Nominations and Resignations

Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhoufu 永州府 was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhou 永州 (China)

Titular Episcopal See of Sugdæa was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Sugdæa (Ukraine)

Blessed Fr. Anton Muzaj (Anton Muzić), Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 27

Bishop Thomas Niu Hui-qing (牛會卿), Bishop of Yanggu 陽穀 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Funing 福寧 (China)

Fr. Joseph Li Chao-gui (李朝貴), Prefect Apostolic of Linqing 臨清 (China), passed away

Bishop Robert Costanzo Lagae, O.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Jacques Jacobs, O. Praem., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Giacinto Maria D’Avila, O.P., Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador), passed away

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

Bishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼, Vicar Apostolic of Dakar (Senegal), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

Abbot Bernhard Durst, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Johannes Schütte (舒德), S.V.D., was appointed as Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China)

Bishop Oscar Morin, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo (Ghana)

Fr. János Hollós was appointed as Priest of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Fr. John Kuzhimepurath, O.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

Fr. Gerardo Martino Uberto Martens, C.I.C.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Makassar (Indonesia), passed away

Archbishop Giuseppe Beltrami resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Msgr. Alberto Di Jorio resigned as Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals and Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii

Cardinal Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., resigned as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii

Cardinal Federico Tedeschini resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Giuseppe Misuraca resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Fr. Plinio Pascoli was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary

Msgr. Orazio Cocchetti was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Participantium

Msgr. Felice Costantini was appointed as Substitute of College of Cardinals

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

Msgr. Armando Fattinnanzi, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals

Msgr. Giulio Guidetti resigned as Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

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

Bishop Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Derna (Libya)

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

Archbishop Albert Levame resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Fr. Gabriel Abou-Saada was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Blessed Bishop-elect Anton Durcovici, Bishop of Iaşi (Romania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bucureşti (Romania)

Fr. Ioan Ploscaru was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Bishop Józef Čársky, Auxiliary Bishop of Košice (Slovakia) and Apostolic Administrator of Košice na Slovensku (Slovakia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Košice (Slovakia)

Bishop Paul Marie Ro Ki-nam (노기남 바오로 / 盧基南) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

Bishop Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist., Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Abbot Jérôme Khaïrallah, O.A.M., resigned as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Abbot Pierre Letayf, O.A.M., was appointed as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Fr. Hilaire Balmès, O.M.I., Vicar General emeritus of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates), passed away

Fr. Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil)

Fr. Manoel Pedro da Cunha Cintra was elected Bishop of Petrópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Édouard Jetté was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Joliette (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Tabæ

Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Iringa (Tanzania)

Fr. Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and Titular Bishop of Hirina

Fr. Peter Wang Mu-duo (王木鐸) was elected Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Fr. Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C., Prefect Apostolic of Iringa (Tanzania), was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Vicar Apostolic of Iringa (Tanzania)

Fr. Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Cotenna and Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (USA)

Bishop Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M., Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Acarassus

Archbishop Joseph-Marie Tissier, Bishop of Châlons (France) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 90

Bishop René-Joseph Piérard succeeded as Bishop of Châlons (France)

Fr. Carlos Gouvêa Coelho was elected Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Julio María Mattioli, S.M., Apostolic Administrator of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Lacedæmonia

Fr. Joseph Rodgers was elected Titular Bishop of Sebela and Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland)

Bishop Ugo Camozzo, Bishop of Rijeka–Opatija (Croatia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Canessa, Titular Bishop of Sarepta, passed away at 75

Bishop Francis Liu Jin-wen (Liu Chiu-wen) (劉錦文), Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Antipatris

Archbishop Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J., Archbishop-Bishop of Poona (India), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus

Fr. António Ferreira Gomes was elected Titular Bishop of Rhandus and Coadjutor Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal)

Fr. Clemente Geiger, C.PP.S., Apostolic Administrator of Xingu (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Olena

Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada (lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Eastern Canada and Apostolic Exarchate of Western Canada) (Canada)

Apostolic Exarchate of Eastern Canada (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Exarchate of Canada) (Canada)

Apostolic Exarchate of Western Canada (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Exarchate of Canada) (Canada)

Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Western Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Władysław Suszyński was elected Titular Bishop of Tabbora and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Fr. Marian Jankowski was elected Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia and Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

Fr. Bernard Czapliński was elected Titular Bishop of Faustinopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

Fr. Joseph Guo Ruo-shi (Kuo Joshih) (郭若石), C.D.D., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Fr. Joseph Yang (楊紹南), C.D.D., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Fr. Robert Johann Schälzky, O.T., Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order), passed away at 65

Fr. Karel-Justien Calewaert was elected Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Bishop Martin John O’Connor, Rector of Pontifical North American College, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

Diocese of Marseille was promoted as Archdiocese of Marseille (without ecclesiastical province) (France)

Bishop Jean Delay, Bishop of Marseille (France), was promoted as Archbishop of Marseille (France)

Bishop Francis Clement Kelley, Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA), passed away at 77

Bishop Eugene Joseph McGuinness succeeded as Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA)

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

Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Goulburn and without ecclesiastical province) (Australia)

Diocese of Goulburn was suppressed (to establish Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn) (Australia)

Bishop Terence Bernard McGuire, Bishop of Goulburn (Australia), was promoted as Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)

Fr. Eris Norman Michael O’Brien was elected Titular Bishop of Alinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Antonio Tedde was elected Bishop of Ales (Italy) and Bishop of Terralba (Italy)

Fr. Manuel de Jesus Pereira was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Funchal (Portugal) and Titular Bishop of Prænetus

Fr. Edward Wilson Douglas was elected Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland)

Archbishop James Francis McIntyre, Titular Archbishop of Paltus and Coadjutor Archbishop of New York (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop Gerald Thomas Bergan, Bishop of Des Moines (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Fr. John Aloysius Murphy was elected Titular Bishop of Appia and Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Bishop Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar), passed away at 75

Archbishop Gustavo Testa was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Cook Islands was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Cook Islands (Cook Islands)

Apostolic Vicariate of Onitsha–Owerri was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Onitsha (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Owerri) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Owerri was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Onitsha–Owerri) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bethlehem was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kroonstad) (South Africa)

Fr. Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Tigava

Fr. John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC., Prefect Apostolic of Cook Islands (Cook Islands), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Cook Islands (Cook Islands) and Titular Bishop of Sertei

Bishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Onitsha–Owerri (Nigeria), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Onitsha (Nigeria)

Fr. Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Tiddi and Vicar Apostolic of Owerri (Nigeria)

Bishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Kroonstad (South Africa), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem (South Africa)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Isauropolis

Fr. Joost van den Biesen, M. Afr., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa (Zambia) and Titular Bishop of Tullia

Fr. Ruy Serra was elected Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil)

Fr. José Terceiro de Sousa was elected Bishop of Caetité (Brazil)

Archbishop Konrad Gröber, Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 75

Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, passed away at 96

Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Dionigi Vismara, Bishop of Hyderabad (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tymbrias

Fr. Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Misurata (Libya)

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and President of Pontifical Biblical Commission, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop-elect Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P., was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam)

Bishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B., Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

Archbishop Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba), passed away at 85

Diocese of Ambato was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito and became suffragan of Quito) (Ecuador)

Fr. James Black was elected Bishop of Paisley (Scotland)

Bishop Thomas Arthur Connolly, Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Seattle (USA)

Fr. Orlando Chaves, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Diocese of Šibenik lost territory to Archdiocese of Zadar (Croatia)

Fr. Isidore Borecky was elected Apostolic Exarch of Eastern Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro

Fr. Andrew J. Roborecki was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Central Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Tanais

Bishop Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M., Bishop of Cuttack (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Macedonia

Fr. Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan)

Fr. José María Arregui y Yparaguirre (陳若瑟), O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan)

Fr. Antônio de Castro Mayer ▼ was elected Titular Bishop of Priene and Coadjutor Bishop of Campos (Brazil)

Bishop Eugenio Lebouille (劉士杰), C.M., Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Calama

Archbishop Amedeo Casabona, Bishop of Chiavari (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 81

Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba was established (from Diocese of Chachapoyas and became suffragan of Trujillo) (Peru)

Msgr. Sergio Guerri, Priest of Tarquinia (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Bishop Pietro Giovanni Umberto Verriet, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao), passed away at 67

Apostolic Prefecture of Sintang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco Paraguayo was established (from Diocese of Concepción y Chaco) (Paraguay)

Blessed Bishop Frano Gjini, Bishop of Lezhë (Albania), passed away at 62

Fr. Edward John Doody was elected Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

Fr. John Toohey was elected Titular Bishop of Verinopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland (Australia)

Fr. François-Odon de Wilde, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Tadamata and Vicar Apostolic of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Charles Challiol, Bishop of Rodez (France), passed away at 75

Fr. Joseph Delphis Desrosiers, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Pachnemunis and Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland (Lesotho)

Fr. Victor Sartre, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Vaga and Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar)

Fr. Angel Muzzolón, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (Paraguay) and Titular Bishop of Tyriæum

Fr. William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg (South Africa) and Titular Bishop of Legia

Bishop John Jeremiah Lawler, Bishop of Rapid City (USA), passed away at 85

Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R., succeeded as Bishop of Rapid City (USA)

Fr. Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín was elected Titular Bishop of Anæa and Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Msgr. John Francis Dearden, Priest of Cleveland (USA) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Titular Bishop of Sarepta and Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. Edward Celestin Daly, O.P., was elected Bishop of Des Moines (USA)

Fr. Leo Fabiano Fahey was elected Titular Bishop of Ipsus and Coadjutor Bishop of Baker City (USA)

Fr. Leo John Steck was elected Titular Bishop of Ilium and Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake (USA)

Blessed Fr. Jan Wojciech Balicki, Priest of Rzeszów (Poland), passed away at 79

Archbishop Tomás Muñiz Pablos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), passed away at 74

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

Fr. Hermann Westermann, S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Indore (India)

Fr. Celestino Fernández y Fernández was elected Titular Bishop of Binda and Auxiliary Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

Fr. James Hagan, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Oturkpo (Nigeria)

Fr. Josef Karel Matocha was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi was appointed as Priest of Ajaccio (France)

Fr. Angelo Acerbi was appointed as Priest of La Spezia (Italy)

Fr. Marco Cé was appointed as Priest of Crema (Italy)

Fr. Ubaldo Calabresi was appointed as Priest of Sezze (Italy)

Fr. Marcello Costalunga was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Patriarch Antonio Anastasio Rossi, Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B., Auxiliary Bishop of Velletri (Italy), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy)

Bishop Giorgio Volaj, Bishop of Sapë (Albania), passed away at 43

Fr. Adelmo Cavalcante Machado was elected Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Br. Bénilde Romançon (Pierre), F.S.C., was beatified

Fr. Joseph Mees was appointed as Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Joseph-Omer Plante, Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), passed away at 81

Bishop Luigi Maria Grassi, B., Bishop of Alba (Italy), passed away at 61

Bishop Salvador Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M., Bishop of Puno (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Satala in Armenia

Fr. Giovanni Battista Dal Prà was elected Bishop of Narni (Italy) and Bishop of Terni (Italy)

Bishop Domingo Juan Vargas, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Huaraz (Peru), passed away at 78

Fr. Aldus Maria Patroni, S.J., was elected Bishop of Calicut (India)

Titular Episcopal See of Alba marittima was restored (from the suppressed former Titular Episcopal See of Belogradum) (Croatia)

Titular Episcopal See of Belogradum was suppressed (to Archdiocese of Beograd and to establish Titular Episcopal See of Alba marittima) (Serbia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Johannesburg (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pretoria) (South Africa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Pretoria was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa and Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal) (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Queenstown was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Queenstown (South Africa)

Fr. Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria and Vicar Apostolic of Bangui (Central African Republic)

Fr. Joseph Julian Oste (德化隆), C.I.C.M., was elected Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China)

Fr. Michele Alberto Arduino (歐彌格), S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Shaoguan 韶關 (China)

Fr. Frederick Hall, M.H.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Alba marittima and Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya)

Fr. John Colburn Garner was elected Titular Bishop of Tracula and Vicar Apostolic of Pretoria (South Africa)

Fr. John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C., Prefect Apostolic of Queenstown (South Africa), was elected Titular Bishop of Syedra and Vicar Apostolic of Queenstown (South Africa)

Blessed Fr. Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, Priest of Ibagué (Colombia), passed away at 48

Fr. Michael Callus, M.S.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Oscar Joseph Joliet was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Gent (Belgium) and Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia

Bishop Martino Chiolino (林棟臣), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China), passed away at 70

Bishop Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Francesco Marchesani, Bishop of Cava (Italy) and Bishop of Sarno (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Chiavari (Italy)

Diocese of Fidenza exchanged territory with Diocese of Parma (Italy)

Diocese of Parma exchanged territory with Diocese of Fidenza (Italy)

Fr. Alfred Bertram Leverman was elected Titular Bishop of Baris in Pisidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Halifax (Canada)

Fr. Charles-Omer Garant was elected Titular Bishop of Zorolus and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Ferenc Rogacs was elected Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Phrygia and Coadjutor Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

Bishop Alberto Carinci, Bishop of Isernia (Italy) and Bishop of Venafro (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy)

Fr. Silvio Cassulo was elected Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Dedë Plani, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 57

Fr. Vincent Gelat was elected Titular Bishop of Menois and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Francesco Joosten, C.I.C.M., Bishop emeritus of Datong 大同 (China), passed away at 74

Bishop Étienne Fourcadier, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tananarive (Madagascar), passed away at 81

Fr. Miroslav Stefan Marusyn was appointed as Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Michael Rackl, Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany), passed away at 64

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

Fr. Andrew Joseph McDonald was appointed as Priest of Savannah (USA)

Fr. Marian Joseph Tumler, O.T., was appointed as Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order)

Archbishop Pietro Tagliapietra, Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy), passed away at 63

Blessed Fr. Ejëll Deda, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 31

Fr. Paul Tkotsch was elected Titular Bishop of Eleutherna and Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah (Benin)

Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey) (Benin)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lishui 麗水 was promoted as Diocese of Lishui 麗水 (became suffragan of Hangzhou 杭州) (China)

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

Bishop Louis Parisot, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Ouidah (Benin)

Fr. Kenneth Roderick Turner (譚爾鼐), S.F.M., was elected Bishop of Lishui 麗水 (China)

Fr. Marcellino Aramburu y Arandía, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

Fr. Gerardo Martino Uberto Martens, C.I.C.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Makassar (Indonesia)

Fr. Vincent Billington, M.H.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Avissa and Vicar Apostolic of Kampala (Uganda)

Bishop Daniel Ivancho succeeded as Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop Basil Takach, Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA), passed away at 68

Bishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M., Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

Territorial Abbacy of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro was restored (from Territorial Prelature of Rio Branco) (Brazil)

Fr. Martinho Michler, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Diocese of Karachi was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay and became suffragan of Bombay) (Pakistan)

Archbishop Domenico Marsiglia, Archbishop of Rossano (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

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

Bishop Biagio Sigibaldo Kurz, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Kokstad (South Africa), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Yongzhou 永州 (China)

Diocese of Ostia lost territory to Papal See of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Henrique Gelain, Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil)

Fr. Paulo Rolim Loureiro was elected Titular Bishop of Bria and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Gaetano Bonicelli was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Fr. James Thomas O’Dowd was elected Titular Bishop of Cea and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Archbishop Rambert-Irénée Faure, Bishop of Saint-Claude (France) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 75

Bishop Paul Marie Ro Ki-nam (노기남 바오로 / 盧基南), Vicar Apostolic of Seul 서울 (South Korea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

Fr. Paul Chu Jae-yong (주재용 바오로) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

Fr. Russell Joseph McVinney was elected Bishop of Providence (USA)

Bishop Matthias Ehrenfried, Bishop of Würzburg (Germany), passed away at 76

Bishop Enrique Alvarez González, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios (Peru), passed away at 45

Fr. John Herrijgers (和毓華), C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Yongping 永平 (China)

Fr. Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sintang (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa nel Sahara was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Algeria)

Apostolic Prefecture of Mountain Provinces was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Provinces (Philippines)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kampala was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile) (Uganda)

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

Fr. David Francis Hickey, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Bonitza and Vicar Apostolic of Belize (Belize)

Fr. Horace Ferruccio Ceól (邱先覺), O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Qichun 蘄春 (China)

Fr. Jean-Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Gerard Bertrand, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Abitinæ and Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo (Ghana)

Fr. Nicolas Martinus Schneiders, C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Cos and Vicar Apostolic of Makassar (Indonesia)

Fr. William Brasseur, C.I.C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Agathonice

Fr. Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz (茅中砥), O.P., was elected Bishop of Xiamen 廈門 (China)

Bishop John Heavey, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Cairns (Australia), passed away at 79

Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P., Apostolic Delegate to East India, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to India

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

Bishop Antoon Oomen, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza (Tanzania)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pando (Bolivia)

Archbishop Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pondicherry (India), passed away at 85

Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez resigned as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Copiapó (Chile)

Bishop-elect Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Algeria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Celerina

Bishop Basile Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M., Titular Bishop of Abydus and Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Martyropolis

Archbishop Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet (魏暢茂), M.E.P., was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Gangra

Bishop-elect Jean-Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bargylia

Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title and Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

Fr. Roberto Ronca, Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, was elected Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy) and Titular Archbishop of Naupactus

Bishop Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Tigias and Vicar Apostolic of Derna (Libya), was appointed as Bishop of Isernia (Italy) and Bishop of Venafro (Italy)

Fr. Raffaele Macario was elected Titular Bishop of Tiberias and Auxiliary Bishop of Albano (Italy)

Fr. Roberto Massimiliani was elected Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy), Bishop of Gallese (Italy) and Bishop of Orte (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Severi was elected Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina (Italy)

Fr. Domingos da Silva Gonçalves was elected Titular Bishop of Pionia and Coadjutor Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

Patriarch Maximos IV Saïgh, was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Abbot Martinho Michler, O.S.B., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Mario Giannecchini was appointed as Priest of Lucca (Italy)

Bishop Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P., Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Puno (Peru)

Archbishop Paul Salman, Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan), passed away at 62

Fr. Paul Adam Curran, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China)

Fr. Emilio Larquère, C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia), passed away at 79

Archbishop Luigi Arrigoni, Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria and Apostolic Nuncio to Peru, passed away at 58

Fr. Tomás Ó Fiaich was appointed as Priest of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Bishop Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia), was promoted as Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy)

Bishop Pasquale Righetti, Bishop of Savona (Italy) and Bishop of Noli (Italy), passed away at 80

Msgr. Felice Costantini was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Apostolic Prefecture of Basankusu was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lac Moero was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lulua Katanga) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Lulua Katanga was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lulua (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lac Moero) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Augustin Olbert (吳伯祿), S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Bishop Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Uzalis and Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois was elected Bishop of Rodez (France)

Fr. Joseph Mark Gopu was elected Titular Bishop of Gilba and Auxiliary Bishop of Pondicherry (India)

Fr. Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) and Titular Bishop of Bucellus

Fr. Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Catula and Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

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

Fr. Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Cerasa

Bishop Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin, Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans (France), passed away at 65

Fr. Domenico Pecile, Vicar of the Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, was appointed as Priest of Terracina–Latina (Italy)

Fr. Michele Maccarrone, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Apostolic Vicariate of Los Ríos was established (from Diocese of Guayaquil) (Ecuador)

Fr. Guilford Clyde Young was elected Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)

Fr. Constant Quillard, C.SS.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Niamey (Niger)

Diocese of Saint-Paul was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton and became suffragan of Edmonton) (Canada)

Bishop António Antunes, Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal), passed away at 80

Bishop Gennaro Fenizia, Bishop of Nardò (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cava (Italy) and Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Schröffer, Priest of Eichstätt (Germany), was elected Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Bosio was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vasto (Italy)

Fr. Edward Peter McManaman was elected Titular Bishop of Floriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Erie (USA)

Fr. Wendelin Rauch was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Blessed Fr. Pjetër Çuni, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 34

Blessed Fr. Lek Sirdani, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 57

Bishop Stefane Carton de Wiart, Bishop of Tournai (Belgium), passed away at 49

Cardinal Enrico Sibilia, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, passed away at 86

Bishop Domenico Fiori resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Bishop James Aloysius Griffin, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (USA), passed away at 65

Diocese of Caruaru was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife) (Brazil)

Fr. José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C., Prefect Apostolic of Meru (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco (Brazil)

Fr. George Andrew Beck, A.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Tigias and Coadjutor Bishop of Brentwood (England)

Fr. Paolo Pappalardo was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Iran and Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria

Fr. Carlo Angeleri was elected Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Libya and Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Bishop Stefan Madarász, Bishop of Košice (Slovakia), passed away at 64

Fr. Percival Caza was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Albulæ

Fr. Julius Döpfner, Priest of Würzburg (Germany), was elected Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Fr. Maurice Baudoux was elected Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada)

Fr. Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Los Ríos (Ecuador)

Fr. Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion was elected Titular Bishop of Gerara and Coadjutor Bishop of Poitiers (France)

Fr. Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra was elected Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Archbishop Antonino Arata, Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 64

Bishop Alexander Joseph McGavick, Bishop of La Crosse (USA), passed away at 85

Bishop John Patrick Treacy succeeded as Bishop of La Crosse (USA)

Fr. Leo Pietsch was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Graz–Seckau (Austria) and Titular Bishop of Narona

Archbishop-elect Wendelin Rauch was confirmed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Archbishop Paschal Charles Robinson, O.F.M., Titular Archbishop of Tyana and Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, passed away at 78

Bishop Carlos de Sá Fragoso, Bishop emeritus of São Tomé de Meliapor (India), passed away at 72

Bishop Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B., Bishop of Viedma (Argentina), passed away at 71

Fr. Francesco Bruno was appointed as Priest of Ivrea (Italy)

Fr. Luis do Amaral Mousinho was elected Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

Fr. Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos was elected Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil)

Fr. Francisco Expedito Lopes was elected Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil)

Fr. José Lázaro Neves, C.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Assis (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Abari

Fr. Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin was elected Bishop of Saint-Claude (France)

Archbishop Valerio Valeri was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Msgr. Gerard Marie Rogers, Priest of Motherwell (Scotland), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. José Alves de Sà Trindade was elected Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil)

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン), M.E.P., Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan), passed away at 73

Bishop Auguste Haouisée (惠濟良), S.J., Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China), passed away at 70

Msgr. Igino Quadraroli was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Archbishop Antonin Alois Weber, Bishop emeritus of Litoměřice (Czechia), passed away at 70

Fr. Giovanni Battista Parodi was elected Bishop of Noli (Italy) and Bishop of Savona (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Minerva was elected Bishop of Nardò (Italy)

Fr. Sante Portalupi, Priest of Vigevano (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Cardinal Manuel Arce y Ochotorena, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain), passed away at 69

Cardinal Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D., Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede, Bishop emeritus of Volterra (Italy), Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, passed away at 71

Fr. Philippe Nabaa was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Mikhayl Assaf was elected Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Bishop Tomás Juan Carlos Solari, Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop Edmond Heelan, Bishop of Sioux City (USA), passed away at 80

Bishop Joseph Maximilian Mueller succeeded as Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

Bishop William Lee, Bishop of Clifton (England), passed away at 72

Bishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼, Titular Bishop of Anthedon and Vicar Apostolic of Dakar (Senegal), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Arcadiopolis in Europa and Apostolic Delegate to French Africa

Bishop Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mogadishu (Somalia), passed away at 69

Archbishop Giovanni Panico, Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Fr. Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior was elected Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Bishop Basilio Manuel Olimpo Pereira, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Amazonas (Brazil), passed away at 77

Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

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

Archbishop Liberato Tosti, Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua

Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

Fr. Karl Joseph Leiprecht was elected Titular Bishop of Scyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Fr. Heinrich Gleumes was elected Titular Bishop of Cissita and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Bishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M., Bishop of Vitoria (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Fr. Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand was appointed as Priest of Sens (France)

Fr. Lajos Kada was appointed as Priest of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin, Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Bishop Ernest Hauger, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Gold Coast (Ghana), passed away at 75

Abbot Raphael Molitor, O.S.B., President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 75

Archbishop Francis Joseph Beckman, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA), passed away at 72

Venerable Cardinal August Hlond, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace, Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 67

Bishop Giovanni Jeremich, Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy), passed away at 73

Blessed Fr. Josif Mihali, Priest of Southern Albania (Albania), passed away at 36

Bishop Marie-Antoine Roy, O.F.M., Bishop of Edmundston (Canada), passed away at 55

Archbishop Paolo Marella, Apostolic Delegate to Japan, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Bishop Stanisław Kostka Łomżyński, Bishop of Łomża (Poland), passed away at 74

Archbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira, Archbishop-Bishop of Lamego (Portugal), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

Bishop João da Silva Campos Neves, Titular Bishop of Vatarba and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Bishop José Tomas Gomes da Silva, Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil), passed away at 75

Fr. Adalbert Boros was elected Titular Bishop of Ressiana

Fr. Salvador Canals, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Secular Institute of Opus Dei

Bishop Filippo Perlo, I.M.C., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kenya (Kenya) and Superior General emeritus of Consolata Missionaries, passed away at 75

Fr. Patrick Mary O’Donnell was elected Titular Archbishop of Pelusium and Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Fr. Károly Gombos was appointed as Titular Bishop of Medaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Fr. Joseph Francis Flannelly was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Metelis

Bishop Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C., Bishop of Darwin (Australia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Paros

Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Timor was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Atambua (Indonesia)

Fr. Thomas Vincent Cahill was elected Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

Fr. Lewis Jacob Thielen Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao) and Titular Bishop of Acholla

Bishop Jacques Pessers, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Timor (Indonesia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Atambua (Indonesia)

Fr. Sebastião Acosta Hurtado, O.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador)

Bishop Stefan Wyszyński, Bishop of Lublin (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)

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

Msgr. Patrick Thomas Brennan (안 파트리치오), S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

Fr. Manuel Tato was elected Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Afonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C., Apostolic Administrator of Pinheiro (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Pinheiro (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Azura

Fr. Ioan Duma, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis

Msgr. William Joseph Doheny, Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers), was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Jean-François Waterschoot, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lac Moero (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D., Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq), was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Iraq

Fr. Ioan Ploscaru was elected Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis

Archbishop Luis Chávez y González resigned as Apostolic Administrator of San Vicente (El Salvador)

Bishop Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Æzani and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), was appointed as Bishop of San Vicente (El Salvador)

Bishop Giovanni Urbani, Titular Bishop of Axomis, Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy) and General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sardes

Bishop Domingo Hồ Ngọc Cẩn, Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam), passed away at 71

Msgr. Pietro Mattioli was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Manuel Edmilson da Cruz was appointed as Priest of Sobral (Brazil)

Fr. Giovanni Colombo, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Apostolic Prefecture of Dali 大理 was promoted as Diocese of Dali 大理 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sukabumi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lydenburg was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lydenburg (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Oudtshoorn was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

Fr. Joseph Obert, P.I.M.E., was elected Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh)

Fr. Charles Dauvin, S.J., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Amyzon and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Lucien-Bernard Lacoste (鄭紹基), S.C.I. di Béth., was elected Bishop of Dali 大理 (China)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Magenties (徐司慶) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Dali 大理 (China)

Fr. Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S., was elected Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore (Mexico) and Titular Bishop of Lipara

Fr. Hugh Boyle was elected Titular Bishop of Bagai and Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Bishop James Colbert resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Fr. Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Abora and Vicar Apostolic of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

Fr. Giovanni Riegler, F.S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic of Lydenburg (South Africa), was elected Titular Bishop of Bita and Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg (South Africa)

Fr. John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (최덕홍 요한) was elected Titular Bishop of Anthedon and Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

Diocese of San Fernando was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manila and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Diocese of Joliet was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago, Diocese of Peoria and Diocese of Rockford and became suffragan of Chicago) (USA)

Archbishop Petar Dujam Munzani, Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Tyana

Bishop Enrique Pérez Serantes, Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

Fr. Carlos Riu Anglés was elected Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Bishop Joachim Ammann, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania)

Bishop Carlo Pensa, Bishop of Penne (Italy) and Bishop of Atri (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sukabumi (Indonesia)

Fr. William Edward Cousins, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Forma and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Martin Dewey McNamara was elected Bishop of Joliet (USA)

Fr. William Aloysius O’Connor was elected Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (USA)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Winning was appointed as Priest of Motherwell (Scotland)

Bishop Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse (駱書雅), M.E.P., Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China), passed away at 78

Archbishop Karol Kmetko, Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 73

Bishop Ferdinand Dirichs, Bishop of Limburg (Germany), passed away at 54

Bishop Carlo Stoppa, Bishop of Sarsina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alba (Italy)

Bishop Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco)

Bishop José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco), passed away at 85

Bishop Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia), passed away at 78

Fr. Charles Dauvin, S.J., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 38

Bishop Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla succeeded as Bishop of León (Mexico)

Bishop Emeterio Valverde y Télles, Bishop of León (Mexico), passed away at 84

Fr. Charles-Marie Himmer was elected Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Msgr. Marcello Magliocchetti was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Marie-Eugène-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Burma (Myanmar), passed away at 82