Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Buxentum was suppressed (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Eca was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Hoddom was established (Scotland)

Titular Episcopal See of Cululi was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Mammilla was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Membrone was suppressed

Abbot Gebhard Ferdinand Koberger, C.R.L.A., resigned as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Bishop Juan Niccolai, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia)

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

Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Oliveira (Brazil)

Bishop Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Fr. Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, I.Sch., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers

Bishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile, was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Bishop Francis Yi Xuan-hua (Yi Hsüan-hua) (易宣化), Bishop of Xiangyang 襄陽 (China), passed away at 74

Fr. Lucreciano Onofre Gonsález, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia), passed away

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

Fr. Karlo Balić, O.F.M., was appointed as President of Pontifical International Marian Academy

Bishop Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (France)

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

Msgr. Pierre Jarry was appointed as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission

Fr. Vincent de Couesnongle, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Pierre Girard, P.S.S., Superior General emeritus of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians), passed away at 82

Fr. Joseph Lécuyer, C.S.Sp., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

Archabbot Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

Bishop Imre Kisberk resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Esztergom (Hungary)

Fr. Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

Fr. Jacob Perumpral, O.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

Msgr. Thomas A. White (陶懷德), Priest of Ossory (Ireland) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

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

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

Cardinal Umberto Mozzoni was appointed as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

Cardinal Ugo Poletti, President of Commission for Advocates, 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, was appointed as President of Liturgical Academy

Archbishop Giacomo Palombella resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Matera (Italy)

Archbishop Edoardo Pecoraio resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

Archbishop Luigi Punzolo, Apostolic Administrator of Velletri (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Segni (Italy)

Bishop Benigno Carrara resigned as Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Msgr. Francesco Annibale Ferretti resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Msgr. Francesco Norese resigned as Person-in-charge of Central Statistics Office of the Church

Fr. Renato Bolzoni, C.S., Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians), passed away

Fr. Pietro Braido, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University

Fr. Gaetano Ciranni, R.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus (Rogationists)

Fr. Giovanni Simonetto, C.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Fr. Andrea Toti was appointed as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

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

Fr. Angelo Vedani resigned as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. Emile Eid resigned as Defender of the Bond of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

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

Fr. Frans Timmermans, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)

Msgr. Jozef Zlatňanský resigned as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission

Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud, Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan), was promoted as

Fr. Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University

Fr. Aniceto Fernández Alonso, O.P., resigned as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Msgr. Franco Biffi, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

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

Fr. Matthew Pian (邊彤麟), C.D.D., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

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

Msgr. Harold P. Darcy was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College

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

Msgr. Ladislaus Sikora, Priest of Boston (USA), passed away at 81

Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Livingstone (Zambia)

Bishop Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M., resigned as Bishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Abbot Anthony Bull, C.R.L.A., was appointed as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

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

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

Msgr. Giacomo Ghiragossian resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Msgr. Nersès Mikail Sétian was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Fr. Domingo Acquaro, O. de M., was appointed as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

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

Fr. Tom Barrosse, C.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)

Fr. Leonard de Kort, C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

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

Fr. Emmanuel Devroye, C.I., resigned as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

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

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

Fr. Wim Goossens, C.I.C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Fr. Germain-Marie Lalande, C.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)

Fr. James Daniel McGuire, O.A.R., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)

Fr. Bernardo Navarro, O. de M., resigned as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

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

Fr. Théoz van Asten, M. Afr., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Fr. Paul van Daelen, C.I.C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Fr. Jean-Marie Vasseur, M. Afr., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Prof. Antonio Maria Colini was appointed as President of Pontifical Roman Academy of Archaeology

Mr. Vincenzo Passarelli was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon

Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Luigi Traglia, Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), passed away at 55

Archbishop Ippolito Rotoli, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan

Fr. Jairo Rui Matos da Silva was elected Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil)

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

Bishop Sergio Obeso Rivera, Bishop of Papantla (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Uppenna and Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico)

Archbishop Robert Joseph Dwyer resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Bishop Cornelius Michael Power, Bishop of Yakima (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Fr. Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Kamloops (Canada)

Fr. Jean Louis Joseph Dardel was elected Bishop of Clermont (France)

Bishop Pierre-Abel-Louis Chappot de la Chanonie resigned as Bishop of Clermont (France)

Diocese of Registro was established (from Diocese of Itapeva and Diocese of Santos and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Msgr. Francis A. McCloskey, Priest of Camden (USA) and Domestic Prelate, passed away

Archbishop Jaime Lachica Sin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Miguel Gatan Purugganan, Titular Bishop of Egnatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Ilagan (Philippines)

Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Arecibo (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Arecibo (Puerto Rico)

Diocese of Berhampur was established (from Diocese of Cuttack and Diocese of Visakhapatnam and became suffragan of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar) (India)

Diocese of Cuttack was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (with suffragan sees Berhampur and Sambalpur and lost territory to establish Diocese of Berhampur) (India)

Fr. Bernard Joseph Wallace, Priest of Rockhampton (Australia), was elected Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Fr. Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame, Priest of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Henry Sebastian D’Souza was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India)

Fr. Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M., was elected Bishop of Berhampur (India)

Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Semta and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Cardinal Antonio Samorè, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Sr. Teresa de Jesús Jornet Ibars, O.C.D.S., was canonised

Bishop Ernest John Primeau resigned as Bishop of Manchester (USA)

Fr. Edward Kevin Daly was elected Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

Archbishop Leonard Joseph Raymond, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India), passed away at 74

Venerable Cardinal József Mindszenty resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop József Bánk, Bishop of Vác (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary)

Bishop Imre Kisberk, Titular Bishop of Christianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Csanád (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

Bishop Salvatore Delogu, Titular Bishop of Canne and Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Pennisi resigned as Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

Msgr. Angelo Rizzo, Priest of Caltanissetta (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Pronti, Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy), passed away at 83

Archbishop Emilio Benavent Escuín succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Archbishop Rafael García y García de Castro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), passed away at 78

Bishop Jean-Charles Thomas, Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Aire et Dax (France), was appointed as Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Fr. Jan Stefan Gałecki was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Maiuca

Bishop Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho, Titular Bishop of Ath Truim and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ath Truim and Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Fr. Urbano José Allgayer was elected Titular Bishop of Tunnuna and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

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

Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter, Titular Bishop of Tamada, Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) and General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, was appointed as Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Bishop László Lékai, Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém (Hungary), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Orlando Arce Moya passed away at 46

Fr. Ciril Kos, Priest of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia), was elected Bishop of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia)

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

Fr. Antônio de Souza, C.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Egnatia and Coadjutor Bishop of Assis (Brazil)

Bishop Enrique Alvear Urrutia, Bishop of San Felipe (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Blessed Fr. Mikel Beltoja, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 38

Archbishop-elect Giuseppe Agostino, Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy) and Bishop of Crotone (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Crotone (Italy)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Phạm Năng Tĩnh, Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam), passed away at 56

Fr. Rafael Bello Ruiz, Priest of Acapulco (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Segia and Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

Fr. Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones, Priest of Monterrey (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico)

Bishop Adolphe E. Proulx, Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Hull (Canada)

Bishop Victorino Alvarez Tena, Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Celaya (Mexico)

Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony succeeded as Bishop of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson, Auxiliary Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) and Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Montt (Chile), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Eugenio Santiago Peyrou, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina)

Bishop Salvatore Sorrentino, Titular Bishop of Gerasa and Apostolic Administrator of Pozzuoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Fr. Helmut Reckter, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)

Msgr. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Priest of Roma (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Vice-Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Bishop José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Lábrea (Brazil), passed away at 67

Fr. John Stephen Cummins, Priest of San Francisco (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Lambæsis and Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Archbishop Eris Norman Michael O’Brien, Archbishop emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), passed away at 78

Fr. Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Sambalpur (India)

Fr. Michael Bosco Duraisamy was elected Bishop of Salem (India)

Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Sambalpur (India)

Fr. Darius Nggawa, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Larantuka (Indonesia)

Bishop Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A., resigned as Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar)

Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé, Titular Bishop of Umbriatico and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S., was elected Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Fr. James Spaita, Priest of Mansa (Zambia), was elected Bishop of Mansa (Zambia)

Bishop John Michael O’Neill, Bishop emeritus of Grand Falls (Canada), passed away at 70

Bishop Mariano Gaviola y Garcés was appointed as Military Vicar of Philippines (Philippines)

Bishop Ramón Torrella Cascante resigned as Vice-President of Council of the Laity

Fr. José María Mestres was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Bishop Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P., Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Laity

Fr. Ricardo Pido Tancinco, Priest of Calbayog (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

Bishop Giuseppe Olivotti, Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy), passed away at 68

Cardinal Bolesław Kominek, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 70

Fr. Robert Lebel was elected Titular Bishop of Alinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada)

Bishop Luigi Dardani, Titular Bishop of Ravello and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Fr. Felipe Aguirre Franco, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Otricoli and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Msgr. Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo, Priest of Dumaguete (Philippines) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Gunugus and Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines)

Fr. Robert-Joseph Mathen, Priest of Namur (Belgium), was elected Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia and Coadjutor Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Vince Kovács, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vác (Hungary), passed away at 87

Bishop Guglielmo Giaquinta, Titular Bishop of Carini and Apostolic Administrator of Tivoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

Fr. Francisco Antunes Santana was elected Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

Fr. Aurélio Granada Escudeiro was elected Titular Bishop of Drusiliana and Coadjutor Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Fr. Bernard Rooney, O.S.B. Subl., Ecclesiastical Superior of Kalumburu (Australia), was appointed as Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia)

Archbishop Paolo Botto, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagliari (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop Massimo Giustetti, Titular Bishop of Celene and Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy)

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

Bishop Robert Emmet Tracy resigned as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Msgr. Mario Albertini was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes

Fr. Tadeusz Werno, Priest of Gorzów (Poland), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Zattara

Fr. Liborius Wagner was beatified

Bishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., Titular Bishop of Beneventum, Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile)

Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

Bishop Johann Rüth, SS.CC., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Central Norway (Norway)

Cardinal Lawrence Joseph Shehan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

Bishop William Donald Borders, Bishop of Orlando (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

Fr. Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)

Msgr. Štefan Fogaš, Priest of Košice (Slovakia) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 49

Abbot Bernard Rooney, O.S.B. Subl., was confirmed as Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia)

Bishop Charles-Léo Nelligan, Bishop emeritus of Pembroke (Canada) and Military Vicar emeritus of Canada (Canada), passed away at 79

Fr. Adalar Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap., Ecclesiastical Superior emeritus of Jiamusi 佳木斯 (China), passed away at 86

Archbishop Giuseppe Schiavini, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 84

Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop Peter Leo Gerety, Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)

Fr. Arthur Joseph Gilbert, Priest of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), was elected Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Bishop André Gustave Bossuyt, Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Bishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Adolf Bolte, Bishop of Fulda (Germany), passed away at 72

Fr. Patrick Nair was elected Bishop of Meerut (India)

Fr. Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela, Priest of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela)

Cardinal James Charles McGuigan, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada), passed away at 79

Cardinal Stepán Tróchta, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title and Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia), passed away at 69

Fr. Antônio Carlos Mesquita, Priest of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Tamada, Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Oliveira (Brazil)

Msgr. Gilbert Espinosa Chávez, Priest of San Diego (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA) and Titular Bishop of Magarmel

Diocese of Santa Isabel was renamed as Diocese of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F., Bishop of Santa Isabel (Equatorial Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. Albert Henry Ottenweller, Priest of Toledo (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (USA)

Archbishop Viktor Buric resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia)

Archbishop Josip Pavlišić succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia)

Fr. Bernard Panafieu, Priest of Albi (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Thibilis and Auxiliary Bishop of Annecy (France)

Bishop Albert Decourtray, Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus and Auxiliary Bishop of Dijon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Dijon (France)

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

Bishop Thomas Joseph Winning, Titular Bishop of Louth and Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Archbishop James Donald Scanlan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Fr. William O’Connell, O.F.M., was appointed as Defender of the Bond of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa, Priest of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Franz Hoenen, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Dieudonné M’Sanda Tsinda-Hata, Priest of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Faustin Ngabu, Priest of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Titular Bishop of Tigamibena and Coadjutor Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Thomas Nantha, Priest of Vientiane (Laos), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Vientiane (Laos) and Titular Bishop of Succuba

Bishop Reginald John Delargey, Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Fr. John Mackey was elected Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

Bishop Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M., resigned as Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

Bishop Laurent Fuahea (Lolesio), Titular Bishop of Bagai and Auxiliary Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna), was appointed as Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

Archbishop Pio Laghi, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Sr. Mary Frances Schervier was beatified

Fr. Hanna Zora was elected Archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Archbishop Samuel Chauriz, O.S.H., Archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Bishop Silvio Maria Dário, Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil), passed away at 54

Fr. Francis Lenny, Priest of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was elected Titular Bishop of Rotdon and Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña, Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Sullectum

Bishop Kuriakose Kunnacherry succeeded as Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Thomas Tharayil resigned as Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Bertalan Sahin, Apostolic Administrator of Romania of the Armenians (Romania), passed away at 71

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

Bishop Thomas Roch Agniswami, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Kottar (India), passed away at 83

Bishop Joseph Lê Qúy Thanh, Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam), passed away at 74

Diocese of Bathurst in Gambia was renamed as Diocese of Banjul (Gambia)

Fr. Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Labrador–Schefferville (Canada)

Fr. Antonio Cabri, C.S.I., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera and Auxiliary Bishop of Napo (Ecuador)

Bishop Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. Vicente Bernikon, Priest of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) and Apostolic Administrator of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), was elected Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Michael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Bathurst in Gambia (Gambia), was appointed as Bishop of Banjul (Gambia)

Bishop Agapito Simeoni, Titular Bishop of Marazanæ regiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Avellino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ariano (Italy) and Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy)

Bishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M., Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Thomas Absolem McCabe resigned as Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Archbishop William Aquin Carew, Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Fr. Roch Pedneault, Priest of Chicoutimi (Canada), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Aggersel

Archbishop Lorenzo Gargiulo, Archbishop emeritus of Gaeta (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Artemio G. Casas, Titular Bishop of Macriana minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Bishop Juan Luis Ysern de Arce, Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera, Auxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile) and Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Fr. Louis Kuehn, Priest of Saint-Dié (France), was elected Bishop of Meaux (France)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Endeh was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende (Indonesia)

Diocese of Manokwari was renamed as Diocese of Manokwari–Sorong (Indonesia)

Fr. Joseph Marie Louis Duval was elected Titular Bishop of Canne and Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (France)

Bishop Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A., Bishop of Manokwari (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Manokwari–Sorong (Indonesia)

Archbishop Guglielmo Motolese, Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy)

Fr. Erminio Roncari, O.F.M., resigned as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Maurilio Sacchi, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Bishop James Cunningham resigned as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Fr. Giacomo Barabino, Priest of Genova (Italy), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Ravello

Fr. Jeremiah Newman, Priest of Limerick (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

Archbishop Pietro Sfair, Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Maronites, passed away at 86

Cardinal Jean-Guenolé-Marie Daniélou, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba, passed away at 69

Bishop Dominique Hoàng Văn Ðoàn, O.P., Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam), passed away at 61

Bishop Bernard James Murphy, C.R., Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda), passed away at 55

Bishop Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin, Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay), passed away at 73

Bishop Cesare Zacchi, Priest of Arezzo (Italy), Domestic Prelate and Titular Bishop of Zella, was promoted as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba and Titular Archbishop of Maura

Bishop Patrick Joseph Farrelly, Bishop emeritus of Lismore (Australia), passed away at 78

Diocese of Daet was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caceres and became suffragan of Caceres) (Philippines)

Diocese of Virac was established (from Diocese of Legazpi and became suffragan of Caceres) (Philippines)

Fr. Celestino Rojo Enverga was elected Bishop of Daet (Philippines)

Fr. José Crisologo Sorra, Priest of Legazpi (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Virac (Philippines)

Diocese of Arlington was established (from Diocese of Richmond and became suffragan of Baltimore) (USA)

Diocese of Wilmington lost territory to Diocese of Richmond (USA)

Bishop Francisco José Castro y Ramírez, Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador), passed away at 72

Bishop Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Lahore (Pakistan), passed away at 81

Fr. Roger Joseph Bourrat was elected Bishop of Rodez (France)

Fr. Kevin William Barden, O.P., was elected Archbishop of Isfahan (Iran)

Bishop Rafael Garcia González, Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

Diocese of Taiohae was renamed as Diocese of Taiohae (French Polynesia)

Bishop Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B., Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina), passed away at 54

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

Archbishop James Peter Davis resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Fr. Robert Fortune Sanchez, Priest of Santa Fe (USA), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Bishop Juan Luis Ysern de Arce resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Bishop Karl Joseph Leiprecht resigned as Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Fr. John Bosco Masayuki Shirieda, S.D.B., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan, Titular Bishop of Selsey and Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Richmond (USA)

Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh, Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Arlington (USA)

Fr. José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Carini and Coadjutor Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Bishop James Aloysius Hickey, Titular Bishop of Taraqua and Rector of Pontifical North American College, was appointed as Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Bishop Clarence George Issenmann resigned as Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Bishop Michele Giordano, Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum, Auxiliary Bishop of Matera (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Gravina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Matera (Italy)

Msgr. Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Titular Archbishop of Celene

Bishop Robert Coffy, Bishop of Gap (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

Archbishop Claude Dupuy resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

Msgr. Andrzej Maria Deskur, Priest of Kraków (Poland), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, was elected Titular Bishop of Thenæ

Bishop Joseph Lê Văn Ấn, Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam), passed away at 57

Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi resigned as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto

Fr. Tiago Postma, Priest of Haarlem (Netherlands), was elected Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Fr. José Mario Escobar Serna was elected Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Colombia (Colombia)

Fr. Guy Alexis Herbulot, Priest of Reims (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Obbi and Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

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

Msgr. Angelo Acerbi, Priest of Pontremoli (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean and Titular Archbishop of Zella

Bishop Carlo Zinato, Bishop emeritus of Vicenza (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop André Marie Charue resigned as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Robert-Joseph Mathen succeeded as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Fr. Eugène Philippe LaRocque, Priest of London (Canada), was elected Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

Fr. John Michael Sherlock, Priest of Hamilton (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada)

Bishop Francesco Pennisi, Bishop emeritus of Ragusa (Italy), passed away at 76

Diocese of New Westminster (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Edmonton and became suffragan of Winnipeg) (Canada)

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

Fr. Jeronim Isidore Chimy, O.S.B.M., was elected Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Demetrius Martin Greschuk, Priest of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Frangkiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

Bishop Georges Xenopulos, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

Fr. Joseph Irimpen was elected Bishop of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Msgr. Miroslav Stefan Marusyn, Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Cadi

Msgr. Nicola Rotunno, Priest of Tricarico (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda and Titular Archbishop of Minori

Cardinal James Robert Knox, Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline

Bishop Thomas Francis Little, Titular Bishop of Temuniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Charles Gomes, S.J., was elected Bishop of Ahmedabad (India)

Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr., resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Ségou (Mali)

Fr. Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé was elected Bishop of Ségou (Mali)

Fr. Herman To Paivu, Priest of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), was elected Titular Bishop of Temuniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Leo Lemay, S.M., resigned as Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Gregory Singkai, Priest of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), was elected Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Priest of Dakar (Senegal), was elected Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal)

Bishop Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal)

Fr. Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Mammilla and Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

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

Fr. Paul Huỳnh Ðông Các, Priest of Quy Nhon (Vietnam), was elected Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

Fr. Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi, Priest of Saigon (Vietnam), was elected Titular Bishop of Selsey and Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)

Fr. Dominique Nguyễn Văn Lãng was elected Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz, Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Richard Finn, S.M.A., resigned as Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Bishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A., resigned as Bishop of Jos (Nigeria)

Bishop Henri-Louis-Marie Mazerat resigned as Bishop of Angers (France)

Bishop Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France), was appointed as Bishop of Angers (France)

Diocese of Le Havre was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen and became suffragan of Rouen) (France)

Fr. Michel Marie Paul Saudreau, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Bishop of Le Havre (France)

Fr. Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen, Priest of Denver (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Abercorn and Auxiliary Bishop of Denver (USA)

Bishop Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R., Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia)

Bishop Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto resigned as Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia)

Bishop James Cunningham, Bishop emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle (England), passed away at 63

Bishop Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Batnæ and Apostolic Administrator of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria), passed away at 77

Fr. Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A., was elected Bishop of Linares (Mexico)

Fr. Eugene Antonio Marino, S.S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Walla Walla and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Msgr. Thomas William Lyons, Priest of Washington (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Mortlach and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala) and Titular Bishop of Tiguala

Fr. José Fernández Arteaga, Priest of Tulancingo (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico)

Fr. Genaro Alamilla Arteaga was elected Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Parodi resigned as Bishop of Noli (Italy) and Bishop of Savona (Italy)

Msgr. Franco Sibilla, Priest of Genova (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Noli (Italy) and Bishop of Savona (Italy)

Bishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz, Bishop of Chillán (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Archbishop Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O.C.S.O., resigned as Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Archbishop Domenico Picchinenna succeeded as Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Bishop Piotr Kałwa, Bishop of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 80

Bishop Bruno Pelaia, Bishop of Tricarico (Italy), passed away at 71

Msgr. Joseph Mercieca, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira, Bishop emeritus of Temuco (Chile), passed away at 70

Bishop Peter Li Hong-ji (Lei Wang-kei) (李宏基), Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), passed away at 52

Fr. William Anthony Hughes, Priest of Youngstown (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig and Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown (USA)

Fr. Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa, Priest of Valencia (Venezuela), was elected Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Antonio Cabri, C.S.I., Auxiliary Bishop of Napo (Ecuador), passed away at 54

Bishop Benigno Carrara, Bishop emeritus of Imola (Italy), passed away at 85

Bishop André Gustave Bossuyt, Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France), passed away at 53

Bishop Raymond Aloysius Lane (林化東), M.M., Bishop emeritus of Fushun 撫順 (China) and Superior General emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers), passed away at 80

Cardinal Ildebrando Antoniutti, Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals, passed away at 75

Bishop-elect Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Mammilla and Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ

Bishop Raúl Holguer López Mayorga, Auxiliary Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador)

Bishop Virginio Dondeo, Bishop of Todi (Italy) and Bishop of Orvieto (Italy), passed away at 69

Fr. Giuseppe Turbessi, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia)

Bishop Joseph Vincent Sullivan, Titular Bishop of Thagamuta and Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Fr. Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Fr. Alfonso Calabrese, O.F.M., Custos of the Holy Land emeritus of Custody of the Holy Land, passed away at 56

Fr. Kenneth Anthony Angell, Priest of Providence (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Septimunicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA)

Diocese of Apia was renamed as Diocese of Apia and Tokelau (Samoa)

Bishop Marcello Rosina, Auxiliary Bishop of Nepi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nepi (Italy) and Bishop of Sutri (Italy)

Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M., Bishop of Apia (Samoa), was appointed as Bishop of Samoa and Tokelau (Samoa)

Fr. Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, Priest of Lipa (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Œscus and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Adrien-Jean Larribeau (원형근 아드리아노), M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea), passed away at 91

Archbishop Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C., Archbishop-Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti), passed away at 79

Archbishop Pacifico M. Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) and Bishop of Ortona (Italy)

Fr. Leopoldo Teofili was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) and Bishop of Ortona (Italy)

Venerable Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fortaleza (Brazil), passed away at 88

Fr. John A. Weidner, S.A.C., Bishop emeritus of Raipur (India), passed away at 56

Bishop John Neil Cullinane resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Msgr. Charles Herman Vath (華德中), President of Caritas Internationalis, passed away at 64

Diocese of Richmond exchanged territory with Diocese of Wheeling (USA)

Diocese of Wheeling was renamed as Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston (exchanged territory with Diocese of Richmond) (USA)

Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia)

Bishop José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia)

Archbishop Joseph-Marie Raya, Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis

Bishop Emanuele Galea, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta), passed away at 82

Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges, Bishop of Wheeling (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Bishop James Edward Michaels (권야고보), S.S.C.M.E., Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Bishop José Julio Aguilar García resigned as Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala)

Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera, Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) and President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, was appointed as Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala)

Fr. Zacarias Kamwenho, Priest of Nova Lisboa (Angola), was elected Titular Bishop of Tabla and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola)

Archbishop Custódio Alvim Pereira resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)

Fr. Petero Mataca, Priest of Suva (Fiji), was elected Titular Bishop of Siminina and Auxiliary Bishop of Suva (Fiji)

Bishop Andrzej Wronka, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 76

Bishop Joseph Edward Rudderham resigned as Bishop of Clifton (England)

Bishop Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon (France)

Diocese of Poitiers lost territory to Diocese of Angers (France)

Fr. Cándido Genaro Rubiolo was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Nicolas Eugene Walsh, Priest of Boise City (USA), was elected Bishop of Yakima (USA)

Archbishop Maurice Baudoux resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Archbishop Antoine Hacault succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Bishop Gérard Couturier resigned as Bishop of Hauterive (Canada)

Bishop Laurent Noël, Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hauterive (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Mikararanga Busimba, Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 61

Bishop-elect Faustin Ngabu succeeded as Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Paul Bassim, O.C.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (Lebanon) and Titular Bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum

Abbot Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine (Italy), passed away at 84

Bishop Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila, Bishop emeritus of La Rioja (Argentina), passed away at 60

Bishop Jaime Flores Martin, H.S.O.D., Bishop emeritus of Barbastro (Spain), passed away at 68

Bishop André Bernard Michel Quélen, Auxiliary Bishop of Angers (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Moulins (France)

Diocese of Tuguegarao was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuguegarao (with suffragan sees Ilagan, Batanes and the Babuyan Islands and Bayombong) (Philippines)

Bishop Teodulfo Sabugai Domingo, Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Archbishop Felix Romero Menjibar, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), passed away at 72

Archbishop Ivan Bucko, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 82

Bishop John Benjamin Grellinger resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Fr. Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita was elected Bishop of Barbastro (Spain)

Bishop Damián Iguacén Borau, Bishop of Barbastro (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Teruel (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin (Spain)

Bishop Austin Quinn, Bishop emeritus of Kilmore (Ireland), passed away at 82

Bishop Balashoury Thanugundla, Bishop of Guntur (India), passed away at 46

Bishop Joseph Evrard, Bishop emeritus of Meaux (France), passed away at 85

Archbishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia)

Archbishop José Ignacio López Umaña, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia), passed away at 90

Diocese of Franceville was established (from Diocese of Mouila and became suffragan of Libreville) (Gabon)

Fr. Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Napo (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Thagamuta

Fr. Félicien-Patrice Makouaka was elected Bishop of Franceville (Gabon)

Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka, Titular Bishop of Cuicul and Auxiliary Bishop of Jos (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Jos (Nigeria)

Bishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job, Titular Bishop of Abthugni and Auxiliary Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Fr. Angelo Kim Nam-su (김남수 안젤로 / 金南洙), Priest of Busan 부산 (South Korea), was elected Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

Fr. Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Ruspæ

Bishop Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela)

Bishop Enrique Principe, Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina), passed away at 62

Fr. Theodore Bible Foley, C.P., Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists), passed away at 61

Bishop Michele Mincuzzi, Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa and Auxiliary Bishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

Archbishop Nicola Riezzo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

Bishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, Titular Bishop of Tambeæ and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

Bishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary, Titular Bishop of Moglæna and Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Bishop Delfín Quesada Castro, Bishop of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica), passed away at 66

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Udine lost territory to Diocese of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

Fr. Gutemberg Freire Régis, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil)

Archbishop Leo Christopher Byrne, Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA), passed away at 66

Bishop Inocencio Rodríguez Díez, Bishop emeritus of Cuenca (Spain), passed away at 83

Bishop Adolf Kindermann, Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), passed away at 75

Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Msgr. Giuseppe Casale, Priest of Trani (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy)

Bishop Biagio D’Agostino resigned as Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy)

Bishop Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of Aberdeen (Scotland), passed away at 73

Diocese of Alagoinhas was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Diocese of Picos was established (from Diocese of Oeiras and became suffragan of Teresina) (Brazil)

Archbishop Mesrop Habozian, C.M.V., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Vienna, passed away at 87

Bishop Olimpo Santiago Maresma, Titular Bishop of Gegi and Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Bishop Edward Ellis resigned as Bishop of Nottingham (England)

Bishop James Joseph McGuinness succeeded as Bishop of Nottingham (England)

Fr. Bernhard Bendel, ALCP/OSS, was appointed as Founder of Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (Holy Spirit Fathers)

Fr. Léo Deschâtelets, O.M.I., Superior General emeritus of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates), passed away at 75

Bishop Felice Bonomini, Bishop of Como (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Teresio Ferraroni succeeded as Bishop of Como (Italy)

Archbishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Botucatu (Brazil), passed away at 77

Fr. Robert Pierre Sarrabère was elected Titular Bishop of Vassinassa and Coadjutor Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Bishop Vittorio Longo, Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 73

Bishop Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of Cayenne (French Guiana), passed away at 75

Bishop Maturino Blanchet, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Aosta (Italy), passed away at 82

Archbishop Umberto Malchiodi, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Piacenza (Italy), passed away at 85

Msgr. Goffredo Mariani, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Bishops, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Thomas Joseph Grady, Titular Bishop of Vamalla and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Orlando (USA)

Territorial Prelature of San Fernando de Apure was promoted as Diocese of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Diocese of Valencia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia (with suffragan sees Maracay and San Carlos de Venezuela) (Venezuela)

Bishop Karl Christian Ebert, Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany), passed away at 58

Fr. Daniel Edward Pilarczyk, Priest of Cincinnati (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Hoddom and Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Bishop Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez, Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

Bishop Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui, Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana and Bishop-Prelate of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Archbishop Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B., Titular Archbishop of Capra, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil)

Archbishop Salvatore Asta resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye)

Fr. Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Atenia and Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye)

Diocese of Castries was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries (with suffragan sees Roseau, Saint George’s in Grenada and Saint John’s and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain) (Saint Lucia)

Fr. Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M., was elected Bishop of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Willem van Kester, M.H.M., resigned as Bishop of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Fr. Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya, Priest of Wa (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Wa (Ghana)

Fr. Sydney Anicetus Charles, Priest of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), was elected Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada (Grenada)

Bishop Patrick Webster, O.S.B., Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada (Grenada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia)

Bishop Charles Alphonse Gachet, F.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Castries (Saint Lucia)

Fr. Adrian Mung’andu, Priest of Lusaka (Zambia), was elected Bishop of Livingstone (Zambia)

Fr. Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga was elected Bishop of Benguela (Angola)

Fr. William Ferrer Cassidy (谷源真), O.P., Ecclesiastical Superior emeritus of Jianningfu 建寧府 (China), passed away at 75

Fr. François Gayot, S.M.M., was elected Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

Archbishop Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva, Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus, passed away at 86

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