Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Ascoli Satriano exchanged territory with Diocese of Bovino (Italy)

Diocese of Bovino exchanged territory with Diocese of Ascoli Satriano (Italy)

Archdiocese of Cosenza lost territory to Diocese of Lungro (Italy)

Apostolic Administration of Szatmár na Slovensku was suppressed (to Diocese of Satu Mare) (Slovakia)

Fr. Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception

Archbishop Jean Jadot, Apostolic Delegate to United States of America, was appointed as Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS)

Msgr. Lucien Anné, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 72

Fr. Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Fr. Gregory Baum, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Lay state

Fr. Hervé Carrier, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bambari (Central African Republic)

Archbishop Dong Wen-long (董文隆) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Jinan 濟南 (China), passed away

Archbishop Shi Ming-liang (石明良) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chongqing 重慶 (China), passed away

Bishop Alphonsus Zong Huai-mo (宗懷謨), O.F.M., Bishop of Yantai 煙臺 (China), passed away at 74

Msgr. Charles Lefebvre resigned as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Albert Maria Brettner, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Abbot Odilo Lechner, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Msgr. Heinrich Ewers, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Hermann Hoberg resigned as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Fr. Thomas Aykara, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. John Boerkamp, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir (India), passed away

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

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

Fr. Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sibolga (Indonesia)

Fr. Bernard H. Willing, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sibolga (Indonesia)

Fr. Loutfi Laham, B.S., was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Archbishop John Gordon resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands

Fr. Giuseppe Mani, Priest of Fiesole (Italy), was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary

Archbishop Corrado Mingo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

Archbishop Gino Paro resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia

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

Msgr. Mariano Clementi resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Eutizio Fanano resigned as Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary

Msgr. Amato Pietro Frutaz, Priest of Aosta (Italy), Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints and Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, was appointed as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Msgr. Giuseppe Massimi resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Msgr. Terzo Natalini, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Fr. Walter Oddone, C.O., resigned as Procurator General of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

Fr. Luigi Romana, C.O., was appointed as Procurator General of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

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

Dr. Renato Buzzonetti was appointed as Personal Doctor of the Pope of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Prof. Raimondo Manzini resigned as Director of L’Osservatore Romano

Prof. Valerio Volpini was appointed as Director of L’Osservatore Romano

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

Fr. Joseph Chaderevian was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan)

Archimandrite Basilios Kanakry resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq)

Fr. Grégoire Pierre Abdel-Ahad was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Fr. Paul-Mounged El-Hachem resigned as Delegate of Vatican Film Library

Fr. Teodosio Martínez Ramos, M.S.C., Founder of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Saint Mary of Guadalupe, passed away at 70

Archbishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG)

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

Fr. Boutros Sha’ya resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (Palestine)

Abbot Gabriel Brasó i Tulla, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

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

Fr. Michael Edward Heher was appointed as Priest of Orange (USA)

Fr. Laurence John Spiteri was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. George Vincent Coyne, S.J., was appointed as Director of Vatican Observatory

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

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

Abbot Mauro Elizondo, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

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

Fr. Carlo Carletti resigned as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Fr. Wilfrid F. Dewan, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Maurice Gilbert, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

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

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

Fr. Thomas F. Stransky, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

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

Br. Gerald Gabriel McHugh, C.F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Dr. Bruno Molajoli was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon

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

Bishop Marco René Revelo Contreras, Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Archbishop Giovanni Mariani resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Abbot Gabriel Brasó i Tulla, O.S.B. Subl., President emeritus of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 65

Fr. Thomas Joseph Costello was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Syracuse (USA) and Titular Bishop of Perdices

Territorial Prelature of Coxim was established (from Diocese of Campo Grande and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Diocese of Três Lagoas was established (from Diocese of Campo Grande and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia was established (from Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho and became suffragan of Manaus) (Brazil)

Fr. Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil)

Fr. José Martins da Silva, S.D.N., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Vila Rondônia (Brazil)

Fr. Geraldo Majela Reis was elected Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil)

Fr. Luiz Colussi was elected Titular Bishop of Gor and Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina (Brazil)

Bishop Hubert Michael Newell resigned as Bishop of Cheyenne (USA)

Bishop Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia resigned as Titular Bishop of Pudentiana

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

Fr. Fidèle Agbatchi was appointed as Priest of Parakou (Benin)

Bishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Opus Dei, resigned as Titular Bishop of Nilopolis

Fr. Lawrence James McNamara was elected Bishop of Grand Island (USA)

Bishop Xia Xue-qian (夏學謙) ▼, Bishop of Shaoguan 韶關 (China), passed away

Bishop Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R., resigned as Titular Bishop of Sarda

Diocese of Mao–Monte Cristi was established (from Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros) (Dominican Republic)

Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís was established (from Diocese of La Vega and Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros) (Dominican Republic)

Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros lost territory to Diocese of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Priest of La Vega (Dominican Republic), was elected Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Jerónimo Tomás Abreu Herrera was elected Bishop of Mao–Monte Cristi (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Luciano Marcante, Bishop emeritus of Valva (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Sulmona (Italy), passed away at 89

Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A., resigned as Titular Bishop of Apisa maius

Bishop Juliusz Bieniek, Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland), passed away at 82

Archbishop Sotero Sanz Villalba, Assessor for General Affairs emeritus of Secretariat of State, passed away at 58

Diocese of Rottenburg was renamed as Diocese of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Msgr. Luis Alessio, Undersecretary for Divine Worship of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. José Edson Santana de Oliveira was appointed as Priest of Feira de Santana (Brazil)

Bishop Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Numana and Auxiliary Bishop of Piura (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

Bishop Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J., Bishop of Huaraz (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru)

Archbishop Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy and Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Montalcino (Italy)

Bishop Emanuele Romano, Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Riboldi, I.C., was elected Bishop of Acerra (Italy)

Fr. Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Bennefa

Bishop Rafael Montiano Lim, Bishop of Laoag (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Boac (Philippines)

Cardinal Francesco Carpino, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

Fr. Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo was elected Titular Bishop of Gegi and Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lodwar was promoted as Diocese of Lodwar (became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Bishop Antonio José González Zumárraga, Titular Bishop of Tagarata and Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Machala (Ecuador)

Bishop Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán resigned as Bishop of Machala (Ecuador)

Bishop Raul Nicolau Gonsalves, Priest of Goa and Daman (India), Titular Bishop of Rapidum, Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (India) and Apostolic Administrator of Goa and Daman (India), was promoted as Patriarch of East Indies and Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Fr. Savarinathan Michael Augustine was elected Titular Bishop of Bararus and Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

Bishop Jerome M. Fernandez resigned as Bishop of Quilon (India)

Fr. Joseph Gabriel Fernandez, Priest of Quilon (India), was elected Bishop of Quilon (India)

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

Bishop José María Cirarda Lachiondo, Bishop of Córdoba (Spain), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Archbishop José Méndez Asensio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Fr. Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá was elected Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Bishop Angel Hidalgo Ibáñez resigned as Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Bishop Domenico Petroni, Bishop emeritus of Venosa (Italy), Bishop emeritus of Rapolla (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Melfi (Italy), passed away at 96

Fr. Jorge Mario Ávila del Águila, C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala)

Archbishop Girolamo Prigione, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

Archbishop Élias Nijmé, B.A., Titular Archbishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was appointed as Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Clemente Carranza y López, Bishop of Estelí (Nicaragua), passed away at 72

Fr. François Abou Mokh, B.S., Procurator at Rome of the Greek-Melkites, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) and Titular Archbishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites

Msgr. Igino Quadraroli was appointed as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Gibba and Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (Canada)

Bishop Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Chuquibamba (Peru), passed away at 57

Fr. Gerhard Ludwig Müller was appointed as Priest of Mainz (Germany)

Fr. Serafino Sprovieri was elected Titular Bishop of Themisonium and Auxiliary Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy)

Bishop Anastasio Granados García, Bishop of Palencia (Spain), passed away at 68

Msgr. Antoni Stankiewicz, Priest of Gorzów (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm., Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) and Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cortona (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Franciolini resigned as Bishop of Cortona (Italy)

Fr. Luciano Giovannetti, Priest of Arezzo (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Zaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo (Italy)

Bishop Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C., resigned as Titular Bishop of Velefi

Bishop Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Crepedula

Bishop Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R., resigned as Titular Bishop of Egara

Bishop Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D., resigned as Titular Bishop of Sesta

Bishop Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J., resigned as Titular Bishop of Santa Giusta

Bishop Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Dusa

Bishop Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Proconsulari

Bishop Johann Rüth, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Central Norway (Norway), passed away at 78

Fr. Eusebius Joseph Beltran, Priest of Atlanta (USA), was elected Bishop of Tulsa (USA)

Msgr. Bernard de Lanversin was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Fernando Robles Capalla resigned as Titular Bishop of Grumentum

Bishop Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Amisus

Bishop Federico Ocampo Escaler, S.J., resigned as Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii

Bishop Odilo Etspueler, S.V.D., resigned as Titular Bishop of Fata

Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen, O.C.D., resigned as Titular Bishop of Sinnuara

Bishop Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Caliábria

Fr. Peter Malcolm Brignall was appointed as Priest of Menevia (Wales)

Bishop Pietro Massa (梅先春), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China), passed away at 82

Archbishop Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez resigned as Titular Archbishop of Alessano

Fr. Petru Gherghel, Priest of Iaşi (Romania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Iaşi (Romania)

Fr. André Wouking was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bafoussam (Cameroon)

Cardinal Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ 田口 芳五郎), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via and Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), passed away at 75

Bishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (パウロ 安田久雄), Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Bishop Eugène Cornelius Arthurs, I.C., Bishop emeritus of Tanga (Tanzania), passed away at 63

Msgr. Mario Giannecchini, Priest of Lucca (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. Pedro Carlos Cipollini was appointed as Priest of Franca (Brazil)

Diocese of Bouar was established (from Diocese of Berbérati and became suffragan of Bangui) (Central African Republic)

Diocese of Kakamega was established (from Diocese of Kisumu and became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Apostolic Prefecture of Western Transvaal was promoted as Diocese of Klerksdorp (became suffragan of Pretoria) (South Africa)

Fr. Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Bouar (Central African Republic)

Fr. Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Amudarsa and Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia)

Fr. Nicodemus Kirima was elected Bishop of Mombasa (Kenya)

Bishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Mombasa (Kenya)

Fr. Dominic J. Khumalo, O.M.I., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Durban (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Capo della Foresta

Fr. Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Western Transvaal (South Africa), was elected Bishop of Klerksdorp (South Africa)

Bishop Denis Ngande, Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon), passed away at 57

Bishop Mario Revollo Bravo, Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Archbishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Fr. Zacchaeus Okoth, Priest of Kisumu (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

Bishop Philip Sulumeti, Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Kakamega (Kenya)

Fr. Peter Anthony Rosazza, Priest of Hartford (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA) and Titular Bishop of Oppidum novum

Fr. Luigi Diligenza was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

Archbishop Tommaso Leonetti resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Caiazzo (Italy)

Archbishop Carlo Maccari resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Jesi (Italy)

Bishop Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv., Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates and Auxiliary Bishop of Jesi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Archbishop Enrique Delgado y Gómez, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona (Spain), passed away at 89

Fr. Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet was elected Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme resigned as Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

Fr. László Paskai, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana and Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém (Hungary)

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

Bishop László Kádár, O. Cist., Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary)

Fr. Ferenc Rosta was elected Titular Bishop of Garriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

Archbishop Acacio Chacón Guerra, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mérida (Venezuela), passed away at 93

Bishop Józef Marek, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 47

Fr. Giovanni Pisanu was elected Bishop of Ozieri (Italy)

Fr. Celso José Pinto da Silva was elected Titular Bishop of Urusi and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Miguel Pedro Mundo was elected Titular Bishop of Blanda and Auxiliary Bishop of Jataí (Brazil)

Fr. Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Egara and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

Bishop Thomas Albert Newman, M.S., Bishop emeritus of Prome (Myanmar), passed away at 74

Fr. Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Pauzera and Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines)

Fr. Nestor Celestial Cariño, Priest of Legazpi (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Thibiuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines)

Bishop Efraím Basílio Krevey, O.S.B.M., succeeded as Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil)

Bishop José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M., resigned as Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil)

Fr. Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola was appointed as Priest of La Rioja (Argentina)

Bishop Salvatore Cassisa, Bishop of Cefalù (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Mancuso, Bishop emeritus of Mazara del Vallo (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Léon Lommel, Bishop emeritus of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), passed away at 85

Fr. Joseph Kalathiparambil was appointed as Priest of Verapoly (India)

Archbishop Giovanni Moretti, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand and Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sudan and Apostolic Delegate to Red Sea Region

Bishop Oskar Saier, Titular Bishop of Rubicón and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Giuseppe Amari, Bishop of Cremona (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Verona (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Carraro resigned as Bishop of Verona (Italy)

Bishop Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac, Titular Bishop of Segermes and Auxiliary Bishop of Avignon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nîmes (France)

Bishop Salvatore De Giorgi succeeded as Bishop of Oria (Italy)

Cardinal Giacomo Violardo, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio and Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 79

Bishop Alberico Semeraro resigned as Bishop of Oria (Italy)

Fr. Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín, Priest of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Crepedula and Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuacán (Mexico)

Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger resigned as Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Bishop Aldo Garzia succeeded as Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy), Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) and Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy)

Bishop Achille Salvucci, Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy), Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) and Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy), passed away at 93

Bishop Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P., Titular Bishop of Eucarpia and Bishop-Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Uberlândia (Brazil)

Fr. Clement Tirkey was appointed as Priest of Bagdogra (India)

Bishop Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia, Titular Bishop of Sabiona and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mitylene

Bishop Mark Francis Schmitt, Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór and Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Marquette (USA)

Abbot Norbert Jules François Calmels, O. Praem., Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians), was elected Titular Bishop of Dusa

Fr. Marek Szkudło was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar resigned as Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil)

Bishop Manuel Tavares de Araújo resigned as Bishop of Caicó (Brazil)

Archbishop Carlo Curis, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria

Fr. Carmelo Ferraro, Priest of Siracusa (Italy), was elected Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Vacchiano, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy)

Bishop Mario Picchi, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Horæa and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Venado Tuerto (Argentina)

Bishop Dante Carlos Sandrelli, Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia and Auxiliary Bishop of Formosa (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Formosa (Argentina)

Bishop Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Formosa (Argentina)

Bishop Giovanni Pirastru, Bishop emeritus of Iglesias (Italy), passed away at 94

Bishop Guy Gérard Deroubaix succeeded as Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

Bishop Jacques Le Cordier resigned as Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

Fr. Giuseppe Pinto was appointed as Priest of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy)

Fr. Peter Anthony Libasci was appointed as Priest of Rockville Centre (USA)

Fr. Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil was appointed as Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (フランシスコ・ザビエル 中野裕明) was appointed as Priest of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Bishop Patrick Fernández Flores, Titular Bishop of Italica and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA), was appointed as Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Bishop Edward Ernest Swanstrom resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Fr. Carlos José Tissera was appointed as Priest of Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Fr. Joseph Chennoth (車納德 / ジョセフ・チェノットゥ), Priest of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Angelo Campagne was elected Bishop of Alife (Italy) and Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy)

Fr. Robert Epic Paul Guglielmone was appointed as Priest of Rockville Centre (USA)

Bishop Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro, Bishop emeritus of Nampula (Mozambique), passed away at 86

Bishop Bernard Joseph Topel resigned as Bishop of Spokane (USA)

Bishop Jean de Capistran Aimé Cayer, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt), passed away at 77

Archbishop Nicola Rotunno, Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Fr. Luis Reynoso Cervantes was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ Calanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop James Mendonça, Bishop emeritus of Tiruchirapalli (India), passed away at 86

Fr. Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Apisa maius and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Bishop Anthony John King Mussio, Bishop emeritus of Steubenville (USA), passed away at 75

Sr. Maria Kasper (Katharina), A.D.J.C., was beatified

Archbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), passed away at 65

Bishop Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes, Titular Bishop of Assava and Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Texcoco (Mexico)

Fr. James Robert Hoffman was elected Titular Bishop of Italica and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (USA)

Fr. Gérard Drainville was elected Bishop of Amos (Canada)

Bishop Gaston Hains resigned as Bishop of Amos (Canada)

Fr. Đuro Kokša was elected Titular Bishop of Grumentum and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Bishop Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Bishop Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Fr. Ernesto Mandara was appointed as Priest of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

Bishop Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Thracia and Apostolic Exarch of Argentina of the Ukrainians (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina)

Bishop Gerard William Tickle resigned as Military Vicar of Great Britain (England)

Bishop Giuseppe Angrisani, Bishop emeritus of Casale Monferrato (Italy), passed away at 83

Fr. Roland Pierre DuMaine was elected Titular Bishop of Sarda and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Francis Anthony Quinn was elected Titular Bishop of Numana and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Bishop Raymond-Joseph-Louis Bouchex, Titular Bishop of Elvas and Auxiliary Bishop of Aix (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Archbishop Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Bishop Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies resigned as Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Bishop Robert Pierre Sarrabère succeeded as Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Bishop Joseph Hubert Hart, Titular Bishop of Thimida regia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cheyenne (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Cheyenne (USA)

Msgr. John F. Barry was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Gerald Emmett Carter, Bishop of London (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I., Auxiliary Bishop of Napo (Ecuador), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

Bishop Maximiliano Spiller, C.S.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

Fr. Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra, Priest of Tananarive (Madagascar), was elected Bishop of Majunga (Madagascar)

Bishop Jean David, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Majunga (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S., was elected Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar)

Fr. Karl Hesse, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Naratcata and Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. George To Bata was elected Titular Bishop of Saia maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I., Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa)

Fr. Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bambari (Central African Republic)

Bishop Dante Battaglierin, S.X., Bishop emeritus of Khulna (Bangladesh), passed away at 74

Bishop Amand Hubert, S.M.A., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt)

Fr. Egidio Sampieri, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt), Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said (Egypt), Titular Bishop of Ida in Mauretania and Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt)

Fr. Michael Gerard Duca was appointed as Priest of Dallas (USA)

Bishop Gérard-Marie Coderre resigned as Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada)

Bishop Bernard Hubert succeeded as Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada)

Fr. Robert Michael Miranda was appointed as Priest of Mangalore (India)

Fr. Raffaello Funghini, Priest of Arezzo (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Diocese of Cascavel was established (from Diocese of Toledo and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu was restored (from Diocese of Toledo and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Fr. Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Priest of São Paulo (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Toledo (Brazil)

Bishop Armando Círio, O.S.J., Bishop of Toledo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cascavel (Brazil)

Fr. Heitor de Araújo Sales, Priest of Caicó (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Caicó (Brazil)

Bishop Juvenal Roriz, C.SS.R., Bishop-Prelate of Rubiataba (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Lemellefa, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Fr. Olívio Aurélio Fazza, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

Fr. Jorge Eduardo Marskell, S.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Itacoatiara (Brazil)

Fr. Reinaldo Ernst E. Pünder was elected Bishop of Coroatá (Brazil)

Archbishop Emilio Cinense y Abera, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Fernando (Philippines), passed away at 66

Bishop Roger Michon, Bishop of Chartres (France), passed away at 74

Sr. Maria Enrichetta Dominici (Caterina) was beatified

Mr. Urbano Cioccetti, President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem, passed away at 72

Fr. Jean Gratton was elected Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Louis André Ouellette resigned as Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Bishop Walter Andrew Foery, Bishop emeritus of Syracuse (USA), passed away at 87

Fr. Thomas John Joseph Paprocki was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Guy Alexis Herbulot, Titular Bishop of Obbi and Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France), was appointed as Bishop of Corbeil (France)

Bishop Maksimilijan Držecnik, Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia), passed away at 74

Fr. John Douglas Deshotel was appointed as Priest of Dallas (USA)

Fr. Robert Nugent Lynch was appointed as Priest of Miami (USA)

Diocese of Massa Marittima e Populonia was renamed as Diocese of Massa Marittima–Piombino (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Populonia was restored (Italy)

Bishop Lorenzo Vivaldo, Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Massa Marittima–Piombino (Italy)

Bishop Pedro Reginaldo Lira resigned as Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

Msgr. Silvio Luoni, Priest of Roma (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore and Titular Archbishop of Turris in Mauretania

Fr. Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kokstad (South Africa)

Bishop John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa)

Fr. Rodolfo Bufano was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo (Argentina)

Archbishop Ignatius Pi Shu-shi (皮漱石), Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China), passed away at 81

Fr. Emmanuel Celeste Trance was appointed as Priest of Jaro (Philippines)

Fr. Thomas John Rodi was appointed as Priest of New Orleans (USA)

Fr. Earl Alfred Boyea was appointed as Priest of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Robert Francis Hennessey was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Bishop Alfonso López Trujillo, Titular Bishop of Boseta, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council, was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop Franz Hengsbach resigned as Military Vicar of Germany (Germany)

Archbishop Elmar Maria Kredel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany), was appointed as Military Vicar of Germany (Germany)

Bishop Oscar Valero Cruz, Titular Bishop of Martirano and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Fernando (Philippines)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milano (Ambrosian Rite) lost territory to Diocese of Lodi (Italy)

Archbishop José María García Lahiguera resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Miguel Roca Cabanellas, Bishop of Cartagena (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop José Antonio Infantes Florido, Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Fr. Héctor Gabino Romero was elected Titular Bishop of Tagarata and Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Bishop Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia

Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P., resigned as Titular Bishop of Vardimissa

Bishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Bishop of Furnos maior

Bishop Alquilio Alvarez Diez, O.A.R., resigned as Titular Bishop of Iunca in Mauretania

Bishop Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Titular Bishop of Lydda

Bishop Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.J., resigned as Titular Bishop of Africa

Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga Plá, C.M.F., resigned as Titular Bishop of Altava

Bishop Guido Maria Casullo resigned as Titular Bishop of Utica

Bishop Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E., resigned as Titular Bishop of Olbia

Bishop Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P., resigned as Titular Bishop of Ægæ

Bishop James Collins, C.SS.R., resigned as Titular Bishop of Tetci

Bishop João Batista Costa, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Bishop of Scilium

Bishop Miguel D’Aversa, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Bishop of Macri

Bishop Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp., resigned as Titular Bishop of Photice

Bishop Camillo Faresin, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Bishop of Bubastis

Bishop Henrique Froehlich, S.J., resigned as Titular Bishop of Iomnium

Bishop Angelo Frosi, S.X., resigned as Titular Bishop of Magnetum

Bishop Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R., resigned as Titular Bishop of Feradi minus

Bishop Eurico Kräutler, C.PP.S., resigned as Titular Bishop of Cissa

Bishop Valenti Giacomo Lazzeri, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus

Bishop Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Skradin

Bishop José Maritano, P.I.M.E., resigned as Titular Bishop of Castra severiana

Bishop Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Titular Bishop of Sæsina

Bishop Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C., resigned as Titular Bishop of Nasai

Bishop Ângelo Maria Rivato, S.J., resigned as Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia

Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp., resigned as Titular Bishop of Leptiminus

Bishop Tiago Miguel Ryan, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Margum

Bishop Antônio Sarto, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Bishop of Aræ in Mauretania

Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Avissa

Bishop Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Ceramus

Bishop Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC., resigned as Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia

Bishop Estanislau Arnoldo van Melis, C.P., resigned as Titular Bishop of Polemonium

Bishop José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Usula

Bishop Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R., resigned as Titular Bishop of Gigthi

Bishop Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R., resigned as Titular Bishop of Scebatiana

Bishop Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C., resigned as Titular Bishop of Nova Germania

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

Bishop Ignacio de Alba y Hernández, Bishop emeritus of Colima (Mexico), passed away at 87

Fr. José da Cruz Policarpo, Priest of Lisboa (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Caliábria and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. Singaroyan Sebastianappan was appointed as Priest of Salem (India)

Msgr. Thomas A. White (陶懷德), Priest of Ossory (Ireland), Chargé d’affaires in China and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda and Titular Archbishop of Sabiona

Archbishop Johannes Höhne, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 67

Fr. Robert Joseph McManus was appointed as Priest of Providence (USA)

Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc) (Czechia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc (Poland)

Fr. Vittorio Bernardetto was elected Bishop of Susa (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Garneri resigned as Bishop of Susa (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Scuppa was elected Bishop of Fabriano (Italy) and Bishop of Matelica (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Teutonico, Bishop emeritus of Aversa (Italy), passed away at 103

Bishop Macario Tinti resigned as Bishop of Fabriano (Italy) and Bishop of Matelica (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano was elected Titular Bishop of Assava and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Bishop Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J., Titular Bishop of Sertei and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Chimbote (Peru)

Bishop James Edward Charles Burke, O.P., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Chimbote (Peru)

Fr. Francis Assisi Chullikatt was appointed as Priest of Verapoly (India)

Fr. Wacław Tomasz Depo was appointed as Priest of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland)

Fr. Ivo Scapolo was appointed as Priest of Padova (Italy)

Diocese of Carapeguá was established (from Diocese of Villarrica and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Diocese of San Pedro was established (from Diocese of Concepción and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Bishop Epaminondas José de Araújo, Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil)

Fr. Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm., was elected Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Marie Louis Duval, Titular Bishop of Canne and Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (France), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Bishop Angel Nicolás Acha Duarte, Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Auxiliary Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay)

Fr. Oscar Páez Garcete was elected Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay)

Bishop Edwin Pinto, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Ahmedabad (India), passed away at 77

Diocese of Raiganj was established (from Diocese of Dumka and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Fr. Telesphore Placidus Toppo, Priest of Ranchi (India), was elected Bishop of Dumka (India)

Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J., Bishop of Dumka (India), was appointed as Bishop of Raiganj (India)

Fr. Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Perú (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Cissi

Fr. Antonios Aziz Mina was appointed as Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Michael Yeung Ming-cheung (楊鳴章) was appointed as Priest of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, 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, Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia

Fr. Martin Ashe was appointed as Priest of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Kazimierz Gurda was appointed as Priest of Kielce (Poland)

Fr. Stanislav Stolárik was appointed as Priest of Košice (Slovakia)

Bishop Peter B. Pereira, Bishop of Trivandrum (India), passed away at 60

Bishop Lambert Anthony Hoch resigned as Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

Fr. José María Montes was elected Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Fr. Eugenio Scarpellini was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Archbishop José Pedro de Araújo Costa resigned as Coadjutor Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Fr. Leopoldo Girelli was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Archbishop Stephen Ferrando, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Shillong (India), passed away at 82

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

Bishop Elias Coueter resigned as Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)

Fr. Spiridon Mattar was elected Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)

Fr. James Pazhayattil was elected Bishop of Irinjalakuda of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata was appointed as Priest of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Bishop Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Lahore (Pakistan), passed away at 63

Fr. Roland Minnerath was appointed as Priest of Strasbourg (France)

Fr. Christian George Nicolas Kratz was appointed as Priest of Strasbourg (France)

Fr. Marco Arnolfo was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Orazio Francesco Piazza was appointed as Priest of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy)

Fr. José María Ortega Trinidad was appointed as Priest of Yauyos (Peru)

Fr. Guido Zendron was appointed as Priest of Trento (Italy)

Fr. Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille was elected Titular Bishop of Fata and Auxiliary Bishop of Soissons (France)

Bishop Johannes Albert von Rudloff, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Osnabrück (Germany), passed away at 81

Bishop Iuliu Hirţea, Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 64

Fr. Alfonso Badini Confalonieri was appointed as Priest of Susa (Italy)

Fr. Lucas Kalfa Sanou was appointed as Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Gerhard Feige was appointed as Priest of Magdeburg (Germany)

Fr. Camillo Cibotti was appointed as Priest of Chieti–Vasto (Italy)

Fr. Camillus Archibong Etokudoh was appointed as Priest of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria)

Bishop Joseph Maria Reuß resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Bishop Ladislau Paz, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Bishop Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B., succeeded as Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Murphy was elected Bishop of Great Falls (USA)

Fr. Gabriele Marchesi was appointed as Priest of Fiesole (Italy)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Nguyễn Năng, Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam), passed away at 68

Bishop Cândido Julio Bampi, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Vacaria (Brazil) and Auxiliary Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil), passed away at 89

Bishop Thomas Benjamin Fulton, Titular Bishop of Korčula and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Bishop Thomas Joseph McCarthy resigned as Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Bishop John Michael Sherlock, Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of London (Canada)

Bishop Jozsef Vajda, Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary), passed away at 65

Fr. Joseph Aké Yapo was appointed as Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga resigned as Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

Diocese of San Miguel was established (from Diocese of San Martín and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

Bishop Horacio Alberto Bózzoli, Titular Bishop of Rusticiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina)

Bishop Étienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr., Bishop of Kayes (Mali), passed away at 64

Fr. Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes, Priest of Durango (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico)

Msgr. Paolo Giglio (吉立友), Priest of Malta (Malta) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Fr. Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea)

Diocese of San Bernardino was established (from Diocese of San Diego and became suffragan of Los Angeles) (USA)

Bishop Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira, Titular Bishop of Bitetto and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Archbishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Fr. Philip Francis Straling, Priest of San Diego (USA), was elected Bishop of San Bernardino (USA)

Fr. Lawrence Sabatini, C.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Nasai and Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Fr. Angelo Spinillo was appointed as Priest of Teggiano–Policastro (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Martinoli resigned as Bishop of Lugano (Switzerland)

Fr. Ernesto Togni, Priest of Basel (Switzerland), was elected Bishop of Lugano (Switzerland)

Fr. James Peter Sartain was appointed as Priest of Memphis (USA)

Bishop Francis Lenny, Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), passed away at 49

Bishop John Joseph Boardman, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brooklyn (USA), passed away at 84

Bishop Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé, Bishop of Orléans (France), passed away at 67

Fr. Carlo Maria Martini, S.J., Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum), was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. Diómedes Espinal de León was appointed as Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Fr. John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye was appointed as Priest of Enugu (Nigeria)

Archbishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Puerto Montt (Chile), passed away at 70

Fr. Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino was elected Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

Fr. Michel Joseph Kuehn was elected Bishop of Chartres (France)

Fr. Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A., was elected Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop Ferenc Rosta, Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary), passed away at 64

Fr. David Ernest Charles Evans was appointed as Priest of Birmingham (England)

Fr. Patrick Joseph McKinney was appointed as Priest of Birmingham (England)

Fr. Paolo Sardi, Priest of Acqui (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Francesco Ricceri resigned as Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Bishop Emanuele Romano succeeded as Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Archbishop Stanislaus Lo Guang (Lokuang) (羅光) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Saint Pope Paul VI, Supreme Pontiff, passed away at 80

Msgr. Pasquale Macchi resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Archbishop Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M., Archbishop emeritus of Ancona e Umana (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Eugène Abissa Kwaku, Bishop of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 50

Bishop Carlo Re, I.M.C., Bishop emeritus of Civita–Tempio (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Ampurias (Italy), passed away at 84

Fr. Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Fr. Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Marie Bonnemain, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Fr. José Horacio Gómez Velasco, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Cardinal Paul Yü Pin (于斌), Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore and Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China), passed away at 77

Fr. Michael Fabian McCarthy was appointed as Priest of Brisbane (Australia)

Fr. Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku was appointed as Priest of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku was appointed as Priest of Butembo–Beni (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Pierre Wijnants, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mbandaka–Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 64

Fr. Francesco Savino was appointed as Priest of Bari–Bitonto (Italy)

Fr. Ivan Semedi was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Cardinal Albino Luciani, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) and Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco, was elected Supreme Pontiff

Fr. Diego Lorenzi, F.D.P., was appointed as Private Secretary of the Pope

Bishop John Gerard McClean, Bishop of Middlesbrough (England), passed away at 63

Fr. Nicholas Gorman, S.A.C., Rector General emeritus of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), passed away at 47

Msgr. Donato Squicciarini, Priest of Altamura (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia

Abbot Koloman Holzinger, O.S.B., President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception, passed away at 63

Fr. Francisco Ozoria Acosta was appointed as Priest of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Blessed Pope John Paul I was installed as Supreme Pontiff

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Alain Harel was appointed as Priest of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Vice-President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” and President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, was appointed as President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot resigned as President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Archbishop Clément Georges Schelhoth, Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs

Bishop Eustathe Joseph Mounayer, Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Didier-Léon Marchand, Priest of Grenoble (France), was elected Bishop of Valence (France)

Archbishop Antony Padiyara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in India outside the proper territory of the Syro-Malabars

Msgr. Giovanni Cheli, Priest of Asti (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN), was elected Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta

Bishop James Jerome Killeen, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA), passed away at 61

Fr. Leo Scheffczyk, Priest of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Cardinal Valerian Gracias, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), passed away at 76

Archbishop Simon Ignatius Pimenta succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Bishop Manuel de Jesus Pereira, Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal), passed away at 67

Fr. Joseph Dao was elected Bishop of Kayes (Mali)

Bishop Józef Drzazga, Bishop of Warmia (Poland), passed away at 64

Archbishop George Andrew Beck, A.A., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Liverpool (England), passed away at 74

Bishop Rémy Augustin, S.M.M., Titular Bishop of Turuzi and Apostolic Administrator of Port-de-Paix (Haiti), was appointed as Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

Fr. François Colímon, S.M.M., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

Archbishop Alfredo Poledrini resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho and Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa

Fr. Adam Dyczkowski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Altava

Fr. Jorge María Mejía, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P., Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 62

Fr. Jacques André Marie Jullien was elected Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Bishop Stéphane-Émile-Alfred Desmazières resigned as Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Bishop Jerzy Stroba, Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland) and Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Joseph Arthur Costello, Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), passed away at 63

Bishop Javier Azagra Labiano, Titular Bishop of Lacubaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Cartagena (Spain)

Archbishop Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Bishop Alphonse U Than Aung, Titular Bishop of Horrea, Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) and President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M., was appointed as Bishop of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal)

Bishop Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal)

Bishop Antonio Añoveros Ataún resigned as Bishop of Bilbao (Spain)

Blessed Pope John Paul I, Supreme Pontiff, passed away at 65

Fr. Diego Lorenzi, F.D.P., resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Venerable Bishop Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda, Bishop emeritus of Lucena (Philippines), passed away at 89

Fr. Giuseppe Sciacca was appointed as Priest of Acireale (Italy)

Fr. Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu was appointed as Priest of Awka (Nigeria)

Fr. Joel Zamudio Baylon was appointed as Priest of Legazpi (Philippines)