Nominations and Resignations

Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus (Belarussian Rite) was suppressed (Belarus)

Diocese of Padova lost territory to Diocese of Feltre (Italy)

Abbot Herman-Joseph Smets, O.C.S.O., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Bishop Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

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

Fr. Michel Epagneul, F.M.R., was appointed as Founder of Missionary Brothers of the Countryside

Bishop Angelo Maria Navarro, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Msgr. Emilio Morales Roque resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Sr. Elvira Myriam Psorulla was appointed as Founder of International Confederation of the Volunteers of Suffering Centers

Cardinal Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, was appointed as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii

Bishop Evasio Colli resigned as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Bishop Luigi Santa, I.M.C., Vicar Apostolic of Gimma (Ethiopia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Rimini (Italy)

Msgr. Benedetto Renzoni was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Fr. Giuseppe Borghino was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Sr. Ermelinda Lucotti, F.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco

Sr. Luisa Vaschetti, F.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco

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

Bishop Vincentas Borisevičius, Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai (Lithuania)

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

Mr. Eduardo Bonnín Aguiló was appointed as Founder of World Organisation of the Cursillo Movement (OMCC)

Archimandrite Nicolas Borkhoche, B.S., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archimandrite Daoud Khoury, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Msgr. Luigi Capotosti resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Msgr. Vincenzo Padovani resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Fr. Antoninus ab Assumptione, O.SS.T., resigned as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Michael Jaglowicz, C.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Fr. Wladyslaw Kwiatkowski, C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)

Blessed Fr. Marian Konopiński, Priest of Poznań (Poland), passed away at 35

Archbishop Louis-Joseph Fillon, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France), passed away at 65

Fr. William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA) and Titular Bishop of Anæa

Abbot Herman-Joseph Smets, O.C.S.O., Abbot General emeritus of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists), passed away at 67

Fr. Antoni Niemancewicz, S.J., Apostolic Exarch of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus), passed away at 49

Fr. Fernando Gomes dos Santos was elected Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

Fr. Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R., Apostolic Administrator of Marajó (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Pogla

Bishop Teofilo Matulionis, Titular Bishop of Matrega and Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev (Belarus), was appointed as Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Bishop Joseph-Tobie Mariétan, C.R.A., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, passed away at 68

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Nigeria was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Asaba-Benin (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ondo-Ilorin) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bight of Benin was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lagos (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ondo-Ilorin) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ondo-Ilorin was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bight of Benin and Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Nigeria) (Nigeria)

Fr. Thomas Niu Hui-qing (牛會卿) was elected Titular Bishop of Sertei and Vicar Apostolic of Yanggu 陽穀 (China)

Fr. Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson was elected Bishop of Saint-Flour (France)

Bishop Ferdinando Rodolfi, Bishop of Vicenza (Italy), passed away at 76

Bishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Lagos (Nigeria)

Fr. Thomas Hughes, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Kaduna (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Nepte and Vicar Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin (Nigeria)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Asaba-Benin (Nigeria)

Fr. Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda (Rwanda) and Titular Bishop of Matara in Proconsulari

Fr. Alonso Manuel Escalante, M.M., Apostolic Administrator of Pando (Bolivia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Sora

Fr. Jean Gay, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Æzani and Coadjutor Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)

Fr. Manuel Hurtado y García was elected Titular Bishop of Bilta and Auxiliary Bishop of Granada (Spain)

Msgr. Alberto Toso was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Hugh John O’Neill was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand) and Titular Bishop of Bareta

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Michel-Marie-Louis Pénicaud (賁德馨), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beihai 北海 (China), passed away at 68

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

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

Archbishop Johann Jacobus von Hauck, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany), passed away at 81

Bishop Joseph Otto Kolb, Titular Bishop of Velicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Fr. Emilio Baroncelli was elected Bishop of Veroli (Italy)

Fr. Casimiro Morcillo González was elected Titular Bishop of Agathopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Blessed Bishop Michał Kozal, Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 49

