Nominations and Resignations

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

Titular Episcopal See of Orthosias in Phœnicia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Orthosia in Phœnicia (Lebanon)

Titular Episcopal See of Tanais was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Tanais (Russia)

Fr. Alonso Manuel Escalante, M.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pando (Bolivia)

Fr. Henrique Klein was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil)

Fr. Inácio Martinez, Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea (Brazil), passed away

Fr. Henry Carr, C.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Fr. Edmund J. McCorkell, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Fr. Joseph Gao Zong-han (Kao) (高宗漢) was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

Bishop Pavao Butorac, Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

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

Br. Henri Bacuwe resigned as Superior General of Marist Brothers

Bishop Théophile Joseph Georgi, Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs, passed away at 74

Archbishop Maurilio Silvani, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Fr. Arcadio Larraona, C.O., was appointed as Procurator General of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

Fr. Carlo Naldi, C.O., resigned as Procurator General of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

Bishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

Bishop Juan Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Msgr. Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Ogoja (Nigeria), passed away at 48

Archbishop Agustín Parrado García resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Guadix (Spain)

Fr. Pius Przeździecki, O.S.P.P.E., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Archbishop Aldo Laghi, Titular Archbishop of Nicæa and Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, passed away at 58

Bishop Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena, Bishop of Barra (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Valença (Brazil)

Bishop Adrien-Jean Larribeau (원형근 아드리아노), M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Bishop Robert Dobson, Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England), passed away at 74

Blessed Fr. Kazimierz Grelewski, Priest of Radom (Poland), passed away at 34

Blessed Fr. Józef Pawłowski, Priest of Kielce (Poland), passed away at 51

Fr. Antonino Catarella was elected Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Emil Szramek, Priest of Katowice (Poland), passed away at 54

Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Urundi (Burundi), passed away at 73

Bishop Árpád István Hanauer, Bishop of Vác (Hungary), passed away at 72

Bishop Agostino Laera, Bishop emeritus of Castellaneta (Italy), passed away at 70

Archbishop Emidio Trenta, Bishop of Viterbo (Italy), Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy), Bishop of Tuscania (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 81

Fr. Antônio Zattera was elected Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil)

Bishop Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M., Bishop of Bathurst (Canada), passed away at 74

Bishop Jeremiah Kinane, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Dercos and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland)

Bishop Conrad Abels (葉步司), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Rehe 熱河 (China), passed away at 86

Bishop Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Rehe 熱河 (China)

Fr. Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón was elected Bishop of Jericó (Colombia)

Bishop Patrick McKenna, Bishop of Clogher (Ireland), passed away at 73

Bishop Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Stanley Falls (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 81

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

Blessed Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia), passed away at 51

Fr. Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland) and Titular Bishop of Hólar

Fr. Alfred Joseph Gummer was elected Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Fr. Édouard Rostaing, M.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Curium and Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Fr. Santos Ubierna, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Vicar Apostolic of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

Fr. Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Rusadus

Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P., Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum and Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery, passed away at 79

Cardinal Enrico Gasparri, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Arthur Douville, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Colonel Georg von Sury d’Aspremont resigned as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich Pfyffer von Altishofen resigned as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Blessed Fr. Mieczysław Bohatkiewicz, Priest of Pinsk (Belarus), passed away at 38

Archbishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera, Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia), passed away at 70

Blessed Fr. Władysław Maćkowiak, Priest of Vilnius (Lithuania), passed away at 31

Blessed Fr. Stanisław Pyrtek, Priest of Vilnius (Lithuania), passed away at 28

Bishop Konstantyn Dominik, Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), passed away at 71

Diocese of Leopoldina was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana and Diocese of Juiz de Fora and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Fr. Peter Cheng Yu-tang (Tch’eng) (成玉堂), Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China), passed away at 64

Fr. Daniel Llorente y Federico was elected Titular Bishop of Daphnusia and Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain)

Bishop José Ignacio López Umaña, Bishop of Garzón (Colombia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pelusium and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia)

Bishop Paul-Augustin Lecoeur, Bishop of Saint-Flour (France), passed away at 94

Blessed Fr. Mark Gjani was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Giovanni Mariani was appointed as Priest of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy)

Bishop Alojzije Mišić, O.F.M., Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina), passed away at 82

Fr. János Scheffler was elected Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

Bishop Antonio Akšmovic, Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia

Bishop António Augusto de Castro Meireles, Bishop of Porto (Portugal), passed away at 56

Fr. Eduardo Martinez González was elected Titular Bishop of Attæa and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

Colonel Heinrich Pfyffer von Altishofen was appointed as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop Eugène-Charles-Philippe Crépin, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), passed away at 80

Blessed Fr. Piotr Edward Dańkowski, Priest of Kraków (Poland), passed away at 33

Fr. Angelo Felici was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Pericle Felici was appointed as Priest of Segni (Italy)

Bishop Mathurin Guillemé, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nyassa (Malawi), passed away at 82

Bishop Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P., Bishop of Coria (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

Fr. Florêncio Sisínio Vieira was elected Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil)

Fr. Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B., was appointed as Priest of Wien (Austria)

Bishop Adelchi Albanesi, Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Tuscania (Italy), Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) and Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy)

Fr. Tommaso Leonetti was elected Bishop of Ferentino (Italy)

Fr. Petar Čule was elected Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Girardi, Bishop of Pavia (Italy), passed away at 61

Msgr. Eugênio Sevi, Priest of Rieti (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Gonon, Bishop of Moulins (France), passed away at 73

Fr. Giovanni Cheli was appointed as Priest of Asti (Italy)

Fr. John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia) and Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Ægypto

Fr. Augustine Danglmayr was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (USA) and Titular Bishop of Olba

Fr. John Francis d’Alton was elected Titular Bishop of Binda and Coadjutor Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey, Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban, Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum, Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou, Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Apostolic Prefecture of Jos and Apostolic Prefecture of Kaduna) (Niger)

Apostolic Vicariate of Pando was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni) (Bolivia)

Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Ruppen was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Fr. François Faroud, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Niamey (Niger)

Fr. Joseph Frings was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)

Bishop Jean Larregain (甘有為), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China), passed away at 54

Fr. Willem Pieter Adrian Maria Mutsaerts was elected Titular Bishop of Lyrbe and Coadjutor Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

Blessed Fr. Józef Czempiel, Priest of Katowice (Poland), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Kazimierz Witold Gostyński, Priest of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 58

Blessed Fr. Henryk Kaczorowski, Priest of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 53

Archbishop Luis Antonio de Mena y Steinkoft, Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), passed away at 68

Bishop Agustín Aguirre y Ramos, Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico), passed away at 75

Fr. Mesrop Habozian, C.M.V., Superior General of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Vienna, was elected Titular Archbishop of Camachus

Fr. Giovanni Simrak, Apostolic Administrator of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was elected Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Bishop Francis Vazhapilly, Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 63

Bishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M., Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Blessed Fr. Michał Woźniak, Priest of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 66

Bishop Agostino de Jesus e Souza, Bishop of Lamego (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Blessed Fr. Stanisław Kubski, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 65

Cardinal Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O., Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme, passed away at 83

Archbishop Gyula Zichy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 70

Blessed Fr. Pere Tarrés i Claret was appointed as Priest of Barcelona (Spain)

Fr. Edwin Bernard Broderick was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Fr. Egano Righi-Lambertini, Priest of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Blessed Fr. Antoni Zawistowski, Priest of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 59

Fr. Ernesto Maria Fiore was appointed as Priest of Nicosia (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Gao was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako, Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso and Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou) (Mali)

Fr. Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan (王道南), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Athribis and Vicar Apostolic of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 (China)

Fr. Emanuele Galea was elected Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia and Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

Bishop Joseph Moran Corrigan, Titular Bishop of Bilta, passed away at 63

Fr. Julio Tadeo Ramírez Ortiz, Military Vicar of Chile (Chile), passed away

Bishop Barnabé Piedrabuena, Bishop emeritus of Tucumán (Argentina), passed away at 78

Bishop Juozapas Kukta, Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania), passed away at 69

Bishop Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC., Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia (Chile), was appointed as Military Vicar of Chile (Chile)

Archbishop Juan Manoel González Arbeláez, Titular Archbishop of Ænus, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

Fr. Marie-Georges Petit was elected Titular Bishop of Leuce and Coadjutor Bishop of Verdun (France)

Msgr. Giacomo Violardo, Priest of Roma (Italy), Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Domestic Prelate and Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Arcadia and Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Fr. Luigi Rosa was elected Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy)

Fr. Gerardo Martínez Madrigal was elected Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

Blessed Fr. Maksymilian Binkiewicz, Priest of Częstochowa (Poland), passed away at 34

Fr. Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Msgr. Alberto Di Jorio, Priest of Roma (Italy), Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals, Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals and Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium, was appointed as Secretary General of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Mr. Bernardino Nogara was appointed as President of Institute for Works of Religion

Blessed Fr. Giovanni Fornasini was appointed as Priest of Bologna (Italy)

Fr. Ubaldo Marchioni was appointed as Priest of Bologna (Italy)

Territorial Abbacy of San Paolo fuori le Mura lost territory to Diocese of Amelia (Italy)

Abbot Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia

Bishop Felice Agostino Addeo, O.S.A., Bishop of Nicosia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Trajanopolis in Phrygia

Blessed Fr. Jan Nepomucen Chrzan, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 57

Fr. Luigi Nogara (羅克信), P.I.M.E., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China)

Fr. Sotero Sanz Villalba was appointed as Priest of Tarazona (Spain)

Fr. Carlo Allorio was elected Bishop of Pavia (Italy)

Fr. Ivan Garufaloff, C.R., was elected Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) and Titular Bishop of Lagania

Fr. Ivan Romanoff was elected Titular Bishop of Prizren and Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Fr. Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA) and Titular Bishop of Maina

Bishop Domenico Dell’Aquila, Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Angelo Rossini was elected Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Bishop Heinrich Ritter, C.S.Sp., Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil), passed away at 63

Fr. Norbert Robichaud was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Fr. Camille-André LeBlanc was elected Bishop of Bathurst (Canada)

Bishop Georges-Louis-Camille Debray succeeded as Bishop of Meaux (France)

Bishop Joseph Evrard, Bishop of Meaux (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dionysiopolis

Bishop Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia), passed away at 62

Blessed Fr. Michał Oziębłowski, Priest of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 41

Blessed Fr. Gerhard Hirschfelder, Priest of Münster (Germany), passed away at 35

Blessed Fr. Aleksy Sobaszek, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 47

Fr. Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Gao (Mali)

Bishop Pio Giardina, Titular Bishop of Hephæstus and Auxiliary Bishop of Messina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nicosia (Italy)

Archbishop Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile), passed away at 45

Blessed Fr. Edward Detkens, Priest of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 56

Blessed Fr. Edward Grzymała, Priest of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 35

Blessed Fr. Józef Straszewski, Priest of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 57

Archbishop Tommaso Valeri, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria

Bishop Luis María Benziger, O.C.D., Bishop emeritus of Quilon (India), passed away at 78

Blessed Fr. Georg Häfner, Priest of Würzburg (Germany), passed away at 41

Blessed Fr. Władysław Mączkowski, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 31

Fr. João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Barra (Brazil)

Fr. Costantino Stella was elected Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Dominik Jędrzejewski, Priest of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 56

Bishop Dennis P. O’Connor, Bishop of Peterborough (Canada), passed away at 57

Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni) (Bolivia)

Fr. Francesco Orlando was elected Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds, Archbishop of Hobart (Australia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Antinoë and Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

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

Blessed Fr. Adam Bargielski, Priest of Łomża (Poland), passed away at 39

Bishop François-Lazare Seguin (施恩), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (China), passed away at 74

Archbishop Stanisław Gall, Military Vicar emeritus of Poland (Poland) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 77

Bishop Jean Larrart (藍士謙), M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

Bishop Johann Baptist Schauer, Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 70

Fr. Pierluigi Sartorelli was appointed as Priest of Rijeka–Opatija (Croatia)

Bishop Gyula Glattfelder, Bishop of Csanád (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Fr. Jozsef Pétery was elected Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

Fr. João de Deus Ramalho (羅若望), S.J., was elected Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Fr. Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Sabadia and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador)

Fr. Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar was elected Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi (譚維新), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China), passed away at 69

Fr. Jean Louis Collignan, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Blessed Fr. Antoni Rewera, Priest of Sandomierz (Poland), passed away at 73

