Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Anbar (Chaldean Rite) was established (Iraq)

Titular Metropolitan See of Apamea in Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (Syria)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cesarea in Cappadocia (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (Turkiye)

Bishop Octavio Nicolás Derisi resigned as Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Msgr. Guillermo Pedro Blanco was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Abbot Bernard Rooney, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Kalumburu (Australia)

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

Bishop Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S., resigned as Vice-President of Committee for the Family

Fr. Luke Li Jing-feng (李鏡峰) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China)

Fr. Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Machala (Ecuador)

Bishop Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B., Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Msgr. Peter J. Coughlan was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Laity

Bishop Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Digne (France)

Abbot Denis Huerre, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Claude Piel, C.R.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

Bishop Eduard Schick resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for the Neo-Vulgate

Fr. John Berchmans, O.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

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

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

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

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

Fr. Richard McCullen, C.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

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

Archbishop Armando Fares resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Squillace (Italy) and Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy)

Archbishop Silvio Luoni resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand and Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore

Msgr. Amato Pietro Frutaz resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences and Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Msgr. Salvatore Garofalo resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Neo-Vulgate

Msgr. Marcello Magliocchetti resigned as Canonist of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and Auditor General of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Benedetto Marchetta was appointed as Undersecretary for Sacraments of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship

Msgr. José Miguel Pinto Gómez, Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota, was appointed as Canonist of Apostolic Penitentiary

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

Fr. Franco Fornari, C.G.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus the Priest (Venturini)

Fr. Michele Marchisio was appointed as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Fr. Lucio Migliaccio, O.M.D., resigned as Rector General of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca

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

Fr. Andrea Toti resigned as Administrative Director of Vatican Polyglot Press

Prof. Mario Agnes resigned as National President of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Emile Eid resigned as Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp resigned as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG)

Mr. Leo Alting von Geusau was appointed as Lay state

Msgr. Henri Gouillon was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (Palestine)

Bishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Canons Regular of the Holy Cross

Archbishop Manuel Nuñes Gabriel resigned as Apostolic Administrator of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Fr. João de Freitas Alves, C.M.F., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Fr. Jesús Fernández Hernández, M.Id., was appointed as President of Institute Id of Christ the Redeemer (Idente Missionaries)

Fr. Francisco Javier Ruiz Pascual, O.A.R., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)

Abbot Angelin-Maurice Lovey, C.R.S.A., Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard, was appointed as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Fr. John Baptist Chai (翟德馨), C.D.D., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

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

Fr. Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.J., resigned as Bishop of Moroto (Uganda)

Fr. James Richardson, C.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)

Msgr. William Francis Murphy, Priest of Boston (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Msgr. Charles Edward Crosby, Priest of Saint-Brieuc (France) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Priest of Manchester (USA)

Mr. William Hunt was appointed as Lay state

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

Abbot Mauro Elizondo, O.S.B. Subl., resigned as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

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

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

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

Fr. Guglielmo Van Hees, O.S.C., was appointed as Master General of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers)

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

Sr. Bernadetta Wagnerová resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Daughters St. Francis of Assisi

Fr. Angelo Spina was appointed as Priest of Campobasso–Boiano (Italy)

Fr. Juvencio González Alvarez was elected Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Archbishop John Joseph Maguire resigned as Coadjutor Archbishop of New York (USA)

Fr. Joseph Faber MacDonald was elected Bishop of Grand Falls (Canada)

Bishop Reinhard Lettmann, Titular Bishop of Rotaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Archbishop Emmanuel Daddi, Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at 85

Bishop Antonin Fishta, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Amyzon and Apostolic Administrator of Pult (Albania), passed away at 77

Bishop Francesco Cogoni, Bishop emeritus of Ozieri (Italy), passed away at 85

Archbishop Cornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tabora (Tanzania), passed away at 74

Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education

Bishop Giocchino Pedicini, Bishop emeritus of Avellino (Italy), passed away at 96

Fr. Carlos Talavera Ramírez was elected Titular Bishop of Ofena and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Fr. José Sánchez González, Priest of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Rubicón and Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA), was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)

Fr. Giuseppe Nardin, O.S.B. Cas., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

Bishop Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano, Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia), passed away at 61

Fr. Bernhard Bendel, ALCP/OSS, Founder of Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (Holy Spirit Fathers), passed away at 71

Bishop Kazimierz Jan Majdański, Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland), was appointed as Vice-President of Committee for the Family

Diocese of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria (Italy)

Bishop Justo Oscar Laguna, Titular Bishop of Lares and Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Morón (Argentina)

