Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Thurio was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Alton was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Bardstown was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Concordia was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Grass Valley was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Jamestown was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Kearney was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Lead was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Leavenworth was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Natchitoches was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Nesqually was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Quincy was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Sault Sainte Marie was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Vincennes was restored (USA)

Fr. Yvon Archambault, M.S.A., was appointed as Animator General of Clerical Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles

Bishop John Yang Shu-dao (楊樹道) was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Fr. Joseph Chen Chu (陳除) ▼, Priest of Beihai 北海 (China), was elected Bishop of Beihai 北海 (China)

Bishop Andrew Han Jing-tao (韓景濤) was appointed as Bishop of Siping 四平 (China)

Fr. John Liu Shi-gong (劉世功) was elected Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China)

Fr. Joseph Wei Jing-yi (魏景義) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China)

Fr. Alphonsus Yang Guang-yan (楊廣彥) was elected Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

Fr. Joseph Zhu Bao-yu (朱寶玉) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China)

Msgr. Victor Saxer, Priest of Fréjus–Toulon (France), President of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as President of Pontifical Roman Academy of Archaeology

Sr. Bernadette Joseph Berquer, O.S.U., resigned as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Sr. Colette Lignon, O.S.U., was appointed as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Abbot Laurentius Hoheisel, O.S.B., resigned as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Anno Schoenen, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Joseph Dilasa, I.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Indian Missionary Society

Fr. Joseph Satyanand, I.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Indian Missionary Society

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

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, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa and Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati

Fr. Umberto Betti, O.F.M., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

Bishop Francesco Coccopalmerio, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Papal Commissioner for Society of Saint Paul

Archbishop Diego Causero resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo

Msgr. Celestino Migliore resigned as Permanent Observer to Council of Europe

Fr. Paolo Lunardon, O.S.B. Cas., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Msgr. Ennio Francia resigned as Auditor General of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Damiano Marzotto Caotorta, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission

Msgr. Antonio Petti was appointed as Auditor General of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Antonio Piolanti, Priest of Roma (Italy), Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary and Prelate Secretary of Pontifical Academy of Theology, was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Msgr. Giovanni Sessolo resigned as Dean and Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Pierluigi Boracco, C.S.P., resigned as President of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Giuseppe di Mattia, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Antonio Loreti, P.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Fr. Augusto Ricci, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Subiaco (Italy)

Fr. Lanfranco Serrini, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Fr. Ubaldo M. Todeschini, O.S.M., was appointed as Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

Sr. Giuseppina Fragasso, A.S.C., was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

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

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

Bishop André Dikran Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan)

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

Bishop Guy-Paul Noujaim resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Paul-Emile Saadé resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Cardinal Johannes Willebrands resigned as Camerlengo of College of Cardinals

Msgr. Karel Kasteel, Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera and Undersecretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”, was appointed as Dean and Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. John Francis Brown, S.M.A., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Kano (Nigeria)

Fr. Felix Elosi, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria

Archbishop Karl Hesse, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) and President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)

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

Fr. Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (Philippines)

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

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

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Gikongoro (Rwanda)

Fr. Clarence Gallagher, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Eusebio Ignacio Hernández Sola, O.A.R., was appointed as Bureau Chief of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Msgr. Valentín Miserachs Grau, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as President of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music

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

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

Fr. Barry Fischer, C.PP.S., was appointed as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. Robert Michael Kearns, S.S.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites)

Fr. Eugene Patrick McManus, S.S.J., resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites)

Abbot Polycarp Zakar, O. Cist., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)

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

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

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

Archimandrite Abdallah Raheb, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

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

Fr. Daniel Cardot, S.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Vincenzo Di Blasio, P.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Fr. José Gamarra-Mayor Sáez, O.SS.T., resigned as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Ignacio Gordón Cuvillo, S.J., resigned as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Patrick J. Harrington, S.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Anton Loipfinger, C.PP.S., resigned as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. José Antonio Rico, O.S.B., was appointed as Pontifical Delegate for Institute of the Incarnate Word

Fr. Ivan Zuzek, S.J., resigned as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts

Br. Bernward Elsner, F.M.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Mercy of Our Lady Help of Christians

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

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

Prof. Tommaso Mauro was appointed as Delegate to International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

Territorial Prelature of Ipil lost territory to Diocese of Pagadian (Philippines)

Bishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech, Bishop emeritus of Carcassonne (France), passed away at 88

Msgr. Vincenzo Ferrara, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Antonio Macculi was appointed as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. João José Burke, O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins (Brazil)

Fr. Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M., was elected Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop André-Jean-René Lacrampe, Prado, Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France), was appointed as Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Bishop Sauveur Casanova resigned as Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Archbishop António de Castro Xavier Monteiro resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Bishop Américo do Couto Oliveira succeeded as Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Fr. Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M., was elected Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada of the Armenians (USA) and Titular Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians

Bishop Carlos Stetter, Titular Bishop of Horrea and Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia)

Bishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook resigned as Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

Bishop Fritz Lobinger, Bishop of Aliwal (South Africa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mthatha (South Africa)

Fr. Maurice Monier, Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay (France), was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của, Coadjutor Bishop emeritus of Phú Cuong (Vietnam), passed away at 79

Fr. Giovanni Zerbini, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Guarapuava (Brazil)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Parodi, Bishop emeritus of Savona (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Noli (Italy), passed away at 95

Archbishop Nicolas Hajj, Archbishop emeritus of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 87

Bishop Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot was deposed as Bishop of Évreux (France)

Archbishop James Patrick Carroll, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia), passed away at 86

Mr. Peter To Rot was beatified

Archbishop Joseph Cassidy resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tuam (Ireland)

Bishop Michael Neary, Titular Bishop of Quæstoriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuam (Ireland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

Sr. Mary of the Cross MacKillop (Mary Helen), R.S.J., was beatified

Bishop Michael Yan Gao-jian (楊高堅), O.S.A. ▼, Bishop emeritus of Changde 常德 (China), passed away at 81

Bishop Alberto Suárez Inda, Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Archbishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Fr. Joseph Vaz, C.O., was beatified

Fr. Luciano Bux, Priest of Bari–Bitonto (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Bari–Bitonto (Italy)

Fr. Egidio Viganò, S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), passed away at 74

Archbishop Janusz Bolonek, Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burkina Faso and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

Bishop Alfred Leo Abramowicz resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Edwin Michael Conway, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Augurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Timothy Joseph Lyne resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. George Vance Murry, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria) and Titular Bishop of Libertina

Bishop Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P., Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil)

Fr. Vito Schlickmann, Priest of Florianópolis (Brazil), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Gurza

Fr. Otto Georgens, Priest of Speyer (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Gubaliana

Fr. Walter Liikewille, M. Afr., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sumbawanga (Tanzania)

Sr. Genoveva Torres Morales was beatified

Br. Grimoaldo della Purificazione Santamaria (Ferdinando), C.P., was beatified

Fr. Modestino di Gesù e Maria Mazzarella (Domenico Nicola), O.F.M., was beatified

Bishop Raphael Guízar y Valencia, Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico), was beatified

Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Arecibo (Puerto Rico), passed away at 87

Bishop Dragutin Nežic, Bishop emeritus of Poreč i Pula (Croatia), passed away at 87

Fr. Sergio Pagano, B., was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Fr. Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC., was elected Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga and Military Ordinary of Chile (Chile)

Bishop José Joaquín Matte Varas resigned as Military Ordinary of Chile (Chile)

Bishop Leo Joseph Brust, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Milwaukee (USA), passed away at 79

Bishop Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños, Titular Bishop of Furnos maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Bishop Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Bishop Charles Garrett Maloney, Titular Bishop of Capsa, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bardstown

Diocese of Damongo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tamale and became suffragan of Tamale) (Ghana)

Diocese of Jalingo was established (from Diocese of Yola and became suffragan of Jos) (Nigeria)

Bishop Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., Bishop of Rajshahi (Bangladesh), was appointed as Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh)

Fr. Philip Naameh, Priest of Tamale (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Damongo (Ghana)

Fr. Vincent Michael Concessao, Priest of Delhi (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Mascula and Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi (India)

Fr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Priest of Yola (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Jalingo (Nigeria)

Fr. Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Mendi (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Gilles Côté, S.M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Cissa and Auxiliary Bishop of Daru–Kiunga (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Mendi (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Eusebius John Crawford, O.P., resigned as Bishop of Gizo (Solomon Islands)

Fr. Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P., was elected Bishop of Gizo (Solomon Islands)

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

Archbishop Antonio Ambrosanio, Archbishop of Spoleto–Norcia (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. John Kevin Boland, Priest of Savannah (USA), was elected Bishop of Savannah (USA)

Msgr. John Martin Dougherty, Priest of Scranton (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA) and Titular Bishop of Sufetula

Bishop Raymond William Lessard resigned as Bishop of Savannah (USA)

Msgr. Ennio Francia, Auditor General emeritus of Apostolic Camera, passed away at 90

Bishop Serapio Bwemi Magambo, Bishop emeritus of Fort Portal (Uganda), passed away at 66

Bishop Robert Edward Mulvee, Bishop of Wilmington (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Providence (USA)

Bishop Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, M.C.C.J., Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas (Ecuador), passed away at 66

Fr. Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C., Undersecretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, was elected Adjunct Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Titular Archbishop of Africa

Bishop Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Ivan Fuček, S.J., was appointed as Adjunct Theologian of Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Tommaso Giussani was appointed as Canonist of Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay)

Bishop Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay)

Bishop David Monas Maloney, Bishop emeritus of Wichita (USA), passed away at 82

Bishop André Gaumond, Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Fr. André Louis Fort, Priest of Autun (France), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

Bishop Michael Hughes Kenny, Bishop of Juneau (USA), passed away at 57

Msgr. Josef Grünwald, Priest of Augsburg (Germany) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Fronta

Msgr. Ján Seman, Priest of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 80

Bishop Alejandro Figueroa Medina, Titular Bishop of Forconio and Auxiliary Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

Bishop Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Barra (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Feira de Santana (Brazil)

Fr. Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Bishop Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Feira de Santana (Brazil)

Fr. Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Slebte and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Louis Hà Kim Danh, Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam), passed away at 81

Bishop Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M., Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (Cameroon)

Bishop Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I., resigned as Bishop of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (Cameroon)

Archbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria)

Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria)

Fr. Stanisław Škutans, M.I.C., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers), passed away

Bishop Severino Miguel Pelayo, Military Ordinary of Philippines (Philippines), passed away at 61

Fr. Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier, Priest of Essen (Germany), was elected Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua)

Msgr. William Edward Lori, Priest of Washington (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Bulla and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG)

Archbishop Paul Fouad Tabet resigned as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG)

Bishop Eugenio Corecco, Bishop of Lugano (Switzerland), passed away at 63

Bishop James Patrick Mahoney, Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada), passed away at 67

Diocese of Konongo–Mampong was established (from Diocese of Kumasi and Diocese of Sunyani and became suffragan of Cape Coast) (Ghana)

Diocese of Obuasi was established (from Diocese of Kumasi and became suffragan of Cape Coast) (Ghana)

Diocese of Osogbo was established (from Diocese of Oyo and became suffragan of Ibadan) (Nigeria)

Bishop Zacarias Kamwenho, Bishop of Novo Redondo (Angola), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubango (Angola)

Msgr. Thomas Kwaku Mensah, Priest of Kumasi (Ghana) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Obuasi (Ghana)

Fr. Joseph Osei-Bonsu, Priest of Konongo–Mampong (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Konongo–Mampong (Ghana)

Fr. Joseph Mukasa Zuza, Priest of Mzuzu (Malawi), was elected Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

Fr. John Vincent Roche, S.P.S., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mzuzu (Malawi)

Fr. Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin, Priest of Oyo (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Osogbo (Nigeria)

Bishop Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Fr. Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J., was elected Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Fr. Agapiti Ndorobo, Priest of Dodoma (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Mahenge (Tanzania)

Fr. Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Bishop Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N., Bishop of Guanhães (Brazil), passed away at 61

Bishop Štefan László, Bishop emeritus of Eisenstadt (Austria), passed away at 82

Bishop George To Bata, Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 69

Archbishop Stephen John Kocisko, Metropolitan emeritus of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA), passed away at 79

Bishop Walter Joseph Schoenherr resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nekemte (Ethiopia), passed away at 68

Fr. Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca, Priest of Santiago (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Karl Gnädinger, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 89

Bishop Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A., Vicar General for the Vatican City State emeritus of Roma (Italy), passed away at 87

Archbishop Marko Mihayo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tabora (Tanzania), passed away at 87

Bishop Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J., Bishop of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa) and Apostolic Administrator of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Thomas Ludger Dupré, Titular Bishop of Hodelm and Auxiliary Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

Bishop Tiago Postma resigned as Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Bishop Barthélémy Malunga, Bishop emeritus of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 82

Bishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán, Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)

Archbishop Manuel Castro Ruiz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)

Bishop José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Humahuaca (Argentina), passed away at 79

Msgr. Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B., was appointed as Superior General of Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo

Archbishop Antonio Magnoni resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt

Archbishop Edmond Youssef Farhat resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Libya

Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno, Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

Archbishop José Sebastián Laboa Gallego, Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Libya and Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

Bishop Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato (Brazil), passed away at 83

Bishop Michael Arattukulam, Bishop emeritus of Alleppey (India), passed away at 84

Msgr. Luigi Ghidoni, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Fr. Gerald Frederick Kicanas, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Bela and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Diocese of Las Vegas was established (from Diocese of Reno–Las Vegas and became suffragan of San Francisco) (USA)

Diocese of Reno–Las Vegas was renamed as Diocese of Reno (lost territory to establish Diocese of Las Vegas) (USA)

Fr. Peter David Gregory Smith, Priest of Southwark (England), was elected Bishop of East Anglia (England)

Bishop Alan Charles Clark resigned as Bishop of East Anglia (England)

Bishop Robert James Carlson succeeded as Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

Bishop Paul Vincent Dudley resigned as Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

Bishop Philip Francis Straling, Bishop of San Bernardino (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Reno (USA)

Bishop Daniel Francis Walsh, Bishop of Reno–Las Vegas (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Las Vegas (USA)

Bishop Gentil Delázari succeeded as Bishop of Sinop (Brazil)

Bishop Henrique Froehlich, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Sinop (Brazil)

Bishop João Maria Messi, O.S.M., Titular Bishop of Zucchabar and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Irecê (Brazil)

Fr. Czeslaw Kozon, Priest of København (Denmark), was elected Bishop of København (Denmark)

Bishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J., resigned as Bishop of København (Denmark)

Bishop Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

Bishop Frederick Bernard Henry, Titular Bishop of Carinola and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada)

Bishop Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio, Titular Bishop of Cerbali and Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic)

Archbishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Karl Heinrich Braun, Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Msgr. Luigi Ventura, Priest of Brescia (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso, Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire, Apostolic Nuncio to Niger and Titular Archbishop of Equilio

Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto, Priest of Avellino (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Archbishop Paolo Giglio (吉立友), Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt

Bishop Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Caroline Islands (Micronesia)

Bishop Amando Samo succeeded as Bishop of Caroline Islands (Micronesia)

Msgr. Juliusz Janusz (尤雅士), Priest of Kraków (Poland), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Chargé d’affaires in China, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda and Titular Archbishop of Caorle

Bishop Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Chanda of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 82

Fr. Ivo Fürer, Priest of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland) and General Secretary of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, was elected Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Fr. Edward Kenneth Braxton, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Macomades rusticiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Bishop-elect Ivo Fürer, Priest of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland) and General Secretary of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, was appointed as Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava–Trnava was established (from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trnava and with suffragan sees Banská Bystrica and Nitra) (Slovakia)

Diocese of Košice was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Košice (with suffragan sees Rožňava and Spiš) (Slovakia)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trnava was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava–Trnava) (Slovakia)

Bishop Dominik Hrušovský, Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia)

Archbishop Ján Sokol, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trnava (Slovakia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia)

Bishop Alojz Tkáč, Bishop of Košice (Slovakia) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Košice (Slovakia)

Bishop Vladimír Filo, Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia)

Bishop Dominik Tóth, Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia)

Diocese of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara was renamed as Diocese of Cienfuegos (lost territory to establish Diocese of Santa Clara) (Cuba)

Diocese of Santa Clara was established (from Diocese of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara and became suffragan of Santiago) (Cuba)

Diocese of Hazaribag was established (from Diocese of Daltonganj and became suffragan of Ranchi) (India)

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

Bishop André Wouking resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)

Fr. Dieudonné Watio was elected Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)

Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría, General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba, Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba)

Bishop Fernando Ramon Prego Casal, Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba)

Fr. Edwin Colaço, Priest of Bombay (India), was elected Bishop of Amravati (India)

Bishop Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S., resigned as Bishop of Amravati (India)

Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J., Bishop of Daltonganj (India), was appointed as Bishop of Hazaribag (India)

Bishop Stephen M. Tiru, Bishop of Dumka (India), was appointed as Bishop of Khunti (India)

Fr. Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam, Priest of Penang (Malaysia), was elected Titular Bishop of Chunavia and Auxiliary Bishop of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Fr. Jozef Marianus Punt, Priest of Haarlem (Netherlands), was elected Titular Bishop of Nasai, Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands) and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Netherlands (Netherlands)

Fr. John Atcherley Dew, Priest of Wellington (New Zealand), was elected Titular Bishop of Privata and Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Cardinal Henri Schwery resigned as Bishop of Sion (Switzerland)

Msgr. Norbert Brunner, Priest of Sion (Switzerland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Sion (Switzerland)

Bishop Jeremiah Newman, Bishop of Limerick (Ireland), passed away at 69

Abbot Johannes Maria Hoeck, O.S.B., President emeritus of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria, passed away at 92

Archbishop Abraham Kattumana, Titular Archbishop of Cebarades and President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, passed away at 51

Bishop Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kuwait (Kuwait), passed away at 90

Msgr. James Michael Moynihan, Priest of Rochester (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Bishop Joseph Thomas O’Keefe resigned as Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Bishop Paul Fan Yu-fei (范宇飛), Bishop emeritus of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China), passed away at 63

Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Msgr. Teofil Józef Wilski, Priest of Gniezno (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania

Bishop Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc resigned as Bishop of Kontum (Vietnam)

Bishop Pierre Trần Thanh Chung succeeded as Bishop of Kontum (Vietnam)

Fr. Raymond Olir Roussin, S.M., was elected Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada)

Bishop Noël Delaquis, O.C.S.O., resigned as Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada)

Fr. Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid, Priest of Santiago (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Bilta and Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Bishop Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Titular Bishop of Sutri and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Fr. Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) and Titular Bishop of Tigias

Bishop Henry Joseph Mansell, Titular Bishop of Marazanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Bishop Edward Dennis Head resigned as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Bishop Luis Madrid Merlano, Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Cartago (Colombia)

Bishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras resigned as Bishop of Cartago (Colombia)

Cardinal Giovanni Canestri resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

Archbishop Dionigi Tettamanzi, General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

Archbishop Alojzij Turk, Archbishop emeritus of Beograd (Serbia), passed away at 85

Bishop José Capmany Casamitjana, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 75

Bishop Charles-Joseph Lemaire (惠化民), M.E.P., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Jilin 吉林 (China), passed away at 95

Bishop Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, Opus Dei, Titular Bishop of Tabbora, Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (El Salvador), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Cardinal Robert Coffy resigned as Archbishop of Marseille (France)

Archbishop Bernard Panafieu succeeded as Archbishop of Marseille (France)

Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno (高樂天), Apostolic Nuncio to Italy, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Bishop Anthony Hampden Dickson resigned as Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados)

Fr. Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados)

Fr. Michel Florent (Clovis François Florent), O.P., Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Leningrad (Russia), passed away at 93

Msgr. Joseph Chennoth (車納德 / ジョセフ・チェノットゥ), Priest of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Bishop Bienvenido M. Lopez, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines), passed away at 71

Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, Bishop of Temuco (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia (Chile)

Bishop Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim, Bishop of Trento (Italy), was beatified

Archbishop Luigi Travaglino, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gambia, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua

Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani, Titular Archbishop of Malliana, passed away at 80

Bishop Emilio Layon Bataclan, Titular Bishop of Gunela and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Iligan (Philippines)

Bishop Julian Groblicki, Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland), passed away at 86

Bishop Louis-Marie Billé, Bishop of Laval (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

Fr. Ramzi Garmou, Prado, Priest of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran), was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Bishop Luigi Liverzani, Bishop emeritus of Frascati (Italy), passed away at 81

Fr. Agostino Roscelli, Priest of Genova (Italy), was beatified

Sr. Giuseppina Gabriella Bonino, I.S.F., was beatified

Sr. Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini was beatified

Sr. Maria Virgo Stollenwerk (Helena), S.Sp.S., Superior General of Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, was beatified

Sr. María de San José Alvarado Cardozo (Laura Evangelista), O.A.R., was beatified

Bishop Severino Mariano de Aguiar, Bishop emeritus of Pesqueira (Brazil), passed away at 91

Bishop Mario Luis Bautista Maulión, Titular Bishop of Febiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

Bishop Horácio Coelho Cristino, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), passed away at 53

Fr. José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, Priest of Zamora (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Fr. Michael Richard Cote, Priest of Portland in Maine (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cebarades and Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Bishop John Francis Kinney, Bishop of Bismarck (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Bishop Francis Joseph Green, Bishop emeritus of Tucson (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, Bishop of Osma–Soria (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

Bishop Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F., Titular Bishop of Tisedi and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Bishop Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez resigned as Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Bishop Mauro Rubio Repullés resigned as Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

Bishop Jerome Joseph Hastrich, Bishop emeritus of Gallup (USA), passed away at 80

Fr. Héctor Sabatino Cardelli, Priest of Rosario (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Furnos maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Bishop Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau succeeded as Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Bishop Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy resigned as Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Bishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei, Titular Bishop of Turuzi, Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) and Apostolic Administrator of Ayacucho (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

Bishop Brigido A. Galasgas, Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc–Lagawe (Philippines), passed away at 54

Bishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Ursona and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

Fr. Bruno Gamberini, Priest of São Carlos (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Pedro Misiara resigned as Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil)

Bishop Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mouila (Gabon)

Fr. Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mouila (Gabon)

Diocese of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry (with suffragan sees Mananthavady and Thamarasserry) (India)

Diocese of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trichur (with suffragan sees Irinjalakuda and Palghat) (India)

Bishop Joseph Kundukulam, Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy, Bishop of Mananthavady of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop George Valiamattam, Bishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Neuquén (Argentina), passed away at 80

Bishop Jean-Paul Labrie resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Abbot Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. Cas., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Fr. Jan Sarkander, Priest of Olomouc (Czechia), was canonised

Ms. Zdislava Berka was canonised

Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto and President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, passed away at 85

Bishop James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of Kigoma (Tanzania), passed away at 84

Bishop Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Viana (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Capsa

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

Bishop Anthony Wang Zi-cheng (王子澄) ▼, Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 澧縣 (China), passed away at 72

Bishop Amilcare Pasini, Bishop emeritus of Parma (Italy), passed away at 77

Msgr. Paolo Rabitti, Priest of Bologna (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, was elected Bishop of San Marino–Montefeltro (Italy)

Bishop Mariano De Nicolò resigned as Bishop of San Marino–Montefeltro (Italy)

Archbishop Ennio Antonelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy

Bishop François Kabangu wa Mutela, Bishop emeritus of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 70

Archbishop Jean Balland, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

Cardinal José Alí Lebrún Moratinos resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Utimmira and Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Territorial Prelature of Tunis was promoted as Diocese of Tunis (depended on Congregation for Bishops) (Tunisia)

Fr. Michael Ernest Putney, Priest of Brisbane (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Mizigi and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Abbot Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot nullius emeritus of New Norcia (Australia), passed away at 91

Bishop Fouad Twal, Bishop-Prelate of Tunis (Tunisia), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Tunis (Tunisia)

Fr. Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Vicus Cæsaris and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Bishop Brian Leo John Hennessy, C.R., resigned as Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda)

Fr. Robert Joseph Kurtz, C.R., was elected Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda)

Fr. Séraphin François Rouamba was elected Bishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Dieudonné Yougbaré resigned as Bishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari

Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand) and President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania, was appointed as Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)

Bishop Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala, Auxiliary Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Galle (Sri Lanka), was appointed as Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Sylvester Wewitavidanelage resigned as Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Hansjörg Vogel, Bishop of Basel (Switzerland), was appointed as Lay state

Fr. Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Bishop Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy)

Bishop Carlo Cavalla resigned as Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Fr. Germano Zaccheo, Priest of Novara (Italy), was elected Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Bishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Caacupé (Paraguay)

Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, I.Sch., Titular Bishop of Horæa and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay)

Fr. Damien De Veuster, SS.CC., was beatified

Bishop Michel-Louis Vial, Bishop emeritus of Nantes (France), passed away at 89

Bishop Francisco Prada Carrera, C.M.F., Bishop emeritus of Uruaçu (Brazil), passed away at 101

Bishop Jules Leguerrier, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Moosonee (Canada), passed away at 80

Bishop Peter Joseph Mallon, Bishop of Nelson (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada)

Msgr. Manfred Melzer, Priest of Köln (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Carinola

Bishop Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Cape Palmas (Liberia), passed away at 77

Msgr. Giuseppe Torti, Priest of Lugano (Switzerland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Lugano (Switzerland)

Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé was established (from Diocese of Abomey and became suffragan of Cotonou) (Benin)

Diocese of Djougou was established (from Diocese of Natitingou and became suffragan of Cotonou) (Benin)

Diocese of Mbaïki was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui and became suffragan of Bangui) (Central African Republic)

Bishop Nestor Assogba, Bishop of Parakou (Benin), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Natitingou (Benin)

Fr. Antoine Ganyé, Priest of Cotonou (Benin), was elected Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé (Benin)

Bishop Nicolas Okioh resigned as Bishop of Natitingou (Benin)

Cardinal Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré, Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Paulin Pomodimo was elected Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Bishop Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Fr. Guerrino Perin, M.C.C.J., was elected Bishop of Mbaïki (Central African Republic)

Fr. Jean-Claude Rembanga was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic)

Bishop Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve, Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Bishop Joaquín García Ordóñez resigned as Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Msgr. Paul-Mounged El-Hachem, Priest of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Bureau Chief for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was elected Bishop of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Philippe Boutros Chebaya resigned as Bishop of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz, Priest of Monterrey (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Fr. José Hernández Sánchez, O.SS.T., was appointed as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Archbishop Néophytos Edelby, B.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 74

Bishop Robert Francis Garner resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop William Graham Connare, Bishop emeritus of Greensburg (USA), passed away at 83

Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy), was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Archbishop Alberto Bovone, Secretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal Angelo Felici resigned as Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Bishop Norberto Rivera Carrera, Bishop of Tehuacán (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

Diocese of Maitland was renamed as Diocese of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia)

Abbot Mamerto Menapace, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Cono-Sur Benedictine Congregation of the Holy Cross

Bishop Leo Morris Clarke, Bishop of Maitland (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia)

Bishop Clemente Geiger, C.PP.S., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Xingu (Brazil), passed away at 95

Fr. Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias was elected Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

Bishop John James Rudin, M.M., Bishop emeritus of Musoma (Tanzania), passed away at 78

Diocese of Barbastro was renamed as Diocese of Barbastro–Monzón (Spain)

Bishop Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita, Bishop of Barbastro (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Barbastro–Monzón (Spain)

Msgr. John M. Scanlon, Priest of Biloxi (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, passed away

Diocese of Calabozo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabozo (with suffragan sees San Fernando de Apure and Valle de la Pascua) (Venezuela)

Fr. William Murphy, Priest of Kerry (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Kerry (Ireland)

Bishop Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M., Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Fr. Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger, Priest of Hildesheim (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Fussala

Bishop Geraldo Ferreira Reis, Bishop emeritus of Leopoldina (Brazil), passed away at 83

Fr. Joseph Wei Jing-yi (魏景義) was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China)

Cardinal Yves-Marie-Joseph Congar, O.P., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino, passed away at 91

Bishop Joseph Gray resigned as Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Fr. Brian Michael Noble, Priest of Lancaster (England), was elected Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Msgr. Luciano Monari, Priest of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy)

Bishop Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Cardinal Marcelo González Martín resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Archbishop Lorenzo Antonetti, Apostolic Nuncio to France, was appointed as Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Fr. Flavien Joseph Melki, Priest of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Fr. Clément-Joseph Hannouche, Priest of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

Fr. Gregorios Elias Tabé was elected Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Cardinal Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B., resigned as President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Archbishop Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston (Canada), passed away at 85

Fr. André Rivest, Priest of Montréal (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Thubursicum and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Msgr. Neil E. Willard, Priest of Montréal (Canada) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Tisedi and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Archbishop Dominic Deng Yi-ming (Tang Yee-ming) (鄧以明), S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Guangzhou 廣州 (China), passed away at 87

Diocese of Ecatepec was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla and Diocese of Texcoco and became suffragan of Tlalnepantla) (Mexico)

Bishop Miguel Esteban Hesayne resigned as Bishop of Viedma (Argentina)

Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B., succeeded as Bishop of Viedma (Argentina)

Bishop Angelo Frosi, S.X., Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil), passed away at 71

Msgr. Onésimo Cepeda Silva, Priest of Cuernavaca (Mexico) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was elected Bishop of Ecatepec (Mexico)

Fr. Philip Boyce, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Raphoe (Ireland)

Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Archbishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình, Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam), passed away at 84

Fr. Marek Križin (Márk Körösi / Marko Križevčanin) and 2 companions were canonised

Bishop Jean David, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of Majunga (Madagascar), passed away at 82

Bishop William Anthony Hughes resigned as Bishop of Covington (USA)

Bishop Pedro Ercílio Simon, Coadjutor Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

Bishop Augusto Petró resigned as Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Bishop Tomás Guilherme Murphy, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Juazeiro (Brazil) and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), passed away at 77

Diocese of Guwahati was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guwahati (with suffragan sees Dibrugarh, Diphu and Tezpur) (India)

Diocese of Imphal was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Imphal (with suffragan see Kohima) (India)

Diocese of Kafanchan was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna and became suffragan of Kaduna) (Nigeria)

Diocese of Otukpo was established (from Diocese of Makurdi and became suffragan of Abuja) (Nigeria)

Bishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B., Bishop of Guwahati (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guwahati (India)

Bishop Joseph Mittathany, Bishop of Imphal (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Imphal (India)

Bishop Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

Fr. Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

Fr. Joseph Danlami Bagobiri, Priest of Kaduna (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria)

Fr. Fidelis Uga Orgah, Priest of Otukpo (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Otukpo (Nigeria)

Bishop Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Faisalabad (Pakistan), passed away at 73

Fr. Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A., Apostolic Administrator of Solwezi (Zambia), was elected Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia)

Blessed Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio, President of Pontifical Council for the Laity and Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto

Fr. Marcelino Palentini, S.C.I., was elected Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina)

Diocese of Río Cuarto was renamed as Diocese of Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Bishop Ramón Artemio Staffolani, Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

Archbishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

Fr. Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Horrea and Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Msgr. Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Priest of Rennes (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and Titular Archbishop of Gunela

Bishop Pedro Bantigue y Natividad resigned as Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines)

Bishop Francisco Capiral San Diego, Titular Bishop of Zica and Vicar Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines)

Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Archbishop Jorge Manrique Hurtado, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Paz (Bolivia), passed away at 84

Bishop Marius Ouédraogo, Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso), passed away at 61

Cardinal Robert Coffy, Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort and Archbishop emeritus of Marseille (France), passed away at 74

Fr. Salim Ghazal, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Bishop Juvencio González Alvarez, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Valles (Mexico), passed away at 78

Archbishop Michel Yatim resigned as Archbishop of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Albert Tshomba Yungu resigned as Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Carlo Chenis, S.D.B., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church

Bishop Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 80

Diocese of Ciudad Quesada was established (from Diocese of Alajuela and Diocese of Tilarán and became suffragan of San José) (Costa Rica)

Fr. Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R., was elected Bishop of Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica)

Cardinal Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Bishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, Opus Dei, Titular Bishop of Auzegera and Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

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

Archbishop Edmond Youssef Farhat, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tunisia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia

Archbishop Élias Nijmé, B.A., resigned as Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop George Riashi, B.C., Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney of the Greek-Melkites (Australia), was promoted as Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia)

Bishop Carlos Stetter succeeded as Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia)

Fr. Farès Maakaroun was elected Archbishop of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Fr. Pietro Fietta, C.S.Ch., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Schools of Charity

Bishop Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Bogor (Indonesia), passed away at 88

Bishop Paulo Lopes de Faria, Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Fr. Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges, Priest of Le Mans (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ medianæ and Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Bishop Tarcisius Resto Phanrang, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Corniculana and Auxiliary Bishop of Shillong (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India)

Fr. Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Priest of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Msgr. Alberto Maria Careggio, Priest of Aosta (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Chiavari (Italy)

Bishop Daniele Ferrari resigned as Bishop of Chiavari (Italy)

Fr. Issam Youhanna Darwish, B.S., was elected Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney of the Greek-Melkites (Australia)

Bishop Victor Dovi Hounnaké, Bishop of Aného (Togo), passed away at 58

Msgr. Antonio Sozzo, Priest of Verona (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria, Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia and Titular Archbishop of Concordia