Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Chayal (Syro-Malankara Rite) was established (India)

Msgr. Luis Alessio was appointed as Undersecretary for Divine Worship of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship

Fr. Lawrence J. Burns, M.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pando (Bolivia)

Bishop Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. Paul A. Zimmer was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

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

Bishop Guo Ze-qian (郭則謙) ▼, Bishop emeritus of Hengzhou 衡州 (China), passed away

Bishop Wang Ju-guang (王炬光) ▼, Bishop of Suifu 敘府 (China), passed away

Fr. Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia), passed away

Fr. Pavao Melada, O.F.M., was appointed as President of Pontifical International Marian Academy

Fr. Antonín Veselý resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Český Těšín (Czechia)

Fr. Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Chaldeans

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

Fr. Maurice Monier was appointed as Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

Msgr. Johannes Dyba, Priest of Köln (Germany) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Fr. Heinrich Heekeren, S.V.D., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

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

Fr. Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Guinea-Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)

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

Fr. Raffaele Farina, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University

Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Upper Volta, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau, Apostolic Delegate to Mali and Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde

Archbishop Enzio D’Antonio resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

Archbishop Gino Paro resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Archbishop Aurelio Signora resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy)

Bishop Filippo Aglialoro resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Rinaldi resigned as Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) and Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

Bishop Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv., Auxiliary Bishop of Ancona (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Volta was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Msgr. Marcello Magliocchetti, Canonist of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Auditor General of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Giovanni Piantoli resigned as Chief of Chancellery of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Fiorenzo Romita resigned as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Clergy

Msgr. Guglielmo Zannoni, Priest of Rimini (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy

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

Fr. Gabriele Ferrari, S.X., was appointed as Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers (Xaverians)

Fr. Fedele Giannini, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. Luigi Ricceri, S.D.B., resigned as Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)

Fr. Paul Kazuhiro Mori (パウロ 森 一弘), Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites), was appointed as Priest of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Archbishop Clément Ignace Mansourati resigned as Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law

Bishop Léonce Tchantayan was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Fr. Leopold Grimard, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Idah (Nigeria), passed away

Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, B.A., resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Urbaniana University

Saint Fr. Pedro Poveda Castroverde was appointed as Founder of Teresian Association (T.A.)

Msgr. Martinho da Costa Lopes was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Díli (Timor-Leste)

Fr. Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U., was elected Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia

Bishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn, Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law

Fr. Konstantyn Sabov was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Fr. Yakiv Yaroslav Tymchuk, O.S.B.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Msgr. Nicholas Patrick Connolly, Priest of Oakland (USA), passed away at 68

Msgr. Kevin Sean O’Neill was appointed as Priest of Helena (USA)

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

Fr. John Musinsky, S.V.D., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Archimandrite Simaan Abdel-Ahad, B.C., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

Archimandrite Paul Abdou, B.C., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

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

Archimandrite Sim’ân Nasr, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

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

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

Fr. Ivan Zuzek, S.J., Pro-Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Genova lost territory to Diocese of Livorno (Italy)

Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians was suppressed (to Diocese of Charlotte) (USA)

Fr. Pius Eheobu Okpaloka was appointed as Priest of Onitsha (Nigeria)

Abbot Jude George Cleary, O.S.B., resigned as Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA)

Bishop Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R., Titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba and Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Fr. Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Amida of the Armenians and Vicar Apostolic of France of the Armenians (France)

Fr. Edgardo Gabriel Storni was elected Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina)

Bishop Vasco Séirécov, Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria), passed away at 56

Bishop Fiorenzo Angelini was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion, Bishop emeritus of Poitiers (France), passed away at 74

Bishop James Edward Kearney, Bishop emeritus of Rochester (USA), passed away at 92

Fr. Ramzi Garmou, Prado, was appointed as Priest of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Fr. Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Samarinda (Indonesia)

Archbishop Josip Uhač, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroon and Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon

Bishop Raffaele Campelli resigned as Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

Bishop Costanzo Micci, Bishop of Fano (Italy) and Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Cagli (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

Fr. Robert Daniel Conlon was appointed as Priest of Cincinnati (USA)

Msgr. Carlo Bayer, Secretary General emeritus of Caritas Internationalis, passed away at 61

Bishop José Dalvit, F.S.C.I., Bishop emeritus of São Mateus (Brazil) and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), passed away at 57

