Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Buxentum was suppressed (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Eca was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Hoddom was established (Scotland)

Titular Episcopal See of Cululi was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Mammilla was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Membrone was suppressed

Abbot Gebhard Ferdinand Koberger, C.R.L.A., resigned as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Bishop Juan Niccolai, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia)

Archbishop Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M., President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council and Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as President of Caritas Internationalis

Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Oliveira (Brazil)

Bishop Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Fr. Gregory Ace was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, I.Sch., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers

Bishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile, was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Bishop Francis Yi Xuan-hua (Yi Hsüan-hua) (易宣化), Bishop of Xiangyang 襄陽 (China), passed away at 74

Fr. Lucreciano Onofre Gonsález, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia), passed away

Bishop Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M., resigned as Bishop of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Karlo Balić, O.F.M., was appointed as President of Pontifical International Marian Academy

Bishop Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (France)

Abbot Ignace Gillet, O.C.S.O., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Msgr. Pierre Jarry was appointed as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission

Fr. Vincent de Couesnongle, O.P., was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Fr. Pierre Girard, P.S.S., Superior General emeritus of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians), passed away at 82

Fr. Joseph Lécuyer, C.S.Sp., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

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

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

Fr. Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

Fr. Jacob Perumpral, O.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

Msgr. Thomas A. White (陶懷德), Priest of Ossory (Ireland) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Br. Denis Lomasney, F.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

Br. Robert Ruane, F.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Saint Patrick (Patrician Brothers)

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

Cardinal Umberto Mozzoni was appointed as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi resigned as President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto

Cardinal Ugo Poletti, President of Commission for Advocates, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University, was appointed as President of Liturgical Academy

Archbishop Giacomo Palombella resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Matera (Italy)

Archbishop Edoardo Pecoraio resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

Bishop Benigno Carrara resigned as Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Pennisi resigned as Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

Msgr. Mario Albertini was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes

Msgr. Francesco Annibale Ferretti resigned as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Msgr. Francesco Norese resigned as Person-in-charge of Central Statistics Office of the Church

Fr. Renato Bolzoni, C.S., Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians), passed away

Fr. Pietro Braido, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University

Fr. Gaetano Ciranni, R.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus (Rogationists)

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

Fr. Andrea Toti was appointed as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. Cipriano Vagaggini, O.S.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. Angelo Vedani resigned as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. John Bosco Masayuki Shirieda, S.D.B., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

Fr. Emile Eid resigned as Defender of the Bond of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Manuel Castillo, M.Sp.S., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

Fr. José Guzmán, M.Sp.S., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

Fr. Frans Timmermans, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)

Msgr. Jozef Tomko, Priest of Košice (Slovakia) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Bishops

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

Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud, Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan), was promoted as

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

Fr. Aniceto Fernández Alonso, O.P., resigned as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Msgr. Franco Biffi was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

Fr. Basil Studer, O.S.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. Matthew Pian (邊彤麟), C.D.D., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Fr. Augustine Wang (王臣瑞), C.D.D., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Msgr. Harold P. Darcy was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Msgr. Joseph Gremillion resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Msgr. Ladislaus Sikora, Priest of Boston (USA), passed away at 81

Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Livingstone (Zambia)

Bishop Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M., resigned as Bishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Abbot Anthony Bull, C.R.L.A., was appointed as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Archimandrite Adib Badaoui, B.S., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archimandrite Michel Hakim, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Msgr. Giacomo Ghiragossian resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Msgr. Nersès Mikail Sétian was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Fr. Domingo Acquaro, O. de M., was appointed as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Fr. Peter Azzi, O.L.M., resigned as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Tom Barrosse, C.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)

Fr. Leonard de Kort, C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Georges Dejaifve, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Emmanuel Devroye, C.I., resigned as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Bodo-Maria Erhard, I.Sch., resigned as Superior General of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers

Fr. Luis Garoya Macua, O.A.R., resigned as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)

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

Fr. Germain-Marie Lalande, C.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)

Fr. James Daniel McGuire, O.A.R., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)

Fr. Bernardo Navarro, O. de M., resigned as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)

Fr. Sharbel Qassis, O.L.M., was appointed as Superior General of Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)

Fr. Théoz Van Asten, M. Afr., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

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

Fr. Jean-Marie Vasseur, M. Afr., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Prof. Antonio Maria Colini was appointed as President of Pontifical Roman Academy of Archaeology

Mr. Vincenzo Passarelli was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon

Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Luigi Traglia, Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Franco Croci, Priest of Crema (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), passed away at 55

Fr. Egidio Turnaturi was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giovanni Verginelli, Priest of Palestrina (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Ippolito Rotoli, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan

Fr. Jairo Rui Matos da Silva was elected Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil)

Diocese of Kabinda lost territory to Diocese of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Petrus Boddeng Timang was appointed as Priest of Makassar (Indonesia)

Fr. Lorenzo Baldisseri, Priest of Pisa (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Sergio Obeso Rivera, Bishop of Papantla (Mexico), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Uppenna and Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico)

Archbishop Robert Joseph Dwyer resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Bishop Cornelius Michael Power, Bishop of Yakima (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Fr. Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Kamloops (Canada)

Fr. Jean Louis Joseph Dardel was elected Bishop of Clermont (France)

Bishop Pierre-Abel-Louis Chappot de la Chanonie resigned as Bishop of Clermont (France)

Diocese of Registro was established (from Diocese of Itapeva and Diocese of Santos and became suffragan of São Paulo) (Brazil)

Fr. Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez was appointed as Priest of Panamá (Panama)

Archbishop Jaime Lachica Sin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Miguel Gatan Purugganan, Titular Bishop of Egnatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Ilagan (Philippines)

Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Arecibo (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Arecibo (Puerto Rico)

Diocese of Berhampur was established (from Diocese of Cuttack and Diocese of Visakhapatnam and became suffragan of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar) (India)

Diocese of Cuttack was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (with suffragan sees Berhampur and Sambalpur and lost territory to establish Diocese of Berhampur) (India)

Fr. Bernard Joseph Wallace was elected Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Fr. Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame was elected Bishop of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Henry Sebastian D’Souza was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India)

Fr. Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M., was elected Bishop of Berhampur (India)

Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Semta and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

Cardinal Antonio Samorè, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, was appointed as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Sr. Teresa de Jesús Jornet Ibars, O.C.D.S., was canonised

Bishop Ernest John Primeau resigned as Bishop of Manchester (USA)

Fr. Edward Kevin Daly was elected Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

Archbishop Leonard Joseph Raymond, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India), passed away at 74

Venerable Cardinal József Mindszenty resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop József Bánk, Bishop of Vác (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary)

Bishop Imre Kisberk, Titular Bishop of Christianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Csanád (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

Bishop Salvatore Delogu, Titular Bishop of Canne and Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

Fr. Angelo Rizzo was elected Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

Fr. Juan del Río Martín was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Bishop Giuseppe Pronti, Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy), passed away at 83

Archbishop Emilio Benavent Escuín succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Archbishop Rafael García y García de Castro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), passed away at 78

Bishop Jean-Charles Thomas, Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Aire et Dax (France), was appointed as Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Fr. Jan Stefan Gałecki was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Maiuca

Bishop Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho, Titular Bishop of Ath Truim and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Ath Truim and Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Fr. Urbano José Allgayer was elected Titular Bishop of Tunnuna and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm., Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Maceió (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Caetité (Brazil)

Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter, Titular Bishop of Tamada, Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) and General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, was appointed as Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Bishop László Lékai, Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém (Hungary), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Orlando Arce Moya passed away at 46

Fr. Ciril Kos was elected Bishop of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia)

Fr. John A. Weidner, S.A.C., Bishop of Raipur (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Raipur (India)

Fr. Antônio de Souza, C.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Egnatia and Coadjutor Bishop of Assis (Brazil)

Bishop Enrique Alvear Urrutia, Bishop of San Felipe (Chile), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Blessed Fr. Mikel Beltoja, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 38

Archbishop-elect Giuseppe Agostino, Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy) and Bishop of Crotone (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Crotone (Italy)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Phạm Năng Tĩnh, Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam), passed away at 56

Fr. Rafael Bello Ruiz was elected Titular Bishop of Segia and Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

Fr. Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones was elected Bishop of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico)

Bishop Adolphe E. Proulx, Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Hull (Canada)

Fr. Bryan Chestle, Priest of Arundel and Brighton (England), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Victorino Alvarez Tena, Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Celaya (Mexico)

Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony succeeded as Bishop of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka)

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

Bishop Eugenio Santiago Peyrou, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina)

Bishop Salvatore Sorrentino, Titular Bishop of Gerasa and Apostolic Administrator of Pozzuoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

Fr. Helmut Reckter, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)

Bishop José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Lábrea (Brazil), passed away at 67

Fr. John Stephen Cummins, Priest of San Francisco (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Lambæsis and Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Archbishop Eris Norman Michael O’Brien, Archbishop emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), passed away at 78

Fr. Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Sambalpur (India)

Fr. Michael Bosco Duraisamy was elected Bishop of Salem (India)

Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Sambalpur (India)

Fr. Darius Nggawa, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Larantuka (Indonesia)

Bishop Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A., resigned as Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar)

Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé, Titular Bishop of Umbriatico and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S., was elected Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Fr. James Spaita was elected Bishop of Mansa (Zambia)

Bishop John Michael O’Neill, Bishop emeritus of Grand Falls (Canada), passed away at 70

Bishop Mariano Gaviola y Garcés was appointed as Military Vicar of Philippines (Philippines)

Bishop Ramón Torrella Cascante resigned as Vice-President of Council of the Laity

Fr. José María Mestres was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina) and Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Bishop Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P., Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Laity

Fr. Ricardo Pido Tancinco, Priest of Calbayog (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

Bishop Giuseppe Olivotti, Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy), passed away at 68

Cardinal Bolesław Kominek, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 70

Fr. Robert Lebel was elected Titular Bishop of Alinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada)

Bishop Luigi Dardani, Titular Bishop of Ravello and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Fr. Felipe Aguirre Franco, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Otricoli and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Fr. Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo was elected Titular Bishop of Gunugus and Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines)

Fr. Robert-Joseph Mathen was elected Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia and Coadjutor Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Vince Kovács, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vác (Hungary), passed away at 87

Fr. Konrad Zdarsa was appointed as Priest of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

Fr. Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai was appointed as Priest of Bangkok (Thailand)

Bishop Guglielmo Giaquinta, Titular Bishop of Carini and Apostolic Administrator of Tivoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

Fr. Francisco Antunes Santana was elected Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

Fr. Aurélio Granada Escudeiro was elected Titular Bishop of Drusiliana and Coadjutor Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

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

Archbishop Paolo Botto, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagliari (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop Massimo Giustetti, Titular Bishop of Celene and Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy)

Bishop Emilio Pizzoni, Titular Bishop of Gunugus and Auxiliary Bishop of Udine (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zuglio

Bishop Robert Emmet Tracy resigned as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Fr. Tadeusz Werno, Priest of Gorzów (Poland), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Zattara

Fr. Liborius Wagner was beatified

Fr. Želimir Puljić was appointed as Priest of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Alessandro D’Errico was appointed as Priest of Aversa (Italy)

Fr. Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt was appointed as Priest of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

Bishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., Titular Bishop of Beneventum, Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile)

Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

Bishop Johann Rüth, SS.CC., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Central Norway (Norway)

Cardinal Lawrence Joseph Shehan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

Bishop William Donald Borders, Bishop of Orlando (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

Fr. Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)

Abbot Bernard Rooney, O.S.B. Subl., was confirmed as Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia)

Bishop Charles-Léo Nelligan, Bishop emeritus of Pembroke (Canada) and Military Vicar emeritus of Canada (Canada), passed away at 79

Fr. Adalar Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap., Ecclesiastical Superior emeritus of Jiamusi 佳木斯 (China), passed away at 86

Archbishop Giuseppe Schiavini, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 84

Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop Peter Leo Gerety, Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)

Fr. Arthur Joseph Gilbert was elected Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Bishop André Gustave Bossuyt, Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

Bishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany)

Bishop Adolf Bolte, Bishop of Fulda (Germany), passed away at 72

Fr. Patrick Nair was elected Bishop of Meerut (India)

Fr. Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela was elected Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela)

Cardinal James Charles McGuigan, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada), passed away at 79

Cardinal Stepán Tróchta, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title and Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia), passed away at 69

Fr. Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger was appointed as Priest of Lille (France)

Fr. Wolfgang Haas was appointed as Priest of Chur (Switzerland)

Fr. Antônio Carlos Mesquita was elected Titular Bishop of Tamada, Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Oliveira (Brazil)

Fr. Gilbert Espinosa Chávez was elected Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA) and Titular Bishop of Magarmel

Fr. Tommaso Caputo was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Emil Paul Tscherrig was appointed as Priest of Sion (Switzerland)

Diocese of Santa Isabel was renamed as Diocese of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F., Bishop of Santa Isabel (Equatorial Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia was appointed as Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Fr. Jeremy Ponsonby Meredyth Davies was appointed as Priest of Westminster (England)

Fr. Albert Henry Ottenweller was elected Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (USA)

Archbishop Viktor Buric resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia)

Archbishop Josip Pavlišić succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia)

Fr. Bernard Panafieu, Priest of Albi (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Thibilis and Auxiliary Bishop of Annecy (France)

Fr. Hilary Paul Odili Okeke was appointed as Priest of Onitsha (Nigeria)

Bishop Albert Decourtray, Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus and Auxiliary Bishop of Dijon (France), was appointed as Bishop of Dijon (France)

Bishop André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse resigned as Bishop of Dijon (France)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Winning, Titular Bishop of Louth and Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Archbishop James Donald Scanlan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Fr. William O’Connell, O.F.M., was appointed as Defender of the Bond of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam was appointed as Priest of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa was elected Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Franz Hoenen, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Fr. Dieudonné M’Sanda Tsinda-Hata was elected Bishop of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Faustin Ngabu, Priest of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Titular Bishop of Tigamibena and Coadjutor Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Thomas Nantha was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Vientiane (Laos) and Titular Bishop of Succuba

Bishop Reginald John Delargey, Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Fr. John Mackey was elected Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

Bishop Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M., resigned as Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

Bishop Laurent Fuahea (Lolesio), Titular Bishop of Bagai and Auxiliary Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna), was appointed as Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

Archbishop Pio Laghi, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Sr. Mary Frances Schervier was beatified

Msgr. Sergio Sebastiani, Priest of Fermo (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Hanna Zora was elected Archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Archbishop Samuel Chauriz, O.S.H., Archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) and Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Bishop Silvio Maria Dário, Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil), passed away at 54

Fr. Francis Lenny was elected Titular Bishop of Rotdon and Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Sullectum

Bishop Kuriakose Kunnacherry succeeded as Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Thomas Tharayil resigned as Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Bertalan Sahin, Apostolic Administrator of Romania of the Armenians (Romania), passed away at 71

Fr. Ambrose Southey, O.C.S.O., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

Bishop Thomas Roch Agniswami, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Kottar (India), passed away at 83

Fr. Renzo Civili, Priest of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Manolo Alarcon de los Santos was appointed as Priest of Caceres (Philippines)

Bishop Joseph Lê Qúy Thanh, Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam), passed away at 74

Diocese of Bathurst in Gambia was renamed as Diocese of Banjul (Gambia)

Fr. Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Labrador–Schefferville (Canada)

Fr. Antonio Cabri, C.S.I., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera and Auxiliary Bishop of Napo (Ecuador)

Bishop Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. Vicente Bernikon, Apostolic Administrator of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), was elected Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Michael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Bathurst in Gambia (Gambia), was appointed as Bishop of Banjul (Gambia)

Bishop Agapito Simeoni, Titular Bishop of Marazanæ regiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Avellino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ariano (Italy) and Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy)

Bishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M., Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Thomas Absolem McCabe resigned as Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Archbishop William Aquin Carew, Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Fr. Roch Pedneault was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Aggersel

Fr. Jean-Pierre Blais was appointed as Priest of Québec (Canada)

Archbishop Lorenzo Gargiulo, Archbishop emeritus of Gaeta (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Artemio G. Casas, Titular Bishop of Macriana minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Bishop Juan Luis Ysern de Arce, Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera, Auxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile) and Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Fr. Louis Kuehn was elected Bishop of Meaux (France)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Endeh was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende (Indonesia)

Diocese of Manokwari was renamed as Diocese of Manokwari–Sorong (Indonesia)

Fr. Joseph Marie Louis Duval was elected Titular Bishop of Canne and Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (France)

Bishop Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A., Bishop of Manokwari (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Manokwari–Sorong (Indonesia)

Archbishop Guglielmo Motolese, Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy)

Fr. Erminio Roncari, O.F.M., resigned as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Maurilio Sacchi, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Mykola Simkaylo was appointed as Priest of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop James Cunningham resigned as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Fr. Giacomo Barabino was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Ravello

Fr. Jeremiah Newman was elected Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

Fr. Mark Benedict Coleridge was appointed as Priest of Melbourne (Australia)

Archbishop Pietro Sfair, Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Maronites, passed away at 86

Fr. Bernd Joachim Uhl was appointed as Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Cardinal Jean-Guenolé-Marie Daniélou, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba, passed away at 69

Bishop Dominique Hoàng Văn Ðoàn, O.P., Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam), passed away at 61

Bishop Bernard James Murphy, C.R., Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda), passed away at 55

Bishop Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin, Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay), passed away at 73

Bishop Cesare Zacchi, Priest of Arezzo (Italy), Domestic Prelate and Titular Bishop of Zella, was promoted as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba and Titular Archbishop of Maura

Bishop Patrick Joseph Farrelly, Bishop emeritus of Lismore (Australia), passed away at 78

Fr. Dominique Rézeau was appointed as Priest of Luçon (France)

Fr. Robert Léon Wattebled was appointed as Priest of Arras (France)

Fr. Markijan Trofym’yak was appointed as Priest of Riga (Latvia)

Diocese of Daet was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caceres and became suffragan of Caceres) (Philippines)

Diocese of Virac was established (from Diocese of Legazpi and became suffragan of Caceres) (Philippines)

Fr. Celestino Rojo Enverga was elected Bishop of Daet (Philippines)

Fr. José Crisologo Sorra was elected Bishop of Virac (Philippines)

Diocese of Arlington was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Washington and Diocese of Richmond and became suffragan of Baltimore) (USA)

Diocese of Wilmington lost territory to Diocese of Richmond (USA)

Bishop Francisco José Castro y Ramírez, Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador), passed away at 72

Bishop Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Lahore (Pakistan), passed away at 81

Fr. Roger Joseph Bourrat was elected Bishop of Rodez (France)

Fr. Kevin William Barden, O.P., was elected Archbishop of Isfahan (Iran)

Bishop Rafael Garcia González, Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

Diocese of Taiohae was renamed as Diocese of Taiohae (French Polynesia)

Bishop Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B., Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina), passed away at 54

Fr. Richard Hanley, O.M.I., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)

Fr. Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo was appointed as Priest of Medellín (Colombia)

Fr. Louis Sako was appointed as Priest of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Archbishop James Peter Davis resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Fr. Robert Fortune Sanchez was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Fr. Robert Charles Morlino was appointed as Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

Bishop Juan Luis Ysern de Arce resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Fr. Ireneusz Józef Pękalski was appointed as Priest of Łódź (Poland)

Bishop Karl Joseph Leiprecht resigned as Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Msgr. Carmelo Nicolosi was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan, Titular Bishop of Selsey and Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Richmond (USA)

Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh, Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Arlington (USA)

Fr. José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Carini and Coadjutor Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Bishop James Aloysius Hickey, Titular Bishop of Taraqua and Rector of Pontifical North American College, was appointed as Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Bishop Clarence George Issenmann resigned as Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Franco Maria Giuseppe Agnesi was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Cesare Pasini was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Bernard Bober was appointed as Priest of Košice (Slovakia)

Fr. Andrej Imrich was appointed as Priest of Spiš (Slovakia)

Fr. Robert Michael Sable was appointed as Priest of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Michele Giordano, Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum, Auxiliary Bishop of Matera (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Gravina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Matera (Italy)

Fr. Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias was appointed as Priest of Braga (Portugal)

Msgr. Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Titular Archbishop of Celene

Fr. Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O., was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Bishop Robert Coffy, Bishop of Gap (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

Archbishop Claude Dupuy resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

Fr. Jacek Jezierski was appointed as Priest of Warmia (Poland)

Msgr. Andrzej Maria Deskur, Priest of Kraków (Poland), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, was elected Titular Bishop of Thenæ

Bishop Joseph Lê Văn Ấn, Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam), passed away at 57

Fr. Tiago Postma was elected Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

Fr. José Mario Escobar Serna was elected Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Colombia (Colombia)

Fr. Guy Alexis Herbulot was elected Titular Bishop of Obbi and Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

Archbishop Raymond Philip Etteldorf, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia

Fr. Jean-Louis-Henri-Maurice Papin was appointed as Priest of Angers (France)

Fr. Jean-Yves Riocreux was appointed as Priest of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Msgr. Angelo Acerbi, Priest of La Spezia (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean and Titular Archbishop of Zella

Fr. Anatole Milandou was appointed as Priest of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Christian Nourrichard was appointed as Priest of Rouen (France)

Fr. László Bíró was appointed as Priest of Pécs (Hungary)

Fr. Lajos Varga was appointed as Priest of Vác (Hungary)

Bishop Carlo Zinato, Bishop emeritus of Vicenza (Italy), passed away at 83

Fr. Bernardino Cruz Cortez was appointed as Priest of San Pablo (Philippines)

Fr. José dos Santos Marcos was appointed as Priest of Lisboa (Portugal)

Fr. Javier Salinas Viñals was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop André Marie Charue resigned as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Robert-Joseph Mathen succeeded as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Fr. Eugène Philippe LaRocque was elected Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

Fr. John Michael Sherlock was elected Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada)

Bishop Francesco Pennisi, Bishop emeritus of Ragusa (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. George Kocherry was appointed as Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Diocese of New Westminster (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Edmonton and became suffragan of Winnipeg) (Canada)

Diocese of Palghat (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Trichur and became suffragan of Ernakulam) (India)

Fr. Jeronim Isidore Chimy, O.S.B.M., was elected Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Demetrius Martin Greschuk was elected Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Frangkiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

Bishop Georges Xenopulos, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece)

Fr. Joseph Irimpen was elected Bishop of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Msgr. Miroslav Stefan Marusyn, Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Cadi

Fr. Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli was appointed as Priest of Crema (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Santucci was appointed as Priest of Pisa (Italy)

Fr. Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Fr. Cataldo Naro was appointed as Priest of Caltanissetta (Italy)

Msgr. Nicola Rotunno, Priest of Tricarico (Italy) and Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda and Titular Archbishop of Minori

Fr. Carlo Maria Viganò ▼, Priest of Pavia (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Fausto Tardelli was appointed as Priest of Lucca (Italy)

Fr. Juan Odilón Martínez García was appointed as Priest of Toluca (Mexico)

Cardinal James Robert Knox, Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline

Bishop Thomas Francis Little, Titular Bishop of Temuniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Charles Gomes, S.J., was elected Bishop of Ahmedabad (India)

Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr., resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Ségou (Mali)

Fr. Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé was elected Bishop of Ségou (Mali)

Fr. Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez was appointed as Priest of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Fr. Herman To Paivu was elected Titular Bishop of Temuniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Leo Lemay, S.M., resigned as Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Gregory Singkai was elected Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Priest of Dakar (Senegal), was elected Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal)

Bishop Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal)

Fr. Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Mammilla and Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

Fr. Paul Huỳnh Ðông Các was elected Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

Fr. Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi was elected Titular Bishop of Selsey and Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)

Fr. Dominique Nguyễn Văn Lãng was elected Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz, Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Richard Finn, S.M.A., resigned as Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Bishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A., resigned as Bishop of Jos (Nigeria)

Bishop Henri-Louis-Marie Mazerat resigned as Bishop of Angers (France)

Bishop Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France), was appointed as Bishop of Angers (France)

Diocese of Le Havre was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen and became suffragan of Rouen) (France)

Fr. Orlando Brandes was appointed as Priest of Lages (Brazil)

Fr. Michel Marie Paul Saudreau was elected Bishop of Le Havre (France)

Fr. Jonás Guerrero Corona was appointed as Priest of Autlán (Mexico)

Fr. Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen, Priest of Denver (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Abercorn and Auxiliary Bishop of Denver (USA)

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

Bishop Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto resigned as Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia)

Bishop James Cunningham, Bishop emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle (England), passed away at 63

Bishop Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Batnæ and Apostolic Administrator of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria), passed away at 77

Fr. Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A., was elected Bishop of Linares (Mexico)

Fr. Eugene Antonio Marino, S.S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Walla Walla and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. Thomas William Lyons was elected Titular Bishop of Mortlach and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala) and Titular Bishop of Tiguala

Fr. José Fernández Arteaga was elected Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico)

Fr. Genaro Alamilla Arteaga was elected Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Fr. Marin Barišić was appointed as Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Parodi resigned as Bishop of Noli (Italy) and Bishop of Savona (Italy)

Fr. Franco Sibilla was elected Bishop of Noli (Italy) and Bishop of Savona (Italy)

Bishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz, Bishop of Chillán (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Archbishop Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O.C.S.O., resigned as Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Archbishop Domenico Picchinenna succeeded as Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Bishop Piotr Kałwa, Bishop of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 80

Bishop Bruno Pelaia, Bishop of Tricarico (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Paul Yembuado Ouédraogo was appointed as Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Kevin John Patrick McDonald was appointed as Priest of Birmingham (England)

Fr. Carmelo Zammit was appointed as Priest of Malta (Malta)

Msgr. Joseph Mercieca, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

Fr. Dennis Marion Schnurr was appointed as Priest of Sioux City (USA)

Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira, Bishop emeritus of Temuco (Chile), passed away at 70

Bishop Peter Li Hong-ji (Lei Wang-kei) (李宏基), Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), passed away at 52

Fr. William Anthony Hughes was elected Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig and Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown (USA)

Fr. Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa was elected Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Philippe Rukamba was appointed as Priest of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Fr. Antonio Cabri, C.S.I., Auxiliary Bishop of Napo (Ecuador), passed away at 54

Bishop Benigno Carrara, Bishop emeritus of Imola (Italy), passed away at 85

Fr. John Clayton Nienstedt was appointed as Priest of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Desiderius Rwoma was appointed as Priest of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Fr. Mansueto Bianchi was appointed as Priest of Lucca (Italy)

Bishop André Gustave Bossuyt, Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France), passed away at 53

Bishop Raymond Aloysius Lane (林化東), M.M., Bishop emeritus of Fushun 撫順 (China) and Superior General emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers), passed away at 80

Cardinal Ildebrando Antoniutti, Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals, passed away at 75

Fr. Antonisamy Francis was appointed as Priest of Tanjore (India)

Bishop-elect Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Mammilla and Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ

Bishop Raúl Holguer López Mayorga, Auxiliary Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador)

Fr. Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss was appointed as Priest of Tanjore (India)

Bishop Virginio Dondeo, Bishop of Todi (Italy) and Bishop of Orvieto (Italy), passed away at 69

Fr. Giuseppe Turbessi, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

Fr. Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia)

Bishop Joseph Vincent Sullivan, Titular Bishop of Thagamuta and Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Fr. Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Fr. Alfonso Calabrese, O.F.M., Custos of the Holy Land emeritus of Custody of the Holy Land, passed away at 56

Fr. Kenneth Anthony Angell was elected Titular Bishop of Septimunicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA)

Diocese of Apia was renamed as Diocese of Apia and Tokelau (Samoa)

Fr. Victor Agbanou was appointed as Priest of Lokossa (Benin)

Bishop Marcello Rosina, Auxiliary Bishop of Nepi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nepi (Italy) and Bishop of Sutri (Italy)

Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M., Bishop of Apia (Samoa), was appointed as Bishop of Samoa and Tokelau (Samoa)

Fr. Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu was appointed as Priest of Long Xuyên (Vietnam)

Fr. Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, Priest of Lipa (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Œscus and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Adrien-Jean Larribeau (원형근 아드리아노), M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea), passed away at 91

Archbishop Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C., Archbishop-Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti), passed away at 79

Archbishop Pacifico M. Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) and Bishop of Ortona (Italy)

Fr. Leopoldo Teofili was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) and Bishop of Ortona (Italy)

Venerable Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fortaleza (Brazil), passed away at 88

Fr. Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano was appointed as Priest of Managua (Nicaragua)

Fr. John A. Weidner, S.A.C., Bishop emeritus of Raipur (India), passed away at 56

Fr. Ramón José Aponte Fernández was appointed as Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Bishop John Neil Cullinane resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Janvier Kataka Luvete was appointed as Priest of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Msgr. Charles Herman Vath (華德中), President of Caritas Internationalis, passed away at 64

Diocese of Wheeling was renamed as Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia)

Bishop José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia)

Archbishop Joseph-Marie Raya, Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis

Bishop Emanuele Galea, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta), passed away at 82

Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges, Bishop of Wheeling (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Bishop James Edward Michaels (권야고보), S.S.C.M.E., Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Bishop José Julio Aguilar García resigned as Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala)

Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera, Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) and President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, was appointed as Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala)

Fr. Gianfranco De Luca was appointed as Priest of Teramo–Atri (Italy)

Fr. Zacarias Kamwenho, Priest of Nova Lisboa (Angola), was elected Titular Bishop of Tabla and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola)

Archbishop Custódio Alvim Pereira resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)

Fr. Petero Mataca was elected Titular Bishop of Siminina and Auxiliary Bishop of Suva (Fiji)

Bishop Andrzej Wronka, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 76

Fr. Brian Geoffrey O’Loughlin was appointed as Priest of Perth (Australia)

Bishop Joseph Edward Rudderham resigned as Bishop of Clifton (England)

Bishop Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon (France)

Diocese of Poitiers lost territory to Diocese of Angers (France)

Fr. Cándido Genaro Rubiolo was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Blasco Francisco Collaço, Priest of Goa and Daman (India), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Beniamino Stella, Priest of Vittorio Veneto (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giacinto Berloco, Priest of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Diego Causero, Priest of Udine (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Jean-Claude Périsset, Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Nicolas Eugene Walsh was elected Bishop of Yakima (USA)

Fr. David Raymond Choby was appointed as Priest of Nashville (USA)

Fr. Julian Charles Porteous was appointed as Priest of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop Maurice Baudoux resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Archbishop Antoine Hacault succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Bishop Gérard Couturier resigned as Bishop of Hauterive (Canada)

Bishop Laurent Noël, Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hauterive (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Mikararanga Busimba, Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 61

Bishop-elect Faustin Ngabu succeeded as Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré was appointed as Priest of Agen (France)

Fr. Adriano Ciocca Vasino was appointed as Priest of Novara (Italy)

Fr. Paul Bassim, O.C.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (Lebanon) and Titular Bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum

Fr. Gennaro Pascarella was appointed as Priest of Acerra (Italy)

Abbot Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine (Italy), passed away at 84

Bishop Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila, Bishop emeritus of La Rioja (Argentina), passed away at 60

Bishop Jaime Flores Martin, H.S.O.D., Bishop emeritus of Barbastro (Spain), passed away at 68

Fr. Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (マルチノ 平賀徹夫) was appointed as Priest of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Bishop André Bernard Michel Quélen, Auxiliary Bishop of Angers (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Moulins (France)

Diocese of Tuguegarao was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuguegarao (with suffragan sees Ilagan, Batanes and the Babuyan Islands and Bayombong) (Philippines)

Bishop Teodulfo Sabugai Domingo, Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Archbishop Felix Romero Menjibar, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), passed away at 72

Archbishop Ivan Bucko, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 82

Bishop John Benjamin Grellinger resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Fr. Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita was elected Bishop of Barbastro (Spain)

Bishop Damián Iguacén Borau, Bishop of Barbastro (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Teruel (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin (Spain)

Bishop Austin Quinn, Bishop emeritus of Kilmore (Ireland), passed away at 82

Fr. Joan Enric Vives i Sicília was appointed as Priest of Barcelona (Spain)

Bishop Balashoury Thanugundla, Bishop of Guntur (India), passed away at 46

Fr. Luis Armando Collazuol was appointed as Priest of Rosario (Argentina)

Bishop Joseph Evrard, Bishop emeritus of Meaux (France), passed away at 85

Archbishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia)

Archbishop José Ignacio López Umaña, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia), passed away at 90

Diocese of Franceville was established (from Diocese of Mouila and became suffragan of Libreville) (Gabon)

Fr. Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Napo (Ecuador) and Titular Bishop of Thagamuta

Fr. Félicien-Patrice Makouaka was elected Bishop of Franceville (Gabon)

Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka, Titular Bishop of Cuicul and Auxiliary Bishop of Jos (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Jos (Nigeria)

Bishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job, Titular Bishop of Abthugni and Auxiliary Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Fr. Angelo Kim Nam-su (김남수 안젤로 / 金南洙) was elected Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

Fr. Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Ruspæ

Bishop Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela)