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2026.02.02

Hong Kong Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

2026.01.31

Italy 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)

2025.04.11

Greece Archbishop Sevastianos Rossolatos was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece), Apostolic Administrator of Santorini (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Syros (Greece)

Greece Bishop Petros Stefanou resigned as Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

2025.03.18

Greece Archbishop Theodoros Kontidis, S.J., Archbishop of Athens (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Greece

Greece Bishop Petros Stefanou resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Greece

2025.01.25

Greece Fr. Hovsep Bezazian (Bezouzou) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

USA Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

2024.08.21

USA Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

2023.10.16

Greece Bishop Dimitrios Salachas, Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), passed away at 84

2023.10.02

Greece Bishop Frangkiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Syros (Greece) and Bishop emeritus of Santorini (Greece), passed away at 86

2023.05.18

Hong Kong Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B., Apostolic Nuncio to Malta, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

2022.12.01

Poland Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

2022.10.24

Hong Kong Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B., Apostolic Nuncio to Greece, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

2022.10.22

Ireland Archbishop Patrick Coveney, Titular Archbishop of Satriano, passed away at 88

2022.09.10

Poland Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski resigned as Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

2022.05.17

USA Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

2021.11.12

Greece Archbishop Sevastianos Rossolatos resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Greece

Greece Bishop Petros Stefanou, Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Greece

2021.10.18

USA Bishop Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B., Bishop emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York of the Armenians (USA), passed away at 91

2021.09.18

Greece Fr. Theodoros Kontidis, S.J., was consecrated as Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

2021.07.14

Greece Fr. Theodoros Kontidis, S.J., was elected Archbishop of Athens (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

Greece Archbishop Sevastianos Rossolatos resigned as Archbishop of Athens (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

2021.05.27

Greece Archbishop Josif Printezis, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Greece

Greece Archbishop Nikólaos Printezis resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Greece

2021.05.23

Greece Fr. Josif Printezis was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

2021.02.15

Armenia Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., Bishop emeritus of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran) and Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), passed away at 88

2021.02.07

Greece Fr. Georgios Altouvas was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece)

2021.01.25

Greece Fr. Josif Printezis, Priest of Syros (Greece), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

Greece Archbishop Nikólaos Printezis resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

2020.12.17

Poland Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski, Delegate for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

2020.11.01

Lebanon Archbishop Youssef Antoine Soueif, Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) and Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites, was appointed as Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

2020.09.14

Greece Fr. Georgios Altouvas, Priest of Athens (Greece), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki (Greece)

Greece Archbishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki (Greece)

2020.01.31

USA Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

2019.06.15

Lebanon Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

2018.10.11

Lebanon Archbishop Youssef Antoine Soueif, Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites

Lebanon Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania of the Maronites and Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites

2017.09.28

Hong Kong Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B., Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

2017.04.08

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

2016.11.11

Greece Archbishop Sevastianos Rossolatos, Archbishop of Athens (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Greece

Greece Bishop Frangkiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Greece

2016.10.31

Hong Kong Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Agaña (Guam)

2016.06.06

Hong Kong Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B., Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Agaña (Guam)

2016.04.15

Italy Archimandrite Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Carcabia

2016.02.02

Greece Bishop Dimitrios Salachas resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece)

Italy Archimandrite Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B., was elected Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece) and Titular Bishop of Carcabia

2015.12.07

Poland Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon, was appointed as Delegate for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

2015.10.01

Armenia Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

2015.04.13

Lebanon Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., Procurator at Rome of the Maronites, was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania of the Maronites and Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites

2015.03.21

Armenia Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Greece Fr. Hovsep Bezazian (Bezouzou) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

2015

Greece Bishop Dimitrios Salachas resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law

2014.10.25

Greece Fr. Sevastianos Rossolatos was consecrated as Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

2014.08.27

Greece Bishop Dimitrios Salachas, Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), was appointed as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law

2014.08.12

Greece Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos resigned as Archbishop of Athens (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

Greece Fr. Sevastianos Rossolatos, Priest of Syros (Greece), was elected Archbishop of Athens (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

2014.07.02

Greece Fr. Petros Stefanou was consecrated as Bishop of Santorini (Greece) and Bishop of Syros (Greece)

2014.05.13

Greece Bishop Frangkiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

Greece Fr. Petros Stefanou, Priest of Syros (Greece), was elected Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

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