Nominations and Resignations

Abbot Gebhard Ferdinand Koberger, C.R.L.A., resigned as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Abbot Wilhelm Neuwirth, C.R.L.A., was appointed as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Msgr. Dorio-Marie Huot, S.M.M., resigned as Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota

Fr. Brian Swords, S.F.M., was appointed as Superior General of Scarboro Foreign Mission Society

Fr. Augustine Hu Da-guo (胡大國) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

Fr. Anthony Li Du-an (李篤安) was elected Apostolic Administrator of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Xi’an 西安 (China)

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

Archbishop John Baptist Ye Er-shi (葉而適) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Fr. Philippe Ma Ji (馬驥) was elected Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Fr. Joseph Ma Xue-sheng (馬學聖) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

Fr. Simon Qu Tian-xi (屈天錫) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China)

Fr. Paul Shi Chun-jie (史純潔) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Fr. Anthony Wang Zi-cheng (王子澄) ▼ was elected Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 澧縣 (China)

Archbishop Matthias Wu Guo-huan (吳國煥) ▼ resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Fr. Xu Li-zhi (徐立志) was elected Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Bishop John Zhao You-min (趙佑民) ▼ resigned as Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China)

Fr. Joseph Zong Huai-de (宗懷德) was elected Bishop of Sanyuan 三原 (China)

Fr. Iván Antonio Marín López, Priest of Jericó (Colombia), was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Bishop Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba resigned as Bishop of Riobamba (Ecuador)

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

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

Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt resigned as Bishop of Metz (France)

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

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

Fr. Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli, Priest of Crema (Italy), was appointed as Priest of Quiché (Guatemala)

Cardinal Joseph Parecattil resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law

Msgr. Peter Paul Prabhu, Priest of Madras and Mylapore (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

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

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

Archbishop Mario Schierano was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Fr. Giovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P., was appointed as Vice-Director of Press Office of the Holy See

Msgr. Angelo Di Felice, Prelate Auditor emeritus of Roman Rota, passed away

Msgr. Eleuterio Francesco Fortino, Priest of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Msgr. Tommaso Giussani was appointed as Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Sebastiano Masala, Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota and Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Canonist of Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. José Miguel Pinto Gómez resigned as Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota and Canonist of Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Virginio Colciago, B., resigned as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Fr. Giuseppe Masiero, F.D.P., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of Divine Providence

Fr. Francesco Moccia, S.A.C., was appointed as Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

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

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

Bishop Abdallah Bared, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Paul-Emile Saadé, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Lashio (Myanmar), passed away

Msgr. Theodorus Van Bilsen, O.F.M., resigned as Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota

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

Fr. Franc Rode, C.M., Undersecretary of Secretariat for Non-Believers, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers

Abbot Elie Atallah, O.A.M., resigned as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Msgr. Girogio Orioli was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Syriacs

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fr. Georges Zabarian was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Prof. Antonio Quacquarelli was appointed as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Fr. Tomé Ferreira da Silva was appointed as Priest of Campanha (Brazil)

Fr. Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung (浦英雄) was appointed as Priest of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

Msgr. Józef Kowalczyk, Priest of Warmia (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P., Titular Archbishop of Feradi maius, Secretary of Congregation for Bishops and Secretary of College of Cardinals, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo

Fr. José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda was appointed as Priest of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Fr. Paul Pallath was appointed as Priest of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

Fr. Edward Matthew Rice was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Bishop Paul Francis Anderson, Bishop emeritus of Duluth (USA) and Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA), passed away at 69

Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito and became suffragan of Quito) (Ecuador)

Bishop Emilio Lorenzo Stehle, Titular Bishop of Eraclea and Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador)

Msgr. José Pablo Urízar Barrios was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. William Francis Murphy, Priest of Boston (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Diocese of Palmas was renamed as Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil)

Bishop Agostinho José Sartori, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Palmas (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil)

Bishop Oscar Garcia Urizar resigned as Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala)

Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas, Bishop emeritus of Armenia (Colombia), passed away at 88

Fr. Carmelo Cuttitta was appointed as Priest of Palermo (Italy)

Fr. Alphonse Liguori Chaupa was appointed as Priest of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Victor Frederick Foley, S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Suva (Fiji), passed away at 77

Fr. Camilo Diaz Gregorio was elected Titular Bishop of Girus and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Fr. Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak was elected Titular Bishop of Lesvi and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Bishop George Henry Speltz resigned as Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Bishop José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria, Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela)

Bishop Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya, Bishop of Gweru (Zimbabwe), passed away at 51

Cardinal Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia) and Military Vicar emeritus of Colombia (Colombia), passed away at 78

Fr. Gustavo Martínez Frías was elected Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia)

Bishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia)

Bishop Marino Bergonzini, Bishop emeritus of Faenza (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Modigliana (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. George Edward Rueger was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester (USA) and Titular Bishop of Maronana

Archbishop Luigi Conti, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador

Bishop Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M., Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, passed away at 78

Bishop Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon, Titular Bishop of Sebarga and Auxiliary Bishop of Autun (France), was appointed as Bishop of Cahors (France)

Fr. Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Memphis (USA)

Bishop William Graham Connare resigned as Bishop of Greensburg (USA)

Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco, Bishop emeritus of Alexandria (USA) and Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus, passed away at 92

Bishop Thomas McDonnell resigned as Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

Fr. Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr., was appointed as Secretary of Secretariat for Non-Christians

Bishop Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Cardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception

Fr. Victor Lyngdoh was appointed as Priest of Shillong (India)

Msgr. Tommaso Giussani, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot, Priest of Douala (Cameroon), was elected Titular Bishop of Siminina and Auxiliary Bishop of Douala (Cameroon)

Fr. Gabriel Simo was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Douala (Cameroon) and Titular Bishop of Sereddeli

Archbishop Anthony Rayappa Arulappa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

Bishop Cornelius Elanjikal, Bishop of Vijayapuram (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

Archbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

Fr. Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza, S.J., was elected Bishop of Raiganj (India)

Fr. John Baptist Sequeira was elected Bishop of Chikmagalur (India)

Bishop Benedict To Varpin, Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez, Bishop of Tampico (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Bishop John Thomas Steinbock, Titular Bishop of Midila and Auxiliary Bishop of Orange (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA)

Bishop Jorge Mario Ávila del Águila, C.M., Titular Bishop of Nasai and Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Bishop Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz resigned as Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Fr. Camille Perl, Priest of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. William Edwin Franklin, Priest of Dubuque (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Surista and Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque (USA)

Bishop José Lizáres Estrada, Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop Denis William Hanrahan, Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand), passed away at 53

Fr. José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez was appointed as Priest of Manizales (Colombia)

Bishop Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos, Titular Bishop of Zaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Kidapawan (Philippines)

Fr. Martin Gächter, Priest of Basel (Switzerland), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (Switzerland) and Titular Bishop of Betagbara

Fr. Amédée Grab, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

Fr. Frans Daneels, O. Praem., Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop José Belvino do Nascimento, Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

Fr. Paul Richard Gallagher, Priest of Liverpool (England), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá resigned as Bishop of León (Spain)

Bishop Antonio Vilaplana Molina, Bishop of Plasencia (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of León (Spain)

Fr. Washington Cruz, C.P., was elected Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos (Brazil)

Bishop Estanislau Arnoldo van Melis, C.P., resigned as Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos (Brazil)

Bishop Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Ambanja (Madagascar) and Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Comores (Comoros), passed away at 86

Bishop William Henry Bullock, Titular Bishop of Natchez and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Des Moines (USA)

Bishop Attilio Nicora resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Bruno Schettino was elected Bishop of Teggiano–Policastro (Italy)

Fr. Raffaele Castielli was elected Bishop of Lucera–Troia (Italy)

Bishop Antonio D’Erchia resigned as Bishop of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff lost territory to Diocese of Menevia (Wales)

Diocese of Wrexham was established (from Diocese of Menevia and became suffragan of Cardiff) (Wales)

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

Bishop James Hannigan, Bishop of Menevia (Wales), was appointed as Bishop of Wrexham (Wales)

Bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins, Titular Bishop of Sidnacestre and Auxiliary Bishop of Cardiff (Wales), was appointed as Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Fr. Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Segia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

Fr. Roger Francis Crispian Hollis, Priest of Clifton (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Cincari and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Fr. Hubert Hermens, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Denpasar (Indonesia), passed away at 82

Bishop Domenico Padovano, Titular Bishop of Mazaca and Auxiliary Bishop of Bari–Bitonto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy)

Bishop Thomas Vose Daily, Bishop of Palm Beach (USA), was appointed as Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

Fr. José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil)

Bishop Alois Brems, Bishop emeritus of Eichstätt (Germany), passed away at 80

Bishop John Ahern resigned as Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland)

Msgr. John Magee, S.P.S., Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for Pontifical Ceremonies, was elected Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland)

Bishop Jorge Carlos Carreras, Bishop emeritus of San Justo (Argentina), passed away at 80

Fr. Braulio Sáez García, O.C.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Tacapæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

Bishop João Oneres Marchiori succeeded as Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Bishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I., resigned as Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Cardinal Joseph Parecattil, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) and President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law, passed away at 74

Bishop Caesar Gatimu, Bishop of Nyeri (Kenya), passed away at 65

Fr. John Stephen Knight, Priest of Saint Catharines (Canada), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Umberto Florenzani, Bishop of Anagni–Alatri (Italy), passed away at 67

Archbishop Jorge Manrique Hurtado resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Archbishop Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J., resigned as Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Bishop Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina and Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Archbishop John Ji Huai-rang (姬懷讓), O.F.M. ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Xi’an 西安 (China), passed away at 77

Bishop Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault (彭道傳), M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Chengdu 成都 (China), passed away at 82

Bishop Wilhelm Sedlmeier, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg (Germany), passed away at 88

Msgr. Piero Marini, Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy), Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

Fr. José María Arancibia, Priest of Córdoba (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Cerenza and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Pierre Joseph Paul Morissette, Priest of Québec (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Edoardo Ricci was elected Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)

Bishop Gerardo Pierro, Bishop of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Msgr. Alberto Tricarico, Priest of Gallipoli (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia and Brunei and Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana

Bishop Pasquale Venezia resigned as Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Fr. Kurt Krenn was elected Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Archbishop László Paskai, O.F.M., Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) and President of Hungarian Episcopal Conference, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Archbishop József Bánk resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

Fr. László Dankó was elected Titular Bishop of Midila and Apostolic Administrator of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Bishop Izidor István Marosi, Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates and Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

Bishop György Póka, Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary), passed away at 70

Bishop François Jacques Bussini resigned as Bishop of Amiens (France)

Bishop Gellért Belon resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

Bishop Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P., Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum, passed away at 63

Bishop Paul Etoga resigned as Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon)

Bishop Adalbert Ndzana succeeded as Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon)

Bishop Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi, Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Sarh (Chad), was appointed as Bishop of Sarh (Chad)

Bishop Henri Véniat, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Sarh (Chad)

Bishop José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M., resigned as Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador)

Fr. Roberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña was elected Titular Bishop of Sebarga and Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador)

Archbishop Edoardo Rovida, Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein

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

Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Telesphore George Mpundu was elected Bishop of Mbala (Zambia)

Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Mbala (Zambia)

Bishop John Yang Shu-dao (楊樹道) was consecrated as former Apostolic Administrator of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Archbishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia), passed away at 70

Fr. Antonio Bianchin was elected General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action and Titular Bishop of Vannida

Fr. Stanisław Kędziora was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Tucci

Fr. Eurico dos Santos Veloso, Priest of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Selia and Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Fr. Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Victor Adamec was elected Bishop of Altoona–Johnstown (USA)

Bishop Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa, Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Bishop Mariano José Parra León resigned as Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Bishop Dominique-Marie Lê Hữu Cung, Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam), passed away at 89

Bishop Joseph Vũ Duy Nhất succeeded as Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Fr. Jan De Bie, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Titular Bishop of Uppenna

Bishop Luigi Boccadoro resigned as Bishop of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy)

Bishop Fiorino Tagliaferri, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was appointed as Bishop of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy)

Fr. José María Avendaño Perea was appointed as Priest of Getafe (Spain)

Fr. Philippe Ma Ji (馬驥) was consecrated as Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Bishop Alfons Karl Kempf resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Fr. Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca was appointed as Priest of Toluca (Mexico)

Fr. Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, Priest of Ajaccio (France), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Frank Henry Greteman, Bishop emeritus of Sioux City (USA), passed away at 79

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

Fr. Luciano Maza Huamán was appointed as Priest of Piura (Peru)

Diocese of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (Australia)

Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Romanian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Saint George in Canton (without ecclesiastical province) (USA)

Fr. Eusèbe-Enrique Ménard, O.F.M., Founder of Society of the Holy Apostles, passed away at 71

Bishop Raphaël Lubaki Nganga, Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 53

Fr. George Riashi, B.C., was elected Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney of the Greek-Melkites (Australia)

Bishop Vasile Louis Puscas, Titular Bishop of Leuce and Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Romanians (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Saint George in Canton of the Romanians (USA)

Bishop Chang Shou-yi (常守彝) ▼, Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China), passed away at 74

Bishop Wang Shou-qian (王守謙) ▼, Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China), passed away at 98

Archbishop Luis Chávez y González, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Salvador (El Salvador), passed away at 85

Bishop Iván Pálos, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 73

Bishop Albert Rudolph Zuroweste, Bishop emeritus of Belleville (USA), passed away at 85

Fr. Manuel Domingo y Sol, Founder of Diocesan Labour Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was beatified

Cardinal Marcelo Spínola y Maestre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), was beatified

Sr. María Pilar de San Francisco de Borja Martínez García (Jacoba), O.C.D., and 2 companions were beatified

Diocese of Kabankalan was established (from Diocese of Bacolod and became suffragan of Jaro) (Philippines)

Diocese of San Carlos was established (from Diocese of Bacolod and Diocese of Dumaguete and became suffragan of Jaro) (Philippines)

Fr. George Pell, Priest of Ballarat (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Scala and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Peter Joseph Connors, Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Temuniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang (Indonesia)

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

Fr. John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw (李奕瑶), Priest of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), was elected Bishop of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

Msgr. John Basil Meeking, Priest of Christchurch (New Zealand), Undersecretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Fr. José María Izuzquiza Herranz, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Jaén en Perú (Peru), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Perú (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Cubda

Fr. Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Fissiana

Bishop Salvador Trane Modesto, Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of San Carlos (Philippines)

Bishop Antonio Oña de Echave, Bishop emeritus of Lugo (Spain), passed away at 81

Fr. Jean Marie Vũ Tất was appointed as Priest of Hung Hoá (Vietnam)

Bishop Anthony Gerard Bosco, Titular Bishop of Labico and Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Greensburg (USA)

Sr. Teresa de Jesús de Los Andes Fernández Solar (Juana), O.C.D., was beatified

Bishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras, Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) and President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, was appointed as Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala)

Fr. Anthony Li Du-an (李篤安) was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Xi’an 西安 (China)

Fr. Mario Roberto Cassari, Priest of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop John Baptist Sye Bong-kil (서정길 요한), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Daegu 대구 (South Korea), passed away at 75

Archbishop Kevin McNamara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland), passed away at 60

Archbishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nouméa (New Caledonia), passed away at 77

Fr. Ricardo Lingan Baccay was appointed as Priest of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Fr. Juan Danilo Bangayan Ulep was appointed as Priest of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Fr. Jervis Kebei Kewi was appointed as Priest of Buéa (Cameroon)

Bishop Janez Jenko resigned as Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)

Fr. Francesco Cacucci, Priest of Bari–Bitonto (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum and Auxiliary Bishop of Bari–Bitonto (Italy)

Bishop Vincenzo D’Addario, Coadjutor Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)

Bishop Mario Di Lieto resigned as Bishop of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)

Bishop Metod Pirih succeeded as Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)

Fr. Fernando Chica Arellano was appointed as Priest of Jaén (Spain)

Fr. Alessandro Damiano was appointed as Priest of Trapani (Italy)

Fr. Serafino Parisi was appointed as Priest of Crotone–Santa Severina (Italy)

Bishop José López Lara, Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico), passed away at 60

Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Belize, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda

Fr. Antonysamy Savarimuthu was appointed as Priest of Palayamkottai (India)

Diocese of Labrador–Schefferville was renamed as Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville (Canada)

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

Fr. Henri Goudreault, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Labrador City–Schefferville (Canada)

Fr. Francis Leo Braganza, S.J., was elected Bishop of Baroda (India)

Fr. Paul Prakash Saginala was appointed as Priest of Cuddapah (India)

Fr. Angelo Bagnasco, Priest of Genova (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Longinus Atundo was elected Bishop of Bungoma (Kenya)

Fr. Emmanuel Okombo Wandera, Priest of Kisumu (Kenya), was appointed as Priest of Bungoma (Kenya)

Fr. Lawrence Patrick Henry was elected Titular Bishop of Cenculiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop Isaac Mar Youhanon Koottaplakil, Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India), passed away at 56

Fr. Paul Shi Chun-jie (史純潔) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Fr. Marian Kazimierz Zimałek was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Isola

Bishop Osvaldo Giuntini, Titular Bishop of Tunnuna and Auxiliary Bishop of Marília (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Sr. Teresa Benedykta od Krzyża Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross / Edith), O.C.D., was beatified

Bishop Dominic Joseph Abreo, Bishop of Aurangabad (India), passed away at 63

Fr. William Terrence McGrattan was appointed as Priest of London (Canada)

Fr. Rupert Mayer, S.J., was beatified

Fr. Thomas Anthony Finnegan was elected Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

Bishop Luis Clemente de la Vega Rodriguez, Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador), passed away at 65

Diocese of Zacatecoluca was established (from Diocese of San Vicente and became suffragan of San Salvador) (El Salvador)

Fr. Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M., General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador, was elected Bishop of Zacatecoluca (El Salvador)

Fr. Giordano Caberletti was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Brendan Michael O’Brien, Priest of Ottawa (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Numana and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Bishop Guy Étienne Germain Gaucher, O.C.D., Bishop of Meaux (France), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Bayeux (France) and Titular Bishop of Rota

Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, Titular Bishop of Lemellefa and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)

Fr. Stephen Boonlert Phromsena was appointed as Priest of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

Fr. Martin David Holley was appointed as Priest of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA)

Bishop Richard Thomas McGrath, Bishop emeritus of Saint George’s (Canada), passed away at 74

Msgr. John Iverinci was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop José Roberto López Londoño, Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Armenia (Colombia)

Fr. Neethinathan Anthonisamy was appointed as Priest of Madras and Mylapore (India)

Archbishop Michele Giordano, Archbishop of Matera–Irsina (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Cardinal Corrado Ursi resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Thomas Anthony Daly was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Cardinal Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), was beatified

Sr. Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello was beatified

Bishop Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), was beatified

Fr. Pierre-François Jamet, Priest of Bayeux (France), was beatified

Fr. Amando Samo was elected Titular Bishop of Libertina and Auxiliary Bishop of Caroline Islands (Micronesia)

Bishop Félix María Torres Parra, Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Archbishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Fr. Giambattista Diquattro, Priest of Ragusa (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Grajaú (Brazil)

Archbishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Fr. Leonard William Kenney, C.P., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden) and Titular Bishop of Midica

Abbot Norbert Legányi, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary), passed away at 80

Diocese of Mymensingh was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka and became suffragan of Dhaka) (Bangladesh)

Diocese of Nashik was established (from Diocese of Poona and became suffragan of Bombay) (India)

Diocese of Kurunegala was established (from Diocese of Chilaw and became suffragan of Colombo) (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Francis Anthony Gomes was elected Bishop of Mymensingh (Bangladesh)

Fr. Murray Chatlain was appointed as Priest of Saskatoon (Canada)

Fr. Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Fr. Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum and Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala)

Fr. Thomas Bhalerao, S.J., was elected Bishop of Nashik (India)

Fr. Bosco Penha, Priest of Bombay (India), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India) and Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates

Bishop Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Cardinal José Salazar López resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Requena (Peru), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru)

Bishop Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru)

Bishop José Diéguez Reboredo, Bishop of Osma–Soria (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Ourense (Spain)

Bishop José Gea Escolano, Bishop of Ibiza (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain)

Bishop Angel Temiño Sáiz resigned as Bishop of Ourense (Spain)

Fr. Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris was elected Bishop of Kurunegala (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Gianrico Ruzza was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Mirosław Adamczyk was appointed as Priest of Gdańsk (Poland)

Fr. Frank Joseph Caggiano was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Mariano Vivanco Valiente was elected Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

Fr. Rudolf Müller was elected Titular Bishop of Nasai and Auxiliary Bishop of Görlitz (Germany)

Bishop Joaquim Gonçalves, Titular Bishop of Ursona and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal)

Fr. Silvio Siripong Charatsri was appointed as Priest of Ratchaburi (Thailand)

Bishop John George Vlazny, Titular Bishop of Ston and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Winona (USA)

Bishop Giovanni Francesco Pala, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy), passed away at 58

Bishop Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A., Bishop of Linares (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tampico (Mexico)

Fr. Richard William Smith was appointed as Priest of Halifax (Canada)

Bishop Gellért Belon, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pécs (Hungary), passed away at 75

Fr. Jesus Castro Galang was elected Titular Bishop of Thibiuca and Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando (Philippines)

Fr. Marek Mendyk was appointed as Priest of Wrocław (Poland)

Fr. William Charles Skurla was appointed as Priest of Van Nuys of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fr. Wiesław Lechowicz was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Fr. Marcel Paul Herriot was elected Bishop of Verdun (France)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Pardini, Bishop emeritus of Jesi (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Domingos Lam Ka-tseung (林家駿), Priest of Macau 澳門 (Macau), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Bishop Donald William Wuerl resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Murphy, Bishop of Great Falls–Billings (USA), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Seattle (USA)

Archbishop Miguel Angel Arce Vivas, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Popayán (Colombia), passed away at 83

Msgr. Adriano Bernardini (裴納德), Priest of Pesaro (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Diego Causero, Priest of Udine (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Jose Ricare Manguiran, Priest of Malaybalay (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Dipolog (Philippines)

Fr. Joseph de Metz-Noblat was appointed as Priest of Verdun (France)

Fr. Marek Solczyński was appointed as Priest of Warszawa (Poland)

Fr. Michał Robert Janocha was appointed as Priest of Warszawa (Poland)

Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces, Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mali, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau

Fr. Charles Coleman Thompson was appointed as Priest of Louisville (USA)

Fr. Edward Charles Malesic was appointed as Priest of Harrisburg (USA)

Fr. Xu Li-zhi (徐立志) was consecrated as Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Fr. Reinhold Nann was appointed as Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Antonio María Aguirre, Bishop emeritus of San Isidro (Argentina), passed away at 78

Bishop Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé resigned as Bishop of Digne (France)

Fr. Gianni Danzi, Priest of Lugano (Switzerland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Carlo Liberati, Priest of Fabriano–Matelica (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop László Dankó, Titular Bishop of Midila and Apostolic Administrator of Kalocsa (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Archbishop József Ijjas resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Fr. István Seregély was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary)

Fr. Endre Gyulay, Priest of Szeged–Csanád (Hungary), was elected Bishop of Szeged–Csanád (Hungary)

Fr. István Konkoly was elected Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

Bishop László Tóth resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Bishop József Udvardy resigned as Bishop of Szeged–Csanád (Hungary)

Archbishop Francesco Cuccarese, Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

Archbishop Vito Roberti resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

Fr. Piotr Henryk Sawczuk was appointed as Priest of Siedlce (Poland)

Fr. Riccardo Battocchio was appointed as Priest of Padova (Italy)

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

Fr. Giampaolo Dianin was appointed as Priest of Padova (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Stamati, Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 74

Fr. Castor Paul Msemwa was appointed as Priest of Njombe (Tanzania)

Bishop Daniel Francis Walsh, Titular Bishop of Tigias and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Reno–Las Vegas (USA)

Ms. Karolina Kózka was beatified

Fr. Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of San Jose de Nueva Ecija (Philippines)

Bishop Jerzy Karol Ablewicz, Bishop of Tarnów (Poland), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro, Bishop emeritus of Araçuaí (Brazil) and Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), passed away at 71

Fr. John Francis Sherrington was appointed as Priest of Nottingham (England)

Fr. Dario Edoardo Viganò was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen was appointed as Priest of Roermond (Netherlands)

Bishop Michał Kozal, Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland), was beatified

Bishop Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero, Titular Bishop of Ulpiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Florida (Uruguay)

Bishop Humberto Tonna Zanotta resigned as Bishop of Florida (Uruguay)

Bishop Pedro José Rivera Mejía, Bishop emeritus of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia), passed away at 81

Bishop Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M., Bishop emeritus of Bayombong (Philippines), passed away at 71

Fr. Peter Rusnák was appointed as Priest of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Bishop Francis James Harrison resigned as Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Bishop Joseph Thomas O’Keefe, Titular Bishop of Tre Taverne and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Bishop Walter Bini, S.D.B., Bishop of Lins (Brazil), passed away at 57

Fr. René Séjourné was elected Titular Bishop of Labico

Fr. Rudolf Voderholzer was appointed as Priest of München und Freising (Germany)

Fr. Mario Medina Balam was appointed as Priest of Yucatán (Mexico)

Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D., Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 55

Fr. Jean-Georges Deledicque was elected Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France)

Fr. Joseph Befe Ateba was appointed as Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Fr. Jean-Marie Benoît Bala was appointed as Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Archbishop Ivan Dias, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Korea

Archbishop Francesco Monterisi resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea

Fr. Enrico Trevisi was appointed as Priest of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Paolo Luca Braida was appointed as Priest of Lodi (Italy)

Fr. Koru Tito was appointed as Priest of Tarawa and Nauru (Kiribati)

Fr. Gerardo Villalonga Hellín was appointed as Priest of Menorca (Spain)

Fr. Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道) was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Fr. Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk was appointed as Priest of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

Fr. Felipe Heredia Esteban was appointed as Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain)

Fr. Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami was appointed as Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Blessed Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano, President of Pontifical Council for the Laity and President of Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Corrado Bafile, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, was appointed as Protodeacon of College of Cardinals

Cardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P., Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore, Pro-Theologian of Prefecture of the Papal Household and President of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi resigned as Camerlengo of College of Cardinals

Cardinal Giuseppe Paupini was appointed as Camerlengo of College of Cardinals

Cardinal Opilio Rossi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio, Protodeacon of College of Cardinals, President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses and President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Sensi, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

Fr. Isabelo Caiban Abarquez was appointed as Priest of Cebu (Philippines)

Fr. Jan Niemiec was appointed as Priest of Przemyśl (Poland)

Bishop José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Regiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Maracay (Venezuela)

Territorial Prelature of Juruá was promoted as Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Coadjutor Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp., Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

Bishop Guglielmo Giaquinta resigned as Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

Fr. Jacob Venance Koda was appointed as Priest of Same (Tanzania)

Fr. Ansgar Puff was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Lauro Tisi was appointed as Priest of Trento (Italy)

Bishop Bienvenido Solon Tudtud, Bishop-Prelate of Marawi (Philippines), passed away at 56

Diocese of Imperatriz was established (from Diocese of Carolina and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)

Fr. Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer was appointed as Priest of Rouen (France)

Fr. Pietro Amenta was appointed as Priest of Matera–Irsina (Italy)

Archbishop Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C., Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) and Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers), was beatified

Fr. Ivo Muser was appointed as Priest of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy)

Fr. Eamon Martin was appointed as Priest of Derry (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics was appointed as Priest of Eisenstadt (Austria)

Fr. Petar Rajič was appointed as Priest of Trebinje–Mrkan (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Boulos Abdul Sater was appointed as Priest of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Anton Jamnik was appointed as Priest of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Bishop João Batista Cavati, C.M., Bishop emeritus of Caratinga (Brazil), passed away at 95

Venerable Bishop Alejandro Labaka Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador), passed away at 67

Diocese of Obala was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé and became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Diocese of Bondoukou was established (from Diocese of Abengourou and became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Diocese of Trujillo was restored (from Diocese of San Pedro Sula and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa) (Honduras)

Diocese of Kottapuram was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly and became suffragan of Verapoly) (India)

Diocese of Sivagangai was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madurai and became suffragan of Madurai) (India)

Bishop Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Fr. Dieudonné Espoir Atangana, Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon), was appointed as Priest of Obala (Cameroon)

Fr. Jérôme Owono-Mimboe was elected Bishop of Obala (Cameroon)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Lobsinger, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Whitehorse (Canada)

Fr. Georges Perron, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Administrator of Harar (Ethiopia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Fr. Claude Jean Pierre Dagens, Priest of Bordeaux (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Vulturara and Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers (France)

Fr. Virgilio López Irías, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras)

Bishop Marianus Arokiasamy, Bishop of Kottar (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

Fr. Francis Kallarakal, Priest of Verapoly (India), was elected Bishop of Kottapuram (India)

Fr. Edward Francis was elected Bishop of Sivagangai (India)

Bishop Armand Toasy, Titular Bishop of Turuzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Majunga (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Fr. Raymond Saw Po Ray, Priest of Rangoon (Myanmar), was elected Titular Bishop of Buffada and Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

Fr. Giovanni Gaspari was appointed as Priest of Pescara–Penne (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Schillaci was appointed as Priest of Catania (Italy)

Fr. Felix Femi Ajakaye was appointed as Priest of Ekiti (Nigeria)

Fr. Charles Michael Hammawa was appointed as Priest of Yola (Nigeria)

Fr. Nuno Brás da Silva Martins was appointed as Priest of Lisboa (Portugal)

Archbishop Giovanni Canestri, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova–Bobbio (Italy)

Cardinal Giuseppe Siri resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova–Bobbio (Italy)

Abbot Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B., President of Swiss-American Benedictine Congregation, was elected Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Diocese of Málaga–Soatá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bucaramanga and Diocese of Duitama and became suffragan of Bucaramanga) (Colombia)

Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo, Titular Bishop of Alessano and Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia)

Fr. John Joseph Myers was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria (USA)

Fr. Guy Claude Bagnard, Priest of Autun (France), was elected Bishop of Belley (France)

Bishop Jean François Marie Streiff resigned as Bishop of Nevers (France)

Archbishop Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P., Secretary of Congregation for Bishops, Secretary of College of Cardinals and Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Bishop Léon-Raymond Soulier, Bishop of Pamiers (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Limoges (France)

Fr. John Edward Morris, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Peng-yang (North Korea), passed away at 98

Archbishop Joseph Cunnane resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

Archbishop John Bulaitis, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Republic of Congo, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Central African Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Chad, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran

Fr. Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash was appointed as Priest of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Diocese of San Bernardo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago) (Chile)

Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida, Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of San Bernardo (Chile)

Bishop Alfred-Joseph Atton, Bishop emeritus of Langres (France), passed away at 85

Bishop Joseph Gregory Vath, Bishop of Birmingham (USA), passed away at 69

Bishop Affonso Felippe Gregory, Titular Bishop of Drusiliana and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Imperatriz (Brazil)

Archbishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), passed away at 82

Msgr. Giulio Nicolini, Priest of Lugano (Switzerland), Chaplain of His Holiness and Vice-Director of Press Office of the Holy See, was elected Bishop of Alba (Italy)

Bishop Lois-Séverin Haller, C.R.A., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, passed away at 92

Diocese of Louis Trichardt–Tzaneen was renamed as Diocese of Tzaneen (South Africa)

Fr. Georg Bätzing was appointed as Priest of Trier (Germany)

Fr. Jörg Michael Peters was appointed as Priest of Trier (Germany)

Fr. Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr., was appointed as Priest of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C., Bishop of Louis Trichardt–Tzaneen (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Tzaneen (South Africa)

Fr. Alexandre Yikyi Bazié was appointed as Priest of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Adolphe E. Proulx, Bishop of Gatineau–Hull (Canada), passed away at 59

Fr. Stephanus Tri Bửu Thiên was appointed as Priest of Cân Tho (Vietnam)

Msgr. Egidio Turnaturi, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Salim Ghazal, B.S., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Georges Kwaïter, B.S., was elected Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop John Anthony Kelly, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia), passed away at 71

Bishop Juan Bockwinckel, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks, Titular Bishop of Utimmira and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Fr. Justin Kientega was appointed as Priest of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Reims (France), passed away at 90

Fr. Giacomo Babini was elected Titular Bishop of Tubunæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy)

Bishop Angelo Scapecchi resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy)

Bishop Pietro Raimondi, Bishop emeritus of Crotone (Italy), passed away at 91

Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.J., Bishop emeritus of Moroto (Uganda), passed away at 89

Abbot Patrick Regan, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Swiss-American Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Pere Tena Garriga, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet, Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France), was appointed as Bishop of Meaux (France)

Bishop Armand-François Le Bourgeois, C.I.M., resigned as Bishop of Autun (France)

Bishop Raymond Gaston Séguy, Bishop of Gap (France), was appointed as Bishop of Autun (France)

Bishop Gerhard Schaffran resigned as Bishop of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

Archbishop Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.J., Apostolic Delegate to Guinea, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gambia, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia and Apostolic Delegate to Sierra Leone, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea

Fr. Rrok Gjonlleshaj was appointed as Priest of Prizren (Kosovo)

Fr. Lucio Ángel Vallejo Balda was appointed as Priest of Astorga (Spain)

Fr. Ignace Bessi Dogbo was appointed as Priest of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop László Rózsavölgyi, Titular Bishop emeritus of Lystra, passed away at 68

Fr. Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P., was elected Bishop of Metz (France)

Fr. Cosme Damian Racines Almedilla was appointed as Priest of Talibon (Philippines)

Fr. João Bosco Óliver de Faria, Priest of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Feradi maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Peter Li Hong-ye (李宏業) was consecrated as Bishop

Fr. Youlo Alexis Touabli was appointed as Priest of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Gioacchino Illiano was elected Bishop of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno (Italy)

Fr. Callistus Valentine Chukwuma Onaga was appointed as Priest of Enugu (Nigeria)

Fr. Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Bénissan was appointed as Priest of Lomé (Togo)

Fr. Sebastien Kenda Ntumba was appointed as Priest of Luiza (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula was appointed as Priest of Luiza (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul was appointed as Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Cardinal Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle, Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA), passed away at 91

Archbishop Antonio José Plaza, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Plata (Argentina), passed away at 77

Fr. Sauveur Casanova was elected Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Fr. Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Archbishop Antonino Pinci, Titular Archbishop of Tarasa in Numidia, passed away at 75

Bishop Luis Reynoso Cervantes, Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

Archbishop Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D., Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad (Iraq), passed away at 80

Fr. Horácio Coelho Cristino was elected Titular Bishop of Drusiliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 82

Fr. Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Harar (Ethiopia)

Msgr. Beniamino Stella, Priest of Vittorio Veneto (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Midila

Fr. António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Msgr. Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel, Priest of Annecy (France) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Joseph Cassidy, Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

Cardinal Stephanos I Sidarouss, Cardinal-Patriarch and Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 83

Msgr. Giuseppe Lazzarotto, Priest of Padova (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Rino Passigato, Priest of Verona (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness