Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Larino lost territory to Diocese of San Severo (Italy)

Diocese of Adana (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Amida (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Ancyra (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Artvin (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Cesarea in Cappadocia (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Garin (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Kharput (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Marasc (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Mardin and Amida (Syriac Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Archdiocese of Mardin (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Mardin (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Melitene (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Diocese of Mush (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Prusa (Armenian Rite) was restored (Turkiye)

Archdiocese of Sebaste (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Seert (Chaldean Rite) was restored (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Tokat (Armenian Rite) was restored (Turkiye)

Diocese of Trapezus (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Bishop Cesar Benedetti, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo (Bolivia)

Archbishop João de Souza Lima, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara (Brazil)

Bishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil)

Fr. Adélio Giuseppe Tomasin, P.S.D.P., was appointed as Superior General of Poor Servants of Divine Providence

Archbishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi (周濟世), C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China), passed away at 80

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

Msgr. Giuseppe Del Ton resigned as Secretary of Latin Letters of Secretariat of State

Bishop Frans Janssen, C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Gimma (Ethiopia)

Fr. Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hosanna (Ethiopia)

Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hosanna (Ethiopia)

Msgr. Jean Rodhain resigned as President of Caritas Internationalis

Mr. Pierre Goursat was appointed as Founder of Emmanuel Community and General Moderator of Emmanuel Community

Ms. Martine Laffitte-Catta was appointed as Founder of Emmanuel Community

Fr. Odilo Lechner, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Msgr. Charles Herman Vath (華德中), Priest of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as President of Caritas Internationalis

Bishop Peter Proeku Dery, Bishop of Wa (Ghana), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tamale (Ghana)

Fr. Lajos Kada, Priest of Esztergom (Hungary), was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Bishop Mihály Endrey-Eipel, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

Bishop Sándor Kovács resigned as Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

Cardinal Joseph Parecattil, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) and President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law

Bishop Raul Nicolau Gonsalves, Priest of Goa and Daman (India) and Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Goa and Daman (India)

Bishop Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Goa and Daman (India)

Fr. Jacob Kallarackal, C.V., resigned as Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. George Kammattil, C.V., was appointed as Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. Theobald Pothanikkad, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

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

Fr. Michele Di Simone, C.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia)

Msgr. Elias Zyadeh was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Maronites (Israel)

Fr. Antonio Vitale Bommarco, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Archbishop Franco Costa resigned as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Msgr. Michele Buro resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Msgr. Antonio Caretta resigned as Adjunct Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Msgr. Ercole Crovella, Referendary Prelate emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 76

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

Msgr. Salvatore Natucci resigned as Treasurer General of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Adamo Pucci resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Giuseppe Bistaffa, P.S.D.P., resigned as Superior General of Poor Servants of Divine Providence

Fr. Giuseppe Rossi, F.M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sons of Mary Immaculate (Pavonians)

Archbishop Clément Ignace Mansourati, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Procurator at Rome of the Syriacs, was appointed as Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law

Bishop Peter Chung Hoan Ting (鍾萬庭) succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

Bishop James Buis, M.H.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

Fr. Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Huautla (Mexico)

Msgr. Jacques Naoum was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Bishop Elías Prado Tello, Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco (Peru), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal and Military Vicar of Portugal (Portugal)

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

Bishop Teodoro Úbeda Gramage, Auxiliary Bishop of Ibiza (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Mallorca (Spain)

Fr. François Abou Mokh, B.S., was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Greek-Melkites

Msgr. Thomas Maurizio Mundy resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

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

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

Sr. Regina Casey, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Archimandrite Simaan Abdel-Ahad, B.C., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

Fr. Constant Bouchaud, P.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

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

Fr. Ferdinand Holzner, C.M.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Fr. Thomas Langenfeld, C.S.V., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics of Saint Viator (Viatorians)

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

Fr. Ivan Zuzek, S.J., Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law

Br. Justin Linus Ketty, C.F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Christian Brothers

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

Fr. Manfred Müller, Priest of Augsburg (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Iubaltiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Msgr. Rudolf Schmid, Priest of Augsburg (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Dionysiana

Fr. Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck, Priest of München und Freising (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Vageata

Fr. Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen was elected Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Belali

Abbot Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B., Secretary of Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes, was elected Titular Bishop of Satriano

Msgr. Giuseppe Casoria, Priest of Acerra (Italy) and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, was elected Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo

Fr. Annibale Bugnini, C.M., Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, was elected Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana

Fr. Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C., President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, was elected Titular Archbishop of Numida

Bishop Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard, Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris and Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nancy (France)

Fr. Joseph Powathil, Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea Philippi and Auxiliary Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Dionisio Borra, Bishop emeritus of Fossano (Italy), passed away at 85

Msgr. Eduardo Davino, Priest of Napoli (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Msgr. Francesco Bruno, Priest of Ivrea (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop Jacques Mangers, S.M., Bishop emeritus of Oslo (Norway), passed away at 82

Fr. Federico G. Limon, S.V.D., was elected Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva and Coadjutor Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Fr. Jan Gurda, Priest of Kielce (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Thasbalta and Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

Archbishop Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Izmir (Turkiye), passed away at 87

Bishop Aldo Del Monte, Titular Bishop of Musti and Apostolic Administrator of Acqui (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Bishop Jaime Lachica Sin, Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro (Philippines), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Massa Lubrense and Coadjutor Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Bishop Léonce Tchantayan, Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia

Archbishop Gregorio Modrego y Casaus, Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 81

Fr. Gaspar Lischerong (隆其化), S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Daming 大名 (China), passed away at 83

Fr. Samuel Chauriz, O.S.H., was elected Archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Fr. Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen was elected Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Bishop Hendrik Theodorus Edmund Beel resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salta (Argentina)

Diocese of Orán lost territory to Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca (Argentina)

Fr. Desiderio Elso Collino was elected Titular Bishop of Capo della Foresta and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Bishop Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y., Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura (Colombia), passed away at 54

Fr. Cesare Pagani, Priest of Milano (Italy), was elected Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy) and Bishop of Gubbio (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Moizo was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and Coadjutor Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Bishop Diego Parodi, M.C.C.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Città di Castello (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Gubbio (Italy)

Bishop 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), passed away at 62

Msgr. Antonio Massone was appointed as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

Patriarch António Ribeiro, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Military Vicar of Portugal (Portugal)

Sr. Marie de Sainte Agnès, F.M.M., Superior General of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, passed away at 77

Fr. Edward Thomas O’Meara, Priest of Saint Louis (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Thisiduo and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Bishop Francesco Amadio succeeded as Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) and Bishop of Valva (Italy)

Bishop Luciano Marcante resigned as Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) and Bishop of Valva (Italy)

Bishop Quintino Carlo Bertamo Olwell, C.P., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Marbel (Philippines), passed away at 73

Fr. Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Campli

Archimandrite Nykanor Mykola Dejneha, M.S.U., Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Juan Moleón Andreu, Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was appointed as Military Vicar of Paraguay (Paraguay)

Msgr. James Joseph McGuinness, Priest of Nottingham (England) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Saint German’s and Coadjutor Bishop of Nottingham (England)

Bishop Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’Heureux, Titular Bishop of Celene and Auxiliary Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France), was appointed as Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

Fr. Manuel Visuvasam was elected Bishop of Coimbatore (India)

Fr. Erwin Hecht, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C., resigned as Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa)

Fr. John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C., was elected Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa)

Bishop-elect José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate of Bocas del Toro (Panama), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pauzera

Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas resigned as Bishop of Armenia (Colombia)

Fr. Libardo Ramírez Gómez, Priest of Garzón–Neiva (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Armenia (Colombia)

Fr. László Lékai, Priest of Veszprém (Hungary), was elected Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém (Hungary) and Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii

Fr. László Kádár, O. Cist., was elected Titular Bishop of Saetabis and Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Fr. Árpád Fábián, O. Praem., was elected Titular Bishop of Clypia and Apostolic Administrator of Szombathely (Hungary)

Fr. Sándor Klempa, O. Praem., Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém (Hungary), was elected Titular Bishop of Baza

Bishop Felice Beccaro, Bishop of San Miniato (Italy), passed away at 83

Archbishop Pavol Brezanóczy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary), passed away at 60

Bishop William Lawrence Adrian, Bishop emeritus of Nashville (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop Vittorio Piola, Titular Bishop of Atella and Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Biella (Italy)

Bishop Carlo Rossi resigned as Bishop of Biella (Italy)

Bishop Pacific Li Huan-de (李宣德), O.F.M., Bishop of Yan’an 延安 (China), passed away at 67

Bishop Américo Henriques, Bishop of Lamego (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Nova Lisboa (Angola)

Bishop Félix Niza Ribeiro, Bishop of Tete (Mozambique), was appointed as Bishop of João Belo (Mozambique)

Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana, Bishop of Sá da Bandeira (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Beira (Mozambique)

Bishop Eurico Dias Nogueira, Bishop of Vila Cabral (Mozambique), was appointed as Bishop of Sá da Bandeira (Angola)

Fr. Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M., was elected Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)

Bishop Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of San Marcos (Guatemala), passed away at 76

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), passed away at 87

Bishop Karel Skoupy, Bishop of Brno (Czechia), passed away at 85

Fr. Raymond-Joseph-Louis Bouchex was elected Titular Bishop of Elvas and Auxiliary Bishop of Aix (France)

Bishop Anastasio Hurtado y Robles, Bishop emeritus of Tepic (Mexico), passed away at 82

Bishop António Valente da Fonseca, Bishop emeritus of Vila Real (Portugal), passed away at 87

Cardinal Maximilien de Fürstenberg, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Bishop Joseph Zimmermann resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Bishop Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Encarnación (Paraguay), passed away at 67

Fr. José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay) and Titular Bishop of Belcastro

Fr. Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Birtha and Auxiliary Bishop of Minas (Uruguay)

Fr. Robert Sastre, Priest of Lokossa (Benin), was elected Bishop of Lokossa (Benin)

Bishop Octavio José Calderón y Padilla, Bishop emeritus of Matagalpa (Nicaragua), passed away at 67

Fr. Laurent Fuahea (Lolesio), Priest of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna), was elected Titular Bishop of Bagai and Auxiliary Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

Fr. Antonio Jesús Ruiz, M.X.Y., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Buenaventura (Colombia)

Bishop Joseph Obert, P.I.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Dinajpur (Bangladesh), passed away at 81

Archbishop Sante Portalupi, Apostolic Delegate to Libya, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Algeria

Fr. Mervyn Alban Alexander, Priest of Clifton (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Pinhel and Auxiliary Bishop of Clifton (England)

Bishop Carlos Luis Geromini, Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), passed away at 65

Bishop Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D., Bishop of Anagni (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Terracina–Latina (Italy), Bishop of Priverno (Italy) and Bishop of Sezze (Italy)

Fr. Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ruteng (Indonesia)

Bishop Willemus van Bekkum, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Ruteng (Indonesia)

Bishop Ernesto Segura, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), passed away at 57

Fr. Jean-Charles Thomas, Priest of Luçon (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Bishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Auxiliary Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Lagos (Nigeria)

Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria), passed away at 64

Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Bishops, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America and President of Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Cardinal Paolo Marella, Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, President of Secretariat for Non-Christians and President of Reverend Fabric of Saint Peter, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Cardinal Luigi Traglia, Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery and Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

Bishop Bartolomeo Santo Quadri, Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Narni (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Terni (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Spanedda, Bishop of Bosa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alghero (Italy)

Bishop Achille Palmerini, Bishop of Isernia (Italy) and Bishop of Venafro (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Bishop Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Lahore (Pakistan), passed away at 82

Msgr. Philippe Delhaye, Priest of Namur (Belgium) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary General of International Theological Commission

Archbishop Sante Portalupi, Apostolic Delegate to Libya and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Algeria, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tunisia

Apostolic Exarchate of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Meerut and became suffragan of Agra) (India)

Apostolic Exarchate of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Raipur) (India)

Fr. Donat Chiasson, Priest of Bathurst (Canada), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Archbishop Norbert Robichaud resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Fr. Paulinus Jeerakath, C.M.I., was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Jagdalpur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I., was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Bijnor of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D., was elected Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord, Bishop emeritus of Tortosa (Spain), passed away at 75

Fr. Antonio Ferrándiz Morales, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia)

Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Luigi Traglia, Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (Kuwait)

Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and Diocese of Colima and became suffragan of Guadalajara) (Mexico)

Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and became suffragan of Guadalajara) (Mexico)

Diocese of Singida was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tabora, Diocese of Dodoma, Diocese of Mbeya and Diocese of Mbulu and became suffragan of Tabora) (Tanzania)

Bishop Diego Parodi, M.C.C.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Gubbio (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

Archimandrite Basilios Kanakry, Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq), was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Kuwait of the Greek-Melkites (Kuwait)

Bishop Jules-Joseph Puset, P.S.S., resigned as Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S., was elected Bishop of Ihosy (Madagascar)

Fr. René Joseph Rakotondrabé was elected Titular Bishop of Umbriatico and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar)

Fr. Jérôme Razafindrazaka was elected Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar)

Archbishop Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero, Titular Archbishop of Garella and Coadjutor Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Bishop Leonardo Viera Contreras, Bishop of Colima (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico)

Fr. Miguel Irízar Campos, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Helos and Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Peru)

Bishop Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Peru)

Bishop Gabriel Lee Gab-sou (이갑수 가브리엘), Auxiliary Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

Bishop Bernard Mabula, Titular Bishop of Fidoloma and Auxiliary Bishop of Tabora (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Singida (Tanzania)

Msgr. Dorio-Marie Huot, S.M.M., was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota

Archbishop Giovanni Mariani, Apostolic Delegate to Western Africa, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dahomey

Bishop Joseph Pace, Bishop of Gozo (Malta), passed away at 81

Bishop Ramon Iglésias i Navarri, Bishop emeritus of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 83

Bishop Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald, Bishop emeritus of Winona (USA), passed away at 79

Bishop Jorge Manuel López, Titular Bishop of Ausafa and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Archbishop Francisco Vicentín resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Fr. Atilano Vidal Núñez, Priest of Rosario (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Selendeta and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Msgr. Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño, Priest of Guatemala (Guatemala) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala and Auxiliary Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala)

Bishop Maurizio Raspini, Bishop emeritus of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), passed away at 80

Archbishop Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla, Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico), passed away at 68

Fr. Oskar Saier, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Rubicón and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Archbishop Eugène Klein, M.S.C., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M., Bishop of Tonga (Tonga) and Apostolic Administrator of Rarotonga (Cook Islands), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla

Bishop Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M., succeeded as Bishop of Tonga (Tonga)

Archbishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Bishop Oscar Félix Villena resigned as Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina)

Fr. Juan Luis Ysern de Arce, Priest of Granada (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera and Auxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile)

Bishop Antoine Caillot resigned as Bishop of Évreux (France)

Fr. Theodosius Jan Herkenrath, SS.CC., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Bangka dan Billiton (Indonesia), passed away at 86

Bishop Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Keta (Ghana), passed away at 66

Fr. Salvatore Delogu was elected Titular Bishop of Canne and Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Ghizzoni, Titular Bishop of Thenæ and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of San Miniato (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)

Bishop Martin Walter Stanton resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop James Vincent Pardy (파 야고보), M.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Umbriatico

Bishop Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Mar del Plata (Argentina)

Diocese of Hinche was established (from Diocese of Cap-Haïtien and Diocese of Les Gonaïves and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince) (Haiti)

Diocese of Jérémie was established (from Diocese of Les Cayes and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince) (Haiti)

Fr. Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Priest of Riobamba (Ecuador), was elected Titular Bishop of Ausafa and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Décoste, Titular Bishop of Sigus and Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), was appointed as Bishop of Hinche (Haiti)

Bishop Charles-Édouard Peters, S.M.M., Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum and Auxiliary Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti), was appointed as Bishop of Jérémie (Haiti)

Fr. Agapito Simeoni was elected Titular Bishop of Marazanæ regiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Fr. Hernando Rojas Ramirez was elected Titular Bishop of Auca and Coadjutor Bishop of Espinal (Colombia)

Bishop Alfred Bertram Leverman, Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), passed away at 68

Archbishop Ubaldo Calabresi, Apostolic Delegate to Red Sea Region, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sudan

Bishop Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S., resigned as Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada)

Fr. Raymond Roy, Priest of Saint-Boniface (Canada), was elected Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada)

Bishop Stephen Joseph Donahue resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Fr. Léo Deschâtelets, O.M.I., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

Fr. Gérard Ngoy Kabwe, Priest of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa) and Apostolic Administrator of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe was elected Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia and Coadjutor Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Djajapura (Indonesia)

Bishop Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Djajapura (Indonesia)

Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi)

Fr. Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi)

Fr. Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Afufenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyallpur (Pakistan)

Bishop Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski, Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), passed away at 76

Fr. John Patrick Murphy, Priest of Port Elizabeth (South Africa), was elected Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Fr. Richard Hanley, O.M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

Archbishop Miho Pušic, Bishop emeritus of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 91

Fr. Józef Kazimierz Kluz, Priest of Gdańsk (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Hilta and Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

Diocese of Tonga lost territory to Diocese of Rarotonga (Tonga)

Archbishop Giuliano Agresti, Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Norcia (Italy)

Bishop Alberto Scola resigned as Bishop of Norcia (Italy)

Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela was established (from Diocese of Valencia and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Fr. Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Fr. Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval, Priest of Valencia (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Bishop José Francisco Versiani Velloso, Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil), passed away at 52

Fr. Vinzenz Guggenberger, Priest of Regensburg (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Abziri

Archbishop Eftimios Youakim, B.S., Archbishop emeritus of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 85

Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud, Vicar Apostolic of Wau (South Sudan) and President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Bishop Juan Luis Ysern de Arce, Auxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Bishop Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina, Bishop of Montería (Colombia), passed away at 55

Fr. Basil Mary Heiser, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Cardinal Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and President of Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Georges-Firmin Singha, Priest of Fort-Rousset (Congo-Brazzaville), was elected Bishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D., Bishop of Lodi (Italy), passed away at 72

Mother Mary Francesca de Chantal, S.A.B.S., Co-Founder of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation), passed away at 91

Cardinal José Garibi Rivera, Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 83

Fr. Philip Sulumeti, Priest of Kisumu (Kenya), was elected Titular Bishop of Urci and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

Archbishop Germiniano Esorto resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

Bishop Jorge Mayer, Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

Archbishop Paul Francis Leibold, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA), passed away at 57

Fr. Wolfgang Rolly, Priest of Mainz (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Taborenta

Archbishop Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston (Canada), passed away at 85

Bishop Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M., Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala), passed away at 55

Bishop Róbert Pobožný, Titular Bishop of Neila and Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava (Slovakia), passed away at 82

Fr. Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz was elected Titular Bishop of Maronana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil)

Fr. Mathias William Schmidt, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Mutugenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Jataí (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Hlouch, Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia), passed away at 70

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Langton Douglas Fox, Titular Bishop of Maura and Auxiliary Bishop of Menevia (Wales), was appointed as Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Bishop John Edward Petit resigned as Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Bishop Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Islanda (Iceland), passed away at 74

Bishop Michele Alberto Arduino (歐彌格), S.D.B., Bishop of Gerace–Locri (Italy), passed away at 63

Archbishop Giovanni Mariani, Apostolic Delegate to Western Africa, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dahomey, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire

Diocese of Lipa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lipa (with suffragan sees Lucena and Infanta) (Philippines)

Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tuam (Ireland), passed away at 83

Bishop Alejandro Olalia, Bishop of Lipa (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa (Philippines)

Fr. Celso N. Guevarra was elected Titular Bishop of Vannida and Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando (Philippines)

Bishop Angel Morta Figuls, Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain), passed away at 58

Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil)

Bishop Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Bishop Johannes Olav Smit, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Norway (Norway), passed away at 89

Fr. Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui, Priest of Mérida (Venezuela), was elected Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana and Bishop-Prelate of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Fr. Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia)

Archbishop Herman Tillemans, M.S.C., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia)

Fr. Peter Yariyok Jatau, Priest of Jos (Nigeria), was elected Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)

Fr. Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Jolo (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Lamphua

Fr. Matthias Joseph Isuja, Priest of Dodoma (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Bishop Henry Joseph Grimmelsman, Bishop emeritus of Evansville (USA), passed away at 81

Fr. Paul Hugentobler (胡干普), S.M.B., Prefect Apostolic of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China), passed away at 79

Fr. Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé was elected Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

Diocese of Hradec Králové lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław (Czechia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc lost territory to Diocese of Opole (Czechia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław (Czechia)

Apostolic Administration of Görlitz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław) (Germany)

Diocese of Meißen lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław (Germany)

Diocese of Eldoret lost territory to Diocese of Nakuru (Kenya)

Diocese of Gorzów was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and Diocese of Berlin, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Piła and became suffragan of Wrocław) (Poland)

Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg was restored (from Diocese of Berlin, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Piła and became suffragan of Gniezno) (Poland)

Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was promoted as Diocese of Opole (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Wrocław) (Poland)

Territorial Prelature of Piła was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Gorzów and Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg) (Poland)

Diocese of Szczecin–Kamień was restored (from Diocese of Berlin and became suffragan of Gniezno) (Poland)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław lost territory to Diocese of Opole (Poland)

Bishop Bernhard Huhn, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz (Germany)

Archbishop Bolesław Kominek, Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ and Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Bishop Jerzy Stroba, Titular Bishop of Aradus and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Bishop Józef Drzazga, Titular Bishop of Siniandus and Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż, Titular Bishop of Alba marittima and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

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

Bishop Wilhelm Pluta, Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) and Apostolic Administrator of Piła (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Gorzów (Poland)

Bishop João Antonio da Silva Saraiva, Bishop of Funchal (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

Bishop John Stock, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 53

Fr. Massimo Giustetti, Priest of Pinerolo (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Celene and Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo (Italy)

Bishop Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Puno (Peru)

Archbishop António de Castro Xavier Monteiro, Titular Archbishop of Mitylene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Bishop Júlio Tavares Rebimbas, Bishop of Faro (Portugal), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mitylene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Florentino de Andrade e Silva, Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

Bishop Domingos de Pinho Brandão, Auxiliary Bishop of Leiria (Portugal), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Bishop Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Titular Bishop of Tagaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Leiria (Portugal)

Bishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C., resigned as Bishop of Leiria (Portugal)

Venerable Bishop Angel Riesco Carbajo, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pamplona (Spain), passed away at 69

Bishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa, Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte, Titular Bishop of Sicilibba and Auxiliary Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

Archbishop Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

Bishop Albert Lewis Fletcher resigned as Bishop of Little Rock (USA)

Fr. Andrew Joseph McDonald, Priest of Savannah (USA), was elected Bishop of Little Rock (USA)

Fr. Clément Georges Schelhoth was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez resigned as Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua)

Fr. Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M., was elected Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua)

Bishop Edward Joseph Maginn resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Albany (USA)

Fr. Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil)

Fr. Rafael Garcia González, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez, Bishop emeritus of Granada (Nicaragua), passed away at 73

Archbishop Bernardo José Bueno Miele succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Archbishop Felício César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil), passed away at 68

Bishop Virginio Dondeo, Bishop of Orvieto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Todi (Italy)

Archbishop Gerald Thomas Bergan, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Omaha (USA), passed away at 80

Bishop Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Itacoatiara (Brazil)

Bishop Miklós Dudás, O.S.B.M., Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary) and Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary), passed away at 69

Bishop José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M., resigned as Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Bishop Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M., Bishop emeritus of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 75

Archbishop Eduard Macheiner, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria), passed away at 64

Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I., Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), passed away at 70

Bishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi, Titular Bishop of Vicus Augusti and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Gozo (Malta), was appointed as Bishop of Gozo (Malta)

Fr. Rafael Muñoz Núñez was elected Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Bishop Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Bova (Italy), passed away at 86

Fr. Decio Lucio Grandoni, Priest of Todi (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Atella and Auxiliary Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Fr. Rogelio Sánchez González was elected Bishop of Colima (Mexico)

Diocese of Garzón–Neiva was renamed as Diocese of Garzón (lost territory to establish Diocese of Neiva) (Colombia)

Diocese of Neiva was restored (from Diocese of Garzón–Neiva and became suffragan of Popayán) (Colombia)

Fr. Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal, Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia)

Bishop Rafael Sarmiento Peralta, Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

Bishop Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano, Bishop of Girardot (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Elepla and Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Fr. Augustín van Aaken, S.V.D., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Alto Paraná (Paraguay) and Titular Bishop of Achyraus

Fr. James Patrick Mahoney, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Ipagro

Bishop John Linus Paschang resigned as Bishop of Grand Island (USA)

Fr. James Stephen Sullivan, Priest of Lansing (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Siccesi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing (USA)

Fr. John Joseph Sullivan, Priest of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA), was elected Bishop of Grand Island (USA)

Cardinal Luis Concha Córdoba resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia)

Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Diocese of Ado-Ekiti was established (from Diocese of Ondo) (Nigeria)

Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia)

Bishop André Bréheret, Bishop of Cahors (France), passed away at 60

Archbishop Raffaele Pellecchia, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy)

Archbishop Carlo Serena, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy), passed away at 90

Bishop Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas (Liberia)

Fr. Patrick Kla Juwle, Priest of Cape Palmas (Liberia), was elected Titular Bishop of Tigamibena and Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas (Liberia)

Bishop Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria)

Bishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun, Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria)

Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi, Titular Bishop of Fallaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria)

Fr. Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I., Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu (South Africa), was elected Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Bishop Ramón J. Lizardi, Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), passed away at 62

Fr. Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Msgr. Francesco Colasuonno (高樂天), Priest of Bari e Canosa (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Bishop Daniel Ivancho, Apostolic Exarch emeritus of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA), passed away at 64

Abbot Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

Abbot Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

Bishop Louis-Prosper Durand (杜安坤), O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Yantai 煙臺 (China), passed away at 86

Bishop Alfredo Viola, Bishop emeritus of Salto (Uruguay), passed away at 79

Bishop Benedict Ganesh Singh, Titular Bishop of Arsennaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Georgetown (Guyana), was appointed as Bishop of Georgetown (Guyana)

Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Georgetown (Guyana)

Bishop John Michael Fearns resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Cardinal Paolo Giobbe, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella and Patron emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 92

Archdiocese of Ancona e Umana was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ancona e Umana (with suffragan sees Cingoli, Jesi and Osimo) (Italy)

Archdiocese of L’Aquila was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of L’Aquila (with suffragan sees Marsi and Sulmona) (Italy)

Archdiocese of Perugia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perugia (with suffragan sees Assisi, Città della Pieve, Città di Castello, Foligno, Gubbio and Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino) (Italy)

Archbishop Zaya Dachtou, Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran), passed away at 59

Archbishop Ferdinando Lambruschini, Archbishop of Perugia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Città della Pieve (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

Archbishop Carlo Maccari, Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Jesi (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

Archbishop Costantino Stella, Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Paredom, M.C.B.S., Founder of Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, passed away at 84

Diocese of Fort-Archambault was renamed as Diocese of Sarh (Chad)

Diocese of Baudouinville was renamed as Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Henri Véniat, S.J., Bishop of Fort-Archambault (Chad), was appointed as Bishop of Sarh (Chad)

Bishop Ioseph Mulolwa Songolo, Bishop of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Mweka lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Joseph Merhi, L.M., was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)

Cardinal Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo, Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), passed away at 68

Venerable Archbishop Augusto Bertazzoni, Bishop emeritus of Potenza (Italy), Bishop emeritus of Marsico Nuovo (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 96

Archbishop Angel Pérez Cisneros succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Archbishop José Rafael Pulido Méndez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela), passed away at 64

Fr. Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia)

Bishop James Aloysius McNulty, Bishop of Buffalo (USA), passed away at 72

Fr. José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Priest of Madrid (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Tisili and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. Alberto Iniesta Jiménez, Priest of Albacete (Spain), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Tubernuca

Fr. Victorio Oliver Domingo, Priest of Teruel (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Limisa and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Bishop Alejandro Schell, Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina), passed away at 74

Bishop Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Savannakhet (Laos), passed away at 68

Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu (South Africa)

Bishop Paul Schruers, Auxiliary Bishop of Hasselt (Belgium), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Hasselt (Belgium)

Fr. Ottorino Zanon, P.S.S.G., Founder of Society of Saint Cajetan, passed away at 57

Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Rapid City (USA), passed away at 83

Bishop Lucien-Emile Bardonne, Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons (France)

Bishop Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens, Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Agen (France)

Fr. Filippo Maria Ferrini, O.S.M., Confessor of the Pontifical Family emeritus of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 91

Bishop Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J., Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas (Ecuador), passed away at 67

Fr. José María Setién Alberro, Priest of San Sebastián (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Zama minor and Auxiliary Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain)

Archbishop Giuseppe D’Avack resigned as Titular Archbishop of Leotopolis in Pamphylia

Bishop Ferdinand Guercilena, P.I.M.E., resigned as Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar)

Bishop Abraham Than, Titular Bishop of Tortiboli and Auxiliary Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar), was appointed as Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar)

Bishop Anthony Saliu Sanusi, Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lagos (Nigeria)

Fr. Paul Ri Moun-hi (이문희 바오로 / 李文熙), Priest of Daegu 대구 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Forconio and Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu 대구 (South Korea)

Fr. Herman Wilhelm Teuben, C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Gimma (Ethiopia)

Venerable Bishop Cirillo Giovanni Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap., Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 91

Bishop Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga, Bishop of Loja (Ecuador), passed away at 64

Bishop José Alí Lebrún Moratinos, Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Voncaria and Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Diocese of Cava was renamed as Diocese of Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Bishop Alfredo Vozzi, Bishop of Cava (Italy) and Bishop of Sarno (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

Bishop Jolando Nuzzi, Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) and Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

Bishop Manuel S. Salvador, Bishop of Palo (Philippines), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zarna

Archbishop Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop emeritus of Spoleto (Italy), passed away at 85

Archbishop Carlo Maccari, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Jesi (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Osimo (Italy)

Fr. Giulio Oggioni, Priest of Milano (Italy), was elected Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe Zaffonato resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Maverna, Bishop of Chiavari (Italy), was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Colonel Robert Nünlist resigned as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Lieutenant Colonel Alois Stadler resigned as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco, Bishop emeritus of Parnaíba (Brazil), passed away at 80

Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan, Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Melitene of the Armenians

Bishop Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Fr. Gervais Aeby, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli, Titular Archbishop of Semina and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Castello

Sr. Alma Dufault, F.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Territorial Prelature of Huautla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and became suffragan of Antequera) (Mexico)

Archbishop Jaime Lachica Sin succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Archbishop José Maria Cuenco, Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines), passed away at 87

Bishop Juan Ricote Alonso, Bishop of Teruel (Spain), passed away at 67

Fr. Francis Joseph MacKiernan, Priest of Kilmore (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland)

Bishop Austin Quinn resigned as Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland)

Fr. Charles Joseph Henderson, Priest of Southwark (England), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England) and Titular Bishop of Tricala

Archbishop Ugo Poletti, Second Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Archbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Coimbra (Portugal), passed away at 80

Fr. Patrick Fani Chakaipa, Priest of Salisbury (Zimbabwe), was elected Titular Bishop of Rucuma and Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Ignace Raad, Priest of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop Auguste Jauffrés, Bishop emeritus of Tarentaise (France), passed away at 86

Bishop Francesco Tortora, O.M., Titular Bishop of Livias and Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Gerace–Locri (Italy)

Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dume and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal)

Archbishop Marcelino Olaechea y Loizaga, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 83

Msgr. Jean Honoré, Priest of Rennes (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Évreux (France)

Bishop Antoine Hacault, Titular Bishop of Media and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Media and Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Fr. Valerians Zondaks, Priest of Riga (Latvia), was elected Titular Bishop of Tabaicara, Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia) and Auxiliary Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia)

Fr. Michele Rua, S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), was beatified

Colonel Franz Pfyffer von Altishofen was appointed as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop Salvatore Di Salvo, Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lipari (Italy)

Bishop José Julio Aguilar García, Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala) and Titular Bishop of Bononia, was appointed as Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala)

Bishop Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto, O.P., Titular Bishop of Bevagna and Auxiliary Bishop of Ica (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Puno (Peru)

Bishop Costantino Caminada, Bishop of Ferentino (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Desiderio Elso Collino, Titular Bishop of Capo della Foresta and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Bishop Gerard Louis Frey, Bishop of Savannah (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Bishop Maurice Schexnayder resigned as Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Fr. Joseph Lawson Howze, Priest of Raleigh (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez–Jackson (USA) and Titular Bishop of Maxita

Bishop Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez, Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

Prof. Carlos Chagas was appointed as President of Pontifical Academies of Sciences