Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Roskilde was suppressed (Denmark)

Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria was suppressed (Egypt)

Titular Patriarchal See of Antioch was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Patriarchal See of Constantinople was suppressed (Turkiye)

Bishop Thomas Absolem McCabe, Bishop of Wollongong (Australia), was appointed as Military Vicar of Australia (Australia)

Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt, Bishop of Brugge (Belgium), was appointed as Vice-President of Secretariat for Christian Unity

Bishop Albert Louis Descamps resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Archbishop Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Mr. Jean Vanier was appointed as Founder of International Federation of L’Arche Communities (L’Arche International)

Fr. Honoré Jouneaux, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Pala (Chad), passed away

Archbishop John Carmel Heenan, President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), was appointed as Vice-President of Secretariat for Christian Unity

Fr. Ignace Gillet, O.C.S.O., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Fr. Gabriel Viñamata Castelsagué, I.E.M.E., Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala), passed away

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, Canonist of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, was appointed as Sealer of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Bishop Calogero Lauricella, Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

Archbishop Ambrogio Marchioni resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Archbishop Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli, Archbishop-Bishop of Nusco (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Conza (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Bisaccia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy)

Archbishop Vito Roberti, Apostolic Delegate to Rwanda, Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda

Bishop Carlo Baldini, O.M.D., Bishop of Chiusi (Italy) and Bishop of Pienza (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Montepulciano (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Bertoglio was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Silvio Cassulo, Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cingoli (Italy)

Bishop Cesario D’Amato, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Msgr. Paolo Igino Cecchetti, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities and Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 63

Msgr. Cesare Federici resigned as Datary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Alberto Giovannetti, Priest of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN)

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

Msgr. Roberto Masi, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Canonist of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Giovanni M. Bernasconi, B., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Giorgio Castellino, S.D.B., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Fr. Emilio Schot, B., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Dr. Vittorio Bachelet was appointed as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Agostino Maltarello resigned as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Luigi Righi Schwammer was appointed as Attaché of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Renato Landru, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Gao (Mali), passed away

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

Bishop Wojciech Tomaka resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Bishop Ioan Dragomir resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

Br. Emmanuel Mukusa, F.J., resigned as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

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

Fr. Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Archbishop Martin John O’Connor resigned as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Fr. Malcolm La Velle, C.P., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

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

Fr. John F. Fitzgerald, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Pierre Humbertclaude, S.M., was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat for Non-Christians

Fr. William A. Michell, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Mr. Ernesto Olivero was appointed as Founder of Missionary Service of Young People (SERMIG)

Bishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo, Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Titular Archbishop of Lares

Archbishop Francesco de Filippis, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Ostuni (Italy), passed away at 88

Fr. Henry Joachim Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Same (Tanzania)

Archbishop James Peter Davis, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Fr. Gennaro Artazcor Lizarrage, I.E.M.E., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala)

Fr. Hanna Kaldany, Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine), was elected Titular Bishop of Gabæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Daniel Eugene Sheehan, Priest of Omaha (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Capsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Omaha (USA)

Msgr. Jacques Martin, Priest of Nice (France) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Consultant of Secretariat of State and Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Palæstina

Bishop Peter Birch succeeded as Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

Bishop Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory (Ireland), passed away at 83

Cardinal André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro and Dean emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 81

Diocese of Tlalnepantla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Diocese of Texcoco and became suffragan of México) (Mexico)

Bishop Camille-Paul Stappers, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Lulua (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 78

Fr. José Gabriel Diaz Cueva was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Aræ in Numidia

Fr. Felipe de Jesús Cueto González, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

Bishop Karol Józef Wojtyła, Titular Bishop of Ombi and Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland)

Fr. Charles Borromeo McLaughlin, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Risinium and Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh (USA)

Bishop Francis Carroll, S.M.A., Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Hæmimonto, Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia (Liberia) and Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Gabula

Bishop Alfred-Joseph Atton succeeded as Bishop of Langres (France)

Bishop Louis Chiron, Bishop of Langres (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bamaccora

Apostolic Prefecture of Bossangoa was promoted as Diocese of Bossangoa (became suffragan of Bangui) (Central African Republic)

Apostolic Prefecture of Pala was promoted as Diocese of Pala (became suffragan of Fort-Lamy) (Chad)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ariari was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio) (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Raipur was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur) (India)

Diocese of Tezpur was established (from Diocese of Darjeeling, Diocese of Dibrugarh and Diocese of Shillong and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Fr. Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Bossangoa (Central African Republic), was elected Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Fr. Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Pala (Chad)

Fr. Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia)

Bishop Leonard Joseph Raymond, Bishop of Allahabad (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India)

Fr. Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Ngong (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

Fr. John A. Weidner, S.A.C., was appointed as Bishop of Raipur (India)

Bishop Stefan Barela, Titular Bishop of Hyllarima and Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

Msgr. Enea Selis, Priest of Sassari (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Iglesias (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Mauretania

Diocese of Januária lost territory to Diocese of Paracatu (Brazil)

Military Vicariate of Kenya was established (Kenya)

Military Vicariate of Uganda was established (Uganda)

Bishop Maurice Michael Otunga, Bishop of Kisii (Kenya), was appointed as Military Vicar of Kenya (Kenya)

Bishop Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire, Titular Bishop of Maura and Auxiliary Bishop of Gulu (Uganda), was appointed as Military Vicar of Uganda (Uganda)

Cardinal Carlo Chiarlo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title, passed away at 82

Fr. Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski, Priest of Częstochowa (Poland), was elected Bishop of Płock (Poland)

Fr. Anthonipillai Thomas Bastiampillai, O.M.I., Founder of Rosarian Fathers, passed away at 77

Bishop René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Mysore (India), passed away at 77

Bishop Edward Michael Joyce, Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand), passed away at 59

Bishop George Andrew Beck, A.A., Bishop of Salford (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Fr. William Gordon Wheeler, Priest of Westminster (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Theudalis and Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough (England)

Bishop James Donald Scanlan, Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Fr. Augusto Lombardi, P.I.M.E., Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, passed away

Archbishop Vittore Ugo Righi, Apostolic Internuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Bishop-elect Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D., Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Telmissus

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

Bishop Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hung Hoá (Vietnam), passed away at 66

Fr. Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Ceramus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Msgr. Angelo Felici, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Bishop Narciso Jubany Arnau, Titular Bishop of Orthosia in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Gerona (Spain)

Archbishop Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez, Titular Archbishop of Parium and Coadjutor Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

Bishop Laureano Castán Lacoma, Titular Bishop of Dalisandus in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)

Diocese of Natitingou was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou and became suffragan of Cotonou) (Benin)

Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou was promoted as Diocese of Parakou (lost territory to establish Diocese of Natitingou and became suffragan of Cotonou) (Benin)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bangassou was promoted as Diocese of Bangassou (became suffragan of Bangui) (Central African Republic)

Fr. Patient Redois, S.M.A., was elected Bishop of Natitingou (Benin)

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

Fr. Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Bangassou (Central African Republic)

Fr. Martin Bodewes, C.S.Sp., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Bangassou (Central African Republic)

Fr. Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC., was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Byzacena and Vicar Apostolic of Cook Islands (Cook Islands)

Fr. Albert Joseph Tsiahoana, Priest of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar), was elected Titular Bishop of Abthugni and Auxiliary Bishop of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio was promoted as Diocese of Villavicencio (became suffragan of Bogotá) (Colombia)

Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M., Titular Bishop of Parætonium and Vicar Apostolic of Villavicencio (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)

Bishop Domenico Brizi, Bishop of Osimo (Italy) and Bishop of Cingoli (Italy), passed away at 73

Bishop Gabriel Ganni succeeded as Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon)

Bishop Gabriel Naamo, Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon), passed away at 84

Archbishop Giuseppe D’Avack, Archbishop of Camerino (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Leotopolis in Pamphylia

Fr. Bruno Frattegiani, Priest of Perugia (Italy), was elected Archbishop of Camerino (Italy)

Bishop Cesario D’Amato, O.S.B. Cas., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

Bishop Petras Mazelis, Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania), Titular Bishop of Celenderis, Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania) and Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai (Lithuania), was appointed as Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Diocese of Bauru was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu and Diocese of Lins and became suffragan of Botucatu) (Brazil)

Diocese of Floresta was restored (from Diocese of Pesqueira and Diocese of Petrolina and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife) (Brazil)

Fr. Franjo Kuharić, Priest of Zagreb (Croatia), was elected Titular Bishop of Meta and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Bishop François-Louis Auvity, Bishop emeritus of Mende (France), passed away at 90

Bishop Gerald Emmett Carter, Titular Bishop of Altiburus and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of London (Canada)

Bishop Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S., Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar), passed away at 65

Mr. Luke E. Hart, Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus, passed away at 83

Bishop Froilán Ferreira Reinafé, Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina), passed away at 73

Bishop Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila succeeded as Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina)

Fr. António de Castro Xavier Monteiro, Priest of Braga (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Ombi and Auxiliary Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal)

Mr. John W. McDevitt was appointed as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Bishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), passed away at 60

Diocese of Garzón was renamed as Diocese of Garzón–Neiva (Colombia)

Fr. Waldyr Calheiros Novaes was elected Titular Bishop of Mulia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto was elected Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Brazil (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Centuriones

Bishop Gerardo Martínez Madrigal, Bishop of Garzón (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Garzón–Neiva (Colombia)

Fr. Thomas Andrew Donnellan, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Fr. Vincent Martin Leonard, Priest of Pittsburgh (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Arsacal and Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Bishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez, Bishop of Montería (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

Bishop Gerardo Martínez Madrigal resigned as Bishop of Garzón–Neiva (Colombia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata lost territory to Diocese of Avellaneda and Diocese of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

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

Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as President of Consilium for Implementing the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

Bishop Jožef Pogačnik, Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia), was promoted as Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Bishop Stepans Vaprovyč, Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 64

Fr. Giovanni Battista Franzoni, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

Bishop Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez, Bishop of David (Panama), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

Bishop Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C., Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama)

Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas was established (from Diocese of Piura and became suffragan of Trujillo) (Peru)

Fr. Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chulucanas (Peru)

Fr. Annibale Bugnini, C.M., was appointed as Secretary of Consilium for Implementing the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

Bishop Carlo Maria Splett, Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland), passed away at 66

Archbishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil), passed away at 56

Fr. Carlo Colombo, Priest of Milano (Italy) and General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Victoriana

Bishop Edmund Nowicki succeeded as Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

Diocese of Warri was established (from Diocese of Benin City and became suffragan of Lagos) (Nigeria)

Fr. Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu was elected Bishop of Warri (Nigeria)

Archbishop William Mark Duke, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria

Archbishop Martin Michael Johnson succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Abbot Giovanni Battista Franzoni, O.S.B. Cas., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

Archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara, Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Titular Archbishop of Saldæ and President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Bishop Augusto Petró, Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

Bishop Fortunato da Veiga Coutinho succeeded as Bishop of Belgaum (India)

Bishop Michael Rodrigues, Bishop of Belgaum (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Equizetum

Bishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández, Bishop of Duitama (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Fr. Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) and Titular Bishop of Cefala

Fr. Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals, Priest of La Habana (Cuba), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) and Titular Bishop of Suliana

Fr. Bartolomeo Santo Quadri was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Villa nova

Fr. William Joseph McDonald, Priest of San Francisco (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ regiæ

Fr. John Selby Spence, Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Aggersel and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Archbishop Daniel James Gercke, Bishop emeritus of Tucson (USA), passed away at 89

Fr. Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., was elected Titular Bishop of Beneventum and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Fr. Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle was elected Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile)

Bishop Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina, Titular Bishop of Cephas and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Montería (Colombia)

Archbishop Salvatore Asta, Apostolic Delegate to Indochina, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Iran

Fr. Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Priest of Mercedes (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Archbishop Gabrijel Bukatko succeeded as Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat (Serbia) and Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia)

Bishop Antoine Caillot succeeded as Bishop of Évreux (France)

Bishop Alphonse-Paul-Désiré Gaudron, Bishop of Évreux (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Mauretania

Archbishop Josip Ujčić, Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia) and Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat (Serbia), passed away at 84

Diocese of Barcelona was promoted as Archdiocese of Barcelona (Spain)

Diocese of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares was promoted as Archdiocese of Madrid (without ecclesiastical province) (Spain)

Fr. Romeu Alberti, Priest of São Paulo (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Belali and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Vicente Ângelo José Marchetti Zioni, Titular Bishop of Lauzadus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Bauru (Brazil)

Archbishop Gregorio Modrego y Casaus, Archbishop-Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), was appointed as Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop Humphrey Bright, Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England), passed away at 61

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

Fr. Joseph Ma (馬光伯), C.D.D., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord, passed away at 54

Bishop Henrique Gelain, Bishop of Lins (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil)

Bishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira, Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

Bishop Antonio Añoveros Ataún succeeded as Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain)

Bishop Tomás Gutiérrez Diez, Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain), passed away at 86

Bishop-elect José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC., Bishop-Prelate of Ayaviri (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Autenti

Bishop Salvatore Russo, Bishop of Acireale (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Josef Freusberg, Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany), passed away at 82

Bishop André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse succeeded as Bishop of Dijon (France)

Bishop Guillaume-Marius Sembel, Bishop of Dijon (France), passed away at 80

Bishop Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Bishop of Solsona (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Archbishop Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain), passed away at 73

Bishop Louis Lévesque, Bishop of Hearst (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Egnatia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)

Bishop István Barnás, Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia), passed away at 64

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

Diocese of Mahenge was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Bishop Henri Joseph Marie Belleau, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Baie de James (Canada)

Fr. Jules Leguerrier, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana and Vicar Apostolic of Baie de James (Canada)

Fr. Pierre Wijnants, M.S.C., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Jorge Francisco Mosquera Barreiro, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Zamora (Mexico), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta

Fr. Paul Verschuren, S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ Sirenses and Coadjutor Bishop of Helsinki (Finland)

Bishop Raymond D’Mello, Bishop of Mangalore (India), was appointed as Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Bishop Elias Mchonde, Titular Bishop of Adraa and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Mahenge (Tanzania)

Fr. George Theodore Boileau, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Ausuccura and Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks (USA)

Fr. Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil)

Fr. Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil)

Bishop João José da Mota e Albuquerque, Bishop of Sobral (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Batista Fragoso, Titular Bishop of Ucres and Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Crateús (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P., Bishop of Salamanca (Spain), passed away at 73

Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Aræ in Mauretania

Archbishop Armando Lombardi, Titular Archbishop of Cesarea Philippi and Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, passed away at 58

Fr. Theodore Bible Foley, C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Fr. Jacques Jacobs, O. Praem., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 82

Fr. Pius Anthony Benincasa, Priest of Buffalo (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Buruni and Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Diocese of Simla was renamed as Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Bishop John Burke, Bishop of Simla (India), was appointed as Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Bishop Pavol Mária Hnilica, S.J., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Rusadus

Bishop André Pailler, Titular Bishop of Adada and Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Marcelliana and Coadjutor Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Fr. Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand, Priest of Lille (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Macriana minor and Coadjutor Bishop of Lille (France)

Cardinal Paolo Marella, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, was appointed as President of Secretariat for Non-Christians

Bishop Pedro Cantero Cuadrado, Bishop of Huelva (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain)

Bishop José Bascuñana y López, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Solsona (Spain)

Archbishop Théophile Mbemba succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Antonio D’Erchia, Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Conversano (Italy)

Bishop Gregorio Falconieri, Bishop of Conversano (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Silli

Fr. Stanislaus Joseph Brzana, Priest of Buffalo (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cufruta and Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

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

Bishop Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy), passed away at 84

Fr. Luigi Egidio Gavazzi, O.S.B. Subl., succeeded as Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy)

Bishop Nicholas Laudadio, S.J., Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Galle (Sri Lanka) and Titular Bishop of Ala miliaria

Bishop Jacques Landriault, Titular Bishop of Cadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

Fr. Leonce Albert van Peteghem, Priest of Gent (Belgium), was elected Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Fr. Edmondo Quaglia Martínez was elected Bishop of Minas (Uruguay)

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) and Apostolic Delegate to Central Western Africa, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Canada

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

Fr. Julio Franco Arango was elected Bishop of Duitama (Colombia)

Msgr. Ernesto Camagni, Priest of Milano (Italy) and Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State, was elected Titular Bishop of Suava

Msgr. Giovanni Fallani, Priest of Roma (Italy), Domestic Prelate and President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See, was elected Titular Bishop of Parthenia

Abbot Pierre Salmon, O.S.B., Abbot of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, was elected Titular Bishop of Iucundiana

Fr. Johannes Willebrands, Priest of Haarlem (Netherlands) and Secretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity, was elected Titular Bishop of Mauriana

Fr. Daniel Enrique Núñez Núñez was elected Bishop of David (Panama)

Fr. Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Quiza

Bishop Emilio Giorgi, Bishop of Montepulciano (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Ernesto Aurelio Ghiglione, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi (Libya), passed away at 79

Apostolic Vicariate of Kota Baru was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Sukarnapura (Indonesia)

Bishop Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Kota Baru (Indonesia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Sukarnapura (Indonesia)

Bishop Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aliwal (South Africa), passed away at 83

Fr. Maximino Romero de Lema was elected Titular Bishop of Horta and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. José Guerra Campos, Priest of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Mutia and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fada N’Gourma was promoted as Diocese of Fada N’Gourma (became suffragan of Ouagadougou) (Burkina Faso)

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

Fr. Douglas Joseph Warren, Priest of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Fr. Marcel Chauvin, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

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

Bishop Paul Bouque, S.C.I., Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana

Fr. Albert Ndongmo, Priest of Nkongsamba (Cameroon), was elected Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)

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

Fr. Angelo Palmas, Priest of Alghero (Italy), was elected Apostolic Delegate to Vietnam and Cambodia and Titular Archbishop of Vibiana

Fr. Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Borba (Brazil)

Bishop Edmund Francis Gibbons, Bishop emeritus of Albany (USA), passed away at 95

Diocese of Cali was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali (with suffragan sees Cartago and Palmira) (Colombia)

Diocese of Tunja was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja (with suffragan see Duitama) (Colombia)

Bishop Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J., Bishop of Tunja (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia)

Bishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta, Bishop of Cali (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)

Bishop Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Attuda and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) and Titular Archbishop of Gangra

Fr. Jean-Marie-Clément Badré, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Proconsulari

Fr. Giovanni Bianchi, Priest of Firenze (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Seleuciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze (Italy)

Fr. Eugenio Santiago Peyrou, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina)

Bishop Oscar Joseph Joliet resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

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

Fr. Vincenzo Minciacchi, C.S.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Fr. Fernand Martin, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Fort Jameson (Zambia), passed away at 66

Bishop Pasquale Bacile, Titular Bishop of Colbasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Acireale (Italy)

Diocese of Brixen was renamed as Diocese of Bolzano–Bressanone (gained territory from Archdiocese of Trento and lost territory to Diocese of Belluno) (Italy)

Archdiocese of Trento was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trento (lost territory to Diocese of Bolzano–Bressanone) (Italy)

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

Bishop James William Gleeson, Titular Bishop of Sesta and Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide (Australia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Aurusuliana and Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Natal (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Fr. Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Dibrugarh (India)

Bishop Orestes Marengo, S.D.B., Bishop of Dibrugarh (India), was appointed as Bishop of Tezpur (India)

Archbishop Alessandro Maria Gottardi, Archbishop of Trento (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trento (Italy)

Fr. Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Kabba (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Kabba (Nigeria)

Bishop Joseph Albert Malula, Titular Bishop of Attanasus and Auxiliary Bishop of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Aquæ in Numidia

Bishop José María García Lahiguera, Titular Bishop of Zela and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Huelva (Spain)

Bishop Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo, Titular Bishop of Erythræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Fr. Mauro Rubio Repullés was elected Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

Archbishop Justinus Darmojuwono, Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia), was appointed as Military Vicar of Indonesia (Indonesia)

Fr. Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Priest of Lamego (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Tagaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Carthage was suppressed (to establish Territorial Prelature of Tunis) (Tunisia)

Territorial Prelature of Tunis was restored (from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Carthage and without ecclesiastical province) (Tunisia)

Archbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Tunis (Tunisia) and Titular Archbishop of Nova

Fr. Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ngong (Kenya)

Fr. Eurico Dias Nogueira, Priest of Coimbra (Portugal), was elected Bishop of Vila Cabral (Mozambique)

Bishop Henri-René-Adrien Brault, Bishop of Saint-Dié (France), passed away at 69

Fr. Brian Patrick Ashby, Priest of Christchurch (New Zealand), was elected Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Fr. Janez Jenko, Priest of Ljubljana (Slovenia), was elected Titular Bishop of Acufida

Msgr. Luigi Bellotti, Priest of Verona (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Central Western Africa and Titular Archbishop of Voncariana

Bishop Edward Peter McManaman, Auxiliary Bishop of Erie (USA), passed away at 64

Fr. Edgar Larochelle (藍德), P.M.E., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Lindong 林東 (China) and Superior General emeritus of Society of Foreign Missions, passed away at 68

Fr. Pietro Simoncelli, F.S.C.I., Superior General emeritus of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, passed away at 73

Fr. Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Lins (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Basil Roper, Bishop emeritus of Toowoomba (Australia), passed away at 76

Fr. Antoine Hacault, Priest of Saint-Boniface (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Media and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Fr. Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Priest of Edmundston (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Lapda and Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

Bishop Noël Mala, Bishop of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 63

Archbishop Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), passed away at 80

Fr. Angelo de la Calle Fontecha, O.S.A., Prefect Apostolic of Yueyang 岳陽 (China), passed away at 78

Fr. Francisco Xavier Nierhoff, M.S.F., was elected Bishop of Floresta (Brazil)

Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck–Feldkirch was promoted as Diocese of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (became suffragan of Salzburg) (Austria)

Bishop Paulus Rusch, Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria), was appointed as Bishop of Innsbruck (Austria)

Bishop Pierre-Armand-Albert-Lucien Fallaize, O.M.I., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mackenzie (Canada), passed away at 77

Archbishop Anthony Jordan, O.M.I., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada)

Archbishop John Hugh MacDonald, Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Mediana

Fr. Inigo Maximilian König (王德俊), S.D.S., Prefect Apostolic of Shaowu 邵武 (China), passed away at 60

Bishop Luigi Pirelli, Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy), passed away at 69

Archbishop Willem Pieter Adrian Maria Mutsaerts, Bishop emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), passed away at 75

Archbishop Giacinto Tredici, Bishop of Brescia (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 84

Blessed Fr. Władysław Findysz, Priest of Przemyśl (Poland), passed away at 56

Blessed Bishop Symeon Lukach (Симеон Лукач), Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 71

Fr. Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Tzernicus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Archbishop Joseph Wilhelmus Maria Baeten, Bishop emeritus of Breda (Netherlands), passed away at 71

Fr. Gaston Hains, Priest of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Belesasa

Bishop Thomas Holland, Titular Bishop of Etenna and Coadjutor Bishop of Portsmouth (England), was appointed as Bishop of Salford (England)

Msgr. Bruno Torpigliani, Priest of Arezzo (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala and Titular Archbishop of Malliana

Bishop Heinrich Forer resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Trento (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Gargitter, Bishop of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy)

Bishop Luis Mena Arroyo, Titular Bishop of Danaba and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) and Titular Archbishop of Sinitis

Archbishop Paul Gouyon succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)

Cardinal Clément-Émile Roques, Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France), passed away at 83

Bishop Francis Frederick Reh, Bishop of Charleston (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Rector of Pontifical North American College

Territorial Prelature of Choluteca was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa) (Honduras)

Msgr. Renato Spallanzani, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Mazaca

Fr. Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Choluteca (Honduras)

Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera, Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Bishop Carlos Riu Anglés, Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum

Bishop Louis Chiron, Bishop emeritus of Langres (France), passed away at 79

Archbishop Diego Maria Gómez Tamayo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Dionysiana

Diocese of Lydenburg was renamed as Diocese of Lydenburg–Witbank (South Africa)

Bishop Anthony Reiterer, M.C.C.J., Bishop of Lydenburg (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Lydenburg–Witbank (South Africa)

Fr. József Bánk was elected Titular Bishop of Materiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Hungary)

Fr. Pavol Brezanóczy, Apostolic Administrator of Eger (Hungary), was elected Titular Bishop of Rotaria

Bishop Endre Hamvas, Bishop of Csanád (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Fr. József Ijjas was elected Titular Bishop of Tagarata and Apostolic Administrator of Csanád (Hungary)

Fr. József Cserháti, Priest of Pécs (Hungary), was elected Titular Bishop of Melzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

Archbishop Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D., Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) and Apostolic Delegate to Iraq, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Dercos

Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Southern Albania (Albania), passed away at 80

Archbishop Józef Gawlina, Military Vicar emeritus of Poland (Poland), passed away at 71

Bishop Jesús Enciso Viana, Bishop of Mallorca (Spain), passed away at 58

Diocese of Ipiales was established (from Diocese of Pasto, Apostolic Vicariate of Sibundoy and Apostolic Vicariate of Tumaco and became suffragan of Popayán) (Colombia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Sibundoy lost territory to Diocese of Pasto (Colombia)

Fr. Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard, Priest of Quimper (France), was elected Bishop of Vannes (France)

Bishop Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec, Bishop of Vannes (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tela

Fr. Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet, Priest of Langres (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Dié (France)

Bishop Paulus Rusch resigned as Titular Bishop of Meloë in Isauria

Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council and President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Apostolic Prefecture of Mweka was promoted as Diocese of Mweka (became suffragan of Luluabourg) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Canelos was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Canelos (Ecuador)

Apostolic Prefecture of Gao was promoted as Diocese of Mopti (became suffragan of Bamako) (Mali)

Mission sui juris of San was promoted as Diocese of San (became suffragan of Bamako) (Mali)

Diocese of Atakpamé was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé and became suffragan of Lomé) (Togo)

Fr. Gabriele Kihimbare was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi and Auxiliary Bishop of Gitega (Burundi)

Fr. Gabriel Ukec, Priest of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Marcel Evariste van Rengen, C.I., Prefect Apostolic of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador), was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia and Vicar Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador)

Fr. Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S., was elected Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

Fr. Georges Biard, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Mopti (Mali)

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

Fr. Bernard Oguki-Atakpah was elected Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo)

Bishop-elect Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.J., Bishop-Prelate of Tarma (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Avioccala

Bishop-elect Marco Libardoni, O.S.J., Bishop-Prelate of Huarí (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Africa

Bishop Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiền, P.F.J., Bishop of Cân Tho (Vietnam), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Parium and Coadjutor Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Janssens, S.J., Superior General of Society of Jesus (Jesuits), passed away at 74

Fr. Zoltán Lengyel, Apostolic Administrator of Romania of the Armenians (Romania), passed away at 56

Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B., Bishop of København (Denmark), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Apisa maius

Bishop Luigi Morstabilini, Bishop of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Brescia (Italy)

Bishop Clarence George Issenmann, Bishop of Columbus (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Filaca and Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Bishop Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Lansing (USA)

Diocese of Usumbura was renamed as Diocese of Bujumbura (Burundi)

Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga, Bishop of Usumbura (Burundi), was appointed as Bishop of Bujumbura (Burundi)

Bishop Alfonso Verwimp, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 79

Bishop John Patrick Treacy, Bishop of La Crosse (USA), passed away at 73

Bishop Michael Rodrigues, Bishop emeritus of Belgaum (India), passed away at 69

Fr. George Henry Guilfoyle, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Marazanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Mr. Iosephus Mukasa Balikuddembe (Yosefu) and 21 companions were canonised

Fr. Luigi Guanella, Superior General of Congregation of the Servants of Charity, was beatified

Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano was established (from Diocese of Acapulco, Diocese of Chilapa, Diocese of Tacámbaro and Diocese of Toluca and became suffragan of Morelia) (Mexico)

Diocese of Chiapas was renamed as Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (lost territory to establish Diocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez) (Mexico)

Diocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez was established (from Diocese of Chiapas, Diocese of Tabasco and Diocese of Tapachula and became suffragan of Antequera) (Mexico)

Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Mexico)

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

Fr. Donald J. Herlihy was elected Bishop of Ferns (Ireland)

Fr. Miguel Angel Arce Vivas, Priest of Popayán (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia)

Archbishop Agnelo Rossi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Tadeusz Stanisław Szwagrzyk, Priest of Częstochowa (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Ita and Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

Diocese of Caguas was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico and Diocese of Ponce and became suffragan of San Juan de Puerto Rico) (Puerto Rico)

Bishop Guiseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P., Bishop of Alessandria (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Luis Aponte Martínez, Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver, Priest of Ponce (Puerto Rico), was elected Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)

Archbishop John Patrick Cody succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel, Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA), passed away at 88

Apostolic Prefecture of Minna was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna) (Nigeria)

Fr. Lawrence Patrick Moran, Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea Philippi and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Bishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Philippi and Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby was elected Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Rangoon (Myanmar)

Fr. Joseph Francis Donnelly, Priest of Hartford (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Nabala and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Msgr. Julijans Vaivods, Priest of Liepāja (Latvia) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Macriana maior, Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja (Latvia) and Apostolic Administrator of Riga (Latvia)

Fr. Leobard D’Souza, Priest of Jabalpur (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla and Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

Bishop João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Bishop José da Cruz Moreira Pinto, Bishop of Viseu (Portugal), passed away at 77

Bishop Oddo Bernacchia, Bishop emeritus of Termoli (Italy), passed away at 84

Bishop Franciszek Barda, Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland), passed away at 84

Fr. Giuseppe Marafini, Priest of Velletri (Italy), was elected Bishop of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy)

Fr. Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin, Priest of Lyon (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Floriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Msgr. Władysław Rubin, Priest of Lviv (Ukraine) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Serta

Diocese of Akka (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Akka (Israel)

Diocese of Baalbek (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Baalbek (Lebanon)

Diocese of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Bāniyās (Lebanon)

Diocese of Saïdā (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Saïdā (Lebanon)

Diocese of Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Tripoli (Lebanon)

Diocese of Zahleh–Furzol (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Zahleh–Furzol (Lebanon)

Bishop Augustin Olbert (吳伯祿), S.V.D., Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China), passed away at 69

Bishop Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C., Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was promoted as Archbishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Augustin Farah, Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was promoted as Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Basile Khoury, B.S., Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was promoted as Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Joseph Malouf, M.S.P., Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was promoted as Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Eftimios Youakim, B.S., Bishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was promoted as Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A., Bishop of Sokodé (Togo), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thunudruma

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

Archbishop Paul Bernier, Archbishop-Bishop of Gaspé (Canada), passed away at 58

Bishop Edward Celestin Daly, O.P., Bishop of Des Moines (USA), passed away at 70

Diocese of Budjala was established (from Diocese of Lisala and became suffragan of Coquilhatville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Marsabit was established (from Diocese of Nyeri and became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando, Titular Bishop of Athyra and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M., Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Fortunato Zoppas, Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Siccenna

Bishop Carlo Maria Cavallera, I.M.C., Bishop of Nyeri (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Marsabit (Kenya)

Bishop Caesar Gatimu, Titular Bishop of Abila in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Nyeri (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Nyeri (Kenya)

Fr. Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Minna (Nigeria)

Bishop John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O., succeeded as Bishop of Oslo (Norway)

Bishop Jacques Mangers, S.M., Bishop of Oslo (Norway), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Afufenia

Fr. James Odongo, Priest of Tororo (Uganda), was elected Titular Bishop of Bahanna and Auxiliary Bishop of Tororo (Uganda)

Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr., Bishop of Kasama (Zambia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Buffada

Bishop Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I., Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 52

Bishop Leo Isidore Scharmach, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 68

Diocese of Apucarana was established (from Diocese of Campo Mourão and Diocese of Londrina and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Blessed Fr. Albert Joubert, Priest of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 56

Bishop Gregorio Falconieri, Bishop emeritus of Conversano (Italy), passed away at 79

Cardinal Achille Liénart resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Diocese of Hassaké (Syriac Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Hassaké–Nisibi (Syria)

Bishop Jean Karroum, Bishop of Hassaké of the Syriacs (Syria), was promoted as Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Joseph Francis Cleary, Priest of Birmingham (England), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England) and Titular Bishop of Cresima

Fr. Michael Foylan, Priest of Dunkeld (Scotland), was elected Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Fr. Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson, Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland), was elected Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland)

Archbishop Mariano Rossell y Arellano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) and Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala), passed away at 70

Bishop Anthony van Oorschot, M. Afr., Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania), passed away at 65

Diocese of Mombasa and Zanzibar was renamed as Diocese of Mombasa (lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba) (Kenya)

Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and Diocese of Mombasa and Zanzibar) (Tanzania)

Archbishop Mario Antonio Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) and Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala)

Bishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Mombasa and Zanzibar (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Mombasa (Kenya)

Archbishop Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar and Pemba (Tanzania)

Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler, Titular Bishop of Latopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Charleston (USA)

Fr. Gabriele Kihimbare, Auxiliary Bishop of Gitega (Burundi), passed away at 38

Bishop Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M., Bishop emeritus of Tamatave (Madagascar), passed away at 76

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

Territorial Prelature of Mixes was established (from Diocese of Tehuantepec and became suffragan of Antequera) (Mexico)

Fr. Franz Brazys, M.I.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Zella

Archabbot Benedikt Reetz, O.S.B., President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 67

Bishop Alexandros Scandar, Bishop of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 69

Bishop Frederick William Freking, Bishop of Salina (USA), was appointed as Bishop of La Crosse (USA)