Nominations and Resignations

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Damiata (Greek-Melkite Rite) was restored (Egypt)

Titular Episcopal See of Cesarea in Palæstina (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Titular Metropolitan See of Cesarea in Palæstina (Palestine)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Hierapolis in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (Syria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Edessa in Osrhoëne (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (Turkiye)

Bishop Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Natal (Brazil)

Fr. Pierre Primeau, P.S.S., Priest of Montréal (Canada), was appointed as Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Bishop Nicholas Shi Ling-ge (石麟閣) ▼ was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China)

Bishop Gabrijel Bukatko was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Msgr. Ernest Moodie was appointed as Auditor General of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Johannes Maria Hoeck, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Abbot Johannes Ruhland, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Archbishop-elect Ioánnis Perrís, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

Fr. Rocco Dellatolla resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

Bishop János Bárd resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Bishop Peter B. Pereira, Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (India), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Trivandrum (India)

Archbishop Francesco Carpino was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Cardinal Clemente Micara resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Antonio Samorè resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Msgr. Giacomo Violardo, Priest of Roma (Italy), Domestic Prelate, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Undersecretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Canonist of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Igino Eugenio Cardinale, Priest of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Edoardo Pecoraio, Priest of Montalto (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Archbishop Luigi Punzolo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

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

Archbishop Lino Zanini resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic

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

Msgr. Giuseppe Graneris, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Promoter of Justice of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was appointed as Corrector of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Constant Quillard, C.SS.R., Prefect Apostolic of Niamey (Niger), passed away

Fr. José Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (Peru), passed away

Fr. Pedro Lumbreras, O.P., was appointed as Sealer of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

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

Fr. Michele Salardi da Novellara, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Trabzon (Turkiye)

Fr. René Henry Gracida, Priest of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, was appointed as Priest of Miami (USA)

Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco, Bishop of Alexandria (USA), was appointed as Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

Fr. William I. Varsanyi, Priest of Providence (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Joseph Charles Wey, C.S.B., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)

Archimandrite Augustin Farah, B.C., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

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

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

Br. Leonard Aguiar, C.M.S.F., resigned as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Br. Modestus Kern, C.M.S.F., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Fr. Hubert Hermens, S.V.D., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Denpasar (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Amboina was promoted as Diocese of Amboina (became suffragan of Makassar) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Atambua was promoted as Diocese of Atambua (became suffragan of Endeh) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bandjarmasin was promoted as Diocese of Bandjarmasin (became suffragan of Pontianak) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bandung was promoted as Diocese of Bandung (became suffragan of Djakarta) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sukabumi was promoted as Diocese of Bogor (became suffragan of Djakarta) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Denpasar was promoted as Diocese of Denpasar (became suffragan of Endeh) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Djakarta was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Djakarta (with suffragan sees Bandung and Bogor) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Endeh was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Endeh (with suffragan sees Atambua, Denpasar, Larantuka and Ruteng) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Ketapang was promoted as Diocese of Ketapang (became suffragan of Pontianak) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Larantuka was promoted as Diocese of Larantuka (became suffragan of Endeh) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Makassar was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Makassar (with suffragan sees Amboina and Manado) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Malang was promoted as Diocese of Malang (became suffragan of Semarang) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Manado was promoted as Diocese of Manado (became suffragan of Makassar) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Medan was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medan (with suffragan sees Padang, Palembang, Pangkal-Pinang and Tandjung-Karang) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Padang was promoted as Diocese of Padang (became suffragan of Medan) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Palembang was promoted as Diocese of Palembang (became suffragan of Medan) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Pangkal-Pinang was promoted as Diocese of Pangkal-Pinang (became suffragan of Medan) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pontianak (with suffragan sees Bandjarmasin, Ketapang, Samarinda and Sintang) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Purwokerto was promoted as Diocese of Purwokerto (became suffragan of Semarang) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Ruteng was promoted as Diocese of Ruteng (became suffragan of Endeh) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Samarinda was promoted as Diocese of Samarinda (became suffragan of Pontianak) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Semarang was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Semarang (with suffragan sees Malang, Purwokerto and Surabaia) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Sintang was promoted as Diocese of Sintang (became suffragan of Pontianak) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaia was promoted as Diocese of Surabaia (became suffragan of Semarang) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tandjung-Karang was promoted as Diocese of Tandjung-Karang (became suffragan of Medan) (Indonesia)