Bishop James Steven Rausch, Titular Bishop of Summa and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Phoenix (USA)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi lost territory to Diocese of Kilwa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Mr. Virgil C. Dechant was appointed as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Mr. John W. McDevitt resigned as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Archbishop Franco Costa, Bishop emeritus of Crema (Italy) and General Ecclesiastical Assistant emeritus of Italian Catholic Action, passed away at 72

Sr. María del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Porras Ayllón (Rafaela), A.C.J., Superior General of Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was canonised

Fr. Vincent Kympat was appointed as Priest of Shillong (India)

Fr. Adolfo Gerstner was elected Bishop of Concordia (Argentina)

Fr. João Oneres Marchiori was elected Bishop of Caçador (Brazil)

Bishop Salvador Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Puno (Peru), passed away at 86

Bishop Bernard Hubert, Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada)

Archbishop Alberto Carinci resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy)

Archbishop Enzio D’Antonio succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy)

Archbishop Giacomo Palombella, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Matera (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. Fabio Martínez Castilla was appointed as Priest of Yucatán (Mexico)

Bishop Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru)

Msgr. Jean Rodhain, President emeritus of Caritas Internationalis, passed away at 77

Fr. Howard James Hubbard, Priest of Albany (USA), was elected Bishop of Albany (USA)

Diocese of Nova Lisboa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huambo (with suffragan sees Benguela, Luso and Silva Porto) (Angola)

Diocese of Sá da Bandeira was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubango (with suffragan sees Pereira de Eça and Serpa Pinto) (Angola)

Diocese of Ngunza was renamed as Diocese of Novo Redondo (Angola)

Diocese of Khandwa was established (from Diocese of Indore and became suffragan of Bhopal) (India)

Apostolic Prefecture of Same was promoted as Diocese of Same (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Bishop Alexandre do Nascimento, Bishop of Malanje (Angola), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola) and Apostolic Administrator of Ondjiva (Angola)

Bishop Manuel Franklin da Costa, Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho (Angola) and Apostolic Administrator of Nova Lisboa (Angola), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Huambo (Angola)

Bishop Zacarias Kamwenho, Bishop of Ngunza (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Novo Redondo (Angola)

Bishop Manuel António Pires resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Luso (Angola)

Fr. José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty was elected Bishop of Luso (Angola)

Fr. Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa was elected Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho (Angola)

Fr. Eugénio Salessu was elected Bishop of Malanje (Angola)

Archbishop Luis Chávez y González resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Bishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Archbishop Francisco Maria da Silva resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

Bishop Eurico Dias Nogueira, Bishop of Sá da Bandeira (Angola) and Apostolic Administrator of Pereira de Eça (Angola), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

Archbishop Michel Olçomendy (奧爾科曼迪), M.E.P., resigned as Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)

Bishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean (楊瑞元), Bishop of Penang (Malaysia), was promoted as Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)

Fr. Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong (경갑룡 요셉 / 景甲龍) was elected Titular Bishop of Buffada and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Fr. Henry Joachim Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Same (Tanzania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Same (Tanzania)

Fr. Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya was elected Bishop of Gwelo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B., resigned as Bishop of Gwelo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Eliseu Maria Coroli, B., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Guamá (Brazil)

Bishop Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile), passed away at 72

Fr. Roger Mpungu, Priest of Muyinga (Burundi), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Muyinga (Burundi)

Fr. Dominic Lumon was appointed as Priest of Kohima (India)

Fr. Michel Berger, Priest of Digne (France), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Vincenzo Ferrara was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Józef Kowalczyk, Priest of Warmia (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Robert Edward Mulvee was elected Titular Bishop of Summa and Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester (USA)

Fr. Émile Marcus, P.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Tre Taverne and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

Archbishop John Raphael Quinn, Metropolitan Archbishop of Oklahoma City (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. William Stephen Skylstad, Priest of Spokane (USA), was elected Bishop of Yakima (USA)

Fr. Lucio Bonora was appointed as Priest of Treviso (Italy)

Bishop José Bascuñana y López resigned as Bishop of Solsona (Spain)

Diocese of Rimini exchanged territory with Diocese of Montefeltro (Italy)

Diocese of Montefeltro was renamed as Diocese of San Marino–Montefeltro (lost territory to Diocese of Sarsina, exchanged territory with Diocese of Rimini and became suffragan of Ravenna) (Italy)

Bishop Emilio Biancheri resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Montefeltro (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Locatelli was elected Bishop of Rimini (Italy) and Bishop of San Marino–Montefeltro (Italy)

Bishop Paulos Tzadua, Titular Bishop of Abila in Palæstina, Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) and President of Ethiopian Episcopal Conference, was promoted as Metropolitan of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru resigned as Metropolitan of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Apostolic Exarchate of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Bijnor (India)

Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Chanda (became suffragan of Nagpur) (India)

Apostolic Exarchate of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Jagdalpur (became suffragan of Bhopal) (India)

Diocese of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changanacherry and became suffragan of Changanacherry) (India)

Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Ahmedabad and became suffragan of Bombay) (India)

Apostolic Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Sagar (India)

Apostolic Exarchate of Satna (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Satna (India)

Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Ujjain (India)

Fr. Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Pala (Chad)

Bishop Simon Ignatius Pimenta, Titular Bishop of Bocconia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Bishop Joseph Powathil, Titular Bishop of Cesarea Philippi and Auxiliary Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Bishop of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Paulinus Jeerakath, C.M.I., Apostolic Exarch of Jagdalpur of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Jagdalpur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Abraham D. Mattam, C.V., Apostolic Exarch of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I., Apostolic Exarch of Bijnor of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Bijnor of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I., Apostolic Exarch of Chanda of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Chanda of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. John Perumattam, M.S.T., Apostolic Exarch of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Matthew Pothanamuzhi resigned as Bishop of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. George Punnakottil was elected Bishop of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I., was elected Bishop of Rajkot of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Clement Thottungal, C.M.I., Apostolic Exarch of Sagar of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Sagar of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Capra and Auxiliary Bishop of Pontianak (Indonesia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia)

Bishop Bernard Oguki-Atakpah, Bishop emeritus of Atakpamé (Togo), passed away at 58

Fr. Mario Joseph Conti, Priest of Aberdeen (Scotland), was elected Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Bishop Javier Osés Flamarique, Titular Bishop of Abula, Auxiliary Bishop of Huesca (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Huesca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Huesca (Spain)

Fr. James Joseph Daly was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) and Titular Bishop of Castra nova

Fr. Gerald Augustine John Ryan was elected Titular Bishop of Munatiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Diocese of Biloxi was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Natchez–Jackson and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Diocese of Jackson was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Natchez–Jackson and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Diocese of Natchez–Jackson was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Biloxi and Diocese of Jackson) (USA)

Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini, Bishop of Natchez–Jackson (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Jackson (USA)

Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez–Jackson (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Jackson (USA)

Diocese of Houma–Thibodaux was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Bishop Warren Louis Boudreaux, Bishop of Beaumont (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (USA)

Fr. Abraham Viruthakulangara was elected Bishop of Khandwa (India)

Fr. Frederick D’Souza was elected Bishop of Jhansi (India)

Diocese of Sakania was renamed as Diocese of Sakania–Kipushi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Víctor Selvino Arenhardt was appointed as Priest of Posadas (Argentina)

Bishop Elie Amsini Kiswaya, Bishop of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Sakania–Kipushi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop José de Medeiros Leite, Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil), passed away at 78

Bishop Antônio Carlos Mesquita succeeded as Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil)

Archbishop Gabriel Batta resigned as Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Fr. Paul Karatas was elected Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Fr. Sincero Barcenilla Lucero was elected Bishop of Borongan (Philippines)

Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, Titular Bishop of Maxita and Auxiliary Bishop of Jackson (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Biloxi (USA)

Metropolitanate sui juris of Munhall (Ruthenian Rite) was renamed as Metropolitanate sui juris of Pittsburgh (USA)

Archbishop Stephen John Kocisko, Metropolitan of Munhall of the Ruthenians (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA)

Diocese of Guntur lost territory to Diocese of Nellore (India)

Fr. Giovanni Maria Sartori was elected Bishop of Adria (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Mocellini resigned as Bishop of Adria (Italy)

Bishop Thomas Lawrence Noa, Bishop emeritus of Marquette (USA), passed away at 84

Fr. Andrews Thazhath was appointed as Priest of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Jesús Domínguez Gómez was elected Bishop of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

Bishop Manuel Llopis Ivorra resigned as Bishop of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

Bishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria), passed away at 63

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

Fr. Joaquim Justino Carreira was appointed as Priest of Jundiaí (Brazil)

Fr. Rutilo Muñoz Zamora was appointed as Priest of Veracruz (Mexico)

Fr. Jesse Eugenio Mercado was appointed as Priest of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Petru Plesca, Titular Bishop of Voli, passed away at 72

Apostolic Prefecture of Guinea-Bissau was promoted as Diocese of Bissau (without ecclesiastical province) (Guinea-Bissau)

Provostry nullius of Atina was suppressed (to Territorial Abbacy of Montecassino) (Italy)

Territorial Abbacy of Montecassino lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chieti, Diocese of Aquino, Diocese of Isernia, Diocese of Penne e Pescara, Diocese of Sessa Aurunca, Diocese of Sulmona, Diocese of Teano, Diocese of Trivento, Diocese of Valva and Diocese of Venafro (Italy)

Apostolic Prefecture of Cheju 제주 was promoted as Diocese of Cheju 제주 (South Korea)

Fr. Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)

Archbishop Giuseppe Amici, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Modena (Italy) and Abbot nullius emeritus of Nonantola (Italy), passed away at 76

Bishop Giuseppe Mancuso resigned as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)

Abbot Martino Matronola, O.S.B. Cas., Provost of Atina (Italy) and Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia

Bishop Costantino Trapani, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)

Fr. Denis George Browne, Priest of Auckland (New Zealand), was elected Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)

Fr. Nicholas Marcus Fernando was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M., Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand) and Titular Bishop of Nigizubi

Cardinal Emile Biayenda, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino and Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville), passed away at 49

Msgr. Joseph Ratzinger, Priest of München und Freising (Germany) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Nestor Bihonda resigned as Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi)

Fr. Roger Mpungu, Priest of Muyinga (Burundi) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Muyinga (Burundi), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Muyinga (Burundi)

Fr. Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy)

Fr. Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Gebhard Fürst was appointed as Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Fr. Cornelius Piong was appointed as Priest of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

Bishop Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira, Titular Bishop of Febiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Montería (Colombia)

Bishop Michael George Bowen, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England)

Fr. Philip James Benedict Harvey was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) and Titular Bishop of Bahanna

Fr. David Every Konstant was elected Titular Bishop of Betagbara and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Miguel Moncadas Noguera, Bishop of Menorca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Solsona (Spain)

Diocese of Boac was established (from Diocese of Lucena and became suffragan of Lipa) (Philippines)

Fr. Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Cuba)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Théas, Bishop emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes (France), passed away at 82

Msgr. Louis-Albert Vachon, Priest of Québec (Canada) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Jean-Paul Labrie was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Urci

Bishop Florentino de Andrade e Silva resigned as Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M., was appointed as Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

Bishop Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Valledupar (Colombia), passed away at 72

Msgr. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Priest of Roma (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea, Apostolic Delegate to Solomon Islands and Titular Archbishop of Anglona

Fr. Luigi Martella was appointed as Priest of Otranto (Italy)

Bishop Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Caroline and Marshall Islands (Micronesia), passed away at 81

Territorial Prelature of Nuevo Casas Grandes was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Juárez and became suffragan of Chihuahua) (Mexico)

Fr. Jesús María de Jesús Moya, Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic), was elected Titular Bishop of Maxita and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Patrick Leo McCartie was elected Titular Bishop of Elmham and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Fr. Giovanni Accolla was appointed as Priest of Siracusa (Italy)

Fr. Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Crepedula and Bishop-Prelate of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico)

Fr. Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina)

Bishop Vittorio De Zanche, Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy), passed away at 88

Bishop Abramo Freschi succeeded as Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

Archbishop Francisco Maria da Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Braga (Portugal), passed away at 67

Bishop Cándido Genaro Rubiolo, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Villa María (Argentina)

Bishop Alberto Deane, C.P., resigned as Bishop of Villa María (Argentina)

Fr. Karlo Balić, O.F.M., President of Pontifical International Marian Academy, passed away at 77

Fr. Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P., was elected Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa)

Fr. Michael Pak Jeong-il (박정일 미카엘 / 朴正一), Priest of Busan 부산 (South Korea), was elected Bishop of Cheju 제주 (South Korea)

Fr. James Matthew Wingle was appointed as Priest of Pembroke (Canada)

Fr. Horst Eberlein was appointed as Priest of Osnabrück (Germany)

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

Fr. Attilio Nicora, Priest of Milano (Italy), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Furnos minor

Fr. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji was appointed as Priest of Umuahia (Nigeria)

Fr. Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Cardinal William John Conway, Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), passed away at 64

Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands was promoted as Diocese of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Bishop Edward John Harper, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Heraclea pontica and Bishop-Prelate of Virgin Islands (U.S. Virgin Islands), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Msgr. Giuseppe Cattani, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Vittorio Ottaviani resigned as Bishop of Marsi (Italy)

