Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Città della Pieve lost territory to Diocese of Acquapendente and Diocese of Chiusi (Italy)

Diocese of Civita Castellana lost territory to Diocese of Bagnoregio (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Abercorn was established (Scotland)

Titular Episcopal See of Abernethy was restored (Scotland)

Titular Episcopal See of Mortlach was restored (Scotland)

Titular Episcopal See of Rosemarkie was restored (Scotland)

Titular Episcopal See of Strathearn was restored (Scotland)

Titular Episcopal See of Epiphania in Syria was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Epiphania in Syria (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Matara in Proconsulari was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Matara in Proconsulari (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Corydala was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Corydala (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Daonium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Daonium (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Lutsk–Ostroh (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed (Ukraine)

Titular Episcopal See of Possala was suppressed

Bishop Albert Louis Descamps, Ordinary of Ordinariaat voor buitenlandse studenten in België (Belgium), was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Biblical Commission

Msgr. Charles Moeller, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity

Msgr. José Ruysschaert resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Fr. Tarcísio Ariovaldo Amaral, C.SS.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)

Fr. Thomas James Hanrahan, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Bishop Joseph Li Dao-nan (李道南), Bishop of Puqi 蒲圻 (China), passed away at 71

Fr. Pietro Moretti (穆繼文), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Tongzhou 同州 (China), passed away at 85

Fr. James Ireland, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands), passed away

Msgr. Bernard Henri René Jacqueline, Priest of Coutances (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Secretariat for Non-Believers

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

Fr. Josef Georg Pfab, C.SS.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)

Fr. Giuseppe Khantzian, Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece), passed away

Msgr. Louis Barry was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Conakry (Guinea)

Bishop Edwin Pinto, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Ahmedabad (India)

Mother Alphonsus Maria, S.A.B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation)

Mother Espirith, S.A.B.S., Superior General of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation), passed away at 46

Fr. Rabban Al-Qas was appointed as Priest of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Mikha Pola Maqdassi was appointed as Priest of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Cardinal Ildebrando Antoniutti was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Umberto Mozzoni, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was created

Msgr. Pietro Pavan resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy)

Fr. Roberto Tucci, S.J., was appointed as Director General of Vatican Radio

Fr. Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.J., Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and Vice-Delegate of Vatican Film Library, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Central African Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Chad

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

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

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

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

Msgr. Amato Pietro Frutaz, Priest of Aosta (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Msgr. Alberto Giovannetti, Opus Dei, resigned as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN)

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

Msgr. Renato Pozzi, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 53

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Reghezza was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Msgr. Francesco Tinello resigned as Regent of Apostolic Chancery

Fr. Giacomo Martegani, S.J., resigned as Director General of Vatican Radio

Dr. Vittorio Bachelet, National President of Italian Catholic Action, was appointed as Vice-President of Committee for the Family

Prof. Mario Agnes was appointed as National President of Italian Catholic Action

Msgr. Giovanni Gamasargan was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan)

Fr. Paul-Mounged El-Hachem, Priest of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Delegate of Vatican Film Library

Bishop Eustace John Smith, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (Lebanon)

Bishop Julijonas Steponavicius resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

Bishop Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara (Mexico)

Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem, Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria) and Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria

Fr. Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

Archbishop Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bereina (Papua New Guinea)

Br. Patrice Guzangania, F.J., was appointed as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Br. Antoine Kasay, F.J., resigned as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Msgr. Daniel Faltin, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Cardinal Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor

Bishop Maximino Romero de Lema was promoted as Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

Fr. Raimondo Bidagor, S.J., resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law

Fr. Domenico Caloyera, O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkiye)

Archbishop Raymond Philip Etteldorf, Apostolic Delegate to New Zealand and Pacific Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean

Msgr. Bernard Drew, Priest of Rapid City (USA), passed away at 62

Fr. Otto L. García was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Joseph Charles Wey, C.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Fr. Georges Dejaifve, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Gino del Bono, d. O., was appointed as Executive Secretary of Committee for the Family

Fr. Joseph Hardy, S.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Karlheinz Hoffmann, S.J., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Social Communications

