Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Priverno lost territory to Diocese of Terracina (Italy)

Diocese of São Tomé was renamed as Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Diocese of Gazireh (Syriac Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

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

Titular Episcopal See of Antigonea was suppressed

Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium), was appointed as Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium)

Fr. Alfonso Raes, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Archbishop Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kankan (Guinea)

Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Bishop Joseph-Eugène Limoges, Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Edward F. Boehler was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. Honoré Jouneaux, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Pala (Chad)

Bishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Louis van Steene, M. Afr., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Marcel Evariste van Rengen, C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Jean Van der Heyden, S.V.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Los Ríos (Ecuador)

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

Archbishop William Godfrey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of England and Wales of the Ukrainians (England)

Fr. Alois Große Kappenberg, S.V.D., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Fr. Maurizio Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Kankan (Guinea), passed away

Bishop Mihály Endrey-Eipel, Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Msgr. Antonio Bacci resigned as Datary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Pietro Palazzini resigned as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., resigned as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii

Msgr. Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli, Priest of Benevento (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to British East and West Africa

Archbishop Luigi Punzolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Msgr. Lino Zanini, Priest of Venezia (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Iran

Fr. Pio Paschini resigned as Rector Magnificus of Athenaeum of Roman Pontifical Seminary

Fr. Giuseppe Rossi resigned as Secretary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Enrico Caiazzo, Prelate Auditor emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 82

Msgr. Giuseppe Calderari was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Msgr. Arturo De Jorio resigned as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Marco Martini resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Antonio Piolanti, Priest of Roma (Italy), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

Msgr. Francesco Rossi Stockalper resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giovanni Teodori resigned as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Raffaele Larcher, C.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

Fr. Pietro Menotti, C.G.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus the Priest (Venturini)

Fr. Francesco Prevedello, C.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

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

Msgr. Paul Sakuzo Uchino (パウロ 内野作蔵) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Urawa 浦和 (Japan)

Fr. Illuminato Colombo, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Misurata (Libya), passed away

Fr. Marcello Saint-Denis, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nyassa (Malawi), passed away

Bishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen, Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

Bishop Tomas Wilczynski resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Juan José Dorronsoro Allo was appointed as Priest of San Sebastián (Spain)

Fr. Vincent Chang Kuo-ting (張國珽), Priest of Beijing 北京 (China), was appointed as Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Fr. Giuseppe Gerardo Grondin, M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Musoma (Tanzania), passed away

Abbot Isaïe El-Asmar, O.A.M., resigned as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Abbot Maroun Harica, O.A.M., was appointed as Superior General of Antonin Maronite Order

Fr. Edwin Healy, S.J., resigned as Adjunct Theologian of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Ferdinand Holzner, C.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Fr. Ludwik Nowak, O.S.P.P.E., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Fr. Ignacio Ortiz de Urbina, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

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

Fr. Frans Sercu, C.I.C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Fr. Jozef Vandeputte, C.I.C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)

Fr. Léon Volker, M. Afr., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Fr. Reginald Weinmann, C.M.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries

Fr. Alojzy Wrzalik, O.S.P.P.E., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)

Br. Robertus Knuvers, C.S.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Br. Theophanus Negenborn, C.S.A., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Louis Gonzaga

Bishop Thomas Joseph McDonough, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah (USA)

Apostolic Vicariate of Archipelago of the Navigators was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Samoa Island and Tokelau (Samoa)

Fr. Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Parakou (Benin)

Fr. João José da Mota e Albuquerque was elected Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil)

Bishop Jean-Emmanuel Marquès, Titular Bishop of Sigus and Auxiliary Bishop of Albi (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

Bishop Alexandre Caillot, Bishop of Grenoble (France), passed away at 95

Bishop André-Jacques Fougerat succeeded as Bishop of Grenoble (France)

Fr. Giovanni Fallani, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Josephus Meile, Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland), passed away at 65

Bishop Luigi Pirelli, Bishop of Andria (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lysias

Archbishop Felice Ambrogio Guerra Fezza, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Cuba), passed away at 90

Fr. Antonio Mauro was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Salvatore Vitale was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to United Arab Republic

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Bishop Marino Bergonzini, Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Modena (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

Bishop Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica), passed away at 68

Fr. Justin James Field, O.P., was elected Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada (Grenada)

Fr. Charles Alphonse Gachet, F.M.I., was elected Bishop of Castries (Saint Lucia)

Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken succeeded as Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Bishop Robert John Armstrong, Bishop of Sacramento (USA), passed away at 72

