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2026.08.15: Fr. Fabrício do Prado Nunes (48) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tadamata and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Brazil (Brazil)
2026.08.15: Bishop Claude Champagne, O.M.I. (79), resigned as Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)
2026.08.15: Bishop Michel Proulx, O. Praem. (63), Bishop of Bathurst (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Edmundston (Canada)
2026.08.15: Fr. Homero Marín Arboleda, C.M. (66), was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia)
2026.08.15: Fr. Ramiro Ernesto Landaverde Orellana (50) was consecrated as Bishop of Zacatecoluca (El Salvador)
2026.08.15: Archbishop Gábor Pintér (62), Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga
2026.08.15: Archbishop Angelo Accattino (60), Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
2026.08.15: Fr. Geraldo Ramírez Torres (58) was consecrated as Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)
2026.08.15: Fr. José Dionisio Gómez Gouveia (59) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)
2026.08.15: Fr. José Manuel León, C.P. (59), was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Gigthi and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Necrology

2026.08.12: Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla, Bishop of Guarenas (Venezuela), passed away at 66
2026.08.10: Bishop Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Bouar (Central African Republic), passed away at 86
2026.08.09: Msgr. Daniel Joseph Chaloner Hart, Priest of Glasgow (Scotland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 94
2026.08.07: Msgr. Michael Lawry Moore, Priest of Winnipeg (Canada) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 85
2026.08.06: Msgr. Florian Kolfhaus, Priest of Regensburg (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 51
2026.08.06: Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Morelia (Mexico), passed away at 75
2026.08.06: Msgr. John William P. Glorie, Priest of Miami (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 93
2026.08.03: Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa, Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele dell’Addolorata and Bishop emeritus of Xai-Xai (Mozambique), passed away at 98
2026.08.03: Msgr. Stanisław Dziekan, Priest of Tarnów (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 77

Papal Audiences

2026.08.10: Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal, Archbishop Ivan Maffeis, Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk
2026.08.08: Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik (유흥식 라자로 / 俞興植)
2026.08.07: Msgr. Marco Ganci, Sr. Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E., Archbishop Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi, Fr. Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal, S.J., Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.
2026.08.03: Dr. Maria Montserrat Alvarado, Sr. Nathalie Becquart, X.M.C.J., Archbishop Anthony Randazzo, Cardinal Baldassare Reina
2026.07.29: Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B., Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Dr. Alessandro Cassinis Righini, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A., Cardinal Fabio Baggio, C.S.

Feasts

2026.08.14:	Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Gdańsk) Saint Eusebius, confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint Simplician, bishop (Ambrosian) Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Extraordinary Form)
2026.08.15:	The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Our Lady of High Grace (Huamachuco) Saint Tarcisius, martyr (Indonesia) Saturday in the 19ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (Brazil, Congo-Kinshasa, England, Indonesia, Scotland, Thailand, Wales, København) The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday (Brazil, Congo-Kinshasa, England, Indonesia, Scotland, Thailand, Wales, København)
2026.08.16:	20ᵗʰ Sunday in Ordinary Time 12ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form, Ambrosian) Our Lady of Trapani (Trapani) Saint Joachim, father of the Blessed Virgin Mary, confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint Theodore of Octodurum, bishop (Sion) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Brazil, England, Indonesia, Scotland, Thailand, Wales, København)
2026.08.17:	Monday in the 20ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Kaposvár) Blessed Bartolomé Laurel, religious and martyr (Jerez de la Frontera) Blessed Enrique Canadell, priest and martyr (Girona) Blessed Élisabeth Turgeon, virgin (Rimouski) Blesseds Luis de Sotelo, Pedro de Zúñiga and Bartolomé Laurel, religious and martyrs (Sevilla) Our Lady of Knock (Ireland) Saint Beatrice of Silva, virgin (Angola, Cabo Verde, Colombia, Portugal, Toledo) Saint Clare, virgin (León) Saint Donatus of Montevergine, monk (Montevergine, Teggiano–Policastro) Saint Hyacinth of Poland, priest (Extraordinary Form, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Berlin, Saint-Hyacinthe) Saint Jeanne Delanoue, religious (Angers) Saint Jeroen, priest and martyr (Rotterdam) Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr (Ambrosian) Saint Nicolò Politi, hermit (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Ursicin, martyr (Đakovo–Osijek) Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia)
2026.08.18:	Tuesday in the 20ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Acireale, Catania, Vác) Blessed Charles Collas du Bignon, priest and martyr (Laval) Blessed Janina Szymkowiak, religious (Kalisz, Poznań) Blessed Leonard of Cava, abbot (Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni) Blessed Martyrs of the Ships of Rochefort (Bourges, La Rochelle, Limoges, Moulins, Nancy, Poitiers, Périgueux, Saint-Dié, Tulle, Verdun) Blessed Martín Martínez Pascual, priest, and companions, martyrs (Zaragoza) Blessed Nicolás Factor, priest (Madrid, Valencia) Blessed Paola Montaldi, virgin (Mantova) Blessed Rainald of Concorezzo, bishop (Ravenna–Cervia) Blessed Victoria Rasoamanarivo (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda) Blesseds Jacques Morelle-Dupas and Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil, priests and martyrs (Angoulême) Blesseds Jean-Baptiste Loir and Nicolas Sauvouret, priests and martyrs (Belfort–Montbéliard, Besançon) Feria: 12ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Saint Agapitus of Palestrina, martyr (Extraordinary Form, Palestrina) Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, priest (Chile) Saint Donatus of Sisteron, priest (Digne) Saint Donatus, priest, and Saint Maur, abbot (Gap–Embrun) Saint Ezequiel Moreno Díaz, bishop (Tarragona) Saint Helena (Slovakia, Trier) Saint John Eudes, priest (Hungary, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño, Tarragona) Saint Leonard of Noblac, abbot (Gaeta) Saint Patrick of Malaga, bishop (Málaga) Saint Pius X, pope (Jaén, Rieti) Tuesday in the Week after the 12ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian)
2026.08.19:	Wednesday in the 20ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint John Eudes, priest Wednesday in the Week after the 12ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ełk, Reno) Blessed Guerric of Igny, abbot (Tournai) Blessed Jordan of Pisa, priest (Pisa) Blessed Luis Flores, priest and martyr (Antwerpen) Blessed Pedro Zúñiga and Blessed Luis Flores, priests and martyrs (Mexico) Saint Bartholomew of Simeri, abbot (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church (Hungary) Saint Ezequiel Moreno Díaz, bishop (Colombia, Philippines, Spain) Saint Helena (Jaca) Saint Louis of Toulouse, bishop (Fréjus–Toulon, Marseille, Nocera Inferiore–Sarno, Valencia) Saint Magin of Tarragona, martyr (Tarragona) Saint Magnus of Trani, bishop and martyr (Anagni–Alatri, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, Gaeta, Rieti) Saint Oswin, king and martyr (Hexham and Newcastle)
2026.08.20:	Saint Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church Saint Herbert Hoscam, bishop (Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia) Saint Stephen of Hungary (Hungary)

Martyrology

2026.08.14:	Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Conventual Franciscan priest, martyr at Auschwitz Saint Ursicino, martyr at Illyricum Saint Marcellus, bishop of Apamea of Syria, martyr Saint Eusebio, priest of Rome Saint Fachtna, bishop of Ross and abbot Saint Arnould, bishop of Soissons Blessed Sante da Urbino Brancorsini, Franciscan religious Blesseds Antonio Primaldo and 800 companions, martyrs at Otranto Blesseds Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia Pérez de Lete and Franciscus Shōemon, Dominican religious, martys of Japan Blessed Maria Elisabetta Renzi, virgin, founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows Blessed Vicente Rubiols Castelló, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Félix Yuste Cava, priest and martyr of Spain
2026.08.15:	The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saint Tarsicio, martyr Saints Straton, Philip and Eutychian, martyrs Saint Simpliciano, bishop of Milan Saint Alypius, bishop of Tagaste Saint Alfredo, bishop of Hildesheim Birth of Saint Stephen of Hungary, king of Hungary Saint Hyacinth of Poland, Dominican priest Blessed Aimone Taparelli, Dominican priest Blessed Giuliana Puricelli, Augustinian virgin Saint Stanisław Kostka, Jesuit religious Blessed Isidore Bakanja, martyr of Congo Saints Luis Batis Sáinz, priest, Manuel Morales, Salvador Lara Puente and David Roldán Lara, martyrs of Mexico Blesseds Luis Masferrer Vila, Claretian priest, and 19 companions, martyrs of Spain Blessed José María Peris Polo, Diocesan Labourer priest, martyr of Spain Blessed María Sagrario de San Luis Gonzaga Moraga Cantarero, Discalced Carmelite virgin and martyr of Spain Blessed Domingo María de Alboraya Hurtado Soler, Amigonian priest, martyr of Spain Blessed Vicente de San Luis Gonzaga Soler y Munárriz, Augustinian Recollect priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Carmelo Sastre Sastre, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Jaime Bonet Nadal, Salesian priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Claudio Granzotto, Franciscan religious
2026.08.16:	Saint Stephen, king of Hungary Saint Arsacius, hermit Saint Théodore, first bishop of Octodurus Saint Armel, hermit Saint Fraimbault, monk Blessed Raoul de La Futaie, priest, founder of the abbey of Saint Sulpice Blessed Lorenzo Loricato, penitent Saint Roch, pilgrim Blessed Angiolo Agostino Mazzinghi, Carmelite priest Blessed Juan de Santa Marta, Franciscan priest and martyr of Japan Blesseds Simon Kiyota Bokusai, Magdalena, Thomas Gengorō, Maria and Iacobus, martyrs of Japan Blessed Jean-Baptiste Menestrel, priest and martyr of France Saint Rosa Fan Hui, virgin and martyr of China Blessed Petra de San José Pérez Florido, founder of the Mothers of the Helpless and of Saint Joseph of the Mountain Blessed Plácido García Gilabert, Franciscan religious and martyr of Spain Blessed Enrique de Almazora García Beltrán, Capuchin deacon and martyr of Spain Blessed Gabriel María de Benifayó Sanchís Mompó, Amigonian religious, martyr of Spain
2026.08.17:	Saint Myro, priest and martyr Saint Mammes, martyr at Cesarea Saint Eusebius, pope Saint Jeroen van Noordwijk, priest and martyr Saint Elias, monk Saint Nicolò Politi, hermit Blessed Alberto, priest at Siena Saint Chiara della Croce, Augustinian virgin Saint Beatriz da Silva y de Menezes, virgin Saints Iacobus Tomonaga Gorōbyōe, Dominican priest, and Michaël Kurōbyōe, martyrs of Japan Saint Jeanne de la Croix Delanoue, virgin, founder of the Sisters of of Saint Anne of Providence Blessed Noël-Hilaire le Conte, priest, martyr of France Blessed Enrique Canadell Quintana, Piarist priest, martyr of Spain
2026.08.18:	Saint Agapito, martyr at Palestrina in Lazio Holy martyrs of Utica Saint Leo, martyr at Myra Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine Saint Firmin, bishop of Metz Saint Éon, bishop of Arles Saint Macarius, hegumen of Constantinople Blessed Leonardo, abbot of Cava Blessed Rinaldo da Concorezzo, bishop of Ravenna Blessed Paola Montaldi, virgin and Clarisse abbess Blessed Antoine Bannassat, priest and martyr of France Blessed Francisco Arias Martín, priest and martyr of Spain Blesseds Jaime Falgarona Vilanova and Atanasio Viadaurreta Labra, Claretian religious, martyrs of Spain Blessed Martín Martínez Pascual, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Vicente María Izquierdo Alcón, priest and martyr of Spain Saint Alberto Hurtado, Jesuit priest
2026.08.19:	Saint John Eudes, priest, founder of the Eudists Saint Magno, martyr in Lazio Saint Magín, martyr Saint Timothy, martyr at Gaza Saint Andrew, tribune, and soldier companions, martyrs in Cilicia Saint Sixtus III, pope Saint Donat, priest and hermit Saint Bertulfo, abbot of Bobbio Saint Sebaldus, hermit Saint Bartolomeo da Simeri, priest and abbot Blessed Guerric, abbot of Igny Blessed Leone, abbot of Cava Saint Louis, Franciscan, bishop of Tolosa Blessed Giordano da Pisa, Dominican priest Blessed Angelo, Camaldolese hermit Blesseds Luis Flores, Pedro Manrique de Zúñiga y Velasco and 13 companions, martyrs of Japan Blessed Hugh Green (Ferdinand Brooke), priest and martyr of England Saint Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, Augustinian Recollect, bishop of Pasto Blessed Francisco de Paula Ibáñez y Ibáñez, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Tomás Sitjar Fortiá, Jesuit priest and martyr of Spain Blesseds Elvira de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora Torrentallé Paraire and 8 companions, Carmelite virgins, martyrs of Spain
2026.08.20:	Saint Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux and doctor of the Church Saint Samuel, prophet Saint Mesme, abbot of Chinon Saint Philibert, abbot of Noirmoutier Saints Leovigildo and Cristóforo, martyrs at Cordoba Saint Bernardo, abbot, founder of the Olivetan Congregation Blesseds Louis-François Lebrun, canon regular, and Gervais-Protais Brunel, Trappist priest, martyrs of France Saint Maria De Mattias, virgin, founder of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ Birth of Saint Pius X, pope Blessed Matías Cardona Meseguer, Piarist priest, martyr of Spain Blessed María Climent Mateu, virgin and martyr of Spain Blessed Władysław Mączkowski, priest and martyr at Dachau

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
2026.08.22: Pastoral Visit to San Marino
2026.08.22: Pastoral Visit to Rimini
2026.09.01: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2026
2026.09.25 – 2026.09.28: Apostolic Journey to France and Visit to UNESCO
2026.09.27: World Tourism Day 2026
2026.09.27: 112ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2026
2026.10.16: World Food Day 2026
2026.10.18: World Mission Sunday 2026
2026.11.06 – 2026.11.08: Apostolic Journey to Uruguay

Commemorations

Jubilarians

2026.08.15: Bishop António Maria Bessa Taipa (83), Titular Bishop of Tabbora and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Porto (Portugal), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.08.15: Bishop Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich (76), Bishop of Puno (Peru), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.08.15: Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. (80), Bishop emeritus of Estelí (Nicaragua), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.08.15: Bishop Jackson Murugara, I.M.C. (56), Bishop of Meru (Kenya), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.08.15: Bishop Jean Ntagwarara (78), Bishop emeritus of Bubanza (Burundi), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.08.15: Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan (76), Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of New York (USA), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.08.15: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (67), Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio VII, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) and President of Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church, celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.08.15: Bishop Francisco Clavel Gil (90), Titular Bishop of Macomades and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of México (Mexico), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.08.15: Bishop Jonás Guerrero Corona (79), Bishop emeritus of Culiacán (Mexico), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.08.15: Bishop Fabián Marulanda López (92), Bishop emeritus of Florencia (Colombia), celebrates 40 years as bishop
2026.08.15: Bishop Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. (86), Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles), celebrates 25 years as bishop

Major Papal Documents

2026.07.31: Law “Fundamental Law of the Vatican City State”
2026.06.24: Motu Proprio Confirma fratres tuos On the revision of the Apostolic Constitution “In Ecclesiarum Communione”
2026.05.20: Law “Statutes of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors”
2026.05.15: Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas On safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence
2026.01.21: Law “Statutes of the Pontifical International Marian Academy”

Curial Documents

Minor Papal Documents

2026.08.01: Message To participants in National Youth Day in Peru (Chulucunas)
2026.07.26: Message For the Halleluya Festival 2026 (Fortaleza, Brazil)
2026.07.25: Message To the young people of the Prelature of Chota and Cutervo in Peru
2026.07.25: Message For the 12ᵗʰ Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (Jakarta)
2026.07.25: Message For the 2ⁿᵈ ‘Rejoice’ Meeting – National Youth Day (Lamego, Portugal)

Papal Speeches

2026.07.29: Speech “‘Cantico di pace’ Prayer and Fellowship Gathering”
2026.07.18: Speech “Concert in honour of Pope Leo XIV (Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo)”
2026.07.11: Speech ““Lunch with the Pope” at Borgo Laudato si’ in the Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo”
2026.07.04: Homily “Mass (Lampedusa)”
2026.07.03: Speech “Acceptance of the Liberty Medal of the National Constitution Center (USA)”
2026.06.30: Speech To the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
2026.06.29: Homily “Mass and Blessing of the Sacred Pallium for the new Metropolitan Archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul”
2026.06.27: Speech “Extraordinary Consistory”
2026.06.26: Speech “Extraordinary Consistory: Opening Session”
2026.06.26: Homily “Concelebration with the Cardinals”