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

Fr. Henri Mondé, S.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Pius Rudlof, C.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Fr. Ivan Zuzek, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Br. Columban Keller, C.M.S.F., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Br. Hubert Kumpuckal, C.M.S.F., resigned as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Archbishop Alejandro Olalia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa (Philippines), passed away at 59

Abbot Pedro José Agostini, O. Cist., Abbot Ordinary of Claraval (Brazil), passed away at 68

Diocese of Anglona–Tursi exchanged territory with Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio exchanged territory with Diocese of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Fr. John Njue was appointed as Priest of Meru (Kenya)

Fr. Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando was appointed as Priest of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Bosco Lin Chi-nan (林吉男) was appointed as Priest of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan)

Fr. Augustine Kasujja was appointed as Priest of Kampala (Uganda)

Bishop José Carlos de Aguirre, Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil), passed away at 92

Bishop José Melhado Campos succeeded as Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil)

Bishop Mark Yuan Wen-hua (袁文華), O.F.M. ▼, Bishop of Wuchang 武昌 (China), passed away at 68

Archbishop-elect Karl Berg was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Fr. Miguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Surigao (Philippines)

Bishop Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Surigao (Philippines)

Cardinal Maurice Roy, Military Vicar of Canada (Canada), Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), President of Pontifical Council for the Laity and President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, was appointed as President of Committee for the Family

Bishop Prosper Dodds, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal), passed away at 57

Bishop Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), passed away at 71

Cardinal Fernando Cento, Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri and Major Penitentiary emeritus of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, passed away at 89

Bishop Juan Vicente Solís Fernández, Bishop emeritus of Alajuela (Costa Rica), passed away at 80

Bishop Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M., Bishop of Caetité (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Feira de Santana (Brazil)

Fr. Ludwig Averkamp was elected Titular Bishop of Thapsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Reinhard Lettmann was elected Titular Bishop of Rotaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Max Georg von Twickel was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Lugura

Fr. León Kruk was elected Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina)

Venerable Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti succeeded as Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Torrini, Archbishop of Lucca (Italy), passed away at 94

Bishop Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Mogadishu (Somalia), passed away at 52

Bishop Edward Dennis Head, Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. Jozef Feranec was elected Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Fr. Pompeu Bezerra Bessa was elected Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil)

Bishop José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bevagna and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop Luigi Maria Carli, Bishop of Segni (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

Archbishop Lorenzo Gargiulo resigned as Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

Bishop Manuel S. Salvador, Titular Bishop of Zarna, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Zarna and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Bishop Adriani Mkoba resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar and Pemba (Tanzania)

Fr. Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar and Pemba (Tanzania)

Bishop Stefano Hász, Titular Bishop of Sura, passed away at 88

Fr. Umberto Florenzani was elected Bishop of Ferentino (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Maroua–Mokolo was promoted as Diocese of Maroua–Mokolo (became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

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

Diocese of Kohima–Imphal was established (from Diocese of Dibrugarh and became suffragan of Shillong–Gauhati) (India)

Fr. Philip James Anthony Kennedy was elected Titular Bishop of Roscrea and Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Pius Suh Awa succeeded as Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon)

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

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

Bishop Albert Ndongmo resigned as Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)

Fr. Thomas Nkuissi was elected Titular Bishop of Luperciana and Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)

Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M., resigned as Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon)

Fr. George Siyam resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)

Bishop Gaetano Mignani (梅雅誼), C.M., Bishop of Ji’an 吉安 (China), passed away at 90

Fr. Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ

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

Fr. Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Kohima–Imphal (India)

Bishop Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy), passed away at 87

Fr. Augustine Kim Jae-deok (김재덕 아우구스티노 / 金載德) was elected Bishop of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea)

Fr. Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto was elected Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Bishop Manuel Salazar y Espinoza, Titular Bishop of Città Ducale and Auxiliary Bishop of León (Nicaragua), was appointed as Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

Bishop-elect Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla, Bishop-Prelate of Juigalpa (Nicaragua), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bononia

Archbishop Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪) was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh

Bishop Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi, Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 63

Archbishop Giuseppe Casoria, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Bishop Oreste Rauzi, Auxiliary Bishop of Trento (Italy), passed away at 85

Cardinal Luigi Traglia resigned as Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

Archbishop Federico G. Limon, S.V.D., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Archbishop Mariano Aspiras Madriaga resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Bishop Roger-Alfred Despatie, Titular Bishop of Usinaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

Bishop Jacques Landriault resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hearst (Canada)

Fr. Joseph Leopold Imesch was elected Titular Bishop of Pomaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Arthur Henry Krawczak was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) and Titular Bishop of Subbar

Fr. Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B., Prefect Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Girardot (Colombia)

Bishop Bartolomeo Santo Quadri, Titular Bishop of Villa nova, Apostolic Administrator of Narni (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Terni (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Narni (Italy), Bishop of Terni (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Amelia (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Rovigatti, Titular Bishop of Segermes, Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Civitavecchia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Tarquinia (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva and Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Gilberto Baroni, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy) and Bishop of Guastalla (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Guastalla (Italy)

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

Bishop Fidel García Martínez, Bishop emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain), passed away at 92

Diocese of Boiano–Campobasso was promoted as Archdiocese of Boiano–Campobasso (without ecclesiastical province) (Italy)

Diocese of Potenza was promoted as Archdiocese of Potenza (without ecclesiastical province) (Italy)

Bishop Alberto Carinci, Bishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy)

Bishop Aurelio Sorrentino, Bishop of Potenza (Italy) and Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Potenza (Italy)

Bishop Innocenzo Alfredo Russo, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Bovino (Italy), passed away at 90

Bishop Michael O’Reilly, Bishop emeritus of Saint George’s (Canada), passed away at 79

Cardinal Achille Liénart, Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto and Bishop emeritus of Lille (France), passed away at 89

Fr. Armido Gasparini, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia)

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

Bishop Luigi Cicuttini, Bishop emeritus of Città di Castello (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Paweł Latusek, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 62

Fr. Czesław Lewandowski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Fidoloma

Bishop Clarence Edward Elwell, Bishop of Columbus (USA), passed away at 69

Bishop John Farmer Healy, Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar), passed away at 72

Fr. Peter John Elliott was appointed as Priest of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Josef Vrana was elected Titular Bishop of Octabia and Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc (Czechia)

Bishop-elect Jozef Feranec was confirmed as Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Fr. Július Gábriš was elected Titular Bishop of Decoriana and Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia)

Fr. Jan Pasztor was elected Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

Bishop Henri Gufflet resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Bishop Luigi Maverna resigned as Bishop of Chiavari (Italy)

Bishop Daniele Ferrari, Titular Bishop of Velia and Auxiliary Bishop of Gaeta (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Chiavari (Italy)

Archbishop Clemens P. Chabukasansha resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama (Zambia)

Fr. Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina)

Bishop Antonius Hubertus Thijssen, S.V.D., Bishop of Larantuka (Indonesia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Eguga

Fr. Jesus Balaso Tuquib was elected Bishop of Pagadian (Philippines)

Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri resigned as 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

Archbishop Bernardin Gantin, Adjunct Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy), was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Archbishop Antonio Innocenti, Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline

Cardinal Paolo Marella resigned as President of Secretariat for Non-Christians

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli resigned as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Msgr. Luigi Dossena, Priest of Crema (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea and Titular Archbishop of Carpi

Fr. Georges Rol was elected Titular Bishop of Gabi and Coadjutor Bishop of Angoulême (France)

Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana, Bishop of Beira (Mozambique), passed away at 57

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

Bishop Thomas Niu Hui-qing (牛會卿), Bishop of Yanggu 陽穀 (China), passed away at 77

Diocese of Sunyani was established (from Diocese of Kumasi and became suffragan of Cape Coast) (Ghana)

Diocese of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Tellicherry and became suffragan of Ernakulam) (India)

Diocese of Tura was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong–Gauhati and became suffragan of Shillong–Gauhati) (India)

Diocese of Abakaliki was established (from Diocese of Ogoja and became suffragan of Onitsha) (Nigeria)

Fr. Paulos Tzadua, Priest of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea), was elected Titular Bishop of Abila in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Bishop Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana)

Fr. François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana)

Fr. Hervé-Maria Le Cléac’h, SS.CC., Apostolic Administrator of Taiohae (French Polynesia), was elected Bishop of Taiohae (French Polynesia)

