Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Rusadus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Rusadus (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Cardicium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Cardicium (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Amathus in Palæstina was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Amathus in Palæstina (Jordan)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Arca in Armenia (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (Lebanon)

Titular Episcopal See of Daphnusia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Daphnusia (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Hemeria was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hemeria (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Sauatra was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sauatra (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Torone was suppressed

Fr. Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Algeria)

Fr. Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Algeria), passed away at 63

Bishop Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia)

Fr. Antônio Julio María Mattioli, S.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil)

Fr. Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santarém (Brazil)

Fr. Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chapada (Brazil)

Archbishop Emile Yelle, P.S.S., resigned as Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

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

Bishop Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli (佳格理), O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Qichun 蘄春 (China)

Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi (譚維新), P.I.M.E., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China)

Fr. Giovanni Simrak was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Bishop Jan Remiger resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Giovanni Dalla Vecchia was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece)

Fr. John Berchmans Koithara, C.M.I., was appointed as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Bartholomew Perumalil, C.M.I., resigned as Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

Fr. Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia), passed away at 73

Fr. Michael Browne, O.P., resigned as Rector Magnificus of International Pontifical Institute of Angelicum

Archbishop Antonino Arata, Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia and Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

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

Msgr. Paolo Savino, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Msgr. Giuseppe Cesarini resigned as Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Msgr. Giuseppe Guerri, Regent of Apostolic Dataria, was appointed as Underdatary of Apostolic Dataria

Msgr. Marco Martini, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Regent of Apostolic Dataria

Fr. Dominic Senyemon Fukahori (ドミニコ 深堀 仙右衛門) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Bishop Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Fr. Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ 松岡 孫四郎) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Japan) and Prefect Apostolic of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Msgr. Joachim Miyoichi Ideguchi (ヨアキム 井手口 三代市) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

Msgr. Lawrence Tatewaki Toda (ラウレンチオ 戸田帯刀) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Fr. Anton Ceska (アントン・テェスカ), S.V.D., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

Fr. Josef Reiners (ヨゼフ・ライネルス), S.V.D., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Fr. Giovanni Maria Gonzalez, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Zamora (Mexico)

Archbishop Albert Levame resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

Fr. Claudio Bravo Moran resigned as Apostolic Administrator of San León del Amazonas (Peru)

Blessed Bishop Valeriu Traian Frenţiu, Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Fr. Michel Florent (Clovis François Florent), O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad (Russia)

Fr. Felice Herrmann, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Karafuto (Russia), passed away

Fr. Toda Lorenzo Tatewaki was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto (Russia)

Fr. Ildefonso Lanslots, O.S.B. Subl., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Northern Transvaal (South Africa), passed away at 82

Fr. Paul Chou (주재용 바오로) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zenshu (South Korea)

Fr. Stephen Kim (김양홍 스테파노), Prefect Apostolic of Zenshu (South Korea), passed away

Fr. Owen MacPolin (임 오엔), S.S.C.M.E., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Shunsen (South Korea)

Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Tanzania), passed away

Fr. Giordano de Rudder, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Upper Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Fr. Francesco Drapier, O.P., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Gazireh (Turkiye)

Fr. Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle, Priest of New York (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Vincent Albert McCormick, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. Umberto Montevecchi, P.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Fr. Giuseppe Moschiano, P.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Bishop Giuseppe di Girolamo, Bishop of Lucera (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis

Fr. Francesco Pieri was elected Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia and Coadjutor Bishop of Orvieto (Italy)

Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado, L.C., was appointed as Founder of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ

Bishop Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien, Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique), passed away at 68

Fr. Michael Augustine O’Connor, O.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China)

Bishop Hippolyte Tréhiou, Bishop of Vannes (France), passed away at 60

Apostolic Prefecture of Bahama was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bahama Islands (Bahamas)

Bishop John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B., Prefect Apostolic of Bahama (Bahamas), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands (Bahamas)

Fr. Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Cybistra and Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia)

Fr. Georges-Louis-Camille Debray was elected Titular Bishop of Pharbæthus and Coadjutor Bishop of Meaux (France)

Bishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー), Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Calydon

Bishop Albert Henri Charles Breton (アルベルト・ブルトン), M.E.P., resigned as Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Bishop Gioacchino Bonardi, Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop André-Marie-Elie Jarosseau, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Harar (Ethiopia), passed away at 82

Archbishop Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Bishop Juan Casado Obispo, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Thái Bính (Vietnam), passed away at 54

Fr. Vilmos Apor was elected Bishop of Győr (Hungary)

Bishop Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I., Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador), passed away at 61

Bishop Robert Emmet Lucey, Bishop of Amarillo (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Antonio (USA)

Blessed Fr. Stefan Grelewski, Priest of Radom (Poland), passed away at 41

Bishop Johannes Biermans, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Upper Nile (Uganda), passed away at 69

Apostolic Vicariate of Hawaiian Islands was promoted as Diocese of Honolulu (became suffragan of San Francisco) (USA)

Archbishop Kaspar Klein, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at 75

Fr. Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Piura (Peru)

Fr. Yakiv Medweckyj, Apostolic Administrator of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland), passed away at 61

Fr. Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Cubango in Angola (Angola), was elected Bishop of Nova Lisboa (Angola)

Fr. Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Lower Congo in Cubango (Angola), was elected Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Archbishop Paul Auad, Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon of the Syriacs

Bishop Florencio Cerviño y González, Bishop of Ourense (Spain), passed away at 83

Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna (Poland)

Fr. Guiseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Thennesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Thomas McGucken was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) and Titular Bishop of Sanavus

Msgr. Oleksandr Malynowskyj was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Bishop Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC., Bishop of Temuco (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Nisyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Archbishop Gaudenzio Manuelli, Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy), passed away at 67

Bishop Philippe-Servulo Desranleau succeeded as Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Bishop Alphonse-Osias Gagnon, Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada), passed away at 80

Archbishop Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Lugo (Spain), passed away at 73

Bishop Israel Audo, Bishop of Mardin of the Chaldeans (Turkiye), passed away at 81

Archbishop Ferdinando Fiandaca, Bishop emeritus of Patti (Italy), passed away at 83

Fr. Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Saigon (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Gadara

Bishop Guillermo Tritschler y Córdoba, Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop Alexander MacDonald, Bishop emeritus of Victoria (Canada), passed away at 83

Bishop Henry Thomas Renouf, Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada), passed away at 68

Archbishop José Othón Núñez y Zárate, Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico), passed away at 73

Bishop Pierre Patau, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Perpignan–Elne (France), passed away at 76

Fr. Giacinto Tamburini was elected Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy)

Fr. Théophile Reyn, M.O., Founder of Missionaries of Workers, passed away at 80

Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati and Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 69

Fr. José de Medeiros Delgado was elected Bishop of Caicó (Brazil)

Fr. Daniel Joseph Hannon was elected Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Fr. Joseph Calasanz Fließer was elected Titular Bishop of Gargara and Auxiliary Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Bishop Basilio Manuel Olimpo Pereira, O.F.M., Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lipara

Fr. Edward Quentin Jennings was elected Titular Bishop of Sala and Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Fr. Arturo Mery Beckdorf was elected Titular Bishop of Parnassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile)

Fr. Roberto Moreira Martínez was elected Bishop of Linares (Chile)

Msgr. Carlo Confalonieri, Priest of Milano (Italy), was elected Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Alcantara da Habas, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

Fr. Gustavo Bianchi was elected Bishop of Monopoli (Italy)

Fr. Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎), Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan)

Fr. Thomas de la Hoz (楊多默 / トマス・デ・ラ・ホス), O.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Rajaburi was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Rajaburi (Thailand)

Fr. René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Mysore (India)

Fr. Joseph Grueter, C.M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Badiæ and Vicar Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa)

Fr. Gaétan Pasotti, S.D.B., Prefect Apostolic of Rajaburi (Thailand), was elected Titular Bishop of Barata and Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi (Thailand)

Fr. Joseph Wendel was elected Titular Bishop of Lebessus and Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Fr. Pedro Massa, S.D.B., Apostolic Administrator of Rio Negro (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Rio Negro (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Hebron

Fr. Giovanni Canestri was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Salvatore Pappalardo was appointed as Priest of Catania (Italy)

Bishop Carlo De Ferrari, C.S.S., Bishop of Carpi (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Trento (Italy)

Fr. Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco was elected Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Fr. Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A., Apostolic Administrator of Jataí (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Jataí (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Oreus

Bishop Luís António de Almeida, Bishop emeritus of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal), passed away at 68

Fr. Joseph Marie Zhang Jing-xiu (張敬修), Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China), passed away at 60

Cardinal Karel Boromejský Kašpar, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 70

Bishop Trifone Pederzolli, Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia), passed away at 77

Bishop Giuseppe Conti, Bishop of Pienza (Italy) and Bishop of Chiusi (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles), passed away at 74

Blessed Fr. Bolesław Strzelecki, Priest of Radom (Poland), passed away at 44

Diocese of Amargosa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Bishop José da Matha de Andrade y Amaral, Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil)

Fr. Heinrich Metzroth was elected Titular Bishop of Thyatira and Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Fr. Vigilio da Valstagna Dalla Zuanna (Federico), O.F.M. Cap., Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was elected Bishop of Carpi (Italy)

Bishop Albert Henri Charles Breton (アルベルト・ブルトン), M.E.P., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Arabissus

Fr. Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Nampula (Mozambique)

Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, S.M.A., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Fr. James Joseph Sweeney was elected Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

Archbishop Manoel da Silva Gomes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Viminacium

Fr. Georges Cabana was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) and Titular Archbishop of Anchialus

Fr. Rosario L. Brodeur was elected Titular Bishop of Midaëum and Coadjutor Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

Fr. Ottorino Zanon, P.S.S.G., was appointed as Founder of Society of Saint Cajetan

Blessed Archbishop Antoni Julian Nowowiejski, Bishop of Płock (Poland), passed away at 83

Bishop Kyril Stefan Kurteff resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

Fr. Joseph Gao Zheng-yi (Kao) (高正一) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

Archbishop Ercole Attuoni, Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Massimo Rinaldi, Bishop of Rieti (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Jacques Martin, Priest of Nice (France), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Johannes Evangelist Maria Gföllner, Bishop of Linz (Austria), passed away at 73

Bishop John Henry King, Titular Bishop of Opus and Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth (England), was appointed as Bishop of Portsmouth (England)

Archbishop Alexandru Nicolescu, Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 58

Fr. Thomas Benjamin Fulton was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Giuseppe Kupka, Bishop of Brno (Czechia), passed away at 79

Bishop Francisco Aguirre Murga (宋金鈴), O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Fuzhou 福州 (China), passed away at 78

Archbishop Paul Auad, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon of the Syriacs, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth

Bishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta, Titular Bishop of Limnæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Bishop Andrej Škrábik, Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Bishop Adolphe Rayssac (實茂芳), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Shantou 汕頭 (China), passed away at 74

Fr. Emilio Favarato, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China)

Fr. Giuseppe Ribeiro de Magalhaes, O.F.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau)

Archbishop Martín Tritschler y Córdoba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico), passed away at 73

Fr. Cahal Brendan Daly was appointed as Priest of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Blessed Fr. Andrii Ischak (Андрій Іщак), Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 53

Blessed Fr. Mykola Konrad (Микола Конрад), Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 65

Fr. Joseph-Conrad Chaumont was elected Titular Bishop of Arena and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Lawrence-Patrick Whelan was elected Titular Bishop of Opus and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Bishop Fortunado Devoto, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), passed away at 68

Fr. Marcelo González Martín was appointed as Priest of Valladolid (Spain)

Bishop Carlos Labbé Márquez, Bishop of Iquique (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Leuce

Fr. Giuseppe Misuraca was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela and Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia

Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó was renamed as Diocese of Antioquía (lost territory to establish Diocese of Jericó) (Colombia)

Diocese of Jericó was restored (from Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó and became suffragan of Medellín) (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Urabá was suppressed (Colombia)

Bishop Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa, Bishop of Antioquía–Jericó (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

Fr. Antonio Eustaquio Aguirrebeitia y Arriaga, O.C.D., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Urabá (Colombia)

Bishop Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo, Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador), passed away at 73

Fr. Michael O’Reilly was elected Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada)

Fr. Denis J. Moynihan was elected Bishop of Ross (Ireland)

Bishop François-Joseph Dantin, M.S., Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar), passed away at 71

Fr. Agostino Ferrari Toniolo was appointed as Priest of Venezia (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cooktown was promoted as Diocese of Cairns (Australia)

Bishop John Heavey, O.E.S.A., Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

Fr. André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Dystis and Vicar Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Vitus Zhang Zuo-heng (Chang Tso-huan) (張作恆), S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Eguga and Vicar Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (China)

Fr. Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar) and Titular Bishop of Phatanus

Fr. Igino Eugenio Cardinale was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Bishop John Heavey, O.E.S.A., resigned as Titular Bishop of Coracesium

Bishop Clemente Malouf, B.S., Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 79

Bishop Theodore Mary Reverman, Bishop of Superior (USA), passed away at 63

Venerable Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Fr. Luís Gonzaga da Cunha Marelim, C.M., was elected Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil)

Bishop Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Lete and Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Rieti (Italy)

Fr. Domenico Vendola was elected Bishop of Lucera (Italy)

Bishop Rosario L. Brodeur succeeded as Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

Bishop Félix Couturier, O.P., Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada), passed away at 65

Abbot Placidus Glogger, O.S.B., President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria, passed away at 66

Bishop Laurenz Matthias Vincenz, Bishop of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 67

Fr. Carlo Baldini, O.M.D., was elected Bishop of Chiusi (Italy) and Bishop of Pienza (Italy)

Fr. Laurence Julius FitzSimon was elected Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

Bishop Martino Meulenberg, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland), passed away at 68

Fr. Paolo Dezza, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Archbishop Giovanni Maria Zonghi, President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 94

Fr. Alejandro Menchaca Lira was elected Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Fr. Lorenz Jäger, Priest of Paderborn (Germany), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. José Vieira Alvernaz was elected Bishop of Cochin (India)

Bishop Charles-Joseph Nicolas, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island (Fiji), passed away at 81

Bishop Carlos Labbé Márquez was appointed as Military Vicar of Chile (Chile)

Fr. José Luis Fermandois Cabrera, Military Vicar of Chile (Chile), passed away

Fr. José Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Botrys and Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru)

Bishop Antonio Senso Lázaro, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), passed away at 73

Bishop Francisco de Campos Barreto, Bishop of Campinas (Brazil), passed away at 64

Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini (鳳朝瑞), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (China), passed away at 74

Bishop Santiago López de Rego y Labarta, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands (Micronesia), passed away at 72

Blessed Fr. Roman Lysko (Роман Лиско) was appointed as Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Blessed Bishop Iuliu Hossu, Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) and Apostolic Administrator of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

Archbishop Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon, Archbishop-Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

Bishop François-Joseph Person succeeded as Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Bishop Paolo Schirò, Ordinary emeritus of Silicia of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Jaime de Barros Câmara, Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Fr. Pedro Aguilera Narbona was elected Bishop of Iquique (Chile)

Bishop Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Nicolas Cadi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 80

Fr. Christianus Caminada was elected Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Fr. Paul Chevrier was elected Bishop of Cahors (France)

Fr. Auguste Joseph Gaudel was elected Bishop of Fréjus (France)

Bishop François-Joseph Person, Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti), passed away at 45

Bishop Carlos Silva Cotapos, Bishop emeritus of Talca (Chile), passed away at 73

Bishop Georg Weig (維昌祿), S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China), passed away at 57

Fr. Giuseppe De Nicola was elected Titular Bishop of Pergamum and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

Bishop Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla, Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Bishop Enrique Pla y Deniel, Bishop of Salamanca (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 76

Blessed Bishop Leone Wetmański, Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland), passed away at 55

Fr. Antoine-Marie Cazaux was elected Bishop of Luçon (France)

Fr. Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec was elected Bishop of Vannes (France)

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

Apostolic Prefecture of Bandung was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bandung (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Purwokerto was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaia (Indonesia)

Bishop Justin Cawet, Coadjutor Bishop of Namur (Belgium), passed away at 75

Fr. Jacobus Hubertus Goumans, O.S.C., Prefect Apostolic of Bandung (Indonesia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bandung (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Lauzadus

Fr. Michel Thomas Verhoeks, C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia), was elected Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina and Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia)

Fr. Bernardus Joseph Joannes Visser, M.S.C., Prefect Apostolic of Purwokerto (Indonesia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

Bishop Carlos Labbé Márquez, Military Vicar of Chile (Chile), passed away at 64

Fr. Julio Tadeo Ramírez Ortiz was appointed as Military Vicar of Chile (Chile)

Bishop Claude-Marie Chanrion, S.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), passed away at 76

Bishop-elect Christianus Caminada was confirmed as Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Fr. Guido del Mestri, Priest of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Norberto Perini was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy)

Archbishop Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson, Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada), passed away at 62

Fr. Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

Diocese of Piana dei Greci (Italo-Albanese Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Piana degli Albanesi (Italy)

Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem., Bishop of Namur (Belgium), passed away at 85

Archbishop Sigismund Waitz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria), passed away at 77

Bishop Daniel Foley, Bishop of Ballarat (Australia), passed away at 76

Bishop John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Bismarck (USA), passed away at 85

Fr. Antonio Ildefonse dos Santos Silva, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Silva Porto (Angola)

Bishop Hermeto José Pinheiro, Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil), passed away at 71

Bishop Cleto Vincenzo Pejov, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria), passed away at 67

Fr. Gasper Arsenius Pinto, I.M.S., was appointed as Founder of Indian Missionary Society

Bishop Oronzo Luciano Durante, Bishop of San Severo (Italy), passed away at 76

Diocese of Tagbilaran was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu and became suffragan of Cebu) (Philippines)

Bishop André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Limnæ

Blessed Fr. Henryk Hlebowicz, Priest of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 37

Bishop Mario Sturzo, Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy), passed away at 80

Fr. Maximiliano Spiller, C.S.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Myrica

Bishop Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau (倪德隆), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China), passed away at 91

Diocese of Denver was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Denver (with suffragan sees Cheyenne and Pueblo and lost territory to establish Diocese of Pueblo) (USA)

Diocese of Pueblo was established (from Diocese of Denver and became suffragan of Denver) (USA)

Bishop Urban John Vehr, Bishop of Denver (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Msgr. Antonio Barosi (畢性和), P.I.M.E., Apostolic Administrator of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China), passed away at 39

Fr. Michael Wasaburo Urakawa (ミカエル 浦川 和三郎) was elected Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Archbishop Basile Khoury, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 58

Fr. Ernesto de Paula was elected Bishop of Jacarezinho (Brazil)

Fr. José Maria Cuenco was elected Titular Bishop of Hemeria and Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Fr. Rombert Casimir Kowalski (郭時濟), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Ipsus and Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang 武昌 (China)

Fr. Jean Kurio was elected Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ 田口 芳五郎), Priest of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), was elected Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku 四国 (Japan) and Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Fr. Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Blessed Fr. Ludwik Roch Gietyngier, Priest of Częstochowa (Poland), passed away at 37

Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica, Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua and Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Archbishop Luigi Centoz, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica and Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Bishop Salvatore Frattocchi, Bishop of Orvieto (Italy), passed away at 86

Bishop Francesco Pieri succeeded as Bishop of Orvieto (Italy)

Fr. Peter William Bartholome was elected Titular Bishop of Lete and Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Fr. Edward Gerard Hettinger was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Columbus (USA) and Titular Bishop of Teos

Fr. Joseph Clement Willging was elected Bishop of Pueblo (USA)

Sr. Maddalena di Canossa (Magdalen of Canossa), F.d.C.C., Founder of Sons of Charity (Canossians) and Founder of Canossian Daughters of Charity (Canossians), was beatified

Archbishop Pasquale Gagliardi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manfredonia (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. André Marie Charue was elected Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Fr. Costanzo Bergna, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Dessiè (Ethiopia), passed away at 57

Archbishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres, Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico), passed away at 76

Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos, Bishop of Santos (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Fr. José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez was appointed as Priest of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Diocese of Oliveira was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte and became suffragan of Belo Horizonte) (Brazil)

Bishop Alessandro Fontana, Bishop of Ferentino (Italy), passed away at 70

Fr. James Robert Knox was appointed as Priest of Perth (Australia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Padang was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Medan (Indonesia)

Bishop James Patrick O’Collins, Bishop of Geraldton (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Fr. Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Vizagapatam (India)

Bishop Mattias Leonardus Trudon Brans, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Padang (Indonesia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Medan (Indonesia)

Fr. Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Midaëum and Vicar Apostolic of Kontum (Vietnam)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia), passed away at 81

Fr. Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Fr. Evelio Díaz y Cía was elected Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Blessed Fr. Secondo Pollo, Priest of Vercelli (Italy), passed away at 33

Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger, Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Bishop Manuel López Arana, Titular Bishop of Curium and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), passed away at 57

Fr. William Patrick O’Connor was elected Bishop of Superior (USA)