Newly Elected Bishops

Archbishop Dermot Pius Farrell (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Vice-President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishop John Nellikunnel (51)

Bishop of Idukki of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop James Athikalam, M.S.T. (65)

Bishop of Sagar of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Luigi Testore (72)

Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Bishop Livio Corazza (70)

Bishop of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy)

Bishop Zdenek Wasserbauer (57)

Titular Bishop of Buthrotum

Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Bishop Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian (63)

Bishop of Ahmedabad (India)

Bishop Philippe Christory (66)

Bishop of Chartres (France)

Bishop Héctor López Alvarado (53)

Titular Bishop of Sereddeli

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. (66)

Titular Bishop of Tucci

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Engelberto Polino Sánchez (58)

Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez (64)

Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia)

Apostolic Administrator of Quibdó (Colombia)

Bishop José Saúl Grisales Grisales (60)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia)

Bishop Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M. (73)

Titular Bishop of Leavenworth

Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA)

Bishop Francis Meli (61)

Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S. (63)

Bishop of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

Bishop Abel Cahiles Apigo (55)

Bishop of Mati (Philippines)

Bishop Paul Swarbrick (65)

Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Bishop Rafic Warcha (52)

Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites

Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (56)

Titular Archbishop of Maastricht

Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal

Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritania

Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau

Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde

Bishop Franz Jung (57)

Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Bishop Bartolome Gaspar Santos (56)

Bishop of Iba (Philippines)

Bishop Charles Georges Mrad (55)

Titular Bishop of Zorava

Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs

Bishop Peter Birkhofer (59)

Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana

Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Michael Joseph Dooley (62)

Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand)

Vice-President of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Paulinus Yan Olla, M.S.F. (60)

Bishop of Tanjung Selor (Indonesia)

Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt (61)

Titular Archbishop of Novigrad

Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea

Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon

Archbishop Alfred Xuereb (65)

Titular Archbishop of Amantea

Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco

Bishop Raul Bautista Dael (57)

Bishop of Tandag (Philippines)

Bishop Janusz Ostrowski (59)

Titular Bishop of Caltadria

Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop Simon T. Faddoul (66)

Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)

Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa of the Maronites

Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (61)

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica

Bishop Margarito Salazar Cárdenas (66)

Bishop of Matehuala (Mexico)

Bishop Eduardo Malaspina (56)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil)

Bishop Petar Palić (51)

Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bishop Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (62)

Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina)

Bishop Louie Patalinghug Galbines (57)

Bishop of Kabankalan (Philippines)

Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana (49)

Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Bishop Silvano Pedroso Montalvo (71)

Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba)

Bishop Limacêdo Antônio da Silva (63)

Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil)

Bishop Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton Jayakody (65)

Titular Bishop of Mulli

Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka

former Bishop of Ilorin (Nigeria)

Bishop Marc Vincent Trudeau (66)

Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop Luis Antonio Scozzina, O.F.M. (73)

Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. (63)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Bishop Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. (51)

Bishop of Nyíregyháza of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Bishop Medel Sacay Aseo (69)

Bishop of Tagum (Philippines)

Bishop Toma Adly Zaki (57)

Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Petro Loza, C.SS.R. (44)

Titular Bishop of Panium

Auxiliary Bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Paul Antony Mullassery (64)

Bishop of Quilon (India)

Bishop Beatus Christian Urassa, ALCP/OSS (58)

Bishop of Sumbawanga (Tanzania)

Bishop Prosper Bonaventure Ky (59)

Bishop of Dédougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Mário Spaki (52)

Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Đức Cường (70)

Bishop of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam)

Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom (72)

Bishop of Chiang Rai (Thailand)

Bishop Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb (58)

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon)

Bishop Cerilo Allan Uy Casicas (57)

Bishop of Marbel (Philippines)

Bishop António Luciano dos Santos Costa (72)

Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Bishop Sílvio Guterres Dutra (57)

Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil)

Bishop Daniel Oca Presto (61)

Bishop of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines)

Bishop Luis Eduardo González Cedrés (52)

Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay)

Bishop Manoel Ferreira dos Santos Júnior, M.S.C. (57)

Bishop of Registro (Brazil)

Bishop József-Csaba Pál (68)

Bishop of Timişoara (Romania)

Archbishop Gianpiero Palmieri (58)

Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto (Italy)

Archbishop-Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy

Bishop Koenraad Vanhoutte (66)

Titular Bishop of Thagora

Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. (53)

Bishop of Hearst–Moosonee (Canada)

Bishop Anthony Gaspar Lagwen (56)

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania)

Bishop Ernest Obodo (57)

Titular Bishop of Mediana

Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria)

Bishop Cesare Di Pietro (60)

Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaternum

Auxiliary Bishop of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Bishop Josep María Abella Batlle (ホセ・マリア・アベイヤ), C.M.F. (74)

Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Bishop Paul Toshihiro Sakai (パウロ 酒井俊弘) (64)

Titular Bishop of Nova barbara

Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan)

Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi (マリオ 山野内倫), S.D.B. (68)

Bishop of Saitama さいたま (Japan)

Bishop Matthieu Rougé (58)

Bishop of Nanterre (France)

Bishop Michael William Fisher (66)

Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Bishop Richard Garth Henning (59)

Bishop of Providence (USA)

Bishop Dennis Panipitchai, S.D.B. (65)

Titular Bishop of Aggersel

Auxiliary Bishop of Miao (India)

Bishop Fulgence Aloysius Tigga (59)

Bishop of Raiganj (India)

Cardinal Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F. (86)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia del Gonfalone

Superior General emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)

Bishop Salvador Cleofás Murguía Medina, S.D.B. (70)

Bishop-Prelate of Mixes (Mexico)

Bishop Gerald Lee Vincke (59)

Bishop of Salina (USA)

Bishop Grzegorz Olszowski (57)

Titular Bishop of Rhoga

Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Bishop Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia (51)

Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Celestino Ocampo Gaona (63)

Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay)

Bishop Thomas Deenihan (56)

Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

Bishop Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano (70)

Bishop of Tacuarembó (Uruguay)

Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi (60)

Titular Bishop of Cebarades

Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

Bishop Elie Yéghia Yéghiayan, I.C.P.B. (73)

Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of the Armenians (France)

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Armenians

Cardinal José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça (58)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Domenico e Sisto

Prefect of Dicastery for Culture and Education

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University

Bishop Charles Victor Emmanuel Gauci (72)

Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

Bishop Algirdas Jurevičius (52)

Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha (60)

Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Bishop Mark Andrew Bartosic (62)

Titular Bishop of Naratcata

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Robert Gerald Casey (56)

Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Ronald Aldon Hicks (56)

Bishop of Joliet (USA)

Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti, C.S.Sp. (55)

Bishop of Cabinda (Angola)

Bishop Peter Houhou (57)

Bishop of Gizo (Solomon Islands)

Bishop Pablo León Hakimian (70)

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

Apostolic Exarch of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Bishop Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R. (51)

Bishop emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada)

Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (フランシスコ・ザビエル 中野裕明) (73)

Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Bishop Nolly Camingue Buco (60)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena

Apostolic Administrator of Catarman (Philippines)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo (Philippines)

Bishop Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos (51)

Titular Bishop of Castabala

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Júlio César Souza de Jesus (52)

Titular Bishop of Arba

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Ewaldus Martinus Sedu (60)

Bishop of Maumere (Indonesia)

Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono (58)

Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

former Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Bishop Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza (60)

Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

Bishop Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S. (57)

Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal)

Bishop Roberto Farinella (55)

Bishop of Biella (Italy)

Archbishop Francesco Massara (58)

Archbishop of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy)

Bishop of Fabriano–Matelica (Italy)

Archbishop Dagoberto Campos Salas (58)

Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana

Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Bishop Marco Prastaro (61)

Bishop of Asti (Italy)

Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres, S.E.M.V. (53)

Titular Bishop of Korčula

Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Bishop Francisco Lima Soares (59)

Bishop of Carolina (Brazil)

Bishop Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap. (53)

Bishop of Bagé (Brazil)

Bishop Gábor Mohos (50)

Titular Bishop of Iliturgi

Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

former Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Bishop Rozario Menezes, S.M.M. (54)

Bishop of Lae (Papua New Guinea)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Guillermo Caride (61)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina)

Patriarch Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. (59)

Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Portugal (Portugal)

Bishop Marco Mellino (57)

Titular Bishop of Cresima

Secretary of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia

Secretary of Council of Cardinals

Bishop Armando Esteves Domingues (67)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Bishop Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengíbar (54)

Bishop of Guadix (Spain)

Archbishop Franco Moscone, C.R.S. (66)

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

Archbishop José María Gil Tamayo (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Bishop Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. (55)

Bishop of Tarma (Peru)

Bishop Damián Gustavo Nannini (62)

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina)

Bishop Ciro Quispe López (50)

Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru)

former Bishop of Pagadian (Philippines)

Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis (55)

Titular Archbishop of Roselle

Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates

Bishop Joseph Huang Bing-zhang (黃炳章) (57)

Bishop of Shantou 汕頭 (China)

Bishop Albert Hemrom (54)

Bishop of Dibrugarh (India)

Bishop Janusz Edward Mastalski (60)

Titular Bishop of Noba

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Bishop Théophile Nare (57)

Bishop of Kaya (Burkina Faso)

Archbishop Kornelius Sipayung, O.F.M. Cap. (53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medan (Indonesia)

Bishop Lawrence Duffy (72)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland)

Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (56)

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique

Bishop Filbert Felician Mhasi (53)

Bishop of Tunduru–Masasi (Tanzania)

Bishop Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez (56)

Bishop of Armenia (Colombia)

Archbishop Guy Desrochers, C.SS.R. (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Bishop Carlos José de Oliveira (56)

Bishop of Apucarana (Brazil)

Bishop Bruno Valentin (52)

Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne (France)

Bishop Alexandre Joly (52)

Bishop of Troyes (France)

Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho (58)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil)

Bishop João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C. (57)

Bishop of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Brazil)

Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P. (68)

Archbishop of Mossul–Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Robert Saeed Jarjis (50)

Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto of the Chaldeans (Canada)

Archbishop Elias El-Debei (53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Susitino Sionepoe, S.M. (59)

Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

Bishop Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. (63)

Bishop of Carora (Venezuela)

Bishop Juan Gómez (61)

Titular Bishop of Semta

Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)