Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Gardar was restored (Greenland)

Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (Israel)

Titular Episcopal See of California was restored (USA)

Titular Metropolitan See of Oregon City was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Sault Sainte Marie was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan (USA)

Abbot Hermenegild Jozef Noyens, O. Praem., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Fr. Carlos José de Oliveira, Priest of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil), was appointed as Priest of Botucatu (Brazil)

Fr. Robert Bedard, C.C., resigned as General Superior of Companions of the Cross

Fr. John Vandenakker, C.C., was appointed as General Superior of Companions of the Cross

Fr. Matthias Chen Xi-lu (陳錫祿) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China)

Fr. Nicholas Han Ji-de (韓紀德) was elected Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Fr. Josaphat Li Hong-guang (李宏光) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Xinjiang 新絳 (China)

Bishop Peter Liu Guan-dong (劉冠東) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Bishop Cosmas Shi En-xiang (師恩祥), Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Fr. Joseph Wang Dian-duo (王殿鐸), O.A.R. ▼, was elected Bishop of Caozhou 曹州 (China)

Bishop Wang Wei-min (王維民) ▼, Bishop emeritus of Jilin 吉林 (China), passed away at 81

Fr. Stephen Yang Xiang-tai (楊祥太) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

Fr. Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y., was appointed as Superior General of Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions

Msgr. Pietro Silvi resigned as Person-in-charge of Central Statistics Office of the Church

Msgr. Milan Simcic resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy

Fr. Pavao Melada, O.F.M., resigned as President of Pontifical International Marian Academy

Fr. Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja, Priest of Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions, was appointed as Priest of Riobamba (Ecuador)

Abbot Gilbert Jones, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Thierry Portevin, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Klemens Stock, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

Fr. Thomas Mampra, C.M.I., resigned as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Alex Ukken, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Agustinus Agus, Priest of Pontianak (Indonesia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sintang (Indonesia)

Archbishop Loutfi Laham, B.S., resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Msgr. Augustin Harfouche resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Maronites (Israel)

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

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

Archbishop Sergio Sebastiani, Secretary General of Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, was appointed as President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem

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

Msgr. Michele Castoro, Priest of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), Archivist of College of Cardinals and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Bureau Chief of Congregation for Bishops

Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio resigned as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Archbishop Antonio Lucibello, Apostolic Delegate to Sierra Leone, Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone

Archbishop Mario Rizzi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria

Msgr. Pietro Maria Fragnelli, Priest of Taranto (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary

Fr. Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Msgr. Francesco Bruno resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Msgr. Francesco Di Felice, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Priest of Teramo–Atri (Italy), was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Family

Msgr. Vittorio Formenti was appointed as Person-in-charge of Central Statistics Office of the Church

Msgr. Angelo Lanzoni resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Msgr. Igino Ragni resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Msgr. Antonio Silvestrelli was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy

Msgr. Marcello Venturi resigned as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

Sr. Maria Barbagallo, M.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sr. Marinella Castagno, F.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)

Sr. Lina Colombini, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sr. Antonia Colombo, F.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)

Msgr. Elias Jarawan resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Abbot Marcel van de Ven, O. Praem., resigned as Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)

Fr. Thomas Vincent Greenan resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Bomadi (Nigeria)

Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, B.A., was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Bishop Ivan Choma was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Ukrainians

Msgr. Bolesław Krawczyk, S.A.C., resigned as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

Fr. Tomasz Trafny was appointed as Priest of Lublin (Poland)

Archbishop François Abou Mokh, B.S., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Fr. Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Priest of Lviv (Ukraine), was appointed as Second Private Secretary of the Pope

Archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Julian Gbur, S.V.D., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Lawrence B. Terrien, P.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Fr. Kenneth Thesing, M.M., resigned as Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

Msgr. Vinh Sơn Trần Ngọc Thụ resigned as Second Private Secretary of the Pope

Fr. Gaspar Calvo Moralejo, O.F.M., was appointed as President of Pontifical International Marian Academy

Fr. Raymond Deville, P.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Fr. Luigi Favero, S.M., was appointed as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Fr. David Joseph Fleming, S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. Guillermo C. García, C.I., resigned as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Quentin Joseph Hakenewerth, S.M., resigned as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. J. Richard Lear, C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Jan Nalaskowski, O.S.P.P.E., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Fr. Robert F. O’Toole, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

Fr. Isidore Patrylo, O.S.B.M., resigned as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Fr. Stanisław Turek, O.S.P.P.E., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Bishop Isak Doera resigned as Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia)

Bishop Pietro Brollo, Titular Bishop of Zuglio and Auxiliary Bishop of Udine (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Belluno–Feltre (Italy)

Bishop Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli resigned as Bishop of Belluno–Feltre (Italy)

Archbishop Paul Fouad Tabet was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

Fr. José de Jesús Quintero Díaz, Priest of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia)

Bishop Phocas Nikwigize resigned as Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda)

Bishop Julián Barrio Barrio, Titular Bishop of Sasabe and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Fr. Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez, Priest of Oviedo (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Horæa and Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Bishop Robert William Muench, Titular Bishop of Mactaris and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Covington (USA)

Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini, Bishop emeritus of Jackson (USA), passed away at 86

Bishop Alberto Frederico Etges, Bishop emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil), passed away at 85

Bishop Guy Gérard Deroubaix, Bishop of Saint-Denis (France), passed away at 68

Fr. Ildefons Pauler, O.T., Grand Master emeritus of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order), passed away at 92

Bishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Jamshedpur (India)

Bishop Rafael Palmero Ramos, Titular Bishop of Pićan and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop Laurenz Böggering, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Münster (Germany), passed away at 91

Diocese of Agartala was established (from Diocese of Silchar and became suffragan of Shillong) (India)

Diocese of Silchar was renamed as Diocese of Aizawl (lost territory to establish Diocese of Agartala) (India)

Fr. Paulinus Costa was elected Bishop of Rajshahi (Bangladesh)

Fr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Priest of Mangalore (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Dura and Auxiliary Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Bishop Denzil Reginald D’Souza, Bishop of Silchar (India), was appointed as Bishop of Aizawl (India)

Fr. Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Agartala (India)

Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia), Military Ordinary of Indonesia (Indonesia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jakarta (Indonesia)

Fr. Paul Choi Deok-ki (최덕기 바오로 / 崔悳基), Priest of Suwon 수원 (South Korea), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

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

Fr. Michael Wallace Banach, Priest of Worcester (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Francisco Maria Aguilera González resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Fr. Darley José Kummer was appointed as Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Fr. Rafael Romo Muñoz, Priest of Torreón (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico)

Bishop Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M., Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada), passed away at 76

Archbishop Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M., resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

Bishop André Louis Fort succeeded as Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

Fr. José Moreira de Melo, Priest of Patos de Minas (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil)

Archbishop Anacleto Cazzaniga, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Urbino (Italy), passed away at 94

Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic (Ruthenian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Prešov) (Czechia)

Fr. Ivan Ljavinec was elected Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia) and Titular Bishop of Acalissus

Bishop João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Viseu (Portugal), passed away at 95

Bishop Cirilo Reyes Almario resigned as Bishop of Malolos (Philippines)

Msgr. Nikola Eterović, Priest of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Salvatore Pennacchio, Priest of Aversa (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, Priest of Białystok (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. John Raymond Manz, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) and Titular Bishop of Mulia

Fr. Robert Patrick Maginnis, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) and Titular Bishop of Siminina

Fr. Joseph Francis Martino, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone), passed away at 90

Fr. Teodoro Gómez Rivera was appointed as Priest of Choluteca (Honduras)

Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Saba pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina and President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

Cardinal Paul Poupard, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio and President of Pontifical Council for Culture, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri and Protodeacon of College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Antonio Innocenti, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Francis Arinze, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni della Pigna and President of Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni della Pigna pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio and President of Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola, Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina

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

Cardinal Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B., Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio and President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio pro hac vice Title

Bishop Pierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon, Bishop emeritus of Verdun (France), passed away at 84

Bishop Giuseppe Mani, Titular Bishop of Zaba and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Zaba and Archbishop Military Ordinary of Italy (Italy)

Archbishop Giovanni Marra resigned as Archbishop Military Ordinary of Italy (Italy)

Diocese of Ciego de Ávila was established (from Diocese of Camagüey and became suffragan of Santiago) (Cuba)

Bishop Bernard Hubert, Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada), passed away at 66

Archbishop Marijan Oblak resigned as Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Archbishop Ivan Prenđa succeeded as Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Bishop Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega, Titular Bishop of Cediæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba)

Bishop Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David, Bishop of La Rochelle (France), was appointed as Bishop of Évreux (France)

Msgr. Eliseo Antonio Ariotti, Priest of Cremona (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Antonio Mennini, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Luigi Bongianino resigned as Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Bishop Martino Canessa, Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Msgr. Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio, Priest of Cleveland (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Ibrahim Hélou, Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 70

Fr. Pius Sin Ho-zol (신호철 비오 / 辛昊喆) was appointed as Priest of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

Fr. Basil Myron Schott was elected Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Archbishop Derek John Worlock, Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England), passed away at 76

Bishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru)

Archbishop Eduardo Picher Peña resigned as Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru)

Msgr. Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Priest of New York (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Thizica and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M., resigned as Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada)

Fr. Jaime Cristóbal Abril González was appointed as Priest of Tunja (Colombia)

Bishop Marin Srakić, Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia)

Fr. Heiner Koch, Priest of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Donal Brendan Murray, Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

Bishop Enrico Masseroni, Bishop of Mondovì (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy)

Bishop Abramo Freschi, Bishop emeritus of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Luigi Testore, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Mauro Meacci, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy)

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

Fr. Pius Moon Chang-woo (문창우 비오 / 文昌宇) was appointed as Priest of Cheju 제주 (South Korea)

Bishop Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce, Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Venezuela (Venezuela)

Territorial Prelature of Borba exchanged territory with Diocese of Humaitá (Brazil)

Diocese of Humaitá exchanged territory with Territorial Prelature of Borba (Brazil)

Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (with suffragan sees Huehuetenango, San Marcos, Santa Cruz del Quiché and Sololá) (Guatemala)

Bishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras, Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala)

Bishop João José Burke, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins (Brazil)

Bishop James Collins, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins (Brazil)

Archbishop Manuel Pérez-Gil y González, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico), passed away at 75

Fr. Herculano Medina Garfias was appointed as Priest of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop Ernest Patili Assi, Bishop of Kara (Togo), passed away at 59

Fr. Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon was elected Bishop of Clermont (France)

Bishop Ivan Choma was appointed as Titular Bishop of Patara

Bishop José María Cases Deordal resigned as Bishop of Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana (Spain)

Bishop Victorio Oliver Domingo, Bishop of Albacete (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Fr. Juan Antonio Reig Plá, Priest of Valencia (Spain), was elected Bishop of Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana (Spain)

Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique

Bishop Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U., was confirmed as Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia

Diocese of Nebbi was established (from Diocese of Arua and became suffragan of Kampala) (Uganda)

Bishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C., Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Titular Bishop of Zucchabar

Fr. Peter Fernando was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin (India)

Fr. Longinus Da Cunha was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia)

Archbishop Donatus Djagom, S.V.D., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia)

Fr. Pedro Dulay Arigo, Priest of Manila (Philippines), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Mactaris

Bishop Maurus Gervase Komba, Bishop emeritus of Tanga (Tanzania), passed away at 72

Fr. Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi was elected Bishop of Aného (Togo)

Fr. John Baptist Odama, Priest of Arua (Uganda), was elected Bishop of Nebbi (Uganda)

Fr. Sanctus Lino Wanok, Priest of Arua (Uganda), was appointed as Priest of Nebbi (Uganda)

Fr. José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Bamaccora

Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia

Fr. Walter Mixa, Priest of Augsburg (Germany), was elected Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroon, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia

Bishop Nikë Prela, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Skopje–Prizren (North Macedonia), passed away at 77

Fr. John Anthony Boissonneau, Priest of Toronto (Canada), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Samuel J. Bianco was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Mariano Francis Polito, Priest of Toronto (Canada), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Eduardo Raposo da Costa Resendes, Priest of Toronto (Canada), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Cyril Edward Restieaux, Bishop emeritus of Plymouth (England), passed away at 86

Archbishop Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Bishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I., Bishop of Campanha (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Bishop Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic), passed away at 67

Bishop Jean-Claude Rembanga succeeded as Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic)

Bishop Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble resigned as Bishop of Valdivia (Chile)

Archbishop Mario Miglietta, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy), passed away at 71

Archbishop Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

Fr. Guglielmo Borghetti, Priest of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Gianni Ambrosio, Priest of Vercelli (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Opus Dei, Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru)

Archbishop Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru)

Fr. Franc Šuštar, Priest of Ljubljana (Slovenia), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Anton Štrukelj, General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop-elect Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M., was confirmed as Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Kroonstad (South Africa), passed away at 85

Cardinal John Joseph Krol, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA), passed away at 85

Bishop Gerhard Schaffran, Bishop emeritus of Dresden–Meißen (Germany), passed away at 83

Fr. Hanna G. Alwan, L.M., was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Archbishop Lajos Kada, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra

Msgr. Luigi De Magistris, Priest of Cagliari (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Regent of Apostolic Penitentiary, was elected Titular Bishop of Nova

Fr. James Vernon Weisgerber, Priest of Regina (Canada), was elected Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada)

Msgr. José Octavio Ruiz Arenas, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Troina and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Oscar Urbina Ortega, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Forconio and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Fernando Sabogal Viana was elected Titular Bishop of Muteci and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Cardinal Alfredo Vicente Scherer, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil), passed away at 93

Bishop Constantin Guirma resigned as Bishop of Kaya (Burkina Faso)

Archbishop Paolo Carta, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sassari (Italy), passed away at 88

Archbishop Clemente Faccani resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya

Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Fr. Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich, Priest of Nakuru (Kenya), was elected Titular Bishop of Zuglio and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Bishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa, Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda) and Apostolic Administrator of Kigali (Rwanda), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda)

Fr. Dominic Đặng Văn Cầu was appointed as Priest of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

Fr. Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Bishop Ciriaco Scanzillo resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

Bishop Ivo Gugic resigned as Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

Fr. Ilija Janjić, Priest of Kotor (Montenegro), was elected Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

Bishop Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M., Bishop of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar), was appointed as Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar)

Fr. Anastase Mutabazi, Priest of Kibungo (Rwanda), was elected Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Fr. Servilien Nzakamwita, Priest of Kibungo (Rwanda), was elected Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda)

Bishop Frédéric Rubwejanga resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Byumba (Rwanda)

Fr. André Sibomana resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Fr. Gustavo Alejandro Montini was appointed as Priest of Rafaela (Argentina)

Fr. Eugene Jerome Cooney, Priest of Calgary (Canada), was elected Bishop of Nelson (Canada)

Bishop Czesław Domin, Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland), passed away at 66

Bishop Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández, Titular Bishop of Voli and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Bishop José Antonio Infantes Florido resigned as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Bishop Giuseppe Molinari, Bishop of Rieti (Italy), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Tobji was appointed as Priest of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria)

Bishop Daniele Comboni, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (Sudan), was beatified

Archbishop Guido Maria Conforti, Archbishop-Bishop of Parma (Italy), was beatified

Archbishop Rino Passigato, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

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

Fr. Roberto Yenny García was appointed as Priest of Tampico (Mexico)

Bishop Michael James Dempsey, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Sokoto (Nigeria), passed away at 84

Fr. Juan Edmundo Vecchi, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)

Bishop Angelo Scapecchi, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy), passed away at 85

Archbishop João Bergese, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), passed away at 60

Fr. Luigi Cerchiaro was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Grau Valentín Miserachs was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

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

Fr. Matthew Pian (邊彤麟), C.D.D., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord, passed away at 76

Bishop Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M., Bishop emeritus of Zomba (Malawi), passed away at 86

Archbishop José María Arancibia succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Archbishop Cándido Genaro Rubiolo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Bishop Jan Mazur resigned as Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak, Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cyangugu (Rwanda)

Fr. Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez, Priest of Valencia (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Urusi and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Jesús Murgui Soriano, Priest of Valencia (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Lete and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palmas was established (from Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins and Diocese of Porto Nacional and with suffragan sees Miracema do Tocantins, Porto Nacional, Tocantinópolis and Cristalândia) (Brazil)

Bishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa, Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palmas (Brazil)

Msgr. Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin, Priest of Nice (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in European Communities

Fr. Patrick Powers, Priest of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Michel Malo, Prado, Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Antsiranana (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Mahajanga (Madagascar)

Fr. Stefan Soroka, Priest of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Acarassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada)

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

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo, Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), was appointed as Bishop of Kaya (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Ladislav Hučko was appointed as Priest of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Bishop Joseph Candolfi resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa, Titular Bishop of Sitifis and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Fr. Mario Espinosa Contreras, Priest of Tepic (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tehuacán (Mexico)

Fr. Francis Joseph Christian, Priest of Manchester (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester (USA) and Titular Bishop of Quincy

Bishop Elio Sgreccia resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family

Fr. Francisco Gil Hellín, Priest of Cartagena (Spain) and Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Family, was elected Titular Bishop of Citium and Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family

Bishop Alphonse James Schladweiler, Bishop emeritus of New Ulm (USA), passed away at 93

Archbishop Salvatore De Giorgi, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

Fr. Robert Walter McElroy, Priest of San Francisco (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I., was elected Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Bishop Aurélio Granada Escudeiro resigned as Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Fr. Luís Ferrando (Luigi Ferrando), Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy), was elected Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)

Bishop Miguel Maria Giambelli, B., resigned as Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)

Fr. Filippo Santoro, Priest of Bari–Bitonto (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Tuscamia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Archbishop Carlo Minchiatti, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Benevento (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Juliusz Paetz, Bishop of Łomża (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Archbishop Jerzy Stroba resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Fr. Philip Edward Wilson was elected Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Bishop William Edward Murray resigned as Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Bishop Gilles Bélisle, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at 72

Fr. Gregory Oucharyk, Priest of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Alfonso Rojas Rodríguez was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Benito Cocchi, Bishop of Parma (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena–Nonantola (Italy)

Archbishop Bartolomeo Santo Quadri resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena–Nonantola (Italy)

Fr. Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb was appointed as Priest of Douala (Cameroon)

Archbishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic), passed away at 77

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

Fr. Malcolm Sequeira was appointed as Priest of Poona (India)

Fr. Stephen Dami Mamza was appointed as Priest of Maiduguri (Nigeria)

Bishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Avezzano (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop Dominik Hrušovský, Titular Bishop of Tubia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia), was promoted as Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus and Titular Archbishop of Tubia

Bishop Giuseppe Fenocchio, Bishop emeritus of Pontremoli (Italy), passed away at 91

Bishop João Batista Costa, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Porto Velho (Brazil), passed away at 93

Fr. Sagayaraj Thamburaj was appointed as Priest of Tiruchirapalli (India)

Bishop Jean Cuminal, Bishop of Blois (France), passed away at 73

Fr. Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Priest of Roermond (Netherlands), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Kevin Laurence Rafferty, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland), passed away at 62

Fr. Dante Gustavo Braida was appointed as Priest of Reconquista (Argentina)

Bishop Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu, Bishop emeritus of Warri (Nigeria), passed away at 70

Bishop Édouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Louis Nzala Kianza was elected Bishop of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Félix Kouadjo was elected Bishop of Bondoukou (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Galápagos (Ecuador), was elected Titular Bishop of Quæstoriana

Fr. Severo Cagatan Caermare was appointed as Priest of Dipolog (Philippines)

Cardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia and President emeritus of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, passed away at 86

Bishop Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González resigned as Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

Bishop Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Jose Paala Salazar, O.P., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Batanes (Philippines)

Bishop Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Marbel (Philippines), passed away at 89

Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) (Guatemala)

Bishop Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti, Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala)

Archbishop Patrick Coveney, Apostolic Delegate to Djibouti, Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia and Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa and Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga

Archbishop Thomas A. White (陶懷德) resigned as 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 Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu and Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati

Fr. Trinidad Antonio Márquez Guerrero was appointed as Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Fr. Andrés Sáinz Márquez was appointed as Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Fr. Estêvão Binga was appointed as Priest of Benguela (Angola)

Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli, Titular Archbishop of Castello, passed away at 83

Fr. Alessandro Zenobbi was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Fr. Fidelis Bautista Layog was appointed as Priest of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Fr. Rogelio Cabrera López, Priest of Querétaro (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Bishop Francis Eugene George, O.M.I., Bishop of Yakima (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Cardinal Camillo Ruini resigned as President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem

Msgr. Gianni Danzi, Priest of Lugano (Switzerland), Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Castello

Archbishop Teopisto Valderrama Alberto, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caceres (Philippines), passed away at 83

Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada), passed away at 84

Abbot Maurizio Benvenuto Maria Contorni, O.S.B. Oliv., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General emeritus of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans), passed away at 74

Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Bishop Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J., Titular Bishop of Turuda and Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe and Apostolic Delegate to Angola, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon

Msgr. Emil Paul Tscherrig, Priest of Sion (Switzerland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and Titular Archbishop of Voli

Cardinal Leo Jozef Suenens, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Military Vicar emeritus of Belgium (Belgium), passed away at 91

Bishop Émile Marcus, P.S.S., Bishop of Nantes (France), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

Bishop John James Ward resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Yvon Laroche, R.S.V., was appointed as Superior General of Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul

Archbishop Luciano Angeloni, Titular Archbishop of Vibo Valentia, passed away at 78

Bishop Clément Fecteau, Titular Bishop of Talaptula and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)

Fr. Deepak Valerian Tauro was appointed as Priest of Muzaffarpur (India)

Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy), was beatified

Sr. Cándida María de Jesús Cipitria y Barriola (Juana Josefa), F.I., Founder of Daughters of Jesus, was beatified

Fr. Gennaro Maria Sarnelli, C.SS.R., was beatified

Sr. María Antonia Bandrés y Elósegui, F.I., was beatified

Sr. Maria Raffaella Cimatti (Santina), S.O.M., was beatified

Fr. Filippo Smaldone, Priest of Rossano (Italy), was beatified

Fr. Valan Arasu Gaspar was appointed as Priest of Jabalpur (India)

Fr. John Carvalho was appointed as Priest of Ajmer (India)

Fr. Josaphat Li Hong-guang (李宏光) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Xinjiang 新絳 (China)

Bishop Hanna Kaldany, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine), passed away at 77

Fr. Fidel Herráez Vegas, Priest of Madrid (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Cediæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. César Augusto Franco Martínez, Priest of Madrid (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Ursona and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

Bishop Lélis Lara, C.SS.R., succeeded as Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

Bishop Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S., resigned as Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

Fr. Carlos Verzeletti, Priest of Brescia (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Tepelta and Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Bishop Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi, Bishop of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Bernard Housset, Priest of Bayonne (France), was elected Bishop of Montauban (France)

Diocese of Pinsk lost territory to Diocese of Lutsk (Belarus)

Fr. Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira was appointed as Priest of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Fr. Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Agostino Superbo, Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Bishop Raffaele Castielli resigned as Bishop of Lucera–Troia (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Lawrence Coffey was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Louis Tylka was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Christian Delarbre was appointed as Priest of Auch (France)

Archbishop Marian Jaworski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk (Ukraine)

Bishop Patrick Altham Kelly, Bishop of Salford (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Bishop Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N., resigned as Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Fr. Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I., was elected Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Cardinal Carlo Furno, Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), was appointed as Pontifical Legate for the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi

Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi resigned as Pontifical Legate for the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi

Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa (Poland)

Bishop Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen, Titular Bishop of Maastricht, was appointed as Bishop of Reykjavík (Iceland)

Bishop Jan Martyniak, Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Fr. Teodor Majkowicz was elected Bishop of Wrocław–Gdańsk of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Bishop Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa, Titular Bishop of Helos and Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tarazona (Spain)

Fr. Michael Jude Byrnes was appointed as Priest of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Flavien Joseph Melki, Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Dara Syrorum of the Syriacs

Fr. Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Chulucanas (Peru)

Fr. Leszek Leszkiewicz was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Bishop Gregorios Elias Tabé, Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mardin of the Syriacs

Fr. Peter Baldacchino was appointed as Priest of Newark (USA)

Fr. James Shekhar was appointed as Priest of Patna (India)

Diocese of Bragança e Miranda was renamed as Diocese of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal)

Bishop António José Rafael, Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal)

Fr. Paul Henry Walsh, Priest of Rockville Centre (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., Bishop of Santo André (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Fr. Marvyn Abrea Maceda was appointed as Priest of Naval (Philippines)

Diocese of Ostrava–Opava was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc and became suffragan of Olomouc) (Czechia)

Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval, Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), passed away at 92

Bishop František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem., Titular Bishop of Catabum castra and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), was appointed as Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia)

Bishop Jesús Arturo Roldán, Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina), passed away at 65

Fr. Pablo Cedano Cedano was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Titular Bishop of Vita

Fr. Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Titular Bishop of Cenæ

Diocese of Wrocław–Gdańsk (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa and became suffragan of Przemyśl–Warszawa) (Poland)

Fr. Petar Palić was appointed as Priest of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

Fr. Sergio Bertocchi was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Fr. Gerald Mamman Musa was appointed as Priest of Sokoto (Nigeria)

Fr. Albert Bahhuth was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo was appointed as Priest of San Antonio (USA)

Bishop Norbert Felix Gaughan resigned as Bishop of Gary (USA)

Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek succeeded as Bishop of Gary (USA)

Fr. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre (董文學), C.M., was canonised

Br. Juan Grande Román, O.H., was canonised

Br. Egidio Maria di San Giuseppe Postillo (Francesco), O.F.M., was canonised

Fr. Gherardo Gambelli was appointed as Priest of Firenze (Italy)

Bishop Ivo Gugic, Bishop emeritus of Kotor (Montenegro), passed away at 76

Bishop Castor Sekwa, Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania), passed away at 69

Bishop Dermot Patrick O’Mahony resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Fr. Stephen Marmion Lowe was appointed as Priest of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Georgetown (Guyana), passed away at 90

Bishop José Cerviño Cerviño resigned as Bishop of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

Bishop José Diéguez Reboredo, Bishop of Ourense (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

Archdiocese of Haifa and Holy Land (Maronite Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Tyr and without ecclesiastical province) (Israel)

Fr. Boutros Nabil El-Sayah was elected Archbishop of Haifa and Holy Land of the Maronites (Israel), Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine of the Maronites (Palestine) and Patriarchal Exarch of Jordan of the Maronites (Jordan)

Fr. Samuele Sangalli was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni D’Ascenzi resigned as Bishop of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy)

Archbishop Khalil Abi-Nader resigned as Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Paul Youssef Matar, Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), was promoted as Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Tanios Khoury, Priest of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Zbigniew Daniel Wołkowicz was appointed as Priest of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Chad William Zielinski was appointed as Priest of Gaylord (USA)

Bishop Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Chittagong (Bangladesh), passed away at 65

Fr. Nicolaus Lee (李漢儀), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Peter Kurongku, Metropolitan Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 65

Diocese of Eunápolis was established (from Diocese of Itabuna and Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Fr. Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Rufiniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil)

Msgr. José Edson Santana de Oliveira, Priest of Feira de Santana (Brazil) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Eunápolis (Brazil)

Fr. John Clayton Nienstedt, Priest of Detroit (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Alton and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Allen Henry Vigneron, Priest of Detroit (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Ipil (Philippines)

Archbishop Federico G. Limon, S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines), passed away at 80

Fr. Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

Diocese of Neyyattinkara was established (from Diocese of Trivandrum and became suffragan of Verapoly) (India)

Fr. Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

Archbishop Cornelius Elanjikal resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

Fr. Selvarajan Dasan, Priest of Trivandrum (India), was appointed as Priest of Neyyattinkara (India)

Fr. Thomas Kozhimala was elected Bishop of Bhagalpur (India)

Fr. Selvister Ponnumuthan, Priest of Trivandrum (India), was appointed as Priest of Neyyattinkara (India)

Fr. Vincent Samuel, Priest of Trivandrum (India), was elected Bishop of Neyyattinkara (India)

Bishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki, Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Fr. Charles Edward Drennan was appointed as Priest of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Archbishop Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia), was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Clergy

Archbishop Adriano Bernardini (裴納德), Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius and Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles

Bishop José Francisco Robles Ortega, Titular Bishop of Bossa and Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Toluca (Mexico)

Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Clergy

Fr. Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski was appointed as Priest of Ełk (Poland)

Bishop John James Ward, Titular Bishop of Bria, was appointed as Titular Bishop of California

Fr. Arthur Roche, Priest of Leeds (England) and General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Zbigņevs Stankevičs was appointed as Priest of Riga (Latvia)

Bishop Hendrik Theodorus Edmund Beel, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Roermond (Netherlands), passed away at 85

Abbot Baldwin Wilfred Dworschak, O.S.B., President emeritus of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 90

Fr. Eusebio Samwel Kyando was appointed as Priest of Njombe (Tanzania)

Bishop Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile), was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Fr. Gervasio Gestori, Priest of Milano (Italy), was elected Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto (Italy)

Cardinal Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B., resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Archbishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ibagué (Colombia), passed away at 79

Fr. Bernard Edward Shlesinger III was appointed as Priest of Raleigh (USA)

Fr. Bernhard Lichtenberg, Priest of Wrocław (Poland), was beatified

Fr. Karl Leisner, Priest of München und Freising (Germany), was beatified

Fr. Carlos Garfias Merlos, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico)

Bishop Xavier Morilleau, Bishop emeritus of La Rochelle (France), passed away at 89

Bishop Waldemar Chaves de Araújo, Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil)

Bishop Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D., Bishop of Registro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Roraima (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Carlos Mesquita resigned as Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil)

Bishop Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C., resigned as Bishop of Roraima (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Cases Andreu, Titular Bishop of Timici and Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Albacete (Spain)

Fr. Ramón del Hoyo López, Priest of Burgos (Spain), was elected Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

Bishop José Guerra Campos resigned as Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

Fr. Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, was elected Titular Archbishop of Cercina, Apostolic Delegate to Djibouti, Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea and Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia

Fr. Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Valdivia (Chile)

Fr. Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC., was elected Titular Bishop of Elo and Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile)

Msgr. Luigi Conti, Priest of Roma (Italy), Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy)

Fr. Simon Kim Jong-Gang (김종강 시몬 / 金鍾岡) was appointed as Priest of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)

Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto, Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea

Archbishop Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri resigned as Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Marcos Pavan was appointed as Priest of Campo Limpo (Brazil)

Fr. Skiper Bladimir Yánez Calvachi was appointed as Priest of Quito (Ecuador)

Fr. Denis Jachiet was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Fr. Grégoire Pierre Abdel-Ahad, Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine), was elected Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs

Fr. Emigdio Duarte Figueroa was appointed as Priest of Culiacán (Mexico)

Fr. José Miguel Barata Pereira was appointed as Priest of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. Jacques Behnan Hindo was elected Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Enrique Esteban Delgado was appointed as Priest of Miami (USA)

Fr. Antonio Federico Gatti was elected Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala and Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo (Argentina)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Fortier resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Archbishop André Gaumond succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Bishop James Joseph Daly resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Msgr. Aldo Cavalli, Priest of Bergamo (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Angola, Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe and Titular Archbishop of Vibo Valentia

Msgr. Vittorio Formenti, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Juan Carlos Maccarone, Titular Bishop of Mauriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Chascomús (Argentina)

Bishop José María Montes resigned as Bishop of Chascomús (Argentina)

Fr. António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm., was elected Titular Bishop of Tlos and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Oscar Angel Bernal, Bishop of Girardota (Colombia), passed away at 57

Bishop Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard, Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bauchi was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos) (Nigeria)

Fr. Moses Costa, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh)

Fr. Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Priest of Kaya (Burkina Faso), was elected Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Patras Minj, S.J., was elected Bishop of Ambikapur (India)

Fr. Piergiorgio Bertoldi, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Maurizio Bravi, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Christopher Shaman Abba, Bishop of Minna (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Yola (Nigeria)

Fr. John Francis Moore, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Gigthi and Vicar Apostolic of Bauchi (Nigeria)

Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A., Bishop of Yola (Nigeria), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kano (Nigeria)

Fr. Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu, Priest of Ilorin (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Minna (Nigeria)

Fr. Đuro Gašparović, Priest of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia), was elected Titular Bishop of Mattiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia)

Fr. Dieudonné Datonou, Priest of Cotonou (Benin), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Luciano Russo, Priest of Aversa (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Alberto Tanasini, Priest of Genova (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Suelli and Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy)

Fr. Moses Chikwe was appointed as Priest of Owerri (Nigeria)

Fr. Marek Zalewski, Priest of Łomża (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Cyriaque Siméon Obamba, Bishop emeritus of Mouila (Gabon), passed away at 78

Archbishop Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Fr. James Richardson, C.M., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists), passed away at 87

Bishop Patrick Laurence Murphy resigned as Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

Fr. David Louis Walker, Priest of Sydney (Australia), was elected Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

Bishop Gerald Moverley resigned as Bishop of Hallam (England)

Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Kohima (India)

Bishop Angelo Paravisi, Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Bergamo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Crema (Italy)