Recent Events

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

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands, was appointed as Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Fr. Ihor Rantsya was consecrated as Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Fr. Ronald Gerhardus Wilhelmus Cornelissen was consecrated as Bishop of Groningen–Leeuwarden (Netherlands)

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

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Fr. Ihor Rantsya, Priest of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Fr. Ronald Gerhardus Wilhelmus Cornelissen, Priest of Utrecht (Netherlands), was elected Bishop of Groningen–Leeuwarden (Netherlands)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Military Ordinary emeritus of Netherlands (Netherlands), passed away at 96

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Dr. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio resigned as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

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

Bishop Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout, Bishop of Groningen–Leeuwarden (Netherlands), was appointed as Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Bishop Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets, Bishop emeritus of Roermond (Netherlands), passed away at 63

Archbishop François Robert Bacqué, Titular Archbishop of Gradisca, passed away at 87

Bishop Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets resigned as Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Ms. Suzan Daalmans resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands

Ms. Anneke van der Kamp-van Saase was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands

Dr. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南), Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Apostolic Nuncio to Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians

Fr. Titus Brandsma, O. Carm., was canonised

Prof. Myriam Wijlens resigned as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Fr. Bernardus Peeters, O.C.S.O., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator to the Parish of Međugorje of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title, President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and President emeritus of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, passed away at 96

Fr. Harrie Verhoeven, S.S.S., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentinos), passed away at 91

Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands), passed away at 88

Bishop Everardus Johannes de Jong, Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Netherlands (Netherlands)

Bishop Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks succeeded as Bishop of Haarlem–Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Bishop Jozef Marianus Punt resigned as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Netherlands (Netherlands) and Bishop of Haarlem–Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Bishop Henk Kronenberg, S.M., Bishop emeritus of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 85

Fr. Bartolomeus Van Roijen was consecrated as Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador (Canada)

Fr. Bartolomeus Van Roijen, Priest of Nelson (Canada), was elected Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador (Canada)

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England)

Bishop Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil), passed away at 84

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

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians and Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Bishop Borys Andrij Gudziak, Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya

Bishop Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks, Titular Bishop of Arsacal and Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem–Amsterdam (Netherlands), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Haarlem–Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Msgr. Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets was consecrated as Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Msgr. Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets, Priest of Roermond (Netherlands), was elected Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Sr. Clara van het arme Kind Jezus Fey (Clara), P.I.J., was beatified

Sr. Marjolein Bruinen, O.P., was appointed as Secretary General of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.)

Prof. Myriam Wijlens was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Jayapura (Indonesia), passed away at 96

Bishop Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz resigned as Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Titular Episcopal See of Middelburg was restored (Netherlands)

Br. Bram Hommel, C.F.H., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Immaculate Conception of Huijbergen

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南), Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar, Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand and Apostolic Delegate to Laos, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Myanmar

Dr. Libero Milone resigned as Auditor General of Office of the Auditor General

Fr. Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout was consecrated as Bishop of Groningen–Leeuwarden (Netherlands)

Bishop Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst, Bishop emeritus of Breda (Netherlands), passed away at 100

Fr. Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout, Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), was elected Bishop of Groningen–Leeuwarden (Netherlands)