Nominations and Resignations

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn lost territory to Diocese of Essen (Germany)

Titular Episcopal See of Forum Traiani was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Fordongianus (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Numana was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Hoddom was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hoddom (Scotland)

Archdiocese of Barcelona lost territory to Diocese of Gerona (Spain)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Adana (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (Turkiye)

Bishop Mario Picchi, S.D.B., Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

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

Archbishop João de Souza Lima resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara (Brazil)

Fr. Jorge Eduardo Marskell, S.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara (Brazil)

Msgr. John Patrick Carley was appointed as Lay state

Sr. Katherine McDonald, N.D.S., was appointed as Superior General of Religious of Our Lady of Sion

Bishop Fernando Ariztía Ruiz, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó (Chile)

Bishop Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso resigned as Titular Bishop of Theudalis

Bishop Joseph Fan Heng-an (Fan Heng-nfan) (樊恆安), Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China), passed away at 93

Msgr. Pietro Silvi was appointed as Person-in-charge of Central Statistics Office of the Church

Fr. Ildefonso Obama Obono resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Vicente Bernikon, Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J., was appointed as Vice-Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Fr. Roger du Noyer, M.E.P., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Fr. Pierre Grech, S.C.I. di Béth., was appointed as Superior General of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram

Fr. Marie-Dominique Philippe, O.P., was appointed as Founder of Community of Saint John and General Prior of Community of Saint John

Fr. Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

Bishop Johannes Albert von Rudloff resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

Msgr. József Zágon resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Fr. Bernardus Joseph Joannes Visser, M.S.C., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Purwokerto (Indonesia), passed away at 95

Fr. Wilhelm Wagener, C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Weetebula (Indonesia)

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

Bishop Michele Giordano resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Gravina (Italy)

Archbishop Girolamo Prigione, Apostolic Delegate to Ghana and Apostolic Delegate to Nigeria, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Gambia and Sierra Leone

Archbishop Luigi Punzolo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Velletri (Italy)

Bishop Vittorio Cecchi, Auxiliary Bishop of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cingoli (Italy)

Bishop Adelmo Tacconi, Auxiliary Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Grosseto (Italy)

Fr. Tommaso Agostino Gubitosa, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Montevergine (Italy)

Msgr. Vittorio Bartoccetti, Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, passed away at 82

Msgr. Antonio Piolanti, Priest of Roma (Italy), Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate Secretary of Pontifical Academy of Theology

Fr. Mario S. Buttini, O.S.J., resigned as Superior General of Oblates of Saint Joseph (Josephines of Asti)

Fr. Ignacio Terzi, F.D.P., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of Divine Providence

Fr. Giulivo Tessarolo, C.S., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Fr. Giovanni Trameri, S.C.I. di Béth., resigned as Superior General of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram

Fr. Giuseppe Zambarbieri, F.D.P., resigned as Superior General of Sons of Divine Providence

Mr. Brenno Bucciarelli was appointed as Director of Vatican Publishing House

Mr. Urbano Cioccetti was appointed as President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem

Mr. Carlo Sbardella resigned as Director of Vatican Publishing House

Bishop Étienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane (Laos)

Bishop Peter Chung Hoan Ting (鍾萬庭), Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (Malaysia)

Archbishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait

Bishop Thomas Albert Newman, M.S., resigned as Bishop of Prome (Myanmar)

Msgr. George Carroll, M.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea)

Fr. Gerard Rogowski, S.D.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians)

Bishop Eurico Dias Nogueira, Bishop of Sá da Bandeira (Angola), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pereira de Eça (Angola)

Msgr. Gerard Marie Rogers, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 67

Bishop Francis Clement van Hoeck, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Pietersburg (South Africa)

Bishop John A. Choi Jae-seon (최재선 요한) was appointed as Founder of Korean Missionary Society

Bishop José Cerviño Cerviño, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

Fr. Julián Carrón was appointed as Priest of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. José Soto Chuliá, Founder of Work of Saint Teresa and Founder of Work of Saint John of Avila, passed away at 88

Msgr. Georg Hüssler, Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as President of Caritas Internationalis

Abbot Edmund F. McCaffrey, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA)

Fr. Gerald Robert Belanger was appointed as Priest of Manchester (USA)

Fr. Arthur Francis Valenzano was appointed as Priest of Baltimore (USA)

Fr. Earl Donald Skwor, S.D.S., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians)

Bishop Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi, Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam)

Abbot Michel Abou Fadel, O.A.M., was appointed as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Abbot Raphaël Letayf, O.A.M., resigned as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Msgr. Irvin Stoppini resigned as Undersecretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Paul Charpentier, A.A., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)

Fr. Édouard Huber, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Tadeusz Kaszuba, C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Fr. Grzegorz Kotnis, O.S.P.P.E., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Fr. Józef Obuchowski, C.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Fr. Hervé Stéphan, A.A., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)

Br. Hugolinus, F.N.D.L., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes

Br. Patrick, F.N.D.L., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes

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

Prof. Carlo Pietrangeli was appointed as President of Pontifical Roman Academy of Archaeology

Mr. Alberto Graf Alberti-Poja was appointed as Vice-President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem

Mr. Enrico Josi resigned as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Apostolic Prefecture of Portuguese Guinea was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Guinea-Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)

Fr. Franz Emmenegger, S.D.S., Superior General emeritus of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians), passed away at 76

Fr. Jean Cuminal was elected Titular Bishop of Curubis and Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon (France)

Fr. Roger Michael Mahony, Priest of Fresno (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Tamascani and Auxiliary Bishop of Fresno (USA)

Fr. José Lambert Filho, C.S.S., was elected Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil)

Fr. Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Bishop Angelo Calabretta, Bishop emeritus of Noto (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J., Apostolic Administrator of Huautla (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Santa Giusta and Bishop-Prelate of Huautla (Mexico)

Bishop Alfredo Torres Romero, Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Bishop László Lékai resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém (Hungary)

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

Bishop Mihály Endrey-Eipel, Titular Bishop of Barata and Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

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

Bishop Jozsef Kacziba resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Győr (Hungary)

Fr. Szilárd Keresztes, Priest of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary), was elected Titular Bishop of Chunavia and Auxiliary Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Fr. Endre Kovács, O. Cist., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary) and Titular Bishop of Media

Fr. Iván Pálos was elected Titular Bishop of Isola and Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Fr. Kornél Pataky was elected Titular Bishop of Gegi and Apostolic Administrator of Győr (Hungary)

Fr. Imre Timkó was elected Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary) and Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Bishop József Udvardy, Titular Bishop of Tabbora and Apostolic Administrator of Csanád (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Csanád (Hungary)

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

Archbishop Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), passed away at 93

Archbishop Giovanni Mariani, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Upper Volta, Apostolic Delegate to Mali and Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Cardinal Paul Pierre Méouchi, Cardinal-Patriarch and Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 80

Fr. Esteban Escudero Torres was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Archbishop Luigi Rovigatti, Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), passed away at 62

Bishop Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil)

Bishop Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap., Auxiliary Bishop of Marília (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Archbishop Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Callao (Peru)

Bishop Luis Vallejos Santoni, Bishop of Callao (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)

Bishop José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P., resigned as Bishop of Porto Amélia (Mozambique)

Fr. Januário Machaze Nhangumbe was elected Bishop of Porto Amélia (Mozambique)

Bishop Roger Joseph Tort, Bishop of Montauban (France), passed away at 56

Fr. Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pietersburg (South Africa)

Bishop Pierre Bertrand Chagué, Titular Bishop of Vico Equense and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Gap (France)

Diocese of Tezpur lost territory to Diocese of Darjeeling (India)

Fr. Paul-Werner Scheele was elected Titular Bishop of Druas and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Tommaso Berutti (柏露梯), S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China), passed away at 86

Fr. Johannes Liku Ada’ was appointed as Priest of Ujung Pandang (Indonesia)

Bishop Francisco Hélio Campos, Bishop of Viana (Brazil), passed away at 62

Bishop Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena, Bishop emeritus of Valença (Brazil), passed away at 84

Archbishop Victor Bazin, M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rangoon (Myanmar), passed away at 70

Archbishop Martin Michael Johnson, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vancouver (Canada), passed away at 75

Fr. Gérard Dionne was elected Titular Bishop of Garba and Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

Fr. Bernard Francis Pappin was elected Titular Bishop of Aradi and Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

Archbishop Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), passed away at 78

Diocese of Phan Thiêt was established (from Diocese of Nha Trang and became suffragan of Saigon) (Vietnam)

Fr. Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika was elected Titular Bishop of Zica and Coadjutor Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Hyakinthos Gad, Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), passed away at 62

Bishop Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)

Fr. Ignatius Harsono, Priest of Bogor (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)

Bishop Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M., resigned as Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania)

Fr. Castor Sekwa was elected Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania)

Fr. Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S., was elected Bishop of Đà Lat (Vietnam)

Fr. Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà was elected Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam)

Msgr. Pier Giacomo De Nicolò, Priest of Rimini (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Justo Oscar Laguna was elected Titular Bishop of Lares and Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina)

Fr. Jaime Vieira Rocha was appointed as Priest of Natal (Brazil)

Fr. Francisco Canindé Palhano was appointed as Priest of Natal (Brazil)

Fr. Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok (안명옥 프란치스코 하비에르 / 安明玉) was appointed as Priest of Masan 마산 (South Korea)

Bishop Antoine Khoraiche, Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles), passed away at 75

Bishop Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

Fr. Gerardo de Andrade Ponte was elected Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

Archbishop Luigi Poggi was appointed as Delegation Chief of Poland

Archbishop Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P., Archbishop emeritus of Barletta (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trani (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Giovanni Canestri, Bishop of Tortona (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Monterano and Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Sr. Marie-Eugénie de Jésus Milleret de Brou (Anne-Eugénie) was beatified

Bishop Julien Le Couëdic, Bishop emeritus of Troyes (France), passed away at 85

Bishop Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F., resigned as Bishop of Samarinda (Indonesia)

Fr. Christian Van Weegberg, M.S.F., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Samarinda (Indonesia)

Bishop Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M., Bishop emeritus of Alghero (Italy), passed away at 94

Archabbot Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B., Superior General emeritus of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines), passed away at 64

Bishop Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B., Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela), was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law

Fr. Dermot Patrick O’Mahony was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) and Titular Bishop of Thiava

Archbishop Thomas Arthur Connolly resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seattle (USA)

Fr. Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Patriarch Antoine Pierre Khoraiche was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Blessed Fr. Michał Sopoćko, Priest of Vilnius (Lithuania), passed away at 86

Fr. José Dimas Cedeño Delgado, Priest of Chitré (Panama), was elected Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama)

Bishop Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama)

Bishop Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa (高金鏗), O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China), passed away at 82

Bishop Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion)

Bishop Lino Aguirre Garcia, Bishop emeritus of Culiacán (Mexico), passed away at 79

Patriarch José Vieira Alvernaz resigned as Patriarch of East Indies and Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Fr. Alfredo Guillermo Disandro was elected Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Bishop Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen, Bishop of Helena (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seattle (USA)

Bishop Camille Vandekerckhove, C.M., Bishop of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 68

Archbishop Iwannis Georges Stété, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 87

Fr. Brian Leo John Hennessy, C.R., was elected Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda)

Fr. José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Tarahumara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Mozotcori and Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara (Mexico)

Fr. Mansuet Dela Biyase was elected Bishop of Eshowe (South Africa)

Bishop Afonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Pinheiro (Brazil)

Bishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A., Bishop emeritus of Beni (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 81

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa, Bishop emeritus of Ajaccio (France), passed away at 90

Bishop Georg Moser, Titular Bishop of Thiges and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Archbishop Angelo Pedroni, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria

Fr. Alexander Pyone Cho was appointed as Priest of Pyay (Myanmar)

Fr. Gregory Taik Maung was appointed as Priest of Prome (Myanmar)

Diocese of Balanga was established (from Diocese of San Fernando and became suffragan of San Fernando) (Philippines)

Diocese of San Fernando was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Fernando (with suffragan sees Balanga, Tarlac and Iba and lost territory to establish Diocese of Balanga) (Philippines)

Archbishop Alfredo Silva Santiago, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Concepción (Chile), passed away at 80

Fr. Joachim Meisner, Priest of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Vina and Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany)

Fr. Klaus Dick, Priest of Köln (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Guzabeta

Fr. Peter Nettekoven was appointed as Titular Bishop of Clypia and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Bishop Emilio Cinense y Abera, Bishop of San Fernando (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Fernando (Philippines)

Fr. Félix Paul was elected Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

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

Fr. Enzio D’Antonio was elected Archbishop-Bishop of Trivento (Italy) and Coadjutor Archbishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy)

Bishop Achille Palmerini resigned as Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Fr. Vincenzo Francia was appointed as Priest of Lucera (Italy)

Fr. Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス 前田万葉) was appointed as Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Fr. Paul Sueo Hamaguchi (パウロ 浜口末雄) was appointed as Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Fr. Rafael Zornoza Boy was appointed as Priest of Madrid (Spain)

Bishop Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Rondonópolis (Brazil), passed away at 73

Fr. Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Carcabia and Coadjutor Bishop of Santo André (Brazil)

Bishop Thomas Leo Parker, Bishop emeritus of Northampton (England), passed away at 87

Fr. Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc was elected Titular Bishop of Respecta and Coadjutor Bishop of Kontum (Vietnam)

Fr. Julio Parrilla Díaz was appointed as Priest of Salamanca (Spain)

Fr. Marlo Mendoza Peralta was appointed as Priest of Urdaneta (Philippines)

Cardinal Lorenz Jäger, Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at 82

Fr. Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo was appointed as Priest of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

Fr. Fernando Robles Capalla, Priest of Jaro (Philippines), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Grumentum

Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick resigned as Bishop of Nashville (USA)

Fr. Norbert Felix Gaughan was elected Titular Bishop of Taraqua and Auxiliary Bishop of Greensburg (USA)

Fr. Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Viana (Brazil)

Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait

Bishop Horacio Alberto Bózzoli, Auxiliary Bishop of San Martín (Argentina), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Puppi and Apostolic Administrator of Viedma (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Fr. Miguel Esteban Hesayne was elected Bishop of Viedma (Argentina)

Fr. Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina)

Fr. John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (胡振中), Priest of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), was elected Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Fr. Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Novi and Auxiliary Bishop of Medan (Indonesia)

Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Upper Volta, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau, Apostolic Delegate to Mali and Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania

Fr. Joseph Chhmar Salas was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Titular Bishop of Sigus

Fr. Vincent Rakotozafy was appointed as Priest of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)

Fr. Isaac Danu was appointed as Priest of Toungoo (Myanmar)

Fr. Casimiro López Llorente was appointed as Priest of Osma–Soria (Spain)

Fr. Alano Maria Pena, O.P., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Vardimissa

Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman, Titular Bishop of Aguntum and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Raleigh (USA)

Fr. James Daniel Niedergeses was elected Bishop of Nashville (USA)

Msgr. Francesco Saverio Salerno, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Willy Onclin, Priest of Liège (Belgium), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Adjunct Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Pedro Arandadíaz-Muñoz was elected Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)

Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)

Diocese of Bikoro was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka–Bikoro and Diocese of Inongo) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka–Bikoro (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Bikoro and lost suffragan see Bikoro) (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Fr. Ambrogio Spreafico was appointed as Priest of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Raymond Saw Po Ray was appointed as Priest of Rangoon (Myanmar)

Msgr. Giovanni De Andrea, Priest of Ivrea (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Angola and Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva

Fr. Pedro Vázquez Villalobos was appointed as Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Cardinal Charles Journet, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title, passed away at 84

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần, Priest of Long Xuyên (Vietnam), was elected Titular Bishop of Tabunia and Coadjutor Bishop of Long Xuyên (Vietnam)

Bishop José Delicado Baeza, Bishop of Tui–Vigo (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain)

Fr. Allwyn D’Silva was appointed as Priest of Bombay (India)

Fr. Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez was appointed as Priest of Caracas (Venezuela)

Archbishop Clovis Joseph Thibauld, P.M.E., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Davao (Philippines), passed away at 65

Bishop José Filípe do Carmo Colaço resigned as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Fr. Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Archbishop Juan Carlos Aramburu succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Cardinal Antonio Caggiano resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina)

Bishop Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Manuel Augusto Cárdenas resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Antonio Rocca resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop John Louis Morkovsky succeeded as Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold resigned as Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Archbishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Bishop Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Fr. Peter Nettekoven, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 60

Venerable Bishop François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Bishop of Nha Trang (Vietnam), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) and Titular Archbishop of Vadesi

Fr. Salvatore Isgrò was elected Bishop of Irsina (Italy), Bishop of Gravina (Italy), Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Cogoni resigned as Bishop of Ozieri (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Pes was elected Titular Bishop of Risinium and Auxiliary Bishop of Oristano (Italy)

Bishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà, Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam), was appointed as Bishop of Nha Trang (Vietnam)

Fr. César de Bus, D.C., Founder of Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Dottrinari), was beatified

Diocese of Sideia was renamed as Diocese of Alotau–Sideia (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Lucien-Bernard Lacoste (鄭紹基), S.C.I. di Béth., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Chiang Mai (Thailand)

Fr. Alphonse U Than Aung was elected Titular Bishop of Horrea and Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Bishop Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C., Bishop of Sideia (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Alotau–Sideia (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. George Francis Daniel, Priest of Pretoria (South Africa), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa)

Archbishop John Colburn Garner resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa)

Bishop Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul, Bishop of Ratchaburi (Thailand) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand, was appointed as Bishop of Chiang Mai (Thailand)

Fr. Dominique-Marie Lê Hữu Cung was elected Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Bishop Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Titular Bishop of Ausafa and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador)

Bishop José Gabriel Diaz Cueva, Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

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

Bishop Giovanni Battista Pardini resigned as Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Fr. Paul Tep Im Sotha, Prefect Apostolic of Bătdâmbâng (Cambodia), passed away at 40

Bishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Raigarh–Ambikapur (India), passed away at 90

Fr. Clarence Richard Silva was appointed as Priest of Oakland (USA)

Bishop Servílio Conti, I.M.C., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Roraima (Brazil)

Bishop Carlo Livraghi, Bishop emeritus of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. John Michael Kudrick was appointed as Priest of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fr. David Allen Zubik was appointed as Priest of Pittsburgh (USA)

Cardinal François Marty, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) and Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Fr. Jean Rémond was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mission de France (France) and Titular Bishop of Utimma

Venerable Cardinal József Mindszenty, Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 83

Fr. Eliseo Antonio Ariotti was appointed as Priest of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Dominic Đinh Huy Quảng, Priest of Bac Ninh (Vietnam), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Fr. Josef Plöger was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Aguntum

Archbishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito, Titular Archbishop of Mentesa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman, Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Titular Bishop of Arpi

Fr. Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario, Priest of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), was elected Titular Bishop of Gilba and Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Gregory Michael Aymond was appointed as Priest of New Orleans (USA)

Fr. Raúl Arsenio Casado was elected Titular Bishop of Tacapæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

Fr. Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Nasai and Bishop-Prelate of Roraima (Brazil)

Fr. Jerome Edward Listecki was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski, Bishop of Lansing (USA), passed away at 68

Bishop René-Alexandre Dupanloup succeeded as Bishop of Belley (France)

Bishop René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey resigned as Bishop of Belley (France)

Fr. Joseph Robert Cistone was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Callistus Rubaramira was appointed as Priest of Kabale (Uganda)

Fr. George Kinzie Fitzsimons was elected Titular Bishop of Pertusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Bishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez, Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Archbishop Arturo Duque Villegas resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Bishop Thomas Nantha, Auxiliary Bishop of Vientiane (Laos), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane (Laos)

Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C., Bishop emeritus of Queenstown (South Africa), passed away at 72

Bishop José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B., Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

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

Fr. Augusto Alves da Rocha was elected Bishop of Picos (Brazil)

Archbishop Nicola Margiotta resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy)

Archbishop Orazio Semeraro resigned as Coadjutor Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy)

Bishop Settimio Todisco, Titular Bishop of Bigastro, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Giovinazzo (Italy), Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Molfetta (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Terlizzi (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy)

Bishop Filippo Pocci resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Clemente Riva, I.C., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Atella

Msgr. Salvador Canals, Opus Dei, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 54

Fr. George Joseph Lucas was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Joseph Fred Naumann was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Joseph Nathaniel Perry was appointed as Priest of Milwaukee (USA)

Fr. Juan Bautista de la Concepción García Xixón (Juan), O.SS.T., was canonised

Sr. Vicenta María López i Vicuña, R.M.I., was canonised

Fr. Edvards Pavlovskis was appointed as Priest of Riga (Latvia)

Fr. Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Theudalis

Fr. Mario José Serra was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Mentesa

Archbishop Leo Binz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Bishop John Robert Roach, Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Galápagos (Ecuador), was elected Titular Bishop of Valeria and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Fr. Miguel Angel Alba Díaz was appointed as Priest of Monterrey (Mexico)

Archbishop Felice Pirozzi resigned as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Archbishop Cesare Zacchi, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Fr. Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti was appointed as Priest of Fort Portal (Uganda)

Fr. Jerzy Jan Tomziński, O.S.P.P.E., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Bishop Celso N. Guevarra, Titular Bishop of Vannida and Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Balanga (Philippines)

Apostolic Administration of Comores was established (from Diocese of Ambanja) (Comoros)

Fr. John Joseph Gerry was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia) and Titular Bishop of Louth

Fr. William Edward Murray was elected Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Fr. Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Tortiboli and Coadjutor Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Bishop Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Comores (Comoros)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Godefroy-Emile Mpwati was elected Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Gabriel Lee Gab-sou (이갑수 가브리엘), Titular Bishop of Catabum castra, Auxiliary Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Busan 부산 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

Bishop Vincent Joseph Hines resigned as Bishop of Norwich (USA)

Fr. Daniel Patrick Reilly, Priest of Providence (USA), was elected Bishop of Norwich (USA)

Bishop Luigi Bongianino, Bishop of Alba (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Bishop Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela), passed away at 75

Fr. Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuận was elected Titular Bishop of Abthugni and Coadjutor Bishop of Cân Tho (Vietnam)

Fr. François Xavier Nguyễn Quang Sách was elected Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari and Coadjutor Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam)

Fr. André Nguyễn Văn Nam was elected Titular Bishop of Puppi and Coadjutor Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam)

Fr. Declan Ronan Lang was appointed as Priest of Portsmouth (England)

Fr. Mario Enrico Delpini was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Beschi was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Franco Giulio Brambilla was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Carlo Bresciani was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Bishop Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne, Titular Bishop of Tela and Auxiliary Bishop of Metz (France), was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Claude (France)

Bishop Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin resigned as Bishop of Saint-Claude (France)

Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦), Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea)

Diocese of Campo Maior was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina and Diocese of Parnaíba and became suffragan of Teresina) (Brazil)

Diocese of Joaçaba was established (from Diocese of Caçador, Diocese of Chapecó and Diocese of Lages and became suffragan of Florianópolis) (Brazil)

Fr. Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand, Priest of Sens (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Tagaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kaduna (Nigeria), passed away at 72

Fr. Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader was appointed as Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Eustace John Smith, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beirut (Lebanon), passed away at 66

Cardinal Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F., Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona (Spain) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes, passed away at 71

Fr. David Dennis Kagan was appointed as Priest of Rockford (USA)

Fr. Ludwig Schick was appointed as Priest of Fulda (Germany)

Fr. Edward Dajczak was appointed as Priest of Gorzów (Poland)

Bishop Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C., Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Pinheiro (Brazil)

Bishop Francesco Brustia, Bishop of Mondovì (Italy), passed away at 67

Fr. Péter Erdő was appointed as Priest of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

Bishop Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem, Bishop emeritus of Laval (France), passed away at 77

Bishop Roberto Massimiliani, Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy), Bishop of Orte (Italy) and Bishop of Gallese (Italy), passed away at 70

Diocese of Keta was renamed as Diocese of Keta–Ho (Ghana)

Fr. José Vicente Conejero Gallego was appointed as Priest of Formosa (Argentina)

Bishop Antoon Konings, S.M.A., Bishop of Keta (Ghana), was appointed as Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana)

Msgr. Lajos Kada, Priest of Esztergom (Hungary), Undersecretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica and Titular Archbishop of Thibica

Bishop Anton Richter passed away at 76

Fr. Frederick Joseph Colli was appointed as Priest of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Fr. Jean-Guy Couture, Priest of Québec (Canada), was elected Bishop of Hauterive (Canada)

Bishop Laurent Noël resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hauterive (Canada)

Bishop Louis Antoine Marie Boffet, Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Fr. Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Joseph Ti Kang (狄剛), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) and General Secretary of Chinese Bishops’ Conference, was elected Bishop of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

Fr. Michael Charles Evans was appointed as Priest of Southwark (England)

Fr. Maurice Marcel Gardès was appointed as Priest of Lyon (France)

Fr. Hubert Marie Michel Marcel Herbreteau was appointed as Priest of Luçon (France)

Bishop Frédéric Duc, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France), passed away at 91

Cardinal Luigi Raimondi, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari and Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints, passed away at 62

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

Bishop Franciszek Jedwabski, Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland), passed away at 80

Saint Msgr. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Opus Dei, Priest of Zaragoza (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 73

Fr. Dorick McGowan Wright was appointed as Priest of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize)

Fr. Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B., was elected Titular Archbishop of Turres in Byzacena and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Fr. Henrique Müller, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil)

Fr. Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tela and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Bishop Bolesław Pylak, Titular Bishop of Midica and Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. João Carlos Petrini was appointed as Priest of Fermo (Italy)

Bishop Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Pala (Chad)

Fr. Ivan Devčić was appointed as Priest of Rijeka (Croatia)

Fr. Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin was appointed as Priest of Nice (France)

Fr. Alain Castet was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Fr. Marc Camille Michel Stenger was appointed as Priest of Metz (France)

Fr. Anárghyros Printesis was elected Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece) and Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis

Fr. Oscar Cantoni was appointed as Priest of Como (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Santin resigned as Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Manenti was appointed as Priest of Crema (Italy)

Fr. Francisco Mendoza de León was appointed as Priest of Manila (Philippines)

Fr. Luis Alberto Fernández Alara was appointed as Priest of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Fr. Paul Kouassivi Vieira was appointed as Priest of Lokossa (Benin)

Fr. Josip Bozanić was appointed as Priest of Krk (Croatia)

Fr. Luigi Mansi was appointed as Priest of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)

Fr. Jacinto Agcaoili Jose was appointed as Priest of Laoag (Philippines)

Fr. José Manuel Lorca Planes was appointed as Priest of Cartagena (Spain)

Fr. Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don was appointed as Priest of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Isaac Amani Massawe was appointed as Priest of Moshi (Tanzania)

Fr. Raymond Leo Burke was appointed as Priest of La Crosse (USA)

Fr. James Michael Harvey was appointed as Priest of Milwaukee (USA)

Fr. Michael Richard Cote was appointed as Priest of Portland in Maine (USA)

Fr. Michael Joseph Hoeppner was appointed as Priest of Winona (USA)

Fr. Glen John Provost was appointed as Priest of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Fr. Patrick James Zurek was appointed as Priest of Austin (USA)

Fr. Philip Tartaglia was appointed as Priest of Glasgow (Scotland)

Bishop Antoine-Marie Cazaux, Bishop emeritus of Luçon (France), passed away at 78

Bishop René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret resigned as Bishop of Angoulême (France)

Bishop Georges Rol succeeded as Bishop of Angoulême (France)

Bishop Leobard D’Souza, Bishop of Jabalpur (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India)

Fr. Joseph Wang Yu-jung (王愈榮), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), was elected Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha and Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Fr. Raffaele Tonni, S.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Luigi Damaso Zanoni, S.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Herbé Seijas was elected Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay)

Diocese of Ventimiglia was renamed as Diocese of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy)

Bishop Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P., Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy)

Bishop Charles-Édouard Peters, S.M.M., Bishop of Jérémie (Haiti), passed away at 64

Bishop Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Bishop of Pesaro (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Gaetano Michetti succeeded as Bishop of Pesaro (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ancona e Umana was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ancona (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Jean Marie Rozier succeeded as Bishop of Poitiers (France)

Bishop Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion resigned as Bishop of Poitiers (France)

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

Bishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

Fr. Hyginus Kim Hee-joong (김희중 히지노 / 金熙中) was appointed as Priest of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

Bishop Luis Baccino, Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay), passed away at 70

Fr. Carlo Steeb was beatified

Archbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina) and President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina, was appointed as Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina)

Bishop Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Goa and Daman (India), passed away at 83

Fr. Giuseppe Lazzarotto, Priest of Padova (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Gaetano Bonicelli, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Musti and Auxiliary Bishop of Albano (Italy)

Bishop Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Bishop of Ndola (Zambia)

Bishop Dante Bernini, Titular Bishop of Asidonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Albano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Segni (Italy) and Bishop of Velletri (Italy)

Bishop Pierre-Antonio-Jean Bach, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos)

Fr. Thomas Khamphan was elected Vicar Apostolic of Pakse (Laos) and Titular Bishop of Semina

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany was elected Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos) and Titular Bishop of Sfasferia

Bishop Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Pakse (Laos)

Bishop Armando Trindade, Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu and Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan), was appointed as Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Bishop Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Bishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

Fr. Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. Subl., Apostolic Administrator of Pietersburg (South Africa), was elected Titular Bishop of Ausafa and Abbot Ordinary of Pietersburg (South Africa)

Fr. Dennis Harold De Jong was elected Bishop of Ndola (Zambia)

Archbishop Corrado Bafile resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Fr. Judes Bicaba was appointed as Priest of Dédougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Der Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré was appointed as Priest of Diébougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Joseph Sama was appointed as Priest of Nouna (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Terence Patrick Drainey was appointed as Priest of Salford (England)

Fr. Ibrahim Hélou was elected Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Antoine Joubeir was elected Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites and Auxiliary Bishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Roland Aboujaoudé was elected Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia of the Maronites

Fr. René Guay was appointed as Priest of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Fr. António Baltasar Marcelino was elected Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Diocese of Santarém was established (from Patriarchal See of Lisboa and became suffragan of Lisboa) (Portugal)

Diocese of Setúbal was established (from Patriarchal See of Lisboa, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Évora and Diocese of Beja and became suffragan of Lisboa) (Portugal)

Fr. Edgar Pinto Espin, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Galápagos (Ecuador)

Fr. Manuel da Silva Martins was elected Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal)

Fr. António Francisco Marques, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Santarém (Portugal)

Fr. Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật was elected Titular Bishop of Vergi and Coadjutor Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

Bishop Francis Anthony Marrocco, Bishop of Peterborough (Canada), passed away at 62

Archbishop Corrado Bafile was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Fr. Arthur Roche was appointed as Priest of Leeds (England)

Fr. Kieran Thomas Conry was appointed as Priest of Birmingham (England)

Msgr. Antonio Petti, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson was appointed as Priest of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Fr. Smaragde Mbonyintege was appointed as Priest of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Fr. Paul Runangaza Ruzoka was appointed as Priest of Kigoma (Tanzania)

Bishop James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Whitehorse (Canada), passed away at 69

Bishop Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Fr. Vasco Séirécov was elected Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Bishop Roberto Benardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Chile), passed away at 90

Bishop Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M., Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA) and Titular Bishop of Pinhel

Bishop Joseph Alphonse McNicholas, Titular Bishop of Scala and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (USA)

Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor resigned as Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (USA)

Fr. Jude George Cleary, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA)

Archbishop Felice Pirozzi, President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 66

Fr. Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez was appointed as Priest of Morelia (Mexico)

Fr. José de Jesús Quintero Díaz was appointed as Priest of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia)

Bishop Thomas Tharayil, Bishop emeritus of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 76

Fr. Angelo Cella, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Vissalsa and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

Fr. Allen Henry Vigneron was appointed as Priest of Detroit (USA)

Archbishop Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Fr. William Michael Mulvey was appointed as Priest of Austin (USA)

Diocese of Cochabamba was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cochabamba (with suffragan sees Oruro and Aiquile) (Bolivia)

Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Bishop René Fernández Apaza, Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia), was appointed as Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia)

Bishop José Armando Gutiérrez Granier, Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Bishop Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) and Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Cardinal James Robert Knox, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship

Fr. Wilfredo Pino Estévez was appointed as Priest of Camagüey (Cuba)

Archbishop Antonio Innocenti, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship

Msgr. Virgilio Noè, Priest of Pavia (Italy), Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for Pontifical Ceremonies, was appointed as Undersecretary for Divine Worship of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship

Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, C.M., resigned as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship

Msgr. Luigi Conti, Priest of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was elected Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and Titular Archbishop of Gratiana

Msgr. Antonio Magnoni, Priest of Modena (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Undersecretary for Sacraments of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship

Bishop Paulo Rolim Loureiro, Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil), passed away at 66

Fr. Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza was appointed as Priest of Machala (Ecuador)

Fr. Joseph Osei-Bonsu was appointed as Priest of Konongo–Mampong (Ghana)

Archbishop Primo Principi, Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, passed away at 80

Diocese of Luni–Sarzana was suppressed (to Diocese of La Spezia and to establish Diocese of Sarzana) (Italy)

Diocese of Sarzana was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Luni–Sarzana) (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Stella resigned as Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (Italy)

Fr. Lucien-Charles-Gilbert Daloz was elected Bishop of Langres (France)

Bishop Alfred-Joseph Atton resigned as Bishop of Langres (France)

Fr. Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat, Priest of Montauban (France), was elected Bishop of Montauban (France)

Fr. Rómulo García was elected Titular Bishop of Uzita and Auxiliary Bishop of Mar del Plata (Argentina)

Fr. Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez was appointed as Priest of Tlaxcala (Mexico)

Bishop James Louis Flaherty, Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA), passed away at 65

Diocese of Henrique de Carvalho was established (from Diocese of Malanje and became suffragan of Luanda) (Angola)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda lost territory to Diocese of Malanje (Angola)

Diocese of Ngunza was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda and became suffragan of Luanda) (Angola)

Diocese of Pereira de Eça was restored (from Diocese of Nova Lisboa and Diocese of Sá da Bandeira and became suffragan of Luanda) (Angola)

Diocese of Serpa Pinto was established (from Diocese of Nova Lisboa and Diocese of Sá da Bandeira and became suffragan of Luanda) (Angola)

Fr. Alexandre do Nascimento, Priest of Malanje (Angola), was elected Bishop of Malanje (Angola)

Fr. Manuel Franklin da Costa was elected Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho (Angola)

Bishop Zacarias Kamwenho, Titular Bishop of Tabla and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Ngunza (Angola)

Bishop Eduardo André Muaca, Bishop of Malanje (Angola), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Tagarbala and Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda (Angola)

Fr. Francisco Viti was elected Bishop of Serpa Pinto (Angola)

Archbishop Guido del Mestri, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Msgr. Lorenzo Frana, Priest of Bergamo (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Fr. Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh Long (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu

Fr. Blase Joseph Cupich was appointed as Priest of Omaha (USA)

Msgr. Marcello Rossetti, Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for Pontifical Ceremonies, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R., Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ulcinj and Coadjutor Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil)

Archbishop Grégoire Haddad, Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Adana of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Maximos Salloum was elected Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

Fr. Werner Hundol, S.A.C., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Raipur (India)

Archbishop Herman Tillemans, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Merauke (Indonesia), passed away at 73

Fr. Habib Bacha, M.S.P., Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Alexander Edezath resigned as Bishop of Cochin (India)

Fr. Joseph Kureethara was elected Bishop of Cochin (India)

Fr. Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Ubaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia)

Fr. Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong was elected Titular Bishop of Catabum castra and Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)