Newly Elected Bishops

Bishop José Antonio Canales Motiño (64)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama

Bishop emeritus of Danlí (Honduras)

Bishop Abilio Martínez Varea (62)

Bishop of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Bishop Daniele Gianotti (68)

Bishop of Crema (Italy)

Bishop Edilson Soares Nobre (60)

Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil)

Archbishop Giovanni Checchinato (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy)

Archbishop Thomas Tharayil (Tomy) (54)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop José Mauricio Vélez García (61)

Titular Bishop of Lapda

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop Pedro Baquero, S.D.B. (55)

Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Michael Joseph Boulette (75)

Titular Bishop of Hieron

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Antonio (USA)

Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi (54)

Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon)

Bishop Kannikadass Antony William (61)

Bishop emeritus of Mysore (India)

Bishop Jeffrey Robert Haines (67)

Titular Bishop of Thagamuta

Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Bishop James Thomas Schuerman (69)

Titular Bishop of Girba

Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA)

former Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize)

Bishop Rudolf Nyandoro (57)

Bishop of Gweru (Zimbabwe)

General Secretary of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa

Bishop Guglielmo Giombanco (59)

Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Bishop Juan Manuel González Sandoval, M.N.M. (62)

Bishop of Tarahumara (Mexico)

Bishop Timothy James Harris (63)

Bishop of Townsville (Australia)

Bishop Horst Eberlein (75)

Titular Bishop of Tisedi

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany)

Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali (62)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan)

Bishop Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira (56)

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil)

Archbishop Giancarlo Perego (65)

Archbishop of Ferrara–Comacchio (Italy)

Bishop Oscar Nkolo Kanowa, C.I.C.M. (68)

Bishop of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Antoine Hérouard (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France)

Delegate for the Shrine of Lourdes of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Bishop Matthäus Karrer (57)

Titular Bishop of Tunnuna

Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Bishop Mario Enrique Quirós Quirós (59)

Bishop of Cartago (Costa Rica)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica

Archbishop Mark Steven Rivituso (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mobile (USA)

Bishop Roy Edward Campbell (78)

Titular Bishop of Ucres

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.SS.R. (55)

Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora (Brazil)

Bishop José Luis Retana Gozalo (73)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Bishop John Kim Son-tae (김선태 사도요한 / 金仙泰) (64)

Bishop of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea)

Bishop John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. (77)

Bishop emeritus of Laghouat (Algeria)

Bishop Steven Robert Biegler (67)

Bishop of Cheyenne (USA)

Bishop Ovidio Vezzoli (70)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy)

Bishop Orlando Olave Villanoba (57)

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia)

Archbishop Robertus Rubiyatmoko (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia)

Archbishop Andrzej Józwowicz (61)

Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum

Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Archbishop Santiago Ignacio De Wit Guzmán (61)

Titular Archbishop of Gabala

Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia

Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica

Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica

Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados

Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas

Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago

Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname

Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines

Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis

Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana

Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada

Apostolic Nuncio to Belize

Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda

Apostolic Delegate to Antilles

Plenipotentiary Representative to Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Bishop Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva (57)

Bishop of Montenegro (Brazil)

Bishop Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco (56)

Titular Bishop of Hospita

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop László Varga (69)

Bishop of Kaposvár (Hungary)

Bishop Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (69)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina)

Bishop Kenneth Michael Howell (68)

Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Bishop Edivalter Andrade (63)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

Bishop Calixto Paulino Esono Abaga Obono (57)

Bishop of Evinayong (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang, C.M.F. (57)

Bishop of Mongomo (Equatorial Guinea)

President of Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea

Bishop Miguel Angel Nguema Bee, S.D.B. (56)

Bishop of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea)

Apostolic Administrator of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea

Bishop Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout (61)

Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Bishop Daniel Henry Mueggenborg (63)

Bishop of Reno (USA)

Bishop Martin David (55)

Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia)

Bishop Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh (70)

Bishop of Đà Lat (Vietnam)

Bishop Xavier Malle (60)

Bishop of Gap–Embrun (France)

Bishop Seyoum Franso Noel (55)

Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia)

Titular Bishop of Eminentiana

Bishop Donatus Edet Akpan (73)

Bishop of Ogoja (Nigeria)

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C. (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Bishop Benedictus Estephanus Rolly Untu, M.S.C. (69)

Bishop of Manado (Indonesia)

Bishop Peter Kohlgraf (59)

Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Bishop John Patrick Dolan (63)

Bishop of Phoenix (USA)

Archbishop Thomas Robert Zinkula (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Bishop Bruno Elizeu Versari (66)

Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil)

Bishop José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V. (64)

Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil)

Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné (62)

Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon)

Bishop Rolf Lohmann (63)

Titular Bishop of Gor

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Bishop Vitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B. (53)

Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine

Bishop John Đỗ Văn Ngân (72)

Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

Bishop André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I. (60)

Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil)

Bishop Jacy Diniz Rocha (67)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci (59)

Bishop of Itapetininga (Brazil)

Bishop Pierre-Antoine Bozo (60)

Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Bishop emeritus of Limoges (France)

Bishop Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv. (47)

Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine

Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey (73)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Bishop Bernard Edward Shlesinger III (65)

Titular Bishop of Naiera

Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA)

Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Scheinig (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mercedes–Luján (Argentina)

Archbishop Andrzej Przybylski (61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Nazarene Soosai (62)

Bishop of Kottar (India)

Archbishop Fabio Dal Cin (61)

Archbishop-Prelate of Loreto (Italy)

Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto

Bishop Juan Danilo Bangayan Ulep (63)

Bishop-Prelate of Batanes (Philippines)

Bishop Pedro Sergio de Jesús Mena Díaz (70)

Titular Bishop of Zuglio

Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico)

Bishop Reinhold Nann (65)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Caravelí (Peru)

Bishop William Albert Wack, C.S.C. (58)

Bishop of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA)

Bishop Hansjörg Hofer (73)

Titular Bishop of Abziri

Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F. (59)

Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria)

Bishop Franz Josef Gebert (77)

Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Trier (Germany)

Bishop Claudio Palumbo (61)

Bishop of Termoli–Larino (Italy)

Bishop Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P. (63)

Bishop of Guarapuava (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Cota de Oliveira (56)

Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil)

Bishop Juarez Delorto Secco (55)

Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil)

Bishop Alexander Aloysius McGuckian (Alan), S.J. (73)

Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Bishop Julio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J. (74)

Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico)

Bishop Gjergj Meta (49)

Bishop of Rrëshen (Albania)

President of Episcopal Conference of Albania

Archbishop Giovanni Peragine, B. (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë–Pult (Albania)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Albania

former Bishop of Sapë (Albania)

Bishop Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola (73)

Titular Bishop of Acquapendente

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

Bishop Sergi Gordo Rodríguez (59)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz (57)

Bishop of Punto Fijo (Venezuela)

Bishop Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R. (58)

Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

Bishop Clyde Martin Harvey (77)

Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada (Grenada)

Bishop Alfred Andrew Schlert (64)

Bishop of Allentown (USA)

Archbishop Gian Franco Saba (57)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Italy (Italy)

Bishop Pius Moon Chang-woo (문창우 비오 / 文昌宇) (63)

Bishop of Jeju 제주 (South Korea)

Bishop Job Koo Yo-bi (구요비 욥 / 具要備) (75)

Titular Bishop of Sfasferia

Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Bishop Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B. (59)

Bishop of Macapá (Brazil)

Bishop Antoine de Romanet de Beaune (63)

Military Ordinary of France (France)

Bishop Adrianus Sunarko, O.F.M. (59)

Bishop of Pangkalpinang (Indonesia)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Bishop Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A. (69)

Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya (59)

Bishop of Montería (Colombia)

Bishop Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández (77)

Titular Bishop of Febiana

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Jesús Castro Marte (60)

Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic)

Vice-President of Dominican Episcopal Conference

Archbishop Josef Nuzík (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

President of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Antonín Basler (70)

Titular Bishop of Vaga

Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Bishop Derio Olivero (65)

Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy)

Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz (65)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Archbishop Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M. (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage–Juneau (USA)

Bishop Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.J. (67)

Bishop of Mbaïki (Central African Republic)

Archbishop Gabriel Antonio Mestre (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Plata (Argentina)

Archbishop Giacomo Morandi (60)

Archbishop-Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)

Bishop Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M. (66)

Bishop of Baní (Dominican Republic)

General Secretary of Dominican Episcopal Conference

Bishop Peter Sebastian Goveas (71)

Bishop of Bettiah (India)

Archbishop Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Bishop Mel Rey Mingoa Uy (58)

Bishop of Lucena (Philippines)

Bishop Gianni Sacchi (65)

Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Bishop José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap. (56)

Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador)

Titular Bishop of Ubaba

Bishop Hugo Ricardo Araya (66)

Bishop of Cruz del Eje (Argentina)

Bishop Ciro Fanelli (61)

Bishop of Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa (Italy)

Bishop Geevarghese Makarios Kalayil (67)

Bishop of Puthur of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil (67)

Bishop of Moovatupuzha of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Andriy Rabiy (50)

Titular Bishop of Germaniciana

Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Archbishop Carlos Alberto Sánchez (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Bishop Louis Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (66)

Bishop of Hà Tĩnh (Vietnam)

Archbishop Joseph Pamplany (56)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Major-Archepiscopal Vicar of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Secretary of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church

Archbishop Sebastian Vaniyapurackal (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Tony Neelankavil (58)

Titular Bishop of Masuccaba

Auxiliary Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán (62)

Bishop of Torreón (Mexico)

Archbishop Angelo Accattino (59)

Titular Archbishop of Sabiona

Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania

Archbishop Rocco Pennacchio (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy)

Bishop Giacomo Cirulli (73)

Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)

Bishop of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy)

Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy)

Bishop Hermann Glettler (61)

Bishop of Innsbruck (Austria)

Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (63)

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil)

Bishop Egidio Miragoli (70)

Bishop of Mondovì (Italy)

Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata

Bishop Luciano Paolucci Bedini (57)

Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

Bishop of Gubbio (Italy)

Bishop Darius Trijonis (52)

Bishop of Šiauliai (Lithuania)

Bishop Aldemiro Sena dos Santos (61)

Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil)

Bishop Thanh Thai Nguyen (Nguyễn Thái Thành) (73)

Titular Bishop of Acalissus

Auxiliary Bishop of Orange (USA)

Bishop Sebastian Pozholiparampil (Jobby) (68)

Bishop of Hosur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Enrique Esteban Delgado (70)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Proconsulari

Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA)

Bishop Rex Cullingham Ramirez (58)

Bishop of Naval (Philippines)

Archbishop Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento (62)

Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil)

Bishop Santiago Rodríguez Rodríguez (57)

Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Archbishop Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville (Gabon)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Gabon

Archbishop Leonardo D’Ascenzo (64)

Archbishop of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie (Italy)

Bishop Andrzej Kaleta (69)

Titular Bishop of Maxita

Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso (61)

Titular Archbishop of Grado

Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

Bishop Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli (65)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera

Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Apostolic Administrator of San Rafael (Argentina)

Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (61)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil)

Bishop Andrzej Iwanecki (65)

Titular Bishop of Arcavica

Auxiliary Bishop of Gliwice (Poland)

Bishop René Guay (75)

Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Bishop Julio Angkel (71)

Bishop of Caroline Islands (Micronesia)

Archbishop Gustavo Oscar Carrara (52)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina)

Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Bishop Joseph Mark Spalding (61)

Bishop of Nashville (USA)

Archbishop William Shawn McKnight (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Bishop Daniele Libanori, S.J. (72)

Titular Bishop of Buruni

Plenipotentiary Pontifical Commissioner of Work of Jesus the High Priest

Assessor of the Holy Father for Consecrated Life

Bishop Paolo Ricciardi (58)

Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Bishop Roberto Pio Álvarez (57)

Bishop of Rawson (Argentina)

Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna (66)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina)

Bishop Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez (52)

Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis

Auxiliary Bishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Bishop Michele Fusco (62)

Bishop of Sulmona–Valva (Italy)

Bishop Gabriel Mendy, C.S.Sp. (59)

Bishop of Banjul (Gambia)

President of Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Gambia and Sierra Leone / ITCABIC

Bishop Brian Mascord (67)

Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Bishop Mirosław Gucwa (62)

Bishop of Bouar (Central African Republic)

Bishop Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. (56)

Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

Archbishop Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. (58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)

General Secretary of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Marcelo Julián Margni (54)

Bishop of Avellaneda–Lanús (Argentina)

Bishop James Raphael Anaparambil (64)

Bishop of Alleppey (India)

Bishop Vladimir Fekete, S.D.B. (70)

Prefect Apostolic of Azerbaigian (Azerbaijan)

Titular Bishop of Municipa

Bishop Pierre Goudreault (62)

Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt (ウェイン・フランシス・バーント), O.F.M. Cap. (71)

Bishop of Naha 那覇 (Japan)

Bishop Jon Hansen, C.SS.R. (59)

Bishop of Mackenzie–Fort Smith (Canada)

Cardinal José Cobo Cano (60)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain)

Ordinary of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain

Bishop Santos Montoya Torres (59)

Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain)

Bishop Jesús Vidal Chamorro (51)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. (73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I

Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco)

Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. (55)

Bishop of Masvingo (Zimbabwe)

Vice-President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference