Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Maitland lost territory to Diocese of Lismore (Australia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney lost territory to Diocese of Maitland (Australia)

Titular Episcopal See of Accia was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Amiterno was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Arpi was established (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Blanda was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Canne was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Capo della Foresta was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Claterna was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Eclena was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Equilio was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Eraclea was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Faleri was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Fidene was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Forconio was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Foro Flaminii was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Gabi was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Lilibeo was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Malamocco was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Martana was established (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Monterano was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Nomento was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Pausula was established (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Pesto was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Plestia was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Roselle was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Sabiana was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Salpi was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Subaugusta was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Sulci was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Treba was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Tricala was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Tronto was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Velia was established (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Voghenza was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Volturno was established (Italy)

Prof. Rosemary Goldie was appointed as Undersecretary of Council of the Laity

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

Fr. Koloman Holzinger, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception

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

Fr. Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P., was appointed as Adjunct Secretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity

Fr. Charles Moeller, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Fr. Édouard Dhanis, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Bishop José Thurler was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C., Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Brazil (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Norman Joseph Gallagher, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Canada (Canada), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Hervé Carrier, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Bishop Jia Fu-shan (賈福善) ▼, Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China), passed away at 44

Bishop Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) ▼, Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China), passed away at 57

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

Fr. Gaspar de Orihuela, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia), passed away

Bishop Karmelo Zazinović, Auxiliary Bishop of Krk (Croatia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Krk (Croatia)

Fr. Pierre Girard, P.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Br. Nicet-Joseph Loubet, F.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Fr. Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

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

Bishop Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Fr. Canisius Thekkekara, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Maurus Valiyaparampil, C.M.I., resigned as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Msgr. Ernesto Civardi resigned as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

Archbishop Bruno Frattegiani, Archbishop of Camerino (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Severino (Italy)

Archbishop Francesco Giuseppe Lardone resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Internuncio to Turkiye

Archbishop Arrigo Pintonello resigned as Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy)

Archbishop Luigi Punzolo, Apostolic Internuncio to Syria, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria

Archbishop Lino Zanini was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to United Arab Republic

Archbishop Saverio Zupi, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Izmir (Turkiye)

Bishop Umberto Luciano Altomare, Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Venosa (Italy)

Bishop Emilio Biancheri, Bishop of Rimini (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Montefeltro (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Dal Prà, Bishop of Narni (Italy) and Bishop of Terni (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Amelia (Italy)

Bishop Tito Mancini resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (Italy)

Bishop Diego Parodi, M.C.C.J., Bishop-Prelate of Santo Antônio de Balsas (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia (Italy)

Msgr. Pietro Rossano, Priest of Alba (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Neo-Vulgate, was appointed as Undersecretary of Secretariat for Non-Christians

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

Msgr. Ercole Crovella resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council

Msgr. Bernardo De Felicis resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Antonio Eusebietti was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary

Msgr. Amato Pietro Frutaz, Priest of Aosta (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary for the Cause of Beatification and Canonisation of Congregation for Sacred Rites

Msgr. Antonio Grumelli was appointed as Undersecretary of Secretariat for Non-Believers

Msgr. Pietro Mattioli resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Silvio Romani resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Fiorenzo Romita was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Clergy

Fr. Gino Corallo, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum

Fr. Jean-Pierre Müller, O.S.B., was appointed as Pro-Rector of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mixes (Mexico)

Bishop Ivo Gugic, Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Bishop Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap., Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal and Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Military Vicar of Portugal (Portugal)

Fr. Raimondo Enrico Martín, C.S.Sp., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Archbishop Manuel Nuñes Gabriel was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Fr. Gabriel Brasó i Tulla, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Sr. María del Rosario Araño, R.J.M., Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim, Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Finland

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

Fr. Joseph Sipendi was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar and Pemba (Tanzania)

Fr. Michele Salardi da Novellara, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Trabzon (Turkiye)

Msgr. William Joseph Doheny resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Joseph Gremillion was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Fr. Roger L. G Grundhaus was appointed as Priest of Crookston (USA)

Fr. Michael D. Murphy was appointed as Priest of Lansing (USA)

Fr. Jude O’Doherty, Priest of Killaloe (Ireland), was appointed as Priest of Miami (USA)

Fr. John McCormack, M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

Br. Charles Henry Buttimer, F.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Fr. Daniel O’Connell, S.J., was appointed as President of Pontifical Academies of Sciences

Br. Edward Ferdinand Clancy, C.F.C., resigned as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Br. Arthur Austin Loftus, C.F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Prof. Mieczyslaw de Habicht was appointed as Undersecretary of Council of the Laity

Fr. Anthony Lee Kok Hin was appointed as Priest of Miri (Malaysia)

Archdiocese of Ahvaz (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sehna and without ecclesiastical province) (Iran)

Diocese of Diarbekir (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Diarbekir (Turkiye)

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

Fr. Charles Paty was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Luçon (France) and Titular Bishop of Tingaria

Archbishop-elect Gabriel Batta was confirmed as Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Archbishop Juan Manoel González Arbeláez, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Popayán (Colombia), passed away at 73

Msgr. Terzo Natalini, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

Fr. Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton was appointed as Priest of Porto Novo (Benin)

Fr. Evariste Ngoyagoye was appointed as Priest of Bujumbura (Burundi)

Fr. John Tong Hon (湯漢) was appointed as Priest of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Fr. Thomas Michel Bidawid was elected Archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Fr. Philip Sulumeti was appointed as Priest of Kisumu (Kenya)

Fr. Max John Rodrigues was appointed as Priest of Karachi (Pakistan)

Fr. James Francis Carney was elected Titular Bishop of Obori and Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Diocese of Maldonado–Punta del Este was established (from Diocese of Minas and became suffragan of Montevideo) (Uruguay)

Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Maronite Rite) was established (USA)

Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (USA)

Archbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa), passed away at 58

Fr. Alfonso Robledo de Manizales, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia)

Msgr. Albino Galletto, Priest of Udine (Italy), Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, Honorary Privy Chaplain and Delegate of Vatican Film Library, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Manuel Hurtado y García, Bishop of Tarazona (Spain), passed away at 69

Fr. Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe was elected Bishop of San Angelo (USA)

Bishop Anselmo Zarza Bernal, Bishop of Linares (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of León (Mexico)

Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp., Titular Archbishop of Aræ in Mauretania, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage, Titular Bishop of Casius and Auxiliary Bishop of Mwanza (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Mwanza (Tanzania)

Fr. Luigi Maffeo was elected Titular Archbishop of Castellum in Numidia and Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy)

Bishop Armand Clabaut, O.M.I., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Baie d’Hudson (Canada), passed away at 65

Msgr. Giuseppe Del Ton, Priest of Poreč i Pula (Croatia), Domestic Prelate and Secretary of Secretariat of Latin Letters, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Anchorage was established (from Diocese of Juneau and with suffragan sees Fairbanks and Juneau) (USA)

Bishop Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers, Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Zica and Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)

Fr. Paul-Marie François Rousset, Prado, was elected Titular Bishop of Utimma and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Bishop Eliseu van der Weijer, O. Carm., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Paracatu (Brazil), passed away at 85

Abbess Adelheid von Vilich (Adelaide of Vilich), O.S.B., was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P., Bishop of Multan (Pakistan), passed away at 56

Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek, Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Maronites (USA)

Fr. Justin Abraham Najmy, B.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia and Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Greek-Melkites (USA)

Archbishop Gabriel-Marie Garrone, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France), was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education

Diocese of Kabale was established (from Diocese of Mbarara and became suffragan of Rubaga) (Uganda)

Fr. Anthony Rayappa Arulappa was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

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

Fr. Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Cenculiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica)

Fr. Thomas Stewart (박 토마), S.S.C.M.E., was elected Bishop of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea)

Bishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B., Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kabale (Uganda)

Bishop Mario Civelli (祁濟眾), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China), passed away at 75

Bishop Pio A. Crivellari, O.F.M., Bishop of Trivento (Italy), passed away at 60

Bishop António de Castro Xavier Monteiro, Titular Bishop of Ombi and Auxiliary Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mitylene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. Angelo Félix Mugnol was elected Titular Bishop of Nicives and Auxiliary Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil)

Fr. John Joseph Thomas Ryan was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage (USA)

Archbishop Giuseppe Burzio, Titular Archbishop of Gortyna, passed away at 65

Fr. Dino Trabalzini was elected Titular Bishop of Munatiana and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Oscar Zanera was elected Titular Bishop of Surista and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I., Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Castellum Iabar and Coadjutor Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Msgr. Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi, Priest of Ajaccio (France), Undersecretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)

Apostolic Prefecture of Saint-Louis du Sénégal was promoted as Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (became suffragan of Dakar) (Senegal)

Diocese of Masan 마산 was established (from Diocese of Busan 부산 and became suffragan of Daegu 대구) (South Korea)

Bishop Francisco Juan Vénnera, Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Jubaltiana

Cardinal Thomas Tien Ken-sin (田耕莘), S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Archbishop Emile Maurice Guerry, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Octava

Archbishop Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Fr. Donaldo Chávez Núñez was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua) and Titular Bishop of Giru Mons

Bishop Prosper Dodds, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Ziguinchor (Senegal), was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

Fr. Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦), Priest of Daegu 대구 (South Korea), was elected Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea)

Bishop Stanislaus Lo Guang (Lokuang) (羅光), Bishop of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Fr. James Edward Michaels (권야고보), S.S.C.M.E., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea) and Titular Bishop of Verbe

Bishop Nicola Capasso, Bishop of Acerra (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zaba

Fr. Augustine Wang (王臣瑞), C.D.D., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Bishop Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil)

Bishop Emiliano José Lonati, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil)

Fr. Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M., Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Rites, was elected Titular Archbishop of Idicra

Msgr. Giacomo Violardo, Priest of Roma (Italy), Domestic Prelate, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, was elected Titular Archbishop of Satafi

Fr. Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China), passed away at 75

Fr. Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla was appointed as Priest of Cebu (Philippines)

Bishop Marcelo González Martín, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Casæ medianæ and Coadjutor Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Fr. Philippe Delhaye, Priest of Namur (Belgium), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Charles Moeller, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Joseph Kiwánuka, M. Afr., Metropolitan Archbishop of Rubaga (Uganda), passed away at 66

Archbishop Dionigio Casaroli, Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy), passed away at 96

Archbishop Lorenzo Gargiulo succeeded as Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

Bishop Carlos Parteli Keller, Bishop of Tacuarembó (Uruguay), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Turris in Mauretania, Coadjutor Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Bishop Miguel Balaguer, Titular Bishop of Castellum minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Tacuarembó (Uruguay)

Bishop Antonio Corso, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Montevideo (Uruguay), Titular Bishop of Moglæna and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay)

Bishop Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait (Kuwait)

Bishop Raphael J. Bidawid, Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon)

Bishop Gabriel Ganni, Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pessinus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Cardinal Alfonso Castaldo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) and Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Salvatore Sorrentino resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Bishop Carlos Quintero Arce, Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Thysdrus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico)

Msgr. Joseph Louis Bernardin, Priest of Charleston (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA) and Titular Bishop of Lugura

Fr. Peter Leo Gerety was elected Titular Bishop of Crepedula and Coadjutor Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Bishop Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey, Titular Bishop of Cea and Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Paterson (USA)

Fr. Edward John Herrmann was elected Titular Bishop of Lamzella and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick, Bishop of Altoona–Johnstown (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Fr. Joseph Gregory Vath was elected Titular Bishop of Novaliciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile (USA)

Archbishop Gabriel-Marie Garrone resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

Fr. Octavio Villegas Aguilar was appointed as Priest of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop Francis James Furey succeeded as Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Bishop Charles Francis Buddy, Bishop of San Diego (USA), passed away at 78

Bishop Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour, Bishop of Valence (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari and Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges (France)

Bishop Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg, Titular Bishop of Eutyme and Auxiliary Bishop of Bourges (France), was appointed as Bishop of Valence (France)

Archbishop Francis Carroll, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia (Liberia) and Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia

Bishop Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard, Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands), passed away at 52

Diocese of Kabinda lost territory to Diocese of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Kongolo lost territory to Diocese of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani (費樂理), O.F.M., Bishop of Laohekou 老河口 (China), passed away at 74

Abbot Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General emeritus of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata, passed away at 74

Archbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M., Archbishop-Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan), passed away at 56

Msgr. Giuseppe D’Ercole, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

Msgr. Arturo Lovelli, Secretary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop-elect Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R., succeeded as Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil)

Fr. Alejandro Goić Karmelić was appointed as Priest of Punta Arenas (Chile)

Bishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito, Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Nova Germania, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Auxiliary Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez was elected Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Vincenzo Lojali, Bishop of Amelia (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Bolesław Pylak was elected Titular Bishop of Midica and Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M., was elected Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Fr. Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ 白柳誠一), Priest of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), was elected Titular Bishop of Atenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Fr. Domenico Ferrara, M.C.C.J., Prefect Apostolic of Mupoi (South Sudan), was elected Titular Bishop of Absa Salla

Fr. Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kuwait (Kuwait)

Msgr. Sándor Csertö, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Eugênio Sevi, Priest of Rieti (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Fr. Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Guarapuava (Brazil)

Fr. Beniamino Stella was appointed as Priest of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Fr. Giacinto Berloco was appointed as Priest of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Tonucci was appointed as Priest of Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola (Italy)

Bishop John Heffernan, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Zanzibar (Tanzania), passed away at 82

Fr. Armand-François Le Bourgeois, C.I.M., Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists), was elected Bishop of Autun (France)

Bishop Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun, Bishop of Autun (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aræ in Mauretania

Bishop-elect Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R., Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gaguari

Fr. José Fernandes Veloso was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Petrópolis (Brazil)

Bishop-elect Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Feradi minus

Bishop-elect Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate of Borba (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gigthi

Archbishop Gabriel-Marie Garrone, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Turres in Numidia

Diocese of Mexicali was established (from Diocese of Tijuana and became suffragan of Hermosillo) (Mexico)

Archbishop Salvatore Asta, Apostolic Internuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran

Bishop James Hagan, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Makurdi (Nigeria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia

Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira, Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile)

Bishop Antonio Cece succeeded as Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Teutonico, Bishop of Aversa (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Satafis

Msgr. Benedetto Marchetta, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Guinea-Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)

Bishop Paul Francis Leibold, Titular Bishop of Trebenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Evansville (USA)

Bishop George Henry Speltz, Auxiliary Bishop of Winona (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Bishop Henri Gufflet succeeded as Bishop of Limoges (France)

Bishop Louis-Paul Rastouil, Bishop of Limoges (France), passed away at 81

Fr. Francesco Sanmartino was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Summula

Fr. José Ulises Macías Salcedo was appointed as Priest of León (Mexico)

Fr. Jean-Paul Mathieu was appointed as Priest of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba was appointed as Priest of Sokodé (Togo)

Fr. Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Priest of Fall River (USA), was elected Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

Fr. Bruno Maldaner was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart, Bishop of Brooklyn (USA), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Ignazio Belvisotti (Ignatius of Santhià / Lorenzo Maurizio), O.F.M. Cap., was beatified

Fr. Christian Wiyghan Tumi was appointed as Priest of Buéa (Cameroon)

Fr. Francis Teke Lysinge was appointed as Priest of Buéa (Cameroon)

Bishop Antonio Bergamaschi, Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop-elect Nicholas D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (Honduras), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Giufi Salaria

Bishop Igino Nuti, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Egypt (Egypt), passed away at 83

Bishop Johannes Lenhardt, Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany), passed away at 67

Fr. Domenico Sigalini was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Juan Antonio Flores Santana was elected Bishop of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

Bishop James Joseph MacNamee, Bishop of Ardagh (Ireland), passed away at 89

Territorial Prelature of Madera was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Diocese of Ciudad Juárez and Diocese of Ciudad Obregón and became suffragan of Chihuahua) (Mexico)

Bishop William Gordon Wheeler, Titular Bishop of Theudalis and Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough (England), was appointed as Bishop of Leeds (England)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chambéry was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Diocese of Tarentaise and lost suffragan sees Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Tarentaise) (France)

Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise) (France)

Diocese of Tarentaise was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise) (France)

Bishop André-Georges Bontems, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France)

Archbishop Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Thibilis

Fr. Edward James Slattery was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Abbot Bernhard Durst, O.S.B., President emeritus of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 83

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

Bishop Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon, Titular Bishop of Rhædestus and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

Bishop Louis-Jean Guyot, Bishop of Coutances (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

Fr. Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh was appointed as Priest of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

Diocese of Barquisimeto was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto (with suffragan see Guanare) (Venezuela)

Diocese of Maracaibo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maracaibo (with suffragan see Cabimas) (Venezuela)

Fr. Dennis Patrick O’Neil was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel, Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Bishop Crisanto Darío Mata Cova, Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

Bishop Domingo Roa Pérez, Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Fr. Joseph Louis Jean Boishu was appointed as Priest of Rennes (France)

Fr. Emilio Layon Bataclan was appointed as Priest of Cebu (Philippines)

Fr. Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Respecta and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg lost territory to Diocese of Mbujimayi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Administration of Mbuji-Mayi was promoted as Diocese of Mbujimayi (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg and became suffragan of Luluabourg) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Río Muni was promoted as Diocese of Bata (without ecclesiastical province) (Equatorial Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Fernando Poo was promoted as Diocese of Santa Isabel (without ecclesiastical province) (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. Miguel Ángel Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Lambiridi

Bishop Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo, Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa) and Apostolic Administrator of Mbuji-Mayi (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Mbujimayi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F., Titular Bishop of Sutunurca and Vicar Apostolic of Río Muni (Equatorial Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F., Titular Bishop of Sinna and Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo (Equatorial Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Isabel (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. James Dominic Sangu was elected Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)

Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers, Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), passed away at 58

Archbishop Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar and Pemba (Tanzania)

Fr. Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario was appointed as Priest of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Fr. André Rivest was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Patrick Lennon was elected Titular Bishop of Vina and Auxiliary Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

Bishop Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P., Bishop-Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (Philippines), passed away at 67

Diocese of Caxias exchanged territory with Diocese of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

Diocese of Passo Fundo exchanged territory with Diocese of Caxias (Brazil)

Bishop Robert Costanzo Lagae, O.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 83

Fr. Emmanuel Kataliko, Priest of Beni (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Beni (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A., Bishop of Beni (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Molicunza

Fr. Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P., was elected Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)

Fr. François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Fr. Angel Suquía Goicoechea, Priest of Vitoria (Spain), was elected Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Miguel Nóvoa Fuente, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), passed away at 64

Archbishop Alfredo Poledrini, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zambia, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi

Bishop Faustino Baldini, Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Petras Mazelis, Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania) and Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania), passed away at 71

Fr. Dominic Dinh Mai Luong (Mai Thanh Lương) was appointed as Priest of Đà Nang (Vietnam)

Fr. Donal Brendan Murray was appointed as Priest of Dublin (Ireland)

Fr. Paul E. Showalter was appointed as Priest of Peoria (USA)

Archbishop Corrado Ursi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Rovigatti was elected Titular Bishop of Segermes and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy)

Fr. Hovhannes Tcholakian was elected Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Bishop James John Hogan, Titular Bishop of Philomelium and Auxiliary Bishop of Trenton (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Altoona–Johnstown (USA)

Bishop Martin Dewey McNamara, Bishop of Joliet (USA), passed away at 70

Archbishop Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) and President of Antilles Episcopal Conference, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana

Bishop Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P., Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari

Fr. Robert Fealey Morneau was appointed as Priest of Green Bay (USA)

Military Vicariate of Portugal was established (Portugal)

Fr. Paul Gregory Bootkoski was appointed as Priest of Newark (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Léopoldville was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Stanleyville was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Elisabethville was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Coquilhatville was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Archbishop Joseph Albert Malula, Metropolitan Archbishop of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Stanleyville (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Pierre Wijnants, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbandaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Msgr. Nicola Ferraro, Priest of Gaeta (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota

Archbishop François Ayoub, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at 66

Fr. Félix María Torres Parra was elected Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia)

Fr. Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo was appointed as Priest of Enugu (Nigeria)

Fr. Ciriaco Benavente Mateos was appointed as Priest of Plasencia (Spain)

Fr. Francis Ronald Reiss was appointed as Priest of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Andraos Abouna was appointed as Priest of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Séamus Cunningham was appointed as Priest of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberleys was promoted as Diocese of Broome (Australia)

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

Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C., Titular Bishop of Pitanæ and Vicar Apostolic of Kimberleys (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Broome (Australia)

Bishop Armand Coupel, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (France), passed away at 83

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

Bishop Paul Cheng Shi-guang (Ch’eng Shih-kuang) (成世光), Titular Bishop of Uccula and Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), was appointed as Bishop of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan)

Fr. Paul Henry Walsh was appointed as Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ Calanæ and Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia)

Msgr. Giovanni Benelli, Priest of Pistoia (Italy) and Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Apostolic Delegate to Western Africa and Titular Archbishop of Tusuros

Diocese of Visakhapatnam lost territory to Diocese of Cuttack and Apostolic Prefecture of Raipur (India)

Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Coast (Ghana), passed away at 79

Bishop Ottone Raible, S.A.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia), passed away at 78

Fr. Lino Pizzi was appointed as Priest of Modena–Nonantola (Italy)

Bishop William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Fr. Miklós Beer was appointed as Priest of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

Fr. William Lee was appointed as Priest of Cashel (Ireland)

Msgr. Georges Lemaître, President of Pontifical Academies of Sciences, passed away at 71

Apostolic Vicariate of Cook Islands was promoted as Diocese of Rarotonga (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Tonga Islands and Niue and became suffragan of Wellington) (Cook Islands)

Apostolic Vicariate of Fiji Island was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Suva (with suffragan see Tarawa) (Fiji)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Islands was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete (with suffragan see Taiohae) (French Polynesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Marquesas Islands was promoted as Diocese of Taiohae (became suffragan of Papeete) (French Polynesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Gilbert Islands was promoted as Diocese of Tarawa (became suffragan of Suva) (Kiribati)

Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Calédonie was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nouméa (with suffragan sees Port-Vila and Wallis et Futuna) (New Caledonia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Samoa Island and Tokelau was promoted as Diocese of Apia (Samoa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tonga Islands and Niue was promoted as Diocese of Tonga (lost territory to Diocese of Rarotonga and without ecclesiastical province) (Tonga)

Apostolic Vicariate of New Hebrides was promoted as Diocese of Port-Vila (became suffragan of Nouméa) (Vanuatu)

Apostolic Vicariate of Wallis et Futuna was promoted as Diocese of Wallis et Futuna (became suffragan of Nouméa) (Wallis and Futuna)

Fr. Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Leptiminus

Fr. Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga was elected Titular Bishop of Sullectum and Auxiliary Bishop of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Archbishop Josep Srebrnic, Bishop of Krk (Croatia) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 90

Bishop Victor Frederick Foley, S.M., Titular Bishop of Petinessus and Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island (Fiji), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji)

Bishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M., Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia and Vicar Apostolic of Samoa Island and Tokelau (Samoa), was appointed as Bishop of Apia (Samoa)

Bishop Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC., Titular Bishop of Ascalon and Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti Islands (French Polynesia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia)

Bishop Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC., Titular Bishop of Buthrotum and Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), was appointed as Bishop of Taiohae (French Polynesia)

Bishop Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Stectorium and Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), was appointed as Bishop of Tarawa (Kiribati)

Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M., Titular Bishop of Sbida and Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands and Niue (Tonga), was appointed as Bishop of Tonga (Tonga)

Bishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M., Titular Bishop of Selinus and Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Bishop Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M., Titular Bishop of Vulturia and Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu), was appointed as Bishop of Port-Vila (Vanuatu)

Bishop Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M., Titular Bishop of Augurus and Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna), was appointed as Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

Bishop Manuel Larraín Errázuriz, Bishop of Talca (Chile), passed away at 65

Venerable Fr. Bernardino Maria Dino Piccinelli, O.S.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Ancona (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba

Diocese of Beaumont was established (from Diocese of Galveston–Houston and became suffragan of San Antonio) (USA)

Bishop Julián Pedro Martínez, Bishop emeritus of Paraná (Argentina), passed away at 77

Fr. Juraj Jezerinac was appointed as Priest of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Gérard Antoine Daucourt was appointed as Priest of Besançon (France)

Fr. Joachim Wanke was appointed as Priest of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany)

Fr. Alberto Maria Careggio was appointed as Priest of Aosta (Italy)

Fr. Alceste Catella was appointed as Priest of Biella (Italy)

Fr. Giacomo Lanzetti was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Pier Giorgio Micchiardi was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Bishop Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro, Bishop of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Fr. Cirilo Polidoro van Vlierberghe, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Illapel (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Municipa and Bishop-Prelate of Illapel (Chile)

Fr. Colin David Campbell was appointed as Priest of Dunedin (New Zealand)

Fr. Fortunato Frezza was appointed as Priest of Viterbo (Italy)

Fr. Gianfranco Ravasi was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Stucchi was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Diocese of Buga was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali and Diocese of Palmira and became suffragan of Cali) (Colombia)

Fr. Werner Thissen was appointed as Priest of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Angelo Bagnasco was appointed as Priest of Genova (Italy)

Fr. Gualtiero Bassetti was appointed as Priest of Firenze (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Bertello was appointed as Priest of Ivrea (Italy)

Msgr. Carlo Furno, Priest of Ivrea (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Francesco Cacucci was appointed as Priest of Bari–Bitonto (Italy)

Fr. Ubaldo Calabresi, Priest of Sezze (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Ernesto Gallina, Priest of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Luciano Storero, Priest of Pinerolo (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Felice Di Molfetta was appointed as Priest of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy)

Fr. Nazareno Lanciotti was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Fouad Twal was appointed as Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Diocese of Ayacucho was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho (with suffragan sees Huancavélica and Caravelí) (Peru)

Diocese of Huancayo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo (with suffragan sees Huánuco and Tarma) (Peru)

Diocese of Piura was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Piura (with suffragan sees Chachapoyas, Chiclayo, Chota and Chulucanas) (Peru)

Bishop Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B., Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

Bishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado, Bishop of Piura (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru)

Bishop Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz, Bishop of Huancayo (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru)

Fr. Carlos Stetter was appointed as Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Fr. Johannes Dyba, Priest of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Paul Francis Reding was elected Titular Bishop of Liberalia and Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (Canada)

Archbishop Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois, Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Sinnada in Mauretania

Bishop Michel-Louis Vial, Bishop of Nevers (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nantes (France)

Bishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet, Bishop of Nantes (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Rucuma

Fr. Elio Sgreccia, Priest of Fano (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Américo Henriques was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) and Titular Bishop of Tisili

Fr. Slobodan Štambuk was appointed as Priest of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Fr. Georges Paul Pontier was appointed as Priest of Albi (France)

Fr. Ignazio Zambito was appointed as Priest of Agrigento (Italy)

Fr. Norberto Rivera Carrera was appointed as Priest of Durango (Mexico)

Fr. Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán was appointed as Priest of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Fr. José Francisco Sanches Alves was appointed as Priest of Évora (Portugal)

Bishop Paul-Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P., Bishop of Nha Trang (Vietnam), passed away at 77

Fr. Barry Philip Jones was appointed as Priest of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Fr. Vincent Madeley Harris was elected Bishop of Beaumont (USA)

Fr. Giovanni Vaccarotto was appointed as Priest of Padova (Italy)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (France)

Bishop Joseph Rodgers, Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland), passed away at 63

Territorial Prelature of Davao was promoted as Diocese of Davao (Philippines)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Bishop Jorge Ramón Chalup, Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina), passed away at 55

Fr. Adolf Kindermann was elected Titular Bishop of Utimmira and Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

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

Archbishop Leo Binz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Msgr. Giovanni Piantoni, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Antonio Grumelli was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Luciano José Cabral Duarte was elected Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Archbishop Jean Larrart (藍士謙), M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China), passed away at 81

Bishop Ernesto Camagni, Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State, passed away at 65

Fr. Giuseppe Leanza was appointed as Priest of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Fr. Manuel Pérez-Gil y González was elected Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico)

Fr. Antonio Sahagún López was elected Bishop of Linares (Mexico)

Archabbot Raphael Walzer, O.S.B., President emeritus of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 78

Fr. Michele Mincuzzi was elected Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa and Auxiliary Bishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy)

Cardinal Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda, O.S.B. Subl., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine and Prefect emeritus of Vatican Apostolic Library, passed away at 74

Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette, Titular Bishop of Maxita and Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Joliet (USA)

Fr. John Bernard McDowell was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) and Titular Bishop of Tamazuca

Fr. Miguel Roca Cabanellas was elected Titular Bishop of Tigimma and Coadjutor Bishop of Cartagena (Spain)

Bishop Enrique José Mühn, S.V.D., Bishop emeritus of Jujuy (Argentina), passed away at 69

Abbot Emanuele Caronti, O.S.B. Subl., President emeritus of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 83

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

Fr. Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve was appointed as Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Bishop André Charles Collini succeeded as Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa, Bishop of Ajaccio (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Taborenta

Fr. Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes, Priest of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala) and Titular Bishop of Nova Cæsaris

Fr. Julio Xavier Labayen, O.C.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Sinnuara and Bishop-Prelate of Infanta (Philippines)

Bishop Jean Louis Collignan, O.M.I., Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti), passed away at 61

Fr. Próspero Penados del Barrio was elected Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ and Auxiliary Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala)

Bishop Karl Kalman Papp, Bishop of Győr (Hungary), passed away at 80

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Bechuanaland was promoted as Diocese of Gaberones (became suffragan of Bloemfontein) (Botswana)

Diocese of Jinja was established (from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rubaga and became suffragan of Kinshasa) (Uganda)

Diocese of Kampala was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kampala (with suffragan sees Arua, Gulu, Masaka, Mbarara, Moroto and Tororo and gained territory from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rubaga) (Uganda)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rubaga was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kampala and to establish Diocese of Jinja) (Uganda)

Fr. Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Bechuanaland (Botswana), was elected Bishop of Gaberones (Botswana)

Fr. Plinio Pascoli, Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Suava

Fr. Brian David Usanga was elected Titular Bishop of Ubaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

Fr. Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga, Priest of Kampala (Uganda), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Kampala (Uganda)

Archbishop Paolo Pappalardo, Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria, passed away at 63

Fr. Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa)

Fr. Lluís Clavell was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Bishop John William Comber, M.M., resigned as Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

Fr. Manuel Edmilson da Cruz, Priest of Sobral (Brazil), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Vicus Cæsaris

Fr. Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Fr. James Louis Flaherty was elected Titular Bishop of Tabuda and Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA)

Bishop José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Roraima (Brazil), passed away at 73

Fr. Alberto Ablondi was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Livorno (Italy), Titular Bishop of Mulli and Apostolic Administrator of Apuania (Italy)

Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Kumasi (Ghana), passed away at 84

Archbishop Luis del Rosario, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Thiges

Bishop Lino R. Gonzaga y Rasdesales, Bishop of Palo (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

Fr. Roberto Lückert León was appointed as Priest of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Bishop Costanzo Micci, Bishop of Larino (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Maiuca and Apostolic Administrator of Fano (Italy)

Fr. António Maria Bessa Taipa was appointed as Priest of Porto (Portugal)

Archbishop François-Marie-Joseph Poirier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Lemnus

Bishop Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert, Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ

Fr. Theodorus Henricus Johannes Zwartkruis was elected Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

Fr. Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Cardinal Ángel Herrera Oria resigned as Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Fr. François-Wolff Ligondé was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Fr. Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor was elected Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Bishop Rémy Augustin, S.M.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

Fr. Emmanuel Constant was elected Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Décoste was elected Titular Bishop of Sigus and Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Bishop Robert Stephen Dehler, C.R., Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (Bermuda), passed away at 76

Archbishop Marc-Armand Lallier, Archbishop of Marseille (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

Bishop Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil)

Archbishop Saverio Zupi was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Turkiye

Archbishop Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye), passed away at 61

Fr. Joseph Gustave François Wicquart was elected Bishop of Coutances (France)

Fr. Mario Ceccobelli was appointed as Priest of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio del Giudice, Apostolic Internuncio to Korea, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea

Archbishop Francesco Imberti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Vulturia

Bishop Emilio Pizzoni, Bishop of Terracina (Italy), Bishop of Priverno (Italy) and Bishop of Sezze (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gunugus and Auxiliary Bishop of Udine (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Cicuttini, Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lamphua

Fr. William de Jesús Ruiz Velásquez was appointed as Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Fr. Alberto Bottari de Castello (アルベルト・ボッターリ・デ・カステッロ) was appointed as Priest of Treviso (Italy)

Fr. Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Theudalis

Fr. Silvio Luoni, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Diocese of Sacramento lost territory to Diocese of Stockton (USA)

Msgr. Josip Žabkar, Priest of Salzburg (Austria) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Archbishop Mario Cagna, Apostolic Internuncio to Japan, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Yugoslavia

Bishop Giovanni Gazza resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Abaeté do Tocantins (Brazil)

Bishop José de Jesús Angulo del Valle y Navarro, Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico), passed away at 78

Archbishop Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Maseru (Lesotho), passed away at 61

Fr. Jean François Marie Streiff was elected Bishop of Nevers (France)

Bishop Agostino D’Arco, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), passed away at 67

Bishop Percival Caza succeeded as Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada)

Bishop Joseph-Alfred Langlois, Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada), passed away at 90

Archbishop Edward Francis Hoban, Bishop of Cleveland (USA) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 88