Diocese of Maseru was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maseru (with suffragan sees Leribe and Qacha’s Nek and lost territory to establish Diocese of Qacha’s Nek) (Lesotho)

Diocese of Qacha’s Nek was established (from Diocese of Maseru and became suffragan of Maseru) (Lesotho)

Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Rosebery was promoted as Diocese of Fort Rosebery (became suffragan of Lusaka) (Zambia)

Bishop Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J., Titular Bishop of Trisipa and Vicar Apostolic of Djakarta (Indonesia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Djakarta (Indonesia)

Bishop Gabriel Manek, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Alinda and Vicar Apostolic of Larantuka (Indonesia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Endeh (Indonesia)

Bishop Nicolas Martinus Schneiders, C.I.C.M., Titular Bishop of Cos and Vicar Apostolic of Makassar (Indonesia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Makassar (Indonesia)

Bishop Albertus Soegijapranata, S.J., Titular Bishop of Danaba, Vicar Apostolic of Semarang (Indonesia), Military Vicar of Indonesia (Indonesia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia)

Bishop Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Phelbes and Vicar Apostolic of Medan (Indonesia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medan (Indonesia)

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

Bishop Antonius Everardo Giovanni Albers, O. Carm., Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia and Vicar Apostolic of Malang (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Malang (Indonesia)

Bishop Petrus Marinus Arntz, O.S.C., Titular Bishop of Stectorium and Vicar Apostolic of Bandung (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia)

Bishop Wilhelmus Joannes Demarteau, M.S.F., Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro and Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Banjarmasin (Indonesia)

Fr. Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Sukabumi (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)

Bishop Jacobus Grent, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Parlais and Vicar Apostolic of Amboina (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

Fr. Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I., Prefect Apostolic of Tandjung-Karang (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Tandjung-Karang (Indonesia)

Bishop Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M., Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia)

Bishop Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Palembang (Indonesia)

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

Bishop Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Balbura and Vicar Apostolic of Purwokerto (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

Fr. Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Ketapang (Indonesia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ketapang (Indonesia)

Fr. Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Tadamata and Coadjutor Bishop of Palembang (Indonesia)

Bishop Antonius Hubertus Thijssen, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Endeh (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Larantuka (Indonesia)

Bishop Willemus van Bekkum, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Tigias and Vicar Apostolic of Ruteng (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Ruteng (Indonesia)

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

Bishop Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC., Titular Bishop of Bladia and Vicar Apostolic of Pangkal-Pinang (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang (Indonesia)

Bishop Nicolaas Verhoeven, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Hermonthis and Vicar Apostolic of Manado (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Manado (Indonesia)

Fr. Pascal de Martino, S.X., Prefect Apostolic of Padang (Indonesia), passed away

Bishop Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I., Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maseru (Lesotho)

Bishop Joseph Delphis Desrosiers, O.M.I., Bishop of Maseru (Lesotho), was appointed as Bishop of Qacha’s Nek (Lesotho)

Fr. Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho)

Fr. Peter Han Kong-ryel (한공렬 베드로) was elected Titular Bishop of Sagalassus and Vicar Apostolic of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea)

Fr. René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Fort Rosebery (Zambia), was elected Bishop of Fort Rosebery (Zambia)

Fr. Michel Berger was appointed as Priest of Digne (France)

Archbishop Konštantín Bohačevskyj, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 76

Archbishop Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M., Titular Archbishop of Rhusium, passed away at 82

Fr. John Baptist Wu (吳耀漢), C.D.D., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord, passed away at 59

Archbishop Luis Concha Córdoba, President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies was elected Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia and Coadjutor Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Archbishop Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Titular Archbishop of Serdica and Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop José Humberto Quintero Parra, Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop José Rafael Pulido Méndez, Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Bishop Domingo Roa Pérez, Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Fr. Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M., was elected Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nyassa was promoted as Diocese of Mzuzu (became suffragan of Blantyre) (Malawi)

Fr. Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nyassa (Malawi), was elected Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

Fr. Karmelo Zazinović was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Krk (Croatia) and Titular Bishop of Lebessus

Bishop Vincenzo Maria Jacono, Bishop of Nicastro (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Patara

Fr. Vittorio Moietta was elected Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

Fr. Djibrail Kassab was appointed as Priest of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Cardinal Luis Concha Córdoba, President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Bishop Armand Coupel, Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ingila

Fr. François-Louis-Marie Kervèadou was elected Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Archbishop Francesco Carpino, Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy), was appointed as Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Titular Archbishop of Serdica

Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme

Bishop Alberto Castelli, Titular Bishop of Jerichus and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Rhusium

Fr. Quintino Carlo Bertamo Olwell, C.P., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Marbel (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Thabraca

Bishop Vicente Posada Reyes, Titular Bishop of Aspona and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Borongan (Philippines)

Cardinal Joseph Elmer Ritter, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana

Cardinal José Humberto Quintero Parra, Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

Archbishop Heinrich Wienken, Bishop emeritus of Meißen (Germany), passed away at 77

Fr. Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) and Titular Bishop of Eumenia

Bishop Silvino Martínez, Bishop of Rosario (Argentina), passed away at 62

Diocese of Iguatu was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza and Diocese of Crato and became suffragan of Fortaleza) (Brazil)

Diocese of Autlán was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and Diocese of Colima and became suffragan of Guadalajara) (Mexico)

Diocese of Allentown was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia and became suffragan of Philadelphia) (USA)

Bishop Joseph Streidt, Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), passed away at 55

Bishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos, Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Mæandrum and Auxiliary Bishop of Crato (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Bishop José Bezerra Coutinho, Titular Bishop of Uthina and Auxiliary Bishop of Sobral (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Estância (Brazil)

Bishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Doumé (Cameroon), passed away at 49

Bishop Paul Wang Wen-cheng (王文成), Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China), passed away at 79

Fr. David Bernard Thompson, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Priest of Allentown (USA)

Archbishop Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy), passed away at 80

Bishop Giovanni Vrakking, M.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Surigao (Philippines), passed away at 74

Bishop Amedeo Polidori, Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Metellopolis

Bishop Ćiril Banić, Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia), passed away at 70

Bishop Alfred-Joseph Atton, Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Langres (France)

Fr. Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E., Apostolic Administrator of Parintins (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Olbia and Bishop-Prelate of Parintins (Brazil)

Fr. Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Administrator of Alto Solimões (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Sæsina and Bishop-Prelate of Alto Solimões (Brazil)

Fr. Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC., was elected Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia and Bishop-Prelate of Formosa (Brazil)

Fr. Charles Alexander Grant was elected Titular Bishop of Alinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton (England)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Tumaco (Colombia)

Archbishop Antônio Augusto de Assis, Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil), passed away at 97

Bishop José Varani succeeded as Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil)

Fr. Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D., Prefect Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Philæ and Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia)

Fr. Michel-Louis Vial was elected Titular Bishop of Agnus and Coadjutor Bishop of Nevers (France)

Fr. Vittorio Cecchi was elected Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy)

Bishop Heinrich Forer, Auxiliary Bishop of Trento (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Gargitter, Bishop of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Trento (Italy)

Fr. Mario Ghiga was elected Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) and Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy)

Bishop Bruno Pelaia succeeded as Bishop of Tricarico (Italy)

Bishop Carlo Re, I.M.C., Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) and Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aspona

Bishop Joseph-Georges-Arthur Melançon, Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Esbus

Bishop John Joseph Krol, Titular Bishop of Cadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Leo Christopher Byrne, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita (USA)

Bishop Joseph Mark McShea, Titular Bishop of Mina and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Allentown (USA)

Bishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz, Bishop of Girardot (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Sonsón (Colombia)

Bishop Georges Jacquot succeeded as Bishop of Gap (France)

Bishop Auguste-Callixte-Jean Bonnabel, Bishop of Gap (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zuri

Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock, Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Isauropolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Marius Paré succeeded as Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai resigned as Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya and Apostolic Exarch of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Exarchate of Asmara (Eritrean Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Asmara (became suffragan of Addis Abeba) (Eritrea)

Apostolic Exarchate of Addis Abeba (Ethiopic Rite) was promoted as Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba (with suffragan sees Adigrat and Asmara and gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Dessiè, Apostolic Prefecture of Endeber and Apostolic Prefecture of Gondar) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tigray (Ethiopic Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Adigrat (became suffragan of Addis Abeba) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Dessiè was suppressed (to Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Endeber was suppressed (to Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba) (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Gondar was suppressed (to Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba) (Ethiopia)

Bishop Ferenc Rogacs, Bishop of Pécs (Hungary), passed away at 80

Fr. Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero ▼ was elected Titular Bishop of Sanavus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bhamo was promoted as Diocese of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Apostolic Prefecture of Prome was promoted as Diocese of Prome (Myanmar)

Diocese of Fort Portal was established (from Diocese of Mbarara and became suffragan of Rubaga) (Uganda)

Fr. John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Bhamo (Myanmar), was elected Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Fr. Thomas Albert Newman, M.S., Prefect Apostolic of Prome (Myanmar), was elected Bishop of Prome (Myanmar)

Fr. Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Fort Portal (Uganda)

Bishop Antonio Eltschkner, Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 81

Bishop-elect Abdul-Ahad Sana was confirmed as Bishop of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Msgr. Agostino Casaroli, Priest of Piacenza (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Fr. Josef Huber was appointed as Priest of Passau (Germany)

Bishop Thomas John McDonnell, Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling (USA), passed away at 66

Fr. Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A., Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was elected Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Greek-Melkites

Diocese of Tula was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Diocese of Tulancingo and became suffragan of México) (Mexico)

Fr. Cornélio Veerman, C.M., Apostolic Administrator of Cametá (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Numida

Bishop João José da Mota e Albuquerque, Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Sobral (Brazil)

Bishop Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)

Archbishop Michael Joseph McGrath, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales), passed away at 78

Fr. Michel Epagneul, F.M.R., resigned as Prior General of Missionary Brothers of the Countryside

Br. Léon Taverdet, F.M.R., was appointed as Prior General of Missionary Brothers of the Countryside

Bishop Gabrijel Bukatko, Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mocissus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia)

Msgr. Giuseppe Cattani, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop John Collins, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Monrovia (Liberia), passed away at 71

Bishop Joseph Ansgarius Julien, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nyassa (Malawi), passed away at 74

Cardinal Marcello Mimmi, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, passed away at 78

Bishop Antonio Farage, Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria of the Greek-Melkites, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Damiata of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Pius Kerketta, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India)

Fr. Augustin Farah was elected Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Fr. Gabriel Abou-Saada, Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois was elected Titular Bishop of Altava and Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France)

Fr. George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B., Superior General of Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians), was elected Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Fr. Henry Joseph Soenneker was elected Bishop of Owensboro (USA)

Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Bishop Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P., Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Theuzi

Bishop Agostino Saba, Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) and Bishop of Tropea (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

Fr. José Gomes was elected Bishop of Bagé (Brazil)

Fr. Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez was appointed as Priest of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Jesús María de Jesús Moya was appointed as Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot was appointed as Priest of Langres (France)

Fr. William Zephyrine Gomes was elected Titular Bishop of Parlais and Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Fr. Fortunato Baldelli was appointed as Priest of Assisi (Italy)

Fr. Paolo Romeo was appointed as Priest of Acireale (Italy)

Fr. Audrys Juozas Bačkis was appointed as Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Fr. Fernando Robles Capalla was appointed as Priest of Jaro (Philippines)

Fr. Raul José Quimpo Martirez was appointed as Priest of Kalibo (Philippines)

Fr. Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭鎮奭) was appointed as Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Military Vicariate of Bolivia was established (Bolivia)

Fr. Carlos Quintero Arce was elected Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Fr. Miguel González Ibarra was elected Bishop of Autlán (Mexico)

Bishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek (Namibia)

Bishop Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek (Namibia)

Diocese of Taunggyi was established (from Diocese of Toungoo and became suffragan of Rangoon) (Myanmar)

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

Diocese of Hsinchu 新竹 was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taipei 臺北 and became suffragan of Taipei 臺北) (Taiwan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsung 高雄 was promoted as Diocese of Kaohsiung 高雄 (lost territory to establish Diocese of Tainan 臺南) (Taiwan)

Diocese of Tainan 臺南 was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsung 高雄 and became suffragan of Taipei 臺北) (Taiwan)

Fr. John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E., was elected Bishop of Taunggyi (Myanmar)

Fr. Sebastian U Shwe Yauk was elected Bishop of Toungoo (Myanmar)

Fr. Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Niamey (Niger)

Fr. Joseph Cheng Tien-Siang (鄭天祥), O.P., was elected Bishop of Kaohsiung 高雄 (Taiwan)

Msgr. Stanislaus Lo Guang (Lokuang) (羅光), Priest of Hengzhou 衡州 (China) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Bishop of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan)

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

Fr. Peter Tou Pao-Zin (杜寶晉) was elected Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan)

Fr. José María Arregui y Yparaguirre (陳若瑟), O.P., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Kaohsung 高雄 (Taiwan)

Fr. Dino Monduzzi, Priest of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Walfrido Teixeira Vieira was elected Titular Bishop of Laranda and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Wan Ci-zhang (萬次章), O.F.M., Bishop of Hengzhou 衡州 (China), passed away at 53

Fr. Francesco Marinelli was appointed as Priest of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

Msgr. Giovanni Sessolo, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa ▼, Bishop emeritus of Botucatu (Brazil), passed away at 72

Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

Bishop Cesare Maria Guerrero, Bishop emeritus of San Fernando (Philippines), passed away at 76

Fr. Giuseppe Bonfiglioli was elected Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) and Bishop of Tropea (Italy)

Bishop Guglielmo Bosetti, Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus and Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Fidenza (Italy)

Bishop José Weimann, C.SS.R., Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina), passed away at 68

Bishop Octave-Louis Pasquet, Bishop of Séez (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Eriza

Bishop André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger, Titular Bishop of Tremithus and Auxiliary Bishop of Séez (France), was appointed as Bishop of Séez (France)

Bishop Giiuseppe Maria Palatucci, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Campagna (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Jacques Pessers, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Atambua (Indonesia), passed away at 65

Bishop Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín, Titular Bishop of Anæa and Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba)

Fr. Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano was elected Bishop of Girardot (Colombia)

Fr. François Abraha was elected Bishop of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Bishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru, Titular Bishop of Urima and Bishop of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea), was promoted as Metropolitan of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai was appointed as Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Fr. Joseph Henry Ganda was appointed as Priest of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone)

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

Diocese of Añatuya was established (from Diocese of Santiago del Estero and became suffragan of Tucumán) (Argentina)

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

Diocese of Corrientes was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corrientes (with suffragan sees Goya, Posadas and Resistencia and lost territory to establish Diocese of Goya) (Argentina)

Diocese of Goya was established (from Diocese of Corrientes and became suffragan of Corrientes) (Argentina)

Diocese of Mendoza was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mendoza (with suffragan sees Neuquén and San Rafael and lost territory to establish Diocese of San Rafael) (Argentina)

Diocese of Neuquén was established (from Diocese of Viedma and became suffragan of Mendoza) (Argentina)

Diocese of Orán was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salta and became suffragan of Salta) (Argentina)

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

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

Diocese of San Francisco was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Córdoba and became suffragan of Córdoba) (Argentina)

Diocese of San Martín was established (from Diocese of Morón and Diocese of San Isidro and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

Diocese of San Rafael was established (from Diocese of Mendoza and became suffragan of Mendoza) (Argentina)

Bishop Alfonso María Buteler, Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Bishop Francisco Vicentín, Bishop of Corrientes (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Bishop Felix Guiller, Bishop of Pamiers (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Mæandrum

Archbishop Mario Toccabelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy), passed away at 71

Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), passed away at 51

Msgr. Mario Crovini, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Florencia (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro

Fr. Louis Nganga a Ndzando was elected Titular Bishop of Athyra and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Caesar Gatimu was elected Titular Bishop of Abila in Palæstina and Auxiliary Bishop of Nyeri (Kenya)

Fr. Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Balbura and Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Bishop Angelo Cesare Vigiani, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Chaco (Bolivia), passed away at 81

Fr. Giuseppe Almici was elected Titular Bishop of Arcadia and Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Jan Mazur was elected Titular Bishop of Bladia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Justin Francis Rigali was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (to establish Archdiocese of Latakia) (Syria)

Archdiocese of Latakia (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (from Diocese of Tripoli, from the suppressed former Titular Episcopal See of Laodicea in Syria and without ecclesiastical province) (Syria)

Bishop Corrado Mingo, Bishop of Trapani (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

Bishop-elect Augustin Farah was confirmed as Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop-elect Gabriel Abou-Saada, Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Palæstina of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Bishop Georges-Louis-Camille Debray, Bishop of Meaux (France), passed away at 68

Fr. Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Opus Dei, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Nilopolis

Fr. Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado was elected Titular Bishop of Boseta and Coadjutor Bishop of Piura (Peru)

Fr. Francesco Marchisano, Priest of Torino (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Gerald Francis O’Keefe was elected Titular Bishop of Candyba and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Bishop José María Eguino Trecu, Bishop of Santander (Spain), passed away at 79

Fr. Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger was appointed as Priest of Indianapolis (USA)

Bishop Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Machiques (Venezuela), passed away at 57

Fr. Bernard Manyurane, Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda), passed away at 47

Sr. Maria Bertilla Boscardin (Anna Francesca) was canonised

Fr. Calogero Lauricella was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Sela

