Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Aguntum was restored (Austria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Lauriacum was restored (Austria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Tiburnia was restored (Austria)

Titular Episcopal See of Virunum was restored (Austria)

Titular Episcopal See of Nicopolis ad Iaterum was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Nicopolis ad Iaternum (Bulgaria)

Titular Episcopal See of Mercia was restored (England)

Titular Episcopal See of Skálholt was restored (Iceland)

Titular Episcopal See of Agropoli was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Alessano was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Altino was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Anzio was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Aquaviva was restored (Italy)

Titular Metropolitan See of Aquileia was established (from former Patriarchal See of Aquileia) (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Asolo was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Atella was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Belcastro was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Bettona was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Bevagna was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Bitetto was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Brescello was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Campli was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Caorle was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Capri was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Carini was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Carinola was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Castro was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Castro was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Castro was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Cerenza was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Cerveteri was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Città Ducale was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Civitate was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Dolia was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Dragonara was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Fiorentino was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Fondi was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Forlimpopoli was restored (from Diocese of Bertinoro) (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Formia was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Forum Traiani was restored (Italy)

Titular Metropolitan See of Grado was established (from former Patriarchal See of Grado) (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Guardialfiera was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Isola was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Labico was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Lavello was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Lentini was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Lesina was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Lettere was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Malamocco was suppressed (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Martirano was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Massa Lubrense was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Minervino Murge was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Minori was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Minturno was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Montecorvino was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Montemarano was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Monteverde was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Mottola was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Oderzo was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Otricoli was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Passo Corese was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Ploaghe was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Polignano was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Potenza Picena was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Ravello was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Sala Consilina was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of San Leone was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Santa Giusta was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Satriano was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Scala was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Sorres was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Spello was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Suelli was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Tauriano was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Termini Imerese was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Tindari was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Torcello was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Tortiboli was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Trevi was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Trevico was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Troina was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Urbisaglia was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Vescovìo was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Vibo Valentia was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Vico Equense was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Vulturara was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Elo was established (Spain)

Bishop José Borgatti, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Viedma (Argentina)

Abbot Gebhard Ferdinand Koberger, C.R.L.A., Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria, was appointed as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Bishop Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

Bishop Shen Chu-ming (沈初鳴) ▼, Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China), passed away

Archbishop-elect Augustin Fataki Alueke resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Manuel Gomez Frande, O.C.D., Prefect Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador), passed away

Msgr. Ernest Moodie resigned as Auditor General of Apostolic Camera

Cardinal Augustin Bea, S.J., resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for the Neo-Vulgate

Fr. Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Abbot Johannes Maria Hoeck, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Fr. Johannes Schütte (舒德), S.V.D., Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China), was appointed as Vice-Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Br. Denis Lomasney, F.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Br. Fancis Redmond, F.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Msgr. Giuseppe Casoria resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Ernesto Civardi resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Pietro Palazzini resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Aurelio Sabattani, Bishop-Prelate of Loreto (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cingoli (Italy)

Archbishop Giacomo Violardo resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Domenico Enrici resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Archbishop Antonio Mauro resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Edoardo Pecoraio resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Angelo Pedroni resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Gaetano Pollio (陽霖), P.I.M.E., Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

Archbishop Primo Principi resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Mario Schierano resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Enea Selis, Auxiliary Bishop of Iglesias (Italy), was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Bishop Guilio Barbetta resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Carlo Colombo resigned as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Bishop Costanzo Micci, Apostolic Administrator of Fano (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Senigallia (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Pardini resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Senigallia (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Savino resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Enrico Arato resigned as Secretary of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Msgr. Vittorio Bartoccetti resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Ercole Crovella resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Mario Crovini resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giuseppe D’Ercole resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

Msgr. Arturo De Jorio resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Bruno Fagiolo resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Armando Fattinnanzi resigned as Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals

Msgr. Francesco Annibale Ferretti resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Amerigo Giovanelli resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Msgr. Lauro Governatori resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giuseppe Graneris resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Promoter of Justice of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Msgr. Arturo Lovelli resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Sebastiano Masala resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

Msgr. Nicola Metta resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giovanni Miceli resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

Msgr. Alfredo Parisella resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giuseppe Pasquazi resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giovanni Piantoni resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Antonio Piolanti resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giovanni Sessolo resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Gioacchino Sormanti resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giuseppe Stella resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Francesco Tinello resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Amleto Tondini resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Verdelli resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Salvatore Vitale resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Luigi Calonghi, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum

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

Fr. Lucio Migliaccio, O.M.D., was appointed as Rector General of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca

Dr. Ezio Franceschini resigned as Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Venerable Dr. Giuseppe Lazzati was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Prof. Andrea Riccardi was appointed as Founder of Sant’Egidio Community

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

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

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

Fr. Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Salto (Mexico)

Fr. José Guzmán, M.Sp.S., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

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

Msgr. Giorgio Mylanyk, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Fr. Florian Berlik, S.Chr., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants

Fr. Ignacy Posadzy, S.Chr., resigned as Superior General of Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants

Bishop Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Caguas (Puerto Rico)

Bishop Pavol Mária Hnilica, S.J., was appointed as Founder of “Pro Deo et Fratribus - Famiglia di Maria” Association (PDF-FM)

Bishop Lois-Séverin Haller, C.R.A., resigned as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Fr. Basil Studer, O.S.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. Sofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. James Richardson, C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

Bishop Joseph Louis Bernardin, Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA), was appointed as General Secretary of National Conference of Catholic Bishops

Fr. William Slattery, C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

Archimandrite Adib Badaoui, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archimandrite Barthélemy Sammân, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Msgr. Irvin Stoppini, Compiler of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Chief of Chancellery of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

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

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

Fr. Demerval Alves Botelho, S.D.N., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

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

Fr. Bodo-Maria Erhard, I.Sch., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers

Fr. Luis Garoya Macua, O.A.R., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)

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

Fr. Wilhelm Wissing, I.Sch., resigned as Superior General of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers

Cardinal Paolo Giobbe resigned as Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria

Bishop Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies succeeded as Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Bishop Alfredo Viola, Bishop of Salto (Uruguay), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Badiæ

Bishop Joseph Schröffer, Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany) and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Volturno

Bishop Lajos Shvoy, Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary), passed away at 88

Bishop George Henry Guilfoyle, Titular Bishop of Marazanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Camden (USA)

Bishop René Audet, Titular Bishop of Chonochora and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

Bishop Édouard Jetté resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

Bishop Joseph-Arthur Papineau, Bishop of Joliette (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Simitthu

Fr. Paolo Romeo, Priest of Acireale (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado, Priest of San José (Costa Rica), was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Fr. Domenico Graziani was appointed as Priest of Crotone–Santa Severina (Italy)

Fr. Dennis Walter Hickey was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester (USA) and Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru

Fr. John Edgar McCafferty was elected Titular Bishop of Tanudaia and Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Bishop Thomas Lawrence Noa, Bishop of Marquette (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Talaptula

Fr. Raymond James Vonesh was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA) and Titular Bishop of Vanariona

Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani resigned as Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Fr. Evarist Pinto was appointed as Priest of Karachi (Pakistan)

Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 67

Fr. Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Tubunæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu (South Africa)

Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro resigned as President of Consilium for Implementing the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

Cardinal Luigi Traglia resigned as Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University and Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy)

Cardinal Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites

Cardinal Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B., was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites and President of Consilium for Implementing the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

Bishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Bishop Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar, Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Selemselæ

Bishop Charles Alexander K. Salatka, Titular Bishop of Cariana and Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Marquette (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bafia was promoted as Diocese of Bafia (became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lodwar was established (from Diocese of Eldoret) (Kenya)

Diocese of Nakuru was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi, Diocese of Eldoret and Diocese of Kisumu and became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr., Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Furnos minor

