Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Callinicum was suppressed (to establish Titular Episcopal See of Callinicum) (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Callinicum (Maronite Rite) was established (from the suppressed Titular Episcopal See of Callinicum) (Syria)

Abbot Hubertus Norbertus, O. Praem., resigned as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Fr. Alfonso Raes, S.J., Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was appointed as Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Fr. Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Parakou (Benin), passed away

Archbishop Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was created President of Caritas Internationalis

Fr. Anthony Gao Yong (高庸) ▼ was elected Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

Fr. Stephen He Chun-ming (何春明) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China)

Bishop Kong Ling-zhong (孔令忠), P.S.S. ▼, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China)

Fr. Li De-hua (李德化) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China)

Fr. Andrew Liu An-zhi (劉安祉), C.M. ▼, was elected Bishop of Zhengding 正定 (China)

Fr. Xi Min-yuan (郗民援) ▼ was elected Bishop of Luoyang 洛陽 (China)

Fr. Xia Xue-qian (夏學謙) ▼ was elected Bishop of Shaoguan 韶關 (China)

Fr. Emiliano Pied, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia), passed away

Fr. Joseph-Alain Leroy, O.F.M., was elected Prefect Apostolic of Lac Moero (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Jean-François Waterschoot, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Lac Moero (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away

Fr. Antonín Veselý was uncanonically appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Český Těšín (Czechia)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Villot, Coadjutor Archbishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions

Fr. Joseph Bouchaud, F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of Charity

Bishop Wilhelm Kempf, Bishop of Limburg (Germany), was appointed as Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions

Archbishop Venedictos Printesis resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece)

Fr. Adam Grossi, P.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Malda (India), passed away

Fr. Michael Browne, O.P., Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), was created

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

Fr. Francis Griffin, C.S.Sp., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

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

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

Archbishop Francesco Carpino, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto

Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church and Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, was appointed as President of Commission for the Coordination of Conciliar Work

Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto

Archbishop Pericle Felici, Vicar of the Chapter of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, was appointed as Secretary General of Commission for the Coordination of Conciliar Work

Cardinal Clemente Micara, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals and Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy)

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

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

Archbishop Luigi Centoz resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

Archbishop Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Congo and Ruanda-Urundi

Archbishop Luigi Punzolo was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Syria

Msgr. Mario Schierano, Priest of Torino (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary for Indulgence Section of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Archbishop Lino Zanini was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Archbishop-elect Saverio Zupi, Apostolic Delegate to Korea, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Pakistan

Bishop Ferdinando Baldelli resigned as President of Caritas Internationalis

Bishop Biagio Budelacci resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati (Italy)

Fr. Carlo Colombo, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Msgr. Giuseppe Rossi resigned as Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Bishop Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy)

Msgr. Serafino de Angelis resigned as Secretary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Alberto Serafini resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Giovanni Sessolo, Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal Ignace Gabriel I Tappouni resigned as Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye)

Archbishop Philippe Nabaa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was appointed as Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions

Fr. Ángel María Oñate, M.Sp.S., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

Fr. Jesús María Padilla, M.Sp.S., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

Patriarch Alberto Gori, O.F.M., Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine), was appointed as Grand Prior of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Fr. Hilarion Capucci, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Msgr. Daniel Faltin, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Assistant of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law

Fr. John Hart, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan), passed away

Archbishop Casimiro Morcillo González, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain), was appointed as Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions

Archbishop Joseph Guo Ruo-shi (Kuo Joshih) (郭若石), C.D.D., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Msgr. Joseph Louis Bernardin, Priest of Charleston (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop John Joseph Krol, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions

Archimandrite Athanase Hage, B.C., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

Archimandrite Ambroise Kassis, B.A., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Fr. Ignatius Abi Sleyman, O.L.M., resigned as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Ángel Almárcegui, O.A.R., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)

Fr. Geraldo Silva Araújo, S.D.N., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Fr. Eugenio Ayape, O.A.R., resigned as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)

Fr. Jean Chami, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul

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

Fr. Emmanuel Devroye, C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Sante Gattuso, O. de M., resigned as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Fr. Joseph Gill, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. George Kean, C.I., resigned as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Germain-Marie Lalande, C.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)

Fr. Athanasius Miller, O.S.B., resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Fr. Bernardo Navarro, O. de M., was appointed as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Fr. Christopher O’Toole, C.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)

Fr. Joseph Torbey, O.L.M., was appointed as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

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

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

Archbishop Agostino Mancinelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Federico Emmanuel, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), passed away at 89

Fr. Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González was elected Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

Bishop Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B., Bishop of Melo (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay)

Bishop John Joseph Rafferty, Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia), passed away at 49

Fr. Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar was appointed as Priest of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

Fr. Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể was appointed as Priest of Huê (Vietnam)

Bishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin (華朗庭), M.E.P., Bishop of Kangding 康定 (China), passed away at 81

Bishop Paul-Leon-Cornelius Montaigne (滿德胎), C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beijing 北京 (China), passed away at 78

Diocese of Palmares was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and Diocese of Garanhuns and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Jesús María was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango, Diocese of Colima and Diocese of Zacatecas and became suffragan of Guadalajara) (Mexico)

Diocese of Tehuacán was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles and became suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles) (Mexico)

Territorial Prelature of Tagum was established (from Territorial Prelature of Davao and became suffragan of Cagayan de Oro) (Philippines)

Diocese of Oakland was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco and became suffragan of San Francisco) (USA)

Diocese of Santa Rosa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco and Diocese of Sacramento and became suffragan of San Francisco) (USA)

Diocese of Stockton was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco and Diocese of Sacramento and became suffragan of San Francisco) (USA)

Msgr. José Miguel Pinto Gómez was appointed as Chamberlain of Honour of Purple Ropes

Bishop Alfred Bengsch, Bishop of Berlin (Germany), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Fr. Józef Kowalczyk was appointed as Priest of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop Guglielmo Motolese, Titular Bishop of Eutyme and Auxiliary Bishop of Taranto (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

Bishop Daniel Mageean, Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland), passed away at 79

Bishop Christianus Caminada, Bishop of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 86

Bishop Johannes Vonderach succeeded as Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Bishop Giuseppe Vairo, Titular Bishop of Uthina, was appointed as Bishop of Gravina (Italy) and Bishop of Irsina (Italy)

Bishop Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes, Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal), passed away at 67

Bishop Tomás Aspe, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Cochabamba (Bolivia), passed away at 76

Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle (France)

Bishop Aimable Chassaigne, Bishop of Tulle (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Byzacena

Fr. Anthony Gao Yong (高庸) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

Fr. Stephen He Chun-ming (何春明) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kaifeng 開封 (China)

Fr. Li De-hua (李德化) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China)

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

Fr. Andrew Liu An-zhi (劉安祉), C.M. ▼, was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Zhengding 正定 (China)

Fr. Xia Xue-qian (夏學謙) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Shaoguan 韶關 (China)

Fr. André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse was elected Titular Bishop of Antiochia parva and Coadjutor Bishop of Dijon (France)

Bishop Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal, Titular Bishop of Tamiathis and Coadjutor Bishop of Badajoz (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Santander (Spain)

Bishop Floyd Lawrence Begin, Titular Bishop of Sala and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Oakland (USA)

Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe, Titular Bishop of Taium and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Stockton (USA)

Bishop Charles Herman Helmsing, Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Fr. Leo Thomas Maher was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA)

Fr. Joseph William Regan, M.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Tagum (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Isinda

Archbishop Leo Jozef Suenens, President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium and Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was appointed as Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium)

Fr. Antonio Quarracino, Priest of Mercedes (Argentina), was elected Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)

Fr. Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil)

Cardinal Gaetano Cicognani, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and Pro-Prefect emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 80

Cardinal Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique), passed away at 72

Fr. Pedro Filipak was elected Bishop of Jacarezinho (Brazil)

Archbishop Vivian Anthony Dyer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India), passed away at 55

Bishop Teofilo Matulionis, Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maceió and Diocese of Penedo and became suffragan of Maceió) (Brazil)

Diocese of Atlanta was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Atlanta (with suffragan sees Charleston, Miami, Raleigh, Saint Augustine and Savannah) (USA)

Bishop Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena was appointed as Titular Bishop of Apollonis

Msgr. John Gordon, Priest of Dublin (Ireland) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Thailand, Laos and Malay Peninsula and Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum

Fr. Marco Caliaro, C.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Tamiathis and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Anthony Hampden Dickson was appointed as Priest of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica)

Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina), passed away at 71

Cardinal Fernando Cento was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., Superior General of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor and Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites

Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A., Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia and Prefect Apostolic of Parakou (Benin)

Archbishop Salvatore Baccarini, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Manuel Nuñes Gabriel, Bishop of Malanje (Angola), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Methymna and Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda (Angola)

Cardinal Aloisius Joseph Muench, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme and Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Fargo (USA), passed away at 72

Fr. Patrick Altham Kelly was appointed as Priest of Lancaster (England)

Diocese of Città di Castello lost territory to Diocese of Arezzo (Italy)

Archbishop Agostino Saba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy), passed away at 73

Bishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández, Auxiliary Bishop of Santander (Spain), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

Fr. Luis Franco Cascón, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Bishop Paul John Hallinan, Bishop of Charleston (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken, Bishop of Sacramento (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

Archbishop William David O’Brien, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), passed away at 83

Bishop Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nardò (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Makeni was promoted as Diocese of Makeni (without ecclesiastical province) (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg was elected Titular Bishop of Eutyme and Auxiliary Bishop of Bourges (France)

Fr. Joseph Amihere Essuah was elected Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana)

Fr. Hyacinthe Thiandoum, Priest of Dakar (Senegal), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal)

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

Fr. Jerzy Karol Ablewicz was elected Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

Bishop José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B., Bishop-Prelate of Humaitá (Brazil), passed away at 68

Fr. Zygfryd Ignacy Kowalski was elected Titular Bishop of Assus and Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

Bishop Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem succeeded as Bishop of Laval (France)

Bishop Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau, Bishop of Laval (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ausafa

Bishop Domenico Fiori, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy), passed away at 87

Diocese of Lavant was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Maribor and united to Diocese of Maribor) (Austria)

Diocese of Maribor was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Lavant, gained title of Lavant and without ecclesiastical province) (Slovenia)

Fr. Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Oreus and Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Bishop Maksimilijan Držecnik, Bishop of Lavant (Austria), was appointed as Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia)

Bishop James Joseph Byrne, Bishop of Boise City (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Archbishop Ermenegildo Florit succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

Diocese of Ségou was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamako and became suffragan of Bamako) (Mali)

Apostolic Vicariate of Hamhung 함흥 was promoted as Diocese of Hamhung 함흥 (became suffragan of Seoul 서울) (North Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Pyong-Yang 평양 was promoted as Diocese of Pyong-yang 평양 (became suffragan of Seoul 서울) (North Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Busan 부산 was promoted as Diocese of Busan 부산 (became suffragan of Daegu 대구) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cheongju 청주 was promoted as Diocese of Cheongju 청주 (became suffragan of Daegu 대구) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Chunchon 춘천 was promoted as Diocese of Chunchon 춘천 (became suffragan of Seoul 서울) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku 대구 was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Daegu 대구 (with suffragan sees Busan 부산 and Cheongju 청주) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Daijeon was promoted as Diocese of Daejeon 대전 (became suffragan of Seoul 서울) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Gwangju 광주 was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju 광주 (with suffragan see Jeonju 전주) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Incheon 인천 was promoted as Diocese of Incheon 인천 (became suffragan of Seoul 서울) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jeonju 전주 was promoted as Diocese of Jeonju 전주 (became suffragan of Gwangju 광주) (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Seul 서울 was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul 서울 (with suffragan sees Chunchon 춘천, Daejeon 대전, Hamhung 함흥, Incheon 인천 and Pyong-yang 평양) (South Korea)

Diocese of Monze was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lusaka and became suffragan of Lusaka) (Zambia)

Archbishop Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Gabala

Fr. Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamako (Mali), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Ségou (Mali)

Fr. Luc Auguste Sangaré was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamako (Mali)

Bishop Peter Han Kong-ryel (한공렬 베드로), Titular Bishop of Sagalassus and Vicar Apostolic of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea)

Bishop Harold William Henry (현 하롤드), S.S.C.M.E., Titular Bishop of Corydala and Vicar Apostolic of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

Bishop Paul Marie Ro Ki-nam (노기남 바오로 / 盧基南), Titular Bishop of Colbasa and Vicar Apostolic of Seul 서울 (South Korea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Bishop John Baptist Sye Bong-kil (서정길 요한), Titular Bishop of Choma and Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Daegu 대구 (South Korea)

Bishop John A. Choi Jae-seon (최재선 요한), Titular Bishop of Fussala and Vicar Apostolic of Busan 부산 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

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

Bishop William John McNaughton (나길모 굴리엘모), M.M., Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus and Vicar Apostolic of Incheon 인천 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

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

Bishop Thomas F. Quinlan (구 토마), S.S.C.M.E., Titular Bishop of Fornos major, Vicar Apostolic of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, was appointed as Bishop of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea)

Fr. Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo)

Fr. James Corboy, S.J., was elected Bishop of Monze (Zambia)

Bishop Józef Čársky, Bishop emeritus of Rožňava (Slovakia), Apostolic Administrator of Košice na Slovensku (Slovakia) and Auxiliary Bishop of Košice (Slovakia), passed away at 75

Diocese of Cartago was established (from Diocese of Cali and became suffragan of Popayán) (Colombia)

Diocese of Facatativá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá and Diocese of Zipaquirá and became suffragan of Bogotá) (Colombia)

Fr. Enzo Dieci was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Maria Vegliò was appointed as Priest of Pesaro (Italy)

Fr. Adam Lepa was appointed as Priest of Łódź (Poland)

Archbishop Leo Jozef Suenens, President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Patriarch José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟), Titular Archbishop of Odessus, Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera and Patriarch ad personam, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Michael Browne, O.P., was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti, Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Efrem Forni, Titular Archbishop of Darnis, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Giovanni Panico, Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana prima and Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Giovanni Urbani, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) and Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

Archbishop Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Anchialus

Msgr. Guilio Barbetta, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was elected Titular Bishop of Pharan

Bishop Oddo Bernacchia, Bishop of Termoli (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sebela

Fr. Alfredo Bontempi was elected Titular Bishop of Palmyra

Fr. Francesco Tortora, O.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Livias and Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Archbishop Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) and President of Episcopal Conference of Peru, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop José Antonio Dammert Bellido, Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

Bishop Bolesław Kominek, Titular Bishop of Vaga, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ

Fr. Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda, O.S.B. Subl., Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Archbishop Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A., Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Greek-Melkites and Pro-Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop José Alí Lebrún Moratinos, Bishop of Maracay (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

Cardinal Leo Jozef Suenens, President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

Bishop José Thurler, Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Capitolias

Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Cardinal José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟), Patriarch ad personam, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca

Cardinal Michael Browne, O.P., was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alla Regola

Cardinal Efrem Forni was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme

Bishop Paolo Carta, Bishop of Foggia (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Bishop Gaetano De Cicco, Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Æzani

Fr. Gerardus Hernricus De Vet was elected Bishop of Breda (Netherlands)

Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) and President of Episcopal Conference of Peru, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Fr. Cipriano Urgel Villahermosa was elected Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

Cardinal Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine

Cardinal Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima lost territory to Territorial Prelature of Yauyos (Peru)

Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jaro and became suffragan of Jaro) (Philippines)

Cardinal Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A., was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Fr. ‘Ad Abikaram was appointed as Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Louis-Marie Billé was appointed as Priest of Luçon (France)

Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S., Bishop of Strasbourg (France), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Msgr. Hermann Volk, Priest of Münster (Germany) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Fr. Alfonso Milián Sorribas was appointed as Priest of Zaragoza (Spain)

Fr. João Aloysio Hoffmann was elected Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil)

Fr. Rudolf Graber was elected Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Bishop James Michael Hill, Bishop of Victoria (Canada), passed away at 62

Bishop Alden John Bell, Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Ordinariate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur) (India)

Bishop Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Fr. Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P., Apostolic Administrator of Ketapang (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Ketapang (Indonesia)

Msgr. Giacomo Violardo, Priest of Roma (Italy), Domestic Prelate, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Undersecretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Canonist of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law

Fr. Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Titular Bishop of Adramyttium and Auxiliary Bishop of Ndola (Zambia)

Bishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J., Titular Bishop of Acmonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)

Archbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Odessus

Bishop Joseph Michael Gilmore, Bishop of Helena (USA), passed away at 69

Bishop Francisco Gomez de Santiago, O.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hai Phòng (Vietnam), passed away at 74

Bishop Andrea Pangrazio, Bishop of Livorno (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

Bishop Alfred Joseph Gummer, Bishop of Geraldton (Australia), passed away at 63

Fr. Jules Victor Daem was elected Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium)

Cardinal William Theodore Heard was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Feradi maius

Cardinal André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S., was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Corone

Cardinal Augustin Bea, S.J., President of Secretariat for Christian Unity, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia

Cardinal Michael Browne, O.P., was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Idebessus

Cardinal Antonio Bacci was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Cappadocia

Cardinal Francesco Bracci was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Idassa

Cardinal Alberto Di Jorio, Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Castra nova

Cardinal Francesco Morano was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Fallaba

Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Berrhœa

Cardinal Francesco Roberti, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Columnata

Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kabgayi (Rwanda), passed away at 77

Cardinal Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Gypsaria

Cardinal Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., Superior General of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Diocæsarea in Isauria

Bishop Aimable Chassaigne, Bishop emeritus of Tulle (France), passed away at 77

Fr. Manuel Augusto Cárdenas was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Aulon

Fr. Jorge Carlos Carreras was elected Titular Bishop of Campania and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Ernesto Segura was elected Titular Bishop of Carpi and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Luis Morgan Casey was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Vicente Macanan Navarra was appointed as Priest of Capiz (Philippines)

Fr. Donald Walter Trautman was appointed as Priest of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. André Louis Fort was appointed as Priest of Autun (France)

Bishop Emilio Antonio di Pasquo, Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina), passed away at 62

Mission sui juris of San was established (from Diocese of Nouna) (Mali)

Fr. Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of San (Mali)

Fr. Ignatius Jerome Strecker was elected Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA)

Fr. Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P., Apostolic Administrator of Tocantinópolis (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Ægæ and Bishop-Prelate of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Amisus and Bishop-Prelate of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

Bishop Antônio Julio María Mattioli, S.M., Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil), passed away at 59

Diocese of Juiz de Fora was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora (with suffragan sees Leopoldina and São João del Rei) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Paracatu was promoted as Diocese of Paracatu (Brazil)

Diocese of Pouso Alegre was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre (with suffragan sees Campanha and Guaxupé) (Brazil)

Diocese of Uberaba was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba (with suffragan sees Patos de Minas and Uberlândia) (Brazil)

Bishop José d’Angelo Neto, Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido, Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Bishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral, Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Bishop Eliseu van der Weijer, O. Carm., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Paracatu (Brazil)

Fr. Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères was appointed as Priest of Aire et Dax (France)

Fr. Eduard Schick, Priest of Fulda (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Aradi and Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Bishop Carlo Livraghi, Bishop of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thagora

Bishop Adalberto Almeida y Merino, Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Diocese of Uvira was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu and Diocese of Kasongo and became suffragan of Bukavu) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Nagoya 名古屋 was promoted as Diocese of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata 新潟 was promoted as Diocese of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Chiayi 嘉義 was promoted as Diocese of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Taichung 臺中 was promoted as Diocese of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan)

Fr. Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Doumé (Cameroon)

Fr. Danilo Catarzi, S.X., was elected Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. John Shojiro Ito (使徒ヨハネ 伊藤 庄治郎) was elected Bishop of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

Fr. Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ 松岡 孫四郎), Prefect Apostolic of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan), was elected Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Fr. William Francis Kupfer (蔡文興), M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan), was elected Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan)

Archbishop Gregorio Hindié, Archbishop emeritus of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria), passed away at 71

Fr. Ottavio De Liva, Priest of Udine (Italy), was elected Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phœnicia and Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia

Fr. Antonio del Giudice, Priest of Andria (Italy), was elected Apostolic Delegate to Korea and Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria

Bishop Giuseppe Lenotti, Bishop of Bova (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Foggia (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Proni was elected Bishop of Termoli (Italy)

Cardinal Augustin Bea, S.J., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia

Cardinal Alberto Di Jorio resigned as Titular Archbishop of Castra nova

Cardinal William Theodore Heard resigned as Titular Archbishop of Feradi maius

Cardinal André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Corone

Cardinal Michael Browne, O.P., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Idebessus

Cardinal Antonio Bacci resigned as Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Cappadocia

Cardinal Francesco Bracci resigned as Titular Archbishop of Idassa

Cardinal Francesco Morano resigned as Titular Archbishop of Fallaba

Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani resigned as Titular Archbishop of Berrhœa

Cardinal Francesco Roberti resigned as Titular Archbishop of Columnata

Cardinal Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Gypsaria

Cardinal Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Diocæsarea in Isauria

Fr. Maurits Gerard De Keyzer was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brugge (Belgium) and Titular Bishop of Knin

Archbishop Luis do Amaral Mousinho, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil), passed away at 49

Bishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras, Titular Bishop of Victoriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Cartago (Colombia)

Bishop Raul Zambrano Camader, Titular Bishop of Risinium and Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia)

Fr. Brian Charles Foley was elected Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Fr. William Eric Grasar was elected Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Fr. Emilio Guano was elected Bishop of Livorno (Italy)

Archbishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg, Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

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

Fr. Antonio Eustaquio Aguirrebeitia y Arriaga, O.C.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Urabá (Colombia), passed away at 76

Archbishop Joseph Petrelli, Bishop emeritus of Lipa (Philippines), passed away at 89

Diocese of Apatzingán was established (from Diocese of Colima and Diocese of Tacámbaro and became suffragan of Morelia) (Mexico)

Diocese of Linares was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey and became suffragan of Monterrey) (Mexico)

Fr. Jacques-Julien-Émile Patria was elected Titular Bishop of Uthina and Auxiliary Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Bishop Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B., Bishop of Venafro (Italy) and Bishop of Isernia (Italy), passed away at 69

Fr. Roger Michael Mahony was appointed as Priest of Monterey–Fresno (USA)

Bishop Vicente Alfredo Aducci, Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina), passed away at 45

Bishop Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe, Bishop of Monaco (Monaco), was appointed as Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Br. Martín de Porres Velázquez (Martin de Porres), O.P., was canonised

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Cape Palmas was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Cape Palmas (Liberia)

Fr. Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas (Liberia) and Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus

Fra’ Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, S.M.O.M., was appointed as Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Archbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agra (India), passed away at 83

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

Fr. Aurelio Sorrentino was elected Bishop of Bova (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Terrence Fitzgerald was appointed as Priest of Salt Lake City (USA)

Fr. Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez was elected Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Jacques Landriault was elected Titular Bishop of Cadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

Bishop Nicola Canino, Bishop emeritus of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), passed away at 66

Archbishop Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi, Apostolic Internuncio to United Arab Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg

Bishop Wilson Laus Schmidt, Titular Bishop of Rhædestus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil)

Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), passed away at 70

Bishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B., Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Archbishop José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nisibis

Bishop Paolo Meletijew, Titular Bishop of Heracleopolis magna, passed away at 81

Fr. John Patrick Foley was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Warren Louis Boudreaux was elected Titular Bishop of Calynda and Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Fr. Edward Peter Cullen was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Kenneth Donald Steiner was appointed as Priest of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Fr. Miguel D’Aversa, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Macri and Bishop-Prelate of Humaitá (Brazil)

Fr. João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Rio Negro (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Cœla

Fr. Myles McKeon was elected Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia)

Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church and Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Bishop Marco Caliaro, C.S., Titular Bishop of Tamiathis and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Liverzani was elected Bishop of Frascati (Italy)

Fr. Owen Noel Snedden was elected Titular Bishop of Achelous and Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Fr. Thomas Austin Murphy was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) and Titular Bishop of Appiaria

Fr. Sylvester William Treinen was elected Bishop of Boise City (USA)

Cardinal Ildebrando Antoniutti was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano alle Catacombe

Cardinal Giovanni Panico was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia

Fr. Victorino Alvarez Tena was elected Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico)

Fr. Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Dusa and Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico)

Fr. Anselmo Zarza Bernal was elected Bishop of Linares (Mexico)

Fr. Vincenzo Cappiello, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Alfredo Polidori, O.F.M., resigned as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Vital Massé was appointed as Priest of Joliette (Canada)

Fr. Daniel Oscar Lamothe was appointed as Priest of Manchester (USA)

Fr. Antonio Giuseppe Angioni was elected Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus and Auxiliary Bishop of Pisa (Italy)

Fr. Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)

Fr. Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan)

Apostolic Exarchate of Brazil (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Ordinariate of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil) (Brazil)

Bishop José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Brazil of the Ukrainians (Brazil)

Fr. Antónios Varthalítis, A.A., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece)

Fr. Francis Mansour Zayek was elected Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Callinicum of the Maronites

Fr. João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F., was elected Bishop of Januária (Brazil)

Bishop Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves, Bishop of Januária (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Alexandria minor

Bishop Joseph Darnand, S.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Archipelago of the Navigators (Samoa), passed away at 82

Fr. Willy Onclin, Priest of Liège (Belgium), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Jakob Weinbacher, General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Austria, was elected Titular Bishop of Thala and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Fr. Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M., was elected Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon)

Archbishop Giuseppe Misuraca, Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia, passed away at 78

Fr. Vincent John Baldwin was elected Titular Bishop of Bencenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba was established (from Territorial Prelature of Caravelí and became suffragan of Arequipa) (Peru)

Bishop William J. Philbin, Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru)

Bishop Marian Jankowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland), passed away at 62

Bishop-elect Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M., Bishop-Prelate of Huehuetenango (Guatemala), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina

Fr. Francis Frederick Reh, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Bishop of Charleston (USA)

Msgr. Nicola Metta, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Joseph-Felix Blanc, S.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tonga Islands (Tonga), passed away at 90

Fr. Edmund Casimir Szoka, Priest of Saginaw (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Taubaté and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jalapa (lost territory to establish Diocese of Veracruz and gained suffragan sees Tuxpan and Veracruz) (Mexico)

Diocese of Tuxpan was established (from Diocese of Huejutla, Diocese of Papantla, Diocese of Tampico and Diocese of Tulancingo and became suffragan of Jalapa) (Mexico)

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

Fr. José Miguel Medina was elected Titular Bishop of Termessus and Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Fr. Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon was elected Titular Bishop of Rhædestus and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

Archbishop Manuel Pío López Estrada, Metropolitan Archbishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico)

Bishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp, Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of France of the Eastern Rite (France), was appointed as Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

Fr. José Carranza Chévez was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

Fr. Georges Basilios Casmoussa was appointed as Priest of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Fr. Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus was appointed as Priest of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Raimundo Luí, O. Carm., was elected Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil)

Fr. Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I., was appointed as Ordinary of Chanda of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Mario Brini, Apostolic Delegate to Indochina, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to United Arab Republic

Msgr. Arthur Wynen, Prelate Auditor emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 81

Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine), passed away at 72

Fr. John Anthony Rawsthorne was appointed as Priest of Liverpool (England)

Fr. Angelo Sodano, Priest of Asti (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Lorenzo Frana, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Francis Xavier Thomas was elected Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Fr. Lionello Berti, O.M.I., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Vientiane (Laos) and Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis

Fr. Rafael Ayala y Ayala was elected Bishop of Tehuacán (Mexico)

Fr. Hugo Aufderbeck was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia

Fr. Pierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon was elected Titular Bishop of Maina and Coadjutor Bishop of Verdun (France)

Fr. Michael Joseph Green was elected Titular Bishop of Trisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing (USA)

Fr. Gerald Vincent McDevitt was elected Titular Bishop of Tigias and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Enrique María Dubuc Moreno, Bishop emeritus of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), passed away at 75

Fr. Eugène Tremblay was appointed as Priest of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Marian Gołębiewski was appointed as Priest of Włocławek (Poland)

Fr. José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Tremithus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Emilio Patriarca was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Brian Heenan was appointed as Priest of Brisbane (Australia)

Fr. Francis Kelly Marriott was appointed as Priest of Sandhurst (Australia)

Fr. Carlo Ellena was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Coccopalmerio was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Molinari was appointed as Priest of L’Aquila (Italy)

Fr. Martino Canessa was appointed as Priest of Genova–Bobbio (Italy)

Fr. Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín was appointed as Priest of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico)

Fr. Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges was appointed as Priest of Le Mans (France)

Fr. Lucien Fruchaud was appointed as Priest of Nantes (France)

Fr. Jean-Claude Hertzog was appointed as Priest of Bordeaux (France)

Fr. Hans-Georg Koitz was appointed as Priest of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Denis George Browne was appointed as Priest of Auckland (New Zealand)

Fr. Gabriel Antonio Camilo González was appointed as Priest of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Archbishop Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) and Bishop of Ortona (Italy), passed away at 80

Fr. Ramón Calderón Batres was appointed as Priest of Morelia (Mexico)

Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi was promoted as Diocese of Isangi (became suffragan of Stanleyville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lolo was promoted as Diocese of Lolo (became suffragan of Coquilhatville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Mahagi was established (from Diocese of Bunia and became suffragan of Stanleyville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Jamshedpur was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi and became suffragan of Ranchi) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yola was promoted as Diocese of Yola (became suffragan of Kaduna) (Nigeria)

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

Fr. Thomas Kuba Thowa was elected Bishop of Mahagi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Raymond Ndudi Nianga was elected Titular Bishop of Matara in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem., Prefect Apostolic of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Fortunato da Veiga Coutinho was elected Titular Bishop of Sagalassus and Coadjutor Bishop of Belgaum (India)

Fr. Patrick Joseph Dalton, O.S.A., Prefect Apostolic of Yola (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Yola (Nigeria)

Bishop Knut Ansgar Nelson, E.B.C., Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dura

Fr. John Edward Taylor, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

Bishop Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar, Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil)

Archbishop Luigi Centoz was appointed as Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

Fr. James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Maiduguri (Nigeria)

Cardinal Giovanni Panico, Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia, passed away at 67

Fr. Pasquale Bacile was elected Titular Bishop of Colbasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale (Italy)

Fr. Aloysius Jousten was appointed as Priest of Liège (Belgium)

Fr. Antônio Gaspar was appointed as Priest of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Valter Župan was appointed as Priest of Krk (Croatia)

Fr. Hugh Christopher Budd was appointed as Priest of Brentwood (England)

Fr. Bryan Chestle was appointed as Priest of Arundel and Brighton (England)

Fr. Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen was elected Bishop of Helena (USA)

Fr. Joseph Höffner, Priest of Trier (Germany), was elected Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Reginald Michael Cawcutt was appointed as Priest of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop Tommaso Leonetti, Bishop of Ferentino (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

Bishop Umberto Luciano Altomare, Titular Bishop of Carpasia and Auxiliary Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy)

Fr. Acácio Rodrigues Alves was elected Bishop of Palmares (Brazil)

Fr. Achille Palmerini was elected Bishop of Isernia (Italy) and Bishop of Venafro (Italy)

Fr. Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J., was elected Bishop of Jamshedpur (India)

Bishop Johannes Baptist Filzer, Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria), passed away at 88

Bishop Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron, Bishop of Annecy (France), passed away at 74

Fr. Giuseppe Mancuso was elected Titular Bishop of Pyrgos and Coadjutor Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)

Fr. Carl Schmidt was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Thasus

Diocese of Caravelas was established (from Diocese of Ilhéus and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Diocese of Feira de Santana was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Diocese of Paranaguá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa was established (from Diocese of Granada and became suffragan of Managua) (Nicaragua)

Diocese of Chitré was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá and became suffragan of Panamá) (Panama)

Fr. David Louis Walker was appointed as Priest of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux, Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Bishop Clemente Gaddi, Bishop of Nicosia (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Darnis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

Bishop Costantino Caminada, Titular Bishop of Thespiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Siracusa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ferentino (Italy)

Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa was established (from Diocese of Barra and Diocese of Caetité and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Diocese of Juazeiro was established (from Diocese of Barra and Diocese of Bonfim and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Morandini was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. José Guadalupe Martín Rábago was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Aniceto Fernández Alonso, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Peter Birch was elected Titular Bishop of Dibon and Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

Fr. José Esaul Robles Jiménez was elected Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Fr. Jozef-Maria Heuschen was elected Titular Bishop of Druas and Auxiliary Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Archbishop Edmond John Fitzmaurice, Bishop emeritus of Wilmington (USA), passed away at 81

Fr. Oscar Félix Villena was elected Titular Bishop of Musti and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Saint Fr. Ġorġ Preca (George Preca), Priest of Mariana (Brazil), passed away at 82

Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼, Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle (France), was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

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

Fr. Carlo Liberati was appointed as Priest of Fabriano–Matelica (Italy)

Fr. Egidio Turnaturi was appointed as Priest of Acireale (Italy)

Cardinal Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A., Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 64

Fr. Feliciano González Ascanio was elected Bishop of Maracay (Venezuela)

Bishop Guglielmo Bosetti, Bishop of Fidenza (Italy), passed away at 61

Cardinal Gustavo Testa, Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Venerable Bishop Giovanni Battista Pinardi, Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy), passed away at 81

Diocese of Inhambane was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques) (Mozambique)

Bishop Custódio Alvim Pereira, Titular Bishop of Nepte and Auxiliary Bishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)

Bishop Paulo Rolim Loureiro, Titular Bishop of Bria and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil)

Msgr. Pietro Silvi was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Roger Etchegaray, Priest of Bayonne (France), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Xi Min-yuan (郗民援) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop emeritus of Luoyang 洛陽 (China)

Fr. Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset was elected Titular Bishop of Thelepte and Coadjutor Bishop of Nice (France)

Fr. Piero Biggio (畢齊樂) was appointed as Priest of Iglesias (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Cece, Bishop of Ischia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tamiathis and Coadjutor Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

Fr. Augustinus Frotz was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Corada

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta lost territory to Diocese of Darjeeling (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sikkim was promoted as Diocese of Darjeeling (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Malda was promoted as Diocese of Dumka (India)

Apostolic Vicariate of Alaska was promoted as Diocese of Fairbanks (without ecclesiastical province) (USA)

Bishop Albert Vincent D’Souza, Titular Bishop of Semnea and Auxiliary Bishop of Mysore (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Fr. Eric Benjamin was elected Bishop of Darjeeling (India)

Fr. Leo Tigga, S.J., was elected Bishop of Dumka (India)

Fr. Aurelio Gianora, C.R.A., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Sikkim (India)

Bishop Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J., Titular Bishop of Cotenna and Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Fairbanks (USA)

Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼, Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle (France) and Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia

Fr. Luigi Morstabilini was elected Bishop of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M., Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula (Honduras), passed away at 61