Archbishop Ludovít Szmrecsányi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary), passed away at 91

Bishop Antoni Jacek Zimniak, Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland), passed away at 65

Fr. Daniel Cohalan was elected Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland)

Fr. Eugene O’Callaghan was elected Bishop of Clogher (Ireland)

Blessed Fr. Zygmunt Pisarski, Priest of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 40

Archbishop Enrico Montalbetti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) and Bishop of Bova (Italy), passed away at 54

Bishop Andreas Rohracher, Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk (Austria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Blessed Fr. Alojs Andritzki, Priest of Meißen (Germany), passed away at 28

Fr. Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ 脇田 浅五郎) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kwoszu (South Korea)

Fr. Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Boseta

Bishop Vicente Camacho y Moya, Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico), passed away at 56

Bishop Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Goajira (Colombia), passed away at 63

Bishop Thomas Dioscoros passed away at 59

Fr. Nicolás Eugenio Navarro was elected Titular Bishop of Usula and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Blessed Fr. Ejëll Deda was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Archbishop Pierre Chatelus, Bishop emeritus of Nevers (France), passed away at 88

Fr. Francisco Espino Porras was elected Titular Bishop of Pharbæthus and Auxiliary Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Zanzibar (Tanzania), passed away at 101

Bishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, Bishop of Le Mans (France), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France)

Archbishop Rudolph Aloysius Gerken, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA), passed away at 55

Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon), passed away at 72

Fr. Vincenzo Fagiolo was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Accogli (艾可儀) was appointed as Priest of Otranto (Italy)

Bishop Fabian Yu Yu-wen (Yu Teh-Guen) (余郁文), Vicar Apostolic of Jiading 嘉定 (China), passed away at 52

Bishop Manoel Raymundo de Mello, Bishop emeritus of Caetité (Brazil), passed away at 71

Bishop Mario Vianello, Bishop of Fidenza (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

Bishop Angelo Soracco, Bishop of Fossano (Italy), passed away at 52

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Castanier (ジャン・バティスト・カスタニエ), M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), passed away at 66

Fr. Eduard Nécsey was elected Titular Bishop of Velicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

Fr. Georges Hakim was elected Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

Fr. Pierre Kamel Medawar, M.S.P., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) and Titular Archbishop of Pelusium of the Greek-Melkites

Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter, Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany), passed away at 76

Cardinal Arthur Hinsley, Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 77

Bishop Willem Pieter Adrian Maria Mutsaerts succeeded as Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

Bishop Arnold Frans Diepen, Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), passed away at 83

Bishop Paolo Castiglioni, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 68

Cardinal Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna, passed away at 67

Bishop Bernard Alexis Burquier, C.R.A., Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, passed away at 71

Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens, Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA), passed away at 63

Bishop Franz Xavier Geyer, F.S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan), passed away at 83

Fr. Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Ios

Archbishop Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada)

Fr. Anton Scharnagl was elected Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Fr. Clemente Faccani was appointed as Priest of Imola (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Miroslav Bulešić was appointed as Priest of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Cardinal Federico Cattani Amadori, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro and Secretary emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 86

Fr. Antonio Magnoni was appointed as Priest of Modena (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mbulu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro, Apostolic Vicariate of Tabora and Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma) (Tanzania)

Fr. Timothy Manning, Priest of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Joseph Martin Nathan was elected Titular Bishop of Arycanda and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Carlo Stoppa was elected Titular Bishop of Dioclea and Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Roman Archutowski, Priest of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 60

Fr. Joseph Aloysius Burke, Priest of Buffalo (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Vita and Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. Sebastiano Soares de Resende was elected Bishop of Beira (Mozambique)

Bishop Francesco Pascucci, Titular Bishop of Sion and Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nicæa

Fr. Paulo José Tavares (戴維理) was appointed as Priest of Angra (Portugal)

Bishop Alberto Odorico Timmer (翟宇仁), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Luanfu 潞安府 (China), passed away at 83

Fr. Dionisio Borra was elected Bishop of Fossano (Italy)

Archbishop Andreas Rohracher, Titular Bishop of Isba and Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk (Austria), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Bishop Giulio Czapik, Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary)

Archbishop Gyula Glattfelder resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Bishop József Grósz, Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Bishop Ettore Castelli, Titular Bishop of Messene, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Famagusta and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua) and Titular Bishop of Calœ

Fr. Antonio Lanza was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) and Bishop of Bova (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Dell’Omo was elected Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Giberti was elected Bishop of Fidenza (Italy)

Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo, Treasurer General of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 76

Fr. John MacCarthy, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kaduna (Nigeria)

Bishop Thomas Spreiter, O.S.B., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Eshowe (South Africa)

Fr. Theodos (Peter) Schall, O.S.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe (South Africa)

Military Vicariate of Peru was established (Peru)

Diocese of Youngstown was established (from Diocese of Cleveland and became suffragan of Cincinnati) (USA)

Bishop Luigi Maria Olivares, S.D.B., Bishop of Sutri (Italy) and Bishop of Nepi (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Ludwig Sebastian, Bishop of Speyer (Germany), passed away at 80

Msgr. Vincenzo Santoro, Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, passed away at 56

Bishop Joseph Bach, M.S.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), passed away at 70

Diocese of Arequipa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa (with suffragan see Puno) (Peru)

Diocese of Cusco was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco (with suffragan see Ayacucho) (Peru)

Diocese of Trujillo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo (with suffragan sees Cajamarca, Chachapoyas and Piura) (Peru)

Fr. Michael Pearse Lacey was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Juan Gualberto Guevara, Bishop of Trujillo (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru)

Bishop Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento, Bishop of Cusco (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)

Bishop Mariano Holguin, O.F.M., Bishop of Arequipa (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru)

Apostolic Vicariate of Machiques was established (from Diocese of Zulia) (Venezuela)

Bishop Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), passed away at 81

Msgr. Enrico Dante, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Fr. José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Carrhæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

Archbishop Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes, Bishop emeritus of Monaco (Monaco), passed away at 78

Bishop Sixto Sosa Díz, Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela), passed away at 72

Bishop Olexander Stojka, Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine), passed away at 52

Bishop Natale Gabriele Moriondo, O.P., Bishop of Caserta (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis

Bishop James Augustine McFadden, Titular Bishop of Bida and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Youngstown (USA)

Bishop Joseph Wendel succeeded as Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

Blessed Fr. Francesco Pianzola, Priest of Vigevano (Italy), passed away at 61

Fr. John Roderick MacDonald was elected Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

Bishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez, Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)

Fr. Bryan Joseph McEntegart was elected Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Bishop John Francis McNulty, Bishop of Nottingham (England), passed away at 63

Fr. Carlo Zinato was elected Bishop of Vicenza (Italy)

Fr. Marcu Glaser was elected Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis

Bishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M., Bishop of León (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

Fr. Enrique Delgado y Gómez was elected Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Bishop Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba, Titular Bishop of Siniandus, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Vitoria (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop Gregorio Modrego y Casaus resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cuenca (Spain)

Fr. Rafael Alvarez Lara was elected Bishop of Guadix (Spain)

Fr. Jesús Mérida Pérez was elected Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

Fr. Inocencio Rodríguez Díez was elected Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

Bishop Juan Villar y Sanz, Bishop of Jaca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

Bishop Idílio José Soares, Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Bishop Edwin Vincent Byrne, Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Fr. Lois-Séverin Haller, C.R.A., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland)

Bishop Thomas Mulvany, Bishop of Meath (Ireland), passed away at 75

Bishop John Francis d’Alton succeeded as Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

Bishop Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, Bishop of Troyes (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

Diocese of La Paz was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz (Bolivia)

Bishop Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F., Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Domenico Fiori was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Palmyra

Blessed Fr. Mario Ghibaudo was appointed as Priest of Cuenca (Spain)

Fr. Isidore Fattal was elected Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Stanislas Courbe was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) and Titular Bishop of Castoria

Fr. Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau was elected Titular Bishop of Isba and Auxiliary Bishop of Blois (France)

Fr. Paul-Louis Touzé was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) and Titular Bishop of Lebessus

Fr. Delfim Ribeiro Guedes was elected Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil)

Abbot Lois-Séverin Haller, C.R.A., was elected Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland), Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune and Titular Bishop of Bethlehem

Bishop Eduard Graf O’Rourke, Bishop emeritus of Gdańsk (Poland), passed away at 66

Fr. Jean Honoré was appointed as Priest of Rennes (France)

Fr. Paul Cheng Shi-guang (Ch’eng Shih-kuang) (成世光) was appointed as Priest of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

Bishop Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand)

Archbishop Jaime de Barros Câmara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. James Peter Davis was elected Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Bishop Justinas Staugaitis, Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania), passed away at 76

Bishop Fortunato Antonio Spruit (苗其秀), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu 潞安府 (China), passed away at 63

Fr. Ignatius Mummadi was elected Bishop of Guntur (India)

Fr. Giovanni Claudel, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Antandrus and Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia)

Blessed Fr. Antoni Beszta-Borowski, Priest of Drohiczyn (Poland), passed away at 62

Fr. Giuseppe Della Cioppa was elected Titular Bishop of Tiberias, Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy)

Bishop Aristides de Araújo Porto succeeded as Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Bishop João Antônio Pimenta, Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil), passed away at 83

Fr. Ferdinando Baldelli, Priest of Pergola (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Giovanni Costantini, Bishop of Brugnato (Italy), Bishop of La Spezia (Italy) and Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Colossæ

Archbishop Pierre-Macario Saba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 70

Fr. Joseph-Albany-Emilien Massé (馬), P.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China), passed away at 42

Bishop Joseph Nicholas Dinand, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Jamaica (Jamaica), passed away at 73

Fr. João Batista Portocarrero Costa was elected Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil)

Fr. Jérôme Rakotomalala was appointed as Priest of Tananarive (Madagascar)

Fr. Emanuele Gerada was appointed as Priest of Malta (Malta)

Bishop Edward Mulhern, Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland), passed away at 80

Bishop Isidore Fattal, Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Fr. Antonio Bagnoli was elected Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Gori was elected Bishop of Nepi (Italy) and Bishop of Sutri (Italy)

Archbishop Mathias Clement Lenihan, Bishop emeritus of Great Falls (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop Eugenio van Rechem, Auxiliary Bishop of Gent (Belgium), passed away at 85

Fr. Giuseppe Battaglia was elected Titular Bishop of Messene and Coadjutor Bishop of Faenza (Italy)

Bishop Marián Blaha, Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia), passed away at 74

Bishop Andrej Škrábik succeeded as Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Fr. Germiniano Esorto was elected Titular Bishop of Birtha and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Fr. Tomás Juan Carlos Solari, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Ilario Alcini was elected Titular Bishop of Dionysias

Bishop Leandro Bautista Astelarra, Bishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina), passed away at 59

Archbishop José Gaspar d’Afonseca e Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil), passed away at 42

Archbishop Richard Michael Joseph O’Brien, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada), passed away at 69

Archbishop Gyula Glattfelder, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 69

Bishop Luigi Bumci, Bishop of Lezhë (Albania), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cantanus

Fr. Johannes Joseph van der Velden was elected Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

Bishop Giuseppe Castelli, Bishop of Novara (Italy), passed away at 71

Cardinal Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer, Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain), passed away at 74

Blessed Fr. Giuseppe Bernardi, Priest of Cuenca (Spain), passed away at 45

Blessed Fr. Mario Ghibaudo, Priest of Cuenca (Spain), passed away at 23

Fr. Francis Joseph Haas was elected Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Archbishop Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F., Archbishop of Panamá (Panama), passed away at 65

Bishop Edward Komar, Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland), passed away at 71

Fr. Aurelio Sabattani, Priest of Imola (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Michel Epagneul, F.M.R., was appointed as Prior General of Missionary Brothers of the Countryside

Bishop Secondo Bologna, Bishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy), passed away at 45

Bishop Matthew Joseph Brodie, Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand), passed away at 79

Bishop Michael Gonzi, Bishop of Gozo (Malta), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lyrbe, Coadjutor Bishop of Malta (Malta) and Apostolic Administrator of Gozo (Malta)

Fr. Artur Michael Landgraf was elected Titular Bishop of Eudocia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Bishop Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Novara (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Albera, Bishop of Mileto (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Louis-Nestor Renault (唐靄鐸), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Suifu 敘府 (China), passed away at 71

Fr. Mario Revollo Bravo was appointed as Priest of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Giovanni Benelli was appointed as Priest of Pistoia (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Ettorre, Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy), passed away at 61

Fr. Julien Le Couëdic was elected Bishop of Troyes (France)

Cardinal Vincenzo La Puma, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, passed away at 69

Blessed Fr. Bernhard Lichtenberg, Priest of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. Hermann Lange, Priest of Osnabrück (Germany), passed away at 31

Blessed Fr. Eduard Müller, Priest of Osnabrück (Germany), passed away at 32

Blessed Fr. Johannes Prassek, Priest of Osnabrück (Germany), passed away at 32

Bishop Tomás Gutiérrez Diez, Bishop of Osma (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain)

Fr. Paul-Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Eriza

Archbishop Pietro-Adamo Brioschi, P.I.M.E., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia), passed away at 83

Archbishop José Ignacio López Umaña succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia)

Fr. Giuseppe Stella was elected Titular Bishop of Utica, Apostolic Administrator of Brugnato (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of La Spezia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Luni–Sarzana (Italy)

Fr. Pierre Chami, M.S.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Eugenio Beccegato, Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick, Coadjutor Bishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba), passed away at 74

Bishop Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza, Bishop of Tortosa (Spain), passed away at 70

Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord succeeded as Bishop of Tortosa (Spain)

Sr. Margaret of Hungary, O.P., was canonised

Fr. Eugênio de Araújo Sales was appointed as Priest of Natal (Brazil)

Bishop Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá (Vietnam), passed away at 69

Cardinal Carlo Cremonesi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy) and Almoner of His Holiness emeritus of Office of Papal Charities, passed away at 77

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

Fr. Vinh Sơn Trần Ngọc Thụ was appointed as Priest of Đà Lat (Vietnam)

Apostolic Prefecture of Accra was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast) (Ghana)

Fr. Eduardo Francisco Pironio was appointed as Priest of Mercedes (Argentina)

Ms. Chiara Lubich was appointed as Founder of Focolare Movement (Work of Mary) and President of Focolare Movement (Work of Mary)

Fr. Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau (德為能), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Bida and Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China)

Archbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Simla (India), passed away at 79

Archbishop Donald Mackintosh, Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland), passed away at 66

Bishop Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart, Titular Bishop of Elatea and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Bishop Edmund Vansteenberghe, Bishop of Bayonne (France), passed away at 62

Fr. Laurean Rugambwa was appointed as Priest of Bubuka (Tanzania)

Bishop Emanuele Phares, Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites, passed away at 72

Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B., Bishop of Malta (Malta) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 76

Bishop Michael Gonzi succeeded as Bishop of Malta (Malta)

Diocese of San Vicente was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador and became suffragan of San Salvador) (El Salvador)

Bishop Bernard William Griffin, Titular Bishop of Appia and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. José Alí Lebrún Moratinos was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Venezuela)

Bishop Giovanni Menicatti (梅占魁), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China), passed away at 77

Bishop James William McCarthy, Bishop of Galloway (Scotland), passed away at 90

Bishop William Henry Mellon succeeded as Bishop of Galloway (Scotland)

Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria), passed away at 72

Bishop Francisco Javier de Irastorza Loinaz, Bishop of Orihuela (Spain), passed away at 68

Fr. Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Isinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)