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

Fr. Vito Angiuli was appointed as Priest of Bari–Bitonto (Italy)

Bishop Fernando Robles Capalla, Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Iligan (Philippines)

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

Diocese of Chiquinquirá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja and became suffragan of Tunja) (Colombia)

Diocese of Garagoa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja and became suffragan of Tunja) (Colombia)

Bishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S., Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia)

Bishop Octavio Betancourt Arango resigned as Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

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

Bishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros, Bishop of Jericó (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia)

Fr. Joseph Willy Romélus, Priest of Les Cayes (Haiti), was elected Bishop of Jérémie (Haiti)

Bishop Floyd Lawrence Begin, Bishop of Oakland (USA), passed away at 75

Msgr. Domenico Semproni was appointed as Substitute Defender of the Bond of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Tadeusz Rybak was elected Titular Bishop of Benepota and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Bishop Vincent-Marie Favé resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper (France)

Fr. Lawrence Thomas Persico was appointed as Priest of Greensburg (USA)

Sr. María Rosa Molas y Vallvé, N.S.C., Founder of Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation, was beatified

Archbishop Raffaele Pellecchia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) and Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), passed away at 68

Bishop John Stephen Cummins, Titular Bishop of Lambæsis and Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Oakland (USA)

Fr. Gerald Isaac Lobo was appointed as Priest of Mangalore (India)

Fr. Joseph Devine was elected Titular Bishop of Voli and Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Fr. Charles McDonald Renfrew was elected Titular Bishop of Abula and Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Fr. Víctor Manuel López Forero, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Afufenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Timici and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Luis Gabriel Romero Franco, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Maturba and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia)

Fr. Franz Xaver Eder was elected Titular Bishop of Villa regis and Auxiliary Bishop of Passau (Germany)

Bishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Scranton (USA), passed away at 79

Fr. Joseph Richard Kopacz was appointed as Priest of Scranton (USA)

Fr. John Michael Beahen was elected Titular Bishop of Ploaghe and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada)

Fr. Gilles Bélisle was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada) and Titular Bishop of Uccula

Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr., resigned as Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi

Fr. William Edward Lori was appointed as Priest of Washington (USA)

Fr. John Joseph Paul was elected Titular Bishop of Lambæsis and Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse (USA)

Fr. Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio was appointed as Priest of Cleveland (USA)

Bishop Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Autun (France)

Archbishop Clemente Gaddi resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Bishop Giulio Oggioni, Bishop of Lodi (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Msgr. Francesco Norese, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Randolph Roque Calvo was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Francis Ignatius Malone was appointed as Priest of Little Rock (USA)

Fr. Peter John Uglietto was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Bishop Renato Luisi resigned as Titular Bishop of Catula

Fr. Jānis Bulis was appointed as Priest of Riga (Latvia)

Fr. Jonas Kauneckas was appointed as Priest of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Fr. Ugo Donato Bianchi was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy), Bishop of Urbania (Italy) and Bishop of Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

Archbishop Anacleto Cazzaniga resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Urbania (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

Fr. Renzo Fratini, Priest of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Rino Passigato, Priest of Verona (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Juliusz Janusz (尤雅士), Priest of Kraków (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

Fr. Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Teques (Venezuela)

Fr. Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán was elected Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) and Titular Bishop of Limisa

Fr. Austin Bernard Vaughan was elected Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Msgr. Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Priest of New York (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Rusibisir and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Fr. Thomas Paulsamy was appointed as Priest of Tiruchirapalli (India)

Archbishop Emilio Benavent Escuín, Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain), was appointed as Archbishop Military Vicar of Spain (Spain) and Titular Archbishop of Maximiana in Numidia

Archbishop José López Ortiz, O.S.A., resigned as Archbishop Military Vicar of Spain (Spain)

Fr. Emmanuel Wamala, Priest of Masaka (Uganda), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Antônio Maria Mucciolo was elected Bishop of Barretos (Brazil)

Fr. Elmar Maria Kredel was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

Bishop Remigio Ragonesi, Titular Bishop of Miseno and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ferento

Fr. Luigi Amaducci was elected Bishop of Cesena (Italy) and Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Bishop Augusto Gianfranceschi resigned as Bishop of Cesena (Italy) and Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

Fr. Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal was appointed as Priest of Monterrey (Mexico)

Fr. Gabino Zavala was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Asunción (Paraguay), passed away at 88

Fr. Stanisław Budzik was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Fr. Daniel Marko Kur Adwok was appointed as Priest of Khartoum (Sudan)

Diocese of Navrongo was renamed as Diocese of Navrongo–Bolgatanga (became suffragan of Tamale) (Ghana)

Diocese of Tamale was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tamale (with suffragan sees Navrongo–Bolgatanga and Wa) (Ghana)

Diocese of Baruipur was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Fr. Olavio López Duque, O.A.R., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Strongoli

Bishop Peter Proeku Dery, Bishop of Tamale (Ghana), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Bishop Rudolph A. Akanlu, Bishop of Navrongo (Ghana), was appointed as Bishop of Navrongo–Bolgatanga (Ghana)

Fr. Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J., was elected Bishop of Baruipur (India)

Fr. Anthony Lee Kok Hin, Priest of Miri (Malaysia), was elected Bishop of Miri (Malaysia)

Fr. Joachim Phayao Manisap was elected Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima (Thailand)

Bishop Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P., resigned as Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima (Thailand)

Fr. Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (France) and Titular Bishop of Remesiana

Archbishop Giovanni Benelli, Titular Archbishop of Tusuros and Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

Cardinal Ermenegildo Florit resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

Archbishop Ignazio Cannavò succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Archbishop Francesco Fasola resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Archbishop Ferdinando Lambruschini, Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Città della Pieve (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy)

Bishop Ezio Barbieri resigned as Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy)

Archbishop Pedro Cantero Cuadrado resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain)

Bishop Elías Yanes Alvarez, Titular Bishop of Mulli and Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain)

Venerable Archbishop Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) and Bishop of Bova (Italy)

Archbishop Aurelio Sorrentino, Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy), Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Potenza (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) and Bishop of Bova (Italy)

Fr. Crescenzio Sepe, Priest of Aversa (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Priest of Córdoba (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Castro and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Agustinus Agus was appointed as Priest of Pontianak (Indonesia)

Fr. Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Natchez and Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA)

Archbishop Isaac Ghattas, Archbishop-Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 67

Fr. Arnaldo Clemente Canale was elected Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. José Manuel Lorenzo was elected Titular Bishop of Catula and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Charles-Omer Valois was elected Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Fr. Owen Francis Swindlehurst was elected Titular Bishop of Cunecaster and Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Fr. Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P., Theologian of Prefecture of the Papal Household, was elected Titular Bishop of Miseno

Fr. Denis Moutel was appointed as Priest of Nantes (France)

Fr. Hans-Josef Becker was appointed as Priest of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. Hubert Berenbrinker was appointed as Priest of Paderborn (Germany)

Fr. Antonio Arcari was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

Bishop Gaetano Bonicelli, Titular Bishop of Musti and Auxiliary Bishop of Albano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Albano (Italy)

Fr. Maurizio Gervasoni was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

Bishop Raffaele Macario resigned as Bishop of Albano (Italy)

Fr. Maurizio Malvestiti was appointed as Priest of Bergamo (Italy)

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

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

Fr. Andrzej Dzięga was appointed as Priest of Siedlce (Poland)

Fr. Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Tusuros and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey resigned as Bishop of Paterson (USA)

Archbishop Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀), Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary and Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Bishop Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé, Bishop of Nîmes (France), passed away at 67

Archbishop Lorenzo Antonetti, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zaire, was appointed as Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Fr. Fouad Twal, Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey, Bishop emeritus of Paterson (USA), passed away at 71

Msgr. Pierre Jarry, Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Armando António Ortíz Aguirre was appointed as Priest of León (Mexico)

Fr. Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer was appointed as Priest of Eichstätt (Germany)

Fr. Gáspár Ladocsi was appointed as Priest of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

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

Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B., resigned as Bishop of Sion (Switzerland)

Fr. Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller was appointed as Priest of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Rolf Steinhäuser was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Bishop Dino Luigi Romoli, O.P., resigned as Bishop of Pescia (Italy)

Fr. Bernhard Haßlberger was appointed as Priest of München und Freising (Germany)

Fr. Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta was appointed as Priest of Semarang (Indonesia)

Fr. Renato Boccardo was appointed as Priest of Susa (Italy)

Fr. Celestino Migliore was appointed as Priest of Cuneo (Italy)

Fr. Tommaso Valentinetti was appointed as Priest of Lanciano–Ortona (Italy)

Fr. Leonard Zamora Legaspi, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Fr. Alfons Nossol, Priest of Opole (Poland), was elected Bishop of Opole (Poland)

Fr. Nikola Eterović was appointed as Priest of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

Fr. Mijo Gorski was appointed as Priest of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Pavel Posád was appointed as Priest of Brno (Czechia)

Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele, Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 70

Fr. Otto Georgens was appointed as Priest of Speyer (Germany)

Fr. Pietro Maria Fragnelli was appointed as Priest of Taranto (Italy)

Fr. Tullio Poli was appointed as Priest of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến was appointed as Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Diocese of Saint Maron of Detroit (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (USA)

Archbishop Bernardin Gantin, Vice-President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” and Pro-President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Cristo Re

Fr. Marko Jozinovic was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Cardinal Agnelo Rossi resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Fr. Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Fr. Aloísio Sinésio Bohn, Priest of Brasília (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Bishop František Tomášek, Titular Bishop of Butus, Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) and Apostolic Administrator of Praha (Czechia), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Archbishop Joseph Ratzinger, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino

Archbishop Giovanni Benelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca

Bishop Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P., Theologian of Prefecture of the Papal Household and Titular Bishop of Miseno, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore and Pro-Theologian of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Giovanni Bianchi, Titular Bishop of Seleuciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Pescia (Italy)

Fr. Domingo Díaz Martínez was appointed as Priest of Querétaro (Mexico)

Fr. Michael Nnachi Okoro, Priest of Ogoja (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Catabum castra and Auxiliary Bishop of Abakaliki (Nigeria)

Bishop Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Peru), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru)

Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek, Bishop of Saint Maron of Detroit of the Maronites (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (USA)

Bishop Charles Herman Helmsing resigned as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Bishop John Joseph Sullivan, Bishop of Grand Island (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

Fr. James Joseph O’Brien was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) and Titular Bishop of Manaccenser

Archbishop Eugène-Marie Ernoult succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France)

Archbishop René-Louis-Marie Stourm resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France)

Fr. Christian Werner was appointed as Priest of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Vice-President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” and Pro-President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Fr. Pero Sudar was appointed as Priest of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Antioquía (Colombia), passed away at 75

Fr. Francesco Moraglia was appointed as Priest of Genova (Italy)

Fr. Fernando Tarcisio Filograna was appointed as Priest of Lecce (Italy)

Fr. Đuro Gašparović was appointed as Priest of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia)

Fr. Ivan Jurkovič was appointed as Priest of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Fr. William Nolan was appointed as Priest of Motherwell (Scotland)

Bishop Joseph Francis Donnelly, Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA), passed away at 68

Bishop Francesco Sanmartino resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy)

Bishop Charles-Marie Himmer resigned as Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Fr. Jean Huard was elected Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Fr. Gabriel Akwasi Abiabo Mante was appointed as Priest of Jasikan (Ghana)

Fr. Basile Moussa Daoud, Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

Fr. Donal McKeown was appointed as Priest of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Bishop Mihály Endrey-Eipel, Bishop of Vác (Hungary), passed away at 71

Archbishop Michel Olçomendy (奧爾科曼迪), M.E.P., Archbishop emeritus of Singapore (Singapore), passed away at 75

Bishop John Michael Fearns, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA), passed away at 80

Fr. Alapati Lui Mata’eliga was appointed as Priest of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)

Fr. Kevin Peter Doran was appointed as Priest of Dublin (Ireland)

Bishop Francesco Bertoglio, Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), passed away at 77

Bishop Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A., resigned as Bishop of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Jean-Marie Kélétigui was elected Bishop of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Valerian D’Souza was elected Bishop of Poona (India)

Archbishop Ugo Camozzo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pisa (Italy), passed away at 84

Archbishop Benedetto Falcucci, Bishop emeritus of Penne e Pescara (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Joseph Satoshi Fukahori (ヨセフ 深堀 敏) was elected Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

Bishop Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka (フランシスコ・ザビエル 田中英吉) resigned as Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

Bishop Leonardo Viera Contreras resigned as Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico)

Fr. Óscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén was appointed as Priest of San José (Costa Rica)

Fr. Protacio Guevarra Gungon was elected Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

Bishop Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J., Titular Bishop of Castellum minus and Vicar Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

Fr. Léon Lemmens was appointed as Priest of Hasselt (Belgium)

Fr. Joseph Francis Kweku Essien was appointed as Priest of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana)

Fr. Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo was appointed as Priest of Porto (Portugal)

Fr. Ángel Fernández Collado was appointed as Priest of Toledo (Spain)

Bishop Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon, Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina), passed away at 63

Bishop Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N., Bishop of Lorena (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)

Fr. João Hipólito de Morais was elected Bishop of Lorena (Brazil)

Archbishop Pierre Kimbondo, Bishop emeritus of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 63

Cardinal Francesco Roberti, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli and Prefect emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 88

Fr. Konstantyn Sabov was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Fr. Daniel Nicholas DiNardo was appointed as Priest of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. Gonzalo Galván Castillo was appointed as Priest of León (Spain)

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

Cardinal Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Antônio de Souza, C.S.S., succeeded as Bishop of Assis (Brazil)

Bishop Raimundo Luí, O. Carm., resigned as Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil)

Bishop José Lázaro Neves, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Assis (Brazil)

Bishop Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R., succeeded as Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia)

Fr. Henri Schwery, Priest of Sion (Switzerland), was elected Bishop of Sion (Switzerland)

Bishop-elect Basile Moussa Daoud, Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon), was appointed as Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

Archbishop Chen Yuan-cai (陳原才) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China), passed away at 83

Archbishop Arturo Duque Villegas, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manizales (Colombia), passed away at 77

Fr. Antonios Naguib, Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Archbishop Coleman Francis Carroll, Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA), passed away at 72

Archbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA)

Fr. Paolo Magnani, Priest of Pavia (Italy), was elected Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

Fr. Sebastian Francis (施恩天) was appointed as Priest of Melaka–Johor (Malaysia)

Bishop Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T., resigned as Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar)

Fr. Paul Richard Gallagher was appointed as Priest of Liverpool (England)

Archbishop Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy) and Pontifical Delegate for the Basilica of Saint Nicholas of Bari, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

Cardinal Michele Pellegrino resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Bagnoli resigned as Bishop of Fiesole (Italy)

Bishop Giacomo Cannonero, Bishop of Asti (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Nicola Cavanna succeeded as Bishop of Asti (Italy)

Fr. Simone Scatizzi was elected Bishop of Fiesole (Italy)

Cardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil), was appointed as Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals

Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro and Military Vicar emeritus of Portugal (Portugal), passed away at 88

Archbishop Robert Emmet Lucey, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Antonio (USA), passed away at 86

Bishop Salvador Lazo Lazo, Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Diocese of Kilwa was renamed as Diocese of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Diocese of Baalbek (Maronite Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Baalbek e Zahlé (Lebanon)

Diocese of Jounieh (Maronite Rite) was established (Lebanon)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea in Syria (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Latakia) (Syria)

Apostolic Administration of Latakia (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Latakia (gained territory from the suppressed Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea in Syria and without ecclesiastical province) (Syria)

Fr. Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M., was elected Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)

Archbishop Antoine Joubeir, Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites and Auxiliary Bishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Chucrallah Harb, Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Bishop of Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Joseph Salamé resigned as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)

Bishop Nicholas D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (Honduras)

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

Archbishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado, Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru), passed away at 62

Cardinal Dino Staffa, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 70

Archbishop Jean Bassoul, B.S., Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 57

Fr. Carlos María Franzini was appointed as Priest of San Isidro (Argentina)

Bishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus, Bishop emeritus of Loja (Ecuador), passed away at 90

Archbishop Edoardo Rovida, Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zaire

Archbishop Albert Vincent D’Souza, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Calcutta (India), passed away at 73

Cardinal Pericle Felici, President of Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council, President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law and Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals, was appointed as Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Basile Pierre Habra, Bishop emeritus of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt), passed away at 77

Fr. Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Mulli and Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA), passed away at 76

Fr. Tomás Ó Fiaich, Priest of Armagh (Northern Ireland), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) and President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo, Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam), passed away at 77

Fr. William Joseph Wright was appointed as Priest of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland), passed away at 73

Fr. Xavier Johnsai Munyongani was appointed as Priest of Gweru (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Lima (Peru)

Fr. Benjamin Ndiaye was appointed as Priest of Dakar (Senegal)

Fr. Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cincinnati (USA), passed away at 92

Fr. Gerhard Pieschl, Priest of Limburg (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Miseno

Msgr. Gian Vincenzo Moreni, Priest of Brescia (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Antonio Sozzo, Priest of Verona (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Edward Joseph Adams, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Michel Hakim was elected Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Augustin Farah, Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was appointed as Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Basile Khoury, B.S., Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites

Diocese of Coroatá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão) (Brazil)