Fr. James Kwadwo Owusu was elected Bishop of Sunyani (Ghana)

Fr. Jacob Thoomkuzhy, Priest of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Mananthavady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Antonius Everardo Giovanni Albers, O. Carm., resigned as Bishop of Malang (Indonesia)

Fr. Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm., was elected Bishop of Malang (Indonesia)

Cardinal Paolo Bertoli resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto resigned as Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Joseph Edra Ukpo, Titular Bishop of Chullu and Auxiliary Bishop of Ogoja (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Ogoja (Nigeria)

Bishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S., Bishop of Ogoja (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Abakaliki (Nigeria)

Fr. Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Aleppo (Syria), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria) and Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria

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

Fr. John Michael Bilock was elected Titular Bishop of Pergamum and Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop Elias White Mutale, Bishop of Mansa (Zambia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kasama (Zambia)

Fr. Traian Crisan, Priest of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Cardinal Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Archbishop Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was created Cardinal-Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires

Archbishop James Darcy Freeman, President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare

Archbishop James Robert Knox, Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella

Archbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Francis Roberts Rush, Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Archbishop Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana

Archbishop Avelar Brandão Vilela, Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil and Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola

Archbishop Emile Biayenda, President of Episcopal Conference of Congo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino

Bishop Stepán Tróchta, S.D.B., Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Louis-Jean Guyot, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura

Archbishop Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P., Titular Archbishop of Heracleopolis magna and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna

Archbishop Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia)

Archbishop Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia)

Bishop Hermann Volk, Bishop of Mainz (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli

Patriarch Albino Luciani, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

Archbishop Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M., Titular Archbishop of Idicra and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino

Cardinal Paolo Bertoli, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Girolamo della Carità, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati

Cardinal Pericle Felici, President of Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council and President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, was appointed as Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Umberto Mozzoni, Titular Archbishop of Side, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio

Archbishop Pietro Palazzini, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Clergy, Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia and Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo

Archbishop Salvatore Pappalardo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, Titular Archbishop of Iconium, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro

Archbishop Ugo Poletti, Titular Archbishop of Novigrad and Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo and President of Commission for Advocates

Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus and Apostolic Delegate to United States of America, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari

Cardinal Egidio Vagnozzi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale and President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title

Archbishop Gino Paro, Apostolic Delegate to Australia and Papua New Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia

Archbishop Aurelio Sorrentino, Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy) and Archbishop of Potenza (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe Vairo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Venosa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Melfi (Italy), Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) and Bishop of Venosa (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Amari was elected Bishop of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Maria Franzi was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Città Ducale

Archbishop Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ 田口 芳五郎), Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Archbishop Maurice Michael Otunga, Military Vicar of Kenya (Kenya), President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops and Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane

Archbishop José Salazar López, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza

Archbishop Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte

Archbishop Bolesław Kominek, Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia

Patriarch António Ribeiro, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) and Military Vicar of Portugal (Portugal), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

Archbishop Luis Aponte Martínez, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) and President of Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde

Blessed Bishop Iuliu Hossu resigned as

Bishop Pio Taofinu’u, S.M., Bishop of Apia (Samoa), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio

Archbishop Marcelo González Martín, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino

Archbishop Narciso Jubany Arnau, Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso

Cardinal Charles Journet, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico and Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title

Bishop William Wakefield Baum, Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Archbishop Timothy Manning, Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi

Archbishop Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna

Fr. Raymond William Lessard was elected Bishop of Savannah (USA)

Fr. Anthony Francis Mestice was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Villa nova

Fr. James Steven Rausch was elected Titular Bishop of Summa and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Cardinal Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P., Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Fr. James Kavanagh was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) and Titular Bishop of Zerta

Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli was appointed as President of Secretariat for Non-Christians

Archbishop Peter Han Kong-ryel (한공렬 베드로), Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea), passed away at 60

Bishop John Selby Spence, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), passed away at 63

Cardinal Benjamin de Arriba y Castro, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tarragona (Spain), passed away at 86

Archbishop Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Castulo

Bishop Edward Louis Fedders, M.M., Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru), passed away at 59

Fr. András József Szennay, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary)

