Nominations and Resignations

Fr. Giovanni Peragine, B., was appointed as President of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.)

Sr. Louise Madore, F.d.L.S., resigned as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Bishop Joseph Li Jing (李晶) resigned as Coadjutor Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

Msgr. Damián Electo Chavarría Carvajal, M.X.Y., was appointed as Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia)

Fr. Jairo Hernán Gómez Guzmán, M.X.Y., resigned as Superior General of Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions

Fr. Gustavo Mejia, M.X.Y., was appointed as Superior General of Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions

Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku, Bishop of Butembo–Beni (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Abbot Gregor Zasche, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Bavaria

Mr. Ronaldo Hermann Schmitz was appointed as Vice-President of Institute for Works of Religion

Msgr. Cherian Kanjirakompil was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Syro-Malabars

Fr. George Thomas Kallunkal, O.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ

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

Mother Rosekate, S.A.B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation)

Mother Stella Maris, S.A.B.S., resigned as Superior General of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation)

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

Sr. Sancta Kolath, C.M.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Mother of Carmel

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

Msgr. Stefano Migliorelli resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Carlo Azzimonti was appointed as Papal Commissioner for Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Rafael García de la Serrana Villalobos was appointed as Priest of Opus Dei (Italy)

Fr. Guido Gatti, S.D.B., resigned as Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Antonio Loreti, P.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Fr. Carlo Nanni, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University

Fr. Felice Ruffini, M.I., resigned as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

Dr. Marco Bargellini was appointed as President of Committee for Security of Vatican City State

Dr. Renato Buzzonetti resigned as Personal Doctor of the Pope of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Dr. Patrizio Polisca was appointed as Personal Doctor of the Pope of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Dr. Sara Ponte, C.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul

Mr. Paolo Trombetta resigned as Accountant General of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

Fr. Josep María Abella Batlle (ホセ・マリア・アベイヤ), C.M.F., Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians), was appointed as Vice-President of Union of Superiors General (U.S.G.)

Msgr. Tony Gebran was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Msgr. Nabih Moawad resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Fr. Julio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Joseph

Fr. Antonio Rivera Ibarra, M.J., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Joseph

Sr. Maureen Cusick, N.D.S., Superior General of Religious of Our Lady of Sion, was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Msgr. Roko Taban Mousa was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Malakal (South Sudan)

Fr. Juan Javier Flores Arcas, O.S.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Msgr. James P. Finucan, Priest of La Crosse (USA), passed away at 86

Fr. Mark Sheridan, E.B.C., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Prof. Mary Ann Glendon was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Mr. Virgil C. Dechant resigned as Vice-President of Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop Enrique Pérez Lavado, Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Carúpano (Venezuela)

Titular Episcopal See of Chiemsee was restored (Germany)

Titular Episcopal See of Aveia was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Celano was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Sepino was restored (Italy)

Titular Episcopal See of Chełm was restored (Poland)

Titular Episcopal See of Sejny was restored (Poland)

Titular Episcopal See of Iliturgi was restored (Spain)

Titular Episcopal See of Nachingwea was restored (Tanzania)

Titular Episcopal See of Rutabo was restored (Tanzania)

Fr. Alfredo G. Africa, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Mission Society of the Philippines

Fr. Socrates C. Mesiona, M.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Mission Society of the Philippines

Archbishop John Michael Miller, C.S.B., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Archbishop Raymond Olir Roussin, S.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

Msgr. Conrad Meyer was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Bartholomew Nannery was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Richard Rutt was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Daniel E. Cardelli was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Paul E. Showalter, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Antonio A. Valdivia was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Jan De Bie resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi, Bishop of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Jean Salomon Lezoutié, Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)

Fr. Vicente Carlos Kiaziku, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Mbanza Congo (Angola)

Bishop Claude Champagne, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Sufasar and Auxiliary Bishop of Halifax (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)

Bishop François Thibodeau, C.I.M., resigned as Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)

Msgr. Walter Brandmüller, President of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, Priest of Bamberg (Germany) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Germany)

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Bishop Allen Henry Vigneron, Bishop of Oakland (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Fr. Cirilo B. Flores, Priest of Orange (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Orange (USA)

Bishop John Jeremiah McRaith resigned as Bishop of Owensboro (USA)

Fr. João José da Costa, O. Carm., was elected Bishop of Iguatu (Brazil)

Fr. José Moreira Bastos Neto, Priest of Caratinga (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil)

Bishop José Doth de Oliveira resigned as Bishop of Iguatu (Brazil)

Bishop Izidoro Kosinski, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil)

Fr. Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe, Priest of Monterrey (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Isola and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Fr. José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu

Bishop Jacques Danka Longa succeeded as Bishop of Kara (Togo)

Bishop Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena resigned as Bishop of Kara (Togo)

Fr. Philippe Mousset, Priest of La Rochelle (France), was elected Bishop of Pamiers (France)

Cardinal Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra, Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Oviedo (Spain) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

Fr. Séamus Cunningham, Priest of Hexham and Newcastle (England), was elected Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Cardinal Pio Laghi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli and Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 86

Bishop Angelo Daniel resigned as Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Bishop Marco Virgilio Ferrari resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

Archbishop Andrés Carrascosa Coso, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Bishop Michael Russell, Bishop emeritus of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland), passed away at 88

Msgr. Luigi Bianco, Priest of Casale Monferrato (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Titular Archbishop of Falerone

Bishop Anton Bal, Titular Bishop of Tamalluma and Auxiliary Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea)

Msgr. Richard Frank Stika, Priest of Saint Louis (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Knoxville (USA)

Fr. Basil Mary Heiser, O.F.M. Conv., Undersecretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes, passed away at 100

Msgr. Liro Vendelino Meurer, Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

Msgr. Philippe Ballot, Priest of Besançon (France), was elected Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France)

Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia and Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Edmond Y. Farhat resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Fr. Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Priest of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was elected Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina)

Bishop Olivier de Berranger, Prado, resigned as Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

Bishop Andrew Aaron Chisha resigned as Bishop of Mansa (Zambia)

Fr. Michel Merizzi, M. Afr., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mansa (Zambia)

Diocese of Rutana was established (from Diocese of Bururi and Diocese of Ruyigi and became suffragan of Gitega) (Burundi)

Fr. Bonaventure Nahimana, Priest of Gitega (Burundi), was elected Bishop of Rutana (Burundi)

Fr. Franco Mulakkal, Priest of Jalandhar (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Chullu and Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi (India)

Bishop Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Hugh Lindsay, Bishop emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle (England), passed away at 81

Bishop Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M., Bishop of Curia of the Ukrainians, was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Italy and Spain of the Ukrainians

Archbishop Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Juneau (USA)

Msgr. Edward James Burns, Priest of Pittsburgh (USA), was elected Bishop of Juneau (USA)

Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas, Cardinal-Patriarch and Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 89

Bishop Ephrem Joseph Younan, Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark of the Syriacs (USA), was elected Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Archbishop Théophile Georges Kassab resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Archbishop Jean Jadot, Pro-President emeritus of Secretariat for Non-Christians, passed away at 99

Bishop Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux, Bishop emeritus of Versailles (France), passed away at 93

Bishop Roberto Amadei resigned as Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Bishop Lino Bortolo Belotti, C.M.P., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Beschi, Titular Bishop of Vinda and Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

Msgr. Salvatore Muratore, Priest of Agrigento (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Nicosia (Italy)

Msgr. Antonio Staglianò, Priest of Crotone–Santa Severina (Italy), was elected Bishop of Noto (Italy)

Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Diocese of Hpa-an was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yangon and became suffragan of Yangon) (Myanmar)

Msgr. Luis Alberto Fernández Alara, Priest of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Carpi and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Msgr. Franz Aertker was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Desiderio Gianfelici was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Liborio Palmeri was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. René Giuliano was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Stanislaus Min Ko, Priest of Yangon (Myanmar), was appointed as Priest of Hpa-an (Myanmar)

Bishop Justin Saw Min Thide, Titular Bishop of Lemfocta and Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar), was appointed as Bishop of Hpa-an (Myanmar)

Msgr. Robert Epic Paul Guglielmone, Priest of Rockville Centre (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Charleston (USA)

Bishop Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe, Bishop emeritus of Dallas (USA), passed away at 93

Msgr. Eugene S. Ostrowski was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Thailand)

Bishop Gil Antônio Moreira, Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Archbishop Eurico dos Santos Veloso resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Fr. Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Batistela, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil)

Bishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil)

Fr. José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil)

Fr. Sebastián Taltavull Anglada, Priest of Menorca (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Gabi and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Abbot Kassian Lauterer, O. Cist., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria)

Fr. Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán, Priest of Lima (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Pinhel and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Fr. Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe, Priest of Lima (Peru), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Aveia

Msgr. Eduard Gruber was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Gerhard Maria Wagner was appointed as Titular Bishop of Zuri and Auxiliary Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Bishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira, Bishop emeritus of Guaxupé (Brazil), passed away at 91

Msgr. Xavier Rambaud was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Wolfgang Tripp was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Pietro Migliasso, S.D.B., was appointed as Director General of Vatican Press

Fr. Elio Torrigiani, S.D.B., resigned as Director General of Vatican Press

Msgr. Marek Kiliszek was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Piotr Mazurkiewicz, General Secretary of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Ryszard F. Moń was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. January Wątroba was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ján Formánek was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Anton Stres, C.M., Bishop of Celje (Slovenia), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia) and Apostolic Administrator of Celje (Slovenia)

Msgr. Kevin W. McAuliffe was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Pedro Miguel Funes Díaz was appointed as Bureau Chief of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Barrancabermeja (Colombia)

Br. Joseph Karimalayil, C.M.S.F., resigned as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Br. Jose Valliara, C.M.S.F., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Missionary Brothers

Bishop Edward Joseph O’Donnell, Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA), passed away at 77

Bishop António dos Reis Rodrigues, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lisboa (Portugal), passed away at 90

Msgr. Grzegorz Kaszak, Priest of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland), Chaplain of His Holiness and Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family, was elected Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland)

Bishop Cipriano Calderón Polo, H.S.O.D., Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, passed away at 81

Fr. Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B., was appointed as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

Fr. Valentine Tsamma Seane, Priest of Gaborone (Botswana), was elected Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana)

Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi resigned as Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana)

Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes, Bishop of Texcoco (Mexico) and President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

Archbishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

Archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Bishop Victor Valentin Sánchez Espinosa, Titular Bishop of Ambia, Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) and General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Bishop Thomas James Olmsted resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Gallup (USA)

Fr. James Sean Wall, Priest of Phoenix (USA), was elected Bishop of Gallup (USA)

Fr. Brian Geoffrey O’Loughlin was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Alessandro Perego, Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Vito Angelo Todisco, Priest of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia (Italy) and Defender of the Bond of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Giovanni Vaccarotto, Chaplain of His Holiness and Defender of the Bond of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Villarrica (Chile)

Fr. Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin, Priest of Los Ángeles (Chile), was elected Bishop of Villarrica (Chile)

Archbishop James Patrick Green (格霖澤), Apostolic Delegate to Botswana, Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho and Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana

Titular Episcopal See of Alet was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Apt was restored (no longer united) (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Arisitum was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Briançonnet was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Carpentras was restored (no longer united) (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Cavaillon was restored (no longer united) (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Entrevaux was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Maillezais was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Orange was restored (no longer united) (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Saint-Papoul was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Senez was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Thérouanne was restored (France)

Titular Episcopal See of Vaison was restored (no longer united) (France)

Dr. Giovanni Amici, Vice-Director of Directorate of General Services of Vatican City State, was appointed as Director of Directorate of General Services of Vatican City State

Dr. Luigi Salіmbenі was appointed as Vice-Director of Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of Vatican City State

Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji resigned as Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria)

Fr. Callistus Valentine Chukwuma Onaga, Priest of Enugu (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria)

Fr. Mario Fiandri, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Madarsuma and Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala)

Fr. Octavio Sassu, O.P., resigned as Pro-Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala)

Msgr. Binay Kandulna, Priest of Khunti (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Auzegera and Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India)

Fr. Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas, Priest of Delhi (India), was elected Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Bishop Désiré Tsarahazana resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Fenoarivo Atsinanana (Madagascar)

Fr. Marcellin Randriamamonjy, Priest of Ambositra (Madagascar), was elected Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana (Madagascar)

Bishop Serafín Vásquez Elizalde, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico), passed away at 86

Fr. Augustinus Kim Jong-soo (김종수 아우구스티노 / 金宗壽), Priest of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Sufasar and Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea)

Fr. Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana, Priest of Bangkok (Thailand), was elected Bishop of Chiang Mai (Thailand)

Bishop Joseph Sangval Surasarang resigned as Bishop of Chiang Mai (Thailand)

Bishop José Belvino do Nascimento resigned as Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos, Priest of Niterói (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Bishop Philippe Kourouma, Bishop emeritus of N’Zérékoré (Guinea), passed away at 76

Archbishop Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Bishop Philip Naameh, Bishop of Damongo (Ghana), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Archbishop Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medan (Indonesia)

Archbishop Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Medan (Indonesia)

Bishop Juan Navarro Castellanos, Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla and Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico)

Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

Bishop Ismael Rueda Sierra, Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

Msgr. Osvaldo Neves de Almeida, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales was appointed as Protopriest of College of Cardinals

Fr. Krzysztof Zadarko, Priest of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Cavaillon and Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦), Cardinal-Priest of S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), passed away at 86

Bishop Andrew Qian Zhi-chun (Tsien Chih-ch’un) (錢志純), Bishop emeritus of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan), passed away at 82

Fr. Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria)

Bishop José Negri (Giuseppe), P.I.M.E., Titular Bishop of Puppi and Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Blumenau (Brazil)

Bishop Angélico Sândalo Bernardino resigned as Bishop of Blumenau (Brazil)

Canon Matthias Heinrich, Priest of Berlin (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Thibaris and Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Bishop Wolfgang Weider resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

Msgr. Werner Schreer was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Luigi Manca was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh, Bishop emeritus of Allentown (USA), passed away at 87

Fr. Lucio Bonora was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Diocese of Los Ángeles was renamed as Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Chile)

Bishop Zef Simoni, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 80

Bishop Jean Rémond, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mission de France (France), passed away at 86

Msgr. Joseph Spiteri, Priest of Malta (Malta) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka and Titular Archbishop of Serta

Bishop Andrzej Dzięga, Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Archbishop Zygmunt Kamiński resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

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

Msgr. Donald Francis Dunn was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Robert Edward Jaeger was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. John Francis Slattery was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Jeffrey Neil Steenson was appointed as Priest of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA)

Fr. Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản, Priest of Quy Nhon (Vietnam), was elected Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam)

Bishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam)

Cardinal Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), passed away at 89

Dr. Gianluigi Marrone, President of Committee for Security of Vatican City State and Judge Nonpareil of the Vatican City State, passed away at 62

Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Cardinal Edward Michael Egan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Cardinal Agostino Vallini, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo pro hac vice Title

Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore, was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Fr. Rodolfo Luís Weber, Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was elected Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil)

Bishop Heriberto Hermes, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil)

Fr. Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Western Sahara (Western Sahara)

Cardinal Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Archbishop Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist., Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino resigned as President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò, Secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Fr. Gerhard Maria Wagner resigned as Titular Bishop of Zuri and Auxiliary Bishop of Linz (Austria)

Archbishop Thomas John Rodi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Biloxi (USA)

Bishop Roger Paul Morin, Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Biloxi (USA)

Archbishop Luis Mena Arroyo, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of México (Mexico), passed away at 88

Fr. Giovane Pereira de Melo, Priest of Rondonópolis (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Bishop José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Bishop José Song Sui-Wan (宋瑞雲), S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

Fr. Edson Tasquetto Damian, Priest of Santa Maria (Brazil), was elected Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

Bishop Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Aitape (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Silvio Cesare Bonicelli, Bishop emeritus of Parma (Italy), passed away at 76

Archbishop Dermot Clifford, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Cloyne (Ireland)

Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Plá, Bishop of Cartagena (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Bishop Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P., Bishop emeritus of Mananjary (Madagascar), passed away at 73

Bishop Guire Poulard, Bishop of Jacmel (Haiti), was appointed as Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

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

Bishop Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy, Titular Bishop of Usinaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France), was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

Bishop Salvador Martínez Pérez resigned as Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico)

Fr. Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico)

Territorial Prelature of Esquel was established (from Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia and became suffragan of Bahía Blanca) (Argentina)

Fr. José Słaby, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Esquel (Argentina)

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Archbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil), passed away at 77

Bishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Ipiales (Colombia), passed away at 83

Fr. János Hollós, Priest of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M., Bishop of Curia of the Ukrainians, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Donets’k–Kharkiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Luis Rojas Mena, Bishop emeritus of Culiacán (Mexico), passed away at 91

Msgr. Jan Romeo Pawłowski, Priest of Gniezno (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo, Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon and Titular Archbishop of Sejny

Archbishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Asunción (Paraguay), passed away at 82

Archbishop Juan del Río Martín resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain)

Msgr. José Mazuelos Pérez, Priest of Sevilla (Spain), was elected Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain)

Bishop Marian Buczek succeeded as Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine)

Bishop Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine)

Diocese of Namibe was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubango and became suffragan of Lubango) (Angola)

Fr. Mateus Feliciano Tomás, Priest of Huambo (Angola), was elected Bishop of Namibe (Angola)

Bishop Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia)

Fr. Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Ambia and Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia)

Bishop Manuel Platon Del Rosario, Bishop emeritus of Malolos (Philippines), passed away at 93

Bishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, Titular Bishop of Natchez and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Oakland (USA)

Sr. Mary Prema Pierick, M.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Charity

Sr. Nirmala Joshi, M.C., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Charity

Fr. Joseph Marie Bonnemain, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Gregory William Gordon, Priest of Las Vegas (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Territorial Prelature of Libmanan was promoted as Diocese of Libmanan (Philippines)

Bishop Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop-Prelate of Aiquile (Bolivia)

Bishop Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Aiquile (Bolivia)

Fr. Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Vazari and Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador)

Msgr. Ricardo Flatz resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Zamora (Ecuador)

Msgr. John Marsland was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. François Kalist, Priest of Bourges (France), was elected Bishop of Limoges (France)

Bishop Bernard Louis Marie Charrier resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Limoges (France)

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

Fr. Paolo Borgia, Priest of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop José Rojas Rojas, Bishop-Prelate of Libmanan (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Libmanan (Philippines)

Fr. Giuseppe Favale, Priest of Castellaneta (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Adriano Tessarollo, Priest of Vicenza (Italy), was elected Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Fr. Kenneth David Oswin Richards, Priest of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Jan Sołowianiuk was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Paul Choi Deok-ki (최덕기 바오로 / 崔悳基) resigned as Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

Bishop Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아 / 李容勳) succeeded as Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

Fr. Peter Baldacchino, Priest of Newark (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Loras Joseph Watters, Bishop emeritus of Winona (USA), passed away at 93

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

Msgr. Anthony J. Kulig was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ronald J. Rozniak, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Richard Cadoux, C.O.I., resigned as Superior General of Oratory of France (Oratorians of France)

Fr. James Cunningham, C.O.I., was appointed as Superior General of Oratory of France (Oratorians of France)

Fr. Henrique Soares da Costa, Priest of Maceió (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Acufida and Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Bishop Josephus Tethool, M.S.C., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

Cardinal Umberto Betti, O.F.M., Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia and Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Lateran University, passed away at 87

Fr. Saverio Antonio Gennario Cannistrà, O.C.D., was appointed as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spirituality (Teresianum)

Bishop Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), passed away at 97

Bishop John Barwa, S.V.D., succeeded as Bishop of Rourkela (India)

Bishop Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Rourkela (India)

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

Archbishop Vincent Gerard Nichols, Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

Bishop Valerian D’Souza resigned as Bishop of Poona (India)

Bishop Thomas Dabre, Bishop of Vasai (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Vasai (India) and Bishop of Poona (India)

Fr. Edmund Woga, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Weetebula (Indonesia)

Msgr. Marcello Bordoni resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Theology

Fr. Manlio Sodi, S.D.B., was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Theology

Cardinal John Njue resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Murang’a (Kenya)

Fr. James Maria Wainaina Kungu, Priest of Nyeri (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Murang’a (Kenya)

Bishop Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Bomadi (Nigeria), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi (Nigeria)

Bishop Joseph O. Egerega resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi (Nigeria)

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

Msgr. Stanisław Chomiak was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Silvio Siripong Charatsri, Priest of Ratchaburi (Thailand), was elected Bishop of Chanthaburi (Thailand)

Bishop Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit resigned as Bishop of Chanthaburi (Thailand)

Bishop Paul Joseph Bradley, Titular Bishop of Afufenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA)

Bishop James Albert Murray resigned as Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA)

Fr. Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., Director General of Secular Institute of Pius X, was elected Titular Bishop of Hilta and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Paul Lortie, Priest of Québec (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Buxar (India)

Fr. Sebastian Kallupura, Priest of Patna (India), was elected Bishop of Buxar (India)

Bishop Stephan Ackermann, Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Hæmimonto and Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Msgr. Jean-Yves Molinas was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Günther Mandl was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Gualtiero Federico Isacchi, Priest of Albano (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Zica and Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

Bishop Ephraim Silas Obot, Bishop of Idah (Nigeria), passed away at 72

Fr. Michael Joseph McKenna, Priest of Sale (Australia), was elected Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

Bishop Gregory O’Kelly, S.J., Titular Bishop of Ath Truim and Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

Bishop Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M., Bishop of Franca (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Bauru (Brazil)

Fr. José Daniel Falla Robles, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Calama and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

Bishop John Tong Hon (湯漢) succeeded as Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun (陳日君), S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Msgr. Edward Robinson Wijesinghe was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Grenoble (France), passed away at 92

Archbishop Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio, Archbishop of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lecce (Italy)

Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lecce (Italy)

Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Toledo (Spain)

Archbishop Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Fr. Yosyf Milyan, M.S.U., was elected Titular Bishop of Drusiliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Fr. Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov was appointed as Priest of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

Fr. Beda Umberto Paluzzi, O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator of Montevergine (Italy), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine (Italy)

Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán resigned as President of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S., resigned as Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)

Bishop Zygmunt Zimowski, Bishop of Radom (Poland), was promoted as President of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers and Archbishop ad personam

Fr. Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R., was elected Archbishop of Trnava (Slovakia)

Archbishop Ján Sokol resigned as Archbishop of Trnava (Slovakia)

Fr. Luis Eduardo González Cedrés was appointed as Priest of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay)

Fr. Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Archbishop Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Fr. Saverio Antonio Gennario Cannistrà, O.C.D., Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spirituality (Teresianum), was appointed as Superior General of Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites)

Fr. Luis Aróstegui Gamboa, O.C.D., resigned as Superior General of Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spirituality (Teresianum)

Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka, Bishop of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Robert James Carlson, Bishop of Saginaw (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Bishop Robert Joseph Cunningham, Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Bishop James Michael Moynihan resigned as Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., resigned as Secretary General of International Theological Commission

Fr. Charles Morerod, O.P., was appointed as Secretary General of International Theological Commission

Bishop Pietro Farina, Bishop of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy) and Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

Bishop Raffaele Nogaro resigned as Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

Msgr. Antonino Carmelo Iachino was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Harry Chikwapula was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Charles Ikeme was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Anthony Okwulehie was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Arcangelo Tadini, Priest of Brescia (Italy), was canonised

Abbot Bernardo Tolomei, O.S.B. Oliv., Founder of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans), was canonised

Br. Nuno de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira (Nuno), O. Carm., was canonised

Sr. Geltrude Comensoli (Caterina) was canonised

Sr. Caterina Volpicelli was canonised

Fr. Miguel Ángel Cárceles Cárceles was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cartagena (Spain)

Fr. Stanislaus Tobias Magombo, Priest of Dedza (Malawi), was elected Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi)

Msgr. Ignatius Mwebe was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kasama (Zambia)

Fr. Anthony John Ireland, Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop David Picão, Bishop emeritus of Santos (Brazil), passed away at 85

Msgr. Serge Poitras Patrick, Priest of Chicoutimi (Canada) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Firas Mundher Drdr was appointed as Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

Msgr. James O’Brien was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Giancarlo Perego, Priest of Cremona (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Domenico Pompili, Priest of Anagni–Alatri (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Giuseppe Russo, Priest of Taranto (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Stefano Russo, Priest of Ascoli Piceno (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Franciszek Cybula was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Stanisław Aleksander Gackowski was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Stanisław Ziȩba, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Peter Wu Jun-wei (武俊維), Priest of Taiyuan 太原 (China), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China)

Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

Fr. Rogath Fundimoya Kimaryo, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Same (Tanzania)

Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A., succeeded as Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue resigned as Bishop of Lancaster (England)

Bishop George Marian Anathil, S.V.D., Bishop emeritus of Indore (India), passed away at 76

Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh, Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi resigned as Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

Archbishop James Spaita resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama (Zambia)

Msgr. Leslie Rogers Tomlinson, Priest of Melbourne (Australia) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Sinitis and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Giancarlo Dellagiovanna, Priest of Tortona (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Afufenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh)

Fr. Sunny Thomas Kokkaravalayil, S.J., was appointed as Pro-Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Fr. Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco, Priest of Tepic (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Zacharias Cenita Jimenez resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Butuan (Philippines)

Fr. Cyril Vasil’, S.J., Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was elected Secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya

Bishop Bernard Joseph Harrington resigned as Bishop of Winona (USA)

Bishop John Michael Quinn succeeded as Bishop of Winona (USA)

Fr. Marcelo Daniel Colombo, Priest of Quilmes (Argentina), was elected Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

Bishop Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil), passed away at 89

Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Cochin (India)

Bishop Joseph Kariyil, Bishop of Punalur (India), was appointed as Bishop of Cochin (India)

Fr. Selvister Ponnumuthan, Priest of Neyyattinkara (India), was elected Bishop of Punalur (India)

Bishop John Thattumkal, S.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Cochin (India)

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See

Cardinal Agostino Vallini, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See

Fr. Paul Kariuki Njiru, Priest of Embu (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Embu (Kenya)

Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See

Fr. Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Khandwa (India)

Fr. Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Jhabua (India)

Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Jhabua (India)

Bishop Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris resigned as Bishop of Kurunegala (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Harold Anthony Perera, Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka), was appointed as Bishop of Kurunegala (Sri Lanka)

Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand)

Bishop Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij, Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand)

Msgr. Charles Lavoie was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop François-Xavier Yombandje resigned as Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Msgr. Jacques Gomart was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Thomas Johnston was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Visvaldas Kulbokas, Priest of Telšiai (Lithuania), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Zdzisław Benedict was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Zenon Skierka was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Zdzisław Wirwicki was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker resigned as Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan)

Msgr. Soto Manuel Díaz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Ignatius Wang Zhong-zhang (汪中璋) resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Fr. Louis-Marie Parent, O.M.I., Founder of Institute Voluntas Dei, passed away at 98

Prof. Piero Antonio Bonnet was appointed as Judge Nonpareil of the Vatican City State

Msgr. Noly A. Que was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Joseph Robert Cistone, Titular Bishop of Casæ medianæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Saginaw (USA)

Fr. Varghese Parappuram, C.V., was appointed as Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. Varghese Puthussery, C.V., resigned as Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls, Titular Bishop of Abula, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Menorca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Menorca (Spain)

Archbishop Joseph Marie Louis Duval, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rouen (France), passed away at 80

Msgr. Hippolytus Omodoi was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Agapitus Mazalle Sasa was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Mario Marini, Secretary of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, passed away at 72

Fr. Nikola Nino Kekić, Priest of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was elected Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Bishop Slavomir Miklovš resigned as Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Msgr. Denis E. Carlin was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Losada Gonzalo Fernández was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Martínez Marcos Lobato was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Piña José Clemente Bozo was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bangui (Central African Republic)

Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic) and President of Central African Episcopal Conference

Fr. José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S., was elected Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Louis Nzala Kianza resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, President of Pontifical Council for Social Communications and President of Vatican Film Library, was appointed as President of Vatican Television Centre

Bishop Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta, Bishop emeritus of Bilbao (Spain), passed away at 91

Msgr. John Oliver Barres, Priest of Wilmington (USA), was elected Bishop of Allentown (USA)

Bishop Edward Peter Cullen resigned as Bishop of Allentown (USA)

Msgr. Lee Anthony Piché, Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) and Titular Bishop of Tamata

Bishop Roger Louis Kaffer, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Joliet (USA), passed away at 81

Msgr. Pascal Tongamba was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Fr. Giacomo Palagi, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tete (Mozambique)

Fr. Mario León Dorado, O.M.I., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Western Sahara (Western Sahara)

Msgr. Guerino Di Tora, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Titular Bishop of Zuri

Bishop Enzo Dieci resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Msgr. Giuseppe Marciante, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Thagora and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P., Titular Bishop of Turuda and Auxiliary Bishop of Idah (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Idah (Nigeria)

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., Bishop of Curia of the Ukrainians, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England) and Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians

Bishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot, Bishop emeritus of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia), passed away at 75

Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli, Apostolic Nuncio to France, was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Msgr. Marco Agostini, Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Karel Kasteel resigned as Dean and Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera and Secretary of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

Cardinal James Francis Stafford resigned as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Apostolic Prefecture of Mongo was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo (Chad)

Fr. Henri Coudray, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Mongo (Chad), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Mongo (Chad) and Titular Bishop of Silli

Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Bishop George Joseph Lucas, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

