Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Cissa was established (Croatia)

Titular Episcopal See of Litomyšl was restored (Czechia)

Titular Metropolitan See of Rew-Ardashir (Chaldean Rite) was established (Iran)

Titular Episcopal See of Domnach Sechlainn was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Domnach Sechnaill (Ireland)

Titular Episcopal See of Blera was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Bolsena was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Buxentum was established (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Caudium was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Civitanova was established (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Cuma was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Ferento was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Frigento was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Galazia in Campania was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Grumentum was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Lorium was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Miseno was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Ofena was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Tharros was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Tre Taverne was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Trevi nel Lazio was established (Italy)

Titular Metropolitan See of Emerita Augusta was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Emerita Augusta (Spain)

Titular Episcopal See of Apamea in Syria (Maronite Rite) was established (Syria)

Titular Metropolitan See of Amida was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Nisibis (Chaldean Rite) was restored (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Dibon was suppressed

Fr. Ildefons Pauler, O.T., was appointed as Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order)

Fr. Marian Joseph Tumler, O.T., resigned as Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order)

Bishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt resigned as Vice-President of Secretariat for Christian Unity

Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia)

Cardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lorena (Brazil)

Bishop José da Silva Chaves, Auxiliary Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Uruaçu (Brazil)

Bishop Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Titular Bishop of Tagarbala

Bishop Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Rondonópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Eduardo Raposo da Costa Resendes, Priest of Angra (Portugal), was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bambari (Central African Republic) and President of Central African Episcopal Conference

Bishop Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson, Auxiliary Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Archbishop Hu Qin-ming (胡欽明) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China), passed away

Bishop Huang Shu (黃曙) ▼, Bishop of Yujiang 餘江 (China), passed away

Bishop Charles Li Ming-yue (李鳴月) ▼, Bishop of Caozhou 曹州 (China), passed away

Archbishop John Li Wei-guang (李維光) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China), passed away

Bishop Li Zhen-lin (李震林) ▼, Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 澧縣 (China), passed away

Bishop Andrew Liu An-zhi (劉安祉), C.M. ▼, Bishop of Zhengding 正定 (China), passed away at 75

Bishop Nicholas Shi Ling-ge (石麟閣) ▼, Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China), passed away

Archbishop Xiong De-lian (熊德漣) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China), passed away

Bishop Zhang Ri-jin (張日進) ▼, Bishop of Yantai 煙臺 (China), passed away

Fr. Edward Gabriel Quint (甘霖), O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Weihai 威海 (China)

Archbishop Diego Maria Gómez Tamayo resigned as Titular Archbishop of Dionysiana

Fr. Charles De Wilde was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Luiza (Congo-Kinshasa)

Cardinal John Carmel Heenan resigned as Vice-President of Secretariat for Christian Unity

Sr. Mary Linscott, S.N.D., was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Msgr. Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi, Priest of Ajaccio (France), Undersecretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity

Msgr. Joseph Géraud was appointed as Counsellor of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Mikhaíl-Pétros Franzídis, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece)

Fr. Aguado Arraux, I.E.M.E., Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala), passed away

Bishop Rémy Augustin, S.M.M., Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

Msgr. József Zágon was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Fr. Joseph Emil Malenfant, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Benares-Gorakhpur (India), passed away at 62

Sr. Maurus, F.C.C., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Clarist Congregation

Fr. Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli was appointed as Priest of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. John Magee, S.P.S., was appointed as Second Private Secretary of the Pope

Fr. James Kielt, S.S.C.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Fr. Richard Steinhilber, S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Archbishop Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy), was appointed as Founder of International Association of “Caterinati” and Apostolic Administrator of Montepulciano (Italy)

Archbishop Alberto Castelli resigned as Vice-President of Council of the Laity and Vice-President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Archbishop Michele Cecchini, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius

Archbishop Carlo Maccari, Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Jesi (Italy)

Msgr. Antonio Magnoni, Priest of Modena (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline

Archbishop Costante Maltoni resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan

Fr. Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and Vice-Delegate of Vatican Film Library

Archbishop Alfredo Poledrini resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zambia and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi

Archbishop Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Equilio

Bishop Umberto Luciano Altomare resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Venosa (Italy)

Bishop Gilberto Baroni, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Guastalla (Italy)

Bishop Roberto Carniello, Auxiliary Bishop of Concordia (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Volterra (Italy)

Msgr. Donato De Bonis, Priest of Acerenza (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop Teresio Ferraroni, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Como (Italy)

Bishop Primo Gasbarri, Auxiliary Bishop of Velletri (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Ghizzoni, Auxiliary Bishop of Piacenza (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)

Bishop Gaetano Michetti, Auxiliary Bishop of Fermo (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Pesaro (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Savino resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

Msgr. Michele Buro was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Msgr. Ferrero Conti resigned as Undersecretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Msgr. Bruno Fagiolo resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline

Msgr. Cesare Federici resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces

Msgr. Ugo Felice resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Lauro Governatori resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Msgr. Giovanni Piantoli, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Chief of Chancellery of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Giovanni Sessolo, Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera and Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Dean and Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Carmine Furgiuele, P.O.C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Pious Workers Rural Catechists (Ardorini Missionaries)

Fr. Ermenegildo Lio, O.F.M., was appointed as Counsellor of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Dr. Vittorio Bachelet was appointed as National President of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. François Eid, O.M.M., was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Fr. Jan Visser, C.SS.R., was appointed as Counsellor of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Clementinus von Vlissingen, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Msgr. Carlo Bayer resigned as Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis

Fr. Wojciech Kania, S.Chr., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants

Bishop Ioan Chertes, Auxiliary Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania)

Br. Célestin Kapemb, F.J., resigned as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Br. Antoine Kasay, F.J., was appointed as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Msgr. Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain), was appointed as Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Fr. Pedro Lumbreras, O.P., Corrector emeritus of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, passed away at 78

Sr. María del Rosario Araño, R.J.M., resigned as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Bishop Lois-Séverin Haller, C.R.A., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune

Fr. Pascual Rywalski, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)

Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus resigned as Secretary of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop James Edward McManus, C.SS.R., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

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

Msgr. Giacomo Ghiragossian was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Fr. Higinio Aparicio, O.H., resigned as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Fr. John F. Fitzgerald, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Alfonso Gauthier, O.H., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Fr. Thomas F. Stransky, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Sr. Josefa Bultó, R.S.C.J., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sr. Concepción Camacho, R.S.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Fr. Anthony Chirayath was appointed as Priest of Sagar of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Joseph S. Thumma was elected Titular Bishop of Cunga Féichin and Coadjutor Bishop of Vijayawada (India)

Bishop Carlo Baldini, O.M.D., Bishop of Pienza (Italy) and Bishop of Chiusi (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Martien Antoon Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Baza

Bishop Patrick Shanley, O.C.D., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Infanta (Philippines), passed away at 73

Archbishop Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Allahabad (India), passed away at 91

Bishop Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar, Bishop of Córdoba (Spain), passed away at 60

Archbishop George Joseph Biskup succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Archbishop Paul Clarence Schulte, Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Elicroca

Archbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq

Archbishop Antonio Taffi, Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis, passed away at 72

Abbot Berthold von Garsten, O.S.B., was canonised

Archbishop Adam Hefter, Bishop emeritus of Gurk (Austria), passed away at 98

Fr. Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho was elected Titular Bishop of Ath Truim and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Fr. Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Uberlândia (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Illiberi

Fr. Gérard Coliche was appointed as Priest of Lille (France)

Msgr. Virgilio Noè, Priest of Pavia (Italy), Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for Pontifical Ceremonies

Fr. Annibale Bugnini, C.M., resigned as Delegate for Papal Ceremonies of Office for Pontifical Ceremonies

Msgr. Albino Galletto resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and Delegate of Vatican Film Library

Msgr. Andrzej Maria Deskur, Priest of Kraków (Poland), Vice-Delegate of Vatican Film Library, Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and Delegate of Vatican Film Library

Fr. Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez, Priest of Santiago (Cuba), was elected Titular Bishop of Novaliciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Cuba)

Fr. Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz, Priest of Białystok (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Acci and Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Archbishop Marko Alaupovic, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Segisama

Archbishop Smiljan Franjo Cekada succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Marie-Georges Petit, Bishop emeritus of Verdun (France), passed away at 81

Fr. Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R., Apostolic Administrator of Madera (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Egara and Bishop-Prelate of Madera (Mexico)

Fr. Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B., Apostolic Administrator of Mixes (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Proconsulari and Bishop-Prelate of Mixes (Mexico)

Fr. Albin Małysiak, C.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Baeza

Fr. Stanisław Smolenski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Álava

Bishop Luigi Bongianino, Titular Bishop of Vulturia and Apostolic Administrator of Alba (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alba (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Brustia, Titular Bishop of Sinna, was appointed as Bishop of Mondovì (Italy)

Bishop Philip Côté (郃軼歐), S.J., Bishop of Xuzhou 徐州 (China), passed away at 74

Archbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin, Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia and Titular Archbishop of Gurza

Fr. Domenico Vacchiano was elected Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Fr. Ildlefonso Clerici, B., Superior General emeritus of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), passed away at 86

Diocese of San Fernando de La Union was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia and became suffragan of Lingayen–Dagupan) (Philippines)

Bishop León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru), passed away at 78

Bishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito, Titular Bishop of Nova Germania, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Auxiliary Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Mentesa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Archbishop Joseph Attipetty, Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India), passed away at 75

Bishop Antonio D’Erchia, Apostolic Administrator of Conversano (Italy) and Bishop of Monopoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Conversano (Italy)

Archbishop Timothy Manning succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Cardinal James Francis McIntyre resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gauhati–Shillong was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong–Gauhati (India)

Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Gauhati–Shillong (India) and Apostolic Administrator of Dibrugarh (India), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong–Gauhati (India)

Fr. José Sebastián Laboa Gallego, Priest of San Sebastián (Spain), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Gregorio Rosa Chávez was appointed as Priest of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Sr. María Soledad Torres y Acosta (Manuela), S. de M., was canonised

Archbishop Evelio Díaz y Cía, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Celene

Bishop Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández, Titular Bishop of Montecorvino and Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Bishop Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Bishop Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Fr. Edward Dennis Head, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Diocese of Ilagan was established (from Diocese of Tuguegarao and Territorial Prelature of Infanta and became suffragan of Nueva Segovia) (Philippines)

Bishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier, Bishop of Constantine (Algeria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Saetabis

Bishop Eduardo Martinez González, Bishop of Zamora (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Segia

Fr. Angelo Frosi, S.X., was elected Titular Bishop of Magnetum and Bishop-Prelate of Abaeté do Tocantins (Brazil)

Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira, Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

Bishop Eduardo Larraín Cordovez, Bishop of Rancagua (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia

Fr. Patrick Vincent Ahern was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Naiera

Fr. Francis Thomas Hurley was elected Titular Bishop of Duleek and Auxiliary Bishop of Juneau (USA)

Diocese of Bafoussam was established (from Diocese of Nkongsamba and became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Fr. Denis Ngande was elected Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon)

Fr. Felixberto Camacho Flores was elected Titular Bishop of Ston and Apostolic Administrator of Agaña (Guam)

Fr. Stephen Fumio Hamao (ステファノ 濱尾文郎), Priest of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), was elected Titular Bishop of Oreto and Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Fr. Paul Hisao Yasuda (パウロ 安田久雄) was elected Titular Bishop of Tucci and Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Bishop Brian David Usanga, Titular Bishop of Ubaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

Bishop James Moynagh, S.P.S., Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mayo

Fr. Daniel Joseph Mullins was elected Titular Bishop of Sidnacestre and Auxiliary Bishop of Cardiff (Wales)

Archbishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux, Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil), passed away at 65

Bishop Victorino Cristobal Ligot, Titular Bishop of Budua and Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines)

Archbishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico), passed away at 82

Archbishop Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop Oscar Félix Villena, Titular Bishop of Musti and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina)

Bishop Henri Clément Victor Donze, Bishop of Tulle (France), was appointed as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Théas, Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Saint German’s

Bishop Heinrich Theissing, Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Schwerin (Germany)

Msgr. Martin Nicholas Lohmuller was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) and Titular Bishop of Ramsbury

Fr. Marcel Uylenbroeck, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Laity, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M., Bishop of Dourados (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sufar and Auxiliary Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph-Arthur Papineau, Bishop emeritus of Joliette (Canada), passed away at 95

Fr. Agostinho José Sartori, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Palmas (Brazil)

Fr. Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke, Priest of Aachen (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Iria Flavia

Bishop Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Bishop Donaldo Chávez Núñez resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Bishop Joseph-Roméo Gagnon, Bishop of Edmundston (Canada), passed away at 66

Msgr. William Wakefield Baum, Priest of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA)

Fr. Thomas Jerome Welsh was elected Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Archbishop Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Castulo

Bishop Augusto Trujillo Arango, Bishop of Jericó (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia)

Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ 土井辰雄), Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), passed away at 77

Archbishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ 白柳誠一) succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Bishop José Salazar López, Bishop of Zamora (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Bishop Malcolm A. MacEachern, Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ipagro

Bishop Carlo Boiardi, Bishop of Apuania (Italy), passed away at 70

Diocese of Fort William was renamed as Diocese of Thunder Bay (Canada)

Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida, Titular Bishop of Burca and Bishop-Prelate of Calama (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile)

Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Li De-hua (李德化) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China), passed away

Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Campinas (Brazil), passed away at 74

Fr. Edmund F. McCaffrey, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA)

Fr. Robert Paradis, O.M.I., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Fr. Hans-Georg Braun was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena

Fr. Eduardo André Muaca was elected Titular Bishop of Isola and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola)

Bishop Francisco Raval Cruces, Titular Bishop of Tambeæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Ilagan (Philippines)

Venerable Archbishop Áron Márton, Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania) and Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Romania of the Armenians (Romania)

Msgr. Mario Tagliaferri, Priest of Alatri (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Central African Republic, Apostolic Delegate to Republic of Congo and Titular Archbishop of Formia

Fr. Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M., was elected Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

Archbishop Augustin Fataki Alueke, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Enrique Bolaños Quesada, Titular Bishop of Andropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica), was appointed as Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Diocese of Bridgetown–Kingstown was established (from Diocese of Saint George’s in Grenada and became suffragan of Port of Spain) (Barbados)

Fr. Omer Alfred Robidoux, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Fr. Emile Biayenda, Priest of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville), was elected Titular Archbishop of Garba and Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Joseph Cheikho, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Amida

Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Fr. Paul Khoarai was elected Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho)

Archbishop James Michael Liston, Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand) and Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Domnach Sechnaill

Bishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria)

Bishop Francis John Doyle, M.S.C., Bishop of Sideia (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ardcarne

Fr. Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Sideia (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Patrick Webster, O.S.B., Titular Bishop of Otočac, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada (Grenada) and Apostolic Administrator of Saint George’s in Grenada (Grenada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bridgetown–Kingstown (Barbados) and Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada (Grenada)

Fr. Luíz Eugênio Pérez was elected Bishop of Jales (Brazil)

Bishop Antonio Cunial, Bishop of Lucera (Italy), Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Manfredonia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Vieste (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Cappellina, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Patrick Fernández Flores was elected Titular Bishop of Italica and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

Fr. Gilbert Fini, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima lost territory to Diocese of Callao (Peru)

Archbishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M., Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece), passed away at 89

Bishop Giovanni Proni, Bishop of Termoli (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Forlì (Italy) and Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy)

Fr. José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Bocas del Toro (Panama)

Fr. David Christopher McGough was appointed as Priest of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Lawrence Patrick Moran, Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), passed away at 62

Fr. Vincenzo Paglia was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of Mbarara (Uganda), passed away at 85

Bishop William Bouter, M.H.M., Bishop of Nellore (India), passed away at 74

Bishop Bala Shoury Thumma succeeded as Bishop of Nellore (India)

Fr. Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo was elected Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil)

Fr. Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Caetité (Brazil)

Bishop Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC., Bishop of Taiohae (French Polynesia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Budua

Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada, was appointed as Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Fr. Mikołaj Sasinowski was elected Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

Fr. Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites

Archbishop Adelchi Albanesi, Bishop of Viterbo (Italy), Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy), Bishop of Tuscania (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 86

Fr. Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico)

Bishop Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S., Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Burca

Fr. Warlito Itcuas Cajandig was appointed as Priest of Capiz (Philippines)

Fr. Robert Joseph Baker was appointed as Priest of Saint Augustine (USA)

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

Diocese of Niangara was renamed as Diocese of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop François-Odon de Wilde, O.P., Bishop of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Abbot Edmund F. McCaffrey, O.S.B., was confirmed as Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA)

Bishop Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Concepción (Paraguay), passed away at 85

Bishop Simon Lei Chang-hsia (雷震霞), Bishop emeritus of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), passed away at 54

Fr. José María Serrano Ruiz was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. Antonio Dorado Soto was elected Bishop of Guadix (Spain)

Bishop Anastasio Granados García, Titular Bishop of Cidramus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

Bishop José Souto Vizoso, Bishop of Palencia (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Illici

Fr. Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa was elected Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela)

Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Archbishop José Vicente Távora, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil), passed away at 59

Bishop Francis Xavier Sanguon Souvannasri, Bishop of Chanthaburi (Thailand), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Urci

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S., Titular Bishop of Vagal, was appointed as Bishop of Tulle (France)

Archbishop Endre Hamvas, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kalocsa (Hungary), passed away at 80

Bishop Luis Almarcha Hernández, Bishop of León (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Elepla

Fr. Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre was appointed as Priest of Rennes (France)

Fr. Manuel Casares Hervás was elected Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Diocese of Gaberones was renamed as Diocese of Gaborone (Botswana)

Bishop Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P., Bishop of Gaberones (Botswana), was appointed as Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana)

Fr. Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Bulla

Fr. Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

Bishop Luís Victor Sartori, Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil), passed away at 65

Archbishop Paolo Mosconi was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq

Diocese of La Guaira was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and became suffragan of Caracas) (Venezuela)

Bishop Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce, Titular Bishop of Columnata and Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela)

Bishop Norman Joseph Gallagher, Titular Bishop of Adrasus and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada)

Fr. Roberto Pinarello de Almeida was elected Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Bishop Juan Nicolasora Nilmar, Coadjutor Bishop of Davao (Philippines), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines)

Fr. Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel was elected Military Vicar of France (France) and Titular Bishop of Rota

Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem, Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

Msgr. Marco Cé, Priest of Crema (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Vulturia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy)

Bishop Aldo Forzoni, Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Apuania (Italy)

Bishop Renato Spallanzani, Auxiliary Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Siena (Italy)

Fr. Adelmo Tacconi was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Sinna

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 72

Fr. Victor Guazzelli was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) and Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne

Fr. Gerald Mahon, M.H.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. Alberto Giglioli was elected Titular Bishop of Bitylius and Auxiliary Bishop of Siena (Italy)

Fr. James Monaghan was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) and Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille

Fr. Paul Schruers was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Hasselt (Belgium) and Titular Bishop of Slebte

Fr. Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was elected Titular Bishop of Tambeæ and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Bishop Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B., Bishop of Lorena (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Bauru (Brazil)

Fr. Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Nova Germania

Fr. René-Alexandre Dupanloup was elected Titular Bishop of Vagal and Auxiliary Bishop of Nice (France)

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

Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Bishop Alfredo Maria Cavagna, Titular Bishop of Tium, passed away at 90

Bishop Antonio Ravagli, Bishop of Modigliana (Italy) and Auxiliary Bishop of Faenza (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Montecorvino and Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze (Italy)

Bishop Jaime Flores Martin, H.S.O.D., Bishop of Barbastro (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Huesca (Spain), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Rubicón

Fr. Mark Francis Schmitt was elected Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór and Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Bishop Ernesto Álvarez Álvarez, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Clypia and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sahara Español e Ifni was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Sahara Español (Western Sahara)

Bishop Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R., Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea (Brazil)

Fr. Félix Erviti Barcelona, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Sahara Español e Ifni (Western Sahara), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sahara Español (Western Sahara)

Fr. Leonardo Murialdo, C.S.I., Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph, was canonised

Msgr. Gilberto Agustoni, Priest of Basel (Switzerland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota

Fr. Mark Said, O.P., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. William Francis Malooly was appointed as Priest of Baltimore (USA)

Bishop Jerônimo Mazzarotto resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Fr. Anselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ingwavuma (South Africa)

Msgr. William Henry Keeler, Priest of Harrisburg (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Edwin Roy Kinch, O.S.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Ingwavuma (South Africa)

Sr. Thérèse Couderc (Marie-Victoire), R.C., was canonised

Fr. Nicholas James Samra was appointed as Priest of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA)

Fr. Edward Kenneth Braxton was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett was appointed as Priest of Hobart (Australia)

Bishop José Dalvit, F.S.C.I., Bishop of São Mateus (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sullectum

Msgr. Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Anthony Gerard Bosco was elected Titular Bishop of Labico and Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. Paul Lortie was appointed as Priest of Québec (Canada)

Bishop Bernard James Sullivan, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Patna (India), passed away at 81

Bishop José Manuel Piña Torres resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Tepic (Mexico)

Fr. Edward Joseph Adams was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Joseph Anthony Pepe was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Charles H. Rowland was appointed as Priest of Charleston (USA)

Fr. Raymond W. Field was appointed as Priest of Dublin (Ireland)

Fr. Salvatore Gristina was appointed as Priest of Palermo (Italy)

Fr. Salvatore Muratore was appointed as Priest of Agrigento (Italy)

Fr. Braulio Rafael León Villegas was appointed as Priest of León (Mexico)

Fr. Louis Chamniern Santisukniran was appointed as Priest of Thare and Nonseng (Thailand)

Archbishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso, Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Sila

Cardinal William Theodore Heard, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro and Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Teodoro pro hac vice Title

Fr. Michael George Bowen was elected Titular Bishop of Lamsorti and Coadjutor Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England)

Cardinal Antonio Bacci was appointed as Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. José Melgoza Osorio was elected Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Fr. José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M., was elected Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Fr. Eugène Biletsi Onim was elected Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I., Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird

Bishop León Angel Olano y Urteaga, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Guam (Guam), passed away at 78

Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Dibrugarh (India)

Fr. Robert Kerketta, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Dibrugarh (India)

Archbishop Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Djakarta (Indonesia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Bolsena

Fr. Leo Soekoto, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Djakarta (Indonesia)

Fr. Martin Elmar Schmid, C.M.M., was elected Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa)

Bishop Alphonse Streit, C.M.M., Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Maturba

Fr. Matthew Kia Yen-wen (賈彥文), Priest of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan), was elected Bishop of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

Bishop Paul Cheng Shi-guang (Ch’eng Shih-kuang) (成世光) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

Territorial Prelature of Chetumal was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán and Diocese of Campeche and became suffragan of Yucatán) (Mexico)

Fr. Brian Vincent Finnigan was appointed as Priest of Ballarat (Australia)

Fr. Anthony Mancini was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Paul Terrio was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Robert James Carlson was appointed as Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Armando Xavier Ochoa was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop Valentino Vailati, Bishop of San Severo (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Vieste (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Cunial resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Manfredonia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Vieste (Italy)

Blessed Bishop Iuliu Hossu, Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 85

Fr. Donald Joseph Kettler was appointed as Priest of Sioux Falls (USA)

Fr. Ricardo Guízar Díaz was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) and Titular Bishop of Nin

Fr. Rosendo Huesca Pacheco was elected Titular Bishop of Themisonium and Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio was appointed as Priest of Newark (USA)

Fr. Felipe de Jesús Estévez was appointed as Priest of Miami (USA)

Fr. John Joseph Jenik was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Fr. Juan de Ávila (John of Avila) was canonised

Fr. Denis Brennan was appointed as Priest of Ferns (Ireland)

Bishop Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.J., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

Fr. Henryk Józef Nowacki was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Fr. Richard Thomas McGrath was elected Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada)

Apostolic Vicariate of Aysén lost territory to Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Bishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros, Titular Bishop of Baliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Jericó (Colombia)

Fr. Joseph Kundukulam was elected Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop George Alapatt resigned as Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Calogero Lauricella, Titular Bishop of Sela, Auxiliary Bishop of Cefalù (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Cefalù (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Benares-Gorakhpur was promoted as Diocese of Banaras (India)

Fr. Patrick Paul D’Souza was elected Bishop of Banaras (India)

Bishop Marino Bergonzini, Bishop of Volterra (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Faenza (Italy) and Bishop of Modigliana (Italy)

Fr. Norman Francis McFarland was elected Titular Bishop of Bida and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Diocese of Benguela was established (from Diocese of Nova Lisboa and became suffragan of Luanda) (Angola)

Fr. Armando Amaral dos Santos was elected Bishop of Benguela (Angola)

Archbishop Miho Pušic, Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia) and Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Buxentum

Bishop Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P., succeeded as Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Msgr. Dino Monduzzi, Priest of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Regent of Prefecture of the Papal Household, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Antoni Adamiuk was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Ala miliaria

Fr. Tadeusz Bogusław Blazkiewicz was elected Titular Bishop of Besalú and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Fr. Czesław Domin was elected Titular Bishop of Dagnum and Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Fr. Michael F. Kosak was appointed as Priest of Virgin Islands (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Fr. Charles J. Beebe was appointed as Priest of Peoria (USA)

Fr. Thomas Patrick McGovern was appointed as Priest of Nottingham (England)

Fr. Patrick Joseph McGrath was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Bishop Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam), passed away at 88

Msgr. Marcello Costalunga, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Luigi Boccadoro, Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy), Bishop of Acquapendente (Italy), Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Tuscania (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Viterbo (Italy), was appointed as Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy), Bishop of Tuscania (Italy) and Bishop of Viterbo (Italy)

Bishop Ireneo Chelucci, Bishop of Montalcino (Italy), passed away at 87

Fr. Severinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Solwezi (Zambia)

Fr. Anselm Myers, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Solwezi (Zambia)

Bishop Giuseppe Ruotolo, Bishop emeritus of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy), passed away at 71

Bishop Pietro Santoro, Titular Bishop of Velia and Auxiliary Bishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Larino (Italy) and Bishop of Termoli (Italy)

Msgr. Francesco Bruno, Priest of Ivrea (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage was appointed as Priest of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chetumal (Mexico)

Bishop Piotr Dudziec, Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland), passed away at 63

Bishop Antony Padiyara, Bishop of Ootacamund (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop George Alapatt was appointed as Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria

Fr. Sławoj Leszek Głódź was appointed as Priest of Białystok (Poland)

Fr. Mieczysław Cisło was appointed as Priest of Lublin (Poland)

Fr. Piotr Skucha was appointed as Priest of Kielce (Poland)

Fr. Amadeo Rodríguez Magro was appointed as Priest of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)

Bishop Franjo Kuharić, Titular Bishop of Meta and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Josip Sálac was elected Titular Bishop of Baliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Mijo Škvorc, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum and Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Musti

Bishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B., Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Fr. Pietro Santoro was appointed as Priest of Chieti–Vasto (Italy)

Venerable Archbishop Teofilo Camomot Bastida resigned as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

Msgr. Jozef Tomko, Priest of Košice (Slovakia), Chaplain of His Holiness and Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Jozef Zlatňanský, Priest of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Diocese of Rancagua lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago (Chile)

Diocese of João Belo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques) (Mozambique)

Diocese of Chiang Mai lost territory to Diocese of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand)

Diocese of Memphis was established (from Diocese of Nashville and became suffragan of Louisville) (USA)

Archbishop Guido del Mestri, Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada

Fr. Nikola Tavelić, O.F.M., and 3 companions were canonised

Bishop Otto Spülbeck, Bishop of Meißen (Germany), passed away at 66

Fr. Antonio Cañizares Llovera was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Coracesium and Bishop-Prelate of Juigalpa (Nicaragua), was appointed as Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

Bishop Octavio José Calderón y Padilla, Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Civitanova

Bishop Alphonse Streit, C.M.M., Bishop emeritus of Mariannhill (South Africa), passed away at 76

Fr. Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Msgr. Josip Uhač, Priest of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan and Titular Archbishop of Tharros

Fr. Louis Antoine Marie Boffet was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France) and Titular Bishop of Tacia montana

Archbishop Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Archbishop Joseph-Martin Urtasun, Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Voncaria

Archbishop Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Jamshedpur (India)

Bishop Alfred Fernández, Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India), was appointed as Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Fr. Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J., was elected Bishop of Jamshedpur (India)

Bishop Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Fr. Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense and Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Fr. Mark Onwuha Unegbu was elected Bishop of Owerri (Nigeria)

Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Owerri (Nigeria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tre Taverne

Fr. Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭鎮奭), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Bishop of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)

Fr. Nikasius Kipengele was elected Bishop of Mahenge (Tanzania)

Venerable Fr. Alejandro Labaka Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador)

Fr. Gonzalo López Marañón, O.C.D., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador)

Fr. Jesús Langarica Olagüe, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador)

Bishop Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bluefields (Nicaragua), passed away at 68

Fr. František Radkovský was appointed as Priest of Plzeň (Czechia)

Fr. Joël Mercier was appointed as Priest of Angers (France)

Fr. Walter Mixa was appointed as Priest of Augsburg (Germany)

Bishop Angelo Calabretta, Bishop of Noto (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Vergi

Fr. Criscito Criscito was elected Bishop of Lucera (Italy) and Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

Bishop Salvatore Nicolosi, Bishop of Lipari (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Noto (Italy)

Fr. Armand Maillard was appointed as Priest of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Francesco Follo was appointed as Priest of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Pablo Varela Server was appointed as Priest of Panamá (Panama)

Diocese of Davao was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Davao (with suffragan sees Cotabato, Marbel and Tagum) (Philippines)

Bishop Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Nova Lisboa (Angola), passed away at 76

Fr. Marcelo Raúl Martorell was appointed as Priest of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Vinko Puljić was appointed as Priest of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Guillermo Orozco Montoya was appointed as Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Fr. Siméon Oualli was elected Bishop of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Fr. Luigi Gatti was appointed as Priest of Alba (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Marrucci was appointed as Priest of Volterra (Italy)

Bishop Clovis Joseph Thibauld, P.M.E., Bishop of Davao (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

Archbishop Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Leribe (Lesotho)

Archbishop José García y Goldaraz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Ferento

Bishop Felix Romero Menjibar, Bishop of Jaén (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain)

Fr. Miguel Angel Araújo Iglesias was elected Bishop of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain)

Diocese of Doruma was renamed as Diocese of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Wilhelm Theo van den Elzen, O.S.A., Bishop of Doruma (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼) was appointed as Priest of Nardò–Gallipoli (Italy)

Fr. Karel Kasteel was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Pedro Claro Meurice Estíu, Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Cuba), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

Bishop Lorenzo Basoli, Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy), passed away at 74

Fr. Angelo Fausto Vallainc was elected Titular Bishop of Frigento, Auxiliary Bishop of Siena (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy)

Fr. Mario Zenari was appointed as Priest of Verona (Italy)

Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes, Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA), passed away at 85

Archbishop Carlo Martini, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Mexico

Bishop Stanislaus Tigga, Bishop of Raigarh–Ambikapur (India), passed away at 72

Bishop Joseph Patrick Dougherty, Bishop emeritus of Yakima (USA) and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), passed away at 65

Fr. Domenico Mogavero was appointed as Priest of Palermo (Italy)

Fr. William Cecil MacGrath, S.F.M., Bishop of Lishui 麗水 (China), passed away at 74

Bishop Anastasio Hurtado y Robles, Bishop of Tepic (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cissa

Fr. Henri Salina, C.R.A., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland)

Msgr. Sotero Sanz Villalba, Priest of Tarazona (Spain), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Chile and Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta

Fr. Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar was elected Titular Bishop of Grumentum and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Fr. Henry Ederle, S.V.D., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Mindoro (Philippines), passed away at 74

Fr. Javier Azagra Labiano was elected Titular Bishop of Lacubaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Spain)

Fr. Angelo Scola was appointed as Priest of Teramo–Atri (Italy)

Fr. Vittorio Piola was elected Titular Bishop of Atella and Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Fr. Matthias Kobena Nketsiah was appointed as Priest of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Fr. Abramo Freschi was elected Titular Bishop of Nasbinca and Coadjutor Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

Bishop John Burke, Bishop emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh (India), passed away at 74

Bishop Lawrence Alexander Glenn, Bishop of Crookston (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Blera

Bishop Antonio Lloren Mabutas, Bishop of Laoag (Philippines), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Valeria and Coadjutor Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

Bishop Pablo Correa León, Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Columnata

Bishop José Cándido Piñol y Batres, Bishop emeritus of Granada (Nicaragua), passed away at 92

Fr. James Francis Stafford, Priest of Baltimore (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Kenneth Joseph Povish was elected Bishop of Crookston (USA)

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano and Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, passed away at 93

Fr. Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont was appointed as Priest of Tours (France)

Fr. Sebastiano Sanguinetti was appointed as Priest of Nuoro (Italy)

Fr. Youssef-Massoud Massoud was appointed as Priest of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)

Bishop David Frederick Cunningham succeeded as Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Bishop Walter Andrew Foery, Bishop of Syracuse (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Miseno

Archbishop Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Asmara (Eritrea), passed away at 87

Fr. Wilhelm Wagener, C.SS.R., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Weetebula (Indonesia)

Bishop Charles Weber (萬賓來), S.V.D., Bishop of Yizhou 沂州 (China), passed away at 84

Bishop Franz von Streng, Bishop emeritus of Basel (Switzerland), passed away at 86

Bishop Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé, Bishop emeritus of Cartagena (Spain), passed away at 79

Fr. Manuel Sánchez Monge was appointed as Priest of Palencia (Spain)

Mr. Giancarlo Brasca, I.S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Kingship of Christ

Mr. Enzo Franceschini, I.S.M., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Kingship of Christ

Archbishop Mikhayl Assaf, Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan), passed away at 82

Fr. Damián Iguacén Borau was elected Bishop of Barbastro (Spain)

Fr. Charles Henry Dufour was appointed as Priest of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica)

Diocese of Bamenda was established (from Diocese of Buéa and became suffragan of Yaoundé) (Cameroon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tambacounda was established (from Diocese of Kaolack and Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal) (Senegal)

Fr. Paul Verdzekov was elected Bishop of Bamenda (Cameroon)

Bishop Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of La Vega (Dominican Republic), passed away at 76

Fr. Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tambacounda (Senegal)

Bishop Friedrich Maria Rintelen resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Angelo Zambarbieri, Bishop of Guastalla (Italy), passed away at 57

Fr. Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira was appointed as Priest of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)

Fr. Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez was appointed as Priest of Oviedo (Spain)

Bishop Francis John Spence, Titular Bishop of Nova and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Canada (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

Fr. Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)