Recent Events

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

Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (韓紀德) resigned as Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) and Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Bishop Anthony Li Hui (李輝) succeeded as Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Fr. Francis Li Jian-lin (李建林) was consecrated as Prefect Apostolic of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China)

Bishop Julius Jia Zhi-guo (賈治國), Bishop of Zhengding 正定 (China), passed away at 90

Fr. Ignatius Wu Jian-lin (吳建林) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

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

Fr. Joseph Wang Zhen-gui (王振貴) was consecrated as Bishop of Zhangjiakou 張家口 (China)

Bishop Placidus Pei Rong-gui (裴榮貴), O.C.S.O., Bishop emeritus of Luoyang 洛陽 (China) and Coadjutor Bishop emeritus of Luoyang 洛陽 (China), passed away at 92

Bishop Joseph Ma Yan-en (馬彥恩) was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou 張家口 (China)

Fr. Francis Li Jian-lin (李建林), Priest of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China)

Fr. Ignatius Wu Jian-lin (吳建林), Priest of Shanghai 上海 (China), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Bishop Joseph Zhang Wei-zhu (張維柱) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China)

Diocese of Xiwanzi 西灣子 was suppressed (to Diocese of Jilin 吉林 and Diocese of Zhangjiakou 張家口) (China)

Diocese of Xuanhua 宣化 was renamed as Diocese of Zhangjiakou 張家口 (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Xiwanzi 西灣子 and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beijing 北京) (China)

Bishop Augustine Cui Tai (崔泰) resigned as Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Bishop Joseph Ma Yan-en (馬彥恩) resigned as Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Fr. Joseph Wang Zhen-gui (王振貴), Priest of Xianxian 獻縣 (China), was elected Bishop of Zhangjiakou 張家口 (China)

Bishop Joseph Lin Yun-tuan (林運團) was appointed as Titular Bishop of Glavinitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Fr. Anthony Ji Wei-zhong (冀偉忠) was consecrated as Bishop of Luliang 呂梁 (China)

Bishop Joseph Cai Bing-rui (蔡炳瑞), Bishop of Xiamen 廈門 (China), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Msgr. Simon Wang Coen-hwa (王振華), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 98

Msgr. Anthony Lau Coi-ming (劉志明), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 86

Diocese of Fenyang 汾陽 was renamed as Diocese of Luliang 呂梁 (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taiyuan 太原 and Diocese of Yuci 榆次) (China)

Fr. Anthony Ji Wei-zhong (冀偉忠), Priest of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), was elected Bishop of Luliang 呂梁 (China)

Fr. Matthew Zhen Xue-bin (甄雪斌) was consecrated as Coadjutor Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

Fr. Matthew Zhen Xue-bin (甄雪斌), Priest of Beijing 北京 (China), was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (石鴻禎), Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Bishop Joseph Yang Yong-qiang (楊永強), Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Bishop-elect Peter Wu Yi-shun (吳奕順) was consecrated as Prefect Apostolic of Shaowu 邵武 (China)

Fr. Anthony Sun Wen-jun (孫文君) was consecrated as Bishop of Weifang 濰坊 (China)

Fr. Thaddeus Wang Yue-sheng (王躍勝) was consecrated as Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

Fr. Thaddeus Wang Yue-sheng (王躍勝), Priest of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China), was elected Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

Fr. Peter Wu Yi-shun (吳奕順), Priest of Xiamen 廈門 (China), was elected Prefect Apostolic of Shaowu 邵武 (China)

Msgr. Joseph Chiang Sui (江綏), Priest of Newark (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 92

Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (沈斌) was confirmed as Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian 益都縣 was promoted as Diocese of Weifang 濰坊 (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan 濟南 and Diocese of Zhoucun 周村 and became suffragan of Jinan 濟南) (China)

Fr. Anthony Sun Wen-jun (孫文君), Priest of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China), was elected Bishop of Weifang 濰坊 (China)

Archbishop Peter Lin Jia-shan (林佳善), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) and Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China), passed away at 86

Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (沈斌), Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China), was appointed as Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Msgr. Ioannes Tsao Chin-wu (曹經五), Priest of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 98

Bishop John Huo Cheng (霍成), Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), passed away at 96

Archbishop Joseph Ti Kang (狄剛), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), passed away at 94

Archbishop Joseph Gao Hong-xiao (高宏孝), O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China), passed away at 77

Bishop John Peng Wei-zhao (彭衛照) was uncanonically appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

Bishop John Peng Wei-zhao (彭衛照) resigned as Bishop of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Archbishop Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (鄭再發), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan), passed away at 90

Bishop John Baptist Wang Xiao-xun (王曉勳) succeeded as Prefect Apostolic of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China)

Bishop Joseph Ye Rong-hua (葉榮華), Prefect Apostolic of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China), passed away at 91

Msgr. Stefano Mazzotti (馬德範), Priest of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Pro-Chargé d’affaires in China

Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道), Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Peter Wu Jun-wei (武俊維), Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China), passed away at 58

Archbishop James Patrick Green (格霖澤) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Nuncio to Finland and Apostolic Nuncio to Norway

Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian

Msgr. Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan (佳安道) was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Apollonia

Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye

Msgr. Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan (佳安道), Priest of Manila (Philippines), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Chargé d’affaires in China, was elected Titular Archbishop of Apollonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda

Bishop Stephen Yang Xiang-tai (楊祥太), Bishop emeritus of Yongnian 永年 (China), passed away at 98

Fr. Francis Cui Qing-qi (崔慶琪), O.F.M., was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)