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| 2015 | Msgr. Alejandro Wilfredo Bunge resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Msgr. Lucio Adrián Ruiz resigned as Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Fr. Nikolaus Schöch, O.F.M., resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Fr. Emmanuel Abbo, Priest of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon)
Fr. Christian Beaulieu, I.S.P.X., resigned as Director General of Secular Institute of Pius X
Fr. Marcel Caron, I.S.P.X., was appointed as Director General of Secular Institute of Pius X
Fr. Jorge Enrique Horta Espinoza, O.F.M., resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Fr. John Lei Jia-pei (雷家培) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ningyuan 寧遠 (China)
Fr. Joseph Zhang Yin-lin (張銀林) was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China)
Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, was appointed as Extra-Regional Observer to Central American Integration System (SICA)
Fr. Jean-Claude Nzembele, A.G.C., resigned as President of Confederation of Conferences of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (CO.S.M.A.M.)
Fr. Osmany Massó Cuesta, Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), was appointed as Priest of Santiago (Cuba)
Abbot Edmund Power, O.S.B., resigned as Pastoral Vicar of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls
Mr. Christopher Patten of Barnes resigned as President of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Msgr. Maurice Monier resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Fr. Bruno Maurel, O.J.J.A., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of the Work of Youth
Fr. Eric Salobir, O.P., resigned as Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Br. André Espagnach, O.J.J.A., resigned as Superior General of Institute of the Work of Youth
Sr. Marie-Sidonie Oyembo, C.I.C., was appointed as President of Confederation of Conferences of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (CO.S.M.A.M.)
Br. Benedikt Molitor, F.M.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Mercy of Our Lady Help of Christians
Ms. Daniela Frank resigned as Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Bishop Dimitrios Salachas resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Msgr. Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Mother Sibi Varikkaplamthadathil, C.M.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Mother of Carmel
Sr. Ann Joseph, F.C.C., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Clarist Congregation
Sr. Sancta Kolath, C.M.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Mother of Carmel
Sr. Sinclair, F.C.C., resigned as Superior General of Franciscan Clarist Congregation
Msgr. Paul Desmond Tighe, Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media, was elected
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados and Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, was appointed as Plenipotentiary Representative to Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Msgr. Carlo Maria Polvani resigned as Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Msgr. Angelo Bruno Bottone resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota
Msgr. Giovanni Battista DeFilippi resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota
Msgr. Vittorio Formenti resigned as Person-in-charge of Central Statistics Office of the Church
Msgr. Damiano Marzotto Caotorta resigned as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto resigned as President of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Msgr. Giovanni Vaccarotto resigned as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota
Fr. Luigi Franceschi, P.S.S.G., resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Cajetan
Fr. Mauro Mantovani, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University
Dr. Giuseppe Dalla Torre Del Tempio di Sanguinetto resigned as Delegate to International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Dr. Giacomo Ghisani resigned as Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Dr. Paolo Papanti-Pelletier was appointed as Permanent Observer to International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Prof. Paolo Moneta resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Prof. Giovanni Maria Vian resigned as Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Fr. Julio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Joseph
Fr. Gerardo Maya González, M.J., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Joseph
Dr. George Yeo (楊榮文) resigned as Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Fr. Miroslav Konštanc Adam, O.P., resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., resigned as Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law
Ms. Leticia Soberon resigned as Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Abbot Benno Malfèr, O.S.B., resigned as President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland
Abbot Christian Meyer, O.S.B., was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland
Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan (葉勝男) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia
Fr. Oliver Pugoy Aro, M.S.P., resigned as Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau)
Mr. Gregory Erlandson resigned as Member of Committee for the reform for the Vatican Media
Br. Peter Berg, F.M.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Mercy of Our Lady Help of Christians |
| 2015.01 | Bishop Cosmas Shi En-xiang (師恩祥), Prefect Apostolic of Yixian 易縣 (China), passed away at 92
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| 2015.01.01 | Bishop Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet, Bishop emeritus of Amiens (France), passed away at 104
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| 2015.01.03 | Archbishop Paulinus Costa, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dhaka (Bangladesh), passed away at 78
Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio, President emeritus of Governorate of Vatican City State and President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)
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| 2015.01.04 | Bishop Natalino Pescarolo, Bishop emeritus of Cuneo (Italy) and Bishop emeritus of Fossano (Italy), passed away at 85
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| 2015.01.05 | Bishop Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Buffalo (USA), passed away at 102
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| 2015.01.06 | Bishop Joseph Djida, O.M.I., Bishop of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon), passed away at 69
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| 2015.01.07 | Fr. Leomar Antônio Brustolin, Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Tigava and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)
Bishop José Antônio Peruzzo, Bishop of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil)
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| 2015.01.08 | Msgr. Joël Mercier, Priest of Angers (France) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Secretary of Congregation for Clergy and Titular Archbishop of Rota
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| 2015.01.09 | Msgr. Pietro Milite, Priest of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota
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| 2015.01.10 | Archbishop Pierre-André Fournier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada), passed away at 71
Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib, Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile) and Apostolic Administrator of Osorno (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Chile (Chile)
Bishop Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid, Military Ordinary of Chile (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Osorno (Chile)
Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政), Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius and Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
Msgr. Nicolò Anselmi, Priest of Genova (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Utica and Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy)
Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti, Bishop of Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello (Italy) and Coadjutor Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy)
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| 2015.01.12 | Bishop James Naanman Daman, O.S.A., Bishop of Shendam (Nigeria), passed away at 58
Msgr. Janusz Stanisław Urbańczyk, Priest of Elbląg (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (UNOV), Permanent Observer to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Permanent Representative to Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Permanent Representative to Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
Fr. Fernand Joseph Cheri, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Membressa and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA)
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| 2015.01.14 | Fr. Joseph Vaz, C.O., was canonised
Bishop William Joseph Dendinger resigned as Bishop of Grand Island (USA)
Msgr. Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt, Priest of Omaha (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Grand Island (USA)
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| 2015.01.15 | Archbishop Djibrail Kassab resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia)
Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia)
Fr. Daoud Baffro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mar Addai of Toronto of the Chaldeans (Canada)
Fr. Basel Yaldo, Priest of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was elected Titular Bishop of Bethzabda and Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)
Archbishop Vito Rallo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso and Apostolic Nuncio to Niger
Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza, Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi), passed away at 59
Fr. Emmanuel Hana Shaleta, Priest of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit of the Chaldeans (USA), was elected Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto of the Chaldeans (Canada)
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| 2015.01.16 | Fr. José María Baliña, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Theudalis and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Fr. Gabriel N. Ghanoum, B.S., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México of the Greek-Melkites (Mexico)
Bishop Nicholas James Samra, Bishop of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México of the Greek-Melkites (Mexico)
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| 2015.01.17 | Msgr. Piotr Turzyński, Priest of Sandomierz (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Usula and Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland)
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| 2015.01.19 | Diocese of Asmara (Eritrean Rite) was promoted as Metropolitanate sui juris of Asmara (with suffragan sees Barentu, Keren and Segheneity) (Eritrea)
Diocese of Bahir Dar–Dessie (Ethiopic Rite) was established (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba and became suffragan of Addis Abeba) (Ethiopia)
Bishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.J., Bishop of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea), was promoted as Metropolitan of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea) and President of Council of the Eritrean Church
Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun, Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia), was appointed as Bishop of Bahir Dar–Dessie of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)
Bishop Claudio Stagni resigned as Bishop of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy)
Bishop Mario Toso, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Bisarcio and Secretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, was appointed as Bishop of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy)
Bishop José María Hernández González, Bishop emeritus of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico), passed away at 88
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| 2015.01.20 | Bishop Germán Trajano Pavón Puente resigned as Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador)
Fr. Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril, O.P., was elected Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador)
Archbishop Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B., resigned as Archbishop of Isfahan (Iran) and President of Iranian Episcopal Conference
Fr. Jack Youssef, C.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Isfahan (Iran)
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| 2015.01.21 | Archbishop José Luis Mollaghan was appointed as Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, was appointed as Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta graviora
Cardinal Attilio Nicora, Pontifical Legate for the Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi, was appointed as Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta graviora
Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, was appointed as Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru, Opus Dei, Canonist of Apostolic Penitentiary and Secretary of Dicastery for Legislative Texts, was appointed as Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
Bishop Giorgio Corbellini, President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See and President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia, was appointed as Supplementary Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
Dr. Tommaso Di Ruzza, Vice-Director ad interim of Financial Information Authority, was appointed as Secretary of Financial Security Committee and Director of Financial Information Authority
Bishop Charles Jude Scicluna, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta) and Apostolic Administrator of Malta (Malta), was appointed as President of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, was appointed as Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta graviora
Cardinal Julián Herranz Casado, Opus Dei, was appointed as Supplementary Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta graviora
Fr. Daniel Elias Garcia, Priest of Austin (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Capsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Austin (USA)
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| 2015.01.22 | Bishop Jean-Marie Le Vert resigned as Bishop of Quimper (France)
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| 2015.01.24 | Fr. Ivica Petanjak, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Krk (Croatia)
Bishop Valter Župan resigned as Bishop of Krk (Croatia)
Fr. Raúl Ibarra Hernández, M.G., was appointed as Superior General of Guadalupe Missionaries
Fr. Juan José Ángel Luna Erreguerena, M.G., resigned as Superior General of Guadalupe Missionaries
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| 2015.01.25 | Bishop João Francisco Salm, Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Blumenau (Brazil)
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| 2015.01.26 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cashel was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly (lost title of Emly) (Ireland)
Msgr. Stefan Heße, Priest of Köln (Germany) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany)
Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A., General Secretary of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel and Emly (Ireland)
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| 2015.01.28 | Bishop Egon Kapellari resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Austria and Bishop of Graz–Seckau (Austria)
Fr. César Alcides Balbín Tamayo, Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Caldas (Colombia)
Bishop José Soleibe Arbeláez resigned as Bishop of Caldas (Colombia)
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| 2015.01.29 | Archbishop José Martins da Silva, S.D.N., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Velho (Brazil), passed away at 79
Bishop Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke resigned as Bishop of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa)
Fr. Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa)
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| 2015.01.31 | Bishop Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Aiquile (Bolivia), passed away at 81
Fr. Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski, C.S.M.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada)
Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro, Titular Bishop of Castulo and Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan), was appointed as Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)
Colonel Daniel Rudolf Anrig resigned as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard
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| 2015.02 | Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Machakos (Kenya)
Bishop Anthony Muheria, Opus Dei, Bishop of Kitui (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Machakos (Kenya)
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| 2015.02.01 | Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos, Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sobral (Brazil)
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| 2015.02.02 | Fr. Alphonsus Cullinan, Priest of Limerick (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland)
Fr. Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino, Priest of Tuxpan (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Orizaba (Mexico)
Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Shinyanga (Tanzania)
Msgr. Liberatus Sangu, Priest of Moshi (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania)
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| 2015.02.04 | Fr. Valdir José de Castro, S.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul
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| 2015.02.05 | Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)
Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)
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| 2015.02.06 | Msgr. Denis Chidi Isizoh, Priest of Onitsha (Nigeria) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Legia and Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha (Nigeria)
Archbishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Wewak (Papua New Guinea)
Fr. Józef Roszynski, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Wewak (Papua New Guinea)
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| 2015.02.07 | Msgr. Franc Šuštar, Priest of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Ressiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Lieutenant Colonel Christoph Graf, Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard, was appointed as Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard
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| 2015.02.08 | Fr. Atanasio Amisse Canira, Priest of Nacala (Mozambique), was elected Bishop of Lichinga (Mozambique)
Bishop Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I., resigned as Bishop of Lichinga (Mozambique)
Bishop Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Aba (Nigeria), passed away at 73
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| 2015.02.09 | Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva resigned as Bishop of Díli (Timor-Leste)
Bishop Basílio do Nascimento, Bishop of Baucau (Timor-Leste) and President of Episcopal Conference of Timor, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Díli (Timor-Leste)
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| 2015.02.10 | Cardinal Karl Josef Becker, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano Martire, passed away at 86
Bishop Józef Górzyński, Titular Bishop of Lentini and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Warmia (Poland)
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| 2015.02.11 | Bishop Abel Costas Montaño, Bishop emeritus of Tarija (Bolivia), passed away at 94
Fr. Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M., was elected Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)
Bishop Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M., resigned as Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)
Bishop Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé, Bishop of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)
Archbishop Ildefonso Obama Obono resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)
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| 2015.02.12 | Fr. François Gnonhossou, S.M.A., was elected Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé (Benin)
Fr. Benoît Gbemavo Goudote resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Dassa-Zoumé (Benin)
Fr. Luc Crepy, C.I.M., was elected Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)
Archbishop Luigi Travaglino resigned as Permanent Observer to Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Msgr. Fernando Chica Arellano, Priest of Jaén (Spain) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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| 2015.02.13 | Bishop Thomas Bhalerao, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Nashik (India), passed away at 82
Bishop Magnus Mwalunyungu, Bishop emeritus of Tunduru–Masasi (Tanzania), passed away at 84
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| 2015.02.14 | Archbishop Luis Héctor Villalba was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo a Corviale
Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado, Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Timoteo
Archbishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto
Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M., President of Council of the Ethiopian Church, President of Interritual Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia, Metropolitan of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) and President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Romano Martire
Archbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, Titular Archbishop of Sagone, President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Spirito in Sassia
Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber, Titular Archbishop of Iubaltiana, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
Archbishop Luigi De Magistris, Titular Archbishop of Nova, was created Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata
Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ancona–Osimo (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of SS. Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza
Archbishop Francesco Montenegro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Agrigento (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio
Archbishop Alberto Suárez Inda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Policarpo
Bishop Júlio Duarte Langa was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele dell’Addolorata
Archbishop Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Ireneo a Centocelle
Archbishop John Atcherley Dew, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand), Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand) and President of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Ippolito
Bishop José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R., Bishop of David (Panama), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino
Patriarch Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) and President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio in Campo Marzio
Archbishop Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) and President of Episcopal Conference of Spain, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella
Archbishop Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Addolorata
Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi, Bishop of Tonga (Tonga) and President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Paola Romana
Archbishop Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Galla
Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso Apostolo
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| 2015.02.16 | Bishop Justinus Harjosusanto, M.S.F., Bishop of Tanjung Selor (Indonesia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Samarinda (Indonesia)
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| 2015.02.17 | Cardinal Luigi De Magistris took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata
Archbishop Antonio Lanfranchi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena–Nonantola (Italy), passed away at 68
Bishop Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe, Bishop emeritus of Pyay (Myanmar), passed away at 79
Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖), Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
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| 2015.02.19 | Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sincelejo (Colombia)
Fr. José Crispiano Clavijo Méndez, Priest of Valledupar (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Sincelejo (Colombia)
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| 2015.02.21 | Bishop Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I., Bishop emeritus of Concepción (Argentina), passed away at 88
Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
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| 2015.02.22 | Msgr. Francesco Bruno, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household, passed away at 92
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| 2015.02.23 | Bishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez, Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia)
Bishop Luis Gabriel Romero Franco resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Facatativá (Colombia)
Bishop Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez, Bishop of Baní (Dominican Republic), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)
Archbishop Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)
Fr. Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of La Vega (Dominican Republic)
Bishop Gabriel Antonio Camilo González resigned as Bishop of La Vega (Dominican Republic)
Bishop Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez resigned as Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic)
Fr. Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas, Priest of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic), was elected Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic)
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| 2015.02.24 | Bishop Francis Némé Baïssari, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 81
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| 2015.02.25 | Fr. José Aristeu Vieira, Priest of Diamantina (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Luz (Brazil)
Fr. Janusz Marian Danecki, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Titular Bishop of Regiæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande (Brazil)
Fr. Luiz Gonçalves Knupp, Priest of Maringá (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil)
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| 2015.02.27 | Bishop Charles Jude Scicluna, Titular Bishop of San Leone, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta), Apostolic Administrator of Malta (Malta) and President of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta (Malta)
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| 2015.02.28 | Bishop André Vallée, P.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Hearst (Canada), passed away at 84
Bishop Nunzio Galantino resigned as Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)
Fr. Francesco Savino, Priest of Bari–Bitonto (Italy), was elected Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)
Msgr. Marek Grzegorz Marczak, Priest of Łódź (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Lentini and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)
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| 2015.03.02 | Fr. Fidencio López Plaza, Priest of Querétaro (Mexico), was elected Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico)
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| 2015.03.03 | Bishop Robert Walter McElroy, Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA), was appointed as Bishop of San Diego (USA)
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| 2015.03.04 | Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias, Titular Bishop of Sita, Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Colatina (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Colatina (Brazil)
Fr. Jorge Cuapio Bautista, Priest of Texcoco (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Bisarcio and Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)
Bishop Francisco Ramírez Navarro resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)
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| 2015.03.05 | Bishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud, Bishop of Soissons (France), was promoted as Archbishop of Sens (France) and Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)
Archbishop Yves François Patenôtre resigned as Archbishop of Sens (France) and Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe and Apostolic Nuncio to Angola, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
Cardinal Edward Michael Egan, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of New York (USA), passed away at 82
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| 2015.03.06 | Fr. Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Alba marittima and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
Bishop Paolino Schiavon resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
Mr. Gianfranco Mammì was appointed as Deputy Director General of Institute for Works of Religion
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| 2015.03.07 | Fr. David Macaire, O.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)
Archbishop Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)
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| 2015.03.12 | Fr. Teodor Martynyuk (Taras), M.S.U., Hegumen of Ukrainian Studite Monks, was elected Titular Bishop of Mopta and Auxiliary Bishop of Ternopil–Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)
Bishop Thomas Anthony Daly, Titular Bishop of Tabalta and Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Spokane (USA)
Fr. John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Lexington (USA)
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| 2015.03.14 | Bishop Simon Atallah, O.A.M., resigned as Bishop of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar of the Maronites (Lebanon)
Bishop Joseph Mouawad, Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites and Bishop of Curia of the Maronites, was appointed as Bishop of Zahlé of the Maronites (Lebanon)
Bishop Elias Khoury Sleman, Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria), was appointed as President of Patriarchal Appeals Tribunal of the Maronites
Fr. Alojzij Cvikl, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia)
Bishop Stanislav Lipovšek resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Maribor (Slovenia)
Fr. Antoine Chbeir was elected Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)
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| 2015.03.17 | Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
Bishop Antonio Dorado Soto, Bishop emeritus of Málaga (Spain), passed away at 83
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| 2015.03.18 | Archbishop Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Prado, Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Brazil), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Summula and Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)
Abbot Joseph Roduit, C.R.A., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune
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| 2015.03.19 | Diocese of Nogales was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hermosillo and became suffragan of Hermosillo) (Mexico)
Msgr. Vlastimil Kročil, Priest of České Budějovice (Czechia), was elected Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)
Bishop José Leopoldo González González, Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Nogales (Mexico)
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| 2015.03.20 | Diocese of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitanate sui juris of Hajdúdorog (with suffragan sees Miskolc and Nyíregyháza and lost territory to establish Diocese of Nyíregyháza) (Hungary)
Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc (Hungarian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Miskolc (became suffragan of Hajdúdorog) (Hungary)
Diocese of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Hajdúdorog and became suffragan of Hajdúdorog) (Hungary)
Bishop Peter Fülöp Kocsis, Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary), was promoted as Metropolitan of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary) and President of Council of the Hungarian Church
Bishop Atanáz Orosz, Titular Bishop of Panium and Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nyíregyháza of the Hungarians (Hungary) and Bishop of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary)
Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien was appointed as Resigned cardinalatial rights and privileges
Msgr. Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez, Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Kearney and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)
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| 2015.03.21 | Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)
Fr. Javier Gerardo Román Arias, Priest of San José (Costa Rica), was elected Bishop of Limón (Costa Rica)
Bishop Charles Phillip Richard Moth, Military Ordinary of Great Britain (England), was appointed as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England)
Archbishop Peter David Gregory Smith resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Arundel and Brighton (England)
Archbishop André Dupuy resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Fr. Hovsep Bezazian (Bezouzou) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)
Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and Apostolic Nuncio to Libya, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Bishop Malachy John Goltok, Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria), passed away at 49
Bishop Vladimír Filo resigned as Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia)
Bishop Stanislav Stolárik, Titular Bishop of Barica and Auxiliary Bishop of Košice (Slovakia), was appointed as Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia)
Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian resigned as Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)
Archbishop Lévon Boghos Zékiyan, Titular Archbishop of Amida of the Armenians and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye), was appointed as Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)
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| 2015.03.24 | Bishop Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santo Domingo (Ecuador)
Bishop Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler, Titular Bishop of Carpi and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador)
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| 2015.03.25 | Msgr. Paolo Borgia, Priest of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness
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| 2015.03.26 | Apostolic Exarchate of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (India)
Diocese of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) (India)
Bishop Alonso Llano Ruiz, Bishop emeritus of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia), passed away at 83
Bishop Jacob Barnabas Aerath, O.I.C., Titular Bishop of Bapara and Apostolic Visitator in India outside the proper territory of the Syro-Malankara, was appointed as Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon of the Syro-Malankara (India)
Bishop Thomas Anthonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C., Bishop of Curia of the Syro-Malankara, was appointed as Apostolic Exarch of Saint Ephrem of Khadki of the Syro-Malankara (India)
Archbishop Ennio Appignanesi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy), passed away at 89
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| 2015.03.28 | Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F., succeeded as Bishop of Makurdi (Nigeria)
Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh resigned as Bishop of Makurdi (Nigeria)
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| 2015.03.29 | Bishop Juan Carlos Maccarone, Bishop emeritus of Santiago del Estero (Argentina), passed away at 74
Fr. Ihor Rantsya was appointed as Priest of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)
Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (ミカエル 松浦悟郎), Titular Bishop of Sfasferia and Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), was appointed as Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)
Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ 野村純一) resigned as Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)
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| 2015.03.30 | Fr. Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M., was elected Titular Bishop of Nova barbara and Auxiliary Bishop of Xai-Xai (Mozambique)
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| 2015.03.31 | Fr. Jean-Christophe Amade Aloma, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa)
Fr. Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)
Msgr. Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi, Priest of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, was elected Titular Bishop of Naratcata and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)
Bishop Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa)
Cardinal Paolo Romeo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)
Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception and Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Fr. Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, Priest of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA), was elected Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)
Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
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| 2015.04.02 | Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva, Bishop emeritus of Díli (Timor-Leste), passed away at 71
Bishop William Benedict Friend, Bishop emeritus of Shreveport (USA), passed away at 83
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| 2015.04.03 | Archbishop Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Malanje (Angola), passed away at 81
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| 2015.04.06 | Bishop Eugène Moke Motsüri, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 99
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| 2015.04.07 | Fr. Vincent Aind, Priest of Jalpaiguri (India), was elected Bishop of Bagdogra (India)
Archbishop Thomas D’Souza resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bagdogra (India)
Fr. Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa and Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita (Venezuela)
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| 2015.04.08 | Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada), passed away at 78
Bishop Octavio Villegas Aguilar resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico)
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| 2015.04.09 | Bishop João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil), passed away at 58
Bishop Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, Bishop emeritus of Galle (Sri Lanka), passed away at 82
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| 2015.04.10 | Fr. Jean-César Scarcella, C.R.A., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland)
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| 2015.04.11 | Fr. Dante Gustavo Braida, Priest of Reconquista (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Tanudaia and Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina)
Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach, Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil)
Bishop Jean de Dieu Raoelison, Titular Bishop of Corniculana and Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar), was appointed as Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)
Bishop Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T., resigned as Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)
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| 2015.04.12 | Saint Gregory of Narek was proclaimed as Doctor of the Church
Bishop Basilio Athai, Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi (Myanmar), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Taunggyi (Myanmar)
Archbishop Matthias U Shwe resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Taunggyi (Myanmar)
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| 2015.04.13 | Bishop Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S., Bishop emeritus of Caetité (Brazil), passed away at 89
Msgr. Paolo Rocco Gualtieri, Priest of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Titular Archbishop of Sagone
Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., Procurator at Rome of the Maronites, was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania of the Maronites and Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites
Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash resigned as Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)
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| 2015.04.14 | Cardinal Roberto Tucci, S.J., Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title and President emeritus of Vatican Radio, passed away at 93
Msgr. Luigi Mistò, Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was appointed as Secretary of the Administrative Section of Secretariat for the Economy
Msgr. Mauro Rivella was appointed as Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
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| 2015.04.15 | Fr. Alexander Nadson, Apostolic Visitator outside of Belarus of the Belarussians, passed away at 88
Bishop Wilson Luís Angotti Filho, Titular Bishop of Tabæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)
Fr. Edson José Oriolo dos Santos, Priest of Pouso Alegre (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Segia and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
Bishop Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I., resigned as Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)
Bishop Felice Leonardo, Bishop emeritus of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy), passed away at 100
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| 2015.04.16 | Msgr. Werner Freistetter, Priest of Wien (Austria) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria)
Fr. Wilhelm Krautwaschl, Priest of Graz–Seckau (Austria), was elected Bishop of Graz–Seckau (Austria)
Bishop Christian Werner resigned as Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria)
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| 2015.04.17 | Fr. Francesco Ibba, Priest of Cagliari (Italy), was appointed as Substitute Defender of the Bond of Tribunal of the Roman Rota
Msgr. Francesco Viscome, Priest of Crotone–Santa Severina (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Substitute Defender of the Bond of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of the Roman Rota
Cardinal Francis Eugene George, O.M.I., Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chicago (USA), passed away at 78
Fr. Juan de Dios Peña Rojas, Priest of Mérida (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (Venezuela)
Fr. Germán Marín resigned as Apostolic Administrator of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (Venezuela)
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| 2015.04.18 | Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia)
Bishop Misael Vacca Ramírez, Bishop of Yopal (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia)
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| 2015.04.19 | Bishop Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Soissons (France)
Cardinal Francesco Montenegro took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio
Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (USA)
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| 2015.04.20 | Fr. Samir Khalil Samir, S.J., was appointed as Pro-Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute
Fr. James McCann, S.J., resigned as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute
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| 2015.04.21 | Bishop José Trinidad González Rodríguez resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)
Fr. Fridolin Zueger, C.M.M., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries, passed away at 92
Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)
Bishop Robert William Finn resigned as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)
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| 2015.04.22 | Bishop Benedito Araújo, Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho (Brazil)
Bishop Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil)
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| 2015.04.23 | Msgr. Lucio Adrián Ruiz, Priest of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Member of Vatican Media Committee
Msgr. Paul Desmond Tighe, Priest of Dublin (Ireland), Secretary of Pontifical Council for Social Communications and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Member of Vatican Media Committee
Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò, Priest of Milano (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Director of Vatican Television Centre, was appointed as President of Vatican Media Committee
Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., was appointed as Member of Vatican Media Committee
Dr. Paolo Nusiner was appointed as Member of Vatican Media Committee
Fr. Brendan John Cahill, Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA), was elected Bishop of Victoria (USA)
Bishop David Eugene Fellhauer resigned as Bishop of Victoria (USA)
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| 2015.04.24 | Archbishop Raymond Olir Roussin, S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vancouver (Canada), passed away at 75
Fr. Josef Graf, Priest of Regensburg (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig and Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)
Msgr. Piergiorgio Bertoldi, Priest of Milano (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso, Apostolic Nuncio to Niger and Titular Archbishop of Spello
Bishop Lawrence Eugene Brandt resigned as Bishop of Greensburg (USA)
Bishop Thomas Joseph Connolly, Bishop emeritus of Baker (USA), passed away at 92
Fr. Edward Charles Malesic, Priest of Harrisburg (USA), was elected Bishop of Greensburg (USA)
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| 2015.04.26 | Sr. Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon (Élisabeth), R.S.R., was beatified
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| 2015.04.27 | Archbishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)
Bishop John Charles Wester, Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)
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| 2015.04.28 | Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as President of Commission for Advocates
Fr. Edward Elias Mapunda, Priest of Singida (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Singida (Tanzania)
Bishop Desiderius Rwoma resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Singida (Tanzania)
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| 2015.04.29 | Cardinal Giovanni Canestri, Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Genova (Italy), passed away at 96
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| 2015.05 | Abbot Maurice Bitz, C.R.S.V., resigned as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor
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| 2015.05.02 | Br. Luigi della Consolata Bordino (Andrea), F.S.G.C., was beatified
Bishop-elect Teodor Martynyuk (Taras), M.S.U., resigned as Hegumen of Ukrainian Studite Monks
Fr. Illya Mamchak, M.S.U., was appointed as Hegumen of Ukrainian Studite Monks
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| 2015.05.03 | Bishop Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Jalandhar (India), passed away at 84
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| 2015.05.04 | Archbishop Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Belém do Pará (Brazil), passed away at 88
Bishop Denis Grondin, Titular Bishop of Campli and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)
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| 2015.05.06 | Bishop Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S., resigned as Bishop of Santos (Brazil)
Bishop Edson de Castro Homem, Titular Bishop of Mutia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Iguatu (Brazil)
Bishop Agenor Girardi, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Furnos maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil)
Bishop Tarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B., succeeded as Bishop of Santos (Brazil)
Bishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa)
Fr. Emery Kibal Mansong’loo, C.P., was elected Bishop of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa)
Fr. Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc, Priest of Bontoc–Lagawe (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Bapara and Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc–Lagawe (Philippines)
Bishop Manuel Sánchez Monge, Bishop of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Santander (Spain)
Bishop Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi, Bishop emeritus of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam), passed away at 88
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| 2015.05.07 | Bishop Józef Pazdur, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 90
Bishop Esteban Escudero Torres, Bishop of Palencia (Spain), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) and Titular Bishop of Denia
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| 2015.05.09 | Cardinal Luis Héctor Villalba took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo a Corviale
Msgr. Michał Robert Janocha, Priest of Warszawa (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Barica and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)
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| 2015.05.10 | Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Timoteo
Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Spirito in Sassia
Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele dell’Addolorata
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| 2015.05.11 | Bishop Mario Busquets Jordá resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru)
Fr. Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru)
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| 2015.05.12 | Bishop Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi, Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)
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| 2015.05.13 | Bishop Edwin Colaço resigned as Bishop of Aurangabad (India)
Fr. Ambrose Rebello, Priest of Aurangabad (India), was elected Bishop of Aurangabad (India)
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| 2015.05.14 | Archbishop Geraldo Majela de Castro, O. Praem., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montes Claros (Brazil), passed away at 84
Fr. Patrick Joseph McKinney, Priest of Birmingham (England), was elected Bishop of Nottingham (England)
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| 2015.05.15 | Archbishop André-Jean-René Lacrampe, Prado, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Besançon (France), passed away at 73
Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., resigned as President of Caritas Internationalis
Bishop Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy)
Archbishop Salvatore Nunnari resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy)
Bishop Delio Lucarelli resigned as Bishop of Rieti (Italy)
Msgr. Domenico Pompili, Priest of Anagni–Alatri (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Rieti (Italy)
Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines), was appointed as President of Caritas Internationalis
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| 2015.05.16 | Fr. Luigi Caburlotto, Priest of Venezia (Italy), was beatified
Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan)
Fr. Dariusz Buras was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan)
Bishop Dominik Tóth, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia), passed away at 89
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| 2015.05.17 | Sr. Jeanne-Emilie de Villeneuve was canonised
Sr. Maria Cristina dell’Immacolata Concezione Brando (Adelaide), S.V.E.G.S., was canonised
Sr. Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghaţţas (Soultaneh Maria) was canonised
Sr. Mary of Jesus Crucified Baouardy (Mariam), O.C.D., was canonised
Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Galla
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| 2015.05.19 | Fr. James Massa, Priest of Brooklyn (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Bardstown and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)
Fr. Witold Mroziewski, Priest of Brooklyn (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Walla Walla and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)
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| 2015.05.20 | Fr. Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa, Priest of Patos (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)
Bishop Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Alto Solimões (Brazil)
Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz, Titular Bishop of Agbia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)
Bishop Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X., succeeded as Bishop of Alto Solimões (Brazil)
Bishop Laurent Dognin, Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (France), was appointed as Bishop of Quimper (France)
Bishop Philippe Jean-Marie Joseph Gueneley resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Quimper (France)
Bishop Manfred Müller, Bishop emeritus of Regensburg (Germany), passed away at 88
Bishop Norbert Werbs resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg (Germany)
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| 2015.05.21 | Fr. Dominique Blanchet, Priest of Angers (France), was elected Bishop of Belfort–Montbéliard (France)
Bishop Claude-Pierre-Charles Schockert resigned as Bishop of Belfort–Montbéliard (France)
Archbishop Santiago García Aracil resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)
Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)
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| 2015.05.22 | Fr. Jean-Louis Balsa, Priest of Nice (France), was elected Bishop of Viviers (France)
Bishop François-Marie-Joseph Blondel resigned as Bishop of Viviers (France)
Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana, Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland and Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
Abbot Jean-César Scarcella, C.R.A., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune
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| 2015.05.23 | Sr. Irene Stefani (Aurelia Mercede), I.S.M.C., was beatified
Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), was beatified
Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader, Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan and Titular Archbishop of Mathara in Numidia
Bishop Paul Desfarges, S.J., Bishop of Constantine (Algeria) and President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)
Msgr. Sergio Melillo, Priest of Avellino (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia (Italy)
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| 2015.05.24 | Bishop Guido Plante, P.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras), passed away at 78
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| 2015.05.25 | Bishop Robert Lebel, Bishop emeritus of Valleyfield (Canada), passed away at 90
Fr. Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians)
Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians)
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| 2015.05.27 | Bishop Guerrino Riccardo Brusati, Bishop of Caetité (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Janaúba (Brazil)
Bishop Pedro Carlos Cipollini, Bishop of Amparo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santo André (Brazil)
Bishop José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I., resigned as Bishop of Santo André (Brazil)
Bishop Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Jammu–Srinagar (India), passed away at 76
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| 2015.05.28 | Fr. Michael K. Barth, S.T., was appointed as General Custodian of Missionary Servants of Most Holy Trinity
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| 2015.05.29 | Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi resigned as Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception
Fr. Benny Mario Travas, Priest of Karachi (Pakistan) and Apostolic Administrator of Multan (Pakistan), was elected Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)
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| 2015.05.30 | Bishop Orlando Roa Barbosa, Titular Bishop of Nasbinca and Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Espinal (Colombia)
Fr. Eugene Joseph, Priest of Varanasi (India), was elected Bishop of Varanasi (India)
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| 2015.05.31 | Fr. Louis-Édouard Cestac, Priest of Bayonne (France), was beatified
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| 2015.06 | Br. William Boslet, O.S.F., resigned as Superior General of Religious Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis (Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn)
Br. Christopher Thurneau, O.S.F., was appointed as Superior General of Religious Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis (Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn)
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| 2015.06.01 | Archbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)
Bishop Gustavo Rodríguez Vega, Bishop of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)
Bishop Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Łomża (Poland), passed away at 85
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| 2015.06.03 | Fr. Hugues Paulze d’Ivoy, C.R.S.V., was appointed as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor
Bishop Thomas Flynn, Bishop emeritus of Achonry (Ireland), passed away at 83
Fr. Erio Castellucci, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena–Nonantola (Italy)
Fr. Christian Noel Emmanuel, Priest of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), was elected Bishop of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)
Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai resigned as Bishop of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)
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| 2015.06.04 | Bishop Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo, Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala and Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)
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| 2015.06.05 | Fr. Oscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa, Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Corniculana
Bishop Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia)
Bishop Manfred Melzer resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)
Dr. Libero Milone was appointed as Auditor General of Office of the Auditor General
Bishop Julien Mawule Kouto, Bishop emeritus of Atakpamé (Togo), passed away at 68
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| 2015.06.06 | Fr. José Alberto González Juárez, Priest of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Tuxtepec (Mexico)
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| 2015.06.07 | Fr. Fidenzio Volpi, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Commissioner for Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, passed away at 75
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| 2015.06.08 | Bishop Heiner Koch, Bishop of Dresden–Meißen (Germany), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany)
Msgr. Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte, Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela), was elected Military Ordinary of Venezuela (Venezuela)
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| 2015.06.09 | Fr. Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Furnos maior and Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus)
Msgr. Owen Francis Keenan was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness
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| 2015.06.10 | Bishop João Nílton dos Santos Souza resigned as Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil)
Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Verbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil)
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| 2015.06.11 | Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)
Bishop Lionginas Virbalas, S.J., Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)
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| 2015.06.12 | Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gandhinagar (India)
Bishop Thomas Ignatius Macwan, Bishop of Ahmedabad (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gandhinagar (India)
Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli took possession as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza
Fr. Victor de la Cruz Ocampo, Priest of Balanga (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Gumaca (Philippines)
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| 2015.06.13 | Bishop Robert Joseph Kurtz, C.R., resigned as Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda)
Fr. Wiesław Śpiewak, C.R., was elected Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda)
Cardinal Karl-Josef Rauber took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
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| 2015.06.14 | Cardinal Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio in Campo Marzio
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| 2015.06.15 | Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar, Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula, Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe
Fr. Anthony Chantry, M.H.M., resigned as Superior General of Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
Fr. Michael Corcoran, M.H.M., was appointed as Superior General of Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
Fr. Salvador Rodea González, C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Clerics Regular (Theatines)
Fr. Valentín Arteaga y Sánchez-Guijaldo, C.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Clerics Regular (Theatines)
Archbishop Bernard Anthony Hebda, Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)
Bishop Lee Anthony Piché resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)
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| 2015.06.17 | Bishop Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira, Bishop emeritus of Minas (Uruguay), passed away at 71
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| 2015.06.18 | Msgr. Franco Piva, Priest of Rimini (Italy) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household
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| 2015.06.19 | Fr. William L. Norvel, S.S.J., resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites)
Fr. Michael L. Thompson, S.S.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites)
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| 2015.06.20 | Fr. Hanna Rahmé, O.L.M., was elected Bishop of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar of the Maronites (Lebanon)
Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M., Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico)
Bishop Alejo Zavala Castro resigned as Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico)
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| 2015.06.22 | Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde, Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal, Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania and Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo
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| 2015.06.23 | Msgr. Laurentius Tarpin, O.S.C., was appointed as Master General of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers)
Sr. Nirmala Joshi, M.C., Superior General emeritus of Missionaries of Charity, passed away at 80
Bishop Francisco González Hernández, O.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru)
Bishop David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea, O.P., succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru)
Fr. Glen Adrian Lewandowski, O.S.C., resigned as Master General of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers)
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| 2015.06.24 | Bishop Josafá Menezes da Silva resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil)
Bishop João Santos Cardoso, Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil)
Bishop Rafael Biernaski, Titular Bishop of Ruspæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Blumenau (Brazil)
Bishop João Francisco Salm resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Blumenau (Brazil)
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| 2015.06.25 | Fr. Óscar González Villa, Bishop emeritus of Girardota (Colombia), passed away at 66
Bishop Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)
Patriarch Nersès Bédros XIX Tarmouni, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), passed away at 75
Bishop Gonzalo Galván Castillo resigned as Bishop of Autlán (Mexico)
Bishop Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean, Bishop of Penonomé (Panama), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama) and Titular Bishop of Agbia
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| 2015.06.26 | Fr. Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro, Priest of Cartago (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Nova and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia)
Bishop Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón resigned as Bishop of Engativá (Colombia)
Bishop Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa, Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Engativá (Colombia)
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| 2015.06.27 | Msgr. Lucio Adrián Ruiz, Priest of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina), Chaplain of His Holiness and Member of Vatican Media Committee, was appointed as Secretary of Dicastery for Communication
Msgr. Pierre Ntakobajira Cibambo, Ecclesiastical Assistant of Caritas Internationalis, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness
Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò, Priest of Milano (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness, Director of Vatican Television Centre and President of Vatican Media Committee, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Communication
Dr. Giacomo Ghisani was appointed as Vice-Director of General Affairs of Dicastery for Communication
Dr. Paolo Nusiner, Member of Vatican Media Committee, was appointed as Director of General Affairs of Dicastery for Communication
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| 2015.06.30 | Bishop Pierre Farine resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)
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| 2015.07 | Bishop Joseph Wu Qin-jing (吳欽敬), Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)
Br. Michael Burke, O.S.F., was appointed as Minister General of Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Mountbellew
Dr. Patrizio Polisca resigned as Personal Doctor of the Pope of Prefecture of the Papal Household
Br. Peter Roddy, O.S.F., resigned as Minister General of Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Mountbellew |
| 2015.07.01 | Fr. Sabino Ardito, S.D.B., was appointed as Apostolic Commissioner for Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
Bishop Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Requena (Peru), passed away at 81
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| 2015.07.02 | Msgr. Kenneth M. Robitaille, Priest of Toronto (Canada) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 84
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| 2015.07.03 | Fr. Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio, Priest of Palo (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Lestrona and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)
Msgr. Dennis Cabanada Villarojo, Priest of Cebu (Philippines) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)
Lieutenant Colonel Philippe Morard was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard
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| 2015.07.04 | Fr. Jacques Vanderus, M.O., Superior General of Missionaries of Workers, passed away at 87
Bishop Jean Laffitte, Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family, was appointed as Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)
Archbishop Angelo Acerbi resigned as Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)
Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero, Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay)
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| 2015.07.06 | Bishop Luigi Martella, Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy), passed away at 67
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| 2015.07.07 | Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib resigned as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Chile (Chile)
Bishop Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales, Titular Bishop of Bela and Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Chile (Chile)
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| 2015.07.08 | Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos, Titular Bishop of Canapium, Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Sobral (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Sobral (Brazil)
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| 2015.07.09 | Fr. Simon Poh Hoon Seng (傅雲生), Priest of Kuching (Malaysia), was elected Titular Bishop of Sfasferia and Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching (Malaysia)
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| 2015.07.10 | Archbishop Jean-Charles Marie Descubes resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)
Bishop Dominique Lebrun, Bishop of Saint-Étienne (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)
Fr. George Bugeja, O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya) and Titular Bishop of San Leone
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| 2015.07.11 | Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bologna (Italy), passed away at 87
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| 2015.07.12 | Bishop Omar Félix Colomé, Bishop emeritus of Cruz del Eje (Argentina), passed away at 82
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| 2015.07.14 | Fr. Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Carpi and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)
Fr. Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Ho (Ghana)
Bishop Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu resigned as Bishop of Ho (Ghana)
Fr. Sergio Zirattu, O.M.V., resigned as Rector Major of Oblates of the Virgin Mary
Fr. Benedictus Son Hee-song (손희송 베네딕토 / 孫凞松), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Campli and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)
Fr. David Nicgorski, O.M.V., was appointed as Rector Major of Oblates of the Virgin Mary
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| 2015.07.15 | Archbishop Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil)
Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto, Bishop of Montenegro (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo (Brazil)
Fr. Laurent Camiade, Priest of Agen (France), was elected Bishop of Cahors (France)
Fr. Udo Markus Bentz, Priest of Mainz (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)
Bishop Manfred Grothe resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)
Fr. Dominicus Meier, O.S.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)
Fr. Carlo Nanni, S.D.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University
Archbishop Lionginas Virbalas, S.J., Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania and Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys (Lithuania)
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| 2015.07.18 | Fr. Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Jhabua (India)
Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Jhabua (India)
Archbishop Antonio Mattiazzo resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Padova (Italy)
Msgr. Claudio Cipolla, Priest of Mantova (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Padova (Italy)
Fr. Corrado Melis, Priest of Ales–Terralba (Italy), was elected Bishop of Ozieri (Italy)
Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ozieri (Italy)
Fr. Giancarlo Caprini, F.N., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Blessed Father Piamarta
