Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Cajamarca lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of San Francisco Javier (Peru)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos lost territory to Diocese of Segovia (Spain)

Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia was suppressed (Syria)

Mission sui juris of Gazireh was suppressed (Turkiye)

Abbot Alipius Linda, C.R.L.A., resigned as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Bishop Pedro Francisco Luna Pachón, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia)

Bishop Maxime Tessier, Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Timmins (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Cui Shou-xun (Tsui Shou-hsün) (崔守恂), Bishop emeritus of Yongnian 永年 (China), passed away at 76

Bishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas, Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

Archbishop David Mathew resigned as Apostolic Delegate to British East and West Africa

Fr. Armand-François Le Bourgeois, C.I.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Fr. François Lebesconte, C.I.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

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

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

Fr. Antoon Konings, S.M.A., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ho (Ghana)

Bishop Georges Xenopulos, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece)

Fr. Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa, O.F.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau)

Fr. Giuseppe Ribeiro de Magalhaes, O.F.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau), passed away

Fr. Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Vellore (India)

Msgr. Jos A. E. Fernandez, I.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Indian Missionary Society

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

Fr. Maurus Valiyaparampil, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Joseph Omez, O.P., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Mossul (Iraq)

Fr. Ceslas Tunmer, O.P., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Mossul (Iraq)

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

Archbishop Pietro Ciriaci was created

Bishop Adriano Bernareggi was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P., was appointed as Sealer of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Archbishop Francesco Giuseppe Lardone, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

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

Msgr. Domenico Galletti, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Msgr. Giosuè Venturi resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Agostino Gemelli, O.F.M., Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and President of Pontifical Academies of Sciences, was appointed as Founder of Missionary Priests of the Kingship of Christ

Fr. Filippo Soccorsi, S.J., resigned as Director General of Vatican Radio

Fr. Antonio Stefanizzi, S.J., was appointed as Director General of Vatican Radio

Fr. Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ 松岡 孫四郎) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

Bishop Abdallah Nujaim, Auxiliary Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Antonio Sévat, C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)

Fr. Guglielmo Lumley, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Jos (Nigeria), passed away

Fr. Giovanni Deutsch, SS.CC., Prefect Apostolic of Central Norway (Norway), passed away

Fr. Maurice Boch, S.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 78

Bishop Federico Pérez Silva, C.M., Titular Bishop of Carystus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Piura (Peru)

Fr. Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines)

Fr. Leandro Nieto y Bolandier, O.A.R., Prefect Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines), passed away

Fr. Bolesław Kominek resigned as Titular Bishop of Sophene

Fr. Buenavista Mansi, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Vicar General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

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

Bishop Manuel de Jesus Pereira, Auxiliary Bishop of Funchal (Portugal), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

Msgr. Augustine Isamu Seno (アウグスチヌス 瀬野勇) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Karafuto (Russia)

Sr. María del Rosario Araño, R.J.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

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

Fr. Clarence James Duhart, C.SS.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Udonthani (Thailand)

Fr. Denis Strittmatter, O.S.B., was appointed as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Abbot Mark Braun, O.S.B., resigned as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. William Howard Bishop, G.H.M., Founder of Glenmary Home Missioners, passed away at 67

Fr. Beda Maria Hess, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Fr. Francesco Font Garcia, I.E.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Wankie (Zimbabwe)

Abbot Matthäus Gregor Quatember, O. Cist., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)

Msgr. Vigilio Dalpiaz resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Silvio Fagiolo resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council and Datary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Ephren Blandeau, O.H., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Fr. Mosè Bonardi, O.H., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Fr. Antonio Affonso de Miranda, S.D.N., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

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

Fr. Thiago Eusseen, S.D.N., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

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

Fr. Edwin Healy, S.J., was appointed as Adjunct Theologian of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

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

Fr. Alfonso Maria Montà, O.S.M., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Fr. Giuseppe Moschiano, P.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Fr. Paul Peter Myskiw, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Fr. Aldo Natali, P.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana was renamed as Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

Diocese of Zulia was renamed as Diocese of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Bishop Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B., Bishop of Piura (Peru), passed away at 72

Bishop Juan José Bernal Ortiz, Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

