Recent Events

Fr. Nelson Po was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aguntum and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia)

Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia), was elected Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq), President of Synod of the Chaldean Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq

Bishop Rene Ramirez, R.C.J., Titular Bishop of Mauriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Bishop Michael Fabian McCarthy resigned as Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Bishop Daniel Joseph Meagher, Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia), President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania and Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia), was promoted as Prefect of Dicastery for Legislative Texts and Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Mark Freeman was consecrated as Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Fr. Nelson Po, Priest of Perth (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Aguntum and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia)

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Bishop Paul Bernard Bird, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Fr. Mark Freeman, Priest of Hobart (Australia), was elected Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Msgr. Francis Kelly Marriott, Priest of Sandhurst (Australia) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away at 87

Br. Peter Gerard Carroll, F.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Marist Brothers

Bishop Patrick Percival Power, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), passed away at 83

Bishop Peter Stasiuk, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia), passed away at 82

Bishop Peter John Elliott, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia), passed away at 81

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Bishop Anthony John Ireland, Titular Bishop of Carinola and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was promoted as Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Archbishop Julian Charles Porteous resigned as Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Shane Anthony Mackinlay, Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Sr. Oonah Mary O’Shea, N.D.S., Superior General of Religious of Our Lady of Sion, was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Fr. Peter Mel Murphy was consecrated as Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Fr. Anthony Gerard Percy was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Appiaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. George Kolodziej, S.D.S., was consecrated as Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Peter Mel Murphy, Priest of Wagga Wagga (Australia), was elected Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Fr. Anthony Gerard Percy, Priest of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Appiaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Joachim Thinh Xuan Nguyen (Nguyễn Xuân Thinh) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Madaurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Rene Ramirez, R.C.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mauriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Bishop Terence Robert Curtin resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Bishop Bosco Puthur resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bunbury (Australia)

Fr. George Kolodziej, S.D.S., was elected Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Bishop Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Fr. Joachim Thinh Xuan Nguyen (Nguyễn Xuân Thinh), Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Madaurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Rene Ramirez, R.C.J., Priest of Sandhurst (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Mauriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Joachim Xavier Rego, C.P., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Broome (Australia)

Bishop Timothy John Norton, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Madaurus and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Broome (Australia)

Fr. Joseph John Caddy was consecrated as Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

Bishop Kevin Michael Manning, Bishop emeritus of Parramatta (Australia), passed away at 90

Fr. Joseph John Caddy, Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was elected Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., resigned as Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet, Bishop of Sale (Australia), was appointed as Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Peter William Ingham, Bishop emeritus of Wollongong (Australia), passed away at 83

Archbishop Francis Patrick Carroll, Archbishop emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), passed away at 93

Bishop Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Aitape (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 90

Br. Peter Bernard Clinch, C.F.C., Superior General of Christian Brothers, passed away at 70

Bishop Bosco Puthur was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Br. Paul O’Keeffe, F.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Br. Peter Ryan, F.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Fr. Chris de Souza was appointed as General Secretary of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Fr. Stephen Hackett, M.S.C., resigned as General Secretary of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) and President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Msgr. Carl Leonard Reid resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia) and President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bunbury (Australia)

Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan resigned as Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Fr. John Panamthottathil, C.M.I., was consecrated as Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne of the Syro-Malabars (Australia)

Bishop Kenneth Michael Howell, Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Bishop Robert Michael McGuckin resigned as Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)