Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Legia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Legia (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Tebe di Tebaide was suppressed (to Titular Episcopal See of Diospolis superior) (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Agbia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Agbia (Tunisia)

Fr. Alberto Deane, C.P., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Fr. Luis María Etcheverry Boneo was appointed as Founder of Association of Consecrated Virgins “Servidoras”

Bishop José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ñuflo de Chávez (Bolivia)

Bishop Henrique Gelain, Bishop of Lins (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Marília (Brazil)

Fr. Pietro Alcantara da Habas, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Berbérati (Central African Republic), passed away

Fr. Clément Sirgue, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Moundou (Chad)

Fr. Eugenio da Carcagente, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia), passed away

Fr. Francesco Sanz Pascual, C.M.F., Prefect Apostolic of Chocó (Colombia), passed away

Fr. Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Viktor Buric, Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia)

Bishop Josep Srebrnic resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka–Opatija (Croatia)

Fr. Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Harar (Ethiopia) and Apostolic Administrator of Gimma (Ethiopia)

Fr. Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

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

Br. Athanase Ritimann, F.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Fr. Franz Hengsbach, Priest of Paderborn (Germany), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Marius Macrionitis, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece)

Bishop Georges Xenopulos, S.J., Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

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

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

Bishop Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Djakarta (Indonesia)

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

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

Cardinal Giuseppe Bruno, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Msgr. Giuseppe Casoria resigned as Defender of the Bond of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii

Cardinal Giovanni Mercati resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Msgr. Francesco Roberti, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Consultant of Justice of Secretariat of State

Archbishop Luigi Centoz resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica and Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

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

Msgr. Enrico Caiazzo resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Giulio Chiavoni resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Msgr. Carlo Corvo was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Msgr. Giuseppe Graneris, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Promoter of Justice of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Msgr. Giosuè Venturi resigned as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Promoter of Justice of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Ildlefonso Clerici, B., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Benigno de S. Ilario Milanese, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Fr. Andrea Gennaro, S.D.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum

Fr. Emilio Schot, B., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Eugenio Valentini, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum

Fr. Renato Ziggiotti, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)

Mr. Luigi Gedda was appointed as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Vittorino Veronese resigned as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Bishop Vincenzo Padolskis resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P., resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to India

Br. Dionysius van Jezus De Schepper, F.S.C., was appointed as Vicar General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Bishop-elect Teodoro Bensch resigned as Titular Bishop of Tabuda

Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz (高德華), Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Iuliu Hirţea, Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

Msgr. Augustine Isamu Seno (アウグスチヌス 瀬野勇) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Br. Emmanuel Mukusa, F.J., was appointed as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Bishop Francesco Saverio Bini, F.S.C.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan)

Bishop Joseph-Felix Blanc, S.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands (Tonga)

Fr. Wilfrid Dufault, A.A., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)

Fr. Malcolm La Velle, C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Fr. Clement of Milwaukee, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Bishop Francisco Gomez de Santiago, O.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

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

Fr. James F. Cunningham, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Piotr Markiewicz, O.S.P.P.E., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Fr. William A. Michell, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Gervais Quenard, A.A., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)

Fr. Alojzy Wrzalik, O.S.P.P.E., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

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

Bishop Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T., Bishop of Andria (Italy), passed away at 50

Fr. Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Neghelli (Ethiopia) and Apostolic Administrator of Hosanna (Ethiopia)

Diocese of Jessore was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta, gained territory from Diocese of Krishnagar and became suffragan of Dacca) (Bangladesh)

Diocese of Krishnagar lost territory to Diocese of Jessore (India)

Fr. Aleksandar Tokić was elected Titular Archbishop of Bizya and Coadjutor Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro)

Msgr. Giovanni Maria Pinna was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop Joseph-Henri-Jean-Marie Prud’homme, Bishop emeritus of Prince Albert (Canada), passed away at 69

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Severina was demoted as Archdiocese of Santa Severina (without ecclesiastical province) (Italy)

Archbishop Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Archbishop José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua), passed away at 86

Bishop Arturo Celestino Alvarez, Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela), passed away at 81

Bishop Arturo Ignacio Camargo succeeded as Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Archbishop Andrea Cassulo, Bishop emeritus of Matelica (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Fabriano (Italy), passed away at 82

Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Costermansville (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Kasongo) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kasongo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville and Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Falkland Islands was established (from Diocese of Punta Arenas) (Falkland Islands)

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

Fr. Antonio Torasso, I.M.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Thapsus and Vicar Apostolic of Florencia (Colombia)

Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Kivu (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Lagania

Fr. Petrus Marinus Arntz, O.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Stectorium and Vicar Apostolic of Bandung (Indonesia)

Fr. Patrick Winters, S.A.C., Prefect Apostolic of Mbulu (Tanzania), was elected Titular Bishop of Burca and Vicar Apostolic of Mbulu (Tanzania)

Fr. Marceliano Eduardo Canyes Santacana, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Leticia (Colombia)

Fr. Émile André Jean-Marie Maury, Priest of Lyon (France), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium

Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock succeeded as Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Archbishop Arthur Alfred Sinnott, Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Sebastea

Bishop Georges-Léon Landry, Bishop of Hearst (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cnossus

Bishop Francisco Blanco Nájera, Bishop of Ourense (Spain), passed away at 62

Apostolic Prefecture of Haflong was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dacca and Diocese of Chittagong) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Jalandhar was established (from Diocese of Lahore and became suffragan of Delhi and Simla) (India)

Diocese of Jalpaiguri was established (from Diocese of Dinajpur and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kashmir and Jammu was established (from Diocese of Lahore and Diocese of Rawalpindi and became suffragan of Delhi and Simla) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Malda was established (from Diocese of Dinajpur and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Bishop-elect Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Costermansville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Ange-Marie-Paul Hiral, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said (Egypt), passed away at 80

Bishop René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said (Egypt)

Archbishop Ignazio Mobarak, Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Gabala

Fr. Ernesto Çoba was elected Titular Bishop of Midaëum and Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Lambert Anthony Hoch was elected Bishop of Bismarck (USA)

Bishop-elect Pacific Li Huan-de (李宣德), O.F.M., Bishop of Yan’an 延安 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Xi’an 西安 (China)

Bishop Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo (賈祿), M.E.P., Bishop of Nanlong 南龍 (China), passed away at 70

Fr. Heinrich Baaken was elected Titular Bishop of Gordus and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Archbishop Ignace Ziadé, Titular Bishop of Balanea, was appointed as Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Pjetër Dema was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonias

Archbishop Georges Cabana, Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Bishop Luigi Ferri, Bishop emeritus of Ripatransone (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Montalto (Italy), passed away at 83

Fr. Pacifico M. Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M., Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), was elected Bishop of Gerace (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Piasentini, Bishop of Anagni (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Fr. François Marty, Priest of Rodez (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Flour (France)

Bishop Felice Cribellati, Bishop of Tropea (Italy) and Bishop of Nicotera (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso, Bishop of Guarda (Portugal), passed away at 91

Bishop Domingos da Silva Gonçalves succeeded as Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

Bishop William Henry Mellon, Bishop of Galloway (Scotland), passed away at 75

Fr. Aleksander Moscicki was elected Titular Bishop of Doara and Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

Diocese of Mthatha lost territory to Diocese of Queenstown (South Africa)

Bishop Thomas Kiely Gorman, Bishop of Reno (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Rhasus and Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas–Fort Worth (USA)

Fr. Joseph Mark McShea was elected Titular Bishop of Mina and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Joseph Aloysius Burke, Titular Bishop of Vita and Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Bishop Denis J. Moynihan, Bishop of Ross (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Kerry (Ireland)

Bishop Michael O’Brien resigned as Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland)

Bishop José Lázaro Neves, C.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Assis (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Assis (Brazil)

Bishop Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone), passed away at 51

Fr. Andrėj Cikota (祁高德), M.I.C., Apostolic Exarch of Harbin 哈爾濱 of the Russians (China), passed away at 60

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Borneo was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Jesselton (Malaysia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kuching (Malaysia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kabgayi (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Nyundo) (Rwanda)

Apostolic Vicariate of Nyundo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda) (Rwanda)

Fr. Joseph Wan Ci-zhang (萬次章), O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

Bishop Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P., Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Atri (Italy) and Bishop of Teramo (Italy)

Fr. Adolfo Binni was elected Bishop of Nola (Italy)

Bishop-elect James Buis, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Astypalæa

Fr. Jan Vos, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Sarawak (Malaysia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (Malaysia) and Titular Bishop of Cnidus

Fr. Aloys Bigirumwami was elected Titular Bishop of Garriana and Vicar Apostolic of Nyundo (Rwanda)

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

Diocese of Amazonas was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus (with suffragan sees Guajará-Mirim, Juruá, Lábrea, Porto Velho, Rio Branco, Rio Negro, São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus and Tefé) (Brazil)

Diocese of Marília was established (from Diocese of Lins and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of Natal was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal (with suffragan sees Caicó and Mossoró) (Brazil)

Diocese of Baker City was renamed as Diocese of Baker (USA)

Bishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas, Bishop of Natal (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil)

Bishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos, Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)

Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig, Bishop of Baker City (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Baker (USA)

Archbishop Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet (魏暢茂), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guangzhou 廣州 (China), passed away at 79

Bishop Francesco Giberti, Bishop of Fidenza (Italy), passed away at 61

Bishop Jules Georges Kandela was promoted as Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Bishop Francis Xavier Ford (福爾德), M.M., Bishop of Jiaying 嘉應 (China), passed away at 60

Fr. Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Bapara

Bishop Agostino de Jesus e Souza, Bishop of Porto (Portugal), passed away at 74

Fr. Mate Garković was elected Titular Bishop of Adrasus and Apostolic Administrator of Zadar (Croatia)

Fr. Jorge Manrique Hurtado was elected Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Gabrijel Bukatko, Apostolic Administrator of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was elected Titular Bishop of Severiana

Bishop Matteo Guido Sperandeo, Titular Bishop of Samos and Auxiliary Bishop of Nola (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Pirelli was elected Bishop of Andria (Italy)

Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Fr. Lionel Audet was elected Titular Bishop of Thibaris and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Francis Joseph Klein was elected Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada)

Bishop Augstín Barrere, F.M.I., Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina), passed away at 86

Archbishop Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), passed away at 72

Msgr. Enrico Arato was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Rosalvo Costa Rêgo, Titular Bishop of Marciana and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria

Fr. Hélder Pessoa Câmara was elected Titular Bishop of Saldæ and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Luís Victor Sartori was elected Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Bishop Maurice Baudoux, Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Preslavus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Bishop Daniel Joseph Feeney, Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Fr. Antonio Frondosa was elected Bishop of Capiz (Philippines)

Bishop Manuel Yap, Bishop of Capiz (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines)

Fr. Guillermo Escobar Vélez was elected Titular Bishop of Attuda and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

Archbishop Jules Georges Kandela, Titular Bishop of Cephas, was appointed as Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Archbishop Cyrill Rudolph Jarre (楊恩賚), O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China), passed away at 74

Fr. Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado was appointed as Priest of San José (Costa Rica)

Fr. Charles Herman Vath (華德中) was appointed as Priest of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Fr. Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera was appointed as Priest of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Mexico)

Fr. Sergio Méndez Arceo was elected Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

Fr. Luigi Punzolo was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Francesco Norese was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Apostolic Prefecture of Berbérati was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

Apostolic Prefecture of Vientiane et Louang-Prabang was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane (Laos)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ibadan was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lagos) (Nigeria)

Fr. Bryan Gallagher was elected Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. Étienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane (Laos) and Titular Bishop of Amaura

Bishop Jenaro Méndez del Río, Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico), passed away at 85

Bishop Wilhelm Burger, Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 71

Fr. Francesco Saverio Salerno was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Luis do Amaral Mousinho, Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Bishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech, Titular Bishop of Doliche and Auxiliary Bishop of Albi (France), was appointed as Bishop of Carcassonne (France)

Fr. Francisco Orozco Lomelín was elected Titular Bishop of Vita and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Viktor Bieler, Bishop of Sion (Switzerland), passed away at 71

Fr. Raymond Larose, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh)

Fr. Amerigo Galbiati, P.I.M.E., was elected Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India)

Bishop Albino Morera, Bishop emeritus of Civita–Tempio (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Ampurias (Italy), passed away at 80

Fr. George Daniel Breen, C.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Haflong (India)

Msgr. Paolo Bertoli, Priest of Lucca (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye), Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye and Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia

Blessed Bishop János Scheffler, Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania), passed away at 64

Fr. James Ireland, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands)

Fr. Adam Grossi, P.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Malda (India)

Fr. Giovanni Francesco Dadone was elected Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy)

Fr. Carmine Rocco, Priest of Calvi (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. John Joseph Boardman was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) and Titular Bishop of Gunela

Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Dahomey (Benin), passed away at 84

Fr. Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat was appointed as Priest of Montauban (France)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P., Bishop of Agrigento (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Agostino D’Arco succeeded as Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Bishop Federico Emmanuel, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Fr. Giulio Nicolini was appointed as Priest of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

Fr. José Villalón Mercado was elected Titular Bishop of Hermiana and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Apostolic Prefecture of Makeni was established (from Diocese of Freetown and Bo) (Sierra Leone)

Archbishop Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O.C.S.O., succeeded as Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Archbishop Carmelo Patané, Archbishop of Catania (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop Oscar Morin, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Navrongo (Ghana), passed away at 73

Archbishop Franz Kamprath, Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 80

Bishop Arthur-Alfred Lepailleur, C.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Chittagong (Bangladesh), passed away at 65

Bishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin, Bishop of Versailles (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sigus

Bishop Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Quimper (France), passed away at 84

Fr. Luigi De Magistris was appointed as Priest of Cagliari (Italy)

Fr. Pier Giacomo De Nicolò was appointed as Priest of Rimini (Italy)

Fr. Donato Squicciarini was appointed as Priest of Altamura (Italy)

Fr. Paolo Giglio (吉立友) was appointed as Priest of Malta (Malta)

Bishop Giacomo Luigi Cheng, Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi (Thailand), passed away at 70

Bishop Federico Emmanuel, S.D.B., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Æzani

Fr. Carlo Ferrari was elected Bishop of Monopoli (Italy)

Fr. Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp., Apostolic Administrator of Tefé (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Photice and Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil)

Fr. José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C., Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Roraima (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Helos

Archbishop Giacomo Lercaro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) and Bishop of Cervia (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

Bishop Michele Fontevecchia, Bishop of Aquino (Italy), Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Bishop of Sora (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia

Bishop Biagio Musto succeeded as Bishop of Aquino (Italy), Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Bishop of Sora (Italy)

Fr. Carlos Luis Geromini was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

Bishop Antonio Picconi, Bishop of Vigevano (Italy), passed away at 67

Bishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin, Titular Bishop of Sigus, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria

Bishop Johannes Baptist Geisler, Bishop of Brixen (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Odessus

Bishop Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco, Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Nicolás Eugenio Navarro, Titular Bishop of Usula and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Carpathus

Fr. Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco was elected Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Fr. Wesceslau Nazareno Ponte de Spoleto, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Administrator of Alto Solimões (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cea and Bishop-Prelate of Alto Solimões (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Gargitter was elected Bishop of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy)

Fr. Fortunato Zoppas was elected Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Louis Bernardin was appointed as Priest of Charleston (USA)

Archbishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg, Apostolic Delegate to Japan, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Japan

Fr. Clemente Fernández (林牧才), O.P., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan), passed away at 72

Diocese of Fort William was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface and Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and became suffragan of Toronto) (Canada)

Bishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M., Titular Bishop of Marida and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia)

Fr. Raymond Emil Goedert was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Sr. Rosa Venerini, M.P.V., was beatified

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

Bishop Michel Thomas Verhoeks, C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia), passed away at 59

Fr. Timotheus Bitterli (이성도 디모테오 / 比特里), O.S.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea)

Bishop Henri Lamiroy, Bishop of Brugge (Belgium), passed away at 68

Archbishop Pacifico Giulio Vanni (萬九樓), O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Xi’an 西安 (China), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy)

Archbishop Gregorio Hindié, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pedachtoë

Fr. Francis Bible Schulte was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 79

Archbishop Basilio Cattan, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 69

Bishop Celestino Fernández y Fernández, Titular Bishop of Binda and Auxiliary Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

Bishop Edward Quentin Jennings, Bishop of Kamloops (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Fort William (Canada)

Apostolic Vicariate of Katiola was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Korhogo) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Prefecture of Korhogo was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Katiola) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Prefecture of Indore was promoted as Diocese of Indore (India)

Apostolic Vicariate of Shiré was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Blantyre (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Zomba) (Malawi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Zomba was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Shiré) (Malawi)

Apostolic Prefecture of Aitape was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central New Guinea) (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern New Guinea was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Alexishafen (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central New Guinea was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Wewak (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Aitape) (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A., Titular Bishop of Tentyris and Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt), was appointed as Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana)

Fr. Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire), was elected Titular Bishop of Achelous and Vicar Apostolic of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Shiré (Malawi), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Blantyre (Malawi)

Fr. Frans Simons, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Indore (India)

Fr. Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Attanasus and Vicar Apostolic of Zomba (Malawi)

Bishop Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Wewak (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Aitape (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Flaviano Ariola was elected Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines)

Sr. María del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Porras Ayllón (Rafaela), A.C.J., Superior General of Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was beatified

Fr. Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Rhoina and Coadjutor Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

Fr. Robert Joseph Dwyer was elected Bishop of Reno (USA)

Fr. Jan Bula, Priest of Brno (Czechia), passed away at 31

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

Bishop William Edward Cousins, Titular Bishop of Forma and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Peoria (USA)

Archbishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin, Bishop emeritus of Versailles (France), passed away at 81

Bishop Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan), passed away at 80

Fr. Egidio Negrin was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) and Bishop of Cervia (Italy)

Archbishop Georges Cabana succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Archbishop Philippe-Servulo Desranleau, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada), passed away at 70

Fr. George Shanks, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu (India)

Bishop Constace Jurgens, C.I.C.M., Bishop emeritus of Tuguegarao (Philippines), passed away at 72

Fr. Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo was elected Titular Bishop of Thennesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh, Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA), passed away at 78

Fr. Eymard Desjardins was appointed as Priest of Edmundston (Canada)

Fr. Angelo Mascheroni was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Archbishop Henri Streicher, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Uganda (Uganda), passed away at 88

Sr. Maria Bertilla Boscardin (Anna Francesca) was beatified

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez, Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica), passed away at 53

Fr. Louis Lévesque, Priest of Rimouski (Canada), was elected Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Apostolic Nuncio to France, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Fr. José Adelino Dantas was elected Bishop of Caicó (Brazil)

Fr. Félix-Marie-Honoré Verdet was elected Titular Bishop of Gurza and Auxiliary Bishop of Nice (France)

Bishop Pietro Calchi Novati, Bishop of Lodi (Italy), passed away at 83

Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 83

Blessed Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas., Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) and President of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Tomas Wilczynski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Polybotus

Fr. Philip Lussier, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada)

Diocese of Alleppey was established (from Diocese of Cochin and became suffragan of Goa and Daman) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Padang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Palembang) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tandjung-Karang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Palembang) (Indonesia)

Fr. Willem van Kester, M.H.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Legia and Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Michael Arattukulam was elected Bishop of Alleppey (India)

Fr. Alexander Edezath was elected Bishop of Cochin (India)

Fr. Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Catula and Vicar Apostolic of Kontum (Vietnam)

Fr. Guglielmo Motolese was elected Titular Bishop of Eutyme and Auxiliary Bishop of Taranto (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Maria Pucci (Eustachio), O.S.M., was beatified

Fr. Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich was elected Titular Bishop of Binda and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Manado (Indonesia), passed away at 69

Bishop Benedito Zorzi, Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Caxias (Brazil)

Fr. Pierre Brot was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) and Titular Bishop of Marciana

Archbishop Alessandro Guidati, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), passed away at 69

Fr. Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tandjung-Karang (Indonesia)

Fr. Pascal de Martino, S.X., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Padang (Indonesia)

Fr. Wesceslau Nazareno Ponte de Spoleto, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop-Prelate of Alto Solimões (Brazil), passed away

Bishop Reginald Duprat, O.P., Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tremithus

Fr. Francesco Marchisano was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Elio Sgreccia was appointed as Priest of Fano (Italy)

Fr. Leo Richard Smith was elected Titular Bishop of Marida and Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. Franz König, Priest of Sankt Pölten (Austria), was elected Titular Bishop of Livias and Coadjutor Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

Bishop Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet, Bishop of Clermont (France), passed away at 65

Fr. Basil Salvador Theodore Peres was elected Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Coadjutor Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Fr. Léo Blais was elected Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada)

Archbishop Sergio Der Abrahamian, Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), passed away at 84

Archbishop Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Aprus

Fr. John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (胡振中) was appointed as Priest of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Fr. Peter Li Hong-ji (Lei Wang-kei) (李宏基) was appointed as Priest of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Fr. Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.SS.R., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Philadelphia minor

Bishop Thomas Francis Markham, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), passed away at 61

Apostolic Prefecture of Ziguinchor was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Rosebery was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bangweulu) (Zambia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bangweulu was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kasama (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Rosebery) (Zambia)

Fr. Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Archbishop of Brysis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Agra (India)

Archbishop Raffaele Calabria succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

Archbishop Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Proconnesus

Abbot Giuseppe Ramiro Marcone, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Teopisto Valderrama Alberto was elected Bishop of Sorsogon (Philippines)

Fr. Prosper Dodds, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Ziguinchor (Senegal), was elected Titular Bishop of Bennefa and Vicar Apostolic of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Blessed Bishop Valeriu Traian Frenţiu, Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 77

Fr. Raffaello Funghini was appointed as Priest of Arezzo (Italy)

Fr. Antonino Orrù was appointed as Priest of Cagliari (Italy)

Fr. Georges Vuillermoz was appointed as Priest of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Bishop António Ferreira Gomes, Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Fr. Gabino Díaz Merchán was appointed as Priest of Toledo (Spain)

Fr. Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza was elected Titular Bishop of Agbia and Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras)

Fr. Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Cephas

Fr. José Maria Cavallero Gómez was elected Titular Bishop of Uthina and Auxiliary Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Fr. Joseph Michael McGee was elected Bishop of Galloway (Scotland)

Fr. Augusto Fermo Azzolini, S.X., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Walter Kampe was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Bassiana

Fr. Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke was appointed as Priest of Aachen (Germany)

Fr. Vincenzo Zarri was appointed as Priest of Bologna (Italy)

Military Vicariate of France was established (France)

Fr. Henricus Leo Smeets, S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Benkoelen (Indonesia), passed away at 65

Fr. Luigi Barbero was elected Bishop of Vigevano (Italy)

Fr. Domenico De Luca was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Eduardo Davino was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Lorenzo Antonetti, Priest of Novara (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Archbishop Alfonso Espino y Silva succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Archbishop Guillermo Tritschler y Córdoba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico), passed away at 74

Fr. James Johnston Navagh was elected Titular Bishop of Ombi and Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh (USA)

Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt, Titular Bishop of Elusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium), was appointed as Bishop of Brugge (Belgium)

Bishop Antonio Poma, Titular Bishop of Thagaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

Fr. Eduardo Vicente Mirás was appointed as Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Johannes Joachim Degenhardt was appointed as Priest of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Umberto Rossi, Bishop of Asti (Italy), passed away at 73

Apostolic Prefecture of Chiayi 嘉義 was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsung 高雄 and became suffragan of Taipei 臺北) (Taiwan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Hualien 花蓮 was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsung 高雄 and Apostolic Prefecture of Taipei 臺北 and became suffragan of Taipei 臺北) (Taiwan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Taipei 臺北 was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taipei 臺北 (with suffragan sees Chiayi 嘉義, Hualien 花蓮, Kaohsung 高雄 and Taichung 臺中 and lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Hualien 花蓮) (Taiwan)

Fr. Paul Bernier was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica, Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria and Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Bishop Thomas Niu Hui-qing (牛會卿), Bishop of Yanggu 陽穀 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Funing 福寧 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

Bishop André-Jean Vérineux (費聲遠), M.E.P., Bishop of Yingkou 營口 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan)

Fr. Joseph Guo Ruo-shi (Kuo Joshih) (郭若石), C.D.D., Prefect Apostolic of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Abbot François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B., Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard, was elected Bishop of Sion (Switzerland)

Fr. Joseph Howard Hodges was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA) and Titular Bishop of Rusadus

Diocese of Teresina was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina (with suffragan sees Oeiras, Parnaíba and Bom Jesus do Piauí) (Brazil)

Diocese of Kansas City was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City (with suffragan sees Dodge City, Salina and Wichita) (USA)

Bishop Severino Vieira de Melo, Bishop of Teresina (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Wendel, Bishop of Speyer (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler, Bishop of Kansas City (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Fr. Joseph-Martin Urtasun was elected Bishop of Valence (France)

Archbishop Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez, Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Anchialus

Fr. Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea was elected Titular Bishop of Geras and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Ramón Masnou Boixeda was elected Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of Vic (Spain)

Bishop Daniel Cohalan, Bishop of Cork (Ireland), passed away at 94

Bishop Cornelius Lucey succeeded as Bishop of Cork (Ireland)

Fr. Antonio Añoveros Ataún was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Tabuda

Archbishop Giovanni Cazzani, Bishop of Cremona (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 85

Fr. Michael Alphonsus Harrington was elected Bishop of Kamloops (Canada)

Archbishop Marcello Mimmi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Archbishop Johannes Baptist Geisler, Bishop emeritus of Brixen (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Paul Constant Schoenmaekers was elected Titular Bishop of Acarassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Blessed Fr. Paolo Manna, P.I.M.E., Superior General emeritus of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, passed away at 80

Bishop Ernst Karl Jakob Seydl, Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 79

Bishop Frédéric-Joseph-Marie Provost, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma (Myanmar), passed away at 75

Fr. Carlo Martini, Priest of Piacenza (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Giuseppe Carraro was elected Titular Bishop of Usula and Auxiliary Bishop of Treviso (Italy)

Bishop Frederic Osterrath, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Pietersburg (South Africa)

Msgr. Nicola Metta was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Benghazi (Libya), passed away at 72

Bishop Michael O’Brien, Bishop emeritus of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland), passed away at 75

Fr. Angel Temiño Sáiz was elected Bishop of Ourense (Spain)

Fr. Alois Wagner was appointed as Priest of Linz (Austria)

Archbishop Gabriele Martelino Reyes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines), passed away at 60

Bishop Joseph Basil Roper, Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Elusa

Archbishop Stefano Corbini, Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy), passed away at 93

Fr. Angelin-Maurice Lovey, C.R.S.A., was appointed as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

Mr. Francis P. Matthews, Supreme Knight emeritus of Knights of Columbus, passed away at 65

Bishop Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais (高德惠), M.E.P., Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China), passed away at 68

Fr. Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Antarados and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Darío Castrillón Hoyos was appointed as Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Bishop Gregorio Modrego y Casaus, Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Fr. Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena was elected Titular Bishop of Pionia and Auxiliary Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain)

Msgr. Rubén Odio Herrera, Domestic Prelate, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Fr. Alban of Blackburn, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Jalandhar (India)

Bishop Carlo Falcinelli, Bishop of Jesi (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Hæmimonto

Fr. John P’ing Ta-kuam (平達觀), O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jinan 濟南 (China)

Fr. René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Fort Rosebery (Zambia)

Blessed Bishop Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria), passed away at 51

Bishop Enrico Nicodemo, Bishop of Mileto (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy)

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

Bishop Giacomo Cannonero succeeded as Bishop of Asti (Italy)

Bishop Fulvio Tessaroli, Bishop of Segni (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Medeli

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor, lost territory to establish Diocese of Tanjore and Diocese of Vellore and gained suffragan sees Tanjore and Vellore) (India)

Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore) (India)

Diocese of Tanjore was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and became suffragan of Madras and Mylapore) (India)

Diocese of Vellore was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and became suffragan of Madras and Mylapore) (India)

Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

Diocese of Antioquía lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdó (Colombia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Buenaventura was established (from Diocese of Cali and Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco) (Colombia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Istmina was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó) (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdó (gained territory from Diocese of Antioquía and lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Istmina) (Colombia)

Bishop Gennaro Fenizia, Bishop of Sarno (Italy) and Bishop of Cava (Italy), passed away at 63

Bishop Thomas Aloysius Boland, Bishop of Paterson (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop James Augustine McFadden, Bishop of Youngstown (USA), passed away at 71

Bishop Emmet Michael Walsh succeeded as Bishop of Youngstown (USA)

Archbishop John Thomas McNally, Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada), passed away at 81

Bishop Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), passed away at 77

Bishop Hildon-Georges-Marie Six, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 65

Bishop Vigilio da Valstagna Dalla Zuanna (Federico), O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Carpi (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Bishop Danio Bolognini, Titular Bishop of Sidon and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Ciparissia and Auxiliary Bishop of Accra (Ghana)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M., Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pando (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Bita

Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa

Bishop René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bangkok (Thailand), passed away at 82

Fr. Celestine Joseph Damiano was elected Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro and Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa

Fr. Joseph Zimmermann was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Cerynia

Territorial Prelature of Cametá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Montini, Priest of Brescia (Italy), Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as Pro-Secretary for Ordinary Affairs of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Domenico Tardini, Priest of Roma (Italy), Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs and President of Pontifical Commission for Russia, was appointed as Pro-Secretary of State of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Bishop Józef Gawlina, Titular Bishop of Mariamme, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Madytus

Bishop Joseph-Louis-Adhémar Lapierre (石俊聲), P.M.E., Bishop of Siping 四平 (China), passed away at 72

Archbishop Jean-Arthur Chollet, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France), passed away at 90

Archbishop Emile Maurice Guerry succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Msgr. Francesco Tinello was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D., was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to India

Apostolic Vicariate of Goajira was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Riohacha (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Valledupar) (Colombia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Valledupar was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Goajira) (Colombia)

Bishop Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Goajira (Colombia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Valledupar (Colombia)

Archbishop Louis Batanian, Titular Archbishop of Gabula, was appointed as Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

Bishop Gallus Steiger, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Peramiho (Tanzania)

Msgr. Egano Righi-Lambertini, Priest of Bologna (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. John Francis Hackett was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA) and Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palæstina

Apostolic Vicariate of Sapporo 札幌 was promoted as Diocese of Sapporo 札幌 (gained territory from Diocese of Sendai 仙台) (Japan)

Diocese of Sendai 仙台 lost territory to Diocese of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Diocese of Leribe was established (from Diocese of Maseru and became suffragan of Bloemfontein) (Lesotho)

Fr. Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho)

Fr. Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Prusa

Fr. Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa (ベネディクト 冨澤孝彦) was elected Bishop of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Francis Arthur Carvalho was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) and Titular Bishop of Demetrias

Fr. Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes was elected Titular Bishop of Acalissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal)

Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Msgr. Carlo Corvo was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina, Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi (USA), passed away at 84

Diocese of Armenia was established (from Diocese of Manizales and Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdó and became suffragan of Medellín) (Colombia)

Diocese of Bucaramanga was established (from Diocese of Nueva Pamplona and became suffragan of Bogotá in Colombia) (Colombia)

Diocese of Palmira was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán and Diocese of Cali and became suffragan of Popayán) (Colombia)

Diocese of Pereira was established (from Diocese of Manizales and Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdó and became suffragan of Medellín) (Colombia)

Fr. Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine (Italy)

Msgr. Guglielmo Zannoni, Priest of Rimini (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Carlo Zoli was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

Fr. Rubén Isaza Restrepo was elected Titular Bishop of Badiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia)

Bishop Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo, Titular Bishop of Amyzon and Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

Bishop Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra, Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Palmira (Colombia)

Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas, Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Armenia (Colombia)

Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe was renamed as Diocese of Kerry (Ireland)

Bishop Joseph Gionali, Bishop emeritus of Sapë (Albania), passed away at 77

Fr. Alexandre do Nascimento was appointed as Priest of Malanje (Angola)

Fr. Daniel Anthony Cronin was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Fr. Robert Joseph Banks was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Fr. Emmanuel-Karim Delly was appointed as Priest of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Diocese of Warangal was established (from Diocese of Hyderabad and became suffragan of Madras and Mylapore) (India)

Fr. Isidor Markus Emanuel was elected Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Fr. Francisco Rendeiro, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Messene and Coadjutor Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

Fr. Ernesto Corripio Ahumada, Priest of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Zapara

Fr. Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal)

Patriarch Carlo Agostini, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Titular Bishop of Choma and Auxiliary Bishop of Lodi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pesaro (Italy)

Bishop Bonaventura Porta, Bishop of Pesaro (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ancusa

Bishop Paolo Rota, Titular Bishop of Memphis and Auxiliary Bishop of Cremona (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Fidenza (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Tani, Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis

Fr. Artemio Prati was elected Bishop of Carpi (Italy)