Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Uruguaiana lost territory to Diocese of Santo Ângelo (Brazil)

Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Amman and Jerusalem (Armenian Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman (Jordan)

Archbishop Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers, Opus Dei, resigned as Pontifical Delegate for Institute of the Incarnate Word

Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B., Apostolic Exarch of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil) and Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina), was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Fr. Carlos Miguel Buela, I.V.E., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of the Incarnate Word

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

Fr. Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., was appointed as Director General of Secular Institute of Pius X

Fr. Paul Terrio, Priest of Montréal (Canada), was appointed as Priest of Edmonton (Canada)

Fr. Pierre Drouin, C.I.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Fr. Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras, Priest of Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists), was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Joseph Zhu Hua-yu (朱化宇), Bishop of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Anqing 安慶 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Anqing 安慶 (China)

Bishop Michael Huang Wo-ze (黃渥澤) ▼ resigned as Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Bishop Joseph Li Cong-zhe (李從哲) resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

Bishop Joseph Xu Zhi-xuan (徐之玄), Auxiliary Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China), was appointed as Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China)

Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sakania–Kipushi (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Msgr. Philip B. Najim was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Chaldeans

Fr. Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., resigned as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray resigned as President of Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000

Fr. Albert Vanhoye, S.J., resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Biblical Commission

Msgr. Dominique Rézeau resigned as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (UNOV), Permanent Observer to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Permanent Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Permanent Representative to Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Fr. Michel Gérard, C.I.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Fr. Marie-Dominique Philippe, O.P., resigned as General Prior of Community of Saint John

Fr. Köln König was appointed as Priest of Köln (Germany)

Fr. Klemens Stock, S.J., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Biblical Commission

Fr. George Arackal, C.V., was appointed as Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. Antony Plackal, C.V., resigned as Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Fr. Andon Atamian was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Fr. Charbel Issou was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Msgr. Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政), Priest of Killaloe (Ireland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Head of Study Mission in Hong Kong of Philippines

Fr. Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A., General Secretary of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Enda Edward Murphy was appointed as Priest of Kilmore (Ireland)

Fr. Anthony Frank Monks, M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)

Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo was appointed as Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, Secretary General of Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, was created

Fr. Roberto Tucci, S.J., President of Vatican Radio, was created

Msgr. Michele Castoro, Priest of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy), Archivist of College of Cardinals, Bureau Chief of Congregation for Bishops and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Substitute of College of Cardinals

Archbishop Luigi Travaglino resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua

Msgr. Pio Abresch resigned as Substitute of College of Cardinals

Msgr. Luigi Ghidoni resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Msgr. Ugo Moretto resigned as Director General of Vatican Television Centre

Fr. Alessandro Belano, F.D.P., was appointed as Technical Secretary of Pontifical Biblical Commission

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

Fr. Franco Cagnasso, P.I.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Fr. Savino Graziano Castiglione, P.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Fr. Francesco Compagnoni, O.P., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., Program Director of Vatican Radio, was appointed as Director General of Vatican Television Centre

Fr. Claudio Rossini, S.D.B., was appointed as Director of Vatican Publishing House

Fr. Nicolò Suffi, S.D.B., resigned as Director of Vatican Publishing House

Sr. Lamberta Torrebruno, S.F.A., was appointed as Superior General of Angeline Franciscan Sisters

Dr. Giuseppe Dalla Torre Del Tempio di Sanguinetto, President of Tribunal of Vatican City State, was appointed as Delegate to International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

Dr. Alberto Gasbarri was appointed as Director of Administration of Vatican Radio

Dr. Antonio Mandelli resigned as Administrative Secretary of Vatican Television Centre

Dr. Roberto Romolo was appointed as Administrative Secretary of Vatican Television Centre

Dr. Ivan Ruggiero was appointed as Accountant General of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

Dr. Mario Trippanera resigned as Deputy Director General of Institute for Works of Religion

Prof. Fabrizio Bisconti, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, was appointed as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Bishop André Dikran Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Protosyncellus of Amman and Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan)

Archimandrite Sleiman Abou Zeid, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archbishop Paolo Giglio (吉立友), Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, was appointed as Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Fr. Ángel María Ruiz Garnica, O.S.M., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Theological Faculty of Marianum

Fr. Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria

Fr. Felix Elosi, M.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria

Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad, B.S., was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Greek-Melkites and Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Fr. Martin Sarmiento Jumoad was elected Apostolic Administrator of Isabela (Philippines)

Fr. Edward Władysław Kaczyński, O.P., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

Br. Benito Arbués Rubiol resigned as Superior General of Marist Brothers

Fr. Georges Khazzoum, Priest of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon), was elected Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Fr. Witold Mroziewski, Priest of Łomża (Poland), was appointed as Priest of Brooklyn (USA)

Msgr. Kevin C. McCoy was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College

Fr. James Patrick Moroney was appointed as Executive Secretary of “Vox Clara” Committee

Fr. Joachim Giermek, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Theological Faculty of Saint Bonaventure (Seraphicum)

Sr. Alphonsa Danovich, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Superior General of Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great

Sr. Dia Stasiuk, O.S.B.M., resigned as Superior General of Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great

Archimandrite Nicolas Hakim, B.C., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist

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

Fr. Élias Aghia, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul

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

Fr. Daniel Cardot, S.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Vincenzo Di Blasio, P.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Fr. Luigi Favero, S.M., resigned as Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

Fr. Jean-Pierre-Marie Guérin-Boutaud, C.S.J., was appointed as General Prior of Community of Saint John

Fr. Robert D. Hamilton, C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. J. Richard Lear, C.I., resigned as Superior General of Josephites of Belgium

Fr. Francesco Marini, S.X., resigned as Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers (Xaverians)

Br. Edmund Michael Garvey, C.F.C., resigned as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Br. Alvaro Rodríguez Echeverría, C.F.C., was appointed as Superior General of Christian Brothers

Prof. Tommaso Mauro resigned as Delegate to International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

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

Fr. Jaime Bonet Bonet, F.M.V.D., resigned as President of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity

Sr. Isabel María Fornari Carbonell, F.M.V.D., was appointed as President of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity

Fr. Agnelo Agostinho Fernandes, M.S.F.S., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales (Fransalians)

Bishop Gregory Michael Aymond succeeded as Bishop of Austin (USA)

Bishop John Edward McCarthy resigned as Bishop of Austin (USA)

Bishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

Fr. Manuel Parrado Carral, Priest of Santo André (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Bishop Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

Fr. Redovino Rizzardo, C.S., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Dourados (Brazil)

Fr. Pedro Luiz Stringhini, Priest of São Paulo (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Ita and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fr. Carlos Enrique Samaniego López was appointed as Priest of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

Fr. Santo Loku Pio Doggale was appointed as Priest of Juba (South Sudan)

Bishop Franz Xaver Eder resigned as Bishop of Passau (Germany)

Fr. Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of La Paz (Mexico), passed away at 94

Bishop Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz, Bishop-Prelate of Isabela (Philippines), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

Patriarch Ignace Moussa I Daoud, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon), President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church, Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was appointed as Patriarch ad personam

Archbishop Ennio Appignanesi resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy)

Bishop Agostino Superbo, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy)

Bishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues, Titular Bishop of Casæ medianæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Lorena (Brazil)

Bishop João Hipólito de Morais resigned as Bishop of Lorena (Brazil)

Bishop Matthias Duan Yin-ming (Tuan In-Min) (段蔭明), Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China), passed away at 92

Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia (Macedonian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Križevci) (North Macedonia)

Bishop Éric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier, Titular Bishop of Malliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Bishop of Versailles (France)

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

Bishop Joakim Herbut, Bishop of Skopje (North Macedonia), was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia of the Macedonians (North Macedonia)

Fr. Paulos Faraj Rahho was elected Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Yacoub Denha Scher was elected Archbishop of Erbil of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Fr. Claudio Iovine was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Michel Kassarji was elected Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon)

Fr. Shlemon Warduni was elected Bishop of Curia of the Chaldeans and Titular Bishop of Anbar of the Chaldeans

Bishop Hermann Josef Spital resigned as Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Msgr. Edward William Clark, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) and Titular Bishop of Gardar

Fr. Dennis Patrick O’Neil, Priest of Los Angeles (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Macon and Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino (USA)

Fr. Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro, Priest of Oliveira (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Bishop Diarmuid Martin, Secretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG) and Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO)

Msgr. Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼), Priest of Nardò–Gallipoli (Italy), Head of Study Mission in Hong Kong of Philippines and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan, Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Titular Archbishop of Volturno

Fr. Dennis Marion Schnurr, Priest of Sioux City (USA), was elected Bishop of Duluth (USA)

Bishop Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S., resigned as Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo, Bishop of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

Bishop Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos resigned as Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia)

Bishop Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M., Bishop of Montería (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

Bishop Hernando Rojas Ramirez resigned as Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

Bishop Fabio Suescún Mutis, Bishop of Pereira (Colombia), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia)

Bishop Jean-François Étienne Motte, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cambrai (France), passed away at 87

Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados and Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname

Fr. Bernard Louis Marie Charrier, Priest of Nantes (France), was elected Bishop of Tulle (France)

Msgr. Carlo Liberati, Priest of Fabriano–Matelica (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Delegate of the Ordinary Section of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Apostolic Prefecture of Guapi was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi (Colombia)

Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola)

Bishop Damião António Franklin, Titular Bishop of Falerone and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola)

Fr. Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia)

Archbishop Barthélémy Batantu resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Anatole Milandou, Bishop of Kinkala (Congo-Brazzaville) and President of Episcopal Conference of Congo, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Aloysius Maryadi Sutrisnaatmaka, M.S.F., was elected Bishop of Palangkaraya (Indonesia)

Fr. José Lai Hung-seng (黎鴻昇), Priest of Macau 澳門 (Macau), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

Archbishop James Chiona resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Blantyre (Malawi)

Bishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye, Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi) and President of Episcopal Conference of Malawi, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Blantyre (Malawi)

Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori, Bishop of Chikwawa (Malawi), was appointed as Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi)

Fr. José Horacio Gómez Velasco, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Belali and Auxiliary Bishop of Denver (USA)

Bishop William Edward Lori, Titular Bishop of Bulla and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Bridgeport (USA)

Bishop Michael Ernest Putney, Titular Bishop of Mizigi and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Townsville (Australia)

Fr. Mario Busquets Jordá, Priest of Girona (Spain), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru)

Bishop Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U., Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia, Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Apostolic Administrator of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was elected Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Charles Joseph Henderson resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

Fr. John Franklin Meldon Hine, Priest of Southwark (England), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England) and Titular Bishop of Beverley

Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U., was confirmed as Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church

Bishop Ivan Prasko, Bishop emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia), passed away at 86

Msgr. Alfredo Bona was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Tarcisio Cola was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Archdiocese of Catanzaro–Squillace was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Catanzaro–Squillace (with suffragan sees Crotone–Santa Severina and Lamezia Terme) (Italy)

Archdiocese of Cosenza–Bisignano was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cosenza–Bisignano (with suffragan sees Rossano–Cariati, Cassano all’Jonio and San Marco Argentano–Scalea) (Italy)

Fr. Robert Léon Wattebled, Priest of Arras (France), was elected Bishop of Nîmes (France)

Msgr. y González Nicolás González was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Ronald A. Newland was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

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

Bishop Gianni Danzi resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

Fr. Casimiro López Llorente, Priest of Osma–Soria (Spain), was elected Bishop of Zamora (Spain)

Diocese of Alto Paraná was renamed as Diocese of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Bishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Alto Paraná (Paraguay)

Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth., Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Fr. Peter Chao Yung-chi (趙永吉) was appointed as Priest of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

Fr. Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube was appointed as Priest of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Msgr. Marián Gavenda was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Mark Joseph Hurley, Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa (USA), passed away at 81

Archbishop Dadeus Grings succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Archbishop Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop David Dias Pimentel, Titular Bishop of Marazanæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)

Msgr. Salvatore Esposito was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Sergio Maurizio Soldini was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Zygmunt Kopiczko was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Eugene M. Rebeck was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Gregory D. Vaughan was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Cardinal Giuseppe Casoria, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship, passed away at 92

Archbishop Luigi Dossena resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

Msgr. Renzo Civili, Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Msgr. Henryk Józef Nowacki, Priest of Tarnów (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia and Titular Archbishop of Blera

Fr. James Douglas Conley, Priest of Wichita (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Renato Boccardo, Priest of Susa (Italy), Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Deputy Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

Fr. Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)

Bishop Jacinto Guerrero Torres succeeded as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico)

Bishop Luis Munive Escobar was deposed as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico)

Bishop John Joseph Sullivan, Bishop emeritus of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA), passed away at 80

Fr. Hernán Alvarado Solano, Priest of Zipaquirá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Tubunæ in Mauretania and Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia)

Bishop Benito Epifanio Rodríguez, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rosario (Argentina), passed away at 97

Bishop Wolfgang Große, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Essen (Germany), passed away at 72

Bishop Francesco Lambiasi, Bishop of Anagni–Alatri (Italy), was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Tomash Bernard Peta, Priest of Gniezno (Poland) and Apostolic Administrator of Astana (Kazakhstan), was elected Titular Bishop of Benda

Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (USA)

Bishop Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F., Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Ston

Bishop Grégoire Pierre Abdel-Ahad, Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs, was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Bishop Alfred Clifton Hughes, Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Fr. Jacob Angadiath, Priest of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Apostolic Visitator in Canada of the Syro-Malabars and Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago of the Syro-Malabars (USA)

Abbot Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M., was elected Coadjutor Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) and Titular Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians

Bishop Heinrich Machens, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany), passed away at 82

Msgr. Domenico Sorrentino, Priest of Nola (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Archbishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy)

Venerable Archbishop Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Archbishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy)

Fr. Guy André Marie de Kérimel, Priest of Aix (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ medianæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Nice (France)

Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino

Archbishop Jorge María Mejía, Titular Archbishop of Apollonia, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Girolamo della Carità

Archbishop Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi

Archbishop Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council and Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova

Archbishop Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

Archbishop Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Bishop Celso José Pinto da Silva, Bishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Bishop Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo resigned as Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

Bishop Alfredo Schäffler succeeded as Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

Archbishop Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, I.Sch., President of Episcopal Conference of Chile, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) and First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace

Archbishop Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was created Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Archbishop Bernard Agré, Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto

Archbishop Antonio José González Zumárraga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Patriarch Stéphanos II Ghattas, President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt and Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was created Cardinal-Patriarch

Archbishop Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) and President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Archbishop Louis-Marie Billé, President of Bishops’ Conference of France and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

Archbishop Jean Honoré was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle

Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio

Bishop Walter Kasper, Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova

Bishop Karl Lehmann, Bishop of Mainz (Germany) and President of German Episcopal Conference, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I

Msgr. Leo Scheffczyk, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Priest of München und Freising (Germany), was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella

Archbishop Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Speranza

Archbishop Ivan Dias, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India), was created Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella

Major Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R., President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church and Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Archbishop Desmond Connell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, Titular Archbishop of Amiterno and President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Archbishop Severino Poletto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title

Archbishop Mario Francesco Pompedda, Titular Archbishop of Bisarcio, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State and President of Commission for Advocates, was created Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re, Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo, Prefect of Congregation for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli

Archbishop Sergio Sebastiani, Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, Titular Archbishop of Grado and President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Dio Padre misericordioso

Fr. Roberto Tucci, S.J., was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio

Archbishop Jānis Pujats, Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvia

Archbishop Audrys Juozas Bačkis, Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania, was created Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia

Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Camillo de Lellis

Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski, Titular Archbishop of Agropoli, President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, President of Interdicastery Commission for Equitable Distribution of Priests, Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Patriarch José da Cruz Policarpo, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) and President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio in Campo Marzio

Archbishop José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., Titular Archbishop of Thuburnica and Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa), Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu (South Africa) and President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia

Archbishop Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde

Patriarch Ignace Moussa I Daoud, Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute and Patriarch ad personam, was created Cardinal-Patriarch

Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U., Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Archbishop Marian Jaworski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

Fr. Avery Dulles, S.J., was created Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata

Archbishop Edward Michael Egan, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Cardinal José Alí Lebrún Moratinos, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela), passed away at 81

Archbishop Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello

Venerable Archbishop François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Titular Archbishop of Vadesi and President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala

Bishop Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes resigned as Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala)

Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez succeeded as Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala)

Bishop Gianni Danzi was appointed as Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State

Msgr. Giorgio Corbellini, Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy), Vice Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as President of Personnel Commission of Vatican City State

Fr. Nazareno Lanciotti, Priest of Roma (Italy), passed away at 60

Dr. Marchese Don Giulio Sacchetti was appointed as Councillor General of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

Fr. Donal McKeown, Priest of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland), was elected Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille and Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, was appointed as President of Governorate of Vatican City State

Bishop Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Ausuccura and Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

Msgr. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Priest of Roma (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness, Chancellor of Pontifical Academies of Sciences, Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and Secretary of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, was elected Titular Bishop of Vescovìo

Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata

Cardinal Edward Michael Egan took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

Cardinal Jorge María Mejía took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Girolamo della Carità

Fr. Giuseppe Bausardo, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt) and Titular Bishop of Ida in Mauretania

Archbishop Diego Causero, Titular Archbishop of Meta and Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Grado

Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei, took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Camillo de Lellis

Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Cardinal Antonio José González Zumárraga took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Bishop Roberto Carniello, Bishop emeritus of Volterra (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop Cristián Caro Cordero, Titular Bishop of Arcavica and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Archbishop Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Bishop Mervyn Alban Alexander resigned as Bishop of Clifton (England)

Fr. Declan Ronan Lang, Priest of Portsmouth (England), was elected Bishop of Clifton (England)

Archbishop François Robert Bacqué, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Archbishop Angelo Acerbi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Msgr. Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio, Priest of Cleveland (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Amiterno, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Cardinal Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S., resigned as President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

Archbishop Marcello Zago, O.M.I., Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, passed away at 68

Bishop Jesús Murgui Soriano resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Menorca (Spain)

Fr. Juan Piris Frígola, Priest of Valencia (Spain), was elected Bishop of Menorca (Spain)

Bishop Elizeu Simões Mendes, Bishop emeritus of Campo Mourão (Brazil), passed away at 85

Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪) resigned as President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

Fr. Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Agropoli and Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Bishop Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.J., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Cardinal Walter Kasper was appointed as President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

Msgr. Giampaolo Crepaldi, Priest of Adria–Rovigo (Italy), Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Bisarcio and Secretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Msgr. Aquino Alberto Márquez was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ávila Salvador Martínez was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ponce Diego Monroy was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Bravo Guillermo Moreno was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Đura Džudžar, Bureau Chief of Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Priest of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine) and Titular Bishop of Acrassus

Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage (USA)

Archbishop Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage (USA)

Mr. Joost van den Biesen, M. Afr., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Abercorn (Zambia), passed away at 87

Bishop Porfirio Rivera Iligan, Bishop emeritus of Masbate (Philippines), passed away at 78

Bishop Vittorio Bernardetto, Bishop emeritus of Susa (Italy), passed away at 75

Bishop Joseph Angelo Grech, Titular Bishop of Belesasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez resigned as Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia)

Bishop Armando Larios Jiménez, Bishop of Magangué (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia)

Archbishop Joseph Cunnane, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tuam (Ireland), passed away at 87

Bishop Antonio Pagano, Bishop emeritus of Ischia (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Juarez Delorto Secco was appointed as Priest of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil)

Fr. Modesto Vegas y Vegas, O.F.M. Conv., and 232 companions were beatified

Diocese of Bafatá was established (from Diocese of Bissau and without ecclesiastical province) (Guinea-Bissau)

Diocese of Maradi was established (from Diocese of Niamey and without ecclesiastical province) (Niger)

Bishop Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A., Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika, Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Belesasa

Bishop Cyprien Mbuka Nkuanga, C.I.C.M., Titular Bishop of Simidicca and Auxiliary Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia), was elected Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Bishop Georges Perron, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Fr. Carlos Pedro Zilli, P.I.M.E., was elected Bishop of Bafatá (Guinea-Bissau)

Fr. Percival Joseph Fernandes, Priest of Bombay (India), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India) and Titular Bishop of Bulla

Fr. Agnelo Rufino Gracias, Priest of Bombay (India), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India) and Titular Bishop of Molicunza

Fr. Peter Hla, Priest of Taunggyi (Myanmar), was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi (Myanmar)

Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo, Titular Bishop of Severiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey (Niger), was appointed as Bishop of Maradi (Niger)

Bishop Egon Kapellari, Bishop of Gurk (Austria), was appointed as Bishop of Graz–Seckau (Austria)

Bishop Johann Weber resigned as Bishop of Graz–Seckau (Austria)

Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins, Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Paul (Canada)

Msgr. Leo Boccardi (レオ・ボッカルディ), Priest of Termoli–Larino (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (UNOV), Permanent Observer to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Permanent Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Permanent Representative to Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Fr. Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa was appointed as Priest of Alindao (Central African Republic)

Fr. Rabindra Kumar Ranasingh was appointed as Priest of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli

Archbishop Antonio Valentini, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chieti–Vasto (Italy), passed away at 79

Fr. Francisco Agamenilton Damascena was appointed as Priest of Uruaçu (Brazil)

Cardinal Severino Poletto took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title

Fr. Joaquin María López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo, Priest of Madrid (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Arcavica and Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe (Spain)

Bishop José Sótero Valero Ruz, Titular Bishop of Alba and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Apollonia

Fr. José Antonio Gentico, Priest of Morón (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Mizigi and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Archbishop Ennio Antonelli, General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

Bishop Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R., Bishop of Roseau (Dominica), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Msgr. Betes José Luis Repetto was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Castellano Ángel Romero was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Frank Joseph Dewane, Priest of Green Bay (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Msgr. John Anthony Boissonneau, Priest of Toronto (Canada) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Tambeæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Msgr. Jan Dziasek was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Antoni Sołtysik was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Edward Staniek was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Alessandro Maria Gottardi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trento (Italy), passed away at 88

Bishop João Alves resigned as Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

Bishop Albino Mamede Cleto succeeded as Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

Cardinal Walter Kasper took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova

Cardinal Mario Francesco Pompedda took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina

Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop George Pell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop Peter Luo Bei-zhan (駱北瞻), Metropolitan Archbishop of Chongqing 重慶 (China), passed away at 89

Fr. Christopher Michael Cardone, O.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Gizo (Solomon Islands)

Fr. José Francisco Rezende Dias, Priest of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

Fr. Kevin John Patrick McDonald, Priest of Birmingham (England), was elected Bishop of Northampton (England)

Bishop Patrick Leo McCartie resigned as Bishop of Northampton (England)

Fr. Bernd Joachim Uhl, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Malliana

Archbishop Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia)

Archbishop Franc Perko resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia)

Bishop Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Borba (Brazil), passed away at 88

Fr. Martin John Amos, Priest of Cleveland (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Meta and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Fr. Roger William Gries, O.S.B., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) and Titular Bishop of Præsidium

Bishop Anthony Edward Pevec resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

Msgr. Giuseppe Betori, Priest of Foligno (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Falerone and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy

Msgr. Joseph Anthony Pepe, Priest of Philadelphia (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Las Vegas (USA)

Bishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García, Titular Bishop of Thuccabora and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Palmira (Colombia)

Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem, was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University

Cardinal Jozef Tomko resigned as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious

Msgr. Edward Thomas Wilkes was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. József Péntek was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Msgr. Jorge Elías Chávez González was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Gerard Johannes Nicolaas de Korte, Priest of Utrecht (Netherlands), was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn resigned as Secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Msgr. Arthur Roche, Priest of Leeds (England), General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Rusticiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., was elected Titular Bishop of Nebbi and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

Fr. George Stack, Priest of Westminster (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Emile Destombes, M.E.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

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

Bishop Nicolas Okioh, Bishop emeritus of Natitingou (Benin), passed away at 69

Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio, Magister emeritus of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum, passed away at 89

Bishop John Richard McNamara, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA), passed away at 73

Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Archbishop Paolo Romeo, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Fr. Dulcênio Fontes de Matos, Priest of Estância (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Cozyla and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Bishop Germán Trajano Pavón Puente, Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador)

Fr. Elio Alevi Pérez Tapia, S.D.B., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru)

Fr. José María Yanguas Sanz, Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Gjergj Meta was appointed as Priest of Tiranë–Durrës (Albania)

Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Bishop John Forrosuelo Du, Titular Bishop of Timici and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines)

Fr. Guillermo Dela Vega Afable, Priest of Davao (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Vadesi and Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines)

Bishop Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog, Titular Bishop of Reperi and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Surigao (Philippines)

Bishop Miguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Surigao (Philippines)

Cardinal Desmond Connell took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

Fr. Hryhoriy Komar was appointed as Priest of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Fr. Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Tibú (Colombia)

Bishop Donato De Bonis, Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 71

Msgr. Agostino De Angelis, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. Tomás Barrera Domingo, T.C., was appointed as Superior General of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonian Friars)

Diocese of Avellaneda was renamed as Diocese of Avellaneda–Lanús (gained territory from Diocese of Lomas de Zamora) (Argentina)

Diocese of Lomas de Zamora lost territory to Diocese of Avellaneda–Lanús (Argentina)

Bishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B., Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Bishop Desiderio Elso Collino resigned as Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

Bishop Rubén Oscar Frassia, Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Avellaneda–Lanús (Argentina)

Fr. Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera and Auxiliary Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)

Fr. Vincent Rakotozafy, Priest of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar), was elected Bishop of Tôlagnaro (Madagascar)

Fr. Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F., was elected Bishop of Morombe (Madagascar)

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Tôlagnaro (Madagascar)

Fr. Lawrence John Saldanha, Priest of Lahore (Pakistan), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Fr. Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Fr. Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS, was elected Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania)

Bishop Matthew Shija resigned as Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania)

Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk, Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA), passed away at 70

Diocese of Montes Claros was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montes Claros (with suffragan sees Janaúba, Januária and Paracatu) (Brazil)

Bishop Geraldo Majela de Castro, O. Praem., Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Bishop José Goncalves Heleno resigned as Bishop of Governador Valadares (Brazil)

Diocese of Cremona lost territory to Diocese of Crema (Italy)

Bishop Manuel González y García, Bishop of Palencia (Spain), was beatified

Sr. Marie-Anne Blondin, S.S.A., was beatified

Sr. Caterina Volpicelli was beatified

Sr. Caterina Cittadini was beatified

Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago was beatified

Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

Msgr. Pompilio Cristino was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Vincenzo De Vizia was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Pasquale Fusco was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Ilija Živković, T.O.R., was appointed as Minister General of Third Order Regular of Saint Francis

Bishop Newton Holanda Gurgel resigned as Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Bishop Fernando Panico, M.S.C., Bishop of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Bishop Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam), passed away at 95

Bishop Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira, Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Portugal (Portugal), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Portugal (Portugal)

Bishop Jean-Berchmans Nterere, Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi), passed away at 58

Archbishop Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth., succeeded as Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco)

Archbishop Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon resigned as Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco)

Bishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạo, Bishop emeritus of Phát Diêm (Vietnam), passed away at 92

Fr. Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau, Priest of Luçon (France), was elected Bishop of Annecy (France)

Fr. Kieran Thomas Conry, Priest of Birmingham (England), was elected Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England)

Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

Archbishop Rafael Bello Ruiz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

Fr. Ġorġ Preca (George Preca), Priest of Mariana (Brazil), was beatified

Br. Nazju Falzon, O.F.S., was beatified

Sr. Maria Adeodata Pisani (Maria Teresa) was beatified

Bishop Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau resigned as Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Fr. Aloysius Jousten, Priest of Liège (Belgium), was elected Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Bishop Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Agats (Indonesia)

Fr. Luc Cyr, Priest of Saint-Jérôme (Canada), was elected Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada)

Bishop Leonard Xu Ying-fa (Hsu Ying-fa) (徐英發), O.F.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Bishop Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis resigned as Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia)

Bishop Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P., succeeded as Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia)

Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Fr. Sahaya Thatheus Thomas was appointed as Priest of Jalandhar (India)

Msgr. Joseph Etturuthil was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Joseph Aké Yapo, Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus and Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Archbishop Noël Kokora-Tekry resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Franz Josef Gebert, Priest of Trier (Germany), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Francisco González Hernández, O.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Thuccabora

Fr. Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo (謝益裕), Priest of Singapore (Singapore), was elected Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)

Archbishop Eustathe Joseph Mounayer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), was appointed as Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs

Msgr. Thomas John Rodi, Priest of New Orleans (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Biloxi (USA)

Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze resigned as Bishop of Biloxi (USA)

Msgr. Jaime Bravo Cisneros was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Zoltán Tarjányi was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Gerald Almeida succeeded as Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

Bishop Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem., resigned as Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

Msgr. Francesco Grammatico was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Matías Antonio Hernández was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Renato Spallanzani, Bishop emeritus of Palestrina (Italy), passed away at 90

Fr. Edmar José da Silva was appointed as Priest of Mariana (Brazil)

Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania and Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

Archbishop Giovanni Coppa resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

Cardinal Audrys Juozas Bačkis took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia

Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi

Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova

Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia

Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde

Cardinal Marian Jaworski took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

Bishop Alois Schwarz, Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), was appointed as Bishop of Gurk (Austria)

Bishop Protógenes José Luft, S.C., succeeded as Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil)

Bishop Antônio Sarto, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil)

Archbishop Gaetano Bonicelli resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Buoncristiani, Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (Italy)

Fr. Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez, Priest of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Reperi and Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco (Mexico)

Cardinal Karl Lehmann took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I

Archbishop Domenico Vacchiano, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Pompei (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 86

Fr. Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Bida and Auxiliary Bishop of Cabanatuan (Philippines)

Bishop Vicente Macanan Navarra, Bishop of Kabankalan (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines)

Cardinal Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello

Archbishop James Lin Bing-liang (林秉良) ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guangzhou 廣州 (China), passed away at 87

Msgr. James Stewart Overton was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Luis Munive Escobar, Bishop emeritus of Tlaxcala (Mexico), passed away at 80

Bishop Fernando Ariztía Ruiz resigned as Bishop of Copiapó (Chile)

Fr. Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of Copiapó (Chile)

Bishop Antanas Vaičius resigned as Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Cardinal Bernard Agré took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto

Cardinal Jean Honoré took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle

Cardinal Leo Scheffczyk took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Speranza

Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio in Campo Marzio

Bishop Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano, Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 63

Msgr. George Francis Davich was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Rudolph A. Daz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Angelo Accattino, Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Carlo Maria Polvani, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Peter Bryan Wells, Priest of Tulsa (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Giorgio Marcuzzo was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer, Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Minas (Uruguay)

Fr. Timothy Thomas Kelly, O.S.B., was appointed as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Abbot Melvin Valvano, O.S.B., resigned as President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados and Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fr. Waldemar Musioł was appointed as Priest of Opole (Poland)

Fr. Raimundo Vanthuy Neto was appointed as Priest of Roraima (Brazil)

Cardinal Ivan Dias took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella

Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue, Titular Bishop of Tulana and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), was appointed as Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Msgr. Martin Krebs, Priest of Essen (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Kazimierz Walenty Bownik was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Novatus Rugambwa, Priest of Bukoba (Tanzania) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

Bishop Jorge Luis Lona succeeded as Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

Bishop Peter William Ingham, Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Archbishop Giuseppe Laigueglia, Titular Archbishop of Æliæ, passed away at 78

Msgr. Giacomo Drago, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household, passed away at 86

Msgr. Władysław Kostrzewa was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Peter Leslie Smith was appointed as Priest of Portland in Oregon (USA)

Fr. Agostino Roscelli, Priest of Genova (Italy), was canonised

Br. Bernardo da Corleone Latini (Filippo), O.F.M. Cap., was canonised

Fr. Luigi Scrosoppi, C.O., was canonised

Sr. Teresa Eustochio Verzeri (Ignazia), F.S.C.G., was canonised

Sr. Rafqa Choboq Ar-Rayès (Pietra), O.L.M., was canonised

Fr. Gerard Joseph Holohan, Priest of Perth (Australia), was elected Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Msgr. Roger Roy was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Paul James Curry, Priest of Westminster (England), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Cardinal Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France), passed away at 67

Msgr. Tullio Citrini was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Luigi Mistò was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. William J. Fitzgerald was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Eugene A. Sears was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Samuel Joseph Aquila, Priest of Denver (USA), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Fargo (USA)

Bishop John Clayton Nienstedt, Titular Bishop of Alton and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA), was appointed as Bishop of New Ulm (USA)

Bishop John Mark Jabalé, E.B.C., succeeded as Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins resigned as Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Fr. Sérgio da Rocha, Priest of São Carlos (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Alba and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)