Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Castro was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Castro di Puglia (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Castro was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Castro di Sardegna (Italy)

Bishop Benito Epifanio Rodríguez resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Prof. Rosemary Goldie resigned as Vice-Secretary of Council of the Laity

Archbishop Bernardin Gantin was appointed as Vice-President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Bishop Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Fr. Lawrence Bordonaro was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Archbishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Fr. John Baptist Ye Er-shi (葉而適) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

Bishop Vicente Bernikon resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Fr. Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J., Vice-Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Abbot Maurice Bitz, C.R.S.V., was appointed as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor

Msgr. Charles Lefebvre, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, was appointed as Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Bishop Wilhelm Sedlmeier resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Abbot Laurentius Hoheisel, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Bernard Chacko, C.R., was appointed as Prior General of Rosarian Fathers

Fr. Gasper Arsenius Pinto, I.M.S., Founder of Indian Missionary Society, passed away at 71

Fr. Emmanuel Haddad was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Archbishop John Gordon, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands

Bishop Michael Browne resigned as Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

Fr. Tony O’Brien, S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

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

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

Archbishop Opilio Rossi, Apostolic Nuncio to Austria, was created

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal, was created

Archbishop Norberto Perini resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy)

Archbishop Sante Portalupi, Apostolic Delegate to Libya, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tunisia, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Morocco

Msgr. Giovanni Battista Reghezza resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Msgr. Tiziano Scalzotto, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

Fr. Giovanni M. Bernasconi, B., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Fr. Stefano M. Grancini, B., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Dr. Vittorio Bachelet resigned as Vice-President of Committee for the Family

Fr. Paul Michael Boyle, C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Bishop Alfredo Torres Romero resigned as Coadjutor Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Fr. Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of La Paz (Mexico)

Bishop Johann Wember, M.S.F., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Norway (Norway)

Archbishop Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru)

Bishop Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia resigned as Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines)

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

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

Msgr. Ovidiu Bejan, Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota, passed away at 62

Fr. Anselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M., Apostolic Administrator of Ingwavuma (South Africa), passed away

Fr. Vincent Mojwok Nyiker was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Malakal (South Sudan)

Br. José Pablo Basterrechea, F.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Bishop Gabriel Zubeir Wako resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Bishop John Edward Taylor, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

Bishop Bernard Oguki-Atakpah resigned as Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo)

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

Fr. Dominic Dinh Mai Luong (Mai Thanh Lương), Priest of Đà Nang (Vietnam), was appointed as Priest of New Orleans (USA)

Fr. Joseph R. Punderson was appointed as Priest of Trenton (USA)

Br. Charles Henry Buttimer, F.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)

Fr. Carlo Carletti was appointed as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Fr. Gino del Bono, d. O., resigned as Executive Secretary of Committee for the Family

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

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

Fr. Isidore Patrylo, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Br. Walde Bert Devestel, F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Charity

Prof. Mieczyslaw de Habicht resigned as Vice-Secretary of Council of the Laity

Mr. Alfredo Luciani was appointed as Founder of European Christian Social Action

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman was demoted as Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (without ecclesiastical province) (India)

Fr. Ambrogio Spreafico, Priest of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), was appointed as Priest of Palestrina (Italy)

Fr. Dante Carlos Sandrelli was elected Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia and Auxiliary Bishop of Formosa (Argentina)

Bishop Agapito Simeoni, Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy) and Bishop of Ariano (Italy), passed away at 61

Fr. Ireneo Ali Amantillo, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Girus and Auxiliary Bishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

Bishop Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz, Titular Bishop of Acci and Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran

Archbishop Ernesto Gallina resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran

Bishop Henri Joseph Marie Belleau, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Baie de James (Canada), passed away at 79

Fr. Francesco Oliva was appointed as Priest of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Bishop Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P., resigned as Titular Bishop of Amiterno

Bishop Ferdinando Longinotti resigned as Titular Bishop of Thubursicum

Bishop Giocchino Pedicini resigned as Titular Bishop of Mizigi

Bishop Secondo Tagliabue resigned as Titular Bishop of Bure

Bishop José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla, Bishop emeritus of Zamora (Mexico), passed away at 80

Fr. Władysław Mroczek, M.I.C., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers), passed away

Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Trogir

Sr. Dorota z Mątowów (Dorothea of Montau) was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S., resigned as Titular Bishop of Burca