Bishop Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), passed away at 83

Archbishop Paolo Sardi, Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Pro-Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Fr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, Priest of Shendam (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria)

Br. Raphaël-Louis Rafiringa (Firinga), F.S.C., was beatified

Bishop Bernt Ivar Eidsvig, C.R.S.A., Bishop of Oslo (Norway), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim (Norway)

Bishop Georg Müller, SS.CC., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Trondheim (Norway)

Msgr. Timothy Christian Senior, Priest of Philadelphia (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Floriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Terence John Gerard Brady, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Bishop Christopher Henry Toohey resigned as Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Fr. Marco Sprizzi, Priest of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Otto Separy, Titular Bishop of Pupiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Aitape (Papua New Guinea), was appointed as Bishop of Aitape (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Riohacha (Colombia), passed away at 84

Bishop José Refugio Mercado Díaz resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

Bishop Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ, Bishop emeritus of Long Xuyên (Vietnam), passed away at 100

Msgr. Francesco Lanzolla was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Gregory Michael Aymond, Bishop of Austin (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Archbishop Alfred Clifton Hughes resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

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

Diocese of Posadas lost territory to Diocese of Puerto Iguazú (Argentina)

Msgr. Víctor Selvino Arenhardt, Priest of Posadas (Argentina), was elected Bishop of Oberá (Argentina)

Msgr. Marco Agostini was appointed as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

Msgr. Lluís Clavell was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Msgr. Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, Priest of Białystok (Poland), Chaplain of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was elected Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

Fr. Edward Władysław Kaczyński, O.P., resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández, Titular Bishop of Ampora and Auxiliary Bishop of Salto (Uruguay), was appointed as Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

Bishop Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

Archbishop Khalil Abi-Nader, Archbishop emeritus of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 87

Msgr. Paul Lamotte was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Denis Lecompte was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Thomas Löhr, Priest of Limburg (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Diana and Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Bishop Gerhard Pieschl resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

Fr. Claudio Palumbo, Priest of Isernia–Venafro (Italy), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Dr. Franco Berti resigned as Vice-Director of Directorate of Health and Hygiene of Vatican City State

Dr. Patrizio Polisca was appointed as Vice-Director of Directorate of Health and Hygiene of Vatican City State

Fr. Arkadiusz Okroj, Priest of Pelplin (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Arraiza Luis María Oroz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I., was elected Bishop of Helsinki (Finland)

Bishop Emmanuel Constant, Bishop emeritus of Les Gonaïves (Haiti), passed away at 81

Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don, Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico and Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P., Undersecretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was elected Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and Titular Archbishop of Oregon City

Bishop Christopher Charles Prowse, Titular Bishop of Bahanna and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

Archbishop Giacinto Berloco, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

Bishop Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez, Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Texcoco (Mexico)

Bishop Jožef Smej resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia)

Fr. Nikolaus Schöch, O.F.M., Substitute Defender of the Bond of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Markus Graulich, S.D.B., was appointed as Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Titular Bishop of Nebbi and Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Sora–Aquino–Pontecorvo (Italy)

Bishop Luca Brandolini, C.M., Bishop of Sora–Aquino–Pontecorvo (Italy), was appointed as Vicar of the Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

Fr. Giuseppe La Placa, Priest of Caltanissetta (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Maurizio Malvestiti, Priest of Bergamo (Italy), Bureau Chief of Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Fr. Sephen Tjephe, Priest of Loikaw (Myanmar), was elected Titular Bishop of Nova barbara and Auxiliary Bishop of Loikaw (Myanmar)

Bishop Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Fr. Pierre-Marie Gaschy, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon) and Titular Bishop of Usinaza

Msgr. Vesga Pedro Sáez was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai, Priest of Bangkok (Thailand), was elected Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand)

Msgr. Ignatius Mwebe, Apostolic Administrator of Kasama (Zambia), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Damiano Marzotto Caotorta, Bureau Chief of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Bishop Gilberto Gómez González, Titular Bishop of Mozotcori and Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Abancay (Peru)

Bishop Isidro Sala Ribera resigned as Bishop of Abancay (Peru)

Fr. Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Martin Schupp, C.M.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop José Nicomedes Grossi, Bishop emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil), passed away at 93

Fr. Francesco Bravi, O.F.M., resigned as Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum

Fr. Michael Anthony Perry, O.F.M., was appointed as Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum