Recent Events

Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Suliana and Undersecretary of General Secretariat of the Synod, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Suliana and Almoner of His Holiness of Dicastery for the Service of Charity

Bishop José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Bocas del Toro (Panama), passed away at 94

Fr. Salvador Valera Parra, Priest of Almería (Spain), was beatified

Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, Opus Dei, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador), passed away at 86

Bishop José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of San José de Amazonas (Peru)

Fr. César Luis Caro Puértolas, Priest of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San José de Amazonas (Peru)

Bishop Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B., Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., Pro-Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi and Applied Judge of Supreme Court of Vatican City State, was appointed as Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Zamora (Ecuador), passed away at 101

Bishop Joaquín Mariano Sucunza resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Manuel Izquierdo Izquierdo and 58 companions were beatified

Fr. Antonio Montañés Chiquero and 64 companions were beatified

Archbishop Andrés Carrascosa Coso, Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Bishop Mario Busquets Jordá, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Chuquibamba (Peru), passed away at 90

Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellín, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 85

Bishop Bernardo Álvarez Afonso, Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain), passed away at 76

Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J., resigned as Member of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia

Bishop Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez, Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain)

Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy resigned as Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain)

Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., Pro-Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life and Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi, was appointed as Applied Judge of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Bishop José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez, Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain), passed away at 50

Fr. Desiderio García Martínez, O. Carm., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)

Archbishop Piero Pioppo, Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and Apostolic Nuncio to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

Fr. Alejandro Moral Antón, O.S.A., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)

Msgr. Jain Mendez, Priest of Verapoly (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Bishop Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Cafayate (Argentina), passed away at 93

Fr. Daniel Palau Valero was consecrated as Bishop of Lleida (Spain)

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., Pro-Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, was appointed as Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi

Fr. Diego Martín Peñas, Prado, was appointed as Superior General of Associations of Priests of Prado

Br. Lycarion May (François-Benjamin), F.M.S., was beatified

Bishop Abilio Martínez Varea, Bishop of Osma–Soria (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Bishop Gerardo Melgar Viciosa resigned as Bishop of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez resigned as Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Bishop José Antonio Satué Huerto, Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín (Spain) and Pontifical Delegate for Institute of the Incarnate Word, was appointed as Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Fr. Carles Gil i Saguer, Sch. P., was appointed as Superior General of Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists)

Fr. Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P., was consecrated as Bishop of Huesca (Spain) and Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Archbishop Joan Enric Vives i Sicília resigned as Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat succeeded as Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls resigned as Bishop of Lleida (Spain)

Fr. Daniel Palau Valero, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), was elected Bishop of Lleida (Spain)

Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain) and Ordinary emeritus of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Fr. José Ángel Lostado Fernandez, T.C., was appointed as Superior General of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonian Friars)

Fr. Ángel Román Idígoras was consecrated as Bishop of Albacete (Spain)

Bishop Esteban Escudero Torres, Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 79

Fr. Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago was consecrated as Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Msgr. Jorge Bertomeu Farnós resigned as Pontifical Commissioner for Sodalitium of Christian Life

Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) and former President of Episcopal Conference of Chile, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Chile)

Fr. Antoni Pujals i Ginebreda, Opus Dei, resigned as Vicar General of Opus Dei

Archbishop Vicente Jiménez Zamora resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Huesca (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Jaca (Spain)

Fr. Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P., Superior General of Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists), was elected Bishop of Huesca (Spain) and Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

Bishop Demetrio Fernández González resigned as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Bishop Jesús Fernández González, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

Fr. Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr., was consecrated as Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria)

Fr. Ángel Román Idígoras, Priest of Alcalá de Henares (Spain), was elected Bishop of Albacete (Spain)

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani and Member of Council of Cardinals, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Fr. Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago, Priest of Islas Canarias (Spain), was elected Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Msgr. Maurizio Bravi was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Tolentino

Bishop Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A., Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain), passed away at 90