Bishop Julius Döpfner, Bishop of Würzburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Bishop Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P., Titular Bishop of Cœla and Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Goiás (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Prada Carrera, C.M.F., Titular Bishop of Bisica and Bishop-Prelate of São José de Alto Tocantins (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil)

Bishop Abel Ribeiro Camelo, Titular Bishop of Curium and Auxiliary Bishop of Goiás (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Jataí (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Vacaria was promoted as Diocese of Vacaria (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Bishop Cândido Julio Bampi, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop-Prelate of Vacaria (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil)

Diocese of San Juan Bautista was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción and Diocese of Villarrica and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Bishop Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña, Titular Bishop of Bagis and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

Fr. Raphael J. Bidawid was elected Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Raphael Rabban resigned as Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná was established (from Diocese of Concepción and Diocese of Villarrica and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kaolack was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dakar and Diocese of Ziguinchor) (Senegal)

Apostolic Vicariate of Busan 부산 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku 대구) (South Korea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Gwangju 광주 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

Fr. Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Msgr. Pietro Coffano, Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 77

Fr. Secondo Tagliabue was elected Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Jeonju 전주 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea)

Bishop Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley, Bishop of Mende (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nancy (France)

Fr. Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Mombasa and Zanzibar (Kenya)

Fr. Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek (Namibia) and Titular Bishop of Dalisandus in Pamphylia

Fr. John Kwao Amuzu Aggey was elected Titular Bishop of Sigus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lagos (Nigeria)

Fr. Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Gomphi

Fr. Harold William Henry (현 하롤드), S.S.C.M.E., Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Corydala and Vicar Apostolic of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

Fr. John A. Choi Jae-seon (최재선 요한) was elected Titular Bishop of Fussala and Vicar Apostolic of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

Fr. Bartholomew Kim Hyeon-bae (김현배 바르톨로메오), Prefect Apostolic of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Agbia and Vicar Apostolic of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea)

Bishop Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Douala (Cameroon), passed away at 53

Bishop Justin Joseph McCarthy, Titular Bishop of Doberus and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Camden (USA)

Bishop Quirino Clemente Bonefačić, Bishop emeritus of Split (Croatia) and Bishop emeritus of Makarska (Croatia), passed away at 86

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

Bishop Dionisio Leonida Varouhas, Apostolic Exarch of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkiye), passed away at 67

Fr. Hermínio Malzone Hugo was elected Bishop of Governador Valadares (Brazil)

Fr. Guillermo Bolatti, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Limata and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Heinrich Maria Janssen, Priest of Münster (Germany), was elected Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Bishop Augusto Gianfranceschi, Titular Bishop of Hemeria and Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cesena (Italy)

Fr. Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas was elected Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Bishop Felice Agostino Addeo, O.S.A., Bishop emeritus of Nicosia (Italy), passed away at 80

Blessed Fr. Petro Verhun (Петро Вергун), Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 66

Msgr. Giuseppe Calderari, Privy Chamberlain Participantium, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Giuseppe Olivotti was elected Titular Bishop of Samos and Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy)

Diocese of Bahía Blanca was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca (with suffragan sees Comodoro Rivadavia, Santa Rosa and Viedma and lost territory to establish Diocese of Mar del Plata and Diocese of Santa Rosa) (Argentina)

Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia was established (from Diocese of Viedma and became suffragan of Bahía Blanca) (Argentina)

Diocese of Formosa was established (from Diocese of Resistencia and became suffragan of Santa Fe) (Argentina)

Diocese of Gualeguaychú was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná and became suffragan of Paraná) (Argentina)

Diocese of Lomas de Zamora was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and became suffragan of La Plata) (Argentina)

Diocese of Mar del Plata was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and Diocese of Bahía Blanca and became suffragan of La Plata) (Argentina)

Diocese of Mendoza lost territory to Diocese of Viedma (Argentina)

Diocese of Morón was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

Diocese of Nueve de Julio was established (from Diocese of Azul and Diocese of Mercedes and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

Diocese of Posadas was established (from Diocese of Corrientes and became suffragan of La Plata) (Argentina)

Diocese of Reconquista was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe and became suffragan of Santa Fe) (Argentina)

Diocese of San Isidro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

Diocese of Santa Rosa was established (from Diocese of Bahía Blanca and Diocese of Mercedes and became suffragan of Bahía Blanca) (Argentina)

Diocese of Tucumán was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tucumán (with suffragan see Santiago del Estero) (Argentina)

Diocese of Villa María was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Córdoba and became suffragan of Córdoba) (Argentina)

Bishop Juan Carlos Aramburu, Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Bishop Germiniano Esorto, Bishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

Archbishop James Robert Knox, Apostolic Delegate to British East and West Africa, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to India

Apostolic Prefecture of Umtali was promoted as Diocese of Umtali (became suffragan of Salisbury) (Zimbabwe)

Fr. James William Gleeson was elected Titular Bishop of Sesta and Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Leoncio Fernández Galilea, C.M.F., Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo (Equatorial Guinea), passed away at 65

Fr. John of the Cross Anyogu was elected Titular Bishop of Magnesia ad Mæandrum and Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha (Nigeria)

Fr. Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm., Prefect Apostolic of Umtali (Zimbabwe), was elected Bishop of Umtali (Zimbabwe)

Archbishop Guido Tonetti, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon, Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Cuneo (Italy)

Fr. Marcello Morgante was elected Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

Diocese of Essen was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn and Diocese of Münster and became suffragan of Köln) (Germany)

Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard, Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA), passed away at 77

Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini, Apostolic Internuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Archbishop Gennaro Verolino, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Colonel Heinrich Pfyffer von Altishofen resigned as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Fr. Thomas Reis was elected Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Re was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Archbishop Rafael Afanador y Cadena, Bishop emeritus of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), passed away at 85

Bishop Fernando Gomes dos Santos, Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro, Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil)

Fr. John Kodwo Amissah was elected Titular Bishop of Bencenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Fr. George Joseph Biskup was elected Titular Bishop of Hemeria and Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque (USA)

Bishop Henri-Aimé-Anatole Prunier, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Salem (India), passed away at 68

Fr. Carmelo Canzonieri was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Messina (Italy)

Fr. Aurelio Signora was elected Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy) and Titular Archbishop of Nicosia

Fr. Jorge Mayer was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina)

Fr. Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina)

Fr. Antonio María Aguirre was elected Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina)

Fr. Filemón Castellano was elected Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Fr. Jorge Ramón Chalup was elected Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina)

Fr. Alberto Deane, C.P., was elected Bishop of Villa María (Argentina)

Fr. Agustín Adolfo Herrera was elected Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)

Fr. Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Posadas (Argentina)

Fr. Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Morón (Argentina)

Bishop Enrique Rau, Bishop of Resistencia (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Mar del Plata (Argentina)

Fr. Antônio Batista Fragoso was elected Titular Bishop of Ucres and Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Bishop José Joaquim Gonçalves, Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tanis and Auxiliary Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil)

Fr. Francesco Brustia was elected Bishop of Andria (Italy)

Bishop Cesare Maria Guerrero, Bishop of San Fernando (Philippines), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus

Bishop Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M., Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Salona

Fr. Emilio Cinense y Abera was elected Bishop of San Fernando (Philippines)

Fr. Francesco Monterisi was appointed as Priest of Barletta (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Ricceri was elected Titular Bishop of Cœla and Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Bishop Arturo Duque Villegas, Titular Bishop of Vatarba and Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Bishop Pedro Maria Rodríguez Andrade, Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Brysis

Diocese of Espinal was established (from Diocese of Ibagué and became suffragan of Popayán) (Colombia)

Diocese of Sonsón was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín and became suffragan of Medellín) (Colombia)

Bishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta, Titular Bishop of Abila in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Sonsón (Colombia)

Fr. Mario Venturini, C.G.S., Superior General of Congregation of Jesus the Priest (Venturini), passed away at 70

Fr. Peter Takaaki Hirayama (ペトロ 平山高明) was appointed as Priest of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tonga Islands was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tonga Islands and Niue (Tonga)

Fr. Orazio Semeraro was elected Bishop of Cariati (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Emanuele Pereira Ribeiro, Bishop of Funchal (Portugal), passed away at 78

Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands (Tonga), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands and Niue (Tonga)

Patriarchal See of Lisboa lost territory to Diocese of Leiria (Portugal)

Bishop-elect Gerhard Franz Demann, Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany), passed away at 56

Bishop Renato Fontenelle, Titular Bishop of Theudalis, passed away at 62

Fr. Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kaolack (Senegal)

Fr. John Ahern was elected Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland)

Colonel Robert Nünlist was appointed as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop Thomas Hughes, S.M.A., Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Latopolis

Bishop Felício César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M., Bishop of Penedo (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Verissa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)

Bishop Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Joinville (Brazil)

Fr. Gregório Warmeling was elected Bishop of Joinville (Brazil)

Diocese of Porto Amélia was established (from Diocese of Nampula and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques) (Mozambique)

Fr. José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P., was elected Bishop of Porto Amélia (Mozambique)

Fr. James Vincent Casey was elected Titular Bishop of Citium and Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

Diocese of Rockville Centre was established (from Diocese of Brooklyn and became suffragan of New York) (USA)

Fr. Walter Kasper was appointed as Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Bishop Salvatore Del Bene, Bishop of Telese (Italy), passed away at 76

Diocese of Farafangana was established (from Diocese of Fort-Dauphin and became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Diocese of Tuléar was established (from Diocese of Fort-Dauphin and became suffragan of Tananarive) (Madagascar)

Cardinal Alessandro Verde, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop José María Bueno y Monreal succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Cardinal Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere and Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 76

Diocese of Cuenca was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuenca (with suffragan see Loja) (Ecuador)

Diocese of Coria was renamed as Diocese of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

Fr. Almir Marques Ferreira was elected Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil)

Bishop Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad, Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Bishop Manuel Llopis Ivorra, Bishop of Coria (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

Territorial Prelature of Óbidos was established (from Territorial Prelature of Santarém and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Diocese of Ciudad Juárez was established (from Diocese of Chihuahua and became suffragan of Durango) (Mexico)

Territorial Prelature of Yauyos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima and became suffragan of Lima) (Peru)

Fr. Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Ariassus and Vicar Apostolic of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. René-Jean-Prosper-Bruno Boudon was elected Bishop of Mende (France)

Bishop Gerard Bertrand, M. Afr., Bishop of Tamale (Ghana), was appointed as Bishop of Navrongo (Ghana)

Fr. Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Fr. Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea, Opus Dei, was elected Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru)

Apostolic Prefecture of La Paz was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of California Inferiore and became suffragan of Durango) (Mexico)

Military Vicariate of Netherlands was established (Netherlands)

Archbishop Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands), was appointed as Military Vicar of Netherlands (Netherlands)

Fr. Joseph Hasler was elected Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart, Titular Bishop of Aradi, was appointed as Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Bishop Walter Philip Kellenberg, Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Archbishop Pompeo Ghezzi, Bishop emeritus of Sansepolcro (Italy), passed away at 87

Bishop Thomas Hughes, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Ondo (Nigeria), passed away at 65

Fr. Glennon Patrick Flavin was elected Titular Bishop of Ioannina and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Bishop-elect Joseph Hasler was confirmed as Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Fr. Georges Edmond Robert Gilson was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Archbishop Gabriel-Roch de Llobet, Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France), passed away at 85

Archbishop Joseph-Martin Urtasun succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Fr. Augusto Trujillo Arango was elected Titular Bishop of Nisyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Bishop Mariano Vega Mestre, Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain), passed away at 63

Diocese of Fréjus was renamed as Diocese of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Bishop Auguste Joseph Gaudel, Bishop of Fréjus (France), was appointed as Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

Fr. Henryk Józef Muszyński was appointed as Priest of Chełmno (Poland)

Fr. João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque was elected Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil)

Fr. Jerônimo Mazzarotto was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia

Fr. Teodulfo Sabugai Domingo was elected Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Bishop John Carmel Heenan, Bishop of Leeds (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Bishop Michael Joseph Ready, Bishop of Columbus (USA), passed away at 64

Fr. Sylvester Donovan Ryan was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop Teodorico de Angelis, Bishop emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Formosa (Argentina)

Bishop James Johnston Navagh, Titular Bishop of Ombi and Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Archbishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Msgr. Joseph Francis McGeough, Priest of New York (USA) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Ethiopia

Bishop Louis Benedict Kucera, Bishop of Lincoln (USA), passed away at 68

Abbot Paolo Sárközy, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary), passed away at 72

Bishop Léon-Albert Terrier, Bishop of Bayonne (France), passed away at 63

Archabbot Chrysostomus Schmid, O.S.B., resigned as Superior General of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

Bishop Albini LeBlanc, Bishop of Gaspé (Canada), passed away at 63

Fr. Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) and President of Episcopal Conference of Poland, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere

Fr. Manuel Talamás Camandari was elected Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)

Bishop Francis Augustine Thill, Bishop of Salina (USA), passed away at 63

Bishop Hernán Frías Hurtado, Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Bareta

Fr. José Pedro de Araújo Costa was elected Bishop of Caetité (Brazil)

Fr. José Maria Pires was elected Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Venerable Archbishop Giovanni Jacono, Bishop emeritus of Caltanissetta (Italy), passed away at 84

Archbishop Aurelio Macedonio Guerriero, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Gabula

Fr. Carl Frederick Mengeling was appointed as Priest of Gary (USA)

Sr. Marie de la Providence Smet (Eugénie), A.P., was beatified

Bishop Eugenio Lebouille (劉士杰), C.M., Bishop emeritus of Yongping 永平 (China), passed away at 79

Bishop Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Fr. Andrzej Wronka was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Vatarba

Fr. Antonio Barone was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. P. Edward Sadie was appointed as Priest of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Fr. Jan Fondaliński was elected Titular Bishop of Doberus and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Piotr Gołębiewski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Panium

Fr. Stanisław Jakiel was elected Titular Bishop of Tanagra and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Fr. Szczepan Sobalkowski was elected Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

Diocese of Trujillo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida and became suffragan of Mérida) (Venezuela)

Bishop Arnold Boghaert, C.SS.R., succeeded as Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

Bishop Giacomo Moris, C.SS.R., Bishop of Roseau (Dominica), passed away at 81

Diocese of Barcelona lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tarragona and Diocese of Vic (Spain)

Diocese of Cuenca lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia (Spain)

Diocese of Gerona lost territory to Diocese of Vic (Spain)

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

Diocese of Orihuela exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia (Spain)

Diocese of Segorbe exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia (Spain)

Diocese of Solsona exchanged territory with Diocese of Vic (Spain)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia exchanged territory with Diocese of Orihuela and Diocese of Segorbe (Spain)

Diocese of Vic lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tarragona (Spain)

Bishop Jean-Germain Mousset (문제만 제르마노), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Taiku 대구 (South Korea), passed away at 80

Fr. Edmond Carmody was appointed as Priest of San Antonio (USA)

Fr. Júlio Duarte Langa was appointed as Priest of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)

Bishop Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.SS.R., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname), passed away at 81

Apostolic Exarchate of England and Wales (Ukrainian Rite) was established (England)

Bishop Richard Thomas Guilfoyle, Bishop of Altoona (USA), passed away at 64

Fr. Basil Harry Losten was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

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

Fr. José Agustín Marozzi was elected Bishop of Resistencia (Argentina)

Fr. Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Priest of La Plata (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Tanais and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop James Vincent Casey, Titular Bishop of Citium and Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

Diocese of Campo Grande was established (from Diocese of Corumbá and Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Diocese of Dourados was established (from Diocese of Corumbá and became suffragan of Cuiabá) (Brazil)

Diocese of Januária was established (from Diocese of Montes Claros and Territorial Prelature of Paracatu and became suffragan of Diamantina) (Brazil)

Fr. Paul Van den Berghe was appointed as Priest of Gent (Belgium)

Fr. Eugenio Binini was appointed as Priest of Parma (Italy)

Fr. Luciano Giovannetti was appointed as Priest of Arezzo (Italy)

Fr. Adrianus Johannes Simonis was appointed as Priest of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Bishop Federico Pérez Silva, C.M., was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru)

Fr. John Martin Dougherty was appointed as Priest of Scranton (USA)

Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons succeeded as Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Bishop Richard Ryan, C.M., Bishop of Sale (Australia), passed away at 75

Bishop Guilherme Augusto Inácio da Cunha Guimarães, Bishop of Angra (Portugal), passed away at 79

Bishop Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho succeeded as Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

Diocese of Tapachula was established (from Diocese of Chiapas and became suffragan of Antequera) (Mexico)

Diocese of Torreón was established (from Diocese of Saltillo and became suffragan of Durango) (Mexico)

Diocese of Visakhapatnam lost territory to Diocese of Cuttack (India)

Bishop Paul Cheikho resigned as Bishop of Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. André Sana was elected Bishop of Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Arthé Guimond was appointed as Priest of Grouard–McLennan (Canada)

Fr. Alfons Nossol was appointed as Priest of Opole (Poland)

Fr. Władysław Bobowski was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Fr. Ján Sokol was appointed as Priest of Trnava (Slovakia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bathurst in Gambia was promoted as Diocese of Bathurst in Gambia (without ecclesiastical province) (Gambia)

Fr. Michael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Bathurst in Gambia (Gambia), was elected Bishop of Bathurst in Gambia (Gambia)

Bishop Epimenio Giannico, Bishop of Trivento (Italy), passed away at 65

Fr. Geraldo Majella Agnelo was appointed as Priest of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Hubert Coppenrath was appointed as Priest of Papeete (French Polynesia)

Fr. Josef Stangl was elected Bishop of Würzburg (Germany)

Fr. Renato Raffaele Martino was appointed as Priest of Salerno (Italy)

Bishop Gabriel Naamo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Syria of the Chaldeans (Syria) and Apostolic Administrator of Upper Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Fr. Walter William Curtis was elected Titular Bishop of Bisica and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Fr. Edward Joseph Maginn was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Albany (USA) and Titular Bishop of Curium

Fr. Martin Walter Stanton was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) and Titular Bishop of Citium

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

Fr. Camille Vandekerckhove, C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Paul Cheikho was appointed as Bishop of Aleppo of the Chaldeans (Syria)

Bishop Raphael Rabban was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Dionigi Tettamanzi was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Gabriel Naamo, Titular Bishop of Batnæ, was appointed as Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon)

Fr. Emílio Pignoli was appointed as Priest of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Blessed Fr. Gabriel-Joseph-Roger Longueville was appointed as Priest of Viviers (France)

Fr. Severino Poletto was appointed as Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Fr. Salvatore Garofalo, Priest of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes, Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil), passed away at 42

Diocese of Beirut (Chaldean Rite) was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Administration of Upper Gazireh and without ecclesiastical province) (Lebanon)

Diocese of Syria (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Aleppo (gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Administration of Upper Gazireh) (Syria)

Apostolic Administration of Upper Gazireh (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Aleppo and Diocese of Diarbekir and to establish Diocese of Beirut) (Turkiye)

Archbishop Terence Bernard McGuire, Archbishop emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), passed away at 75

Bishop Lewis Jacob Thielen Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Curaçao (Curaçao), passed away at 65

Apostolic Prefecture of Kenge was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kikwit and Apostolic Vicariate of Kisantu) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kavieng was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Rabaul) (Papua New Guinea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Musoma was promoted as Diocese of Musoma (became suffragan of Tabora) (Tanzania)

Apostolic Vicariate of Nha Trang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Quinhon and Apostolic Vicariate of Saigon) (Vietnam)

Bishop Thomas Mongo, Titular Bishop of Botriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Douala (Cameroon), was appointed as Bishop of Douala (Cameroon)

Fr. Alfredo Polidori, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina and Vicar Apostolic of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. John James Rudin, M.M., was elected Bishop of Musoma (Tanzania)

Bishop Paul-Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon (Vietnam), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Nha Trang (Vietnam)

Bishop Antonio Sévat, C.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar), passed away at 79

Fr. Henri Schwery was appointed as Priest of Sion (Switzerland)

Military Vicariate of Argentina was established (Argentina)

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

Diocese of Aversa exchanged territory with Diocese of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Diocese of Pozzuoli exchanged territory with Diocese of Aversa (Italy)

Diocese of Cartagena lost territory to Diocese of Almería (Spain)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada lost territory to Diocese of Almería (Spain)

Diocese of Guadix lost territory to Diocese of Almería (Spain)

Diocese of Málaga lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada (Spain)

Apostolic Vicariate of California Inferiore was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tijuana (Mexico)

Fr. Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Abila in Palæstina and Vicar Apostolic of Pontianak (Indonesia)

Bishop Tarcisius Henricus Josephus van Valenberg, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Pontianak (Indonesia)

Bishop Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S., Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore (Mexico), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Tijuana (Mexico)

Fr. Alfio Rapisarda was appointed as Priest of Catania (Italy)

Diocese of Hassaké (Syriac Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (Syria)

Fr. Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)

Fr. Patrick Edward O’Connor was appointed as Priest of Wellington (New Zealand)

Msgr. Giuseppe Damizia, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Bruno Fagiolo, Chamberlain of Honour of Purple Ropes, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Msgr. Michele Maccarrone, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Donato Pafundi, Bishop of Cerignola (Italy) and Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy), passed away at 62

Bishop Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira, Titular Bishop of Arycanda and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and Titular Archbishop of Chalcis in Syria

Bishop João Resende Costa, S.D.B., Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Martyropolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Fr. Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Trajanopolis in Phrygia and Auxiliary Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala)

Bishop-elect Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (Honduras), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Pisidia

Fr. Helmut Bauer was appointed as Priest of Würzburg (Germany)

Fr. Helmut Hermann Wittler was elected Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

Fr. Felice Leonardo was elected Bishop of Telese (Italy)

Fr. Władysław Mroczek, M.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Fr. Stanisław Škutans, M.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Diocese of Vitória da Conquista was established (from Diocese of Amargosa and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia) (Brazil)

Fr. Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga was appointed as Priest of Riobamba (Ecuador)

Fr. Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya was appointed as Priest of Bilbao (Spain)

Fr. Luigi Maria Carli was elected Bishop of Segni (Italy)

Bishop Pietro Severi, Bishop of Segni (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pergamum

Bishop David Francis Hickey, S.J., Bishop of Belize (Belize), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cabasa

Bishop Johann Evangelist Müller, Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia

Bishop Angelo Ficarra, Bishop of Patti (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica

Bishop Giuseppe Pullano succeeded as Bishop of Patti (Italy)

Territorial Prelature of Juli was established (from Diocese of Puno and became suffragan of Arequipa) (Peru)

Fr. George Patrick Dwyer was elected Bishop of Leeds (England)

Fr. Bruno Wüstenberg, Priest of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Edward Louis Fedders, M.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru)

Msgr. Paul Gouyon, Priest of Bordeaux (France) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Bishop of Bayonne (France)

Fr. Alfred-Joseph Atton was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans (France) and Titular Bishop of Theudalis

Fr. Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Bagis and Auxiliary Bishop of Amos (Canada)

Fr. Terence James Cooke, Priest of New York (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Angelus Münzloher, S.D.S., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Assam (India), passed away at 91

Fr. Godfried Danneels was appointed as Priest of Brugge (Belgium)

Fr. José Eugênio Corrêa was elected Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil)

Fr. James Cunningham was elected Titular Bishop of Ios and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Heinrich Wienken, Bishop of Meißen (Germany), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Fr. Pedro María Abellán Aristizábal, S.J., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University, was appointed as Theologian of Apostolic Penitentiary

Bishop Antoon Oomen, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mwanza (Tanzania), passed away at 81

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

Cardinal Giovanni Mercati, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library and Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, passed away at 90

Bishop Louis Delmotte, Bishop emeritus of Tournai (Belgium), passed away at 64

Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier, Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Le Mans (France)

Bishop Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P., Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón (Peru), passed away at 80

Bishop Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón (Peru)

Bishop Ignace Ramarosandratana, Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar), passed away at 63

Bishop Arturo Ignacio Camargo, Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Fr. Wilson Laus Schmidt was elected Titular Bishop of Rhædestus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Military Vicariate of Belgium was established (Belgium)

Military Vicariate of United States of America was established (USA)

Archbishop Paul Bernier, Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria and Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

Fr. Evelio Domínguez Recinos was elected Titular Bishop of Acholla and Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Bishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil)

Bishop Giacomo Rosso, Bishop emeritus of Cuneo (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea, Titular Bishop of Geras and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain)

Archbishop Henry Patrick Rohlman, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA), passed away at 81

Fr. Michael Augustine O’Connor, O.P., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Jian’ou 建甌 (China), passed away

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission, Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, was appointed as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archbishop Giovanni Naslian, Bishop emeritus of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye), passed away at 82

Archbishop Pietro Kedigian, Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia, passed away at 67

Apostolic Prefecture of Akyab was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Prome (Myanmar)

Fr. Thomas Albert Newman, M.S., Prefect Apostolic of Akyab (Myanmar), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Prome (Myanmar)

Bishop Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille (文貴斌), C.M., Bishop emeritus of Tianjin 天津 (China), passed away at 80

Fr. David de Sousa, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

Bishop Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 74

Fr. Michele Di Ruberto was appointed as Priest of Lucera–Troia (Italy)

Fr. Augusto Lombardi, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. Luigi Risso, P.I.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Bishop Knut Ansgar Nelson, E.B.C., succeeded as Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

Fr. Domingo Roa Pérez was elected Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Musty was elected Titular Bishop of Botriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Juvencio Joan Hospital de la Puebla, O.E.S.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China), passed away at 87

Fr. Filippo Aglialoro was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia

Bishop Paul-Louis Touzé resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Archbishop Domenico Menna, Bishop emeritus of Mantova (Italy), passed away at 81

Diocese of Altoona was renamed as Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown (USA)

Msgr. Lauro Governatori, Priest of Montefiascone (Italy), was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Frederick William Freking was elected Bishop of Salina (USA)

Fr. Vincent Nicholas Foy, Priest of Toronto (Canada), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Fiorenzo Romita, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Johannes Bydolek, Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), passed away at 69

Bishop Marcos Sergio Godoy, Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela), passed away at 76

Fr. Juan José Iriarte was elected Bishop of Reconquista (Argentina)

Bishop Jean Duperray, Bishop of Montpellier (France), passed away at 68

Bishop István Fiedler, Bishop emeritus of Satu Mare (Romania) and Bishop emeritus of Oradea Mare (Romania), passed away at 86

Bishop-elect Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger was appointed as Titular Bishop of Antandrus and Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Fr. Víctor Manuel López Forero was appointed as Priest of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Juan Sandoval Íñiguez was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Marciano Tinajero y Estrada, Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico), passed away at 85

Bishop Agostino Bostani, Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 80

Territorial Prelature of Copiapó was promoted as Diocese of Copiapó (Chile)

Archbishop Francesco d’Errico, Bishop emeritus of Alghero (Italy), passed away at 95

Fr. Johannes Vonderach was elected Titular Bishop of Aradi and Coadjutor Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Bishop Hanna Hebbé, Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 72

Fr. John Michael Fearns was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Geras

Fr. Cesario Stern (路道宣), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Weihai 威海 (China), passed away at 79

Bishop George Calavassy, Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), passed away at 76

Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists), passed away at 74

Bishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J., Bishop of Raigarh–Ambikapur (India), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mossyna

Bishop Raimundo de Castro e Silva, Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Uzalis and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa, Titular Bishop of Letopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

Fr. Anthony Humilis Yang Guang-qi (楊廣祺), O.F.M., Bishop of Yuci 榆次 (China), passed away at 44

Fr. Norbert Legányi, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Pannonhalma (Hungary)

Apostolic Prefecture of Esmeraldas was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Esmeraldas (Ecuador)

Apostolic Prefecture of Galápagos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil) (Ecuador)

Fr. Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Caunas and Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas (Ecuador)

Fr. Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F., was elected Titular Bishop of Sinna and Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Jacques Pessers, S.V.D., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Atambua (Indonesia)

Fr. Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Mulia and Vicar Apostolic of Atambua (Indonesia)

Fr. Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) and Titular Bishop of Abora

Fr. Jules-Joseph Puset, P.S.S., was elected Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar)

Diocese of New Ulm was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and became suffragan of Saint Paul) (USA)

Bishop Franz Hengsbach, Titular Bishop of Cantanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Essen (Germany)

Msgr. Marcello Magliocchetti, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Oleksandr Malynowskyj, Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland), passed away at 68

Bishop José Vicente Távora, Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Bishop John Joseph Carberry, Titular Bishop of Elis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA)

Bishop John George Bennett, Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA), passed away at 66

Territorial Prelature of Caravelí was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa and Diocese of Ayacucho and became suffragan of Arequipa) (Peru)

Bishop Mario Di Lieto, Titular Bishop of Hirina and Auxiliary Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy) and Bishop of Cerignola (Italy)

Fr. Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru)

Bishop John van Sambeek, M. Afr., Bishop of Kigoma (Tanzania), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tracula

Bishop Roberto Benardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M., Bishop of San Felipe (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis

Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre, Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

Diocese of Malanje was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda and Diocese of Silva Porto and became suffragan of Luanda) (Angola)

Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal was renamed as Diocese of São Carlos (Brazil)

Bishop Ruy Serra, Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil)

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

Fr. Reginald John Delargey, Priest of Auckland (New Zealand), was elected Titular Bishop of Hirina and Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

Bishop Franciszek Sonik, Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland), passed away at 72

Bishop Ivan Latyševskyj, Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 78

Fr. Enrique Principe was elected Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina)

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

Archbishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Selymbria

Fr. Leonard Philip Cowley was elected Titular Bishop of Pertusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Alphonse James Schladweiler was elected Bishop of New Ulm (USA)

Bishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido, Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Abbot Dominique Nogues, O.C.S.O., Abbot General emeritus of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists), passed away at 77

Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, passed away at 73

Fr. José Joaquim Ribeiro was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Évora (Portugal) and Titular Bishop of Ægeæ

Fr. Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner was appointed as Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Fr. Achille Silvestrini, Priest of Faenza (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop Giuseppe Alves Correia da Silva, Bishop of Leiria (Portugal), passed away at 85

Fr. Manuel Nuñes Gabriel was elected Bishop of Malanje (Angola)

Fr. Howard Joseph Carroll was elected Bishop of Altoona–Johnstown (USA)

Bishop Clarence George Issenmann, Titular Bishop of Phytea and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Columbus (USA)

Fr. Victor Joseph Reed was elected Titular Bishop of Limisa and Auxiliary Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA)

Msgr. Mario Aluffi Pentini, Privy Chamberlain Participantium, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Giovanni Sismondo, Bishop emeritus of Pontremoli (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M., Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto, Titular Bishop of Arethusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia)

Bishop Julijonas Steponavicius, Auxiliary Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania)