Recent Events

Archbishop Andrzej Józwowicz, Apostolic Nuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Archbishop Ivo Scapolo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Morandini, Titular Archbishop of Numida, passed away at 87

Fr. Jean Bosco Ntagungira was consecrated as Bishop of Butare (Rwanda)

Fr. Jean Bosco Ntagungira, Priest of Kigali (Rwanda), was elected Bishop of Butare (Rwanda)

Bishop Philippe Rukamba resigned as Bishop of Butare (Rwanda)

Fr. Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa was consecrated as Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege resigned as Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Fr. Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa, Priest of Kabgayi (Rwanda), was elected Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Fr. Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu was consecrated as Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals

Cardinal Antoine Kambanda resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Fr. Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu, Priest of Nyundo (Rwanda), was elected Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Cardinal Antoine Kambanda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda) and Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Bishop Vincent Harolimana, Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda) and Vice-President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa, was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Bishop Philippe Rukamba resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title, Member of Council of Cardinals, President emeritus of Governorate of Vatican City State and President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay, was appointed as Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

Cardinal Antoine Kambanda took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

Fr. Papias Musengamana was consecrated as Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda)

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia and Member of Council of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title

Fr. Papias Musengamana, Priest of Kabgayi (Rwanda), was elected Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda)

Bishop Servilien Nzakamwita resigned as Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda)

Msgr. Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan (佳安道) was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Apollonia

Msgr. Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan (佳安道), Priest of Manila (Philippines), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Chargé d’affaires in China, was elected Titular Archbishop of Apollonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda

Archbishop Anselmo Guido Pecorari resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria and Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State

Archbishop Andrzej Józwowicz, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

Fr. Edouard Sinayobye was consecrated as Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda)

Fr. Edouard Sinayobye, Priest of Butare (Rwanda), was elected Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda)

Archbishop Antoine Kambanda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda) and Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Msgr. Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan (佳安道), Priest of Manila (Philippines) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Bishop Vincent Harolimana, Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda), was appointed as Vice-President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa

Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege resigned as President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa

Archbishop Antoine Kambanda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Bishop Antoine Kambanda, Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda)

Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda)

Archbishop Juliusz Janusz (尤雅士) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo

Bishop Jean Damascène Bimenyimana, Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda), passed away at 64

Fr. Jean de Dieu Hodari, O.C.S.O., resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Br. Jean-Marie Vianney Azibereho, F.J., was appointed as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Br. Guillaume Kipoy Pombo, F.J., resigned as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Msgr. Andrzej Józwowicz was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum

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

Msgr. Andrzej Józwowicz, Priest of Łowicz (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda and Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia

Fr. Anaclet Mwumvaneza was consecrated as Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda)

Bishop Alexis Habiyambere, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda)

Fr. Anaclet Mwumvaneza, Priest of Kigali (Rwanda), was elected Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda)

Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Bishop Philippe Rukamba, Bishop of Butare (Rwanda), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Fr. Célestin Hakizimana was consecrated as Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda)

Bishop-elect Célestin Hakizimana resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Fr. Jean de Dieu Hodari, O.C.S.O., was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda