Nominations and Resignations

Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Marabá (Brazil)

Fr. Jack Lynch, S.F.M., resigned as Superior General of Scarboro Foreign Mission Society

Fr. Brian Swords, S.F.M., was appointed as Superior General of Scarboro Foreign Mission Society

Sr. Louise Madore, F.d.L.S., was appointed as Superior General of Daughters of Wisdom

Sr. Teresa Valenzuela Albornoz, A.A.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Adoratrices Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity

Fr. Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林), Priest of Hengzhou 衡州 (China), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Changde 常德 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Hengzhou 衡州 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Yuanling 沅陵 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Lixian 澧縣 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Baoqing 寶慶 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Xiangtan 湘潭 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Yueyang 岳陽 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Yongzhou 永州 (China)

Fr. Joseph Chen Gong-ao (陳功鰲) was elected Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Fr. Francis Xavier Jin Yang-ke (金仰科), Priest of Ningbo 寧波 (China), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ningbo 寧波 (China)

Fr. Thaddeus Ma Da-qin (馬達欽) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) and Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Fr. John Peng Wei-zhao (彭衛照) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Fr. Joseph Yue Fu-sheng (岳福生) was elected Apostolic Administrator of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China)

Bishop Thomas Zeng Jing-mu (曾景牧) resigned as Bishop of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Msgr. Oswaldo Jaramillo Osorio was appointed as Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia)

Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Msgr. Pierre Ntakobajira Cibambo was appointed as Ecclesiastical Assistant of Caritas Internationalis

Msgr. János Hollós, Priest of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away at 88

Fr. Stephen Chirappanath, Priest of Irinjalakuda of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Syro-Malabars

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

Fr. Francis Arulappan, H.G.N., was appointed as Director General of Heralds of Good News

Fr. K.P. Xavier, C.R., was appointed as Prior General of Rosarian Fathers

Fr. Mathew Kallikatt, H.G.N., resigned as Director General of Heralds of Good News

Fr. Mathew Kumpuckal, C.S.T., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”

Fr. Paul Mahendra, I.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Indian Missionary Society

Fr. Varghese Manjaly, C.S.T., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”

Fr. Jose Subhash, I.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Indian Missionary Society

Br. Martinus Tukir Handoko, F.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Immaculate Conception of Maastricht

Msgr. Luigi Cerchiaro resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

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

Fr. Francesco Bamonte, I.H.M., was appointed as President of International Association of Exorcists

Fr. Valentino Cottini, M.C.C.J., was appointed as President of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

Fr. Cipriano de Meo, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as President of International Association of Exorcists

Br. Paolo Barolo, F.D.M., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy

Br. Roberto Piccolo, F.D.M., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy

Sr. Viviana M. Ballarin, O.P., was appointed as Vice-President of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.)

Dr. Lorenzo Ornaghi resigned as Rector Magnificus of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Dr. Paola Segato, C.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Ignacio Alcalá Alcalá, M.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Saint Mary of Guadalupe

Fr. Enrique Sánchez Torres, M.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Saint Mary of Guadalupe

Fr. Marcel Chappin, S.J., resigned as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Br. Albert Ketelaars, F.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Immaculate Conception of Maastricht

Fr. Hubert Andrzej Matusiewicz, O.H., resigned as Ecclesiastical Assistant of Caritas Internationalis

Fr. Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., resigned as President of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

Fr. A.M. Stephen Mariathas, C.R., resigned as Prior General of Rosarian Fathers

Archbishop Paul Runangaza Ruzoka, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kigoma (Tanzania)

Msgr. Andrew Thanya-anan Vissanu resigned as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

Msgr. Kenneth E. Boccafola resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. David T. Fitzgerald, S.P., was appointed as Servant General of Servants of the Paraclete

Fr. Peter Lechner, S.P., resigned as Servant General of Servants of the Paraclete

Sr. Mary Jane Herb, I.H.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Br. Broer Huitema, C.M.M., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy (of Tilburg)

Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of Saint Peter (Anglican Rite) was established (USA)

Archbishop Alfredo Battisti, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Udine (Italy), passed away at 86

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

Fr. Camilo Bernal Hadad, C.I.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

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

Bishop Cirilo B. Flores, Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Orange (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Bishop Gabino Zavala resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli resigned as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Secretary of Congregation for Bishops and Secretary of College of Cardinals, was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Nuncio to Finland, Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Norway and Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Causes of Saints, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Portugal)

Fr. John Oballa Owaa, Priest of Kisumu (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Ngong (Kenya)

Fr. Henry Aruna, Priest of Kenema (Sierra Leone), was appointed as Bishop of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

Bishop George Biguzzi, S.X., resigned as Bishop of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

Fr. Frank Leo, Priest of Montréal (Canada), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Stefan Dybowski was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Graue Enrique Glennie was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Güémez Herminio Pérez was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop José Freire de Oliveira Neto, Bishop emeritus of Mossoró (Brazil), passed away at 83

Msgr. Raymund Mullan was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for Bishops

Msgr. Fabio Fabene, Priest of Viterbo (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness, Substitute of College of Cardinals and Bureau Chief of Congregation for Bishops, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Josef Heissenberger was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Helmut Nagorziansky was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Edison Giavoni was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Argemiro Sánchez Malagón was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Josip Ćorić was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Martin David, Priest of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Luis Arias Altamirano was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Carlos María Cuadrado Gavilanes was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Josef Metzler, O.M.I., Prefect emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives, passed away at 90

Msgr. Jan Józef Suchecki was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. John W. McEvilly was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Ignatius Chama, Bishop of Mpika (Zambia), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Mpika (Zambia) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama (Zambia)

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

Bishop Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer, Titular Bishop of Rusadus, Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers (France) and Apostolic Administrator of Poitiers (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poitiers (France)

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun (陳日君), S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca and Bishop emeritus of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Hong Kong)

Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj, Titular Bishop of Absa Salla and Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (India), was appointed as Bishop of Dharmapuri (India)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Dharmapuri (India)

Diocese of Ifakara was established (from Diocese of Mahenge and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Bishop Bosco Penha resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Bishop Antonio Mistrorigo, Bishop emeritus of Treviso (Italy), passed away at 99

Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Beira (Mozambique)

Bishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes, Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo (Mozambique), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Beira (Mozambique)

Bishop Salutaris Melchior Libena, Titular Bishop of Sutunurca and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Ifakara (Tanzania)

Fr. Michel Aoun, Priest of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Bishop of Jbeil of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Mounir Khairallah, Priest of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Elias Khoury Sleman, Priest of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria), was elected Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)

Bishop Paweł Socha, C.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Bishop Colin Campbell, Bishop emeritus of Antigonish (Canada), passed away at 80

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

Fr. Sergio Pellini, S.D.B., was appointed as Director General of Vatican Press

Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guwahati (India)

Archbishop John Moolachira succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guwahati (India)

Archbishop Giovanni De Andrea, Vice-President emeritus of Labour Office of the Apostolic See, passed away at 83

Archbishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham, Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa and Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) and Titular Archbishop of Medaba

Bishop Salim Sayegh resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop William Charles Skurla, Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA) and President of Council of the Ruthenian Church of USA

Msgr. Vázquez Isidro Arnáiz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ibáñez Francisco Javier Cuevas was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Gutiérrez Luis Domingo was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (USA), passed away at 77

Msgr. Michele Lenoci was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

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

Fr. Prosper Grech, O.S.A., was elected Titular Archbishop of San Leone

Msgr. Julien Ries, Priest of Namur (Belgium) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Belcastro

Fr. Nicolò Anselmi, Priest of Genova (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Philippe-Jean-Louis Breton resigned as Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Bishop Hervé Gaschignard, Titular Bishop of Besalú and Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (France), was appointed as Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Fr. Tomasz Trafny was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Udo Breitbach, Bureau Chief of Congregation for Bishops and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Bishops

Msgr. Igino Ragni, Prelate Auditor emeritus of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, passed away at 89

Bishop Joseph Coutts, Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan) and President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Archbishop Evarist Pinto resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Fr. Paul Abel Mamba Diatta, Priest of Ziguinchor (Senegal) and Apostolic Administrator of Ziguinchor (Senegal), was elected Bishop of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Bishop Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver, Bishop emeritus of Ponce (Puerto Rico), passed away at 86

Msgr. Santo Rocco Gangemi, Priest of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands and Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico

Msgr. Luciano Russo, Priest of Aversa (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Monteverde

Msgr. Julio Murat, Priest of Izmir (Turkiye) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Titular Archbishop of Orange

Sr. Hildegard Burjan Freund (Hildegard Lea), C.S., was beatified

Bishop Gabriel Lawrence Sengol, Bishop emeritus of Tiruchirapalli (India), passed away at 83

Archbishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia), passed away at 95

Msgr. Luis María Rodrigo Ewart was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Matteo Maria Zuppi, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Villa nova and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Moraglia, Bishop of La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato (Italy), was promoted as Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Bishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Bishop of Sora–Aquino–Pontecorvo (Italy), was promoted as Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam

Msgr. Lorenzo Leuzzi, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Novigrad and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Beniamino Pizziol resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Venezia (Italy)

Bishop Gerard Bernacki resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Fr. Vincent Harolimana, Priest of Nyundo (Rwanda), was elected Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda)

Fr. Jozef Hal’ko, Priest of Bratislava (Slovakia), was elected Titular Bishop of Serra and Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovakia)

Bishop Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I., Bishop emeritus of Aliwal (South Africa), passed away at 90

Cardinal Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop Joseph Luc André Bouchard, Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Bishop Paul Lortie, Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Bishop Vital Massé resigned as Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Bishop Martin Veillette resigned as Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Fr. Luis José Rueda Aparicio, Priest of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia)

Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Montelíbano (Colombia)

Fr. Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S., was elected Titular Bishop of Naiera and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Sébastien Muyengo Mulombe, Priest of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Titular Bishop of Strathearn and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Paul Consbruch, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at 81

Bishop José Bonello, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop of Juticalpa (Honduras)

Bishop Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Juticalpa (Honduras)

Fr. Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico)

Fr. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, Priest of Ilorin (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Scebatiana and Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora (Nigeria)

Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa, Bishop of Fresno (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Paso (USA)

Msgr. José Manuel Romero Barrios, Priest of Barcelona (Venezuela) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Materiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

Bishop Leslie Rogers Tomlinson, Titular Bishop of Sinitis and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Fr. Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz, Priest of Tunja (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

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

Bishop Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 94

Bishop Giovanni Battista Volta, Bishop emeritus of Pavia (Italy), passed away at 83

Bishop Joseph Walter Estabrook, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA), passed away at 67

Fr. Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang (張文昌), Apostolic Administrator of Kunming 昆明 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Dali 大理 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Zhaotong 昭通 (China), passed away at 91

Msgr. Gérard Béra was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

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

Msgr. Gian Pietro Guerrini was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Edward Joseph Weisenburger, Priest of Oklahoma City (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Salina (USA)

Fr. Jeffrey Neil Steenson, Priest of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA) and Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. José Luis Díaz-Mariblanca Sánchez (戴旭華), Priest of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo, Titular Bishop of Maastricht and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador)

Bishop Paolo Mietto, C.S.I., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador)

Fr. Rafael Ibarguren Schindler, E.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador)

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Bishop Filippo Giannini, Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy), passed away at 88

Msgr. Paolo Cabano was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

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

Msgr. Fausto Spella was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza, Opus Dei, Bishop emeritus of La Guaira (Venezuela), passed away at 84

Diocese of Tenkodogo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koupéla and Diocese of Fada N’Gourma and became suffragan of Koupéla) (Burkina Faso)

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

Fr. Prosper Kontiebo, M.I., was elected Bishop of Tenkodogo (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Pierre Claver Malgo, Priest of Koupéla (Burkina Faso), was elected Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Angelo Antolini, O.F.M. Cap., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Robe (Ethiopia)

Bishop Nicolas Brouwet, Titular Bishop of Simidicca and Auxiliary Bishop of Nanterre (France), was appointed as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Bishop Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier resigned as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Bishop Jonas Ivanauskas, Titular Bishop of Canapium and Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania), was appointed as Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Bishop Juozas Matulaitis-Labukas resigned as Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Fr. Linas Vodopjanovas (Genadijus), O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Archbishop Fernando Robles Capalla resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

Archbishop Romulo Geolina Valles, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

Bishop Ladislau Biernaski, C.M., Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil), passed away at 74

Msgr. François Bousquet was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Airton José dos Santos, Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Bishop José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Bishop John Fang Xing-yao (房興耀), Bishop of Yizhou 沂州 (China), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Yantai 煙臺 (China)

Archbishop-elect Luciano Russo was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda

Fr. Maurizio Baldessarri, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Andrea Meschi, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Bishop Joseph Faber MacDonald, Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), passed away at 80

Archbishop Julien Ries, Titular Archbishop of Belcastro, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Fr. Christopher Glancy, C.S.V., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize) and Titular Bishop of Absa Salla

Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz, Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina

Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio

Archbishop Dominik Duka, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) and President of Czech Bishops’ Conference, was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro

Fr. Karl Josef Becker, S.J., was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano Martire

Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki, Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Maria Vianney

Bishop John Tong Hon (湯漢), Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), was created Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

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

Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia

Archbishop Giuseppe Betori, Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

Archbishop Domenico Calcagno, Archbishop ad personam and President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was created Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina

Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio, Titular Archbishop of Cœliana and President of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami

Archbishop Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼), Titular Archbishop of Volturno, Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio

Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò, Titular Archbishop of Eclano and President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio

Archbishop Giuseppe Versaldi, Archbishop ad personam, President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and Apostolic Administrator of Alessandria (Italy), was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio

Archbishop Prosper Grech, O.S.A., Titular Archbishop of San Leone, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Archbishop Willem Jacobus Eijk, Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) and President of Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto

Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Titular Archbishop of Beneventum and Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzmán

Major Archbishop Lucian Mureșan, President of Synod of the Romanian Church, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) and President of Episcopal Conference of Romania, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio

Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló, Titular Archbishop of Tamada, Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano

Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) and President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, was created Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario

Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Pro-Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) and Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore (USA), was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino

Msgr. Francis Cao Minh Dung, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Archbishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina), passed away at 75

Bishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia)

Archbishop Barry James Hickey resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia)

Bishop Joachim Friedrich Reinelt resigned as Bishop of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

Msgr. Wilhelm Imkamp was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Stephen James Avila was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Edmund John Fitzgerald was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Michael Kevin McManus was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Albert Isidore Schifano was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Raul P. Trevizo was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Barry W. Wall was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão, Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal), passed away at 89

Fr. Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano, Priest of Almería (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. George Arthur Sheltz, Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA) and Titular Bishop of Hirina

Bishop Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho, Bishop of Crateús (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Fr. Olivier de Germay, Priest of Toulouse (France), was elected Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Bishop Jean-Marie-Louis Bonfils, S.M.A., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ajaccio (France)

Bishop Peter James Cullinane resigned as Bishop of Palmerston North (New Zealand)

Bishop Charles Edward Drennan succeeded as Bishop of Palmerston North (New Zealand)

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

Archbishop Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Msgr. Antonio Di Lorenzo was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Diocese of Segheneity (Eritrean Rite) was established (from Diocese of Asmara and became suffragan of Addis Abeba) (Eritrea)

Fr. Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim, Priest of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea), was elected Bishop of Segheneity of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Msgr. Dominik Schwaderlapp, Priest of Köln (Germany) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Frigento and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop Arrigo Miglio, Bishop of Ivrea (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Archbishop Giuseppe Mani resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Bishop John Forrosuelo Du, Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo (Philippines)

Cardinal Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼) took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio

Abbot Georg Holzherr, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland), passed away at 85

Bishop Werner Guballa, Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany), passed away at 67

Fr. Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito, Priest of Campos (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Msgr. Ludwig Gschwind was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer, Priest of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Cerdá José Antonio Berenguer was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Dr. Vicenzo De Gregorio was appointed as President of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music

Msgr. Valentín Miserachs Grau resigned as President of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music

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

Bishop José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia)

Bishop José Adolfo Mojica Morales, Bishop emeritus of Sonsonate (El Salvador), passed away at 75

Bishop Stephen M. Tiru, Bishop of Khunti (India), passed away at 74

Bishop John Charles Reiss, Bishop emeritus of Trenton (USA), passed away at 89

Diocese of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (India)

Msgr. Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, Priest of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Archbishop-Bishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto, Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Archbishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, Secretary of Congregation for Bishops, was appointed as Secretary of College of Cardinals

Fr. Liam Stephen Cary, Priest of Portland in Oregon (USA), was elected Bishop of Baker (USA)

Bishop William Stephen Skylstad resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Baker (USA)

Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Clergy, passed away at 91

Archbishop Francesco Alfano, Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana, Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa and Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland

Archbishop Felice Cece resigned as Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Bishop Hermín Negrón Santana, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), passed away at 74

Msgr. Manuel Salvador García Sánchez was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil, Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador), passed away at 67

Msgr. Bernhard Piendl was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Br. John Kallarackal, S.G., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Christian Instruction of Saint Gabriel (Gabrielite Brothers)

Msgr. Alfonso Caso was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Marvyn Abrea Maceda, Priest of Naval (Philippines), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Augustin Misago, Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda), passed away at 68

Bishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J., Bishop emeritus of København (Denmark), passed away at 84

Fr. Eduardo José Castillo Pino, Priest of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was elected Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Msgr. Michael Schlede was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, was appointed as Military Ordinary of Paraguay (Paraguay)

Bishop Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santo Domingo (Ecuador)

Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Pro-Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) and Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore (USA), was appointed as Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Bishop Raymond John Lahey was appointed as Lay state

Msgr. Vincent Chang Kuo-ting (張國珽), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 94

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana, Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa and Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho

Bishop Rufin Anthony, General Secretary of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Faisalabad (Pakistan)

Bishop Anárghyros Printesis, Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), passed away at 74

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Bishop Christian Lépine, Titular Bishop of Zabi and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Archbishop Ante Jurić, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Split–Makarska (Croatia), passed away at 89

Fr. Mirosław Milewski, Priest of Płock (Poland), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Henryk Seweryniak was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore (USA)

Bishop William Edward Lori, Bishop of Bridgeport (USA) and Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA)

Bishop Thomas George Doran resigned as Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Msgr. David John Malloy, Priest of Milwaukee (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Fr. Gregory Lawrence Parkes, Priest of Orlando (USA), was elected Bishop of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA)

Abbot Edmund Wagenhofer, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Slavonic Benedictine Congregation of Saint Adalbert and Saint Margaret

Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino, Bishop of Floresta (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of São Félix (Brazil)

Fr. Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Accia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Fr. José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos, Priest of Garanhuns (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Canapium and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen resigned as Apostolic Administrator of São Félix (Brazil)

Bishop John George Chedid, Bishop emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA), passed away at 88

Fr. Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo, Priest of Ibadan (Nigeria), was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Andrzej Dąbrowski was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Sergio U. Jamoyot was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi, Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

Msgr. Wiesław Śmigiel, Priest of Pelplin (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Baeza and Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

Bishop Edward Henryk Materski, Bishop emeritus of Radom (Poland), passed away at 89

Fr. Miroslav Konštanc Adam, O.P., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

Msgr. Charles A. Kaza was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. W. Bernard Niedergeses was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Paulino Reale Chirina, Bishop emeritus of Venado Tuerto (Argentina), passed away at 88

Bishop Luis Artemio Flores Calzada, Bishop of Valle de Chalco (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tepic (Mexico)

Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Efraím Basílio Krevey, O.S.B.M., Bishop emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil), passed away at 83

Archbishop Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada), passed away at 81

Bishop Arduino Bertoldo, Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero, Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Archbishop Luis Morales Reyes resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Bishop Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D., Titular Bishop of Vertara and Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña resigned as Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Bishop Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes, Titular Bishop of Citium, Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia, was appointed as Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia)

Bishop Gonzalo Ramiro de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D., resigned as Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia)

Msgr. Everett MacNeil was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Adolf Pintíř was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Francesco Milito, Priest of Rossano–Cariati (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (Italy)

Fr. Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla, Priest of Valencia (Venezuela), was elected Titular Bishop of Ausuccura and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Felipe Fernández García, Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain), passed away at 76

Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, Cardinal-Patriarch, Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Patriarch ad personam, passed away at 81

Bishop Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Camiri (Bolivia), passed away at 79

Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), passed away at 89

Fr. Natale Paganelli, S.X., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

Bishop Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Miami (USA), passed away at 83

Archbishop Mario Rizzi, Undersecretary emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 86

Archbishop Marek Solczyński, Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia and Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian

Archbishop Antoine Hamid Mourany, Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at 82

Msgr. José Fernando Mejía Yáñez, M.G., was appointed as Chief of Chancellery of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Bishop Juan Carlos Romanín, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Bishop José Cerviño Cerviño, Bishop emeritus of Tui–Vigo (Spain), passed away at 91

Fr. Joseph Chen Gong-ao (陳功鰲) was consecrated as Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Sr. María Inés Teresa del Santísimo Sacramento Arias Espinosa (Manuela de Jesús) was beatified

Cardinal Prosper Grech, O.S.A., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Bishop Ramón Búa Otero, Bishop emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain), passed away at 78

Cardinal Karl Josef Becker, S.J., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano Martire

Cardinal John Tong Hon (湯漢) took possession as Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzmán

Msgr. Vittório Ferrari was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Leszek Kaczmarek was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Kazimierz Kociñski was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Andrzej Kozakowski was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

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

Msgr. Andrzej Rygielski was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Jerzy Stefañski was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Silvano Marisa, M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette

Fr. Dennis J. Loomis, M.S., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette

Bishop José Foralosso, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Marabá (Brazil)

Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga, Bishop of Pelplin (Poland), passed away at 71

Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami

Msgr. Niels Engelbrecht was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. Antonio Papa, F.d.C.C., resigned as Superior General of Sons of Charity (Canossians)

Fr. Giorgio Valente, F.d.C.C., was appointed as Superior General of Sons of Charity (Canossians)

Msgr. Tadeusz Lityński, Priest of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus and Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Msgr. Alexandrino Alves Ferreira Brochado was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. José Pereira Soares Jorge was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Celestino da Silva Ramos was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. López Agustin Lázaro was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera, Bishop of Masvingo (Zimbabwe), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Gweru (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Martin Munyanyi resigned as Bishop of Gweru (Zimbabwe)

Mr. Giuseppe Toniolo was beatified

Fr. Pierre-Adrien Toulorge, O. Praem., was beatified

Fr. Ivan Ćurić, Priest of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Dr. Antonio Chiminello was appointed as Vice-Director of Directorate of State Accounting of Vatican City State

Msgr. Paweł Malecha, Priest of Poznań (Poland), Chief of Chancellery of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Fr. Fabijan Svalina, Priest of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN), was appointed as Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS)

Fr. Raymond Poisson, Priest of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Gegi and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Msgr. Anthony John Kay was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong succeeded as Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Bishop Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín resigned as Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Msgr. Raymond Francis Chappetto, Priest of Brooklyn (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) and Titular Bishop of Citium

Msgr. Paul Robert Sanchez, Priest of Brooklyn (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) and Titular Bishop of Cœliana

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk (Belarus)

Bishop Antoni Dziemianko (Антонi Дзям’янка), Titular Bishop of Lesvi, Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus) and General Secretary of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus, was appointed as Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

Bishop František Tondra, Bishop emeritus of Spiš (Slovakia), passed away at 75

Fr. James Romen Boiragi, Priest of Khulna (Bangladesh), was elected Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

Bishop Anthony Joseph O’Connell, Bishop emeritus of Palm Beach (USA), passed away at 73

Msgr. Aleksander Jaszczur was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Andrzej Offmañski was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Andrzej Steckiewicz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Aleksander Ziejewski was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Ryszard Ziomek was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Félix Kouadjo, Bishop of Bondoukou (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 72

Bishop Onésimo Cepeda Silva resigned as Bishop of Ecatepec (Mexico)

Archbishop William Aquin Carew, Titular Archbishop of Telde, passed away at 89

Msgr. Stephen Robson, Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Tunnuna and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland)

Fr. Gregory Charles Bennet, Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Terence Robert Curtin, Priest of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Roque Costa Souza, Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Msgr. Moizes de Souza was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Eugene H. Pereira was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. James E. King was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Abbess Hildegard von Bingen, O.S.B., was canonised by equipollence

Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo resigned as Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

Bishop José Roberto Ospina Leongómez, Titular Bishop of Gypsaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭鎮奭) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea) and Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See

Bishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (염수정 안드레아 / 廉洙政), Titular Bishop of Thibiuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea)

Fr. Massimo Cenci, P.I.M.E., Undersecretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, passed away at 68

Fr. Orlando Roa Barbosa, Priest of Ibagué (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Nasbinca and Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Archbishop Salvatore Nunnari resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Fr. Donato Oliverio, Priest of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was elected Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Bishop Andrzej Jeż, Titular Bishop of Tigillava and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

Bishop Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện, Bishop emeritus of Vinh Long (Vietnam), passed away at 106

Bishop Brian Vincent Finnigan resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Toowoomba (Australia)

Msgr. Robert Michael McGuckin, Priest of Parramatta (Australia), was elected Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Fr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp., Apostolic Administrator of Bangui (Central African Republic), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic)

Fr. Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A., was elected Bishop of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

Fr. Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A., was elected Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Fr. Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa, Priest of Alindao (Central African Republic), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao (Central African Republic)

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

Bishop Dimitrios Salachas, Titular Bishop of Carcabia and Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis

Bishop Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

Msgr. Villate Ricardo Gómez was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. López José Ruiz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi (Ghana)

Bishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, Bishop of Obuasi (Ghana), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Obuasi (Ghana) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi (Ghana)

Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal, Bishop of Kannur (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kannur (India) and Bishop of Calicut (India)

Bishop Roberto Calara Mallari, Titular Bishop of Erdonia and Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of San Jose de Nueva Ecija (Philippines)

Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto

Msgr. Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick, Priest of Saint Catharines (Canada) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Aradi and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Archbishop Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola)

Bishop Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Sumbe (Angola), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola)

Fr. Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola)

Bishop Isak Doera, Bishop emeritus of Sintang (Indonesia), passed away at 80

Archbishop Alessandro Plotti was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Trapani (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Miccichè was deposed as Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina

Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano

Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico, Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

Bishop Hermengild Li Yi (李毅), O.F.M., Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China), passed away at 88

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

Mr. Ettore Gotti Tedeschi resigned as President of Institute for Works of Religion

Msgr. Jozef Bar was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Robert Kristman was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Leopold Rzodkiewicz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Czesław Włodarczyk was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Mr. Ronaldo Hermann Schmitz was appointed as President ad interim of Institute for Works of Religion

Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria) and Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See

Bishop Alfred Adewale Martins, Bishop of Abeokuta (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria)

Diocese of Bafang was established (from Diocese of Nkongsamba and became suffragan of Douala) (Cameroon)

Fr. Dieudonné Espoir Atangana, Priest of Obala (Cameroon), was elected Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)

Fr. Abraham Boualo Kome, Priest of Nkongsamba (Cameroon), was elected Bishop of Bafang (Cameroon)

Bishop Jurij Bizjak, Titular Bishop of Gergis and Auxiliary Bishop of Koper (Slovenia), was appointed as Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)

Bishop Metod Pirih resigned as Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)

Mother Saint-Louis de Lamoignon (Marie-Louise-Élisabeth) was beatified

Cardinal Domenico Calcagno took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina

Fr. Médard Léopold Ouédraogo, Priest of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), was elected Titular Bishop of Sutunurca and Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Bishop Philippe Rukamba, Bishop of Butare (Rwanda), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Gikongoro (Rwanda)

Bishop Samuel Joseph Aquila, Bishop of Fargo (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Bishop James Douglas Conley resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Denver (USA)

Bishop Edward Urban Kmiec resigned as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Bishop Richard Joseph Malone, Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

Fr. Jeremias Antônio de Jesus, Priest of Bragança Paulista (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Guanhães (Brazil)

Bishop Jesús María de Jesús Moya resigned as Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Msgr. Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo, Priest of La Vega (Dominican Republic) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Archbishop Giovanni Marra resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Orvieto–Todi (Italy)

Bishop Benedetto Tuzia, Titular Bishop of Nepi and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Orvieto–Todi (Italy)

Sr. Mercedes Casas Sánchez, F.Sp.S., was appointed as President of Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious (C.L.A.R.)

Bishop Juozas Tunaitis, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vilnius (Lithuania), passed away at 83

Fr. Jean-Joseph Lataste (Alcide-Vital), O.P., was beatified

Msgr. Étienne Quintiens was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Cardinal Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño, Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 80

Bishop Ireneo García Alonso, Bishop emeritus of Albacete (Spain), passed away at 89

Fr. Florian Wörner, Priest of Augsburg (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Fr. José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Erexim (Brazil)

Bishop Agostinho José Sartori, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil), passed away at 83

Bishop Girônimo Zanandréa resigned as Bishop of Erexim (Brazil)

Bishop Édouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O., Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda

Archbishop Julio Murat, Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi

Bishop César Daniel Fernández, Titular Bishop of Caltadria, Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina) and Apostolic Administrator of Jujuy (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina)

Bishop Patrick Percival Power resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)

Msgr. Emilio González Escalada was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Fr. António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos, Priest of Guarda (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal)

Msgr. Nelson Jesus Perez, Priest of Philadelphia (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Catrum and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Msgr. Robert John Brennan, Priest of Rockville Centre (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Erdonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Msgr. Christopher D. Connelly was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Michael D. Murphy, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Msgr. Bernard Reilly was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Chibly Langlois resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Liberté (Haiti)

Msgr. Max Leroy Mésidor, Priest of Les Gonaïves (Haiti), was elected Bishop of Fort-Liberté (Haiti)

Cardinal Giuseppe Betori took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

Cardinal Raffaele Farina, S.D.B., resigned as Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Msgr. Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo, Priest of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Besalú and Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio

Bishop Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M., Bishop of Armenia (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

Fr. Constantino Barrera Morales, Priest of San Vicente (El Salvador), was elected Bishop of Sonsonate (El Salvador)

Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sonsonate (El Salvador)

Msgr. Tobias Przytarski was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Günter Putz was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Raymond Eid, Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at 81

Fr. Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage, Priest of Badulla (Sri Lanka), was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini, Bishop emeritus of Guarulhos (Brazil), passed away at 76

Fr. Marcello Romano, Priest of Guanhães (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Bishop Dražen Kutleša succeeded as Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Bishop Ivan Milovan resigned as Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Msgr. Paolo Gilardi was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Anglican Rite) was established (Australia)

Fr. Harry Entwistle was appointed as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia) and Priest of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Archbishop André Richard, C.S.C., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Bishop Valéry Vienneau, Bishop of Bathurst (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Bishop Guy Claude Bagnard resigned as Bishop of Belley–Ars (France)

Bishop Pascal Roland, Bishop of Moulins (France), was appointed as Bishop of Belley–Ars (France)

Bishop Jean-Yves Riocreux, Bishop of Pontoise (France), was appointed as Bishop of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio

Archbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antsiranana (Madagascar), passed away at 84

Bishop Albino Mamede Cleto, Bishop emeritus of Coimbra (Portugal), passed away at 77

Fr. Georges Chihane, Priest of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon), Patriarchal Administrator of Haifa and Holy Land of the Maronites (Israel), Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine of the Maronites (Palestine) and Patriarchal Exarch of Jordan of the Maronites (Jordan), was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)

Fr. Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M., was elected Archbishop of Haifa and Holy Land of the Maronites (Israel), Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine of the Maronites (Palestine) and Patriarchal Exarch of Jordan of the Maronites (Jordan)

Archbishop Joseph Mohsen Béchara resigned as Archbishop of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Camille Zaidan, Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites and Bishop of Curia of the Maronites, was promoted as Archbishop of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Maroun Ammar, Priest of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Francis Némé Baïssari resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt), was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Fr. Joseph Mouawad, Priest of Jbeil of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites and Bishop of Curia of the Maronites

Bishop Guy-Paul Noujaim resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Paul Rouhana, O.L.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Antarados and Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Msgr. Tony Gebran resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Ms. Cecilia Eusepi was beatified

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia

Bishop Anthony Ekezia Ilonu, Bishop emeritus of Okigwe (Nigeria), passed away at 74

Fr. Ansgar Puff, Priest of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Piero Crobeddu was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. James Patrick Moroney, Executive Secretary of “Vox Clara” Committee and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Archbishop Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Botucatu (Brazil), passed away at 79

Bishop Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P., resigned as Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Bishop Edvards Pavlovskis, Bishop of Jelgava (Latvia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja (Latvia)

Archbishop Alcides Mendoza Castro, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cusco (Peru), passed away at 84

Archbishop Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil), passed away at 70

Bishop Gilbert Blaize Rego, Bishop emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh (India), passed away at 90

Bishop Sergio Goretti, Bishop emeritus of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy), passed away at 83

Fr. Mark Grima, M.S.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Paul

Fr. Bernard Mangion, M.S.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Paul

Archbishop Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union