Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Acufida was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Acafida (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Abbir maius was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Abbir Maius (Tunisia)

Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris, Apostolic Delegate to Albania, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania (Albania)

Archbishop Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pinheiro (Brazil)

Bishop Próspero Maria Gustavo Bernardi, O.S.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil)

Bishop Armand Clabaut, O.M.I., resigned as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Bishop Pierre-Armand-Albert-Lucien Fallaize, O.M.I., resigned as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada)

Fr. Pietro Giacomini Calliman, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile)

Fr. Amedeo Rojas, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile)

Msgr. Antonio Barosi (畢性和), P.I.M.E., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China)

Fr. Gaspar Hu Xiu-shen (胡修身) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Linqing 臨清 (China)

Abbot Henri Marcotte de Sainte-Marie, O.S.B., resigned as Prior of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

Br. Arèse-Casimir Bression, F.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Br. Junien Victor Détharré, F.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Blessed Fr. Eduard Müller was appointed as Priest of Osnabrück (Germany)

Br. Paulus Moritz, C.M.S.F., resigned as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Bishop Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Allahabad (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lucknow (India) and Apostolic Administrator of Jhansi (India)

Archbishop Enrico Montalbetti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bova (Italy)

Msgr. Vittorio Bartoccetti, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline

Msgr. Giuseppe Malusardi resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Msgr. Silvio Sericano was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Msgr. Giuseppe Wilpert resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Andrea Gennaro, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum

Fr. Giovanni Penco, C.S.P., resigned as President of Society of Saint Paul

Venerable Fr. Carlo Sterpi, F.D.P., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of Divine Providence

Mr. Lamberto Vignoli resigned as General President of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ 古屋義之) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

Bishop Johannes Ross (ヨハネス・ロス), S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

Msgr. Ambrose Leblanc (アンブローズ・ルブラン), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Urawa 浦和 (Japan), passed away

Msgr. Aloysius Akira Ogihara (アロイジオ 荻原 晃), S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Msgr. Modesto Perez (モデスト・ペレス), O.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Shikoku 四国 (Japan)

Msgr. Paul Sakuzo Uchino (パウロ 内野作蔵) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Urawa 浦和 (Japan)

Fr. Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi (フランシスコ 出口 一太郎) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki 宮崎 (Japan)

Fr. Thomas F. Quinlan (구 토마), S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Shunsen (South Korea)

Fr. Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., was appointed as Papal Commissioner for Society of Saint Paul

Archbishop Antonio García y García, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tui (Spain)

Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Segorbe (Spain)

Bishop Gregorio Modrego y Casaus, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cuenca (Spain)

Archbishop Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Msgr. John S. Quinn was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Salvador Montes de Oca resigned as Titular Bishop of Bilta

Archimandrite Lawandios Kilzi, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Fr. John Bernard Harney, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. François Joseph Jung, S.M., was appointed as Vicar General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. François-Joseph Kieffer, S.M., resigned as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. Henry Ignatius Stark, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Hong y Jean Verdier, P.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Br. Mathew Pereria, C.M.S.F., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Diocese of Katowice lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław (Poland)

Msgr. Liborio Scaccia was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Moses Elias Kiley, Bishop of Trenton (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

Archbishop José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba), passed away at 65

Saint Bishop Manuel González y García, Bishop of Palencia (Spain), passed away at 62

Fr. Sidney Matthew Metzger was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (USA) and Titular Bishop of Birtha

Archbishop Stanisław Gall was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa (Poland)

Bishop Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz, Bishop of Linares (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)

Fr. Secondo Bologna was elected Bishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy)

Bishop Fernando Taddei, C.M., Bishop of Jacarezinho (Brazil), passed away at 72

Fr. Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux was elected Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary Bishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Blessed Fr. Franciszek Rogaczewski, Priest of Gdańsk (Poland), passed away at 47

Apostolic Prefecture of Jhansi was established (from Diocese of Allahabad and became suffragan of Agra) (India)

Diocese of Lucknow was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra and Diocese of Allahabad and became suffragan of Agra) (India)

Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan 원산 was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kanko (lost territory to establish Territorial Abbacy of Tŏkugen) (North Korea)

Territorial Abbacy of Tŏkugen was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan 원산) (North Korea)

Bishop John March, Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada), passed away at 76

Fr. Domenico Luca Capozi (李路加), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia and Vicar Apostolic of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (China)

Fr. Secondino Petronio Lacchio (藍澤民), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Prænetus and Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China)

Bishop Bonifatius Sauer (신상원 보니파시오), O.S.B., Vicar Apostolic of Wonsan 원산 (North Korea), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Tŏkugen (North Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Kanko (North Korea)

Fr. Edmund Peiris, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka)

Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Bishop John Henry Tihen, Bishop emeritus of Denver (USA), passed away at 78

Bishop Joseph Walsh, Titular Bishop of Cœla and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuam (Ireland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

Archbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal, Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus and Apostolic Administrator of Aveiro (Portugal), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal)

Bishop Charles-Antonelli Lamarche, Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada), passed away at 69

Fr. Louis Delmotte was elected Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Blessed Fr. Raymond Cayré was appointed as Priest of Albi (France)

Fr. Clément Ignace Mansourati was appointed as Priest of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Bishop Paolino Ladeuze, Titular Bishop of Tiberias, passed away at 69

Fr. Aureliano de Matos was elected Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil)

Archbishop Pierre-Célestin Cézerac, Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France), passed away at 83

Bishop Gustave-Lazare Garnier, Bishop of Luçon (France), passed away at 82

Bishop Charles Massé resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Luçon (France)

Bishop Justí Guitart i Vilardebó, Bishop of Urgell (Spain), passed away at 64

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Michel-Marie-Louis Pénicaud (賁德馨), M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Beihai 北海 (China)

Fr. Jules Elmire Douénel, M.E.P., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Sikkim (India), passed away at 73

Fr. Cristoforo Demonico Carullo, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T., was elected Bishop of Andria (Italy)

Bishop Daniel Rivero Rivero, Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Fr. Fiorenzo Angelini was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Vincentas Borisevičius was elected Titular Bishop of Lysias and Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Fr. Joseph Moran Corrigan was elected Titular Bishop of Bilta

Fr. Gioacchino Di Leo was elected Titular Bishop of Memphis and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

Archbishop Mario Giardini, B., Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria

Fr. Aimable Chassaigne was elected Bishop of Tulle (France)

Bishop Paul Nègre, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rodez (France), passed away at 86

Fr. Paul James Wattson, S.A., Founder of Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, passed away at 77

Fr. Louis Wach, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Josip Marija Carevic, Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aristium

Fr. Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin, Priest of Bordeaux (France), was elected Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

Bishop Jean-Camille Costes succeeded as Bishop of Angers (France)

Bishop Joseph Rumeau, Bishop of Angers (France), passed away at 91

Archbishop Edward Joseph Byrne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland), passed away at 67

Fr. John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Queenstown (South Africa)

Bishop Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon, Bishop of Autun (France), passed away at 76

Apostolic Prefecture of Fushun 撫順 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Fushun 撫順 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Endeber was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gimma) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Hosanna was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gimma and Apostolic Prefecture of Neghelli) (Ethiopia)

Diocese of Bangalore was established (from Diocese of Mysore and became suffragan of Pondicherry) (India)

Diocese of Coimbatore lost territory to Diocese of Mysore (India)

Diocese of Guntur was established (from Diocese of Nellore and became suffragan of Madras) (India)

Fr. Raymond Aloysius Lane (林化東), M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Fushun 撫順 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Hypæpa and Vicar Apostolic of Fushun 撫順 (China)

Fr. John Baptist Hu Ruo-han (胡若翰) was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Shinan 施南 (China) and Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius

Bishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P., Bishop of Mysore (India), was appointed as Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Archbishop Abraham Elias, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran), passed away at 46

Bishop Kazimieras Mikalojus Michalkiewicz, Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania), passed away at 75

Bishop Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Saigon (Vietnam), passed away at 70

Apostolic Prefecture of Aysén was established (from Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud) (Chile)

Fr. Manoel Könner, S.V.D., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

Bishop Epifanio Scianow, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Macedonia of the Bulgarians (Greece), passed away at 90

Archbishop Luigi Centoz, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Archbishop Ettore Fronzi, Archbishop emeritus of Camerino (Italy), passed away at 72

Msgr. Pietro Coffano, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Giuseppe Beltrami, Priest of Fossano (Italy), was elected Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala and Titular Archbishop of Damascus

Bishop Emanuele Hanisch, C.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa), passed away at 58

Diocese of Piura was established (from Diocese of Trujillo and became suffragan of Lima) (Peru)

Bishop Emidio Trenta, Bishop of Tuscania (Italy), Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) and Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez, Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Archbishop Norman Thomas Gilroy succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop Michael Kelly, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), passed away at 90

Fr. Ferdinando Napoli, B., Superior General emeritus of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), passed away at 63

Saint Fr. Luigi Orione, F.D.P., Superior General of Sons of Divine Providence, passed away at 67

Bishop Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Ariano (Italy), passed away at 69

Archbishop Gusztáv Károly Majláth, Bishop emeritus of Alba Iulia (Romania), passed away at 75

Fr. Henry Joseph O’Brien, Priest of Hartford (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Fr. George Joseph Donnelly was elected Titular Bishop of Cœla and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Vincent James Ryan was elected Bishop of Bismarck (USA)

Fr. Flavien Prat, SS.CC., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers), passed away

Blessed Fr. Marian Górecki, Priest of Gdańsk (Poland), passed away at 36

Blessed Fr. Bronisław Komorowski, Priest of Gdańsk (Poland), passed away at 50

Blessed Fr. Pjetër Çuni was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Alberto Carinci was elected Bishop of Isernia (Italy) and Bishop of Venafro (Italy)

Fr. Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M., was elected Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

Fr. Hernán Frías Hurtado was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Bishop Cesare Boccoleri, Bishop of Narni (Italy) and Bishop of Terni (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy) and Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy)

Bishop René de Pontes, Bishop of Valença (Brazil), passed away at 37

Fr. Vincentas Brizgys was elected Titular Bishop of Bosana and Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Fr. Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Aysén (Chile)

Mission sui juris of Jiamusi 佳木斯 was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Jiamusi 佳木斯 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Costa d’Avorio was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Abidjan (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Sassandra) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Vicariate of Sassandra was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Costa d’Avorio) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Adalar Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Jiamusi 佳木斯 (China)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Assuras and Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra (Cote d’Ivoire)

Cardinal Jean Verdier, P.S.S., Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), passed away at 76

Fr. Thomas Pothacamury was elected Bishop of Guntur (India)

Fr. Ubagaraswani Bernadotte was elected Bishop of Coimbatore (India)

Fr. Sergio Guerri, Priest of Tarquinia (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Blessed Bishop Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M., Apostolic Administrator of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) and Titular Bishop of Harpasa, was appointed as Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Fr. Vasile Aftenie was elected Titular Bishop of Ulpiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Dionýz Njarady, Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), passed away at 65

Bishop Nicola Cola, Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy), passed away at 70

Bishop Ivan Bucko was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA)

Fr. Isidor Hermenegild Hintringer da Losenstein (興光啟), O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Jiamusi 佳木斯 (China)

Bishop Claudio María Volio y Jímenez, Titular Bishop of Laranda, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis

Archbishop Hugh McSherry, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District (South Africa), passed away at 88

Bishop Giuseppe Marcozzi, Bishop of Teano (Italy) and Bishop of Calvi (Italy), passed away at 67

Archbishop Roberto Nogara, Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy), passed away at 60

Fr. Pietro Pavan, Priest of Treviso (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Sr. Marie-Euphrasie Pelletier (Rose Virginie), R.G.S., was canonised

Ms. Gemma Maria Umberta Galgani was canonised

Bishop Šimon Bárta, Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia), passed away at 75

Archbishop José Guadalupe Ortíz y López, Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia

Fr. Nersès Tayroyan was elected Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Archbishop Louis Batanian resigned as Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Bishop Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M., Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Limyra

Fr. Giovanni Battista Zaupa, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Bishop Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar)

Fr. Bruno Chiesa, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Francis Ryder Wood was appointed as Titular Bishop of Livias and Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Archbishop Clément-Émile Roques, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)

Cardinal Emmanuel-Célestin Suhard, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

Bishop Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel, Bishop of Annecy (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

Bishop Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron, Bishop of Cahors (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

Sr. Rose Philippine Duchesne, R.S.H.M., was beatified

Bishop Stefano Walczykiewicz, Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Ukraine), passed away at 53

Patriarch Teotonio Emanuele Ribeira Vieira de Castro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India), passed away at 80

Bishop Albino Pella, Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy), passed away at 74

Fr. William Donald Borders was appointed as Priest of New Orleans (USA)

Fr. Paul Francis Leibold was appointed as Priest of Cincinnati (USA)

Sr. Joaquina de San Francisco Vedruna de Mas (Joaquina), C.C.V., Founder of Carmelite Sisters of Charity, was beatified

Bishop Tomás Gregorio Camacho, Bishop of Salto (Uruguay), passed away at 72

Bishop Alfredo Viola succeeded as Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Bishop Joseph Charbonneau, Bishop of Hearst (Canada), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Thomas Aloysius Boland was elected Titular Bishop of Hirina and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop William Aloysius Griffin, Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Trenton (USA)

Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at 74

Archbishop Alexandre Vachon succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Fr. Loris Francesco Capovilla was appointed as Priest of Venezia (Italy)

Fr. Joseph-Georges-Arthur Melançon was elected Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Blessed Fr. Józef Kurzawa, Priest of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 30

Blessed Fr. Wincenty Matuszewski, Priest of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 71

Fr. Eliseu van der Weijer, O. Carm., Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Paracatu (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Gor

Bishop Hermann Schoppelrey (史赫曼), S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (China), passed away at 63

Fr. Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F., was elected Titular Bishop of Telmissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

Fr. Giovanni Vrakking, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Surigao (Philippines)

Fr. Ioan Suciu was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) and Titular Bishop of Moglæna

Sr. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa (Paola Francesca), A.D.C., was beatified

Apostolic Vicariate of Oubangui Chari was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Berbérati) (Central African Republic)

Apostolic Prefecture of Berbérati was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban and Apostolic Vicariate of Oubangui Chari) (Central African Republic)

Bishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bangui (Central African Republic)

Fr. William Charles Quinn (光一幸), C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus and Vicar Apostolic of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Blessed Fr. Władysław Demski, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 55

Fr. Jean-Marie Phan Ðình Phùng was elected Titular Bishop of Marciana and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Bishop Valentin Wojciech, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 72

Blessed Fr. Otto Neururer, Priest of Brixen (Italy), passed away at 58

Fr. Emile Maurice Guerry was elected Titular Archbishop of Acrida and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Archbishop John Pius Dowling, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), passed away at 79

Archbishop Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Fr. John Michael O’Neill was elected Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada)

Sr. Marie Guillemette Émilie de Rodat, S.F., was beatified

Bishop Ludovic Joseph Legraive, Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium), passed away at 81

Bishop Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi (パウロ 山口 愛次郎) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Fr. Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi (フランシスコ 出口 一太郎) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Bishop Melquisedec del Canto Terán, Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Chile), passed away at 73

Bishop Raffaele Santi, Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus

Br. Ignazio da Laconi Peis (Vincenzo), O.F.M. Cap., was beatified

Blessed Fr. Stanisław Pyrtek was appointed as Priest of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Msgr. Gioacchino Sormanti was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Rhaetia (Switzerland), passed away at 72

Bishop Michael Joseph McGrath, Bishop of Menevia (Wales), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales)

Bishop Alphonse-Emmanuel Deschamps, Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), passed away at 65

Fr. Antonio Macculi was appointed as Priest of Otranto (Italy)

Fr. Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (雷鳴遠), C.S.J.B., Founder of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist, passed away at 62

Mission sui juris of Bikoro was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Semarang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia) (Indonesia)

Fr. Andrea Windels, C.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Nikollë Vinçens Prenushi, O.F.M., Bishop of Sapë (Albania), was promoted as Archbishop of Durrës (Albania)

Fr. Giorgio Volaj was elected Bishop of Sapë (Albania)

Fr. Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Adramyttium

Bishop Angel Diego y Carbajal (翟德隆), O.E.S.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Changde 常德 (China), passed away at 72

Fr. John Zhang Zhi-nan (Tchang) (張指南), Prefect Apostolic of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China), passed away at 67

Archbishop Aniello Calcara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy), Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy) and Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Angrisani was elected Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Ettorre, Titular Bishop of Sela and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

Fr. Juan Vicente Solís Fernández was elected Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Fr. Angel Suquía Goicoechea was appointed as Priest of Vitoria (Spain)

Apostolic Prefecture of Akyab was established (from Diocese of Chittagong) (Myanmar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Orange River was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Keimoes (South Africa)

Fr. Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Adrasus and Vicar Apostolic of Keimoes (South Africa)

Fr. León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Madaurus

Fr. Thomas Albert Newman, M.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Akyab (Myanmar)

Territorial Prelature of Chapada was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Diocese of Corumbá and Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Fr. James Darcy Freeman was appointed as Priest of Sydney (Australia)

Pope Pius XII resigned as Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Cardinal Nicola Canali, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, was appointed as Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Bishop Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Kontum (Vietnam), passed away at 73

Fr. José Abraham Martínez Betancourt was elected Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Fr. Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena was elected Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico)

Archbishop Mecislovas Reinys succeeded as Titular Archbishop of Cypsela and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Fr. Vincenzo Padolskis was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania) and Titular Bishop of Laranda

Bishop José Aníbal Verdaguer y Corominas, Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina), passed away at 63

Fr. Vince Kovács was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary) and Titular Bishop of Zaraï

Fr. Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Gallup (USA)

Bishop Ernest François Geurts (武致中), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (China), passed away at 77

Bishop Eugenio Lebouille (劉士杰), C.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (China)

Fr. Mario Pio Gaspari was appointed as Priest of Bologna (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Fellinger, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine), passed away at 75

Fr. Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun was elected Bishop of Autun (France)

Fr. Pierre-Marie Théas was elected Bishop of Montauban (France)

Fr. Francisco Javier Valdivia Pinedo was appointed as Bishop of Linares (Chile)

Fr. Luigi Poggi was appointed as Priest of Piacenza (Italy)

Fr. Ángel Herrera Oria was appointed as Priest of Santander (Spain)

Bishop Jonas de Araújo Batinga, Bishop of Penedo (Brazil), passed away at 75

Fr. Antoni Niemancewicz, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus)

Blessed Bishop Mykolai Charnets’kyi (Миколай Чарнецький), C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus)

Bishop Nicolás De Carlo, Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Resistencia (Argentina)

Fr. José Weimann, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

Fr. Albertus Soegijapranata, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Danaba and Vicar Apostolic of Semarang (Indonesia)

Fr. Francis James Brennan, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan), passed away at 67

Msgr. Giovanni Sessolo was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Blessed Fr. Włodzimierz Laskowski, Priest of Poznań (Poland), passed away at 54

Fr. Vittorio De Zanche was elected Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy)

Fr. Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Tiberias and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Eliseu Maria Coroli, B., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Guamá (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Zama maior

Archbishop Louis Batanian was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Gabula

Fr. Salvador Martinez Silva was elected Titular Bishop of Jasus and Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Barry, Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA), passed away at 71

Fr. Joseph Ferche was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Vina

Fr. Joseph Patrick Hurley was elected Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

Bishop Smiljan Franjo Cekada, Titular Bishop of Pharbæthus and Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was appointed as Bishop of Skopje (North Macedonia)

Fr. Luciano Angeloni was appointed as Priest of Albenga (Italy)

Bishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin, Bishop of Saint-Dié (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)

Fr. Pietro Ossola was elected Titular Bishop of Axomis

Cardinal Isidro Gomá y Tomás, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 71

Archbishop Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J., Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon, passed away at 68

Bishop Antonio Melomo, Bishop of Monopoli (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy), Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy) and Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy)

Fr. Felice Bonomini was elected Bishop of Narni (Italy) and Bishop of Terni (Italy)

Venerable Fr. Cirillo Giovanni Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Acilisene and Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Archbishop George Gauthier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada), passed away at 68

Fr. Berardo Barracciu (巴), O.F.M. Conv., Prefect Apostolic of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China), passed away at 56

Apostolic Prefecture of Cubango in Angola was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Nova Lisboa) (Angola)

Mission sui juris of Cunène was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Nova Lisboa) (Angola)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Congo in Cubango was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda) (Angola)

Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda (with suffragan sees Nova Lisboa, São Tomé and Silva Porto, gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Congo in Cubango and Mission sui juris of Lunda and lost territory to establish Diocese of Nova Lisboa and Diocese of Silva Porto) (Angola)

Mission sui juris of Lunda was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda) (Angola)

Diocese of Nova Lisboa was established (from Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda, from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Cubango in Angola and Mission sui juris of Cunène and became suffragan of Luanda) (Angola)

Diocese of Silva Porto was established (from Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda and became suffragan of Luanda) (Angola)

Mission sui juris of Portuguese Guinea was established (from Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde) (Guinea-Bissau)

Diocese of Beira was established (from Territorial Prelature of Mozambique and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques) (Mozambique)

Territorial Prelature of Mozambique was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques (with suffragan sees Beira and Nampula and lost territory to establish Diocese of Beira and Diocese of Nampula) (Mozambique)

Diocese of Nampula was established (from Territorial Prelature of Mozambique and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques) (Mozambique)

Diocese of Díli was established (from Diocese of Macau 澳門 and became suffragan of Goa and Daman) (Timor-Leste)

Fr. Giovanni Cardona, C.S.Sp., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Lunda (Angola)

Fr. Charles Estermann, C.S.Sp., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

Bishop Palmyre-Georges Jansoone, Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France), passed away at 82

Bishop Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia, Titular Bishop of Leuce and Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)

Bishop Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp., Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola)

Archbishop Leonard Brindisi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece), passed away at 86

Archbishop Arthur Jerome Drossaerts, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Antonio (USA), passed away at 77

Blessed Fr. Zygmunt Sajna, Priest of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 43

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン), M.E.P., resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

Bishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo, Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

Bishop Patrick Casey, Bishop of Ross (Ireland), passed away at 67

Mr. Enzo Franceschini, I.S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Kingship of Christ

Bishop Joaquim Ferreira de Melo, Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil), passed away at 67

Bishop István Breyer, Bishop of Győr (Hungary), passed away at 60

Fr. Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron was elected Bishop of Annecy (France)

Fr. Emile-Arsène Blanchet was elected Bishop of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

Fr. Alfonso María Buteler was elected Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Fr. Stanislav Zela was elected Titular Bishop of Harpasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Bishop Auguste-Joseph-Marie Simeone, Bishop of Fréjus (France), passed away at 77

Bishop William Timothy Cotter, Bishop of Portsmouth (England), passed away at 73

Bishop Sylvester Joseph Espelage (艾原道), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang 武昌 (China), passed away at 63

Fr. Tiziano da Verona, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia)

Archbishop Celestino Endrici, Archbishop of Trento (Italy), passed away at 74

Bishop Grégoire Haggiar, B.S., Bishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel), passed away at 65

Bishop Joseph Gabriel Pinten, Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sela

Fr. John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Archbishop Maximiliano Crespo Rivera, Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia), passed away at 79

Fr. Jean-Marie Vittoz was elected Titular Bishop of Bitylius and Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble (France)

Bishop Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC., Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA), passed away at 64

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン), M.E.P., was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Amorium

Fr. Federico da Baselga, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Endeber (Ethiopia)

Msgr. James Francis McIntyre, Priest of New York (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Cyrene and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Archbishop Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Archbishop Juan Francesco Aragone, Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Melitene

Venerable Fr. Vincenzo Cimatti (ヴィンチェンツォ・チマッチ), S.D.B., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Miyazaki 宮崎 (Japan)

Fr. Joseph Li Chao-gui (李朝貴) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Linqing 臨清 (China)

Fr. Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro was elected Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Gustave-Joseph Deswazières (祝福), M.E.P., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Beihai 北海 (China)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Castanier (ジャン・バティスト・カスタニエ), M.E.P., Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria

Fr. Augustin Arce Mostajo was elected Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Castanier (ジャン・バティスト・カスタニエ), M.E.P., resigned as Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Bishop Carlo Maria Splett, Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chełmno (Poland)

Archbishop Thomas Francis Hickey, Bishop emeritus of Rochester (USA), passed away at 79

Bishop José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟), Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau), was promoted as Patriarch of East Indies and Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Fr. Albini LeBlanc was elected Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

Fr. Thomas Leo Parker was elected Bishop of Northampton (England)

Fr. Juan Gualberto Guevara was elected Bishop of Trujillo (Peru)

Fr. Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz was elected Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

Fr. Vittorio Alvarez, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

Fr. Teodosio Moreno Quintana was elected Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens, Bishop of Marquette (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Blessed Fr. Michał Piaszczyński, Priest of Łomża (Poland), passed away at 55

Bishop Miho Pušic, Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral was elected Bishop of Lorena (Brazil)

Fr. Francis Joseph Magner was elected Bishop of Marquette (USA)

Archbishop Tomasso Trussoni, Archbishop emeritus of Cosenza (Italy), passed away at 84