Recent Events

Fr. Johannes Zehe was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aquæ Sirenses and Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg (Germany)

Msgr. Markus Graulich, S.D.B., Undersecretary of Dicastery for Legislative Texts, was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers resigned as Bishop of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann resigned as Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Bishop Christian Würtz, Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Fr. Johannes Zehe, Priest of Hamburg (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ Sirenses and Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg (Germany)

Fr. Paul Schindele, S.I.M., resigned as Superior General of Servants of Jesus and Mary

Fr. Jan Świerc, S.D.B., and 8 companions were beatified

Bishop Leopold Nowak, Bishop emeritus of Magdeburg (Germany), passed away at 97

Archbishop Nikola Eterović resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) and President of German Episcopal Conference, was appointed as Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Bishop Clemens Pickel, Bishop of Saint Clement at Saratov (Russia), was appointed as President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

Fr. Joshy George Pottackal, O. Carm., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Ceramussa and Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Bishop Joachim Wanke, Bishop emeritus of Erfurt (Germany), passed away at 84

Fr. Martin Marahrens was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Bishop Georg Bätzing resigned as President of German Episcopal Conference

Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), was appointed as President of German Episcopal Conference

Bishop Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Fr. Raymond Cayré, Br. Gérard-Martin Cendrier (Gérard), O.F.M., Mr. Roger Vallée, Mr. Jean Mestre, and 46 companions were beatified

Msgr. Marco Helmut Schrage Comencini was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer, Bishop emeritus of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay), passed away at 83

Bishop Otto Georgens resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Fr. Martin Marahrens, Priest of Hildesheim (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fr. Joshy George Pottackal, O. Carm., was elected Titular Bishop of Ceramussa and Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Fr. Gottfried M. Wolff, O.S.M., resigned as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Theological Faculty of Marianum

Bishop Horst Eberlein resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg (Germany)

Br. Benedikt Molitor, F.M.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Mercy of Our Lady Help of Christians

Fr. Konrad Maria Ackermann, Priest of Regensburg (Germany), was appointed as Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia), was beatified

Bishop Fritz Lobinger, Bishop emeritus of Aliwal (South Africa), passed away at 96

Fr. Miguel Fritz, O.M.I., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Msgr. Hans Huber was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Johannes Kurzydem was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Josef Riedl was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Klaus-Günther Stahlschmidt was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Archbishop Werner Thissen, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany), passed away at 86

Fr. Miguel Fritz, O.M.I., Apostolic Administrator of Pilcomayo (Paraguay), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort resigned as President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Bishop Felix Genn resigned as Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Andreas Geßmann was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna and Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany)

Fr. Stephan Lipke, S.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Arena and Auxiliary Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia)

Mother Marion Schiele, F.S.O., was appointed as International Superior of Consecrated Women of Spiritual Family “The Work”

Msgr. Klaus Krämer was consecrated as Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Fr. Gerald Goesche, I.S.P.N., resigned as Provost of Institute of Saint Philip Neri

Fr. Marco Piranty, I.S.P.N., Priest of Institute of Saint Philip Neri, was appointed as Provost of Institute of Saint Philip Neri

Bishop Antuan Ilgit, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Anatolia (Turkiye), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia (Turkiye)

Fr. Max Josef Metzger, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was beatified

Fr. Andreas Geßmann, Priest of Essen (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna and Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany)

Bishop Wilhelm Zimmermann resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany)

Bishop Franz Kamphaus, Bishop emeritus of Limburg (Germany), passed away at 92

Bishop Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of Alindao (Central African Republic), passed away at 85

Bishop Helmut Bauer, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Würzburg (Germany), passed away at 91

Msgr. Klaus Krämer, Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Msgr. Johannes Palus was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archabbot Jeremias Schröder, O.S.B., President of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines), was appointed as Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. Stephan Lipke, S.J., Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, was elected Titular Bishop of Arena and Auxiliary Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia)

Bishop Heinz-Günter Bongartz resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agnese in Agone, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone pro hac vice Title

Bishop Reinhold Nann resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru)