Nominations and Resignations

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Melbourne lost territory to Diocese of Sale (Australia)

Diocese of Bathurst lost territory to Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored (Turkiye)

Ms. Katharina Neumayer was appointed as Founder of International Confederation of Professional Associations of Domestic Workers

Bishop Oscar de Oliveira was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

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

Fr. Clément Sirgue, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Moundou (Chad), passed away

Bishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Lucien-Bernard Lacoste (鄭紹基), S.C.I. di Béth., Bishop of Dali 大理 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chiang Mai (Thailand)

Fr. Li Sheng-xue (李聖學) ▼ was elected Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

Fr. John Li Wei-guang (李維光) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China)

Fr. Thomas Qian Yu-rong (錢余榮) was elected Bishop of Xuzhou 徐州 (China)

Fr. Shen Chu-ming (沈初鳴) ▼ was elected Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China)

Fr. Anthony Tu Shi-hua (涂世華) ▼ was elected Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China)

Fr. Wang Ju-guang (王炬光) ▼ was elected Bishop of Suifu 敘府 (China)

Fr. Peter Wang Rui-huan (王瑞寰) ▼ was elected Apostolic Administrator of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China)

Fr. Wang Wei-min (王維民) ▼ was elected Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China)

Bishop Francis Xavier Wang Ze-pu (Wang Tse-pu) (王澤浦), Bishop emeritus of Wanxian 萬縣 (China), passed away at 87

Fr. Joseph Yao Guang-yu (姚光裕), C.M. ▼, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

Fr. Matthew Yu Cheng-cai (郁成才) ▼ was elected Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China)

Fr. Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian (張鳴謙), O.F.M. ▼, was elected Bishop of Yichang 宜昌 (China)

Bishop Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina, Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop Louis van Steene, M. Afr., was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Cook Islands (Cook Islands)

Fr. Jorge Francisco Mosquera Barreiro, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zamora (Mexico)

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

Fr. Gilberto Tapia, Bishop emeritus of Guaranda (Ecuador), passed away at 45

Abbot Germain Cozien, O.S.B., resigned as President of Solesmes Congregation

Sr. Maria Felicia Pastoors, O.S.U., was appointed as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Ms. Marianna Wilke was appointed as Founder of International Confederation of Professional Associations of Domestic Workers

Fr. Rocco Dellatolla was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

Fr. Pavol Brezanóczy was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Eger (Hungary)

Fr. Sándor Klempa, O. Praem., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém (Hungary)

Bishop Vince Kovács resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

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

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

Bishop Gabriel Ganni, Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon)

Msgr. Giuseppe Casoria, Priest of Acerra (Italy) and Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline

Archbishop Gustavo Testa, Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, was created

Bishop Alberto Castelli resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Archbishop Francesco Giuseppe Lardone, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Internuncio to Turkiye

Msgr. Ambrogio Marchioni, Priest of Napoli (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Msgr. Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli, Apostolic Delegate to British East and West Africa, was elected

Msgr. Vittore Ugo Righi, Priest of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Iran

Bishop Antonio Ravagli, Coadjutor Bishop of Larino (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Modigliana (Italy)

Msgr. Giuseppe Rossi, Priest of Perugia (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P., was appointed as Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Abbot Emanuele Caronti, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Abbot Pietro Celestino Gusi, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Ercole Crovella, Priest of Vercelli (Italy), was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Msgr. Serafino de Angelis was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Domenico Galletti resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Msgr. Salvatore Luzio resigned as Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Marco Martini resigned as Underdatary of Apostolic Dataria

Msgr. Silvio Romani, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Underdatary of Apostolic Dataria

Fr. Gaetano Briani, F.S.C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Fr. Giuseppe Gianfranceschi, S.J., President emeritus of Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes, passed away at 81

Fr. Antonio Todesco, F.S.C.I., resigned as Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Dr. Francesco Vito was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Mr. Luigi Gedda resigned as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Agostino Maltarello was appointed as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Msgr. Aloysius Akira Ogihara (アロイジオ 荻原 晃), S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Bishop Lucio Torreblanca, Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado, L.C., Director General of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ, was appointed as Founder of Regnum Christi Apostolic Movement

Fr. Manuel Moncayo, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Zamora (Mexico)

Msgr. Andrzej Maria Deskur, Priest of Kraków (Poland), Vice-Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Cinema, Radio and Television and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for the Cinema, Radio and Television

Bishop Franciszek Jop, Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) and Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Bishop Florentino de Andrade e Silva, Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Porto (Portugal)

Bishop Ioan Ploscaru, Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., was created Superior General of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor

Sr. Trinidad de la Santa Madre Iglesia Sánchez Moreno, Obra, was appointed as Founder of The Work of the Church and President of The Work of the Church

Mr. Fernando Rielo, M.Id., was appointed as Founder of Institute Id of Christ the Redeemer (Idente Missionaries)

Bishop Lois-Séverin Haller, C.R.A., Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, was appointed as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Archbishop Giacomo Testa, Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye, was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Fr. Vasyl’ Vsevolod Velychkovs’kyi (Василь Всеволод Величковський), C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Lutsk–Ostroh of the Ukrainians and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Henry N. Archambault was appointed as Priest of Norwich (USA)

Bishop Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Fr. Joseph-Marie Phạm Năng Tĩnh was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Fr. Rupert Hillerich, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Solwezi (Zambia)

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

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

Fr. Alphons Eicheldinger, C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Fr. Kilian Healy, O. Carm., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

Fr. Ignatius a SS. Sacramento, O.SS.T., resigned as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Herbert Kramer, C.PP.S., resigned as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. Herbert Linenberger, C.PP.S., was appointed as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. Kilian Lynch, O. Carm., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

Fr. Michael a Iesu, O.SS.T., was appointed as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. John Mix, C.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

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

Msgr. Carmine Rocco, Priest of Calvi (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

Bishop Benedetto Falcucci, Bishop of Penne e Pescara (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Preslavus

Archbishop João Batista Portocarrero Costa, Bishop emeritus of Mossoró (Brazil) and Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil), passed away at 54

Fr. Alfonso Niehues was elected Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro and Auxiliary Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Fr. Manuel Tavares de Araújo was elected Bishop of Caicó (Brazil)

Diocese of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changanacherry (with suffragan see Palai) (India)

Territorial Prelature of Sicuani was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco and became suffragan of Cusco) (Peru)

Bishop Matthew Kavukattu, Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Sicuani (Peru)

Fr. John Neil Cullinane was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) and Titular Bishop of Flumenzer

Fr. John Jobst, S.A.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Pitanæ and Vicar Apostolic of Kimberleys (Australia)

Bishop Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie, Bishop of Angers (France), passed away at 57

Msgr. Benedetto Marchetta was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Michele Fontevecchia, Bishop emeritus of Sora (Italy), Bishop emeritus of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Aquino (Italy), passed away at 72

Diocese of Patos was established (from Diocese of Cajazeiras and Diocese of Campina Grande and became suffragan of Paraíba) (Brazil)

Bishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco, Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Decoriana

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

Archbishop Theodor Buddenbrock (濮登博), S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanzhou 蘭州 (China), passed away at 80

Fr. Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Priest of Diamantina (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Verinopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Archbishop Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii and Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa was elected Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico)

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

Bishop John Joseph Wright, Bishop of Worcester (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. John William Comber, M.M., Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers), was elected Titular Bishop of Foratiana

Fr. Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador)

Msgr. Enrico Dante, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Prefecture for Pontifical Ceremonies, was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Congregation for Sacred Rites

Fr. Paul Bùi Chu Tạo was elected Titular Bishop of Numida and Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Archbishop Giovanni Panico, Apostolic Delegate to Canada, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Fr. Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors was elected Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Fr. Julius Angerhausen was elected Titular Bishop of Eminentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany)

Bishop Mario Bondini, Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy), passed away at 67

Archbishop José María González Valencia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico), passed away at 74

Msgr. Sante Portalupi, Priest of Vigevano (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua

Fr. Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit was appointed as Priest of Chanthaburi (Thailand)

Bishop Oscar de Oliveira, Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia and Coadjutor Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Rhoina, Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Mariana (Brazil)

Archbishop Giuseppe Beltrami, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

Fr. Johannes Dyba was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Franz Grave was appointed as Priest of Essen (Germany)

Fr. Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar was elected Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Fr. James Joseph Gerrard was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River (USA) and Titular Bishop of Forma

Bishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M., Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Fr. Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies was elected Titular Bishop of Zerta and Coadjutor Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Fr. Albert Vincent D’Souza was elected Titular Bishop of Semnea and Auxiliary Bishop of Mysore (India)

Fr. Raymond D’Mello was elected Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Msgr. Paolo Igino Cecchetti, Priest of Fermo (Italy) and Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium

Fr. Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco was elected Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Fr. Ignacio Arbulú Pineda was elected Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Arce Masías, Bishop of Huánuco (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Piura (Peru)

Bishop Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P., Bishop of Puno (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Ica (Peru)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bossangoa was established (from Diocese of Berbérati) (Central African Republic)

Bishop George Weld, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of British Guiana (Guyana), passed away at 75

Bishop Andrea Pangrazio succeeded as Bishop of Livorno (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Piccioni, Bishop emeritus of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy), passed away at 82

Apostolic Prefecture of Fada N’Gourma was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey) (Burkina Faso)

Fr. José Thurler was elected Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil)

Fr. Petrus Frans Lehaen, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Hyllarima and Vicar Apostolic of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Michel Kien Samophithak was elected Vicar Apostolic of Thare (Thailand) and Titular Bishop of Octaba

Fr. Angelo Tarantino, M.C.C.J., was elected Bishop of Arua (Uganda)

Bishop Antonio Iannucci, Titular Bishop of Hadriania and Auxiliary Bishop of Penne e Pescara (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Penne e Pescara (Italy)

Diocese of Sinaloa was renamed as Diocese of Culiacán (Mexico)

Bishop Lino Aguirre Garcia, Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico)

Territorial Prelature of Arica was established (from Diocese of Iquique and became suffragan of La Serena) (Chile)

Archbishop Jeremiah Kinane, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland), passed away at 74

Ordinariate of Ordinariato para los fieles de ritos orientales en Argentina (Eastern Rite) was established (Argentina)

Apostolic Prefecture of Moundou was promoted as Diocese of Moundou (became suffragan of Bangui) (Chad)

Fr. Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena was elected Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Archbishop Antonio Riberi (黎培理), Apostolic Internuncio to China, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

Msgr. Domenico Galletti, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium

Fr. Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Umuahia (Nigeria)

Fr. Juan Nicolasora Nilmar was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Zapara

Military Vicariate of Austria was established (Austria)

Cardinal Franz König, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) and Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria), was appointed as Military Vicar of Austria (Austria)

Fr. Philip Pargeter was appointed as Priest of Birmingham (England)

Fr. Franz Kamphaus was appointed as Priest of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Patrick Coveney was appointed as Priest of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

Fr. William Walsh was appointed as Priest of Killaloe (Ireland)

Fr. Jean Karroum was elected Bishop of Hassaké of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Gustave-Joseph Deswazières (祝福), M.E.P., Bishop of Beihai 北海 (China), passed away at 76

Fr. Joseph Peter Michael Denning was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) and Titular Bishop of Mallus

Fr. Charles Richard Mulrooney was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) and Titular Bishop of Valentiniana

Bishop Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira, Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Patos (Brazil)

Bishop Léo Blais resigned as Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada)

Bishop Laurent Morin, Titular Bishop of Arsamosata and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada)

Fr. Karl-Josef Rauber was appointed as Priest of Mainz (Germany)

Archbishop Angelo Bartolomasi, Archbishop Military Vicar emeritus of Italy (Italy), passed away at 89

Fr. Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Puno (Peru)

Bishop Joseph Clement Willging, Bishop of Pueblo (USA), passed away at 74

Fr. Paul Piché, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Orcistus and Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada)

Archbishop Dionisio Pietro Hindié, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 62

Fr. Giuseppe Mojoli, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Orazio Cocchetti, Privy Chamberlain Participantium, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada was renamed as Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain)

Diocese of Mondoñedo was renamed as Diocese of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain)

Diocese of Orihuela was renamed as Diocese of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Diocese of Osma was renamed as Diocese of Osma–Soria (Spain)

Diocese of Sigüenza was renamed as Diocese of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)

Diocese of Tui was renamed as Diocese of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

Bishop José López Ortiz, O.S.A., Bishop of Tui (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

Bishop Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea, Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain)

Bishop Pablo Barrachina Estevan, Bishop of Orihuela (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Bishop Lorenzo Bereciartúa y Balerdi, Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)

Bishop Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain)

Bishop Saturnino Rubio y Montiél, Bishop of Osma (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Osma–Soria (Spain)

Bishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias, Titular Bishop of Arethusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum

Patriarch Paul II Cheikho was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Archbishop Sebastiano Baggio, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Canada

Cardinal Fernando Cento, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Giuseppe Fietta was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo alla Regola pro hac vice Title

Fr. Angelo Zambarbieri was elected Titular Bishop of Sita and Coadjutor Bishop of Guastalla (Italy)

Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title

Bishop Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rabat (Morocco), passed away at 77

Fr. Robert Emmet Tracy was elected Titular Bishop of Sergentza and Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Fr. Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny was elected Titular Bishop of Lycaonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai (France)

Fr. Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-Ping (徐誠斌) was appointed as Priest of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Archbishop Salvatore Siino, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

Fr. Joseph Chiang Sui (江綏) was appointed as Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Pierre Phạm Tần was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Giustinianopolis in Galatia

Bishop Léo Blais was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Hieron

Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Vicar General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans), was proclaimed as Doctor of the Church

Fr. Peter Antony Moran was appointed as Priest of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Fr. Philip Francis Straling was appointed as Priest of San Diego (USA)

Fr. Ilarino da Milano Marchesi (Alfredo), O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Preacher of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Fr. Clemente da Santa Maria in Punta Vicentino (Albino Pietro), O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Bishop Evelio Díaz y Cía, Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Cardinal Santiago Luis Copello, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

Archbishop Fermín Emilio Lafitte succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Archbishop Opilio Rossi, Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Fr. Li Sheng-xue (李聖學) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

Fr. Paul-Mounged El-Hachem was appointed as Priest of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Antonio María Rouco Varela was appointed as Priest of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain)

Fr. Edmond Y. Farhat was appointed as Priest of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria)

Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Santo Domingo) (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman was elected Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic)

Msgr. Mariano Clementi, Priest of Fermo (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Apostolic Prefecture of Bechuanaland was established (from Diocese of Bulawayo, Diocese of Kimberley and Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek) (Botswana)

Apostolic Prefecture of Oturkpo was promoted as Diocese of Oturkpo (became suffragan of Lagos) (Nigeria)

Blessed Bishop Mykolai Charnets’kyi (Миколай Чарнецький), C.SS.R., Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 74

Fr. Osmond Peter Martin was appointed as Priest of Belize (Belize)

Fr. Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Mendi (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Gian Vincenzo Moreni was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Msgr. Albino Galletto, Priest of Udine (Italy), Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Honorary Privy Chaplain

Fr. Amand Hubert, S.M.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt) and Titular Bishop of Sais

Fr. Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Alto Solimões (Brazil)

Fr. Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusa and Coadjutor Bishop of Laval (France)

Archbishop Marius Macrionitis, S.J., Archbishop of Athens (Greece), passed away at 45

Apostolic Prefecture of Solwezi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ndola) (Zambia)

Br. Carlo da Sezze Marchioni (Giancarlo), O.F.M., was canonised

Sr. Joaquina de San Francisco Vedruna de Mas (Joaquina), C.C.V., Founder of Carmelite Sisters of Charity, was canonised

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre lost territory to Diocese of Caxias and Diocese of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

Archbishop Paolo Bertoli, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D., was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia

Apostolic Exarchate of Deutschland und Skandinavien (Ukrainian Rite) was established (Germany)

Fr. Alejandro Durán Moreira was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Fr. Platon V. Kornyljak was elected Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia of the Ukrainians (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Castra Martis

Archbishop Moisés Ferreira Coelho, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil), passed away at 82

Bishop Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), passed away at 67

Bishop André Sorin, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 55

Fr. Ryszard Karpiński was appointed as Priest of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Arsamosata and Bishop-Prelate of Coroico (Bolivia)

Fr. Costanzo Micci was elected Titular Bishop of Hadriania and Auxiliary Bishop of Larino (Italy)

Fr. Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bechuanaland (Botswana)

Fr. Edoardo Pecoraio, Priest of Montalto (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Adamo Pucci, Priest of Fano (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Louis Batanian, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of N’Zérékoré was promoted as Diocese of N’Zérékoré (became suffragan of Conakry) (Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Blantyre was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Blantyre (with suffragan sees Dedza, Lilongwe and Zomba) (Malawi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Dedza was promoted as Diocese of Dedza (became suffragan of Blantyre) (Malawi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Lilongwe was promoted as Diocese of Lilongwe (became suffragan of Blantyre) (Malawi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Zomba was promoted as Diocese of Zomba (became suffragan of Blantyre) (Malawi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Abercorn was promoted as Diocese of Abercorn (became suffragan of Lusaka) (Zambia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Fort Jameson was promoted as Diocese of Fort Jameson (became suffragan of Lusaka) (Zambia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kasama was promoted as Diocese of Kasama (became suffragan of Lusaka) (Zambia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Livingstone was promoted as Diocese of Livingstone (became suffragan of Lusaka) (Zambia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Lusaka was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lusaka (with suffragan sees Abercorn, Fort Jameson, Kasama, Livingstone and Ndola) (Zambia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ndola was promoted as Diocese of Ndola (became suffragan of Lusaka) (Zambia)

Fr. Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo was elected Titular Bishop of Lebedus and Vicar Apostolic of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Bishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M., Titular Bishop of Giufi and Vicar Apostolic of Blantyre (Malawi), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Blantyre (Malawi)

Fr. Vivian Anthony Dyer was elected Titular Archbishop of Gabala and Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera, Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador

Fr. Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A., was elected Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar)

Bishop Cornelius Chitsulo, Titular Bishop of Bonitza and Vicar Apostolic of Dedza (Malawi), was appointed as Bishop of Dedza (Malawi)

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

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

Bishop Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J., Titular Bishop of Diospolis inferior and Vicar Apostolic of Lusaka (Zambia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia)

Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Carystus and Vicar Apostolic of Fort Jameson (Zambia), was appointed as Bishop of Fort Jameson (Zambia)

Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Regiæ and Vicar Apostolic of Kasama (Zambia), was appointed as Bishop of Kasama (Zambia)

Bishop-elect Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Termessus and Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn (Zambia), was appointed as Bishop of Abercorn (Zambia)

Bishop Francis Costantin Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv., Titular Bishop of Cœliana and Vicar Apostolic of Ndola (Zambia), was appointed as Bishop of Ndola (Zambia)

Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea and Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone (Zambia), was appointed as Bishop of Livingstone (Zambia)

Sr. Elena Guerra, O.S.S., Founder of Oblates of the Holy Spirit (Institute of Saint Zita), was beatified

Bishop Joseph Patrick Donahue, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), passed away at 88

Msgr. Paolo Savino, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Thessalia

Bishop Édouard Ranaivo, Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar), passed away at 64

Fr. Alfred Bengsch, Priest of Berlin (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Tubia and Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Sr. Marguerite d’Youville Dufrost de Lajemmerais (Marie-Marguerite), S.G.M., was beatified

Diocese of Nagasaki 長崎 was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagasaki 長崎 (with suffragan sees Fukuoka 福岡, Kagoshima 鹿児島, Miyazaki 宮崎 and Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島) (Japan)

Bishop Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi (パウロ 山口 愛次郎), Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Cardinal Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme and Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France), passed away at 87

Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier succeeded as Bishop of Le Mans (France)

Cardinal Crisanto Luque Sánchez, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia), passed away at 70

Bishop Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcadé, Bishop emeritus of Laval (France), passed away at 64

Fr. José Dalvit, F.S.C.I., was elected Bishop of São Mateus (Brazil)

Fr. Diego Parodi, M.C.C.J., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Santo Antônio de Balsas (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Centenaria

Blessed Fr. Dedë Malaj, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 41

Fr. Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Mouila (Gabon)

Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cape Coast (Ghana) and Titular Archbishop of Lemnus

Fr. Venedictos Printesis was elected Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece) and Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

Bishop Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Abaradira

Fr. Giuseppe Bonacini was elected Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy)

Fr. John Joseph Maguire was elected Titular Bishop of Antiphræ and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Archbishop Luis Concha Córdoba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Archbishop Luis Concha Córdoba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia)

Fr. Georges Jacquot was elected Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia and Coadjutor Bishop of Gap (France)

Msgr. Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀), Priest of Benevento (Italy), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to China

Fr. Henryk Grzondziel was elected Titular Bishop of Athribis and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Diocese of Ambatondrazaka was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diégo-Suarez and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tananarive and became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Bishop Jan Remiger, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 80

Fr. Frans Janssen, C.M., Apostolic Administrator of Gimma (Ethiopia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Gimma (Ethiopia) and Titular Bishop of Cœliana

Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa and Diocese of Tehuantepec and became suffragan of Veracruz–Jalapa) (Mexico)

Diocese of Tlaxcala was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles and became suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles) (Mexico)

Fr. Ferdinand Piontek was elected Titular Bishop of Barca

Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Fr. Bruno Bertagna was appointed as Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy)

Bishop Jesús Villareal y Fierro, Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico)

Fr. René Henry Gracida was appointed as Priest of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Anthony Michael Pilla was appointed as Priest of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Jean-Claude Turcotte was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Denys Antoine Hayek was elected Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru)

Bishop José María García Graín, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru), passed away at 75

Fr. Joseph Edward Troy was appointed as Priest of Bathurst (Canada)

Bishop Jan Stepa, Bishop of Tarnów (Poland), passed away at 66

Fr. Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Othon Motta, Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)

Fr. Matthew Francis Ustrzycki was appointed as Priest of Hamilton (Canada)

Fr. William Leo Higi was appointed as Priest of Lafayette in Indiana (USA)

Bishop Jules Lecouvet, Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai (Belgium), passed away at 79

Fr. Wang Wei-min (王維民) ▼ was consecrated as Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China)

Archbishop Angelo Ficarra, Bishop emeritus of Patti (Italy), passed away at 73

Bishop William Theodore Mulloy, Bishop of Covington (USA), passed away at 66

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi (lost territory to establish Diocese of Simla and gained suffragan see Simla) (India)

Diocese of Simla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla and became suffragan of Delhi) (India)

Fr. Angelo Innocent Fernandes was elected Titular Archbishop of Novæ Patræ and Coadjutor Archbishop of Delhi (India)

Archbishop Joseph Alexander Fernandes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi and Simla (India), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India)

Fr. John Burke was elected Bishop of Simla (India)

Fr. Patrick Murray, C.SS.R., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), passed away at 93

Bishop Bernard James Sheil, Titular Bishop of Pegæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Selge

Msgr. Lucien Anné was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) and Titular Bishop of Diospolis inferior

Msgr. Artúr Schwarz-Eggenhofer was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Esztergom (Hungary)

Archbishop Carlo Falcinelli, Bishop emeritus of Jesi (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen was appointed as Priest of Denver (USA)

Fr. Bernard Joseph Harrington was appointed as Priest of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Raymond N. Jones was appointed as Priest of Denver (USA)

Bishop Giobbe Chen Chi-ming (陳啓明), C.M., Bishop of Zhengding 正定 (China), passed away at 67

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Viminacium

Apostolic Vicariate of Usumbura was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega and Apostolic Vicariate of Ngozi) (Burundi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Western Solomon Islands was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Solomon Islands and Apostolic Vicariate of South Solomons) (Solomon Islands)

Fr. Michel Ntuyahaga was elected Titular Bishop of Alabanda and Vicar Apostolic of Usumbura (Burundi)

Fr. Johannes Lenhardt was elected Titular Bishop of Carystus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Fr. Luis Munive Escobar was elected Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico)

Fr. Claudio Baggini was appointed as Priest of Lodi (Italy)

Fr. John Kevin Boland was appointed as Priest of Savannah (USA)

Msgr. Lino Zanini, Priest of Venezia (Italy), Domestic Prelate and Apostolic Internuncio to Iran, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Hæmimonto

Apostolic Vicariate of Goroka was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Alexishafen) (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Lae was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Alexishafen) (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mount Hagen was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Alexishafen and Apostolic Vicariate of Wewak) (Papua New Guinea)

Msgr. Joseph Géraud was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Diocese of Campo Mourão was established (from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Campo Mourão and Diocese of Toledo) (Brazil)

Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Diocese of Toledo was established (from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Diocese of Los Ángeles was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and Diocese of Temuco and became suffragan of Concepción) (Chile)

Diocese of Ciudad Obregón was established (from Diocese of Sonora and became suffragan of Chihuahua) (Mexico)

Archbishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas, Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus and Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório, Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

Fr. Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil)

Bishop Manoel Könner, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa, Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)

Venerable Bishop Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda, Titular Bishop of Linoë and Apostolic Administrator of Lucena (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Lucena (Philippines)

Fr. Bernhard Schräder was elected Titular Bishop of Scyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

Fr. Angélico Melotto Mazzardo, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Sololá (Guatemala)

Archbishop Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), passed away at 67

Bishop Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M., Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia), passed away at 64

Fr. Renato Corti was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Anfossi was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Adriano Caprioli was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Gervasio Gestori was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Salim Sayegh was appointed as Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Paul Iby was appointed as Priest of Eisenstadt (Austria)

Fr. Francisco Clavel Gil was appointed as Priest of México (Mexico)

Apostolic Vicariate of Goma was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bukavu) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima 広島 was promoted as Diocese of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

Bishop Adolf Bolte, Titular Bishop of Cibyra and Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Fr. Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. Silv., was elected Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. Silv., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Msgr. Angelo Di Felice, Priest of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Ignatius Wang Zhong-zhang (汪中璋) was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Abbot Jean Prou, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Solesmes Congregation

Fr. Edwin Regan was appointed as Priest of Cardiff (Wales)

Bishop Arturo Duque Villegas, Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Bishop Pierre Veuillot, Priest of Paris (France), was appointed as Bishop of Angers (France)

Bishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury, Titular Bishop of Elis and Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia

Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼, resigned as Apostolic Delegate to French Africa

Archbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to French Africa and Apostolic Delegate to Western Africa

Fr. Americo Ciani was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea) and Titular Bishop of Tinista

Fr. Karel Kasteel was appointed as Priest of Utrecht (Netherlands)

Bishop Francisco de Assis Pires, Bishop of Crato (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia

Fr. Honorato Piazera, S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Termessus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Angélico Sândalo Bernardino was appointed as Priest of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Fr. Peter Wang Rui-huan (王瑞寰) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Apostolic Administrator of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China)

Fr. Luigi Paiaro was appointed as Priest of Padova (Italy)

Fr. Agostino Gemelli, O.F.M., President of Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, passed away at 81

Fr. Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik was elected Titular Bishop of Rhandus and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians)

Diocese of Kaduna was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna (with suffragan sees Jos and Oturkpo) (Nigeria)

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

Apostolic Vicariate of Yule Island was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Port Moresby) (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A., Bishop of Kaduna (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)

Fr. Canisius Teodorus Gellings, SS.CC., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 79

Diocese of Bova lost territory to Diocese of Gerace–Locri (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Albert Malula, Priest of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Titular Bishop of Attanasus and Auxiliary Bishop of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bhamo (Myanmar)

Fr. Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa was appointed as Priest of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Fr. Alfred Pichler was elected Bishop of Banjaluka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Pablo Correa León, Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia)

Msgr. Ferdinando Baldelli, Priest of Pergola (Italy), Domestic Prelate and President of Caritas Internationalis, was elected Titular Bishop of Aperlæ

Fr. Tadeusz Etter was elected Titular Bishop of Bonitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eritrea was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Asmara (Eritrea)

Diocese of Galveston was renamed as Diocese of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Bishop Luís Gonzaga Peluso, Bishop of Lorena (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil)

Bishop Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea)

Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold, Bishop of Galveston (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Diocese of Apuania lost territory to Diocese of Brugnato and Diocese of Luni–Sarzana (Italy)

Diocese of Brugnato exchanged territory with Diocese of Chiavari (Italy)

Diocese of Chiavari lost territory to Diocese of Luni–Sarzana (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Yao Guang-yu (姚光裕), C.M. ▼, was illicitly consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

Abbot Anselmo Federico Catalán, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot nullius emeritus of New Norcia (Australia) and Ecclesiastical Superior emeritus of Drisdale River (Australia), passed away at 80

Diocese of Ugento was renamed as Diocese of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Frederico Etges was elected Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Giuseppe Ruotolo, Bishop of Ugento (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

Bishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Blessed Bishop Ioan Bălan, Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 79

Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M., Bishop emeritus of Savannah (USA), passed away at 83

Archbishop Fermín Emilio Lafitte, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina), passed away at 70

Fr. Augusto Carvalho was elected Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil)

Msgr. Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli, Priest of Benevento (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Congo and Ruanda-Urundi and Titular Archbishop of Amida

Fr. Jolando Nuzzi was elected Titular Bishop of Emmaüs and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Bishop José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios, Titular Bishop of Amisus and Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

Fr. Charles Albert Buswell was elected Bishop of Pueblo (USA)

Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan, Bishop of Norwich (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Worcester (USA)

Bishop John Baptist Franz, Bishop of Dodge City (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Peoria (USA)

Fr. José Luis Gutiérrez Gómez was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Fr. James Chan Soon Cheong (曾順祥) was appointed as Priest of Malacca–Singapore (Malaysia)

Fr. Georges Layek was elected Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

Cardinal Antonio Caggiano, Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) and President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Anthony Tu Shi-hua (涂世華) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China)

Fr. Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian (張鳴謙), O.F.M. ▼, was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Yichang 宜昌 (China)

Fr. James Henry Garland was appointed as Priest of Cincinnati (USA)

Msgr. Giovanni Angelo Abbo, Priest of Albenga (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Archbishop Alessandro Evreinoff, Titular Archbishop of Parium, passed away at 82

Fr. Franz Josef Dietl was appointed as Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Archbishop Jules Georges Kandela, Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria

Archbishop Nicola Giannattasio, Bishop emeritus of Nardò (Italy), passed away at 88

Archbishop-elect Georges Layek was confirmed as Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

Bishop Joseph John Annabring, Bishop of Superior (USA), passed away at 59

Archbishop Rubén Odio Herrera, Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica), passed away at 57

Fr. Joseph Elias Tawil was elected Titular Archbishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Cibyra and General Vicar of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Diocese of Sonora was renamed as Diocese of Hermosillo (Mexico)

Bishop Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero, Bishop of Sonora (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Hermosillo (Mexico)

Archbishop Romolo Carboni, Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Bishop Peter Wang Mu-duo (王木鐸), Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China), passed away at 55

Bishop Martin John O’Connor, Titular Bishop of Thespiæ, Rector of Pontifical North American College and President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria

Archbishop Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa, Titular Archbishop of Hemesa, passed away at 93

Bishop Teopisto Valderrama Alberto, Bishop of Sorsogon (Philippines), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Amastris and Coadjutor Archbishop of Caceres (Philippines)

Fr. Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla was elected Bishop of Sorsogon (Philippines)

Bishop Kenneth Grant, Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland), passed away at 59

Bishop Thomas Anthony Welch, Bishop of Duluth (USA), passed away at 74

Archbishop John Dooley, S.S.C.M.E., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Indochina

Msgr. Mario Brini, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Indochina

Fr. József Winkler was elected Titular Bishop of Dadima and Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

Archbishop Paul Akl, Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria of the Maronites, passed away at 76

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

Bishop Francisco Juan Vénnera, Titular Bishop of Abitinæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

Bishop Matthew Francis Brady, Bishop of Manchester (USA), passed away at 66

Fr. Gellért Belon was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pécs (Hungary)

Abbot Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) and President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland, was appointed as Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

Abbot Primate Bernhard Kälin, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

Bishop José Tupinambá da Frota, Bishop of Sobral (Brazil), passed away at 77

Archbishop Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco, Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela), passed away at 53

Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Ruppen resigned as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop José Humberto Paparoni, Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela), passed away at 39

Msgr. Guido del Mestri, Priest of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Eastern Africa

Fr. Cyrille Emmanuel Benni was elected Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Bishop Antonio Akšmovic, Bishop emeritus of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia), passed away at 84

Bishop Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M., Titular Bishop of Bita and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pando (Bolivia), passed away at 45

Fr. Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov was elected Titular Bishop of Giufi

Bishop Stjepan Bauerlein, Titular Bishop of Heraclea pontica and Auxiliary Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia), was appointed as Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia)

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo resigned as Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

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

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

Bishop Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC., resigned as Military Vicar of Chile (Chile)

Fr. Francisco Xavier Gillmore Stock was appointed as Military Vicar of Chile (Chile)

Bishop Elizeu Simões Mendes, Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil)

Bishop Pranciskus Ramanauskas, Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania), passed away at 65

Fr. Leo Cornelli, O.S.B. Silv., was appointed as Abbot General of Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines)

Apostolic Prefecture of Weetebula was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Endeh) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ngong was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi and Diocese of Kisumu) (Kenya)

Bishop José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge (Colombia)

Fr. Wincenty Urban was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Abitinæ

Archbishop-elect Cyrille Emmanuel Benni was confirmed as Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Archbishop Pietro Parente, Archbishop of Perugia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide and Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. José Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (Peru)

Fr. Stéphane Bello was elected Bishop of Aleppo of the Chaldeans (Syria)

Archbishop-elect Joseph Elias Tawil was confirmed as Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Fr. Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (ヤヌアリオ 早坂 久之助), Bishop emeritus of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), passed away at 76

Bishop Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda, Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), passed away at 78

Fr. Rainmund (Franz Julius) Tschudy, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

Bishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo, Bishop of Montería (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Cardinal Federico Tedeschini, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, passed away at 86

Diocese of Wa was established (from Diocese of Tamale and became suffragan of Cape Coast) (Ghana)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Riley was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) and Titular Bishop of Regiæ

Bishop Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Shiré (Malawi), passed away at 83

Abbot Vincent George Taylor, O.S.B., Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA), passed away at 82

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Filippucci, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), passed away at 85

Fr. Ersilio Tonini, Priest of Piacenza (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

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

Fr. Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé was elected Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Coadjutor Bishop of Nîmes (France)

Bishop Alfonso Marie de Sanctis, Bishop of Todi (Italy), passed away at 76

Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega (with suffragan sees Ngozi and Usumbura) (Burundi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ngozi was promoted as Diocese of Ngozi (became suffragan of Gitega) (Burundi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Usumbura was promoted as Diocese of Usumbura (became suffragan of Gitega) (Burundi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Basankusu was promoted as Diocese of Basankusu (became suffragan of Coquilhatville) (Congo-Kinshasa)