Nominations and Resignations

Ms. Cecilia Comuzzi was appointed as President of Confederation of Secular Institutes in Latin America (C.I.S.A.L.)

Ms. Juany Monsalve Moya resigned as President of Confederation of Secular Institutes in Latin America (C.I.S.A.L.)

Bishop Augustine Cui Tai (崔泰) succeeded as Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Bishop Thomas Zhao Ke-xun (趙克勛), Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China), passed away at 94

Br. Kipoy Pombo, J.K., was appointed as President of Confederation of Conferences of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (CO.S.M.A.M.)

Msgr. Maurice Monier resigned as Pro-Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Sr. Marie-Sidonie Oyembo, C.I.C., resigned as President of Confederation of Conferences of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (CO.S.M.A.M.)

Fr. K.P. Xavier, C.R., resigned as Prior General of Rosarian Fathers

Fr. Justin Sellathurai, C.R., was appointed as Prior General of Rosarian Fathers

Br. Victordass Athistaraj, S.H.J., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Sacred Heart

Br. Ravi Martin Velankanni, S.H.J., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Sacred Heart

Br. Tony Dolan, O.S.F., was appointed as Minister General of Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Mountbellew

Msgr. Stefano Sanchirico resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Sergio Pellini, S.D.B., resigned as Director General of Vatican Press

Br. Marco Albani, F.D.M., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy

Br. Paolo Barolo, F.D.M., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy

Dr. Maria Cristina Carlo-Stella resigned as Secretary of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See

Dr. Flaminia Giovanelli resigned as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Abbot Jaoude Abou, O.A.M., was appointed as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Abbot Daoud Reaidy, O.A.M., resigned as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Sr. Lucía Aurora Herrerías Guerra, F.M.V.D., resigned as President of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity

Br. Jean-Marie Vianney Azibereho, F.J., was appointed as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Br. Guillaume Kipoy Pombo, F.J., resigned as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Fr. Rodrigo Carrizo Moya, F.M.V.D., was appointed as President of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity

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

Fr. Ernst Wildi, S.M.B., resigned as Superior General of Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee

Abbot Théodore Coco, O.S.B., resigned as President of Regional Union of Conferences of Major Superiors of Francophone West Africa (U.R.C.A.O.)

Msgr. Joseph R. Punderson resigned as Defender of the Bond of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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

Fr. Guillaume Kambounon, O.S.F.S., was appointed as President of Regional Union of Conferences of Major Superiors of Francophone West Africa (U.R.C.A.O.)

Fr. Benedict Liang (梁本篤), C.S.J.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist

Fr. John Tran Ahn Thu (陳耀漢), C.S.J.B., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist

Titular Episcopal See of Bisenzio was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Milazzo was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Rosella was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Ampurias was restored (Spain)

Titular Episcopal See of Armentia was restored (Spain)

Titular Episcopal See of Valpuesta was restored (Spain)

Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

Bishop Francisco Canindé Palhano, Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

Bishop Heriberto Hermes, O.S.B., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Cristalândia (Brazil), passed away at 84

Fr. Dermot Pius Farrell, Priest of Meath (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

Archbishop Serafino Sprovieri, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Benevento (Italy), passed away at 87

Bishop Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kuwait (Kuwait), passed away at 89

Bishop Ginés Ramón García Beltrán, Bishop of Guadix (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Getafe (Spain)

Bishop Joaquin María López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo resigned as Bishop of Getafe (Spain)

Bishop Emmanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Malindi (Kenya), passed away at 68

Bishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker, Bishop emeritus of Malakal (South Sudan), passed away at 84

Bishop Remídio José Bohn, Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (Brazil), passed away at 67

Archbishop Michel Christian Alain Aupetit, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

Bishop Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.SS.R., Bishop of Jericó (Colombia), was appointed as Commissioner Apostolic for Sodalitium of Christian Life

Bishop Mathew Anikuzhikattil resigned as Bishop of Idukki of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. James Athikalam, M.S.T., was elected Bishop of Sagar of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Anthony Chirayath resigned as Bishop of Sagar of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. John Nellikunnel was elected Bishop of Idukki of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Msgr. John Richard Cihak resigned as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

Bishop Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Yokadouma (Cameroon), passed away at 78

Bishop Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil, Bishop emeritus of Puthur of the Syro-Malankars (India), passed away at 67

Bishop Joseph Wang Yu-jung (王愈榮), Bishop emeritus of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan), passed away at 86

Bishop Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M., Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil), passed away at 73

Archbishop Maurice Couture, R.S.V., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Québec (Canada), passed away at 91

Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli resigned as Apostolic Visitor of Acqui (Italy)

Bishop Pier Giorgio Micchiardi resigned as Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Msgr. Luigi Testore, Priest of Milano (Italy), was elected Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Bishop Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Benghazi (Libya), passed away at 76

Cardinal Juan José Omella Omella took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme

Diocese of Winona was renamed as Diocese of Winona–Rochester (USA)

Msgr. Zdenek Wasserbauer, Priest of Praha (Czechia), was elected Titular Bishop of Buthrotum and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Msgr. Livio Corazza, Priest of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy), was elected Bishop of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy)

Bishop Lino Pizzi resigned as Bishop of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy)

Bishop Stephen Edward Blaire resigned as Bishop of Stockton (USA)

Bishop Myron Joseph Cotta, Titular Bishop of Muteci and Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Stockton (USA)

Bishop John Michael Quinn, Bishop of Winona (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Winona–Rochester (USA)

Archbishop Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Indianapolis (USA), passed away at 79

Bishop José Gabriel Diaz Cueva, Bishop emeritus of Azogues (Ecuador) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador), passed away at 92

Bishop Antônio Agostinho Marochi, Bishop emeritus of Presidente Prudente (Brazil), passed away at 92

Bishop Maxwell Valentine Noronha, Bishop emeritus of Calicut (India), passed away at 91

Fr. Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian, Priest of Ahmedabad (India), was elected Bishop of Ahmedabad (India)

Bishop Alick Banda, Bishop of Ndola (Zambia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia)

Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia) and President of Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops

Msgr. Pietro Amenta resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop Francis Joseph Christian resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester (USA)

Bishop Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Philippe Christory, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Bishop of Chartres (France)

Bishop Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Héctor López Alvarado, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Sereddeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Tucci and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Engelberto Polino Sánchez, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Mr. Teresio Olivelli was beatified

Fr. Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez, Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia)

Bishop Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro resigned as Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia)

Fr. José Saúl Grisales Grisales, Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia)

Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio and President emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Bishop Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E., resigned as Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Francis Meli, Priest of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), was elected Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Leavenworth and Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA)

Archbishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbandaka–Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) and Apostolic Administrator of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F., Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Bishop Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Jayapura (Indonesia), passed away at 96

Fr. Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S., was elected Bishop of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

Bishop Agenor Girardi, M.S.C., Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil), passed away at 66

Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash was appointed as Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey resigned as Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Msgr. Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, Priest of Kraków (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

Archbishop José Luis Chávez Botello resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Bishop Pedro Vázquez Villalobos, Bishop of Puerto Escondido (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Msgr. Abel Cahiles Apigo, Priest of Davao (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Mati (Philippines)

Archbishop Joseph Neil MacNeil, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Edmonton (Canada), passed away at 93

Bishop Juozas Preikšas, Bishop emeritus of Panevėžys (Lithuania), passed away at 91

Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A., resigned as Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Fr. Paul Swarbrick, Priest of Lancaster (England), was elected Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Bishop Gregory John Matthew Bittman, Titular Bishop of Caltadria and Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Nelson (Canada)

Bishop John Dennis Corriveau, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Nelson (Canada)

Fr. Rafic Warcha, Priest of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Bishop of Curia of the Maronites and Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites

Archbishop Angel Nacorda Lagdameo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Bishop Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo, Bishop of San Jose de Antique (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Fr. Rubens Sodré Miranda, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Maurizio Baldessarri, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Msgr. Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, Priest of Pelplin (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua and Titular Archbishop of Maastricht

Msgr. Franz Jung, Priest of Speyer (Germany), was elected Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Bishop Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary) and Archabbot of Benedictine Congregation of Hungary

Fr. Cirill Tamás Hortobágyi, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary) and Archabbot of Benedictine Congregation of Hungary

Bishop Vincenzo Manzella resigned as Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Marciante, Titular Bishop of Thagora and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

Prof. Neville John Owen was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Mr. Nelson Giovanelli Rosendo dos Santos was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Sr. Jane Bertelsen, F.M.D.M., was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Prof. Benyam Dawit Mezmur was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Sr. Arina Gonsalves, R.J.M., was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Prof. Ernesto Caffo was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop Emmanuele Kanyama, Bishop of Dedza (Malawi), passed away at 55

Prof. Myriam Wijlens was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Msgr. Bartolome Gaspar Santos, Priest of Malolos (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Iba (Philippines)

Ms. Sinalelea Fe’ao was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Dr. Teresa Kettelkamp Morris was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Prof. Piero Antonio Bonnet, Judge Nonpareil emeritus of the Vatican City State, passed away at 77

Fr. Peter Birkhofer, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Bernd Joachim Uhl resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Fr. Charles Georges Mrad, Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was elected Titular Bishop of Zorava and Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs

Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke resigned as Bishop of Ahiara (Nigeria)

Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Ahiara (Nigeria)

Bishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Bishop of Umuahia (Nigeria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara (Nigeria)

Cardinal Paolo Romeo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Gébara, Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil), was promoted as Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Bishop Robert Joseph Coyle, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Fr. Paulinus Yan Olla, M.S.F., was elected Bishop of Tanjung Selor (Indonesia)

Bishop Colin David Campbell resigned as Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand)

Fr. Michael Joseph Dooley, Priest of Dunedin (New Zealand), was elected Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand)

Sr. Nicoletta Vittoria Spezzati, A.S.C., resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Bishop Jesus Yu Varela, Bishop emeritus of Sorsogon (Philippines), passed away at 90

Sr. Carmen Ros Nortes, N.S.C., was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 70

Bishop Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Msgr. José Avelino Bettencourt, Priest of Ottawa (Canada), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State, was elected Titular Archbishop of Novigrad

Archbishop Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Visakhapatnam (India), passed away at 81

Msgr. Alfred Xuereb, Priest of Gozo (Malta), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, Prelate Secretary General of Secretariat for the Economy, Secretary of the Board of Institute for Works of Religion and Member of Financial Security Committee, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Korea, Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia and Titular Archbishop of Amantea

Fr. Raul Bautista Dael, Priest of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Tandag (Philippines)

Bishop Nereo Page Odchimar resigned as Bishop of Tandag (Philippines)

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada and Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia

Bishop Joseph Danlami Bagobiri, Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria), passed away at 60

Fr. Janusz Ostrowski, Priest of Warmia (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Caltadria and Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan (without ecclesiastical province) (Nigeria)

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul, Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon), Apostolic Exarch of Western and Central Africa of the Maronites (Nigeria) and Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa of the Maronites, was elected Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)

Bishop Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.SS.R., resigned as Archiepiscopal Administrator of Krym of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Makariy Bohdan Leniv, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Krym of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop George Leo Thomas, Bishop of Helena (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Las Vegas (USA)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe resigned as Bishop of Las Vegas (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Alesa was restored (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon was suppressed (to Diocese of La Rochelle) (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Archbishop-elect José Avelino Bettencourt was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia

Bishop Jean-Guy Hamelin, Bishop emeritus of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada), passed away at 92

Fr. Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C., was elected Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Fr. Andrea Ripa, Priest of Rimini (Italy) and Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Pierre-Marie Gaschy, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Bishop José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Farafangana (Madagascar)

Bishop Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I., Bishop of Moramanga (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar)

Fr. Margarito Salazar Cárdenas, Priest of Matamoros (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Matehuala (Mexico)

Bishop Tomas Aguon Camacho, Bishop emeritus of Chalan Kanoa (Northern Mariana Islands), passed away at 84

Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami, President of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts and Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta graviora, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc, Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam), passed away at 73

Fr. Eduardo Malaspina, Priest of São Carlos (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Pupiana and Auxiliary Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil)

Bishop Werner Radspieler, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bamberg (Germany), passed away at 79

Archbishop Joseph Spiteri, Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

Archbishop-elect José Avelino Bettencourt, Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia

Fr. Petar Palić, Priest of Dubrovnik (Croatia) and General Secretary of Croatian Bishops’ Conference, was elected Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Bishop Slobodan Štambuk resigned as Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Bishop Jean-Marie Le Vert was appointed as Titular Bishop of Briançonnet and Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (France)

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada and Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname

Archbishop Elías Yanes Alvarez, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zaragoza (Spain), passed away at 90

Fr. Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina)

Bishop Roch Pedneault, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chicoutimi (Canada), passed away at 90

Fr. Zsolt Labancz, Sch. P., was appointed as President of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.)

Msgr. Pietro Milite, Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Judge of Appeals Court of Vatican City State

Msgr. Vito Angelo Todisco, Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, President of Disciplinary Commission of Vatican City State and Pontifical Assistant for Institute of the Incarnate Word, was appointed as Judge of Appeals Court of Vatican City State

Fr. Giovanni Peragine, B., resigned as President of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.)

Sr. Marjolein Bruinen, O.P., was appointed as Secretary General of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.)

Fr. Nicolai Dubinin Gennadevich, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Vice-President of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.)

Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I and Bishop emeritus of Mainz (Germany), passed away at 81

Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Acqui (Italy)

Bishop Jean Damascène Bimenyimana, Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda), passed away at 64

Bishop Mário Lukunde resigned as Bishop of Menongue (Angola)

Msgr. Louie Patalinghug Galbines, Priest of Bacolod (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Kabankalan (Philippines)

Bishop Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda, Military Ordinary of Portugal (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, Apostolic Nuncio to Belize and Extra-Regional Observer to Central American Integration System (SICA), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Br. Yannick Houssay, F.I.C.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Christian Instruction of Ploërmel

Br. Hervé Zamor, F.I.C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Christian Instruction of Ploërmel

Bishop David William Valencia Antonio, Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of San Jose in Mindoro (Philippines), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Jose in Mindoro (Philippines)

Bishop Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro (Philippines)

Bishop Peter Machado, Bishop of Belgaum (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

Archbishop Piero Pioppo, Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland), passed away at 80

Fr. Matteo Visioli, Undersecretary of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Formosa (Brazil)

Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò, Priest of Milano (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness, Prefect of Dicastery for Communication and President of Vatican Publishing House, was appointed as Assessor of Dicastery for Communication

Msgr. Joseph Murphy, Priest of Cloyne (Ireland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

Bishop Lino Bortolo Belotti, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bergamo (Italy), passed away at 87

Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa, Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bujumbura (Burundi)

Archbishop Evariste Ngoyagoye resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bujumbura (Burundi)

Archbishop Julio Murat, Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon

Bishop Arthur Nicholas Tafoya, Bishop emeritus of Pueblo (USA), passed away at 85

Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña, Bishop emeritus of Trujillo (Venezuela), passed away at 82

Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P., resigned as Bishop of Benguela (Angola)

Bishop António Francisco Jaca, S.V.D., Bishop of Caxito (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Benguela (Angola)

Bishop Philip Boyce, O.C.D., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

Bishop John McAreavey resigned as Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

Bishop António dos Santos, Bishop emeritus of Guarda (Portugal), passed away at 85

Fr. Giovani Edgar Arana, Priest of La Paz (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Muteci and Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia)

Bishop Skiper Bladimir Yánez Calvachi, Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador)

Bishop José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins, Bishop emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru), passed away at 87

Bishop Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Bauru (Brazil)

Bishop Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D., Titular Bishop of Idassa and Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Bauru (Brazil)

Fr. Robert Francis Christian, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Bishop Walter Pérez Villamonte, Bishop emeritus of Potosí (Bolivia), passed away at 81

Bishop Enrique Troncoso Troncoso, Bishop emeritus of Melipilla (Chile), passed away at 80

Fr. Silvano Pedroso Montalvo, Priest of La Habana (Cuba), was elected Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba)

Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzmán and Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Portugal)

Archbishop Julio Murat, Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea

Bishop Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan), passed away at 87

Bishop Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J., Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi, Titular Bishop of Naratcata and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Jean-Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M., resigned as Bishop of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), passed away at 79

Cardinal Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso Apostolo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Vietnam)

Bishop Thomas John Curry resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Limacêdo Antônio da Silva, Priest of Nazaré (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Saldæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad, Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 87

Fr. Paul Adegboyega Olawoore, Priest of Oyo (Nigeria), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ilorin (Nigeria)

Fr. Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton Jayakody, Priest of Colombo (Sri Lanka), was elected Titular Bishop of Mulli and Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Msgr. Marc Vincent Trudeau, Priest of Los Angeles (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Archbishop Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Orán (Argentina)

Fr. Luis Antonio Scozzina, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

Fr. Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), was elected Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Msgr. Bruno Bastos Lins, Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M., Apostolic Administrator of Nyíregyháza of the Hungarians (Hungary), was elected Bishop of Nyíregyháza of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio resigned as President of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Archbishop ad personam and Adjunct Secretary of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Legislative Texts

