Newly Elected Bishops

Bishop Thomas Chen Tian-hao (陳天浩) (63)

Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Bishop Pavlo Goncharuk (48)

Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine)

Bishop Michael Andrew Gielen (54)

Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Bishop Bechara Giuda Matarana, O.F.M. (54)

Bishop of Abu Qurqas of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop David James Oakley (70)

Bishop of Northampton (England)

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R. (46)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)

Bishop Peter Kochupurackal (61)

Bishop of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Dominique-Marie David (62)

Archbishop of Monaco (Monaco)

Bishop Lindomar Rocha Mota (54)

Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos (Brazil)

Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (55)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Cristian Dumitru Crişan (44)

Titular Bishop of Abula

Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Romanians

Bishop Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza (52)

Titular Bishop of Suava

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal (56)

Titular Bishop of Bennefa

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

General Secretary of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Paul Dempsey (54)

Titular Bishop of Sita

Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Bishop Bertram Johannes Meier (65)

Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Archbishop Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty (56)

Titular Archbishop of Lindisfarne

Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria

Permanent Observer to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Archbishop Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Bishop Salvator Niciteretse (67)

Bishop of Bururi (Burundi)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi

Bishop Jose Chirackal (65)

Titular Bishop of Acufida

Auxiliary Bishop of Tura (India)

Bishop Elias Richard Lorenzo, O.S.B. (65)

Titular Bishop of Tabuda

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop Michael Arsenio Saporito (63)

Titular Bishop of Luperciana

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop Gregory James Studerus (78)

Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA)

Bishop Ramon Bejarano (56)

Bishop of Monterey (USA)

Bishop Luis Miguel Romero Fernández, M.Id. (71)

Titular Bishop of Egara

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Bishop Farly Yovany Gil Betancur (51)

Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia)

Bishop Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga (59)

Bishop of Kinkala (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela (58)

Apostolic Administrator of Kitui (Kenya)

Coadjutor Bishop of Machakos (Kenya)

Bishop emeritus of Kitui (Kenya)

Bishop David Ernest Charles Evans (72)

Titular Bishop of Cunecaster

Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright (55)

Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Roberto Yenny García (54)

Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Bishop Moises Magpantay Cuevas (52)

Bishop of Calapan (Philippines)

Archbishop José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M. (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Bishop Ján Kuboš (60)

Titular Bishop of Quiza

Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (45)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs

Bishop Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan (46)

Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs

Procurator at Rome of the Syriacs

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Syriacs

Bishop José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda (66)

Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Archbishop Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba (60)

Titular Archbishop of Nasai

Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique

Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. (51)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuda Taddeo Apostolo

Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

Bishop Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral (71)

Bishop of Chulucanas (Peru)

Bishop Krzysztof Chudzio (62)

Titular Bishop of Marazanæ

Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Archbishop Michael George McGovern (61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Archbishop Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I. (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (Philippines)

Bishop Francisco Castro Lalupú (52)

Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena

Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Peru)

Archbishop Arjan Dodaj (49)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiranë–Durrës (Albania)

Bishop Charles Peters Barthélus (55)

Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

Bishop Adimir Antônio Mazali (59)

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil)

Bishop Kevin James Sweeney (56)

Bishop of Paterson (USA)

Bishop Grzegorz Suchodolski (62)

Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta

Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

Bishop Robert William Marshall (66)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

Bishop Giovanni Luca Raimondi (59)

Titular Bishop of Feradi maius

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Natale Vegezzi (66)

Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiæ

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Archbishop Alessandro Damiano (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agrigento (Italy)

Archbishop Mitja Leskovar (56)

Titular Archbishop of Beneventum

Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo

Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński (57)

Titular Archbishop of Limosano

Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana

Apostolic Nuncio to Eswatini

Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia

Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa

Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho

Bishop Noel Andrew Rucastle (57)

Bishop of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

Archbishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)

Archbishop Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv. (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

Bishop Ángel Luis Ríos Matos (69)

Bishop of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)

Bishop Louis Tylka (55)

Bishop of Peoria (USA)

former Bishop of Rapid City (USA)

Archbishop Anthony Weeradet Chaiseri (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tharé–Nonseng (Thailand)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand

Bishop Luis Francisco Miranda Rivera, O. Carm. (72)

Bishop of Fajardo–Humacao (Puerto Rico)

Bishop Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra (58)

Bishop of Machala (Ecuador)

Bishop Adam Piotr Bab (51)

Titular Bishop of Arna

Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Bishop Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez (63)

Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

Bishop László Kerekes (57)

Titular Bishop of Tharros

Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Bishop Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez (66)

Bishop-Prelate of Illapel (Chile)

Bishop Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho (52)

Titular Bishop of Segia

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

Bishop Jeová Elias Ferreira (64)

Bishop of Goiás (Brazil)

Bishop Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez (63)

Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia)

Bishop Michael Kalu Ukpong (61)

Bishop of Umuahia (Nigeria)

Bishop Paul Daisuke Narui (パウロ 成井大介), S.V.D. (52)

Bishop of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

Bishop Jorge Esteban González (59)

Titular Bishop of Alesa

Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop Luis Manuel López Alfaro (62)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico)

Bishop David Leon Toups (55)

Bishop of Beaumont (USA)

Bishop Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.SS.R. (58)

Bishop of Providence (USA)

Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp. (62)

Bishop of Caxito (Angola)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé

Bishop Anthony Teuma (62)

Bishop of Gozo (Malta)

Bishop Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca (57)

Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil)

Bishop Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez (52)

Titular Bishop of Rusibisir

Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Bishop John Derek Persaud (69)

Bishop of Mandeville (Jamaica)

Apostolic Administrator of Montego Bay (Jamaica)

Vice-President of Antilles Episcopal Conference

Bishop José Amable Durán Tineo (54)

Titular Bishop of Tacia montana

Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Apostolic Administrator of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M. (53)

Bishop of Copiapó (Chile)

Bishop Felix Dawood Al Shabi (51)

Bishop of Zakho of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Patriarchal Administrator of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín (54)

Bishop-Prelate of Huautla (Mexico)

Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet (63)

Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama (66)

Bishop emeritus of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Martin Hayes (66)

Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland)

Bishop Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda (56)

Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Charles Ndaka Salabisala (53)

Titular Bishop of Liberalia

Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (63)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop John Saw Gawdy (70)

Bishop of Taungngu (Myanmar)

Archbishop Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J. (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil)

Bishop Stephen Douglas Parkes (60)

Bishop of Savannah (USA)

Bishop Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P. (71)

Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Peru)

Bishop Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam (59)

Titular Bishop of Materiana

Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Apostolic Administrator of Batticaloa (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Adriano Cevolotto (67)

Bishop of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy)

Archbishop Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M. (55)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Administrator of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Francesco Lomanto (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

Bishop Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. (72)

Bishop of Balsas (Brazil)

Bishop Nicolai Dubinin Gennadevich, O.F.M. Conv. (52)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Byzacena

Auxiliary Bishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia)

Vice-President of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.)

Bishop Karol Kulczycki, S.D.S. (59)

Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

Bishop Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.J. (64)

Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt)

Bishop Antônio Fontinele de Melo (57)

Bishop of Humaitá (Brazil)

Bishop Gheevarghese Aprem Kurisummottil (64)

Titular Bishop of Chayal of the Syro-Malankara

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

Bishop Dario Gervasi (57)

Titular Bishop of Subaugusta

Adjunct Secretary of Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life

Bishop Rumen Ivanov Stanev (52)

Bishop of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Apostolic Administrator of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria

Bishop Milan Stipić (47)

Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

former Bishop of Subotica (Serbia)

Bishop Firas Mundher Drdr (51)

Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Titular Bishop of Tagritum of the Syriacs

Archbishop Jeffrey Scott Grob (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R. (68)

Titular Bishop of Munatiana

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Archbishop Georgios Altouvas (52)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece)

Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki (Greece)

Archbishop Giovanni Gaspari (62)

Titular Archbishop of Alba marittima

Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia

Apostolic Nuncio to Korea

Bishop Francisco Agamenilton Damascena (50)

Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil)

Bishop Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballos (61)

Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua)

Bishop Javier Vilanova Pellisa (52)

Titular Bishop of Ampurias

Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop Roberto José Ferrari (60)

Titular Bishop of Pinhel

Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Bishop Justo Rodríguez Gallego (71)

Titular Bishop of Nomento

Auxiliary Bishop of Zárate–Campana (Argentina)

Bishop William Draper Byrne (61)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

Bishop Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán (59)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Bishop José Manuel Garza Madero (74)

Titular Bishop of Tetci

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop César Garza Miranda, O.F.M. (54)

Titular Bishop of Magnetum

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja (62)

Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Bishop Nicolás Renán Aguilera Arroyo (53)

Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia)

Cardinal Enrico Feroci (85)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv. (60)

Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano

President of Fabric of Saint Peter

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy)

Judge of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Bishop Fernando Valera Sánchez (66)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain)

Archbishop Charbel Abdallah (59)

Archbishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Thomas Halim Habib (62)

Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Apostolic Visitator in Oceania and the Gulf Countries of the Copts

Bishop Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior (62)

Bishop of Januária (Brazil)

Bishop Valter Magno de Carvalho (53)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil)

Bishop Tomás Alejo Concepción (62)

Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Noel Saw Naw Aye (57)

Titular Bishop of Malamocco

Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

Bishop Robert Józef Chrząszcz (56)

Titular Bishop of Forconio

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Bishop Francisco José Tigerino Dávila (62)

Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Bishop John Lee Juo-wang (李若望) (59)

Bishop emeritus of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan)

Bishop François Achille Eyabi (64)

Bishop of Eséka (Cameroon)

Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera (62)

Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

Apostolic Administrator of Danlí (Honduras)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras

Bishop Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B. (64)

Bishop of Gracias (Honduras)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Honduras

Bishop David Joseph Bonnar (64)

Bishop of Youngstown (USA)

Bishop Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés (52)

Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador)

Bishop László Felföldi (65)

Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.J. (53)

Bishop of Wau (South Sudan)

Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Bishop François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapaa (52)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Peter Liu Gen-zhu (劉根柱) (59)

Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

Bishop Simon Kim Ju-young (김주영 시몬 / 金周瑩) (56)

Bishop of Chuncheon 춘천 (South Korea)

Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea)

Bishop Mauricio Urrea Carrillo (56)

Bishop of Parral (Mexico)

Bishop Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger (59)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia

Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (Canada)

Bishop Arkadiusz Trochanowski (53)

Bishop of Olsztyn–Gdańsk of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Bishop Robert Mogapi Mphiwe (54)

Bishop of Rustenburg (South Africa)

Bishop Jacek Grzybowski (52)

Titular Bishop of Nova

Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Bishop Manuel González Villaseñor (62)

Titular Bishop of Ploaghe

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa (57)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico)

Bishop Ivan Philip Camilleri (56)

Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia

Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Stephanus Han Jung-hyun (한정현 스테파노 / 韓楨鉉) (54)

Titular Bishop of Mozotcori

Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea)

Bishop Michael Otieno Odiwa (63)

Bishop of Homa Bay (Kenya)

Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D. (65)

Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil)

Archbishop Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv. (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

President of Episcopal Conference of Turkiye

Bishop Luka Sylvester Gopep (60)

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena

Auxiliary Bishop of Minna (Nigeria)

Bishop Jean-Luc Garin (56)

Bishop of Saint-Claude (France)

Bishop Artur Ważny (59)

Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland)

Bishop Philippe Abbo Chen, N.D.V. (63)

Vicar Apostolic of Mongo (Chad)

Bishop Carlos Silva, O.F.M. Cap. (63)

Titular Bishop of Summula

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Larry James Kulick (60)

Bishop of Greensburg (USA)

Bishop Raúl Pizarro (53)

Titular Bishop of Ausana

Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Argentina

Bishop Ivan Štironja (65)

Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Bishop Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira (58)

Titular Bishop of Thiava

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Bishop Júlio César Gomes Moreira (53)

Titular Bishop of Thisiduo

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Bishop Wilybard Kitogho Lagho (68)

Bishop of Malindi (Kenya)

Bishop Neil Sebastian Scantlebury (60)

Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados)