Nominations and Resignations

Fr. Enda Edward Murphy, Priest of Kilmore (Ireland) and Bureau Chief of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Dr. Enrico Bartelucci was appointed as Director of Directorate of the Economy of Vatican City State

Prof. Venerando Marano, Adjunct President of Tribunal of Vatican City State, was appointed as President of Tribunal of Vatican City State

Bishop Peter Lê Tấn Lợi succeeded as Bishop of Cân Tho (Vietnam)

Bishop Stephanus Tri Bửu Thiên resigned as Bishop of Cân Tho (Vietnam)

Bishop William Leo Higi, Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana (USA), passed away at 91

Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs, Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jelgava (Latvia)

Bishop Edvards Pavlovskis resigned as Bishop of Jelgava (Latvia)

Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toamasina (Madagascar), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fenoarivo Atsinanana (Madagascar)

Diocese of Bayeux was renamed as Diocese of Bayeux–Lisieux (lost title of Lisieux) (France)

Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bunbury (Australia)

Fr. George Kolodziej, S.D.S., was elected Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Bishop Jacques Habert, Bishop of Bayeux (France), was appointed as Bishop of Bayeux–Lisieux (France)

Sr. Simona Brambilla, I.S.M.C., Secretary of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray, Bishop emeritus of Mawlamyine (Myanmar), passed away at 76

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., was appointed as Pro-Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Bishop John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen, Bishop emeritus of Ratchaburi (Thailand), passed away at 75

Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, Bishop of San Diego (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon, Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) and President of Antilles Episcopal Conference, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad (Curaçao)

Bishop Luis Antonio Secco, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Willemstad (Curaçao)

Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Rey resigned as Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Bishop François Touvet succeeded as Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Archbishop Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo, Archbishop of Matera–Irsina (Italy) and Bishop of Tricarico (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Cesena–Sarsina (Italy)

Bishop Douglas Regattieri resigned as Bishop of Cesena–Sarsina (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu, Bishop emeritus of Long Xuyên (Vietnam), passed away at 79

Archbishop Angelo Massafra, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë–Pult (Albania)

Archbishop Giovanni Peragine, B., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë–Pult (Albania)

Fr. Franck Javary, Priest of Nanterre (France), was elected Bishop of Châlons (France)

Bishop Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B., Bishop of Guasdualito (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela)

Fr. Alan Campeau, Priest of London (Canada), was elected Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada)

Bishop José Antonio Satué Huerto, Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín (Spain), was appointed as Pontifical Delegate for Institute of the Incarnate Word

Bishop Bosco Puthur resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Justin Georges Ebengue, Priest of Batouri (Cameroon), was elected Bishop of Yokadouma (Cameroon)

Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Yokadouma (Cameroon)

Archbishop Joseph Pamplany, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Secretary of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, was appointed as Major-Archepiscopal Vicar of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana, Bishop of Chiang Mai (Thailand), General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand and Apostolic Administrator of Bangkok (Thailand), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand)

Fr. Giovanni Merlini, C.PP.S., Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood, was beatified

Msgr. Carlo Maria Polvani, Priest of Milano (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Dicastery for Culture and Education, was elected Titular Archbishop of Regiæ and Secretary of Dicastery for Culture and Education

Msgr. Filippo Ciampanelli, Priest of Novara (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania

Bishop Ladislav Hučko, Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia), passed away at 76

Archbishop Jérôme Daniel Beau, Archbishop of Bourges (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poitiers (France)

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau and Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu

Fr. Ariel A. Galido, M.S.C., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands)

Fr. Tamati Alefosio Sefo, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands)

Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Bishop Susitino Sionepoe, S.M., Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Msgr. Tomasz Kubiczek, Priest of Częstochowa (Poland), Chaplain of His Holiness and Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop Joseph Cai Bing-rui (蔡炳瑞), Bishop of Xiamen 廈門 (China), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Msgr. Maurizio Bravi, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Permanent Observer to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), was elected Titular Archbishop of Tolentino, Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

Archbishop Mauro Lalli resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands

Dr. Giancarlo Amato was appointed as Applied Magistrate of Tribunal of Vatican City State

Prof. Cristiano Cupelli was appointed as Applied Magistrate of Tribunal of Vatican City State

Fr. Jackson Murugara, I.M.C., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Meru (Kenya)

Fr. Javier Aparicio Suárez, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Bishop Joe Steve Vásquez, Bishop of Austin (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore, Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria), President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Wien (Austria), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Austria)

Fr. Josef Grünwidl, Priest of Wien (Austria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Wien (Austria)

Diocese of Alto Molócuè was established (from Diocese of Gurué and Diocese of Quelimane and became suffragan of Nampula) (Mozambique)

Fr. Estêvão Ângelo Fernando, Priest of Quelimane (Mozambique), was elected Bishop of Alto Molócuè (Mozambique)

Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Diocese of Mindat was established (from Diocese of Hakha and became suffragan of Mandalay) (Myanmar)

Bishop John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria)

Fr. Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria)

Abbot Bernhard Andreas Eckerstorfer, O.S.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. Laurentius Eschlböck, O.S.B., was appointed as Pro-Rector of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. Guy Mukasa Sanon, Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), was elected Bishop of Nouna (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Joseph Sama resigned as Bishop of Nouna (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Hovsep Bezazian (Bezouzou) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Cardinal Oswald Gracias resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Archbishop John Rodrigues succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Bishop José Armando Álvarez Cano, Bishop of Tampico (Mexico), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Fr. Víctor Melchor Quintana Quezada, Priest of Chihuahua (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico)

Fr. Augustine Thang Zawm Hung, Priest of Hakha (Myanmar), was elected Bishop of Mindat (Myanmar)

Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Fr. Tito Banchong Thopanhong, former Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang (Laos), passed away at 76

Fr. Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos, Priest of Pasto (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Garzón (Colombia)

Bishop Paolo Ricciardi, Titular Bishop of Gabi and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Bishop Gerardo Rocconi resigned as Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Fr. Romanus Elamu Mihaliè, Priest of Mafinga (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania)

Bishop Tarcisius J. M. Ngalalekumtwa resigned as Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania)

Bishop Richard Nelson Williamson, S.S.P.X. ▼, passed away at 84

Bishop Corrado Pizziolo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Bishop Terence Robert Curtin resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Johannes Freitag, Priest of Graz–Seckau (Austria), was elected Titular Bishop of Guzabeta and Auxiliary Bishop of Graz–Seckau (Austria)

Bishop Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D., resigned as Bishop of San Jacinto (Ecuador)

Bishop Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar, Titular Bishop of Glavinitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of San Jacinto (Ecuador)

Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca resigned as President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Msgr. Marco Sprizzi, Priest of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Cardinal Stephen Brislin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg (South Africa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop José María Baliña was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ubaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Chascomús (Argentina)

Cardinal Fabio Baggio, C.S., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia

Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B., Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia and Bishop of Koper (Slovenia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Murska Sobota (Slovenia)

Msgr. Jordi Bertomeu Farnós, Priest of Tortosa (Spain) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Pontifical Commissioner for Sodalitium of Christian Life

Bishop Théophile Nare, Bishop of Kaya (Burkina Faso), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Dori (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Midyphil Bermejo Billones, Titular Bishop of Tagarata and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Archbishop Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Bishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe), passed away at 94

Bishop Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo, Bishop emeritus of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA), passed away at 83

Bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello, Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil)

Fr. Peter Chao Yung-chi (趙永吉), Priest of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan), was elected Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Fr. David Koudougou was elected Bishop of Tenkodogo (Burkina Faso)

Archbishop Giovanni Paolo Benotto resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

Fr. Saverio Antonio Gennario Cannistrà, O.C.D., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

Msgr. Samuele Sangalli, Priest of Milano (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Adjunct Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation, was elected Titular Archbishop of Zella

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Monica, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

Cardinal Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova

Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy, Bishop of Warangal (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Visakhapatnam (India)

Fr. Selvarajan Dasan, Priest of Neyyattinkara (India), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara (India)

Fr. Bernard Laloo, Priest of Shillong (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Trofimiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Shillong (India)

Bishop Jaya Rao Polimera resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Visakhapatnam (India)

Bishop Clement Tirkey resigned as Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India)

Fr. Fabian Toppo, Priest of Jalpaiguri (India), was elected Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India)

Bishop Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia), passed away at 90

Fr. Anthony Gerard Percy, Priest of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Appiaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Xochimilco (Mexico)

Bishop Andrés Vargas Peña resigned as Bishop of Xochimilco (Mexico)

Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru)

Bishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J., Titular Bishop of Autenti and Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Perú (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru)

Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Bishop Edward Joseph Weisenburger, Bishop of Tucson (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Archbishop Giuseppe Verucchi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ravenna–Cervia (Italy), passed away at 87

Bishop Robert Gerald Casey, Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Archbishop Christopher James Coyne resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Norwich (USA)

Archbishop Dennis Marion Schnurr resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Fr. John Edward Keehner, Priest of Youngstown (USA), was elected Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless resigned as Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Fr. Richard Francis Reidy, Priest of Worcester (USA), was elected Bishop of Norwich (USA)

Bishop Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina)

Bishop Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli, Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Rafael (Argentina)

Archbishop Edgerton Roland Clarke, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica), passed away at 95

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Bishop Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes, Bishop of Propriá (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Ranis Rosendo Dos Santos, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Caicó (Brazil)

Fr. Charles Duval, C.SS.R., was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Grouard–McLennan (Canada)

Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Rutana (Burundi)

Bishop Georges Bizimana resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza (Burundi)

Fr. Léonidas Nitereka, Priest of Bururi (Burundi), was elected Bishop of Rutana (Burundi)

Fr. Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P., was elected Bishop of Bubanza (Burundi)

Bishop Kevin Peter Doran, Bishop of Elphin (Ireland) and Apostolic Administrator of Achonry (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Achonry (Ireland)

Fr. Giuseppe Luigi Spiga, Priest of Cagliari (Italy), was elected Bishop of Grajaú (Brazil)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Blais resigned as Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada)

Fr. Pierre Charland, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada)

Bishop William Walsh, Bishop emeritus of Killaloe (Ireland), passed away at 90

Msgr. Franco Piva, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household, passed away at 86

Bishop Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A., Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain), passed away at 90

Fr. François Gourdon, Priest of Angers (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Gregg Michael Caggianelli, Priest of Venice (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

Archbishop José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Archbishop Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Bishop Germán Trajano Pavón Puente, Bishop emeritus of Ambato (Ecuador), passed away at 88

Fr. Ignatius Anipu, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Maradi (Niger)

Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo resigned as Bishop of Maradi (Niger)

Cardinal Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Casal Boccone

Archbishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jaén en Perú (Peru)

Bishop André Gueye, Bishop of Thiès (Senegal), Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal) and Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal)

Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal)

Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

Bishop Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães, Titular Bishop of Galtellì and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Bishop Philip Moger resigned as Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Archbishop Gerardo Pierro, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy), passed away at 89

Msgr. Riccardo Battocchio, Priest of Padova (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Bishop Camillo Cibotti, Bishop of Isernia–Venafro (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Fr. Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago, Priest of Islas Canarias (Spain), was elected Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Bishop Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R., resigned as Bishop of Itapetininga (Brazil)

Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P., Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Itabuna (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte, Opus Dei, resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itapetininga (Brazil)

Fr. José Maria Pereira, Priest of Petrópolis (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Sigus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Joselito Ramalho Nogueira, Priest of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Hiansen Vieira Franco, Priest of Guaxupé (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Tigava and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Archbishop John Michael Miller, C.S.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Archbishop Richard William Smith, Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Bishop Kazimierz Romaniuk, Bishop emeritus of Warszawa-Praga (Poland), passed away at 97

Fr. Peter Mel Murphy, Priest of Wagga Wagga (Australia), was elected Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Archbishop Flavio Pace, Secretary of Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and Vice-President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, was appointed as Member of Commission of Donations for the Holy See

Msgr. Roberto Campisi, Priest of Siracusa (Italy), Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, President of Financial Security Committee and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as President of Commission of Donations for the Holy See

Sr. Silvana Piro, F.M.G.B., Undersecretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was appointed as Member of Commission of Donations for the Holy See

Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A., Secretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Delegate for Vatican COVID-19 Commission, was appointed as Member of Commission of Donations for the Holy See

Mr. Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi, Vice Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State and Member of Financial Security Committee, was appointed as Member of Commission of Donations for the Holy See

Bishop José Francisco González González, Bishop of Campeche (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Fr. Andrés Sáinz Márquez, Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico)

Fr. Josaphat Jackson Bududu, Priest of Tabora (Tanzania), was elected Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Tabora (Tanzania)

Bishop Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho)

Fr. Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho)

Fr. John Carvalho, Priest of Ajmer (India), was elected Bishop of Ajmer (India)

Bishop Oswald Joseph Lewis resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ajmer (India)

Archbishop Emilio Nappa, Adjunct Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation, was appointed as Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State

Sr. Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E., Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State and President of Committee for Monetary Matters of Vatican City State, was appointed as Member of Financial Security Committee, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State

Mr. Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi, Vice Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State, Member of Financial Security Committee and Member of Commission of Donations for the Holy See, was appointed as Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani and Member of Council of Cardinals, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Fr. Herman Guinto Abcede, R.C.J., was elected Bishop of Daet (Philippines)

Fr. Ángel Román Idígoras, Priest of Alcalá de Henares (Spain), was elected Bishop of Albacete (Spain)

Bishop Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín, Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Archbishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Diocese of Bagamoyo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and Diocese of Morogoro and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Archbishop Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorocaba (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Cardinal Ignace Bessi Dogbo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Armand Koné, Priest of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Hryhoriy Komar, Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Italy of the Ukrainians (Italy)

Bishop Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Italy of the Ukrainians (Italy)

Bishop Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Bagamoyo (Tanzania)

Fr. Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Bafatá (Guinea-Bissau)

Bishop Bali Gali resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cuddapah (India)

Fr. Paul Prakash Saginala, Priest of Cuddapah (India), was elected Bishop of Cuddapah (India)

Fr. Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, O.S.A., was elected Bishop of Timika (Indonesia)

Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Military Ordinary emeritus of Netherlands (Netherlands), passed away at 96

Bishop Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Ilorin (Nigeria), passed away at 80

Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz resigned as Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), was appointed as Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Bishop Felix Genn resigned as Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Abbot Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland)

Bishop Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco, Bishop emeritus of Iztapalapa (Mexico), passed away at 79

Archbishop Francesco Cuccarese, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pescara–Penne (Italy), passed away at 95

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Msgr. Giancarlo Dellagiovanna, Priest of Tortona (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso and Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana

Fr. Paul Nguyễn Quang Đĩnh, Priest of Hung Hoá (Vietnam), was elected Titular Bishop of Voncaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Hung Hoá (Vietnam)

Bishop Oscar Efraín Tamez Villareal, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tampico (Mexico)

Bishop Dennis Joseph Sullivan resigned as Bishop of Camden (USA)

Bishop Joseph Andrew Williams succeeded as Bishop of Camden (USA)

Archbishop Paul Cremona, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Malta (Malta), passed away at 79

Archbishop Clement Papa succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka, Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq), passed away at 94

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Zbigniew Jan Zieliński, Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Gerald Frederick Kicanas was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tucson (USA)

Diocese of Caazapá was established (from Diocese of Villarrica and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Fr. Marcelo Benítez Martínez, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Caazapá (Paraguay)

Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

Msgr. Ignazio Ceffalia, Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino and Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

Msgr. Francesco Ibba, Priest of Cagliari (Italy), Substitute Defender of the Bond of Tribunal of the Roman Rota and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Defender of the Bond of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. Fabio Attard, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)

Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal, Bishop emeritus of Matanzas (Cuba), passed away at 81

Archbishop Settimio Todisco, Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi–Ostuni (Italy), passed away at 100

Bishop Demetrio Fernández González resigned as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Bishop Jesús Fernández González, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Archbishop Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi, Secretary of Section for Education of Dicastery for Culture and Education, was appointed as Archivist of Vatican Apostolic Archive and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archbishop Angelo Vincenzo Zani resigned as Archivist of Vatican Apostolic Archive and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archbishop Vicente Jiménez Zamora resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Huesca (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Jaca (Spain)

Fr. Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P., Superior General of Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists), was elected Bishop of Huesca (Spain) and Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Cardinal Roberto Repole took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti

Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina) and Apostolic Administrator of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Archbishop George Joseph Lucas resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Bishop Michael George McGovern, Bishop of Belleville (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Fr. Antoni Pujals i Ginebreda, Opus Dei, resigned as Vicar General of Opus Dei

Fr. Javier del Castillo, Opus Dei, was appointed as Vicar General of Opus Dei

Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda, Military Ordinary emeritus of Ecuador (Ecuador), passed away at 85

Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda, Titular Bishop of Catrum and Auxiliary Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi), was appointed as Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S., resigned as Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

Dr. Timothy James Janz resigned as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Fr. Giacomo Cardinali, Priest of Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola (Italy), was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archbishop Martin Sarmiento Jumoad resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pagadian (Philippines)

Fr. Ronald Anthony Parco Timoner, Priest of Daet (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Pagadian (Philippines)

Fr. Augustin Simmel Ndiaye, Priest of Dakar (Senegal), was elected Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

Archbishop Peter Turang, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kupang (Indonesia), passed away at 78

Mr. Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Cardinal-Priest emeritus of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA), passed away at 94

Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) and Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

Bishop John Francis Sherrington, Titular Bishop of Hilta and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Fr. Ósmar López Benítez, Priest of Carapeguá (Paraguay), was elected Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

Bishop Arkadiusz Okroj, Titular Bishop of Cufruta and Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Toruń (Poland)

Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) and former President of Episcopal Conference of Chile, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Chile)

Archbishop Paschal Topno, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bhopal (India), passed away at 92

Fr. Antônio Carlos Paiva, Priest of Patos de Minas (Brazil), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil)

Bishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi, Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) and Apostolic Administrator of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Fr. Wilder Alberto Vásquez Saldaña, O.S.A., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Bishop Ireneusz Józef Pękalski resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Bishop William Shawn McKnight, Bishop of Jefferson City (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Bishop Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Providence (USA)

Fr. Evandro Luis Braun was elected Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R., Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

Bishop Luis Manuel López Alfaro, Titular Bishop of Garba and Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico)

Bishop Patrick Eluke, Auxiliary Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh resigned as Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

Bishop Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve, Bishop of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Archbishop Santo Marcianò resigned as Archbishop Military Ordinary of Italy (Italy)

Archbishop Gian Franco Saba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop Military Ordinary of Italy (Italy)

Dr. Francesco Buranelli resigned as President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See

Prof. Elvira Cajano was appointed as President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See

Bishop René Marie Albert Dupont (두봉 레나도), M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Andong 안동 (South Korea), passed away at 95

Archbishop Sevastianos Rossolatos was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece), Apostolic Administrator of Santorini (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Syros (Greece)

Bishop Petros Stefanou resigned as Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

Abbot Michelangelo Riccardo Maria Tiribilli, O.S.B. Oliv., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General emeritus of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans), passed away at 88

Diocese of Calicut was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calicut (with suffragan sees Kannur and Sultanpet) (India)

Archbishop Brian Udaigwe, Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau and Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru and Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa

Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal, Bishop of Calicut (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calicut (India)

Fr. Sonatan Kisku, Priest of Dumka (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Zarna and Auxiliary Bishop of Dumka (India)

Bishop Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas resigned as Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Fr. Sahaya Thatheus Thomas, Priest of Jalandhar (India), was elected Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Bishop Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues, Bishop of Januária (Brazil), passed away at 61

Bishop Albert Thévenot, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of Prince Albert (Canada), passed away at 79

Msgr. Glenn Montebon Corsiga, Priest of Dumaguete (Philippines) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Ipil (Philippines)

Bishop Piotr Turzyński, Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland), passed away at 60

Bishop Angélico Sândalo Bernardino, Bishop emeritus of Blumenau (Brazil), passed away at 92

Bishop Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal’Etumba resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Joseph Mopepe Ngongo, Priest of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Éric Bidot, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Tulle (France)

Archbishop Werner Thissen, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany), passed away at 86

Fr. Miguel Fritz, O.M.I., Apostolic Administrator of Pilcomayo (Paraguay), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Fenoarivo Atsinanana (Madagascar)

Fr. Marek Ochlak, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana (Madagascar)

Archbishop Patricio Infante Alfonso, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile), passed away at 95

Cardinal George Alencherry, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme, Major Archbishop emeritus of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) and former President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (India)

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia resigned as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Matrimonial and Family Science and President of Pontifical Academy for Life

Pope Francis, Supreme Pontiff and Prefect of Dicastery for Evangelisation, passed away at 88

Fr. Daniel Pellizzon resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Fr. Fabio Salerno resigned as Second Private Secretary of the Pope

Archbishop Michele Di Ruberto, Secretary emeritus of Congregation for the Causes of Saints, passed away at 90

Bishop Giuseppe Cavallotto, Bishop emeritus of Fossano (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Cuneo (Italy), passed away at 85

Bishop Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC., Bishop emeritus of Ferns (Ireland), passed away at 89

Bishop Owen John Dolan, Coadjutor Bishop emeritus of Palmerston North (New Zealand), passed away at 96

Bishop Stanley Girard Schlarman, Bishop emeritus of Dodge City (USA), passed away at 91

Bishop Zeno Hastenteufel, Bishop emeritus of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil), passed away at 78

Bishop Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Ambanja (Madagascar), passed away at 84

Bishop Donald Joseph Kettler was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Sioux Falls (USA)

Bishop Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F., Bishop emeritus of Quibdó (Colombia) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Medellín (Colombia), passed away at 89

Bishop Esteban Escudero Torres, Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 79

Bishop Gerald Thomas Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA), passed away at 83

Fr. Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, Priest of Chiclayo (Peru), was appointed as Private Secretary of the Pope

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, was elected Supreme Pontiff and Prefect of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Bishop John Mark Jabalé, E.B.C., Bishop emeritus of Menevia (Wales), passed away at 91

Fr. José Ángel Lostado Fernandez, T.C., was appointed as Superior General of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonian Friars)

Fr. Frank Gerardo Pérez Alvarado, T.C., resigned as Superior General of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonian Friars)

Sr. Oonah O’Shea, N.D.S., Superior General of Religious of Our Lady of Sion, was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Sr. Mary Teresa Barron, N.S.A., resigned as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Fr. Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Babra and Auxiliary Bishop of Callao (Peru)

Fr. Dave Dean Capucao, Priest of Infanta (Philippines), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Infanta (Philippines)

Bishop Bernardino Cruz Cortez resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Infanta (Philippines)

Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain) and Ordinary emeritus of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Fr. Camille Costa de Beauregard, Priest of Chambéry (France), was beatified

Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Pope Leo XIV was installed as Supreme Pontiff

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy), Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, was appointed as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Matrimonial and Family Science

Bishop Joseph Ponniah, Bishop emeritus of Batticaloa (Sri Lanka), passed away at 72

Bishop Edmar Perón resigned as Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Bishop Bruno Elizeu Versari, Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Fr. Jean Pelletier, Priest of Angers (France), was elected Bishop of Mende (France)

Archbishop Luigi Bianco, Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo

Archbishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Bishop Dominique Blanchet, Bishop of Créteil (France), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls resigned as Bishop of Lleida (Spain)

Fr. Daniel Palau Valero, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), was elected Bishop of Lleida (Spain)

Diocese of São José do Rio Preto was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto (with suffragan sees Barretos, Catanduva, Jales and Votuporanga) (Brazil)

Cardinal Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio

Bishop Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B., Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil)

Bishop Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil)

Bishop Valter Magno de Carvalho, Titular Bishop of Giufi and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil)

Sr. Tiziana Merletti, S.F.P., was appointed as Secretary of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Bishop Markus Büchel resigned as Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Canon Beat Grögli was elected Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Bishop Michael Pham (Phạm Minh Cường), Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA), was appointed as Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanna Antida Thouret

Archbishop Ivo Scapolo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Fr. Stanisław Kostka Streich, Priest of Poznań (Poland), was beatified

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, Cardinal-Bishop of S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle, Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, Pro-Prefect for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation and Member of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

Bishop Nestor Celestial Cariño, Bishop emeritus of Legazpi (Philippines), passed away at 86

Cardinal Ladislav Német, S.V.D., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Stella Maris

Archbishop John George Vlazny, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Portland in Oregon (USA), passed away at 88

Archbishop Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam)

Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam)

Bishop Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R., Military Ordinary emeritus of Argentina (Argentina), passed away at 93

Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro, Priest of Padova (Italy), Chancellor of Pontifical Academy for Life and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy for Life

Bishop František Rábek resigned as Military Ordinary of Slovakia (Slovakia)

Fr. Pavol Šajgalik, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Military Ordinary of Slovakia (Slovakia)

Fr. Alexander Rivera Vielma, Priest of Mérida (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Bishop Raúl Martín, Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Archbishop Juan Alberto Puiggari resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna, Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Morón (Argentina)

Bishop Jorge Vázquez resigned as Bishop of Morón (Argentina)

Bishop Francisco Agamenilton Damascena, Bishop of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil)

Fr. Clésio Facco, S.A.C., was elected Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

Archbishop Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Brice Armand Ibombo, Priest of Gamboma (Congo-Brazzaville), was elected Bishop of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Abbot Antony Chacko Puthenpurackal, O.S.B. Silv., resigned as Abbot General of Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines)

Bishop Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il (유수일 프란치스코 하비에르 / 劉修一), O.F.M., Military Ordinary emeritus of South Korea (South Korea), passed away at 80

Fr. Shamindra Jayawardena, O.S.B. Silv., was appointed as Abbot General of Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines)

Bishop Roberto Gomes Guimarães, Bishop emeritus of Campos (Brazil), passed away at 89

Bishop Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro, Bishop of Pasto (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia)

Archbishop James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada), passed away at 100

Bishop José Roberto Ospina Leongómez was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Colombia (Colombia)

Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agaña (Guam), passed away at 66

Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil resigned as Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil, Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India), was appointed as Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Francesco Mazzitelli, F.D.P., resigned as Bureau Chief of Dicastery for the Service of Charity

Msgr. Romanus Mbena, Priest of Morogoro (Tanzania) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Bureau Chief of Dicastery for the Service of Charity

Fr. Pedro Bismarck Chau, Priest of Newark (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Catrum and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop Gregory James Studerus resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Sr. Maria Krzysztofa Klomfass (Marta), C.S.C., and 14 companions were beatified

Bishop José Figueroa Gómez resigned as Bishop of Granada (Colombia)

Fr. Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano, Priest of Zipaquirá (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Granada (Colombia)

Archbishop Joan Enric Vives i Sicília resigned as Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat succeeded as Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Bishop Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid, Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia), passed away at 62

Bishop John Robert Gorman, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chicago (USA), passed away at 99

Bishop Mark Anthony Eckman, Titular Bishop of Sitifis and Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Bishop David Allen Zubik resigned as Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Bishop Joseph Lin Yun-tuan (林運團) was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Msgr. Simon Peter Engurait, Priest of Houma–Thibodaux (USA), was elected Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (USA)

Bishop Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa, Bishop of Montería (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia)

Bishop Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte resigned as Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia)

Prof. Pio Baldi resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon

Fr. Nélio Pereira Pita, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Garba and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal)

Archbishop José Luis Mollaghan, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rosario (Argentina) and Supplementary Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, passed away at 79

Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Jalandhar (India)

Fr. Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel, Priest of Jalandhar (India), was elected Bishop of Jalandhar (India)

Bishop Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Bishop Antioco Piseddu, Bishop emeritus of Lanusei (Italy), passed away at 88

Bishop Lawrence Eugene Brandt, Bishop emeritus of Greensburg (USA), passed away at 86

Bishop Marc Pelchat resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández, Priest of Comayagua (Honduras), was elected Bishop of La Ceiba (Honduras)

Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Fr. Alfonso García López, Priest of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia)

Cardinal Ignace Bessi Dogbo took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Mario e Compagni Martiri

Bishop Antoine Nabil Andari resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Rafic El Warcha, Procurator at Rome of the Maronites, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Bishop of Curia of the Maronites

Mr. Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi was beatified

Cardinal Robert Sarah, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Conakry (Guinea) and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Guinea)

Archbishop Victor Barnuevo Bendico, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kalibo (Philippines)

Bishop Jose Corazon Tumbagahan Tala-oc resigned as Bishop of Kalibo (Philippines)

Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Shane Anthony Mackinlay, Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior, Titular Bishop of Tindari and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Januária (Brazil)

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

Bishop Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko, Bishop of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 49

Bishop Benoni Ambăruş, Titular Bishop of Tronto and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Matera–Irsina (Italy) and Bishop of Tricarico (Italy)

Archbishop Angelo Raffaele Panzetta succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lecce (Italy)

Archbishop Michele Seccia resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lecce (Italy)

Fr. Janez Kozinc, Priest of Celje (Slovenia), was elected Bishop of Murska Sobota (Slovenia)

Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Murska Sobota (Slovenia)

Bishop Felix Dawood Al Shabi, Bishop of Zakho of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Anthony John Ireland, Titular Bishop of Carinola and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was promoted as Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Archbishop Julian Charles Porteous resigned as Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Fr. Germán Humberto Barbosa Mora, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Uzalis and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nogales (Mexico)

Fr. José Luis Cerra Luna, Priest of Matamoros–Reynosa (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Nogales (Mexico)

Msgr. José Nahúm Jairo Salas Castañeda resigned as Person-in-charge of Central Statistics Office of the Church

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Fr. Andrzej Madej, O.M.I., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Turkmenistan (Turkmenistan)

Bishop Alexandre Yikyi Bazié, Auxiliary Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Andrés Amauri Rosario Henriquez, Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic), was elected Titular Bishop of Autenti and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Kamal Hanna Bathish, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Jerusalem (Palestine), passed away at 93

Fr. Francesco Ielpo, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Francesco Patton, O.F.M., resigned as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Mamiarisoa Modeste Randrianifahanana was elected Titular Bishop of Iucundiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez resigned as Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Bishop José Antonio Satué Huerto, Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín (Spain) and Pontifical Delegate for Institute of the Incarnate Word, was appointed as Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Bishop Joseph Martin Sartoris, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Los Angeles (USA), passed away at 97

Fr. Pierre Suon Hangly, Priest of Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Prefect Apostolic of Kompong Cham (Cambodia), was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Bishop Elias Frank, Bishop of Asansol (India), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Abbot Jean-César Scarcella, C.R.A., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland), Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune and Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria, passed away at 98

Bishop Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O., resigned as Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Archbishop Habib Hermez Jajou Al-Nawfali, Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Chaldeans

Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Chaldeans

Archbishop Santo Marcianò was appointed as Bishop of Anagni–Alatri (Italy), Bishop of Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Ambrogio Spreafico resigned as Bishop of Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino (Italy) and Bishop of Anagni–Alatri (Italy)

Bishop Maksymilian Leonid Dubrawski, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilsky (Ukraine)

Bishop Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv., Titular Bishop of Cilibia, Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine, was appointed as Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilsky (Ukraine)

Bishop Mark Steven Rivituso, Titular Bishop of Turuzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mobile (USA)

Archbishop Thomas John Rodi resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mobile (USA)

Bishop Carl Frederick Mengeling, Bishop emeritus of Lansing (USA), passed away at 94

Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz, Bishop of Campanha (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil)

Bishop Daniel Elias Garcia, Bishop of Monterey (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Austin (USA)

Bishop Héctor David García Osorio, Bishop of Yoro (Honduras) and President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama, was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

Fr. Gabriel dos Santos Filho, Priest of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Altiburus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Fr. Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues, Priest of Caetité (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Tisili and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, Coadjutor Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Cristo Re pro hac vice Title and Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Poland)

Archbishop Thibault Verny, Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France), was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu, Bishop of Palayamkottai (India) and Apostolic Administrator of Madurai (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Wote (Kenya)

Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Fr. Francesco Rapacioli, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. Ferruccio Brambillasca, P.I.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. Ronald Gerhardus Wilhelmus Cornelissen, Priest of Utrecht (Netherlands), was elected Bishop of Groningen–Leeuwarden (Netherlands)

Bishop Justin Ain Soongie, Titular Bishop of Forma and Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Alotau–Sideia (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Jacek Piotr Tendej, C.M., was elected Bishop of Alotau–Sideia (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J., resigned as Pontifical Delegate on liturgical matters for Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Diocese of Xiwanzi 西灣子 was suppressed (to Diocese of Jilin 吉林 and Diocese of Zhangjiakou 張家口) (China)

Diocese of Xuanhua 宣化 was renamed as Diocese of Zhangjiakou 張家口 (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Xiwanzi 西灣子 and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beijing 北京) (China)

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

Bishop Joseph Ma Yan-en (馬彥恩) resigned as Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Fr. Joseph Wang Zhen-gui (王振貴), Priest of Xianxian 獻縣 (China), was elected Bishop of Zhangjiakou 張家口 (China)

Bishop Władysław Bobowski, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Tarnów (Poland), passed away at 93

Fr. Matthew Choi Kwang-hee (최광희 마태오 / 崔光熙), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Bishop Abilio Martínez Varea, Bishop of Osma–Soria (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Bishop Gerardo Melgar Viciosa resigned as Bishop of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Diocese of Kapsabet was established (from Diocese of Eldoret and became suffragan of Kisumu) (Kenya)

Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei, Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Kapsabet (Kenya)

Fr. Mariusz Dmyterko, Priest of Wrocław–Koszalin of the Ukrainians (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Tzernicus and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław–Koszalin of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Bishop Liam Stephen Cary resigned as Bishop of Baker (USA)

Msgr. Thomas Joseph Hennen, Priest of Davenport (USA), was elected Bishop of Baker (USA)

Fr. Michel Jean-Paul Guillaud, Priest of Lyon (France), was elected Bishop of Constantine (Algeria)

Br. Lycarion May (François-Benjamin), F.M.S., was beatified