Nominations and Resignations

Fr. Robert Michael McGuckin, Priest of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Priest of Parramatta (Australia)

Fr. Anthony McSweeney, S.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentinos)

Br. Charles Howard resigned as Superior General of Marist Brothers

Fr. Robert Joseph Kurtz, C.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Fr. Robert Joseph Barringer, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

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

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

Fr. Sutherland MacDonald, C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Fr. Peter Luo Bei-zhan (駱北瞻) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

Fr. Francis An Shu-xin (安樹新), Priest of Baoding 保定 (China), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Fr. Benedict Cai Xiu-feng (蔡秀峰) was elected Prefect Apostolic of Guilin 桂林 (China)

Fr. John Gao Ke-xian (高可賢) was elected Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

Fr. Stanislaus Han Dao-yi (韓道一) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China)

Fr. Peter Hou Jing-wen (侯經文) ▼ was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

Fr. John Baptist Liu Jing-shan (劉靜山) was elected Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

Fr. Joseph Liu Yuan-ren (劉元仁) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China)

Fr. Matthew Luo Du-xi (羅篤熹) was elected Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China)

Fr. Thomas Zhao Feng-wu (趙鳳梧), S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China)

Archbishop Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

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

Fr. Michel Ménard, P.S.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint James

Abbot Helmut Grünke, C.R.V., was appointed as Superior General of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of the Congregation of Windesheim

Abbot Odilo Lechner, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Abbot Gregor Zasche, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

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

Archbishop Ioánnis Perrís resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

Bishop Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

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

Fr. Antony Plackal, C.V., was appointed as Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Archbishop Thomas A. White (陶懷德), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean and Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand

Cardinal Virgilio Noè, President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See, Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, was appointed as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

Cardinal Opilio Rossi resigned as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

Cardinal Camillo Ruini resigned as President of Liturgical Academy

Archbishop-elect Diego Causero, Apostolic Nuncio to Chad, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic

Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio was appointed as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Archbishop Giovanni De Andrea, Vice-President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See, was appointed as President of Vatican Publishing House

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

Msgr. Giuseppe Baldanza was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)

Fr. Lluís Clavell resigned as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers

Msgr. Mario Crovini resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Pietro Fantò resigned as Permanent Observer to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Msgr. Tommaso Giussani resigned as Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

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

Msgr. Piero Monni was appointed as Permanent Observer to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Msgr. Carmelo Nicolosi was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Msgr. Vittorio Palestro resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. Pietro Trabucco, I.M.C., was appointed as Superior General of Consolata Missionaries

Fr. Giovanni Vella, O.SS.T., was appointed as Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

Dr. Giorgio Stoppa was appointed as Delegate of the Extraordinary Section of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Prof. Fabrizio Bisconti was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Prof. Giovanni Battista Marini-Bettòlo Marconi resigned as President of Pontifical Academies of Sciences

Fr. Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Nativity of Mary

Br. Cornelis Joannes Hendricus Maria van Dam, C.S.A., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimony of Art and History

Fr. Edward Władysław Kaczyński, O.P., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

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

Br. Benito Arbués Rubiol was appointed as Superior General of Marist Brothers

Bishop-elect Elmo Noel Joseph Perera resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Josef Meili, S.M.B., was appointed as Superior General of Bethlehem Mission Society

Fr. Lévon Boghos Zékiyan, Priest of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Venice, was appointed as Priest of Venezia (Italy)

Bishop Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U., Titular Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Norman Pelletier, S.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentinos)

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

Fr. Cornelis Braun, M.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

Fr. William Joseph Considine, S.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Company of Mary (Montfort Missionaries)

Fr. Michael Curran, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)

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

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

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

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

Fr. Francisco Javier Urrutia, S.J., resigned as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Br. Theo Sponselee, C.S.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Prof. Pio Ciprotti resigned as Delegate to International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

Prof. Antonio Quacquarelli resigned as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Archbishop Giovanni Coppa, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

Fr. John Lee Juo-wang (李若望) was appointed as Priest of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan)

Fr. Giuseppe Andrea Salvatore Baturi was appointed as Priest of Catania (Italy)

Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp., Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Nouakchott (Mauritania), passed away at 81

Msgr. Ramiro Moliner Inglés, Priest of Zaragoza (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Titular Archbishop of Sarda

Fr. Babula Donatien Nshole was appointed as Priest of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler, Bishop emeritus of Charleston (USA), passed away at 75

Bishop Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Archbishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Msgr. José Ruysschaert, Vice-Prefect emeritus of Vatican Apostolic Library, passed away at 78

Archbishop Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Archbishop of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy)

Cardinal Angelo Sodano resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Russia

Archbishop Benvenuto Matteucci, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pisa (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop Jan Gurda, Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland), passed away at 72

Fr. Robert Charles Evans, Priest of Providence (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Herberto Celso Angelo, Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes–Luján (Argentina), passed away at 68

Archbishop Ennio Appignanesi, Archbishop of Matera–Irsina (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe Vairo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy)

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

Bishop Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen resigned as Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Fr. Mauro Piacenza, Priest of Genova (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Mario Marini, Priest of Ravenna–Cervia (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Celso Morga Iruzubieta, Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop James Louis Schad resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Camden (USA)

Fr. James Anthony Tamayo, Priest of Corpus Christi (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Ita and Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Fr. John Baptist Jung Shin-chul (정신철 세례자 요한 / 鄭信喆) was appointed as Priest of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

Fr. Juan Carlos Maccarone was elected Titular Bishop of Mauriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Fr. Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina)

Fr. Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto was appointed as Priest of Espinal (Colombia)

Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Cristalândia (Brazil), passed away at 80

Fr. Juan Espinoza Jiménez was appointed as Priest of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop William Brasseur, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Philippines), passed away at 90

Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva succeeded as Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)

Bishop Alberto Cosme do Amaral resigned as Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)

Fr. Germanus Kwak Jin-sang (곽진상 제르마노 / 郭眞祥) was appointed as Priest of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

Bishop Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Barrancabermeja (Colombia), passed away at 84

Fr. José Roberto Fortes Palau was appointed as Priest of São José dos Campos (Brazil)

Fr. Sérgio de Deus Borges was appointed as Priest of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil)

Fr. Kishore Kumar Kujur was appointed as Priest of Sambalpur (India)

Fr. Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy)

Fr. James McLoughlin was elected Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

Msgr. Sandro Corradini, Chaplain of His Holiness and Promoter of the Faith of Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Luigi Accogli (艾可儀) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

Archbishop Pier Giacomo De Nicolò, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

Bishop Miguel Peinado Peinado, Bishop emeritus of Jaén (Spain), passed away at 81

Bishop José María Arancibia, Titular Bishop of Cerenza and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Fr. Antonio José Valín Valdés was appointed as Priest of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain)

Cardinal Jean Margéot resigned as Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Bishop Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Bishop Flavio Calle Zapata, Bishop-Prelate of Alto Sinú (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Bishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo resigned as Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Msgr. Marcello Bartolucci, Priest of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Giulio Nicolini, Bishop of Alba (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Patrick Valdrini, Priest of Verdun (France), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Giovanni Pes resigned as Bishop of Alghero–Bosa (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Vacca was elected Bishop of Alghero–Bosa (Italy)

Bishop Bernhard Stein, Bishop emeritus of Trier (Germany), passed away at 88

Bishop Antonio Forte, O.F.M., Bishop of Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Msgr. Wiesław Zygmunt Lauer was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas, Titular Bishop of Tulana and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Imus (Philippines)

Bishop Giulio Oggioni, Bishop emeritus of Bergamo (Italy), passed away at 76

Msgr. Franciszek Greniuk was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Vilhelms Nukšs, Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia), passed away at 55

Bishop Albin Małysiak, C.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Bishop Bolesław Lukasz Taborski resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Msgr. Joseph Wang Jung-ho (王榮和), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C., Archbishop emeritus of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 95

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission and President of International Theological Commission, was appointed as President of Interdicastery Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Fr. Paul Kariuki Njiru was appointed as Priest of Embu (Kenya)

Bishop Alfredo Banluta Baquial, Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines), passed away at 51

Bishop José Crisologo Sorra, Bishop of Virac (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines)

Bishop Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez, Bishop emeritus of Zamora (Spain), passed away at 67

Archbishop Antonio López Aviña resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

Bishop José Trinidad Medel Pérez, Bishop of Tula (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

Fr. Peter Henrici, S.J., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chur (Switzerland) and Titular Bishop of Osor

Fr. Paul Vollmar, S.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chur (Switzerland) and Titular Bishop of Missua

Msgr. John A. Radano, Priest of Newark (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T., succeeded as Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)

Bishop François Vòllaro, O.SS.T., resigned as Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)

Bishop Stephen Li Si-de (李思德), Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China), passed away at 84

Fr. José Carlos Brandão Cabral was appointed as Priest of Limeira (Brazil)

Bishop James Kim Ji-seok (김지석 야고보 / 金智錫) succeeded as Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea)

Bishop Daniel Tji Hak-sun (지학순 다니엘), Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea), passed away at 71

Bishop Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea, Bishop emeritus of San Sebastián (Spain), passed away at 89

Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Military Ordinary of Netherlands (Netherlands)

Bishop John Shojiro Ito (使徒ヨハネ 伊藤 庄治郎), Bishop emeritus of Niigata 新潟 (Japan), passed away at 84

Archbishop Luciano Angeloni resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

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

Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber, President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Bishop Francis Michaelappa, Bishop of Mysore (India), passed away at 67

Bishop John Joyce Russell, Bishop emeritus of Richmond (USA), passed away at 95

Fr. Peter Hou Jing-wen (侯經文) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

Sr. Marie Sainte-Cécile de Rome Bélanger (Dina), R.J.M., was beatified

Sr. Marie de Saint-Ignace Thévenet (Claudine), R.J.M., Founder of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, was canonised

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

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 73

Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri–Segni, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera and Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 79

Diocese of Edéa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala and became suffragan of Douala) (Cameroon)

Diocese of Eséka was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala and became suffragan of Douala) (Cameroon)

Diocese of Mawlamyine was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yangon and became suffragan of Yangon) (Myanmar)

Bishop Carmelo Juan Giaquinta, Bishop of Posadas (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Resistencia (Argentina)

Bishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot, Titular Bishop of Siminina and Auxiliary Bishop of Douala (Cameroon), was appointed as Bishop of Edéa (Cameroon)

Fr. François Achille Eyabi, Priest of Douala (Cameroon), was appointed as Priest of Edéa (Cameroon)

Fr. Jean-Bosco Ntep, Priest of Mbalmayo (Cameroon), was elected Bishop of Eséka (Cameroon)

Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray, Titular Bishop of Buffada and Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar), was appointed as Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar)

Bishop Simeon Anthony Pereira, Titular Bishop of Badiæ and Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn, Priest of Cân Tho (Vietnam), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam)

Bishop Bernard Ferdinand Popp resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

Bishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Fallaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Memphis (USA)

Archbishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Bishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M., Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Cardinal Paul Poupard resigned as President of Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers

Fr. Edward Baretto was appointed as Priest of Darjeeling (India)

Fr. Ambrose Pitchaimuthu was appointed as Priest of Madras and Mylapore (India)

Msgr. Donato De Bonis, Priest of Acerenza (Italy), Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary and Treasurer General of Apostolic Camera, was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia

Fr. Joseph Hii Teck Kwong (許德光) was appointed as Priest of Sibu (Malaysia)

Bishop Carmelo Canzonieri, Bishop emeritus of Caltagirone (Italy), passed away at 85

Archbishop Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F., Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Málaga (Spain), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Archbishop José María Cirarda Lachiondo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Bishop Antonio Dorado Soto, Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Msgr. Wilhelm Hentze was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop István Ács, O.S.P.P.E., Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary), passed away at 57

Bishop Lorenzo Chiarinelli, Bishop of Sora–Aquino–Pontecorvo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Gazza resigned as Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

Fr. Anthony Lau Coi-ming (劉志明), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Simon Wang Coen-hwa (王振華), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu, Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 67

Bishop Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen was appointed as Titular Bishop of Maastricht

Diocese of Palangkaraya was established (from Diocese of Banjarmasin and became suffragan of Pontianak) (Indonesia)

Bishop Joseph Akichi, Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 59

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino, Prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission, President of International Theological Commission and President of Interdicastery Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri–Segni

Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy was appointed as Protodeacon of College of Cardinals

Fr. Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F., was elected Bishop of Samarinda (Indonesia)

Fr. Yulius Aloysius Husin, M.S.F., was elected Bishop of Palangkaraya (Indonesia)

Cardinal Giuseppe Casoria, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine and Protodeacon of College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title

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

Fr. Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ 野村純一), Priest of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan), was elected Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Bishop Aloysius Nobuo Soma (アロイジオ 相馬信夫) resigned as Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Fr. Maixent Coly was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Prefect of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, was appointed as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

Bishop Telesphore Richard Mkude, Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania)

Fr. Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba, Priest of Sokodé (Togo), was elected Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)

Msgr. André Dupuy, Priest of Aire et Dax (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Benin, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, Apostolic Nuncio to Togo and Titular Archbishop of Selsey

Prof. Nicola Cabibbo was appointed as President of Pontifical Academies of Sciences

Msgr. Stanisław Ziȩba was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Bishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan, Bishop of Lubbock (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe (USA)

Fr. Alfredo Horacio Zecca, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Francesco Coccopalmerio, Priest of Milano (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Cœliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Cacucci, Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum and Auxiliary Bishop of Bari–Bitonto (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

Archbishop Vincenzo Franco resigned as Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

Archbishop Mario Brini resigned as Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Bishop-elect Donato De Bonis was appointed as Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Bishop George Albert Hammes, Bishop emeritus of Superior (USA), passed away at 81

Bishop Roger-Alfred Despatie resigned as Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

Bishop Roger Johan, Bishop emeritus of Agen (France), passed away at 90

Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Great Britain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Archbishop Thomas Victor Dolinay, Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA), passed away at 69

Bishop William Henry Bullock, Bishop of Des Moines (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Madison (USA)

Fr. Angelo Raffaele Panzetta was appointed as Priest of Taranto (Italy)

Fr. Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Garriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Livorno (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Sy Uy was appointed as Priest of Talibon (Philippines)

Bishop Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Bishop of Rancagua (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Bishop Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC., Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile and Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

Fr. Luigi Bianco, Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Henry Aruna was appointed as Priest of Kenema (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Fernando Isern was appointed as Priest of Miami (USA)

Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

Msgr. Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard, Priest of Marseille (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble (France)

Fr. Francesco Massara was appointed as Priest of Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea (Italy)

Bishop Józef Michalik, Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Archbishop Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Fr. Wojciech Załuski, Priest of Łomża (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli, Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland

Sr. Maria Angela Truszkowska (Zofia Kamila) was beatified

Fr. Ludovico da Casoria Palmentieri (Arcangelo), O.F.M., was beatified

Sr. Maria Faustyna Kowalska (Faustina Kowalska / Helena), O.L.M., was beatified

Sr. Paula de San José de Calasanz Montal Fornés was beatified

Fr. Neri José Tondello was appointed as Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Diocese of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk) (Ukraine)

Diocese of Sambir–Drohobych (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets) (Ukraine)

Diocese of Ternopil (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets) (Ukraine)

Diocese of Zboriv (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets) (Ukraine)

Archbishop Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Campinas (Brazil), passed away at 86

Venerable Bishop Antonio Bello, Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy), passed away at 58

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

Fr. Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia, Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), was appointed as Priest of Tarma (Peru)

Fr. Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Bucellus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was appointed as Bishop of Ternopil–Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Pavlo Vasylyk, Titular Bishop of Plotinopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was appointed as Bishop of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Baskar Jesuraj Maria was appointed as Priest of Agra (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Marshall Islands was restored (from Diocese of Carolines–Marshalls and became suffragan of Agaña) (Marshall Islands)

Diocese of Carolines–Marshalls was renamed as Diocese of Caroline Islands (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Marshall Islands) (Micronesia)

Fr. Elias Frank was appointed as Priest of Calcutta (India)

Fr. Domenico Caliandro, Priest of Oria (Italy), was elected Bishop of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

Fr. James C. Gould was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands)

Bishop Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J., Bishop of Carolines–Marshalls (Micronesia), was appointed as Bishop of Caroline Islands (Micronesia)

Bishop Jules Victor Daem, Bishop emeritus of Antwerpen (Belgium), passed away at 90

Fr. Eraldo Bispo da Silva was appointed as Priest of Barreiras (Brazil)

Fr. Celestino Ocampo Gaona was appointed as Priest of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

Fr. Matthew S. Kopacz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Joseph R. Punderson was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Petrus Frans Lehaen, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 85

Fr. Gerardo Fortich Saco was appointed as Priest of Tagbilaran (Philippines)

Bishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka), passed away at 86

Fr. Joseph Khoury was elected Titular Bishop of Chonochora

Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia and Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus, was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Archbishop Ioánnis Perrís resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

Fr. Nikólaos Printezis, Priest of Syros (Greece) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Greece, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

Msgr. Giorgio Corbellini, Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Vice Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State

Fr. Kamal Hanna Bathish, Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine), was elected Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo, Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine), was elected Titular Bishop of Siminina and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Msgr. Joseph R. Punderson, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Gerardo Díaz Vázquez was appointed as Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Bishop Paul Liu Shu-he (劉書和), Coadjutor Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China), passed away at 73

Bishop James Su Zhi-min (蘇哲民), Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China), was appointed as Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Fr. Attilio Nostro was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

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

Archbishop Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Campo Grande (Brazil), passed away at 81

Fr. Joseph Das was elected Bishop of Berhampur (India)

Fr. Salvador Flores Huerta was elected Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra resigned as Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

Bishop Francesco Marchisano, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church and President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church

Msgr. Michele Maccarrone, President emeritus of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, passed away at 83

Bishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye, Titular Bishop of Macon and Auxiliary Bishop of Dedza (Malawi), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi)

Bishop Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima (Thailand), passed away at 72

Bishop Elden Francis Curtiss, Bishop of Helena (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Archbishop Daniel Eugene Sheehan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Bishop Brendan Michael O’Brien, Titular Bishop of Numana and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Raymond Windle resigned as Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

Fr. Alonso Llano Ruiz was elected Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia)

Bishop Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y., resigned as Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia)

Bishop Kevin O’Connor, Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England), passed away at 63

Bishop Antal Jakab, Bishop emeritus of Alba Iulia (Romania), passed away at 84

Bishop George William Ahr, Bishop emeritus of Trenton (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop Antonio Ciliberti, Bishop of Locri–Gerace (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Matera–Irsina (Italy)

Cardinal Pio Laghi, President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions) and President of Interdicastery Commission for Equitable Distribution of Priests, was appointed as Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Msgr. Silvio Padoin, Priest of Vittorio Veneto (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Congregation for Bishops, was elected Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Bishop Salvatore Sorrentino resigned as Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Msgr. Giovanni Maria Rossi, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Bishops

Fr. Simiao Purificaçao Fernandes was appointed as Priest of Goa and Daman (India)

Bishop Louis Hà Kim Danh succeeded as Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

Bishop Joseph Phạm Văn Thiên resigned as Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

Bishop Roger-Alfred Despatie, Bishop emeritus of Hearst (Canada), passed away at 66

Fr. Peter Luo Bei-zhan (駱北瞻) was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

Bishop Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo, Bishop of Orán (Argentina), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

Fr. Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J., was elected Bishop of Arica (Chile)

Bishop Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Arica (Chile)

Fr. Ivan Albert Pereira was appointed as Priest of Jammu–Srinagar (India)

Bishop Stanisław Szymecki, Bishop of Kielce (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Białystok (Poland)

Fr. Efren Veridiano Esmilla was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Abbess Janina Gabriel (Colomba Matylda), O.S.B., was beatified

Sr. Lucrezia Elena Cevoli (Florida), O.S.C. Cap., was beatified

Sr. Marie-Louise Trichet, F.d.L.S., Founder of Daughters of Wisdom, was beatified

Fr. Maurice Tornay (杜仲賢), C.R.B., was beatified

Fr. László Kerekes was appointed as Priest of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Fr. Francis Tirkey was appointed as Priest of Dumka (India)

Fr. Thomas Zhao Feng-wu (趙鳳梧), S.V.D., was consecrated as Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China)

Fr. Patrick O’Donoghue was elected Titular Bishop of Tulana and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. Kannikadass Antony William was appointed as Priest of Mysore (India)

Archbishop Joseph Qian Hui-min (錢惠民) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China), passed away at 82

Fr. Johannes Wübbe was appointed as Priest of Osnabrück (Germany)

Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ranchi (India), passed away at 83

Fr. Charles J. Beebe, Priest of Peoria (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Bernard Henri René Jacqueline resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Morocco

Msgr. Domenico De Luca, Priest of Napoli (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco and Titular Archbishop of Teglata in Numidia

Fr. Peter William Ingham, Priest of Sydney (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Heinrich Fasching was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) and Titular Bishop of Acci

Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire in Via Aurelia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 66

Bishop Patrício José Hanrahan, C.SS.R., Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil), passed away at 67

Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula

Bishop Bernardino Marchió succeeded as Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Bishop Manuel Palmeira da Rocha resigned as Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Fr. Robert Joseph Cunningham, Priest of Buffalo (USA), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. William Lee, Priest of Cashel (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland)

Bishop Michael Russell resigned as Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland)

Diocese of Gumla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi and became suffragan of Ranchi) (India)

Diocese of Simdega was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi and became suffragan of Ranchi) (India)

Fr. Pero Sudar, Priest of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Titular Bishop of Selia

Fr. Anand Jojo, Priest of Ranchi (India), was appointed as Priest of Simdega (India)

Fr. Paul Alois Lakra, Priest of Ranchi (India), was appointed as Priest of Gumla (India)

Fr. Joseph Minj was elected Bishop of Simdega (India)

Fr. Michael Minj, S.J., was elected Bishop of Gumla (India)

Fr. Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Numana and Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

Fr. Ludger G. Holling, O.S.F.S., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

Bishop Anthony Theodore Lobo, Titular Bishop of Œscus, Auxiliary Bishop of Karachi (Pakistan) and General Secretary of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Bishop Salvador Lazo Lazo resigned as Bishop of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines)

Bishop Antonio Realubin Tobias, Bishop of Pagadian (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines)

Bishop Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela)

Fr. Santiago Pérez Sánchez was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum and Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela)

Fr. Cristiano Bodo was appointed as Priest of Vercelli (Italy)

Bishop Angelo Prinetto, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Loreto (Italy), passed away at 86

Fr. José Carlos de Souza Campos was appointed as Priest of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Ramón Salazar Estrada was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Andrzej Przybylski was appointed as Priest of Częstochowa (Poland)

Fr. Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag was appointed as Priest of Pelplin (Poland)

Diocese of Hradec Králové lost territory to Diocese of České Budějovice (Czechia)

Diocese of Litoměřice exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha (Czechia)

Diocese of Plzeň was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha, Diocese of České Budějovice and Diocese of Litoměřice and became suffragan of Praha) (Czechia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha exchanged territory with Diocese of České Budějovice and Diocese of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Diocese of České Budějovice exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha (Czechia)

Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger and Diocese of Szeged–Csanád and became suffragan of Eger) (Hungary)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger lost territory to Diocese of Szeged–Csanád and Diocese of Vác (Hungary)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest (gained territory from Diocese of Székesfehérvár and Diocese of Vác, exchanged territory with Diocese of Győr and lost suffragan sees Szombathely, Vác and Veszprém) (Hungary)

Diocese of Győr exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom, Diocese of Székesfehérvár and Territorial Abbacy of Pannonhalma (Hungary)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalocsa was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (gained territory from Diocese of Vác and exchanged territory with Diocese of Pécs) (Hungary)

Diocese of Kaposvár was established (from Diocese of Veszprém and became suffragan of Veszprém) (Hungary)

Territorial Abbacy of Pannonhalma exchanged territory with Diocese of Győr (Hungary)

Diocese of Pécs exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Diocese of Székesfehérvár lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

Diocese of Veszprém was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém (with suffragan sees Kaposvár and Szombathely and lost territory to establish Diocese of Kaposvár) (Hungary)

Diocese of Vác lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungary)

Cardinal Agnelo Rossi resigned as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Cardinal Dean of College of Cardinals

Bishop Michael Pearse Lacey resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. Paul Marchand, S.M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tamata and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Fr. James Matthew Wingle, Priest of Pembroke (Canada), was elected Bishop of Yarmouth (Canada)

Bishop František Radkovský, General Secretary of Czech Bishops’ Conference, Titular Bishop of Aggar and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), was appointed as Bishop of Plzeň (Czechia)

Cardinal László Paskai, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

Archbishop László Dankó, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungary)

Bishop József Szendi, Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Bishop Béla Balás, Titular Bishop of Feradi maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Kaposvár (Hungary)

Fr. Nándor Bosák, Priest of Eger (Hungary), was elected Bishop of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza (Hungary)

Fr. György Snell, Priest of Vác (Hungary), was appointed as Priest of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

Fr. Fernando Panico, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil)

Bishop Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset, Bishop emeritus of Nice (France), passed away at 84

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Prefect of Congregation for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Cardinal Dean of College of Cardinals

Cardinal Agostino Casaroli was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of College of Cardinals

Fr. Robertus Gerardus Leonia Maria Mutsaerts was appointed as Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

Fr. Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout was appointed as Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

Fr. Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Raul Bautista Dael was appointed as Priest of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

Bishop Tadeusz Bogusław Blazkiewicz, Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland), passed away at 76

Bishop Patient Redois, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Natitingou (Benin), passed away at 68

Fr. Joan Enric Vives i Sicília, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Nin and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Msgr. Pere Tena Garriga, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Cerenza

Fr. Jaume Traserra Cunillera was elected Titular Bishop of Selemselæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, Delegate for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fr. José Hiraís Acosta Beltrán was appointed as Priest of Huejutla (Mexico)

Fr. Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz was appointed as Priest of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Bishop Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Patna (India), passed away at 89

Fr. Alessandro Giraudo was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Archbishop John Colburn Garner, Military Vicar emeritus of South Africa (South Africa), passed away at 85

Fr. John Edward Keehner was appointed as Priest of Youngstown (USA)

Fr. Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Fr. Anthony Muheria, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Bishop Claude Jean Pierre Dagens, Titular Bishop of Vulturara and Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Angoulême (France)

Fr. Carl Kevin Moeddel was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA) and Titular Bishop of Bistue

Fr. Enrique de Ossó i Cervelló, Priest of Tortosa (Spain), was canonised

Fr. Stefan Heße was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Peter Kohlgraf was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Dominik Schwaderlapp was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Bishop Janis Cakuls resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

Fr. Joselito Ramalho Nogueira was appointed as Priest of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil)

Fr. Klaus Krämer was appointed as Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Msgr. Tommaso Caputo, Priest of Napoli (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

Fr. Reinhard Marx, Priest of Paderborn (Germany), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop John Francis Donoghue, Bishop of Charlotte (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

Bishop Raymond James Boland, Bishop of Birmingham (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Bishop John Joseph Sullivan resigned as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Bishop Roberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña, Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador), passed away at 55

Fr. Adam Boniecki, M.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Fr. Donald Petraitis, M.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Fr. Herwig Gössl was appointed as Priest of Bamberg (Germany)

Msgr. Tommaso Caputo, Priest of Napoli (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Alfredo Noriega Arce, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 70

Fr. Francisco José Prieto Fernández was appointed as Priest of Ourense (Spain)

Fr. Fernando García Cadiñanos was appointed as Priest of Burgos (Spain)

Fr. Mate Uzinić was appointed as Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Fr. Vlado Razum was appointed as Priest of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Raymond Centène was appointed as Priest of Perpignan–Elne (France)

Fr. Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra, Priest of Bucaramanga (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia)

Fr. Artemio Lomboy Rillera, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Bangued (Philippines)

Bishop James Patrick Keleher, Bishop of Belleville (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Archbishop Ignatius Jerome Strecker resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Fr. José Avelino Bettencourt was appointed as Priest of Ottawa (Canada)

Fr. Dražen Kutleša was appointed as Priest of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Stefano Rega was appointed as Priest of Aversa (Italy)

Fr. Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini was appointed as Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Austin Anthony Vetter was appointed as Priest of Bismarck (USA)

Diocese of Srikakulam was established (from Diocese of Visakhapatnam and became suffragan of Hyderabad) (India)

Fr. Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero was appointed as Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Bishop Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador)

Fr. Pietro Gabrielli Zen, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Taparura

Bishop Innayya Chinna Addagatla, Bishop of Nalgonda (India), was appointed as Bishop of Srikakulam (India)

Fr. Anthony John Valentine Obinna, Priest of Owerri (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Owerri (Nigeria)

Bishop Mark Onwuha Unegbu resigned as Bishop of Owerri (Nigeria)

Fr. Andrew Aaron Chisha was elected Bishop of Mansa (Zambia)

Fr. Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA)

Archbishop Ernesto Maria Fiore resigned as Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Archbishop Antoine Joubeir resigned as Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Gabriel Toubia was elected Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia (Turkiye)

Fr. Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Sicilibba and Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia (Turkiye)

Fr. John Michael Botean, Priest of Saint George in Canton of the Romanians (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint George in Canton of the Romanians (USA)

Bishop Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M., resigned as Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Vasile Louis Puscas resigned as Bishop of Saint George in Canton of the Romanians (USA)

Bishop Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, Opus Dei, Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (El Salvador)

Bishop Sebastiano Dho, Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alba (Italy)

Fr. Michael Otieno Odiwa was appointed as Priest of Homa Bay (Kenya)

Fr. Peter Nworie Chukwu was appointed as Priest of Abakaliki (Nigeria)

Fr. Gergely Kovács was appointed as Priest of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Fr. Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F., Apostolic Administrator of Humahuaca (Argentina), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina)

Archbishop José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Monterrey (Mexico), passed away at 85

Fr. Steven Robert Biegler was appointed as Priest of Rapid City (USA)

Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná was promoted as Diocese of Alto Paraná (Paraguay)

Fr. Manuel Antonio Ruíz de la Rosa was appointed as Priest of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Joseph Gébara was appointed as Priest of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Robert Cissé was appointed as Priest of Sikasso (Mali)

Fr. Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz, Priest of Roermond (Netherlands), was elected Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete, Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of Alto Paraná (Paraguay)

Fr. Joseph Murphy was appointed as Priest of Cloyne (Ireland)

Cardinal Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints, passed away at 96

Bishop Ihor Isichenko (Ігор Ісіченко) was illicitly consecrated as Bishop

Bishop Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Fr. John Joseph Kennedy was appointed as Priest of Dublin (Ireland)

Bishop Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe, Bishop emeritus of Fréjus–Toulon (France), passed away at 87

Bishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, Bishop emeritus of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia), passed away at 79

Fr. Sosthène Ayikuli Adjuwa was appointed as Priest of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政), Priest of Killaloe (Ireland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giampiero Gloder, Priest of Padova (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giorgio Lingua, Priest of Fossano (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Eduardo Davino, Chaplain of His Holiness and Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was elected Bishop of Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia (Italy)

Msgr. Pio Abresch, Priest of Bologna (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Substitute of College of Cardinals, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Philip James Whitmore was appointed as Priest of Westminster (England)

Archbishop Leo Soekoto, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Jakarta (Indonesia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bogor (Indonesia)

Bishop Ignatius Harsono resigned as Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)

Archbishop Giacinto Berloco, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zimbabwe and Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Msgr. Bruno Musarò, Priest of Otranto (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Adam Dyczkowski, Titular Bishop of Altava and Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Fr. Kazimierz Ryczan was elected Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

Fr. Charles Georges Mrad was appointed as Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Fr. Justin Mulenga was appointed as Priest of Kasama (Zambia)

Cardinal Gordon Joseph Gray, Cardinal-Priest of S. Chiara a Vigna Clara and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland), passed away at 82

Archbishop Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Avignon (France), passed away at 79

Bishop Roberto Lückert León, Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Coro (Venezuela)

Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro was established (from Diocese of Viedma and became suffragan of Bahía Blanca) (Argentina)

Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche was established (from Diocese of Viedma and became suffragan of Bahía Blanca) (Argentina)

Msgr. José Luis Mollaghan, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Theuzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Rubén Oscar Frassia, Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina)

Fr. Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Viedma (Argentina)

Fr. José Pedro Pozzi, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina)

Fr. Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P., was elected Archbishop of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy)

Bishop Ratko Perić succeeded as Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Pavao Žanić resigned as Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. John Ebebe Ayah was appointed as Priest of Ogoja (Nigeria)

Archbishop Luigi Bressan, Titular Archbishop of Severiana and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia and Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar

Archbishop Alberto Tricarico resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia and Brunei and Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar

Fr. Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez was appointed as Priest of Margarita (Venezuela)

Fr. Joaquim Proença Dionísio was appointed as Priest of Lamego (Portugal)

Fr. John Baptist Liu Jing-shan (劉靜山) was consecrated as Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

Fr. Jean Bosco Ntagungira was appointed as Priest of Kigali (Rwanda)

Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J., Bishop of Bhagalpur (India), passed away at 69

Cardinal Guido del Mestri, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio, passed away at 82

Fr. Marin Barišić, Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia), was elected Titular Bishop of Feradi maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Bishop Vittorio Piola, Bishop emeritus of Biella (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Tomás Alejo Concepción was appointed as Priest of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

Msgr. Renzo Fratini, Priest of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan and Titular Archbishop of Botriana

Fr. Michael Kalu Ukpong was appointed as Priest of Umuahia (Nigeria)

Bishop Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi, Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)

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

Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia was established (from Diocese of Satu Mare) (Ukraine)

Archbishop Antonio Franco, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia (Ukraine)

Fr. Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas was appointed as Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Bishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan, Bishop of Lubbock (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Bishop Georges-Firmin Singha, Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 68

Bishop Gilles Bélisle resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Bishop Camille-André LeBlanc, Bishop emeritus of Bathurst (Canada), passed away at 94

Bishop Patrick Iteka, Bishop of Mahenge (Tanzania), passed away at 55

Fr. Lorenzo Leuzzi, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Piero Coda, Priest of Frascati (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Guido Mazzotta was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Marco Frisina was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Tomáš Holub was appointed as Priest of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Fr. Yagop Jacques Mourad was appointed as Priest of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou was appointed as Priest of Kinkala (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Jorge Luis Wagner was appointed as Priest of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

Fr. John Gao Ke-xian (高可賢) was consecrated as Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

Bishop Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín, Bishop emeritus of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba), passed away at 90

Bishop Luca Brandolini, C.M., Titular Bishop of Urusi and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Sora–Aquino–Pontecorvo (Italy)

Bishop Carl Anthony Fisher, S.S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), passed away at 47

Bishop Sincero Barcenilla Lucero, Bishop emeritus of Calbayog (Philippines), passed away at 57

Fr. José Antonio Satué Huerto was appointed as Priest of Huesca (Spain)

Bishop Alfred Clifton Hughes, Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)