Nominations and Resignations

Archdiocese of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy)

Diocese of Nardò–Gallipoli lost territory to Archdiocese of Otranto (Italy)

Archdiocese of Otranto lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lecce and Diocese of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

Fr. Brian O’Donnell, O.H., was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Fr. Ildefons Pauler, O.T., resigned as Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order)

Fr. Adolphe Vander Perre, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was appointed as Delegate to International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM)

Fr. Anthony Robert Nusca was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Fr. Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi (王充一) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

Bishop Peter Chen Bai-lu (陳柏蘆) was appointed as Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

Fr. Chen Mu-shun (陳慕舜) ▼ was elected Prefect Apostolic of Zhaotong 昭通 (China)

Fr. Paul Han Xi-rang (韓錫讓), O.F.M. ▼, was elected Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Bishop Aloysius Jin Lu-xian (金魯賢), S.J., Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Bishop Peter Li Hong-ye (李宏業) was appointed as Bishop of Luoyang 洛陽 (China)

Fr. Stephen Liu Di-fen (劉隸芬) was elected Bishop of Anguo 安國 (China)

Bishop Peter Liu Guan-dong (劉冠東) succeeded as Prefect Apostolic of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Fr. James Su Zhi-min (蘇哲民) was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Fr. Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (孫智賓) was elected Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China)

Fr. Thomas Zeng Jing-mu (曾景牧) was elected Bishop of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Fr. Lawrence Zhang Hua-liang (張化良) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

Bishop Francis Zhou Shan-fu (周善夫) resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Yixian 易縣 (China)

Fr. John Zhu Feng-qing (朱峰青) ▼ was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Fr. Jean Péault, M.E.P., was appointed as Pro-Administrator of Comores (Comoros)

Archbishop-elect Emery Kabongo Kanundowi, Archbishop-Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Abbot Gilbert Jones, O.S.B. Subl., was appointed as President of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation

Msgr. Jean-Louis Tauran, Priest of Bordeaux (France), was appointed as Undersecretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church

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

Fr. Philippe Bordeyne was appointed as Priest of Nanterre (France)

Fr. Roger du Noyer, M.E.P., resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

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

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

Fr. Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Urbaniana University

Fr. M.L. Aloysius, C.R., was appointed as Prior General of Rosarian Fathers

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

Fr. Nicholas Murray, S.S.C.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Archbishop Ersilio Tonini, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna–Cervia (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rimini (Italy)

Msgr. Renato Boccardo, Priest of Susa (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

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

Msgr. Giovanni Ceirano, Priest of Saluzzo (Italy) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (UNOV), Permanent Observer to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Permanent Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Msgr. Luigi Conti, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary

Msgr. Donato De Bonis, Priest of Acerenza (Italy), Secretary of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as Secretary General of Administrative Office of Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop Agostino Ferrari Toniolo was appointed as Permanent Observer to Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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

Msgr. Michele Buro resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Fr. Renato Dardozzi, Priest of Biella (Italy), was appointed as President of Vatican Publishing House

Msgr. Pietro Fantò, Priest of Locri–Gerace (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Msgr. Nicola Ferraro, Prelate Auditor emeritus of Roman Rota, passed away at 77

Msgr. Ivan Peri was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)

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

Msgr. Salvatore Vitale resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Pierluigi Boracco, C.S.P., was appointed as President of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Vito Calabrese, O.S.J., was appointed as Superior General of Oblates of Saint Joseph (Josephines of Asti)

Fr. Federico Francesco D’Ostilio, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Giustino Farnedi, O.S.B. Cas., resigned as Director of Vatican Publishing House

Fr. Roberto Osculati, C.S.P., resigned as President of Society of Saint Paul

Dr. Antonio Mandelli was appointed as Administrative Secretary of Vatican Television Centre

Mr. Francesco Silvano resigned as President of Vatican Publishing House

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

Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé, General Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Clementinus von Vlissingen, O.F.M. Cap., Minister General emeritus of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans), passed away at 79

Fr. Georg Müller, SS.CC., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim (Norway)

Bishop Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim (Norway)

Bishop Jan Wladysław Oblak resigned as Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

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

Fr. Ján Sokol was elected Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia)

Msgr. Juan José Dorronsoro Allo, Priest of San Sebastián (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Fr. Eugene Patrick McManus, S.S.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites)

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

Fr. José Montero, O.P., was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers

Fr. Javier Ochoa, C.M.F., resigned as Voting Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. José Augustín Orbegozo Jáuregui, C.P., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Fr. Ladislav Sirový, O. Cr., was appointed as Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star

Prof. Carlos Chagas resigned as President of Pontifical Academies of Sciences

Ms. Marelia Suárez was appointed as Founder of Secular Missionary Carmel

Fr. Peter Karam was appointed as Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA)

Fr. Joachim Friedrich Reinelt, Priest of Dresden–Meißen (Germany), was elected Bishop of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

Fr. Bruno Elizeu Versari was appointed as Priest of Maringá (Brazil)

Bishop Antonio Ambrosanio, Titular Bishop of Musti and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Spoleto–Norcia (Italy)

Archbishop Patrick H. Cronin, S.S.C.M.E., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

Archbishop Jesus Balaso Tuquib succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

Fr. Santiago Martínez Acebes was elected Bishop of Plasencia (Spain)

Bishop Bernard Joseph McLaughlin resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. Óscar Álvarez Orellana was appointed as Priest of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Fr. László Huzsvár was elected Bishop of Zrenjanin (Serbia)

Bishop Tamás Jung resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Zrenjanin (Serbia)

Fr. Antonio Ceballos Atienza was elected Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Bishop Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo resigned as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Msgr. Vinh Sơn Trần Ngọc Thụ, Priest of Đà Lat (Vietnam) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Second Private Secretary of the Pope

Bishop Charles Garrett Maloney resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Louisville (USA)

Bishop Marco Caliaro, C.S., resigned as Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Fr. Max Leroy Mésidor was appointed as Priest of Les Gonaïves (Haiti)

Bishop Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire resigned as Bishop of Gulu (Uganda)

Bishop Martin Luluga resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Gulu (Uganda)

Archbishop Marc-Armand Lallier, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Besançon (France), passed away at 81

Fr. Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong was appointed as Priest of Yucatán (Mexico)

Diocese of Lexington was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville and Diocese of Covington and became suffragan of Louisville) (USA)

Bishop James Kendrick Williams, Titular Bishop of Catula and Auxiliary Bishop of Covington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Lexington (USA)

Fr. Giuseppe Zambarbieri, F.D.P., Superior General emeritus of Sons of Divine Providence, passed away at 73

Fr. Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Mopti (Mali)

Fr. Mark Steven Rivituso was appointed as Priest of Saint Louis (USA)

Fr. Gregory William Gordon was appointed as Priest of Las Vegas (USA)

Diocese of Khammam was established (from Diocese of Warangal and became suffragan of Hyderabad) (India)

Bishop Luis Morgan Casey, Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E., succeeded as Bishop of Kurnool (India)

Bishop Joseph Rajappa, Bishop of Kurnool (India), was appointed as Bishop of Khammam (India)

Fr. Franciscus van Roessel, C.I.C.M., Apostolic Administrator of Ujung Pandang (Indonesia), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ujung Pandang (Indonesia)

Fra’ Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, S.M.O.M., Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 82

Fr. Francisco João Silota, M. Afr., was elected Titular Bishop of Musti and Auxiliary Bishop of Beira (Mozambique)

Fr. Camillus Archibong Etokudoh, Priest of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Capra and Auxiliary Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria)

Bishop Maurus Gervase Komba resigned as Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

Fr. Telesphore Richard Mkude, Priest of Morogoro (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

Fr. John Denver Faris was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Carlos Prada Sanmiguel was elected Titular Bishop of Baliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop António Baltasar Marcelino succeeded as Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal)

Bishop Manuel d’Almeida Trindade resigned as Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal)

Fr. Horacio Olave Velandia was elected Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia)

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

Msgr. Desmond Connell, Priest of Dublin (Ireland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Archbishop Ennio Appignanesi, Titular Archbishop of Lorium and Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Matera–Irsina (Italy)

Bishop Florentino Ferrer Cinense succeeded as Bishop of Tarlac (Philippines)

Bishop Jesus J. Sison resigned as Bishop of Tarlac (Philippines)

Bishop François Xavier Nguyễn Quang Sách succeeded as Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi, Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam), passed away at 78

Diocese of Belley was renamed as Diocese of Belley–Ars (France)

Bishop Guy Claude Bagnard, Bishop of Belley (France), was appointed as Bishop of Belley–Ars (France)

Fr. Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên was appointed as Priest of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

Fr. Rocco Talucci, Priest of Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa (Italy), was elected Bishop of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy)

Bishop Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos (Philippines)

Fr. Francis Xavier DiLorenzo, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Tigias and Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Fr. Fernando Guimarães Kevanu, Apostolic Administrator of Ondjiva (Angola), was elected Bishop of Ondjiva (Angola)

Bishop Édouard Jetté, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Joliette (Canada), passed away at 89

Fr. John Gabriel was elected Titular Bishop of Aræ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar)

Fr. Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Decoriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (New Zealand)

Fr. Daniel Ernest Flores was appointed as Priest of Corpus Christi (USA)

Fr. José Alberto Moura, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. José Luiz Nemes, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк), Priest of Pinsk (Belarus), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Georges Paul Pontier, Priest of Albi (France), was elected Bishop of Digne (France)

