster (England) and Titular Bishop of Sinda

Fr. Joseph Edward Rudderham was elected Bishop of Clifton (England)

Fr. Léon Lommel was elected Titular Bishop of Nephelis and Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Fr. Alejandro Olalia was elected Titular Bishop of Zela and Coadjutor Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

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

Sr. Jeanne de Lestonnac, O.D.N., was canonised

Fr. John Benjamin Grellinger was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay (USA) and Titular Bishop of Syene

Bishop Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bangweulu (Zambia)

Fr. Emilio Biancheri was elected Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Fr. Gioacchino Muccin was elected Bishop of Belluno (Italy) and Bishop of Feltre (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Giuseppe Lardone, Priest of Torino (Italy), was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Titular Archbishop of Rhizæum

Bishop Edoardo van Goethem, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 76

Fr. Jean de Capistran Aimé Cayer, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt)

Fr. René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said (Egypt) and Titular Bishop of Dura

Bishop Nicolas Stam, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kisumu (Kenya), passed away at 72

Msgr. Anthony McDevitt was appointed as Priest of Birmingham (USA)

Bishop-elect Wilhelm Kempf was confirmed as Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Fr. Matteo Guido Sperandeo was elected Titular Bishop of Samos and Auxiliary Bishop of Nola (Italy)

Bishop Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva, Titular Bishop of Gurza, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

Cardinal Emmanuel-Célestin Suhard, Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), passed away at 75

Fr. Piotr Kałwa was elected Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Msgr. Giovanni Miceli was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop James Donald Scanlan succeeded as Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Bishop John Toner, Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland), passed away at 92

Bishop Ambrose James Moriarty, Bishop of Shrewsbury (England), passed away at 78

Fr. Oscar Cremers, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Hollandia (Indonesia)

Bishop John Aloysius Murphy succeeded as Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Bishop Fernando Quiroga y Palacios, Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Mondoñedo (Spain) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Fr. Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng was appointed as Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Blessed Fr. Joseph Tien Thạo Tiến was appointed as Priest of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam)

Fr. Richard J. Lubeley was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Haizhou 海州 was established (from Diocese of Shanghai 上海) (China)

Diocese of Suzhou 蘇州 was established (from Diocese of Shanghai 上海 and became suffragan of Nanjing 南京) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yangzhou 揚州 was established (from Diocese of Shanghai 上海) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mitú was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín) (Colombia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Mitú) (Colombia)

Fr. Paul Deng Ji-zhou (Teng Chi-chou) (鄧及洲) was elected Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China)

Fr. Matthias Duan Yin-ming (Tuan In-Min) (段蔭明) was elected Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China)

Fr. Simon Lei Chang-hsia (雷震霞) was elected Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

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

Fr. Bertalan Badalik, O.P., was elected Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Fr. Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Jerichus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Sr. Maria Giuseppa Rossello, F.d.M., was canonised

Fr. Angelo Felici, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Luigi Poggi, Priest of Piacenza (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop-elect Jean de Capistran Aimé Cayer, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cissi

Bishop Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Conana and Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil)

Fr. Giuseppe Khantzian was appointed as Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Fr. José Freire Falcão was appointed as Priest of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil)

Msgr. Sergio Guerri, Priest of Tarquinia (Italy), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Pro-Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Isaac Ghattas was elected Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Karl Joseph Leiprecht, Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Fr. Franz Sales Zauner was elected Titular Bishop of Fata and Coadjutor Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Fr. Agostino Cacciavillan was appointed as Priest of Vicenza (Italy)

Fr. Luciano Storero was appointed as Priest of Pinerolo (Italy)

Fr. Ivan Choma was elected Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Bishop Ignacio de Alba y Hernández succeeded as Bishop of Colima (Mexico)

Bishop José Amador Velasco y Peña, Bishop of Colima (Mexico), passed away at 93

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chieti lost territory to Diocese of Penne e Pescara (Italy)

Diocese of Penne was renamed as Diocese of Penne e Pescara (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chieti and lost territory to Diocese of Teramo) (Italy)

Msgr. Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C., Bishop of Teramo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Atri (Italy)

Bishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea), passed away at 72

Bishop Benedetto Falcucci, Titular Bishop of Dioclea and Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Penne e Pescara (Italy)

Bishop Karl Joseph Leiprecht, Titular Bishop of Scyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Fr. Julijans Vaivods, Priest of Liepāja (Latvia), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop António Ferreira Gomes succeeded as Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal)

Bishop Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P., Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal), passed away at 82

Venerable Bishop Áron Márton, Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Jules Lecouvet was elected Titular Bishop of Scyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Fr. Joseph Freundorfer was elected Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Bishop José Souto Vizoso, Titular Bishop of Elusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Phát Diêm (Vietnam), passed away at 80

Archbishop Arthur Hughes, M. Afr., Titular Archbishop of Aprus and Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, passed away at 46

Fr. José de Jesús Martinez Vargas was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Aulon

Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ngozi) (Burundi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ngozi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi) (Burundi)

Diocese of Yingkou 營口 was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shenyang 瀋陽 and became suffragan of Shenyang 瀋陽) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kodok was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Malakal (South Sudan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tukuyu was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mbeya (Tanzania)

Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Urundi (Burundi), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kitega (Burundi)

Fr. Joseph Martin, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Oliva and Vicar Apostolic of Ngozi (Burundi)

Fr. Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault (彭道傳), M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

Fr. André-Jean Vérineux (費聲遠), M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Yingkou 營口 (China)

Fr. Peitro Nel Ramirez, O.A.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia)

Fr. John Patrick Kavanagh was elected Titular Bishop of Algiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand)

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

Fr. Anthony van Oorschot, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Tukuyu (Tanzania), was elected Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Vicar Apostolic of Mbeya (Tanzania)

Diocese of Concepción y Chaco was renamed as Diocese of Concepción (Paraguay)

Fr. Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia)

Fr. Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪) was appointed as Priest of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Fr. Joseph Guffens, S.J., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Germaniciana

Fr. Ambróz Lazík, Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia), was elected Titular Bishop of Appia

Fr. Róbert Pobožný was elected Titular Bishop of Neila and Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava (Slovakia)

Fr. Ignatius Pi Shu-shi (皮漱石) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

Fr. Iuliu Hirţea was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Nebbi and Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Paolo Botto was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Bishop Ezio Barbieri, Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro and Auxiliary Bishop of Pisa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy)

Bishop-elect Atanasio Paolo Hindo, Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs, was promoted as Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Fr. Dionisio Pietro Hindié was elected Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe was elected Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

Bishop Salvatore Ballo Guercio, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dioclea

Bishop Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil), passed away at 62

Fr. Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅), Priest of Shanghai 上海 (China), was elected Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China)

Bishop Kaziemiras Paltarokas, Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Bishop Joseph Zhang Run-bo (張潤波), Bishop emeritus of Xuanhua 宣化 (China), passed away at 50

Bishop Joseph Patrick Hurley, Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Archbishop Maurice Feltin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

Bishop Marcel Fleury, Bishop of Nancy (France), passed away at 64

Archbishop Gabriele Martelino Reyes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Phulli and Coadjutor Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

Fr. Kajetán Matoušek was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) and Titular Bishop of Serigene

Fr. Domenico Fiorina, I.M.C., was appointed as Superior General of Consolata Missionaries

Archbishop Ettore Felici was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

Msgr. Sergio Pignedoli, Priest of Reggio Emilia (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Thomas John Flynn, Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada), passed away at 57

Bishop Emmet Michael Walsh, Bishop of Charleston (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Rhædestus and Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown (USA)

Fr. Johannes Bydolek was elected Titular Bishop of Limisa and Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Bishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), passed away at 71

Fr. Janis Cakuls was appointed as Priest of Riga (Latvia)

Fr. Heinrich Suso Groner, O. Cist., was appointed as Coadjutor Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria)

Fr. Heinrich Suso Groner, O. Cist., Coadjutor Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria)

Abbot Kassian Haid, O. Cist., Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria), passed away at 69

Bishop Vittorio De Zanche, Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Concordia (Italy)

Fr. Marc-Armand Lallier was elected Bishop of Nancy (France)

Fr. Francesco Colasuonno (高樂天) was appointed as Priest of Bari e Canosa (Italy)

Bishop Riccardo Chavez Alcazar, Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia), passed away at 56

Abbot Heinrich Suso Groner, O. Cist., succeeded as Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria)

Archbishop Peter Emmanuel Amigo, Bishop of Southwark (England) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 85

Blessed Bishop Mykyta Budka (Микита Будка), Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 72

Archbishop Albert Levame was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt

Bishop Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan (王道南), O.F.M., Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China), passed away at 57

Fr. Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa (高秉常) was appointed as Priest of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Bishop Thomas Mary O’Leary, Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA), passed away at 74

Fr. František Tomášek, Priest of Olomouc (Czechia), was elected Titular Bishop of Butus and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Wilhelm Weskamm was elected Titular Bishop of Rhandus and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. Jesús Enciso Viana was elected Titular Bishop of Elusa and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Military Vicariate of Colombia was established (Colombia)

Archbishop Michael James O’Doherty, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines), passed away at 75

Archbishop Gabriele Martelino Reyes succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

Blessed Fr. Roman Lysko (Роман Лиско), Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 35

Bishop Leo Binz, Titular Bishop of Pinara and Coadjutor Bishop of Winona (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Silyum and Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Fr. James Henry Ambrose Griffiths was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA) and Titular Bishop of Gaza

Fr. Francis Edward Hyland was elected Titular Bishop of Gomphi and Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah (USA)

Bishop Francis Martin Kelly, Bishop of Winona (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Nasai

Bishop Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald, Titular Bishop of Cantanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Winona (USA)

Fr. Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel was elected Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Fr. Juan José Bernal Ortiz was elected Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela)

Fr. Crisanto Darío Mata Cova was elected Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Fr. Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador)

Fr. István Barnás was elected Titular Bishop of Conana and Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

Bishop James Kalacherry (Kalassery), Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 57

Diocese of Albacete was established (from Diocese of Cartagena, Diocese of Cuenca and Diocese of Orihuela and became suffragan of Valencia) (Spain)

Diocese of Bilbao was established (from Diocese of Santander and Diocese of Vitoria and became suffragan of Burgos) (Spain)

Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada lost territory to Diocese of Vitoria (Spain)

Diocese of San Sebastián was established (from Diocese of Vitoria and became suffragan of Burgos) (Spain)

Fr. Melchior Zhang Ke-xing (張克興) was elected Titular Bishop of Clypia and Coadjutor Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Cardinal Francesco Marmaggi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, passed away at 79

Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara, Bishop of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 64

Fr. Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares del Rosario (貴達義), O.A.R., was elected Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China)

Cardinal Theodor Innitzer resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria)

Fr. Josef Schoiswohl was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria)

Fr. Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Diamantino (Brazil)

Bishop Vitus Zhang Zuo-heng (Chang Tso-huan) (張作恆), S.V.D., Bishop of Xinyang 信陽 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cyanæ

Bishop Angelo Negri, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic of Equatorial Nile (Uganda), passed away at 59

Cardinal Giuseppe Bruno was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Fr. Paul Li Ben-liang (李本良) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Linqing 臨清 (China)

Fr. Jan Vos, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sarawak (Malaysia)

Fr. Manuel Moncayo, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zamora (Mexico)

Fr. José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui was appointed as Priest of Ibagué (Colombia)

Fr. Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Alberto Gori, O.F.M., Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land, was elected Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Giocchino Pedicini, Bishop of Ariano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Fr. Alessandro Digard (狄嘉略), O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China)

Bishop Francesco Beretti, Titular Bishop of Cesarea Philippi, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Leotopolis in Pamphylia

Fr. Pietro Palazzini, Priest of Cagli (Italy), was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Joseph Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 61

Fr. Giovanni Battista Scapinelli di Léguigno was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn was appointed as Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Bishop John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B., Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands (Bahamas), passed away at 80

Fr. João Cláudio Colling was elected Titular Bishop of Corone and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Fr. Cyril Conrad Cowderoy was elected Bishop of Southwark (England)

Fr. Ambrogio Marchioni, Priest of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Antonio Bergamaschi was elected Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy)

Fr. Gilberto Pereira Lopes was appointed as Priest of Petrolina (Brazil)

Fr. Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Dices and Auxiliary Bishop of Dakar (Senegal)

Bishop Anthony Victor Hälg, O.S.B., succeeded as Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt (Sudan)

Fr. Pietro Sigismondi was elected Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi and Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia

Territorial Prelature of Davao was established (from Diocese of Zamboanga and became suffragan of Cebu) (Philippines)

Fr. Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes was appointed as Priest of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala)

Bishop Julio Rosales y Ras, Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Fr. José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Podalia and Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Rio Negro (Brazil)

Archbishop Jacques Leen, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 61

Bishop Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Fr. Petras Mazelis was elected Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania)

Fr. Simon Ignatius Pimenta was appointed as Priest of Bombay (India)

Bishop Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B., Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pinara

Territorial Prelature of Corocoro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz and became suffragan of La Paz) (Bolivia)

Military Vicariate of Indonesia was established (Indonesia)

Fr. Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Shiré (Malawi) and Titular Bishop of Giufi

Fr. John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

Fr. Francis Xavier Muthappa was elected Bishop of Coimbatore (India)

Bishop Albertus Soegijapranata, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Semarang (Indonesia), was appointed as Military Vicar of Indonesia (Indonesia)

Fr. Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Gao (Mali), was elected Titular Bishop of Sassura and Vicar Apostolic of Bamako (Mali)

Fr. Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) and Titular Bishop of Dium

Apostolic Prefecture of Formosa Island 台灣 was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsung 高雄 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Taipei 臺北) (Taiwan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Taipei 臺北 was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Formosa Island 台灣) (Taiwan)

Fr. José María Arregui y Yparaguirre (陳若瑟), O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kaohsung 高雄 (Taiwan)

Archbishop Giuseppe Rossino, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, passed away at 69