Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Trevi nel Lazio was suppressed (Italy)

Diocese of Košice lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger (Slovakia)

Diocese of Rožňava lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger (Slovakia)

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

Archbishop José d’Angelo Neto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Campagna (Italy)

Fr. Pierre Primeau, P.S.S., Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians), was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Family

Fr. John Yang Shu-dao (楊樹道) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Fr. Paul Fan Yu-fei (范宇飛) was elected Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

Bishop Francis Gerard Kramer (康濟民), O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China)

Fr. Stephen Li Si-de (李思德) was elected Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Fr. Anthony Li Wei-dao (李維道) was elected Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China)

Fr. Roch Liu Dian-xi (劉殿墀) ▼ was elected Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China)

Fr. John Liu Ding-han (劉定漢), S.J. ▼, was elected Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

Fr. Peter Liu Guan-dong (劉冠東) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Fr. Paul Liu Shu-he (劉書和) was elected Apostolic Administrator of Rehe 熱河 (China) and Coadjutor Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Fr. Matthias Lu Zhen-sheng (陸振聲) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

Fr. Stanislaus Min Xi-lian (閔喜林) was elected Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China)

Fr. Cosmas Shi En-xiang (師恩祥) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Fr. Shi Hong-chen (石洪臣), C.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Fr. Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (石鴻禎) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Fr. Paul Song Wei-li (宋維禮), C.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China) and Prefect Apostolic of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Fr. Joseph Sun Yuan-mo (孫遠謨) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

Fr. Michael Xiao Li-ren (蕭立人) was elected Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China)

Fr. Augustine Zheng Shou-duo (鄭守鐸) was elected Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China)

Fr. Fabian Cheu, Apostolic Administrator of Chifeng 赤峰 (China), passed away

Fr. Stephan Fan Kai-ping (范介平), Prefect Apostolic of Zhaotong 昭通 (China), passed away

Fr. Thomas Min (閔喜林) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China)

Fr. Quintinus Pessers (孔昭明), O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China)

Fr. John Yang Feng-shu, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China), passed away

Fr. José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia)

Bishop Youannès Malak resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼, resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Pius X

Bishop Vladimiro Malanczuk, C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of France of the Ukrainians (France)

Fr. Claude Piel, C.R.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

Msgr. Heinrich Ewers resigned as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Franz Schmidberger, S.S.P.X. ▼, was uncanonically appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Pius X

Bishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa, Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Bishop Imre Kisberk resigned as Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

Msgr. Sándor Csertö resigned as Promoter of Justice of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Fr. Bernard Chacko, C.R., resigned as Prior General of Rosarian Fathers

Bishop Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia)

Bishop Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H., Bishop of Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Emmanuel Haddad resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Bernard Cleary, S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Fr. Tony O’Brien, S.S.C.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship, was appointed as Secretary for the Sacraments of Congregation for Divine Worship

Archbishop Giuseppe Ferraioli resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya

Msgr. Mario Rizzi, Priest of Bologna (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Archbishop Donato Squicciarini, Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroon and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea

Archbishop Alfredo Vozzi resigned as Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

Fr. Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Bishop Pasquale Quaremba resigned as Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy)

Msgr. Arturo De Jorio, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Dean of Roman Rota

Msgr. Goffredo Mariani resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Fr. Biagio Amata, S.D.B., was appointed as President-Dean of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità

Fr. Giuseppe Bassotti, B., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

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

Fr. Salvatore De Bonis, S.D.B., was appointed as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. Marco Frisina was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Stefano M. Grancini, B., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Michele Marchisio resigned as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

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

Abbot Marcel van de Ven, O. Praem., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Msgr. Giorgio Mylanyk resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Sr. Helen McLaughlin, R.S.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Fr. Franc Rode, C.M., was appointed as Undersecretary of Secretariat for Non-Believers

Fr. Marius Joseph Banks, O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Volksrust (South Africa)

Archbishop Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Archbishop Ireneus Wien Dud resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)

Msgr. Vicente Cárcel Ortí, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Chief of Chancellery of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. J.B. Packianathar, C.R., was appointed as Prior General of Rosarian Fathers

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

Msgr. Franco Biffi resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

Fr. Pascual Rywalski, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Fr. Yuriy Makar, M.S.U., was appointed as Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks

Msgr. Patrick Gillespie, Priest of Baton Rouge (USA), passed away at 80

Archimandrite Adib Badaoui, B.S., was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Jordán Gallego Salvadores, O.P., was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat for Non-Believers

Fr. Alfonso Maria Montà, O.S.M., Prior General emeritus of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites), passed away

Fr. Guglielmo Van Hees, O.S.C., resigned as Master General of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers)

Sr. Concepción Camacho, R.S.C.J., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Prof. Carlo Pietrangeli resigned as President of Pontifical Roman Academy of Archaeology

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

Bishop Josef Köstner, Bishop emeritus of Gurk (Austria), passed away at 75

Fr. Joseph Kallarangatt was appointed as Priest of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Ilario Roatta resigned as Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy)

Archbishop Pacifico M. Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lanciano (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Ortona (Italy), passed away at 86

Bishop Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Osorno (Chile), passed away at 73

Fr. Leo Schwarz was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana

Bishop Secondo Chiocca, Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Genova (Italy), passed away at 76

Archbishop Filippo Franceschi, Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) and Bishop of Comacchio (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Padova (Italy)

Bishop Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Padova (Italy)

Fr. Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust was elected Titular Bishop of Bararus and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

Fr. José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria, Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela), was elected Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

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

Fr. Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Priest of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D., Bishop emeritus of Vijayapuram (India), passed away at 77

Fr. David Kamau Ng’ang’a was appointed as Priest of Nairobi (Kenya)

Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette, Bishop emeritus of Joliet (USA), passed away at 69

Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Chaldean Rite) was established (USA)

Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Romanian Rite) was established (USA)

Fr. Stanislaus Min Xi-lian (閔喜林) was consecrated as Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China)

Archbishop Pietro Cocolin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy), passed away at 61

Fr. Ramón Búa Otero was elected Bishop of Tarazona (Spain)

Fr. Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim was elected Titular Bishop of Anbar of the Chaldeans and Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Chaldeans (USA)

Bishop José Tomás Sánchez, Bishop of Lucena (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Bishop Manuel Duran Moreno, Titular Bishop of Tamagrista and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Tucson (USA)

Fr. Armando Esteves Domingues was appointed as Priest of Viseu (Portugal)

Fr. Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla was elected Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Riobamba (Ecuador)

Fr. Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia was elected Bishop of Machala (Ecuador)

Fr. Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Machala (Ecuador)

Bishop Florencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermott, Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Fr. Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Leges and Auxiliary Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Fr. Alphonsus Maria H.A. Castermans was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands) and Titular Bishop of Skálholt

Fr. Johannes Antonius de Kok, O.F.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) and Titular Bishop of Trevico

Fr. Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) and Titular Bishop of Benda

Bishop Othon Motta resigned as Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)

Fr. José Moreira da Silva was appointed as Priest of Porto Nacional (Brazil)

Bishop Antonio Pirotto, Bishop emeritus of Troia (Italy), passed away at 89

Bishop Harry Anselm Clinch resigned as Bishop of Monterey (USA)

Fr. Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono was appointed as Priest of Surabaya (Indonesia)

Fr. Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet, Bishop emeritus of Nantes (France), passed away at 89

Fr. Ryszard Kasyna was appointed as Priest of Gdańsk (Poland)

Fr. Paul Fan Yu-fei (范宇飛) was consecrated as Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

Bishop Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Ica (Peru), passed away at 79

Msgr. Virgilio Noè, Priest of Pavia (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for Pontifical Ceremonies and Adjunct Secretary for Divine Worship of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship, was elected Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship and Titular Archbishop of Voncaria

Bishop Ferdinando Palatucci, Bishop of Nicastro (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) and Bishop of Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Bishop Jolando Nuzzi resigned as Bishop of Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Bishop Raffaele Campelli, Bishop emeritus of Pergola (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Cagli (Italy), passed away at 94

Fr. José Alberto Moura, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Bishop Urbano José Allgayer, Titular Bishop of Tunnuna and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

Fr. Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Bagé (Brazil)

Fr. Luigi Dusi, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Diocese of Sinop was established (from Diocese of Diamantino and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Bishop Matthew Pothanamuzhi, Bishop emeritus of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 78

Fr. John Magee, S.P.S., Second Private Secretary of the Pope, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Joseph Son Sam-seok (손삼석 요셉 / 孫參瑞) was appointed as Priest of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

Msgr. John Magee, S.P.S., Second Private Secretary of the Pope and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for Pontifical Ceremonies

Fr. Héctor González Martínez, Priest of Durango (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Bishop José de Jesús Garcia Ayala resigned as Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Archbishop Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Archbishop Gilberto Pereira Lopes succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Fr. Wolfgang Weider, Priest of Berlin (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Uzita

Fr. Andrew Raksam Marak was appointed as Priest of Tura (India)

Abbot Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Vazari

Msgr. Emery Kabongo Kanundowi, Priest of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Second Private Secretary of the Pope

Bishop-elect Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S., succeeded as Bishop of Bagé (Brazil)

Bishop Angelo Félix Mugnol, Bishop of Bagé (Brazil), passed away at 66

Bishop René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey, Bishop emeritus of Belley (France), passed away at 80

Bishop Anthony Columba McFeely resigned as Bishop of Raphoe (Ireland)

Fr. Séamus Hegarty was elected Bishop of Raphoe (Ireland)

Archbishop Júlio Tavares Rebimbas, Archbishop-Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Bishop António Ferreira Gomes resigned as Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Fr. Paul Lanneau was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Titular Bishop of Tusuros

Fr. Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Titular Bishop of Domnach Sechnaill

Fr. Rémy Victor Vancottem, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was elected Titular Bishop of Unizibira and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Charles Alexander Grant resigned as Bishop of Northampton (England)

Fr. Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Priest of San Miguel (El Salvador), was elected Titular Bishop of Mulli and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Bishop Myles McKeon resigned as Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Archbishop Nicolas Martinus Schneiders, C.I.C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Makassar (Indonesia), passed away at 78

Fr. Fidencio López Plaza was appointed as Priest of Querétaro (Mexico)

Fr. Jerzy Dabrowski was elected Titular Bishop of Tamascani and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Jan Wiktor Nowak was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Kazimierz Romaniuk, Priest of Warszawa (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Archbishop Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hermosillo (Mexico), passed away at 95

Bishop Rémy Augustin, S.M.M., resigned as Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

Bishop François Colímon, S.M.M., succeeded as Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

Diocese of Barra do Garças was established (from Diocese of Guiratinga and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec was renamed as Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boiano–Campobasso was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campobasso–Boiano (Italy)

Bishop Bernard Hubert, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada)

Archbishop Pietro Santoro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campobasso–Boiano (Italy)

Fr. Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle was appointed as Priest of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Anthony de Saram, Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka), passed away at 66

Diocese of Hull was renamed as Diocese of Gatineau–Hull (Canada)

Bishop Adolphe E. Proulx, Bishop of Hull (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Gatineau–Hull (Canada)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lanciano was demoted as Archdiocese of Lanciano (became suffragan of Chieti) (Italy)

Diocese of Penne e Pescara was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pescara–Penne (with suffragan sees Atri and Teramo) (Italy)

Fr. Matthias Lu Zhen-sheng (陸振聲) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

Bishop Antonio Iannucci, Bishop of Penne e Pescara (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pescara–Penne (Italy)

Fr. José Carlos Castanho de Almeida was elected Titular Bishop of Urusi and Auxiliary Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Archbishop Anthony Jordan, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Edmonton (Canada), passed away at 80

Fr. Donal Brendan Murray, Priest of Dublin (Ireland), was elected Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Fr. Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M., Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Calama (Chile)

Fr. Luís Carlos Riveros Lavado, S.D.B., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia)

Bishop Francisco Antunes Santana, Bishop of Funchal (Portugal), passed away at 57

Msgr. Orazio Cocchetti resigned as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for Pontifical Ceremonies

Fr. John Hsane Hgyi was appointed as Priest of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Archbishop Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cambrai (France), passed away at 77

Fr. Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, Priest of Fulda (Germany), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Mario Marini, Priest of Ravenna–Cervia (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Hermann Raich, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Teodoro de Faria, Priest of Funchal (Portugal), was elected Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm., Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil), passed away at 71

Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida succeeded as Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil)

Abbacy nullius of New Norcia was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth) (Australia)

Cardinal Maurice Roy resigned as Military Vicar of Canada (Canada)

Archbishop Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Bishop Francis John Spence, Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada), was appointed as Military Vicar of Canada (Canada)

Fr. Ramon Barrera Villena, Priest of Ilagan (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Tucci and Auxiliary Bishop of Tagum (Philippines)

Diocese of Bamenda was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamenda (with suffragan sees Buéa and Kumbo and lost territory to establish Diocese of Kumbo) (Cameroon)

Diocese of Douala was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala (with suffragan sees Bafoussam and Nkongsamba) (Cameroon)

Diocese of Garoua was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Garoua (with suffragan sees Maroua–Mokolo and Yagoua) (Cameroon)

Diocese of Kumbo was established (from Diocese of Bamenda and became suffragan of Bamenda) (Cameroon)

Diocese of Mount Hagen was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mount Hagen (with suffragan sees Goroka, Mendi and Wabag and lost territory to establish Diocese of Wabag) (Papua New Guinea)

Diocese of Wabag was established (from Diocese of Mount Hagen and became suffragan of Mount Hagen) (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Anuradhapura was promoted as Diocese of Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I., Bishop of Garoua (Cameroon), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon)

Bishop Simon Tonyé, Bishop of Douala (Cameroon), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon)

Bishop Paul Verdzekov, Bishop of Bamenda (Cameroon), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Kumbo (Cameroon) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon)

Bishop Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba, Titular Bishop of Simidicca and Auxiliary Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Paolo Carta resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Bishop Salvatore Isgrò, Bishop of Gravina (Italy), Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Bishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D., Bishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), was elected Bishop of Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri was elected Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (ドミニコ 宮原良治) was appointed as Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon, Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA), passed away at 76

Cardinal Pericle Felici, Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title, President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and President of Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council, passed away at 70

Fr. Lucilo Barrameda Quiambao, Priest of Legazpi (Philippines), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Nabala

Bishop Henrique Froehlich, S.J., Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Sinop (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Sarto, S.D.B., Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Velho (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil)

Bishop Luigi Maverna, General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was promoted as Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) and Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Archbishop Geraldo Fernandes Bijos, C.M.F., Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil), passed away at 69

Bishop Malcolm A. MacEachern, Bishop emeritus of Charlottetown (Canada), passed away at 80

Bishop Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Rozas, Bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río (Cuba), passed away at 70

Fr. Ambrose Madtha (安博思) was appointed as Priest of Lucknow (India)

Fr. Pius Thomas D’Souza was appointed as Priest of Lucknow (India)

Fr. Joan Planellas i Barnosell was appointed as Priest of Girona (Spain)

Archbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo resigned as Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina)

Bishop Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Argentina (Argentina)

Bishop José Miguel Medina, Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina), was appointed as Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina)

Fr. José Siro González Bacallao was elected Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Cardinal George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B., resigned as Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Bishop Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I., Bishop of Kamloops (Canada), was promoted as Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Fr. Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono was elected Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia)

Fr. Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Zaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Atambua (Indonesia)

Fr. Josephus Tethool, M.S.C., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Apisa maius

Msgr. Lauro Governatori was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Oscar Félix Villena was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Cardinal Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas resigned as Military Vicar of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic)

Archbishop Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Military Vicar of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic)

Bishop László Paskai, O.F.M., Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Fr. József Szendi was elected Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum and Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém (Hungary)

Fr. Gellért Belon was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs (Hungary) and Titular Bishop of Elis

Fr. György Póka was elected Titular Bishop of Cubda and Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

Bishop Gyula Szakos, Titular Bishop of Rapidum and Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

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

Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt, Bishop emeritus of Tacámbaro (Mexico), passed away at 79

Fr. Zdzisław Fortuniak, Priest of Poznań (Poland), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Tamagrista

Archbishop Silvio Luoni, Titular Archbishop of Turris in Mauretania, passed away at 61

Diocese of Victoria was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio, Diocese of Corpus Christi and Diocese of Galveston–Houston and became suffragan of San Antonio) (USA)

Bishop Jan Wladysław Oblak, Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Bishop Charles Victor Grahmann, Titular Bishop of Equilio and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Victoria (USA)

Fr. Anthony Edward Pevec was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) and Titular Bishop of Mercia

Bishop Emilio Bianchi di Cárcano, Titular Bishop of Lesina and Auxiliary Bishop of Azul (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

Bishop Jorge Carlos Carreras resigned as Bishop of San Justo (Argentina)

Bishop Manuel Marengo resigned as Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

Fr. Jean-Claude Turcotte, Priest of Montréal (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Suas and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Bishop Émile Marcus, P.S.S., Titular Bishop of Tre Taverne and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nantes (France)

Bishop Michel-Louis Vial resigned as Bishop of Nantes (France)

Bishop Rodolfo Bufano, Bishop of Chascomús (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Justo (Argentina)

Fr. László Varga was appointed as Priest of Kaposvár (Hungary)

Fr. Francesco Alfano was appointed as Priest of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno (Italy)

Bishop Peter Chen Jian-zhang (陳建章) was consecrated as Bishop

Bishop Manfred Gottschalk, S.A.C., Bishop of Oudtshoorn (South Africa), passed away at 50

Archbishop Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dacca (Bangladesh), passed away at 81

Bishop Carlo Urru, Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) and Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

Fr. Edmund Michał Piszcz, Priest of Chełmno (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

Fr. Florencio Armando Colín Cruz was appointed as Priest of México (Mexico)

Archbishop Albert Decourtray, Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Archbishop Henri Audrain, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Auch (France), passed away at 86

Archbishop Paul Achkar, M.S.P., Archbishop emeritus of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 89

Bishop Francis John Spence, Military Vicar of Canada (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Msgr. Bernard Henri René Jacqueline, Priest of Coutances (France), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Secretariat for Non-Believers, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi and Titular Archbishop of Abbir Maius

Bishop Imre Kisberk, Bishop emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Hungary), passed away at 75

Bishop Pierre Salmon, O.S.B., Abbot emeritus of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, passed away at 85

Fr. Joseph Anthony Galante, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Cardinal John Patrick Cody, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA), passed away at 74

Bishop Enrique Alvear Urrutia, Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Chile) and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 66

Msgr. Gian Vincenzo Moreni, Priest of Brescia (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania and Titular Archbishop of Turris in Mauretania

Fr. Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo was elected Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

Fr. Alberto Jara Franzoy was elected Bishop of Chillán (Chile)

Msgr. William Joseph Doheny, Prelate Auditor emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 84

Bishop Joseph Cassidy succeeded as Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

Bishop Thomas Ryan resigned as Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

Diocese of Leeds lost territory to Diocese of Middlesbrough (England)

Bishop José Mario Escobar Serna, Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Colombia (Colombia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Palmira (Colombia)

Fr. Franz Kamphaus, Priest of Münster (Germany), was elected Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Msgr. Florentino Ferrer Cinense, Priest of Cabanatuan (Philippines) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot, Priest of Langres (France), was elected Bishop of Évreux (France)

Bishop Andrew Han Jing-tao (韓景濤) was consecrated as Bishop

Bishop Jean Cuminal, Titular Bishop of Curubis and Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Flour (France)

Bishop Maurice-Jean-Fernand-Alexis Pourchet resigned as Bishop of Saint-Flour (France)

Bishop Wilson Laus Schmidt, Bishop emeritus of Chapecó (Brazil), passed away at 65

Fr. Valentino Di Cerbo, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Piotr Hemperek was elected Titular Bishop of Equilio and Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Mieczysław Jaworski was elected Titular Bishop of Rapidum and Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

Fr. Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina and Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Fr. Peter Joseph Hundt was appointed as Priest of Hamilton (Canada)

Msgr. Ivan Dias, Priest of Bombay (India) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo and Titular Archbishop of Rusibisir

Fr. José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S., was elected Bishop of Almenara (Brazil)

Fr. Crescênzio Rinaldini was elected Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Fr. Michel Louis Coloni was elected Titular Bishop of Oëa and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Bishop Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Marajó (Brazil), passed away at 88

Bishop Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Los Ríos (Ecuador)

Archbishop Carmine Rocco, Titular Archbishop of Giustinianopolis in Galatia and Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, passed away at 70

Archbishop Enzio D’Antonio, Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus, was appointed as Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) and Bishop of Ortona (Italy)

Fr. Ramón Castro Castro was appointed as Priest of Tijuana (Mexico)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Ferrario, Titular Bishop of Cusæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Bishop Ruben Tolentino Profugo, Titular Bishop of Budua and Auxiliary Bishop of Lucena (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Lucena (Philippines)

Fr. John Gregory Kelly was appointed as Priest of Dallas (USA)

Fr. Giuseppe Giuliano was appointed as Priest of Nola (Italy)

Fr. Pierantonio Pavanello was appointed as Priest of Vicenza (Italy)

Fr. Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia) and Titular Bishop of Altino

Archbishop Aurelio Sabattani, Vicar of the Chapter of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Edward Eugeniusz Samsel was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Montecorvino

Fr. Paul Liu Shu-he (劉書和) was consecrated as Apostolic Administrator of Rehe 熱河 (China) and Coadjutor Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Bishop Ezio Barbieri, Bishop emeritus of Città della Pieve (Italy), passed away at 95

Fr. Hervé Carrier, S.J., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for Culture

Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone was appointed as President of Pontifical Council for Culture

Fr. Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal was elected Bishop of Girardot (Colombia)

Fr. Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Vulturara and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Fr. Gary Michael Gordon was appointed as Priest of Vancouver (Canada)

Bishop Henri Désiré Delrue, Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France), passed away at 53

Fr. Léonard Pétion Laroche was elected Bishop of Hinche (Haiti)

Bishop Benito Cocchi, Titular Bishop of Zaraï and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Parma (Italy)

Fr. Raimondo Lourido Diaz, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tánger (Morocco)

Archbishop Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., Archbishop of Tánger (Morocco), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Fr. William Francis Medley was appointed as Priest of Louisville (USA)

Bishop Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B., Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law and President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia, was appointed as Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law

Br. André Bessette (Alfred), C.S.C., was beatified

Sr. María Ángela Astorch Cortey (Jerónima María), O.S.C. Cap., was beatified

Sr. Marie-Anne Rivier was beatified

Sr. Marie-Rose Durocher (Eulalie-Mélanie), S.N.J.M., was beatified

Fr. Petrus Norbert Donders, C.SS.R., was beatified

Fr. Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto was appointed as Priest of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia)

Fr. Jacques André Blaquart was appointed as Priest of Angoulême (France)

Cardinal Maximilien de Fürstenberg, Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), was appointed as Camerlengo of College of Cardinals

Fr. Fabio Betancur Tirado was elected Titular Bishop of Sereddeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Fr. José Roberto López Londoño was elected Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Archbishop Raffaele Calabria, Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Ennio Antonelli, Priest of Todi (Italy), was elected Bishop of Gubbio (Italy)

Bishop Peter Quinn, Titular Bishop of Falerone and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Fr. Morkos Hakim, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda, Titular Bishop of Trogir and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Monterey (USA)

Bishop Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Præcausa, President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia and Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Præcausa

Fr. Volodymyr Viytyshyn was appointed as Priest of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Msgr. Silvano Piovanelli, Priest of Firenze (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Tubunæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze (Italy)

Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Badulla (Sri Lanka), passed away at 64

Fr. Claudio Gugerotti was appointed as Priest of Verona (Italy)

Fr. Luis Urbanč was appointed as Priest of Tucumán (Argentina)

Fr. Calogero Marino was appointed as Priest of Chiavari (Italy)

Patriarch Hemaiag Bédros XVII Guédiguian, resigned as Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Fr. Thomas Neylon was appointed as Priest of Liverpool (England)

Archbishop Charles-Eugène Parent, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rimouski (Canada), passed away at 80

Bishop Romeu Alberti, Bishop of Apucarana (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Mahn Erie resigned as Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar)

Fr. Heinz-Günter Bongartz was appointed as Priest of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger was appointed as Priest of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Martino Gomiero was elected Bishop of Segni (Italy) and Bishop of Velletri (Italy)

Fr. Michael Wüstenberg was appointed as Priest of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Rafał Markowski was appointed as Priest of Warszawa (Poland)

Fr. Tadeusz Płoski was appointed as Priest of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop Juan Hervás y Benet, Prior nullius emeritus of Ciudad Real (Spain) and Bishop emeritus of Mallorca (Spain), passed away at 76

Bishop Antonius Hubertus Thijssen, S.V.D., Bishop emeritus of Larantuka (Indonesia), passed away at 76

Bishop Joseph-Marie Ðinh Bỉnh succeeded as Bishop of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

Bishop Dominique Ðinh Ðức Trụ, Bishop of Thái Bính (Vietnam), passed away at 72

Diocese of Grand-Bassam was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan and became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Diocese of Yopougon was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan and became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sekadau was promoted as Diocese of Sanggau (became suffragan of Pontianak) (Indonesia)

Diocese of Kundiawa was established (from Diocese of Goroka and became suffragan of Mount Hagen) (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Emilio Ogñénovich, Titular Bishop of Mibiarca and Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina)

Fr. Osmond Peter Martin, Priest of Belize (Belize), was elected Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Belize (Belize)

Fr. Luiz Demétrio Valentini was elected Bishop of Jales (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Akichi was elected Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Laurent Akran Mandjo was elected Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)

Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sanggau (Indonesia)

Fr. Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia)

Fr. Anthony Theodore Lobo was elected Titular Bishop of Œscus and Auxiliary Bishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Fr. William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Luis Vallejos Santoni, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru), passed away at 65

Bishop Bronisław Dabrowski, F.D.P., Titular Bishop of Hadrianotheræ, Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Poland, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Hadrianotheræ

Bishop Michael Pak Jeong-il (박정일 미카엘 / 朴正一), Bishop of Cheju 제주 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea)

Fr. Louis Hà Kim Danh was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

Bishop Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của resigned as Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

Bishop João Batista Costa, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Porto Velho (Brazil)

Bishop Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, Titular Bishop of Œscus and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Malaybalay (Philippines)

Fr. José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez was elected Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña succeeded as Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Bishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro, Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela), passed away at 64

Fr. Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Piccioli was appointed as Priest of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Fr. Ulrich Neymeyr was appointed as Priest of Mainz (Germany)

Fr. Jaime Soto was appointed as Priest of Orange (USA)

Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of Bururi (Burundi), passed away at 79

Fr. Stanislav Zvolenský was appointed as Priest of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia)

Fr. Stefan Soroka was appointed as Priest of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Geraldo Majela de Castro, O. Praem., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Fr. Stephen Li Si-de (李思德) was consecrated as Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Bishop Aldo Garzia, Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy), Bishop of Molfetta (Italy), Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Bitonto (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Ruvo (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Nardò (Italy) and Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy)

Bishop Manfred Müller, Titular Bishop of Iubaltiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Bishop Peter William Bartholome, Bishop emeritus of Saint Cloud (USA), passed away at 89

Territorial Prelature of Jinotega was established (from Diocese of Matagalpa and became suffragan of Managua) (Nicaragua)

Msgr. François Robert Bacqué, Priest of Bordeaux (France) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Patrick Coveney, Priest of Cork and Ross (Ireland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Pietro Sambi, Priest of San Marino–Montefeltro (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M., Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua), was appointed as Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

Fr. Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

Fr. Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez was elected Bishop-Prelate of Jinotega (Nicaragua)

Fr. Michel Pansard was appointed as Priest of Nanterre (France)

Fr. Ciro Miniero was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Daniele Gianotti was appointed as Priest of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)

Fr. Rosario Mazzola was elected Titular Bishop of Bomarzo and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

Fr. Cesare Burgazzi was appointed as Priest of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Wojciech Ziemba was elected Titular Bishop of Falerone and Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Br. Crispino da Viterbo Fioretti (Crispin of Viterbo / Pietro), O.F.M. Cap., was canonised

Fr. Francis Duffy was appointed as Priest of Kilmore (Ireland)

Fr. Paul Connell was appointed as Priest of Meath (Ireland)

Fr. Kurt Koch was appointed as Priest of Basel (Switzerland)

Fr. José Palmeira Lessa was elected Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. João d’Ávila Moreira Lima was elected Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Lesina

Bishop Anton Hänggi resigned as Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Apostolic Vicariate of Australia (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (became suffragan of Melbourne) (Australia)

Bishop Ivan Prasko, Titular Bishop of Zygris and Vicar Apostolic of Australia of the Ukrainians (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)

Fr. Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Thyatira and Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Cosmas Shi En-xiang (師恩祥) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Bishop Angel Nicolás Acha Duarte, Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay), passed away at 51

Apostolic Prefecture of Sinoia was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)

Diocese of Gwelo was renamed as Diocese of Gweru (Zimbabwe)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salisbury was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Harare (Zimbabwe)

Diocese of Umtali was renamed as Diocese of Mutare (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Osvaldo Giuntini, Priest of São Paulo (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Tunnuna and Auxiliary Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe) and President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Harare (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya, Bishop of Gwelo (Zimbabwe), was appointed as Bishop of Gweru (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, Bishop of Umtali (Zimbabwe), was appointed as Bishop of Mutare (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Philip Moger was appointed as Priest of Leeds (England)

Archbishop Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India), passed away at 73

Fr. Norbert José Henri Turini was appointed as Priest of Nice (France)

Fr. Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Budua and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Bishop Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J., Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia) and Titular Archbishop of Tigisi in Mauretania

Fr. Tarcisio Pisani, O.M., was elected Bishop of Gravina (Italy), Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy)

Bishop Hilary Baumann Hacker resigned as Bishop of Bismarck (USA)

Bishop John Francis Kinney, Titular Bishop of Caorle and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Bismarck (USA)

Fr. Josef Marketz was appointed as Priest of Gurk (Austria)

Fr. Fransiskus Kopong Kung was appointed as Priest of Larantuka (Indonesia)

Archbishop Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Huancayo (Peru), passed away at 86

Bishop Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

Bishop Henry Joseph Soenneker resigned as Bishop of Owensboro (USA)

Fr. Paolo Mietto, C.S.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Fr. Girolamo Zanconato, C.S.I., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Bishop Eduard Schick resigned as Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Fr. Paul-André Durocher was appointed as Priest of Timmins (Canada)

Bishop Guerino Grimaldi, Bishop of Nola (Italy), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) and Coadjutor Bishop of Campagna (Italy)

Fr. Segundo René Coba Galarza was appointed as Priest of Quito (Ecuador)

Fr. Charles Phillip Richard Moth was appointed as Priest of Southwark (England)

Fr. Marc Aillet was appointed as Priest of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, C.M., Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, passed away at 70

Fr. Emerson John Moore was elected Titular Bishop of Curubis and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Fr. Joseph Thomas O’Keefe was elected Titular Bishop of Tre Taverne and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Msgr. Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Priest of Caracas (Venezuela) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Patrick Hoogmartens was appointed as Priest of Hasselt (Belgium)

Fr. Jean-Marc Eychenne was appointed as Priest of Genova (Italy)

Fr. Raymond Anthony Browne was appointed as Priest of Elphin (Ireland)

Fr. João Noé Rodrigues was appointed as Priest of Witbank (South Africa)

Fr. Antanas Vaičius was elected Titular Bishop of Sullectum, Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai (Lithuania) and Apostolic Administrator of Klaipėda (Lithuania)

Archbishop Blas Victorio Conrero, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tucumán (Argentina), passed away at 59

Archbishop Joseph Louis Bernardin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Robert Herman Flock Bever was appointed as Priest of La Crosse (USA)

Fr. Salvatore Joseph Cordileone was appointed as Priest of San Diego (USA)

Fr. Elizeu de Morais Pimentel was appointed as Priest of Jacarezinho (Brazil)

Fr. Paul Swarbrick was appointed as Priest of Lancaster (England)

Fr. Peter Martin Musikuwa was appointed as Priest of Blantyre (Malawi)

Fr. Jaime Mota de Farias was elected Titular Bishop of Ausuccura and Auxiliary Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)

Bishop Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Bishop Luis Reynoso Cervantes, Titular Bishop of Casæ Calanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico)

Fr. José Oscar Barahona Castillo was elected Titular Bishop of Mibiarca and Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente (El Salvador)

Bishop David Monas Maloney resigned as Bishop of Wichita (USA)

Bishop Michael Joseph Murphy succeeded as Bishop of Erie (USA)

Bishop Alfred Michael Watson resigned as Bishop of Erie (USA)

Fr. Maurice Couture, R.S.V., was elected Titular Bishop of Talaptula and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Marc Leclerc was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Eguga

Archbishop Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M., Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

Bishop Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi resigned as Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Bishop Norbert Jules François Calmels, O. Praem., resigned as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Fr. Francisco González Ramos was appointed as Priest of León (Mexico)

Msgr. Pier Luigi Celata, Priest of Sovana–Pitigliano–Orbetello (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Leonardo Erriquenz, Priest of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Carmelo Nicolosi, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves resigned as Bishop of Alexandria–Shreveport (USA)

Fr. Anthony Li Wei-dao (李維道) was consecrated as Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China)

Fr. Egidio Caporello, Priest of Padova (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Caorle and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy

Fr. Peter Liu Guan-dong (劉冠東) was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Archbishop Blasco Francisco Collaço, Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Bishop Carroll Thomas Dozier resigned as Bishop of Memphis (USA)

Bishop Clarence George Issenmann, Bishop emeritus of Cleveland (USA), passed away at 75

Bishop Eliseu Maria Coroli, B., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Guamá (Brazil), passed away at 82

Fr. Antonio Lazzaro was appointed as Priest of Termoli (Italy)

Archbishop Joseph Jacob Abiad, Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 66

Diocese of Csanád was renamed as Diocese of Szeged–Csanád (gained territory from Diocese of Oradea Mare) (Hungary)

Diocese of Oradea Mare lost territory to Diocese of Szeged–Csanád (Romania)

Bishop József Udvardy, Bishop of Csanád (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Szeged–Csanád (Hungary)

Archbishop Hovhannes Kasparian, I.C.P.B., Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq), was elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Bishop Giuseppe Costanzo, Titular Bishop of Mazaca and General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was appointed as Bishop of Nola (Italy)

Bishop Carlo Minchiatti, Bishop of Aquino (Italy), Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Bishop of Sora (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

Bishop Marino Bergonzini resigned as Bishop of Modigliana (Italy) and Bishop of Faenza (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi was elected Bishop of Faenza (Italy) and Bishop of Modigliana (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Tedde, Bishop of Terralba (Italy) and Bishop of Ales (Italy), passed away at 75

Archbishop Guillermo Bolatti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina), passed away at 70

Patriarch Hovhannès (John) Bédros XVIII Kasparian, was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Bishop John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Kimberley (South Africa), passed away at 79

Bishop Emilio Biancheri, Bishop emeritus of Rimini (Italy), passed away at 74

Bishop Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

Venerable Fr. Antonio Bello was elected Bishop of Molfetta (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Cunial, Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. William Slattery, C.M., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists), passed away at 87

Fr. Shi Hong-chen (石洪臣), C.M., was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Archbishop Clément Ignace Mansourati, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 64

Bishop James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C., Titular Bishop of Gibba and Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

Archbishop Kevin William Barden, O.P., resigned as Archbishop of Isfahan (Iran)

Bishop Fidel Cortés Pérez, Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico), passed away at 70

Fr. José Luis Escobar Alas was appointed as Priest of San Vicente (El Salvador)

Diocese of Las Cruces was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Diocese of El Paso and became suffragan of Santa Fe) (USA)

Bishop Paul Francis Anderson, Bishop of Duluth (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

Bishop Stephen Joseph Donahue, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop Arthur Henry Krawczak resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B., Titular Bishop of Vatarba and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Las Cruces (USA)