Bishop Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Madera (Mexico)

Fr. Alfredo Banluta Baquial was elected Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines)

Fr. Raymond James Boland was elected Bishop of Birmingham (USA)

Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Ondo (Nigeria), passed away at 80

Fr. Paul Stephen Loverde, Priest of Norwich (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Octabia and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Bishop Filippo Aglialoro, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 87

Bishop Héctor González Martínez, Bishop of Campeche (Mexico), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Fr. Francis Lagan was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland) and Titular Bishop of Sidnacestre

Bishop Zygmunt Kamiński succeeded as Bishop of Płock (Poland)

Bishop Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski, Bishop of Płock (Poland), passed away at 67

Bishop Frederic Anthony Donaghy (唐汝琪), M.M., Bishop emeritus of Wuzhou 梧州 (China), passed away at 85

Fr. Domenico Battaglia was appointed as Priest of Catanzaro–Squillace (Italy)

Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho

Bishop Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M., Titular Bishop of Pyrgos and Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Bishop Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua, Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Cardinal John Joseph Krol resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Donald William Wuerl, Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie, was appointed as Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Fr. Ramón Calderón Batres, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Linares (Mexico)

Bishop José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco, Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Fr. Paul Lee Kyung-sang (이경상 바오로 / 李炅相) was appointed as Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Fr. Titus Seo Sang-bum (서상범 티토 / 徐尙範) was appointed as Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Bishop Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France), passed away at 78

Fr. Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Priest of Managua (Nicaragua), was elected Titular Bishop of Maturba and Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Fr. Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Cœliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Fr. John Robert Gorman, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) and Titular Bishop of Catula

Fr. Thaddeus Joseph Jakubowski was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) and Titular Bishop of Plestia

Fr. José Luis Mendoza Corzo was appointed as Priest of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Fr. John Kirby, Priest of Clonfert (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

Bishop Raymond Saint-Gelais, Titular Bishop of Diana and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

Archbishop Alfredo Vozzi, Archbishop emeritus of Amalfi (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Pietro Giacomo Nonis was elected Bishop of Vicenza (Italy)

Bishop Arnoldo Onisto resigned as Bishop of Vicenza (Italy)

Fr. Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama was appointed as Priest of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Oscar Cremers, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Hollandia (Indonesia), passed away at 89

Bishop Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật succeeded as Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

Bishop Dominique Nguyễn Văn Lãng, Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam), passed away at 66

Diocese of Massa was renamed as Diocese of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Pontremoli) (Italy)

Diocese of Pontremoli was suppressed (to Diocese of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli) (Italy)

Bishop Bruno Tommasi succeeded as Bishop of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli (Italy)

Bishop Aldo Forzoni resigned as Bishop of Massa (Italy)

Msgr. Jānis Pujats, Priest of Riga (Latvia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of Kasama (Zambia), passed away at 91

Bishop Pablo Lizama Riquelme, Bishop-Prelate of Illapel (Chile), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Talca (Chile)

Diocese of Jacmel was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince) (Haiti)

Bishop Aloysius Zhang Jia-shu (張家樹), S.J. ▼, Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China), passed away at 94

Fr. Guire Poulard was elected Bishop of Jacmel (Haiti)

Fr. Octavio Cisneros, Priest of Brooklyn (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Otto L. García was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez, Priest of Pereira (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

Fr. Antonio José López Castillo was elected Titular Bishop of Theuzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Diocese of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (Mexico)

Bishop João Chedid, O.M.M., Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil), was promoted as Archbishop-Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil)

Bishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

Bishop Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B., succeeded as Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

Fr. Michael Kuchmiak, C.SS.R., was elected Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England) and Titular Bishop of Agathopolis

Archbishop Nicola Rotunno, Titular Archbishop of Minori, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Archbishop Boutros Raï, B.A., Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne of the Greek-Melkites, was appointed as Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México of the Greek-Melkites (Mexico)

Venerable Bishop Jan Pietraszko, Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland), passed away at 76

Fr. Mario Paquette was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop André-Georges Bontems, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France), passed away at 77

Fr. Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)

Bishop Maurus Libaba, Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania), passed away at 60

Fr. José María Arancedo, Priest of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Selemselæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Bishop Costantino Trapani, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Mazara del Vallo (Italy), passed away at 75

Archbishop James Peter Davis, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (USA), passed away at 83

Fr. Celso Antônio Marchiori was appointed as Priest of Curitiba (Brazil)

Bishop Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec, Bishop emeritus of Perpignan–Elne (France), passed away at 79

Bishop John Zhao You-min (趙佑民) ▼, Bishop emeritus of Rehe 熱河 (China), passed away at 67

Bishop Stephen McGill, P.S.S., resigned as Bishop of Paisley (Scotland)

Bishop John Aloysius Mone, Titular Bishop of Abercorn and Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland), was appointed as Bishop of Paisley (Scotland)

Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fortaleza (Brazil), passed away at 82

Fr. Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior was appointed as Priest of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Bishop Louis Jean Dufaux, Titular Bishop of Accia and Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Grenoble (France)

Fr. Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Bayeux (France)

Bishop Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti, Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

Apostolic Administration of Izabal was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal (Guatemala)

Bishop Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P., Apostolic Administrator of Izabal (Guatemala), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Izabal (Guatemala)

Archbishop Cesare Pagani, Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy), passed away at 66

Bishop Nicodemus Kirima, Bishop of Mombasa (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Nyeri (Kenya)

Fr. Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Minori and Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (Paraguay)

Fr. Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J., Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan), was elected Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan)

Fr. Gabriel Mmole was elected Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania)

Bishop John Michael Beahen, Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at 66

Bishop Eugene Antonio Marino, S.S.J., Titular Bishop of Walla Walla and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

Bishop Marcel Evariste van Rengen, C.I., Bishop of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 74

Bishop James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A., Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria), passed away at 71

Archbishop Guilford Clyde Young, Archbishop of Hobart (Australia), passed away at 71

Fr. Adélio Giuseppe Tomasin, P.S.D.P., was elected Bishop of Quixadá (Brazil)

Bishop Patrick Dunne, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland), passed away at 96

Bishop Thomas Mongo, Bishop emeritus of Douala (Cameroon), passed away at 73

Bishop Horacio Olave Velandia, Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia), passed away at 43

Fr. Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Quimper (France)

Fr. Franziskus Eisenbach, Priest of Mainz (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Sigus

Fr. Andrea Mugione was elected Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Fr. Josef Voß was elected Titular Bishop of Thisiduo and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Fr. Gerard Bernacki was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Sala Consilina

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

Fr. Peter Michiaki Nakamura (ペトロ 中村倫明) was appointed as Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

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

Fr. Sulpicius Shinzo Moriyama (スルピス 森山信三) was appointed as Priest of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Bishop Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez, Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda and Vicar Apostolic of La Paz (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of La Paz (Mexico)

Bishop Ernest Arthur Green, Bishop emeritus of Port Elizabeth (South Africa), passed away at 72

Fr. Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B., Apostolic Administrator of Díli (Timor-Leste), was elected Titular Bishop of Lorium

Archbishop Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo resigned as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar lost territory to Diocese of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela)

Fr. Adolfo Ramón Canecín was appointed as Priest of Formosa (Argentina)

Bishop Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, Opus Dei, Titular Bishop of Novi and Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Bishop Henri Clément Victor Donze resigned as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Bishop Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet succeeded as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Fr. Wolfgang Haas, Priest of Chur (Switzerland), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Bishop Thomas William Lyons, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), passed away at 64

Bishop Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Lins (Brazil), passed away at 82

Bishop Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo, Bishop emeritus of Pereira (Colombia), passed away at 86

Fr. Chen Mu-shun (陳慕舜) ▼ was illicitly consecrated as Prefect Apostolic of Zhaotong 昭通 (China)

Bishop Roger Ébacher, Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Gatineau–Hull (Canada)

Fr. Pietro Maleddu, O.F.M. Conv., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Xing’anfu 興安府 (China), passed away at 87

Bishop Imre Timkó, Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary) and Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary), passed away at 67

Fr. Vicente García Bernal was elected Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico)

Fr. Franz Grave, Priest of Essen (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Tingaria

Bishop Vincent Madeley Harris, Bishop emeritus of Austin (USA), passed away at 74

Bishop Anthony Joseph Emery, Bishop of Portsmouth (England), passed away at 69

Archbishop Oscar de Oliveira resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Bishop Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo, Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil)

Bishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J., Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari, Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Archbishop Nivaldo Monte resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil)

Fr. Peter Rumal Kharadi was appointed as Priest of Udaipur (India)

Diocese of Cap-Haïtien was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien (with suffragan sees Hinche, Les Gonaïves and Port-de-Paix) (Haiti)

Bishop François Gayot, S.M.M., Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) and President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

Diocese of Wankie was renamed as Diocese of Hwange (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Paul Abel Mamba Diatta was appointed as Priest of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Fr. Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, Priest of Ávila (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Bishop Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F., was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Bishop Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor resigned as Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Bishop Jean Alix Verrier succeeded as Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Fr. Thomas Ignatius Macwan was appointed as Priest of Ahmedabad (India)

Fr. Santo Marcianò was appointed as Priest of Reggio Calabria–Bova (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Proni resigned as Bishop of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy)

Bishop Vincenzo Zarri, Titular Bishop of Luni and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy)

Fr. Paolo Nicolini was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Fr. Otacílio Ferreira de Lacerda was appointed as Priest of Guanhães (Brazil)

Bishop Anthony Hitchen, Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England), passed away at 57

Fr. Kurt Richard Burnette was appointed as Priest of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fra’ Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, S.M.O.M., was appointed as Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Msgr. Giovanni Maria Rossi, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Priest of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Rapid City (USA)

Bishop Georges Biard, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Mopti (Mali)

Fr. Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr., Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Mopti (Mali), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mopti (Mali)

Fr. Zygmunt Zimowski, Priest of Tarnów (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Marcel Germain Perrier was elected Titular Bishop of Diana and Auxiliary Bishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France)

Archbishop René Fernández Apaza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Fr. Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Nino Marzoli, C.R., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) and Titular Bishop of Nara

Fr. Giuseppe Nascimbeni, Priest of Verona (Italy), was beatified

Fr. Giovanni Calabria (John Calabria), P.S.D.P., Superior General of Poor Servants of Divine Providence, was beatified

Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Archbishop Henri Antoine Marie Teissier succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone resigned as President of Pontifical Council for Culture

Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of Secretariat for Non-Believers, was appointed as President of Pontifical Council for Culture

Bishop Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M., Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 68

Fr. Pierre Jacques Joatton, Prado, was elected Bishop of Saint-Étienne (France)

Bishop Evelio Domínguez Recinos, Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), passed away at 78

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

Fr. Manuel Madureira Dias, Priest of Évora (Portugal), was elected Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

Fr. Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Zama minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

Diocese of Luxembourg was promoted as Archdiocese of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Archbishop Jean Hengen, Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community and Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Archbishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Fr. Francisco de Jesús María y José Palau y Quer (Francisco), O.C.D., was beatified

Fr. Kaspar Stanggassinger, C.SS.R., was beatified

Fr. Pietro Bonilli, Priest of Spoleto (Italy), was beatified

Sr. Savina Petrilli was beatified

Fr. James Zhao Zi-ping (趙子平) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Jinan 濟南 (China)

Bishop Samuel Guo Chuan-zhen (郭傳真), O.F.M., was illicitly consecrated as Bishop

Fr. Paul Han Xi-rang (韓錫讓), O.F.M. ▼, was illicitly consecrated as Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China)

Fr. Joseph Ma Xue-sheng (馬學聖) was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

Fr. Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (孫智賓) was consecrated as Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China)

Archbishop Ireneus Wien Dud, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Juba (South Sudan), passed away at 75

Fr. Joseph Thykkattil was appointed as Priest of Agra (India)

Archbishop Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Bishop Juozas Preikšas, Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

Bishop Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC., Bishop of Iquique (Chile) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Bishop Felipe Aguirre Franco, Titular Bishop of Otricoli and Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Bishop Manuel Mireles Vaquera, Titular Bishop of Casæ Calanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico)

Bishop Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay, Titular Bishop of Belesasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Celaya (Mexico)

Diocese of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (gained territory from Diocese of Poona and became suffragan of Bombay) (India)

Diocese of Poona lost territory to Diocese of Kalyan (India)

Fr. Paul Chittilapilly was elected Bishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel was elected Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Michele Scandiffio, Priest of Acerenza (Italy), was elected Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy)

Fr. Francisco de Oliveira Vidal was appointed as Priest of Governador Valadares (Brazil)

Cardinal Giuseppe Paupini resigned as Camerlengo of College of Cardinals

Cardinal Johannes Willebrands, President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, was appointed as Camerlengo of College of Cardinals

Bishop Bernard-Pierre-Edmond Alix, Bishop emeritus of Le Mans (France), passed away at 78

Fr. George Antonysamy, Priest of Tiruchirapalli (India), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

Fr. Isidore Fernandes, Priest of Allahabad (India), was elected Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Bishop Baptist Mudartha resigned as Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Fr. Peter Thuruthikonam was elected Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

Bishop Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm., Bishop of Malang (Indonesia), was appointed as Bishop of Manokwari–Sorong (Indonesia)

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

Fr. Joseph Coutts, Priest of Lahore (Pakistan), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

Fr. Paul Alois Lakra was appointed as Priest of Ranchi (India)

Fr. Jacinto Inácio Flach was appointed as Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Giuseppe Casale, Bishop of Vallo della Lucania (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggia–Bovino (Italy)

Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Bishop Martino Gomiero, Bishop of Velletri–Segni (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Adria–Rovigo (Italy)

Fr. Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun was appointed as Priest of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Fr. Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante was appointed as Priest of Minas (Uruguay)

Fr. Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio was appointed as Priest of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Fr. Vincent Nguyen (Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu) was appointed as Priest of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Georg Moser, Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany), passed away at 64

Bishop Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil)

Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil)

Fr. Andrzej Konrad Czaja was appointed as Priest of Opole (Poland)

Fr. Antonis Bara was appointed as Priest of Ambikapur (India)

Fr. Pietro Parolin, Priest of Vicenza (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giovanni D’Aniello, Priest of Aversa (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

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

Fr. Kazimierz Nycz, Priest of Kraków (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Villa regis and Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Fr. Jan Szkodoń, Priest of Kraków (Poland), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) and Titular Bishop of Turrisblanda

Fr. Victor Hlolo Phalana was appointed as Priest of Pretoria (South Africa)

Fr. Gary Wayne Janak was appointed as Priest of Victoria (USA)

Fr. Frank Richard Spencer was appointed as Priest of Baltimore (USA)

Fr. Roque González de Santa Cruz, S.J., and 2 companions were canonised

Fr. Jan Lebeda was elected Titular Bishop of Novi and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Antonín Liška, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Vergi and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

Fr. Ján Sokol, Priest of Trnava (Slovakia), was elected Titular Bishop of Luni and Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia)

Fr. Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues was appointed as Priest of Mariana (Brazil)

Fr. Botros Fahim Awad Hanna was appointed as Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Valdir Mamede was appointed as Priest of Brasília (Brazil)

Fr. Luis Madrid Merlano, Priest of Istmina (Colombia), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia)

Bishop Jorge Ardila Serrano, Titular Bishop of Tisedi and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Girardot (Colombia)

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

Bishop Sofio Guinto Balce, Titular Bishop of Lamphua and Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Cabanatuan (Philippines)

Fr. Selim Jean Sfeir was appointed as Priest of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

Fr. Philippe Mousset was appointed as Priest of La Rochelle (France)

Fr. Marco Prastaro was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Mauro Rivella was appointed as Priest of Torino (Italy)

Fr. Norman King’oo Wambua was appointed as Priest of Lodwar (Kenya)

Fr. Grzegorz Ryś was appointed as Priest of Kraków (Poland)

Bishop Afonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Pinheiro (Brazil), passed away at 91

Archbishop Angelo Sodano, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Secretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church

Fr. Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei, Priest of Lima (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Turuzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

Fr. Paul Toppo was appointed as Priest of Raigarh (India)

Fr. José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Urbaniana University, was elected Secretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions) and Titular Archbishop of Thuburnica

Archbishop Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B., resigned as Secretary of Congregation for Catholic Education

Diocese of Knoxville was established (from Diocese of Nashville and became suffragan of Louisville) (USA)

Fr. Anthony Joseph O’Connell was elected Bishop of Knoxville (USA)

Fr. Bernard William Schmitt was elected Titular Bishop of Walla Walla and Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Fr. Paul Joseph Swain was appointed as Priest of Madison (USA)

Fr. Piotr Turzyński was appointed as Priest of Sandomierz (Poland)

Fr. Daniel Elias Garcia was appointed as Priest of Austin (USA)

Fr. Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto was appointed as Priest of Quito (Ecuador)

Fr. Robert Gołębiowski was appointed as Priest of Radom (Poland)

Fr. Vicente Salgado y Garrucho was elected Bishop of Romblon (Philippines)

Bishop Mario Di Lieto, Bishop emeritus of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy), passed away at 76

Fr. Andreas Hönisch, S.I.M., was appointed as Founder of Servants of Jesus and Mary and Superior General of Servants of Jesus and Mary

Bishop Santiago García Aracil, Titular Bishop of Croæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Bishop Miguel Peinado Peinado resigned as Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Diocese of Strasbourg was promoted as Archdiocese of Strasbourg (France)

Bishop Geraldo Majela de Castro, O. Praem., succeeded as Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Bishop José Alves de Sà Trindade resigned as Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Archbishop Charles-Amarin Brand, Archbishop-Bishop of Strasbourg (France) and Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, was appointed as Archbishop of Strasbourg (France)

Bishop Luigi Bommarito, Bishop of Agrigento (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Archbishop Domenico Picchinenna resigned as Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

Fr. Carlos Suárez Cázares, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

Bishop Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux resigned as Bishop of Versailles (France)

Bishop Jean-Charles Thomas succeeded as Bishop of Versailles (France)

Fr. Angelo Paravisi was elected Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Fr. Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski was appointed as Priest of Gniezno (Poland)

Fr. Joseph Mark Siegel was appointed as Priest of Joliet (USA)

Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby, Bishop emeritus of Christchurch (New Zealand), passed away at 64

Fr. Tadeusz Lityński was appointed as Priest of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Bishop Augustine Kim Jae-deok (김재덕 아우구스티노 / 金載德), Bishop emeritus of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea), passed away at 68

Archbishop Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiền, P.F.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam), passed away at 67

Archbishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Marília (Brazil), passed away at 88

Sr. Eustochia Calafato (Smeralda), O.S.C., was canonised

Diocese of Corbeil was renamed as Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

Archdiocese of Antélias (Maronite Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Cyprus and without ecclesiastical province) (Lebanon)

Fr. Boutros Gemayel was elected Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

Bishop Guy Alexis Herbulot, Bishop of Corbeil (France), was appointed as Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

Fr. Gábor Pintér was appointed as Priest of Vác (Hungary)

Fr. Piergiorgio Bertoldi was appointed as Priest of Milano (Italy)

Bishop Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Bishop of Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia (Italy)

Fr. Antonio Forte, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia (Italy)

Archbishop Joseph Mohsen Béchara, Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus), was appointed as Archbishop of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Konrad Krajewski was appointed as Priest of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Grzegorz Suchodolski was appointed as Priest of Siedlce (Poland)

Fr. Mirosław Gucwa was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Fr. Denis Nulty was appointed as Priest of Meath (Ireland)

Fr. Andrzej Jeż was appointed as Priest of Tarnów (Poland)

Fr. Jan Bernard Szlaga was elected Titular Bishop of Mascula and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

Fr. João Maria Messi, O.S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Zucchabar and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Fr. Mário Zanetta was elected Bishop of Paulo Afonso (Brazil)

Msgr. François Robert Bacqué, Priest of Bordeaux (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka and Titular Archbishop of Gradisca

Archbishop Luigi Accogli (艾可儀), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

Fr. Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán was appointed as Priest of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Msgr. James J. Loughnane, Priest of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Diocese of Apartadó was established (from Diocese of Antioquía, gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdó and became suffragan of Santa Fe de Antioquia) (Colombia)

Diocese of Caldas was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín and became suffragan of Medellín) (Colombia)

Diocese of Girardota was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín, Diocese of Barrancabermeja and Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro and became suffragan of Medellín) (Colombia)

Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdó lost territory to Diocese of Apartadó (Colombia)

Diocese of Antioquía was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia (with suffragan sees Apartadó and Santa Rosa de Osos and lost territory to establish Diocese of Apartadó) (Colombia)

Bishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M., Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Bishop Isaías Duarte Cancino, Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia)

Bishop Oscar Angel Bernal, Titular Bishop of Tisili and Auxiliary Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Girardota (Colombia)

Fr. Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Caldas (Colombia)

Bishop José Melchór García-Sampedro Suárez, O.P., and 116 companions were canonised

Fr. Laurent Le Boulc’h was appointed as Priest of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Fr. Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière was appointed as Priest of Lyon (France)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Nicolini, Coadjutor Bishop of Salto (Uruguay), passed away at 47

Fr. Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Belesasa

Fr. Gabriel Kembo Mamputu was elected Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Jean Zerbo, Priest of Ségou (Mali), was elected Titular Bishop of Accia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bamako (Mali)

Fr. Nicholas Mang Thang, Priest of Mandalay (Myanmar), was elected Titular Bishop of Flenucleta and Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Fr. Albert Ayinde Fasina was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria)

Fr. Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Pietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Surat Thani (Thailand)

Fr. Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Surat Thani (Thailand)

Bishop Emmanuel Wamala, Bishop of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda) and President of Uganda Episcopal Conference, was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Kampala (Uganda)

Bishop Joseph Mukwaya, Titular Bishop of Ubaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala (Uganda), was appointed as Bishop of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda)

Bishop José Joaquim Gonçalves, Bishop emeritus of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil), passed away at 70

Fr. Carlos Alberto Sánchez was appointed as Priest of Tucumán (Argentina)

Fr. Krzysztof Chudzio was appointed as Priest of Przemyśl (Poland)

Fr. André Armand Vingt-Trois, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Thibilis and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Fr. Renauld Dupont de Dinechin was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Fr. Philippe André Yves Marsset was appointed as Priest of Paris (France)

Fr. Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Acholla and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Fr. Michele Fusco was appointed as Priest of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)

Fr. Corrado Melis was appointed as Priest of Ales–Terralba (Italy)

Fr. Anthony Teuma was appointed as Priest of Gozo (Malta)

Fr. Clemens Pickel was appointed as Priest of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

Archbishop Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J., Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of La Paz (Bolivia), passed away at 75

Fr. Grégoire Cador was appointed as Priest of Le Mans (France)

Fr. Thierry Marie Scherrer was appointed as Priest of Aix (France)

Fr. Christophe Le Sourt was appointed as Priest of Le Mans (France)

Fr. Ivan Maffeis was appointed as Priest of Trento (Italy)

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

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

Archbishop Edward Bede Clancy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) and President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella

Archbishop Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) and Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano

Archbishop José Freire Falcão, Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil) and Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina

Archbishop Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

Archbishop Christian Wiyghan Tumi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon) and President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Archbishop Paul Grégoire, Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada), was created Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi

Archbishop Mario Revollo Bravo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola

Archbishop Jacques Martin, Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Palæstina, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Cristo Re

Fr. Emmanuel Delmas was appointed as Priest of Cahors (France)

Bishop Franz Hengsbach, Bishop of Essen (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario

Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B., resigned as Prefect of Congregation for the Sacraments

Bishop John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (胡振中), Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano

Archbishop László Paskai, O.F.M., President of Hungarian Episcopal Conference and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia

Archbishop Lajos Kada, Secretary of Congregation for the Sacraments, was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Archbishop Antony Padiyara, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) and President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde

Archbishop Simon Ignatius Pimenta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Mundi» a Torre Spaccata

Archbishop Giovanni Canestri, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova–Bobbio (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle

Archbishop Giovanni Cheli, Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, was appointed as Vice-President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Archbishop Angelo Felici, Titular Archbishop of Cæsariana and Apostolic Nuncio to France, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari

Archbishop Michele Giordano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello

Archbishop Virgilio Noè, Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship, was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship

Archbishop Achille Silvestrini, Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana and Secretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo

Msgr. Raffaele Melli, Undersecretary of Congregation for the Sacraments, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Bishop Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C., Titular Bishop of Abora and Apostolic Administrator of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania), was created Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella

Bishop Jean Margéot, Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) and President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa

Archbishop Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali

Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of Oyo (Nigeria), passed away at 80

Archbishop Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B., Titular Archbishop of Meta, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio

Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Titular Archbishop of Thagora, was created Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Gesù

Msgr. Pere Tena Garriga, Priest of Barcelona (Spain), Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Archbishop James Aloysius Hickey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca

Archbishop Edmund Casimir Szoka, Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

Bishop Walter William Curtis resigned as Bishop of Bridgeport (USA)

Fr. Josef Grünwidl was appointed as Priest of Wien (Austria)

Fr. Željko Majić was appointed as Priest of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fr. Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado was appointed as Priest of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Fr. William Pascal Kikoti was appointed as Priest of Iringa (Tanzania)

Fr. Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr., Secretary of Secretariat for Non-Christians, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of Secretariat for Non-Believers and President of Pontifical Council for Culture, was appointed as President of Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers

Bishop Szilárd Keresztes, Titular Bishop of Chunavia and Auxiliary Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary) and Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Fr. Bernard Fellay, S.S.P.X. ▼, was illicitly consecrated as Bishop

Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B., resigned as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archbishop Maurice Baudoux, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint-Boniface (Canada), passed away at 85

Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B., resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship

Cardinal Hermann Volk, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli and Bishop emeritus of Mainz (Germany), passed away at 84

Cardinal Angelo Felici was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal Pietro Palazzini resigned as Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani resigned as Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Cardinal Achille Silvestrini was appointed as Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Francesco Fasola, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite emeritus of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 90

Cardinal Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B., was appointed as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

Fr. Wolfgang Bischof was appointed as Priest of München und Freising (Germany)

Fr. Léon Wagener was appointed as Priest of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Fr. Simón de Rojas, O.SS.T., was canonised

Sr. Rose Philippine Duchesne, R.S.H.M., was canonised

Fr. Niall Coll was appointed as Priest of Raphoe (Ireland)

Bishop Eugène Maillat, M. Afr., Bishop emeritus of N’Zérékoré (Guinea), passed away at 68

Territorial Prelature of Itaituba was established (from Diocese of Santarém and became suffragan of Belém do Pará) (Brazil)

Bishop José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R., Titular Bishop of Bagis and Auxiliary Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Borba (Brazil)

Fr. Alberto Johannes Först, O. Carm., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Dourados (Brazil)

Fr. Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Itaituba (Brazil)

Bishop Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Borba (Brazil)

Fr. Gheorghi Ivanov Jovčev, Priest of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria), was elected Titular Bishop of Lamphua and Apostolic Administrator of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Fr. Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal, Opus Dei, was elected Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile)

Archbishop Antonio Zama, Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Michael Wallace Banach was appointed as Priest of Worcester (USA)

Fr. Jamal Khader Daibes was appointed as Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Fr. Manuel Ureña Pastor, Priest of Valencia (Spain), was elected Bishop of Ibiza (Spain)

Fr. Glen John Provost, Priest of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Georges Lagrange was elected Bishop of Gap (France)

Fr. Helmut Bauer, Priest of Würzburg (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Velefi

Bishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Sicuani (Peru) and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA), passed away at 66

Bishop Henri Gufflet resigned as Bishop of Limoges (France)

Bishop Léon-Raymond Soulier succeeded as Bishop of Limoges (France)