Recent Events

Chorbishop Sharbel (Ghattas) Maroun was consecrated as Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Fr. Anthony James Corcoran, S.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aëtus

Bishop Brendan John Cahill, Bishop of Victoria (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Joliet (USA)

Bishop Dennis Edward Spies resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Joliet (USA)

Bishop Francis Ignatius Malone resigned as Bishop of Shreveport (USA)

Bishop Robert William Marshall, Bishop of Alexandria (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Shreveport (USA)

Bishop Michael Arsenio Saporito, Titular Bishop of Luperciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Metuchen (USA)

Chorbishop Sharbel (Ghattas) Maroun, Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA) and Chorbishop, was elected Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

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

Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates, Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN)

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

Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze, Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria), passed away at 69

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. Paul James Henry was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Anthony Leo Hodges was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Timothy LaBo was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Richard Wayne Trout was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Michael Goldale, S.S.P.X. ▼, was illicitly consecrated as Bishop

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

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

Bishop Frank Richard Spencer resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (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)

Msgr. Kenneth E. Boccafola, Prelate Auditor emeritus of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, passed away at 87

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

Fr. Charles Elvis Otsiwah was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

Fr. Steven Paul Beseau was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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)