Fr. Alcime Cyr, S.M., Superior General emeritus of Society of Mary (Marists), passed away at 90

Bishop Bernard Czapliński, Titular Bishop of Faustinopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

Bishop Venmani S. Selvanather, Bishop of Salem (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

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

Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Major Penitentiary emeritus of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals, passed away at 74

Fr. Salvadore Lobo was appointed as Priest of Calcutta (India)

Bishop Francesco Bottino, Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy), passed away at 79

Cardinal Giuseppe Paupini was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal Luigi Raimondi was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Bishop Maximino Romero de Lema, Bishop of Ávila (Spain), was promoted as Secretary of Congregation for Clergy and Titular Archbishop of Novigrad

Archbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 68

Diocese of Bagnoregio lost territory to Diocese of Orvieto (Italy)

Diocese of Orvieto lost territory to Diocese of Acquapendente (Italy)

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

Venerable Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti resigned as Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

Msgr. Piero Monni was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M., Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil), President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil and First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Alphonse Marie van den Bosch, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 78

Cardinal Ugo Poletti, Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and President of Commission for Advocates, was appointed as Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University

Fr. Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Præcausa

Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan resigned as Bishop of Hamilton (Canada)

Fr. Nicholas Mang Thang was appointed as Priest of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Bishop György Zemplén, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 67

Fr. Horacio Alberto Bózzoli was elected Auxiliary Bishop of San Martín (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Rusticiana

Fr. Raúl Holguer López Mayorga was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia

Diocese of Campagna lost territory to Archdiocese of Potenza (Italy)

Diocese of Muro Lucano lost territory to Diocese of Campagna (Italy)

Bishop Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

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

Bishop Francesco Venanzio Filippini, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mogadishu (Somalia), passed away at 82

Cardinal Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bourges (France), passed away at 80

Diocese of Ajmer–Jaipur lost territory to Apostolic Exarchate of Sagar (India)

Bishop James Edward Michaels (권야고보), S.S.C.M.E., Auxiliary Bishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling (USA)

Bishop Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Malanje (Angola), passed away at 65

Fr. Julio César Vidal Ortiz was appointed as Priest of Montería (Colombia)

Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dublin (Ireland), passed away at 77

Bishop Joseph Jean Marie Rozier, Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Poitiers (France)

Bishop Paul-Émile Charbonneau resigned as Bishop of Hull (Canada)

Cardinal Stepán Tróchta, S.D.B., Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title

Fr. Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Piura (Peru)

Fr. Augusto Beuzeville Ferro was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Passo Corese

Bishop Cipriano Urgel Villahermosa, Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Palo (Philippines)

Diocese of Ruyigi was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega and Diocese of Bururi and became suffragan of Gitega) (Burundi)

Bishop Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R., Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil), passed away at 51

Fr. José de Lima was elected Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil)

Fr. Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Valliposita and Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil)

Fr. Joachim Ruhuna was elected Bishop of Ruyigi (Burundi)

Bishop Rudolph A. Akanlu succeeded as Bishop of Navrongo (Ghana)

Bishop Gerard Bertrand, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Navrongo (Ghana)

Msgr. Giovanni De Andrea, Priest of Ivrea (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Titular Bishop of Mascula and Auxiliary Bishop of Lagos (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria)

Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun, Titular Bishop of Thunigaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria)

Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria)

Bishop Anthony Saliu Sanusi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Lagos (Nigeria)

Bishop Neil Farren resigned as Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Priest of Oviedo (Spain), was elected Bishop of Tarazona (Spain)

Bishop Angel Suquía Goicoechea, Bishop of Málaga (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Bishop Rafael Alvarez Lara resigned as Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

Bishop Ramón Buxarrais Ventura, Bishop of Zamora (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Bishop José Guerra Campos, Titular Bishop of Mutia and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

Bishop Inocencio Rodríguez Díez resigned as Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

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

Diocese of Barretos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto and Diocese of Jaboticabal and became suffragan of Ribeirão Preto) (Brazil)

Fr. Salvatore Visco was appointed as Priest of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Fr. Roberto Filippini was appointed as Priest of Pisa (Italy)

Bishop Curiacos Moussess, Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 51

Archbishop Giuseppe Bonfiglioli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Fr. Tarcisius J. M. Ngalalekumtwa was appointed as Priest of Iringa (Tanzania)

Fr. Bruno Forte was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Vincenzo Pelvi was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Ferrara, M.C.C.J., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Mupoi (South Sudan)

Fr. Wiktor Paweł Skworc was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Fr. Carlos Aguiar Retes was appointed as Priest of Tepic (Mexico)

Fr. Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno was appointed as Priest of Jaén en Perú (Peru)

Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira, Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Equilio and Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)

Fr. José de Matos Pereira, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of Barretos (Brazil)

Fr. Concordio Maria Sarte was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Thunusuda

Archbishop Louis Lévesque resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)

Bishop Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E., Bishop of Gaspé (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)

Bishop Hernando Velásquez Lotero, Titular Bishop of Garba and Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia)

Archbishop Pierre Kimbondo resigned as Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa) and Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu succeeded as Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A., resigned as Titular Bishop of Molicunza

Bishop Peter Francis Rayappa, Bishop emeritus of Kumbakonam (India), passed away at 90

Bishop Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza, Bishop of Tacna (Peru), passed away at 61

Bishop John Joyce Russell resigned as Bishop of Richmond (USA)

Bishop Érico Ferrari, Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil), passed away at 45

Archbishop Joseph Rabbani, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 83

Archbishop Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C., President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, passed away at 65

Fr. Thomas Christopher Collins was appointed as Priest of Hamilton (Canada)

Bishop Ferdinand Guercilena, P.I.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Kengtung (Myanmar), passed away at 73

Fr. Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón was appointed as Priest of Lima (Peru)

Fr. Daniel Martin Spraggon, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands)

Cardinal Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria and Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor, passed away at 85

Bishop Antonio Pildáin y Zapiáin, Bishop emeritus of Islas Canarias (Spain), passed away at 83

Bishop José Hascher, C.S.Sp., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Juruá (Brazil), passed away at 82

Fr. Wilton Daniel Gregory was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves, Titular Bishop of Vina and Auxiliary Bishop of Little Rock (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco resigned as Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

Bishop Aimé Décosse resigned as Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada)

Archbishop Raffaele Baratta, Archbishop emeritus of Perugia (Italy), passed away at 83

Fr. Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Hospita

Fr. Richard John Garcia was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Bishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M., Bishop emeritus of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada), passed away at 79

Fr. Roger Joseph Foys was appointed as Priest of Steubenville (USA)

Diocese of Palayamkottai was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madurai and became suffragan of Madurai) (India)

Fr. Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré, Priest of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), was elected Titular Bishop of Lamzella and Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Vital Komenan Yao was elected Bishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A., resigned as Bishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu, Priest of Keta (Ghana), was elected Titular Bishop of Mascula and Auxiliary Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana)

Fr. Savarinathen Iruthayaraj was elected Bishop of Palayamkottai (India)

Fr. Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka was elected Titular Bishop of Cuicul and Auxiliary Bishop of Jos (Nigeria)

Fr. Appasinghe Paul Perera was elected Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine was elected Bishop of Cahors (France)

Fr. Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero was appointed as Priest of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Bishop Javier Osés Flamarique, Auxiliary Bishop of Huesca (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Huesca (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Huesca (Spain)

Bishop Lino Rodrigo Ruesca, Bishop of Huesca (Spain), passed away at 87

Fr. Edward Michael Deliman was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Ronald William Gainer was appointed as Priest of Allentown (USA)

Fr. Richard Gerard Lennon was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Fr. Dieter Geerlings was appointed as Priest of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Kazimierz Nycz was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Fr. Paweł Stobrawa was appointed as Priest of Opole (Poland)

Fr. César Augusto Franco Martínez was appointed as Priest of Madrid (Spain)

Bishop Eugene O’Callaghan, Bishop emeritus of Clogher (Ireland), passed away at 85

Msgr. Alberto Bovone, Priest of Alessandria (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Archbishop Carmine Rocco, Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Bishop Antonio Fustella, Titular Bishop of Sabiona and Apostolic Administrator of Saluzzo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy)

Archbishop Jean Jadot, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroon, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon and Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to United States of America

Bishop Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-Ping (徐誠斌), Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) and Secretary General of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, passed away at 53

