Nominations and Resignations

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pisa lost territory to Archdiocese of Lucca (Italy)

Diocese of Pontremoli lost territory to Diocese of Luni–Sarzana (Italy)

Fr. Paul Joseph Ryan was appointed as Priest of Wollongong (Australia)

Fr. Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm., Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Bishop Othon Motta, Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Archbishop Paul Bernier resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Bishop Percival Caza, Auxiliary Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada)

Fr. Martin Bodewes, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bangassou (Central African Republic)

Fr. Joseph du Bouchet, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Fort-Lamy (Chad), passed away

Fr. Raymond Ackermann (阿克曼) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Yanji 延吉 (China)

Bishop Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar, Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

Fr. Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P., was appointed as Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Msgr. Martino Giusti, Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives, was appointed as Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Msgr. Hermann Hoberg, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Bishop Rafael González Estrada, Auxiliary Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Basilius Panat (Thomas), C.S.T., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”

Bishop Andrea Pangrazio, Coadjutor Bishop of Verona (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Verona (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Livorno (Italy)

Archbishop Roberto Ronca resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy)

Msgr. Enrico Arato was appointed as Secretary of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Msgr. Augusto Fidecicchi resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Salvatore Natucci was appointed as Treasurer General of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Silvio Sericano resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Fr. Cristoforo Bigazzi, O.P., resigned as Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Fr. Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi (フランシスコ 出口 一太郎), Prefect Apostolic of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan), passed away

Bishop Antoine Khoraiche, Auxiliary Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Federico Pérez Silva, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Piura (Peru)

Fr. Andrzej Maria Deskur, Priest of Kraków (Poland), was appointed as Vice-Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Cinema, Radio and Television

Fr. Joseph Landreau, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

Fr. Prospero Germini da Ospitaletto, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Trabzon (Turkiye)

Fr. Giovanni Giannetti da Fivizzano, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Trabzon (Turkiye)

Bishop Dominique Hoàng Văn Ðoàn, O.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Fr. Joseph-Marie-Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo was elected Apostolic Administrator of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Sr. Valentina Colombo, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sr. Antonietta Della Casa, M.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Diocese of Bassein was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Rangoon and became suffragan of Rangoon) (Myanmar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kengtung was promoted as Diocese of Kengtung (became suffragan of Mandalay) (Myanmar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mandalay was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mandalay (with suffragan sees Kengtung and Bhamo) (Myanmar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Rangoon was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rangoon (with suffragan sees Bassein, Toungoo and Akyab and lost territory to establish Diocese of Bassein) (Myanmar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Toungoo was promoted as Diocese of Toungoo (became suffragan of Rangoon) (Myanmar)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ogoja was promoted as Diocese of Ogoja (became suffragan of Onitsha) (Nigeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bulawayo was promoted as Diocese of Bulawayo (became suffragan of Salisbury) (Zimbabwe)

Apostolic Vicariate of Fort Victoria was promoted as Diocese of Gwelo (became suffragan of Salisbury) (Zimbabwe)

Apostolic Vicariate of Salisbury was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salisbury (with suffragan sees Bulawayo and Gwelo) (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. André Creemers, O.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Belabitene and Vicar Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Phelbes and Vicar Apostolic of Medan (Indonesia)

Bishop Victor Bazin, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Achyraus and Vicar Apostolic of Rangoon (Myanmar), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rangoon (Myanmar)

Bishop Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Clysma and Vicar Apostolic of Mandalay (Myanmar), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Bishop Ferdinand Guercilena, P.I.M.E., Titular Bishop of Hadriania and Vicar Apostolic of Kengtung (Myanmar), was appointed as Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar)

Bishop Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E., Titular Bishop of Zerta and Vicar Apostolic of Toungoo (Myanmar), was appointed as Bishop of Toungoo (Myanmar)

Fr. George Maung Kyaw was elected Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar)

Fr. Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S., Prefect Apostolic of Ogoja (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Ogoja (Nigeria)

Fr. Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Vulturia and Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu)

Bishop Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J., Titular Bishop of Ubaza and Vicar Apostolic of Salisbury (Zimbabwe), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B., Titular Bishop of Nepte and Vicar Apostolic of Fort Victoria (Zimbabwe), was appointed as Bishop of Gwelo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M., Titular Bishop of Nasai and Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), was appointed as Bishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes, Bishop of Mangalore (India), passed away at 73

Bishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres succeeded as Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Fr. Antonio Rosario Mennonna was elected Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy)

Bishop James Colbert, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Port Elizabeth (South Africa), passed away at 56

Fr. Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga was elected Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

Blessed Bishop Titu Liviu Chinezu, Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 50

Bishop Severios Giuseppe Valakuzhyil, Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India), passed away at 60

Fr. Wendell Hall Searles was appointed as Priest of Burlington (USA)

Bishop Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M., Bishop of Joinville (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Voncaria

Bishop Thomas Shine, Bishop of Middlesbrough (England), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Anton Scharnagl, Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 77

Bishop Jean-Ernest Ménard, Titular Bishop of Alia and Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres (France), was appointed as Bishop of Rodez (France)

Fr. Mario Tagliaferri, Priest of Alatri (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger was elected Titular Bishop of Tremithus and Auxiliary Bishop of Séez (France)

Bishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C., Titular Bishop of Antarados and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India), was promoted as Metropolitan of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal, Titular Bishop of Sarepta and Auxiliary Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India), was appointed as Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Pjetër Dema, Titular Bishop of Apollonias, passed away at 74

Msgr. Aurelio Sabattani, Priest of Imola (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop Giuseppe Amici, Bishop of Troia (Italy) and Bishop of Foggia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cesena (Italy)

Bishop Eugenio Giambro, Bishop of Nicastro (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cypsela

Bishop Vincenzo Maria Jacono succeeded as Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

Bishop Gérard-Marie Coderre succeeded as Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada)

Bishop Paul-Ernest-Anastase Forget, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada), passed away at 69

Fr. Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Bishop Jules Halbert, S.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of New Hebrides (Vanuatu), passed away at 68

Fr. Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux, Priest of Lille (France), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Nicholas Thomas Elko was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonias and Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop João de Souza Lima, Titular Bishop of Derbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)

Fr. Francisco Nuñes Teixeira was elected Bishop of Quelimane (Mozambique)

Fr. Roger Michon was elected Bishop of Chartres (France)

Bishop Alfonso Ferrandina, Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 85

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Norway was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Norway (Norway)

Fr. Johann Wember, M.S.F., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Norway (Norway), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Norway (Norway) and Titular Bishop of Vasada

Msgr. Cesare Federici, Corrector of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces

Apostolic Vicariate of Kwango was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Samarinda was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bandjarmasin) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kabba was established (from Diocese of Benin City, Diocese of Kaduna and Apostolic Prefecture of Oturkpo) (Nigeria)

Bishop Felix Roeder, Bishop of Beauvais (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Anthedon

Bishop Giovanni Sismondo, Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Bithynia, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis

Apostolic Vicariate of Finland was promoted as Diocese of Helsinki (without ecclesiastical province) (Finland)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima 鹿児島 was promoted as Diocese of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Diocese of Kuala Lumpur was established (from Archdiocese of Malacca and became suffragan of Malacca–Singapore) (Malaysia)

Archdiocese of Malacca was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malacca–Singapore (with suffragan sees Kuala Lumpur and Penang and lost territory to establish Diocese of Kuala Lumpur and Diocese of Penang) (Malaysia)

Diocese of Penang was established (from Archdiocese of Malacca and became suffragan of Malacca–Singapore) (Malaysia)

Fr. Paul Dumouchel, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Sufes and Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin (Canada)

Fr. André Lefèbvre, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Raphanea and Vicar Apostolic of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I., Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina and Vicar Apostolic of Finland (Finland), was appointed as Bishop of Helsinki (Finland)

Fr. Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎), Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), was elected Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Fr. Dominic Vendargon was elected Bishop of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Fr. Francis Chan was elected Bishop of Penang (Malaysia)

Archbishop Michel Olçomendy (奧爾科曼迪), M.E.P., Archbishop of Malacca (Malaysia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malacca–Singapore (Malaysia)

Bishop Luis Adriano Díaz Melo, Bishop emeritus of Cali (Colombia), passed away at 82

Bishop Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Fr. Cesário Alexandre Minali, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Alto Solimões (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Achyraus

Archbishop Henri Audrain succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

Archbishop Virgile-Joseph Béguin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France), passed away at 82

Fr. Luigi Pedrollo, P.S.D.P., was appointed as Superior General of Poor Servants of Divine Providence

Diocese of David was established (from Archdiocese of Panamá and became suffragan of Panamá) (Panama)

Archdiocese of Panamá was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá (with suffragan see David and lost territory to establish Diocese of David) (Panama)

Archbishop Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F., Archbishop of Panamá (Panama), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

Diocese of Duitama was established (from Diocese of Tunja and became suffragan of Bogotá) (Colombia)

Fr. Manuel António Pires was elected Titular Bishop of Alia and Coadjutor Bishop of Silva Porto (Angola)

Fr. José Joaquín Flórez Hernández was elected Bishop of Duitama (Colombia)

Fr. Claude Dupuy was elected Titular Bishop of Selja and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Bishop Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M., Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sarepta

Fr. Paolo Carta was elected Bishop of Foggia (Italy)

Fr. Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Mistrorigo was elected Bishop of Troia (Italy)

Bishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Juan Hervás y Benet, Bishop of Mallorca (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dora and Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Fr. Edmund Joseph Reilly was elected Titular Bishop of Nepte and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Giuseppe Malandrino was appointed as Priest of Noto (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Iannucci was elected Titular Bishop of Hadriania and Auxiliary Bishop of Penne e Pescara (Italy)

Bishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear, Titular Bishop of Antæopolis, Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Apostolic Administrator of El Oro (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Fr. Pierre-Marie Lacointe was elected Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Fr. Julio Benigno Laschi González was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay) and Titular Bishop of Abydus

Venerable Fr. Teofilo Camomot Bastida was elected Titular Bishop of Clysma and Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Fr. Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Surigao (Philippines)

Bishop Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 67

Fr. Josip Uhač, Priest of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Renato Fontenelle was elected Titular Bishop of Theudalis

Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany), passed away at 73

Archbishop Emanuele Mendes da Conceição Santos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal), passed away at 78

Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez, Titular Bishop of Attuda and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

Bishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara, General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, Titular Bishop of Saldæ and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Saldæ

Diocese of Patos de Minas was established (from Diocese of Uberaba and became suffragan of Belo Horizonte) (Brazil)

Diocese of Dumaguete was established (from Diocese of Bacolod and became suffragan of Cebu) (Philippines)

Bishop Jorge García Cabalieros, Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala), passed away at 75

Fr. Paul Gouyon, Priest of Bordeaux (France), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Timotheus Bitterli (이성도 디모테오 / 比特里), O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Yanji 延吉 (China)

Fr. Cyril Edward Restieaux was elected Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Fr. Paul-Marie Joseph André Guillaume was appointed as Priest of Amiens (France)

Fr. Mariano De Nicolò was appointed as Priest of Rimini (Italy)

Fr. Silvio Padoin was appointed as Priest of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Fr. Hermann Josef Schäufele was elected Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Fr. Michael Browne, O.P., Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Roger Mpungu was appointed as Priest of Muyinga (Burundi)

Fr. Giuseppe Schiavini was elected Titular Bishop of Pharsalus and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Henry Vincent Marshall, Bishop of Salford (England), passed away at 70

Archbishop Giovanni Urbani, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action and Titular Archbishop of Sardes, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Verona (Italy)

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Secondo Chiocca, Bishop of Foligno (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Bithynia

Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Bishop Santos Ubierna, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Thái Bính (Vietnam), passed away at 47

Ms. Barbara Cui Lianshi (崔連氏．巴芮) and 55 companions were beatified

Fr. Ernest Arthur Green was elected Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Fr. Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Attuda and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Vicente Ângelo José Marchetti Zioni was elected Titular Bishop of Lauzadus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Arturo Mery Beckdorf, Coadjutor Bishop of Valdivia (Chile), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) and Titular Archbishop of Phasis

Apostolic Administration of Copiapó was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Copiapó (became suffragan of La Serena) (Chile)

Fr. Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos was elected Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Mæandrum and Auxiliary Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Fr. Peitro Nel Ramirez, O.A.R., was appointed as Priest of Prato (Italy)

Bishop Anthony Jordan, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Vada and Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert (Canada), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Silyum and Coadjutor Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada)

Archbishop Francesco Beretti, Titular Archbishop of Leotopolis in Pamphylia, passed away at 77

Mission sui juris of Portuguese Guinea was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau)

Diocese of Coimbatore lost territory to Diocese of Trichur (India)

Diocese of Kottar lost territory to Diocese of Changanacherry (India)

Diocese of Mangalore lost territory to Diocese of Tellicherry (India)

Diocese of Mysore lost territory to Diocese of Tellicherry (India)

Diocese of Quilon lost territory to Diocese of Changanacherry (India)

Diocese of Trivandrum lost territory to Diocese of Changanacherry (India)

Fr. Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa, O.F.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau)

Archbishop Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye (雍守正), M.E.P., Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt

Fr. Thomas Joseph McCarthy was elected Bishop of Nelson (Canada)

Fr. Daniel Paul Arulswamy was elected Bishop of Kumbakonam (India)

Fr. Longinus Gabriel Pereira was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India) and Titular Bishop of Vada

Fr. Peter B. Pereira was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (India) and Titular Bishop of Urusi

Fr. Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Roberto Masi, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Joseph-Marie-Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo was elected Titular Bishop of Carallia and Apostolic Administrator of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

Apostolic Prefecture of Aysén was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Aysén (Chile)

Diocese of Amravati was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur and became suffragan of Nagpur) (India)

Diocese of Mombasa and Zanzibar was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi and became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Diocese of Multan lost territory to Diocese of Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Fr. Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Dalisandus in Pamphylia and Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea)

Bishop Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Jataí (Brazil)

Bishop Louis Rhéaume, O.M.I., Bishop of Timmins (Canada), passed away at 81

Bishop Maxime Tessier succeeded as Bishop of Timmins (Canada)

Fr. Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M., Prefect Apostolic of Aysén (Chile), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Archelaïs

Fr. Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S., was elected Bishop of Amravati (India)

Fr. Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Gazera

Fr. Luiz Felipe de Nadal was elected Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

Bishop Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M., Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil)

Archbishop Emanuel Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiás (Brazil), passed away at 81

Diocese of Ajmer was renamed as Diocese of Ajmer–Jaipur (India)

Bishop Leo D’Mello, Bishop of Ajmer (India), was appointed as Bishop of Ajmer–Jaipur (India)

Fr. Andrija-Dusan Štambuk was elected Titular Bishop of Balanea and Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Fr. Josef Schneider was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Patriarch Antoun II Boutros Arida, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 91

Bishop José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama)

Diocese of Cochin lost territory to Diocese of Trivandrum (India)

Archbishop Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) and Titular Archbishop of Mitylene, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal)

Msgr. Giuseppe Maria Sensi, Priest of Cosenza (Italy) and Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica and Titular Archbishop of Sardes

Fr. Julijonas Steponavicius was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania) and Titular Bishop of Antarados

Bishop-elect Petras Mazelis, Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Celenderis and Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Bishop James Donald Scanlan, Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland), was appointed as Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland)

Fr. Patrick H. Cronin, S.S.C.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Ubaza and Bishop-Prelate of Ozamiz (Philippines)

Fr. Manuel Platon Del Rosario was elected Titular Bishop of Zerta and Coadjutor Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

Bishop Paul Méouchi, Bishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Pierre Trần Thanh Chung was appointed as Priest of Kontum (Vietnam)

Archbishop Severino Vieira de Melo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil), passed away at 74

Fr. Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kabba (Nigeria)

Fr. William Andrew Hart was elected Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Fr. Domenico Caloyera, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkiye)

Fr. Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat, S.M., Superior General of Marist Brothers, was beatified

Fr. Giulio Sanguineti was appointed as Priest of Chiavari (Italy)

Archbishop Rigoberto Domenech y Valls, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain), passed away at 84

Bishop Jesús Enciso Viana, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law

Fr. René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey was elected Bishop of Belley (France)

Fr. Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (Alojzij Matej Ambrožič) was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop-elect Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D., Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait (Kuwait), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Antæopolis

Fr. Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Lusaka (Zambia), was elected Titular Bishop of Diospolis inferior and Vicar Apostolic of Lusaka (Zambia)

Fr. Francisco López-Illana was appointed as Priest of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Bishop José André Coimbra, Bishop of Barra do Piraí (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), passed away at 67

Fr. José Bascuñana y López was elected Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Territorial Prelature of Bangued was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia and became suffragan of Nueva Segovia) (Philippines)

Territorial Prelature of Iba was established (from Diocese of Lingayen–Dagupan and Diocese of San Fernando and became suffragan of Manila) (Philippines)

Fr. David Cremin was appointed as Priest of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. John Joseph Rafferty was elected Titular Bishop of Pharan and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia)

Fr. Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Diamantino (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Nasai and Bishop-Prelate of Diamantino (Brazil)

Bishop Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Baie d’Hudson (Canada), passed away at 79

Fr. José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez, Priest of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonis and Auxiliary Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Msgr. Giuseppe Trezzi, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Turpin du Cormier and 18 companions were beatified

Archbishop Romuald Jałbrzykowski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania), passed away at 79

Bishop André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Bishop emeritus of Taubaté (Brazil), passed away at 76

Fr. Antonio López Aviña was elected Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Fr. Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager was elected Titular Bishop of Antiochia parva and Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France)

Bishop Adelmo Cavalcante Machado, Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Leotopolis in Pamphylia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Archbishop Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze, Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus

Fr. Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Cuba)

Fr. Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos was elected Bishop-Prelate of Copiapó (Chile)

Fr. Otto Spülbeck was elected Titular Bishop of Christopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Meißen (Germany)

Bishop Giovanni Dieter, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators (Samoa), passed away at 51

Fr. Jean-François Guérin, C.S.M., was appointed as Priest of Tours (France)

Fr. Michel Sabbah was appointed as Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Fritz Lobinger was appointed as Priest of Regensburg (Germany)

Fr. Nicolaus Lee (李漢儀) was appointed as Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Cardinal Krikor Bédros XV Agagianian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law

Diocese of Ootacamund was established (from Diocese of Mysore and became suffragan of Madras and Mylapore) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of San José de Amazonas was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San José de Amazonas (Peru)

Apostolic Prefecture of Palawan was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Palawan (Philippines)

Apostolic Vicariate of Rumbek was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Gebel, Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal and Apostolic Prefecture of Mupoi) (South Sudan)

Fr. Paul Etoga, Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon), was elected Titular Bishop of Ciparissia and Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Fr. Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Administrator of Harar (Ethiopia), Apostolic Administrator of Gimma (Ethiopia), Prefect Apostolic of Neghelli (Ethiopia) and Apostolic Administrator of Hosanna (Ethiopia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia) and Titular Bishop of Cyme

Fr. François-Marie-Joseph Poirier was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Fr. Antony Padiyara, Priest of Coimbatore (India), was elected Bishop of Ootacamund (India)

Fr. Carmelo Ferraro was appointed as Priest of Siracusa (Italy)

Fr. José Damase Laberge, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of San José de Amazonas (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Clypia and Vicar Apostolic of San José de Amazonas (Peru)

Fr. Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R., Prefect Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Aphnæum

Fr. John Baptist Sye Bong-kil (서정길 요한) was elected Titular Bishop of Choma and Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

Fr. Ireneus Wien Dud was elected Vicar Apostolic of Rumbek (South Sudan) and Titular Bishop of Barcusus

Fr. Antonio Ravagli was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Larino (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia

Fr. Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F., was elected Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria and Vicar Apostolic of Samarinda (Indonesia)

Fr. Egidio Caporello was appointed as Priest of Padova (Italy)

Fr. José María Serrano Ruiz was appointed as Priest of Valladolid (Spain)

Territorial Prelature of Parintins was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus and became suffragan of Manaus) (Brazil)

Fr. Charles Lefebvre was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Diocese of Sete Lagoas was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina and became suffragan of Belo Horizonte) (Brazil)

Diocese of Groningen was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Utrecht and Diocese of Haarlem and became suffragan of Utrecht) (Netherlands)

Diocese of Haarlem lost territory to Diocese of Breda (Netherlands)

Diocese of Rotterdam was established (from Diocese of Haarlem and became suffragan of Utrecht) (Netherlands)

Fr. William Henry Keeler was appointed as Priest of Harrisburg (USA)

Fr. Ladislau Paz, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

Fr. Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E., Apostolic Administrator of Macapá (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Macapá (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum

Fr. Siro Silvestri was elected Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Fr. Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez was elected Bishop of David (Panama)

Diocese of Sá da Bandeira was established (from Diocese of Nova Lisboa) (Angola)

Bishop Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde), passed away at 70

Fr. Altino Ribeiro de Santana was elected Bishop of Sá da Bandeira (Angola)

Bishop Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C., Bishop of Vic (Spain), passed away at 85

Fr. Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Coptus

Fr. Kamal Hanna Bathish was appointed as Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Epifanio Surban Belmonte was elected Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines)

Fr. Giacinto Maria Faccio, O.F.M., resigned as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Angelico Lazzeri, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Edmundo Luís Kunz was elected Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Saint Fr. Giustino Maria Russolillo, S.D.V., Founder of Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists), passed away at 64

Fr. Szilárd Keresztes was appointed as Priest of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Fr. Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Fr. Julián Herranz Casado, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. Bernard Joseph Topel was elected Titular Bishop of Binda and Coadjutor Bishop of Spokane (USA)

Bishop Jorge Larraín Cotapos, Bishop of Chillán (Chile), passed away at 68

Bishop Louis Liagre, Bishop of La Rochelle (France), passed away at 71

Bishop Xavier Morilleau succeeded as Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Bishop Aluigi Cossio, Bishop of Recanati (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia

Bishop Emilio Baroncelli, Bishop of Veroli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Recanati (Italy)

Archbishop Mario Vianello, Archbishop of Perugia (Italy), passed away at 67

Fr. Giuseppe Costanzo was appointed as Priest of Acireale (Italy)

Fr. Jean Jadot, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Athanasius Staub, O.S.B., Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, passed away at 91

Bishop Andrija-Dusan Štambuk, Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia), passed away at 42

Bishop Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy), passed away at 65

Diocese of Bolivar was renamed as Diocese of Riobamba (Ecuador)

Bishop Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba, Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Riobamba (Ecuador)

Fr. Giovanni Mocellini was elected Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Fr. Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz was elected Bishop of Chillán (Chile)

Archimandrite Maximos Mardelli resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Istanbul of the Greek-Melkites (Turkiye)

Bishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos exchanged territory with Diocese of Osma (Spain)

Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada lost territory to Diocese of Osma (Spain)

Diocese of Cuenca lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo and Diocese of Sigüenza (Spain)

Diocese of Huesca lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza and Diocese of Jaca (Spain)

Diocese of Lérida lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza and Diocese of Barbastro (Spain)

Diocese of Osma lost territory to Diocese of Segovia (Spain)

Diocese of Segovia lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid (Spain)

Diocese of Sigüenza lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza, Diocese of Osma, Diocese of Segovia and Diocese of Tarazona (Spain)

Diocese of Tarazona lost territory to Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada, Diocese of Osma and Diocese of Pamplona (Spain)

Diocese of Teruel lost territory to Diocese of Cuenca, Diocese of Segorbe, Diocese of Sigüenza and Diocese of Tortosa (Spain)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo (Mozarabic Rite) lost territory to Diocese of Sigüenza (Spain)

Diocese of Tortosa lost territory to Diocese of Lérida (Spain)

Diocese of Urgell lost territory to Diocese of Barbastro (Spain)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza lost territory to Diocese of Tarazona and Diocese of Teruel (Spain)

Archbishop Enrique Delgado y Gómez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain)

Bishop Manuel Hurtado y García resigned as Bishop of Tudela (Spain)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần was appointed as Priest of Long Xuyên (Vietnam)

Bishop Giuseppe De Nicola, Titular Bishop of Pergamum and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Rhoina

Fr. Laurent Morin was elected Titular Bishop of Arsamosata and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Cardinal Jan de Jong, Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente and Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands), passed away at 69

Bishop Joseph Edward McCarthy, Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA), passed away at 78

Bishop Thomas John Feeney, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands (Micronesia), passed away at 61

Bishop Daniel Joseph Feeney succeeded as Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Archbishop Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández, Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela), passed away at 76

Apostolic Vicariate of Ghardaïa nel Sahara was promoted as Diocese of Laghouat (without ecclesiastical province) (Algeria)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou (with suffragan see Porto Novo) (Benin)

Apostolic Vicariate of Porto Novo was promoted as Diocese of Porto Novo (became suffragan of Cotonou) (Benin)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso was promoted as Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (became suffragan of Ouagadougou) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Vicariate of Koudougou was promoted as Diocese of Koudougou (became suffragan of Ouagadougou) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Vicariate of Nouna was promoted as Diocese of Nouna (became suffragan of Ouagadougou) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou (with suffragan sees Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou and Nouna) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Vicariate of Douala was promoted as Diocese of Douala (became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Doumé was promoted as Diocese of Doumé (became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Garoua was promoted as Diocese of Garoua (became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban was promoted as Diocese of Nkongsamba (became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé (with suffragan sees Douala, Doumé, Garoua and Nkongsamba) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui (with suffragan sees Berbérati and Fort-Lamy) (Central African Republic)

Apostolic Vicariate of Berbérati was promoted as Diocese of Berbérati (became suffragan of Bangui) (Central African Republic)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fort-Lamy was promoted as Diocese of Fort-Lamy (became suffragan of Bangui) (Chad)

Apostolic Vicariate of Brazzaville was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville (with suffragan sees Fort-Rousset, Libreville and Pointe-Noire) (Congo-Brazzaville)

Apostolic Vicariate of Fort-Rousset was promoted as Diocese of Fort-Rousset (became suffragan of Brazzaville) (Congo-Brazzaville)

Apostolic Vicariate of Pointe-Noire was promoted as Diocese of Pointe-Noire (became suffragan of Brazzaville) (Congo-Brazzaville)

Apostolic Vicariate of Abidjan was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan (with suffragan sees Bouaké, Daloa and Katiola) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bouaké was promoted as Diocese of Bouaké (became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Vicariate of Sassandra was promoted as Diocese of Daloa (became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Vicariate of Katiola was promoted as Diocese of Katiola (became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Prefecture of Djibouti was promoted as Diocese of Djibouti (without ecclesiastical province) (Djibouti)

Apostolic Vicariate of Libreville was promoted as Diocese of Libreville (became suffragan of Brazzaville) (Gabon)

Apostolic Vicariate of Conakry was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry (Guinea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ambanja was promoted as Diocese of Ambanja (became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Antsirabé was promoted as Diocese of Antsirabé (became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Diégo-Suarez was promoted as Diocese of Diégo-Suarez (became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Fianarantsoa was promoted as Diocese of Fianarantsoa (became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Fort-Dauphin was promoted as Diocese of Fort-Dauphin (became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Majunga was promoted as Diocese of Majunga (became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Miarinarivo was promoted as Diocese of Miarinarivo (became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Prefecture of Morondava was promoted as Diocese of Morondava (became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tamatave was promoted as Diocese of Tamatave (became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tananarive was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tananarive (with suffragan sees Ambanja, Antsirabé, Diégo-Suarez, Fianarantsoa, Fort-Dauphin, Majunga, Miarinarivo, Morondava and Tamatave) (Madagascar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamako (Mali)

Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat was promoted as Archdiocese of Rabat (without ecclesiastical province) (Morocco)

Apostolic Vicariate of Dakar was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dakar (with suffragan see Ziguinchor) (Senegal)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ziguinchor was promoted as Diocese of Ziguinchor (became suffragan of Dakar) (Senegal)

Apostolic Vicariate of Lomé was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé (with suffragan see Sokodé) (Togo)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sokodé was promoted as Diocese of Sokodé (became suffragan of Lomé) (Togo)

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

Bishop Louis Parisot, S.M.A., Titular Bishop of Tacapæ and Vicar Apostolic of Ouidah (Benin), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin)

Bishop-elect Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Dalisandus in Pamphylia and Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

Bishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Hirina and Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Sufetula and Vicar Apostolic of Koudougou (Burkina Faso), was appointed as Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

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

Bishop Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Botriana and Vicar Apostolic of Nouna (Burkina Faso), was appointed as Bishop of Nouna (Burkina Faso)

Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Doliche and Vicar Apostolic of Garoua (Cameroon), was appointed as Bishop of Garoua (Cameroon)

Bishop Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Themisonium and Vicar Apostolic of Douala (Cameroon), was appointed as Bishop of Douala (Cameroon)

Bishop Paul Bouque, S.C.I., Titular Bishop of Vagada and Vicar Apostolic of Foumban (Cameroon), was appointed as Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)

Bishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Bure and Vicar Apostolic of Doumé (Cameroon), was appointed as Bishop of Doumé (Cameroon)

Archbishop Maurice Baudoux succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Archbishop Arthur Béliveau, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada), passed away at 85

Bishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria and Vicar Apostolic of Bangui (Central African Republic), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic)

Bishop Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Risinium and Vicar Apostolic of Berbérati (Central African Republic), was appointed as Bishop of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

Bishop Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Coropissus and Vicar Apostolic of Ambanja (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Araxa and Vicar Apostolic of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Cernitza and Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Rousset (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as Bishop of Fort-Rousset (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A., Titular Bishop of Onuphis and Vicar Apostolic of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop-elect André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Bishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A., Titular Bishop of Achelous and Vicar Apostolic of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Bishop of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Henri-Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Djibouti (Djibouti), was elected Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼, Vicar Apostolic of Dakar (Senegal), Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal), Titular Archbishop of Arcadiopolis in Europa and Apostolic Delegate to French Africa, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal)

Bishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura and Vicar Apostolic of Libreville (Gabon), was appointed as Bishop of Libreville (Gabon)

Bishop Victor Sartre, S.J., Titular Bishop of Vaga and Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar)

Bishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J., Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus and Vicar Apostolic of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)

Bishop Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Phatanus and Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

Bishop Jean David, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Metellopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Majunga (Madagascar)

Bishop Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M., Titular Bishop of Cataquas and Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)

Fr. Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S., Prefect Apostolic of Morondava (Madagascar), was elected Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

Bishop Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M., Titular Bishop of Hypselis and Vicar Apostolic of Tamatave (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar)

Bishop Ignace Ramarosandratana, Titular Bishop of Thiava and Vicar Apostolic of Miarinarivo (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

Bishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr., Titular Bishop of Sassura and Vicar Apostolic of Bamako (Mali), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamako (Mali)

Bishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Ægeæ and Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Eguga and Vicar Apostolic of Rabat (Morocco), was promoted as Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco)

Bishop Prosper Dodds, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Bennefa and Vicar Apostolic of Ziguinchor (Senegal), was appointed as Bishop of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Bishop Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A., Titular Bishop of Curubis and Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo)

Fr. Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Sokodé (Togo), was elected Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)

Msgr. Pietro Parente, Priest of Napoli (Italy), was elected Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

Bishop Joseph-Martin Urtasun, Bishop of Valence (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Preslavus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Msgr. Domenico Enrici, Priest of Cuneo (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia and Titular Archbishop of Ancusa

Fr. Hubert Barbier was appointed as Priest of Luçon (France)

Archbishop Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Apostolic Prefecture of Chunchon 춘천 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cân Tho was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh) (Vietnam)

Archbishop Ernest Victor Tweedy, Archbishop of Hobart (Australia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Assuras

Archbishop Guilford Clyde Young succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Fr. Anthony Humilis Yang Guang-qi (楊廣祺), O.F.M., was appointed as Bishop of Yuci 榆次 (China)

Fr. Thomas F. Quinlan (구 토마), S.S.C.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Fornos major and Vicar Apostolic of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea)

Fr. Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình was elected Titular Bishop of Agnus and Vicar Apostolic of Cân Tho (Vietnam)

Bishop Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Saigon (Vietnam)

Fr. Simon Hoà Nguyễn Văn Hiền was elected Titular Bishop of Sagalassus and Vicar Apostolic of Saigon (Vietnam)

Fr. José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Valdivia (Chile)

Bishop Casimiro Morcillo González, Bishop of Bilbao (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain)

Archbishop Raffaele Forni, Apostolic Internuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Bishop Bernard Joseph Topel succeeded as Bishop of Spokane (USA)

Bishop Charles Daniel White, Bishop of Spokane (USA), passed away at 76

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

Fr. Angelo Mercati resigned as Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Bishop Franz Tschann resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria)

Archbishop Ettore Baranzini resigned as Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Pennisi, Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Siracusa (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

Bishop Domenico Savarese, Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy), passed away at 51

Bishop Giovanni Riegler, F.S.C.I., Bishop of Lydenburg (South Africa), passed away at 53

Cardinal Theodor Innitzer, Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 79

Fr. Giorgio Zur was appointed as Priest of Wrocław (Poland)

Bishop Serafín María Armora y González, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico), passed away at 79

Fr. Sebastian Valloppilly was elected Bishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Agostino Ernesto Castrillo, O.F.M., Bishop of San Marco (Italy) and Bishop of Bisignano (Italy), passed away at 51

Bishop Evasio Colli, Bishop of Parma (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Archbishop Michael Fogarty, Archbishop-Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland), passed away at 96

Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Archbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Arcadiopolis in Europa

Bishop Joseph Rodgers succeeded as Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland)

Fr. Javier Lozano Barragán was appointed as Priest of México (Mexico)

Archbishop Bernardus Johannes Alfrink succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

Bishop Avelar Brandão Vilela, Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Bishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira, Titular Bishop of Baris in Pisidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil)

Fr. Louis van Steene, M. Afr., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Bennefa

Fr. Stanislaus Tigga was elected Titular Bishop of Achelous and Coadjutor Bishop of Raigarh–Ambikapur (India)

Fr. Cesario D’Amato, O.S.B. Cas., was elected Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia

Fr. Matija Zvekanovic was elected Titular Bishop of Burca

Bishop Antonio José Plaza, Bishop of Azul (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Archbishop Nikola Dobrečić, Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro), passed away at 83

Archbishop Aleksandar Tokić succeeded as Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro)

Diocese of Osorno was established (from Diocese of Puerto Montt and Diocese of Valdivia and became suffragan of Concepción) (Chile)

Diocese of Florida–Melo was renamed as Diocese of Florida (lost territory to establish Diocese of Melo) (Uruguay)

Diocese of Melo was restored (from Diocese of Florida–Melo and became suffragan of Montevideo) (Uruguay)

Diocese of San José de Mayo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo and Diocese of Salto and became suffragan of Montevideo) (Uruguay)

Bishop Miguel Paternain, C.SS.R., Bishop of Florida–Melo (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Florida (Uruguay)

Fr. Theodos (Peter) Schall, O.S.B., former Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe (South Africa), passed away at 71

Fr. Manuel Gomez Frande, O.C.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador)

Fr. Thomas Mongo was elected Titular Bishop of Botriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Douala (Cameroon)

Msgr. Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀), Priest of Benevento (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Thomas Shine, Bishop of Middlesbrough (England) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 83

Archbishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning, Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 78

Bishop Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot, Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon (France), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

Bishop Michael Wasaburo Urakawa (ミカエル 浦川 和三郎), Bishop emeritus of Sendai 仙台 (Japan), passed away at 79

Bishop Leopoldo Díaz y Escudero, Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico), passed away at 75

Fr. Narciso Jubany Arnau, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Orthosia in Phœnicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop George Andrew Beck, A.A., Bishop of Brentwood (England), was appointed as Bishop of Salford (England)

Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

Fr. Bernard Patrick Wall was elected Bishop of Brentwood (England)

Fr. Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala)

Bishop Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Zacapa (Guatemala)

Fr. Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala)

Fr. Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J., was elected Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala)

Archbishop Jean El-Hage, Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at 70

Fr. Francis Anthony Marrocco, Priest of Peterborough (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Limnæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Ramón Masnou Boixeda, Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of Vic (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Vic (Spain)

Bishop Marcellino António Maria Franco, Bishop of Faro (Portugal), passed away at 84

Bishop Francisco Rendeiro, O.P., succeeded as Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

Fr. Philip Joseph Furlong was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA) and Titular Bishop of Araxa

Fr. Stephen Aloysius Leven was elected Titular Bishop of Bure and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

Fr. Domingo Salvador Castagna was appointed as Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. José da Silva Chaves was appointed as Priest of Uruaçu (Brazil)

Fr. Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Phatanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Eustace John Smith, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (Lebanon) and Titular Bishop of Apamea Cibotus