Fr. Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Ingwavuma (South Africa)

Fr. Francisco Fortunato De Gouveia was appointed as Priest of Cape Town (South Africa)

Fr. Philip Francis Murphy was elected Titular Bishop of Tacarata and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA)

Bishop James Joseph Gerrard resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River (USA)

Bishop Guilio Barbetta, Referendary Prelate emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 85

Bishop Edoardo Piana Agostinetti, Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira resigned as Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

Bishop José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto, Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya

Bishop Mark Kenny Carroll resigned as Titular Bishop of Taparura

Bishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.PP.S., resigned as Titular Bishop of Lesina

Diocese of Capiz was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Capiz (with suffragan sees Kalibo and Romblon and lost territory to establish Diocese of Kalibo) (Philippines)

Diocese of Kalibo was established (from Diocese of Capiz and became suffragan of Capiz) (Philippines)

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

Msgr. Agostino Cacciavillan, Priest of Vicenza (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya and Titular Archbishop of Amiterno

Fr. Heriberto Cavazos Pérez was appointed as Priest of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop Antonio Frondosa, Bishop of Capiz (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines)

Archbishop Smiljan Franjo Cekada, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina), passed away at 73

Bishop Ignacio de Alba y Hernández resigned as Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania

Fr. John Patrick Foley, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Rómulo García, Titular Bishop of Uzita and Auxiliary Bishop of Mar del Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Mar del Plata (Argentina)

Msgr. James Francis Stafford, Priest of Baltimore (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Respecta and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA)

Fr. Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa (高秉常), Priest of Macau 澳門 (Macau), was elected Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto, Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thubursicum and Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Cardinal Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin, Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rouen (France), passed away at 84

Bishop Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Equizetum

Bishop Gerard Bertrand, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of Navrongo (Ghana), passed away at 64

Archbishop François-Marie-Joseph Poirier, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), passed away at 71

Fr. Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua, Priest of Brooklyn (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Diocese of Karwar was established (from Diocese of Belgaum and became suffragan of Bangalore) (India)

Fr. Joseph Peter O’Connell was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) and Titular Bishop of Saint German’s

Bishop Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M., resigned as Bishop of Manzini (Eswatini)

Fr. Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane was elected Bishop of Manzini (Eswatini)

Fr. William Leonard D’Mello was elected Bishop of Karwar (India)

Bishop Peter Arikata Kobayashi (ペトロ 小林有方) resigned as Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Fr. Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato (ライムンド 佐藤千敬), O.P., was elected Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Fr. Paul Zinghtung Grawng was elected Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa) and President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Bishop Hugh Boyle resigned as Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Fr. Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi was elected Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Fr. Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo was appointed as Priest of Semarang (Indonesia)

Msgr. Justo Mullor García, Priest of Almería (Spain) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

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

Msgr. Giovanni Marra, Priest of Mileto (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Oscar Rizzato, Priest of Padova (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Francesco Di Felice, Priest of Atri (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Tommaso Mariucci, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña, Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Msgr. Johannes Dyba, Priest of Köln (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Giovanni Ceirano, Priest of Saluzzo (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Clemente Faccani, Priest of Imola (Italy), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Pablo Puente Buces, Priest of Santander (Spain) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Ulric Beste (Conrad), O.S.B., Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, passed away at 90

Fr. Erwin Josef Ender, Priest of Münster (Germany), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Gerald Michael Barbarito was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Fr. Emilio Aranguren Echeverría was appointed as Priest of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba)

Bishop Antônio Agostinho Marochi, Titular Bishop of Thabraca and Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil)

Fr. Emanuel Messias de Oliveira was appointed as Priest of Governador Valadares (Brazil)

Archbishop George Andrew Beck, A.A., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Bishop Derek John Worlock, Bishop of Portsmouth (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Archbishop Giuseppe Amici resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy) and Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy)

Fr. Emery Kabongo Kanundowi, Priest of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. George Basil Hume, E.B.C., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. Giuseppe Bertello, Priest of Ivrea (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Claudio Maria Celli, Priest of Rimini (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Antonio Lucibello, Priest of Rossano–Cariati (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Paolo Giglio (吉立友), Priest of Malta (Malta) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla, Priest of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Meta and Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines)

Fr. Adriano Bernardini (裴納德), Priest of Pesaro (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Carlo Curis, Apostolic Delegate to Sri Lanka, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Bishop Norman Francis McFarland, Titular Bishop of Bida and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Reno (USA)

Fr. Francesco Tarcisio Carboni was elected Bishop of Cingoli (Italy), Bishop of Macerata (Italy), Bishop of Recanati (Italy), Bishop of Tolentino (Italy) and Bishop of Treia (Italy)

Bishop Vittorio Cecchi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cingoli (Italy)

Bishop Percival Caza, Bishop emeritus of Valleyfield (Canada), passed away at 79

Bishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Valabria

Bishop László Lékai, Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii and Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop François-Odon de Wilde, O.P., Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 68

Bishop Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe succeeded as Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Secondino Petronio Lacchio (藍澤民), O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China), passed away at 74

Bishop Ignazio Cannavò, Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale (Italy), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe Costanzo, Priest of Acireale (Italy), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Mazaca

Fr. Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Mizigi

Fr. Emilio Bianchi di Cárcano was elected Titular Bishop of Lesina and Auxiliary Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

Fr. Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Prada Carrera, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil)

Archbishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso resigned as Titular Archbishop of Sila

Fr. Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile)

Cardinal Efrem Forni, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, passed away at 87

Bishop Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Yurimaguas (Peru), passed away at 63

Fr. Alberto Bottari de Castello (アルベルト・ボッターリ・デ・カステッロ), Priest of Treviso (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bombay (India), passed away at 82

Fr. Peter Parapullil was appointed as Priest of Jhansi (India)

Bishop George John Rehring, Bishop emeritus of Toledo (USA), passed away at 85

Apostolic Prefecture of La Paz was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of La Paz (Mexico)

Diocese of Mayagüez was established (from Diocese of Arecibo and Diocese of Ponce and became suffragan of San Juan de Puerto Rico) (Puerto Rico)

Bishop João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F., Bishop of Januária (Brazil), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Norway (Norway)

Bishop Baptist Mudartha, Bishop of Jhansi (India), was appointed as Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Fr. Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem., was elected Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

Bishop Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez, Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of La Paz (Mexico)

Archbishop Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bereina (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Culusi and Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Harold William Henry (현 하롤드), S.S.C.M.E., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea), passed away at 66

Fr. Giuseppe Leanza, Priest of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M., Bishop emeritus of Mthatha (South Africa), passed away at 79

Abbot Petrus Borne, O.S.B., President of Beuronese Benedictine Congregation, passed away at 66

Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier, Bishop emeritus of Le Mans (France), passed away at 79

Fr. Oscar Valero Cruz was elected Titular Bishop of Martirano and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Fr. Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas was elected Bishop of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)

Fr. Elden Francis Curtiss, Priest of Baker (USA), was elected Bishop of Helena (USA)

Venerable Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti, Archbishop emeritus of Lucca (Italy), passed away at 59

Territorial Prelature of Coronel Oviedo was promoted as Diocese of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay)

Fr. Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Bishop Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) and Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

Archbishop Nicola Margiotta, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Ostuni (Italy), passed away at 86

Archbishop Ernesto Corripio Ahumada, Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Luis Morales Reyes, Priest of Tacámbaro (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Burca and Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Diocese of East Anglia was restored (from Diocese of Northampton and became suffragan of Westminster) (England)

Bishop Roger Johan resigned as Bishop of Agen (France)

Bishop Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens succeeded as Bishop of Agen (France)

Fr. Salvatore Fisichella (Rino) was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I., was elected Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay)

Bishop Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Arabia (United Arab Emirates), passed away at 84

Bishop James Fergus resigned as Bishop of Achonry (Ireland)

Fr. Luigi Bommarito was elected Titular Bishop of Vannida and Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

Fr. Ângelo Pignoli was appointed as Priest of Franca (Brazil)

Bishop Luigi Maverna, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy

Bishop José Germán Benavides Morriberón resigned as Titular Bishop of Mades and Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru)

Fr. Michael Joseph Boulette was appointed as Priest of San Antonio (USA)

Bishop Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M., resigned as Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

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

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

Fr. Otmar Mäder was elected Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Diocese of Orange was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Angeles and became suffragan of Los Angeles) (USA)

Bishop Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Valliposita and Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

Bishop Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M., Titular Bishop of Nicives and Auxiliary Bishop of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil)

Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa resigned as Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

Fr. Heinrich Machens was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Bida

Bishop Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Bishop of Ariano (Italy) and Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Hasler resigned as Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Archbishop Robert Joseph Dwyer, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Portland in Oregon (USA), passed away at 67

Bishop William Robert Johnson, Titular Bishop of Blera and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Orange (USA)

Bishop Giovanni Benedetti, Titular Bishop of Limata and Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Fr. Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran was appointed as Priest of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Archbishop James Donald Scanlan, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Glasgow (Scotland), passed away at 77

Bishop-elect Otmar Mäder was confirmed as Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Fr. Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (Alojzij Matej Ambrožič), Priest of Toronto (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Valabria and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Robert Lebel, Titular Bishop of Alinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada)

Archbishop George Francis Daniel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa), was appointed as Military Vicar of South Africa (South Africa)

Archbishop John Colburn Garner resigned as Military Vicar of South Africa (South Africa)

Diocese of Zárate–Campana was established (from Diocese of San Isidro and Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos and became suffragan of La Plata) (Argentina)

Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia was restored (from Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia and Territorial Prelature of Marabá and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Bishop Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P., Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Marabá (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil)

Fr. André Dupuy, Priest of Aire et Dax (France), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Joseph Phan Văn Hoa was elected Titular Bishop of Acci and Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

Bishop Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Caçador (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Barra (Brazil)

Fr. Michael Murphy was elected Titular Bishop of Sila and Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

Msgr. Paul Canart, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Kornél Pataky, Titular Bishop of Gegi and Apostolic Administrator of Győr (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Győr (Hungary)

Fr. László Tóth was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) and Titular Bishop of Baia

Cardinal Carlo Grano, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello and Substitute for General Affairs emeritus of Secretariat of State, passed away at 88

Bishop Bruno Foresti, Titular Bishop of Plestia and Auxiliary Bishop of Modena (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy) and Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy)

Fr. Vittorio Lanzani was appointed as Priest of Pavia (Italy)

Bishop João Antonio da Silva Saraiva, Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal), passed away at 52

Fr. Markus Büchel was appointed as Priest of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Fr. Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez was appointed as Priest of Los Teques (Venezuela)

Fr. Romulo Geolina Valles was appointed as Priest of Tagum (Philippines)

Bishop Lawrence Victor Bessone, I.M.C., Bishop of Meru (Kenya), passed away at 71

Fr. John Basil Meeking, Priest of Christchurch (New Zealand), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kabgayi was demoted as Diocese of Kabgayi (lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kigali and became suffragan of Kigali) (Rwanda)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kigali was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kabgayi and with suffragan sees Butare, Kabgayi, Kibungo, Nyundo and Ruhengeri) (Rwanda)

Fr. Leo Morris Clarke was elected Bishop of Maitland (Australia)

Fr. Nestor Assogba was elected Bishop of Parakou (Benin)

Bishop Petero Mataca, Titular Bishop of Siminina and Auxiliary Bishop of Suva (Fiji), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji)

Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji)

Bishop Antoon Konings, S.M.A., resigned as Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana)

Bishop Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu, Titular Bishop of Mascula and Auxiliary Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana), was appointed as Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana)

Archbishop Ilario Alcini, Titular Archbishop of Nicæa, passed away at 89

Bishop Marcello Rosina, Bishop of Nepi (Italy) and Bishop of Sutri (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Gallese (Italy), Bishop of Orte (Italy) and Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy)

Bishop Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J., Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar) and President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar)

Fr. Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Puerto Maldonado (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Marazanæ regiæ

Bishop Vincent Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda)

Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr., Metropolitan Archbishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Bishop-elect Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro, Titular Bishop of Bacanaria and Apostolic Administrator of Atakpamé (Togo), was appointed as Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo)

Fr. Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon, Priest of Cleveland (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Taparura and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Bishop Manuel Franklin da Costa, Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho (Angola), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nova Lisboa (Angola)

Bishop Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Luso (Angola)

Bishop Américo Henriques resigned as Bishop of Nova Lisboa (Angola)

Bishop Manuel António Pires, Bishop of Silva Porto (Angola), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Luso (Angola)

Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire, Titular Bishop of Mactaris and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

Fr. Antonio Di Donna was appointed as Priest of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. Jose Fuerte Advincula was appointed as Priest of Capiz (Philippines)

Fr. Joseph Phan Thế Hinh was elected Titular Bishop of Mades and Coadjutor Bishop of Hung Hoá (Vietnam)

Fr. Piotr Libera was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Archbishop Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Meerut (India), passed away at 68

Bishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P., Bishop emeritus of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 82

Bishop Francis Clement van Hoeck, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Pietersburg (South Africa), passed away at 72

Fr. Michael Joseph Murphy was elected Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of Zárate–Campana (Argentina)

Archbishop Natale Mosconi resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy)

Patriarch Iknadios (Ignatius) Bédros XVI Batanian resigned as Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Diocese of Barahona was established (from Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana and became suffragan of Santo Domingo) (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Equizetum and Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Domenico Cornacchia was appointed as Priest of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy)

Fr. Patrick James Dunn was appointed as Priest of Auckland (New Zealand)

Fr. Guillermo Dela Vega Afable was appointed as Priest of Davao (Philippines)

Bishop Alan Charles Clark, Titular Bishop of Elmham and Apostolic Administrator of Northampton (England), was appointed as Bishop of East Anglia (England)

Archbishop Girolamo Prigione, Apostolic Delegate to Ghana, Apostolic Delegate to Nigeria and Apostolic Delegate to Gambia and Sierra Leone, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria

Diocese of Limeira was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas and Diocese of Piracicaba and became suffragan of Campinas) (Brazil)

Fr. Tarcísio Ariovaldo Amaral, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Limeira (Brazil)

Fr. Emílio Pignoli, Priest of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Chhmar Salas succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Msgr. Francesco Saverio Salerno, Priest of Roma (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Carlo Bandini resigned as Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Fr. Sennen Corrà was elected Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Giachetti was elected Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy)

Bishop Augusto Gianfranceschi, Bishop of Cesena (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Piasentini resigned as Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Msgr. Bolesław Filipiak, Dean of Sacred Roman Rota, was elected Titular Bishop of Plestia

Fr. Leopold Mandić, O.F.M. Cap., was beatified

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

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

Archbishop Frédéric Edouard Camille Lamy, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sens (France), passed away at 88

Fr. Edward Kisiel was elected Titular Bishop of Limata and Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Fr. Gabriel Chang Bong-hun (장봉훈 가브리엘 / 張峰軒) was appointed as Priest of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)

Fr. Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) and Titular Bishop of Valliposita

Fr. Robert Francis Garner was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) and Titular Bishop of Blera

Bishop Walter Philip Kellenberg resigned as Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Fr. Dominic Anthony Marconi, Priest of Newark (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) and Titular Bishop of Bure

Bishop John Raymond McGann, Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Bishop Francis Thomas Hurley, Bishop of Juneau (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage (USA)

Bishop José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I., succeeded as Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Bishop Alain Marie Hubert Antoine Jean Roland du Noday, O.P., resigned as Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil)

Bishop Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P., succeeded as Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral resigned as Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Chhmar Salas, Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kompong Cham (Cambodia)

Fr. Henry D’Souza was appointed as Priest of Mangalore (India)

Bishop Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe, S.V.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines), passed away at 37

Fr. Bernard Francis Mayer (馬奕猷), M.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Wuzhou 梧州 (China), passed away at 84

Fr. Gheorghi Ivanov Jovčev was appointed as Priest of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Fr. John Atcherley Dew was appointed as Priest of Wellington (New Zealand)

Bishop Heinrich Baaken, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany), passed away at 76

Archbishop Mario Cagna, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Angelo Felici, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

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

Bishop Mathias William Schmidt, O.S.B., Titular Bishop of Mutugenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Jataí (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Brazil)

Fr. Jean-Louis Tauran, Priest of Bordeaux (France), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel, Priest of Annecy (France), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Louis Antoine Marie Boffet succeeded as Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Bishop Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel resigned as Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Archbishop Gabriel Manek, S.V.D., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Bavagaliana

Fr. James Patrick Green (格霖澤) was appointed as Priest of Philadelphia (USA)

Fr. Thomas Gerard Wenski was appointed as Priest of Miami (USA)

Fr. John Charles Wester was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Mark Edward Brennan was appointed as Priest of Washington (USA)

Bishop Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 75

Fr. Denis Theurillat was appointed as Priest of Basel (Switzerland)

Bishop Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M., Bishop emeritus of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 69

Apostolic Vicariate of Canelos was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Puyo (Ecuador)

Bishop Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Puyo (Ecuador)

Fr. Athanasios Abadir was elected Titular Bishop of Appia and Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. William Dermott Molloy McDermott was elected Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Archbishop Joseph Schröffer resigned as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education

Fr. Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B., was elected Secretary of Congregation for Catholic Education and Titular Archbishop of Meta

Bishop Imre Szabó, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 74

Bishop Marco Cé, Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Bishop Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P., resigned as Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

Fr. Michael Bunluen Mansap was elected Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

Archbishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M., President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Port-Vila (Vanuatu)

Bishop Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M., resigned as Bishop of Port-Vila (Vanuatu)

Fr. John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen was appointed as Priest of Ratchaburi (Thailand)

Fr. George Leo Thomas was appointed as Priest of Seattle (USA)

Fr. Robert Francis Vasa was appointed as Priest of Lincoln (USA)

Archbishop Juan Carlos Aramburu, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini

Archbishop Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Titular Archbishop of Thiges and Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano

Archbishop Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M., President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) and President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio

Fr. James Leonard Doyle was elected Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

Fr. John Aloysius O’Mara, Priest of Toronto (Canada), was elected Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada)

Cardinal Franjo Šeper resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop František Tomášek, Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) and Apostolic Administrator of Praha (Czechia), was appointed as

Archbishop Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas, President of Dominican Episcopal Conference, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Military Vicar of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

Archbishop George Basil Hume, E.B.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

Cardinal Alexandre-Charles Renard, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) and Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti pro hac vice Title, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

Archbishop Joseph Schröffer, Titular Archbishop of Volturno, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba

Archbishop László Lékai, Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia

Archbishop Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria

Bishop Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Novi and Auxiliary Bishop of Medan (Indonesia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medan (Indonesia)

Archbishop Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medan (Indonesia)

Archbishop Corrado Bafile, Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia and Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico

Archbishop Opilio Rossi, Titular Archbishop of Ancyra, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi, Titular Archbishop of Sardes, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari

Cardinal Dino Staffa, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Cristo Re pro hac vice Title and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Fr. Vincenzo Zarri, Priest of Bologna (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Luni and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy)

Archbishop Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J., President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme

Archbishop Reginald John Delargey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand), was created Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino

Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem, Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

Archbishop Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C., was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Jaime Lachica Sin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti

Bishop Bolesław Filipiak, Titular Bishop of Plestia, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana

Archbishop Hyacinthe Thiandoum, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal) and President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo

Fr. Joseph Banchong Aribarg was elected Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand)

Bishop Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P., resigned as Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand)

Archbishop Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kampala (Uganda), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Archbishop William Wakefield Baum, Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia

Fr. George Avis Fulcher was elected Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus and Auxiliary Bishop of Columbus (USA)

Fr. Stanley Joseph Ott was elected Titular Bishop of Nicives and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA)

Archbishop Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, Prefect of Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Corrado Bafile, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was appointed as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Archbishop Arturo Mery Beckdorf, Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena (Chile), passed away at 72

Bishop Michael Foylan, Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland), passed away at 68

Blessed Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes, was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes

Fr. Stefan Regmunt was appointed as Priest of Wrocław (Poland)

Fr. Aleksander Kaszkiewicz (Аляксандр Кашкевіч) was appointed as Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Fr. Eugenijus Bartulis was appointed as Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Diocese of Nalgonda was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad and Diocese of Warangal and became suffragan of Hyderabad) (India)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kota Kinabalu was promoted as Diocese of Kota Kinabalu (became suffragan of Kuching) (Malaysia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Kuching was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching (with suffragan sees Kota Kinabalu and Miri) (Malaysia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Miri was promoted as Diocese of Miri (became suffragan of Kuching) (Malaysia)

Fr. Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Gegi and Coadjutor Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon)

Fr. Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E., was elected Bishop of Nalgonda (India)

Msgr. Giuseppe Ferraioli, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Volturno

Fr. Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D., Apostolic Administrator of Kuwait (Kuwait), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait (Kuwait) and Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari

Bishop Peter Chung Hoan Ting (鍾萬庭), Titular Bishop of Asolo and Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (Malaysia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kuching (Malaysia)

Bishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong, Titular Bishop of Catabum castra and Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), was appointed as Bishop of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

Bishop Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Lete and Vicar Apostolic of Miri (Malaysia), was appointed as Bishop of Miri (Malaysia)

Archbishop Alfonso Espino y Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico), passed away at 71

Fr. Júlio Duarte Langa, Priest of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique), was elected Bishop of João Belo (Mozambique)

Fr. Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Quelimane (Mozambique)

Fr. Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S., was elected Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)

Bishop Félix Niza Ribeiro resigned as Bishop of João Belo (Mozambique)

Bishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge, Titular Bishop of Thignica and Auxiliary Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)

Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A., resigned as Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)

Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)

Bishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa, Titular Bishop of Rucuma and Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

Archbishop Francis William Markall, S.J., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

Msgr. José Ruysschaert, Priest of Tournai (Belgium), Vice-Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Rafael Bello Ruiz, Titular Bishop of Segia and Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

Bishop José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz resigned as Bishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

Msgr. Dominik Hrušovský, Priest of Trnava (Slovakia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Juan Nicolasora Nilmar, Titular Bishop of Zapara and Auxiliary Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Kalibo (Philippines)

Bishop Edwin Bernard Broderick resigned as Bishop of Albany (USA)

Fr. Tomash Bernard Peta was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón was appointed as Priest of México (Mexico)

Fr. Samuel Joseph Aquila was appointed as Priest of Denver (USA)

Fr. Victor Valentin Sánchez Espinosa was appointed as Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Fr. Ján Orosch was appointed as Priest of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia)

Fr. Tomáš Galis was appointed as Priest of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Fr. Štefan Sečka was appointed as Priest of Spiš (Slovakia)

Fr. Charles Daniel Balvo was appointed as Priest of New York (USA)

Bishop Paolo Babini resigned as Bishop of Forlì (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Proni succeeded as Bishop of Forlì (Italy)

Fr. Eugeen Laridon was elected Titular Bishop of Thiges and Auxiliary Bishop of Brugge (Belgium)

Bishop Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño, Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Territorial Prelature of Cotabato was promoted as Diocese of Cotabato (lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Kidapawan) (Philippines)

Territorial Prelature of Kidapawan was established (from Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and became suffragan of Davao) (Philippines)

Fr. Pedro José Conti was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Carlos Verzeletti was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Fr. Vincenzo Di Mauro was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Luigi Mistò was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Angelo Pirovano was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Diana and Bishop-Prelate of Cotabato (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Cotabato (Philippines)

Fr. Federico Ocampo Escaler, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii and Bishop-Prelate of Kidapawan (Philippines)

Fr. Lawrence Duffy was appointed as Priest of Clogher (Ireland)

Fr. Noël Treanor was appointed as Priest of Clogher (Ireland)

Archbishop-elect Giuseppe Ferraioli was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Gambia and Sierra Leone and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana

Fr. Edward Thomas Hughes was elected Titular Bishop of Segia and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B., resigned as Titular Bishop of Apisa maius

Bishop Bernard Patrick Wall, Bishop emeritus of Brentwood (England), passed away at 82

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

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

Fr. Marc Pelchat was appointed as Priest of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Balázs Bábel was appointed as Priest of Vác (Hungary)

Fr. Timothy Michael Dolan was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

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

Metropolitan Archdiocese of L’Aquila exchanged territory with Diocese of Rieti (Italy)

Diocese of Narni lost territory to Diocese of Rieti (Italy)

Diocese of Norcia lost territory to Diocese of Rieti (Italy)

Diocese of Rieti exchanged territory with Metropolitan Archdiocese of L’Aquila (Italy)

Archdiocese of Spoleto lost territory to Diocese of Rieti (Italy)

Archbishop Cleto Bellucci succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy)

Fr. Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte was elected Titular Bishop of Diana and Auxiliary Bishop of Nancy (France)

Fr. John Nicholas Wurm was elected Titular Bishop of Plestia and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Bishop Antonio Alfredo Brasca, Bishop of Rafaela (Argentina), passed away at 56

Fr. Josef Kajnek was appointed as Priest of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Fr. Václav Malý was appointed as Priest of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Joseph Ratzinger, Priest of München und Freising (Germany), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Francesco Camaldo was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Leonard Paul Blair was appointed as Priest of Detroit (USA)

Fr. Timothy Lawrence Doherty was appointed as Priest of Rockford (USA)

Fr. Vojtěch Cikrle was appointed as Priest of Brno (Czechia)

Fr. Clyde Martin Harvey was appointed as Priest of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Fr. Thomas Edward Gullickson was appointed as Priest of Sioux Falls (USA)

Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Newton (without ecclesiastical province) (USA)

Fr. Juan José Dorronsoro Allo, Priest of San Sebastián (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Thomas Victor Dolinay was elected Titular Bishop of Thyatira and Auxiliary Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA)

Archbishop Joseph Elias Tawil, Titular Archbishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites and Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Greek-Melkites (USA), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Fr. Hansjörg Hofer was appointed as Priest of Salzburg (Austria)

Fr. Alois Schwarz was appointed as Priest of Wien (Austria)

Fr. Anton Štrukelj was appointed as Priest of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Fr. Vincenzo Minciacchi, C.S.I., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Fr. Girolamo Zanconato, C.S.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph

Bishop Darío Castrillón Hoyos succeeded as Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

Bishop Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo resigned as Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

Bishop Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M., Bishop of Pasto (Colombia), passed away at 57

Bishop Giuseppe Dell’Omo resigned as Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Moizo succeeded as Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Hubert Hart, Priest of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Thimida regia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cheyenne (USA)

Archbishop Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia), passed away at 66

Archbishop Hemaiagh Guédiguian, C.A.M., Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia, was elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Fr. Juvenal Porcayo Uribe was elected Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico)

Bishop Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo, Titular Bishop of Gunugus and Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines)

Fr. Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop James Edward McManus, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Ponce (Puerto Rico) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA), passed away at 75

Patriarch Hemaiag Bédros XVII Guédiguian, was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Fr. Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane was appointed as Priest of Mariannhill (South Africa)

Fr. Antony Pappusamy was appointed as Priest of Madurai (India)

Bishop Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Menefessi

Fr. Victor Herman Balke, Priest of Springfield in Illinois (USA), was elected Bishop of Crookston (USA)

Bishop Louis Abel Caillouet resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA)

Bishop Gaston-Marie Jacquier, Auxiliary Bishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), passed away at 72

Fr. Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Menefessi and Coadjutor Archbishop of Mbandaka–Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Johannes Kapp was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Melzi

Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ 古屋義之) resigned as Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

Fr. Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka (ライムンド 田中健一) was elected Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

Fr. Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé was elected Bishop of Sikasso (Mali)

Bishop Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Sikasso (Mali)

Archbishop James Michael Liston, Bishop emeritus of Auckland (New Zealand) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 95

Bishop Winnibald Joseph Menezes resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Archbishop Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Bolsena

Fr. Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Priest of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Francis Ryder Wood, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Winnipeg (Canada), passed away at 71

Fr. Felix Genn was appointed as Priest of Trier (Germany)

Fr. Edgardo Sarabia Juanich was appointed as Priest of Puerto Princesa (Philippines)

Bishop François Charrière, Bishop emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland), passed away at 82

Fr. Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij was appointed as Priest of Bangkok (Thailand)

Fr. James Anthony Tamayo was appointed as Priest of Corpus Christi (USA)

Bishop Edmondo Quaglia Martínez, Bishop of Minas (Uruguay), passed away at 69

Fr. Tsegaye Keneni Derara was appointed as Priest of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Fr. Georges Edmond Robert Gilson, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Benda and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Fr. Jean Romary was appointed as Titular Bishop of Asolo and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Marabá (Brazil)

Archbishop Luciano Storero, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroon, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon and Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India

Bishop Filippo Franceschi, Titular Bishop of Silli and Coadjutor Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) and Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

Fr. Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt, Priest of Bayonne (France), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Bernardo Álvarez Afonso was appointed as Priest of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Fr. John Denver Faris was appointed as Priest of Saint Maron of Detroit of the Maronites (USA)

Fr. Arlindo Gomes Furtado was appointed as Priest of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Blessed Fr. Gabriel-Joseph-Roger Longueville, Priest of Viviers (France), passed away at 45

Fr. Amaury Castanho was elected Titular Bishop of Balecium and Auxiliary Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil)

Fr. José Goncalves Heleno was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Governador Valadares (Brazil)

Fr. Jacó Roberto Hilgert was elected Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)

Fr. Martinho Lammers, O.F.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil)

Fr. Antal Spányi was appointed as Priest of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

Fr. José Francisco Robles Ortega was appointed as Priest of Autlán (Mexico)

Bishop Eamon Casey, Bishop of Kerry (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I., resigned as Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird

Blessed Bishop Vasil Hopko, Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia), passed away at 72

Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA), passed away at 80

Cardinal Julius Döpfner, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), passed away at 62

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Leonard, S.J., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Izirzada

Fr. Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón was appointed as Priest of Mérida (Venezuela)

Fr. James Clifford Timlin, Priest of Scranton (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Gunugus and Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M., resigned as Titular Bishop of Castra nova

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr., resigned as Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Mauretania