Bishop Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Morón (Argentina)

Bishop Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Carolina (Brazil), passed away at 59

Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Stanleyville (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 87

Bishop John Lawrence May, Bishop of Mobile (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes was established (from Diocese of Cruz del Eje and became suffragan of Córdoba) (Argentina)

Fr. Ramón Iribarne Arámburu, O. de M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Deán Funes (Argentina)

Bishop Genaro Alamilla Arteaga, Bishop of Papantla (Mexico), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Fr. Marcel Bam’ba Gongoa was elected Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M., was elected Bishop of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC., resigned as Bishop of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Georges Xenopulos, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Syros (Greece) and Bishop emeritus of Santorini (Greece), passed away at 81

Fr. George Eli Dion, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Jolo (Philippines) and Titular Bishop of Caudium

Fr. Paride Taban, Priest of Juba (South Sudan), was elected Titular Bishop of Tadamata and Auxiliary Bishop of Juba (South Sudan)

Diocese of Lake Charles was established (from Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Fr. Sam Gallip Jacobs, Priest of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA), was appointed as Priest of Lake Charles (USA)

Fr. Jude Speyrer was elected Bishop of Lake Charles (USA)

Archbishop Francesco Giuseppe Lardone, Titular Archbishop of Rhizæum, passed away at 93

Archbishop Costante Maltoni, Titular Archbishop of Thugga, passed away at 64

Diocese of Novo Hamburgo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and became suffragan of Porto Alegre) (Brazil)

Fr. Brian Edwin Ferme was appointed as Priest of Portsmouth (England)

Priory nullius of Ciudad Real was promoted as Diocese of Ciudad Real (became suffragan of Toledo) (Spain)

Bishop Rafael Torija de la Fuente, Titular Bishop of Dora and Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Fr. Carlo Caffarra, Priest of Fidenza (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak was appointed as Priest of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Msgr. Fortunato Baldelli, Priest of Assisi (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ambrose Battista De Paoli, Priest of Miami (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Louis Li Bo-yu (李伯漁), Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China), passed away at 71

Bishop José Fernández Arteaga, Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Colima (Mexico)

Bishop Rogelio Sánchez González resigned as Bishop of Colima (Mexico)

Archbishop Luigi Conti resigned as Apostolic Delegate to Antilles

Msgr. Paul Fouad Tabet, Priest of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles and Titular Archbishop of Sinna

Fr. Daniel Kozlinski Netto was appointed as Priest of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil)

Bishop Diego Parodi, M.C.C.J., Titular Bishop of Centenaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ischia (Italy)

Msgr. Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua, Priest of Brooklyn (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Dr. Vittorio Bachelet, Vice-President emeritus of Committee for the Family, passed away at 53

Bishop Aloísio Sinésio Bohn, Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil)

Fr. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Priest of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Proconsulari

Diocese of Great Falls was renamed as Diocese of Great Falls–Billings (USA)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Murphy, Bishop of Great Falls (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Great Falls–Billings (USA)

Fr. Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M., was elected Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and Titular Bishop of Numana

Bishop Andrzej Maria Deskur, President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications and Titular Bishop of Thenæ, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Thenæ

Bishop Roger Michael Mahony, Titular Bishop of Tamascani and Auxiliary Bishop of Fresno (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Stockton (USA)

Bishop Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño succeeded as Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala)

Bishop Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala)

Msgr. Luigi Ghidoni, Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Nicola Cavanna, Bishop of Asti (Italy), passed away at 63

Fr. Henricus Haripranata, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Weetebula (Indonesia)

Fr. Vincenzo Cirrincione was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

Bishop Federico Ocampo Escaler, S.J., Bishop-Prelate of Kidapawan (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Ipil (Philippines)

Archbishop Jožef Pogačnik resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Fr. Alojzij Šuštar was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Bishop Michael Browne, Bishop emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland), passed away at 84

Archbishop Joseph-Martin Urtasun, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Avignon (France), passed away at 85

Bishop Carlo Rossi, Bishop emeritus of Biella (Italy), passed away at 89

Bishop João da Silva Campos Neves, Bishop emeritus of Lamego (Portugal), passed away at 90

Titular Episcopal See of Asidonia was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera) (Spain)

Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla and Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta, from the suppressed Titular Episcopal See of Asidonia and became suffragan of Sevilla) (Spain)

Bishop Rafael Bellido Caro, Titular Bishop of Mutia and Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain)

Archbishop Gabrijel Bukatko resigned as Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia)

Fr. Oscar Garcia Urizar was elected Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala)

Fr. José Lizáres Estrada, Priest of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico)

Fr. Alojzij Turk was elected Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia)

Bishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B., Titular Bishop of Natchez and Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Salina (USA)

Apostolic Prefecture of Meki was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Harar) (Ethiopia)

Diocese of Muzaffarpur was established (from Diocese of Patna and became suffragan of Ranchi) (India)

Diocese of Hamilton was established (from Diocese of Auckland and became suffragan of Wellington) (New Zealand)

Diocese of Palmerston North was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wellington and became suffragan of Wellington) (New Zealand)

Fr. Roger Mpungu, Priest of Muyinga (Burundi) and Apostolic Administrator of Muyinga (Burundi), was elected Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi)

Archbishop Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of N’Djaména (Chad)

Archbishop Marc-Armand Lallier resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

Fr. Benedict John Osta, S.J., was elected Bishop of Patna (India)

Fr. John Baptist Thakur, S.J., was elected Bishop of Muzaffarpur (India)

Bishop Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Patna (India)

Fr. Anthony Selvanayagam, Priest of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), was elected Titular Bishop of Giru Mons and Auxiliary Bishop of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Fr. Peter James Cullinane, Priest of Wellington (New Zealand), was elected Bishop of Palmerston North (New Zealand)

Bishop Edward Russell Gaines, Titular Bishop of Domnach Sechnaill and Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand), was appointed as Bishop of Hamilton (New Zealand)

Fr. Albert-Leo Bundervoet, M.S.C., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Michel Kien Samophithak resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng (Thailand)

Fr. Lawrence Khai Saen-Phon-On was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng (Thailand)

Bishop Juan Carlos Ferro, Bishop of Concepción (Argentina), passed away at 71

Fr. Alfonso Coto Monge was elected Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica) and Titular Bishop of Bigastro

Bishop Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves, Bishop emeritus of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal), passed away at 85

Archbishop Giuseppe Mojoli, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia, passed away at 74

Fr. Carmelo Juan Giaquinta was elected Titular Bishop of Zama minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma (Argentina)

Bishop Anthony Gao Yong (高庸) ▼, Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), passed away at 65

Bishop Paul Josef Cordes, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany), was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Laity

Bishop John Charles Reiss, Titular Bishop of Simidicca and Auxiliary Bishop of Trenton (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Trenton (USA)

Fr. Władysław Ziółek, Priest of Łódź (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Risinium and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S., Bishop emeritus of Visakhapatnam (India), passed away at 89

Msgr. Silvio Padoin, Priest of Vittorio Veneto (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Diocese of Itaguaí was established (from Diocese of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda and Diocese of Nova Iguaçu and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) (Brazil)

Bishop Severino Mariano de Aguiar resigned as Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Fr. Manuel Palmeira da Rocha was elected Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Fr. Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Tela and Auxiliary Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil)

Archbishop Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (Philippines)

Archbishop Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (Philippines)

Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Algeria, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tunisia and Apostolic Delegate to Libya

Bishop Dino Trabalzini, Bishop of Rieti (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy) and Bishop of Bisignano (Italy)

Fr. Edward Nowak, Priest of Przemyśl (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Pablo Puente Buces, Priest of Santander (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia and Titular Archbishop of Macri

Cardinal William Wakefield Baum resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. Pablo Vizcaíno Prado was appointed as Priest of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop William Eric Grasar resigned as Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Fr. Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón, I.Sch., was elected Titular Bishop of Pauzera and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Saint Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), passed away at 62

Fr. Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M., was elected Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Fr. Renato Perino, S.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Raffaele Tonni, S.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul

Bishop Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte, Titular Bishop of Diana and Auxiliary Bishop of Nancy (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Archbishop Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Fr. José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo was appointed as Priest of Cotabato (Philippines)

Archbishop Jožef Pogačnik, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ljubljana (Slovenia), passed away at 77

Fr. Leroy Theodore Matthiesen was elected Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

Diocese of Chascomús was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and Diocese of Mar del Plata and became suffragan of La Plata) (Argentina)

Bishop Rodolfo Bufano, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Chascomús (Argentina)

Fr. Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J., Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Archbishop Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Diocese of Imphal was established (from Diocese of Kohima–Imphal and became suffragan of Shillong–Gauhati) (India)

Diocese of Kohima–Imphal was renamed as Diocese of Kohima (lost territory to establish Diocese of Imphal) (India)

Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba was promoted as Diocese of Zanzibar (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Fr. Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Bishop Luiz Colussi, Titular Bishop of Gor and Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Lins (Brazil)

Fr. Fernando Legal, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil)

Bishop Joachim Ruhuna, Bishop of Ruyigi (Burundi), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi)

Fr. Dominique Kimpinde Amando was elected Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe was appointed as Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Joseph Mittathany, Bishop of Tezpur (India), was appointed as Bishop of Imphal (India)

Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B., Bishop of Kohima–Imphal (India), was appointed as Bishop of Kohima (India)

Fr. Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania

Fr. Ramón Godínez Flores was elected Titular Bishop of Centenaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Archbishop James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines), passed away at 91

Fr. Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp., Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar and Pemba (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Bishop Jaroslav Gabro, Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 60

Venerable Archbishop Áron Márton resigned as Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Bishop Antal Jakab succeeded as Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania)

Fr. Severino Poletto, Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Fossano (Italy)

Fr. Tesfaselassie Medhin (Tesfay) was appointed as Priest of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Bishop Robert Emmet Tracy, Bishop emeritus of Baton Rouge (USA), passed away at 70

Bishop Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 57

Fr. Eduardo Ernesto FuentesRuysschaert Duarte was elected Titular Bishop of Lares and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Jean-Pierre Bassène was appointed as Priest of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Fr. Angelo De Donatis was appointed as Priest of Nardò (Italy)

Fr. Julius Sullan Tonel was appointed as Priest of Davao (Philippines)

Fr. Robert Walter McElroy was appointed as Priest of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Peter Liu Cheng-chung (劉振忠) was appointed as Priest of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

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

Archbishop Jules Georges Kandela, Archbishop emeritus of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), passed away at 90

Bishop Alfredo Guillermo Disandro, Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Villa María (Argentina)

Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz, Bishop of Kielce (Poland), passed away at 76

Fr. Joseph Nduhirubusa was elected Bishop of Ruyigi (Burundi)

Fr. Marcel André Joseph Gervais, Priest of London (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada)

Fr. Lourdunada Daniel was appointed as Priest of Poona (India)

Msgr. Justin Francis Rigali, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Dominique Bulamatari Kizayakana was appointed as Priest of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Abraham Desta was appointed as Priest of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Archbishop Milton Corrêa Pereira, Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Manaus (Brazil)

Archbishop João de Souza Lima, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Fr. Miguel Maria Giambelli, B., was elected Bishop of Guamá (Brazil)

Bishop Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm., Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil)

Bishop Joachim Meisner, Titular Bishop of Vina and Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Fr. George Beluso Rimando was appointed as Priest of Tagum (Philippines)

Bishop Joseph Lennox Federal resigned as Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA)

Diocese of Cairo (Chaldean Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (Egypt)

Bishop Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório resigned as Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

Fr. Ephrem Bédé was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Chaldeans (Egypt)

Fr. Georges F. Garmou was elected Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H., was elected Bishop of Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Archbishop Alfredo Poledrini, Titular Archbishop of Vazari, passed away at 65

Fr. José Higinio Gómez González, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Lugo (Spain)

Fr. Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Oyem (Gabon)

Msgr. Antonio Magnoni, Priest of Modena (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary for Sacraments of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean and Titular Archbishop of Boseta

Bishop James Buis, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), passed away at 77

Archbishop Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Wewak (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. John Etheridge, C.P., was elected Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Raymond Philip Kalisz, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Wewak (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Giovanni Mariani was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Greece

Bishop Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Bishop Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Puerto Maldonado (Peru), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru)

Fr. Alfredo Noriega Arce, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Mutia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Fr. Michael William Warfel was appointed as Priest of Anchorage (USA)

Fr. Pietro Parolin was appointed as Priest of Vicenza (Italy)

Archbishop Vittore Ugo Righi, Titular Archbishop of Bilta, passed away at 70

Bishop Raymundo Joseph Peña, Titular Bishop of Trisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA), was appointed as Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Bishop Francis Frederick Reh resigned as Bishop of Saginaw (USA)

Fr. Joseph Ponniah was appointed as Priest of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka)

Bishop John Edgar McCafferty, Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester (USA), passed away at 60

Msgr. Bernard de Lanversin was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Comores (Comoros)

Fr. Jean Berchmans Eugène Jung, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Comores (Comoros)

Bishop Luigi Bommarito, Titular Bishop of Vannida and Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Petralia resigned as Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Montero Moreno, Titular Bishop of Regiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

Bishop Johann Wember, M.S.F., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Norway (Norway), passed away at 79

Fr. Jesus Aputen Cabrera, Priest of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Thisiduo and Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Archbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile (趙炳文), O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) and Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China), passed away at 91

Bishop Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera, Bishop of Tepic (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

Bishop Neil Farren, Bishop emeritus of Derry (Northern Ireland), passed away at 87

Bishop Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia, Bishop emeritus of Tagbilaran (Philippines), passed away at 83

Fr. Sofio Guinto Balce was elected Titular Bishop of Lamphua and Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines)

Fr. Vincentius Sensi Potokota was appointed as Priest of Ende (Indonesia)

Archbishop Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), passed away at 70

Fr. Cosmo Francesco Ruppi was elected Bishop of Larino (Italy) and Bishop of Termoli (Italy)

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

Fr. Francesco Cavina was appointed as Priest of Imola (Italy)

Fr. Emil Paul Tscherrig, Priest of Sion (Switzerland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. William Joseph Levada, Priest of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Agostino Vallini, Priest of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Corrado Mingo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Monreale (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop Joseph William Regan, M.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Tagum (Philippines)

Fr. Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Galápagos (Ecuador)

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

Fr. Mark Joseph Seitz was appointed as Priest of Dallas (USA)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Décoste, Bishop of Hinche (Haiti), passed away at 55

Bishop Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales, Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Coro (Venezuela)

Bishop Francisco José Iturriza Guillén, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Coro (Venezuela)

Fr. José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil)

Fr. Thomas Aquinas Lephonse was appointed as Priest of Vellore (India)

Fr. Stephen Arthur Jensen was appointed as Priest of Vancouver (Canada)

Bishop Raúl Holguer López Mayorga succeeded as Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador)

Bishop Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador)

Fr. Claudio Cipolla was appointed as Priest of Mantova (Italy)

Fr. Massimo Boarotto was appointed as Priest of Verona (Italy)

Bishop Santos Moro Briz, Bishop emeritus of Ávila (Spain), passed away at 91

Archbishop José Alí Lebrún Moratinos succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Cardinal José Humberto Quintero Parra resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Władysław Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) was appointed as Priest of Włocławek (Poland)

Fr. Heinrich Timmerevers was appointed as Priest of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Jan Piotrowski was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Fr. Jesús Arturo Roldán was elected Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Macomades and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Fr. Hans Leo Drewes was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Vina

Diocese of Hallam was established (from Diocese of Leeds and Diocese of Nottingham and became suffragan of Liverpool) (England)

Bishop Gerald Moverley, Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Leeds (England), was appointed as Bishop of Hallam (England)

Fr. Wilhelm Zimmermann was appointed as Priest of Essen (Germany)

Fr. Frederick Francis Campbell was appointed as Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Manuel Aurelio Cruz was appointed as Priest of Newark (USA)

Fr. Gregory James Studerus was appointed as Priest of Newark (USA)

Fr. José María de la Torre Martín was appointed as Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Fr. Piotr Jarecki was appointed as Priest of Warszawa (Poland)

Bishop João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B., Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Rio Negro (Brazil), passed away at 90

Fr. Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin, Priest of Nice (France), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Hans Schwemmer, Priest of Regensburg (Germany), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. George Panikulam, Priest of Irinjalakuda of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Aldo Cavalli, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

Fr. Augustine Kasujja, Priest of Kampala (Uganda), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. William Henry Bullock was elected Titular Bishop of Natchez and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Fr. Antonio Arellano Durán was elected Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Bishop Teotimo C. Pacis, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines)

Diocese of Bubanza was established (from Diocese of Bujumbura and became suffragan of Gitega) (Burundi)

Fr. Evariste Ngoyagoye, Priest of Bujumbura (Burundi), was elected Bishop of Bubanza (Burundi)

Fr. Maxwell Valentine Noronha was elected Bishop of Calicut (India)

Bishop Aldus Maria Patroni, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Calicut (India)

Fr. Dermot Pius Farrell was appointed as Priest of Meath (Ireland)

Fr. Cyryl Klimowicz was appointed as Priest of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop Antonio Cece, Bishop of Aversa (Italy), passed away at 66

Fr. Rubén Héctor di Monte was elected Titular Bishop of Iomnium and Auxiliary Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina)

Fr. Heiner Koch was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Fr. Ovidio Vezzoli was appointed as Priest of Brescia (Italy)

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

Fr. Laurent Dognin was appointed as Priest of Nanterre (France)

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

Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro and President of Secretariat for Non-Christians, passed away at 70

Fr. Nicola Girasoli was appointed as Priest of Ruvo (Italy)

Fr. Pedro López Quintana was appointed as Priest of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Fr. William V. Millea was appointed as Priest of Bridgeport (USA)

Fr. Dominic Desperben (德文彬), SS.CC., Prefect Apostolic of Hainan 海南 (China), passed away at 81

Fr. Thomas McMahon, Priest of Brentwood (England), was elected Bishop of Brentwood (England)

Bishop James Aloysius Hickey, Bishop of Cleveland (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Auguste Grimault, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Dakar (Senegal), passed away at 97

Bishop Martin Elmar Schmid, C.M.M., Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa), passed away at 66

Fr. Angel Nacorda Lagdameo, Priest of Lucena (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Oreto and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Fr. James Gerard Lennon was elected Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór and Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Guerino Dominique Picchi, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria) and Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palæstina

Fr. Livio Melina was appointed as Priest of Adria (Italy)

Fr. Joseph Vincent Brennan was appointed as Priest of Los Angeles (USA)

Ms. Kateri Tekakwitha was beatified

Bishop François de Laval de Montmorency, M.E.P., Bishop of Québec (Canada), was beatified

Fr. José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo (Joseph of Anchieta), S.J., was beatified

Sr. Marie de l’Incarnation Guyart (Marie), O.S.U., was beatified

Br. Pedro de San José de Betancur, O.F.B., Founder of Order of Brothers of Bethlehem (Bethlehemites), was beatified

Fr. Jure Bogdan was appointed as Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Preacher of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Fr. Ilarino da Milano Marchesi (Alfredo), O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Preacher of Prefecture of the Papal Household

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

Fr. Miguel Maury Buendía was appointed as Priest of Madrid (Spain)

Fr. José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Regiana

Cardinal Franz König resigned as President of Secretariat for Non-Believers

Fr. Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

Archbishop Jean Jadot, Apostolic Delegate to United States of America and Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS), was appointed as Pro-President of Secretariat for Non-Christians

Cardinal Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P., resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Bishop Paul Poupard, Titular Bishop of Usula and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Usula and Pro-President of Secretariat for Non-Believers

Cardinal Corrado Bafile resigned as Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal Pietro Palazzini was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal Władysław Rubin was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Archbishop Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Luanda (Angola) and Bishop emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe), passed away at 96

Fr. Robert Milner Coerver was appointed as Priest of Dallas (USA)

Diocese of Benjamín Aceval was established (from Diocese of Concepción and Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo and became suffragan of Asunción) (Paraguay)

Bishop Antonio José González Zumárraga, Bishop of Machala (Ecuador), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Bishop Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, Opus Dei, Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Bishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear resigned as Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Fr. Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez was appointed as Priest of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala)

Fr. Enrico Solmi was appointed as Priest of Modena–Nonantola (Italy)

Fr. Vincenzo Miano, S.D.B., Secretary of Secretariat for Non-Believers, passed away at 69

Fr. Mario Melanio Medina Salinas was elected Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Fr. James Patrick Moroney was appointed as Priest of Worcester (USA)

Fr. Tomo Vukšić was appointed as Priest of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Jesús Fernández González was appointed as Priest of León (Spain)

Archbishop Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento, Archbishop Military Vicar emeritus of Peru (Peru), passed away at 87

Fr. Leo Edward O’Neil was elected Titular Bishop of Bencenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe resigned as Bishop of Fresno (USA)

Bishop José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S., succeeded as Bishop of Fresno (USA)

Fr. Arthur Nicholas Tafoya was elected Bishop of Pueblo (USA)

Bishop Ramón Iribarne Arámburu, O. de M., Bishop-Prelate of Deán Funes (Argentina), passed away at 59

Fr. Andrés Carrascosa Coso was appointed as Priest of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Fr. Paul Van den Berghe, Priest of Gent (Belgium), was elected Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium)

Fr. Stanisław Stefanek, S.Chr., was elected Titular Bishop of Forlimpopoli and Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Fr. Raymond Saint-Gelais, Priest of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Diana and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Fr. David James Oakley was appointed as Priest of Birmingham (England)

Fr. Claude Feidt was elected Titular Bishop of Balecium and Auxiliary Bishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France)

Fr. Harold Anthony Perera was appointed as Priest of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Justo Rodríguez Gallego was appointed as Priest of Toledo (Spain)

Archbishop Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru)

Bishop Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves, Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil), passed away at 69

Fr. Joseph Anthony Toal was appointed as Priest of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)

Bishop Antônio Mazzarotto, Bishop emeritus of Ponta Grossa (Brazil), passed away at 89

Cardinal John Francis Dearden resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Maximilian Goffart, Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany), passed away at 59

Bishop José Carranza Chévez, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), passed away at 60

Bishop Giuseppe Almici resigned as Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

Bishop Ferdinando Maggioni, Titular Bishop of Subaugusta and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

Fr. Johan Jozef Bonny was appointed as Priest of Brugge (Belgium)

Fr. Juan Vargas Aruquipa was appointed as Priest of Coroico (Bolivia)

Archbishop José Armando Gutiérrez Granier resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Bishop Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa, Bishop emeritus of Espinal (Colombia), passed away at 70

Archbishop Ernesto Álvarez Álvarez, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Amand Hubert, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt), passed away at 80

Fr. Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Kidapawan (Philippines)

Bishop Pedro Rosales Dean, Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Tagum (Philippines)

Bishop Javier Naranjo Villegas resigned as Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Bishop Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.J., Bishop-Prelate of Tarma (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

Fr. Anastase Mutabazi was appointed as Priest of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Bishop Laureano Castán Lacoma resigned as Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)

Fr. John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Bishop Alfredo Torres Romero, Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena, was appointed as Bishop of Toluca (Mexico)

Fr. Benedict Charles Franzetta was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown (USA) and Titular Bishop of Oderzo

Bishop Joseph John Ruocco, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), passed away at 58

Fr. Luis Armando Tineo Rivera was appointed as Priest of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Francesco Ricceri, Bishop emeritus of Trapani (Italy), passed away at 77

Diocese of Mobile was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mobile (with suffragan sees Biloxi, Birmingham and Jackson) (USA)

Msgr. Oscar Hugh Lipscomb, Priest of Mobile (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Mobile (USA)

Bishop John Anthony Donovan resigned as Bishop of Toledo (USA)

Bishop Dino Tomassini, Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) and Bishop of Assisi (Italy), passed away at 67

Fr. Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp., was elected Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil)

Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida, Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil)

Fr. Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier was elected Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil)

Archbishop Antonio Cantisani, Archbishop of Rossano (Italy) and Bishop of Cariati (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy) and Bishop of Squillace (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe Laigueglia resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cuba

Bishop Serafino Sprovieri, Titular Bishop of Themisonium and Auxiliary Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Rossano (Italy) and Bishop of Cariati (Italy)

Bishop Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena, Bishop emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain), passed away at 72

Fr. Anthony Basil Taylor was appointed as Priest of Oklahoma City (USA)

Fr. Joseph Vuthilert Haelom was appointed as Priest of Bangkok (Thailand)

Bishop Ireneo García Alonso resigned as Bishop of Albacete (Spain)

Archbishop Giulio Einaudi, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cuba

Fr. Sérgio Aparecido Colombo was appointed as Priest of Limeira (Brazil)

Fr. Giampaolo Crepaldi, Priest of Adria–Rovigo (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ 松岡 孫四郎), Bishop emeritus of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan), passed away at 93

Fr. Pedro Luiz Stringhini was appointed as Priest of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane, Bishop of Manzini (Eswatini), passed away at 48

Bishop Francis Peter de Campo succeeded as Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

Bishop Bryan Gallagher resigned as Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

Bishop Manuel Tato, Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina), passed away at 73

Bishop Nestor Celestial Cariño, Titular Bishop of Thibiuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Borongan (Philippines)

Bishop Concordio Maria Sarte, Titular Bishop of Thunusuda and Auxiliary Bishop of Sorsogon (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines)

Bishop Paulus Rusch resigned as Bishop of Innsbruck (Austria)

Archbishop Clemens P. Chabukasansha, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kasama (Zambia), passed away at 63

Fr. Fulgence Rabemahafaly was appointed as Priest of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)

Fr. Hugo Nicolás Barbaro, Opus Dei, was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Bishop Franz Sales Zauner resigned as Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Fr. Patrick Christopher Pinder was appointed as Priest of Nassau (Bahamas)

Fr. Gustavo Rodríguez Vega was appointed as Priest of Monterrey (Mexico)

Archbishop Lino R. Gonzaga y Rasdesales, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zamboanga (Philippines), passed away at 74

Fr. Christopher Charles Prowse was appointed as Priest of Melbourne (Australia)

Bishop Thomas Kiely Gorman, Bishop emeritus of Dallas (USA), passed away at 87

Bishop Laurent Yapi, Bishop of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 42

Fr. Samir Nassar was appointed as Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Pablo Correa León, Bishop emeritus of Cúcuta (Colombia), passed away at 62

Bishop Joseph Gray, Titular Bishop of Mercia and Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England), was appointed as Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

Fr. Jean Mansour, M.S.P., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) and Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria of the Greek-Melkites

Bishop Cornelius Lucey resigned as Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

Bishop Michael Murphy succeeded as Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

Fr. Luc Cyr was appointed as Priest of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Fr. Raúl Corriveau, P.M.E., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

Fr. Stanisław Napierała, Priest of Poznań (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of San Leone and Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Charles Joseph van Melckebeke (王守禮), C.I.C.M., Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China), passed away at 82

Bishop Andrew Alexis D’Souza, Bishop emeritus of Poona (India), passed away at 91

Fr. Brian Joseph Dunn was appointed as Priest of Grand Falls (Canada)

Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D., succeeded as Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop John Edward Cohill, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea)

Fr. Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm was appointed as Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)

Bishop Gabriel Ukec resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Benedetto Tuzia, Priest of Subiaco (Italy), was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

Bishop Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya, Titular Bishop of Gigthi and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D., Bishop of Ruteng (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Denpasar (Indonesia)

Bishop Antonius Hubertus Thijssen, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar (Indonesia)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone)

Bishop Joseph Henry Ganda, Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone)

Bishop Bernhard Stein resigned as Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Fr. Jean-Pierre Delville was appointed as Priest of Liège (Belgium)

Fr. Đura Džudžar, Bureau Chief of Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as Priest of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Fr. José María Gil Tamayo was appointed as Priest of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)

Bishop Franco Sibilla, Bishop of Noli (Italy) and Bishop of Savona (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Asti (Italy)

Archbishop Manuel dos Santos Rocha resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão succeeded as Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

Archbishop Louis Ferrand resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France)

Fr. William Keith Weigand, Priest of Boise City (USA), was elected Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA)

Archbishop Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Fr. David Laurin Ricken was appointed as Priest of Pueblo (USA)

Fr. Luigi Vari was appointed as Priest of Velletri–Segni (Italy)

Bishop Petar Čule, Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Giufi

Bishop Pavao Žanić succeeded as Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Richard Domba Mady was appointed as Priest of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

Msgr. Renato Raffaele Martino, Priest of Salerno (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Titular Archbishop of Segermes

Archbishop Godfried Danneels, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium, was appointed as Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium)

Bishop Julio Franco Arango, Bishop of Duitama (Colombia), passed away at 66

Bishop Umberto Luciano Altomare, Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Policastro (Italy)

Bishop Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors, Bishop emeritus of Roermond (Netherlands), passed away at 74

Bishop John Joseph Cassata resigned as Bishop of Fort Worth (USA)

Bishop Victorino Cristobal Ligot, Bishop of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines), passed away at 56

Bishop Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán, Bishop emeritus of Machala (Ecuador), passed away at 69

Bishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.J., Titular Bishop of Dolia and Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Tarma (Peru)

Bishop Juan Moleón Andreu, Military Vicar of Paraguay (Paraguay), passed away at 74

Msgr. Santos Abril y Castelló, Priest of Teruel y Albarracín (Spain) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm., Bishop of Caetité (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil)

Bishop Homero Leite Meira, Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Irecê (Brazil)

Fr. Janusz Edmund Zimniak, Priest of Katowice (Poland), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Polignano

Archbishop Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru)

Bishop Filemón Castellano, Bishop emeritus of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina), passed away at 72

Archbishop Guglielmo Motolese resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy)

Venerable Archbishop Áron Márton, Bishop emeritus of Alba Iulia (Romania) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 84

Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), passed away at 63

Bishop Pierre Bertrand Chagué, Bishop of Gap (France), passed away at 60

Msgr. Fabijan Veraja, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Joachim Wanke, Priest of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany), was elected Coadjutor Administrator Apostolic of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania

Msgr. Michele Di Ruberto, Priest of Lucera–Troia (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Sandro Corradini was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Stéphane Katchou was elected Titular Archbishop of Anbar of the Chaldeans and Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Lawrence-Patrick Whelan, Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), passed away at 80

Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship

Archbishop Antonio Innocenti, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

Fr. Vincenzo Carmine Orofino was appointed as Priest of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy)

Bishop-elect Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Byzacena

Fr. Kenneth Edward Untener was elected Bishop of Saginaw (USA)

Fr. Giuseppe Marciante was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Hubert Barbier, Priest of Luçon (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Noba and Auxiliary Bishop of Annecy (France)