Fr. Medel Sacay Aseo, Priest of Tagum (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Tagum (Philippines)

Bishop Wilfredo Dasco Manlapaz resigned as Bishop of Tagum (Philippines)

Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道), Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye and Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian

Bishop Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of México (Mexico), passed away at 83

Fr. Cristian Dumitru Crişan was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Romanians

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Toma Adly Zaki, General Secretary of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt, was elected Titular Bishop of Cabasa and Apostolic Administrator of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Samuel Irenios Kattukallil, Titular Bishop of Tamalluma and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars (India), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Pathanamthitta of the Syro-Malankars (India)

Bishop Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil, Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius, Bishop of Curia of the Syro-Malankars, Apostolic Visitator in Oceania of the Syro-Malankars and Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Syro-Malankars, was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Moovatupuzha of the Syro-Malankars (India)

Bishop Braulio Sáez García, O.C.D., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Fr. Petro Loza, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Panium and Auxiliary Bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Sergio La Pegna, D.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Dottrinari)

Fr. Giovanni Mario Redaelli, D.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Dottrinari)

Bishop Rinaldo Fidel Brédice, Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa (Argentina), passed away at 85

Mr. Lucien Botovasoa was beatified

Bishop Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda, Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Portugal (Portugal)

Bishop Andriy Rabiy, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Archbishop Stefan Soroka resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Archbishop José María Arancedo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)

Bishop Sergio Alfredo Fenoy, Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)

Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar), passed away at 90

Bishop David Edward Foley, Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (USA), passed away at 88

Fr. Paul Antony Mullassery, Priest of Quilon (India), was elected Bishop of Quilon (India)

Bishop Stanley Roman resigned as Bishop of Quilon (India)

Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India), passed away at 74

Bishop Zacharias Cenita Jimenez, Bishop emeritus of Pagadian (Philippines) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Butuan (Philippines), passed away at 70

Bishop Damian Kyaruzi resigned as Bishop of Sumbawanga (Tanzania)

Fr. Beatus Christian Urassa, ALCP/OSS, was elected Bishop of Sumbawanga (Tanzania)

Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández resigned as Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Prof. Miguel Angel Schiavone was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Fr. Prosper Bonaventure Ky, Priest of Dédougou (Burkina Faso), was elected Bishop of Dédougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Los Ríos (Ecuador), passed away at 102

Bishop Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Fr. Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Diocese of Chiang Rai was established (from Diocese of Chiang Mai and became suffragan of Bangkok) (Thailand)

Archbishop Airton José dos Santos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Fr. Mário Spaki, Priest of Ponta Grossa (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil)

Fr. Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb, Priest of Douala (Cameroon), was elected Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon)

Bishop Maurice Konan Kouassi resigned as Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Marcellin Yao Kouadio, Bishop of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Hans-Reinhard Koch, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Erfurt (Germany), passed away at 88

Fr. Umberto Brugnoni, S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Servants of Charity

Fr. Alfonso Crippa, S.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Servants of Charity

Bishop Germano Grachane, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Nacala (Mozambique)

Bishop Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M., Titular Bishop of Nova barbara and Auxiliary Bishop of Xai-Xai (Mozambique), was appointed as Bishop of Nacala (Mozambique)

Fr. Joseph Vuthilert Haelom, Priest of Bangkok (Thailand), was elected Bishop of Chiang Rai (Thailand)

Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam)

Fr. Joseph Nguyễn Đức Cường, Priest of Đà Lat (Vietnam), was elected Bishop of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam)

Archbishop Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bourges (France), passed away at 94

Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) and Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada)

Fr. Carlo Bittante, F.d.C.C., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of Charity (Canossians)

Fr. Giorgio Valente, F.d.C.C., resigned as Superior General of Sons of Charity (Canossians)

Ms. Hanna Chrzanowska was beatified

Bishop Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M., Bishop emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil), passed away at 80

Fr. Cerilo Allan Uy Casicas, Priest of Marbel (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Marbel (Philippines)

Bishop Dinualdo Destajo Gutierrez resigned as Bishop of Marbel (Philippines)

Br. Mark Edward Hilton, S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Sacred Heart

Br. José Ignacio Carmona Ollo, S.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Sacred Heart

Fr. János Brenner, O. Cist., was beatified

Fra’ Giacomo Dalle Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, S.M.O.M., Lieutenant ad interim of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), was appointed as Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Fr. António Luciano dos Santos Costa, Priest of Guarda (Portugal), was elected Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Bishop Ilídio Pinto Leandro resigned as Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Sr. Clara van het arme Kind Jezus Fey (Clara), P.I.J., was beatified

Archbishop Michele Castoro, Archbishop of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy), passed away at 66

Sr. Lilia Agnese Contini, F.M.G.B., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Infant Jesus

Archbishop Leonard Anthony Faulkner, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Adelaide (Australia), passed away at 91

Fr. Maurice Bélanger, I.S.P.X., Director General emeritus of Secular Institute of Pius X, passed away at 86

Bishop Luigi Renna, Bishop of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy)

Bishop Irineu Gassen, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil)

Fr. Sílvio Guterres Dutra, Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil)

Bishop Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez, Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala), passed away at 63

Prof. Mario Agnes, Director emeritus of L’Osservatore Romano, passed away at 86

Bishop Victor Barnuevo Bendico resigned as Apostolic Administrator of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines)

Fr. Daniel Oca Presto, Priest of Iba (Philippines), was elected Bishop of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines)

Archbishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana) and Vice-President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Bishop José Francisco Oliveros, Bishop of Malolos (Philippines), passed away at 71

Fr. Luis Eduardo González Cedrés, Priest of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay), was elected Titular Bishop of Thugga and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Bishop Honesto Flores Ongtioco, Bishop of Cubao (Philippines), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Malolos (Philippines)

Fr. Luis Ángel Plaza Lázaro, I.E.M.E., was appointed as Director General of Saint Francis Xavier Spanish Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. José María Rojo García, I.E.M.E., resigned as Director General of Saint Francis Xavier Spanish Institute for Foreign Missions

Bishop Georges Scandar, Bishop emeritus of Zahlé of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 91

Bishop José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Registro (Brazil)

Fr. Manoel Ferreira dos Santos Júnior, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Registro (Brazil)

Fr. József-Csaba Pál, Priest of Timişoara (Romania), was elected Bishop of Timişoara (Romania)

Bishop Martin Roos resigned as Bishop of Timişoara (Romania)

Bishop Klaus Küng resigned as Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

Bishop Alois Schwarz, Bishop of Gurk (Austria), was appointed as Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

Fr. Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F., Superior General emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Bishop Anthony Michael Milone, Bishop emeritus of Great Falls–Billings (USA), passed away at 85

Fr. Koenraad Vanhoutte, Priest of Brugge (Belgium), was elected Titular Bishop of Thagora and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Raymond Poisson, Bishop of Joliette (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bucaramanga (Colombia) and President emeritus of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, passed away at 88

Bishop Christopher Jones, Bishop emeritus of Elphin (Ireland), passed away at 82

Fr. Gianpiero Palmieri, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Idassa and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute and Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari pro hac vice Title

Bishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio, Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

Archbishop Iván Antonio Marín López resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lorenzo in Piscibus, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Piscibus pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of Saint Peter, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Salvatore in Lauro, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Salvatore in Lauro pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Raffaele Farina, S.D.B., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni della Pigna, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni della Pigna pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Cristo Re and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Cristo Re pro hac vice Title

Diocese of Fargo lost territory to Diocese of Bismarck (USA)

Fr. Pierre-Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Bishop Camilo Diaz Gregorio, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Batanes (Philippines), passed away at 78

Archbishop Marek Zalewski, Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, was appointed as Non-Residential Pontifical Representative for Vietnam and Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore

Bishop Marcelo Daniel Colombo, Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina) and Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Fr. Anthony Gaspar Lagwen, Priest of Mbulu (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania)

Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges, Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)

Bishop José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia), passed away at 81

Bishop Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bayombong (Philippines)

Bishop Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao, Titular Bishop of Urusi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Bayombong (Philippines)

Archbishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Bishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala, Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela) and President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Bishop Jesús Andoni González de Zárate Salas, Titular Bishop of Suava and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Archbishop Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Bishop Vincent Dollmann, Titular Bishop of Korčula and Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Mali, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador

Fr. Ernest Obodo, Priest of Enugu (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Mediana and Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria)

Sr. Leonella Sgorbati, I.S.M.C., was beatified

Msgr. Cesare Di Pietro, Priest of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaternum and Auxiliary Bishop of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Archbishop Luciano José Cabral Duarte, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aracaju (Brazil), passed away at 93

Bishop François Jacolin, M.D.P., Bishop of Mende (France), was appointed as Bishop of Luçon (France)

Archbishop Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), passed away at 96

Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia (Macedonian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica–Skopje (without ecclesiastical province) (North Macedonia)

Diocese of El Tigre was established (from Diocese of Barcelona and became suffragan of Cumaná) (Venezuela)

Bishop Kiro Stojanov, Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia of the Macedonians (North Macedonia) and Bishop of Skopje (North Macedonia), was appointed as Bishop of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica–Skopje of the Macedonians (North Macedonia)

Bishop José Manuel Romero Barrios, Titular Bishop of Materiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of El Tigre (Venezuela)

Bishop René Séjourné, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Flour (France), passed away at 88

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., Titular Bishop of Ostracine and Apostolic Administrator of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Sr. Maria Crocifissa del Divino Amore Gargani (Maria), S.A.S.C., was beatified

Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández, Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Archbishop Héctor Rubén Aguer resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

Msgr. Eutizio Fanano, Rector emeritus of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, passed away

Prof. Vincenzo Buonomo was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

Fr. Josep María Abella Batlle (ホセ・マリア・アベイヤ), C.M.F., was elected Titular Bishop of Malamocco and Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Fr. Paul Toshihiro Sakai (パウロ 酒井俊弘), Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Nova barbara and Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan)

Fr. Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi (マリオ 山野内倫), S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Saitama さいたま (Japan)

Bishop Gregory O’Kelly, S.J., Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Adelaide (Australia)

Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Managua (Nicaragua), passed away at 92

Fr. Matthieu Rougé, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Bishop of Nanterre (France)

Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen resigned as Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Bishop Gílio Felício resigned as Bishop of Bagé (Brazil)

Archbishop Luis Madrid Merlano resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Fr. Dennis Panipitchai, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Aggersel and Auxiliary Bishop of Miao (India)

Fr. Fulgence Aloysius Tigga, Priest of Bettiah (India), was elected Bishop of Raiganj (India)

Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro and Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Msgr. Michael William Fisher, Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Tronto and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. Richard Garth Henning, Priest of Rockville Centre (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Tabla and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Sr. Marie de la Conception de Batz de Trenquelléon (Adèle), F.M.I., was beatified

Archbishop Cristián Caro Cordero resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Bishop Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid resigned as Bishop of Osorno (Chile)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Osorno (Chile)

Bishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC., resigned as Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Fr. Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Bishop Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Valparaíso (Chile)

Fr. Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F., was elected Titular Archbishop of Urusi

Fr. Mario Aldegani, C.S.I., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Fr. Tullio Locatelli, C.S.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Bishop Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Mixes (Mexico)

Fr. Salvador Cleofás Murguía Medina, S.D.B., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Mixes (Mexico)

Fr. Grzegorz Olszowski, Priest of Katowice (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Rhoga and Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Msgr. Gerald Lee Vincke, Priest of Lansing (USA), was elected Bishop of Salina (USA)

Bishop Miguel Ángel D’Annibale, Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Martín (Argentina)

Bishop Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo resigned as Bishop of San Martín (Argentina)

Bishop Joseph Li Ming-shu (李明述), Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China), passed away at 93

Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellín was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio, Titular Bishop of Munatiana, Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay, was appointed as Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay)

Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer resigned as Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay)

Sr. María Carmen Rendiles Martínez (Carmen Elena) was beatified

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Fr. Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia, Priest of Villarrica (Paraguay), was elected Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba resigned as Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Fr. Celestino Ocampo Gaona, Priest of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay), was elected Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay)

Fr. Thomas Deenihan, Priest of Meath (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

Bishop Michael Smith resigned as Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

Bishop Alexis Touabli Youlo, Bishop of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire) and Second Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Paul John Marx, M.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Kerema (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 83

Fr. Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, Priest of Mercedes (Uruguay), was elected Bishop of Tacuarembó (Uruguay)

Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Fr. Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J., Apostolic Visitor of Congregation of the Apostles of Jesus, was appointed as Pontifical Commissioner of Congregation of the Apostles of Jesus

Bishop Jacob Manathodath, Bishop of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C., Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea) and President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands, was appointed as Bishop of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea)

Sr. María Felicia de Jesús Sacramentado Guggiari Echeverría (María), O.C.D., was beatified

Bishop Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B., resigned as Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of the Armenians (France)

Fr. Elie Yéghia Yéghiayan, I.C.P.B., was elected Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of the Armenians (France)

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara, Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Bishop James Kazuo Koda (ヤコブ 幸田和生) resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe, Bishop of Kakamega (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bungoma (Kenya)

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua, Bishop of Bungoma (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Machakos (Kenya)

Msgr. Joseph Galea-Curmi, Priest of Malta (Malta), was elected Titular Bishop of Cebarades and Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Military Ordinary of Paraguay (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay)

Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India)

Bishop Felix Toppo, S.J., Bishop of Jamshedpur (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India)

Cardinal Domenico Calcagno resigned as President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Bishop Nunzio Galantino, General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Fr. José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, Priest of Funchal (Portugal), was elected Titular Archbishop of Suava

Archbishop José Francisco Sanches Alves resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal)

Bishop Francisco José Villas-Boas Senra de Faria Coelho, Titular Bishop of Plestia and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal)

Bishop Michael Gerard Duca, Bishop of Shreveport (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Bishop Robert William Muench resigned as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Fr. Charles Victor Emmanuel Gauci, Priest of Adelaide (Australia), was elected Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

Bishop Daniel Eugene Hurley resigned as Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

Bishop Gilson Andrade da Silva, Titular Bishop of Noba and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil)

Fr. Andrzej Stefan Wodka, C.SS.R., was appointed as President of AVEPRO

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute and Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari pro hac vice Title, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari

Bishop Toribio Ticona Porco was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano

Archbishop Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Teresina (Brazil), passed away at 93

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina, Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of S. Maria in Traspontina

Bishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rancagua (Chile)

Bishop Galo Fernández Villaseca, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Talca (Chile)

Bishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić resigned as Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

Bishop Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca resigned as Bishop of Talca (Chile)

Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako, President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq and Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was created Cardinal-Patriarch

Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Titular Archbishop of Roselle, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State and Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lino

Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, Titular Archbishop of Mottola, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University and Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

Cardinal Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼), Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University and Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Interdicastery Commission on Particular Churches, President of Interdicastery Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela and Member of Council of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ss. Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela

Archbishop Giuseppe Petrocchi, Metropolitan Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini

Archbishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス 前田万葉), Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) and Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana

Archbishop Désiré Tsarahazana, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toamasina (Madagascar) and President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane

Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I

Archbishop Joseph Coutts, Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Bonaventura da Bagnoregio

Archbishop Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru, was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, Titular Archbishop of Beneventum and Almoner of His Holiness of Dicastery for the Service of Charity, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Immacolata all’Esquilino

Bishop António Augusto dos Santos Marto, Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Archbishop Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F., Titular Archbishop of Urusi, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia del Gonfalone

Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Titular Archbishop of Thibica, President of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Prefect of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission and President of International Theological Commission, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio

Patriarchal See of Venezia lost territory to Diocese of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Archbishop Denis James Hart resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Bishop Sebastian Kallupura, Bishop of Buxar (India), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Patna (India) and Apostolic Administrator of Buxar (India)

Archbishop Antony Pappusamy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Palayamkottai (India)

Msgr. Joseph Murphy, Priest of Cloyne (Ireland), Chaplain of His Holiness and Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Giuseppe Rocco Favale, Bishop emeritus of Vallo della Lucania (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop John Anthony Dooher resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Fr. Riccardo Belleri, C.R.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

Fr. Rinaldo Guarisco, C.R.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

Bishop Anacleto Sima Ngua, Bishop emeritus of Bata (Equatorial Guinea), passed away at 82

Cardinal Sergio Obeso Rivera took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I

Bishop Arochiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj resigned as Bishop of Palayamkottai (India)

Msgr. Algirdas Jurevičius, Priest of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania), was elected Titular Bishop of Materiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Bishop Francisco Fortunato De Gouveia resigned as Bishop of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

Bishop Dominick John Lagonegro resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Msgr. William V. Millea, Priest of Bridgeport (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cabinda (Angola)

Fr. Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Cabinda (Angola)

Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza resigned as Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Fr. Peter Paul Saldanha, Priest of Mangalore (India), was elected Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Fr. Peter Houhou, Priest of Honiara (Solomon Islands), was elected Bishop of Auki (Solomon Islands)

Fr. Mark Andrew Bartosic, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Naratcata and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Robert Gerald Casey, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)