Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Epiphania in Syria was restored (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Epiphania in Syria (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (Syria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Edessa in Osrhoëne (Syriac Rite) was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Thenara was suppressed

Fr. Júlio Maria de Lombaerde, S.D.N., Founder of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, passed away at 66

Archbishop Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pinheiro (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos, Bishop of Campinas (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Piracicaba (Brazil)

Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Oliveira (Brazil)

Fr. José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea (Brazil)

Fr. José Maria Lemercier was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pinheiro (Brazil)

Bishop Edoardo Luigi Antonio Leys, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kivu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Guillermo José Harris y Morales resigned as Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

Archbishop Luis Chávez y González, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Vicente (El Salvador)

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

Bishop Miklós Dudás, O.S.B.M., Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Abbot Alcuin Deutsch, O.S.B., resigned as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Msgr. Antonio Bacci, Priest of Firenze (Italy) and Secretary of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes, was appointed as Sealer of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Archbishop Valerio Valeri resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Fr. Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C., was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Giuseppe Rossi, Priest of Perugia (Italy), was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Cesare Federici was appointed as Canonist of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Silvio Romani, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Compiler of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Carmine Vincenti was appointed as Secretary General of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Fr. Leonardo Bello, O.F.M., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

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

Abbot Giuseppe Alardo, O.S.B., Abbot nullius of Saint-Maurice et Saint-Maur de Clervaux (Luxembourg), passed away

Fr. Cipriano Witte, SS.CC., Prefect Apostolic of Central Norway (Norway), passed away

Fr. Athanasius Moghabghab resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. Peter Saba was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. Boutros Sha’ya was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (Palestine)

Fr. Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Accra (Ghana)

Msgr. Augustine Isamu Seno (アウグスチヌス 瀬野勇) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan) and Prefect Apostolic of Karafuto (Russia)

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

Blessed Bishop Mykolai Charnets’kyi (Миколай Чарнецький), C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Olexandr Chira was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Fr. Petro Pavlo Oros was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

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

Fr. Mark Braun, O.S.B., was appointed as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Archimandrite Ambroise Kassis, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

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

Msgr. Vigilio Dalpiaz, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Promoter of Justice of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was appointed as Corrector of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Silvio Fagiolo, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as Datary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Jean Andari, O.L.M., was appointed as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Hilaire Balmès, O.M.I., was appointed as Vicar General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

Fr. Feliciano de Ocio, O.A.R., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)

Fr. Thiago Eusseen, S.D.N., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Fr. Basile Ghanem, O.L.M., resigned as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Dionysius Holovetsky, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Vicar General of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Fr. Giovanni M. Restrepo R., S.J., was appointed as Theologian of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Policarp Schmoll, O.F.M., was appointed as Vicar General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Sr. Flóra Kuscerová resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Daughters St. Francis of Assisi

Sr. Bernadetta Wagnerová was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Daughters St. Francis of Assisi

Diocese of Malta was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malta (with suffragan see Gozo) (Malta)

Bishop Michael Gonzi, Apostolic Administrator of Gozo (Malta) and Bishop of Malta (Malta), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta (Malta)

Bishop Josef Hammels, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 75

Bishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser, Bishop of Trier (Germany), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Msgr. Giovanni Calleri was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hung Hoá (Vietnam), passed away at 88

Bishop Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R., Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Bizya and Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Bishop Giacinto Tamburini, Bishop of Teano (Italy) and Bishop of Calvi (Italy), passed away at 57

Blessed Fr. Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung (นิโคลาส บุญเกิด กฤษบำรุง), Priest of Bangkok (Thailand), passed away at 48

Bishop James Joseph Hartley, Bishop of Columbus (USA), passed away at 90

Apostolic Prefecture of Shundefu 順德府 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Shundefu 順德府 (China)

Fr. Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Shundefu 順德府 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Binda and Vicar Apostolic of Shundefu 順德府 (China)

Bishop Gaspare Schotte (石揚休), C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China), passed away at 62

Fr. Juan Hervás y Benet was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Alinda

Apostolic Vicariate of Yukon–Prince Rupert was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Prince Rupert (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Whitehorse) (Canada)

Apostolic Vicariate of Whitehorse was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Grouard and Apostolic Vicariate of Yukon–Prince Rupert and became suffragan of Saint-Boniface) (Canada)

Bishop Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Yukon–Prince Rupert (Canada), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert (Canada)

Bishop Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yukon–Prince Rupert (Canada), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Whitehorse (Canada)

Bishop Francis William Howard, Bishop of Covington (USA), passed away at 76

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

Fr. Fernando Ruiz y Solózarno was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)

Fr. Lucio Torreblanca was elected Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico)

Fr. Lino Aguirre Garcia was elected Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico)

Fr. Dionysius Tkachuk, O.S.B.M., Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, passed away

Bishop Thomas Spreiter, O.S.B., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Eshowe (South Africa), passed away at 78

Archbishop Raffaele Santi, Bishop emeritus of Montefeltro (Italy), passed away at 80

Fr. Patrick Winters, S.A.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Mbulu (Tanzania)

Bishop Próspero Maria Gustavo Bernardi, O.S.M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil), passed away at 73

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

Bishop Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal (South Africa)

Fr. Giuseppe Zaffonato was elected Titular Bishop of Elatea and Apostolic Administrator of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Bishop Vincenzo Scozzoli, Bishop of Rimini (Italy), passed away at 85

Bishop Guillermo José Harris y Morales, Bishop emeritus of Loja (Ecuador), passed away at 72

Bishop Paweł Franciszek Kubicki, Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland), passed away at 73

Bishop Emilio Cecco, C.S.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Napo (Ecuador), passed away at 71

Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (China), passed away at 79

Fr. Juan Niccolai, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Rhandus and Coadjutor Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia)

Bishop Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop emeritus of Amelia (Italy), passed away at 76

Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 68

Diocese of Piracicaba was established (from Diocese of Campinas and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Bishop James Morrison, Bishop of Antigonish (Canada), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan, Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Fr. Théodore Labouré, O.M.I., Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates), passed away at 60

Fr. Pranciskus Ramanauskas was elected Titular Bishop of Carpasia and Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Bishop Sabas Sarasola Esparza, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios (Peru), passed away at 62

Bishop Eugeniusz Baziak, Titular Bishop of Phocæa and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Parium and Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Bishop Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Basutoland (Lesotho), passed away at 78

Venerable Fr. József Mindszenty was elected Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Fr. Endre Hamvas was elected Bishop of Csanád (Hungary)

Fr. Sándor Kovács was elected Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

Bishop Giosuè Cattarossi, Bishop of Belluno (Italy), passed away at 80

Apostolic Prefecture of Yuci 榆次 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Yuci 榆次 (China)

Fr. Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia (富濟才), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Yuci 榆次 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Antiphræ and Vicar Apostolic of Yuci 榆次 (China)

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

Mission sui juris of Northern Norway was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Norway (Norway)

Fr. Johann Wember, M.S.F., Ecclesiastical Superior of Northern Norway (Norway), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Norway (Norway)

Fr. Charles-Eugène Parent, Priest of Saint-Germain de Rimouski (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Diana and Auxiliary Bishop of Rimouski (Canada)

Fr. George Alapatt was elected Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Eugene O’Doherty was elected Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

Venerable Fr. Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Linoë

Fr. Paulos Tzadua was appointed as Priest of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Fr. Bernard Henri René Jacqueline was appointed as Priest of Coutances (France)

Fr. Hyacinthe Thiandoum was appointed as Priest of Dakar (Senegal)

Fr. Giuseppe Siri was elected Titular Bishop of Livias and Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy)

Bishop John Bertram Peterson, Bishop of Manchester (USA), passed away at 72

Fr. Patrick Francis Lyons was elected Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Fr. James Boyle was elected Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

Fr. Edward Ellis was elected Bishop of Nottingham (England)

Bishop William Richard Griffin, Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse (USA), passed away at 61

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

Blessed Fr. Anton Muzaj (Anton Muzić) was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë (Albania)

Fr. Francis Hong Yong-ho (홍용호 프란치스코 / 洪龍浩) was elected Titular Bishop of Auzia and Vicar Apostolic of Heijo (North Korea)

Bishop William Francis O’Shea, M.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Heijo (North Korea)

Blessed Fr. Omeljan Kovč (Омеля́н Ковч), Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 59

Bishop Manuel Arce y Ochotorena, Bishop of Oviedo (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)

Fr. Luis Alonso Muñoyerro was elected Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain)

Fr. Jaime Font y Andreu was elected Bishop of Zamora (Spain)

Fr. León Villuendas Polo, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Teruel (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin (Spain)

Archbishop Nicola Monterisi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Lydda, Apostolic Administrator of Belluno (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Feltre (Italy)

Fr. Vittorio D’Alessi was elected Titular Bishop of Lyrbe

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

Fr. Philip Francis Pocock, Priest of London (Canada), was elected Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada)

Bishop Albert Maria Fuchs, Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany), passed away at 67

Bishop Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nyeri (Kenya), passed away at 77

Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians lost territory to Diocese of Raleigh (USA)

Blessed Fr. Max Josef Metzger, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 57

Bishop Teodoro Pallaroni, Bishop of Sarsina (Italy), passed away at 59

Fr. Vicente Echarri Gil, M.N.M., was appointed as Founder of Missionaries of the Nativity of Mary

Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Richard James Cushing, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Boston (USA)

Cardinal William Henry O’Connell, Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente and Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA), passed away at 84

Bishop Diego Maria Gómez Tamayo, Bishop of Pasto (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

Bishop Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski, Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), passed away at 74

Archbishop Giacomo Montanelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy), passed away at 67

Archbishop Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Canal of Suez (Egypt), passed away at 78

Apostolic Vicariate of Chantaburi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bangkok) (Thailand)

Fr. Victor Frederick Foley, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Petinessus and Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island (Fiji)

Bishop Karol Kmetko, Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Giacomo Luigi Cheng was elected Titular Bishop of Barcusus and Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi (Thailand)

Fr. Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz was elected Titular Bishop of Sophene and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Rafael González Estrada was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala) and Titular Bishop of Matrega

Bishop Monalduzio Leopardi, Bishop of Osimo (Italy) and Bishop of Cingoli (Italy), passed away at 59

Bishop Franz Kamprath, Titular Bishop of Stadia and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Carpathus

Fr. Girolamo Prigione was appointed as Priest of Alessandria (Italy)

Fr. Ernest Leo Unterkoefler was appointed as Priest of Richmond (USA)

Archbishop Paolo Jacuzio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy), passed away at 81

Fr. Joseph Cheikho was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Bishop Giovanni Cazzani, Bishop of Cremona (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Trocmades and Auxiliary Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala)

Bishop Jean-Marie Phan Ðình Phùng, Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam), passed away at 52

Fr. Frédéric Duc was elected Titular Bishop of Canatha and Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France)

Fr. Clemente da Santa Maria in Punta Vicentino (Albino Pietro), O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Vincenzo Maria Farano was appointed as Priest of Trani (Italy)

Bishop Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J., Bishop emeritus of El Paso (USA), passed away at 74

Fr. Stanislaus Lo Guang (Lokuang) (羅光), Priest of Hengzhou 衡州 (China), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. José Newton de Almeida Baptista was elected Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

Fr. Laurent Noël was appointed as Priest of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)

Bishop Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Dagnum and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

Archbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira, Titular Archbishop of Mitylene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Fr. Carlo Furno was appointed as Priest of Ivrea (Italy)

Archbishop Paul Auad, Archbishop emeritus of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus), passed away at 89

Bishop Vincenzo Padolskis, Auxiliary Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salta lost territory to Diocese of Catamarca (Argentina)

Fr. Michele Cecchini was appointed as Priest of Lucca (Italy)

Fr. Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M., was elected Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Araucanía lost territory to Diocese of Valdivia (Chile)

Apostolic Administration of Valdivia was promoted as Diocese of Valdivia (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Araucanía and became suffragan of Concepción) (Chile)

Fr. Basilio Antonio Leone Kilzi, B.A., was elected Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Antonio García y García resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tui (Spain)

Fr. José López Ortiz, O.S.A., was elected Bishop of Tui (Spain)

Fr. Luis Almarcha Hernández was elected Bishop of León (Spain)

Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Francisco (USA), passed away at 83

Apostolic Prefecture of Sanyuan 三原 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sanyuan 三原 (China)

Fr. Ferdinando Fulgenzio Pasini (班錫宜), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Sanyuan 三原 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Byblus and Vicar Apostolic of Sanyuan 三原 (China)

Fr. Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Andeda and Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand)

Blessed Fr. Giuseppe Beotti, Priest of Piacenza (Italy), passed away at 31

Bishop Pierre Feghali, Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria of the Maronites, passed away at 69

Bishop Léon-Albert Terrier, Bishop of Tarentaise (France), was appointed as Bishop of Bayonne (France)

Bishop Pio Guizzardi, Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Josef Schinzel, Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia), passed away at 75

Fr. Henrique Gelain was elected Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

Bishop Arturo Mery Beckdorf, Titular Bishop of Parnassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Valdivia (Chile)

Fr. Emilio de Brigard Ortiz was elected Titular Bishop of Coracesium and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Wilhelm van Baar, S.V.D., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Joseph Bakhache, Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Fr. Stanisław Czajka was elected Titular Bishop of Centuria and Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

Bishop Benjamin de Arriba y Castro, Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mondoñedo (Spain) and Bishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Fr. Francisco Blanco Nájera was elected Bishop of Ourense (Spain)

Bishop Alfredo Del Tomba, Bishop emeritus of Montalcino (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. José García y Goldaraz was elected Bishop of Orihuela (Spain)

Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Segorbe (Spain)

Fr. Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé was elected Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

Bishop Giuseppe Signore, Bishop emeritus of Telese (Italy), passed away at 72

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

Fr. Luigi Barbarito was appointed as Priest of Avellino (Italy)

Cardinal Luigi Maglione, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, passed away at 67

Blessed Fr. Franciszek Dachtera, Priest of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 33

Archbishop Joseph Butt, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Westminster (England), passed away at 75

Fr. Auguste Jauffrés was elected Bishop of Tarentaise (France)

Apostolic Administration of Rio Branco was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Rio Branco (became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Bishop Lorenz Zeller, O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Rio Branco (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Rio Branco (Brazil)

Fr. Humphrey Bright was elected Titular Bishop of Soli and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Fr. Bernhard Stein was elected Titular Bishop of Dagnum and Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Archbishop Manuel de Castro y Alonso, Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 81

Bishop Antonio Micozzi, Bishop of Teramo (Italy), passed away at 63

Fr. Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Assus

Fr. Charles Joseph Heitz, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon), passed away at 83

Fr. Teodor Jurij Romża (Теодор Ю́рій Ро́мжа / Romzsa Tódor) was elected Titular Bishop of Appia and Apostolic Administrator of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Bishop Henry Patrick Rohlman, Bishop of Davenport (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Macra and Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Bishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas, Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Bishop Salvador Montes de Oca, Bishop emeritus of Valencia (Venezuela), passed away at 48

Bishop Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana), passed away at 70

Bishop Richard James Cushing, Titular Bishop of Mela, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Boston (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA)

Bishop Mihai Robu, Bishop of Iaşi (Romania), passed away at 60

Bishop John Aloysius Duffy, Bishop of Buffalo (USA), passed away at 59

Fr. Ubaldo Marchioni, Priest of Bologna (Italy), passed away at 26

Fr. Virgilio Noè was appointed as Priest of Pavia (Italy)

Fr. Silvio Luoni was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral, Bishop of Lorena (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Bishop James Maguire, Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland), passed away at 62

Archbishop Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), passed away at 84

Blessed Fr. Giovanni Fornasini, Priest of Bologna (Italy), passed away at 29

Bishop-elect Joseph Bakhache, Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was promoted as Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne of the Syriacs

Bishop Marcu Glaser was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Iaşi (Romania)

Diocese of Evansville was established (from Diocese of Indianapolis and became suffragan of Indianapolis) (USA)

Diocese of Indianapolis was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Indianapolis (with suffragan sees Evansville, Fort Wayne and Lafayette in Indiana and lost territory to establish Diocese of Evansville) (USA)

Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana was established (from Diocese of Fort Wayne and became suffragan of Indianapolis) (USA)

Diocese of Steubenville was established (from Diocese of Columbus and became suffragan of Cincinnati) (USA)

Bishop Joseph Elmer Ritter, Bishop of Indianapolis (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Bishop Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X., Vicar Apostolic of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China), passed away at 65

Blessed Fr. Raymond Cayré, Priest of Albi (France), passed away at 28

Fr. Robert Coffy was appointed as Priest of Annecy (France)

Archbishop Angelo Bartolomasi resigned as Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe di Girolamo, Bishop emeritus of Lucera (Italy), passed away at 72

Fr. Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone was elected Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy) and Titular Archbishop of Trapezus

Fr. Giovanni Gravelli was appointed as Priest of Penne e Pescara (Italy)

Msgr. André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S., Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Giulio Grazioli resigned as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop John Hubert Peschges, Bishop of Crookston (USA), passed away at 63

Fr. Klymentii Sheptyts’kyi (Марiя Казимир Климентій Шептицький / Maria Kazymyr), M.S.U., Hegumen of Ukrainian Studite Monks and Apostolic Exarch of Russia of the Russians (Russia), was appointed as Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks

Archbishop Michael Gonzi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Gozo (Malta)

Fr. Joseph Pace was elected Bishop of Gozo (Malta)

Archbishop Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj succeeded as Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Archbishop Andriy Sheptytskyi (Andreas Alexander Szeptyckyj), O.S.B.M., Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 79

Bishop Luigi Drago, Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy) and Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy), passed away at 66

Apostolic Prefecture of Zhumadian 駐馬店 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhumadian 駐馬店 (China)

Fr. Joseph Mary Yuan Ke-zhi (Yüen K’ai-chih) (袁克治), Prefect Apostolic of Zhumadian 駐馬店 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Calydon and Vicar Apostolic of Zhumadian 駐馬店 (China)

Bishop Georges-Marie-Eugène Audollent, Bishop of Blois (France), passed away at 77

Archbishop Joseph-François-Ernest Ricard, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Auch (France), passed away at 92

Fr. John George Bennett was elected Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA)

Bishop Matthew Francis Brady, Bishop of Burlington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Manchester (USA)

Fr. Henry Joseph Grimmelsman was elected Bishop of Evansville (USA)

Bishop Eugene Joseph McGuinness, Bishop of Raleigh (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ilium and Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA)

Fr. Michael Joseph Ready was elected Bishop of Columbus (USA)

Fr. Edward Francis Ryan was elected Bishop of Burlington (USA)

Blessed Fr. Carl Lampert, Priest of Feldkirch (Austria), passed away at 50

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

Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes, Titular Bishop of Hieropolis and Rector of Pontifical North American College, was appointed as Bishop of Davenport (USA)

Fr. William Theodore Mulloy was elected Bishop of Covington (USA)

Fr. Dino Staffa, Priest of Imola (Italy), was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine), passed away at 80

Fr. Harrie van Oort, S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Benkoelen (Indonesia), passed away at 55

Cardinal Luigi Lavitrano resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

Bishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona, Bishop of Grand Island (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mela and Coadjutor Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Bishop Vicente Maria Bartholomeu Priante, S.D.B., Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil), passed away at 61

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Izmir (Turkiye) and Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera, passed away at 68

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Luciano Pérez Platero, Bishop of Segovia (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

Fr. Francisco Cavero y Tormo was elected Bishop of Coria (Spain)

Bishop Daniel Llorente y Federico, Titular Bishop of Daphnusia and Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

Fr. Saturnino Rubio y Montiél was elected Bishop of Osma (Spain)

Bishop Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (China), passed away at 69

Blessed Fr. Pascal Vergez, Priest of Tarbes et Lourdes (France), passed away at 34

Archbishop Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ænus

Fr. Richard Cleire, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kivu (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria

Fr. Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Goajira (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Arad

Bishop Maurice Francis McAuliffe, Bishop of Hartford (USA), passed away at 69

Diocese of Oeiras was established (from Diocese of Piaui and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)

Diocese of Parnaíba was established (from Diocese of Piaui and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)

Diocese of Piaui was renamed as Diocese of Teresina (lost territory to establish Diocese of Oeiras and Diocese of Parnaíba) (Brazil)

Diocese of Edmundston was established (from Diocese of Bathurst and became suffragan of Moncton) (Canada)

Bishop Severino Vieira de Melo, Bishop of Piaui (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Blessed Fr. Karl Leisner was appointed as Priest of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Giuseppe Battaglia succeeded as Bishop of Faenza (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Scarante, Bishop of Faenza (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. John Joseph Wright, Priest of Boston (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Diocese of Huancavélica was established (from Diocese of Ayacucho and became suffragan of Lima) (Peru)

Diocese of Huancayo was established (from Diocese of Huánuco and became suffragan of Lima) (Peru)

Diocese of Tacna was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa and became suffragan of Arequipa) (Peru)

Bishop Győző Horváth, Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 76

Fr. Petro Pavlo Oros was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Bishop Egide de Boeck, C.I.C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 69

Bishop Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Blessed Fr. Louis Doumain, Priest of Viviers (France), passed away at 24

Archbishop Bernard Gijlswijk, O.P., Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ and Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa, passed away at 74

Diocese of Concordia was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Salina) (USA)

Diocese of Salina was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Concordia and became suffragan of Saint Louis) (USA)

Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye), Apostolic Delegate to Greece and Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Bishop Francis Augustine Thill, Bishop of Concordia (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Salina (USA)