Fr. Luigi Bressan, Priest of Trento (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Joseph Francis Flannelly, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA), passed away at 78

Fr. Romualdo Matias Kujawski was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Fr. Marek Jędraszewski was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M., resigned as Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia)

Fr. Antonius Lambertus van den Boorn, S.M.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sintang (Indonesia)

Fr. José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tarahumara (Mexico)

Fr. Zygmunt Zimowski was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Diocese of Cornélio Procópio was established (from Diocese of Jacarezinho and became suffragan of Londrina) (Brazil)

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

Fr. Jan Karol Tyrawa was appointed as Priest of Wrocław (Poland)

Fr. Serge Poitras Patrick was appointed as Priest of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Archbishop Pio Laghi, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus

Fr. Bruno Bertagna, Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Filippo Franceschi was elected Titular Bishop of Silli and Coadjutor Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy)

Fr. Francisco Pardo Artigas was appointed as Priest of Barcelona (Spain)

Fr. Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone was appointed as Priest of Canelones (Uruguay)

Lieutenant Colonel Fernand Monin was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop Vittorio Cecchi, Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Usinaza

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

Archbishop Carlo Martini, Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

Archbishop Costantino Stella resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

Bishop John Edward Petit, Bishop emeritus of Menevia (Wales), passed away at 77

Msgr. Mario Pio Gaspari, Priest of Bologna (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Mexico and Titular Archbishop of Numida

Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani, Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

Fr. Antonio Mazza was elected Titular Bishop of Velia

Fr. Stanisław Gądecki was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Salvador Giménez Valls was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Antonio González Sánchez was appointed as Priest of Tepic (Mexico)

Fr. Felipe Padilla Cardona was appointed as Priest of León (Mexico)

Fr. John McAreavey was appointed as Priest of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

Fr. José Maria Maimone, S.A.C., was elected Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo José Tavares (戴維理), Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau), passed away at 53

Fr. Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P., Secretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity, was elected Secretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Titular Archbishop of Lorium

Fr. Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R., Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Arena

Fr. Albano Bortoletto Cavallin was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Bishop José Joaquim Gonçalves, Titular Bishop of Tanis and Auxiliary Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil)

Fr. Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, M.C.C.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Castulo and Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas (Ecuador)

Fr. Patrick Iteka was elected Bishop of Mahenge (Tanzania)

Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Petrus Frans Lehaen, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Benvenuto Italo Castellani was appointed as Priest of Cortona (Italy)

Fr. Eleuterio Francesco Fortino, Priest of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Mario Giannecchini, Priest of Lucca (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Joseph Pallikaparampil was elected Titular Bishop of Abydus and Auxiliary Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Emanuele Romano was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Nigræ maiores

Fr. Gerardo Melgar Viciosa was appointed as Priest of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop Joseph Guffens, S.J., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 78

Fr. Givanni Koyounian was appointed as Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Bishop Edward John Herrmann, Titular Bishop of Lamzella and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Columbus (USA)

Fr. Guerrino Riccardo Brusati was appointed as Priest of Novara (Italy)

Fr. Jan Graubner was appointed as Priest of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Jan Baxant was appointed as Priest of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau was appointed as Priest of Luçon (France)

Diocese of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (Australia)

Archbishop Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J., Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites and Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia)

Fr. Nikolaos Foskolos, Priest of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), was elected Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

Fr. Mariano Manzana was appointed as Priest of Trento (Italy)

Bishop Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf, Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (France), passed away at 52

Fr. Félix del Blanco Prieto, Priest of León (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Jean-Ernest Ménard, Bishop of Rodez (France), passed away at 62

Fr. Giovanni Paolo Benotto was appointed as Priest of Pisa (Italy)

Fr. Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz was appointed as Priest of Teruel y Albarracín (Spain)

Archbishop Lorenzo Antonetti, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zaire

Bishop Jan Vos, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kuching (Malaysia), passed away at 71

Cardinal Lorenz Jäger resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. Luigi Bonazzi was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Archbishop Luciano Storero, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroon, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon and Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea

Blessed Bishop Vasyl’ Vsevolod Velychkovs’kyi (Василь Всеволод Величковський), C.SS.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 70

Fr. José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona was appointed as Priest of Huaraz (Peru)

Fr. Denys Antoine Chahda was appointed as Priest of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

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

Bishop Joseph Neil MacNeil, Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada)

Fr. Robert Charles Evans was appointed as Priest of Providence (USA)

Fr. Thomas James Olmsted was appointed as Priest of Lincoln (USA)

Fr. Edward Bernard Scharfenberger was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes was appointed as Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers (Xaverians)

Fr. Georg Weinhold was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Meißen (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Idicra

Apostolic Prefecture of Raipur was promoted as Diocese of Raipur (India)

Diocese of Issele-Uku was established (from Diocese of Benin City and became suffragan of Lagos) (Nigeria)

Bishop Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Nouna (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Zéphyrin Toé was elected Bishop of Nouna (Burkina Faso)

Fr. André Vallée, P.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions

Fr. Viateur Allary, P.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions

Fr. Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Molicunza

Fr. Edward Rapallo was elected Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

Bishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu succeeded as Bishop of Benin City (Nigeria)

Fr. Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji, Priest of Issele-Uku (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A., resigned as Bishop of Benin City (Nigeria)

Fr. Armando Trindade was elected Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu and Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Bishop Romualdas Krikšciunas, Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

Fr. Guy Harpigny was appointed as Priest of Tournai (Belgium)

Fr. Michel Léon Émile Santier was appointed as Priest of Coutances (France)

Bishop Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C., Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania), was appointed as Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Fr. Sérgio Arthur Braschi was appointed as Priest of Curitiba (Brazil)

Bishop Cleto Bellucci, Titular Bishop of Melzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Taranto (Italy), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Fermo (Italy)

Fr. Urbanus Joseph Kioko was elected Bishop of Machakos (Kenya)

Fr. James Gerard Kavanagh, C.S.Sp., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Machakos (Kenya)

Archbishop Joseph Mees, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Archbishop José García y Goldaraz, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valladolid (Spain), passed away at 79

Cardinal Cesare Zerba, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore pro hac vice Title and Referendary Prelate emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 81

Bishop Vincenzo De Chiara, Bishop of Mileto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) and Bishop of Tropea (Italy)

Archbishop Giovanni Gravelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Fr. Antonio Mattiazzo, Priest of Padova (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager, Bishop of Meaux (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)

Bishop William Patrick O’Connor, Bishop emeritus of Madison (USA), passed away at 86

Fr. Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo was appointed as Priest of Kaya (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Marco René Revelo Contreras was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) and Titular Bishop of Germaniciana

Fr. Mario Espinosa Contreras was appointed as Priest of Tepic (Mexico)

Fr. Manuel Ureña Pastor was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Robert Peter Deeley was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Fr. Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot was appointed as Priest of Douala (Cameroon)

Archbishop Domenico Enrici resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

Fr. Mosè Marcia was appointed as Priest of Cagliari (Italy)

Fr. Lucio Lemmo was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Bishop-elect Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M., Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia

Fr. Karl Christian Ebert was elected Titular Bishop of Druas and Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany)

Fr. Francisco Pérez González was appointed as Priest of Burgos (Spain)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Tobin was appointed as Priest of Pittsburgh (USA)

Bishop Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Managua (Nicaragua), passed away at 85

Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen was restored (from Diocese of Fulda and Diocese of Würzburg) (Germany)

Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn) (Germany)

Apostolic Administration of Schwerin was restored (from Diocese of Osnabrück) (Germany)

Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck, Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany)

Bishop Hans-Georg Braun, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Magdeburg (Germany)

Bishop Heinrich Theissing succeeded as Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin (Germany)

Bishop Aurelian Bilgeri, O.S.B., Bishop of Eshowe (South Africa), passed away at 64

Bishop André-Jean Vérineux (費聲遠), M.E.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan)

Msgr. Giovanni Cheli, Priest of Asti (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN)

Bishop Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Monterey–Fresno (USA), passed away at 87

Msgr. Achille Silvestrini, Priest of Faenza (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church

Fr. Carlos Osoro Sierra was appointed as Priest of Santander (Spain)

Bishop Michael Alphonsus Harrington, Bishop of Kamloops (Canada), passed away at 72