Newly Elected Bishops

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China)

Bishop Joseph Xing Wen-zhi (邢文之) (62)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Archbishop Anthony Dang Ming-yan (黨明彥) (58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Xi’an 西安 (China)

Bishop Paul He Ze-qing (何澤清) (58)

Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China)

Bishop Joseph Wu Qin-jing (吳欽敬) (57)

Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) ▼

Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

Bishop Joseph Xu Hong-gen (徐宏根) (64)

Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China)

Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. (79)

Bishop emeritus of Autlán (Mexico)

Bishop Joseph Thomas Konnath (73)

Bishop of Bathery of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Archbishop Josafá Menezes da Silva (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Bishop João Carlos Petrini (80)

Bishop emeritus of Camaçari (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte, Opus Dei (77)

Titular Bishop of Tuscamia

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Edney Gouvêa Mattoso (69)

Bishop emeritus of Nova Friburgo (Brazil)

Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (67)

Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Hubert Marie Michel Marcel Herbreteau (77)

Bishop emeritus of Agen (France)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

former Bishop of Ibiza (Spain)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Ryszard Kasyna (68)

Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

Cardinal Oscar Cantoni (75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde

Bishop of Como (Italy)

Archbishop Michael Owen Jackels (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)

President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Bishop Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo (72)

Titular Bishop of Belali

Delegate of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

former Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal)

Bishop Julio Hernando García Peláez (67)

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)

Bishop Gilles Lemay (78)

Bishop emeritus of Amos (Canada)

Archbishop José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

Bishop Pedro Joaquin Hernández Cantarero, C.M.F. (71)

Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama)

Titular Bishop of Thabraca

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Panama

Bishop Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara (63)

Bishop of Pasig (Philippines)

Bishop Edson de Castro Homem (76)

Bishop emeritus of Iguatu (Brazil)

Archbishop François Xavier Lê Văn Hồng (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Huê (Vietnam)

Archbishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

Bishop Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. (83)

Bishop emeritus of Neuquén (Argentina)

Bishop Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B. (67)

Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil)

Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano (79)

Bishop emeritus of Rochester (USA)

Bishop Tomé Ferreira da Silva (64)

Bishop emeritus of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Kariyil (77)

Bishop emeritus of Cochin (India)

former Archbishop of Ferrara–Comacchio (Italy)

Bishop Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (68)

Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru)

former Bishop of Ratchaburi (Thailand)

Bishop Vincent de Paul Kwanga Ndjibu (70)

Bishop of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Luis Felipe Solé Fa, C.M. (79)

Bishop emeritus of Trujillo (Honduras)

Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo

Bishop Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez (68)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Bishop Domenico Sigalini (83)

Bishop emeritus of Palestrina (Italy)

former Bishop of Guarulhos (Brazil)

Bishop Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv. (70)

Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan)

Titular Bishop of Nara

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

Bishop Jebamalai Susaimanickam (80)

Bishop emeritus of Sivagangai (India)

Bishop Yvon Ambroise (83)

Bishop emeritus of Tuticorin (India)

Bishop Dieudonné Uringi Uuci (68)

Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo (74)

Titular Archbishop of Castello

Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Bishop Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.J. (84)

Bishop emeritus of Lira (Uganda)

Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei (65)

Bishop of Tallinn (Estonia)

Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro (72)

Titular Archbishop of Giru Mons

Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

former Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (77)

Bishop of Jinotega (Nicaragua)

President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop Denis James Madden (86)

Titular Bishop of Baia

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Baltimore (USA)

Archbishop Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil)

Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls (77)

Bishop emeritus of Lleida (Spain)

Bishop Eusebio de la Luz Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. (71)

Titular Bishop of Acholla

Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA)

Bishop Joseph Jude Tyson (68)

Bishop of Yakima (USA)

former Archbishop of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy)

Archbishop Francesco Alfano (69)

Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Bishop Kevin William Vann (74)

Bishop of Orange (USA)

Bishop Clarence Richard Silva (76)

Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Archbishop Roque Paloschi (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Brazil)

Bishop Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. (65)

Titular Bishop of Obori

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Bishop Peter John Haworth Doyle (81)

Bishop emeritus of Northampton (England)

former Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria)

Bishop Antônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap. (81)

Bishop emeritus of Itapipoca (Brazil)

Bishop Julio César Corniel Amaro (67)

Bishop of Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)

former Bishop of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

former Bishop of Dédougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Manuel Sánchez Monge (78)

Bishop emeritus of Santander (Spain)

Bishop Romuald Kamiński (71)

Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Bishop Viliam Judák (68)

Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Bishop Carlos Alberto dos Santos (70)

Bishop emeritus of Itabuna (Brazil)

Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar (62)

Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama)

Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (64)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru)

Bishop Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M. (82)

Bishop emeritus of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

Bishop John Gerard Noonan (75)

Bishop of Orlando (USA)

Bishop Robert Michael Miranda (74)

Bishop of Gulbarga (India)

Archbishop Alfonso Cortés Contreras (78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of León (Mexico)

Bishop Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.J. (69)

Bishop of Ambositra (Madagascar)

Bishop Raymond Centène (68)

Bishop of Vannes (France)

former Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Archbishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Bishop Krzysztof Janusz Białasik, S.V.D. (67)

Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

Archbishop Lambert Bainomugisha (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbarara (Uganda)

Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto (73)

Bishop emeritus of Sindhudurg (India)

Archbishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye (75)

Bishop of Awgu (Nigeria)

Bishop Gerard Paul Bergie (67)

Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I. (78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Keewatin–Le Pas (Canada)

former Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia (Kuwait)

Bishop Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B. (85)

Bishop emeritus of Kaga-Bandoro (Central African Republic)

Bishop Almeida Kanda (66)

Bishop of Ndalatando (Angola)

Bishop José Rojas Rojas (69)

Bishop of Libmanan (Philippines)

Bishop Rutilio Juan Del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D. (85)

Titular Bishop of Duleek

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Bernardino (USA)

Archbishop Giovanni Ricchiuti (77)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy)

Archbishop Francisco Carlos Bach (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Joinville (Brazil)

Bishop Jean Salomon Lezoutié (68)

Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Bernt Ivar Eidsvig, C.R.S.A. (72)

Bishop emeritus of Oslo (Norway)

former Bishop of Menongue (Angola)

Archbishop Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Archbishop George Antonysamy (74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

Archbishop Ramón Alfredo Dus (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Resistencia (Argentina)

Archbishop Jean-Marie-Henri Legrez, O.P. (77)

Archbishop emeritus of Albi (France)

Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D. (79)

Titular Archbishop of Alessano

Undersecretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

former Bishop of Fossano (Italy)

former Bishop of Cuneo (Italy)

Archbishop José Antônio Peruzzo (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Archbishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (77)

Titular Archbishop of Medaba

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Jerusalem (Palestine)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

former Bishop of Yoro (Honduras)

Bishop Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F. (80)

Bishop emeritus of Serrinha (Brazil)

Bishop Jacinto Agcaoili Jose (75)

Bishop of Urdaneta (Philippines)

Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal (72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Durban (South Africa)

Bishop Reinhard Hauke (72)

Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense

Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt (Germany)

Bishop Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R. (79)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Chota (Peru)

Bishop Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez (71)

Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico)

Bishop Domenico Angelo Scotti (84)

Bishop emeritus of Trivento (Italy)

Bishop Renato Pine Mayugba (70)

Bishop of Laoag (Philippines)

Archbishop Georges Wadih Bacouni (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Christian Nourrichard (77)

Bishop emeritus of Évreux (France)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Juan Carlos Romanín, S.D.B. (71)

Bishop emeritus of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Bishop Joseph Võ Ðức Minh (81)

Bishop emeritus of Nha Trang (Vietnam)

Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless (78)

Bishop emeritus of Sioux City (USA)

former Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Perú (Peru)

Bishop Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu (77)

Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria)

Bishop Lino Pizzi (83)

Bishop emeritus of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy)

Bishop Anton Jamnik (64)

Titular Bishop of Vina

Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Bishop José Leopoldo González González (71)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Bishop Paulo Roberto Beloto (69)

Bishop of Franca (Brazil)

Bishop Jean-Marie Le Vert (67)

Titular Bishop of Briançonnet

Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (France)

Bishop Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M. (86)

Bishop emeritus of Rrëshen (Albania)

Bishop Dodë Gjergji (63)

Bishop of Prizren–Prishtina (Kosovo)

Bishop Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J. (67)

Bishop of Lezhë (Albania)

Cardinal Mario Grech (69)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano

Secretary General of General Secretariat of the Synod

Bishop emeritus of Gozo (Malta)

Archbishop Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M. (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antsiranana (Madagascar)

Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Đệ, S.D.B. (80)

Bishop emeritus of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

Bishop Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R. (72)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Coari (Brazil)

Bishop George James Rassas (83)

Titular Bishop of Reperi

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chicago (USA)

Archbishop José Rafael Quirós Quirós (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Bishop Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J. (77)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Bishop Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (パウロ 郡山 健次郎) (83)

Bishop emeritus of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Bishop John Stanley Kenneth Arnold (72)

Bishop of Salford (England)

Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Bishop George Pallipparambil, S.D.B. (71)

Bishop of Miao (India)

Bishop José Guadalupe Torres Campos (66)

Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)

Bishop Juan Frausto Pallares (84)

Titular Bishop of Vagrauta

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of León (Mexico)

Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (マルチノ 平賀徹夫) (81)

Bishop emeritus of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. (80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Patna (India)

Archbishop Alexander King Sample (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy (76)

Bishop emeritus of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain)

Bishop Jean-Paul Mathieu (85)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Dié (France)

Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria)

Bishop José Negri (Giuseppe), P.I.M.E. (66)

Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia)

former Bishop of Nashville (USA)

Bishop Marian Rojek (71)

Bishop of Zamość–Lubaczów (Poland)

Archbishop Józef Piotr Kupny (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Bishop Michel Pansard (70)

Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R. (59)

Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia of the Ukrainians (Germany)

Titular Bishop of Vagada

Bishop Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M. (79)

Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Italy of the Ukrainians (Italy)

Bishop Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M. (64)

Bishop of Imaculada Conceição em Prudentópolis of the Ukrainians (Brazil)

Bishop Randolph Roque Calvo (75)

Bishop emeritus of Reno (USA)

Bishop José María Yanguas Sanz (78)

Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

former Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Simon Atallah, O.A.M. (89)

Bishop emeritus of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M. (82)

Bishop emeritus of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)

Bishop Elias Nassar (65)

Bishop emeritus of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Paul Joseph Hendricks (70)

Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie

Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

Bishop Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC. (78)

Titular Bishop of Castro

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Southwark (England)