Nominations and Resignations

Titular Metropolitan See of Nubia was established (Egypt)

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

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo (Mozarabic Rite) exchanged territory with Diocese of Ávila (Spain)

Diocese of Ávila lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid (Spain)

Fr. Gebhard Ferdinand Koberger, C.R.L.A., was appointed as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Fr. Robert Stephen Dehler, C.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (Bermuda)

Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm., Auxiliary Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Fr. Edmund J. McCorkell, C.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear, Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Oro (Ecuador)

Fr. Pacifico del Carmine, O.C.D., Prefect Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador), passed away

Fr. Jeroteo della Santissima Vergine del Carmelo, O.C.D., Prefect Apostolic of Esmeraldas (Ecuador), passed away

Bishop Dionysios Kfoury, B.S., resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Fr. Francis Slattery was appointed as Priest of Lancaster (England)

Cardinal Maurice Feltin, Military Vicar of France (France) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

Fr. Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (Honduras)

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

Bishop Cornelius Lucey, Bishop of Cork (Ireland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ross (Ireland)

Msgr. Fiorenzo Angelini resigned as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Prefecture for Pontifical Ceremonies

Cardinal Giuseppe Bruno resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, Pro-Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Giuseppe Burzio resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Archbishop Armando Lombardi, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Bishop Andrea Pangrazio, Coadjutor Bishop of Verona (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Verona (Italy)

Msgr. Primo Principi resigned as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi, Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Fr. Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Bishop Vincenzo Maria Jacono, Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

Fr. Pio Paschini, Rector Magnificus of Athenaeum of Roman Pontifical Seminary, was appointed as President of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Fr. Luigi Ghidoni was appointed as Priest of Piacenza (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Giussani, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Founder of Fraternity of Communion and Liberation (CL) and President of Fraternity of Communion and Liberation (CL)

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

Msgr. Michele Maccarrone, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Msgr. Carmine Vincenti resigned as Secretary General of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Fr. Arturo D’Onofrio, M.D.R., was appointed as Founder of Missionaries of the Divine Redeemer

Mr. Bernardino Nogara resigned as President of Institute for Works of Religion

Mr. Massimo Spada was appointed as President of Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop Michael Wasaburo Urakawa (ミカエル 浦川 和三郎), Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia

Fr. Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Eldoret (Kenya)

Fr. Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Morondava (Madagascar)

Fr. Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sulu (Philippines)

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

Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Dercos

Msgr. Hugh O’Flaherty, Priest of Cape Town (South Africa), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Pedro Lumbreras, O.P., was appointed as Canonist of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Manuel Suárez Fernández, O.P., resigned as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Archbishop Joseph Guo Ruo-shi (Kuo Joshih) (郭若石), C.D.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Fr. Joseph Yang (楊紹南), C.D.D., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

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

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

Abbot Matthäus Gregor Quatember, O. Cist., Abbot General emeritus of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians), passed away at 59

Msgr. Irvin Stoppini was appointed as Compiler of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (Venezuela)

Bishop José Newton de Almeida Baptista, Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Apostolic Vicariate of Costermansville was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. James Patrick Carroll was elected Titular Bishop of Atenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

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

Fr. Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia and Vicar Apostolic of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Wilhelmus Joannes Demarteau, M.S.F., was elected Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro and Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin (Indonesia)

Fr. Francis Clement van Hoeck, O.S.B. Subl., was elected Abbot Ordinary of Pietersburg (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Cissita

Bishop Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo, Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador), passed away at 81

Archbishop Alexandru Theodor Cisar, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania), passed away at 73

Fr. Louis Ferrand was elected Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France)

Bishop Frédéric Duc, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lydda

Fr. Alphons Maria Lellig, S.C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians)

Fr. Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sokoto (Nigeria)

Fr. Felix Romero Menjibar was elected Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Archdiocese of Bassorah (Chaldean Rite) was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad and without ecclesiastical province) (Iraq)

Bishop Josef Schoiswohl, Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria) and Titular Bishop of Phytea, was appointed as Bishop of Seckau (Austria)

Fr. José Armando Gutiérrez Granier was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Pionia

Bishop Walter Philip Kellenberg, Titular Bishop of Ioannina and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Bishop John Patrick Cody, Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA)