Fr. Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria)

Fr. André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Bafia (Cameroon), was elected Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon)

Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

Archbishop Thomas Pothacamury, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Thimida regia

Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline

Fr. Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Makurdi (Nigeria)

Fr. Pio Taofinu’u, S.M., was elected Bishop of Apia (Samoa)

Fr. Joseph Sipendi, Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar and Pemba (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania)

Archbishop Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mandalay (Myanmar), passed away at 79

Cardinal Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A., President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology and President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, was appointed as Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education

Cardinal Gustavo Testa resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Cardinal Luigi Traglia was appointed as Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

Cardinal Egidio Vagnozzi was appointed as President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

Fr. Franco Piva was appointed as Priest of Rimini (Italy)

Cardinal Maximilien de Fürstenberg was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Archbishop Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M., succeeded as Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco)

Archbishop Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M., Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco), passed away at 77

Cardinal Francis James Brennan was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline

Bishop Karmelo Zazinović succeeded as Bishop of Krk (Croatia)

Msgr. Vincenzo Fagiolo, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lodwar (Kenya)

Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education

Fr. Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

Bishop Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Vincent Gelat, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine), passed away at 82

Diocese of Paranavaí was established (from Diocese of Maringá and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Bishop Wilson Laus Schmidt, Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sinnada in Mauretania

Bishop Pedro Aguilera Narbona, Bishop emeritus of Iquique (Chile), passed away at 57

Apostolic Administration of Jugoslavenska Bačka was promoted as Diocese of Subotica (without ecclesiastical province) (Serbia)

Bishop Matija Zvekanovic, Titular Bishop of Burca and Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Bačka (Serbia), was appointed as Bishop of Subotica (Serbia)

Fr. José Moreira de Melo was appointed as Priest of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

Diocese of Churchill was renamed as Diocese of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Archbishop Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp., Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Bishop Marc Lacroix, O.M.I., Bishop of Churchill (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Bishop Jean Gay, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena

Fr. John McCormack was elected Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

Cardinal Ignace Gabriel I Tappouni, Cardinal-Patriarch and Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 88

Fr. Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas was elected Bishop of Copiapó (Chile)

Archbishop Cristoforo Demonico Carullo, O.F.M., Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy), Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy), Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy) and Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop Raffaele Barbieri, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Peter William Bartholome, Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa

Bishop Francis Edward Hyland, Bishop emeritus of Atlanta (USA), passed away at 66

Bishop George Henry Speltz succeeded as Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Fr. Austin-Emile Burke was elected Bishop of Yarmouth (Canada)

Fr. Norbert Trelle was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Guerino Grimaldi was elected Titular Bishop of Salpi and Auxiliary Bishop of Salerno (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Bongianino was elected Titular Bishop of Vulturia and Apostolic Administrator of Alba (Italy)

Fr. Blas Victorio Conrero was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Fr. Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm., was elected Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Bishop Francis Joseph Klein, Bishop of Calgary (Canada), passed away at 56

Bishop Adolph John Paschang (柏增), M.M., Bishop of Jiangmen 江門 (China), passed away at 72

Fr. Pietro Gazzoli was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Foro Flaminio

Cardinal Paul-Marie Richaud, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France), passed away at 80

Archbishop Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)

Fr. José Tomás Sánchez, Priest of Sorsogon (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Lesvi and Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines)

Fr. Bienvenido Solon Tudtud was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Thimida

Archbishop Georges Cabana was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Succuba

Bishop Francesco Maria Franco, Bishop emeritus of Crema (Italy), passed away at 90

Bishop-elect Servílio Conti, I.M.C., Bishop-Prelate of Roraima (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius

Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Ukrainian Rite) was established (Argentina)

Bishop Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B., Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Argentina of the Ukrainians (Argentina)

Bishop Enrico Petrilli, Auxiliary Bishop of Siena (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop Karl Reiterer, M.H.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (Malaysia)

Bishop Jan Vos, M.H.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (Malaysia)

Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel, Bishop of Speyer (Germany), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Marazanæ

Archbishop Enrico Nicodemo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as Pontifical Delegate for the Basilica of Saint Nicholas of Bari

Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Poma succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

Bishop James Albert Duffy, Bishop emeritus of Grand Island (USA), passed away at 94

Msgr. Innocenzo Parisella, Priest of Gaeta (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Cardinal Pierre Veuillot, Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) and Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France), passed away at 55

Fr. Patrick Cummins, O.S.B., Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, passed away at 87

Bishop Emilio Baroncelli, Bishop of Recanati (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Monterano

Msgr. Giuseppe Massimi, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Paul Francis Tanner, Titular Bishop of Lamasba and General Secretary of National Conference of Catholic Bishops, was appointed as Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

Diocese of Njombe was established (from Diocese of Iringa and Territorial Abbacy of Peramiho and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Fr. Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath was elected Titular Archbishop of Tigisi in Numidia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia)

Fr. Joseph Mahn Erie was elected Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar)

Fr. Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mogadishu (Somalia) and Titular Bishop of Sfasferia

Fr. Bruno Zwissler, O.S.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Njombe (Tanzania)

Bishop John Joseph Carberry, Bishop of Columbus (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Archbishop Pierre-Martin Ngô Ðình Thục ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Bulla regia

Bishop Piotr Gołębiewski resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

Fr. Piotr Bednarczyk was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Turris rotunda

Fr. Karl Hoffmann, S.A.C., Rector General emeritus of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), passed away at 80

Bishop Sebastian Vayalil, Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Founder of Missionary Society of Saint Thomas the Apostle

Msgr. Jean Jadot, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore and Titular Archbishop of Zuri

Archbishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paraíba (Brazil), passed away at 64

Msgr. Lorenzo Antonetti, Priest of Novara (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras, Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua and Titular Archbishop of Roselle

Fr. Michele Giordano, Priest of Anglona–Tursi (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Francis Patrick Carroll succeeded as Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Bishop Francis Augustin Henschke, Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia), passed away at 76

Bishop Lionello Berti, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Luang Prabang (Laos), passed away at 42

Bishop Alfred Couderc, Bishop emeritus of Viviers (France), passed away at 85

Fr. Denis Newman, S.P.S., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru (Kenya)

Fr. Godofredo Pedernal Pisig was elected Bishop of Borongan (Philippines)

Fr. Vekoslav Grmic was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia) and Titular Bishop of Uchi maius

Fr. Francis Jules Joseph Marie Barbu was elected Bishop of Quimper (France)

Bishop André-Pierre-François Fauvel, Bishop of Quimper (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Abthugni

Diocese of Itapeva was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu, Diocese of Santos and Diocese of Sorocaba and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of Miami was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami (with suffragan sees Orlando, Saint Augustine and Saint Petersburg and lost territory to establish Diocese of Orlando and Diocese of Saint Petersburg) (USA)

Diocese of Mobile–Birmingham lost territory to Diocese of Saint Augustine (USA)

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

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

Fr. René Fernández Apaza was elected Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo, Auxiliary Bishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Fort-Rousset (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gibba

Bishop Terence James Cooke, Titular Bishop of Summa and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Bishop Coleman Francis Carroll, Bishop of Miami (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA)

Bishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa, Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Archbishop Joseph Malouf, M.S.P., Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 74

Archbishop Ettore Baranzini, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy), passed away at 86

Archbishop Giuseppe Bonfiglioli succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

Archbishop Néophytos Edelby, B.A., Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Archbishop Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites

Bishop John Joseph Scanlan, Titular Bishop of Cenæ, Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Honolulu (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Bishop James Joseph Sweeney, Bishop of Honolulu (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii

Archdiocese of Erbil (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk and without ecclesiastical province) (Iraq)

Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean Rite) was established (became suffragan of Kirkuk) (Iraq)

Bishop Gabriel Koda, Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Joseph Babana was elected Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Thomas John Gumbleton, Priest of Detroit (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) and Titular Bishop of Ululi

Fr. Walter Joseph Schoenherr was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) and Titular Bishop of Timidana

Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo, Titular Bishop of Stadia and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Fr. Michael Aidan Courtney was appointed as Priest of Clonfert (Ireland)

Fr. Richard Brendan Higgins was appointed as Priest of Sacramento (USA)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Mardaga, Titular Bishop of Mutugenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Wilmington (USA)

Archbishop Denys Antoine Hayek, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Diocese of Lokossa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou and became suffragan of Cotonou) (Benin)

Apostolic Prefecture of Maroua–Mokolo was established (from Diocese of Garoua) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yagoua was established (from Diocese of Garoua) (Cameroon)

Fr. Christophe Adimou was elected Bishop of Lokossa (Benin)

Fr. Benjamin de Souza Gomes was elected Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil)

Fr. Louis Charpenet, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yagoua (Cameroon)

Fr. Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Maroua–Mokolo (Cameroon)

Fr. Ernest Léger was appointed as Priest of Moncton (Canada)

Fr. Félix Ley (フェリックス・レイ), O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 (Japan), was elected Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla

Fr. Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Bamaccora

Archbishop Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiền, P.F.J., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam)

Bishop Benjamin Ibberson Webster, Bishop of Peterborough (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tigamibena

Fr. Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Priest of Paderborn (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. John Joseph Cassata was elected Titular Bishop of Bida and Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (USA)

Fr. Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida was elected Titular Bishop of Burca and Bishop-Prelate of Calama (Chile)

Cardinal Achille Liénart resigned as Bishop of Lille (France)

Bishop Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand succeeded as Bishop of Lille (France)

Bishop Edward Jan Muszynski, Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland), passed away at 56

Fr. Jean-François Étienne Motte, O.F.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai (France) and Titular Bishop of Sufes

Fr. Serafín Vásquez Elizalde was elected Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico)

Bishop Emmet Michael Walsh, Bishop of Youngstown (USA), passed away at 76

Fr. Raymundo Damasceno Assis was appointed as Priest of Brasília (Brazil)

Fr. Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

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

Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jesselton was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

Diocese of Maasin was established (from Diocese of Palo and became suffragan of Cebu) (Philippines)

Diocese of Masbate was established (from Diocese of Sorsogon and became suffragan of Caceres) (Philippines)

Fr. Jan Nowicki was elected Titular Bishop of Pupiana and Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Ukraine)

Fr. Carlo Maria Viganò ▼ was appointed as Priest of Pavia (Italy)

Military Vicariate of El Salvador was established (El Salvador)

Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná was established (from Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Encarnación (lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná) (Paraguay)

Bishop Ignacy Swirski, Bishop of Siedlce (Poland), passed away at 82

Archbishop François Marty, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France), Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) and Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

Archbishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Lilibeo

Bishop Vicente Ângelo José Marchetti Zioni, Bishop of Bauru (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

Bishop Silvio Maria Dário, Titular Bishop of Oppidum novum and Auxiliary Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil)

Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Bishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz, Bishop of Sonsón (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Archbishop Paul John Hallinan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA), passed away at 56

Msgr. Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪), Priest of Wagga Wagga (Australia) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Louis-Albert Vachon, Priest of Québec (Canada) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Josip Uhač, Priest of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Jean Honoré, Priest of Rennes (France) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ivan Dias, Priest of Bombay (India) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Domenico Bartolucci, Priest of Firenze (Italy), Director Master of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Giovanni Cheli, Priest of Asti (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P., Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Theologian of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Msgr. Francesco Colasuonno (高樂天), Priest of Bari e Canosa (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Vincenzo Fagiolo, Domestic Prelate and Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Carlo Furno, Priest of Ivrea (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Pio Laghi, Priest of Faenza (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Francesco Marchisano, Priest of Torino (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Renato Raffaele Martino, Priest of Salerno (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Dino Monduzzi, Priest of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Pietro Pavan, Priest of Treviso (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Re, Priest of Brescia (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Achille Silvestrini, Priest of Faenza (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ersilio Tonini, Priest of Piacenza (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A., Sacristan of His Holiness of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy)

Msgr. Giovanni Angelo Abbo, Domestic Prelate and Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Audrys Juozas Bačkis, Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Jean Margéot, Priest of Port-Louis (Mauritius) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Andrzej Maria Deskur, Priest of Kraków (Poland), Vice-Delegate of Vatican Film Library, Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Jozef Tomko, Priest of Košice (Slovakia) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Saint Msgr. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Opus Dei, Priest of Zaragoza (Spain) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Gilberto Agustoni, Priest of Basel (Switzerland) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. John Joseph O’Connor, Priest of Philadelphia (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Edmund Casimir Szoka, Priest of Saginaw (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Denis A. Hayes, Priest of Paterson (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. William I. Varsanyi, Priest of Providence (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Priest of New York (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop François Marty, Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France), Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

Bishop James Black, Bishop of Paisley (Scotland), passed away at 73

Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque, President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cariana

Fr. Valentino Di Cerbo was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz was appointed as Priest of Roermond (Netherlands)

Fr. Sergio Lasam Utleg was appointed as Priest of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Fr. Adriano Bernardini (裴納德) was appointed as Priest of Pesaro (Italy)

Fr. Francisco Raval Cruces was elected Titular Bishop of Tambeæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Fr. Maurice John Dingman was elected Bishop of Des Moines (USA)

Fr. Timothy Joseph Harrington was elected Titular Bishop of Rusuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester (USA)

Archbishop Terence James Cooke, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Military Vicar of United States of America (USA)

Bishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Dr. Francesco Vito, Rector Magnificus emeritus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, passed away at 65

Bishop Emanuele Gerada, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Malta (Malta)

Fr. Filomeno Gonzales Bactol was appointed as Priest of Palo (Philippines)

Fr. Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Puppi and Apostolic Administrator of Viedma (Argentina)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sekadau was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pontianak and Diocese of Ketapang) (Indonesia)

Diocese of Mananjary was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa and Diocese of Tamatave and became suffragan of Fianarantsoa) (Madagascar)

Bishop Edward John Doody, Bishop of Armidale (Australia), passed away at 64

Bishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P., Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria

Fr. Albert Tshomba Yungu was elected Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Mananjary (Madagascar)

Fr. Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean (楊瑞元) was elected Bishop of Penang (Malaysia)

Bishop Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦), Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Fr. Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis, Priest of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), was elected Titular Bishop of Mulia and Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Igilgili and Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Jean-Marcel Rodié, Bishop emeritus of Agen (France), passed away at 88

Fr. Francisco Cases Andreu was appointed as Priest of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Diocese of Fort Jameson was renamed as Diocese of Chipata (Zambia)

Fr. Jean-Clément Jeanbart was appointed as Priest of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Fr. Nikolaki Sawaf was appointed as Priest of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr., Bishop of Fort Jameson (Zambia), was appointed as Bishop of Chipata (Zambia)

Archbishop Henri Audrain, Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Mimiana

Bishop Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud, Bishop of Pamiers (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

Archbishop Enrique Pérez Serantes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba), passed away at 84

Bishop Emilio Abascal y Salmerón, Titular Bishop of Abziri and Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico)

Archbishop Manuel Pío López Estrada, Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Druas

Bishop Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Oruro (Bolivia), passed away at 82

Bishop Julio Garret, Bishop emeritus of Cochabamba (Bolivia), passed away at 79

Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli, Apostolic Delegate to Eastern Africa and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania

Diocese of Sonsón was renamed as Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Fr. Francesco Biasin was appointed as Priest of Padova (Italy)

Bishop Paul Grégoire, Titular Bishop of Curubis, Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Montréal (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Bishop Jean-Marie Fortier, Bishop of Gaspé (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Fr. József Tamás was appointed as Priest of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Archbishop Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece), passed away at 76

Bishop Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Summa

Bishop Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge, Titular Bishop of Thiava and Auxiliary Bishop of Avignon (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Curubis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla was established (from Diocese of Abancay and became suffragan of Cusco) (Peru)

Bishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Opus Dei, Auxiliary Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru)

Bishop Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea, Opus Dei, Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Ariassus, was appointed as Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru)

Apostolic Administration of Izabal was established (from Diocese of Zacapa) (Guatemala)

Bishop Nicola Capasso, Bishop emeritus of Acerra (Italy), passed away at 81

Fr. William Donald Borders, Priest of Baton Rouge (USA), was elected Bishop of Orlando (USA)

Fr. Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey was elected Titular Bishop of Tronto and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop James William Malone, Titular Bishop of Alabanda and Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Youngstown (USA)

Bishop Charles Borromeo McLaughlin, Titular Bishop of Risinium and Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA)

Fr. George James Rassas was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Karl Heinz Jacoby was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Sulci

Fr. Alfred Kleinermeilert, Priest of Trier (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Pausula

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Kashmir and Jammu was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Fr. John Boerkamp, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu (India), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Bishop José de Aquino Pereira, Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil)

Cardinal Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Archbishop André Pailler succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Fr. Luis Rojas Mena was elected Titular Bishop of Accia and Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico)

Fr. Alfred Leo Abramowicz was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) and Titular Bishop of Pesto

Territorial Abbacy of Claraval was established (from Diocese of Guaxupé and became suffragan of Pouso Alegre) (Brazil)

Fr. Juan Bockwinckel, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Oppidum novum and Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Fr. Francisco Cedzich, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Capo della Foresta and Bishop-Prelate of Alto Paraná (Paraguay)

Bishop Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Fr. Martin William Currie was appointed as Priest of Halifax (Canada)

Bishop Cutbert Martin O’Gara (歐克瀾), C.P., Bishop of Yuanling 沅陵 (China), passed away at 82

Msgr. Mariano Clementi, Priest of Fermo (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Tiziano Scalzotto, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. William Joseph Justice was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Archbishop Thomas Pothacamury, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangalore (India), passed away at 78

Fr. Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Fordongianus and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Fr. Francis Xavier DiLorenzo was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Eddy Normand Bisson was appointed as Priest of Manchester (USA)

Fr. Donald Joseph Gilbert was appointed as Priest of Manchester (USA)

Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Fr. Fidel Herráez Vegas was appointed as Priest of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. Jorge Manuel López, Priest of Rosario (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Ausafa and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Fr. Roger-Alfred Despatie was elected Titular Bishop of Usinaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

Bishop Adam Sawicki, Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiæ and Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania), passed away at 80

Fr. Giovanni Marra, Priest of Mileto (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

Fr. Silvio Padoin, Priest of Vittorio Veneto (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Pio Abresch, Priest of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Giuseppe Baldanza was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Mario Giannecchini, Priest of Lucca (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Vittorio Palestro was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Bartolomeo Santo Quadri was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo (Italy)

Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi, Bishop emeritus of Pinerolo (Italy), passed away at 85

Bishop Bruno Desrochers, Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zaba

Bishop Henryk Grzondziel, Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 70

Bishop Thomas Andrew Donnellan, Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

Fr. Frederick Bernard Henry was appointed as Priest of London (Canada)

Bishop John A. Choi Jae-seon (최재선 요한), Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Masaka (Uganda)

Fr. Martin John Amos was appointed as Priest of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Herbert K. Tillyer was appointed as Priest of Paterson (USA)

Archbishop Mate Garković, Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia), passed away at 85

Fr. Friedrich Wetter, Priest of Speyer (Germany), was elected Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Fr. Alois Brems was elected Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Bishop Clarence Edward Elwell, Titular Bishop of Cone and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Columbus (USA)

Msgr. André Bride was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Michele Di Ruberto, Priest of Lucera–Troia (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Ovidio Cassolo was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Cristoforo Maria Berutti, O.P., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Zaccaria Varalta, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Daniel Faltin, O.F.M. Conv., Assistant of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Olis Robleda, S.J., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Jean Beyer, S.J., was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Esteban Gómez, O.P., was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Ignacio Gordón Cuvillo, S.J., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Anastasio Gutiérrez, C.M.F., was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Urbano Navarrete, S.J., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Javier Ochoa, C.M.F., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Giuseppe Sirna, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Pietro Tocanel, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Henri Lugagne-Delpon was elected Bishop of Pamiers (France)

Fr. Brendan Michael O’Brien was appointed as Priest of Ottawa (Canada)

Bishop Renato Luisi, Bishop of Nicastro (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Catula

Fr. Ronald Paul Herzog was appointed as Priest of Biloxi (USA)

Fr. James Francis McCarthy was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Fr. Bonaventura Schweizer, S.D.S., Superior General emeritus of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians), passed away at 74

Fr. José Cerviño Cerviño was elected Titular Bishop of Benepota and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Fr. Ronald Michael Gilmore was appointed as Priest of Wichita (USA)

Diocese of Man was established (from Diocese of Daloa and became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Prefecture of Balasore was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta) (India)

Fr. Pierre Joseph Paul Morissette was appointed as Priest of Québec (Canada)

Msgr. Bernard Agré, Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Bishop of Man (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Peter John Haworth Doyle was appointed as Priest of Portsmouth (England)

Fr. Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera was appointed as Priest of Arecibo (Puerto Rico)

Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando, Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aysén (Chile), passed away at 59

Fr. Yohanna Petros Moshe was appointed as Priest of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Fr. Franco Agostinelli was appointed as Priest of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy)

Territorial Prelature of El Salto was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango and Diocese of Mazatlán and became suffragan of Durango) (Mexico)

Bishop Francis Anthony Marrocco, Titular Bishop of Limnæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

Fr. Daniel Anthony Cronin, Priest of Boston (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Egnatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Archbishop John Alexander Floersh, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Louisville (USA), passed away at 81

Bishop Justin Abraham Najmy, B.A., Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Greek-Melkites (USA), passed away at 70

Fr. William Michael Cosgrove was elected Titular Bishop of Trisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Jacob Vadakevetil, C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Balasore (India)

Fr. Alfredo Schäffler was appointed as Priest of Picos (Brazil)

Archbishop Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua), passed away at 84

Bishop Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Fr. Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad was elected Bishop of Maasin (Philippines)

Fr. Porfirio Rivera Iligan was elected Bishop of Masbate (Philippines)

Archbishop Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Maseru (Lesotho), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Leribe (Lesotho)

Bishop Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I., Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bettona

Fr. Robert William Muench was appointed as Priest of New Orleans (USA)

Bishop Eduard Nécsey, Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia), passed away at 76

Bishop Robert Dermot O’Flanagan, Bishop of Juneau (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tricala

Fr. Paul John O’Byrne was elected Bishop of Calgary (Canada)

Fr. Enrique Pélach y Feliú was elected Bishop of Abancay (Peru)

Bishop James Joseph Sweeney, Bishop emeritus of Honolulu (USA), passed away at 70

Fr. Juan Frausto Pallares was appointed as Priest of León (Spain)

Diocese of Bacabal was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)

Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão lost territory to Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas (Brazil)

Fr. Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez was appointed as Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Miloslav Vlk was appointed as Priest of České Budějovice (Czechia)

Bishop Angelo Giuseppe Jelmini, Titular Bishop of Thermus basilicæ and Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (Switzerland), passed away at 74

Fr. John Joseph Fitzpatrick was elected Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA)

Archbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury, Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia and Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)

Diocese of Azogues was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuenca and became suffragan of Cuenca) (Ecuador)

Bishop José Gabriel Diaz Cueva, Titular Bishop of Aræ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador)