Recent Events

Fr. Michael Thomas Tupou Castori, S.J., was consecrated as Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Fr. Emilio Biosca Agüero, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Bishop of Venice (USA)

Fr. Robert Paul Boxie was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cataquas and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. Gary Richard Studniewski was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Jamestown and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. John Jairo Gomez was consecrated as Bishop of Laredo (USA)

Fr. Anthony James Corcoran, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan), was elected Titular Bishop of Aëtus

Bishop Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop John Huston Ricard, S.S.J., Bishop emeritus of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA) and Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites), passed away at 86

Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Fr. Emilio Biosca Agüero, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Venice (USA)

Bishop Frank Joseph Dewane resigned as Bishop of Venice (USA)

Bishop Steven Joseph Lopes, Bishop-Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Bishop Michael Joseph Bransfield, Bishop emeritus of Wheeling–Charleston (USA), passed away at 82

Fr. Michael Thomas Tupou Castori, S.J., was elected Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Bishop Clarence Richard Silva resigned as Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Fr. Robert Paul Boxie, Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cataquas and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Mark Edward Brennan resigned as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Bishop Roy Edward Campbell resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. John Jairo Gomez, Priest of Tyler (USA), was elected Bishop of Laredo (USA)

Bishop René Henry Gracida, Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi (USA), passed away at 102

Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, Titular Bishop of Aëtus and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Fr. Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B., was consecrated as Bishop of Belleville (USA)

Fr. Gary Richard Studniewski, Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Jamestown and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop James Anthony Tamayo resigned as Bishop of Laredo (USA)

Archbishop Henry Joseph Mansell, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop William Edwin Franklin, Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA), passed away at 95

Dr. Teresa Morris Kettelkamp resigned as Adjunct Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop William Francis Murphy, Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA), passed away at 85

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks

Fr. Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Belleville (USA)

Bishop Emmanuel Hana Shaleta resigned as Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA)

Bishop Saad Hanna Sirop was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA)

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., Titular Bishop of Ostracine, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia) and Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks, was appointed as Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Bishop Timothy Anthony McDonnell, Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop David Eugene Fellhauer, Bishop emeritus of Victoria (USA), passed away at 86

Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez was consecrated as Bishop of Palm Beach (USA)

Fr. James Misko was consecrated as Bishop of Tucson (USA)

Msgr. Peter Đại Bùi was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Ausafa and Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix (USA)

Bishop Richard Frank Stika, Bishop emeritus of Knoxville (USA), passed away at 68

Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Amarillo (USA)

Bishop Patrick James Zurek resigned as Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Archbishop James Francis Checchio succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Archbishop Samuel Joseph Aquila resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Bishop James Robert Golka, Bishop of Colorado Springs (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Bishop Dennis Edward Spies, Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Joliet (USA)

Fr. John Lane Connor, L.C., resigned as Director General of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum

Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo and Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (France)

Bishop Robert Joseph Banks, Bishop emeritus of Green Bay (USA), passed away at 97

Msgr. Joseph Terrence Fitzgerald, Priest of Salt Lake City (USA) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away at 89

Bishop John Samuel Bonnici, Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano resigned as Bishop of Rochester (USA)

Bishop Gerald Frederick Kicanas resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tucson (USA)

Fr. James Misko, Priest of Austin (USA), was elected Bishop of Tucson (USA)

Bishop Gerald Michael Barbarito resigned as Bishop of Palm Beach (USA)

Msgr. Peter Đại Bùi, Priest of Phoenix (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Ausafa and Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix (USA)

Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, Priest of Brooklyn (USA), was elected Bishop of Palm Beach (USA)

Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Bishop Ronald Aldon Hicks, Bishop of Joliet (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)