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Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino, was appointed as Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Titular Archbishop of Atella, passed away at 77

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

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs, Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jelgava (Latvia)

Bishop Edvards Pavlovskis resigned as Bishop of Jelgava (Latvia)

Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs, Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Latvia, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Bishop Viktors Stulpins resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians

Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was elected Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

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

Archbishop Georg Gänswein was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia and Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Archbishop Georg Gänswein resigned as Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Estonia (Estonia), passed away at 85

Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Estonia (Estonia), passed away at 79

Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)

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

Bishop Janis Cakuls, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Riga (Latvia), passed away at 95

Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs, Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia, was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Bishop Edvards Pavlovskis, Bishop of Jelgava (Latvia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Latvia, was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B., Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians and Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), was elected Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Bishop Jan Purwiński, Bishop emeritus of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine), passed away at 86

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

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Fr. Andris Kravalis was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Migirpa and Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

Fr. Andris Kravalis, Priest of Riga (Latvia), was elected Titular Bishop of Migirpa and Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Bishop Antons Justs, Bishop emeritus of Jelgava (Latvia), passed away at 87

Bishop Jānis Bulis resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Bishop Edvards Pavlovskis, Bishop of Jelgava (Latvia), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Bishop Viktors Stulpins, Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M., Coadjutor Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia), passed away at 84

Archbishop Justo Mullor García, President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 84

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians and Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

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

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar, Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula, Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe

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

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., Procurator at Rome of the Armenians, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

Bishop Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis, Bishop emeritus of Liepāja (Latvia), passed away at 87

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

Fr. Viktors Stulpins was consecrated as Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia)

Bishop Edvards Pavlovskis resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja (Latvia)

Fr. Viktors Stulpins, Priest of Riga (Latvia), was elected Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia)

Archbishop Georg Gänswein resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Msgr. Georg Gänswein was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Msgr. Georg Gänswein, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), Private Secretary of the Pope and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household and Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia

Bishop Markijan Trofym’yak resigned as Bishop of Lutsk (Ukraine)

Bishop Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P., resigned as Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Bishop Edvards Pavlovskis, Bishop of Jelgava (Latvia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja (Latvia)

Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs, Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Bishop Jānis Bulis, Bishop of Rēzekne–Aglona (Latvia) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Bishop Antons Justs resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia