Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Acafida was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Acufida (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Jerafi was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ierafi (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Jomnium was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Iomnium (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Jucundiana was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Iucundiana (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Junca in Mauretania was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Iunca in Mauretania (Algeria)

Diocese of Facatativá lost territory to Diocese of Zipaquirá (Colombia)

Titular Metropolitan See of Trajanopolis in Rhodope was renamed as Titular Metropolitan See of Traianopolis in Rhodope (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Joppe was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ioppe (Israel)

Titular Episcopal See of Pesto was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Pesto (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Maastricht was restored (Netherlands)

Titular Episcopal See of Selja was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Selia (Norway)

Titular Episcopal See of Jerichus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ierichus (Palestine)

Titular Episcopal See of Fornos major was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Furnos maior (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Jubaltiana was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Iubaltiana (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Junca in Byzacena was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Iunca in Byzacena (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Jasus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Iasus (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Jonopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Ionopolis (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Jotapa in Isauria was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Iotapa in Isauria (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Trajanopolis in Phrygia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Traianopolis in Phrygia (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Allegheny was restored (USA)

Titular Episcopal See of Walla Walla was restored (USA)

Bishop Jerónimo José Podestá ▼ resigned as Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici

Archbishop Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪) resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to China

Archbishop Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Abbot Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Drisdale River (Australia)

Fr. Bernard Rooney, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Kalumburu (Australia)

Sr. Mary Judith Mietzelfeld, O.S.U., was appointed as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Fr. Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B., was appointed as Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archbishop Mesrop Habozian, C.M.V., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Vienna

Fr. Alfonso Raes, S.J., resigned as Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena, Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Oliveira (Brazil)

Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー) resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India

Msgr. Dorio-Marie Huot, S.M.M., resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes

Mr. Jean Vanier was appointed as Founder of International Association of Faith and Light

Cardinal Franjo Šeper, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and President of International Theological Commission, was appointed as President of Pontifical Biblical Commission

Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Eastern Africa

Fr. John Nedley, C.O., resigned as Procurator General of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

Fr. Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Asmara (Eritrea)

Bishop Garabed Amadouni resigned as Vicar Apostolic of France of the Armenians (France)

Fr. Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Abbot Henri Marcotte de Sainte-Marie, O.S.B., Abbot of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, was appointed as Prior of Pontifical Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

Fr. Joseph Bouchaud, F.C., resigned as Superior General of Sons of Charity

Bishop Eduard Schick, Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany), was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Neo-Vulgate

Fr. Wilhelm Möhler, S.A.C., resigned as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Sr. Maria Felicia Pastoors, O.S.U., resigned as Prioress General of Order of Saint Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Bishop Imre Kisberk, Auxiliary Bishop of Csanád (Hungary), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Imre Szabó resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Esztergom (Hungary)

Msgr. Jos A. E. Fernandez, I.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Indian Missionary Society

Fr. Alban of Blackburn, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Jalandhar (India), passed away

Fr. Prabhu Prasad, I.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Indian Missionary Society

Archimandrite Isaïe Dakkar resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq)

Archbishop John Gordon, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho and Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India

Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Fr. Nicholas Gorman, S.A.C., was appointed as Rector General of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)

Msgr. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Vice-Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Archbishop Aurelio Sabattani was appointed as Vicar of the Chapter of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Msgr. Silvio Luoni, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG)

Archbishop Giuseppe Mojoli resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

Archbishop Antonino Pinci resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Msgr. Lorenzo Bellomi, Priest of Verona (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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

Bishop Cesario D’Amato, O.S.B. Cas., Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, was appointed as Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Bishop Salvatore Di Salvo, Auxiliary Bishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Msgr. Pietro Rossano resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Neo-Vulgate

Bishop Francesco Rossi was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Msgr. Giovanni Angelo Abbo, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

Msgr. Pietro Fantò, Priest of Locri–Gerace (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Msgr. Salvatore Garofalo, Priest of Napoli (Italy), Domestic Prelate and Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Urbaniana University, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Neo-Vulgate

Msgr. Giuseppe Graneris resigned as Datary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Arturo Lovelli resigned as Secretary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Francesco Norese, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Person-in-charge of Central Statistics Office of the Church

Msgr. Giovanni Maria Pinna, Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 65

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Verdelli resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes

Fr. Luigi Calonghi, S.D.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum

Fr. Giorgio Castellino, S.D.B., resigned as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

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

Fr. Walter Oddone, C.O., was appointed as Procurator General of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)

Dr. Carlo Ponti was appointed as Director of Directorate of Pontifical Villas of Vatican City State

Mr. Massimo Spada resigned as President of Institute for Works of Religion

Archimandrite Basilios Kanakry was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq)

Archbishop Jules Georges Kandela resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Msgr. Antoni Czapla resigned as Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop Florentino de Andrade e Silva resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Porto (Portugal)

Msgr. Jozef Tomko resigned as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission

Msgr. Jozef Zlatňanský, Priest of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission

Bishop Peter Han Kong-ryel (한공렬 베드로), Bishop of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

Fr. Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University

Archbishop José Pont y Gol, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana (Spain)

Bishop Javier Osés Flamarique, Auxiliary Bishop of Huesca (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Huesca (Spain)

Fr. Laureano Suárez Díez, Sch. P., resigned as Superior General of Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists)

Sr. María del Rosario Araño, R.J.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Fr. Henri de Riedmatten, O.P., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Archbishop Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Antinoë

Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus was appointed as President of Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop Philip Joseph Furlong resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA)

Fr. Martin Burne, O.S.B., was appointed as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Abbot Baldwin Wilfred Dworschak, O.S.B., resigned as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Peregrine M. Graffius, O.S.M., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Fr. Joseph M. Loftus, O.S.M., resigned as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Fr. Theodore Tack, O.S.A., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)

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

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

Abbot Vincent Truijen, O.S.B., Prior of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, was appointed as Superior of Pontifical Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

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

Fr. Heinrich Dammig, M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Fr. Henri de Rietmatten resigned as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG)

Fr. Umberto M. Fasola was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Fr. Antonio Ferrua, S.J., resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

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

Fr. Herbert Linenberger, C.PP.S., resigned as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. Michael a Iesu, O.SS.T., resigned as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Daniel Schaefer, C.PP.S., was appointed as Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Fr. Giuseppe Sirna, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Augustinus Trapč, O.S.A., resigned as Prior General of Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)

Fr. Stephen Joseph Tutas, S.M., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Mary (Marianists)

Fr. Forsenio Vezzani, M.I., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Fr. Ignacio Vizcargüénaga Arriortúa, O.SS.T., was appointed as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Beniamino Wambacq resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

Br. Agnel Degadt, F.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Charity

Sr. Therese Poulin, R.J.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary

Sr. Adelberta Reinhart, C.P.S., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood

Fr. François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Caudium and Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (France)

Venerable Bishop Enrico Bartoletti, Titular Bishop of Myndus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lucca (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Myndus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

Bishop Benvenuto Matteucci, Titular Bishop of Forlimpopoli and Apostolic Administrator of Pisa (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

Fr. Charles Roman Koester was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) and Titular Bishop of Suacia

Fr. Donald James Reece was appointed as Priest of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica)

Bishop Jolando Nuzzi, Bishop of Campagna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy)

Bishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier resigned as Titular Bishop of Saetabis

Bishop Luigi Cicuttini resigned as Titular Bishop of Lamphua

Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien resigned as Titular Archbishop of Uthina

Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow resigned as Titular Bishop of Vageata

Fr. Pierre-Marie Nguyễn Năng was elected Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Trần Hữu Ðức, Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam), passed away at 79

Bishop Giovanni Canestri, Titular Bishop of Tenedus and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Bishop Adolfo Binni, Bishop of Nola (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop Antonino Catarella resigned as Titular Bishop of Vissalsa

Bishop Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena

Fr. Joseph Coutts was appointed as Priest of Lahore (Pakistan)

Archbishop Albert Vincent D’Souza resigned as Titular Archbishop of Luperciana

Bishop Manuel Samaniego Barriga, Titular Bishop of Passo Corese and Auxiliary Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico)

Fr. John Stock was elected Titular Bishop of Pergamum and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Diocese of Concordia was renamed as Diocese of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

Bishop Vittorio De Zanche, Bishop of Concordia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

Bishop William Lawrence Adrian resigned as Titular Bishop of Helos

Bishop Peter William Bartholome resigned as Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa

Bishop Leo Ferdinand Dworschak resigned as Titular Bishop of Meta

Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R., resigned as Titular Bishop of Rotdon

Bishop Joseph Maximilian Mueller resigned as Titular Bishop of Simitthu

Bishop Robert Dermot O’Flanagan resigned as Titular Bishop of Tricala

Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida resigned as Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Thasbalta and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Archbishop Umberto Malchiodi resigned as Titular Archbishop of Écija

Bishop Mesrob Terzian, Patriarchal Vicar of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 56

Archbishop Gabriel Ganni succeeded as Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Archbishop Joseph Gogué, Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 84

Bishop Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J., resigned as Titular Bishop of Cuicul

Diocese of Saint John’s was established (from Diocese of Roseau and became suffragan of Port of Spain) (Antigua and Barbuda)

Diocese of Kerema was established (from Diocese of Bereina and Diocese of Mendi and became suffragan of Port Moresby) (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D., Bishop of Accra (Ghana), was appointed as Bishop of Saint John’s (Antigua and Barbuda)

Bishop Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia)

Fr. Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Sala Consilina and Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia)

Fr. Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe was elected Bishop of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Benedict Ganesh Singh was elected Titular Bishop of Arsennaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Georgetown (Guyana)

Fr. Packiam Arokiaswamy was elected Bishop of Ootacamund (India)

Fr. Cornelius Elanjikal was elected Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

Fr. Joseph Kelanthara was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

Bishop John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D., resigned as Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

Fr. Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J., was elected Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar)

Fr. Raymond Mwanyika was elected Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania)

Fr. Bruno Zwissler, O.S.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Njombe (Tanzania)

Bishop Andrew Alexis D’Souza resigned as Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari

Bishop James Edward Kearney resigned as Titular Bishop of Tabaicara

Bishop Joseph Julian Oste (德化隆), C.I.C.M., Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China), passed away at 77

Archbishop Acacio Chacón Guerra resigned as Titular Archbishop of Scebatiana

Bishop Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia resigned as Titular Bishop of Auzegera

Bishop Rosario L. Brodeur resigned as Titular Bishop of Maronana

Bishop Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr., resigned as Titular Bishop of Catabum castra

Cardinal Michael Browne, O.P., was appointed as Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Antonio Bacci, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio and Secretary emeritus of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes, passed away at 85

Archbishop Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento resigned as Titular Archbishop of Berœa

Bishop Thomas Kiely Gorman resigned as Titular Bishop of Pinhel

Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez resigned as Titular Bishop of Nicives

Archbishop Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Vazari-Didda

Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S., resigned as Titular Bishop of Troas

Bishop Ambrose De Battista, P.I.M.E., resigned as Bishop of Vijayawada (India)

Bishop Joseph S. Thumma succeeded as Bishop of Vijayawada (India)

Fr. Miguel Gatan Purugganan was elected Titular Bishop of Egnatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Fr. Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Corbeil (France) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ Thibilitanæ

Fr. Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’Heureux was elected Titular Bishop of Celene and Auxiliary Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

Bishop Eugene O’Callaghan resigned as Titular Bishop of Bretoña

Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. Silv., resigned as Titular Bishop of Bagai

Fr. Jebamalai Susaimanickam was appointed as Priest of Madurai (India)

Bishop Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Djakarta (Indonesia), passed away at 89

Fr. Pietro Sambi, Priest of San Marino–Montefeltro (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro resigned as Titular Bishop of Præcausa

Archbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira resigned as Titular Archbishop of Octaba

Bishop António Valente da Fonseca resigned as Titular Bishop of Agbia

Bishop Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves resigned as Titular Bishop of Silli

Archbishop Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Perdices

Bishop Jaime Garcia Goulart resigned as Titular Bishop of Trofimiana

Archbishop Gerald Thomas Bergan resigned as Titular Archbishop of Tacarata

Bishop Victor-Jean Perrin, Bishop emeritus of Arras (France), passed away at 76

Msgr. Lorenzo Frana, Priest of Bergamo (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Ayaviri (Peru)

Bishop José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares, Titular Bishop of Carcabia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil)

Bishop Américo Henriques succeeded as Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Bishop Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena resigned as Titular Bishop of Boseta

Bishop João da Silva Campos Neves resigned as Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Bishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm., was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Archbishop Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi (パウロ 山口 愛次郎) resigned as Titular Archbishop of Massa Lubrense

Bishop Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ 松岡 孫四郎) resigned as Titular Bishop of Belali

Fr. Leonard James Crowley was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia

Bishop William Joseph Smith resigned as Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Raymond Windle succeeded as Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

Fr. Juan Alfredo Arzube was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) and Titular Bishop of Civitate

Archbishop Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru)

Bishop Luciano José Cabral Duarte, Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Fr. Rafael Montiano Lim was elected Bishop of Laoag (Philippines)

Bishop Jean Hengen succeeded as Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Bishop Léon Lommel resigned as Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Fr. Ivan Bura was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Territorial Prelature of Iligan was established (from Territorial Prelature of Ozamiz and became suffragan of Cagayan de Oro) (Philippines)

Territorial Prelature of Ozamiz was promoted as Diocese of Ozamiz (lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Iligan and became suffragan of Zamboanga) (Philippines)

Bishop Bienvenido Solon Tudtud, Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Iligan (Philippines)

Bishop Jesus Yu Varela, Titular Bishop of Tatilti and Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Ozamiz (Philippines)

Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil), passed away at 76

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa resigned as Titular Bishop of Taborenta

Bishop Jean Gay, C.S.Sp., resigned as Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena

Bishop Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Gallup (USA), passed away at 79

Fr. William Robert Johnson was elected Titular Bishop of Blera and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Diocese of Franca was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto and became suffragan of Ribeirão Preto) (Brazil)

Fr. Pius Suh Awa was elected Titular Bishop of Auzegera and Coadjutor Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon)

Fr. Alexius Obabu Makozi was elected Titular Bishop of Fallaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria)

Cardinal Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F., Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain), was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship

Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 76

Bishop Paul-Marie François Rousset, Prado, Titular Bishop of Utimma and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Étienne (France)

Fr. Alfonso López Trujillo, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Boseta and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Giuseppe Merisi was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Daniel Llorente y Federico, Bishop emeritus of Segovia (Spain), passed away at 87

Fr. Richard J. Lubeley, Priest of Saint Louis (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Joseph Mark Gopu, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India), passed away at 63

Msgr. Francesco Marchisano, Priest of Torino (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Giuseppe Angrisani resigned as Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Fr. Carlo Cavalla was elected Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

Fr. Francis James Harrison was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Fr. Hemaiagh Guédiguian, C.A.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia

Bishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Ammoniace

Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp., resigned as Titular Bishop of Zama minor

Archbishop Alberto Castelli, Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace and Vice-President emeritus of Council of the Laity, passed away at 63

Fr. Carlo Urru was elected Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) and Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Martinoli, Titular Bishop of Campli and Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (Switzerland), was appointed as Bishop of Lugano (Switzerland)

Bishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A., succeeded as Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

Bishop Kyril Stefan Kurteff, Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria), passed away at 79

Bishop Edmund Nowicki, Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland), passed away at 70

Archbishop Paul Marie Ro Ki-nam (노기남 바오로 / 盧基南) resigned as Titular Archbishop of Tituli in Proconsulari

Diocese of Kolwezi was established (from Diocese of Kamina and became suffragan of Lubumbashi) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Constantino Amstalden was elected Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana and Coadjutor Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil)

Fr. Diógenes da Silva Matthes was elected Bishop of Franca (Brazil)

Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M., Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Barthélémy Malunga, Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Noël Kokora-Tekry was elected Bishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

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

Fr. Gilbert Blaize Rego was elected Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Fr. Edward Cleary, C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Fr. Felix Alaba Adeosin Job, Priest of Ibadan (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Abthugni and Auxiliary Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Fr. Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Hyderabad (Pakistan), was elected Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

Fr. Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Ammoniace and Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru)

Fr. Jakob Mayr was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria) and Titular Bishop of Agbia

Bishop Peter Gratian Grimm (甘維德), O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sibolga (Indonesia)

Fr. Bernard H. Willing, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sibolga (Indonesia)

Bishop Dominic Joseph Conway, Titular Bishop of Roscrea and Auxiliary Bishop of Elphin (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Elphin (Ireland)

Diocese of Itapipoca was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza and Diocese of Sobral and became suffragan of Fortaleza) (Brazil)

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

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

Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Fr. Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil)

Fr. Mathew Arackal was appointed as Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Ernesto Gallina, Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran

Archbishop Paolino Limongi resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran

Bishop Michael George Bowen succeeded as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England)

Bishop David John Cashman, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England), passed away at 58

Archbishop Evasio Colli, Bishop of Parma (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 87

Fr. Guerino Di Tora was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Mathew Anikuzhikattil was appointed as Priest of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Basil Harry Losten, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sehna (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tehran (Iran)

Venerable Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus

Archbishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Lilibeo

Bishop José Dalvit, F.S.C.I., resigned as Titular Bishop of Sullectum

Bishop Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A., resigned as Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus

Bishop Antônio Mazzarotto resigned as Titular Bishop of Octabia

Bishop João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R., resigned as Titular Bishop of Velefi

Bishop Wilson Laus Schmidt resigned as Titular Bishop of Sinnada in Mauretania

Bishop Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Sufar

Bishop Florêncio Sisínio Vieira resigned as Titular Bishop of Macomades rusticiana

Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Fr. Luis María Etcheverry Boneo, Founder of Association of Consecrated Virgins “Servidoras”, passed away at 53

Fr. Domenico Caliandro was appointed as Priest of Oria (Italy)

Fr. Aldo Cavalli was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Fr. José Luis Mollaghan was appointed as Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Guerino Grimaldi, Titular Bishop of Salpi and Auxiliary Bishop of Salerno (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nola (Italy)

Bishop Jacques Landriault, Bishop of Hearst (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hearst (Canada) and Bishop of Timmins (Canada)

Bishop Maxime Tessier resigned as Bishop of Timmins (Canada)

Msgr. José Ruysschaert, Priest of Tournai (Belgium), Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Vice-Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Avelar Brandão Vilela, Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) and President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Msgr. Vittorio Palestro, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. José Gea Escolano was elected Titular Bishop of Aræ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Jesús Pla Gandía was elected Titular Bishop of Bareta and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez, Titular Bishop of Rusticiana and Bishop-Prelate of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

Fr. Bosco Puthur was appointed as Priest of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant resigned as President of Pontifical Biblical Commission, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Fr. Pétur Bürcher was appointed as Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

Fr. Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan (葉勝男) was appointed as Priest of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan)

Abbot Denis Strittmatter, O.S.B., President emeritus of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 74

Fr. Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo was appointed as Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)

Archbishop Thomas Michel Bidawid, Archbishop emeritus of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 60

Cardinal James Charles McGuigan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Cardinal Michael Browne, O.P., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alla Regola and Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans), passed away at 83

Cardinal Federico Callori di Vignale was appointed as Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Luigi Barbero, Bishop of Vigevano (Italy), passed away at 65

Fr. Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Iomnium, Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of San Luis (Argentina)

Bishop Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Cenculiana

Bishop Biagio Musto, Bishop of Sora (Italy), Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Bishop of Aquino (Italy), passed away at 65

Archbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Zucchabar

Fr. Roger Paul Morin was appointed as Priest of New Orleans (USA)

Fr. Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Ferento and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Ferenc Cserháti was appointed as Priest of Satu Mare (Romania)

Bishop Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M., Bishop of Cuttack (India), passed away at 75

Fr. Vicente Bernikon was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Vincenzo Maria Jacono resigned as Titular Bishop of Patara

Fr. Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo was elected Bishop of Quixadá (Brazil)

Archbishop Ernesto Álvarez Álvarez, S.D.B., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Archbishop Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador), passed away at 72

Bishop Stanislas Courbe, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France), passed away at 84

Bishop Saturnino Rubio y Montiél, Bishop emeritus of Osma–Soria (Spain), passed away at 81

Diocese of Manono was established (from Diocese of Baudouinville, Diocese of Kilwa and Diocese of Kongolo and became suffragan of Lubumbashi) (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of San Francisco Javier was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San Francisco Javier (Peru)

Fr. Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Tumaco (Colombia), passed away at 79

Fr. Raphaël Lubaki Nganga was elected Titular Bishop of Cenculiana, Coadjutor Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Gérard Ngoy Kabwe was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Felixberto Camacho Flores, Titular Bishop of Ston and Apostolic Administrator of Agaña (Guam), was appointed as Bishop of Agaña (Guam)

Bishop Francis Ekka, Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India), was appointed as Bishop of Raigarh–Ambikapur (India)

Fr. James Anthony Toppo was elected Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India)

Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S., resigned as Titular Bishop of Chunavia

Fr. Joseph Edra Ukpo, Priest of Ogoja (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Chullu and Auxiliary Bishop of Ogoja (Nigeria)

Fr. Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum minus and Vicar Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (Peru)

Fr. Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mountain Provinces (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Trofimiana

Fr. Joseph Võ Ðức Minh was appointed as Priest of Đà Lat (Vietnam)

Bishop Clemente Geiger, C.PP.S., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)

Fr. Eurico Kräutler, C.PP.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Cissa and Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)

Bishop Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S., Titular Bishop of Sesta and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itabira (Brazil)

Archbishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador), passed away at 75

Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig resigned as Bishop of Baker (USA)

Bishop Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B., resigned as Titular Bishop of Valliposita

Fr. Vincenzo Cappiello, O.F.M., Custos of the Holy Land emeritus of Custody of the Holy Land, passed away at 52

Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick, Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

Bishop Vincent Madeley Harris, Bishop of Beaumont (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Rotaria and Coadjutor Bishop of Austin (USA)

Bishop Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC., resigned as Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)

Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M., Bishop of Tonga (Tonga), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)

Fr. Érico Ferrari was elected Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Bishop Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), passed away at 92

Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Sergio Obeso Rivera, Priest of Jalapa (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Fr. Miguel Peinado Peinado was elected Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Archbishop Paolo Mosconi resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq

Fr. James M. McNamara was appointed as Priest of Rockville Centre (USA)

Archbishop Matthew Beovich resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Archbishop James William Gleeson succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Ronald Austin Mulkearns succeeded as Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Bishop James Patrick O’Collins resigned as Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

Fr. Paul Joseph Bradley was appointed as Priest of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. John E. Kozar was appointed as Priest of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. Ildefonso Obama Obono, Priest of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. Arturo Lona Reyes was elected Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

Fr. Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla was elected Titular Bishop of Columnata and Auxiliary Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Connolly was elected Bishop of Baker (USA)

Bishop Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Archbishop Luigi Maffeo, Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy), passed away at 55

Diocese of Baudouinville lost territory to Diocese of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Donald Joseph Thériault was appointed as Priest of London (Canada)

Bishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp, Bishop of Monaco (Monaco), was promoted as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq and Titular Archbishop of Dionysiopolis

Fr. Joseph Jean Marie Rozier was elected Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont (France)

Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira resigned as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop António Ribeiro, Titular Bishop of Tigillava and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was promoted as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. Eustathe Joseph Mounayer was elected Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Bishop Léo Blais resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Bishop George Alapatt resigned as Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria

Fr. Joseph Jacob Abiad was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. John Raymond Manz was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Diocese of Banaras was renamed as Diocese of Varanasi (India)

Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Banaras (India), was appointed as Bishop of Varanasi (India)

Fr. Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera, Priest of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tepic (Mexico)

Archbishop Jean Jadot, Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroon, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon and Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea

Fr. Michael Joseph Bransfield was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. George Arthur Sheltz was appointed as Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Cardinal Krikor Bédros XV Agagianian, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano and President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law, passed away at 75

Fr. Aldo Gerna, M.C.C.J., was elected Bishop of São Mateus (Brazil)

Fr. Valenti Giacomo Lazzeri, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus and Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Sarto, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Aræ in Mauretania and Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Porto Velho (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Rendeiro, O.P., Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal), passed away at 55

Fr. Gregorio Martínez Sacristán was appointed as Priest of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. Christie Albert Macaluso was appointed as Priest of Hartford (USA)

Fr. Christo Proykov was appointed as Priest of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

Fr. Martino Matronola, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Provost of Atina (Italy) and Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy)

Bishop Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. Cas., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy) and Provost of Atina (Italy)

Archbishop Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Gummi in Byzacena

Bishop John Baptist Franz resigned as Bishop of Peoria (USA)

Fr. Edward William O’Rourke was elected Bishop of Peoria (USA)

Bishop Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru)

Diocese of Cruz Alta was established (from Diocese of Santa Maria and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Diocese of Erexim was established (from Diocese of Passo Fundo and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Diocese of Rio Grande was established (from Diocese of Pelotas and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Bishop Walmor Battú Wichrowski, Titular Bishop of Phelbes, was appointed as Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)

Bishop João Aloysio Hoffmann, Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Erexim (Brazil)

Bishop Bruno Maldaner, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil)

Fr. Albert Decourtray, Priest of Lille (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus and Auxiliary Bishop of Dijon (France)

Fr. André Gazaille was appointed as Priest of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Peter Schonenbach was appointed as Priest of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

Bishop Carlo Minchiatti, Titular Bishop of Vartana, Auxiliary Bishop of Aquino (Italy), Auxiliary Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Auxiliary Bishop of Sora (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Aquino (Italy), Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) and Bishop of Sora (Italy)

Archbishop Domenico Picchinenna, Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Berœa and Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Fr. Raymond Francis Chappetto was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Octavio Cisneros was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Edward Michael Grosz was appointed as Priest of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. Michael John Sheridan was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Dennis Joseph Sullivan was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Cardinal Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Madrid (Spain)

Archbishop Casimiro Morcillo González, Archbishop of Madrid (Spain), passed away at 67

Archbishop Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 62

Fr. John Brewer was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) and Titular Bishop of Bretoña

Fr. Ernst Gutting was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Sufar

Fr. Federico Francesco D’Ostilio, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Eduardo Picher Peña, Bishop of Callao (Peru), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru)

Fr. François Robert Bacqué, Priest of Bordeaux (France), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Angelo Acerbi, Priest of La Spezia (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

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

Fr. Antonio Maria Vegliò, Priest of Pesaro (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Piero Biggio (畢齊樂), Priest of Iglesias (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Francesco Canalini, Vicar of the Chapter of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major and Priest of Osimo (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Giuseppe Laigueglia, Priest of Ventimiglia (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Eugenio Sbarbaro, Priest of Guastalla (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Faustino Sainz Muñoz, Priest of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Villa regis and Coadjutor Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

Fr. Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Priest of Cali (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia)

Bishop Norberto Forero y García resigned as Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Fr. Javier Naranjo Villegas was elected Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Archbishop Guido Tonetti, Archbishop-Bishop of Cuneo (Italy), passed away at 68

Fr. Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble (France) and Titular Bishop of Apollonis

Bishop Warren Louis Boudreaux, Titular Bishop of Calynda and Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Beaumont (USA)

Diocese of Daltonganj was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi and became suffragan of Ranchi) (India)

Msgr. Simon Ignatius Pimenta, Priest of Bombay (India) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Bocconia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Fr. Cecil DeSa was elected Bishop of Lucknow (India)

Fr. George Victor Saupin, S.J., was elected Bishop of Daltonganj (India)

Fr. Jorge Martínez Martínez was elected Titular Bishop of Macomades rusticiana and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Eugène Klein, M.S.C., Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus and Coadjutor Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Fr. Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Priest of Lagos (Nigeria), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria) and Titular Bishop of Mascula

Fr. Patrick Ebosele Ekpu, Priest of Benin City (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Castabala and Coadjutor Bishop of Benin City (Nigeria)

Bishop Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Archbishop Louis Morel (穆清海), C.I.C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China), passed away at 90

Fr. Adriano Tessarollo was appointed as Priest of Vicenza (Italy)

Fr. Zbigniew Kiernikowski was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Bishop Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea (Brazil)

Fr. Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Scebatiana and Bishop-Prelate of Lábrea (Brazil)

Bishop Émilien Frenette resigned as Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Bishop Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño, Titular Bishop of Claterna and Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico)

Archbishop Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro

Msgr. Edmund Casimir Szoka, Priest of Saginaw (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Gaylord (USA)

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

Fr. Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Msgr. Antonio Silvestrelli was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Demetrio Ignacio Aquino Aquino was elected Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay)

Archbishop Emile Biayenda succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Théophile Mbemba, Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 54

Fr. Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Bishop Bernard Matthew Kelly resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA)

Fr. Michael Neary was appointed as Priest of Tuam (Ireland)

Fr. Paul Vincent Donovan was elected Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA)

Fr. Joseph Robert Crowley was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA) and Titular Bishop of Maraguia

Archbishop Victor Bazin, M.E.P., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rangoon (Myanmar)

Archbishop Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rangoon (Myanmar)

Fr. Brendan Kelly was appointed as Priest of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

Fr. Polycarp Pengo was appointed as Priest of Sumbawanga (Tanzania)

Bishop Nicola Cavanna, Bishop of Rieti (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lilibeo and Coadjutor Bishop of Asti (Italy)

Bishop Pietro Raimondi resigned as Bishop of Crotone (Italy)

Fr. Léon-Raymond Soulier was elected Bishop of Pamiers (France)

Fr. Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte was elected Bishop of Itapipoca (Brazil)

Fr. Bernard Hubert was elected Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Archbishop Arrigo Pintonello resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Terracina–Latina (Italy), Archbishop-Bishop of Priverno (Italy) and Archbishop-Bishop of Sezze (Italy)

Fr. Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Fr. Hervé Jean Luc Renaudin was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Bishop Frans Simons, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Indore (India)

Fr. Giuseppe Zenti was appointed as Priest of Verona (Italy)

Fr. Carmelo Scampa was appointed as Priest of Cremona (Italy)

Fr. Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri was appointed as Priest of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno was appointed as Priest of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy)

Fr. Mario Meini was appointed as Priest of Volterra (Italy)

Fr. Romano Rossi was appointed as Priest of Fiesole (Italy)

Fr. Luis Quinteiro Fiuza was appointed as Priest of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Apostolic Prefecture of Rustenburg was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria) (South Africa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Cheju 제주 was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju 광주 and became suffragan of Gwangju 광주) (South Korea)

Archbishop Bernardin Gantin resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin)

Bishop Christophe Adimou, Bishop of Lokossa (Benin), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin)

Archbishop Raffaele Pellecchia, Titular Archbishop of Arpi and Coadjutor Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Bishop Dino Trabalzini, Titular Bishop of Munatiana and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Rieti (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Amadio, Auxiliary Bishop of Sulmona (Italy), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) and Coadjutor Bishop of Valva (Italy)

Fr. Pierre-Antonio-Jean Bach, M.E.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos) and Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari

Fr. Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun, Priest of Ondo (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)

Fr. Ephraim Silas Obot was elected Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria)

Archbishop Harold William Henry (현 하롤드), S.S.C.M.E., Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Thubunæ in Numidia and Apostolic Administrator of Cheju 제주 (South Korea)

Archbishop Bernardin Gantin was appointed as Adjunct Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Fr. Luis Madrid Merlano was appointed as Priest of Istmina (Colombia)

Bishop Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley, Bishop of Nancy (France), passed away at 72

Fr. Giacomo Guido Ottonello was appointed as Priest of Acqui (Italy)

Fr. Remigio Ragonesi was elected Titular Bishop of Miseno and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Jurij Bizjak was appointed as Priest of Koper (Slovenia)

Fr. Ronald J. Rozniak was appointed as Priest of Newark (USA)

Diocese of Cienfuegos was renamed as Diocese of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba)

Bishop Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín, Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Scapinelli di Léguigno, Assessor emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 62

Diocese of Belley lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon (France)

Diocese of Grenoble lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon (France)

Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral resigned as Bishop of Beira (Mozambique)

Fr. Bruno Grua was appointed as Priest of Digne (France)

Fr. Dominic Kodwo Andoh was elected Bishop of Accra (Ghana)

Fr. Peter Li Hong-ji (Lei Wang-kei) (李宏基), Priest of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), was elected Titular Bishop of Octaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Archbishop Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P., Titular Archbishop of Nazareth, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy), Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Bisceglie (Italy), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Risinium

Fr. Simeon Anthony Pereira was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and Titular Bishop of Badiæ

Fr. Martin Roos was appointed as Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Fr. Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando was elected Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania)

Bishop Patrick Winters, S.A.C., resigned as Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania)

Fr. Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit, Priest of Chanthaburi (Thailand), was elected Bishop of Chanthaburi (Thailand)

Fr. Elias White Mutale was elected Bishop of Mansa (Zambia)

Bishop René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Mansa (Zambia)

Fr. Basile Tapsoba was appointed as Priest of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Hans Schwemmer was appointed as Priest of Regensburg (Germany)

Bishop Francesco Marchesani, Bishop of Chiavari (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Giordano Caberletti was appointed as Priest of Adria (Italy)

Fr. Julián Barrio Barrio was appointed as Priest of Astorga (Spain)

Fr. Boutros Marayati was appointed as Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

Bishop Carlos María Cafferata, Bishop of San Luis (Argentina), passed away at 62

Bishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

Fr. Juan Antonio Reig Plá was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop James Darcy Freeman, Bishop of Armidale (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta was elected Bishop of León (Spain)

Fr. Giorgio Corbellini was appointed as Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy)

Fr. Jean Zerbo was appointed as Priest of Ségou (Mali)

Fr. Jean-Pierre Kutwa was appointed as Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Cristoforo Arduino Terzi, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Apuania (Italy), passed away at 86

Fr. Thaddée Ntihinyurwa was appointed as Priest of Gikongoro (Rwanda)

Fr. Servilien Nzakamwita was appointed as Priest of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Fr. Paul Kamuza Bakyenga was appointed as Priest of Mbarara (Uganda)

Fr. Alban Quinn, O. Carm., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sicuani (Peru)

Fr. John Robert Roach was elected Titular Bishop of Cenæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Raymond Alphonse Lucker was elected Titular Bishop of Meta and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Frederico Didonet was elected Bishop of Rio Grande (Brazil)

Fr. Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M., was elected Titular Bishop of Nicives and Auxiliary Bishop of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil)

Msgr. Carlo Curis, Priest of Ampurias (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Delegate to Sri Lanka and Titular Archbishop of Medeli

Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, was appointed as President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Fr. Odo Fusi Pecci was elected Bishop of Senigallia (Italy)

Bishop Costanzo Micci resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Senigallia (Italy)

Fr. Carlos José Ñáñez was appointed as Priest of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Giampaolo Crepaldi was appointed as Priest of Adria–Rovigo (Italy)

Fr. Lorenzo Loppa was appointed as Priest of Velletri–Segni (Italy)

Bishop Honoraat Maria van Waeyenbergh, Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), passed away at 79

Bishop Francis Thomas Hurley, Titular Bishop of Duleek and Auxiliary Bishop of Juneau (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Juneau (USA)

Bishop Simon Konrad Landersdorfer, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Passau (Germany), passed away at 90

Bishop Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Siminina

Bishop François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp., resigned as Titular Bishop of Mactaris

Fr. Éric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)