Recent Events

Fr. Paul Gomes was consecrated as Bishop of Joypurhat (Bangladesh)

Diocese of Joypurhat was established (from Diocese of Dinajpur and Diocese of Rajshahi and became suffragan of Dhaka) (Bangladesh)

Fr. Paul Gomes, Priest of Rajshahi (Bangladesh), was elected Bishop of Joypurhat (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Adriano Bernardini (裴納德), Titular Archbishop of Faleri, passed away at 83

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Fr. Subroto Boniface Gomes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tamazuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Fr. Subroto Boniface Gomes, Priest of Dhaka (Bangladesh), was elected Titular Bishop of Tamazuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Msgr. Kevin Stuart Randall was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha

Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dhaka (Bangladesh), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Bangladesh)

Msgr. Kevin Stuart Randall, Priest of Norwich (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha and Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino resigned as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Archbishop George Kocherry resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

Fr. Emmanuel Kanon Rozario was consecrated as Bishop of Barishal (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南), Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Apostolic Nuncio to Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Archbishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Barishal (Bangladesh)

Fr. Emmanuel Kanon Rozario, Priest of Rajshahi (Bangladesh), was elected Bishop of Barishal (Bangladesh)

Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes, Titular Bishop of Forma and Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh), was appointed as Bishop of Sylhet (Bangladesh)

Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title, President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and President emeritus of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, passed away at 96

Bishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C., Bishop of Barishal (Bangladesh), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Barishal (Bangladesh) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Chattogram (Bangladesh)

Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

Archbishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh), was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I., Bishop of Sylhet (Bangladesh), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Moses Costa, C.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Chattogram (Bangladesh), passed away at 69

Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Bishop Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C., Bishop of Mymensingh (Bangladesh), was appointed as General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino, Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia, Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste and Apostolic Delegate to Brunei, was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Diocese of Barisal was renamed as Diocese of Barishal (Bangladesh)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chittagong was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chattogram (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Moses Costa, C.S.C., General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh and Metropolitan Archbishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chattogram (Bangladesh)

Bishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C., Bishop of Barisal (Bangladesh), was appointed as Bishop of Barishal (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Adriano Bernardini (裴納德) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南), Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar, Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand and Apostolic Delegate to Laos, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Myanmar

Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi

Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, Apostolic Nuncio to Greece, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Diocese of Chittagong was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chittagong (with suffragan sees Barisal and Khulna) (Bangladesh)

Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C., General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh and Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh, was created Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi

Fr. Shorot Francis Gomes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Forma and Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Bishop Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Khulna (Bangladesh), passed away at 90

Fr. Shorot Francis Gomes, Priest of Dhaka (Bangladesh), was elected Titular Bishop of Forma and Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Diocese of Barisal was established (from Diocese of Chittagong and became suffragan of Dhaka) (Bangladesh)

Bishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C., Titular Bishop of Afufenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh), was appointed as Bishop of Barisal (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Paulinus Costa, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dhaka (Bangladesh), passed away at 78

Bishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Archbishop George Kocherry, Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino, Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia, Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste and Apostolic Delegate to Brunei

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南), Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar, Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand and Apostolic Delegate to Laos

Fr. James Romen Boiragi was consecrated as Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

Fr. James Romen Boiragi, Priest of Khulna (Bangladesh), was elected Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

Fr. Sebastian Tudu was consecrated as Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh), was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

Archbishop Adriano Bernardini (裴納德), Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Fr. Sebastian Tudu, Priest of Dinajpur (Bangladesh), was elected Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Archbishop Paulinus Costa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

Diocese of Sylhet was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka and became suffragan of Dhaka) (Bangladesh)

Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I., Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh), was appointed as Bishop of Sylhet (Bangladesh)

Msgr. Kevin Stuart Randall, Priest of Norwich (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C., Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh) and General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh, was appointed as Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh)