Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Ptolemais in Phœnicia (Maronite Rite) was restored (Israel)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cyrrhus (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (Syria)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Chalcedon (Armenian Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Seleucia pieria was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Seleucia Pieria (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Lorea was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Tingis was suppressed

Archbishop Fermín Emilio Lafitte, Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. François Faroud, S.M.A., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Parakou (Benin)

Bishop José Armando Gutiérrez Granier, Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Bishop Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Joinville (Brazil)

Fr. Eusèbe-Enrique Ménard, O.F.M., was appointed as Founder of Society of the Holy Apostles

Fr. Graziano Martínez, C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Arauca (Colombia), passed away

Fr. Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Oro (Ecuador)

Fr. René Voillaume was appointed as Founder of Little Brothers of the Gospel

Br. Nicet-Joseph Loubet, F.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Sr. Marie de Saint-Jean Martin, O.S.U., resigned as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Bishop Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala)

Bishop Endre Hamvas resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Esztergom (Hungary)

Archbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Bizya

Fr. Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Bhagalpur (India)

Br. Dermot Dunne, F.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Br. Fancis Redmond, F.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Scapinelli di Léguigno, Domestic Prelate and Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Bishop Giuseppe Franciolini resigned as Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo (Italy)

Fr. Pio Abresch was appointed as Priest of Bologna (Italy)

Msgr. Alberto Canestri resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Giuseppe Trezzi resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Giuseppe Bozzetti, I.C., resigned as Superior General of Institute of Charity (Rosminians)

Fr. Ercole Gallone, C.S.P., resigned as President of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Ulderico Pasquale Magni, C.S.P., was appointed as President of Society of Saint Paul

Venerable Fr. Gaetano Francesco Mauro, P.O.C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Pious Workers Rural Catechists (Ardorini Missionaries)

Fr. Savino Zagaria was appointed as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. Saba Youakim, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Internuncio to India

Br. Dionysius van Jezus De Schepper, F.S.C., resigned as Vicar General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Bishop Franciszek Jop, Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia (Poland)

Bishop Francis Esser, O.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop (Namibia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa)

Bishop José Rincón Bonilla, Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Francesco Font Garcia, I.E.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Wankie (Zimbabwe), passed away

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

Msgr. Ermanno Bonazzi resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Fr. Ignatius Abi Sleyman, O.L.M., was appointed as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

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

Fr. André Blais was appointed as Founder of Servants of Christ the Priest

Fr. Giuseppe Fedel resigned as Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. Sante Gattuso, O. de M., was appointed as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Fr. Paul-Joseph Hoffer, S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. Sylvester Joseph Juergens, S.M., resigned as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. George Kean, C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Alfredo Scotti, O. de M., resigned as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Fr. Hubert Trévis, C.I., resigned as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Diocese of Huesca lost territory to Diocese of Jaca (Spain)

Bishop Joseph Calasanz Fließer, Bishop of Linz (Austria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Binda

Bishop Franz Sales Zauner succeeded as Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Archbishop Aluigi Cossio, Bishop emeritus of Recanati (Italy), passed away at 81

Bishop Ernesto de Laurentiis, Bishop of Ischia (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Gilberto Agustoni, Priest of Basel (Switzerland), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Luís Victor Sartori, Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Celerina and Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Archbishop Augustine Kandathil, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 81

Bishop Alfonso Tóriz Cobián, Titular Bishop of Avissa, was appointed as Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico)

Archbishop Armando Fares succeeded as Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy)

Archbishop Giovanni Fiorentini, Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy), passed away at 88

Diocese of Guayaquil was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil (with suffragan sees Portoviejo, El Oro and Los Ríos) (Ecuador)

Bishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral, Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Fr. Vittorio Longo was elected Titular Bishop of Loryma and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

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

Fr. Robert Stephen Dehler, C.R., Prefect Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (Bermuda), was elected Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ and Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (Bermuda)

Bishop Giuseppe Zaffonato, Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy)

Diocese of Governador Valadares was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina, Diocese of Araçuaí and Diocese of Caratinga and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

Diocese of Londrina was established (from Diocese of Jacarezinho and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Diocese of Maringá was established (from Diocese of Jacarezinho and became suffragan of Curitiba) (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio José dos Santos, C.M., Bishop of Assis (Brazil), passed away at 83

Fr. Giuseppe Paupini, Priest of Fano (Italy), was elected Apostolic Internuncio to Iran and Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia

Cardinal Joseph Wendel, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), was appointed as Military Vicar of Germany (Germany)

Fr. William Edwin Franklin was appointed as Priest of Dubuque (USA)

Fr. Marius Paré was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Ægæ

Archbishop Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico), passed away at 75

Bishop José Lázaro Neves, C.M., succeeded as Bishop of Assis (Brazil)

Fr. Heinrich Forer was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Trento (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Memphis

Fr. Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi was elected Titular Bishop of Cernitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Bishop Jean-Marcel Rodié, Bishop of Agen (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Arcadia

Bishop Richard Joseph Fitzgerald, Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar), passed away at 74

Bishop Antonio Mantiero, Bishop of Treviso (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Viseu (Portugal) and Titular Bishop of Ierafi

Diocese of Koupéla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou) (Burkina Faso)

Diocese of Saint George’s in Grenada was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain and became suffragan of Port of Spain) (Grenada)

Diocese of Meerut was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra and became suffragan of Agra) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kitui was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi and Diocese of Meru) (Kenya)

Diocese of Castries was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain and without ecclesiastical province) (Saint Lucia)

Fr. Luigi Rinaldi was elected Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) and Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

Bishop Edward John Galvin (高爾文), S.S.C.M.E., Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China), passed away at 73

Bishop Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar, Titular Bishop of Gergis and Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil)

Bishop Biagio D’Agostino, Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy)

Fr. Thadeu Gomes Canellas was appointed as Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Fr. Affonso Felippe Gregory was appointed as Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Hermann Volk, Priest of Münster (Germany), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Thomas A. White (陶懷德) was appointed as Priest of Ossory (Ireland)

Bishop Ernesto Corripio Ahumada, Titular Bishop of Zapara, was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico)

Fr. Patrick Joseph Walsh was appointed as Priest of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Msgr. Nicola Ferraro, Priest of Gaeta (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), passed away at 71

Blessed Fr. Carlo Gnocchi, Priest of Milano (Italy), passed away at 53

Archbishop Antoni Wladislao Szlagowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), passed away at 91

Apostolic Vicariate of Belize was promoted as Diocese of Belize (Belize)

Apostolic Vicariate of French Guiana was promoted as Diocese of Cayenne (without ecclesiastical province) (French Guiana)

Apostolic Vicariate of British Guiana was promoted as Diocese of Georgetown (became suffragan of Port of Spain) (Guyana)

Diocese of Veroli was renamed as Diocese of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Jamaica was promoted as Diocese of Kingston (without ecclesiastical province) (Jamaica)

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

Fr. Dieudonné Yougbaré was elected Bishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Titular Bishop of Eguga

Fr. Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A., was elected Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. George Hamilton Pearce, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia and Vicar Apostolic of Samoa Island and Tokelau (Samoa)

Bishop Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Mundinitza and Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana), was appointed as Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana)

Fr. Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India)

Archbishop Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Archbishop of Brysis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Agra (India), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Meerut (India)

Bishop John Joseph McEleney, S.J., Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria and Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica), was appointed as Bishop of Kingston (Jamaica)

Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J., Titular Bishop of Adraa, was appointed as Bishop of Georgetown (Guyana)

Fr. Anthony Reiterer, M.C.C.J., was elected Bishop of Lydenburg (South Africa)

Fr. Florencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Fr. Lawrence Frederik Schott was elected Titular Bishop of Eluza and Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg (USA)

Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali) (Peru)

Apostolic Vicariate of Requena was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali) (Peru)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of San Ramón (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa and Apostolic Vicariate of Requena) (Peru)

Bishop Antonio Di Tommaso, Bishop emeritus of Oria (Italy), passed away at 95

Bishop León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru)

Bishop Edmund Joseph Gleeson, C.SS.R., Bishop of Maitland (Australia), passed away at 87

Bishop John Toohey succeeded as Bishop of Maitland (Australia)

Archbishop Vigilio da Valstagna Dalla Zuanna (Federico), O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Carpi (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Agnelo Rossi, Priest of Campinas (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Barra do Piraí (Brazil)

Fr. Doroteo Fernández y Fernández was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santander (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Castabala

Msgr. Giuseppe Casoria, Priest of Acerra (Italy), was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Cesare Zerba, Priest of Roma (Italy), Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline and Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Irvin Stoppini, Compiler of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. António Cardoso Cunha was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Beja (Portugal) and Titular Bishop of Baris in Pisidia

Fr. Geraldo María de Morais Penido was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Avissa

Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron, Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France), passed away at 78

Fr. Carlo Livraghi was elected Bishop of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy)

Fr. Martien Antoon Jansen was elected Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Fr. Pieter Antoon Nierman was elected Bishop of Groningen (Netherlands)

Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard, Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bareta

Bishop Maurice Schexnayder, Titular Bishop of Tuscamia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Fr. Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Parintins (Brazil)

Fr. Valérien Bélanger was elected Titular Bishop of Cyrene and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Ricardo Jamin Vidal was appointed as Priest of Lucena (Philippines)

Fr. John Joseph Leibrecht was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. John Walter Yanta was appointed as Priest of San Antonio (USA)

Fr. Gabriel Ganni was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) and Titular Bishop of Gargara

Archbishop Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil), passed away at 70

Bishop Manuel dos Santos Rocha, Titular Bishop of Priene and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mitylene

Fr. Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop (Namibia) and Titular Bishop of Balanea

Fr. Elias Mchonde was elected Titular Bishop of Adraa and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Territorial Prelature of Bananal was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia (gained territory from Diocese of Porto Nacional, gained territory from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins, lost territory to Diocese of Goiás and became suffragan of Goiânia) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Formosa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins and became suffragan of Goiânia) (Brazil)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás was demoted as Diocese of Goiás (gained territory from Territorial Prelature of Bananal, lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia, Diocese of Uruaçu and Territorial Prelature of Formosa and became suffragan of Goiânia) (Brazil)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás and with suffragan sees Goiás, Jataí, Porto Nacional, Uruaçu, Cristalândia, Formosa and Tocantinópolis) (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Jataí was promoted as Diocese of Jataí (became suffragan of Goiânia) (Brazil)

Diocese of Porto Nacional lost territory to Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins was suppressed (to Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia and to establish Diocese of Uruaçu and Territorial Prelature of Formosa) (Brazil)

Diocese of Uruaçu was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins and became suffragan of Goiânia) (Brazil)

Bishop Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P., Bishop-Prelate of Bananal (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil)

Fr. Renato Spallanzani, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Antonio Racelis Rañola was appointed as Priest of Lucena (Philippines)

Fr. Antonio Oña de Echave was elected Titular Bishop of Dystis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lugo (Spain)

Fr. José Filípe do Carmo Colaço was elected Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Msgr. Gioacchino Sormanti, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier (梅占魁), C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China), passed away at 70

Fr. Pablo Puente Buces was appointed as Priest of Santander (Spain)

Archabbot Norbert Weber, O.S.B., Superior General emeritus of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines), passed away at 85

Bishop George Brunner, Titular Bishop of Elis and Auxiliary Bishop of Middlesbrough (England), was appointed as Bishop of Middlesbrough (England)

Archbishop Egidio Negrin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) and Bishop of Cervia (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso (Italy)

Fr. Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Lares and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio) (Colombia)

Fr. Ernest Simoni was appointed as Priest of Shkodrë–Pult (Albania)

Fr. Jesús Serrano Pastor, C.M.F., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama) and Titular Bishop of Hypselis

Fr. Kelvin Edward Felix was appointed as Priest of Roseau (Dominica)

Bishop Giuseppe Carraro, Titular Bishop of Usula and Auxiliary Bishop of Treviso (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Fr. Miguel Nóvoa Fuente was elected Titular Bishop of Chytri and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Fr. Walter Arthur Coggin, O.S.B., was appointed as Coadjutor Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA)

Fr. Alden John Bell was elected Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Thomas Edward Gill was elected Titular Bishop of Lambæsis and Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA)

Fr. Roger Johan was elected Bishop of Agen (France)

Bishop Louis Ferrand, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Tours (France)

Bishop François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr., Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Amadassa

Fr. João Chedid, O.M.M., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Khoury was elected Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites

Fr. Michael Doumith was elected Bishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Edward Joseph Kelly, Bishop of Boise City (USA), passed away at 66

Fr. Bernard Panafieu was appointed as Priest of Albi (France)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kindu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kongolo and Apostolic Vicariate of Stanleyville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Navrongo was restored (from Diocese of Keta and Diocese of Tamale and became suffragan of Cape Coast) (Ghana)

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

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

Diocese of Ortona lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lanciano (Italy)

Bishop Georges-Clément-Joseph-Édouard Jacquin, Bishop of Moulins (France), passed away at 75

Archbishop Giulio Czapik, Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary), passed away at 68

Apostolic Vicariate of Dedza was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Likuni and Apostolic Vicariate of Zomba) (Malawi)

Fr. Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Hollandia (Indonesia) and Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis

Fr. Francis William Markall, S.J., was elected Titular Archbishop of Cotyæum and Coadjutor Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

Fr. John Robert Gorman was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Joseph Hubert Hart was appointed as Priest of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Fr. Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec was elected Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France)

Fr. Salvatore Baldassarri was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) and Bishop of Cervia (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Cece was elected Bishop of Ischia (Italy)

Msgr. John Joseph Carberry, Priest of Brooklyn (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Elis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA)

Fr. João Chedid, O.M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia of the Maronites and Auxiliary Bishop of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil)

Fr. Vincenzo Fagiolo, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Primo Principi, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, was elected Titular Archbishop of Tyana

Bishop Franz König, Titular Bishop of Livias and Coadjutor Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Archbishop Franz Jáchym succeeded as Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Fr. Leopold Nowak was appointed as Priest of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. Edmund Michał Piszcz was appointed as Priest of Chełmno (Poland)

Bishop Benigno Carrara succeeded as Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Bishop Paolino Giovanni Tribbioli, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Imola (Italy), passed away at 87

Fr. Jacques Le Cordier was elected Titular Bishop of Priene and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Bishop Adelchi Albanesi, Bishop of Tuscania (Italy), Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) and Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Jesús Mérida Pérez, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), passed away at 64

Bishop Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 71

Archbishop Giovanni Costantini, Bishop emeritus of La Spezia (Italy), Bishop emeritus of Brugnato (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Luni–Sarzana (Italy), passed away at 75

Archbishop Andrea Taccone, Bishop emeritus of Ruvo (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Bitonto (Italy), passed away at 71

Abbot Mauro De Caro, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy), passed away at 53

Fr. Giacinto Cardi, S.A.C., Rector General emeritus of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), passed away at 79

Fr. Bertrand Blanchet was appointed as Priest of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Archbishop Michele Godlewski, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lutsk (Ukraine), passed away at 83

Fr. Gerhard Franz Demann was elected Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

Fr. Carlos María Cafferata was elected Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Fr. Francisco Juan Vénnera was elected Titular Bishop of Abitinæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Bishop Andrew James Louis Brennan, Bishop emeritus of Richmond (USA), passed away at 78

Bishop-elect Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos, Bishop-Prelate of Copiapó (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ægeæ and Bishop-Prelate of Copiapó (Chile)

Fr. Józef Glemp was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Ramón J. Lizardi was elected Titular Bishop of Assava and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Libardo Ramírez Gómez was appointed as Priest of Garzón–Neiva (Colombia)

Archbishop Ephrem Gogué, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 67

Fr. Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente was appointed as Priest of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. Adam Joseph Maida was appointed as Priest of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. Vincent Michael Rizzotto was appointed as Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Bishop José Alves de Sà Trindade, Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Bishop Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Bishop Norberto Forero y García, Titular Bishop of Hilta and Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Fr. Adalberto Almeida y Merino was elected Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Diocese of Cúcuta was established (from Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca and became suffragan of Nueva Pamplona) (Colombia)

Diocese of Girardot was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá and became suffragan of Bogotá) (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona and Apostolic Prefecture of Arauca and to establish Diocese of Cúcuta) (Colombia)

Diocese of Nueva Pamplona was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona (with suffragan sees Bucaramanga, Cúcuta, Socorro y San Gil and Bertrania en el Catatumbo, gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca and lost territory to establish Diocese of Cúcuta) (Colombia)

Bishop Rafael Afanador y Cadena, Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia

Bishop Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M., was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Bishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz, Titular Bishop of Vallis and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Girardot (Colombia)

Bishop Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M., Titular Bishop of Aradus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia)

Fr. Jude Saint-Antoine was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Thomas John Gumbleton was appointed as Priest of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Emil Aloysius Wcela was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Adolfo Servando Tortolo was elected Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Archbishop Franz König, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), was appointed as Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria)

Diocese of Jessore was renamed as Diocese of Khulna (Bangladesh)

Archbishop José Horacio Campillo Infante, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 83

Bishop William Otterwell Brady, Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Selymbria and Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA)

Bishop James Joseph Byrne, Titular Bishop of Etenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Boise City (USA)

Fr. Philip Matthew Hannan, Priest of Baltimore (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Hieropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Osorno (Chile)

Bishop Pasquale Quaremba, Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy)

Fr. Amato Pietro Frutaz, Priest of Aosta (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Giovanni Ferdinando Angelo Gaddo, I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Charity (Rosminians)

Fr. Angelo Daniel was appointed as Priest of Treviso (Italy)

Fr. Tadeusz Werno was appointed as Priest of Gorzów (Poland)

Diocese of Gagnoa was established (from Diocese of Daloa and became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Jacob Abraham Theophilos Kalapurakal, Bishop emeritus of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India), passed away at 65

Msgr. Fiorenzo Angelini, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Messene

Bishop Raymond Peter Hillinger, Bishop of Rockford (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Derbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Msgr. Donald Martin Carroll was appointed as Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Archbishop Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

Fr. Charles Edward Crosby was appointed as Priest of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Fr. Andrew Jin Dao-yuan (靳道遠) was appointed as Priest of Lu’an 潞安 (China)

Msgr. Ennio Francia, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira was established (from Diocese of Pesqueira and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife) (Brazil)

Diocese of Atlanta was established (from Diocese of Savannah–Atlanta and became suffragan of Baltimore) (USA)

Diocese of Jefferson City was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Louis and Diocese of Kansas City, from the suppressed Diocese of Saint Joseph and became suffragan of Saint Louis) (USA)

Diocese of Kansas City was renamed as Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Saint Joseph and lost territory to establish Diocese of Jefferson City and Diocese of Springfield–Cape Girardeau) (USA)

Diocese of Saint Joseph was suppressed (to Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph and to establish Diocese of Jefferson City and Diocese of Springfield–Cape Girardeau) (USA)

Diocese of Savannah–Atlanta was renamed as Diocese of Savannah (lost territory to establish Diocese of Atlanta) (USA)

Diocese of Springfield–Cape Girardeau was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Louis and Diocese of Kansas City, from the suppressed Diocese of Saint Joseph and became suffragan of Saint Louis) (USA)

Archbishop Edwin Vincent O’Hara, Bishop of Kansas City (USA) and Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Fr. Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪), Priest of Wagga Wagga (Australia), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Edoardo Rovida, Priest of Alessandria (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A., Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Bishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A., was elected Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Vellore (India)

Fr. Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M., was elected Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania)

Fr. Adolph Marx was elected Titular Bishop of Citrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

Fr. José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Usula

Fr. Pedro Rubiano Sáenz was appointed as Priest of Cali (Colombia)

Fr. Gabriel Viñamata Castelsagué, I.E.M.E., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala)

Bishop Joseph Godehard Machens, Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Lawrence Alexander Glenn was elected Titular Bishop of Tuscamia and Auxiliary Bishop of Duluth (USA)

Fr. Sergio Sebastiani was appointed as Priest of Fermo (Italy)

Fr. Francesco De Nittis was appointed as Priest of Vieste (Italy)

Fr. Oscar Hugh Lipscomb was appointed as Priest of Mobile (USA)

Fr. André-Jacques Fougerat was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and Coadjutor Bishop of Grenoble (France)

Bishop Francis Edward Hyland, Titular Bishop of Gomphi and Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Atlanta (USA)

Diocese of Portalegre was renamed as Diocese of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal)

Fr. John Farmer Healy was elected Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

Bishop Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal)

Apostolic Exarchate of Stamford (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America) (USA)

Bishop Joseph Parecattil, Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Stephen John Kocisko was elected Titular Bishop of Theveste and Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fr. Joseph Michael Schmondiuk was elected Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M., Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Bernard Cornelius O’Riley, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa), passed away at 88

Archbishop Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito, Titular Bishop of Centenaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Bishop-elect Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R., Bishop-Prelate of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Themisonium and Bishop-Prelate of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Jorge Manrique Hurtado, Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

Bishop Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gergis and Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Bishop Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.SS.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia)

Diocese of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam and became suffragan of Ernakulam) (India)

Fr. Matthew Pothanamuzhi was elected Bishop of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. José Pedro da Silva was elected Titular Bishop of Thiava and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Archbishop Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski, Bishop emeritus of Seckau (Austria), passed away at 79

Fr. Luís Eduardo García Rodríguez, M.X.Y., Prefect Apostolic of Labateca (Colombia), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Arauca (Colombia)

Fr. Emiliano Pied, S.M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia)

Archbishop John Francis Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne (USA) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 81

Bishop José de Haas, O.F.M., Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil), passed away at 79

Fr. Francis-Albert Bougon was elected Bishop of Moulins (France)

Fr. José Alí Lebrún Moratinos, Priest of Valencia (Venezuela), was elected Titular Bishop of Aradus and Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bhagalpur was established (from Diocese of Patna) (India)

Fr. Joseph Streidt was elected Titular Bishop of Macri and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Fr. Dante Battaglierin, S.X., was elected Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

Fr. Heinrich Ewers was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P., Bishop of Volterra (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Colossæ and General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Bishop Antonio Giordani, Titular Bishop of Myndus, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

Fr. Hubert James Cartwright was elected Titular Bishop of Neve and Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington (USA)

Fr. José Bezerra Coutinho was elected Titular Bishop of Uthina and Auxiliary Bishop of Sobral (Brazil)

Bishop Edouard-Gabriel Mesguen, Bishop of Poitiers (France), passed away at 75

Bishop Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion succeeded as Bishop of Poitiers (France)

Bishop Wilhelm Stockums, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), passed away at 78

Bishop Raymond Aloysius Lane (林化東), M.M., resigned as Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

Fr. John William Comber, M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

Fr. Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum and Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Diocese of Maswa was renamed as Diocese of Shinyanga (Tanzania)

Fr. Pierre Kimbondo was elected Titular Bishop of Sebela and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Pamplona was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pamplona (with suffragan sees Calahorra y La Calzada, Jaca, San Sebastián and Tudela and lost territory to Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada) (Spain)

Fr. Mario Di Lieto was elected Titular Bishop of Hirina and Auxiliary Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy)

Bishop Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Antsirabé (Madagascar), passed away at 67

Bishop José Selva, S.D.B., Bishop-Prelate of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil), passed away at 69

Archbishop Joseph Godehard Machens, Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 69

Fr. Rafael Valladares y Argumedo was elected Titular Bishop of Curubis and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Cardinal Bernard William Griffin, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 57

Bishop Juan C. Sison, Titular Bishop of Limata and Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Nicopsis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Fr. Henry Byrne, S.S.C.M.E., was elected Titular Bishop of Lamia and Bishop-Prelate of Iba (Philippines)

Fr. Odilo Etspueler, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Fata and Bishop-Prelate of Bangued (Philippines)

Bishop Wilhelm Weskamm, Bishop of Berlin (Germany), passed away at 65

Bishop John Patrick Cody, Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Bishop Charles Herman Helmsing, Titular Bishop of Axomis and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA)

Bishop Charles Hubert Le Blond, Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Orcistus

Bishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.PP.S., Titular Bishop of Thasus and Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Jefferson City (USA)

Fr. Arthur Luysterman was appointed as Priest of Gent (Belgium)

Fr. Paul-Marie-Joseph Julliotte (余禮灼), SS.CC., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Hainan 海南 (China), passed away at 89

Bishop James J. Roche, Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland), passed away at 85

Bishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R., succeeded as Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Archbishop Basile Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M., Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada), passed away at 72

Archbishop Jean Delay resigned as Archbishop of Marseille (France)

Fr. Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm., was elected Titular Bishop of Livias and Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo (Italy)

Fr. Janusz Edmund Zimniak was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Archbishop Jean Delay was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia

Bishop John Patrick Cody succeeded as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Archbishop Edwin Vincent O’Hara, Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 75

Archbishop Edward Myers, Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 81

Bishop Camillo Faresin, S.D.B., succeeded as Bishop-Prelate of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil)

Msgr. József Zágon was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas was established (from Diocese of Zacapa and became suffragan of Guatemala) (Guatemala)

Archbishop Mariano Rossell y Arellano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala)

Diocese of Astorga lost territory to Diocese of León (Spain)

Fr. Jean Margéot, Priest of Port-Louis (Mauritius), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Štefan László, Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland (Austria), was elected Titular Bishop of Metellopolis

Fr. Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño was appointed as Priest of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop Manuel Marengo, Titular Bishop of Carrhæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

Fr. Teodoro de Faria was appointed as Priest of Funchal (Portugal)

Bishop Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P., Bishop of Cariati (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Musti

Msgr. Donald Martin Carroll resigned as Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B., Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico), passed away at 81

Bishop Marc-Armand Lallier, Bishop of Nancy (France), was promoted as Archbishop of Marseille (France)

Bishop Daniel Hermida Ortega, Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador), passed away at 93

Msgr. Luigi Dadaglio, Priest of Acqui (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Salvatore Asta, Priest of Trapani (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Paolino Limongi, Priest of Capua (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Raymond Augustine Kearney, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA), passed away at 54

Venerable Bishop Giovanni Jacono, Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Bishop Francesco Monaco succeeded as Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy)

Pope Innocent XI, Supreme Pontiff, was beatified

Bishop Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop emeritus of Irsina (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Gravina (Italy), passed away at 82

Bishop Filippo Maria Cipriani, Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop Franz Tschann, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria), passed away at 84

Bishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus, Bishop of Loja (Ecuador), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lysinia

Fr. Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P., was elected Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

Fr. Arthur Francis Fox was elected Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Fr. Gérard Denis Auguste Defois was appointed as Priest of Angers (France)

Archbishop William Otterwell Brady succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA)

Archbishop John Gregory Murray, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA), passed away at 79

Bishop Loras Thomas Lane, Titular Bishop of Bencenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Fr. William Dunne, S.P.S., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kitui (Kenya)

Fr. Dominic Ros Arraiza, I.E.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Wankie (Zimbabwe)

Bishop João Batista Cavati, C.M., Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Eucarpia

Fr. Fausto Mezza, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Bishop Léon Lommel succeeded as Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Bishop Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I., Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), passed away at 79

Archbishop Walenty Dymek, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland), passed away at 67

Archbishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus and Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Fr. Manuel Menéndez was elected Titular Bishop of Diospolis superior and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Msgr. Arturo Lovelli was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Cormac Murphy-O’Connor was appointed as Priest of Portsmouth (England)

Archbishop Louis Ferrand succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France)

Archbishop Louis-Joseph Gaillard, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France), passed away at 84

Archbishop Jean Nissan, Archbishop-Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 76

Bishop Nicolò Frazioli, Bishop of Bosa (Italy), passed away at 75

Archbishop Cesare Boccoleri, Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy) and Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy), passed away at 81

Apostolic Exarchate of Edmonton (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Edmonton (became suffragan of Winnipeg) (Canada)

Apostolic Exarchate of Saskatoon (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Saskatoon (became suffragan of Winnipeg) (Canada)

Apostolic Exarchate of Toronto (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Toronto (became suffragan of Winnipeg) (Canada)

Apostolic Exarchate of Manitoba (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Winnipeg (with suffragan sees Edmonton, Saskatoon and Toronto) (Canada)

Bishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R., Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Isidore Borecky, Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro and Apostolic Exarch of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Andrew J. Roborecki, Titular Bishop of Tanais and Apostolic Exarch of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M., Titular Bishop of Ios and Apostolic Exarch of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Edward Francis Ryan, Bishop of Burlington (USA), passed away at 77

Bishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo, Titular Bishop of Badiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Montería (Colombia)

Archbishop Gabriel-Marie Garrone succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

Cardinal Jules-Géraud Saliège, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France), passed away at 86

Fr. José Castelltort Subeyre was elected Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

Bishop Bernardino Shlaku, O.F.M., Bishop of Pult (Albania), passed away at 81

Fr. Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile) and Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria

Fr. Arnold Boghaert, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Sufetula and Coadjutor Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

Fr. Cornelius Chitsulo was elected Titular Bishop of Bonitza and Vicar Apostolic of Dedza (Malawi)

Bishop Edoardo Bresson, S.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia)

Fr. Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Selinus and Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia)

Fr. Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia)

Fr. Pablo Correa León was elected Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Aitape was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Aitape (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Samarai was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Samarai (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Aitape (Papua New Guinea), was elected Titular Bishop of Mundinitza and Vicar Apostolic of Aitape (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Francis John Doyle, M.S.C., Prefect Apostolic of Samarai (Papua New Guinea), was elected Titular Bishop of Onuphis and Vicar Apostolic of Samarai (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Joseph-Rolland-Gustave Prévost-Godard (趙玉明), P.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Ammædara

Bishop Karel Otčenášek, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Hradec Králové (Czechia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Bishop Maurizio Picha, Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia), passed away at 87

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

Bishop Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Fussala and Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco), was promoted as Archbishop of Tánger (Morocco)

Bishop Frederic Osterrath, O.S.B. Subl., Titular Bishop of Tingis, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Syedra

Bishop Rafael Canale Oberti, Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina), passed away at 87

Fr. Francisco José Castro y Ramírez was elected Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

Bishop Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

Fr. Geraldo Fernandes Bijos, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of Londrina (Brazil)

Bishop Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad, Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia, was appointed as Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Fr. Maurice Michael Otunga, Priest of Kisumu (Kenya), was elected Titular Bishop of Tacapæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

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

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

Archbishop Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus

Archbishop Francis William Markall, S.J., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy, Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 71

Bishop Lambert Anthony Hoch, Bishop of Bismarck (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

Fr. Joseph Bernard Brunini, Priest of Natchez (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Axomis and Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez–Jackson (USA)

Fr. Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Vallis and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Fr. Joseph Louis André Ouellette was elected Titular Bishop of Carrhæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Bishop Luigi Cicuttini, Titular Bishop of Amyzon and Auxiliary Bishop of Udine (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

Fr. Pedro Rosales Dean was appointed as Priest of Cebu (Philippines)

Fr. Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan was appointed as Priest of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Fr. Ricardo Pido Tancinco was appointed as Priest of Calbayog (Philippines)

Fr. Lucas Liu Hsien-tang (劉獻堂) was appointed as Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Fr. Simon Wang Coen-hwa (王振華) was appointed as Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Fr. Domenico Bartolucci, Priest of Firenze (Italy), was appointed as Director Master of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel

Bishop Bolesław Kominek was appointed as Titular Bishop of Vaga

Bishop Teodoro Bensch, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tentyris and Apostolic Administrator of Piła (Poland)

Bishop Edmund Nowicki, Titular Bishop of Hadriane and Coadjutor Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thugga

Fr. Jaime Luiz Coelho was elected Bishop of Maringá (Brazil)

Fr. Severino Mariano de Aguiar was elected Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Archbishop William Godfrey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. Franz Žak was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Coadjutor Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

Fr. Harry Anselm Clinch, Priest of Monterey–Fresno (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Badiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterey (USA)

Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M., Bishop of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hilta

Fr. James Darcy Freeman, Priest of Sydney (Australia), was elected Titular Bishop of Hermopolis parva and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao) and Titular Bishop of Vagada

Bishop Lewis Jacob Thielen Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao)

Fr. Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Caroline and Marshall Islands (Micronesia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands (Micronesia) and Titular Bishop of Sassura

Diocese of Gary was established (from Diocese of Fort Wayne and became suffragan of Indianapolis) (USA)

Fr. Alexander Carter was elected Titular Bishop of Sita and Coadjutor Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

Fr. Bernardin Gantin, Priest of Cotonou (Benin), was elected Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Cotonou (Benin)

Fr. José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Nephelis

Fr. Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda)

Bishop Bartholomew Joseph Eustace, Bishop of Camden (USA), passed away at 69

Msgr. Lorenzo Perosi, Director Master of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel, passed away at 83

Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

Msgr. Ovidiu Bejan was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Diocese of Chiclayo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo and Diocese of Cajamarca and became suffragan of Trujillo) (Peru)

Fr. Antonin Fishta, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Amyzon and Apostolic Administrator of Pult (Albania)

Bishop Ambrogio Squintani, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Amorium

Archbishop Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru), was appointed as Archbishop Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) and Titular Archbishop of Berœa

Bishop Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Nisyrus and Military Vicar of Peru (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)

Bishop Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz, Bishop of Huaraz (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Huancayo (Peru)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Arce Masías, Bishop of Tacna (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

Bishop Daniel Figueroa Villón, Bishop of Huancayo (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru)

Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana, Bishop of Huánuco (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

Diocese of Natchez was renamed as Diocese of Natchez–Jackson (USA)

Bishop Orlando Chaves, S.D.B., Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Sesta and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

Bishop Giuseppe de Nardis, Bishop emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy), passed away at 90

Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow, Bishop of Natchez (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Natchez–Jackson (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Pala was established (from Diocese of Garoua) (Chad)

Fr. Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers was elected Titular Bishop of Thasus and Coadjutor Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

Fr. Francisco Maria da Silva was elected Titular Bishop of Telmissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal)

Fr. Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa was elected Bishop of Espinal (Colombia)

Fr. Jacob Thoomkuzhy was appointed as Priest of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)