Patriarch Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap., Patriarch of Alexandria and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Religious, passed away at 82

Fr. José Fogued y Gil (扶植義), C.M.F., Prefect Apostolic of Tunxi 屯溪 (China), passed away at 68

Fr. Joseph John Annabring was elected Bishop of Superior (USA)

Archbishop Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop emeritus of Sezze (Italy), Bishop emeritus of Priverno (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Terracina (Italy), passed away at 76

Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz (高德華), Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Fr. Štefan László was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria)

Bishop Juvéncio de Brito, Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil), passed away at 67

Archbishop Maurice-Louis Dubourg, Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France), passed away at 75

Bishop José Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A., Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru), passed away at 61

Bishop Giuseppe Amici succeeded as Bishop of Foggia (Italy)

Venerable Bishop Fortunato Maria Farina, Bishop of Foggia (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade

Bishop Léon-Étienne Duval, Bishop of Constantine (Algeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Archbishop Rosalvo Costa Rêgo, Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), passed away at 62

Bishop Henri Audrain, Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia and Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Phasis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Auch (France)

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

Archbishop Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy (沈士杰), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanning 南寧 (China), passed away at 73

Cardinal Juan Gualberto Guevara resigned as Military Vicar of Peru (Peru)

Bishop Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R., Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Nisyrus and Military Vicar of Peru (Peru)

Fr. Ephrem Gogué was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Joseph Gogué was elected Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Edward Wilson Douglas, Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Botrys

Diocese of Lingayen was renamed as Diocese of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Bishop Mariano Aspiras Madriaga, Bishop of Lingayen (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Bishop Reginald Duprat, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Prince Albert (Canada), passed away at 76

Archbishop Vincenzo Cavalla, Archbishop of Matera (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy), passed away at 51

Venerable Archbishop Fortunato Maria Farina, Bishop emeritus of Foggia (Italy), passed away at 72

Diocese of Umzimkulu was established (from Diocese of Mariannhill and became suffragan of Durban) (South Africa)

Fr. Eusebio Septimio Mari, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Pachnemunis and Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha (Colombia)

Fr. Antoon Konings, S.M.A., Apostolic Administrator of Ho (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Keta (Ghana)

Fr. Peter Arikata Kobayashi (ペトロ 小林有方) was elected Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Fr. Jean David, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Metellopolis

Fr. Pius Bonaventura Dlamini was elected Bishop of Umzimkulu (South Africa)

Diocese of Gerace was renamed as Diocese of Gerace–Locri (Italy)

Msgr. Ricardo Sanz de Samper y Campuzano, Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 80

Bishop Pacifico M. Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M., Bishop of Gerace (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Gerace–Locri (Italy)

Bishop-elect Jean David, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar)

Fr. Pedro Ramón Lamas Lourido was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Laureano Castán Lacoma was elected Titular Bishop of Dalisandus in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona (Spain)

Bishop Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I., Titular Bishop of Sabadia and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador)

Fr. Lawrence Victor Bessone, I.M.C., was elected Bishop of Meru (Kenya)

Bishop Carlo Maria Cavallera, I.M.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Meru (Kenya)

Cardinal Massimo Massimi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title, President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 76

Fr. Francesco Fasola was elected Titular Bishop of Vartana and Coadjutor Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

Archbishop Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mackenzie (Canada), passed away at 86

Bishop John Joseph Swint, Bishop of Wheeling (USA), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba was elected Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador)

Cardinal Giuseppe Bruno, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law

Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Bishop Allen James Babcock, Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Bishop Franz Hoowaarts (何方濟), S.V.D., Bishop of Caozhou 曹州 (China), passed away at 75

Msgr. Giuseppe Bracale, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Clarence George Issenmann, Priest of Cincinnati (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Phytea and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Giuseppe Garneri was elected Titular Bishop of Utica and Auxiliary Bishop of Susa (Italy)

Bishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier, Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium and Auxiliary Bishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), was appointed as Bishop of Constantine (Algeria)

Fr. Justin Joseph McCarthy was elected Titular Bishop of Doberus and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Fr. Igino Gamboa, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador)

Fr. Pablo Barrachina Estevan was elected Bishop of Orihuela (Spain)

Fr. Paul Zhang was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Siping 四平 (China)

Abbot Mark Braun, O.S.B., President emeritus of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 62

Fr. Jaime Lachica Sin was appointed as Priest of Jaro (Philippines)

Fr. Ivo Fürer was appointed as Priest of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Bishop Abdallah Nujaim, Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia of the Maronites, Auxiliary Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Apostolic Administrator of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Porto Novo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah) (Benin)

Apostolic Prefecture of Guapi was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco) (Colombia)

Diocese of Porto e Santa Rufina lost territory to Papal See of Roma (Italy)

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

Fr. José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios was elected Titular Bishop of Amisus and Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Bishop Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre, Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico), passed away at 95

Bishop Luis Guízar y Barragán succeeded as Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico)

Bishop Konštantín Bohačevskyj, Titular Bishop of Amisus and Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Beroë

Fr. Joseph Maria Pernicone was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade

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

Bishop Antonio Bagnoli, Bishop of Volterra (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Fiesole (Italy)

Fr. Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Risinium and Vicar Apostolic of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

Msgr. Renato Pozzi, Priest of Piacenza (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. John Joseph U Win was elected Titular Bishop of Lete and Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Fr. John J. Reddington, S.M.A., was elected Bishop of Jos (Nigeria)

Fr. Antonio Vignato, F.S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Equatorial Nile (Uganda) and Superior General emeritus of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, passed away at 76

Bishop Martin Giuseppe Onorio Lajeunesse, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin (Canada)

Apostolic Administration of Latakia (Maronite Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Tripoli) (Syria)

Fr. Elie Farah was elected Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

Archbishop David Mathew was appointed as Military Vicar of Great Britain (England)

Archbishop François Ayoub, Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus), was appointed as Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria) and Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)

Fr. Jean-Marie Lustiger was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Archbishop Arthur Alfred Sinnott, Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg (Canada), passed away at 77

Fr. Marcello Bordoni was appointed as Priest of Pavia (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo (Mozarabic Rite) lost territory to Diocese of Jaén (Spain)

Fr. Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia)

Fr. José de Jesús Arango was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia)

Bishop Benjamin Ibberson Webster, Titular Bishop of Paphus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

Fr. Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru was appointed as Priest of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Mario Longo Dorni was elected Bishop of Pistoia (Italy)

Bishop Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R., Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Platæa

Archbishop Wendelin Rauch, Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 68

Diocese of Mobile was renamed as Diocese of Mobile–Birmingham (USA)

Fr. Blasco Francisco Collaço was appointed as Priest of Goa and Daman (India)

Fr. Xavier Morilleau was elected Titular Bishop of Ancusa and Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Archbishop Cirillo Riza, Auxiliary Bishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 90

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

Bishop Quirino Clemente Bonefačić, Bishop of Makarska (Croatia) and Bishop of Split (Croatia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ioannina

Archbishop Thomas Peter McKeefry succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Archbishop Thomas O’Shea, S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand), passed away at 83

Diocese of Manizales was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales (with suffragan sees Armenia and Pereira) (Colombia)

Bishop Luis Concha Córdoba, Bishop of Manizales (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Archbishop Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M., Archbishop emeritus of Beograd (Serbia) and Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Jugoslavenska Banat (Serbia), passed away at 83

Bishop Francis Joseph Grimshaw, Bishop of Plymouth (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Mattias Leonardus Trudon Brans, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Medan (Indonesia)

Bishop William Joseph Hafey, Bishop of Scranton (USA), passed away at 66

Archbishop Tomás Juan Carlos Solari, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina), passed away at 55

Fr. John Huo Cheng (霍成) was appointed as Priest of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

Bishop Biagio D’Agostino, Titular Bishop of Citium and Auxiliary Bishop of Termoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy)

Blessed Msgr. Vladimir Ghika, Priest of Paris (France) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away at 80

Bishop Johannes Joseph van der Velden, Bishop of Aachen (Germany), passed away at 62

Fr. Leo Christopher Byrne was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) and Titular Bishop of Sabadia

Fr. Jeremiah Francis Minihan was elected Titular Bishop of Paphus and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Cardinal Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅) was appointed as Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

Bishop Giovanni Giorgis, Bishop of Susa (Italy), passed away at 67

Fr. Oscar de Oliveira was elected Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia and Coadjutor Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

Fr. Umberto Tramma was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Toolen, Bishop of Mobile–Birmingham (USA), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Mobile (USA)

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

Fr. Joseph Anthony Fiorenza was appointed as Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Fr. Manuel Pereira da Costa was elected Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba (Brazil)

Fr. Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Priest of Natal (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Thibica and Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil)

Blessed Fr. Joseph Tien Thạo Tiến, Priest of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam), passed away at 35

Bishop James Boyle, Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada), passed away at 68

Fr. Edmund Casimir Szoka was appointed as Priest of Saginaw (USA)

Bishop John Henry King, Bishop of Portsmouth (England), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Étienne Garon, M.S., Prefect Apostolic of Morondava (Madagascar), passed away at 73

Diocese of Barcelona was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Diocese of Guanare was established (from Diocese of Barquisimeto and Diocese of Calabozo and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Territorial Prelature of San Fernando de Apure was established (from Diocese of Calabozo and Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Archbishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara, Archbishop-Bishop of Savannah (USA) and Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

Archbishop Ruggero Bovelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois, Bishop of Rodez (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

Mr. Domenico Savio (Dominic Savio) was canonised

Fr. Gaspare del Bufalo, C.PP.S., Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood, was canonised

Fr. José María Pignatelli, S.J., was canonised

Sr. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa (Paola Francesca), A.D.C., was canonised

Fr. Pierre Louis Marie Chanel, S.M., was canonised

Fr. Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Blessed Fr. Alessandro Dordi was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Koudougou was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Ouahigouya) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ouahigouya was suppressed (to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Koudougou) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bangassou was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui) (Central African Republic)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Ketapang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak) (Indonesia)

Diocese of Kandy lost territory to Diocese of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)

Ordinariate of Ordinariat des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France (Eastern Rite) was established (France)

Archbishop Albert Levame, Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

Fr. José Vicente Távora was elected Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Corrado Bafile, Priest of L’Aquila (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Carlo Furno, Priest of Ivrea (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Innocenzo Parisella, Priest of Gaeta (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Diocese of Cartagena lost territory to Diocese of Orihuela (Spain)

Bishop Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B., Bishop of Vellore (India), passed away at 57

Msgr. Alfredo Parisella, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso), was elected Titular Bishop of Sufetula and Vicar Apostolic of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Claudio Livetti was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin, Bishop emeritus of Lipa (Philippines), passed away at 76

Fr. José Manuel Estepa Llaurens was appointed as Priest of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. Victorio Oliver Domingo was appointed as Priest of Teruel (Spain)

Fr. Luigi Nogara (羅克信), P.I.M.E., former Apostolic Administrator of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China), passed away at 69

Archdiocese of Baghdad (Armenian Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Mardin and without ecclesiastical province) (Iraq)

Diocese of Kameshli (Armenian Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Mardin and became suffragan of Cilicia) (Syria)

Fr. Helmut Krätzl was appointed as Priest of Wien (Austria)

Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan, Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye), was appointed as Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Fr. Leonardo Erriquenz was appointed as Priest of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy)

Bishop Edwin Vincent O’Hara, Bishop of Kansas City (USA), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Manuel Suárez Fernández, O.P., Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), passed away at 58

Archdiocese of Matera was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Matera (with suffragan sees Anglona–Tursi and Tricarico and gained title of San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso) (Italy)

Msgr. Francis Valentine Allen, Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Avensa and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Enrico van Schingen, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 65

Bishop Giacomo Palombella, Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Matera (Italy)

Fr. Domenico Picchinenna was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Garneri, Titular Bishop of Utica and Auxiliary Bishop of Susa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Susa (Italy)

Fr. Oscar Rizzato was appointed as Priest of Padova (Italy)

Fr. Vicente Vara Sanz was appointed as Priest of Valladolid (Spain)

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

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Jhansi was promoted as Diocese of Jhansi (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sahara Español e Ifni was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ghardaïa nel Sahara and Apostolic Vicariate of Marruecos) (Western Sahara)

Fr. Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem., Prefect Apostolic of Jabalpur (India), was elected Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

Fr. Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Jhansi (India), was elected Bishop of Jhansi (India)

Fr. George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Fr. Pietro Fiordelli was elected Bishop of Prato (Italy)

Fr. Robert Francis Joyce was elected Titular Bishop of Citium and Auxiliary Bishop of Burlington (USA)

Fr. John Joseph Scanlan, Priest of San Francisco (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Fr. Ermenegildo Florit, Priest of Udine (Italy), was elected Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria and Coadjutor Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

Diocese of Santo André was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Bishop George Weld, S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana (Guyana)

Bishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Richard Lester Guilly, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Adraa

Bishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Legia, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa)

Bishop Hugh Boyle, Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Fr. Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania)

Fr. Félix Erviti Barcelona, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sahara Español e Ifni (Western Sahara)

Fr. Owen John Dolan was appointed as Priest of Wellington (New Zealand)

Fr. Franjo Šeper, Priest of Zagreb (Croatia), was elected Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

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

Fr. Francesco Zerrillo was appointed as Priest of Benevento (Italy)

Territorial Prelature of El Oro was established (from Diocese of Guayaquil and Diocese of Loja and became suffragan of Quito) (Ecuador)

Bishop Jorge Marcos de Oliveira, Titular Bishop of Bagis and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santo André (Brazil)

Diocese of Volterra lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena (Italy)

Fr. Francis Patrick Carroll was appointed as Priest of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Bishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich, Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Fr. Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra was appointed as Priest of Tananarive (Madagascar)

Fr. Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez was elected Bishop of Barbastro (Spain)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní) (Venezuela)

Fr. Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva was appointed as Priest of Porto (Portugal)

Bishop Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, S.J., Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), passed away at 73

Bishop François-Marie Picaud, Bishop of Bayeux (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Alba marittima

Bishop Natale Mosconi, Bishop of Comacchio (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy)

Bishop Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry (包明揚), M.E.P., Bishop of Ningyuan 寧遠 (China), passed away at 66

Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich, Titular Bishop of Binda and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of Morogoro (Tanzania), passed away at 58

Bishop Albert Henri Charles Breton (アルベルト・ブルトン), M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan), passed away at 72

Fr. Camillo Faresin, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Bubastis

Territorial Prelature of Mission de France was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sens and became suffragan of Sens) (France)

Fr. Jerome Daniel Hannan was elected Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Fr. Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad was elected Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia

Diocese of San Isidro de El General was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José and Diocese of Alajuela and became suffragan of San José) (Costa Rica)

Fr. Hernando Antiporda was elected Titular Bishop of Edessa in Macedonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Joseph Patrick Lynch, Bishop of Dallas–Fort Worth (USA), passed away at 81

Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes, Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Fr. Alphonsus Mathias was appointed as Priest of Mangalore (India)

Fr. John Baptist Apcar was elected Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

Fr. Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P., Sealer of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was elected Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

Fr. Alfonso Tóriz Cobián was elected Titular Bishop of Avissa

Fr. Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ketapang (Indonesia)

Bishop Pietro Ossola, Bishop emeritus of Ripatransone (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Montalto (Italy), passed away at 64

Archbishop Filippo Bernardini, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, passed away at 69

Fr. António de Campos was elected Titular Bishop of Febiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Thomas Kiely Gorman succeeded as Bishop of Dallas–Fort Worth (USA)

Fr. Johannes Pohlschneider was elected Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

Blessed Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 74

Bishop Gerard Vesters, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 78

Cardinal Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Honoraat Maria van Waeyenbergh was elected Titular Bishop of Gilba and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Msgr. Jean-Marie Villot, Priest of Paris (France), General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of France and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was elected Titular Bishop of Vinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Fr. Elias Zoghbi was elected Titular Archbishop of Nubia and Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Bishop Matteo Guido Sperandeo, Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy)

Fr. Henry Edmund Donnelly was elected Titular Bishop of Tymbrias and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Fr. John Anthony Donovan was elected Titular Bishop of Rhasus and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Antonio Poma succeeded as Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Menna, Bishop of Mantova (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Novæ Patræ

Bishop Guglielmo Grassi, Titular Bishop of Tamiathis, passed away at 86

Fr. Miguel Caviedes Medina was appointed as Priest of Rancagua (Chile)

Fr. Raymond Gaston Séguy was appointed as Priest of Rodez (France)

Bishop Peter Francis Rayappa, Bishop of Kumbakonam (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Arabissus

Bishop Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Majunga (Madagascar), passed away at 80

Bishop-elect John Baptist Apcar was confirmed as Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Fr. Peter Chung Hoan Ting (鍾萬庭) was appointed as Priest of Kuching (Malaysia)

Fr. Luigi Conti was appointed as Priest of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Sismondo, Bishop of Pontremoli (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Bithynia

Fr. João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro and Auxiliary Bishop of Leiria (Portugal)

Bishop Burcardo Huwiler, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bubuka (Tanzania), passed away at 86

Cardinal Francesco Borgongini Duca, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella, Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto and Pontifical Administrator of the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, passed away at 70

Fr. José Humberto Paparoni was elected Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

Diocese of Quelimane was established (from Diocese of Beira and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques) (Mozambique)

Archbishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo, Titular Archbishop of Cotrada and Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Bishop Henrique Gelain resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Marília (Brazil)

Bishop Guilford Clyde Young, Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Bishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral, Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

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

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

Diocese of Astorga lost territory to Diocese of León and Diocese of Zamora (Spain)

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

Diocese of León lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid, Diocese of Santander and Diocese of Zamora (Spain)

Diocese of Lugo exchanged territory with Diocese of Astorga, Diocese of Mondoñedo and Diocese of Ourense (Spain)

Diocese of Mondoñedo lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Diocese of Ourense lost territory to Diocese of Astorga (Spain)

Diocese of Oviedo lost territory to Diocese of Astorga, Diocese of León, Diocese of Lugo and Diocese of Mondoñedo (Spain)

Diocese of Palencia lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid and Diocese of Santander (Spain)

Diocese of Santander lost territory to Diocese of Oviedo (Spain)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela lost territory to Diocese of Ourense (Spain)

Diocese of Tui lost territory to Diocese of Ourense (Spain)

Fr. Basile Moussa Daoud was appointed as Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Fr. Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni was appointed as Priest of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Bishop Raoul-Octove-Marie-Jean Harscouët, Bishop of Chartres (France), passed away at 80

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Cardinal Domenico Jorio, Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline, passed away at 87

Fr. Joseph Gennangi was elected Bishop of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

Fr. Delfín Quesada Castro was elected Bishop of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica)

Bishop Silvino Martínez, Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

Bishop Enrique Rau, Titular Bishop of Voncaria and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Resistencia (Argentina)

Bishop Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia, Titular Bishop of Orthosia in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

Bishop Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Nampula (Mozambique), passed away at 73

Diocese of Oviedo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oviedo (with suffragan sees Astorga, León and Santander) (Spain)

Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

Bishop José María Bueno y Monreal, Bishop of Vitoria (Spain), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Bishop Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba, Bishop of Oviedo (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Bishop Antonio Añoveros Ataún, Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga (Spain), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain)

Msgr. Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp, Priest of Paris (France) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

Bishop André Jacquemin succeeded as Bishop of Bayeux (France)

Bishop Antoon Demets, C.SS.R., resigned as Coadjutor Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

Fr. Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal was elected Titular Bishop of Tamiathis and Coadjutor Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

Fr. Sergio Obeso Rivera was appointed as Priest of Jalapa (Mexico)

Fr. Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes was appointed as Priest of Durango (Mexico)

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Montini, Priest of Brescia (Italy), Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary and Pro-Secretary for Ordinary Affairs of Secretariat of State, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

Msgr. Vittorio Bartoccetti, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Augustin Pacha, Bishop of Timişoara (Romania), passed away at 83

Fr. Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar was elected Titular Bishop of Gergis and Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Sr. Maria Assunta Pallotta (亞松大 / Assunta Maria), F.M.M., was beatified

Bishop José da Matha de Andrade y Amaral, Bishop of Niterói (Brazil), passed away at 56

Fr. José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa was appointed as Priest of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Thomas Benjamin Fulton, Priest of Toronto (Canada), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Federico Lunardi, Titular Archbishop of Side and Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay, passed away at 73

Cardinal Giuseppe Bruno, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio, President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 79

Bishop Edmund Francis Gibbons, Bishop of Albany (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Verbe

Bishop William Aloysius Scully succeeded as Bishop of Albany (USA)

Diocese of Bunbury was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth and became suffragan of Perth) (Australia)

Bishop Lancelot John Goody, Titular Bishop of Abydus and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Cardinal Achille Liénart, Bishop of Lille (France), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Fr. Umberto Mozzoni, Priest of Macerata (Italy), was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Side

Bishop Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe, Bishop of Belley (France), passed away at 71

Diocese of Noto lost territory to Diocese of Ragusa (Italy)

Bishop Raimundo de Castro e Silva, Titular Bishop of Eluza and Auxiliary Bishop of Teresina (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil)

Cardinal Gaetano Cicognani, Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites, was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Dionizy Kajetanowicz, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine), passed away at 76

Msgr. John Fullerton was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Joseph Maria Reuß was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Sinope

Diocese of Montería was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena and Apostolic Vicariate of San Jorge and became suffragan of Cartagena) (Colombia)

Fr. Jean-Martin Moyë (梅慕雅), Priest of Metz (France), was beatified

Bishop Martin Michael Johnson, Bishop of Nelson (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cius and Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Fr. Malcolm A. MacEachern was elected Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

Bishop Oronzo Caldarola, Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Utica

Cardinal Juan Gualberto Guevara, Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 72

Fr. Vito Schlickmann was appointed as Priest of Florianópolis (Brazil)

Archbishop Luigi Centoz was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico and Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

Bishop Vincenzo Gili, Bishop of Cesena (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Robert Frederick Trisco was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Jules Halbert, S.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu)

Fr. Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña was elected Titular Bishop of Bagis and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Diocese of Santiago de María was established (from Diocese of San Miguel and became suffragan of San Salvador) (El Salvador)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kuwait was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kuwait (Kuwait)

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

Archbishop Leo Binz succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Archbishop Henry Patrick Rohlman, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cotrada

Bishop Daniel Ivancho resigned as Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fr. Gilberto Baroni was elected Titular Bishop of Thagaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy)

Saint Fr. Giovanni Calabria (John Calabria), P.S.D.P., Superior General of Poor Servants of Divine Providence, passed away at 81

Fr. Placido Riccardi (Tommaso) was beatified

Fr. Armando Dini was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Msgr. Luigi Punzolo, Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay and Titular Archbishop of Sebastea

Fr. Emilio Benavent Escuín was elected Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Fr. Estanislao Esteban Karlic was appointed as Priest of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Justo Mullor García was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Camillo Ruini was appointed as Priest of Reggio Emilia (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Ferraioli was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Oriano Quilici was appointed as Priest of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Maria Travia, Priest of Palermo (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Eugênio Sevi, Priest of Rieti (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Giuseppe Fenocchio was elected Bishop of Pontremoli (Italy)

Msgr. Alfredo Bruniera, Priest of Treviso (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi and Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade

Bishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho, Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Niterói (Brazil)

Bishop John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (최덕홍 요한), Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea), passed away at 52

Fr. Paul Poupard was appointed as Priest of Angers (France)

Bishop Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero, Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Garella and Coadjutor Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas was established (from Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Tocantinópolis was established (from Diocese of Porto Nacional and became suffragan of Goiás) (Brazil)

Fr. Quinto Tonini was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ 白柳誠一) was appointed as Priest of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Msgr. Agostino Casaroli, Priest of Piacenza (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Sénégal (Senegal) and Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers), passed away at 76

Bishop Emeterio Echeverria Barrena, Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain), passed away at 74

Bishop Girolamo Cardinale, Bishop of Verona (Italy), passed away at 79

Diocese of Tubarão was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florianópolis and became suffragan of Florianópolis) (Brazil)

Fr. Clovis Joseph Thibauld, P.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Canatha and Bishop-Prelate of Davao (Philippines)

Fr. Joseph Aloysius Durick was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile–Birmingham (USA) and Titular Bishop of Cerbali

Fr. Charles Garrett Maloney was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Louisville (USA) and Titular Bishop of Capsa

Fr. Bruno Wechner was elected Titular Bishop of Cartennæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Innsbruck (Austria)

Fr. Florentino de Andrade e Silva was elected Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal)