Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of San Severo lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia–Bovino (Italy)

Msgr. Guillermo Pedro Blanco resigned as Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Fr. Domingo Basso, O.P., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Fr. Carlos Miguel Buela, I.V.E., resigned as Superior General of Institute of the Incarnate Word

Fr. Brian O’Donnell, O.H., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Bishop Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C., Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Viana (Brazil)

Fr. John Dennis Corriveau, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Archbishop Bernardine Dong Guang-qing (董光清), O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)

Fr. Sylvester Li Jian-tang (李建唐) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China)

Fr. Lu Zhi-yuan (劉知遠) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

Archbishop Bonaventure Benedict Zhang Xin (張信), O.F.M. ▼, resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China)

Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

Fr. Jeremy Ponsonby Meredyth Davies, Priest of Westminster (England), was appointed as Founder of International Association of Exorcists

Msgr. Pierre Jarry resigned as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission

Archbishop-elect Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel, Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia, Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia and Apostolic Administrator of Caucasus (Georgia), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian

Fr. Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Urbaniana University

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

Cardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P., resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Bishop Bruno Bertagna, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

Fr. Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M., was appointed as Superior General of Order of the Minims

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

Fr. Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O., was appointed as Procurator General of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

Msgr. Giovanni Angelo Abbo, Secretary emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, passed away at 83

Msgr. Emilio Colagiovanni resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Msgr. Sebastiano Masala resigned as Canonist of Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Terzo Natalini resigned as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Msgr. Piero Pennacchini resigned as Vice-Director of Press Office of the Holy See

Msgr. Igino Quadraroli resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Gabriele Amorth, S.S.P., was appointed as Founder of International Association of Exorcists

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

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

Fr. Nello Morrea, C.R.M., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular Minor

Fr. Luigi Pierini, C.S.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

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

Fr. Luigi M. Villa, B., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Camilo Maccise, O.C.D., Superior General of Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites), was appointed as President of Union of Superiors General (U.S.G.)

Br. Albert Ketelaars, F.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Immaculate Conception of Maastricht

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

Fr. Lluís Clavell was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

Fr. Pascual Piles Ferrando, O.H., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Br. José Antonio Obeso Vega, F.I.C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Christian Instruction of Ploërmel

Fr. Timothy Michael Dolan, Priest of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Msgr. Edwin Frederick O’Brien resigned as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Fr. Lewis S. Fiorelli, O.S.F.S., was appointed as Superior General of Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales

Fr. Antônio Otaviano da Costa Franco, S.D.N., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Fr. José Estevam de Paiva, S.D.N., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Fr. Francis P. DeSiano, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Joseph V. Gallagher, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. José Luis Solari, I.V.E., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of the Incarnate Word

Br. Bernard Couvillion, S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Sacred Heart

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

Dr. Armando Schiavo resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon

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

Fr. Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C., was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Belarus of the Belarussians

Prof. Edmond Malinvaud was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Msgr. Renato Dardozzi, Priest of Biella (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Fr. Luciano Mascarin, D.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Dottrinari)

Fr. Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello, Priest of Quito (Ecuador), was elected Titular Bishop of Ambia and Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Bishop Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Caguas (Puerto Rico), passed away at 74

Archbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Reims (France), passed away at 86

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Interdicastery Commission on Particular Churches, President of Interdicastery Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe and Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano and Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova in commendum

Bishop Charles-Marie Himmer, Bishop emeritus of Tournai (Belgium), passed away at 91

Fr. Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Lábrea (Brazil)

Bishop Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Lábrea (Brazil)

Fr. Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J., was elected Bishop of Malaybalay (Philippines)

Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova

Bishop Robert James Carlson, Titular Bishop of Avioccala and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

Fr. Hansjörg Vogel was elected Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone, Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France) and President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Culture, passed away at 92

Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves, Bishop emeritus of Alexandria–Shreveport (USA), passed away at 77

Bishop Diego Natale Bona, Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy)

Bishop Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia)

Bishop Maurits Gerard De Keyzer, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brugge (Belgium), passed away at 87

Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Israel

Bishop Klaus Hemmerle, Bishop of Aachen (Germany), passed away at 64

Fr. Jose Kailett, H.G.N., resigned as Director General of Heralds of Good News

Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali, Titular Archbishop of Bolsena, Secretary of Congregation for Bishops and Secretary of College of Cardinals, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Chacko Puthumayil, H.G.N., was appointed as Director General of Heralds of Good News

Bishop João Aloysio Hoffmann resigned as Bishop of Erexim (Brazil)

Bishop Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

Bishop Girônimo Zanandréa succeeded as Bishop of Erexim (Brazil)

Fr. Juan María Leonardi Villasmil, Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela), was elected Titular Bishop of Lesvi and Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Fr. Pétur Bürcher, Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland), was elected Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

Venerable Prof. Jérôme Lejeune was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy for Life

Bishop Jean-Paul-Marie Vincent, Bishop emeritus of Bayonne (France), passed away at 82

Archbishop Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.J., Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

Bishop Thomas Benjamin Fulton resigned as Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Bishop John Aloysius O’Mara, Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Diocese of Batouri was established (from Diocese of Bertoua and became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Fr. Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M., was elected Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon)

Cardinal Justinus Darmojuwono, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title and Military Vicar emeritus of Indonesia (Indonesia), passed away at 79

Bishop Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra, Bishop of Mahajanga (Madagascar), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Bishop Amando Samo, Titular Bishop of Libertina and Auxiliary Bishop of Caroline Islands (Micronesia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Caroline Islands (Micronesia)

Fr. Andreas Choi Chang-mou (최창무 안드레아 / 崔昌武), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Fr. Alexander Sye Cheong-duk (서정덕 알렉산델), Priest of Daegu 대구 (South Korea), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu 대구 (South Korea) and Titular Bishop of Buffada

Bishop-elect Hansjörg Vogel was confirmed as Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Bishop Antoine Caillot, Bishop emeritus of Évreux (France), passed away at 85

Bishop Sebastiano Rosso, Bishop emeritus of Piazza Armerina (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Szczepan Wesoły, Titular Bishop of Dragonara and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Dragonara

Fr. Edward Peter Cullen, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Msgr. Thomas John Curry, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) and Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór

Msgr. Joseph Martin Sartoris, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) and Titular Bishop of Oliva

Msgr. Gabino Zavala, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) and Titular Bishop of Tamascani

Msgr. Paul Canart, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Fr. Gentil Delázari, Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Sinop (Brazil)

Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Harar (Ethiopia), passed away at 88

Bishop Johannes Vonderach, Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 77

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

Cardinal Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro, Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte and Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan), passed away at 76

Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Fr. Juan Rubén Martínez, Priest of San Isidro (Argentina), was elected Bishop of Reconquista (Argentina)

Fr. Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S., was elected Bishop of Locri–Gerace (Italy)

Msgr. Giuseppe De Andrea, Priest of Greensburg (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (with suffragan sees La Vega, Mao–Monte Cristi and San Francisco de Macorís) (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Juan Antonio Flores Santana, Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Cardinal François Marty, Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paris (France), passed away at 89

Diocese of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite Rite) was established (from Diocese of Saint Maron of Brooklyn and without ecclesiastical province) (USA)

Bishop Miguel Caviedes Medina, Bishop of Osorno (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile)

Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal, Opus Dei, resigned as Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile)

Fr. Jacek Jezierski, Priest of Warmia (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Liberalia and Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop John George Chedid, Titular Bishop of Callinicum of the Maronites and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA)

Bishop Franz Sales Zauner, Bishop emeritus of Linz (Austria), passed away at 89

Fr. Julian Gbur, S.V.D., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Alfred Kostelecky, Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria), passed away at 73

Bishop Christian Werner succeeded as Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria)

Fr. Francisco Cases Andreu, Priest of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Timici and Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Bishop Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand), passed away at 70

Bishop William George Curlin, Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Charlotte (USA)

Bishop Charles Msakila, Bishop of Sumbawanga (Tanzania), passed away at 74

Bishop Harry Joseph Flynn, Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Diocese of Portoviejo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo (with suffragan see Santo Domingo de los Colorados) (Ecuador)

Bishop Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers, Opus Dei, Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Posadas (Argentina)

Bishop José Mario Ruiz Navas, Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Bishop Ernst Gutting resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Bishop Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M., Bishop emeritus of Edmundston (Canada), passed away at 74

Bishop Edgar Carício de Gouvêa resigned as Bishop of Irecê (Brazil)

Archbishop Giovanni Coppa resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

Archbishop Luigi Dossena, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

Bishop Angelo Comastri resigned as Bishop of Massa Marittima–Piombino (Italy)

Bishop Milosław Jan Kołodziejczyk, Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland), passed away at 65

Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at 91

Bishop Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert, Bishop emeritus of Les Gonaïves (Haiti), passed away at 92

Bishop Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), passed away at 91

Bishop Joseph Lin Thien-chu (林天助), Bishop of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan), passed away at 59

Bishop Jorge María Mejía, Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Vice-President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, was promoted as Secretary of Congregation for Bishops and Titular Archbishop of Apollonia

Bishop Francisco Xavier Nierhoff, M.S.F., Bishop emeritus of Floresta (Brazil), passed away at 80

Fr. Juan Bautista Gavilán Velázquez, Priest of Caacupé (Paraguay), was elected Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay)

Fr. Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay)

Bishop Rafael González Estrada, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 85

Bishop James Hannigan, Bishop of Wrexham (Wales), passed away at 65

Fr. Orlando Brandes, Priest of Lages (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Joinville (Brazil)

Fr. Gino Malvestio, P.I.M.E., was elected Bishop of Parintins (Brazil)

Bishop Gregório Warmeling resigned as Bishop of Joinville (Brazil)

Archbishop Jorge María Mejía, Secretary of Congregation for Bishops, was appointed as Secretary of College of Cardinals

Msgr. Paolo De Nicolò, Priest of Rimini (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Regent of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 84

Bishop Aghnatios Elias Yaacoub, S.J., Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 70

Fr. Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez, Priest of Los Teques (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela)

Apostolic Vicariate of Keetmanshoop was promoted as Diocese of Keetmanshoop (became suffragan of Windhoek) (Namibia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek and became suffragan of Windhoek) (Namibia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Windhoek (with suffragan sees Keetmanshoop and Rundu and lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu) (Namibia)

Fr. Richard Domba Mady, Priest of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Lucas Abadamloora, Priest of Navrongo–Bolgatanga (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Navrongo–Bolgatanga (Ghana)

Bishop Rudolph A. Akanlu resigned as Bishop of Navrongo–Bolgatanga (Ghana)

Bishop Tarcisio Pisani, O.M., Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P., Titular Bishop of Troina and Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek (Namibia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Windhoek (Namibia)

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

Fr. Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Rundu (Namibia) and Titular Bishop of Capra

Fr. José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona, Priest of Huaraz (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

Fr. Carlos López Hernández, Priest of Ávila (Spain), was elected Bishop of Plasencia (Spain)

Msgr. Charles James McDonnell, Priest of Newark (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) and Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus

Bishop Alfred James Jolson, S.J., Bishop of Reykjavík (Iceland), passed away at 65

Bishop David Edward Foley, Titular Bishop of Octaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Birmingham (USA)

Diocese of Araçatuba was established (from Diocese of Lins and became suffragan of Botucatu) (Brazil)

Bishop José Carlos Castanho de Almeida, Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Araçatuba (Brazil)

Fr. José Clemente Weber was elected Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Blessed Bishop Álvaro del Portillo y Álvaro, Opus Dei, Prelate of Opus Dei (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn succeeded as Bishop of Đà Lat (Vietnam)

Bishop Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng, Bishop of Bac Ninh (Vietnam) and Apostolic Administrator of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Archbishop Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Huê (Vietnam)

Fr. Paul Lê Ðắc Trọng, Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Igilgili

Bishop Joseph-Marie Nguyễn Quang Tuyến succeeded as Bishop of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Bishop Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S., Bishop of Đà Lat (Vietnam), was appointed as Bishop of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam)

Bishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a resigned as Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop John Lawrence May, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Louis (USA), passed away at 71

Fr. Armando Brambilla, C.M.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Iomnium and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Msgr. Crisostomo Ayson Yalung, Priest of San Fernando (Philippines) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Ficus and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Diocese of Abuja was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abuja (with suffragan sees Idah, Lokoja and Makurdi) (Nigeria)

Diocese of Benin City was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benin City (with suffragan sees Issele-Uku and Warri) (Nigeria)

Diocese of Calabar was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar (with suffragan sees Ikot Ekpene, Ogoja, Port Harcourt and Uyo) (Nigeria)

Diocese of Ibadan was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibadan (with suffragan sees Ekiti, Ondo and Oyo) (Nigeria)

Diocese of Jos was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos (with suffragan sees Maiduguri and Yola) (Nigeria)

Diocese of Owerri was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Owerri (with suffragan sees Aba, Ahiara, Okigwe, Orlu and Umuahia) (Nigeria)

Archbishop Peter Proeku Dery resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Bishop Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya, Bishop of Wa (Ghana), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Archbishop Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal (India)

Bishop Paschal Topno, S.J., Bishop of Ambikapur (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal (India)

Fr. Cyprian Monis was elected Titular Bishop of Molicunza and Auxiliary Bishop of Calcutta (India)

Bishop Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono resigned as Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia)

Fr. Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta was elected Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia)

Bishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Bishop of Abuja (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria)

Bishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu, Bishop of Benin City (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria)

Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka, Bishop of Jos (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria)

Bishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job, Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Bishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna, Bishop of Owerri (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri (Nigeria)

Bishop Brian David Usanga, Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

Cardinal Owen McCann, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Town (South Africa), passed away at 86

Bishop Zithulele Patrick Mvemve, Titular Bishop of Luperciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Klerksdorp (South Africa)

Bishop Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Klerksdorp (South Africa)

Fr. Barry Francis Collins, Priest of Sydney (Australia), was elected Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Bishop Douglas Joseph Warren resigned as Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Bishop Florian Kuntner, Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 61

Bishop-elect Julian Gbur, S.V.D., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bareta and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Titular Bishop of Hadriane

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

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

Archbishop Elmar Maria Kredel resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Archbishop Ignace Ziadé, Archbishop emeritus of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 88

Bishop Patrick Winters, S.A.C., Bishop emeritus of Mbulu (Tanzania), passed away at 85

Venerable Prof. Jérôme Lejeune, President of Pontifical Academy for Life, passed away at 67

Bishop Emilio Pizzoni, Bishop emeritus of Terracina (Italy) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Udine (Italy), passed away at 91

Bishop Joseph Anthony Galante, Titular Bishop of Equilio and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Beaumont (USA)

Bishop Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F., Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Lubbock (USA)

Fr. João Bráz de Aviz, Priest of Apucarana (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Flenucleta and Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil)

Apostolic Administration of Schwerin lost territory to Diocese of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Mario Antonio Cargnello, Priest of Catamarca (Argentina), was elected Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

Archbishop Fortunato Antonio Rossi resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Bishop Oscar Félix Villena resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, Priest of Dublin (Ireland), Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Msgr. Giampaolo Crepaldi, Priest of Adria–Rovigo (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Bishop György Miklós Jakubínyi, Titular Bishop of Aquæ regiæ, Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania) and Apostolic Administrator of Romania of the Armenians (Romania), was promoted as Archbishop of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Archbishop Marian Oles, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan and Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan

Fr. Lu Zhi-yuan (劉知遠) was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

Bishop József Cserháti, Bishop emeritus of Pécs (Hungary), passed away at 79

Fr. Manuel Jesús Arroba Conde, C.M.F., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Charles Aimé Halpin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada), passed away at 63

Fr. Piotr Jarecki, Priest of Warszawa (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Avissa and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Bishop Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez resigned as Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

Military Ordinariate of Magyarországi katonai ordinariátus was established (Hungary)

Fr. László Bíró, Priest of Pécs (Hungary), was elected Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungary)

Fr. Gáspár Ladocsi, Priest of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary), was elected Titular Bishop of Sebarga and Military Ordinary of Hungary (Hungary)

Bishop José Dimas Cedeño Delgado, Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama) and President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

Archbishop Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

Bishop Carlos Ambrosio Lewis, S.V.D., resigned as Coadjutor Bishop of David (Panama)

Msgr. Alexander Joseph Brunett, Priest of Detroit (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Helena (USA)

Msgr. Thomas George Doran, Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was elected Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Bishop Arthur Joseph O’Neill resigned as Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Bishop Bertrand Lacaste, Bishop emeritus of Oran (Algeria), passed away at 96

Fr. Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy) and Vicar General of Opus Dei (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Cilibia, Prelate of Opus Dei (Italy) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

Bishop Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Diocese of Lahore was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lahore (with suffragan sees Faisalabad, Islamabad–Rawalpindi and Multan) (Pakistan)

Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Bishop Armando Trindade, Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Ms. Elisabetta Canori Mora was beatified

Ms. Gianna Beretta Molla was beatified

Mr. Isidore Bakanja was beatified

Bishop Jorge Gottau, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Añatuya (Argentina), passed away at 76

Bishop Patrick Vincent Ahern resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA), passed away at 71

Fr. Fernando María Bargalló was elected Titular Bishop of Hirina and Auxiliary Bishop of Morón (Argentina)

Fr. Isidro A. Perin, M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette

Fr. Octavio Villegas Aguilar, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tula (Mexico)

Fr. Roderick Andrew Francis MacKenzie, S.J., Rector emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum), passed away at 82

Prof. Juan de Dios Vial Correa was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy for Life

Bishop Elio Sgreccia, Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family, was appointed as Vice-President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M., succeeded as Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)

Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M., resigned as Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)

Fr. Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia)

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

Bishop Francis Zhang Feng-zao (張風藻) ▼, Bishop of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China), passed away at 78

Bishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela)

Bishop Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría resigned as Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela)

Bishop James Masilamony Arul Das, Bishop of Ootacamund (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

Bishop Eric Benjamin, Bishop of Darjeeling (India), passed away at 73

Archbishop Blasco Francisco Collaço, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles

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

Archbishop Clemente Faccani resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Seychelles

Bishop Eurico dos Santos Veloso succeeded as Bishop of Luz (Brazil)

Bishop Pompeu Bezerra Bessa resigned as Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil)

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

Bishop Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Luz (Brazil)

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

Bishop Joseph Hou Jin-de (侯進德) ▼, Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China), passed away at 74

Bishop John Li Xue-song (李雪松) ▼, Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China), passed away at 90

Fr. Edward Gabriel Quint (甘霖), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Weihai 威海 (China), passed away at 89

Bishop Martino Matronola, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Montecassino (Italy), passed away at 90

Archbishop Franciscus van Roessel, C.I.C.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ujung Pandang (Indonesia)

Bishop Thomas Stewart (박 토마), S.S.C.M.E., resigned as Bishop of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea)

Bishop Raymundo Joseph Peña, Bishop of El Paso (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

Bishop Enrique San Pedro, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

Bishop Dominic Joseph Conway resigned as Bishop of Elphin (Ireland)

Fr. Christopher Jones, Priest of Elphin (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Elphin (Ireland)

Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina)

Bishop Nikollë Troshani, Titular Bishop of Cisamus, passed away at 79

Bishop Wladyslaw Jedruszuk, Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland), passed away at 75

Bishop René-Jean-Prosper-Bruno Boudon, Bishop emeritus of Mende (France), passed away at 84

Bishop James Edward Charles Burke, O.P., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Chimbote (Peru), passed away at 67

Bishop Román Acevedo Rojas, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Morelia (Mexico), passed away at 86

Bishop Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry, Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion) and President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Bishop Félix Paul resigned as Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Fr. Armando Larios Jiménez was elected Bishop of Magangué (Colombia)

Bishop Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E., resigned as Bishop of Magangué (Colombia)

Fr. Bernhard Haßlberger, Priest of München und Freising (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Octaba

Bishop Elio Sgreccia, Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family and Vice-President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, was appointed as Vice-President of Pontifical Academy for Life

Cardinal Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J., Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Quito (Ecuador), passed away at 91

Bishop James Monaghan, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland), passed away at 79

Diocese of Duitama was renamed as Diocese of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia)

Bishop Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B., Bishop of Duitama (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia)

Bishop Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia), passed away at 82

Mr. Gérald Arbola resigned as General Moderator of Emmanuel Community

Archbishop Antoine Joubeir, Archbishop emeritus of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 75

Mr. Markus Gehlen was appointed as General Moderator of Emmanuel Community

Msgr. Alfonso Badini Confalonieri, Priest of Susa (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Delegate of the Ordinary Section of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Msgr. Robert Michael Sable was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Archbishop François Robert Bacqué, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Fr. Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) and Titular Bishop of Tre Taverne

Archbishop Vincent Nsengiyumva, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda), passed away at 58

Bishop Thaddée Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda), passed away at 45

Bishop Joseph Ruzindana, Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda), passed away at 51

Archbishop Boutros Raï, B.A., Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México of the Greek-Melkites (Mexico) and Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela of the Greek-Melkites (Venezuela), passed away at 71

Fr. André de Witte was elected Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Brazil)

Msgr. Egidio Turnaturi was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Apostolic Prefecture of Jimma–Bonga was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte) (Ethiopia)

Diocese of Bulawayo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bulawayo (with suffragan sees Gweru and Hwange) (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu was elected Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Jimma–Bonga (Ethiopia)

Fr. Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Luperciana and Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia)

Fr. John Thomas Kattrukudiyil was elected Bishop of Diphu (India)

Fr. Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

Archbishop Leo Soekoto, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bogor (Indonesia)

Fr. Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)

Bishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

Msgr. Edoardo Menichelli, Priest of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti–Vasto (Italy)

Msgr. Patrick James Dunn, Priest of Auckland (New Zealand) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

Fr. Anthony Banzi was elected Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

Fr. Soane Lilo Foliaki, S.M., was elected Bishop of Tonga (Tonga)

Bishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M., Bishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary, Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 65

Bishop Albert Jean-Marie Rouet succeeded as Bishop of Poitiers (France)

Bishop Joseph Jean Marie Rozier, Bishop of Poitiers (France), passed away at 70

Bishop John Edward Cohill, S.V.D., Bishop emeritus of Goroka (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 86

Bishop Raúl Arsenio Casado, Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Bishop João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Bishop Walter Theodor Jansen resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Msgr. Mario Zenari, Priest of Verona (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (UNOV), Permanent Observer to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Permanent Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Permanent Representative to Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

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

Bishop Guglielmo Giaquinta, Bishop emeritus of Tivoli (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Chuquibambilla (Peru), passed away at 64

Msgr. Gianni Danzi, Priest of Lugano (Switzerland), Chaplain of His Holiness and Delegate of the Ordinary Section of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

Bishop Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A., Auxiliary Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń (Poland)

Fr. Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland)

Bishop Antonio Briva Mirabent, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), passed away at 68

Bishop Víctor Manuel López Forero, Titular Bishop of Cilibia and Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Archbishop Rafael Sarmiento Peralta resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Bishop Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia)

Bishop Carlos Prada Sanmiguel, Titular Bishop of Baliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia)

Fr. William Walsh, Priest of Killaloe (Ireland), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland)

Fr. Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

Bishop Anton Hänggi, Bishop emeritus of Basel (Switzerland), passed away at 77

Bishop Domingo Salvador Castagna, Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Msgr. Joseph Walter Grill, Priest of Grand Rapids (USA) and Domestic Prelate, passed away

Bishop Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir, Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Makarios Tewfik was elected Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Ladislau Paz, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Corumbá (Brazil), passed away at 90

Fr. Salvador Martínez Pérez was elected Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico)

Diocese of El Alto was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz and became suffragan of La Paz) (Bolivia)

Msgr. Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Ucres and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia)

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

Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick, Bishop emeritus of Nashville (USA), passed away at 79

Diocese of Berlin was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Berlin (with suffragan sees Dresden–Meißen and Görlitz and exchanged territory with Apostolic Administration of Görlitz) (Germany)

Diocese of Dresden–Meißen exchanged territory with Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany)

Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen was promoted as Diocese of Erfurt (gained territory from Diocese of Hildesheim, exchanged territory with Diocese of Dresden–Meißen, Diocese of Fulda and Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg and became suffragan of Paderborn) (Germany)

Diocese of Fulda exchanged territory with Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany)

Apostolic Administration of Görlitz was promoted as Diocese of Görlitz (exchanged territory with Diocese of Berlin and Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg and became suffragan of Berlin) (Germany)

Diocese of Hildesheim lost territory to Diocese of Erfurt (Germany)

Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg was promoted as Diocese of Magdeburg (lost territory to Diocese of Dresden–Meißen and Diocese of Hildesheim, exchanged territory with Apostolic Administration of Erfurt–Meiningen and Apostolic Administration of Görlitz and became suffragan of Paderborn) (Germany)

Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, Bishop of Berlin (Germany), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany)

Bishop Bernhard Huhn resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz (Germany)

Bishop Hans-Reinhard Koch, Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt (Germany)

Bishop Rudolf Müller, Titular Bishop of Nasai and Auxiliary Bishop of Görlitz (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Görlitz (Germany)

Bishop Leopold Nowak, Titular Bishop of Cissa and Apostolic Administrator of Magdeburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Magdeburg (Germany)

Bishop Joachim Wanke, Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania and Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Erfurt (Germany)

Bishop Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A., resigned as Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Archbishop Joseph Cassidy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tuam (Ireland)

Bishop Fernando Robles Capalla, Bishop of Iligan (Philippines), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

Fr. Gerald Michael Barbarito, Priest of Brooklyn (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Ignatius Anthony Catanello, Priest of Brooklyn (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) and Titular Bishop of Deultum

Bishop Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh)

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

Archbishop Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra, Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Bishop Bernard Fellay, S.S.P.X. ▼, was uncanonically appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Pius X

Diocese of Aného was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé and became suffragan of Lomé) (Togo)

Diocese of Kara was established (from Diocese of Sokodé and became suffragan of Lomé) (Togo)

Diocese of Kpalimé was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé and became suffragan of Lomé) (Togo)

Bishop Roger Mpungu resigned as Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi)

Bishop Jean-Berchmans Nterere succeeded as Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi)

Fr. Paolo Mietto, C.S.I., Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph, was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena

Bishop Basile Moussa Daoud, Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Archbishop Théophile Jean Dahi resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Peter Liu Cheng-chung (劉振忠), Priest of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan), was elected Bishop of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

Fr. Ernest Patili Assi was elected Bishop of Kara (Togo)

Fr. Victor Dovi Hounnaké was elected Bishop of Aného (Togo)

Fr. Pierre Koffi Seshie was elected Bishop of Kpalimé (Togo)

Fr. Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

Bishop Santiago Pérez Sánchez, Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela), passed away at 52

Bishop John Aloysius Marshall, Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA), passed away at 66

Bishop Lucian Mureșan, Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania), was promoted as Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Cardinal Alexandru Todea resigned as Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop George Guţiu resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Diocese of Puerto Cabello was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia and became suffragan of Valencia) (Venezuela)

Bishop Eduardo Herrera Riera, Titular Bishop of Ubaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Carora (Venezuela)

Bishop-elect Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval, Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela)

Archbishop Basile Moussa Daoud was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Félix Erviti Barcelona, O.M.I., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Western Sahara (Western Sahara)

Diocese of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maracaibo, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida and Diocese of Cabimas and became suffragan of Maracaibo) (Venezuela)

Archbishop Domingo Roa Pérez was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (Venezuela)

Msgr. José Guadalupe Galván Galindo, Priest of Monterrey (Mexico) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Bishop Juvencio González Alvarez resigned as Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Msgr. Gualtiero Bassetti, Priest of Firenze (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Massa Marittima–Piombino (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Marchisano, Titular Bishop of Populonia, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology and President of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Populonia

Msgr. Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián, Priest of Sevilla (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania and Titular Archbishop of Penafiel

Fr. Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Western Sahara (Western Sahara)

Archimandrite Antoine Mouhanna was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México of the Greek-Melkites (Mexico)

Bishop Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Msgr. Mariano José Parra Sandoval, Priest of Cumaná (Venezuela) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Fr. Francisco Polti Santillán, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), was elected Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina)

Msgr. Augusto José Zini Filho, Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Archbishop Eugenio Sbarbaro, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Belize, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname

Fr. Julián López Martín, Priest of Zamora (Spain), was elected Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Fr. Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kabale (Uganda)

Bishop Barnabas R. Halem ’Imana resigned as Bishop of Kabale (Uganda)

Archbishop Luigi Bressan, Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia and Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia

Bishop Enrique San Pedro, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Brownsville (USA), passed away at 68

Bishop George Guţiu, Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Virgil Bercea, Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), was elected Titular Bishop of Pupiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Alexandru Mesian, Priest of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Ioan Şişeştean, Priest of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania), was elected Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

Msgr. Antonio Buoncristiani, Priest of Foligno (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (Italy)

Archbishop Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of N’Djaména (Chad), passed away at 76

Msgr. Giuseppe Lazzarotto, Priest of Padova (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan, Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Titular Archbishop of Numana

Bishop Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Breda (Netherlands)

Fr. Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens was elected Bishop of Breda (Netherlands)

Territorial Prelature of Escuintla was promoted as Diocese of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Titular Episcopal See of Emerita Augusta was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz) (Spain)

Diocese of Badajoz was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz (with suffragan sees Coria–Cáceres and Plasencia and gained territory from the suppressed Titular Episcopal See of Emerita Augusta) (Spain)

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

Bishop Fernando Claudio Gamalero González, Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap., Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Archbishop Antonio María Rouco Varela, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain)

Cardinal Angel Suquía Goicoechea resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain)

Bishop Antonio Montero Moreno, Bishop of Badajoz (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)

Bishop Paul Francis Tanner, Bishop emeritus of Saint Augustine (USA), passed away at 89

Bishop Jorge Martínez Martínez, Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico), passed away at 76

Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu (South Africa)

Bishop Tadeu Henrique Prost, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Belém do Pará (Brazil), passed away at 78

Archbishop Stéphane Babaca resigned as Archbishop of Erbil of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Hanna Markho was elected Archbishop of Erbil of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Josip Arnerić, Bishop emeritus of Šibenik (Croatia), passed away at 82

Bishop Raimundo Luí, O. Carm., Bishop emeritus of Paracatu (Brazil), passed away at 82

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

Abbot Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

Fr. Marco Petta, O.S.B.I., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Archbishop Marko Jozinovic, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), passed away at 74

Msgr. Manolo Alarcon de los Santos, Priest of Caceres (Philippines) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Virac (Philippines)

Archbishop André Pailler, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rouen (France), passed away at 81

Bishop John Gabriel, Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar), passed away at 56

Bishop Carlos Suárez Cázares, Bishop of Campeche (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

Bishop Francis Raymond Shea, Bishop emeritus of Evansville (USA), passed away at 80

Cardinal Antoine Pierre Khoraiche, Cardinal-Patriarch and Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 86

Archbishop Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Territorial Prelature of Los Ríos was promoted as Diocese of Babahoyo (Ecuador)

Bishop-elect Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso, Bishop-Prelate of Los Ríos (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador)

Bishop Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Loja (Ecuador), passed away at 74

Bishop Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu resigned as Bishop of Umzimkulu (South Africa)

Bishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B., Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Archbishop Bernard Panafieu, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Marseille (France)

Msgr. Guillermo José Garlatti, Priest of La Plata (Argentina) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ regiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Fr. José Lorenzo Sartori was elected Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina)

Bishop Diarmaid O’Súilleabháin, Bishop of Kerry (Ireland), passed away at 69

Bishop Vincent Martin Leonard, Bishop emeritus of Pittsburgh (USA), passed away at 85

Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India), passed away at 75

Bishop Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S., Bishop emeritus of Brejo (Brazil), passed away at 78

Archbishop Carlo Curis, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio* to Canada

Bishop Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Toowoomba (Australia), passed away at 77

Bishop Edward Russell Gaines, Bishop of Hamilton (New Zealand) and Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand), passed away at 67

Bishop John Michael Bilock, Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA), passed away at 78

Diocese of Mbala–Mpika was renamed as Diocese of Mpika (Zambia)

Bishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna, Bishop of Awka (Nigeria), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria)

Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor, Titular Bishop of Augurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Awka (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Awka (Nigeria)

Bishop Telesphore George Mpundu ▼, Bishop of Mbala–Mpika (Zambia) and President of Zambia Episcopal Conference, was appointed as Bishop of Mpika (Zambia)

Bishop Cornélio Veerman, C.M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Cametá (Brazil), passed away at 85

Abbot Marco Petta, O.S.B.I., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

Bishop Gerard William Tickle, Military Vicar emeritus of Great Britain (England), passed away at 84

Bishop Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau, Titular Bishop of Chunavia and Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Cardinal Albert Decourtray, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), passed away at 71

Fr. Enrique Losada Adame, SS.CC., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers)

Fr. Patrick Bradley, SS.CC., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers)

Msgr. Floyd J. Brown, Priest of Ogdensburg (USA) and Domestic Prelate, passed away

Bishop René-Joseph Piérard, Bishop emeritus of Châlons (France), passed away at 95

Bishop Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I., Bishop of Maroua–Mokolo (Cameroon), passed away at 67

Bishop Otmar Mäder resigned as Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Cardinal Ernesto Corripio Ahumada resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Séamus Hegarty, Bishop of Raphoe (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)