Nominations and Resignations

Titular Metropolitan See of Apamea in Syria (Syriac Rite) was established (Syria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Amida (Syriac Rite) was restored (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Batnæ (Syriac Rite) was restored (Turkiye)

Fr. José Ruysschaert, Priest of Tournai (Belgium), was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Fr. Édouard Dhanis, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Archbishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil)

Bishop Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Bishop Afonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C., Bishop-Prelate of Pinheiro (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cândido Mendes (Brazil)

Fr. Mario Paquette was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Roderick Andrew Francis MacKenzie, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

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

Archbishop Dong Wen-long (董文隆) ▼ resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China)

Fr. Fan Dao-jiang (范導江) ▼ was elected Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Bishop Simon Lei Chang-hsia (雷震霞) resigned as Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

Fr. Shi Ming-liang (石明良) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

Bishop Joseph Zong Huai-de (宗懷德) ▼, Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China)

Fr. Ladislaus Lombos, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Baoqing 寶慶 (China), passed away

Fr. Ippolito Martínez y Martínez, O.S.A., Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 澧縣 (China), passed away at 81

Bishop Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo, Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mbuji-Mayi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Jean Van der Heyden, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away

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

Bishop Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales, Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Fr. Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi, Priest of Ajaccio (France), was appointed as Undersecretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity

Fr. Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr., was appointed as Undersecretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity

Fr. Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau), passed away

Fr. George Shanks, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu (India), passed away

Mother Espirith, S.A.B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation)

Archbishop Tommaso Leonetti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Caiazzo (Italy)

Msgr. Antonio Mauro, Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

Archbishop Vito Roberti, President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Rwanda and Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

Archbishop Gennaro Verolino, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Msgr. Giovanni Fallani, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See

Fr. Giulio Nicolini, Priest of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians), was appointed as Priest of Lugano (Switzerland)

Msgr. Mario Aluffi Pentini was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Msgr. Giuseppe Calderari resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies

Msgr. Giovanni Foschini resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Arturo Lovelli was appointed as Secretary for Tribunal Section of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Michele Maccarrone, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy) and Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, was appointed as President of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Msgr. Giuseppe Massimi, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Underdatary of Apostolic Dataria

Msgr. Giuseppe Pasquazi resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Fr. Giuseppe Boeris, C.R.S., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Somasca (Somascans)

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

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

Fr. Savino Zagaria resigned as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. Giuseppe Zambarbieri, F.D.P., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of Divine Providence

Archbishop Joseph Bakhache resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Bishop Leo Isidore Scharmach, M.S.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Julio Benigno Laschi González, Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Fr. Gonzalo Díaz Hernández was appointed as Priest of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)

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

Fr. Athanasius G. Welykyj, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Sr. Zenobia Bezuszko, O.S.B.M., resigned as Superior General of Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great

Sr. Claudia Feddish, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Superior General of Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great

Fr. Joseph Lê Qúy Thanh was elected Titular Bishop of Septimunicia and Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Fr. Dominic Ros Arraiza, I.E.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Wankie (Zimbabwe), passed away

Msgr. Jehan Dahyot-Dolivet was appointed as Founder of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Mercy Association

Fr. Emil Herman, S.J., Rector emeritus of Pontifical Oriental Institute, passed away at 72

Fr. Paul Peter Myskiw, O.S.B.M., resigned as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

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

Fr. Ernest Vogt, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum)

Fr. Giuseppe Zeliauskas was appointed as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

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

Msgr. Mario Schierano, Priest of Torino (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Secretary for Indulgence Section of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Paolo Igino Cecchetti, Priest of Fermo (Italy), Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities and Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Ercole Crovella, Priest of Vercelli (Italy), Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council and Protonotary Apostolic ad instar participantium, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Bruno Fagiolo, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Amerigo Giovanelli was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giovanni Sessolo, Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera and Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Gioacchino Sormanti was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Francesco Tinello, Regent of Apostolic Chancery, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Verdelli, Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes, was appointed as Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija lost territory to Diocese of Krk (Croatia)

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

Bishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado succeeded as Bishop of Piura (Peru)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Arce Masías, Bishop of Piura (Peru), passed away at 59

Archbishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Fr. Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Archbishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C., Archbishop-Bishop of Novara (Italy), passed away at 71

Bishop Domenico Vendola, Bishop of Lucera (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Eudoxias

Diocese of Chillán lost territory to Diocese of Linares (Chile)

Diocese of Talca lost territory to Diocese of Linares (Chile)

Fr. Clemente Carranza y López was elected Bishop of Estelí (Nicaragua)

Fr. Edward Nowak was appointed as Priest of Przemyśl (Poland)

Bishop Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Lipari (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo was elected Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico)

Fr. José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano was elected Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico)

Fr. Jaime Bonet Bonet, F.M.V.D., was appointed as Founder of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity and President of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity

Diocese of Sangmélima was established (from Diocese of Douala and became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Oyo was promoted as Diocese of Oyo (became suffragan of Lagos) (Nigeria)

Diocese of Đà Nang was established (from Diocese of Quy Nhon and became suffragan of Huê) (Vietnam)

Fr. Pierre-Célestin Nkou was elected Bishop of Sangmélima (Cameroon)

Fr. Owen McCoy, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Oyo (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria)

Bishop Dominique Hoàng Văn Ðoàn, O.P., Titular Bishop of Saccæa, was appointed as Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi, Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam), was appointed as Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam)

Fr. Vincenzo Pallotti, S.A.C., Founder of Union of Catholic Apostolate and Founder of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), was canonised

Fr. José María Carrizo Villarreal was elected Bishop of Chitré (Panama)

Fr. Alfonso Cuypers, S.M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia)

Cardinal William Godfrey, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), passed away at 73

Fr. João Ferreira, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau)

Msgr. Michele Maccarrone, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Marcello Rosina was elected Titular Bishop of Æzani and Auxiliary Bishop of Adria (Italy)

Fr. Roger Joseph Vangheluwe was appointed as Priest of Brugge (Belgium)

Fr. Joaquín Villallonga, S.J., Ecclesiastical Superior emeritus of Ahmedabad (India), passed away at 94

Cardinal John Francis d’Alton, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), passed away at 80

Fr. Vasyl’ Vsevolod Velychkovs’kyi (Василь Всеволод Величковський), C.SS.R., was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Titular Bishop of Lutsk–Ostroh of the Ukrainians

Fr. Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn, Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), was elected Titular Archbishop of Æla and Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Fr. Paul Trần Ðình Nhiên was elected Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

Bishop Oronzo Caldarola, Bishop emeritus of Diano–Teggiano (Italy), passed away at 91

Fr. André Rousset was elected Titular Bishop of Vaga and Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France)

Abbot Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. Cas., Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy) and Provost of Atina (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Corone

Bishop Guido Maria Casullo, Bishop of Nusco (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Utica

Fr. Alessandro Maria Gottardi was elected Archbishop of Trento (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Gargitter resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Trento (Italy)

Archbishop Joseph Bakhache, Patriarchal Vicar emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 79

Bishop James Aloysius McNulty, Bishop of Paterson (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Bishop James Johnston Navagh, Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Paterson (USA)

Fr. George Henry Speltz was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Winona (USA) and Titular Bishop of Claneus

Bishop Jaime Font y Andreu, Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain), passed away at 69

Fr. Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet was elected Bishop of Amiens (France)

Fr. John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Louis Trichardt (South Africa)

Diocese of Cabanatuan was established (from Diocese of Lingayen–Dagupan and Diocese of San Fernando and became suffragan of Lingayen–Dagupan) (Philippines)

Diocese of Lingayen–Dagupan was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan (with suffragan sees Cabanatuan and Tarlac and lost territory to establish Diocese of Cabanatuan and Diocese of Tarlac) (Philippines)

Diocese of Tarlac was established (from Diocese of Lingayen–Dagupan and Diocese of San Fernando and became suffragan of Lingayen–Dagupan) (Philippines)

Venerable Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus

Archbishop Vito Roberti, Apostolic Delegate to Congo and Rwanda, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo

Bishop Mariano Aspiras Madriaga, Bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Bishop Anunciado Serafini, Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina), passed away at 64

Bishop-elect Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M., Bishop-Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Metræ

Archbishop Beniamino Nardone, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, passed away at 85

Bishop Alfredo Bontempi, Titular Bishop of Palmyra, passed away at 68

Fr. Joakim Segedi was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia) and Titular Bishop of Gypsaria

Fr. Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira was elected Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)

Bishop Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B., Bishop of Crema (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Fr. Jožef Pogačnik was elected Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Fr. Owen MacPolin (임 오엔), S.S.C.M.E., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Kwoszu (South Korea), passed away at 73

Apostolic Vicariate of Luang Prabang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane) (Laos)

Diocese of Ikot Ekpene was established (from Diocese of Calabar and became suffragan of Onitsha) (Nigeria)

Diocese of Arusha was established (from Diocese of Moshi and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

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

Fr. Eduard Macheiner was elected Titular Bishop of Selja and Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Bishop Lionello Berti, O.M.I., Auxiliary Bishop of Vientiane (Laos), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Luang Prabang (Laos)

Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem, Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria)

Fr. Johannes Höhne, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Urima and Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania)

Fr. Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E., was elected Bishop of Hwange (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Josep Srebrnic, Bishop of Krk (Croatia), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Archbishop Egisto Domenico Melchiori, Bishop of Tortona (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 84

Bishop Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 74

Fr. Enrique Alvear Urrutia was elected Titular Bishop of Columnata and Auxiliary Bishop of Talca (Chile)

Archbishop Angelo Paino, Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Serræ

Fr. Mariano Gaviola y Garcés was elected Bishop of Cabanatuan (Philippines)

Fr. Jesus J. Sison was elected Bishop of Tarlac (Philippines)

Fr. Michael Smith was appointed as Priest of Meath (Ireland)

Msgr. Giuseppe Rossi, Priest of Perugia (Italy), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household, was elected Titular Bishop of Palmyra

Fr. Matthew S. Kopacz was appointed as Priest of Buffalo (USA)

Bishop Domenico Bornigia, Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy), passed away at 71

Bishop Lawrence Frederik Schott, Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg (USA), passed away at 55

Diocese of Comayagua was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa) (Honduras)

Fr. Heinrich Theissing was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Mina

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

Msgr. Giovanni Calleri, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Sr. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, S.C., was beatified

Fr. Giovanni Verginelli was appointed as Priest of Palestrina (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Maria Palazzolo, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was beatified

Bishop Joseph Adalbert Fleischer, C.M.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mariannhill (South Africa), passed away at 89

Cardinal Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina and Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba), passed away at 83

Archbishop Evelio Díaz y Cía succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Bishop Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Fr. Antonio Cunial was elected Bishop of Lucera (Italy)

Fr. Salvatore Nicolosi was elected Bishop of Lipari (Italy)

Archbishop David Mathew resigned as Military Vicar of Great Britain (England)

Fr. Albert Jean-Marie Rouet was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Bishop Xavier Morilleau, Bishop of La Rochelle (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Colonia in Cappadocia

Bishop Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies succeeded as Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Bishop Clément Joseph Mathieu, Bishop of Aire et Dax (France), passed away at 81

Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu), M.C., Superior General of Missionaries of Charity, was appointed as Founder of Missionaries of Charity Brothers

Fr. Robert Mikhail Moskal was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Msgr. Pietro Fantò, Priest of Locri–Gerace (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Leonardo Yuzon Medroso was appointed as Priest of Palo (Philippines)

Fr. Ramon Barrera Villena was appointed as Priest of Ilagan (Philippines)

Fr. Robert Joseph Hermann was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Daniel Francis Walsh was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Shi Ming-liang (石明良) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

Bishop Mario Ghiga, Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy) and Bishop of Ampurias (Italy), passed away at 60

Bishop Vittorio Moietta, Bishop of Nicastro (Italy), passed away at 49

Bishop Lorenzo Sahag Koguian, C.A.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 68

Fr. Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro was elected Bishop of Barra do Piraí (Brazil)

Saint Fr. Gaetano Catanoso, Priest of Reggio Calabria (Italy), passed away at 84

Diocese of Abomey was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou and Diocese of Porto Novo and became suffragan of Cotonou) (Benin)

Fr. Lucien Monsi-Agboka, Priest of Cotonou (Benin), was elected Bishop of Abomey (Benin)

Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr., Bishop of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tadamata

Fr. Noël Mala was elected Bishop of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I., Titular Bishop of Athyra, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Dausara

Bishop Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I., succeeded as Bishop of Palembang (Indonesia)

Fr. Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng, Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), was elected Bishop of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Territorial Prelature of Chota was established (from Diocese of Chiclayo and became suffragan of Trujillo) (Peru)

Fr. Fan Dao-jiang (范導江) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Fr. Diego Causero was appointed as Priest of Udine (Italy)

Fr. Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru)

Archbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pedachtoë

Bishop Filemón Castellano, Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Pisidia

Bishop Alejandro Schell succeeded as Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Bishop Joseph Freundorfer, Bishop of Augsburg (Germany), passed away at 68

Fr. Luis Robles Díaz was appointed as Priest of Autlán (Mexico)

Bishop Luis Aponte Martínez, Titular Bishop of Lares and Auxiliary Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Lawrence Michael De Falco was elected Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

Bishop John Louis Morkovsky, Bishop of Amarillo (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tigava and Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Fr. Franco Costa was elected Bishop of Crema (Italy)

Bishop Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M., Auxiliary Bishop of England and Wales of the Ukrainians (England), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England)

Bishop Raffaele De Giuli, Bishop of Albenga (Italy), passed away at 78

Msgr. Władysław Rubin, Priest of Lviv (Ukraine) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Fr. Francesco Rossi was elected Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Diocese of Seckau was renamed as Diocese of Graz–Seckau (Austria)

Bishop Josef Schoiswohl, Bishop of Seckau (Austria), was appointed as Bishop of Graz–Seckau (Austria)

Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre, Bishop of San Felipe (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia

Archbishop Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond, Archbishop-Bishop of Nice (France), passed away at 89

Bishop Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset succeeded as Bishop of Nice (France)

Fr. Nivaldo Monte was elected Titular Bishop of Eluza and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Bishop Johann Werner Lesinski (雷新基), O.P., Bishop of Changting 長汀 (China), passed away at 58

Diocese of Hull was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa and became suffragan of Ottawa) (Canada)

Archbishop Alfredo Silva Santiago, Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palæstina

Fr. Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A., was elected Coadjutor Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) and Titular Bishop of Diocletianoplis in Thracia

Territorial Prelature of Rio Branco was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Roraima (Brazil)

Fr. Basile Pierre Habra was elected Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs

Msgr. Clément Ignace Mansourati, Priest of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Procurator at Rome of the Syriacs

Fr. Tod David Brown was appointed as Priest of Monterey (USA)

Fr. Felipe Tiago Broers, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Caravelas (Brazil)

Fr. Abele Conigli was elected Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy)

Bishop Jean-Marie Vittoz, Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble (France), passed away at 84

Fr. Thomas Ryan was elected Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

Blessed Bishop Alexandru Rusu, Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 78

Diocese of Puerto Montt was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puerto Montt (with suffragan sees Osorno, Punta Arenas, San Carlos de Ancud and Aysén and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago) (Chile)

Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Salomão Barbosa Ferraz was appointed as Titular Bishop of Eleutherna

Bishop David Picão, Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thois and Coadjutor Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Bishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso, Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Fr. José Luis Castro Cabrera was elected Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

Archbishop Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli, Titular Archbishop of Amida, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Nusco (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Hudal, Titular Bishop of Æla, passed away at 77

Bishop Leo Richard Smith, Titular Bishop of Marida and Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Fr. Li De-pei (李德培) ▼ was consecrated as Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Bishop Paul Tkotsch, Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany), passed away at 67

Bishop Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B., Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sergentza

Fr. Jean Hermil was elected Titular Bishop of Marida and Auxiliary Bishop of Autun (France)

Bishop Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M., Bishop emeritus of Joinville (Brazil), passed away at 78

Archbishop Roberto José Tavella, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina), passed away at 70

Fr. René Audet was elected Titular Bishop of Chonochora and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Bishop Paul-Émile Charbonneau, Titular Bishop of Thapsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Hull (Canada)

Fr. José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza was elected Titular Bishop of Thelepte

Fr. José de Jesús Garcia Ayala was elected Titular Bishop of Lacedæmonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Fr. Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth was elected Bishop of Soissons (France)

Bishop Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard, Bishop of Soissons (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Berrhœa

Bishop Robert Picard de la Vacquerie, Bishop of Orléans (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Amida

Bishop Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé succeeded as Bishop of Orléans (France)

Archbishop Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Otranto (Italy), passed away at 92

Fr. Giovanni Melis Fois was elected Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) and Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Nunzio Latino was appointed as Priest of Houma–Thibodaux (USA)

Fr. William Keith Weigand was appointed as Priest of Boise City (USA)

Fr. James Kendrick Williams was appointed as Priest of Louisville (USA)

Blessed Fr. Stanley Francis Rother was appointed as Priest of Oklahoma City (USA)

Fr. Zdzisław Fortuniak was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Fr. Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera was elected Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Fr. Zenon Grocholewski was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil), passed away at 65

Bishop José Maria Cavallero Gómez, Bishop of Minas (Uruguay), passed away at 63

Fr. Amleto de Angelis, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Viana (Brazil)

Bishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin, Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile)

Bishop Gilberto Baroni, Titular Bishop of Thagaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Albenga (Italy)

Fr. James Vernon Weisgerber was appointed as Priest of Regina (Canada)

Fr. Martin Luluga was appointed as Priest of Arua (Uganda)

Fr. John Charles Dunne was appointed as Priest of Rockville Centre (USA)

Fr. Timothy Anthony McDonnell was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Saint Pope John XXIII, Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, passed away at 81

Msgr. Loris Francesco Capovilla resigned as Private Secretary of the Pope

Fr. Andreas Choi Chang-mou (최창무 안드레아 / 崔昌武) was appointed as Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Bishop Felix Guiller, Bishop emeritus of Pamiers (France), passed away at 61

Fr. Raymond John Lahey was appointed as Priest of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

Fr. Nándor Bosák was appointed as Priest of Eger (Hungary)

Archbishop Luciano Pérez Platero, Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 81

Bishop John Francis Norton, Bishop of Bathurst (Australia), passed away at 72

Bishop Cesar Gerardo Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile), passed away at 49

Archbishop Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau, Bishop of Nîmes (France) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 93

Bishop Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé succeeded as Bishop of Nîmes (France)

Fr. Jacques Ishaq was appointed as Priest of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Lajos Pápai was appointed as Priest of Győr (Hungary)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) and Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, was elected Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Bishops and Supreme Pontiff

Fr. Agostino Cacciavillan, Priest of Vicenza (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giovanni Coppa, Priest of Alba (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Pio Laghi, Priest of Faenza (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Msgr. Angelo Sodano, Priest of Asti (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Luciano Angeloni, Priest of Albenga (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giovanni De Andrea, Priest of Ivrea (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Pier Giacomo De Nicolò, Priest of Rimini (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Francesco De Nittis, Priest of Vieste (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Luigi Dossena, Priest of Crema (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giulio Einaudi, Priest of Saluzzo (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giuseppe Laigueglia, Priest of Ventimiglia (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Pasquale Macchi, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Private Secretary of the Pope

Fr. Giovanni Moretti, Priest of Novara (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Oriano Quilici, Priest of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Donato Squicciarini, Priest of Altamura (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giacomo Drago, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Antonio Macculi was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. John Kirby was appointed as Priest of Clonfert (Ireland)

Fr. Stanisław Dziwisz was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Fr. Stefan Cichy was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Fr. Tadeusz Rakoczy was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Fr. Jan Zając was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Bishop Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P., Bishop of Loja (Ecuador), passed away at 57

Territorial Prelature of Ponta de Pedras was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Fr. Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm was elected Titular Bishop of Saccæa and Auxiliary Bishop of Calgary (Canada)

Fr. Norman Joseph Gallagher was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Canada (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Adrasus

Fr. Laurent Noël, Priest of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Agathopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo was elected Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia)

Bishop Francesco Fasola, Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Msgr. Antonio Eusebietti was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Bohdan Bejze was elected Titular Bishop of Idassa and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Jan Zareba was elected Titular Bishop of Bitylius and Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

Fr. Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez was elected Titular Bishop of Thapsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

Msgr. Antonio Innocenti, Priest of Firenze (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop James Staunton, Bishop of Ferns (Ireland), passed away at 74

Apostolic Vicariate of Hollandia was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kota Baru (Indonesia)

Bishop Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Hollandia (Indonesia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Kota Baru (Indonesia)

Bishop Giuseppe Schiavini, Titular Bishop of Pharsalus and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Famagusta

Fr. Joseph Lafontant was appointed as Priest of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Fr. Lorenzo Baldisseri was appointed as Priest of Pisa (Italy)

Fr. Agostino Superbo was appointed as Priest of Andria (Italy)

Fr. Lucio Soravito de Franceschi was appointed as Priest of Udine (Italy)

Saint Pope Paul VI was installed as Supreme Pontiff

Bishop Renato Luisi, Bishop of Bovino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

Fr. Mario Paciello was appointed as Priest of Foggia–Bovino (Italy)

Diocese of Luso was established (from Diocese of Silva Porto and became suffragan of Luanda) (Angola)

Fr. Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Luso (Angola)

Bishop Luiz Felipe de Nadal, Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil), passed away at 47

Bishop Félix-Marie-Honoré Verdet, Titular Bishop of Gurza and Auxiliary Bishop of Nice (France), was appointed as Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Fr. Tomás Vaquero was elected Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)

Bishop Czesław Sipović, M.I.C., was appointed 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., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Bishop Basilio Antonio Leone Kilzi, B.A., Bishop emeritus of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 86

Bishop Nicola Maria di Girolamo, Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy), passed away at 82

Apostolic Prefecture of Kenge was promoted as Diocese of Kenge (became suffragan of Léopoldville) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of San Pedro Sula was promoted as Diocese of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kayes was promoted as Diocese of Kayes (became suffragan of Bamako) (Mali)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sikasso was promoted as Diocese of Sikasso (became suffragan of Bamako) (Mali)

Diocese of Passaic (Ruthenian Rite) was established (from Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America) (USA)

Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Ruthenian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Pittsburgh (lost territory to establish Diocese of Passaic) (USA)

Fr. Franz Hoenen, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop-elect Basile Pierre Habra, Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs, was appointed as Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

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

Fr. José García Villas, C.M., was elected Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Fr. Baptist Mudartha was elected Titular Bishop of Idebessus and Auxiliary Bishop of Jhansi (India)

Msgr. Tommaso Giussani was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Bishop-elect Clément Ignace Mansourati, Priest of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Domestic Prelate, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria of the Syriacs, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Procurator at Rome of the Syriacs

Fr. Flavien Zacharie Melki was elected Patriarchal Vicar of Lebanon of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Titular Archbishop of Amida of the Syriacs

Fr. Mesrob Terzian was elected Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniæ and Patriarchal Vicar of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Fr. Étienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Kayes (Mali), was elected Bishop of Kayes (Mali)

Fr. Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr., Prefect Apostolic of Sikasso (Mali), was elected Bishop of Sikasso (Mali)

Bishop Zdzislaw Golinski, Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland), passed away at 54

Archbishop Anton Vovk, Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia), passed away at 63

Bishop Nicholas Thomas Elko, Titular Bishop of Apollonias and Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop Stephen John Kocisko, Titular Bishop of Theveste and Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fr. Patrick Ebosele Ekpu was appointed as Priest of Benin City (Nigeria)

Fr. Peter Paul Prabhu, Priest of Madras and Mylapore (India), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Renato Raffaele Martino, Priest of Salerno (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Alfio Rapisarda, Priest of Catania (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Paul Fouad Tabet, Priest of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giorgio Zur, Priest of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Pablo Puente Buces, Priest of Santander (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. John Boerkamp, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu (India)

Msgr. Harold P. Darcy was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

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

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

Diocese of Hermosillo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hermosillo (with suffragan sees Ciudad Obregón, Tijuana and La Paz) (Mexico)

Apostolic Vicariate of Tijuana was promoted as Diocese of Tijuana (became suffragan of Hermosillo) (Mexico)

Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá and became suffragan of Panamá) (Panama)

Fr. Marcello Costalunga, Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Antonio Santin, Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) and Bishop of Trieste (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Archbishop Pacifico Giulio Vanni (萬九樓), O.F.M., resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy)

Msgr. Ivan Peri was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Domenico Semproni was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero, Bishop of Hermosillo (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico)

Bishop Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S., Titular Bishop of Lipara and Vicar Apostolic of Tijuana (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico)

Fr. Matias Patrício de Macêdo was appointed as Priest of Natal (Brazil)

Apostolic Prefecture of Hualien 花蓮 was promoted as Diocese of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan)

Bishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M., General Vicar of Jerusalem (Palestine), passed away at 53

Fr. William Wakefield Baum, Priest of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Pierre Veuillot succeeded as Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris (France)

Archbishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Savannah (USA), passed away at 68

Msgr. Joseph Géraud, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Bernard Henri René Jacqueline, Priest of Coutances (France), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P., Bishop of Agrigento (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 85

Bishop Ferdinando Baldelli, President emeritus of Caritas Internationalis, passed away at 76

Diocese of Vila Cabral was established (from Diocese of Nampula and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques) (Mozambique)

Fr. Paolo Giglio (吉立友), Priest of Malta (Malta), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Gabriel Zubeir Wako was appointed as Priest of Wau (South Sudan)

Bishop Francis James Furey, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Cardinal Valerio Valeri, Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious, passed away at 79

Archbishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland), passed away at 68

Bishop Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Archbishop Albertus Soegijapranata, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia) and Military Vicar of Indonesia (Indonesia), passed away at 67

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

Fr. José del Carmen Valle Gallardo was elected Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Iquique (Chile)

Fr. Claudio Stagni was appointed as Priest of Bologna (Italy)

Fr. Ernesto Vecchi was appointed as Priest of Bologna (Italy)

Fr. Jerome Joseph Hastrich was elected Titular Bishop of Gurza and Auxiliary Bishop of Madison (USA)

Fr. Luis Juan Tomé was elected Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina)

Cardinal Ildebrando Antoniutti was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes

Fr. Giovanni Gravelli, Priest of Penne e Pescara (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Cesare Zacchi, Priest of Arezzo (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Archbishop Edwin Vincent Byrne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA), passed away at 71

Bishop Carmelo Canzonieri, Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Messina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy)

Fr. José Ruysschaert, Priest of Tournai (Belgium), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Patriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay, Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain), passed away at 85

Bishop José Cartaña Inglés, Bishop of Gerona (Spain), passed away at 87

Fr. Justo Mullor García, Priest of Almería (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Juan de Dios López de Victoria was elected Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia and Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Alberto Bovone, Priest of Alessandria (Italy), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Fr. Luigi De Magistris, Priest of Cagliari (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Giovanni Piantoli was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Windhoek (Namibia), passed away at 82

Fr. Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Venezuela)

Diocese of Nachingwea was established (from Territorial Abbacy of Ndanda and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Bishop Giuseppe Piazzi, Bishop of Bergamo (Italy), passed away at 55

Fr. Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan) and Titular Bishop of Aperlæ

Fr. Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S., was elected Bishop of Nachingwea (Tanzania)

Bishop Paul Gouyon, Domestic Prelate and Bishop of Bayonne (France), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (France)

Bishop Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Pharsalus

Fr. Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (Peru)

Bishop Lorenzo Bereciartúa y Balerdi, Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain)

Msgr. Giuseppe Bracale, Domestic Prelate, was appointed as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

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

Bishop Giovanni Colombo, Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Bettazzi, Priest of Bologna (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Thagaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy)

Fr. Francisco Polti Santillán, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Fr. Luis Gleisner Wobbe, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Diocese of Concepción was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tucumán and became suffragan of Tucumán) (Argentina)

Diocese of Cruz del Eje was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Córdoba and became suffragan of Córdoba) (Argentina)

Diocese of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña was established (from Diocese of Resistencia and became suffragan of Corrientes) (Argentina)

Diocese of Rosario was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rosario (with suffragan sees San Nicolás de los Arroyos and Venado Tuerto and lost territory to establish Diocese of Venado Tuerto) (Argentina)

Diocese of Venado Tuerto was established (from Diocese of Rosario and became suffragan of Rosario) (Argentina)

Bishop Guillermo Bolatti, Bishop of Rosario (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Fr. Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano was elected Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina)

Bishop Fortunato Antonio Rossi, Titular Bishop of Dices and Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Venado Tuerto (Argentina)

Fr. Juan Carlos Ferro was elected Bishop of Concepción (Argentina)

Bishop Jean-Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 67

Bishop Luigi Pirelli, Titular Bishop of Lysias, was appointed as Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy)

Bishop José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Darién (Panama), passed away at 77

Fr. José Ángel Rovai was appointed as Priest of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Daniel Caro Borda was appointed as Priest of Zipaquirá (Colombia)

Msgr. Paolino Limongi, Priest of Capua (Italy) and Domestic Prelate, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica and Titular Archbishop of Nicæa parva

Bishop Giuseppe Maggi (孟守道), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China), passed away at 65

Bishop Domingo Comin, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador), passed away at 88

Bishop José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador)

Fr. Enrique Pechuán Marín was elected Bishop of Cruz del Eje (Argentina)

Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr., Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 72

Fr. Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño was elected Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico)

Bishop Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena, Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Boseta

Archbishop António Bento Martins Júnior, Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal), passed away at 82

Bishop Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard, Bishop emeritus of Soissons (France), passed away at 75

Fr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel was appointed as Priest of Toluca (Mexico)

Bishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Bangalore (India), passed away at 90

Bishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek, Bishop of Kielce (Poland), passed away at 68

Bishop Pierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon succeeded as Bishop of Verdun (France)

Bishop Marie-Georges Petit, Bishop of Verdun (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Voncaria

Archbishop John Carmel Heenan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Dionisio Borra, Bishop of Fossano (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria

Fr. Enrico Petrilli was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonias and Auxiliary Bishop of Siena (Italy)

Fr. François Faroud, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Parakou (Benin), passed away at 78

Archbishop Paul Gouyon, Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (France), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Pessinus

Fr. Paul A. Lenz, Priest of Altoona–Johnstown (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop William John Conway, Titular Bishop of Neve and Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) and President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Fr. Josef Stimpfle was elected Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Archbishop Manuel Pío López Estrada, Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico), was appointed as Founder of Workers of the Kingdom of Christ

Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt, Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico), was appointed as Founder of Workers of the Kingdom of Christ

Fr. Enrique Amezcua Medina, C.O.R.C., was appointed as Founder of Workers of the Kingdom of Christ

Bishop Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Birtha

Fr. Denis A. Hayes, Priest of Paterson (USA), was appointed as Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary

Diocese of Abengourou was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan, Diocese of Bouaké and Diocese of Katiola and became suffragan of Abidjan) (Cote d’Ivoire)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal was established (from Diocese of Ajmer–Jaipur, Diocese of Indore and Diocese of Jabalpur and with suffragan sees Indore and Jabalpur) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Shikoku 四国 was promoted as Diocese of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Vanimo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Aitape) (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Eugène Abissa Kwaku was elected Bishop of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire)

Archbishop Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal (India)

Bishop Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ 田口 芳五郎) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku 四国 (Japan)

Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka (フランシスコ・ザビエル 田中英吉) was elected Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

Fr. Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok (Thailand) and Titular Bishop of Obba

Fr. Clemens P. Chabukasansha was elected Titular Bishop of Cibyra and Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Rosebery (Zambia)

Fr. Joseph Diss, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 85

Archbishop Giovanni Francesco Dadone, Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Fossano (Italy)

Bishop Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 82

Fr. Paschal Sweeney, C.P., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. José Soleibe Arbeláez was appointed as Priest of Cartagena (Colombia)

Fr. Joseph Pathalil was appointed as Priest of Ajmer–Jaipur (India)

Fr. Juan Piris Frígola was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Vicente Cárcel Ortí was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Mario Antonio Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S., Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Perge and Coadjutor Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Donato De Bonis, Priest of Acerenza (Italy), was appointed as Chamberlain of Honour of Purple Ropes

Archbishop Clemente Gaddi, Titular Archbishop of Darnis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Bruno, Priest of Ivrea (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Raffaele Melli was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Diocese of Crateús was established (from Diocese of Iguatu and Diocese of Sobral and became suffragan of Fortaleza) (Brazil)

Msgr. Arturo Lovelli, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Albert Reuben Edward Thomas was elected Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

Msgr. Joseph Gremillion was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Federico Sargolini was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Camerino (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Lysias

Fr. Mario Rizzi, Priest of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Igino Eugenio Cardinale, Priest of Napoli (Italy) and Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain and Titular Archbishop of Nepte

Diocese of Suwon 수원 was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul 서울 and became suffragan of Seoul 서울) (South Korea)

Fr. Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (윤공희 빅토리노 / 尹恭熙), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

Fr. Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Arica (Chile)

Archbishop Gioacchino Di Leo, Archbishop-Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy), passed away at 76

Archbishop Salvatore Siino, Titular Archbishop of Perge and Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines, passed away at 59

Bishop Leo Richard Smith, Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), passed away at 58

Fr. Karl Lehmann was appointed as Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Territorial Prelature of Isabela was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zamboanga and became suffragan of Zamboanga) (Philippines)

Fr. Gerard William Tickle was elected Military Vicar of Great Britain (England) and Titular Bishop of Bela

Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann, C.SS.R., Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was beatified

Bishop Sebastiano Briacca, Bishop of Mondovì (Italy), passed away at 75

Fr. Sotero Sanz Villalba, Priest of Tarazona (Spain), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Giuseppe Petralia was elected Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

Diocese of Ciudad Juárez lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Bishop Domenico Vendola, Bishop emeritus of Lucera (Italy), passed away at 62

Fr. John James Ward was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) and Titular Bishop of Bria

Archbishop Adelmo Cavalcante Machado succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Archbishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias, Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil), passed away at 76

Archbishop Aurelio Macedonio Guerriero, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trujillo (Peru), passed away at 81

Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bloemfontein (South Africa), passed away at 77

Fr. Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Huamachuco (Peru)

Fr. José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Isabela (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Eressus

Fr. Domenico della Madre di Dio Barberi (Domenico), C.P., was beatified

Bishop Michele Federici, Titular Bishop of Sidyma and Coadjutor Bishop of Melfi (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy)

Bishop-elect Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea, Opus Dei, Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ariassus

Bishop-elect Edward Louis Fedders, M.M., Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Mæandrum

Bishop-elect Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C., Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Berrhœa

Archbishop Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F., Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama), passed away at 80

Msgr. Hugh O’Flaherty, Priest of Cape Town (South Africa) and Domestic Prelate, passed away at 65

Blessed Fr. Oleksa Zaryts’kyi (Олексa Зарицький), Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 51

Bishop Carlo Maccari, Titular Bishop of Emmaüs and General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Mondovì (Italy)

Msgr. Ovidio Cassolo was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Bolesław Lukasz Taborski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Dices

Fr. James Aloysius Hickey, Priest of Saginaw (USA), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

Bishop Ferdinand Piontek, Titular Bishop of Barca, passed away at 84

Fr. Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga was elected Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)