Nominations and Resignations

Fr. Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum

Abbot Maurus Riha, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception

Abbot Theodor Springer, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception

Br. Jean-Nicolas Ergen was appointed as Superior General of Marist Brothers

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

Fr. Bernardine Dong Guang-qing (董光清), O.F.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)

Fr. Chang Shou-yi (常守彝) ▼ was elected Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Fr. Chen Du-qing (陳獨清) ▼ was elected Bishop of Ganzhou 贛州 (China)

Fr. Chen Yuan-cai (陳原才) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

Fr. Dong Wen-long (董文隆) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China)

Fr. Guo Ze-qian (郭則謙) ▼ was elected Bishop of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

Fr. Hu Qin-ming (胡欽明) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

Fr. Huang Shu (黃曙) ▼ was elected Bishop of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Fr. Jia Fu-shan (賈福善) ▼ was elected Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China)

Fr. Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) ▼ was elected Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China)

Fr. Li De-pei (李德培) ▼ was elected Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Fr. Charles Li Ming-yue (李鳴月) ▼ was elected Bishop of Caozhou 曹州 (China)

Fr. James Li Shu-ren (李樹仁), O.S.A. ▼, was elected Prefect Apostolic of Yueyang 岳陽 (China)

Fr. John Li Xi-ting (李熙亭) ▼ was elected Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

Fr. Li Zhen-lin (李震林) ▼ was elected Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 澧縣 (China)

Fr. Joseph Lin Quan (林聖恩 / 林泉) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Fr. Pan Shao-qing (潘少卿) ▼ was elected Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Fr. John Wang Qi-wei (王其威) ▼ was elected Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Fr. Wang Shou-qian (王守謙) ▼ was elected Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

Fr. Matthias Wu Guo-huan (吳國煥) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Fr. Xiong De-lian (熊德漣) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China)

Fr. Michael Yan Gao-jian (楊高堅), O.S.A. ▼, was elected Bishop of Changde 常德 (China)

Fr. Mark Yuan Wen-hua (袁文華), O.F.M. ▼, was elected Bishop of Wuchang 武昌 (China)

Fr. John Zhao You-min (趙佑民) ▼ was elected Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China)

Fr. Zhou Yi-zhai (周益齋) ▼ was elected Bishop of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China)

Fr. Joseph Zong Huai-de (宗懷德) ▼ was elected Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Stanleyville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Ricardo Pittini, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Military Vicar of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) and President of Dominican Episcopal Conference

Fr. Sebastião Acosta Hurtado, O.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador)

Fr. Gilberto Tapia resigned as Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador)

Fr. Edward Griffith, C.O., resigned as Procurator General of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

Fr. John Nedley, C.O., was appointed as Procurator General of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

Fr. Frans Janssen, C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Gimma (Ethiopia)

Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Gimma (Ethiopia)

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission, Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Abbot Henri Marcotte de Sainte-Marie, O.S.B., resigned as Prior of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

Fr. Denis Buzy, S.C.I. di Béth., resigned as Superior General of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram

Fr. Joseph Mirande, S.C.I. di Béth., was appointed as Superior General of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram

Br. François-Joseph Garrigue resigned as Superior General of Marist Brothers

Abbot Sigisbert Mitterer, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Abbot Johannes Ruhland, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Archbishop Fernando Cento, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal, was created

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

Cardinal Marcello Mimmi, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America and President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii

Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Antonio Samorè, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Msgr. Dino Staffa, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Consultant of Justice of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Gaetano Alibrandi, Priest of Acireale (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia

Msgr. Emanuele Clarizio, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Pakistan

Archbishop Paolo Pappalardo resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to Syria

Archbishop Antonio Taffi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua

Bishop Giacinto Tredici, Bishop of Brescia (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Pasquale Venezia, Bishop of Ariano (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Benevento (Italy)

Msgr. Salvatore Garofalo, Priest of Napoli (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Urbaniana University

Msgr. Silvio Sericano resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Verdelli was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes

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

Fr. Nicola Giordano was appointed as Founder of “Living In” Spirituality Movement

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

Sr. Angela Vespa, F.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco

Archbishop Joseph Bakhache, Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Fr. Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nyassa (Malawi)

Fr. Patrizio Usher, S.S.C.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Bhamo (Myanmar), passed away

Fr. Ignazio García Martin, S.J., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (Peru)

Msgr. Jozef Michalski was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Piła (Poland)

Bishop Matija Zvekanovic was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Bačka (Serbia)

Bishop Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of South Solomons (Solomon Islands)

Fr. Christopher Ulyatt, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Volksrust (South Africa)

Fr. Giuseppe De Andrea, Priest of Consolata Missionaries, was appointed as Priest of Greensburg (USA)

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

Fr. Warner de Beuckelaer, F.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Charity

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

Fr. Jean Gribomont, O.S.B., was appointed as Prior of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

Fr. Stephen Harrington, S.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Society of African Missions

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

Fr. Patrick McCabe, M.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. Henri Mondé, S.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Conrad Reichgelt, F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Charity

Fr. Jozef Van Kerckhoven, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. Josef Vlasák, O. Cr., resigned as Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star

Fr. Beniamino Wambacq was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Sr. Thérèse de Lescure, R.S.C.J., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sr. Sabine de Valon, R.S.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Bishop Kaziemiras Paltarokas, Bishop emeritus of Panevėžys (Lithuania), passed away at 82

Archbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal, Archbishop-Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal), passed away at 83

Fr. Paul Su Bo-lu (Su Pai-lu) (蘇伯露), Apostolic Administrator of Yongjia 永嘉 (China), passed away

Fr. Marcellino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Sinú–San Jorge (Colombia), passed away at 78

Fr. Ignatius Harsono was appointed as Priest of Bogor (Indonesia)

Fr. Alfonso Höfer Hombach, C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica) and Titular Bishop of Thebæ Phthiotides

Bishop Teodoro Bensch, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 54

Fr. Emilio Tagle Covarrubias was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Francesco Potenza, Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Adolfo Hernández Hurtado was elected Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico)

Fr. Fernando Romo Gutiérrez was elected Bishop of Torreón (Mexico)

Territorial Prelature of Carolina was established (from Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)

Diocese of Chapecó was established (from Diocese of Lages and Territorial Prelature of Palmas and became suffragan of Florianópolis) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Palmas was promoted as Diocese of Palmas (lost territory to establish Diocese of Chapecó) (Brazil)

Bishop Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of Palmas (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Palmas (Brazil)

Archbishop Egidio Negrin, Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso (Italy), passed away at 50

Bishop João de Souza Lima, Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)

Fr. René Toussaint, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Calama and Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. William Richard Field, S.M.A., was elected Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)

Archbishop Fermín Emilio Lafitte, Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina), Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop-elect Victor Joseph Reed, Titular Bishop of Limisa and Auxiliary Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA)

Military Vicariate of Dominican Republic was established (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Campo Grande (Brazil)

Fr. José de Aquino Pereira was elected Bishop of Dourados (Brazil)

Bishop Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit, Vicar Apostolic of Thare (Thailand), passed away at 52

Bishop Joost van den Biesen, M. Afr., resigned as Titular Bishop of Tullia and Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn (Zambia)

Msgr. Giuseppe Damizia was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti

Fr. Tiago Miguel Ryan, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Margum and Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil)

Diocese of Corumbá lost territory to Diocese of Marília (Brazil)

Bishop Roberto Moreira Martínez, Bishop of Linares (Chile), passed away at 61

Patriarch Marc II Khouzam, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 69

Fr. John Bulaitis was appointed as Priest of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Bishop Ghebre Jesus Jacob resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Fr. Asrate Mariam Yemmeru was elected Titular Bishop of Urima and Bishop of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Fr. Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis was appointed as Priest of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão lost territory to Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro (Brazil)

Bishop Stanisław Rospond, Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland), passed away at 80

Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B., Vicar Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 81

Archbishop Alfonso Castaldo succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Pio A. Crivellari, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Archbishop Basile Ephrem Hykary, Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 76

Fr. Bernardino Piñera Carvallo was elected Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium and Auxiliary Bishop of Talca (Chile)

Fr. Josef Homeyer was appointed as Priest of Münster (Germany)

Msgr. Hermann Hoberg, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Szczepan Sobalkowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland), passed away at 56

Fr. Alejandro Schell was elected Titular Bishop of Birtha and Coadjutor Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Fr. Walmor Battú Wichrowski was elected Titular Bishop of Sanavus and Auxiliary Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Venerable Fr. Angel Riesco Carbajo was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Limisa

Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim was established (from Diocese of Espírito Santo and became suffragan of Vitória) (Brazil)

Diocese of São Mateus was established (from Diocese of Espírito Santo and became suffragan of Vitória) (Brazil)

Diocese of Espírito Santo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vitória (with suffragan sees Cachoeiro de Itapemirim and São Mateus and lost territory to establish Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim and Diocese of São Mateus) (Brazil)

Diocese of Matamoros was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas and became suffragan of Monterrey) (Mexico)

Bishop João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque, Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil)

Fr. Hyakinthos Gad was elected Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis and Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece)

Fr. Pier Luigi Mazzoni was appointed as Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy)

Fr. Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions

Fr. Edgar Larochelle (藍德), P.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions

Fr. Luigi Bellotti, Priest of Verona (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Diocese of Harbour Grace was renamed as Diocese of Harbour Grace–Grand Falls (Canada)

Bishop John Michael O’Neill, Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Grand Falls (Canada)

Apostolic Prefecture of Doruma was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Niangara) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Thakhek was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Thakhek (Laos)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tanga was promoted as Diocese of Tanga (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Bishop Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel, Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France), was appointed as Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Fr. Eugène Cornelius Arthurs, I.C., Prefect Apostolic of Tanga (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas was renamed as Diocese of Tampico (Mexico)

Bishop João de Deus Ramalho (羅若望), S.J., Bishop emeritus of Macau 澳門 (Macau), passed away at 68

Bishop Ernesto Corripio Ahumada, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tampico (Mexico)

Fr. Rafael González Moralejo was elected Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Ottavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B., Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru), passed away at 79

Cardinal Samuel Alphonse Stritch, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Fr. Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J., was elected Bishop of Belize (Belize)

Bishop Joseph McCormack, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England), passed away at 70

Bishop Ferenc Rogacs succeeded as Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

Bishop Ferenc Virág, Bishop of Pécs (Hungary), passed away at 88

Bishop-elect Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Thakhek (Laos), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos) and Titular Bishop of Tentyris

Bishop Vittorio Alvarez, S.D.B., Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru), passed away at 70

Archbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich, Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 55

Bishop Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile), passed away at 72

Bishop Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile)

Bishop Hubert James Cartwright, Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington (USA), passed away at 57

Msgr. Octavio Nicolás Derisi, Priest of La Plata (Argentina) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Bishop Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil)

Bishop José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M., succeeded as Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil)

Bishop Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil), passed away at 83

Bishop Joseph Halsall, Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England), passed away at 56

Bishop Lajlo Budanovic, Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Bačka (Serbia), passed away at 84

Diocese of Acapulco was established (from Diocese of Chilapa and became suffragan of México) (Mexico)

Fr. Mario Busquets Jordá was appointed as Priest of Girona (Spain)

Bishop Alfonso Tóriz Cobián, Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico)

Fr. Alberto Rencoret Donoso was elected Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Fr. Karl Josef Romer was appointed as Priest of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Fr. Blaise-Ernest Morand was appointed as Priest of London (Canada)

Bishop René van Heusden, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 69

Fr. Felipe Aguirre Franco was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Gaudencio Borbon Rosales was appointed as Priest of Lipa (Philippines)

Fr. David John Cashman was elected Titular Bishop of Cantanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Msgr. Carlo Martini, Priest of Piacenza (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Fr. Nicola Riezzo was elected Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy)

Bishop Ramón José Castellano, Titular Bishop of Flavias and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Bishop Juan Vicente Arana Idígoras, O.C.D., Bishop emeritus of Vijayapuram (India), passed away at 78

Bishop Patrick O’Neill, Bishop of Limerick (Ireland), passed away at 67

Fr. Johannes Schütte (舒德), S.V.D., Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China), was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium) and Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium), was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Alessandro Verde, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, passed away at 93

Bishop Josef Ludovico Brems, O. Praem., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Denmark (Denmark), passed away at 87

Fr. José Sánchez González was appointed as Priest of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Bishop Cesário Alexandre Minali, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop-Prelate of Alto Solimões (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Carolina (Brazil)

Fr. Paul Francis Leibold, Priest of Cincinnati (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Trebenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Bishop Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Girba

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé was appointed as Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Fr. James Patrick Keleher was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Bernardine Dong Guang-qing (董光清), O.F.M., was illicitly consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)

Bishop Charles Vogel (荷敬謙), M.E.P., Bishop of Shantou 汕頭 (China), passed away at 79

Fr. Mark Yuan Wen-hua (袁文華), O.F.M. ▼, was consecrated as Bishop of Wuchang 武昌 (China)

Fr. José Antonio Dammert Bellido was elected Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Fr. Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of La Paz (Mexico)

Fr. Jackson Berenguer Prado was elected Bishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil)

Fr. Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Bishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C., Bishop of Novara (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Fr. Nikollë Troshani was elected Apostolic Administrator of Durrës (Albania) and Titular Bishop of Cisamus

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Taubaté and with suffragan sees Lorena and Taubaté) (Brazil)

Diocese of Botucatu was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu (with suffragan sees Assis, Lins and Marília) (Brazil)

Diocese of Campinas was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas (with suffragan sees Bragança Paulista, Piracicaba and São Carlos) (Brazil)

Diocese of Ribeirão Preto was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto (with suffragan sees Jaboticabal and Rio Preto) (Brazil)

Diocese of Cork was renamed as Diocese of Cork and Ross (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Ross) (Ireland)

Diocese of Ross was suppressed (to Diocese of Cork and Ross) (Ireland)

Cardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Aparecida (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos, Bishop of Campinas (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Bishop Luis do Amaral Mousinho, Bishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Bishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M., Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

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

Fr. Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Batnæ and Apostolic Administrator of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Fr. Chang Shou-yi (常守彝) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Fr. Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) ▼ was consecrated as Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China)

Fr. Pan Shao-qing (潘少卿) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop emeritus of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Fr. Wang Shou-qian (王守謙) ▼ was consecrated as Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

Blessed Fr. Ndoc Suma, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 70

Fr. Louis-Albert Vachon, Priest of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres, Bishop of Mangalore (India), passed away at 57

Territorial Prelature of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Julio María Mattioli, S.M., Bishop-Prelate of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil)

Sr. Teresa de Jesús Jornet Ibars, O.C.D.S., was beatified

Bishop Peter Leo Ireton, Bishop of Richmond (USA), passed away at 75

Apostolic Vicariate of Curaçao was promoted as Diocese of Willemstad (without ecclesiastical province) (Curaçao)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ibadan was promoted as Diocese of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Diocese of Hyderabad was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Karachi and became suffragan of Karachi) (Pakistan)

Diocese of Abancay was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco and Diocese of Ayacucho and became suffragan of Cusco) (Peru)

Bishop Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao), was appointed as Bishop of Willemstad (Curaçao)

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

Archbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

Fr. Alcides Mendoza Castro was elected Titular Bishop of Metræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay (Peru)

Fr. Raymond Philip Etteldorf, Priest of Dubuque (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Diocese of Badajoz exchanged territory with Diocese of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

Diocese of Coria–Cáceres exchanged territory with Diocese of Badajoz (Spain)

Fr. Marijan Oblak was elected Titular Bishop of Flavias and Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Bishop Joseph Lennox Federal, Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA)

Bishop José Adelino Dantas, Bishop of Caicó (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Fr. Henryk Strakowski was elected Titular Bishop of Girba and Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Józef Drzazga was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Siniandus

Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Guyana–Suriname was promoted as Diocese of Paramaribo (without ecclesiastical province) (Suriname)

Fr. Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia and Vicar Apostolic of Stanleyville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro, Priest of Karachi (Pakistan), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Bishop Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Termessus and Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname), was appointed as Bishop of Paramaribo (Suriname)

Fr. Gilbert Fini, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Dionigi Martinis, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Apostolic Vicariate of Australia (Ukrainian Rite) was established (Australia)

Fr. Ivan Prasko was elected Titular Bishop of Zygris and Vicar Apostolic of Australia of the Ukrainians (Australia)

Fr. José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Soldaia

Bishop Stephanos Sidarouss, C.M., Titular Bishop of Sais and Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. José Manuel Piña Torres was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Tepic (Mexico) and Titular Bishop of Milevum

Bishop Hermann Josef Schäufele, Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Diocese of Huacho was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima and became suffragan of Lima) (Peru)

Territorial Prelature of Huarí was established (from Diocese of Huánuco and Diocese of Huaraz and became suffragan of Lima) (Peru)

Territorial Prelature of Tarma was established (from Diocese of Huancayo and Diocese of Huánuco and became suffragan of Lima) (Peru)

Fr. Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.J., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Tarma (Peru)

Fr. Marco Libardoni, O.S.J., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Huarí (Peru)

Fr. Nemesio Rivera Meza was elected Bishop of Huacho (Peru)

Fr. Augusto Petró was elected Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil)

Bishop Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves, Titular Bishop of Parnassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Januária (Brazil)

Archbishop Giuseppe De Nicola, Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Joseph Keith Symons was appointed as Priest of Saint Augustine (USA)

Diocese of Zamboanga was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zamboanga (Philippines)

Archbishop Ignazio Mobarak, Archbishop emeritus of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 81

Bishop Luis del Rosario, S.J., Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

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

Bishop Augustin Arce Mostajo, Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia and Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Bishop Carlos Luis Geromini, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zabi

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

Fr. Elden Francis Curtiss was appointed as Priest of Baker (USA)

Fr. Victor Herman Balke was appointed as Priest of Springfield in Illinois (USA)

Fr. Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría was elected Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela)

Diocese of Miami was established (from Diocese of Saint Augustine and became suffragan of Baltimore) (USA)

Cardinal Samuel Alphonse Stritch, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chicago (USA) and Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, passed away at 70

Fr. Heinrich Pachowiak was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Phytea

Fr. Heinrich Tenhumberg was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Paul Joseph Schmitt was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Metz (France)

Fr. Marcel André Joseph Gervais was appointed as Priest of London (Canada)

Fr. Pierre Primeau, P.S.S., was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. William John Conway, Priest of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland), was elected Titular Bishop of Neve and Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Theodore Edgar McCarrick was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Fr. Mariano Francis Polito was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. Dong Wen-long (董文隆) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China)

Fr. Jia Fu-shan (賈福善) ▼ was consecrated as Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China)

Fr. Charles Li Ming-yue (李鳴月) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Caozhou 曹州 (China)

Fr. Joseph Zong Huai-de (宗懷德) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

Bishop Étienne Bornet, Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France), passed away at 76

Fr. Youhanna Kabès was elected Titular Bishop of Cleopatris and Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Msgr. Giuseppe Palazzini was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido succeeded as Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Bishop Justino José de Sant’Ana, Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), passed away at 79

Cardinal Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo and Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso

Cardinal Marcello Mimmi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

Venerable Bishop Teofilo Camomot Bastida, Titular Bishop of Clysma and Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro (Philippines), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines) and Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis

Fr. Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia

Bishop Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P., resigned as Titular Bishop of Vagada

Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele, Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Fr. Tanios Khoury was appointed as Priest of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Eduardo Raposo da Costa Resendes was appointed as Priest of Angra (Portugal)

Fr. Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín, Priest of Santiago (Chile), was elected Bishop of Copiapó (Chile)

Bishop Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC., Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Linares (Chile)

Fr. Chen Yuan-cai (陳原才) ▼ was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

Bishop Kong Ling-zhong (孔令忠), P.S.S. ▼, was consecrated as Bishop

Bishop Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla, Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), passed away at 76

Fr. Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Parnassus

Cardinal Krikor Bédros XV Agagianian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law, was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Venerable Fr. Enrico Bartoletti was elected Titular Bishop of Myndus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lucca (Italy)

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

Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar (with suffragan sees Barcelona, Cumaná and Maturín) (Venezuela)

Diocese of Maracay was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and Diocese of Calabozo and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Bishop José Alí Lebrún Moratinos, Titular Bishop of Aradus and Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Maracay (Venezuela)

Bishop Juan José Bernal Ortiz, Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

Fr. José Rafael Pulido Méndez was elected Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Fr. John Zhao You-min (趙佑民) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China)

Fr. Joseph Duffy was appointed as Priest of Clogher (Ireland)

Fr. Jan Walenty Wieczorek was appointed as Priest of Opole (Poland)

Diocese of Ouahigouya was restored (from Diocese of Koudougou and became suffragan of Ouagadougou) (Burkina Faso)

Mission sui juris of Tarahumara was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Tarahumara (Mexico)

Diocese of Umuahia was established (from Diocese of Owerri and became suffragan of Onitsha) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Volksrust was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durban, Diocese of Bremersdorp and Diocese of Lydenburg) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cheongju 청주 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seul 서울) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Daijeon was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seul 서울) (South Korea)

Diocese of Arua was established (from Diocese of Gulu and became suffragan of Rubaga) (Uganda)

Bishop Otto Spülbeck succeeded as Bishop of Meißen (Germany)

Fr. Édouard Ranaivo was elected Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Bishop Antonio Mistrorigo, Bishop of Troia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Treviso (Italy)

Bishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen, Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands), passed away at 51

Fr. Carlo Ghidelli was appointed as Priest of Crema (Italy)

Fr. Paolo Sardi was appointed as Priest of Acqui (Italy)

Fr. Raffaele Nogaro was appointed as Priest of Udine (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Boschetti, C.S.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Fr. Luigi Casaril, C.S.I., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Bishop James Cunningham, Titular Bishop of Ios and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England), was appointed as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Fr. Henry Murphy was elected Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

Fr. Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard was elected Titular Bishop of Clysma and Coadjutor Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

Fr. Louis-Marie Parent, O.M.I., was appointed as Founder of Institute Voluntas Dei

Bishop Laurence Julius FitzSimon, Bishop of Amarillo (USA), passed away at 63

Fr. Michael William Hyle was elected Titular Bishop of Christopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington (USA)

Bishop John Joyce Russell, Bishop of Charleston (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Richmond (USA)

Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Athribis, was appointed as Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso)

Fr. José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E., was elected Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Vagada

Fr. Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara (Mexico) and Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia

Fr. Karol Józef Wojtyła, Priest of Kraków (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Ombi and Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Fr. Jerzy Stroba was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Aradus

Fr. Wilhelm Pluta was elected Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) and Apostolic Administrator of Piła (Poland)

Bishop Adrien-Jean Larribeau (원형근 아드리아노), M.E.P., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Daijeon (South Korea)

Fr. James Vincent Pardy (파 야고보), M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria and Vicar Apostolic of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)

Archbishop Clément Michel Bakhache, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 92

Bishop-elect Paul Joseph Schmitt was appointed as Titular Bishop of Centenaria and Coadjutor Bishop of Metz (France)

Bishop Noël Boucheix, S.M.A., Titular Bishop of Bagai and Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt), was appointed as Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin)

Fr. John Li Xi-ting (李熙亭) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

Bishop Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy), passed away at 81

Fr. Ovidio Poletto was appointed as Priest of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Fr. Michał Blecharczyk was elected Titular Bishop of Ios and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) and Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 77

Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia (with suffragan see Stamford) (USA)

Apostolic Exarchate of Stamford (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Stamford (became suffragan of Philadelphia) (USA)

Archbishop Konštantín Bohačevskyj, Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA) and Titular Archbishop of Beroë, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M., Titular Bishop of Maina and Apostolic Exarch of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA)

Diocese of Divinópolis was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte and Diocese of Aterrado and became suffragan of Belo Horizonte) (Brazil)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sulu was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo (Philippines)

Fr. Ugo Poletti, Priest of Novara (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Bishop Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo, Bishop of Ica (Peru), passed away at 82

Fr. Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Sulu (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina and Vicar Apostolic of Jolo (Philippines)

Fr. Joseph Willy Romélus was appointed as Priest of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Fr. Jean Alix Verrier was appointed as Priest of Jérémie (Haiti)

Fr. Władysław Ziółek was appointed as Priest of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Stanley Girard Schlarman was appointed as Priest of Belleville (USA)

Fr. Pedro Reginaldo Lira was elected Titular Bishop of Tenedus and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo lost territory to Diocese of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

Diocese of Coria–Cáceres lost territory to Diocese of Salamanca (Spain)

Diocese of Córdoba lost territory to Diocese of Badajoz and Diocese of Málaga (Spain)

Diocese of Plasencia lost territory to Diocese of Ávila and Diocese of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

Diocese of Salamanca lost territory to Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo and Diocese of Plasencia (Spain)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla lost territory to Diocese of Córdoba (Spain)

Fr. John Wang Qi-wei (王其威) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop emeritus of Baoding 保定 (China)

Fr. Edoardo Piana Agostinetti was elected Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Bishop Franz Joseph Fischer, Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany), passed away at 86

Fr. Vito Roberti, Priest of Matera (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Michele Acebedo y Flores, Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines), passed away at 56

Bishop Manuel Platon Del Rosario succeeded as Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

Fr. Hilton Forrest Deakin was appointed as Priest of Melbourne (Australia)

Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri was established (from Diocese of Puno and became suffragan of Arequipa) (Peru)

Fr. José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Ayaviri (Peru)

Fr. Antonio Corso, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Montevideo (Uruguay), was elected Titular Bishop of Moglæna and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Bishop Ottone Raible, S.A.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia)

Archbishop Mario Zanin (蔡寧), Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China), passed away at 68

Archbishop Alfonso Castaldo, Apostolic Administrator of Pozzuoli (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Bishop James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr., Bishop of Karema (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Kigoma (Tanzania)

Bishop Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela, Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil), passed away at 71

Fr. Hermann Joseph von Steinfeld, O. Praem., was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Carlo Celik, Titular Bishop of Dionysias and Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), passed away at 64

Bishop Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes, Titular Bishop of Acalissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal)

Bishop David O’Leary, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Johannesburg (South Africa), passed away at 77

Bishop Albino González y Menédez Reigada, O.P., Bishop of Córdoba (Spain), passed away at 77

Bishop Coleman Francis Carroll, Titular Bishop of Pitanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Miami (USA)

Fr. Jacinto Tomás de Carvalho Botelho was appointed as Priest of Lamego (Portugal)

Fr. William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Zarna and Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Bishop Antonio Ildefonse dos Santos Silva, O.S.B., Bishop of Silva Porto (Angola), passed away at 64

Fr. Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal was appointed as Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Bishop John Louis Morkovsky, Titular Bishop of Hieron and Auxiliary Bishop of Amarillo (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

Fr. Wilhelm Tuschen was elected Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. Elie Vandewalle was elected Titular Bishop of Olbia and Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France)

Fr. Antonio Pirotto was elected Bishop of Troia (Italy)

Bishop Luis Cabrera Cruz, Bishop of Papantla (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Bishop Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Forma and Auxiliary Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

Fr. José Germán Benavides Morriberón was elected Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

Bishop Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile)

Archbishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Medellín (Colombia), passed away at 75

Fr. Henri-Louis-Marie Mazerat was elected Titular Bishop of Etenna and Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Fr. Jean du Cœur de Jésus d’Elbée, SS.CC., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers)

Bishop Artur Michael Landgraf, Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany), passed away at 63

Fr. Henry Systermans, SS.CC., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers)

Fr. Paul John Hallinan, Priest of Cleveland (USA), was elected Bishop of Charleston (USA)

Fr. Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Gorakhpur was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Benares-Gorakhpur (India)

Fr. Joseph Emil Malenfant, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Gorakhpur (India), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Benares-Gorakhpur (India)

Archbishop Albert Gregory Meyer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)

Archbishop Umberto Mozzoni, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Fr. Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández was appointed as Priest of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop Manuel António Pires succeeded as Bishop of Silva Porto (Angola)

Bishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B., Bishop of Cali (Colombia), passed away at 74

Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kandy (Sri Lanka) and Titular Bishop of Bagai

Archbishop Antonijs Springovičs, Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia), passed away at 81

Bishop Peters Strods, Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Liepāja (Latvia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Riga (Latvia)

Fr. Chen Du-qing (陳獨清) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Ganzhou 贛州 (China)

Fr. Hu Qin-ming (胡欽明) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

Fr. Huang Shu (黃曙) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Fr. Robert Leiber, S.J., resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Pope Pius XII, Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, passed away at 82

Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, was appointed as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Alberto Di Jorio, Priest of Roma (Italy), Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals and Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Regent of Sacred College of Cardinals

Msgr. Domenico Tardini resigned as Pro-Secretary of State of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Fr. Karl Heinrich Braun was appointed as Priest of Augsburg (Germany)

Archbishop Settimio Peroni, Bishop emeritus of Norcia (Italy), passed away at 79

Cardinal Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso and Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery, passed away at 82

Bishop Giuseppe Della Cioppa, Bishop emeritus of Alife (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Enrique Sarmiento Angulo was appointed as Priest of Bogotá (Colombia)

Bishop Johann Baptist Dietz, Bishop of Fulda (Germany), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cotrada

Cardinal Edward Aloysius Mooney, Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA), passed away at 76

Bishop Rafael Lira Infante, Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile), passed away at 79

Fr. Guo Ze-qian (郭則謙) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop emeritus of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

Fr. James Li Shu-ren (李樹仁), O.S.A. ▼, was illicitly consecrated as Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Yueyang 岳陽 (China)

Fr. Li Zhen-lin (李震林) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 澧縣 (China)

Fr. Xiong De-lian (熊德漣) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China)

Fr. Michael Yan Gao-jian (楊高堅), O.S.A. ▼, was illicitly consecrated as Bishop emeritus of Changde 常德 (China)

Fr. Emile Biayenda was appointed as Priest of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Mario Joseph Conti was appointed as Priest of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Fr. Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales was appointed as Priest of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) and Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca, was elected Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Msgr. Loris Francesco Capovilla, Priest of Venezia (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Private Secretary of the Pope

Fr. Giovanni Ceirano, Priest of Saluzzo (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Nicola Rotunno, Priest of Tricarico (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Bruno Torpigliani, Priest of Arezzo (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Alberto Tricarico, Priest of Gallipoli (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Francesco Chiaurri, Priest of Cesena–Sarsina (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Pietro Fantò, Priest of Locri–Gerace (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Antonio Petti was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Federico Callori di Vignale, Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy), Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, Pro-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera and Pro-Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Domenico Tardini, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Pro-Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

Fr. Luis Gabriel Romero Franco was appointed as Priest of Bogotá (Colombia)

Msgr. Sándor Csertö was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Edmund Joseph Reilly, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA), passed away at 61

Saint Pope John XXIII was installed as Supreme Pontiff

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

Fr. Wilfrid Emmett Doyle was elected Bishop of Nelson (Canada)

Bishop Thomas Joseph McCarthy, Bishop of Nelson (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Archbishop Giovanni Urbani, Archbishop-Bishop of Verona (Italy), was promoted as Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mendi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Port Moresby) (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Léon-Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Fessei and Vicar Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Jean-Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Wilhelm Theo van den Elzen, O.S.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Doruma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Phoba

Fr. Charles Msakila was elected Bishop of Karema (Tanzania)

Fr. Andrei Katkoff, M.I.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Nauplia

Fr. Benigno Chiriboga, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Acalissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Fr. Mario Antonio Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Mr. Bernardino Nogara, President emeritus of Institute for Works of Religion, passed away at 88

Fr. Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo was elected Titular Bishop of Erythræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain)

Fr. Lech Kaczmarek was elected Titular Bishop of Alia and Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

Fr. Wacław Wycisk was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland)

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

Msgr. Ernesto Civardi, Priest of Pavia (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Angelo Pedroni, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Jan Czerniak was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Eudocia

Fr. Jerzy Modzelewski was elected Titular Bishop of Daonium and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Msgr. Giorgio Mylanyk was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Diocese of Saint Catharines was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto and Diocese of Hamilton and became suffragan of Toronto) (Canada)

Diocese of Chihuahua was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua (with suffragan sees Ciudad Juárez and Tarahumara) (Mexico)

Diocese of Mazatlán was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango and Diocese of Sinaloa and became suffragan of Durango) (Mexico)

Bishop Alexander Carter succeeded as Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

Bishop Ralph Hubert Dignan, Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada), passed away at 67

Bishop Antonio Guízar y Valencia, Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Fr. Francis Arinze was appointed as Priest of Onitsha (Nigeria)

Fr. Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji was appointed as Priest of Issele-Uku (Nigeria)

Fr. Michael Pak Jeong-il (박정일 미카엘 / 朴正一) was appointed as Priest of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

Fr. Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Avissa and Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Tunes and Vicar Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada), passed away at 70

Fr. Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Dionysias and Vicar Apostolic of South Solomons (Solomon Islands)

Msgr. Angelo Felici, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Joseph-Jean Heintz, Bishop of Metz (France), passed away at 72

Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt succeeded as Bishop of Metz (France)

Cardinal José María Caro Rodríguez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 92

Fr. Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Misurata (Libya)

Archbishop Albert Levame, Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia and Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, passed away at 77

Fr. Jayme Henrique Chemello was appointed as Priest of Pelotas (Brazil)

Fr. Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki was appointed as Priest of Fort Portal (Uganda)

Fr. Ivan Dias was appointed as Priest of Bombay (India)

Fr. Giuseppe Rossi, Priest of Perugia (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Tiziano Scalzotto was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Diocese of Libreville was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Libreville (with suffragan see Mouila and lost territory to establish Diocese of Mouila) (Gabon)

Diocese of Mouila was established (from Diocese of Libreville and became suffragan of Libreville) (Gabon)

Diocese of Diégo-Suarez was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diégo-Suarez (with suffragan sees Ambanja and Majunga) (Madagascar)

Diocese of Fianarantsoa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa (with suffragan sees Farafangana, Fort-Dauphin, Morondava and Tuléar) (Madagascar)