Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Canosa was restored (Italy)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Myra (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Myra (Turkiye)

Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Fr. Bernhard Backovsky, C.R.L.A., was appointed as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Abbot Wilhelm Neuwirth, C.R.L.A., resigned as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

Fr. Peter Schipka was appointed as Priest of Wien (Austria)

Fr. Joseph Tong Chang-ping (同長平) was elected Prefect Apostolic of Tongzhou 同州 (China)

Fr. Leo Yao Liang (姚良) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Bishop Peter Zhang Zhi-yong (張志勇) was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China)

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

Fr. Norbert J. Hofmann, S.D.B., was appointed as Secretary of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

Fr. Antony Kariyil, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Archbishop George Kocherry resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Togo

Archbishop Peter Paul Prabhu resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe

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

Fr. Velasio De Paolis, C.S., resigned as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Attilio Nicora, Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, was promoted as Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Archbishop Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggia–Bovino (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy)

Bishop-elect Vittorio Lanzani, Secretary of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See and Delegate of Fabric of Saint Peter, was appointed as Vicar of the Chapter of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

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

Msgr. Lluís Clavell resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

Fr. Mariano Fazio Fernández, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

Msgr. Mario Marchesi resigned as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

Msgr. Tullio Poli, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Director of House of St. Martha

Fr. Luigi Butera Vullo, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Servants of the Word

Fr. Vittorino Grossi, O.E.S.A., resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Fr. Ugo Paoli, O.S.B. Silv., resigned as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Fr. Giuseppe Rossi, F.M.I., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sons of Mary Immaculate (Pavonians)

Fr. Wasim Salman was appointed as Priest of Palestrina (Italy)

Fr. Vito Terrin, M.D.R., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Divine Redeemer

Dr. Francesco Buranelli resigned as Director of General Directorate of the Pontifical Monuments, Museums and Galleries

Dr. Lorenzo Ornaghi was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Dr. Sergio Zaninelli resigned as Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Archimandrite Basilios Kanakry resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Kuwait of the Greek-Melkites (Kuwait)

Bishop Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M., Bishop of Curia of the Armenians, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Fr. Vincenzo Battaglia, O.F.M., was appointed as President of Pontifical International Marian Academy

Msgr. Marian Rola resigned as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Julián López Martín was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Bishop Raymond Leo Burke, Bishop of La Crosse (USA), was appointed as Founder of Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem

Fr. John F. Duffy, C.S.P., was appointed as President of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Raymond J. Finch, M.M., resigned as Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

Fr. Daniel Augustine Oppenheimer, C.R.N.J., was appointed as Founder of Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem and Prior of Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem

Fr. Stephen F. Pisano, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

Fr. John C. Sivalon, M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

Fr. Joseph Bezezian was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

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

Fr. Isaías Junior de Andrade, S.D.N., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

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

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

Fr. Yves La Fonteine, C.M.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Fr. Jean Mallet, O.S.B., resigned as Director of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

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

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

Sr. Manuela Latini, F. d. C., resigned as Director of House of St. Martha

Archbishop Alfred Clifton Hughes succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Msgr. Donald Martin Carroll, Bishop emeritus of Rockford (USA), passed away at 92

Bishop Matthias Lu Zhen-sheng (陸振聲), Auxiliary Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China), passed away at 82

Bishop Paul Gregory Bootkoski, Titular Bishop of Zarna and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Metuchen (USA)

Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen resigned as Bishop of Metuchen (USA)

Apostolic Vicariate of Araucanía was promoted as Diocese of Villarrica (lost territory to Diocese of Valparaíso and became suffragan of Concepción) (Chile)

Fr. David John James Monroe, Priest of Vancouver (Canada), was elected Bishop of Kamloops (Canada)

Cardinal Louis-Marie Billé took possession as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

Cardinal Marco Cé resigned as Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Bishop Angelo Scola, Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University and President of Pontifical Institute of John Paul II for Studies on Marriage and Family, was promoted as Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Bishop Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J., Titular Bishop of Vulturara and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania), was appointed as Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Bishop Jonas Kauneckas, Titular Bishop of Forconio and Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania), was appointed as Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

Bishop Rimantas Norvila, Titular Bishop of Castro and Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania), was appointed as Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Bishop Juozas Preikšas resigned as Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

Bishop Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C., resigned as Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Fr. Francisco José Tigerino Dávila was appointed as Priest of León (Nicaragua)

Fr. François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapaa was appointed as Priest of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Msgr. Angelo Vincenzo Zani, Priest of Brescia (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)

Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Faro (Portugal), passed away at 80

Bishop Carlos Osoro Sierra, Bishop of Ourense (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Cardinal Jozef Tomko, President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, was appointed as Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B., Bishop of Viedma (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina)

Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k–Kharkiv (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv–Vyshhorod) (Ukraine)

Bishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil), passed away at 88

Fr. Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Titular Bishop of Bareta

Bishop-elect Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R., was confirmed as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia

Fr. Stephan Meniok, C.SS.R., was elected Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k–Kharkiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Titular Bishop of Acarassus

Fr. James Edward Fitzgerald, Priest of Joliet (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA) and Titular Bishop of Walla Walla

Fr. Slawomir Szkredka was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Msgr. Clemente Barrera Rivas was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. László Kretovics was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Manfred Müller resigned as Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Bishop Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm., Bishop emeritus of Cortona (Italy), Bishop emeritus of Sansepolcro (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Arezzo (Italy), passed away at 94

Fr. Francis Daw Tang, Priest of Myitkyina (Myanmar), was elected Titular Bishop of Maturba and Auxiliary Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Bishop Mario Joseph Conti, Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Diocese of Feira de Santana was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Feira de Santana (with suffragan sees Barra, Barreiras, Bonfim, Irecê, Juazeiro, Paulo Afonso and Ruy Barbosa) (Brazil)

Diocese of Vitória da Conquista was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista (with suffragan sees Bom Jesus da Lapa, Caetité, Jequié and Livramento de Nossa Senhora) (Brazil)

Bishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, Bishop of Colatina (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil)

Bishop Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Feira de Santana (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Feira de Santana (Brazil)

Bishop Ângelo Maria Rivato, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil)

Fr. Alessio Saccardo, S.J., was elected Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil)

Bishop John Mendes resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Personal Apostolic Administration of São João Maria Vianney was established (Brazil)

Bishop Licínio Rangel, Priest of Campos (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zarna and Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney (Brazil)

Msgr. Peguero Rafael Bello was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Dominic Lumon, Priest of Kohima (India), was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Imphal (India)

Bishop Salvatore Fisichella (Rino), Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as President of Pontifical Institute of John Paul II for Studies on Marriage and Family and Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

Msgr. James Patrick Green (格霖澤), Priest of Philadelphia (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Fr. José Luis Escobar Alas, Priest of San Vicente (El Salvador), was elected Titular Bishop of Thibica and Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente (El Salvador)

Fr. Gerardo Antonio Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina

Bishop Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Calama (Chile) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile), passed away at 79

Msgr. Stanisław Kowalczyk was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop-elect Georges Khazzoum resigned as Priest of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Bishop Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

Fr. José Song Sui-Wan (宋瑞雲), S.D.B., was elected Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

Bishop Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono, Bishop emeritus of Surabaya (Indonesia), passed away at 84

Bishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira, Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil), passed away at 85

Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Yarmouth (Canada)

Bishop Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Iquitos (Peru), passed away at 78

Fr. Juan Edmundo Vecchi, S.D.B., Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), passed away at 70

Msgr. Domenico Calcagno, Priest of Genova (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Savona–Noli (Italy)

Bishop Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk (Philippines), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Baguio (Philippines)

Archbishop Eduardo André Muaca, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Luanda (Angola), passed away at 77

Bishop Frans Simons, S.V.D., Bishop emeritus of Indore (India), passed away at 93

Bishop Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M., Apostolic Exarch emeritus of United States of America and Canada of the Armenians (USA), passed away at 78

Bishop John Raymond McGann, Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA), passed away at 77

Fr. Brian Vincent Finnigan, Priest of Ballarat (Australia) and General Secretary of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia) and Titular Bishop of Rapidum

Msgr. Eberhard Amon was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Michael H. F. Brock was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F., Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Bishop Carlo Urru, Bishop emeritus of Città di Castello (Italy), passed away at 86

Fr. Francisco Moreno Barrón, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Gaguari and Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Fr. Sebastian Adayanthrath, Priest of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Macriana maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Msgr. Armando dos Santos Ribeiro was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop William John Brennan resigned as Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Fr. Gerard Joseph Hanna, Priest of Armidale (Australia), was elected Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Archbishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Uberaba (Brazil), passed away at 95

Archbishop Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M., Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Apostolic Delegate to Somalia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal and Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau and Apostolic Nuncio to Mali

Archbishop Paolo Giglio (吉立友) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖), Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands

Territorial Prelature of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Batanes (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuguegarao) (Philippines)

Msgr. Luciano Suriani, Priest of Chieti–Vasto (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (ヨセフ 高見三明), P.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Munatiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Fr. Mario Aurelio Poli, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Abidda and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Mario José Serra resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Michael Joseph Begley, Bishop emeritus of Charlotte (USA), passed away at 92

Diocese of Tiraspol was suppressed (to Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov) (Moldova)

Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow (with suffragan sees Saint Clement at Saratov, Saint Joseph at Irkutsk and Transfiguration at Novosibirsk) (Russia)

Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia was promoted as Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Tiraspol and became suffragan of Mother of God at Moscow) (Russia)

Apostolic Administration of Eastern Siberia was promoted as Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Vladivostok and became suffragan of Mother of God at Moscow) (Russia)

Apostolic Administration of Western Siberia was promoted as Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (became suffragan of Mother of God at Moscow) (Russia)

Diocese of Vladivostok was suppressed (to Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk) (Russia)

Bishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus, Apostolic Administrator of Northern European Russia (Russia) and President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia)

Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm., Bishop emeritus of Itabuna (Brazil), passed away at 81

Bishop Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Tabunia, Apostolic Administrator of Eastern Siberia (Russia) and Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Russia)

Bishop Clemens Pickel, Titular Bishop of Chusira and Apostolic Administrator of Southern European Russia (Russia), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Clement at Saratov (Russia)

Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J., Titular Bishop of Bulna and Apostolic Administrator of Western Siberia (Russia), was appointed as Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia)

Bishop Vincenzo Cirrincione, Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop John Ribat, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Macriana minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M., resigned as Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Janusz Kowal, S.J., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C., Titular Bishop of Amantia and Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Peoria (USA)

Bishop Hernando Rojas Ramirez, Bishop emeritus of Neiva (Colombia), passed away at 77

Bishop Elías Prado Tello, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Ayacucho (Peru), passed away at 91

Msgr. Wojciech Wolniewicz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Héctor Cubillos Peña, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

Fr. Luis Antonio Nova Rocha, Priest of Barranquilla (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Equizetum and Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Msgr. Andrew Vissanu Thanya-anan was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Andrew Thanya-anan Vissanu, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Marius Paré, Bishop emeritus of Chicoutimi (Canada), passed away at 98

Fr. Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales, Priest of Valparaíso (Chile), was elected Titular Bishop of Bela and Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Archbishop Ludwig Averkamp resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany)

Fr. Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv., Undersecretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was appointed as Regent of Apostolic Penitentiary

Bishop Angelo Rizzo resigned as Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

Fr. Paolo Urso, Priest of Acireale (Italy), was elected Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

Fr. José Antonio Eguren Anselmi was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Fr. Carlos Enrique García Camader, Priest of Lima (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Fr. Adriano Tomasi Travaglia (杜敏思), O.F.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Obbi

Archbishop Józef Wesołowski, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Tajikistan and Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan

Bishop Alexander Carter, Bishop emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada), passed away at 92

Fr. Leo Yao Liang (姚良) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Fr. Karel Herbst, S.D.B., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) and Titular Bishop of Siccesi

Bishop Thomas Anthony Finnegan resigned as Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

Msgr. John Fleming, Priest of Limerick (Ireland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

Fr. William Charles Skurla, Priest of Van Nuys of the Ruthenians (USA), was elected Bishop of Van Nuys of the Ruthenians (USA)

Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)

Bishop José María Libório Camino Saracho, Titular Bishop of Urusi and Auxiliary Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil)

Bishop Hermínio Malzone Hugo, Bishop emeritus of Governador Valadares (Brazil), passed away at 86

Bishop Antônio Agostinho Marochi resigned as Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil)

Bishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo, Bishop of Kericho (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Homa Bay (Kenya)

Bishop Linus Okok Okwach resigned as Bishop of Homa Bay (Kenya)

Fr. Miguel Delgado Galindo was appointed as Bureau Chief of Pontifical Council for the Laity

Msgr. Zygmunt Gil was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of Arusha (Tanzania), passed away at 78

Bishop Fiorino Tagliaferri, Bishop emeritus of Viterbo (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Florencio Olvera Ochoa, Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

Fr. Gino Reali, Priest of Spoleto–Norcia (Italy), was elected Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (Italy)

