Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Baturité was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza and became suffragan of Fortaleza) (Brazil)

Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Mbanza Congo (Angola), passed away at 80

Archbishop Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Baturité (Brazil)

Cardinal John Njue, Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nairobi (Kenya), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Kenya)

Bishop Salesius Mugambi resigned as Bishop of Meru (Kenya)

Bishop Jackson Murugara, I.M.C., succeeded as Bishop of Meru (Kenya)

Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo, Bishop emeritus of Buga (Colombia), passed away at 89

Bishop Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca resigned as Bishop of Bayamo y Manzanillo (Cuba)

Fr. Osmany Massó Cuesta, Priest of Santiago (Cuba), was elected Bishop of Bayamo y Manzanillo (Cuba)

Prof. Ulisse Corea was appointed as Applied Judge of Tribunal of Vatican City State

Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela, Bishop of Kitui (Kenya), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Machakos (Kenya)

Msgr. Eduardo Raposo da Costa Resendes, Priest of Toronto (Canada) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 91

Cardinal Mario Zenari, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri and Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Gillet, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Albano (Italy), passed away at 96

Bishop Raffaele Nogaro, Bishop emeritus of Caserta (Italy), passed away at 92

Bishop Paul Bernard Bird, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Fr. Mark Freeman, Priest of Hobart (Australia), was elected Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Bishop Aparecido Donizeti de Souza resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Cascavel (Brazil)

Bishop Rumen Ivanov Stanev, Titular Bishop of Simidicca, Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria, was appointed as Bishop of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Archbishop Domenico Graziani, Archbishop emeritus of Crotone–Santa Severina (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop John Samuel Bonnici, Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano resigned as Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Diocese of Bariadi was established (from Diocese of Shinyanga and became suffragan of Mwanza) (Tanzania)

Bishop Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Bishop José Roberto Fortes Palau, Bishop of Limeira (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorocaba (Brazil)

Bishop Marco Aurélio Gubiotti, Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Archbishop Gil Antônio Moreira resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Bishop Prosper Balthazar Lyimo, Titular Bishop of Vanariona and Auxiliary Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Bariadi (Tanzania)

Fr. Domenico Basile, Priest of Andria (Italy), was elected Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Cornacchia resigned as Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy)

Bishop Vincenzo Zarri, Bishop emeritus of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy), passed away at 96

Cardinal Stephen Brislin resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka, Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Archbishop Felice Accrocca, Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) and Archbishop-Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) and Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Francis Badji, Priest of Ziguinchor (Senegal), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Kolda (Senegal)

Bishop José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona, Bishop emeritus of Huaraz (Peru), passed away at 78

Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Msgr. Joseph Terrence Fitzgerald, Priest of Salt Lake City (USA) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away at 89

Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (韓紀德) resigned as Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) and Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Bishop Anthony Li Hui (李輝) succeeded as Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, was appointed as Vicar of the Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Bishop Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Zamora (Ecuador), passed away at 101

Bishop Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Ibarra (Ecuador), passed away at 92

Bishop John ’Oke Afareha, Bishop emeritus of Warri (Nigeria), passed away at 78

Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono, Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bogor (Indonesia)

Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)

Archbishop José Armando Álvarez Cano succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop Thadeu Gomes Canellas, Bishop emeritus of Osório (Brazil), passed away at 95

Msgr. Giuseppe Tonello, Priest of Roma (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Judge of Tribunal of Vatican City State

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., Pro-Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi and Applied Judge of Supreme Court of Vatican City State, was appointed as Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia (Italy) and Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Gorizia (Italy) and Secretary of Dicastery for the Clergy

Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C., Bishop emeritus of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico), passed away at 76

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Archbishop Victor Barnuevo Bendico resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kalibo (Philippines)

Fr. Cyril Buhayan Villareal was elected Bishop of Kalibo (Philippines)

Bishop Lajos Varga resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

Bishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T., Bishop emeritus of Gorakhpur of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 93

Bishop Gerard Nash, Bishop of Ferns (Ireland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ossory (Ireland)

Bishop Robert Joseph Banks, Bishop emeritus of Green Bay (USA), passed away at 97

Msgr. Relwendé Kisito Ouédraogo, Priest of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Hilta and Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo

Bishop Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama resigned as Bishop of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Msgr. Cyrille Ikomba Mankelele Mambi, Priest of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Dominic Kimengich, Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mombasa (Kenya)

Fr. Trinidad Antonio Márquez Guerrero, Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Melzi and Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Fr. Simon Lobo, C.C., was appointed as General Superior of Companions of the Cross

Fr. Roger Vandenakker, C.C., resigned as General Superior of Companions of the Cross

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo and Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (France)

Archbishop Flavien Joseph Melki, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 94

Bishop Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Linz (Austria), passed away at 93

Fr. Leslie Clifford D’Souza, Priest of Udupi (India), was elected Bishop of Udupi (India)

Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo resigned as Bishop of Udupi (India)

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Bishop Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B., Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Bishop Miguel Angel Alba Díaz resigned as Bishop of La Paz (Mexico)

Bishop Miguel Ángel Espinoza Garza succeeded as Bishop of La Paz (Mexico)

Archbishop Andrzej Józwowicz, Apostolic Nuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Fr. Michael J.K. Fuller, Priest of Rockford (USA) and General Secretary of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Luis Dario Martín, Titular Bishop of Bisenzio and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina)

Fr. Nelson Po, Priest of Perth (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Aguntum and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia)

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P., resigned as President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Archbishop Jan Graubner resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R., Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) and Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, Member of Council for the Economy and Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Cardinal Mario Zenari resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

Bishop Miguel Angel Alba Díaz, Bishop emeritus of La Paz (Mexico), passed away at 75

Bishop Felice Ba Htoo succeeded as Bishop of Pekhon (Myanmar)

Bishop Peter Hla resigned as Bishop of Pekhon (Myanmar)

Bishop Krzysztof Zadarko, Titular Bishop of Cavaillon and Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

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

Bishop José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of San José de Amazonas (Peru)

Fr. César Luis Caro Puértolas, Priest of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San José de Amazonas (Peru)

Bishop Aldemiro Sena dos Santos, Bishop of Guarabira (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil)

Fr. Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez López, L.C., was appointed as Director General of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum

Bishop Julian Andrzej Wojtkowski, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Warmia (Poland), passed away at 99

Fr. John Lane Connor, L.C., resigned as Director General of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum

Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, Opus Dei, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador), passed away at 86

Bishop Pietro Gabrielli Zen, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Méndez (Ecuador), passed away at 94

Bishop Margarito Salazar Cárdenas, Bishop of Matehuala (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tampico (Mexico)

Bishop Oscar Efraín Tamez Villareal resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tampico (Mexico)

Bishop Dennis Edward Spies, Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Joliet (USA)

Fr. Salvador Valera Parra, Priest of Almería (Spain), was beatified

Archbishop Samuel Joseph Aquila resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Bishop James Robert Golka, Bishop of Colorado Springs (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec (Казiмiр Велікаселец), O.P., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pinsk (Belarus), passed away at 80

Bishop Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B., Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

Archbishop Riccardo Fontana, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy), passed away at 79

Archbishop-elect Relwendé Kisito Ouédraogo, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon

Bishop Martin Laliberté, P.M.E., Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada)

Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda, Titular Archbishop of Canne, passed away at 92

Bishop Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca, Bishop of Azcapotzalco (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Atlacomulco (Mexico)

Bishop José Alberto González Juárez, Bishop of Tuxtepec (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Bishop Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Atlacomulco (Mexico)

Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti

Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Archbishop James Francis Checchio succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Fr. José Silvio de Brito, Priest of Natal (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Menefessi and Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil)

Dr. Cristiane Murray resigned as Vice-Director of Press Office of the Holy See

Fr. John Berinyuy Tata, Priest of Bamenda (Cameroon), was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda (Cameroon)

Sr. Nina Benedikta Krapić, M.V.Z., was appointed as Vice-Director of Press Office of the Holy See

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

Bishop Farly Yovany Gil Betancur resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Montería (Colombia)

Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, Bishop of Buenaventura (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Montería (Colombia)

Fr. Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro, Priest of Goa and Daman (India), was elected Bishop of Sindhudurg (India)

Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Amarillo (USA)

Bishop Patrick James Zurek resigned as Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Nkayi (Congo-Brazzaville)

Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado resigned as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Archbishop Javier Herrera Corona (何明哲), Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia

Fr. Amos Mabuti Masemola, Priest of Pretoria (South Africa), was elected Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa)

Bishop Richard Frank Stika, Bishop emeritus of Knoxville (USA), passed away at 68

Bishop Eugène Tremblay, Bishop emeritus of Amos (Canada), passed away at 89

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Man (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Man (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba, Bishop of Man (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), passed away at 81

Bishop José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Bocas del Toro (Panama), passed away at 94

Fr. Gabriel-Marie Nicolas (Gilbert), O.F.M., was beatified by equipollence

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Bishop Francesco Antonio Soddu, Bishop of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Alain Harel resigned as Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) and President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean

Fr. Landry Philippe Rasamison, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Xai-Xai (Mozambique)

Archbishop Francis Duffy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland), General Secretary of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Apostolic Administrator of Killala (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

Bishop Luis Augusto Campos Flórez, Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

Fr. Andrea Carlevale, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Atella and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Stefano Sparapani, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Bisenzio and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Marco Valenti, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Arpi and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Alessandro Zenobbi, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Biccari and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Assandé Darius Ekou, Priest of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire), was elected Bishop of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire)

Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

Archbishop François Sylla succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

Archbishop Wojciech Załuski, Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia, Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste and Apostolic Delegate to Brunei, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina)

Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B., resigned 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)

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator for Brazil of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Archbishop Orlando Brandes resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator for Uruguay of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Fr. Sean Buslig Mejia, Priest of Tabuk (Philippines), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk (Philippines)

Bishop David Eugene Fellhauer, Bishop emeritus of Victoria (USA), passed away at 86

Bishop Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Melo (Uruguay), passed away at 94

Bishop Timothy Anthony McDonnell, Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., Titular Bishop of Ostracine, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia) and Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks, was appointed as Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Bishop Peter Rusnák resigned as Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako resigned as President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq and Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan)

Bishop Emmanuel Hana Shaleta resigned as Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA)

Bishop Saad Hanna Sirop was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA)

Bishop Joachim Wanke, Bishop emeritus of Erfurt (Germany), passed away at 84

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Almoner of His Holiness of Dicastery for the Service of Charity and Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź (Poland)

Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Suliana and Undersecretary of General Secretariat of the Synod, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Suliana and Almoner of His Holiness of Dicastery for the Service of Charity

Fr. Jefferson Santos Pinheiro, Priest of Aracaju (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Tagaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Bishop Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R., was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks

Fr. Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Belleville (USA)

Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M., Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mthatha (South Africa)

Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) and Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), was appointed as President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Mr. Mauricio López Oropeza resigned as Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., resigned as President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Fr. José Dionisio Gómez Gouveia, Priest of Caracas (Venezuela), was elected Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. José Manuel León, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Gigthi and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Mr. Juan Urañavi was appointed as Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Sr. Sônia Maria Pinho de Matos, A.S.C., was appointed as Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Ms. Marva Joy Hawksworth was appointed as Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Archbishop Luigi Roberto Cona, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Extra-Regional Observer to Central American Integration System (SICA), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela, Coadjutor Bishop of Machakos (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kitui (Kenya)

Fr. Noël Bernard Coulibaly, Priest of Sikasso (Mali), was elected Bishop of Sikasso (Mali)

Fr. Jesús Huamán Conisilla, Priest of Puerto Maldonado (Peru), was appointed as Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Fr. Alfonso María Bauer Ormazábal, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Florida (Uruguay)

Bishop Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini resigned as Bishop of Florida (Uruguay)

Bishop Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Hallam (England)

Bishop Marcus Nigel Stock, Bishop of Leeds (England) and Apostolic Administrator of Middlesbrough (England), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hallam (England)

Fr. Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gambella (Ethiopia)

Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giustino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam), passed away at 92

Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho, Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Castanhal (Brazil)

Bishop Carlos Verzeletti resigned as Bishop of Castanhal (Brazil)

Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus, Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) and Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Kuzhithurai (India), passed away at 74

Diocese of Joypurhat was established (from Diocese of Dinajpur and Diocese of Rajshahi and became suffragan of Dhaka) (Bangladesh)

Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan was promoted as Diocese of Calapan (became suffragan of Lipa and depended on Dicastery for Bishops) (Philippines)

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia), President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania and Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia), was promoted as Prefect of Dicastery for Legislative Texts and Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Paul Gomes, Priest of Rajshahi (Bangladesh), was elected Bishop of Joypurhat (Bangladesh)

Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro, Priest of Padova (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and President of Pontifical Academy for Life, was elected Titular Archbishop of Gabi

Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson, Bishop emeritus of Montego Bay (Jamaica), passed away at 74

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, Auxiliary Bishop of Wote (Kenya) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Wote (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Wote (Kenya)

Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru resigned as Bishop of Wote (Kenya)

Bishop Moises Magpantay Cuevas, Vicar Apostolic of Calapan (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Calapan (Philippines)

Fr. Gerardo Fortich Saco, Priest of Tagbilaran (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines)

Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) and President of German Episcopal Conference, was appointed as Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Obed Muriungi Karobia, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Titular Bishop of Thimida and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Bishop Stanislaus Min Ko succeeded as Bishop of Hpa-an (Myanmar)

Bishop Justin Saw Min Thide resigned as Bishop of Hpa-an (Myanmar)

Bishop William Francis Murphy, Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA), passed away at 85

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino, was appointed as Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Dr. Susan Lynn Bissell was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Mr. Laurent Delvolvé was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Bishop Michael Fabian McCarthy resigned as Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Bishop Daniel Joseph Meagher, Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Dr. Paola Fanelli was appointed as Personnel Director of Secretariat for the Economy

Dr. Teresa Morris Kettelkamp resigned as Adjunct Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop Alexander Matiz Atencio, Bishop of Buga (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Buenaventura (Colombia)

Bishop Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Escuintla (Guatemala) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 94

Fr. Benoît Aubert, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Bishop of Limoges (France)

Bishop Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov resigned as Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Bishop Rumen Ivanov Stanev, General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria and Bishop of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Archbishop Nikola Eterović resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Archbishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Matehuala (Mexico)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Bishop Claudio Pablo Castricone, Titular Bishop of Castra nova and Auxiliary Bishop of Orán (Argentina), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

Fr. Lawrence Ofentse Pheto, Priest of Gaborone (Botswana), was elected Bishop of Francistown (Botswana)

Fr. Gabriel Lionel Afagbegee, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Francistown (Botswana)

Bishop Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada) and Bishop of Amos (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Fr. Andrea Roberto Ciucci, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Chancellor of Pontifical Academy for Life

Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Beira (Mozambique)

Bishop Osório Cîtora Afonso, I.M.C., General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique and Bishop of Quelimane (Mozambique), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Beira (Mozambique)

Bishop Peter Nworie Chukwu, Bishop of Abakaliki (Nigeria), passed away at 60

Bishop Isaac Jogues Kodjo Agbémenya Gaglo, Bishop of Aného (Togo) and Apostolic Administrator of Lomé (Togo), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo)

Bishop William Edwin Franklin, Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA), passed away at 95

Bishop Rene Ramirez, R.C.J., Titular Bishop of Mauriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Archbishop Philippe Ballot resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Verdun (France)

Bishop Joseph de Metz-Noblat, Bishop of Langres (France), was appointed as Bishop of Verdun (France)

Fr. John Baptist Nguyễn Quang Tuyến, Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam), was elected Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)

Fr. John Baptist Nguyễn Quốc Hưng, Priest of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Patrick Ngwenya, Priest of Harare (Zimbabwe), was elected Bishop of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Leopold Nowak, Bishop emeritus of Magdeburg (Germany), passed away at 97

Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia), was elected Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq), President of Synod of the Chaldean Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq

Bishop Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo, Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Abakaliki (Nigeria)

Archbishop José Antonio Fernández Hurtado, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Azcapotzalco (Mexico)

Bishop José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, Bishop emeritus of Celaya (Mexico), passed away at 80

Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

Fr. Motlatsi Meshack Phomane, Priest of Mthatha (South Africa), was elected Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

Bishop Bernardine Francis Mfumbusa, Bishop of Kondoa (Tanzania), passed away at 64

Fr. Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas, Priest of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Titular Bishop of Satafis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Cardinal Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼), Cardinal-Bishop of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Fr. Michele Morandi, Priest of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy), was elected Bishop of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy)

Bishop Mario Toso, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy)

Bishop Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas, Bishop of Machiques (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, Bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río (Cuba), passed away at 84

Fr. Augusto Mascagna, Priest of Civita Castellana (Italy), was elected Bishop of Pescia (Italy) and Bishop of Pistoia (Italy)

Bishop Fausto Tardelli resigned as Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) and Bishop of Pescia (Italy)