Nominations and Resignations

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

Dr. Antonio Chiminello resigned 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)

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

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 Adjunct 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

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

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)

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