Bishop Marcos Sergio Godoy, Bishop of Zulia (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Bishop Philip George Scher, Bishop of Monterey–Fresno (USA), passed away at 72

Bishop Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R., succeeded as Bishop of Monterey–Fresno (USA)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Pardini was elected Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Bishop-elect Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Ciparissia and Auxiliary Bishop of Accra (Ghana), was appointed as Bishop of Accra (Ghana)

Bishop Ivan Romanoff, Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria), passed away at 74

Bishop Joseph Mark Gopu, Titular Bishop of Gilba and Auxiliary Bishop of Pondicherry (India), was appointed as Bishop of Hyderabad (India)

Fr. Ambrose Rayappan was elected Titular Bishop of Sidon and Auxiliary Bishop of Pondicherry (India)

Bishop Alphonsus Beretta, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Hyderabad (India), was appointed as Bishop of Warangal (India)

Bishop Pietro Severi, Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Segni (Italy)

Bishop Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D., Bishop of Accra (Ghana), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana and Vicar Apostolic of Alexishafen (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Francis Xavier Sanguon Souvannasri was elected Titular Bishop of Œnoanda and Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi (Thailand)

Fr. Joseph Trương Cao Ðại was elected Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Sila

Fr. Gaspar de Orihuela, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá in Colombia was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá (Colombia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada lost territory to Diocese of Almería (Spain)

Archbishop Augusto Álvaro da Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Crisanto Luque Sánchez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Carlos María Javier de la Torre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Maurice Feltin, Military Vicar of France (France) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Joseph Wendel, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Valerian Gracias, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Titular Archbishop of Mesembria and Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Francesco Borgongini Duca, Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy, Pontifical Administrator of the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls and Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani, Titular Archbishop of Ancyra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was created Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Spain and Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Pietro Ciriaci, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus and Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal, was created Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Portugal and Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅), Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Giacomo Lercaro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Marcello Mimmi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Msgr. Alfredo Ottaviani, Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Giuseppe Siri, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Valerio Valeri, Titular Archbishop of Ephesus and Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Anacleto Cazzaniga was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy)

Archbishop John Francis d’Alton, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Stefan Wyszyński, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Benjamin de Arriba y Castro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Fernando Quiroga y Palacios, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop James Francis McIntyre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Fulvio Tessaroli, Bishop emeritus of Segni (Italy), passed away at 73

Cardinal Augusto Álvaro da Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli

Cardinal Crisanto Luque Sánchez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Carlos María Javier de la Torre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Maurice Feltin, Military Vicar of France (France) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace

Cardinal Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Cardinal Joseph Wendel, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Cardinal Valerian Gracias, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was appointed as Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Cardinal Francesco Borgongini Duca, Pontifical Administrator of the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls and Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella

Cardinal Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅) was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina

Cardinal Marcello Mimmi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto

Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica

Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria

Cardinal Valerio Valeri was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

Archbishop Filippo Bernardini, Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Cardinal John Francis d’Alton, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title

Fr. Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A., Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law and Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, was appointed as Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Cardinal James Francis McIntyre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia

Archbishop Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez, Bishop emeritus of Santa Ana (El Salvador), passed away at 90

Cardinal Clemente Micara resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Cardinal Valerio Valeri was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Msgr. Mario Crovini, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Arturo De Jorio, Priest of Calvi (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Sebastiano Masala, Priest of Sassari (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Gabriel Montalvo Higuera was appointed as Priest of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. John Stephen Cummins was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

Cardinal Clemente Micara resigned as Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites

Fr. Alberto Castelli was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Jerichus

Bishop-elect Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa (ベネディクト 冨澤孝彦), Bishop of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto (Russia)

Bishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia), passed away at 69

Apostolic Prefecture of Umtali was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Fort Victoria and Apostolic Vicariate of Salisbury) (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Francisco Gallego Pérez was elected Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Central Norway was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Norway (Norway)

Fr. Georges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem., was elected Titular Bishop of Mariamme and Vicar Apostolic of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram was elected Bishop of Tanjore (India)

Fr. Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Cataquas

Fr. Johann Rüth, SS.CC., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Central Norway (Norway) and Titular Bishop of Amudarsa

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

Fr. Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Umtali (Zimbabwe)

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

Fr. Wilhelm Sedlmeier was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Aulon

Archbishop Antonio Samorè, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Bishop Rufino Jiao Santos, Titular Bishop of Barca, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines) and Military Vicar of Philippines (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

Fr. Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho was elected Titular Bishop of Rhædestus and Coadjutor Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Fr. Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey was elected Titular Bishop of Cea and Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Msgr. Ennio Francia, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Marino Bergonzini was elected Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Modena (Italy)

Fr. Ernest Rieu, S.M., Superior General emeritus of Society of Mary (Marists), passed away at 84

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

Fr. Thomas Min (閔喜林) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China)

Fr. Alphonsus Zhao (趙振亞), C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Archbishop Balbino Santos y Olivera, Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), passed away at 65

Msgr. Franz Hartz, Bishop-Prelate of Piła (Poland), passed away at 70

Fr. Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A., was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Carlo Grano, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Silvio Sericano, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Forma and Auxiliary Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

Fr. Patrick Shanley, O.C.D., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Infanta (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Sophene

Fr. Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Trisipa and Vicar Apostolic of Djakarta (Indonesia)

Bishop Pio Giardina, Bishop of Nicosia (Italy), passed away at 68

Apostolic Prefecture of Bermuda Islands was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halifax) (Bermuda)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Dinajpur (Bangladesh), passed away at 72

Fr. Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia)

Bishop Pedro José Rivera Mejía, Titular Bishop of Edistiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Bishop Augustinus Philipp Baumann, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at 71

Fr. João Resende Costa, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Fr. Klaus Dick was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon was appointed as Priest of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Giovanni Cheli, Priest of Asti (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Blessed Bishop Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 61

Bishop-elect Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)

Archbishop Gustavo Testa, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Fr. Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P., Apostolic Administrator of Corocoro (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Bida and Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia)

Bishop Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Thare (Thailand), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Ubon (Thailand)

Fr. Othon Motta was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Uzita

Fr. Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Anagni (Italy)

Archbishop Ignacy Maria Dubowski, Bishop emeritus of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine), passed away at 77

Fr. Noël Boucheix, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Bagai and Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt)

Fr. Marius Macrionitis, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece), was elected Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

Fr. Pietro Sfair was elected Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria

Fr. John Baptist Tokisuke Noda (洗者ヨハネ 野田時助) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

Fr. Richard Finn, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Fr. Pierre-Abel-Louis Chappot de la Chanonie was elected Bishop of Clermont (France)

Fr. Marco Antonio García y Suárez was elected Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua)

Fr. Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B., was consecrated as Bishop of Vellore (India)

Archbishop Paolo Pappalardo, Apostolic Internuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Syria

Msgr. Alberto Arborio Mella di Sant’Elia, Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 73

Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Garoua (Cameroon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kabinda was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mweka was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of De Aar was established (from Diocese of Aliwal) (South Africa)

Fr. Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Garoua (Cameroon), was elected Titular Bishop of Doliche and Vicar Apostolic of Garoua (Cameroon)

Fr. Pedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Quibdó (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Pella

Fr. Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y., was elected Titular Bishop of Zaliche and Vicar Apostolic of Istmina (Colombia)

Fr. Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y., Prefect Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Rhesaina and Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura (Colombia)

Fr. Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Thabraca and Vicar Apostolic of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Zoara and Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley (South Africa)

Fr. John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

Fr. Louis Dettmer was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of De Aar (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kisumu was promoted as Diocese of Kisumu (became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar and with suffragan sees Kisumu and Nyeri) (Kenya)

Apostolic Vicariate of Nyeri was promoted as Diocese of Nyeri (became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bubuka was promoted as Diocese of Bukoba (became suffragan of Tabora) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam (with suffragan sees Dodoma, Iringa, Mbulu, Morogoro and Moshi) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma was promoted as Diocese of Dodoma (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Iringa was promoted as Diocese of Iringa (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Karema was promoted as Diocese of Karema (became suffragan of Tabora) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kigoma was promoted as Diocese of Kigoma (became suffragan of Tabora) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Maswa was promoted as Diocese of Maswa (became suffragan of Tabora) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mbeya was promoted as Diocese of Mbeya (became suffragan of Tabora) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mbulu was promoted as Diocese of Mbulu (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo was promoted as Diocese of Morogoro (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro was promoted as Diocese of Moshi (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mwanza was promoted as Diocese of Mwanza (became suffragan of Tabora) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Kagera was promoted as Diocese of Rutabo (became suffragan of Tabora) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tabora was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tabora (with suffragan sees Bukoba, Karema, Kigoma, Maswa, Mbeya, Mwanza and Rutabo) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Gulu was promoted as Diocese of Gulu (became suffragan of Rubaga) (Uganda)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kampala was promoted as Diocese of Kampala (became suffragan of Rubaga) (Uganda)

Apostolic Vicariate of Masaka was promoted as Diocese of Masaka (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rubaga and became suffragan of Rubaga) (Uganda)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ruwenzori was promoted as Diocese of Mbarara (became suffragan of Rubaga) (Uganda)

Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rubaga (with suffragan sees Gulu, Kampala, Masaka, Mbarara and Tororo and gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Masaka) (Uganda)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tororo was promoted as Diocese of Tororo (became suffragan of Rubaga) (Uganda)

Bishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Cercina and Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar (Tanzania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Bishop Carlo Maria Cavallera, I.M.C., Apostolic Administrator of Meru (Kenya), Titular Bishop of Sufes and Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Nyeri (Kenya)

Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Alba marittima and Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

Bishop Laurean Rugambwa, Titular Bishop of Febiana and Vicar Apostolic of Lower Kagera (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Rutabo (Tanzania)

Bishop Cornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Carallia and Vicar Apostolic of Tabora (Tanzania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania)

Bishop Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Vinda and Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Bishop Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C., Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Vicar Apostolic of Iringa (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania)

Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza (Tanzania) and Apostolic Administrator of Maswa (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Mwanza (Tanzania)

Bishop Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Vasada and Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania)

Bishop Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Metellopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Bagamoyo (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania)

Bishop James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Adraa and Vicar Apostolic of Karema (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Karema (Tanzania)

Bishop Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Avensa and Vicar Apostolic of Bubuka (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

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

Bishop Anthony van Oorschot, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Vicar Apostolic of Mbeya (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)

Bishop John van Sambeek, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Gergis and Vicar Apostolic of Kigoma (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Kigoma (Tanzania)

Bishop Patrick Winters, S.A.C., Titular Bishop of Burca and Vicar Apostolic of Mbulu (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania)

Bishop Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Sufetula and Vicar Apostolic of Uganda (Uganda), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rubaga (Uganda)

Bishop Joseph Kiwánuka, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Thibica and Vicar Apostolic of Masaka (Uganda), was appointed as Bishop of Masaka (Uganda)

Bishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Avissa and Vicar Apostolic of Kampala (Uganda), was appointed as Bishop of Kampala (Uganda)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.J., Titular Bishop of Cerbali and Vicar Apostolic of Gulu (Uganda), was appointed as Bishop of Gulu (Uganda)

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

Bishop François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Vulturia and Vicar Apostolic of Ruwenzori (Uganda), was appointed as Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda)

Fr. Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia)

Archbishop Alexandre Vachon, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at 67

Msgr. Arturo De Jorio, Priest of Calvi (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Antonio Piolanti, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Giuseppe de Nardis, Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina

Bishop Giuseppe Della Cioppa, Bishop of Alife (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Numidia

Fr. Donato De Bonis was appointed as Priest of Acerenza (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Cicuttini was elected Titular Bishop of Amyzon and Auxiliary Bishop of Udine (Italy)

Fr. Rémy Augustin, S.M.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) and Titular Bishop of Turuzi

Bishop James Aloysius McNulty, Titular Bishop of Methone and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Paterson (USA)

Fr. Ettore Cunial was elected Second Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis

Fr. Josef Freusberg was elected Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Epiro and Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Bishop John Dignan, Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland), passed away at 72

Fr. Jean-Emmanuel Marquès was elected Titular Bishop of Sigus and Auxiliary Bishop of Albi (France)

Fr. Jean-Ernest Ménard was elected Titular Bishop of Alia and Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres (France)

Archbishop Paolo Marella, Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Bishop Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Gravina (Italy) and Bishop of Irsina (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Eucarpia

Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA), passed away at 76

Archbishop Henri-Édouard Dutoit, Bishop emeritus of Arras (France), passed away at 79

Msgr. Giuseppe Damizia was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Joannes Groen, M.S.F., Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin (Indonesia), passed away at 61

Msgr. Hermann Hoberg was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Giuseppe Pullano was elected Titular Bishop of Uzalis and Coadjutor Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Fr. Zacarias Rolim de Moura was elected Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

Bishop Ivan Bucko, Titular Bishop of Cadi, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Leucas

Apostolic Vicariate of Denmark was promoted as Diocese of København (without ecclesiastical province) (Denmark)

Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B., Titular Bishop of Balecium and Vicar Apostolic of Denmark (Denmark), was appointed as Bishop of København (Denmark)

Fr. Vincenzo De Chiara was elected Bishop of Mileto (Italy)

Msgr. Clifford E. Bergin was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Diocese of Tacámbaro lost territory to Diocese of Colima (Mexico)

Fr. Cornélio Veerman, C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cametá (Brazil)

Apostolic Prefecture of Meru was promoted as Diocese of Meru (became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Burma was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Rangoon (Myanmar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ubon was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Thare) (Thailand)

Apostolic Prefecture of Udonthani was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Thare) (Thailand)

Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Orinoco was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Jameson was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Fort Jameson (Zambia)

Bishop Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A., Bishop of Keta (Ghana), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Ægypto

Archbishop Paolo Bertoli, Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Fr. Victor Bazin, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Achyraus and Vicar Apostolic of Rangoon (Myanmar)

Bishop Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena, Titular Bishop of Pionia and Auxiliary Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain)

Bishop Fidel García Martínez, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sululos

Fr. Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit was elected Titular Bishop of Blaundus and Vicar Apostolic of Thare (Thailand)

Archbishop Juan Francesco Aragone, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montevideo (Uruguay), passed away at 69

Fr. Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B., Prefect Apostolic of Alto Orinoco (Venezuela), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Olympus

Fr. Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Fort Jameson (Zambia), was elected Titular Bishop of Carystus and Vicar Apostolic of Fort Jameson (Zambia)

Fr. Sighard Kleiner, O. Cist., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)

Fr. Maurizio Raspini was elected Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy)

Bishop Rafael García y García de Castro, Bishop of Jaén (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Fr. Walter Francis Sullivan was appointed as Priest of Richmond (USA)

Fr. Octavio Nicolás Derisi, Priest of La Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Francesco Saverio Bini, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan), passed away at 67

Bishop Pierre-Maurice-Marie Rivière, Bishop of Monaco (Monaco), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Anchialus

Fr. Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe was elected Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

Fr. Aldo Forzoni was elected Bishop of Gravina (Italy) and Bishop of Irsina (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio García y García, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), passed away at 72

Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tabora (Tanzania), passed away at 83

Msgr. Giuseppe Maria Sensi, Priest of Cosenza (Italy), was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Bishop Luigi Santa, I.M.C., Bishop of Rimini (Italy), passed away at 57

Bishop Patrick Joseph McCormick, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), passed away at 72

Fr. Costantino Caminada was elected Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy)

Bishop César Antonio Cáneva, Bishop of Azul (Argentina), passed away at 79

Fr. Virginio Dondeo was elected Bishop of Alife (Italy)

Fr. Francis Joseph Green was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Tucson (USA) and Titular Bishop of Serra

Fr. Jean-Guy Couture was appointed as Priest of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Dominic Anthony Marconi was appointed as Priest of Newark (USA)

Fr. Daniel Patrick Reilly was appointed as Priest of Providence (USA)

Fr. Joseph Martin Sartoris was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Howard George Tripp was appointed as Priest of Southwark (England)

Bishop Peter William Bartholome succeeded as Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Bishop Joseph Francis Busch, Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA), passed away at 87

Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo) (Lebanon)

Fr. Louis Edward Gelineau was appointed as Priest of Burlington (USA)

Fr. Endre Gyulay was appointed as Priest of Szeged–Csanád (Hungary)

Fr. István Katona was appointed as Priest of Vác (Hungary)

Venerable Fr. François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận was appointed as Priest of Huê (Vietnam)

Archbishop Richard Downey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England), passed away at 72

Bishop Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, Titular Bishop of Thennesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

Bishop Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M., Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Methone

