Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Fessei was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Fesseë (Algeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Salonica was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Mardin (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Mardin (Turkiye)

Bishop Nikollë Troshani resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Durrës (Albania)

Br. Aengus Kavanagh, F.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Abbot Karl Egger, C.R.V., resigned as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Bishop Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bătdâmbâng (Cambodia)

Fr. Yvon Archambault, M.S.A., resigned as Animator General of Society of the Holy Apostles

Fr. Maurice Bélanger, I.S.P.X., resigned as Director General of Secular Institute of Pius X

Bishop Peter Chen Jian-zhang (陳建章), Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China), was appointed as Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Fr. James David Lin Xi-li (林錫黎) was elected Bishop of Yongjia 永嘉 (China)

Fr. Michael Liu Xian-ru (劉顯儒) ▼ was elected Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

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

Fr. John Zhang Qing-tian (張慶天) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Bishop Joseph Zhang Wei-zhu (張維柱) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China)

Msgr. Iván Antonio Marín López, Priest of Jericó (Colombia) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Bishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Msgr. Fabijan Veraja resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Fr. Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Abbot Jean Prou, O.S.B., resigned as President of Solesmes Congregation

Fr. Vincent de Couesnongle, O.P., Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), passed away at 76

Fr. Laurent Fabre, I.C.N., was appointed as Founder of Chemin Neuf Institute and Superior General of Chemin Neuf Institute

Fr. Raymond Rossignol, M.E.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paris Foreign Missions Society

Fr. Mikhaíl-Pétros Franzídis, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

Fr. Dimítrios Roussos, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Salonica (Greece)

Archbishop Ivan Dias, Apostolic Nuncio to Albania, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania (Albania)

Archbishop Abraham Kattumana resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Benin, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo

Bishop Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Bellary (India)

Fr. Dominic Odalil, O.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

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

Fr. Séamus Freeman, S.A.C., was appointed as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Fr. Damian Louis Byrne, O.P., resigned as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Richard McCullen, C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

Br. Cormac Cummins, F.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Msgr. Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼), Priest of Nardò–Gallipoli (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Head of Study Mission in Hong Kong of Philippines

Msgr. Crescenzio Sepe was elected Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

Fr. Giuseppe Pittau, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Bishop Agostino Ferrari Toniolo resigned as Permanent Observer to Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Abbot Maurizio Benvenuto Maria Contorni, O.S.B. Oliv., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans)

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

Msgr. Raffaele Melli resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Msgr. Ivan Peri resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)

Fr. Sisto Caccia, C.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Fr. Giorgio Castellino, S.D.B., Undersecretary emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies, passed away at 89

Fr. Luigi Valentino Favero, C.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Fr. Giannantonio Fincato, C.G.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus the Priest (Venturini)

Fr. Franco Fornari, C.G.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus the Priest (Venturini)

Fr. Bruno Luppi, C.R.S., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Somasca (Somascans)

Fr. Aurelio Mozzetta, C.F.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception

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

Mr. Giovanni Bodio resigned as Director General of Institute for Works of Religion

Mr. Raffaele Cananzi resigned as National President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Giuseppe Gervasio was appointed as National President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Andrea Gibellini was appointed as Director General of Institute for Works of Religion

Mr. Lelio Scaletti was appointed as Deputy Director General of Institute for Works of Religion

Archimandrite Joseph Rubian was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan)

Fr. Joseph I. Debs resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan)

Fr. Jorge Ortiz González, M.Sp.S., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

Fr. Melecio Picazo, M.Sp.S., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

Sr. Klara Sietmann, M.S.C., was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Fr. Hieronim Fokciński, S.J., was appointed as Relator of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Sr. Helen McLaughlin, R.S.C.J., resigned as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Fr. Martin Juritsch, S.A.C., resigned as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Archbishop Gilberto Agustoni resigned as Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

Bishop-elect Henri Salina, C.R.A., Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, was appointed as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Archbishop François Abou Mokh, B.S., was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Archbishop Boutros Marayati, Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

Msgr. John Toomey, Priest of Bridgeport (USA), passed away at 72

Fr. Robert P. Maloney, C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

Fr. Léonard Audet, C.S.V., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics of Saint Viator (Viatorians)

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

Fr. Basil Hashem, O.L.M., resigned as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Emmanuel Khouri, O.L.M., was appointed as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Gilles Pelland, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. Étienne Renaud, M. Afr., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Fr. Gothard Rosner, M. Afr., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Fr. Ladislav Sirový, O. Cr., resigned as Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star

Fr. Pietro Tocanel, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Sr. Irenea Hamranová was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Daughters St. Francis of Assisi

Msgr. Tommaso Mariucci was appointed as Adjunct Secretary of Pontifical Council for Culture

Diocese of Tlapa was established (from Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa and became suffragan of Acapulco) (Mexico)

Bishop Rafael Garcia González, Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of León (Mexico)

Bishop Anselmo Zarza Bernal resigned as Bishop of León (Mexico)

Fr. Alejo Zavala Castro, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tlapa (Mexico)

Fr. Marko Culej, Priest of Zagreb (Croatia), was elected Titular Bishop of Limata and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Bishop João Bosco Óliver de Faria, Titular Bishop of Feradi maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

Bishop Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

Archbishop Miguel Roca Cabanellas, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 70

Msgr. Christian Werner, Priest of Sankt Pölten (Austria) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Coadjutor Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria) and Titular Bishop of Eca

Bishop Constantino Maradei Donato, Bishop emeritus of Barcelona (Venezuela), passed away at 76

Archbishop Edward Thomas O’Meara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA), passed away at 70

Fr. Michael Ambrose Griffiths, E.B.C., was elected Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Hugh Lindsay resigned as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble (France)

Fr. Milan Chautur, C.SS.R., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) and Titular Bishop of Cresima

Msgr. Dennis Joseph Rigney, Priest of Camden (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away

Fr. Juan Vargas Aruquipa, Priest of Coroico (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Bita and Auxiliary Bishop of Coroico (Bolivia)

Msgr. Lorenzo Baldisseri, Priest of Pisa (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana

Fr. Ciriaco Benavente Mateos, Priest of Plasencia (Spain), was elected Bishop of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

Bishop Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil)

Bishop Cesar Castro Raval, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Bangued (Philippines)

Fr. Antoine Audo, S.J., was elected Bishop of Aleppo of the Chaldeans (Syria)

Bishop Xu Li-zhi (徐立志), Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China), passed away at 74

Cardinal Pietro Palazzini was appointed as President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Cardinal Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P., resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Fr. Jean-Berchmans Nterere was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi)

Bishop Antoine Ntalou, Bishop of Yagoua (Cameroon), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon)

Fr. Raphaël Marie Ze was elected Bishop of Sangmélima (Cameroon)

Bishop Fritz Lobinger resigned as Apostolic Administrator of De Aar (South Africa)

Fr. Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I., was elected Bishop of De Aar (South Africa)

Fr. Andrew Qian Zhi-chun (Tsien Chih-ch’un) (錢志純), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), was elected Bishop of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan)

Cardinal Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B., Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Fr. Wolodymyr Walter Paska, Priest of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) and Titular Bishop of Tigillava

Fr. Gerald Richard Barnes, Priest of San Antonio (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Montefiascone and Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino (USA)

Bishop Albert Henry Ottenweller resigned as Bishop of Steubenville (USA)

Bishop Sylvester Donovan Ryan, Titular Bishop of Remesiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Monterey (USA)

Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon, Titular Bishop of Taparura and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Steubenville (USA)

Bishop Dominic Đinh Huy Quảng, Auxiliary Bishop of Bac Ninh (Vietnam), passed away at 70

Bishop Gerald Mahon, M.H.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 69

Fr. Benoît-Barthélémy Vouilloz, C.R.B., was appointed as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

Fr. Rinaldo Fidel Brédice was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina)

Bishop Rudolf Graber, Bishop emeritus of Regensburg (Germany), passed away at 88

Archbishop Ioan Chertes, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 80

Fr. Giuseppe Boeris, C.R.S., Superior General of Clerics Regular of Somasca (Somascans), passed away at 77

Fr. Stanisław Gądecki, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Rubicón and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Bishop Czesław Domin, Titular Bishop of Dagnum and Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż resigned as Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

Bishop Wladysław Miziolek resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Bishop Franciszek Musiel resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

Bishop Wacław Skomorucha resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

Bishop Stanisław Smolenski resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Archbishop James Joseph Komba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Songea (Tanzania), passed away at 69

Bishop Maurice John Dingman, Bishop emeritus of Des Moines (USA), passed away at 78

Archbishop Joseph Khoury, Archbishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 72

Bishop Sergio Méndez Arceo, Bishop emeritus of Cuernavaca (Mexico), passed away at 84

Bishop Manuel Augusto Cárdenas resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina)

Bishop Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Fr. Rubén Salazar Gómez, Priest of Ibagué (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia)

Fr. Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist., was elected Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

Bishop Izidor István Marosi resigned as Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo)

Fr. Jean Kuassi Gbikpi-Benissan was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lomé (Togo)

Fr. Felipe Padilla Cardona, Priest of León (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

Bishop Savarinathan Michael Augustine, Bishop of Vellore (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

Archbishop Venmani S. Selvanather resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

Fr. James David Lin Xi-li (林錫黎) was consecrated as Bishop of Yongjia 永嘉 (China)

Bishop John Gabriel succeeded as Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar)

Bishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira resigned as Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar)

Fr. Michael Liu Xian-ru (劉顯儒) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

Bishop Leonard James Wall, Titular Bishop of Leptiminus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada), was promoted as Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Fr. Héctor Rubén Aguer, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Rubén Oscar Frassia was elected Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Jerome M. Fernandez, Bishop emeritus of Quilon (India), passed away at 90

Bishop José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara (Mexico), passed away at 66

Bishop Charles McDonald Renfrew, Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland), passed away at 62

Diocese of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña was renamed as Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina)

Bishop Abelardo Francisco Silva, Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina)

Bishop Joseph A. Carroll, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Dublin (Ireland), passed away at 79

Archbishop Giulio Einaudi, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

Bishop Felix Paz Perez, Bishop of Imus (Philippines), passed away at 71

Bishop Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez resigned as Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela)

Bishop Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust, Titular Bishop of Bararus and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela)

Archbishop Gabriel Koda, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 83

Bishop Mathai Kochuparampil, S.D.B., Bishop of Diphu (India), passed away at 52

Archbishop José López Ortiz, O.S.A., Archbishop Military Vicar emeritus of Spain (Spain), passed away at 93

Diocese of Yamoussoukro was established (from Diocese of Bouaké and became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Paul Han Xi-rang (韓錫讓), O.F.M. ▼, Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China), passed away at 73

Bishop Bernard Agré, Bishop of Man (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Bishop of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Ermenegildo Lio, O.F.M., Counsellor emeritus of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, passed away at 71

Bishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ilorin (Nigeria)

Fr. Joseph Sunday Ajomo was elected Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria)

Fr. Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P., was elected Bishop of Ilorin (Nigeria)

Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Lokoja (Nigeria)

Fr. Simon Akwali Okafor, Priest of Onitsha (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Augurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Awka (Nigeria)

Fr. Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Priest of Valencia (Spain), was elected Bishop of Ávila (Spain)

Fr. Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm, Priest of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam), was elected Titular Bishop of Hilta and Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

Bishop Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B., Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina), passed away at 69

Bishop Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, Bishop of Guarapuava (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil)

Bishop John Edward Heaps resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Bishop Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Padova (Italy), passed away at 86

Bishop Tadeu Henrique Prost, O.F.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Fr. Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Timmins (Canada)

Cardinal Sergio Guerri, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano pro hac vice Title and Pro-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, passed away at 86

Bishop Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères, Bishop emeritus of Créteil (France), passed away at 85

Bishop Salvatore Boccaccio, Titular Bishop of Ulpiana and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

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

Archbishop John Baptist Ye Er-shi (葉而適), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fuzhou 福州 (China), passed away at 83

Msgr. Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz, Priest of Milwaukee (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

Bishop Edmond Carmody, Titular Bishop of Mortlach and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Tyler (USA)

Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin resigned as Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

Diocese of Białystok was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Białystok (with suffragan sees Drohiczyn and Łomża) (Poland)

Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków and Diocese of Katowice and became suffragan of Kraków) (Poland)

Diocese of Częstochowa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Częstochowa (with suffragan sees Radom and Sosnowiec and lost territory to establish Diocese of Gliwice, Diocese of Kalisz and Diocese of Sosnowiec) (Poland)

Diocese of Elbląg was established (from Diocese of Chełmno, Diocese of Gdańsk and Diocese of Warmia and became suffragan of Warmia) (Poland)

Diocese of Ełk was established (from Diocese of Łomża and Diocese of Warmia and became suffragan of Warmia) (Poland)

Diocese of Gdańsk was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk (with suffragan sees Pelplin and Toruń, gained territory from Diocese of Chełmno and lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg) (Poland)

Diocese of Gliwice was established (from Diocese of Częstochowa, Diocese of Katowice and Diocese of Opole and became suffragan of Katowice) (Poland)

Diocese of Kalisz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław, Diocese of Częstochowa, Diocese of Opole and Diocese of Włocławek and became suffragan of Poznań) (Poland)

Diocese of Katowice was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice (with suffragan sees Gliwice and Opole and lost territory to establish Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec and Diocese of Gliwice) (Poland)

Diocese of Legnica was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Wrocław) (Poland)

Diocese of Lublin was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin (with suffragan sees Sandomierz and Siedlce, lost territory to Diocese of Zamość–Lubaczów and exchanged territory with Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom) (Poland)

Diocese of Chełmno was renamed as Diocese of Pelplin (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg, lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg and Diocese of Toruń and became suffragan of Gdańsk) (Poland)

Diocese of Przemyśl was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl (with suffragan sees Rzeszów and Zamość–Lubaczów, lost territory to Diocese of Sandomierz and lost territory to establish Diocese of Rzeszów) (Poland)

Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Łomża (Poland)

Diocese of Radom was established (from Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom and became suffragan of Częstochowa) (Poland)

Diocese of Rzeszów was established (from Diocese of Przemyśl and Diocese of Tarnów and became suffragan of Przemyśl) (Poland)

Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom was renamed as Diocese of Sandomierz (gained territory from Diocese of Przemyśl, lost territory to establish Diocese of Radom, exchanged territory with Diocese of Lublin and became suffragan of Lublin) (Poland)

Diocese of Sosnowiec was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków, Diocese of Częstochowa and Diocese of Kielce and became suffragan of Częstochowa) (Poland)

Diocese of Szczecin–Kamień was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin–Kamień (with suffragan sees Koszalin–Kołobrzeg and Zielona Góra–Gorzów) (Poland)

Diocese of Toruń was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Chełmno and became suffragan of Gdańsk) (Poland)

Diocese of Warmia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warmia (with suffragan sees Elbląg and Ełk, lost territory to Apostolic Administration of European Russia and lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg and Diocese of Ełk) (Poland)

Diocese of Warszawa-Praga was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Warszawa) (Poland)

Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów was promoted as Diocese of Zamość–Lubaczów (gained territory from Diocese of Lublin and became suffragan of Przemyśl) (Poland)

Diocese of Gorzów was renamed as Diocese of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (became suffragan of Szczecin–Kamień) (Poland)

Diocese of Łowicz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa, Diocese of Łódź and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Warszawa) (Poland)

Diocese of Łódź was promoted as Archdiocese of Łódź (lost territory to establish Diocese of Łowicz and without ecclesiastical province) (Poland)

Fr. Justin Joseph Bianchini, Priest of Perth (Australia), was elected Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Msgr. Norbert Trelle, Priest of Köln (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Egnatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Arrigo Miglio, Priest of Ivrea (Italy), was elected Bishop of Iglesias (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Cogoni resigned as Bishop of Iglesias (Italy)

Bishop Alfonso Tóriz Cobián, Bishop emeritus of Querétaro (Mexico), passed away at 78

Cardinal Józef Glemp resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Bishop Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M., Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

Bishop Kazimierz Jan Majdański, Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Józef Michalik, Bishop of Gorzów (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Bishop Henryk Józef Muszyński, Bishop of Włocławek (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Bishop Stanisław Nowak, Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

Bishop Edmund Michał Piszcz, Bishop of Warmia (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop Marian Przykucki, Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Bishop Bolesław Pylak, Bishop of Lublin (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lublin (Poland)

Archbishop Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk, Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland) and Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Bishop Wojciech Ziemba, Titular Bishop of Falerone and Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Ełk (Poland)

Bishop Damian Zimoń, Bishop of Katowice (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Władysław Ziółek, Bishop of Łódź (Poland), was promoted as Archbishop of Łódź (Poland)

Bishop Edward Eugeniusz Białogłowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Rzeszów (Poland)

Fr. Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Cataquas

Msgr. Bronisław Dembowski, Priest of Warszawa (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

Bishop Adam Feliks Dyczkowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica (Poland)

Bishop Edward Marian Frankowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

Bishop Kazimierz Górny, Titular Bishop of Pertusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Rzeszów (Poland)

Bishop Stanisław Kędziora, Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Bishop Edward Kisiel resigned as Bishop of Białystok (Poland)

Bishop Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski, Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Bishop Piotr Krupa, Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

Bishop Gerard Alfons Kusz, Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Gliwice (Poland)

Bishop Edward Henryk Materski, Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Radom (Poland)

Bishop Stanisław Napierała, Titular Bishop of San Leone and Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Kalisz (Poland)

Bishop Adam Odzimek, Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland)

Bishop Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C., Titular Bishop of Vissalsa and Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Łowicz (Poland)

Msgr. Tadeusz Pieronek, Priest of Kraków (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Cufruta

Msgr. Tadeusz Rakoczy, Priest of Kraków (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Bielsko–Żywiec (Poland)

Bishop Kazimierz Romaniuk, Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Bishop Tadeusz Rybak, Titular Bishop of Benepota and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Legnica (Poland)

Bishop Edward Eugeniusz Samsel, Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk (Poland)

Fr. Stefan Siczek, Priest of Radom (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Dagnum and Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland)

Bishop Piotr Skucha, Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland)

Bishop Andrzej Józef Śliwiński, Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Elbląg (Poland)

Fr. Adam Śmigielski was elected Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland)

Bishop Jan Śrutwa, Titular Bishop of Liberalia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Zamość–Lubaczów (Poland)

Bishop Andrzej Wojciech Suski, Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Toruń (Poland)

Msgr. Wacław Świerzawski, Chaplain of His Holiness and Priest of Lubaczów (Poland), was elected Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga, Titular Bishop of Mascula and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

Bishop Jan Walenty Wieczorek, Titular Bishop of Thimida regia and Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Gliwice (Poland)

Bishop Józef Wysocki, Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg (Poland)

Bishop Józef Zawitkowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Łowicz (Poland)

Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak, Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko–Żywiec (Poland)

Bishop Theodor Hubrich, Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin (Germany), passed away at 72

Archbishop Patrick Coveney, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Djibouti

Fr. Andrea Cassone was elected Archbishop of Rossano–Cariati (Italy)

Archbishop Henri Lemaître, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Finland, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Norway and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sweden, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Msgr. Antonio Franco, Priest of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine and Titular Archbishop of Gallese

Diocese of Guwahati was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong–Gauhati, Diocese of Tezpur and Diocese of Tura and became suffragan of Shillong) (India)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong–Gauhati was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong (lost territory to establish Diocese of Guwahati and gained suffragan see Guwahati) (India)

Diocese of Gikongoro was established (from Diocese of Butare and became suffragan of Kigali) (Rwanda)

Bishop Josef Stimpfle, Bishop of Augsburg (Germany), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong–Gauhati (India), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India)

Bishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B., Bishop of Dibrugarh (India), was appointed as Bishop of Guwahati (India)

Fr. Augustin Misago was elected Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda)

Msgr. Frédéric Rubwejanga, Priest of Butare (Rwanda) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Bishop Joseph Sibomana resigned as Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Fr. Magnus Mwalunyungu was elected Bishop of Tunduru–Masasi (Tanzania)

Bishop Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo, Titular Bishop of Pupiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Masaka (Uganda), was appointed as Bishop of Moroto (Uganda)

Fr. Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz was elected Bishop of Guadix (Spain)

Msgr. Leonardo Sandri, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Regent of Prefecture of the Papal Household, was appointed as Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Paolo Sardi, Priest of Acqui (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Vice-Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Crescenzio Sepe, Priest of Aversa (Italy), Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Secretary of Congregation for Clergy and Titular Archbishop of Grado

Archbishop Gilberto Agustoni, Secretary of Congregation for Clergy, was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Antonio Baruffa, S.D.B., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Msgr. Carlo Maria Viganò ▼, Priest of Pavia (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Permanent Observer to Council of Europe, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria and Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana

Fr. Renato Perino, S.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Silvio Pignotti, S.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul

Bishop Gérard Antoine Daucourt succeeded as Bishop of Troyes (France)

Bishop André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet resigned as Bishop of Troyes (France)

Msgr. Luigi Travaglino, Priest of Nola (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gambia, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia and Titular Archbishop of Lettere

Bishop Zacarias Rolim de Moura, Bishop emeritus of Cajazeiras (Brazil), passed away at 77

Msgr. Enzo Dieci, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Maura

Bishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier, Bishop emeritus of Constantine (Algeria), passed away at 92

Archbishop Luigi Poggi, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy, was appointed as Pro-Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Pro-Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Diocese of Gerona was renamed as Diocese of Girona (Spain)

Bishop Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Carlo Cecchitelli, O.F.M., resigned as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B., resigned as Bishop of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

Fr. Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Archbishop Guerino Grimaldi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Rudolf Deng Majak, Priest of Rumbek (South Sudan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Wau (South Sudan)

Msgr. Celestino Migliore, Priest of Cuneo (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to Council of Europe

Fr. John Patrick Boles, Priest of Boston (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) and Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa

Fr. John Richard McNamara, Priest of Boston (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) and Titular Bishop of Risinium

Archbishop Justo Mullor García, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia and Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia)

Archbishop Carlo Furno, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

Fr. José Guadalupe Martín Rábago, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Tuscamia and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Msgr. Javier Navarro Rodríguez, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Voncaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Antonio Sahagún López resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xue-yan (范學淹), Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China), passed away at 84

Bishop Giovanni Melis Fois resigned as Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

Bishop Pietro Meloni, Bishop of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

Venerable Archbishop Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Reggio Calabria (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Bova (Italy), passed away at 90

Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell resigned as Bishop of Madison (USA)

Fr. Wenceslao Selga Padilla (黃旭東), C.I.C.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Urga 庫倫 (Mongolia)

Bishop Paul Li Zhen-rong (李振榮), S.J., Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China), passed away at 72

Bishop Felix Sanchez Zafra resigned as Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines)

Bishop Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana resigned as Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Bishop Ramón Artemio Staffolani succeeded as Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Bishop Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez resigned as Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B., Bishop of Oyem (Gabon) and President of Episcopal Conference of Gabon, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mouila (Gabon)

Bishop Cyriaque Siméon Obamba resigned as Bishop of Mouila (Gabon)

Bishop José Thurler, Bishop emeritus of Chapecó (Brazil) and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), passed away at 78

Archbishop Piero Biggio (畢齊樂), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Bishop Vincentas Brizgys, Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania), passed away at 88

Fr. Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C., Superior General of Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, was elected Titular Bishop of Remesiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Msgr. John Stephen Knight, Priest of Saint Catharines (Canada) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Taraqua

Bishop Enrique Bolaños Quesada, Bishop emeritus of Alajuela (Costa Rica), passed away at 84

Bishop Chrétien Matawo Bakpessi, Bishop of Sokodé (Togo), passed away at 67

Diocese of Sorocaba was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sorocaba (with suffragan sees Itapeva, Jundiaí and Registro) (Brazil)

Bishop José Lambert Filho, C.S.S., Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorocaba (Brazil)

Fr. Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaría, Priest of Barrancabermeja (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Sincelejo (Colombia)

Fr. Jacques Maurice Faivre, Priest of Lyon (France), was elected Titular Bishop of San Leone and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Bishop Anthony Li Wei-dao (李維道), Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China)

Msgr. Ernst Wilhelm Nusselein, Priest of Aachen (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 84

Bishop Natalino Pescarolo, Titular Bishop of Alessano and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuneo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Fossano (Italy)

Bishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R., Bishop-Prelate of Alto Paraná (Paraguay), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ofena and Military Ordinary of Paraguay (Paraguay)

Bishop Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F., Bishop of Samarinda (Indonesia), passed away at 58

Bishop Eamon Casey resigned as Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

Bishop Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst, Bishop of Breda (Netherlands), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Breda (Netherlands)

Fr. Vittorio Tomassetti was elected Bishop of Palestrina (Italy)

Bishop Arnoldo Onisto, Bishop emeritus of Vicenza (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Phụng Hiểu, Bishop of Hung Hoá (Vietnam), passed away at 71

Diocese of Parral was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua and Apostolic Vicariate of Tarahumara and became suffragan of Chihuahua) (Mexico)

Archbishop Lancelot John Goody, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Perth (Australia), passed away at 83

Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M., Titular Bishop of Zama minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)

Fr. John Zhang Qing-tian (張慶天) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Diocese of Cumaná was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cumaná (with suffragan sees Barcelona and Margarita) (Venezuela)

Bishop Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa, Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Msgr. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Opus Dei, Priest of Zaragoza (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was beatified

Sr. Josephine Margaret Bakhita, F.d.C.C., was beatified

Bishop Alfred Pichler, Bishop emeritus of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), passed away at 78

Bishop Józef Kurpas, Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland), passed away at 80

Fr. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits), was elected Titular Bishop of Auca and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Raúl Omar Rossi, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Enera and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Michael Neary, Priest of Tuam (Ireland), was elected Titular Bishop of Quæstoriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuam (Ireland)

Cardinal Giovanni Colombo, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Milano (Italy), passed away at 89

Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz, Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil)

Bishop Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.SS.R., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau (Samoa)

Archbishop Giovanni Enrico Boccella, T.O.R., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Izmir (Turkiye), passed away at 79

Bishop Mathias William Schmidt, O.S.B., Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Brazil), passed away at 61

Bishop Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Tubarão (Brazil), passed away at 85

Bishop Athanasios Abadir, Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 69

Bishop Gerardo Pierro, Bishop of Avellino (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy)

Abbot Inácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), passed away at 78

Bishop Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Fr. Javier Salinas Viñals, Priest of Valencia (Spain), was elected Bishop of Ibiza (Spain)

Bishop Hilário Moser, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Casæ Calanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil)

Bishop Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Fr. Damião António Franklin was elected Titular Bishop of Falerone and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola)

Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Dacia and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Mbanza Congo (Angola)

Msgr. Ratko Perić, Priest of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Albert Ndongmo, Bishop emeritus of Nkongsamba (Cameroon), passed away at 65

Bishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa) and President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa)

Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa)

Fr. Reginald Michael Cawcutt, Priest of Cape Town (South Africa), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Egabro

Msgr. Joaquín Llobell, Opus Dei, was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Fouad Twal, Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop-Prelate of Tunis (Tunisia)

Fr. Claude La Colombière, S.J., was canonised

Bishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos resigned as Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Fr. Maroun Khoury Sader, Priest of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Archbishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Bernard Ardura, O. Praem., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Culture

Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zaire, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Bishop Toribio Ticona Porco, Titular Bishop of Timici and Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia)

Fr. Andrej Imrich, Priest of Spiš (Slovakia), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) and Titular Bishop of Castellum Titulianum

Bishop Kajetán Matoušek resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Archbishop José Armando Gutiérrez Granier, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cochabamba (Bolivia), passed away at 83

Fr. Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Calama (Chile)

Bishop Bernard Schilling, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Goroka (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 77

Bishop Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands), was appointed as Bishop of Fall River (USA)

Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre, Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Chile), passed away at 90

Archbishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Barranquilla (Colombia), passed away at 81

Bishop Gyula Szakos, Bishop emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Hungary), passed away at 75

Fr. Francesco Spinelli, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was beatified

Bishop Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui, Bishop of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Arindela

Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia

Archbishop Angelo Pedroni, Referendary Prelate emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 78

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia (lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Tokelau and gained suffragan see Tokelau) (Samoa)

Mission sui juris of Tokelau was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau and became suffragan of Samoa–Apia) (Tokelau)

Msgr. Patrick Edward O’Connor, Priest of Wellington (New Zealand) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau)

Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau (Samoa), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)

Bishop José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico)

Bishop Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico)

Diocese of Civita Castellana lost territory to Diocese of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy)

Bishop Attilio Nicora, Titular Bishop of Furnos minor, was appointed as Bishop of Verona (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Amari resigned as Bishop of Verona (Italy)

Bishop Félix-Marie-Honoré Verdet, Bishop emeritus of La Rochelle (France), passed away at 87

Bishop John Baptist Franz, Bishop emeritus of Peoria (USA), passed away at 95

Bishop Piotr Hemperek, Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 61

Diocese of Accra was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Accra (with suffragan sees Keta–Ho and Koforidua and lost territory to establish Diocese of Koforidua) (Ghana)

Diocese of Koforidua was established (from Diocese of Accra and became suffragan of Accra) (Ghana)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Provinces was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc–Lagawe and Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk) (Philippines)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc–Lagawe was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Provinces) (Philippines)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Provinces) (Philippines)

Bishop Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Bishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh, Bishop of Accra (Ghana), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana)

Fr. Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle, Priest of Accra (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Koforidua (Ghana)

Fr. Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Scebatiana

Fr. Brigido A. Galasgas was elected Titular Bishop of Leptiminus and Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc–Lagawe (Philippines)

Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai resigned as Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Rayappu Joseph was elected Bishop of Mannar (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam Emmanuel, Bishop of Mannar (Sri Lanka), was appointed as Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Norbert Wendelin Mtega, Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Songea (Tanzania)

Fr. Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên, Priest of Vinh (Vietnam), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

Bishop Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I., Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Concepción (Argentina)

Fr. Edgar de Jesús García Gil, Priest of Cartago (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Fordongianus and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

Fr. Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños was elected Titular Bishop of Furnos maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

Archbishop-elect Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M., Archbishop ad personam and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians

Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos, Archbishop of Athens (Greece), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

Archbishop Antónios Varthalítis, A.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki (Greece)

Fr. Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria) and Titular Bishop of Raphanea

Bishop Guerino Dominique Picchi, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria)

Fr. Louis-Armel Pelâtre, A.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul (Turkiye) and Titular Bishop of Sasima

Diocese of Tacna was renamed as Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru)

Fr. Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Bishop Juan Sandoval Íñiguez succeeded as Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)

Bishop José Andrés Corral Arredondo, Titular Bishop of Cincari and Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Parral (Mexico)

Bishop Manuel Talamás Camandari resigned as Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)

Bishop José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins, Bishop of Tacna (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru)

Bishop Juan Antonio Flores Santana, Bishop of La Vega (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Tefé (Brazil), passed away at 86

Bishop Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B., Bishop of Memphis (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Bishop George Patrick Ziemann, Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA)

Fr. James Foley, Priest of Brisbane (Australia), was elected Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

Msgr. Salvatore Gristina, Priest of Palermo (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

Bishop Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil)

Fr. Lucien Fruchaud, Priest of Nantes (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Cardinal Giuseppe Paupini, Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title and Camerlengo emeritus of College of Cardinals, passed away at 85

Bishop Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic), passed away at 83

Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Archbishop Polycarp Pengo succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Drury, Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi (USA), passed away at 84

Bishop Augusto Fermo Azzolini, S.X., Bishop emeritus of Makeni (Sierra Leone), passed away at 83

Bishop Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente, Titular Bishop of Nin, Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Spain, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Diocese of Carora was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto and became suffragan of Barquisimeto) (Venezuela)

Diocese of Valle de la Pascua was established (from Diocese of Calabozo and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Msgr. Friedhelm Hofmann, Priest of Köln (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Taddua and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo, Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela)

Bishop Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M., Bishop emeritus of Chikwawa (Malawi), passed away at 82

Archbishop Nicola Rotunno resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Bishop Salvatore Boccaccio succeeded as Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Bishop Jérôme Razafindrazaka, Bishop emeritus of Tamatave (Madagascar), passed away at 77

Bishop Antonio José López Castillo, Titular Bishop of Theuzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela)

Bishop Rafael Angel González Ramírez resigned as Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela)

Bishop Tomás Vaquero, Bishop emeritus of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil), passed away at 78

Cardinal František Tomášek, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 93

Archbishop Francis William Markall, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salisbury (Zimbabwe), passed away at 86

Fr. Béla Balás, Priest of Esztergom (Hungary), was elected Titular Bishop of Feradi maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Msgr. Heinrich Ewers, Dean emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 86

Archbishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), passed away at 90

Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Gary (USA)

Msgr. Adriano Bernardini (裴納德), Priest of Roma (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Chargé d’affaires in China, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh and Titular Archbishop of Faleri

Archbishop Giovanni Ceirano, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Nuncio to Finland, Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Norway and Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden

Fr. Francis Tong Hui (童輝) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Yan’an 延安 (China)

Msgr. Hans-Georg Koitz, Priest of Hildesheim (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Cantanus

Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Archbishop Saba Youakim, B.S., resigned as Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Msgr. Juliusz Janusz (尤雅士), Priest of Kraków (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Fr. Isidore Battikha, B.A., was elected Titular Archbishop of Pelusium of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Fr. Georges El-Murr, B.C., was elected Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Bishop Nino Marzoli, C.R., Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Bishop Juan de Dios López de Victoria, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), passed away at 94

Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell, Bishop emeritus of Madison (USA), passed away at 75

Archbishop João Cláudio Colling, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil), passed away at 79

Diocese of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli lost territory to Archdiocese of Lucca (Italy)

Fr. Jacob Manathodath, Priest of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Abydus and Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of San Vicente (El Salvador), passed away at 84

Bishop George Guţiu, Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B., Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina), passed away at 71

Fr. Pierre Haas, C.S.Sp., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

Fr. Pierre Schouver, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

Archbishop John Bulaitis, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia

Bishop Paul Piché, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Mackenzie–Fort Smith (Canada), passed away at 82

Msgr. Gregory Smith, Priest of Denver (USA) and Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium, passed away

Bishop Enrico Assi, Bishop of Cremona (Italy), passed away at 73

Bishop Augustine Danglmayr, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Dallas (USA), passed away at 93

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)

Archbishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (Argentina), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)

Bishop Jeronim Isidore Chimy, O.S.B.M., Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada), passed away at 73

Abbot Primate Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

Abbot Jerome Theisen, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

Bishop Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Niamey (Niger), passed away at 73

Archbishop Dermot O’Hurley (Diarmaid Ó hUrthuile) and 16 companions were beatified

Sr. Françoise de Sales Aviat (Léonie), O.S.F.S., was beatified

Sr. María Josefa del Corazón de Jesús Sancho de Guerra was beatified

Sr. Nazaria de Santa Teresa March Mesa (Nazaria Ignacia) was beatified

Br. Rafael Arnáiz Barón, O.C.S.O., was beatified

Cardinal Jacques Martin, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Cristo Re and Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household, passed away at 84