Fr. Robert Patrick Maginnis was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Jataí (Brazil), passed away at 82

Bishop Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B., Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

Archbishop Arturo Mery Beckdorf, Coadjutor Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile)

Archbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Piotr Krupa was appointed as Priest of Wrocław (Poland)

Bishop Francesco Pieri, Bishop of Orvieto (Italy), passed away at 58

Bishop Francesco Ricceri, Titular Bishop of Cœla and Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Diocese of Port Harcourt was established (from Diocese of Owerri and became suffragan of Onitsha) (Nigeria)

Fr. Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M., Apostolic Administrator of Sintang (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia)

Fr. Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

Fr. Josip Žabkar, Priest of Salzburg (Austria), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Salvatore Pappalardo, Priest of Catania (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Alfredo Poledrini, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Jolando Nuzzi, Titular Bishop of Emmaüs and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Campagna (Italy)

Fr. Hugh A. Overbaugh was appointed as Priest of Harrisburg (USA)

Fr. James Moriarty was appointed as Priest of Dublin (Ireland)

Fr. Bernard Francis Law was appointed as Priest of Natchez–Jackson (USA)

Diocese of Frederico Westphalen was established (from Diocese of Passo Fundo and Diocese of Santa Maria and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Diocese of Santo Ângelo was established (from Diocese of Uruguaiana and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Archbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) and Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Fr. José Salazar López, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium and Coadjutor Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

Fr. José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra, Priest of Zamora (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tula (Mexico)

Bishop Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), passed away at 45

Bishop Antonio Oña de Echave, Titular Bishop of Dystis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lugo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Lugo (Spain)

Fr. Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho was elected Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Gebel was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Juba (South Sudan)

Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Wau (South Sudan)

Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud, Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Wau (South Sudan)

Fr. Roger Ébacher was appointed as Priest of Amos (Canada)

Fr. Anthony Frederick Tonnos was appointed as Priest of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Fr. Piergiuseppe Vacchelli was appointed as Priest of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Stanisław Napierała was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Fr. Félix del Blanco Prieto was appointed as Priest of León (Spain)

Fr. Pedro Bantigue y Natividad was elected Titular Bishop of Catula and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Walmor Battú Wichrowski, Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Phelbes

Fr. Gaetano Michetti was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Fermo (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia

Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges, Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling (USA)

Bishop Albert Stohr, Bishop of Mainz (Germany), passed away at 70

Diocese of Laoag was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia and became suffragan of Nueva Segovia) (Philippines)

Fr. Paul Heinrich Nordhues was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Cos

Fr. Antonio Lloren Mabutas was elected Bishop of Laoag (Philippines)

Fr. John Francis Whealon, Priest of Cleveland (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Andrapa and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Diocese of Bururi was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega and became suffragan of Gitega) (Burundi)

Apostolic Vicariate of Incheon 인천 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seul 서울) (South Korea)

Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr., Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi), was appointed as Bishop of Bururi (Burundi)

Archbishop Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P., Titular Archbishop of Colossæ and General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy)

Fr. William John McNaughton (나길모 굴리엘모), M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus and Vicar Apostolic of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

Fr. Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Jataí (Brazil)

Bishop Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Ajmer (India), passed away at 90

Archbishop Michael Buchberger, Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 87

Fr. Carlo Maccari was elected Titular Bishop of Emmaüs and General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Bishop Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Titular Bishop of Tanais and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina)

Fr. Vicente Faustino Zazpe was elected Bishop of Rafaela (Argentina)

Fr. Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

Fr. Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina)

Fr. Alberto Devoto was elected Bishop of Goya (Argentina)

Fr. Jorge Gottau, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Añatuya (Argentina)

Bishop Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Titular Bishop of Tenedus and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Francisco (Argentina)

Fr. Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Bishop Manuel Menéndez, Titular Bishop of Diospolis superior and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Martín (Argentina)

Fr. Ricardo Rösch was elected Bishop of Concordia (Argentina)

Bishop Emilio Antonio di Pasquo, Bishop of San Luis (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina)

Fr. Geraldo Ferreira Reis was elected Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil)

Blessed Fr. Donizetti Tavares de Lima, Priest of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), passed away at 79

Archbishop Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro

Fr. William Murphy was appointed as Priest of Kerry (Ireland)

Fr. Edward Marian Frankowski was appointed as Priest of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland)

Fr. Francis Lau Yun Goh (劉潤高) was appointed as Priest of Singapore (Singapore)

Fr. Nasrallah Sfeir, Priest of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria), was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Wilhelm Tuschen, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at 58

Fr. Nasrallah Sfeir, Priest of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria), was elected Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites

Fr. George Joseph Gottwald was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) and Titular Bishop of Cedamusa

Diocese of Mbalmayo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé and became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Diocese of Popokabaka was established (from Diocese of Kisantu and became suffragan of Léopoldville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Paul Etoga, Titular Bishop of Ciparissia and Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon), was appointed as Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon)

Bishop Pierre Kimbondo, Titular Bishop of Sebela and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Pierre Bouckaert, S.J., was elected Bishop of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu was elected Titular Bishop of Cataquas and Auxiliary Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Antonio Cardona Riera, Bishop emeritus of Ibiza (Spain), passed away at 78

Fr. Julian Edward Dillon (狄隆), O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Shashi 沙市 (China), passed away at 61

Fr. José Dimas Cedeño Delgado was appointed as Priest of Chitré (Panama)

Fr. Manuel Madureira Dias was appointed as Priest of Évora (Portugal)

Fr. Alojz Tkáč was appointed as Priest of Košice (Slovakia)

Territorial Prelature of Humaitá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho and became suffragan of Manaus) (Brazil)

Fr. Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier was appointed as Priest of Essen (Germany)

Fr. Elmar Fischer was appointed as Priest of Feldkirch (Austria)

Fr. Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt was appointed as Priest of Bayonne (France)

Fr. Joachim Friedrich Reinelt was appointed as Priest of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

Fr. Giuseppe Verucchi was appointed as Priest of Modena–Nonantola (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Di Felice was appointed as Priest of Atri (Italy)

Fr. John Cunningham was appointed as Priest of Paisley (Scotland)

Fr. Peter Anthony Rosazza was appointed as Priest of Hartford (USA)

Archbishop Umberto Malchiodi succeeded as Archbishop-Bishop of Piacenza (Italy)

Archbishop Ersilio Menzani, Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 88

Fr. Nei Paulo Moretto was appointed as Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Fr. Carlo Caffarra was appointed as Priest of Fidenza (Italy)

Fr. Salvatore Giovanni Rinaldi was appointed as Priest of Nola (Italy)

Cardinal Julius Döpfner, Bishop of Berlin (Germany), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Fr. Jacques Mbali was elected Bishop of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Denpasar (Indonesia)

Archbishop Aniello Calcara, Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy), passed away at 80

Msgr. Vincenzo Fagiolo, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Pietro Capizzi, Bishop emeritus of Caltagirone (Italy), passed away at 80

Fr. Jan De Bie was appointed as Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Pierre Veuillot, Bishop of Angers (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Thracia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris (France)

Msgr. Giovanni Canestri, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Titular Bishop of Tenedus and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Vairo was elected Titular Bishop of Uthina

Fr. Filippo Pocci was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Ierichus

Bishop Nemesio Rivera Meza, Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Diospolis superior

Fr. Zacarias Kamwenho was appointed as Priest of Nova Lisboa (Angola)

Fr. Egon Kapellari was appointed as Priest of Graz–Seckau (Austria)

Fr. Francisco José Zugliani was appointed as Priest of São Carlos (Brazil)

Fr. Sergio Pintor was appointed as Priest of Oristano (Italy)

Fr. Marian Oles was appointed as Priest of Łomża (Poland)

Fr. Manuel Monteiro de Castro was appointed as Priest of Braga (Portugal)

Bishop Martin Giuseppe Onorio Lajeunesse, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Keewatin (Canada), passed away at 70

Bishop Guillermo Bolatti, Titular Bishop of Limata and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Bishop Carlos María Cafferata, Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

Bishop Manuel Tato, Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

Bishop Octave-Louis Pasquet, Bishop emeritus of Séez (France), passed away at 91

Fr. Ivo Gugic was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia) and Titular Bishop of Bonusta

Bishop Gregorio Adam Dalmau, Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela), passed away at 67

Fr. Luis Mena Arroyo was elected Titular Bishop of Danaba and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Diocese of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia and became suffragan of Philadelphia) (USA)

Fr. Jaroslav Gabro was elected Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA)

Archbishop Iwannis Gandour, Titular Archbishop of Bostra, passed away at 79

Fr. Charles M. Murphy was appointed as Priest of Portland in Maine (USA)

Fr. Josip Arnerić was elected Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

Bishop José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez, Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

Fr. Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Stectorium and Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)

Bishop John Patrick Cody, Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Bostra and Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Diocese of Uberlândia was established (from Diocese of Uberaba and became suffragan of Belo Horizonte) (Brazil)

Diocese of Tilarán was established (from Diocese of Alajuela and became suffragan of San José) (Costa Rica)

Territorial Prelature of Huehuetenango was established (from Diocese of San Marcos and became suffragan of Guatemala) (Guatemala)

Diocese of Baton Rouge was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Bishop Leopoldo Buteler, Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina), passed away at 79

Fr. Joachim N’Dayen was appointed as Priest of Bangui (Central African Republic)

Fr. René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret was elected Titular Bishop of Areopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Angoulême (France)

Fr. Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé was elected Titular Bishop of Mulia and Coadjutor Bishop of Orléans (France)

Bishop Virginio Dondeo, Bishop of Alife (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Orvieto (Italy)

Fr. William Donald Borders, Priest of New Orleans (USA), was appointed as Priest of Baton Rouge (USA)

Fr. Peter Joseph Connors was appointed as Priest of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Rocco Talucci was appointed as Priest of Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa (Italy)

Fr. Fortunato Antonio Rossi was elected Titular Bishop of Dices and Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Bishop Agustín Adolfo Herrera, Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tanais and Coadjutor Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina)

Bishop Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), was appointed as Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia)

Cardinal Domenico Tardini, Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs and President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter, passed away at 73

Lieutenant Colonel Dieter von Balthasar resigned as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

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

Fr. Sergio Sebastiani, Priest of Fermo (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Costante Maltoni, Priest of Bertinoro (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Ippolito Rotoli, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres, Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain), passed away at 68

Archbishop Jean-Emmanuel Marquès, Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France), passed away at 59

Cardinal Nicola Canali, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, passed away at 87

Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was appointed as Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A., Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, was appointed as Pro-Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Bishop José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Podalia and Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Rio Negro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Humaitá (Brazil)

Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium) and Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium), passed away at 87

Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) and President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal, was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà (羅錦章), O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China), passed away at 72

Cardinal Paolo Giobbe, Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, was appointed as Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Fr. Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Cæciri and Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

Fr. Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

Fr. Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos was elected Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Bishop Robert Emmet Tracy, Titular Bishop of Sergentza and Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Fr. Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) and Titular Bishop of Limata

Fr. Román Arrieta Villalobos was elected Bishop of Tilarán (Costa Rica)

Bishop Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Pisita and Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Amorium

Bishop Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea)

Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church and Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Cardinal Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F., Superior General of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor, was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane, Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria, passed away at 72

Fr. Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Thracia

Fr. Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of England and Wales of the Ukrainians (England) and Titular Bishop of Hermonthis

Cardinal Alberto Di Jorio was appointed as Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

Cardinal Paolo Marella was appointed as President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Bishop Joseph Michael Schmondiuk, Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M., Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Fr. José da Cruz Policarpo was appointed as Priest of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Alfred Bengsch, Titular Bishop of Tubia and Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Msgr. Giuseppe Rossi, Priest of Perugia (Italy), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M., Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Nicius

Msgr. Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Swaziland (Eswatini), passed away at 77

Bishop Almir Marques Ferreira, Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Uberlândia (Brazil)

Fr. Paulo José Tavares (戴維理), Priest of Angra (Portugal), was elected Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Fr. André Makarakiza, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi)

Bishop Emilio Botero González, Bishop of Pasto (Colombia), passed away at 77

Fr. Joseph Sibomana was elected Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda)

Bishop John Aloysius Murphy, Bishop of Shrewsbury (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales)

Blessed Fr. Carmelo De Palma, Priest of Bari e Canosa (Italy), passed away at 85

Archbishop Lucio Torreblanca, Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico), passed away at 66

Fr. José Léon Rojas Chaparro was elected Titular Bishop of Capitolias and Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Fr. Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira was elected Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Buckley, S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marists)

Fr. Alcime Cyr, S.M., resigned as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marists)

Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye (雍守正), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China), passed away at 74

Bishop Rafael Valladares y Argumedo, Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), passed away at 48

Bishop Raffaele Pellecchia, Titular Bishop of Amisus and Auxiliary Bishop of Alife (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alife (Italy)

Fr. Mario Schierano, Priest of Torino (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Stanislas Kaburungu was appointed as Priest of Ngozi (Burundi)

Fr. Jean Balland was appointed as Priest of Bourges (France)

Archbishop Domenico Picchinenna, Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy)

Archbishop Isidore Fattal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 74

Archbishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Misthia