Bishop Patrick Albert Bray, C.I.M., Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), passed away at 69

Fr. Giacomo Testa was elected Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye), Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye and Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa

Archbishop Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia), passed away at 69

Fr. Giuseppe De Andrea was appointed as Priest of Consolata Missionaries

Fr. Clemente Gaddi was elected Bishop of Nicosia (Italy)

Bishop Thomas Fernando succeeded as Bishop of Tuticorin (India)

Bishop Francesco Tiburzio Roche, S.J., Bishop of Tuticorin (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Amadassa

Bishop Jean-Marie Jan, Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Edistiana

Fr. Leonardus Buys, C.SS.R., Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), passed away at 56

Blessed Bishop Ioan Suciu, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 45

Fr. Patricio Infante Alfonso was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Etienne Katcho, Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 70

Fr. Salvatore De Giorgi was appointed as Priest of Lecce (Italy)

Archbishop Adriano Bernareggi, Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 68

Apostolic Vicariate of Inongo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Eldoret was established (from Diocese of Kisumu) (Kenya)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kuwait was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia) (Kuwait)

Apostolic Prefecture of Jos was promoted as Diocese of Jos (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Maiduguri and became suffragan of Lagos) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kaduna was promoted as Diocese of Kaduna (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sokoto and became suffragan of Lagos) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Maiduguri was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Jos) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sokoto was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kaduna) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Oslo was promoted as Diocese of Oslo (without ecclesiastical province) (Norway)

Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden was promoted as Diocese of Stockholm (without ecclesiastical province) (Sweden)

Apostolic Prefecture of Wankie was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bulawayo and Apostolic Vicariate of Salisbury) (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Carlos Anasagasti Zulueta, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Caltadria

Bishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー), Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Fr. Juan Luis Ysern de Arce was appointed as Priest of Granada (Spain)

Fr. Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Casius and Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Fr. Giuseppe Di Falco was appointed as Priest of Chieti (Italy)

Fr. Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kuwait (Kuwait)

Fr. John MacCarthy, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Kaduna (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)

Bishop Jacques Mangers, S.M., Titular Bishop of Selja and Vicar Apostolic of Oslo (Norway), was appointed as Bishop of Oslo (Norway)

Fr. Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Balecium and Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan)

Bishop Johann Evangelist Müller, Titular Bishop of Lorea and Vicar Apostolic of Sweden (Sweden), was appointed as Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

Bishop Knut Ansgar Nelson, E.B.C., succeeded as Coadjutor Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

Fr. John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands (Tonga) and Titular Bishop of Sbida

Msgr. Sebastiano Baggio, Priest of Vicenza (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Archbishop of Ephesus

Archbishop-elect Sebastiano Baggio was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Bishop João Batista Portocarrero Costa, Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Selge and Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Fr. Jean-Charles Thomas was appointed as Priest of Luçon (France)

Fr. Michele Giordano was appointed as Priest of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Fr. António Ribeiro was appointed as Priest of Braga (Portugal)

Diocese of Yarmouth was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halifax and became suffragan of Halifax) (Canada)

Fr. Albert Leménager was elected Bishop of Yarmouth (Canada)

Fr. Alfredo Rubio Diaz was elected Titular Bishop of Vallis and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Bishop Michele Rateni, Bishop of San Marco (Italy) and Bishop of Bisignano (Italy), passed away at 52

Msgr. John Joseph Krol, Priest of Cleveland (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Cadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Venerable Archbishop Geevarghese Ivanios Giorgio Tommaso Panickerveetil, O.I.C., Metropolitan of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India), passed away at 70

Archbishop Hormisdas Etienne Djibri, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 81

Fr. Francesco Cuccarese was appointed as Priest of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Fr. John Basil Meeking was appointed as Priest of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Bishop John Joseph Boylan, Bishop of Rockford (USA), passed away at 63

Msgr. James Robert Knox, Priest of Perth (Australia) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Apostolic Delegate to British East and West Africa and Titular Archbishop of Melitene

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

Bishop Albert Gregory Meyer, Bishop of Superior (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Fr. Emilio Abascal y Salmerón was elected Titular Bishop of Abziri and Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Walter Brandmüller was appointed as Priest of Bamberg (Germany)

Bishop Alfred Bertram Leverman, Titular Bishop of Baris in Pisidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Halifax (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Fr. Augusto Gianfranceschi was elected Titular Bishop of Hemeria and Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy)

Msgr. Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi, Priest of Piacenza (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and Titular Archbishop of Mesembria

Fr. Primo Gasbarri was elected Titular Bishop of Thennesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Velletri (Italy)

Msgr. Giuseppe Massimi was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Raffaele Forni was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Iran and Titular Archbishop of Ægina

Archbishop Auguste-Fernand Leynaud, Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), passed away at 87

Diocese of Bridgeport was established (from Diocese of Hartford and became suffragan of Hartford) (USA)

Diocese of Hartford was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hartford (with suffragan sees Bridgeport, Norwich and Providence and lost territory to establish Diocese of Bridgeport and Diocese of Norwich) (USA)

Diocese of Norwich was established (from Diocese of Hartford and became suffragan of Hartford) (USA)

Bishop Henry Joseph O’Brien, Bishop of Hartford (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

Fr. William Joseph Brennan was elected Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Bishop Ambrose Rayappan, Titular Bishop of Sidon and Auxiliary Bishop of Pondicherry (India), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Selymbria and Coadjutor Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

Fr. Dominic Ignatius Ekandem, Priest of Calabar (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

Bishop Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo, Auxiliary Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Bishop Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia (富濟才), O.F.M., Bishop of Yuci 榆次 (China), passed away at 67

Archbishop Atanasio Paolo Hindo, Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq), passed away at 53

Fr. Alexandre-Charles Renard, Priest of Lille (France), was elected Bishop of Versailles (France)

Bishop Gyözö Simon Macalik, Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania), passed away at 63

Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart, Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aradi

Msgr. Franz Hengsbach, Priest of Paderborn (Germany) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Cantanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol (김창렬 바오로 / 金昌烈) was appointed as Priest of Cheju 제주 (South Korea)

Archbishop Elias Richa, Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 83

Fr. Agostino Saba was elected Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) and Bishop of Tropea (Italy)

Bishop José García y Goldaraz, Bishop of Orihuela (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain)

Bishop Lawrence Joseph Shehan, Titular Bishop of Lydda and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Bridgeport (USA)

Fr. Coleman Francis Carroll was elected Titular Bishop of Pitanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. Edward Vincent Dargin was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Amphipolis

Fr. Walter Philip Kellenberg was elected Titular Bishop of Ioannina and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Fr. Andrea Pangrazio was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Verona (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Thessalia

Blessed Bishop Petro Pavlo Oros, Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine), passed away at 36

Bishop Juan Carlos Aramburu, Titular Bishop of Platæa and Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Bishop Antonio José Plaza, Titular Bishop of Doberus and Auxiliary Bishop of Azul (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

Fr. José Borgatti, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Viedma (Argentina)

Archbishop Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen (尚唯善), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chongqing 重慶 (China), passed away at 67

Bishop Francis Joseph Haas, Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA), passed away at 64

Archbishop Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), passed away at 65

Bishop Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar), passed away at 54

Mr. John E. Swift resigned as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Archbishop Francesco de Filippis, Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Gangra

Fr. Bernard Joseph Flanagan was elected Bishop of Norwich (USA)

Mr. Luke E. Hart was appointed as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Bishop John Francis Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne (USA), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Emilio Biancheri, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Sansepolcro (Italy) and Bishop of Sarsina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Rimini (Italy)

Fr. José Humberto Quintero Parra, Priest of Mérida (Venezuela), was elected Titular Archbishop of Acrida and Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Fr. Willein Theodorus Govaart, S.C.I., Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), passed away at 64

Fr. Juan José Díaz Plata, O.P., was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (Colombia)

Patriarch José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟) resigned as Patriarch of East Indies and Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Archbishop José Vieira Alvernaz, Titular Archbishop of Anasartha and Coadjutor Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India), was promoted as Patriarch of East Indies and Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Fr. Agostino Ernesto Castrillo, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) and Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

Bishop Henri Routhier, O.M.I., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada)

Bishop Ubald Langlois, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada), passed away at 66

Diocese of Bangalore was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore (with suffragan sees Belgaum, Bellary, Mangalore and Mysore) (India)

Diocese of Belgaum was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman and Diocese of Poona and became suffragan of Bangalore) (India)

Diocese of Hyderabad was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad (with suffragan sees Guntur, Nellore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Warangal) (India)

Diocese of Madurai was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madurai (with suffragan sees Kottar, Tiruchirapalli and Tuticorin) (India)

Diocese of Nagpur was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur (with suffragan see Jabalpur) (India)

Diocese of Ranchi was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi (with suffragan sees Cuttack, Patna and Sambalpur) (India)

Diocese of Malacca was promoted as Archdiocese of Malacca (without ecclesiastical province) (Malaysia)

Fr. Carlos Walter Galán Barry was appointed as Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Elizeu Simões Mendes, Titular Bishop of Nisyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil)

Bishop Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Nagpur (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India)

Bishop Joseph Mark Gopu, Bishop of Hyderabad (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India)

Bishop Niclas Kujur, S.J., Bishop of Ranchi (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Leonard, S.J., Bishop of Madurai (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

Bishop Thomas Pothacamury, Bishop of Bangalore (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Michael Rodrigues was elected Bishop of Belgaum (India)

Fr. Giovanni Marra was appointed as Priest of Mileto (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Debernardi, Bishop of Prato (Italy) and Bishop of Pistoia (Italy), passed away at 69

Fr. Paolo Gillet was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Michel Olçomendy (奧爾科曼迪), M.E.P., Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia), was promoted as Archbishop of Malacca (Malaysia)

Fr. Paul Adam Curran, O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China), passed away at 64

Fr. Eberhard Spiess, O.S.B., was elected Abbot Ordinary of Peramiho (Tanzania) and Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus

Diocese of La Vega was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Santo Domingo) (Dominican Republic)

Territorial Prelature of San Juan de la Maguana was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Santo Domingo) (Dominican Republic)

Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Santo Domingo) (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito was elected Titular Bishop of Centenaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Nicola Margiotta, Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy)

Fr. Alfredo Vozzi was elected Bishop of Cava (Italy) and Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

Fr. Romolo Carboni was elected Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania and Titular Archbishop of Sidon

Fr. Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira was elected Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Giuseppe Piazzi, Bishop of Crema (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Bishop Umberto Ugliengo, Bishop of Susa (Italy), passed away at 70

Bishop-elect Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Baliana

Blessed Bishop Szilárd István Bogdánffy, Auxiliary Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania), passed away at 42

Bishop Jacobus Hubertus Goumans, O.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bandung (Indonesia), passed away at 70

Fr. Gaetano Alibrandi, Priest of Acireale (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Emanuele Clarizio, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Friedrich Wetter was appointed as Priest of Speyer (Germany)

Fr. Alfred Kleinermeilert was appointed as Priest of Trier (Germany)

Patriarch Roberto Vicentini, Patriarch of Antioch, passed away at 75

Bishop Dionigi Vismara, Bishop emeritus of Hyderabad (India), passed away at 86

Bishop Bernardo Bertoglio, Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Carlo Bandini was elected Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman lost territory to Diocese of Poona (India)

Diocese of Dallas was renamed as Diocese of Dallas–Fort Worth (USA)

Bishop Joseph Patrick Lynch, Bishop of Dallas (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Dallas–Fort Worth (USA)

Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti, Apostolic Delegate to Canada, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

Cardinal Gaetano Cicognani resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Spain

Diocese of Huelva was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla and became suffragan of Sevilla) (Spain)

Bishop Pedro Cantero Cuadrado, Bishop of Barbastro (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Huelva (Spain)

Bishop Pompeo Ghezzi, Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Gabula

Archbishop Fernando Cento, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Fr. Salvatore Siino was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Titular Archbishop of Perge

Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Cotabato (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sulu) (Philippines)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sulu was established (from Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu) (Philippines)

Archbishop Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Anasartha

Fr. Joseph Parecattil, Priest of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin, Titular Bishop of Utica and Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage (Tunisia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca

Cardinal Gaetano Cicognani was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

Cardinal Benjamin de Arriba y Castro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Cardinal Fernando Quiroga y Palacios, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino

Fr. Aimé Décosse was elected Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada)

Fr. Raymond Peter Hillinger was elected Bishop of Rockford (USA)