Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Oudtshoorn lost territory to Diocese of Keimoes (South Africa)

Titular Episcopal See of Dara Syrorum (Syriac Rite) was restored (Turkiye)

Fr. Michael Fu Tie-shan (傅鐵山) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

Bishop Anthony Zhou Wei-dao (周維道), O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China)

Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua

Fr. Juan José Díaz Plata, O.P., Bishop-Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (Colombia), passed away

Sr. Mary Linscott, S.N.D., resigned as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Bishop François-Marie-Christian Favreau resigned as Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ

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

Fr. Jean B. Coudray, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Kankan (Guinea), passed away

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

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

Msgr. Rolf Reichenbach, SS.CC., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pangkal-Pinang (Indonesia)

Archimandrite Laurent Fayçal, B.S., was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq)

Msgr. Augustin Harfouche was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Maronites (Israel)

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

Cardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P., Pro-Theologian of Prefecture of the Papal Household, was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Msgr. Marcello Costalunga, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Bishops

Msgr. Amato Pietro Frutaz resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Msgr. Giuseppe Palazzini resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Giovanni Sessolo resigned as Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Tarcisio Agostoni, F.S.C.I., resigned as Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Fr. Marco Belladelli was appointed as Priest of Mantova (Italy)

Fr. Salvatore Calvia Calvia, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Comboni Missionaries)

Fr. Giuseppe Turbessi, O.S.B. Cas., Apostolic Administrator of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy), passed away at 67

Archbishop Clément Georges Schelhoth resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Archimandrite Séraphim Antoun Kassabji, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Msgr. Audrys Juozas Bačkis, Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania), was appointed as Undersecretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church

Bishop Donaldo Chávez Núñez, Titular Bishop of Giru Mons, was appointed as Resigned episcopacy

Msgr. Traian Crisan, Priest of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Fr. Louis-Marie de Blignières, F.S.V.F., was appointed as Founder of Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer and Superior General of Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer

Abbot Leonhard Bösch, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland

Fr. Dominikus Löpfe, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland

Fr. Fridolin Zueger, C.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Bishop Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria)

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

Msgr. Charles M. Murphy, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Sr. Regina Casey, M.S.C., Superior General of Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Archimandrite Barthélemy Sammân, B.A., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Fr. Gustavo Alonso, C.M.F., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)

Fr. Henri Forest, S.J., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Fr. Antonio Leghisa, C.M.F., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)

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

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

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

Patriarch Marco Cé resigned as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Rubén López Ardón, Priest of Estelí (Nicaragua), was elected Bishop of Estelí (Nicaragua)

Fr. Czeslaw Kozon was appointed as Priest of København (Denmark)

Diocese of Holguín was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago) (Cuba)

Diocese of Tuxtepec was established (from Territorial Prelature of Huautla and became suffragan of Antequera) (Mexico)

Bishop Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez, Titular Bishop of Novaliciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Holguín (Cuba)

Fr. Francis Joseph Walmsley was elected Military Vicar of Great Britain (England) and Titular Bishop of Tamalluma

Bishop Josef Stangl resigned as Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Fr. José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M., was elected Bishop of Tuxtepec (Mexico)

Fr. Joseph Nguyễn Tùng Cương was elected Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

Fr. Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp was elected Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

Msgr. Emilio Colagiovanni was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Msgr. Igino Ragni, Priest of Fabriano (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop Laurent Yapi, Titular Bishop of Capsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Bishop of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. George Mamalassery, Priest of Shillong–Gauhati (India), was elected Bishop of Tura (India)

Bishop Orestes Marengo, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tura (India)

Fr. Anthony Mayala was elected Bishop of Musoma (Tanzania)

Bishop John James Rudin, M.M., resigned as Bishop of Musoma (Tanzania)

Bishop José Bascuñana y López, Bishop emeritus of Solsona (Spain), passed away at 73

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

Fr. Geraldo Daniel Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras)

Bishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández resigned as Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Huê (Vietnam), passed away at 77

Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire, Apostolic Delegate to Guinea and Apostolic Delegate to Togo, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands

Fr. Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez was appointed as Priest of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Archbishop Giuseppe Laigueglia, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cuba

Diocese of Lodi exchanged territory with Diocese of Pavia (Italy)

Diocese of Pavia exchanged territory with Diocese of Lodi (Italy)

Bishop Primo Gasbarri resigned as Bishop of Grosseto (Italy)

Bishop Stepan Chmil, S.D.B., passed away at 64

Fr. John Edward McCarthy was elected Titular Bishop of Pićan and Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Mr. Giancarlo Brasca, I.S.M., Superior General of Missionaries of the Kingship of Christ, passed away at 58

Fr. José Arana Berruete, O.A.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru)

Fr. John Joseph Nevins was elected Titular Bishop of Rusticiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA)

Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F., Bishop emeritus of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), passed away at 72

Archbishop Ramón José Castellano, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Córdoba (Argentina), passed away at 75

Fr. José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Bagis and Auxiliary Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

Fr. Patrício José Hanrahan, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil)

Cardinal Reginald John Delargey, Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand), passed away at 64

Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette resigned as Bishop of Joliet (USA)

Fr. Edward Ozorowski, Priest of Vilnius (Lithuania), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) and Titular Bishop of Bitetto

Bishop James Richard Ham, M.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Msgr. Paul Poupard, Priest of Angers (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Usula and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Fr. Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau was elected Titular Bishop of Gunela and Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (France)

Bishop Giuseppe Moizo, Bishop of Acqui (Italy), passed away at 64

Diocese of Cuautitlán was established (from Diocese of Texcoco and Diocese of Tlalnepantla and became suffragan of México) (Mexico)

Diocese of Nezahualcóyotl was established (from Diocese of Texcoco and became suffragan of México) (Mexico)

Fr. Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Priest of Rennes (France), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop José Melgoza Osorio, Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico)

Bishop Manuel Samaniego Barriga, Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Cuautitlán (Mexico)

Msgr. Giorgio Zur, Priest of Wrocław (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zambia and Titular Archbishop of Sesta

Fr. Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA) and Titular Bishop of Sertei

Fr. Federico Francesco D’Ostilio, O.F.M. Conv., Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Javier Ochoa, C.M.F., Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Giovanni Zampetti, S.D.B., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Claude (France), passed away at 67

Bishop Eduardo Martinez González, Bishop emeritus of Zamora (Spain), passed away at 82

Bishop Giovanni Mele, Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 93

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

Fr. Francesco Cuccarese, Priest of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy), was elected Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe Vairo resigned as Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy)

Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori, Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria and Auxiliary Bishop of Chikwawa (Malawi), was appointed as Bishop of Chikwawa (Malawi)

Bishop Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M., resigned as Bishop of Chikwawa (Malawi)

Fr. Andrew Zolile T. Brook was elected Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

Fr. Josaphat Louis Lebulu, Priest of Same (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Same (Tanzania)

Fr. Henry Joachim Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Same (Tanzania)

Bishop Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea resigned as Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain)

Bishop Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta, Bishop of León (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Bilbao (Spain)

Bishop José María Larrauri Lafuente, Titular Bishop of Ofena and Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

Bishop José María Setién Alberro, Titular Bishop of Zama minor and Auxiliary Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain)

Fr. Udumala Bala Showreddy was appointed as Priest of Warangal (India)

Bishop Giovanni Stamati, Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum and Apostolic Administrator of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Bishop David Frederick Cunningham, Bishop emeritus of Syracuse (USA), passed away at 78

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

Bishop Laurenz Böggering resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Sr. Margareta Ebner, O.P., was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Joseph Edward Rudderham, Bishop emeritus of Clifton (England), passed away at 79

Fr. Francisco Moreno Barrón was appointed as Priest of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop António José Rafael, Titular Bishop of Budua and Auxiliary Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal)

Bishop Kazimierz Jan Majdański, Titular Bishop of Zorolus and Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Fr. Ludger Schepers was appointed as Priest of Essen (Germany)

Titular Metropolitan See of Serdica was suppressed (to Diocese of Sofia–Plovdiv) (Bulgaria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Sofia–Plovdiv was promoted as Diocese of Sofia–Plovdiv (gained territory from the suppressed Titular Metropolitan See of Serdica and without ecclesiastical province) (Bulgaria)

Msgr. Józef Glemp, Priest of Gniezno (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

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

Fr. Sebelio Peralta Álvarez was elected Titular Bishop of Iunca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay)

Fr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan), was elected Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan)

Fr. Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아 / 李容勳) was appointed as Priest of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church and President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, passed away at 73

Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico)

Archbishop Emilio Abascal y Salmerón, Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico), passed away at 74

Fr. Stanley Girard Schlarman, Priest of Belleville (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Capri and Auxiliary Bishop of Belleville (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Awasa was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa (Ethiopia)

Fr. André Wouking, Apostolic Administrator of Bafoussam (Cameroon), was elected Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon)

Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Paul Mambe Mukanga was elected Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Armido Gasparini, M.C.C.J., Prefect Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia) and Titular Bishop of Magnetum

Fr. François Fonlupt was appointed as Priest of Clermont (France)

Fr. Blasius Pujaraharja, Priest of Semarang (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Ketapang (Indonesia)

Bishop Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P., resigned as Bishop of Ketapang (Indonesia)

Fr. Francis Daw Tang was appointed as Priest of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Fr. Vincent Mojwok Nyiker, Apostolic Administrator of Malakal (South Sudan), was elected Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan)

Fr. Patrick Mumbure Mutume was elected Titular Bishop of Aræ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Mutare (Zimbabwe)

Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Newark (USA), passed away at 83

Bishop Francesco Spanedda, Bishop of Bosa (Italy) and Bishop of Alghero (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

Fr. Stephen Robson was appointed as Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland)

Msgr. Valentín Miserachs Grau was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Abdallah Nujaim, Bishop emeritus of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 83

Archbishop George Joseph Biskup resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Bishop Henri-Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti), passed away at 69

Msgr. Justo Mullor García, Priest of Almería (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta

Archbishop-elect Justo Mullor García was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire

Fr. Michael Hughes Kenny was elected Bishop of Juneau (USA)

Bishop Adelmo Tacconi succeeded as Bishop of Grosseto (Italy)

Archbishop Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Fr. Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino was appointed as Priest of Tuxpan (Mexico)

Bishop Eugene O’Doherty, Bishop emeritus of Dromore (Northern Ireland), passed away at 83

Archbishop Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho and Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa

Fr. Jean-Bosco Ntep was appointed as Priest of Mbalmayo (Cameroon)

Bishop José Costa Campos, Bishop of Valença (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena resigned as Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Karl Lehmann, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Norway was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Tromsø (without ecclesiastical province) (Norway)

Apostolic Vicariate of Central Norway was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Trondheim (without ecclesiastical province) (Norway)

Bishop José Joaquim Gonçalves resigned as Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil)

Fr. José Rafael Barquero Arce was elected Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Bishop Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC., Titular Bishop of Hólar and Vicar Apostolic of Central Norway (Norway), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Trondheim (Norway)

Fr. William Russell Houck was elected Titular Bishop of Alessano and Auxiliary Bishop of Jackson (USA)

Fr. William Francis Murphy, Priest of Boston (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm., was elected Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil)

Fr. Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Tromsø (Norway)

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

Fr. István Bagi was elected Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Fr. Izidor István Marosi was elected Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates and Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

Fr. Gyula Szakos was elected Titular Bishop of Rapidum and Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

Fr. Vito Rallo was appointed as Priest of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)

Fr. Fernando José Penteado, Priest of São Paulo (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Décio Pereira was elected Titular Bishop of Martirano and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Diocese of Cariati lost territory to Diocese of Crotone (Italy)

Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio lost territory to Diocese of San Marco Argentano–Scalea (Italy)

Diocese of Crotone lost territory to Archdiocese of Santa Severina (Italy)

Diocese of San Marco was renamed as Diocese of San Marco Argentano–Scalea (gained territory from Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio and lost territory to Archdiocese of Cosenza) (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Cantisani, Archbishop of Rossano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cariati (Italy)

Bishop Alphonsus Liguori Penney, Bishop of Grand Falls (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

Archbishop Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

Bishop Jean-Guy Couture, Bishop of Hauterive (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Bishop Marius Paré resigned as Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Bishop Ignacio Arbulú Pineda, Bishop of Huánuco (Peru), passed away at 70

Fr. Girolamo Grillo was elected Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Bishop Augusto Lauro, Titular Bishop of Bigastro and Auxiliary Bishop of Cosenza (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of San Marco Argentano–Scalea (Italy)

Fr. Paciano Basilio Aniceto, Priest of San Fernando (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Tlos and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Fr. Medel Sacay Aseo was appointed as Priest of Tagum (Philippines)

Fr. Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas was elected Titular Bishop of Tulana and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Josef Stangl, Bishop emeritus of Würzburg (Germany), passed away at 72

Bishop André Ilunga Kaseba, Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Paul Dacoury-Tabley was elected Titular Bishop of Castra severiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Archbishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Blantyre (Malawi), passed away at 73

Fr. Alan Basil de Lastic was elected Titular Bishop of Cissa and Auxiliary Bishop of Calcutta (India)

Fr. Jose Corazon Tumbagahan Tala-oc was appointed as Priest of Kalibo (Philippines)

Fr. Henri de Riedmatten, O.P., Secretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”, passed away at 60

Fr. Newton Holanda Gurgel was elected Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Bishop Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A., Bishop emeritus of Jales (Brazil), passed away at 66

Msgr. Luigi De Magistris, Priest of Cagliari (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Regent of Apostolic Penitentiary

Bishop Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Jolo (Philippines), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Cotabato (Philippines)

Bishop William Anthony Hughes, Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig and Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Covington (USA)

Bishop Ernesto Çoba, Titular Bishop of Midaëum and Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 67

Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil)

Archbishop Marko Alaupovic, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), passed away at 93

Fr. Jean-Marie Lafontaine was elected Titular Bishop of Ursona and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

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

Bishop Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I., resigned as Bishop of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia)

Msgr. John Joseph O’Connor, Priest of Philadelphia (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Korčula and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA)

Fr. William Thomas Larkin was elected Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA)

Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil)

Archbishop José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil)

Fr. Ladislau Biernaski, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tetci and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Fr. Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Vardimissa and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M., Titular Bishop of Tela and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil)

Bishop Josef Hiltl, Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany), passed away at 89

Fr. Noel Desmond Daly was elected Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart resigned as Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Fr. Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin was appointed as Priest of Oyo (Nigeria)

Bishop Ricardo Pido Tancinco resigned as Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

Bishop Paul Francis Tanner resigned as Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

Fr. Gerald John Mathias was appointed as Priest of Lucknow (India)

Fr. Ambrose Rebello was appointed as Priest of Aurangabad (India)

Msgr. Alfio Rapisarda, Priest of Catania (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Canne

Fr. Alejandro Goić Karmelić, Priest of Punta Arenas (Chile), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Africa

Fr. Pedro G. Magugat, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Scilium and Auxiliary Bishop of Cabanatuan (Philippines)

Fr. Vicente Macanan Navarra, Priest of Capiz (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Velefi and Auxiliary Bishop of Capiz (Philippines)

Archbishop Francis James Furey, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Antonio (USA), passed away at 74

Fr. Matthew Harvey Clark, Priest of Albany (USA), was elected Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Fr. Giovanni Saldarini, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Stephen Aloysius Leven resigned as Bishop of San Angelo (USA)

Fr. Luigi Ventura, Priest of Brescia (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Elenito Reyes Galido was appointed as Priest of Malaybalay (Philippines)

Fr. Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M., was elected Titular Bishop of Ceramus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil)

Fr. Philipos Stephanos Thottathil was appointed as Priest of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Diocese of Irecê was established (from Diocese of Barra and Diocese of Ruy Barbosa and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Archbishop Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Archbishop Agostino Casaroli, Secretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, was appointed as Pro-Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Pro-Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

Fr. Oscar Azarcon Solis was appointed as Priest of Houma–Thibodaux (USA)

Fr. Francisco Coll y Guitart, O.P., was beatified

Fr. Jacques-Désiré Laval, C.S.Sp., was beatified

Fr. Józef Szamocki was appointed as Priest of Pelplin (Poland)

Fr. Andrew Peter Wypych was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Capua was demoted as Archdiocese of Capua (became suffragan of Napoli) (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conza was demoted as Archdiocese of Conza (became suffragan of Benevento) (Italy)

Diocese of Foggia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia (with suffragan sees Manfredonia, Ascoli Satriano, Cerignola, Lucera, San Severo, Troia and Vieste) (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manfredonia was demoted as Archdiocese of Manfredonia (became suffragan of Foggia) (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sorrento was demoted as Archdiocese of Sorrento (became suffragan of Napoli) (Italy)

Archbishop Luigi Diligenza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Lenotti, Bishop of Foggia (Italy), Bishop of Bovino (Italy) and Bishop of Troia (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggia (Italy)

Archbishop Mario Miglietta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy), Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy), Bishop of Nusco (Italy) and Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Conza (Italy)

Archbishop Valentino Vailati, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vieste (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Zama, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) and Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy)

Fr. Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, Priest of Porto (Portugal), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) and Titular Bishop of Lemellefa

Fr. Peter Abir Antonysamy was appointed as Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

Archbishop-elect Justo Mullor García, Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burkina Faso

Archbishop Luigi Dossena resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Upper Volta

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

Fr. Agostino De Angelis, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Apostolic Vicariate of Caroline and Marshall Islands was promoted as Diocese of Carolines–Marshalls (became suffragan of Suva) (Micronesia)

Fr. Leonard James Wall was elected Titular Bishop of Leptiminus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. Robert Bell Clune, Priest of Toronto (Canada), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Lacubaza

Msgr. Michael Pearse Lacey, Priest of Toronto (Canada) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Denia

Fr. Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya was elected Titular Bishop of Gigthi and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J., Titular Bishop of Libertina and Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands (Micronesia), was appointed as Bishop of Carolines–Marshalls (Micronesia)

Bishop Bala Shoury Thumma, Bishop emeritus of Nellore (India), passed away at 70

Msgr. Achille Silvestrini, Priest of Faenza (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, was elected Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana and Secretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church

Fr. Derek Fernandes was appointed as Priest of Belgaum (India)

Cardinal Paolo Bertoli was appointed as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Fr. Jean-François Guérin, C.S.M., Priest of Tours (France), was appointed as Founder of Community of Saint Martin, Superior General of Community of Saint Martin and Priest of Community of Saint Martin

Archbishop Petar Perkolić succeeded as Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro)

Archbishop Aleksandar Tokić, Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro), passed away at 68

Fr. Grzegorz Erlebach was appointed as Priest of Opole (Poland)

Fr. Stephen Antony Pillai was appointed as Priest of Vellore (India)

Msgr. Carlo Zoli was appointed as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Archbishop Patrick Webster, O.S.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia)

Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J., Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Castries (Saint Lucia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Castries (Saint Lucia)

Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou, Bishop emeritus of Montauban (France), passed away at 85

Bishop Antonio Rocca, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina), passed away at 91

Bishop Viktor Novikov, S.J., passed away at 73

Diocese of Silva Porto was renamed as Diocese of Kwito-Bié (Angola)

Diocese of Luso was renamed as Diocese of Luena (Angola)

Diocese of Serpa Pinto was renamed as Diocese of Menongue (Angola)

Diocese of Pereira de Eça was renamed as Diocese of Ondjiva (Angola)

Diocese of Henrique de Carvalho was renamed as Diocese of Saurimo (Angola)

Diocese of Carmona e São Salvador was renamed as Diocese of Uíje (Angola)

Bishop Francisco Viti, Bishop of Serpa Pinto (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Menongue (Angola)

Bishop José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Carmona e São Salvador (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Uíje (Angola)

Bishop Manuel António Pires, Bishop of Silva Porto (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Kwito-Bié (Angola)

Bishop José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty, Bishop of Luso (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Luena (Angola)

Bishop Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa, Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Saurimo (Angola)

Fr. Enrique de Vera Macaraeg was appointed as Priest of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Fr. José Leonardo Lemos Montanet was appointed as Priest of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Diocese of Barreiras was established (from Diocese of Barra and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Bishop José Freire de Oliveira Neto, Titular Bishop of Illici and Auxiliary Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil)

Fr. Ricardo José Weberberger, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Barreiras (Brazil)

Bishop Carlo Angeleri, Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona (Italy), passed away at 85

Bishop Giovanni Pes, Titular Bishop of Risinium and Auxiliary Bishop of Oristano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alghero (Italy) and Bishop of Bosa (Italy)

Fr. Grzegorz Balcerek was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Livingstone (Zambia), passed away at 76

Fr. Jan Franciszek Wątroba was appointed as Priest of Częstochowa (Poland)

Fr. Anthony Hitchen was elected Titular Bishop of Othona and Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

Fr. Kevin O’Connor was elected Titular Bishop of Glastonbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

Bishop Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C., resigned as Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Bishop Juozas Matulaitis-Labukas, Titular Bishop of Mopta, President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania, Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania), passed away at 85

Bishop Felipe de Jesús Cueto González, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

Bishop Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala)

Bishop Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M., Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras), passed away at 75

Bishop Geraldo Daniel Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras)

Fr. Adam Szal was appointed as Priest of Przemyśl (Poland)

Diocese of Itabira was renamed as Diocese of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

Diocese of Rawalpindi was renamed as Diocese of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Bishop Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S., Bishop of Itabira (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

Bishop Simeon Anthony Pereira, Bishop of Rawalpindi (Pakistan), was appointed as Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Fr. John Forrosuelo Du was appointed as Priest of Cebu (Philippines)

Bishop Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

Archbishop Alfonso López Trujillo succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Archbishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Fr. Reinhard Marx was appointed as Priest of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Manuel Visuvasam, Bishop of Coimbatore (India), passed away at 62

Fr. Giuseppe Pellegrini was appointed as Priest of Verona (Italy)

Fr. Constantin Koser, O.F.M., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Bishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Óbidos (Brazil), passed away at 67

Bishop Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

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

Fr. Jean-Louis Martin, P.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions

Fr. Javier Lozano Barragán, Priest of México (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Luis Morales Reyes, Titular Bishop of Burca and Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Fr. Francisco Maria Aguilera González was elected Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) and Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania

Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt resigned as Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Bishop William Joseph McDonald resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Antonio Panteghini, S.C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians)

Fr. Albert Bourgeois, S.C.I., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians)

Fr. Gianpaolo Montini was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Jozef Marianus Punt was appointed as Priest of Haarlem (Netherlands)

Fr. Salvador Quizon Quizon was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Feradi minus

Fr. David John Walkowiak was appointed as Priest of Cleveland (USA)

Diocese of Mileto lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria and Diocese of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (Italy)

Diocese of Oppido Mamertina was renamed as Diocese of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (gained territory from Diocese of Mileto) (Italy)

Bishop Santo Bergamo, Apostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (Italy)

Fr. David Gerard O’Connell was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera, Priest of Arecibo (Puerto Rico), was elected Titular Bishop of Vamalla and Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez was elected Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) and Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia

Fr. Pedro Luís António was elected Bishop of Kwito-Bié (Angola)

Bishop Manuel António Pires resigned as Bishop of Kwito-Bié (Angola)

Bishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré, Titular Bishop of Lamzella and Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), was appointed as Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Marcel Chauvin, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Domenico Tarcisio Cortese, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Mileto (Italy), Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) and Bishop of Tropea (Italy)

Fr. Pascal Roland was appointed as Priest of Versailles (France)

Fr. Roberto Campiotti was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Assunto Scotti was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Fr. Marian Buczek was appointed as Priest of Lviv (Ukraine)

Msgr. Audrys Juozas Bačkis, Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Csaba Ternyák was appointed as Priest of Győr (Hungary)

Archbishop Bruno Frattegiani, Archbishop of Camerino (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of San Severino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of San Severino (Italy)

Msgr. Francesco Monterisi, Priest of Barletta (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Egidio Miragoli was appointed as Priest of Lodi (Italy)

Fr. Crisostomo Ayson Yalung was appointed as Priest of San Fernando (Philippines)

Bishop George William Ahr resigned as Bishop of Trenton (USA)

Fr. Leo Boccardi (レオ・ボッカルディ) was appointed as Priest of Larino (Italy)

Archbishop Enzio D’Antonio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus

Fr. Mariano Crociata was appointed as Priest of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)

Fr. Ambroise Ouédraogo was appointed as Priest of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente was appointed as Priest of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. Aurel Percă was appointed as Priest of Iaşi (Romania)

Fr. Iosif Păuleţ was appointed as Priest of Iaşi (Romania)

Fr. Bede Vincent Heather was elected Titular Bishop of Obbi and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Médard Léopold Ouédraogo was appointed as Priest of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Archbishop Gerald Emmett Carter, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina

Fr. Roger Ébacher, Priest of Amos (Canada), was elected Bishop of Hauterive (Canada)

Bishop Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅), Apostolic Administrator of Nanjing 南京 (China), Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Suzhou 蘇州 (China), was appointed as

Archbishop Roger Etchegaray, Archbishop of Marseille (France), President of Bishops’ Conference of France and Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I

Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Reinhard Hauke was appointed as Priest of Erfurt (Germany)

Fr. Wolfgang Ipolt was appointed as Priest of Erfurt (Germany)

Archbishop Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) and President of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Cardinal Paolo Bertoli, Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Archbishop Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, Titular Archbishop of Apollonia and Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana

Archbishop Agostino Casaroli, Titular Archbishop of Carthage, Pro-Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Pro-Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli

Patriarch Marco Cé, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

Archbishop Ernesto Civardi, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Bishops, Titular Archbishop of Serdica and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro

Cardinal Pericle Felici, President of Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council, President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Sergio Guerri, Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Battista Decollato, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista Decollato pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti and Pontifical Legate for the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Giuseppe Paupini, Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova and Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli, President of Secretariat for Non-Christians, was appointed as Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Egano Righi-Lambertini, Titular Archbishop of Doclea and Apostolic Nuncio to France, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana

Cardinal Egidio Vagnozzi, President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Livio Maritano, Titular Bishop of Oderzo and Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Archbishop Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎), Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace

Archbishop Ernesto Corripio Ahumada, Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico), was created Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino

Fr. Joseph Effiong Ekuwem was appointed as Priest of Calabar (Nigeria)

Archbishop Tomás Ó Fiaich, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) and President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio

Archbishop Franciszek Macharski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Bishop Władysław Rubin, Titular Bishop of Serta and Secretary General of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata

Bishop Aurélio Granada Escudeiro succeeded as Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Fr. James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Furnos maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. James Anthony Griffin, Priest of Cleveland (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Hólar and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch, Titular Bishop of Pomaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Joliet (USA)

Fr. Anthony Michael Pilla, Priest of Cleveland (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Skradin and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Archbishop Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was appointed as President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, Pro-Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Pro-Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, was appointed as Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church and Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

Bishop Román Arrieta Villalobos, Bishop of Tilarán (Costa Rica) and President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Diocese of Santo Tomé was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corrientes and Diocese of Goya and became suffragan of Corrientes) (Argentina)

Archbishop Olimpo Santiago Maresma, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina), passed away at 62

Fr. Carlos Esteban Cremata was elected Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina)

Fr. Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Pinheiro (Brazil)

Diocese of Rourkela was established (from Diocese of Sambalpur and became suffragan of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar) (India)

Fr. Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Rourkela (India)

Fr. Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Nigræ maiores and Auxiliary Bishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Bishop Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng, Auxiliary Bishop of Mountain Provinces (Philippines), was appointed as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Philippines)

Msgr. James Richard Tracy was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Joseph Vũ Duy Nhất was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Bishop Edward Ellis, Bishop emeritus of Nottingham (England), passed away at 80

Archbishop Luigi Accogli (艾可儀), Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh

Cardinal Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montevideo (Uruguay), passed away at 86

Fr. Joseph Duffy, Priest of Clogher (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Clogher (Ireland)

Bishop Patrick Mulligan resigned as Bishop of Clogher (Ireland)

Fr. Arturo Aiello was appointed as Priest of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Fr. Robert William Finn was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Marie-Daniel Dadiet was appointed as Priest of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)

Archbishop Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Djakarta (Indonesia), passed away at 85

Bishop Alden John Bell resigned as Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Bishop Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond, Auxiliary Bishop of Corbeil (France), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux (France)

Msgr. Goffredo Mariani resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Bishops

Bishop Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Pilcomayo (Paraguay), passed away at 80

Cardinal Władysław Rubin resigned as Secretary General of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops

Msgr. Jozef Tomko, Priest of Košice (Slovakia), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Bishops, was elected Secretary General of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops and Titular Archbishop of Doclea

Fr. Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Scebatiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez was appointed as Priest of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Cardinal James Francis McIntyre, Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Los Angeles (USA), passed away at 93

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

Bishop Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Fr. Clet Feliho was appointed as Priest of Parakou (Benin)

Bishop Ioseph Mulolwa Songolo, Bishop emeritus of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 62

Archbishop Giuseppe D’Avack, Archbishop emeritus of Camerino (Italy), passed away at 80

Msgr. William Henry Keeler, Priest of Harrisburg (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Ulcinj and Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg (USA)

Bishop Antonio Oña de Echave resigned as Bishop of Lugo (Spain)

Archbishop Luis Mena Arroyo was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Lafayette Libânio, Bishop emeritus of Rio Preto (Brazil), passed away at 92

Fr. Aldo Giordano was appointed as Priest of Cuneo (Italy)

Fr. João Francisco Salm was appointed as Priest of Florianópolis (Brazil)

Cardinal John Joseph Carberry resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Antonio Mura was appointed as Priest of Alghero–Bosa (Italy)

Fr. Romeu Brigenti was elected Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Illici

Fr. Affonso Felippe Gregory, Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Drusiliana and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Francis Arthur Carvalho, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (India), passed away at 92

Fr. Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Trivandrum (India)

Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Domnica pro hac vice Title and Pro-Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, passed away at 88

Fr. José María Arregui y Yparaguirre (陳若瑟), O.P., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Kaohsung 高雄 (Taiwan), passed away at 75

Fr. Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil)

Cardinal John Joseph Wright, Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti, Bishop emeritus of Pittsburgh (USA) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Clergy, passed away at 70

Fr. Georges Chihane was appointed as Priest of Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Robert Sarah, Priest of Conakry (Guinea), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

Archbishop Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

Fr. Philippe Kourouma was elected Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea)

Bishop Eugène Maillat, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea)

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

Archbishop Nikolay Avtonomov, Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria, passed away at 89

Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Bishop Paul Bouque, S.C.I., Bishop emeritus of Nkongsamba (Cameroon), passed away at 83

Bishop François-Marie-Christian Favreau succeeded as Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Bishop Félix-Marie-Honoré Verdet resigned as Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Diocese of Ciudad Guayana was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar and became suffragan of Ciudad Bolívar) (Venezuela)

Bishop Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba), passed away at 76

Bishop Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero, Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela)

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

Bishop Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M., Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Bishop Alexander Edezath, Bishop emeritus of Cochin (India), passed away at 74

Fr. Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of León (Spain)

Archbishop-elect Robert Sarah, Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kankan (Guinea)

Bishop Patrick Fernández Flores, Bishop of El Paso (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Antonio (USA)

Fr. Joseph Cassidy was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

Archbishop Justo Mullor García, Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burkina Faso, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger

Msgr. Johannes Dyba, Priest of Köln (Germany), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, was elected Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gambia, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia and Apostolic Delegate to Guinea

Fr. Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka was elected Titular Bishop of Dara Syrorum of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Archbishop Luigi Dossena resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger

Archbishop Vincenzo Maria Farano, Priest of Trani (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador

Archbishop Giuseppe Ferraioli, Apostolic Delegate to Gambia and Sierra Leone and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin and Apostolic Delegate to Togo

Archbishop Francis Carroll, S.M.A., resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia

Fr. Joseph Salvador Marino was appointed as Priest of Birmingham (USA)

Fr. Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia was appointed as Priest of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Antonio Troyo Calderón was elected Auxiliary Bishop of San José (Costa Rica) and Titular Bishop of Burca

Archbishop Angelo Felici, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Fr. Ruben Tolentino Profugo was elected Titular Bishop of Budua and Auxiliary Bishop of Lucena (Philippines)

Bishop Lawrence Michael De Falco, Bishop of Amarillo (USA), passed away at 64

Territorial Prelature of Choluteca was promoted as Diocese of Choluteca (Honduras)

Bishop Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E., Bishop-Prelate of Choluteca (Honduras) and Titular Bishop of Mibiarca, was appointed as Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele, Titular Bishop of Druas and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Fr. William Benedict Friend was elected Titular Bishop of Pomaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria–Shreveport (USA)

Fr. Joseph Anthony Fiorenza, Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA), was elected Bishop of San Angelo (USA)

Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle resigned as Bishop of Stockton (USA)

Cardinal Alberto Di Jorio, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana and Pro-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, passed away at 95

Fr. Ruy Rendón Leal was appointed as Priest of Monterrey (Mexico)

Fr. José Manuel Garza Madero was appointed as Priest of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop Joseph-Louis-Aldée Desmarais, Bishop emeritus of Amos (Canada), passed away at 87

Fr. Vincent Kirabo Amooti was appointed as Priest of Hoima (Uganda)

Bishop Federico Pezzullo, Bishop of Policastro (Italy), passed away at 88

Msgr. Kenneth M. Robitaille, Priest of Toronto (Canada), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Fr. José Carlos de Oliveira, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil)

Fr. Lorenzo Ghizzoni was appointed as Priest of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)

Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg, Bishop of Münster (Germany), passed away at 64

Bishop Vincent John Baldwin, Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA), passed away at 72

Bishop Charles Albert Buswell resigned as Bishop of Pueblo (USA)

Fr. Maximino Martínez Miranda was appointed as Priest of Toluca (Mexico)

Bishop Arturo Vélez Martínez resigned as Bishop of Toluca (Mexico)

Bishop Paschal Sweeney, C.P., resigned as Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Charles Martin Wamika was appointed as Priest of Tororo (Uganda)

Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi, Pontifical Legate for the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Clergy

Fr. Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks was appointed as Priest of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Fr. José Luis Retana Gozalo was appointed as Priest of Ávila (Spain)