Newly Elected Bishops

former Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China)

former Bishop of Yuci 榆次 (China)

Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (76)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Bishop Christopher Kakooza (71)

Bishop of Lugazi (Uganda)

Bishop Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti (76)

Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Fort Portal (Uganda)

former Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Bishop Kiro Stojanov (65)

Bishop of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica–Skopje of the Macedonians (North Macedonia)

Bishop of Skopje (North Macedonia)

Bishop Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog (68)

Bishop of Surigao (Philippines)

Bishop Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E. (77)

Bishop emeritus of Parintins (Brazil)

former Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Bishop Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes (81)

Titular Bishop of Mizigi

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

Archbishop Salvatore Nunnari (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy)

former Bishop of Eséka (Cameroon)

Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge (85)

Bishop emeritus of Mamfe (Cameroon)

Bishop Joseph Kaithathara (85)

Bishop emeritus of Gwalior (India)

Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Harare (Zimbabwe)

Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap. (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

former Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

Bishop Thomas James Olmsted (77)

Bishop emeritus of Phoenix (USA)

Archbishop Anthony Mancini (78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Halifax–Yarmouth (Canada)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada)

Bishop António Maria Bessa Taipa (81)

Titular Bishop of Tabbora

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Porto (Portugal)

Bishop António José Cavaco Carrilho (82)

Bishop emeritus of Funchal (Portugal)

Archbishop Balázs Bábel (74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungary)

former Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil)

Bishop Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández, O.A.R. (72)

Bishop of Rio Branco (Brazil)

Bishop Gilbert Louis (84)

Bishop emeritus of Châlons (France)

Bishop Frederick Francis Campbell (81)

Bishop emeritus of Columbus (USA)

Bishop Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv. (79)

Bishop emeritus of Piracicaba (Brazil)

Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino (75)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of São Félix (Brazil)

Bishop Francesco Lambiasi (77)

Bishop emeritus of Rimini (Italy)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (ラファエル 梅村昌弘) (72)

Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Bishop Jacob Venance Koda (66)

Bishop emeritus of Same (Tanzania)

Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D. (79)

Bishop emeritus of Yendi (Ghana)

former Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Archbishop Leopoldo González González (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

former Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

Archbishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

former Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)

Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Fenoy (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)

Archbishop Werner Thissen (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany)

Bishop Felix Genn (74)

Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Bishop Thomas Kaboré (81)

Bishop emeritus of Kaya (Burkina Faso)

former Bishop of Aitape (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Desiderius Rwoma (77)

Bishop emeritus of Bukoba (Tanzania)

former Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (ミカエル 松浦悟郎) (72)

Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Bishop Luis Quinteiro Fiuza (77)

Bishop emeritus of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

Bishop Tadeusz Pikus (75)

Bishop emeritus of Drohiczyn (Poland)

Bishop Grzegorz Balcerek (70)

Titular Bishop of Selendeta

Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland)

former Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Bishop Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M. (67)

Bishop of Wrocław–Koszalin of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy (73)

Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Marc Camille Michel Stenger (78)

Bishop emeritus of Troyes (France)

Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec (Казiмiр Велікаселец), O.P. (79)

Titular Bishop of Blanda

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pinsk (Belarus)

Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Bishop Erminio De Scalzi (84)

Titular Bishop of Arbanum

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Milano (Italy)

Bishop James Francis McCarthy (82)

Titular Bishop of Verrona

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Bishop James Liu Tan-kuei (劉丹桂) (71)

Bishop emeritus of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan)

former Bishop of Torit (South Sudan)

Archbishop Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A. (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Niamey (Niger)

Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo (75)

Bishop of Maradi (Niger)

Bishop Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F. (74)

Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Archbishop Nikola Eterović (73)

Titular Archbishop of Vinkovci

Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Archbishop Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus (85)

Titular Archbishop of Viminacium

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Warszawa (Poland)

Bishop Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J. (72)

Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Bishop Mário Pasqualotto, P.I.M.E. (86)

Titular Bishop of Vicus Cæsaris

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Manaus (Brazil)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia (Italy)

Archbishop Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt (72)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Bishop Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu (79)

Bishop emeritus of Long Xuyên (Vietnam)

former Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun (장봉훈 가브리엘 / 張峰軒) (77)

Bishop emeritus of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)

Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. (79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bhopal (India)

Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. (70)

Bishop of Marsabit (Kenya)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

former Bishop of Gospić–Senj (Croatia)

Bishop John McAreavey (75)

Bishop emeritus of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

former Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Bishop Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm. (83)

Bishop emeritus of San Severo (Italy)

former Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil)

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi (76)

Titular Archbishop of Atella

Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Archbishop Joseph Atanga, S.J. (72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bertoua (Cameroon)

Bishop Emilio Patriarca (87)

Bishop emeritus of Monze (Zambia)

former Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Hugo María van Steekelenburg, O.F.M. (87)

Bishop emeritus of Almenara (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. (85)

Bishop emeritus of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Martin Roos (82)

Bishop emeritus of Timişoara (Romania)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Brno (Czechia)

Bishop Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. (84)

Bishop emeritus of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)

former Bishop of Madison (USA)

Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair (75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA)

Cardinal Mario Zenari (78)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri

Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

Bishop Robert Joseph Baker (80)

Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (USA)

Archbishop Gil Antônio Moreira (74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

former Delegate of the Administration of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk (71)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto

Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

former Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Bishop José Soleibe Arbeláez (85)

Bishop emeritus of Caldas (Colombia)

Bishop Gerhard Feige (72)

Bishop of Magdeburg (Germany)

Bishop Marián Chovanec (67)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Archbishop Orlando Antonini (80)

Titular Archbishop of Formia

former Bishop-Prelate of Sicuani (Peru)

former Titular Archbishop of Tronto

Archbishop Hélio Adelar Rubert (79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Bishop Odilon Guimarães Moreira (85)

Bishop emeritus of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

former Bishop of Villa María (Argentina)

Archbishop Domenico Graziani (80)

Archbishop emeritus of Crotone–Santa Severina (Italy)

former Titular Archbishop of Milevum

former Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Bishop Tomáš Galis (73)

Bishop of Žilina (Slovakia)

Bishop Luis Infanti della Mora, O.S.M. (70)

Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile)

Titular Bishop of Cartennæ

former Bishop of Mopti (Mali)

Bishop Jean-Louis-Henri-Maurice Papin (77)

Bishop emeritus of Nancy (France)

Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa (86)

Apostolic Visitator in Australia of the Syriacs

Archbishop emeritus of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Archbishop Aurel Percă (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Romania

Bishop Władysław Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) (70)

Bishop emeritus of Vitebsk (Belarus)

Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz (71)

Bishop of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Russia)

Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia)

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola)

Bishop José Câmnate na Bissign (71)

Bishop emeritus of Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)

former Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

former Bishop of Gokwe (Zimbabwe)

Archbishop George Joseph Lucas (75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Louisville (USA)

Bishop Giovanni Santucci (75)

Bishop emeritus of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli (Italy)

Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon (이기헌 베드로 / 李基憲) (76)

Bishop emeritus of Uijeongbu 의정부 (South Korea)

former Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

former Bishop of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Édouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S. (78)

Titular Bishop of Grumentum

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

former Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Agustinus Agus (75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia)

Bishop Anton Coşa (62)

Bishop of Chişinău (Moldova)

former Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)

Cardinal Péter Erdő (72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

Member of Council for the Economy

Bishop András Veres (64)

Bishop of Győr (Hungary)

President of Hungarian Episcopal Conference

Cardinal Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente (76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio in Campo Marzio

Patriarch emeritus of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Giuseppe Pasotto, C.S.S. (70)

Apostolic Administrator of Caucasus (Georgia)

Titular Bishop of Musti

Bishop François-Marie-Joseph Blondel (84)

Bishop emeritus of Viviers (France)

Bishop José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (77)

Bishop emeritus of Itaguaí (Brazil)

Bishop José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia (79)

Bishop emeritus of Celaya (Mexico)

Bishop Robert Francis Vasa (73)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA)

Archbishop George Leo Thomas (74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Las Vegas (USA)

Archbishop Giacomo Guido Ottonello (78)

Titular Archbishop of Sasabe

Archbishop José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

former Vice-President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Archbishop Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth. (83)

Archbishop emeritus of Rabat (Morocco)

former Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)

Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo (74)

Bishop of Udupi (India)

Bishop Max John Rodrigues (86)

Bishop emeritus of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

Archbishop George Panikulam (82)

Titular Archbishop of Caudium

Bishop Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez (86)

Bishop emeritus of Barahona (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Salvatore Giovanni Rinaldi (87)

Bishop emeritus of Acerra (Italy)

Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker (76)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Stanisław Gębicki (79)

Titular Bishop of Thiges

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Włocławek (Poland)

Bishop Ireneusz Józef Pękalski (74)

Titular Bishop of Castellum Tingitii

Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Archbishop Vincenzo Pelvi (76)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Foggia–Bovino (Italy)

former Bishop of Huarí (Peru)

Bishop David Laurin Ricken (71)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Bishop Arnold Orowae (69)

Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Philippe Jean-Marie Joseph Gueneley (85)

Bishop emeritus of Langres (France)

Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello (アルベルト・ボッターリ・デ・カステッロ) (82)

Titular Archbishop of Oderzo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. (78)

Bishop emeritus of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. (75)

Bishop emeritus of Isiolo (Kenya)

Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a (68)

Titular Bishop of Oëa

Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Bishop Method Kilaini (76)

Titular Bishop of Tamalluma

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bukoba (Tanzania)

former Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia)

Bishop Álvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R. (91)

Titular Bishop of Bettona

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Bishop Joseph Francis Kweku Essien (78)

Bishop emeritus of Wiawso (Ghana)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India)

Bishop Gerald John Mathias (71)

Bishop of Lucknow (India)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène (73)

Bishop of Kolda (Senegal)

Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni (69)

Bishop of N’Dali (Benin)

Bishop Lino Fumagalli (77)

Bishop emeritus of Viterbo (Italy)