Nominations and Resignations

Titular Metropolitan See of Tagritum (Syriac Rite) was established (Iraq)

Diocese of Tarazona lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza (Spain)

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

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

Fr. Karl Egger, C.R.V., was appointed as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Fr. Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception

Fr. Patrick Powers was appointed as Priest of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

Fr. Robert Bedard, C.C., was appointed as General Superior of Companions of the Cross

Sr. Katherine McDonald, N.D.S., resigned as Superior General of Religious of Our Lady of Sion and President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Fr. Joseph Zhu Hua-yu (朱化宇) was elected Bishop of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China)

Fr. Joseph Huang Zi-yu (黃子玉) was elected Bishop of Xiamen 廈門 (China)

Fr. Louis Yu Run-shen (余潤深) was elected Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

Fr. Peter Zhang Shi-zhi (張實之) ▼ was elected Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China)

Fr. Luís Carlos Riveros Lavado, S.D.B., Prefect Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia), passed away

Msgr. Milan Simcic, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy

Bishop Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Fr. Patrick Descourtieux was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Fr. Franz Josef Dietl, Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries), was appointed as Priest of München und Freising (Germany)

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

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

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

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

Archimandrite Nicholas Dagher was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq)

Archimandrite Laurent Fayçal, B.S., resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq)

Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, Priest of Dublin (Ireland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Fr. Raffaele Farina, S.D.B., Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Culture

Msgr. Carlo Ghidelli, Priest of Crema (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Msgr. Pier Luigi Mazzoni, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Substitute of College of Cardinals

Msgr. Angelo Mottola, Priest of Aversa (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Delegate of the Administration of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Archbishop Gennaro Verolino resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Fr. Marcello Zago, O.M.I., resigned as Secretary of Secretariat for Non-Christians

Archbishop Lino Zanini, Delegate of Fabric of Saint Peter, was appointed as President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See

Msgr. Giulio Nicolini, Priest of Lugano (Switzerland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Vice-Director of Press Office of the Holy See

Msgr. Luigi Sposito, Priest of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

Abbot Desiderio Mastronicola was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

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

Msgr. Felice Costantini resigned as Substitute of College of Cardinals

Msgr. Angelo Di Felice resigned as Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota

Msgr. Pietro Fantò resigned as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Msgr. Benedetto Marchetta resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Sacraments

Msgr. Raffaele Melli was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Sacraments

Msgr. Tiziano Scalzotto resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

Msgr. Guglielmo Zannoni resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy

Fr. Carmine Furgiuele, P.O.C.R., resigned as Superior General of Pious Workers Rural Catechists (Ardorini Missionaries)

Fr. Adriano Garuti, O.F.M., resigned as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission

Fr. Carvelli Giuseppe, P.O.C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Pious Workers Rural Catechists (Ardorini Missionaries)

Fr. Vincenzo Molinaro, O.M.D., was appointed as Rector General of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca

Fr. Gino Piovesana, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Dr. Saverio Petrillo was appointed as Director of Directorate of Pontifical Villas of Vatican City State

Dr. Carlo Ponti, Director of Directorate of Pontifical Villas of Vatican City State, passed away

Mr. Raffaele Cananzi was appointed as National President of Italian Catholic Action

Mr. Alberto Monticone resigned as National President of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Joseph Chaderevian resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan)

Fr. Joseph I. Debs was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan)

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

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

Fr. Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., Apostolic Administrator of Lashio (Myanmar), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Lashio (Myanmar)

Fr. Bernardo R. Pantin was appointed as Priest of Palo (Philippines)

Fr. Anscar Chupungco (Herminio Javier), O.S.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

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

Sr. Helen McLaughlin, R.S.C.J., Superior General of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Bishop Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tambacounda (Senegal)

Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu (South Africa)

Bishop Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Aliwal (South Africa)

Fr. Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Archbishop Maximino Romero de Lema resigned as Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari and Secretary of Congregation for Clergy

Fr. José Javier Pipaón Monreal, O.A.R., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)

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

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

Msgr. Gilberto Agustoni was elected Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

Abbot Angelin-Maurice Lovey, C.R.S.A., resigned as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Fr. Magnus Löhrer, O.S.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

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

Fr. Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C., was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Msgr. Joseph Anthony Galante, Priest of Philadelphia (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Msgr. William Francis Murphy resigned as Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

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

Bishop José Joaquín Troconis Montiel, Titular Bishop of Castellum minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela), was appointed as Lay state

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

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

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

Fr. Wilfrid F. Dewan, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Joseph V. Gallagher, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Paulist Fathers (Paulists)

Fr. Jean Gribomont, O.S.B., resigned as Director of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

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

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

Fr. Jean Mallet, O.S.B., was appointed as Director of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate

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

Fr. Gilles Pelland, S.J., Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University

Fr. Étienne Renaud, M. Afr., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Fr. Sebastião Sant’Ana Silva, S.D.N., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Bishop Vladimir Ladislas Tarasevitch, O.S.B., Titular Bishop of Mariamme, passed away at 64

Bishop Eurico Kräutler, C.PP.S., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Xingu (Brazil), passed away at 79

Fr. José Alves da Costa, D.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Thubursicum and Auxiliary Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil)

Msgr. Pierfranco Pastore, Priest of Novara (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Secretary of Pontifical Council for Social Communications, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo was appointed as Priest of Oyo (Nigeria)

Fr. José Luis Redrado Marchite, O.H., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

Bishop Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Puno (Peru), passed away at 62

Fr. Wilhelm Schraml was elected Titular Bishop of Munatiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Bishop Paul Constant Schoenmaekers, Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), passed away at 71

Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M., Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada), passed away at 80

Bishop Vincenzo Cirrincione, Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy)

Bishop Sebastiano Rosso resigned as Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy)

Diocese of Talibon was established (from Diocese of Tagbilaran and became suffragan of Cebu) (Philippines)

Cardinal Antonio Innocenti was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Clergy

Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Clergy

Fr. Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Mactaris and Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA)

Fr. Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro was appointed as Priest of Oliveira (Brazil)

Bishop Walter Philip Kellenberg, Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA), passed away at 84

Fr. Jesús Andoni González de Zárate Salas was appointed as Priest of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Limacêdo Antônio da Silva was appointed as Priest of Nazaré (Brazil)

Fr. James Thoppil was appointed as Priest of Kohima (India)

Bishop Thomas William Muldoon, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia), passed away at 68

Fr. Gregory Cheng (鄭文宏) was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. John Alexius Bathersby was elected Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

Fr. Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral was appointed as Priest of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Fr. Miguel Ángel Martínez Méndez was appointed as Priest of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Msgr. William I. Varsanyi, Priest of Providence (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Ignatius Salvador D’Souza, Bishop of Baroda (India), passed away at 73

Fr. Renato Boccardo, Priest of Susa (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Salvatore Pennacchio, Priest of Aversa (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères, Priest of Aire et Dax (France), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Bayonne (France)

Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Great Britain

Bishop Wilhelm Pluta, Bishop of Gorzów (Poland), passed away at 76

Fr. Oscar Angel Bernal was elected Titular Bishop of Tisili and Auxiliary Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Bishop Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I., Bishop of Labrador–Schefferville (Canada), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Keewatin–Le Pas (Canada)

Fr. Denis Croteau, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Mackenzie–Fort Smith (Canada)

Bishop Paul Piché, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Mackenzie–Fort Smith (Canada)

Msgr. Pierre Jarry, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira, Titular Bishop of Fissiana and Apostolic Administrator of Bassein (Myanmar), was appointed as Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar)

Fr. Lucio Alfert, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay) and Titular Bishop of Tubyza

Bishop Władysław Ziółek, Titular Bishop of Risinium and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Bishop Józef Rozwadowski resigned as Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Pedro Brito Guimarães was appointed as Priest of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil)

Fr. Michael Akasius Toppo was appointed as Priest of Tezpur (India)

Fr. Raffaello Martinelli, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Francesco Chiaurri, Priest of Cesena–Sarsina (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J., Bishop of Raiganj (India), passed away at 69

Bishop István Bagi, Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 54

Archbishop Teodulfo Sabugai Domingo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Bishop Angel Nacorda Lagdameo, Titular Bishop of Oreto and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines)

Bishop Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan, Titular Bishop of Girus and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

Bishop Nestor Celestial Cariño resigned as Bishop of Borongan (Philippines)

Bishop Wilfredo Dasco Manlapaz, Titular Bishop of Tanudaia and Auxiliary Bishop of Maasin (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Tagum (Philippines)

Bishop Umberto Luciano Altomare, Bishop of Policastro (Italy) and Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Præcausa and Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester (USA)

Archbishop Serafim Fernandes de Araújo succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Archbishop João Resende Costa, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Bishop Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil)

Bishop Henrique Gelain resigned as Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil)

Fr. Anton Tamarut was elected Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

Bishop Josip Arnerić resigned as Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

Bishop Antonio Fustella, Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy), passed away at 73

Archbishop Georges Cabana, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sherbrooke (Canada), passed away at 91

Bishop Rosario L. Brodeur, Bishop emeritus of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada), passed away at 96

Sr. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception Muttathupadathu (Anna), F.C.C., was beatified

Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara, C.M.I., Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, was beatified

Fr. José Armando Álvarez Cano was appointed as Priest of Zamora (Mexico)

Bishop Francesco Monaco, Bishop emeritus of Caltanissetta (Italy), passed away at 87

Diocese of Gallese was suppressed (to Diocese of Civita Castellana) (Italy)

Diocese of Nepi was suppressed (to Diocese of Civita Castellana) (Italy)

Diocese of Orte was suppressed (to Diocese of Civita Castellana) (Italy)

Diocese of Sutri was suppressed (to Diocese of Civita Castellana) (Italy)

Fr. Mario Cecchini was elected Bishop of Cagli (Italy), Bishop of Fano (Italy), Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy) and Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

Fr. Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

Bishop Marcello Rosina resigned as Bishop of Nepi (Italy), Bishop of Sutri (Italy), Bishop of Gallese (Italy) and Bishop of Orte (Italy)

Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus was promoted as Diocese of Rio Branco (Brazil)

Territorial Prelature of Rondonópolis was promoted as Diocese of Rondonópolis (Brazil)

Bishop Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M., Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Rio Branco (Brazil)

Bishop Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of Rondonópolis (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Rondonópolis (Brazil)

Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola), Apostolic Administrator of Ondjiva (Angola) and President of Caritas Internationalis, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola)

Fr. Luigi Pedrollo, P.S.D.P., Superior General emeritus of Poor Servants of Divine Providence, passed away at 97

Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I., Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Johannesburg (South Africa), passed away at 72

Msgr. Giacomo Drago, Priest of Bergamo (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Diocese of Tombura was renamed as Diocese of Tombura–Yambio (South Sudan)

Bishop Joseph Abangite Gasi, Bishop of Tombura (South Sudan), was appointed as Bishop of Tombura–Yambio (South Sudan)

Archbishop Franco Brambilla, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia

Fr. Francesco Sgalambro was elected Titular Bishop of Minturno and Auxiliary Bishop of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Fr. Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Gallup (USA)

Fr. Engelbert Siebler was elected Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Tela

Fr. Lucio Lemmo, Priest of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Umberto Tramma, Priest of Napoli (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Peter Zhang Bo-ren (張伯仁) was consecrated as Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China)

Archbishop Emilio de Brigard Ortiz, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), passed away at 97

Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P., Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Fr. Marcello Semeraro, Priest of Lecce (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Jorge María Mejía, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Vice-President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Fr. Patrick Percival Power, Priest of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) and Titular Bishop of Oreto

Fr. Samuel Kleda was appointed as Priest of Bertoua (Cameroon)

Apostolic Prefecture of Jammu and Kashmir was promoted as Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar (India)

Fr. Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Édouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O., Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Agaña (Guam), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam)

Fr. Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir (India), was elected Bishop of Jammu–Srinagar (India)

Fr. Zithulele Patrick Mvemve was elected Titular Bishop of Luperciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Fr. Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Nasbinca

Bishop Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (Venezuela)

Fr. Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli was appointed as Priest of San Isidro (Argentina)

Fr. Alejandro Figueroa Medina was elected Titular Bishop of Forconio and Auxiliary Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela)

Fr. Fernando Claudio Gamalero González was elected Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Bishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Patriarch José Vieira Alvernaz, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Goa and Daman (India), passed away at 88

Archbishop James Vincent Casey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA), passed away at 71

Cardinal Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of México (Mexico), passed away at 90

Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal and Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania

Archbishop Raymond Philip Etteldorf, Secretary emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, passed away at 74

Fr. Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was elected Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Bishop Guillaume-Marie van Zuylen resigned as Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine, Bishop of Cahors (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

Fr. Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Priest of New York (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’Heureux, Bishop emeritus of Perpignan–Elne (France), passed away at 64

Fr. Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), was elected Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina)

Archbishop Bernard Henri René Jacqueline was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Morocco

Fr. Vigilio Mario Olmi was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Gunugus

Bishop John Joseph Dougherty, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA), passed away at 78

Diocese of Yei was established (from Diocese of Rumbek and became suffragan of Juba) (South Sudan)

Fr. Mario Luis Bautista Maulión was elected Titular Bishop of Febiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina)

Fr. Alfonso Badini Confalonieri, Priest of Susa (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Marcellino Taiji Tani (マルセリーノ 谷 大二) was appointed as Priest of Urawa 浦和 (Japan)

Fr. Michael Gower Coleman was elected Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Bishop John Patrick Murphy resigned as Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Fr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe was elected Bishop of Yei (South Sudan)

Fr. Amedeus Msarikie was elected Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania)

Fr. John Adel Elya was elected Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA)

Bishop Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I., Bishop of Kidapawan (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Archbishop José Tomás Sánchez resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Archbishop Denys Gaith, B.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), passed away at 76

Bishop Rubén Héctor di Monte, Titular Bishop of Iomnium and Auxiliary Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina)

Bishop Hildebrando Mendes Costa, Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Estância (Brazil)

Bishop Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo, Bishop of Quixadá (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

Diocese of Montefiascone was suppressed (to Diocese of Viterbo) (Italy)

Abbacy nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino was suppressed (to Diocese of Viterbo and united to Diocese of Viterbo) (Italy)

Diocese of Tuscania was suppressed (to Diocese of Viterbo) (Italy)

Fr. Fabio Fabene, Priest of Montefiascone (Italy), was appointed as Priest of Viterbo (Italy)

Bishop Luigi Boccadoro resigned as Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy) and Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy)

Fr. Andrzej Iwanecki was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Fr. Clemente da Santa Maria in Punta Vicentino (Albino Pietro), O.F.M. Cap., Preacher emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 82

Bishop Paulus Rusch, Bishop emeritus of Innsbruck (Austria), passed away at 82

Archbishop Estanislao Esteban Karlic succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Archbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Fr. Enrique San Pedro, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Siccesi and Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Bishop Arthur Joseph Gilbert resigned as Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Edward Troy succeeded as Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Archbishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Concepción (Chile), passed away at 78

Msgr. Piero Marini, Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy) and Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Antonio Giuseppe Angioni resigned as Bishop of Pavia (Italy)

Fr. Pietro Garlato was elected Bishop of Palestrina (Italy)

Bishop Renato Spallanzani resigned as Bishop of Palestrina (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Volta, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, was elected Bishop of Pavia (Italy)

Bishop Alberto Jover Piamonte, Titular Bishop of Gubaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Msgr. Charles Moeller, Secretary emeritus of Secretariat for Christian Unity, passed away at 74

Msgr. Sigwart Neuhaus was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Msgr. Cormac Patrick Burke was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Cardinal Antoine Pierre Khoraiche resigned as Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Thomas George Doran, Priest of Rockford (USA), was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. Kenneth E. Boccafola was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Archbishop Elie Farah resigned as Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

Archbishop Mario Cagna, Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa, passed away at 74

Fr. Khalil Abi-Nader was elected Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Joseph Mohsen Béchara was elected Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

Archbishop Ignace Ziadé resigned as Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Msgr. Paolo Giglio (吉立友), Priest of Malta (Malta), Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary and Chargé d’affaires in China, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua and Titular Archbishop of Tindari

Fr. Charles Edward Tamba was appointed as Priest of Kenema (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Toribio Ticona Porco, Priest of Sucre (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Timici and Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia)

Bishop Eduardo Ernesto FuentesRuysschaert Duarte succeeded as Bishop of Sololá–Chimaltenango (Guatemala)

Bishop Angélico Melotto Mazzardo, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Sololá (Guatemala)

Cardinal Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Fr. Antonio Bartolacci was appointed as Priest of Teramo–Atri (Italy)

Fr. Lourdu Anandam was appointed as Priest of Madurai (India)

Msgr. Piero Biggio (畢齊樂), Priest of Iglesias (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Fr. Kiro Stojanov was appointed as Priest of Skopje–Prizren (North Macedonia)

Diocese of Broken Bay was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and became suffragan of Sydney) (Australia)

Diocese of Parramatta was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and became suffragan of Sydney) (Australia)

Bishop Bede Vincent Heather, Titular Bishop of Obbi and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Parramatta (Australia)

Bishop Patrick Laurence Murphy, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno (高樂天), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia, was appointed as Delegation Chief of Poland

Msgr. Carlo Maria Viganò ▼, Priest of Pavia (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell was appointed as Priest of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone)

Msgr. Robert L. Stern was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Francesco De Nittis, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger, Bishop emeritus of El Paso (USA), passed away at 83

Fr. Francesco Antonio Fasani, O.F.M. Conv., was canonised

Fr. Francesco Coccopalmerio, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Luigi Maria Carli, Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy), passed away at 71

Bishop Luis Gabriel Romero Franco, Titular Bishop of Maturba and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia)

Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Cardinal Vice-Dean of College of Cardinals

Bishop Mark Joseph Hurley resigned as Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA)

Fr. Vincenzo D’Addario was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Cerignola (Italy)

Fr. Frederick Bernard Henry, Priest of London (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Carinola and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada)

Fr. Stephen M. Tiru was elected Bishop of Dumka (India)

Fr. Juan Luis Martin Bisson, P.M.E., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Numidia

Archbishop Luigi Poggi, Delegation Chief of Poland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

Archbishop Romolo Carboni resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

Bishop Nasrallah Sfeir, Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites and General Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Harry Joseph Flynn was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Fr. Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath was appointed as Priest of Savannakhet (Laos)

Fr. José Salmorin Bantolo was appointed as Priest of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

Fr. Antonio Moreno Casamitjana was elected Titular Bishop of Mades and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Carlo Cecchitelli, O.F.M., was appointed as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Ignazio Mancini, O.F.M., resigned as Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land

Fr. Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Tambacounda (Senegal)

Bishop Ezequiel Perea Sánchez resigned as Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Fr. Joachim Walder was appointed as Priest of Aizawl (India)

Fr. Marco Valenti was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

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

Fr. Edmund John Patrick Collins, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

Bishop Demetrius Martin Greschuk, Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary, Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs and Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Peter Chen Bai-lu (陳柏蘆) was consecrated as Bishop

Fr. Bernard Taiji Katsuya (ベルナルド 勝谷太治) was appointed as Priest of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Fr. Gerardo Alimane Alminaza was appointed as Priest of Bacolod (Philippines)

Fr. Tiberio Polanía Ramírez, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tibú (Colombia)

Fr. Geevarghese Makarios Kalayil was appointed as Priest of Puthur of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Pietro Lagnese was appointed as Priest of Capua (Italy)

Diocese of Joubbé (Maronite Rite) was established (became suffragan of Antioch) (Lebanon)

Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M., Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Aradus and Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Béchara Raï, O.M.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea Philippi and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Abdallah Bared was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites

Fr. Paul-Emile Saadé was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) and Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites

Fr. Antoine Torbey was elected Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)

Fr. Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo was elected Titular Bishop of Pauzera and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Agustín Otero Largacha, O.A.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Rotaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Enrique Sarmiento Angulo, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Crepedula and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Fabio Suescún Mutis, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Iomnium and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Bishop Augustus Peters, Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany), passed away at 54

Fr. Tarcisio Pillolla was elected Titular Bishop of Cartennæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Bishop Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of Port-Louis (Mauritius), passed away at 86

Fr. David Edward Foley was elected Titular Bishop of Octaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA)

Bishop Peter Tou Pao-Zin (杜寶晉), Bishop emeritus of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan), passed away at 75

Fr. Leonardo de Miranda Pereira, Priest of Diamantina (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil)

Fr. Riccardo Lamba was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Patriarch Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), President of Synod of the Maronite Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon

Bishop Ibrahim Hélou, Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon), President of Synod of the Maronite Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Andrzej Józef Śliwiński was elected Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

Fr. Carl Alan Kemme was appointed as Priest of Springfield in Illinois (USA)

Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces, Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal and Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania, was appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mali

Fr. Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

Bishop Árpád Fábián, O. Praem., Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary), passed away at 59

Fr. John J. Bracken was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Vittorio Piola resigned as Bishop of Biella (Italy)

Fr. Szymon Stułkowski was appointed as Priest of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Selia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil)

Fr. Benno Elbs was appointed as Priest of Feldkirch (Austria)

Archbishop René Fernández Apaza resigned as Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia)

Fr. Mario Lezana Vaca was elected Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Baza

Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M., resigned as Titular Archbishop of Pulcheriopolis

Fr. Paul James Curry was appointed as Priest of Westminster (England)

Fr. Wiesław Szlachetka was appointed as Priest of Gdańsk (Poland)

Fr. James Thomas Schuerman was appointed as Priest of Milwaukee (USA)

Venerable Dr. Giuseppe Lazzati, Rector Magnificus emeritus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, passed away at 76

Fr. Andrew Thanya-anan Vissanu was appointed as Priest of Bangkok (Thailand)

Fr. John Michael Botean was appointed as Priest of Saint George in Canton of the Romanians (USA)

Fr. Fernando Guimarães Kevanu was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ondjiva (Angola)

Fr. Fritz Lobinger, Priest of Regensburg (Germany), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Aliwal (South Africa)

Fr. Arulselvam Rayappan was appointed as Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

Bishop Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (Alojzij Matej Ambrožič), Titular Bishop of Valabria and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. Abraham Escudero Montoya was elected Titular Bishop of Risinium and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Fr. Giovanni M. Bernasconi, B., Superior General emeritus of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), passed away at 75

Fr. José Trinidad Medel Pérez was elected Bishop of Tula (Mexico)

Bishop Carlos Ambrosio Lewis, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Nova Petra and Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of David (Panama)

Archbishop Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B., resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil)

Cardinal Stephanos I Sidarouss, resigned as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Adam Bałabuch was appointed as Priest of Wrocław (Poland)

Fr. Robert Emmet Barron was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Krzysztof Zadarko was appointed as Priest of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

Fr. Julio Murat was appointed as Priest of Izmir (Turkiye)

Msgr. Francesco Di Felice, Priest of Atri (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Orlando Romero Cabrera was elected Titular Bishop of Gubaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Bishop Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero, Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

Archbishop Crisanto Darío Mata Cova resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

Fr. Frederick Drandua was elected Bishop of Arua (Uganda)

Msgr. Francesco Canalini, Vicar of the Chapter of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Priest of Osimo (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia and Titular Archbishop of Valeria

Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira resigned as Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

Bishop James Francis Stafford, Bishop of Memphis (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)

Bishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Bishop of Metuchen (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)

Diocese of Sonsonate was established (from Diocese of Santa Ana and became suffragan of San Salvador) (El Salvador)

Fr. Andrés Arteaga Manieu was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC., succeeded as Bishop of Taiohae (French Polynesia)

Bishop Hervé-Maria Le Cléac’h, SS.CC., resigned as Bishop of Taiohae (French Polynesia)

Fr. Paul David Sirba was appointed as Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)

Fr. Nicolas Jean-Marie Souchu was appointed as Priest of Orléans (France)

Fr. José Carmen Di Pietro Pésolo, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Sonsonate (El Salvador)

Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami, Bishop emeritus of Nyundo (Rwanda), passed away at 81

Fr. Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南), Priest of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

Fr. Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca, Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador, was appointed as Priest of San Vicente (El Salvador)

Fr. Brendan Leahy was appointed as Priest of Dublin (Ireland)

Fr. Eugenio Corecco was elected Bishop of Lugano (Switzerland)

Msgr. Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt, Priest of Bayonne (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)

Msgr. Giovanni Marra, Priest of Mileto (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Director General of Vatican Television Centre, was elected Titular Bishop of Usula and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Archbishop Benvenuto Matteucci resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

Bishop Alessandro Plotti, Titular Bishop of Vannida and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

Fr. Christopher James Coyne was appointed as Priest of Boston (USA)

Fr. Milan Zgrablić was appointed as Priest of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Diocese of Embu was established (from Diocese of Meru and became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Fr. John Quinn Weitzel, M.M., was elected Bishop of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)

Bishop Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I., Bishop of Whitehorse (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Prince George (Canada)

Bishop John Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Prince George (Canada)

Bishop Ernest Kombo, S.J., Bishop of Nkayi (Congo-Brazzaville), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Amba Andraos Ghattas, C.M., Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt), Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt, was elected Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. John Njue, Priest of Meru (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Embu (Kenya)

Fr. Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal was appointed as Priest of Bathery of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Paolo Ghizzoni, Bishop of San Miniato (Italy), passed away at 74

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

Bishop Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères succeeded as Bishop of Bayonne (France)

Bishop Jean-Paul-Marie Vincent resigned as Bishop of Bayonne (France)

Archbishop Fortino Gómez León, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antequera (Mexico), passed away at 95

Fr. Fabio Ciollaro was appointed as Priest of Brindisi–Ostuni (Italy)

Diocese of Puerto Iguazú was established (from Diocese of Posadas and became suffragan of Corrientes) (Argentina)

Diocese of Alexandria–Shreveport was renamed as Diocese of Alexandria (lost territory to establish Diocese of Shreveport) (USA)

Diocese of Shreveport was established (from Diocese of Alexandria–Shreveport and became suffragan of New Orleans) (USA)

Bishop Carmelo Juan Giaquinta, Titular Bishop of Zama minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Posadas (Argentina)

Bishop Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Posadas (Argentina)

Fr. Joaquín Piña Batllevell, S.J., was elected Bishop of Puerto Iguazú (Argentina)

Fr. John Clement Favalora, Priest of New Orleans (USA), was elected Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

Bishop William Benedict Friend, Bishop of Alexandria–Shreveport (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Shreveport (USA)

Fr. Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Priest of Brasília (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Nova Petra and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Archbishop Antonio Frondosa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines)

Bishop Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo, Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines)

Fr. Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista was appointed as Priest of Lipa (Philippines)

Fr. Dieudonné Espoir Atangana was appointed as Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Fr. Julio César Corniel Amaro was appointed as Priest of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Fr. Albert Jean-Marie Rouet, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Obbi and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Fr. Claude Henri Édouard Frikart, C.I.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) and Titular Bishop of Summula

Fr. László Felföldi was appointed as Priest of Eger (Hungary)

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

Fr. Yves Le Saux was appointed as Priest of Autun (France)

Fr. Donal Roche was appointed as Priest of Dublin (Ireland)

Fr. Cornel Damian was appointed as Priest of Bucureşti (Romania)

Patriarch Stéphanos II Ghattas, was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño, Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala)

Archbishop Próspero Penados del Barrio resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala)

Fr. Titus Joseph Mdoe was appointed as Priest of Tanga (Tanzania)

Bishop Francisco Espino Porras, Auxiliary Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico), passed away at 78

Bishop William Francis Kupfer (蔡文興), M.M., resigned as Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan)

Bishop Joseph Wang Yu-jung (王愈榮), Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha, Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) and General Secretary of Chinese Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan)

Bishop Aloísio Sinésio Bohn, Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Alberto Frederico Etges resigned as Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil)

Fr. Udo Breitbach, Bureau Chief of Congregation for Bishops, was appointed as Priest of Trier (Germany)

Fr. Santo Rocco Gangemi was appointed as Priest of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

Bishop Egidio Caporello, Titular Bishop of Caorle and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

Bishop Carlo Ferrari resigned as Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

Fr. Dabula Anthony Mpako was appointed as Priest of Pretoria (South Africa)

Fr. Alejandro Cifres Giménez was appointed as Priest of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Paulo Roberto Beloto was appointed as Priest of Marília (Brazil)

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

Fr. Vjekoslav Huzjak was appointed as Priest of Zagreb (Croatia)

Fr. Ivan Štironja was appointed as Priest of Trebinje–Mrkan (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Ranko Vidović was appointed as Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Fr. Guy André Marie de Kérimel was appointed as Priest of Aix (France)

Fr. Bernard Ginoux was appointed as Priest of Avignon (France)

Fr. Francesco Lomanto was appointed as Priest of Caltanissetta (Italy)

Fr. Giuseppe La Placa was appointed as Priest of Caltanissetta (Italy)

Fr. Gualtiero Sigismondi was appointed as Priest of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy)

Fr. Enrique Sánchez Martínez was appointed as Priest of Durango (Mexico)

Fr. Berislav Grgić was appointed as Priest of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Francisco José Villas-Boas Senra de Faria Coelho was appointed as Priest of Évora (Portugal)

Fr. José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre was appointed as Priest of San Sebastián (Spain)

Apostolic Vicariate of France (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (without ecclesiastical province) (France)

Fr. Alexander Nadson was appointed as Apostolic Visitator outside of Belarus of the Belarussians

Cardinal László Lékai, Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 76

Fr. Antonio Arcari, Priest of Brescia (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B., Titular Bishop of Amida of the Armenians and Vicar Apostolic of France of the Armenians (France), was appointed as Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of the Armenians (France)

Fr. Thomas Edward Gullickson, Priest of Sioux Falls (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

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

Bishop William Joseph Levada, Titular Bishop of Capri and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Archbishop Cornelius Michael Power resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Fr. Alfred John Markiewicz was elected Titular Bishop of Afufenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Fr. Heinrich Janssen was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ Sirenses

Fr. Benedictus Son Hee-song (손희송 베네딕토 / 孫凞松) was appointed as Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Fr. Eugène Cyrille Houndékon was appointed as Priest of Cotonou (Benin)

Bishop Gaston Hains, Bishop emeritus of Amos (Canada), passed away at 64

Fr. Raymond John Lahey, Priest of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada), was elected Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada)

Fr. Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve was appointed as Priest of Medellín (Colombia)

Fr. Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid was appointed as Priest of Medellín (Colombia)

Fr. Antonio Calderón Cruz was appointed as Priest of San Marcos (Guatemala)

Fr. Leonardo D’Ascenzo was appointed as Priest of Velletri–Segni (Italy)

Fr. Sebastiano Dho was elected Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy)

Archbishop Paul Ri Moun-hi (이문희 바오로 / 李文熙) succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Daegu 대구 (South Korea)

Archbishop John Baptist Sye Bong-kil (서정길 요한) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Daegu 대구 (South Korea)

Bishop Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Paramaribo (Suriname), passed away at 86

Fr. Almeida Kanda was appointed as Priest of Uíje (Angola)

Fr. Novatus Rugambwa was appointed as Priest of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Bishop Pierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon resigned as Bishop of Verdun (France)

Fr. Charles Jude Scicluna was appointed as Priest of Malta (Malta)

Fr. Peter Kwaku Atuahene was appointed as Priest of Sunyani (Ghana)

Fr. Felice Accrocca was appointed as Priest of Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Barone, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo was appointed as Priest of Porto (Portugal)

Fr. Francisco César García Magán was appointed as Priest of Toledo (Spain)

Diocese of Hauterive was renamed as Diocese of Baie-Comeau (Canada)

Bishop Roger Ébacher, Bishop of Hauterive (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada)

Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu)

Fr. Camille DesRosiers, S.M., was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu)

Fr. Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B., Priest of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Fr. Fabián Marulanda López was elected Titular Bishop of Pederodiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Bishop Aghnatios Elias Yaacoub, S.J., Coadjutor Bishop of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

Archbishop Carlo Martini, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of L’Aquila (Italy), passed away at 72

Bishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Fr. Nicholas Gilbert Hudson was appointed as Priest of Southwark (England)

Fr. Michael Ekwoy Apochi was appointed as Priest of Makurdi (Nigeria)

Fr. Michael James Sis was appointed as Priest of Austin (USA)

Military Vicariate of Argentina was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense de la Argentina (Argentina)

Military Vicariate of Australia was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of Australia (Australia)

Military Vicariate of Austria was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Katholische Militärseelsorge Österreich (Austria)

Military Vicariate of Belgium was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Bisdom bij de Krijgsmacht (Belgium)

Military Vicariate of Bolivia was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense de Bolivia (Bolivia)

Military Vicariate of Brazil was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Ordinariado Militar do Brasil (Brazil)

Military Vicariate of Canada was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of Canada (Canada)

Military Vicariate of Chile was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense de Chile (Chile)

Military Vicariate of Colombia was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense de Colombia (Colombia)

Military Vicariate of Dominican Republic was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense de República Dominicana (Dominican Republic)

Military Vicariate of Ecuador was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense del Ecuador (Ecuador)

Military Vicariate of El Salvador was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense en El Salvador (El Salvador)

Military Vicariate of Great Britain was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Bishopric of the Forces in Great Britain (England)

Military Vicariate of France was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Diocèse aux Armées Françaises (France)

Military Vicariate of Jurisdiktionsbereich des Katholischen Feldpropstes was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Deutsches Militärordinariat (Germany)

Military Vicariate of Indonesia was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of Indonesia (Indonesia)

Military Vicariate of Italy was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Ordinariato Militare per l’Italia (Italy)

Military Vicariate of Kenya was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of Kenya (Kenya)

Military Vicariate of Netherlands was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands (Netherlands)

Military Vicariate of New Zealand was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of New Zealand (New Zealand)

Military Vicariate of Paraguay was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado de las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policia Nacional del Paraguay (Paraguay)

Military Vicariate of Peru was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense del Perú (Peru)

Military Vicariate of Philippines was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of the Philippines (Philippines)

Military Vicariate of Portugal was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Ordinariato Castrense de Portugal (Portugal)

Military Vicariate of South African Defence Force was promoted as Military Ordinariate of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Military Vicariate of South Korea was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of South Korea (South Korea)

Military Vicariate of Spain was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Arzobispado Castrense de España (Spain)

Military Vicariate of Uganda was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of Uganda (Uganda)

Military Vicariate of United States of America was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Archdiocese for the Military Services of the United States (USA)

Bishop José Miguel Medina, Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Argentina (Argentina)

Bishop Geoffrey Francis Mayne, Military Vicar of Australia (Australia), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Australia (Australia)

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

Bishop Mario Lezana Vaca, Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia)

Archbishop José Newton de Almeida Baptista, Archbishop Military Vicar of Brazil (Brazil), was appointed as Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil)

Archbishop Francis John Spence, Military Vicar of Canada (Canada) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Canada (Canada)

Bishop José Joaquín Matte Varas, Military Vicar of Chile (Chile), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Chile (Chile)

Bishop Víctor Manuel López Forero, Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia)

Archbishop Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Military Vicar of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) and President of Dominican Episcopal Conference, was appointed as Military Ordinary of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, Opus Dei, Military Vicar of Ecuador (Ecuador), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador)

Bishop José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M., Military Vicar of El Salvador (El Salvador) and Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador), was appointed as Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador)

Bishop Francis Joseph Walmsley, Military Vicar of Great Britain (England), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Great Britain (England)

Bishop Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey, Military Vicar of France (France), was appointed as Military Ordinary of France (France)

Archbishop Elmar Maria Kredel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) and Military Vicar of Germany (Germany), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Germany (Germany)

Archbishop Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia) and Military Vicar of Indonesia (Indonesia), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Indonesia (Indonesia)

Archbishop Gaetano Bonicelli, Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop Military Ordinary of Italy (Italy)

Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga, Military Vicar of Kenya (Kenya) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Kenya (Kenya)

Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B., Military Vicar of Netherlands (Netherlands) and Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Netherlands (Netherlands)

Bishop Edward Russell Gaines, Bishop of Hamilton (New Zealand) and Military Vicar of New Zealand (New Zealand), was appointed as Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)