Recent Events

Bishop Daniel Joseph Meagher, Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia), President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania and Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia), was promoted as Prefect of Dicastery for Legislative Texts and Archbishop ad personam

Cardinal Angelo Acerbi took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Undersecretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, passed away at 67

Archbishop Julian Charles Porteous resigned as Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru and Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean

Fr. Anthony Gerard Percy was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Appiaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau and Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru and Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa

Fr. Anthony Gerard Percy, Priest of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Appiaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau and Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu

Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, Titular Archbishop of Zella, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island and Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia

Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., resigned as Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Peter William Ingham, Bishop emeritus of Wollongong (Australia), passed away at 83

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) and President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Bishop Robert Michael McGuckin resigned as Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia), was appointed as President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Cardinal George Pell, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) and Prefect emeritus of Secretariat for the Economy, passed away at 81

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

Bishop Terence John Gerard Brady resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Fr. Daniel Joseph Meagher was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Daniel Joseph Meagher, Priest of Sydney (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Bishop William Joseph Wright, Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia), passed away at 69

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa and Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Bishop Bede Vincent Heather, Bishop emeritus of Parramatta (Australia), passed away at 92

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga and Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island

Bishop Peter William Ingham resigned as Apostolic Visitor of Broome (Australia)

Bishop Geoffrey James Robinson, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia), passed away at 83

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru and Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa

Bishop Peter William Ingham was appointed as Apostolic Visitor of Broome (Australia)

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru and Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Palau

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean

Cardinal George Pell resigned as Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy

Cardinal George Pell resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Robert Michael McGuckin resigned as Vice-President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Bishop Peter William Ingham resigned as Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Archbishop Thomas A. White (陶懷德), Titular Archbishop of Sabiona, passed away at 85

Cardinal George Pell resigned as President of “Vox Clara” Committee

Msgr. Anthony Randazzo was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Richard James Umbers, Opus Dei, was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thala and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Msgr. Gábor Pintér was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus

Msgr. Anthony Randazzo, Priest of Brisbane (Australia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Richard James Umbers, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Thala and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Msgr. Gábor Pintér, Priest of Vác (Hungary) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus and Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus

Archbishop Angelo Acerbi resigned as Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe and Apostolic Nuncio to Angola, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli, Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sydney (Australia)

Bishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., Bishop of Parramatta (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)