Bishop Natale de Cleene, C.I.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 72

Fr. Georges-Clément-Joseph-Édouard Jacquin was elected Bishop of Moulins (France)

Blessed Fr. Roman Sitko, Priest of Tarnów (Poland), passed away at 62

Blessed Fr. Franciszek Rosłaniec, Priest of Radom (Poland), passed away at 52

Bishop Thomas Pothacamury, Bishop of Guntur (India), was appointed as Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Ernesto Corripio Ahumada was appointed as Priest of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico)

Blessed Fr. Władysław Miegoń, Priest of Poland (Poland), passed away at 50

Bishop Reinaldo Muñoz Olave, Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile), passed away at 78

Cardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio and Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), passed away at 60

Bishop Dante Maria Munerati, S.D.B., Bishop of Volterra (Italy), passed away at 73

Fr. Raúl Francisco Primatesta was appointed as Priest of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop Jean-Germain Mousset (문제만 제르마노), M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

Bishop William Finnemann, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Mindoro (Philippines), passed away at 59

Bishop Henry Gregory Thompson, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Gibraltar (Gibraltar), passed away at 71

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Rosa, Archbishop of Perugia (Italy), passed away at 75

Blessed Fr. Stanisław Mysakowski, Priest of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 46

Bishop Pasquale Ragosta, Bishop emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I., Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Photice

Bishop Thomas Tien Ken-sin (田耕莘), S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Yanggu 陽穀 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Fr. John Baptist Hu Ruo-han (胡若翰) resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Shinan 施南 (China)

Bishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

Fr. Paul Marie Ro Ki-nam (노기남 바오로 / 盧基南) was elected Titular Bishop of Colbasa and Vicar Apostolic of Seul 서울 (South Korea)

Fr. Irenaeus Hayasaka (하야사카 이레네오) was elected Titular Bishop of Sufes and Apostolic Administrator of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

Bishop Francis Joseph Monaghan, Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), passed away at 52

Bishop Edward Francis Hoban, Bishop of Rockford (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lystra and Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Martin John O’Connor was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA) and Titular Bishop of Thespiæ

Bishop Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa, Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia), passed away at 73

Bishop Tomás Aspe, O.F.M., Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Callinicum

Bishop Amedeo Casabona, Bishop of Chiavari (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Fortino Gómez León was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Fr. Leo Binz was elected Titular Bishop of Pinara and Coadjutor Bishop of Winona (USA)

Fr. John Joseph Boylan was elected Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Bishop Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P., Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Francesco de Filippis, Bishop of Veroli (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy)

Bishop Fabien-Zoël Decelles, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), passed away at 72

Bishop Arthur Douville succeeded as Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Fr. François Ayoub was elected Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger succeeded as Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Bishop Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J., Bishop of El Paso (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aradus

Blessed Fr. Jan Franciszek Macha, Priest of Katowice (Poland), passed away at 28

Fr. Georges-Léon Pelletier was elected Titular Bishop of Hephæstus and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Blessed Fr. Narcyz Putz, Priest of Poznań (Poland), passed away at 65

Blessed Fr. Kazimierz Tomasz Sykulski, Priest of Radom (Poland), passed away at 59

Bishop Augustin-Marie Tardieu, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon (Vietnam), passed away at 70

Fr. Wlodimir Ledochowski, S.J., Superior General of Society of Jesus (Jesuits), passed away at 76

Fr. Ernest Victor Tweedy was elected Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Fr. Marc Lacroix, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Rhosus and Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Bishop Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Bishop Lorenzo Del Ponte, Bishop of Acqui (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. Jorge Manuel López was appointed as Priest of Rosario (Argentina)

Blessed Fr. Louis Doumain was appointed as Priest of Viviers (France)

Blessed Fr. Dedë Malaj was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Bishop Antonio Lippolis, Bishop emeritus of Ugento (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop Marie-Joseph-Aloys Munsch, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania), passed away at 73

Archbishop Agustín Parrado García resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Jaén (Spain)

Fr. Rafael García y García de Castro was elected Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Fr. Emeterio Echeverria Barrena was elected Titular Bishop of Dora and Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Fr. Ramon Iglésias i Navarri was elected Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

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

Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona (Spain)