Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Castellum Titulianum was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Catrum was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Enera was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Murcona was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Musti in Numidia was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Turuda was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Wiener Neustadt was restored (Austria)

Titular Episcopal See of Bistue was restored (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Titular Metropolitan See of Nazareth was suppressed (united to Archdiocese of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie) (Palestine)

Titular Episcopal See of Ausana was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Ausuaga was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Bossa was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Buleliana was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Bulna was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Buslacena was restored (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Canapium was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Cebarades was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Cibaliana was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Macon was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Mattiana was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Paria in Proconsolare was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Pia was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Pocofeltus was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Taddua was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Tagarata was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Tagarbala was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Tagaria was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Tagase was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Tamazeni was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Thagamuta was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Thibaris was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thibaris (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Vertara was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Zama maior was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Zama maior (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Sitipa was established

Fr. Hubert M. Moons, O.S.M., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin resigned as Vice-President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

Fr. Pierre Drouin, C.I.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Fr. John Clarence Gallagher, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Fr. Rénald Hébert, C.I.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Fr. Ulysse Ernest Paré, C.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Fr. Michel M. Sincerny, O.S.M., resigned as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Fr. John Jiang Li-ren (姜立人) was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

Fr. Pius Jin Pei-xian (金沛獻) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

Fr. John Baptist Liang Xi-sheng (梁希聖) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China)

Fr. Matthias Pei Shang-de (裴尚德), C.D.D., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

Fr. Simon An Shi-en (安世恩) was elected Bishop of Daming 大名 (China)

Fr. Paul Guo Wen-zhi (郭文治) was elected Prefect Apostolic of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China)

Fr. John Han Ding-xiang (韓鼎祥) was elected Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

Fr. Joseph Hou Jin-de (侯進德) ▼ was elected Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China)

Fr. Michael Huang Wo-ze (黃渥澤) ▼ was elected Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Fr. Paul Jiang Tao-ran (蔣陶然) was elected Bishop of Zhengding 正定 (China)

Bishop Michael Xiao Li-ren (蕭立人) resigned as Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China)

Fr. Joseph Xu Zhi-xuan (徐之玄) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China)

Fr. Simon Zhang Jiu-mu (張九牧) was elected Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Fr. Philip Peter Zhao Zhen-dong (趙振東) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Fr. Anthony Zhong Quan-zhang (鍾全璋) ▼ was elected Bishop of Jiaying 嘉應 (China)

Msgr. Victor Saxer, Priest of Fréjus–Toulon (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as President of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Fr. Paul Kariamadam, C.V., was appointed as Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. George Manalel, C.V., resigned as Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. Jacob Vadakevetil, C.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Balasore (India)

Fr. Raffaele Farina, S.D.B., resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Archbishop Virgilio Noè resigned as Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship

Bishop Camillo Ruini, Auxiliary Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Msgr. Crescenzio Sepe resigned as Vice-President of Vatican Television Centre

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

Archbishop Ersilio Tonini resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Rimini (Italy)

Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

Archbishop Giuseppe Carata resigned as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth

Msgr. Domenico De Luca, Priest of Napoli (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Paolo Rabitti, Priest of Bologna (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimony of Art and History

Archbishop Donato Squicciarini was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (UNOV), Permanent Observer to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Permanent Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Msgr. Carlo Maria Viganò ▼, Priest of Pavia (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to Council of Europe

Archbishop Lino Zanini resigned as President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See

Bishop Antonio Bianchin resigned as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Msgr. Donato De Bonis resigned as Secretary General of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Msgr. Alberto Giovannetti, Opus Dei, Priest of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 76

Msgr. Michele Maccarrone resigned as President of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Msgr. Sebastiano Masala resigned as Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota

Fr. Franco Cagnasso, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. Gabriele Ferrari, S.X., resigned as Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers (Xaverians)

Fr. Fernando Galbiati, P.I.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. Roberto Giannatelli, S.D.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University

Fr. Vittorino Grossi, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Fr. Luigi Ricceri, S.D.B., Rector Major emeritus of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), passed away at 88

Dr. Emilio Rossi was appointed as President of Vatican Television Centre

Mr. Angelo Caloia was appointed as President of Institute for Works of Religion

Mr. Philippe De Weck was appointed as Vice-President of Institute for Works of Religion

Mr. Pier Paolo Francini was appointed as President of Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office

Bishop André Dikran Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

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

Fr. Bogusław Nadolski, S.Chr., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants

Fr. Edward Szamanek, S.Chr., resigned as Superior General of Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants

Bishop Ioan Chertes, Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cantanus

Fr. Alberto Royo Mejía was appointed as Priest of Getafe (Spain)

Fr. Miguel Angel Orcasitas Gómez, O.S.A., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)

Fr. Nicolas Antiba, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Bishop Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni resigned as General Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Archbishop John Patrick Foley resigned as President of Vatican Television Centre

Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus resigned as President of Institute for Works of Religion

Fr. Martin Nolan, O.S.A., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)

Sr. Christopher Malcovsky, O.S.B.M., resigned as Superior General of Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great

Sr. Dia Stasiuk, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Superior General of Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great

Archimandrite Paul Abdou, B.C., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

Archimandrite Victor Haddad, B.C., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

Archimandrite Sim’ân Nasr, B.S., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archimandrite Boulos Samaha, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Fr. Angelo Brusco, M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Fr. Carlo Carletti was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Fr. Henri Cazelles, P.S.S., resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Biblical Commission

Fr. Umberto M. Fasola resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Fr. Francesco Marini, S.X., was appointed as Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers (Xaverians)

Fr. John Mayhew, C.I., resigned as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Jan Rezáč, S.J., resigned as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Jean-Marie Vander Stricht, C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Calisto Vendrame, M.I., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Sr. Therese Poulin, R.J.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Sr. Lourdes Rossell, R.J.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Bishop Heinrich Forer resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy)

Bishop Richard Finn, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Ibadan (Nigeria), passed away at 76

Bishop Francis Zhou Shan-fu (周善夫), Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Yixian 易縣 (China), passed away at 73

Bishop Arsène Richard, Bishop of Bathurst (Canada), passed away at 53

Fr. Bertilo João Morsch was appointed as Priest of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Bishop William Joseph McDonald, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Francisco (USA), passed away at 84

Abbot Divo Angelo Maria Sabatini, O.S.B. Oliv., Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans), passed away at 76

Fr. José Andrés Corral Arredondo was elected Titular Bishop of Cincari and Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico)

Archbishop-elect Georg Eder was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Fr. Valter Carrijo, S.D.S., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Brejo (Brazil)

Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Guaviare was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Mitú) (Colombia)

Diocese of Bareilly was established (from Diocese of Lucknow and became suffragan of Agra) (India)

Fr. Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y., Prefect Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia), was elected Apostolic Administrator of Mitú (Colombia), Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia and Vicar Apostolic of San José del Guaviare (Colombia)

Archbishop Emery Kabongo Kanundowi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Gérard Mulumba Kalemba was elected Bishop of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Fr. Anthony Fernandes, Priest of Varanasi (India), was elected Bishop of Bareilly (India)

Bishop Félix Niza Ribeiro, Bishop emeritus of João Belo (Mozambique), passed away at 72

Fr. John Kim Son-tae (김선태 사도요한 / 金仙泰) was appointed as Priest of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea)

Fr. Klaus Küng, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), was elected Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria)

Bishop Bruno Wechner resigned as Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria)

Fr. Ignatius Wang Zhong-zhang (汪中璋), Priest of San Francisco (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Adriano Bernardini (裴納德), Priest of Pesaro (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Bishop Joseph Phan Thế Hinh, Bishop of Hung Hoá (Vietnam), passed away at 60

Msgr. Edgardo Elias Salazar Pan was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Raymond Ndudi Nianga, Bishop emeritus of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 76

Bishop Mariano José Parra León, Bishop emeritus of Cumaná (Venezuela), passed away at 77

Fr. Germán Trajano Pavón Puente, Priest of Quito (Ecuador), was elected Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador)

Bishop Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz succeeded as Bishop-Prelate of Isabela (Philippines)

Bishop José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Isabela (Philippines)

Bishop Michel Louis Coloni, Titular Bishop of Oëa and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Bishop of Dijon (France)

Cardinal Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Saldarini, Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

Bishop Teresio Ferraroni resigned as Bishop of Como (Italy)

Bishop Alessandro Maggiolini, Bishop of Carpi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Como (Italy)

Fr. Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe was appointed as Priest of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop Paciano Basilio Aniceto, Bishop of Iba (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Fernando (Philippines)

Bishop Antonio Yapsutco Fortich resigned as Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines)

Bishop Octavian Cristian-Găinaru passed away

Msgr. Philippe Delhaye resigned as Secretary General of International Theological Commission

Fr. Rafael Sanus Abad was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Germaniciana

Fr. Guido Marini was appointed as Priest of Genova (Italy)

Archbishop Emanuele Gerada, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

Fr. Ignatius D’Cunha was elected Bishop of Aurangabad (India)

Bishop John Etheridge, C.P., resigned as Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. David Wilkie, C.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Felice Cece, Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Bishop Jan Czerniak resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Archbishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen (賈彥文) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Archbishop Joseph Ti Kang (狄剛) succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Archbishop Claude Dupuy, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Albi (France), passed away at 87

Fr. Augustinus Kim Jong-soo (김종수 아우구스티노 / 金宗壽) was appointed as Priest of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea)

Bishop Stephen Li Xin-zheng (李新生), Auxiliary Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China), passed away at 73

Bishop Mijo Škvorc, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia), passed away at 69

Fr. Flavio Calle Zapata, Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Alto Sinú (Colombia)

Bishop Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo, Titular Bishop of Pauzera and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia)

Bishop Alfonso Sánchez Peña, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Alto Sinú (Colombia)

Fr. Edward Marian Frankowski, Priest of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Tigamibena

Diocese of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Exarchate of América Latina e México and without ecclesiastical province) (Argentina)

Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Mardin of the Armenians and Apostolic Exarch of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina)

Fr. Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez was appointed as Priest of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia)

Fr. George Valiamattam, Priest of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Sebastian Valloppilly resigned as Bishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Giovanni Ferdinando Angelo Gaddo, I.C., Superior General emeritus of Institute of Charity (Rosminians), passed away at 94

Fr. Joseph Ndembu Mbatia was appointed as Priest of Nyeri (Kenya)

Bishop José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M., Bishop emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil), passed away at 86

Fr. Lucius Hre Kung was appointed as Priest of Hakha (Myanmar)

Bishop André Nguyễn Văn Nam succeeded as Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam)

Bishop Joseph Trần Văn Thiện, Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam), passed away at 80

Bishop Michael Doumith, Bishop of Sarba of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 73

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

Bishop José Costa Campos resigned as Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Archbishop Ambrogio Marchioni, Titular Archbishop of Severiana, passed away at 77

Archbishop Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.SS.R., Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of Aparecida (Brazil), passed away at 86

Msgr. Bruno Bertagna, Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

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

Msgr. Karel Kasteel, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary and Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Georges-Marie-Martin Cottier, O.P., was appointed as Secretary General of International Theological Commission

Blessed Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio resigned as President of Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin resigned as President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

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

Bishop José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M., resigned as Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil)

Msgr. Jean-Louis Tauran, Priest of Bordeaux (France), Undersecretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary for Relations with States of Secretariat of State

Fr. Prasad Gallela was appointed as Priest of Kurnool (India)

Archbishop Fiorenzo Angelini, Pro-President of Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, was appointed as President of Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers

Cardinal Agostino Casaroli resigned as Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church

Archbishop Giovanni Cheli, Vice-President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, was appointed as President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Archbishop Angelo Sodano, Secretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, was appointed as Secretary for Relations with States of Secretariat of State and President of Pontifical Commission for Russia

Fr. Francesco Follo was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

Fr. Jaime Soto, Priest of Orange (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Marceliano Eduardo Canyes Santacana, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Leticia (Colombia)

Fr. Alfonso Yepes Rojo was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Leticia (Colombia)

Fr. Giuseppe Rocco Favale was elected Bishop of Vallo della Lucania (Italy)

Diocese of Doba was established (from Diocese of Moundou and became suffragan of N’Djaména) (Chad)

Diocese of Kasese was established (from Diocese of Fort Portal and without ecclesiastical province) (Uganda)

Fr. Michele Russo, M.C.C.J., was elected Bishop of Doba (Chad)

Bishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania)

Fr. Fortunatus M. Lukanima was elected Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania)

Fr. Paul Kamuza Bakyenga, Priest of Mbarara (Uganda), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda)

Fr. Egidio Nkaijanabwo was elected Bishop of Kasese (Uganda)

Fr. Giacomo Capuzzi was elected Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

Bishop Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J., Bishop of Tacuarembó (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Bishop Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies resigned as Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Bishop Raphaël Bayan resigned as Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

Bishop Marcello Rosina resigned as Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy)

Fr. Divo Zadi was elected Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy)

Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C., Apostolic Administrator of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) and President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Bishop Julijonas Steponavicius, Titular Bishop of Antarados and Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Fr. Juozas Matulaitis-Labukas, Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania), was elected Titular Bishop of Sicilibba and Apostolic Administrator of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Bishop Vladas Michelevičius resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Bishop Juozas Preikšas resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Bishop Antanas Vaičius, Titular Bishop of Sullectum, Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai (Lithuania) and Apostolic Administrator of Klaipėda (Lithuania), was appointed as Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Fr. Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Tabaicara and Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Fr. Joseph Gaston Hebert was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Sylvain Bataille was appointed as Priest of Beauvais (France)

Bishop Carl Schmidt, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Trier (Germany), passed away at 76

Fr. Henry Eikhlein was appointed as Priest of Pathein (Myanmar)

Fr. Maurice Nyunt Wai was appointed as Priest of Pathein (Myanmar)

Fr. Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger, Priest of Indianapolis (USA), was elected Bishop of Evansville (USA)

Bishop Francis Raymond Shea resigned as Bishop of Evansville (USA)

Fr. Michael F. Kosak was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Joseph Albertus Martin resigned as Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

Bishop Raymond Saint-Gelais succeeded as Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

Bishop John Clement Favalora, Bishop of Alexandria (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Ðinh Bỉnh, Bishop of Thái Bính (Vietnam), passed away at 65

Diocese of Campo Limpo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of Osasco was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of Santo Amaro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Diocese of São Miguel Paulista was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Bishop Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R., Bishop of Marabá (Brazil), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M., Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil)

Bishop Fernando Legal, S.D.B., Bishop of Limeira (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil)

Bishop Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

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

Bishop Emílio Pignoli, Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campo Limpo (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Manuel Vieira, Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Osasco (Brazil)

Bishop José Melgoza Osorio resigned as Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico)

Bishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of El Obeid (Sudan), passed away at 85

Bishop Severino Poletto, Bishop of Fossano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Asti (Italy)

Bishop Franco Sibilla resigned as Bishop of Asti (Italy)

Fr. Josef Clemens, Priest of Paderborn (Germany), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University and Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, was appointed as President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious

Msgr. Agostino Vallini, Priest of Napoli (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Tortiboli and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Ciriaco Scanzillo was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Bomarzo

Fr. Artur Grzegorz Miziński was appointed as Priest of Lublin (Poland)

Bishop James Fergus, Bishop emeritus of Achonry (Ireland), passed away at 93

Bishop Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa (ベネディクト 冨澤孝彦), Bishop emeritus of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan), passed away at 78

Bishop Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand), passed away at 68

Bishop Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies, Bishop emeritus of Aire et Dax (France), passed away at 85

Diocese of Luziânia was established (from Diocese of Anápolis, Diocese of Ipameri and Diocese of Uruaçu and became suffragan of Brasília) (Brazil)

Fr. Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil)

Fr. Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian was appointed as Priest of Ahmedabad (India)

Archbishop Albert-Leo Bundervoet, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 71

Fr. Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Archbishop Artemio G. Casas, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Jaro (Philippines), passed away at 77

Bishop Bernard William Schmitt, Titular Bishop of Walla Walla and Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Bishop Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P., resigned as Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Fr. Slobodan Štambuk, Priest of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia), was elected Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Fr. Salvatore Pacifico, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Fr. Giuseppe Pellerino, M.C.C.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Bishop Dominique Kimpinde Amando, Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Lawrence Zhang Hua-liang (張化良) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China), passed away at 74

Fr. Luis Alberto Migone Repetto was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a, Bishop of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe, Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 58

Fr. Nazarene Soosai was appointed as Priest of Kottar (India)

Bishop Juozas Preikšas, Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

Msgr. Luigi Bressan, Priest of Trento (Italy), Permanent Observer to Council of Europe and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Severiana and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan

Fr. Walter Kasper, Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany), was elected Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Fr. Louis Mascarenhas was appointed as Priest of Allahabad (India)

Fr. Gerard J. Legeland, C.SS.R., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Weetebula (Indonesia), passed away at 80

Bishop Mario de Gasperín Gasperín, Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico)

Fr. Józef Wysocki, Priest of Warmia (Poland), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Præcausa

Bishop William Henry Keeler, Bishop of Harrisburg (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

Archbishop William Donald Borders resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

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

Bishop Willem van Kester, M.H.M., Bishop emeritus of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 83

Fr. Jeremiah Joseph Coffey was elected Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Bishop Roger Lucien Meindre, Bishop of Mende (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

Fr. Barthol Barretto was appointed as Priest of Bombay (India)

Fr. Dominic Savio Fernandes was appointed as Priest of Bombay (India)

Sr. Clelia Barbieri was canonised

Bishop Herbert Bednorz, Bishop emeritus of Katowice (Poland), passed away at 80

Patriarch Paul II Cheikho, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 82

Bishop Carlo Bandini, Bishop emeritus of Sarsina (Italy), passed away at 94

Bishop António Ferreira Gomes, Bishop emeritus of Porto (Portugal), passed away at 82

Bishop Philip Joseph Furlong, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate emeritus of United States of America (USA), passed away at 96

Bishop François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang, Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

Archbishop Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M., Secretary General of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, was appointed as President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Dr. Giò Maria Poles was appointed as Vice-President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Prof. Matteo Dell’Olio was appointed as Assessor of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Prof. Gian Carlo Perone was appointed as Assessor of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Fr. Crispin Barrete Varquez was appointed as Priest of Tagbilaran (Philippines)

Fr. Joel Ocampo Gorostieta was appointed as Priest of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Bishop Giuseppe Franciolini, Bishop emeritus of Cortona (Italy), passed away at 97

Apostolic Prefecture of Tambacounda was promoted as Diocese of Tambacounda (became suffragan of Dakar) (Senegal)

Fr. Innayya Chinna Addagatla was elected Bishop of Nalgonda (India)

Fr. Warlito Itcuas Cajandig, Priest of Capiz (Philippines), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Calapan (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Ausafa

Fr. Jean-Noël Diouf was elected Bishop of Tambacounda (Senegal)

Bishop Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tambacounda (Senegal)

Archbishop Bruno Frattegiani resigned as Archbishop of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy)

Bishop Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D., Bishop emeritus of Sezze (Italy), Bishop emeritus of Priverno (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Terracina–Latina (Italy), passed away at 80

Fr. Edward Mark Lohse was appointed as Priest of Erie (USA)

Bishop Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey, Titular Bishop of Remesiana and Military Ordinary of France (France), was appointed as Bishop of Coutances (France)

Msgr. Maurice Bouvier was appointed as Substitute Defender of the Bond of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Fernando Charrier, Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

Bishop Ferdinando Maggioni resigned as Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

Bishop Jan Michalski resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira, Priest of Porto (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Portugal (Portugal)

Fr. Nicholas James Samra, Priest of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA) and Titular Bishop of Gerasa

Fr. David Bernard Thompson, Priest of Allentown (USA), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Charleston (USA)

Mother Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin de Simon de Longpré (Catherine), O.S.A., was beatified

Sr. Maria od Pana Jezusa Dobrego Pasterza Siedliska (Franciszka), O.S.A., was beatified

Sr. Maria Margherita Caiani (Maria Anna Rosa) was beatified

Fr. Martín de San Nicolás Lumbreras Peralta, O.A.R., and Fr. Melchor de San Agustín Sánchez Pérez, O.A.R., were beatified

Bishop Charles Alexander Grant, Bishop emeritus of Northampton (England), passed away at 82

Fr. János Pénzes, Priest of Subotica (Serbia), was elected Bishop of Subotica (Serbia)

Bishop Matija Zvekanovic resigned as Bishop of Subotica (Serbia)

Archbishop Michele Cecchini, Titular Archbishop of Aquileia and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria, passed away at 69

Fr. Pietro Bottaccioli was elected Bishop of Gubbio (Italy)

Ms. Victoire Rasoamanarivo was beatified

Msgr. Winfried König, Priest of Münster (Germany) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Archbishop József Ijjas, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 87

Fr. Hans-Peter Fischer was appointed as Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral, Bishop emeritus of Taubaté (Brazil), passed away at 90

Bishop Robert Henry Brom, Bishop of Duluth (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Br. Scubilion Rousseau (Jean-Bernard), F.S.C., was beatified

Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S., was appointed as Protopriest of College of Cardinals

Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Genova–Bobbio (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop Amaury Castanho, Bishop of Valença (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil)

Bishop Francis Jules Joseph Marie Barbu resigned as Bishop of Quimper (France)

Bishop Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M., succeeded as Bishop of Quimper (France)

Fr. Ferdinand Lacretelle (洛維水), S.J., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Haizhou 海州 (China), passed away at 87

Fr. Jorge García Isaza, C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia)

Fr. Daniel Joseph Miehm was appointed as Priest of Hamilton (Canada)

Fr. Augusto Paolo Lojudice was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Anthony Zhong Quan-zhang (鍾全璋) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Jiaying 嘉應 (China)

Diocese of Mercedes was renamed as Diocese of Mercedes–Luján (Argentina)

Bishop Emilio Ogñénovich, Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Mercedes–Luján (Argentina)

Fr. Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania), was elected Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus) and Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus

Bishop Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes, Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Ploaghe

Fr. Marceliano Eduardo Canyes Santacana, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Leticia (Colombia), passed away at 76

Fr. Josip Bozanić, Priest of Krk (Croatia), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Krk (Croatia)

Fr. Matthieu Nguyễn Văn Khôi was appointed as Priest of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

Fr. Hugh A. Overbaugh was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Ignazio Zambito, Priest of Agrigento (Italy), was elected Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Bishop Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Bishop Rosendo Álvarez Gastón, Bishop of Jaca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Pablo Barrachina Estevan resigned as Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Bishop Manuel Casares Hervás resigned as Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Fr. Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento was appointed as Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Marcel André Joseph Gervais, Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Fr. Gary Anthony Franken was appointed as Priest of Vancouver (Canada)

Fr. Vincent Malone was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England) and Titular Bishop of Abora

Fr. Benjamín Jiménez Hernández was elected Titular Bishop of Sullectum and Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico)

Fr. Wojciech Polak was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Piotr Greger was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Fr. Charles John Brown was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Bishop Gerard Louis Frey resigned as Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Bishop George Henry Guilfoyle resigned as Bishop of Camden (USA)

Bishop James Thomas McHugh, Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Camden (USA)

Fr. Josafá Menezes da Silva was appointed as Priest of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Fr. Rolf Lohmann was appointed as Priest of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Wilfried Theising was appointed as Priest of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Carlo Ciattini was appointed as Priest of San Miniato (Italy)

Fr. Ernesto Maguengue was appointed as Priest of Maputo (Mozambique)

Fr. Lucio Andrice Muandula was appointed as Priest of Maputo (Mozambique)

Fr. Sławomir Oder was appointed as Priest of Chełmno (Poland)

Bishop Franjo Komarica, Titular Bishop of Satafis and Auxiliary Bishop of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was appointed as Bishop of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Alfred Pichler resigned as Bishop of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia

Fr. Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm., was elected Bishop of Malang (Indonesia)

Fr. Alwin Albert Hafner, M.S.F., was elected Bishop of Morombe (Madagascar)

Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé, Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar)

Bishop Jérôme Razafindrazaka resigned as Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar)

Bishop Harry Joseph Flynn succeeded as Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Bishop Appasinghe Paul Perera, Bishop emeritus of Kandy (Sri Lanka), passed away at 75

Fr. Paul Albert Zipfel was elected Titular Bishop of Walla Walla and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Paul Guo Wen-zhi (郭文治) was consecrated as Prefect Apostolic of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China)

Archbishop Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Maseru (Lesotho), passed away at 59

Fr. Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero was appointed as Priest of Celaya (Mexico)

Fr. André Richard, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Bathurst (Canada)

Bishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Bishop Camilo Diaz Gregorio, Titular Bishop of Girus and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines)

Fr. Nelson Jesus Perez was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Donald Joseph Hying was appointed as Priest of Milwaukee (USA)

Fr. Douglas John Lucia was appointed as Priest of Ogdensburg (USA)

Fr. John Steven Siemianowski was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Denis Grondin was appointed as Priest of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Pius Jin Pei-xian (金沛獻) was illicitly consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

Fr. Paul Jiang Tao-ran (蔣陶然) was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Zhengding 正定 (China)

Bishop Raphael J. Bidawid, Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon), was elected Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Janusz Edward Mastalski was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Fr. Michele Castoro, Priest of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Archivist of College of Cardinals, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, Priest of Pittsburgh (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Virgilio Noè was appointed as Coadjutor President of Fabric of Saint Peter, Coadjutor Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See

Archbishop Lino Zanini resigned as Delegate of Fabric of Saint Peter

Fr. Marek Zalewski was appointed as Priest of Łomża (Poland)

Fr. Santiago Ignacio De Wit Guzmán was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Robert John Brennan was appointed as Priest of Rockville Centre (USA)

Fr. John Thomas Folda was appointed as Priest of Lincoln (USA)

Bishop Jorge Marcos de Oliveira, Bishop emeritus of Santo André (Brazil), passed away at 73

Bishop John Li Xi-ting (李熙亭) ▼, Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China), passed away at 79

Fr. Martin Vidović was appointed as Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Fr. Jan Vokál was appointed as Priest of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Fr. Osvaldo Neves de Almeida was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Bishop Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye), passed away at 82

Bishop Antuvan Marovitch succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye)

Archbishop Vicente Ângelo José Marchetti Zioni resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Bishop of Barretos (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

Bishop José Carmen Di Pietro Pésolo, S.D.B., Bishop of Sonsonate (El Salvador), passed away at 60

Bishop Angel Nacorda Lagdameo succeeded as Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines)

Bishop Epifanio Surban Belmonte resigned as Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines)

Archbishop Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)

Archbishop Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)

Abbot John Albert Eidenschink, O.S.B., resigned as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Melvin Valvano, O.S.B., was appointed as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University

Bishop Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Makurdi (Nigeria)

Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh succeeded as Bishop of Makurdi (Nigeria)

Msgr. John Joseph McDermott, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Priest of Burlington (USA)

Fr. David Prescott Talley was appointed as Priest of Atlanta (USA)

Fr. Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy was appointed as Priest of Lille (France)

Fr. Joseph Dergham was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)

Bishop Joseph Merhi, L.M., resigned as Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)

Fr. Antoine Hamid Mourany was elected Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Fr. Martin Su Yao-wen (蘇耀文) was appointed as Priest of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan)

Fr. Martin Hayes was appointed as Priest of Cashel and Emly (Ireland)

Fr. Michele Di Tolve was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Timothy Edward Freyer was appointed as Priest of Orange (USA)

Fr. Joseph Jude Tyson was appointed as Priest of Seattle (USA)

Patriarch Raphael I Bidawid was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq), President of Synod of the Chaldean Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq

Fr. Renzo Pegoraro was appointed as Priest of Padova (Italy)

Fr. Margarito Salazar Cárdenas was appointed as Priest of Matamoros (Mexico)

Archbishop Angelo Pedroni resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium, Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg and Apostolic Nuncio to European Communities

Cardinal Joseph Albert Malula, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica and Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 71

Fr. Stanisław Jamrozek was appointed as Priest of Przemyśl (Poland)

Msgr. Leonardo Sandri, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. André Dupuy, Priest of Aire et Dax (France) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Joseph A. Carroll resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Msgr. Renzo Fratini, Priest of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Vito Rallo, Priest of Mazara del Vallo (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Miguel Maury Buendía, Priest of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Priest of Sion (Switzerland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Ernest John Primeau, Bishop emeritus of Manchester (USA), passed away at 79

Fr. Lech Piechota was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Lawrence Sydney Nicasio was appointed as Priest of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize)

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

Diocese of Tlalnepantla was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla (with suffragan sees Cuautitlán, Nezahualcóyotl and Texcoco) (Mexico)

Fr. Czesław Stanula, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Floresta (Brazil)

Fr. Clément Fecteau was elected Titular Bishop of Talaptula and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Rafael de la Barra Tagle, S.V.D., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Illapel (Chile)

Bishop Manuel Pérez-Gil y González, Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

Fr. Marián Chovanec was appointed as Priest of Nitra (Slovakia)

Bishop Antonio Lucci (Angelo Nicola), O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Bovino (Italy), was beatified

Sr. Maria Elisabetta Renzi was beatified

Fr. Grzegorz Kaszak was appointed as Priest of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Fr. Ján Kuboš was appointed as Priest of Spiš (Slovakia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mitú was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú–Puerto Inírida (Colombia)

Mission sui juris of Abuja was promoted as Diocese of Abuja (became suffragan of Kaduna) (Nigeria)

Bishop Mario Picchi, S.D.B., Bishop of Venado Tuerto (Argentina), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia

Fr. Paulino Reale Chirina was elected Bishop of Venado Tuerto (Argentina)

Fr. José Gustavo Ángel Ramírez, M.X.Y., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Mitú–Puerto Inírida (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Vescera

Bishop Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mitú (Colombia)

Bishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J., succeeded as Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Bishop Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S., resigned as Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Cardinal Dominic Ignatius Ekandem, Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Abuja (Nigeria), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Abuja (Nigeria)

Fr. Julián García Centeno, O.S.A., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Iquitos (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Girus

Archbishop Calogero Lauricella, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. Martino Canessa, Priest of Genova–Bobbio (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy)

Fr. John Chrisostom Ndimbo was appointed as Priest of Mbinga (Tanzania)

Bishop Joseph Delphis Desrosiers, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Qacha’s Nek (Lesotho), passed away at 83

Cardinal Timothy Manning, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Los Angeles (USA), passed away at 79

Bishop Michel Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England)

Fr. Jean-Yves Nahmias was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Fr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso was appointed as Priest of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck resigned as Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Fr. William Michael Joensen was appointed as Priest of Dubuque (USA)

Fr. Barry Christopher Knestout was appointed as Priest of Washington (USA)

Bishop Robert John Rose, Bishop of Gaylord (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Fr. Ronny E. Jenkins was appointed as Priest of Austin (USA)

Bishop Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr., Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria), passed away at 64

Fr. Anton Coşa was appointed as Priest of Iaşi (Romania)

Fr. Michael Router was appointed as Priest of Kilmore (Ireland)

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

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

Fr. Raymond Leo Burke, Priest of La Crosse (USA), was appointed as Defender of the Bond of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. John Jiang Li-ren (姜立人) was consecrated as Coadjutor Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

Fr. Matthias Pei Shang-de (裴尚德), C.D.D., was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

Fr. Brian McGee was appointed as Priest of Paisley (Scotland)

Fr. Maksimilijan Matjaž was appointed as Priest of Maribor (Slovenia)

Bishop Joseph Li Bing-yao (李炳耀), S.V.D., was consecrated as Bishop

Archbishop Salvatore Asta resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Fr. Hervé Gaschignard was appointed as Priest of Nantes (France)

Msgr. Dionigi Tettamanzi, Priest of Milano (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ancona–Osimo (Italy)

Archbishop Carlo Maccari resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ancona–Osimo (Italy)

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

Fr. Giuseppe Mengoli was appointed as Priest of Otranto (Italy)

Fr. Orazio Pepe was appointed as Priest of Teggiano–Policastro (Italy)

Archbishop Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa), passed away at 51

Fr. Bernard Anthony Hebda was appointed as Priest of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. John Patrick Dolan was appointed as Priest of San Diego (USA)

Fr. Sam Gallip Jacobs, Priest of Lake Charles (USA), was elected Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

Fr. Michael Mulhall was appointed as Priest of Peterborough (Canada)

Fr. Jean Laffitte was appointed as Priest of Autun (France)

Diocese of Uyo was established (from Diocese of Calabar and became suffragan of Onitsha) (Nigeria)

Fr. Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thévenin was appointed as Priest of Genova (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Effiong Ekuwem, Priest of Calabar (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Uyo (Nigeria)

Fr. Joseph Oyanga was elected Bishop of Lira (Uganda)

Archbishop Antonio Mattiazzo, Titular Archbishop of Virunum, Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burkina Faso and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Padova (Italy)

Msgr. Carlo Zoli resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Archbishop John Joseph Maguire, Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of New York (USA), passed away at 84

Diocese of Líbano–Honda was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibagué and became suffragan of Ibagué) (Colombia)

Bishop José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C., Bishop of Florencia (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia)

Bishop Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pauzera and Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador)

Fr. Helmut Karl Dieser was appointed as Priest of Trier (Germany)

Msgr. Mariano De Nicolò, Priest of Rimini (Italy) and Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, was elected Bishop of San Marino–Montefeltro (Italy) and Bishop of Rimini (Italy)

Bishop Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez, Bishop of La Paz (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Colima (Mexico)

Fr. Salvator Niciteretse was appointed as Priest of Bururi (Burundi)

Fr. Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea was appointed as Priest of Toledo (Spain)

Bishop Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M., Bishop of Mogadishu (Somalia), passed away at 66

Bishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández, Bishop emeritus of Badajoz (Spain), passed away at 76

Bishop Gilberto Baroni resigned as Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B., Bishop of Ales–Terralba (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)

Fr. Bassano Staffieri was elected Bishop of Carpi (Italy)

Archbishop José María García Lahiguera, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 86

Fr. Daniel Henry Mueggenborg was appointed as Priest of Tulsa (USA)

Fr. Pedro María Laxague was appointed as Priest of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

Msgr. Willy Onclin, Adjunct Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, passed away at 84

Bishop Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E., resigned as Bishop of Parintins (Brazil)

Bishop João Risatti (Giovanni), P.I.M.E., succeeded as Bishop of Parintins (Brazil)

Fr. Enrique Troncoso Troncoso was elected Bishop of Iquique (Chile)

Archbishop Giovanni Moretti, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to European Communities, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg

Fr. Francesco Tommasiello was elected Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy)

Fr. Paul Meng Qing-lu (孟青祿) was appointed as Priest of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

Bishop Sennen Corrà, Bishop of Chioggia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Dardani resigned as Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Fabiani was elected Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Bishop Abramo Freschi resigned as Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

Fr. Antoine Hayek, B.C., was elected Archbishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Jan Martyniak, Priest of Wrocław (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Vardimissa and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Fr. Mark Yuan Wen-zai (袁文宰) was consecrated as Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China)

Fr. Anthony Bernard Paul was appointed as Priest of Penang (Malaysia)

Archbishop Antonio Magnoni, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt

Fr. Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas was appointed as Priest of Cabimas (Venezuela)

Fr. Jean Salomon Lezoutié was appointed as Priest of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Leribe (Lesotho), passed away at 62

Archbishop Patrick Webster, O.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Castries (Saint Lucia), passed away at 65

Fr. František Vaňák was elected Titular Bishop of Assuras and Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Josef Koukl was elected Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Bishop Luigi Morstabilini, Bishop emeritus of Brescia (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Ján Sokol, Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia), Titular Bishop of Luni and Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trnava (Slovakia)

Fr. František Tondra was elected Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

Fr. Joseph Kalathiparambil, Priest of Verapoly (India), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Luigi Punzolo, Titular Archbishop of Sebastea, passed away at 84

Bishop James Monaghan resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland)

Fr. John Baptist Attakruh was appointed as Priest of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana)

Fr. José Trinidad Fernández Angulo was appointed as Priest of Mérida (Venezuela)

Fr. Michael Huang Wo-ze (黃渥澤) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Fr. Joseph Xu Zhi-xuan (徐之玄) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China)

Archbishop Luciano Angeloni, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

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