Bishop Luis Teodorico Stöckler, Bishop of Goya (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Quilmes (Argentina)

Fr. Grégoire Pierre Melki, Priest of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was elected Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine) and Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs

Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title

Archbishop Alois Wagner, Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”, passed away at 77

Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Spirito in Sassia, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Pio Laghi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) and Protodeacon of College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

Cardinal Virgilio Noè, President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana, Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

Cardinal Luigi Poggi was appointed as Protodeacon of College of Cardinals

Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title

Fr. Liam Seán MacDaid, Priest of Clogher (Ireland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. André Havugimana was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Tamsanqa Nicholas Konrad Lamla was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Diamantino (Brazil), passed away at 76

Diocese of Jhabua was established (from Diocese of Indore and Diocese of Udaipur and became suffragan of Bhopal) (India)

Bishop Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M., Bishop of Caldas (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia)

Bishop Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Apartadó (Colombia)

Fr. Peter Rumal Kharadi, Priest of Udaipur (India), was appointed as Priest of Jhabua (India)

Fr. Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Jhabua (India)

Bishop Pedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Quibdó (Colombia), passed away at 99

Bishop Siméon Oualli, Bishop emeritus of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), passed away at 74

Archbishop Leonard James Wall, Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg (Canada), passed away at 77

Bishop Simon An Shi-en (安世恩), Bishop of Daming 大名 (China), passed away at 87

Bishop Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of San Jose de Antique (Philippines), passed away at 79

Bishop John Njue, Bishop of Embu (Kenya) and President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri (Kenya)

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

Bishop Sleiman Hajjar, B.S., Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal of the Greek-Melkites (Canada), passed away at 51

Cardinal Franjo Kuharić, Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zagreb (Croatia), passed away at 82

Fr. Claudio Giuliodori, Priest of Ancona–Osimo (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop George Joseph Gottwald, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Saint Louis (USA), passed away at 87

Msgr. Joseph Terrence Fitzgerald, Priest of Salt Lake City (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Michael S. Flannery was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Cardinal Louis-Marie Billé, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), passed away at 64

Bishop Narbal da Costa Stencel resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Anthony Joseph O’Connell resigned as Bishop of Palm Beach (USA)

Msgr. Ryszard Selejdak, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Bureau Chief of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Ama resigned as Bishop of Ebolowa–Kribi (Cameroon)

Bishop Raphaël Marie Ze, Bishop of Sangmélima (Cameroon), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ebolowa–Kribi (Cameroon)

Msgr. Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, Priest of Białystok (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Archbishop Ernest Léger resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Bishop André Richard, C.S.C., Bishop of Bathurst (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Archbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia), passed away at 63

Bishop Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz succeeded as Bishop of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

Bishop Raul José Quimpo Martirez resigned as Bishop of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

Bishop Samuel Joseph Aquila succeeded as Bishop of Fargo (USA)

Bishop James Stephen Sullivan resigned as Bishop of Fargo (USA)

Fr. Francis Than Htun was appointed as Priest of Yangon (Myanmar)

Bishop Julián López Martín, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of León (Spain)

Bishop Antonio Vilaplana Molina resigned as Bishop of León (Spain)

Fr. Jozef De Kesel, Priest of Gent (Belgium), was elected Titular Bishop of Bulna and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Paul Lanneau resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop João d’Ávila Moreira Lima resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Félix Lázaro Martínez, Sch. P., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)

Br. Philip Pinto, C.F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Br. Alvaro Rodríguez Echeverría, C.F.C., resigned as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Fr. Domingo Díaz Martínez, Priest of Querétaro (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico)

Fr. Francis Lau Yun Goh (劉潤高) was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Myron Joseph Cotta, Priest of Fresno (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil), passed away at 50

Fr. Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus

Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak, Bishop of Siedlce (Poland), passed away at 70

Msgr. Ivo Scapolo, Priest of Padova (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Thagaste

Apostolic Vicariate of Palawan was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay) (Philippines)

Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Palawan) (Philippines)

Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia was promoted as Diocese of Mukačeve (became suffragan of Lviv) (Ukraine)

Msgr. Francesco Abbiati was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

Fr. José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru)

Bishop Pedro Dulay Arigo, Vicar Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa (Philippines)

Bishop Antal Majnek, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Febiana and Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia (Ukraine), was appointed as Bishop of Mukačeve (Ukraine)

Bishop James Louis Schad, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Camden (USA), passed away at 84

Bishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Msgr. Giovanni Francesco Brugnaro, Priest of Milano (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Bureau Chief of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Bishop Stanisław Gądecki, Titular Bishop of Rubicón and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Archbishop Juliusz Paetz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski, Priest of Tarnów (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Radom (Poland)

Fr. Zbigniew Kiernikowski, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), was elected Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

Bishop Francisco Gil Hellín, Titular Bishop of Citium and Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

Archbishop Santiago Martínez Acebes resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

Bishop William Dunne, S.P.S., Bishop emeritus of Kitui (Kenya), passed away at 81

Titular Episcopal See of Aléria was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Mariana en Corse was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Nebbio was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Sagone was restored (France)

Archbishop George Pell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as President of “Vox Clara” Committee

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, was appointed as Secretary of “Vox Clara” Committee

Archbishop Oswald Gracias, Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India), was appointed as Second Vice-President of “Vox Clara” Committee

Archbishop Oscar Hugh Lipscomb, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mobile (USA), was appointed as First Vice-President of “Vox Clara” Committee

Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Archbishop Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Bishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary, Bishop emeritus of Portland in Maine (USA), passed away at 81

Fr. Pascual Chávez Villanueva, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), Grand Chancellor of Salesian Pontifical University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)

Bishop Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar) and President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Archbishop Alphonse U Than Aung, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Chusira

Fr. Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P., was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Fr. David Motiuk, Priest of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Michael Kuchmiak, C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England)

Fr. Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J., was elected Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Msgr. Józef Marian Lisowski was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Buffada and Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England)

Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B., Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Viedma (Argentina)

Bishop Léonard Dhejju resigned as Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete, Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC., resigned as Bishop of Ferns (Ireland)

Msgr. John Njue Njeru was appointed as Priest of Embu (Kenya)

Fr. Buenaventura Malayo Famadico, Priest of Calapan (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Urusi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (Philippines)

Bishop Salvador Quizon Quizon resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (Philippines)

Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title

Apostolic Prefecture of Karafuto was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia)

Fr. Isidro Barrio Barrio, Priest of Huancavélica (Peru), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Fr. Michele Pennisi, Priest of Caltagirone (Italy), was elected Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy)

Bishop Karl Josef Romer, Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family

Fr. Gaetano Errico, M.SS.CC., Founder of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, was beatified

Fr. Lodovico Tomaz Maria Pavoni, Priest of Brescia (Italy), was beatified

Fr. Luigi Variara, S.D.B., was beatified

Sr. María del Tránsito de Jesús Sacramentado Cabanillas (Dolores), T.O.S.F., was beatified

Br. Artémides Zatti, S.D.B., was beatified

Sr. María Romero Meneses, F.M.A., was beatified

Fr. Sonatan Kisku was appointed as Priest of Dumka (India)

Bishop Rosendo Álvarez Gastón resigned as Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Adolfo González Montes, Bishop of Ávila (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Franziskus Eisenbach resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Fr. Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Krishnagar (India)

Bishop Pál Reizer, Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania), passed away at 59

Msgr. Joseph Kalathiparambil, Priest of Verapoly (India) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Calicut (India)

Bishop Maxwell Valentine Noronha resigned as Bishop of Calicut (India)

Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (Argentina)

Fr. Georges Nicolas Haddad, M.S.P., was elected Apostolic Exarch of Argentina of the Greek-Melkites (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Julian Leow Beng Kim (廖炳堅) was appointed as Priest of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Fr. Denis Chidi Isizoh, Priest of Onitsha (Nigeria), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Daniele Salera was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop José María Cases Deordal, Bishop emeritus of Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana (Spain), passed away at 82

Fr. Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat was appointed as Priest of Tortosa (Spain)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Grady, Bishop emeritus of Orlando (USA), passed away at 87

Fr. Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos, Priest of Barreiras (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil)

Fr. Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Franca (Brazil)

Bishop Jaime Mota de Farias resigned as Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil)

Bishop Ercílio Turco, Bishop of Limeira (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Osasco (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Manuel Vieira resigned as Bishop of Osasco (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Perumthottam, Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Francesco Marchisano, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology and President of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, was appointed as Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Cardinal Virgilio Noè resigned as Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Bishop Guillermo Dela Vega Afable, Titular Bishop of Vadesi and Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Digos (Philippines)

Msgr. Walter Paul Hlinka was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger succeeded as Bishop of Séez (France)

Bishop Yves-Maria Guy Dubigeon resigned as Bishop of Séez (France)

Bishop Boniface Choi Ki-san (최기산 보니파시오 / 崔基山) succeeded as Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

Bishop William John McNaughton (나길모 굴리엘모), M.M., resigned as Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

Msgr. David Cappo was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Juan Norberto Forero Castillo was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Patrick Daniel Koroma, Priest of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone), was elected Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone)

Bishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Evandro Campos Maria was appointed as Priest of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Bishop Paul-André Durocher, Titular Bishop of Ausuaga and Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada)

Bishop Anthony Giroux Meagher, Titular Bishop of Dura and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Fr. Richard William Smith, Priest of Halifax (Canada), was elected Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

Archbishop Francis John Spence resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Fr. Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B., Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians), was elected Bishop of London (Canada)

Bishop Richard John Grecco, Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Eugène Philippe LaRocque resigned as Bishop of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada)

Bishop John Michael Sherlock resigned as Bishop of London (Canada)

Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo took possession as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Msgr. Bustamante Alejandro Cavero was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Mission sui juris of Urga 庫倫 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kontagora was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kontagora (Nigeria)

Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Viedma (Argentina)

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

Fr. Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Kontagora (Nigeria), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora (Nigeria) and Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania

Fr. Emanuel d’Able do Amaral, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Brazil

Archbishop Marian Oles resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia

Msgr. George G. Higgins, Priest of Chicago (USA), passed away at 86

Msgr. Mark Benedict Coleridge, Priest of Melbourne (Australia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Theveste and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Msgr. Peter Gerard Magee was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Basil Myron Schott, Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fr. John Michael Kudrick, Priest of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA), was elected Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Diocese of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia was established (from Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi and Diocese of Kyïv–Žytomyr and became suffragan of Lviv) (Ukraine)

Diocese of Odessa–Simferopol was established (from Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi and became suffragan of Lviv) (Ukraine)

Bishop Pierre Wadih Tayah, Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México of the Maronites (Mexico), passed away at 74

Bishop Emilio Zurbano Marquez, Bishop of Gumaca (Philippines), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Gumaca (Philippines) and Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena (Philippines)

Fr. Bronislaw Bernacki, Priest of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), was elected Bishop of Odessa–Simferopol (Ukraine)

Fr. Marian Buczek, Priest of Lviv (Ukraine), was elected Titular Bishop of Febiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Bishop Maksymilian Leonid Dubrawski, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Trofimiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), was appointed as Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Fr. Leon Mały, Priest of Lviv (Ukraine), was elected Titular Bishop of Tabunia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Bishop Jan Olszański, M.I.C., resigned as Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Bishop Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Tigias and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine), was appointed as Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine)

Dr. Francesco Buranelli was appointed as Director of Directorate of Museums of Vatican City State and Director of Vatican Museums

Msgr. Ferrándiz Fernando Colomer was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Gonzalo Díaz Hernández was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Jacinto Bergmann, Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Ausuccura and Auxiliary Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil)

Bishop Washington Cruz, C.P., Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

Archbishop Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

Bishop Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of São José do Grajaú (Brazil), passed away at 93

Bishop Frederico Heimler, S.D.B., Coadjutor Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)

Bishop Jacó Roberto Hilgert resigned as Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)

Bishop José Maria Maimone, S.A.C., resigned as Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil)

Bishop Tiago Postma, Bishop emeritus of Garanhuns (Brazil), passed away at 69

Bishop Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Rondonópolis (Brazil), passed away at 80

Fr. Nicolas Nadji Bab was appointed as Priest of Laï (Chad)

Fr. Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil, Priest of Latacunga (Ecuador), was elected Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador)

Bishop Emilio Lorenzo Stehle resigned as Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador)

Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F., Bishop of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Anacleto Sima Ngua resigned as Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Msgr. Francesco Follo was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Msgr. Lorenzo Frana resigned as Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Fr. Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba, Priest of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title

Msgr. Timothy Corcoran was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Edgardo Sarabia Juanich, Priest of Puerto Princesa (Philippines), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Taytay (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Ausuaga

Fr. Jerome Feudjio, Priest of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S., Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil)

Bishop Eduardo Koaik resigned as Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil)

Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia

Mission sui juris of Afghanistan was established (Afghanistan)

Fr. Giuseppe Moretti, B., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Afghanistan (Afghanistan)

Archbishop Ernesto Gallina, Titular Archbishop of Trevi, passed away at 78

Msgr. Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, Priest of Ajaccio (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Somalia, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Titular Archbishop of Sagone

Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia

Fr. Salvador González Morales was appointed as Priest of México (Mexico)

Fr. Earl Kenneth Fernandes was appointed as Priest of Cincinnati (USA)

Fr. Alonso de Orozco Mena, O.E.S.A., was canonised

Fr. Ignazio Belvisotti (Ignatius of Santhià / Lorenzo Maurizio), O.F.M. Cap., was canonised

Br. Umile da Bisignano (Humilis of Bisignano), O.F.M., was canonised

Sr. Paulina do Coração Agonizante de Jesus Visintainer (Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus / Amabile Lucia), C.I.I.C., was canonised

Sr. Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello was canonised

Fr. Héctor López Alvarado was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Reginald Joseph Orsmond, Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa), passed away at 71

Diocese of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit and without ecclesiastical province) (USA)

Fr. Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti)

Fr. Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo, Priest of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was elected Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA)

Bishop Hubert Luthe resigned as Bishop of Essen (Germany)

Cardinal Alexandru Todea, Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina and Metropolitan emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 89

Bishop Francis Joseph Walmsley resigned as Military Ordinary of Great Britain (England)

Archbishop Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Fr. Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M., was elected Military Ordinary of Great Britain (England)

Fr. Kamen Vichev (Петър Камен Вичев / Petăr), A.A., and 2 companions were beatified

Cardinal Virgilio Noè took possession as Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

Bishop Winnibald Joseph Menezes, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bombay (India), passed away at 85

Msgr. Jonathan Eric Moore was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ferenc Pavlekovics was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Pier Enrico Stefanetti, Priest of Velletri–Segni (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Joseph Andrew Williams was appointed as Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes, Priest of La Paz (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Citium and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Lewis Jerome Zeigler, Priest of Gbarnga (Liberia), was elected Bishop of Gbarnga (Liberia)

Fr. Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina, Priest of Santiago (Chile), was elected Bishop of Valdivia (Chile)

Cardinal Pio Laghi took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

Bishop Eusebius John Crawford, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Gizo (Solomon Islands), passed away at 84

Fr. Robert Daniel Conlon, Priest of Cincinnati (USA), was elected Bishop of Steubenville (USA)

Fr. Roger Joseph Foys, Priest of Steubenville (USA), was elected Bishop of Covington (USA)

Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon resigned as Bishop of Steubenville (USA)

Fr. Dieter Gahlen, C.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Fr. Walter Jorge Pinto was appointed as Priest of Mariana (Brazil)

Bishop Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Bishop Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Bishop Angelo Kim Nam-su (김남수 안젤로 / 金南洙), Bishop emeritus of Suwon 수원 (South Korea), passed away at 79

Bishop James Patrick Mahoney, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA), passed away at 76

Fr. Dennis Edward Spies was appointed as Priest of Joliet (USA)

Fr. Marek Mendyk, Priest of Legnica (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Teodulfo Sabugai Domingo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tuguegarao (Philippines), passed away at 91

Bishop James Moriarty, Titular Bishop of Bononia and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

Bishop Laurence Ryan resigned as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

Archbishop José Trinidad Medel Pérez resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

Msgr. Karel Simandl was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Marco Emilio Mencías Cháves was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Espinoza Daniel Segura was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Antônio Soares Costa, Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil), passed away at 71

Fr. Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Agats (Indonesia)

Archbishop Luigi Bommarito resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Bishop Salvatore Gristina, Bishop of Acireale (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Fr. Stephan Lipke, S.J., was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Donald Joseph Kettler, Priest of Sioux Falls (USA), was elected Bishop of Fairbanks (USA)

Bishop Michael William Warfel resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks (USA)

Fr. Flavio Pace was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Giampio Luigi Devasini was appointed as Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Fr. Krzysztof Marcjanowicz was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Fr. Alfred Leonhard Maluma, Priest of Njombe (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania)

Bishop Raymond Mwanyika resigned as Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania)

Msgr. Bertrand de La Soujeole was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B., Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo resigned as Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Rolando Trevisan, S.X., resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Archbishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Msgr. Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政), Priest of Killaloe (Ireland), Chaplain of His Holiness and Head of Study Mission in Hong Kong of Philippines, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga, Bishop emeritus of Bujumbura (Burundi), passed away at 89

Fr. Kendrick John Forbes was appointed as Priest of Nassau (Bahamas)

Bishop James Kendrick Williams resigned as Bishop of Lexington (USA)

Archbishop Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Windhoek (Namibia), passed away at 66

Fr. Euginius Longakit Cañete, M.J., Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists), was appointed as Priest of Missionaries of Jesus

Msgr. Luis Mariano Montemayor, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Rómulo García resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

Msgr. Karl Hoffegger was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Roch Pedneault resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Fr. Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador)

Archbishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Bishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R., Military Ordinary of Paraguay (Paraguay), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Fr. Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone, Priest of Canelones (Uruguay), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay) and Titular Bishop of Benepota

Bishop James Francis McCarthy resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Fr. Pio Forgione (Pius of Pietrelcina / Francesco), O.F.M. Cap., was canonised

Fr. Guillermo Javier Karcher was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Ante Jozić (尤安泰), Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Philippe-Jean-Louis Breton, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Bishop Gérard Antoine Daucourt, Bishop of Orléans (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nanterre (France)

Bishop François-Marie-Christian Favreau resigned as Bishop of Nanterre (France)

Bishop Robert Pierre Sarrabère resigned as Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Msgr. Renato Volante, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Fr. José María de la Torre Martín, Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Panatoria and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) and Titular Bishop of Dura

Bishop Joseph Li Cong-zhe (李從哲), Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China), passed away at 86

Archbishop Raymond-Joseph-Louis Bouchex resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Fr. Jean-Pierre-Marie Cattenoz, Priest of Avignon (France), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Fr. Guido Fiandino, Priest of Torino (Italy), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Aléria

Fr. Giacomo Lanzetti, Priest of Torino (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Mariana en Corse and Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Michael Francis Burbidge, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Pavlo Goncharuk was appointed as Priest of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Fr. David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli and Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Bishop Henri Clément Victor Donze, Bishop emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes (France), passed away at 89

Bishop Emilio Zurbano Marquez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Gumaca (Philippines)

Bishop Antonio Racelis Rañola, Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Gumaca (Philippines)

Bishop Timothy Michael Dolan, Titular Bishop of Natchez and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Fr. Benedek Szabolcs Fekete was appointed as Priest of Szombathely (Hungary)

Bishop Paul Maipan resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Vijayawada (India)

Fr. Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh was appointed as Priest of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)

Diocese of Chingleput was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore and became suffragan of Madras and Mylapore) (India)

Fr. Fernando Arêas Rifan, Priest of São João Maria Vianney (Brazil), was elected Coadjutor Personal Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Cedamusa

Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida, Bishop emeritus of Jundiaí (Brazil), passed away at 74

Bishop Ludwig Schick, Titular Bishop of Auzia and Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Fr. Neethinathan Anthonisamy, Priest of Madras and Mylapore (India), was elected Bishop of Chingleput (India)

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

Bishop Francesco Lambiasi resigned as Bishop of Anagni–Alatri (Italy)

Fr. Lorenzo Loppa, Priest of Velletri–Segni (Italy), was elected Bishop of Anagni–Alatri (Italy)

Msgr. Giuseppe De Stefani was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Claudio Gatti was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Stefano Sanchirico was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Patrick Mary Anene Mmuo was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Štefan Sečka, Priest of Spiš (Slovakia), was elected Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

Fr. Felipe Pulido was appointed as Priest of Yakima (USA)

Fr. Danival Milagres Coelho was appointed as Priest of Mariana (Brazil)

Fr. Raphael Mweempwa was appointed as Priest of Monze (Zambia)

Fr. François Durand was appointed as Priest of Mende (France)

Fr. Eamonn McLaughlin was appointed as Priest of Raphoe (Ireland)

Fr. Kenneth John Decker, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Fr. Stephen Xu Hong-wei (胥紅偉) was appointed as Priest of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

Bishop Jozef-Maria Heuschen, Bishop emeritus of Hasselt (Belgium), passed away at 86

Archbishop Oskar Saier resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Msgr. Marian Kazimierz Salamon was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Dominic Anthony Marconi resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Archbishop Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Archbishop José Carlos Melo, C.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Fr. Valéry Vienneau, Priest of Moncton (Canada), was elected Bishop of Bathurst (Canada)

Fr. Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, Priest of Paderborn (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Macriana minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Msgr. Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, Priest of San Diego (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Natchez and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Fr. Gerhard Schneider was appointed as Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Fr. Noël Bernard Coulibaly was appointed as Priest of Sikasso (Mali)

Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis, Bishop of Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), President of Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka and Secretary General of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)