Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Palmyra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Pentacomia was suppressed

Abbot Anselmo Federico Catalán, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Drisdale River (Australia)

Archbishop Daniel Rivero Rivero, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phœnicia

Archbishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

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

Bishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp., Auxiliary Bishop of Doumé (Cameroon), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Doumé (Cameroon)

Bishop Joseph Cui Shou-xun (Tsui Shou-hsün) (崔守恂) resigned as Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

Bishop André-Jean-François Defebvre (戴安德), C.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Yongjia 永嘉 (China)

Bishop John Zhang Bi-de (張弼德), Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Msgr. Alphonse Van Buggenhout (范普厚), C.I.C.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Datong 大同 (China)

Fr. Joseph Gao Zheng-yi (Kao) (高正一), Prefect Apostolic of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China), passed away at 53

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

Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas, Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia)

Fr. Rubén Odio Herrera was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

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

Abbot Dominique Nogues, O.C.S.O., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Fr. Gabriel Sortais, O.C.S.O., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Fr. Michael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bathurst in Gambia (Gambia)

Fr. Matteo Farrelly, C.S.Sp., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Gambia (Gambia)

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

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

Bishop Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zacapa (Guatemala)

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

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

Fr. Hendrik Nollen, M.S.C., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia), passed away at 81

Msgr. Antonio Bacci, Priest of Firenze (Italy) and Secretary of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes, was appointed as Corrector of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal Nicola Canali, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Fr. Paolo Dezza, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Cardinal Giovanni Mercati, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Clemente Micara, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious and Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Msgr. Ferdinando Baldelli, Priest of Pergola (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as President of Caritas Internationalis

Bishop Pietro Villa, F.S.C.I., Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (Italy)

Msgr. Cesare Federici was appointed as Sealer of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Cristoforo Bigazzi, O.P., was appointed as Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Andrea Gasparino, Priest of Cuneo (Italy), was appointed as Founder of Missionary Contemplative Movement “P. de Foucauld”

Fr. Giovanni Lottini, O.P., resigned as Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Francesco Prevedello, C.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Fr. Pietro Ricaldone, S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), passed away at 81

Archbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to West and East Pakistan

Msgr. Carlo Bayer, Priest of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis

Fr. Gyözö Simon Macalik was elected Titular Bishop of Azotus and Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Fr. Pedro María Abellán Aristizábal, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. Paul Achkar, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul

Fr. Nykanor Mykola Dejneha, M.S.U., was appointed as Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks

Sr. Eusebia Bilas, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Superior General of Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great

Msgr. John Joseph Krol, Priest of Cleveland (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. William I. Varsanyi, Priest of Kalocsa (Hungary), was appointed as Priest of Providence (USA)

Abbot Isaïe El-Asmar, O.A.M., was appointed as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Abbot Pierre Letayf, O.A.M., resigned as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Fr. Antoine Habib, M.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul

Fr. Emil Herman, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Ignacio Ortiz de Urbina, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Arnoldo van Lantschoot, O. Praem., was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Fr. Ján Eugen Kočiš was appointed as Priest of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

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

Archbishop Giuseppe Migone, Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities, passed away at 75

Bishop Giuseppe Pronti, Bishop of Acquapendente (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

Bishop Giacomo Palombella, Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy)

Fr. Pablo Gúrpide Beope was elected Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain)

Bishop Gregorio Bahabaninian, Bishop of Ancyra of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 84

Fr. Pietro Zuccarino was elected Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia and Coadjutor Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy)

Bishop Alexander Chulaparambil, Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 73

Bishop Thomas Tharayil succeeded as Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Msgr. Amerigo Giovanelli was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Vartana and Coadjutor Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

Apostolic Vicariate of Swaziland was promoted as Diocese of Bremersdorp (became suffragan of Pretoria) (Eswatini)

Apostolic Vicariate of Basutoland was promoted as Diocese of Maseru (became suffragan of Bloemfontein) (Lesotho)

Apostolic Vicariate of Aliwal was promoted as Diocese of Aliwal (lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bloemfontein and became suffragan of Cape Town) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bethlehem was promoted as Diocese of Bethlehem (became suffragan of Bloemfontein) (South Africa)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bloemfontein was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Aliwal and Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa and with suffragan sees Bethlehem, Keimoes, Kimberley, Kroonstad and Maseru) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cape Town was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town (with suffragan sees Aliwal, Oudtshoorn, Port Elizabeth and Queenstown) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Natal was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durban (with suffragan sees Eshowe, Kokstad, Mariannhill and Mthatha) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eshowe was promoted as Diocese of Eshowe (became suffragan of Durban) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Johannesburg was promoted as Diocese of Johannesburg (became suffragan of Pretoria) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Keimoes was promoted as Diocese of Keimoes (became suffragan of Bloemfontein) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa was promoted as Diocese of Kimberley (lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bloemfontein and became suffragan of Bloemfontein) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kokstad was promoted as Diocese of Kokstad (became suffragan of Durban) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kroonstad was promoted as Diocese of Kroonstad (became suffragan of Bloemfontein) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Lydenburg was promoted as Diocese of Lydenburg (became suffragan of Pretoria) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mariannhill was promoted as Diocese of Mariannhill (became suffragan of Durban) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Umtata was promoted as Diocese of Mthatha (became suffragan of Durban) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Oudtshoorn was promoted as Diocese of Oudtshoorn (became suffragan of Cape Town) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Port Elizabeth was promoted as Diocese of Port Elizabeth (became suffragan of Cape Town) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Pretoria was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria (with suffragan sees Bremersdorp, Johannesburg, Lydenburg and Pietersburg) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Queenstown was promoted as Diocese of Queenstown (became suffragan of Cape Town) (South Africa)

Bishop Eris Norman Michael O’Brien, Titular Bishop of Alinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)

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

Bishop Joseph Delphis Desrosiers, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Pachnemunis and Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland (Lesotho), was appointed as Bishop of Maseru (Lesotho)

Bishop Owen McCann, Titular Bishop of Stectorium and Vicar Apostolic of Cape Town (South Africa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop John Colburn Garner, Titular Bishop of Tracula and Vicar Apostolic of Pretoria (South Africa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa)

Bishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Turuzi and Vicar Apostolic of Natal (South Africa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa)

Bishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Mina and Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley (South Africa) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa)

Bishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg (South Africa)

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

Bishop Hugh Boyle, Titular Bishop of Bagai and Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Bishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M., Titular Bishop of Badiæ and Vicar Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

Bishop Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C., Titular Bishop of Abora and Vicar Apostolic of Oudtshoorn (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

Bishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Sigus and Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

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

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

Bishop Giovanni Riegler, F.S.C.I., Titular Bishop of Bita and Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Lydenburg (South Africa)

Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C., Titular Bishop of Syedra and Vicar Apostolic of Queenstown (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa)

Bishop-elect Alphonse Streit, C.M.M., Titular Bishop of Nicius and Vicar Apostolic of Mariannhill (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa)

Bishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S., Titular Bishop of Adrasus and Vicar Apostolic of Keimoes (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa)

Bishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P., Titular Bishop of Tremithus and Vicar Apostolic of Kroonstad (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa)

Msgr. Diego Venini was elected Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities and Titular Archbishop of Adana

Fr. Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Sinna

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Michael Browne, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, passed away at 79

Cardinal Clemente Micara, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious and Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A., was elected Vicar of the Chapter of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, Sacristan of His Holiness of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces and Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Fr. Bernardin Gantin was appointed as Priest of Cotonou (Benin)

Bishop Francis Hennemann, S.A.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Cape Town (South Africa), passed away at 68

Fr. René-Louis-Marie Stourm was elected Bishop of Amiens (France)

Bishop Heinrich Metzroth, Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany), passed away at 57

Bishop Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Anglona–Tursi (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Edward Myers, Titular Bishop of Lamus and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Berœa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M., Titular Bishop of Zenobias and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

Bishop George Andrew Beck, A.A., succeeded as Bishop of Brentwood (England)

Bishop Arthur Doubleday, Bishop of Brentwood (England), passed away at 85

Fr. Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp, Priest of Paris (France), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Cardinal Clemente Micara, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. William Francis Kupfer (蔡文興), M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan)

Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt)

Apostolic Vicariate of Delta del Nilo was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt)

Apostolic Vicariate of Canal of Suez was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Port-Said (Egypt)

Diocese of Capiz was established (from Diocese of Jaro and became suffragan of Cebu) (Philippines)

Territorial Prelature of Ozamiz was established (from Diocese of Cagayan de Oro and Diocese of Zamboanga and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Fr. John Carmel Heenan, Priest of Brentwood (England), was elected Bishop of Leeds (England)

Archbishop Petar Dujam Munzani, Archbishop emeritus of Zadar (Croatia), passed away at 60

Bishop Raffaele Angelo Palazzi (柏長青), O.F.M., Bishop of Hengzhou 衡州 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thignica

Bishop Settimio Peroni, Bishop of Norcia (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Viminacium

Bishop Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Terracina (Italy), Bishop of Priverno (Italy) and Bishop of Sezze (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Beroë

Fr. Agostino D’Arco was elected Titular Bishop of Thennesus and Coadjutor Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Lennox Federal was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) and Titular Bishop of Appiaria

Archbishop Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aix (France), passed away at 73

Fr. Biagio Musto was elected Titular Bishop of Bassiana, Coadjutor Bishop of Aquino (Italy), Coadjutor Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Coadjutor Bishop of Sora (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Cuevo (Bolivia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Caquetá) (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Leticia was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Caquetá) (Colombia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Caquetá was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Sibundoy (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia and Apostolic Prefecture of Leticia) (Colombia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta and Diocese of Calicut (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bangka dan Billiton was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Pangkal-Pinang (Indonesia)

Fr. Cesar Benedetti, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Tiddi

Bishop Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia)

Fr. Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC., was elected Titular Bishop of Bladia and Vicar Apostolic of Pangkal-Pinang (Indonesia)

Msgr. Marcellinus van Soest, SS.CC., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bangka dan Billiton (Indonesia)

Fr. Arturo Vélez Martínez was elected Bishop of Toluca (Mexico)

Fr. Eugene Fahy (費濟時), S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yangzhou 揚州 (China)

Fr. Paolo Sárközy, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary)

Fr. Peter Proeku Dery was appointed as Priest of Tamale (Ghana)

Fr. Francesco Carpino, Priest of Noto (Italy), was elected Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

Fr. Pasquale Venezia was elected Bishop of Ariano (Italy)

Fr. Manuel Yap was elected Bishop of Capiz (Philippines)

Bishop Teodoro Kubina, Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland), passed away at 70

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, was appointed as Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Military Vicariate of Canada was established (Canada)

Bishop Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M., Bishop of Nampula (Mozambique), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Urusi

Fr. Alberico Crescitelli (郭西德．奧比利), M.E.M., was beatified

Bishop Joseph Wilhelmus Maria Baeten succeeded as Bishop of Breda (Netherlands)

Bishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans, Bishop of Breda (Netherlands), passed away at 85

Fr. Juan Ricote Alonso was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Miletopolis

Fr. Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P., Apostolic Administrator of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Lunda

Bishop John Baptist Wang Zeng-yi (王增義), C.M., Bishop of Anguo 安國 (China), passed away at 66

Fr. Ferdinand Lacretelle (洛維水), S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Haizhou 海州 (China)

Bishop Kidanè-Maryam Cassà resigned as Ordinary of Eritrea of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Fr. Ghebre Jesus Jacob was elected Apostolic Exarch of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea) and Titular Bishop of Erythrum

Fr. Hailé Mariam Cahsai was elected Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya and Apostolic Exarch of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Bishop Domenico Della Vedova, Bishop emeritus of Tivoli (Italy), passed away at 75

Archbishop Joseph Rabbani, Titular Archbishop of Constantina, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nacolia

Bishop Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin, Bishop of Lipa (Philippines), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Capsa

Fr. Dino Luigi Romoli, O.P., was elected Bishop of Pescia (Italy)

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

Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

Diocese of Sherbrooke was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sherbrooke (with suffragan sees Nicolet and Saint-Hyacinthe) (Canada)

Bishop Philippe-Servulo Desranleau, Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Bishop Charles-Eugène Parent, Titular Bishop of Diana and Auxiliary Bishop of Rimouski (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)

Bishop Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro, Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India), was appointed as Bishop of Nampula (Mozambique)

Bishop Jacobus Hubertus Goumans, O.S.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bandung (Indonesia)

Msgr. Luigi Raimondi, Priest of Acqui (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Domenico Enrici, Priest of Cuneo (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Lino Zanini, Priest of Venezia (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Katanga was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Mission sui juris of Gambia was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Bathurst in Gambia (Gambia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Lesser Sunda Islands was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Endeh (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Larantuka and Apostolic Vicariate of Ruteng) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Larantuka was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lesser Sunda Islands) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ruteng was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lesser Sunda Islands) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ambanja was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ambanja (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Lwangwa was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Abercorn (Zambia)

Bishop Arthur-Alfred Lepailleur, C.S.C., Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ciparissia

Fr. Anton Pott, S.V.D., was appointed as Bishop of Xinyang 信陽 (China)

Fr. Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Ambanja (Madagascar), was elected Titular Bishop of Coropissus and Vicar Apostolic of Ambanja (Madagascar)

Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Gabriel Manek, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Alinda and Vicar Apostolic of Larantuka (Indonesia)

Fr. Antonius Hubertus Thijssen, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Endeh (Indonesia)

Fr. Willemus van Bekkum, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Tigias and Vicar Apostolic of Ruteng (Indonesia)

Bishop Joost van den Biesen, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa (Zambia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn (Zambia)

Bishop Heinrich Wienken succeeded as Bishop of Meißen (Germany)

Bishop Petrus Legge, Bishop of Meißen (Germany), passed away at 68

Archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench, Archbishop-Bishop of Fargo (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Diocese of Passo Fundo was established (from Diocese of Santa Maria and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Apostolic Exarchate of Western Canada (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Edmonton (Canada)

Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Manitoba (lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Saskatoon) (Canada)

Apostolic Exarchate of Saskatoon (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada) (Canada)

Apostolic Exarchate of Eastern Canada (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Toronto (Canada)

Apostolic Administration of El Petén was established (from Diocese of Vera Paz) (Guatemala)

Diocese of Jalapa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) (Guatemala)

Diocese of San Marcos was established (from Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos and became suffragan of Guatemala) (Guatemala)

Diocese of Sololá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos and became suffragan of Guatemala) (Guatemala)

Diocese of Zacapa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) (Guatemala)

Diocese of Greensburg was established (from Diocese of Pittsburgh and became suffragan of Philadelphia) (USA)

Bishop Isidore Borecky, Apostolic Exarch of Eastern Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Andrew J. Roborecki, Auxiliary Bishop of Central Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M., Apostolic Exarch of Western Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Bishop Jorge García Cabalieros, Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sololá (Guatemala) and Apostolic Administrator of San Marcos (Guatemala)

Bishop Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P., Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala)

Fr. Imre Kisberk was elected Titular Bishop of Christianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Csanád (Hungary)

Fr. Imre Szabó was elected Titular Bishop of Thyatira and Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M., Bishop of Rieti (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) and Bishop of Ortona (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Tommaso Videmari, Bishop emeritus of Ogliastra (Italy), passed away at 89

Bishop Thomas John McDonnell, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling (USA)

Bishop Karol Miecislao Radonski, Bishop emeritus of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 67

Archbishop Abel Zayia, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Archbishop-Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran), passed away at 80

Fr. Enrique Rau was elected Titular Bishop of Voncaria and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop Laurent Tétrault, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Bubuka (Tanzania), passed away at 46

Bishop João Cláudio Colling, Titular Bishop of Corone and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

Fr. Attilio Bianchi, Private Secretary of the Pope emeritus, passed away at 80

Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kraków (Poland)

Fr. Luigi Dossena was appointed as Priest of Crema (Italy)

Archbishop George Joseph Caruana, Bishop emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), passed away at 68

Fr. Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley was elected Bishop of Mende (France)

Fr. Emilio Pizzoni was elected Bishop of Terracina (Italy), Bishop of Priverno (Italy) and Bishop of Sezze (Italy)

Fr. Ilario Roatta was elected Bishop of Norcia (Italy)

Fr. Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Diana and Bishop-Prelate of Cotabato (Philippines)

Fr. Ćiril Banić was elected Titular Bishop of Corone and Apostolic Administrator of Šibenik (Croatia)

Bishop Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, Bishop of Orléans (France), passed away at 80

Fr. Jānis Pujats was appointed as Priest of Riga (Latvia)

Diocese of Salt Lake was renamed as Diocese of Salt Lake City (USA)

Bishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler, Bishop of Grand Island (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Kansas City (USA)

Bishop Duane Garrison Hunt, Bishop of Salt Lake (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA)

Bishop Francis Liu Jin-wen (Liu Chiu-wen) (劉錦文), Bishop emeritus of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), passed away at 78

Fr. Dominic Chen Te-mien (陳光祖), O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Suixian 隨縣 (China)

Bishop Giovanni Rosi, Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Misurata (Libya), was elected Titular Bishop of Attæa and Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya)

Bishop Augusto Sieffert, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of La Paz (Bolivia), passed away at 77

Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy, Bishop of Brooklyn (USA), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Bishop Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz, Titular Bishop of Sophene and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Bishop Nicola Canino, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia

Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez y Gualaquiza was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez (Ecuador)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Gebel was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Gebel (South Sudan)

Fr. Peter Joseph Fan Xue-yan (范學淹) was elected Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Bishop Domingo Comin, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza (Ecuador), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador)

Bishop Joseph Alexander Fernandes, Titular Bishop of Aphnæum and Auxiliary Bishop of Calcutta (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi and Simla (India)

Fr. John Burke resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Delhi and Simla (India)

Fr. Pietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Zenobias and Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi (Thailand)

Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Fr. Francesco Antonio Fasani, O.F.M. Conv., was beatified

Bishop Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson, Bishop of Saint-Flour (France), passed away at 65

Fr. Raffaele Baratta was elected Bishop of Rieti (Italy)

Fr. Illuminato Colombo, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Misurata (Libya)

Archbishop Saverio Ritter, Titular Archbishop of Ægina, passed away at 67

Bishop-elect Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.J., Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel (South Sudan), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lamus and Vicar Apostolic of Juba (South Sudan)

Bishop Zdzislaw Golinski, Titular Bishop of Hemeria and Coadjutor Bishop of Lublin (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

Fr. Jules Georges Kandela was elected Titular Bishop of Cephas

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

Fr. Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Teodoro Bensch was elected Titular Bishop of Tabuda and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Fr. Edmund Nowicki, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Piła (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Hadriane and Coadjutor Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

Bishop Ivan Garufaloff, C.R., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

Bishop Kyril Stefan Kurteff was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

Fr. Josef Hiltl was elected Titular Bishop of Constantina and Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Cardinal Federico Tedeschini, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria, 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 Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Bishop José Melchór García-Sampedro Suárez, O.P., and 24 companions were beatified

Fr. Anton Ceska (アントン・テェスカ), S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Niigata 新潟 (Japan), passed away at 73

Bishop Martin Kheberich, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Spiš (Slovakia), passed away at 81

Fr. Pedro Pablo Andrade Sanchez, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Galápagos (Ecuador)

Blessed Archimandrite Klymentii Sheptyts’kyi (Марiя Казимир Климентій Шептицький / Maria Kazymyr), M.S.U., Apostolic Exarch of Russia of the Russians (Russia) and Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks, passed away at 81

Fr. John Francis Greif, M.H.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Belabitene and Vicar Apostolic of Tororo (Uganda)

Msgr. Pietro Pavan, Priest of Treviso (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Mother Placide Viel (Victoire Eulalie) was beatified

Archbishop Miguel de Lima Valverde, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil), passed away at 78

Territorial Prelature of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Pompei (Italy)

Archbishop Roberto Ronca, Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Vijayawada (India), passed away at 63

Archbishop Ettore Felici, Titular Archbishop of Corinthus and Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, passed away at 70

Apostolic Prefecture of Puqi 蒲圻 was promoted as Diocese of Puqi 蒲圻 (became suffragan of Hankou 漢口) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangyang 襄陽 was promoted as Diocese of Xiangyang 襄陽 (became suffragan of Hankou 漢口) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Zhouzhi 盩厔 was promoted as Diocese of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (became suffragan of Xi’an 西安) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tororo (Uganda)

Fr. Louis Li Bo-yu (李伯漁) was elected Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

Fr. Joseph Li Dao-nan (李道南), Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China), was elected Bishop of Puqi 蒲圻 (China)

Fr. Francis Yi Xuan-hua (Yi Hsüan-hua) (易宣化), Prefect Apostolic of Xiangyang 襄陽 (China), was elected Bishop of Xiangyang 襄陽 (China)

Fr. Thomas John Feeney, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Agnus and Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands (Micronesia)

Fr. Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Bithynia and Vicar Apostolic of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Msgr. Ugo Felice, Priest of Sulmona (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Abbot Alcuin Deutsch, O.S.B., President emeritus of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 74

Fr. William Wakefield Baum was appointed as Priest of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Bishop Juan José Marcos Zapata, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), passed away at 84

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

Fr. Giuseppe Amici was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Foggia (Italy) and Bishop of Troia (Italy)

Venerable Bishop Fortunato Maria Farina resigned as Bishop of Troia (Italy)

Bishop Alfonso Espino y Silva, Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Leucas and Coadjutor Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Apostolic Prefecture of Moundou was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Fort-Lamy and Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua) (Chad)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bouaké was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Military Vicariate of South African Defence Force was established (South Africa)

Archbishop John Colburn Garner, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa), was appointed as Military Vicar of South Africa (South Africa)

Bishop James Edwin Cassidy, Bishop of Fall River (USA), passed away at 81

Bishop James Louis Connolly succeeded as Bishop of Fall River (USA)

Fr. Francis John Doyle, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Samarai (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop André Sorin, M.S.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Samarai (Papua New Guinea)

Diocese of Dodge City was established (from Diocese of Wichita and became suffragan of Saint Louis) (USA)

Fr. Didier-Léon Marchand was appointed as Priest of Grenoble (France)

Fr. Desmond Connell was appointed as Priest of Dublin (Ireland)

Fr. Domenico Caselli was appointed as Priest of Imola (Italy)

Fr. Franco Monticelli was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Montero Moreno was appointed as Priest of Granada (Spain)

Fr. Julien Maunoir, S.J., was beatified

Msgr. Carlo Bayer, Priest of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Archbishop Adalberto Accioli Sobral, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), passed away at 63

Blessed Fr. Mykola Tsehel’s’kyi (Микола Цегельський), Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 54

Fr. Stjepan Bauerlein was elected Titular Bishop of Heraclea pontica and Auxiliary Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia)

Fr. John Baptist Franz was elected Bishop of Dodge City (USA)

Fr. Maxime Tessier was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Christopolis

Fr. Natale Mosconi was elected Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Fr. Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Priest of Utrecht (Netherlands), was elected Titular Archbishop of Tyana and Coadjutor Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

Fr. Fulton John Sheen was elected Titular Bishop of Cæsariana and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb, Titular Bishop of Helos and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Greensburg (USA)

Fr. Guido Maria Casullo was elected Bishop of Nusco (Italy)

Fr. Loras Thomas Lane was elected Titular Bishop of Bencenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque (USA)

Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA), passed away at 85

Fr. John Aloysius O’Mara was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Pope Pius X, Supreme Pontiff, Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy), Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), was beatified

Archbishop Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Saskatoon (Canada) and Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada), passed away at 65

Bishop Wilhelm Weskamm, Titular Bishop of Rhandus and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Diocese of Port Augusta was renamed as Diocese of Port Pirie (Australia)

Bishop Thomas Absolem McCabe, Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

Fr. John Yang Feng-shu, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China)

Bishop Cipriano Cassini (趙信義), S.J., Bishop of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China), passed away at 56

Bishop Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Novara (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Hierpiniana

Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Basankusu, Apostolic Vicariate of Coquilhatville, Apostolic Vicariate of Lisala and Apostolic Vicariate of Stanleyville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kole was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville and Apostolic Vicariate of Tshumbe) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Sambalpur was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta, Diocese of Nagpur and Diocese of Ranchi and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Bishop Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille (文貴斌), C.M., Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Abora

Fr. Alphonsus Zong Huai-mo (宗懷謨), O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Yantai 煙臺 (China)

Fr. Hermann Westermann, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Indore (India), was elected Bishop of Sambalpur (India)

Fr. Luigi Boccadoro was elected Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy) and Bishop of Acquapendente (Italy)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Trần Hữu Ðức was elected Titular Bishop of Nicius and Vicar Apostolic of Vinh (Vietnam)

Fr. Paul Su Bo-lu (Su Pai-lu) (蘇伯露) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Yongjia 永嘉 (China)

Fr. Francisco Javier Valdivia Pinedo, Bishop emeritus of Linares (Chile), passed away at 66

Bishop Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman, Bishop of Peoria (USA), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Jean-Joseph Pays, Bishop of Carcassonne (France), passed away at 69

Fr. Josef Schoiswohl, Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria), was elected Titular Bishop of Phytea

Msgr. Jacques Martin, Priest of Nice (France) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Gordon Joseph Gray, Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland)

Fr. Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra lost territory to Diocese of Ajmer (India)

Fr. Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Cernitza and Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Rousset (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Salvatore Pappalardo, Priest of Catania (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Enea Selis, Priest of Sassari (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Saint-Jérôme was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montréal, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa and Diocese of Mont-Laurier and became suffragan of Montréal) (Canada)

Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Québec and became suffragan of Québec) (Canada)

Diocese of Juneau was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Alaska) (USA)

Diocese of Seattle was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seattle (with suffragan sees Spokane and Yakima and lost territory to establish Diocese of Yakima) (USA)

Diocese of Yakima was established (from Diocese of Seattle and Diocese of Spokane and became suffragan of Seattle) (USA)

Bishop Thomas Arthur Connolly, Bishop of Seattle (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seattle (USA)

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

Sr. Maria Domenica Mazzarello, F.M.A., Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, was canonised

Fr. Pedro José Rivera Mejía was elected Titular Bishop of Edistiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Bishop José de Jesús Manríquez y Zárate, Bishop emeritus of Huejutla (Mexico), passed away at 66

Diocese of Veracruz–Jalapa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa (with suffragan see Papantla) (Mexico)

Diocese of Nueva Caceres was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caceres (with suffragan sees Legazpi and Sorsogon and lost territory to establish Diocese of Legazpi and Diocese of Sorsogon) (Philippines)

Diocese of Cagayan de Oro was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro (with suffragan sees Surigao, Cotabato and Sulu, Davao and Ozamiz) (Philippines)

Diocese of Jaro was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jaro (with suffragan see Bacolod) (Philippines)

Diocese of Legazpi was established (from Diocese of Nueva Caceres and became suffragan of Caceres) (Philippines)

Diocese of Nueva Segovia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia (with suffragan see Batanes and the Babuyan Islands) (Philippines)

Diocese of Sorsogon was established (from Diocese of Nueva Caceres and became suffragan of Caceres) (Philippines)

Fr. Antonio José González Zumárraga was appointed as Priest of Quito (Ecuador)

Fr. Joseph Ratzinger was appointed as Priest of München und Freising (Germany)

Fr. Giovanni De Andrea was appointed as Priest of Ivrea (Italy)

Fr. Giulio Einaudi was appointed as Priest of Saluzzo (Italy)

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

Fr. Paolo Magnani was appointed as Priest of Pavia (Italy)

Bishop Manuel Pío López Estrada, Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico)

Bishop José Maria Cuenco, Bishop of Jaro (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Bishop James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J., Bishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

Bishop Santiago Caragnan Sancho, Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Bishop Pedro Paulo Santos Songco, Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caceres (Philippines)

Fr. Ricardo María Carles Gordó was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Giovanni Ceirano was appointed as Priest of Saluzzo (Italy)

Fr. Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Mylasa and Bishop-Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (Philippines)

Fr. Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Drisdale River (Australia)

Fr. Gérard-Marie Coderre was elected Titular Bishop of Ægæ and Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada)

Fr. Émilien Frenette was elected Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Bishop Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ 脇田 浅五郎), Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Iamnia

Fr. Ernesto Aurelio Ghiglione, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Gauriana, Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi (Libya) and Apostolic Administrator of Derna (Libya)

Fr. Stephan Fan Kai-ping (范介平) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zhaotong 昭通 (China)

Fr. Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. Subl., Ecclesiastical Superior of Drisdale River (Australia), was appointed as Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia)

Fr. Norberto Forero y García was elected Titular Bishop of Hilta and Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Fr. Michele Scandiffio was appointed as Priest of Acerenza (Italy)

Fr. Lorenzo Bellomi was appointed as Priest of Verona (Italy)

Fr. Guillaume-Marie van Zuylen was elected Titular Bishop of Druas and Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Fr. Joseph Patrick Dougherty was elected Bishop of Yakima (USA)

Fr. Robert Dermot O’Flanagan was elected Bishop of Juneau (USA)

Fr. Joseph Fady, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Lilongwe (Malawi)

Fr. Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero was elected Titular Bishop of Syedra and Coadjutor Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Diocese of Dibrugarh was established (from Diocese of Shillong and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto 京都 was promoted as Diocese of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Likuni (Malawi)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan (Philippines)

Fr. Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S., was elected Bishop of Nagpur (India)

Fr. Orestes Marengo, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Dibrugarh (India)

Fr. Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ 古屋義之), Prefect Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Japan), was elected Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

Bishop John Collins, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia (Liberia), was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia

Bishop-elect Joseph Fady, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Lilongwe (Malawi), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Abaradira

Fr. Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Calapan (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Abidda

Fr. Henry Ederle, S.V.D., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Mindoro (Philippines)

Fr. Bruno Desrochers was elected Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)

Fr. Zaya Dachtou was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Fr. Matthew Kia Yen-wen (賈彥文) was appointed as Priest of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan)

Bishop Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 45

Fr. James Clifford Timlin was appointed as Priest of Scranton (USA)

Diocese of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre was renamed as Diocese of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Bishop Jean Gay, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), was appointed as Bishop of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Cardinal Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonfatiusz Józef Sapieha, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova and Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland), passed away at 84

Fr. Francisco Miranda Vicente was elected Titular Bishop of Cidramus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

Fr. Vincenzo Rimedio was appointed as Priest of Mileto (Italy)

Bishop Edward Francis Hoban, Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Henri-Charles Dupont was elected Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum and Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France)

Fr. Nicola Rotunno was appointed as Priest of Tricarico (Italy)

Fr. Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C., was elected Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Basilio Antonio Leone Kilzi, B.A., resigned as Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. John Linus Paschang was elected Bishop of Grand Island (USA)

Fr. Corrado Ursi, Priest of Molfetta (Italy), was elected Bishop of Nardò (Italy)

Fr. Pere Tena Garriga was appointed as Priest of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop Angelo Maria Navarro, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), passed away at 80

Archbishop Carlo Margotti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy), passed away at 60

Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo was established (from Diocese of Nueva Pamplona and Diocese of Santa Marta and became suffragan of Cartagena) (Colombia)

Fr. José Pont y Gol was elected Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

Fr. Lancelot John Goody was elected Titular Bishop of Abydus and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia)

Fr. Václav Drbola, Priest of Brno (Czechia), passed away at 38

Fr. Matthias Wehr was elected Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palæstina and Coadjutor Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Bishop Philip Francis Pocock, Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Aprus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Bishop Ivan Garufaloff, C.R., Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria), passed away at 63

Bishop Teodorico de Angelis, Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis

Bishop Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Ayacucho (Peru), passed away at 52

Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate to Philippines, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

Msgr. Michele Buro was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Basilio Antonio Leone Kilzi, B.A., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites

Bishop Gustavo Bianchi, Bishop of Monopoli (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Melchior Sun De-zhen (Souen) (孫德禎), C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Anguo 安國 (China), passed away at 81

Bishop-elect Jules Georges Kandela was confirmed as Titular Bishop of Cephas

Fr. Speranza di Gesù Alhama Valera, F.A.M., was appointed as Founder of Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love

Bishop Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio (易興化), O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Yan’an 延安 (China), passed away at 78

Archbishop Louis Morel (穆清海), C.I.C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ænus

Fr. Francis Wang Xue-ming (王學明) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

Bishop Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Kontum (Vietnam), passed away at 61

Fr. Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans (France) and Titular Bishop of Rhandus

Fr. José Joaquim Gonçalves was elected Titular Bishop of Helos and Auxiliary Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil)

Bishop Paolo Ceslao Rydzewski, Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland), passed away at 58

Archbishop Francesco Carpino succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

Archbishop Ernesto Eugenio Filippi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Heinrich Gleumes, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany), passed away at 54

Bishop Giovanni Battista Chiappe, Bishop of Gerace (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop Robert Picard de la Vacquerie, Titular Bishop of Doara, was appointed as Bishop of Orléans (France)

Fr. Antonio Innocenti, Priest of Firenze (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Diocese of Zipaquirá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá in Colombia and became suffragan of Bogotá in Colombia) (Colombia)

Bishop Kidanè-Maryam Cassà, Ordinary emeritus of Eritrea of the Eritreans (Eritrea), passed away at 65

Bishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo, Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cotrada and Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Archbishop Martin-Marie-Stanislas Gillet, O.P., Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), passed away at 75

Bishop Lorenzo Bianchi (白英奇), P.I.M.E., succeeded as Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Bishop Enrico Valtorta (恩理覺), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), passed away at 68

Bishop José de Medeiros Delgado, Bishop of Caicó (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Archbishop Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Fr. Gennaro Verolino was elected Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala and Titular Archbishop of Corinthus

Bishop Michele Raffaele Camerlengo, O.F.M., Bishop of Nola (Italy), passed away at 65

Apostolic Vicariate of Los Ríos was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Los Ríos (became suffragan of Quito) (Ecuador)

Fr. Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales, Apostolic Administrator of Los Ríos (Ecuador), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Los Ríos (Ecuador)

Fr. Władysław Mroczek, M.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Fr. Thomas Megan (米乾), S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China), passed away at 52

Msgr. Sebastiano Baggio, Priest of Vicenza (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Guido del Mestri, Priest of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Novara (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Vincenzo Celli, Auxiliary Bishop of Pompei (Italy), passed away at 81

Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Nouna (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Prefecture of Nouna was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nouna (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso) (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Nouna (Burkina Faso), was elected Titular Bishop of Botriana and Vicar Apostolic of Nouna (Burkina Faso)

Fr. John Dooley, S.S.C.M.E., was elected Apostolic Delegate to Indochina and Titular Archbishop of Macra

Bishop Nicolás De Carlo, Bishop of Resistencia (Argentina), passed away at 69

Fr. Luigi Egidio Gavazzi, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Coadjutor Abbot of Subiaco (Italy)

Fr. Salvador Quezada Limón was elected Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Bishop Antonio Maria Gianelli, Bishop of Bobbio (Italy), was canonised

Fr. Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi (Francis Xavier Bianchi), B., was canonised

Br. Ignazio da Laconi Peis (Vincenzo), O.F.M. Cap., was canonised

Fr. Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (France) and Titular Bishop of Neocæsarea in Syria

Bishop Casimiro Lladoc, Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines), passed away at 58

Bishop Franciszek-Piotr Bučys, M.I.C., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers), passed away at 79

Bishop Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Cartennæ and Apostolic Administrator of Cochabamba (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

Bishop Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Rusadus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Fr. André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Cea and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Bishop Ilario Alcini, Titular Bishop of Dionysias, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nicæa

Fr. Antonio Poma, Priest of Pavia (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Thagaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova (Italy)