Fr. Enzo Turriceni, F.N., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Blessed Father Piamarta
Bishop Henry Aruna, Bishop of Makeni (Sierra Leone), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Nasbinca and Auxiliary Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone)
Fr. Natale Paganelli, S.X., Apostolic Administrator of Makeni (Sierra Leone), was elected Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala
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| 2015.07.21 | Fr. Robert Emmet Barron, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)
Msgr. Joseph Vincent Brennan, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Trofimiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)
Msgr. David Gerard O’Connell, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)
Bishop Gerald Eugene Wilkerson resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)
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| 2015.07.22 | Bishop Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C., Bishop of Hinche (Haiti), passed away at 64
Fr. Joseph Kodakallil, Priest of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India)
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| 2015.07.23 | Br. Lukas Jünemann, C.F.P., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Poor of Saint Francis
Fr. John Moon Hee-jong (문희종 요한 세례자 / 文熙鍾), Priest of Suwon 수원 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Mutia and Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)
Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA) and Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary, passed away at 88
Br. Mark Gastel, C.F.P., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Poor of Saint Francis
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| 2015.07.24 | Bishop Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid, Bishop of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia)
Bishop Julio César Vidal Ortiz resigned as Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia)
Fr. Roberto Dotta, O.S.B., was appointed as Pastoral Vicar of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls
Fr. Venanzio Gasparoni, P.S.S.G., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Cajetan
Bishop Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B., Patriarchal Administrator of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), was elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)
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| 2015.07.25 | Bishop Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D., resigned as Bishop of Tumaco (Colombia)
Patriarch Grégoire Bedros XX Ghabroyan, was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church
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| 2015.07.28 | Bishop Franciscus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, M.S.F., Bishop emeritus of Banjarmasin (Indonesia), passed away at 83
Fr. Boulos Abdul Sater, Priest of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon), was elected Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites and Bishop of Curia of the Maronites
Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls, Bishop of Menorca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Lleida (Spain)
Bishop Juan Piris Frígola resigned as Bishop of Lleida (Spain)
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| 2015.07.29 | Bishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe, Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico)
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| 2015.08 | Fr. Gabriel Vasile Buboi was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Romanians
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| 2015.08.01 | Fr. Angelo Romano, F.M.S.E., Priest of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Priest of Missionary Fraternity of Sant’Egidio
Dr. Patrizio Polisca resigned as Director of Directorate of Health and Hygiene of Vatican City State
Prof. Alfredo Pontecorvi was appointed as Director of Directorate of Health and Hygiene of Vatican City State
Msgr. Alberto Ortega Martín, Priest of Madrid (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan, Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Titular Archbishop of Midila
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| 2015.08.03 | Archbishop Salvatore Cassisa, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Monreale (Italy), passed away at 93
Msgr. Nicolaus Lee (李漢儀), Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away
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| 2015.08.04 | Bishop Fernando José Castro Aguayo, Opus Dei, Titular Bishop of Ampora and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela)
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| 2015.08.05 | Dr. Massimo Bufacchi resigned as Director of Labour Office of the Apostolic See
Mr. Salvatore Vecchio was appointed as Director of Labour Office of the Apostolic See
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| 2015.08.06 | Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (Canada)
Fr. Jose Kalluvelil, Priest of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Tabalta and Apostolic Exarch of Canada of the Syro-Malabars (Canada)
Fr. Prince Panengadan Devassy, Priest of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India), was elected Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)
Bishop Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I., resigned as Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)
Bishop Jacob Angadiath resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Canada of the Syro-Malabars
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| 2015.08.08 | Dr. Fabrizio Soccorsi was appointed as Personal Doctor of the Pope of Prefecture of the Papal Household
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| 2015.08.10 | Msgr. Juan José Dorronsoro Allo, Undersecretary emeritus of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, passed away at 83
Fr. Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar, Priest of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela), was elected Bishop of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela)
Bishop Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela)
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| 2015.08.14 | Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, Opus Dei, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), passed away at 69
Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia (Turkiye)
Fr. Paolo Bizzeti, S.J., Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Turkiye, was elected Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia (Turkiye) and Titular Bishop of Tabæ
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| 2015.08.15 | Bishop Misael Vacca Ramírez, Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia)
Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria, Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) and Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan)
Fr. John Edmunds, S.T., resigned as General Custodian of Missionary Servants of Most Holy Trinity
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| 2015.08.17 | Cardinal László Paskai, O.F.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary), passed away at 88
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| 2015.08.18 | Bishop Vladimír Filo, Bishop emeritus of Rožňava (Slovakia), passed away at 75
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| 2015.08.19 | Bishop Paul Lokiru Kalanda, Bishop emeritus of Fort Portal (Uganda), passed away at 88
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| 2015.08.20 | Fr. Juan Pablo Catoggio, I.Sch., was appointed as Superior General of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers
Fr. Heinrich Walter, I.Sch., resigned as Superior General of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers
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| 2015.08.24 | Bishop Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis resigned as Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal)
Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I., was elected Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal)
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| 2015.08.25 | Fr. David E. Nazar, S.J., was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute
Fr. Samir Khalil Samir, S.J., resigned as Pro-Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute
Bishop Gaetano Aldo Donato (Thomas), Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), passed away at 74
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| 2015.08.26 | Abbot Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Claraval (Brazil), passed away at 93
Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M., Bishop emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada), passed away at 92
Fr. Antony Kariyil, C.M.I., was elected Bishop of Mandya of the Syro-Malabars (India)
Archbishop Maroun Khoury Sader, Archbishop emeritus of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 88
Bishop Francisco Capiral San Diego, Bishop emeritus of Pasig (Philippines), passed away at 79
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| 2015.08.28 | Fr. Jean-Pierre Cottanceau, SS.CC., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Papeete (French Polynesia)
Bishop Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Papeete (French Polynesia)
Mr. Józef Wesołowski, Lay state, passed away at 67
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| 2015.08.29 | Bishop Flaviano Michele Melki, Bishop of Gazireh of the Syriacs (Turkiye), was beatified
Bishop Carlos María Ariz Bolea, C.M.F., Bishop emeritus of Colón–Kuna Yala (Panama), passed away at 86
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| 2015.08.30 | Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Suva (Fiji), passed away at 94
Bishop Pierfranco Pastore, Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for Social Communications, passed away at 88
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| 2015.09.05 | Br. Fidela Oller Angelats (Dolores), R.S.J.G., and 2 companions were beatified
Archbishop Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Keewatin–Le Pas (Canada), passed away at 80
Bishop Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC., succeeded as Bishop of Taiohae (French Polynesia)
Bishop Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC., resigned as Bishop of Taiohae (French Polynesia)
Fr. Mathew Vattamattam, C.M.F., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)
Archbishop Diego Causero resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
Fr. Josep María Abella Batlle (ホセ・マリア・アベイヤ), C.M.F., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)
Fr. Kévork Assadourian, Priest of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon), was elected Titular Bishop of Amida of the Armenians and Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)
Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
Msgr. Arthur Francis Valenzano, Priest of Baltimore (USA) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away at 66
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| 2015.09.08 | Bishop Gilles Lussier resigned as Bishop of Joliette (Canada)
Bishop Raymond Poisson, Titular Bishop of Gegi and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Joliette (Canada)
Sr. María del Monte Auxiliadora Ruiz García, P.S.D.P., was appointed as Superior General of Little Sisters of the Poor |
| 2015.09.12 | Msgr. Graham Bell, Priest of Roma (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness
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| 2015.09.13 | Mr. Benedict Tshimangadzo Samuel Daswa was beatified
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| 2015.09.14 | Msgr. Angelo De Donatis, Priest of Roma (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Mottola and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
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| 2015.09.15 | Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)
Bishop James Vann Johnston, Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)
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| 2015.09.16 | Bishop José González Alonso resigned as Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)
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| 2015.09.17 | Archbishop Bruno Tommasi, Archbishop emeritus of Lucca (Italy), passed away at 85
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| 2015.09.18 | Fr. José Gabriel Funes, S.J., resigned as Director of Vatican Observatory
Fr. David Bartimej Tencer, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Reykjavík (Iceland)
Bishop Pétur Bürcher resigned as Bishop of Reykjavík (Iceland)
Br. Guy Joseph Consolmagno, S.J., was appointed as Director of Vatican Observatory
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| 2015.09.19 | Archbishop Pio Alberto del Corona, O.P., Bishop of San Miniato (Italy), was beatified
Archbishop Georg Eder, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salzburg (Austria), passed away at 87
Bishop Paweł Cieślik resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)
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| 2015.09.20 | Bishop Giovanni De Vivo, Bishop of Pescia (Italy), passed away at 75
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| 2015.09.21 | Bishop Nándor Bosák resigned as Bishop of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza (Hungary)
Bishop Ferenc Palánki, Titular Bishop of Fidoloma and Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary), was appointed as Bishop of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza (Hungary)
Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)
Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss, Bishop emeritus of Superior (USA), passed away at 84
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| 2015.09.23 | Fr. Junípero Serra y Ferrer, O.F.M., was canonised
Bishop Alessio Saccardo, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil)
Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp., succeeded as Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil)
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| 2015.09.24 | Bishop Adolfo Ramón Canecín succeeded as Bishop of Goya (Argentina)
Bishop Ricardo Oscar Faifer resigned as Bishop of Goya (Argentina)
Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, Opus Dei, resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Archbishop Calogero La Piana, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)
Bishop Giacomo Lanzetti resigned as Bishop of Alba (Italy)
Bishop Antonino Raspanti, Bishop of Acireale (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)
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| 2015.09.25 | Bishop Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello, Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador), passed away at 73
Bishop Claudio Baggini, Bishop emeritus of Vigevano (Italy), passed away at 79
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| 2015.09.26 | Archbishop Paolo Rocco Gualtieri, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles
Msgr. Zbigniew Jan Zieliński, Priest of Gdańsk (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)
Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Sufar and Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru)
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| 2015.09.27 | Sr. Klara Szczęsna (Ludwika), SŁ.N.S.J., was beatified
Bishop Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M., succeeded as Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro (Central African Republic)
Bishop Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro (Central African Republic)
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| 2015.09.29 | Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín, Titular Bishop of Bossa, Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) and Apostolic Administrator of Apartadó (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia)
Fr. Andrzej Koprowski, S.J., resigned as Program Director of Vatican Radio
Fr. Andrzej Majewski, S.J., was appointed as Program Director of Vatican Radio
Bishop João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador, Titular Bishop of Luperciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Angra (Portugal)
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| 2015.09.30 | Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva, Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Lins (Brazil)
Bishop Irineu Danelón, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Lins (Brazil)
Fr. Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Comboni Missionaries)
Fr. Enrique Sánchez González, M.C.C.J., resigned as Superior General of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Comboni Missionaries)
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| 2015.10.01 | Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B., resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)
Fr. Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B., was elected Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)
Msgr. Luigi Renna, Priest of Andria (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)
Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello (Italy)
Bishop Felice Di Molfetta resigned as Bishop of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)
Fr. Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello (Italy)
Bishop Emilio Layon Bataclan resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)
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| 2015.10.02 | Bishop Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bombay (India), passed away at 89
Msgr. Chibuike Onyeaghala was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness
Fr. Ján Dubina, Priest of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia), was appointed as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff
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| 2015.10.03 | Fr. Pío Heredia Zubía, O.C.S.O., and 17 companions were beatified
Msgr. Krzysztof Olaf Charamsa resigned as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission
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| 2015.10.04 | Fr. Mihăiţă Blaj, Priest of Iaşi (Romania), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness
Fr. Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat, Priest of Tortosa (Spain), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness
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| 2015.10.05 | Archbishop Salvatore Ligorio, Archbishop of Matera–Irsina (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy)
Archbishop Agostino Superbo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy)
Fr. Andrea Migliavacca, Priest of Pavia (Italy), was elected Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)
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| 2015.10.07 | Bishop Carmelo Cuttitta, Titular Bishop of Novi and Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)
Bishop Paolo Urso resigned as Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)
Bishop Michel Hoàng Ðức Oanh resigned as Bishop of Kontum (Vietnam)
Fr. Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai, Priest of Vinh Long (Vietnam), was elected Bishop of Vinh Long (Vietnam)
Fr. Luy Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị, Priest of Nha Trang (Vietnam), was elected Bishop of Kontum (Vietnam)
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| 2015.10.08 | Diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi was renamed as Diocese of San Jacinto (Ecuador)
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| 2015.10.09 | Msgr. Mauro Lalli, Priest of Chieti–Vasto (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness
Bishop Giuseppe Cavallotto resigned as Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) and Bishop of Fossano (Italy)
Msgr. Piero Delbosco, Priest of Torino (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) and Bishop of Fossano (Italy)
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| 2015.10.11 | Cardinal Alberto Suárez Inda took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Policarpo
Bishop Salvador Trane Modesto, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Carlos (Philippines), passed away at 85
Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez Pérez took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella
Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Addolorata
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| 2015.10.13 | Fr. Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C., was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Chosica (Peru) and Titular Bishop of Ampora
Msgr. Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam, Priest of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), was elected Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)
Bishop Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam Emmanuel resigned as Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)
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| 2015.10.14 | Bishop Roque Paloschi, Bishop of Roraima (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Brazil)
Bishop Benedito Araújo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho (Brazil)
Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera and Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines)
Bishop Francisco Mendoza de León resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kalookan (Philippines)
Bishop José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela)
Fr. Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B., was elected Titular Bishop of Canapium and Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela)
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| 2015.10.15 | Archbishop Iván Antonio Marín López resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia)
Fr. Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve, Priest of Medellín (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia)
Fr. George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Zomba (Malawi)
Fr. Edgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Penonomé (Panama)
Bishop Andrej Imrich resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)
Bishop Titus Joseph Mdoe, Titular Bishop of Bahanna and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania)
Bishop Gabriel Mmole resigned as Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania)
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| 2015.10.17 | Msgr. José Melitón Chávez, Priest of Tucumán (Argentina) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Añatuya (Argentina)
Fr. José Luis Henao Cadavid, Priest of Jericó (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia)
Msgr. Francesco Manenti, Priest of Crema (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Senigallia (Italy)
Bishop Giuseppe Orlandoni resigned as Bishop of Senigallia (Italy)
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| 2015.10.18 | Fr. Vincenzo Grossi, Priest of Cremona (Italy), was canonised
Sr. María de la Purísima Salvat Romero (María Isabel), H.C.C., was canonised
Mr. Louis Martin and Ms. Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin were canonised
Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Romano Martire
Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino
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| 2015.10.19 | Archbishop Ignazio Cannavò, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), passed away at 93
Archbishop Alessandro Plotti, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pisa (Italy), passed away at 83
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| 2015.10.20 | Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez, Bishop emeritus of Riohacha (Colombia) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Medellín (Colombia), passed away at 78
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| 2015.10.21 | Fr. José Reginaldo Andrietta, Priest of Limeira (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Jales (Brazil)
Fr. Paulo Bosi Dal’Bó, Priest of Colatina (Brazil), was elected Bishop of São Mateus (Brazil)
Fr. Henrique Aparecido De Lima, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Dourados (Brazil)
Bishop Redovino Rizzardo, C.S., resigned as Bishop of Dourados (Brazil)
Bishop Luiz Demétrio Valentini resigned as Bishop of Jales (Brazil)
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Ireneo a Centocelle
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| 2015.10.24 | Fr. Aristide Gonsallo, Priest of Parakou (Benin), was elected Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin)
Fr. Jean-Benoît Gnambode, C.I.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Porto Novo (Benin)
Bishop Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S., Bishop emeritus of Périgueux (France), passed away at 88
Archbishop Paolo Rocco Gualtieri, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius
Cardinal Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli and Bishop emeritus of Nitra (Slovakia), passed away at 91
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| 2015.10.25 | Bishop Georg Müller, SS.CC., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Trondheim (Norway), passed away at 64
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| 2015.10.26 | Bishop Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aleppo (Syria), passed away at 77
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| 2015.10.27 | Cardinal Carlo Caffarra resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)
Cardinal Paolo Romeo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)
Bishop Matteo Maria Zuppi, Titular Bishop of Villa nova and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)
Msgr. Corrado Lorefice, Priest of Noto (Italy), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)
Fr. Giacomo Morandi, Priest of Modena–Nonantola (Italy), was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
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| 2015.10.28 | Bishop Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Patos de Minas (Brazil), passed away at 99
Bishop Joseph Dergham, Bishop emeritus of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt), passed away at 85
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| 2015.10.30 | Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians and Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)
Bishop Renauld Dupont de Dinechin, Titular Bishop of Macriana minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Bishop of Soissons (France)
Bishop Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Soissons (France)
Msgr. Nareg Naamoyan, Priest of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria), was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians
Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellín resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)
Bishop Fidel Herráez Vegas, Titular Bishop of Cediæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)
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| 2015.10.31 | Sr. Maria Teresa Casini was beatified
Bishop Atanáz Orosz resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nyíregyháza of the Hungarians (Hungary)
Fr. Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nyíregyháza of the Hungarians (Hungary)
Bishop Józef Wysocki resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg (Poland)
Fr. Joseph Tobji, Priest of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria), was elected Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria)
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| 2015.11 | Msgr. Riccardo Bollati, F.S.C.B., Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission
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| 2015.11.02 | Fr. Pierre Rouamba, F.M.R., was appointed as Prior General of Missionary Brothers of the Countryside
Fr. Marko Medo, Priest of Zagreb (Croatia), was appointed as Priest of Croatia (Croatia)
Fr. Edmond Chevallereau, F.M.R., resigned as Prior General of Missionary Brothers of the Countryside
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| 2015.11.03 | Fr. Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P., was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)
Bishop Pedro María Laxague, Titular Bishop of Castra severiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Zárate–Campana (Argentina)
Bishop Oscar Domingo Sarlinga resigned as Bishop of Zárate–Campana (Argentina)
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| 2015.11.06 | Bishop Jozef De Kesel, Bishop of Brugge (Belgium), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium)
Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard (André-Mutien) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium) and President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium
Cardinal Lluís Martínez Sistach resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain)
Bishop Juan José Omella Omella, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain)
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| 2015.11.07 | Fr. Ricardo Orlando Seirutti, Priest of Córdoba (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Bela and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)
Msgr. Damase Zinga Atangana, Priest of Obala (Cameroon), was elected Bishop of Kribi (Cameroon)
Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kribi (Cameroon)
Fr. Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) and Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Iubaltiana
Fr. Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)
Archbishop Jan Martyniak resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland)
Bishop Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz, Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland)
Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)
Fr. Lorenzo Piretto, O.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)
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| 2015.11.09 | Bishop Claude Jean Pierre Dagens resigned as Bishop of Angoulême (France)
Fr. Hervé Gosselin, Priest of Rennes (France), was elected Bishop of Angoulême (France)
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| 2015.11.10 | Msgr. Winfried König, Priest of Münster (Germany) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away at 82
Archbishop Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia), passed away at 65
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| 2015.11.11 | Fr. Karel Martinus Choennie, Priest of Paramaribo (Suriname), was elected Bishop of Paramaribo (Suriname)
Fr. Antonius te Dorshorst, O.M.I., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Paramaribo (Suriname)
Bishop Francis Ronald Reiss resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)
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| 2015.11.12 | Bishop Marcel Damphousse, Bishop of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)
Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe resigned as Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)
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| 2015.11.13 | Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
Archbishop Paolo Rocco Gualtieri, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles and Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands
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| 2015.11.14 | Fr. Francisco de Paula Victor, Priest of Mariana (Brazil), was beatified
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| 2015.11.16 | Bishop Giovanni Giudici resigned as Bishop of Pavia (Italy)
Bishop Dante Lafranconi resigned as Bishop of Cremona (Italy)
Msgr. Antonio Napolioni, Priest of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Cremona (Italy)
Msgr. Corrado Sanguineti, Priest of Chiavari (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Pavia (Italy)
Bishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico)
Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez, Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico)
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| 2015.11.18 | Bishop Manfred Scheuer, Bishop of Innsbruck (Austria), was appointed as Bishop of Linz (Austria)
Bishop Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Linz (Austria)
Archbishop Zanoni Demettino Castro succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Feira de Santana (Brazil)
Archbishop Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Feira de Santana (Brazil)
Fr. Nélio Domingos Zortea, Priest of Cascavel (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Jataí (Brazil)
Bishop Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias resigned as Bishop of Astorga (Spain)
Bishop Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández, Titular Bishop of Nasai and Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Astorga (Spain)
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| 2015.11.19 | Bishop Fridolín Zahradník passed away at 80
Fr. Anthony Bernard Paul, Priest of Penang (Malaysia), was elected Bishop of Melaka–Johor (Malaysia)
Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing (陳志音), S.J., resigned as Bishop of Melaka–Johor (Malaysia)
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| 2015.11.21 | Fr. Frederic de Berga Tarrés Puigpelat (Martí), O.F.M. Cap., and 25 companions were beatified
Bishop David William Valencia Antonio, Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of San Jose in Mindoro (Philippines)
Bishop Francisco Mendoza de León, Titular Bishop of Boseta and Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo (Philippines), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Antipolo (Philippines)
Fr. Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida, Priest of Viseu (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Ruspæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal)
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| 2015.11.22 | Mr. Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero ▼, Lay state, passed away at 88
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| 2015.11.23 | Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M., Bishop of Tarahumara (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Autlán (Mexico)
Bishop Tadeusz Lityński, Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus and Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)
Bishop Stefan Regmunt resigned as Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)
Fr. Peter C. Harman was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College
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| 2015.11.24 | Msgr. John Wilson, Priest of Leeds (England) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)
Canon Paul McAleenan, Priest of Westminster (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Mercia and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)
Mr. Gianfranco Mammì, Deputy Director General of Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as Director General of Institute for Works of Religion
Mr. Rolando Marranci resigned as Director General of Institute for Works of Religion
Mr. Giulio Mattietti was appointed as Deputy Director General of Institute for Works of Religion
Msgr. Steven Joseph Lopes, Priest of San Francisco (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop-Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA)
Msgr. Jeffrey Neil Steenson resigned as Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA)
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| 2015.11.25 | Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil)
Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz succeeded as Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)
Bishop Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)
Bishop Edmar Perón, Titular Bishop of Mattiana and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)
Bishop Diamantino Prata de Carvalho, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)
Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa, Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt), was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)
Msgr. Roberto Filippini, Priest of Pisa (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Pescia (Italy)
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| 2015.11.26 | Fr. Michael Brehl, C.SS.R., Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), was appointed as Vice-President of Union of Superiors General (U.S.G.)
Fr. Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, S.J., resigned as President of Union of Superiors General (U.S.G.)
Fr. Mauro Jöhri, O.F.M. Cap., Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans) and Vice-President of Union of Superiors General (U.S.G.), was appointed as President of Union of Superiors General (U.S.G.)
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| 2015.11.27 | Bishop José Benedito Simão, Bishop of Assis (Brazil), passed away at 64
Fr. Héctor Felipe Vila Martínez, Priest of Roma (Italy), was elected Bishop of Whitehorse (Canada)
Fr. Kieran Kilcommons resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Whitehorse (Canada)
Fr. Emmanuel Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, Priest of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Bà Ria (Vietnam)
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| 2015.11.28 | Bishop Jean Salomon Lezoutié succeeded as Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)
Bishop Laurent Akran Mandjo resigned as Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)
Bishop Federico Ocampo Escaler, S.J., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Ipil (Philippines), passed away at 93
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| 2015.11.29 | Cardinal John Atcherley Dew took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Ippolito
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| 2015.11.30 | Bishop Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón, Bishop of Vélez (Colombia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Fidoloma and Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)
Msgr. Jure Bogdan, Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Military Ordinary of Croatia (Croatia)
Bishop Juraj Jezerinac resigned as Military Ordinary of Croatia (Croatia)
Bishop Lambert Bainomugisha resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hoima (Uganda)
Fr. Vincent Kirabo Amooti, Priest of Hoima (Uganda), was elected Bishop of Hoima (Uganda)
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| 2015.12 | Fr. Joseph Tang Yuan-ge (唐遠閣) was elected Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)
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| 2015.12.01 | Bishop Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)
Bishop Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi succeeded as Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)
Bishop Antonio Troyo Calderón, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San José (Costa Rica), passed away at 92
Fr. Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Castulo and Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico)
Fr. Herculano Medina Garfias, Priest of Morelia (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Gegi and Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico)
Fr. Edward Mark Lohse, Priest of Erie (USA), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness
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| 2015.12.02 | Bishop Rodolfo Luís Weber, Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil)
Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo (Brazil)
Bishop Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil)
Bishop José Negri (Giuseppe), P.I.M.E., succeeded as Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil)
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| 2015.12.03 | Diocese of Guasdualito was established (from Diocese of Barinas and Diocese of San Fernando de Apure and became suffragan of Mérida) (Venezuela)
Bishop Anthony J. Farquhar resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)
Fr. Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Guasdualito (Venezuela)
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| 2015.12.04 | Archbishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tlalnepantla (Mexico), passed away at 82
Fr. Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Apostolic Visitor of Congregation of the Apostles of Jesus
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| 2015.12.05 | Fr. Michał Tomaszek, O.F.M. Conv., and 2 companions were beatified
Archbishop Luigi Conti, Titular Archbishop of Gratiana, passed away at 86
Archbishop Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova and Apostolic Nuncio to Romania
Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan and Apostolic Nuncio to Tajikistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Romania
Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Paola Romana
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| 2015.12.06 | Cardinal Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso Apostolo
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| 2015.12.07 | Archbishop Rrok Kola Mirdita, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiranë–Durrës (Albania), passed away at 76
Msgr. Fabián Edgardo Marcelo Pedacchio Leániz, Chaplain of His Holiness and Private Secretary of the Pope, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness
Archbishop Orlando Antonini resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
Archbishop Luciano Suriani, Delegate for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon, was appointed as Delegate for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State
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| 2015.12.08 | Bishop Karl Borsch, Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Aachen (Germany)
Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff resigned as Bishop of Aachen (Germany)
Mother Grace Perumpanany, S.A.B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation)
Mother Rosekate, S.A.B.S., resigned as Superior General of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration Congregation)
Bishop Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap., succeeded as Bishop of Garissa (Kenya)
Bishop Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Garissa (Kenya)
Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nepal (Nepal), passed away at 77
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| 2015.12.09 | Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), passed away at 79
Cardinal Carlo Furno, Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio and Grand Master emeritus of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), passed away at 94
Bishop Matthew Shija, Bishop emeritus of Kahama (Tanzania), passed away at 91
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| 2015.12.10 | Bishop Dermot Patrick O’Mahony, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Dublin (Ireland), passed away at 80
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| 2015.12.11 | Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ternopil–Zboriv and became suffragan of Ternopil–Zboriv) (Ukraine)
Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč–Kamyanets (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč (Ukraine)
Bishop Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of České Budějovice (Czechia), passed away at 72
Msgr. Rolf Steinhäuser, Priest of Köln (Germany) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)
Archbishop Vasyl Semeniuk, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ternopil–Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Kamyanets-Podilskyi of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)
Bishop Rutilio Juan Del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino (USA)
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| 2015.12.12 | Archbishop Vito Rallo was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco
Archbishop Antonio Sozzo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco
Fr. François Pascal Burri resigned as Chaplain of Pontifical Swiss Guard
Fr. Thomas Widmer was appointed as Chaplain of Pontifical Swiss Guard
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| 2015.12.15 | Fr. Carlos Walker, I.V.E., resigned as Superior General of Institute of the Incarnate Word
Fr. James Patrick Powers, Priest of Superior (USA), was elected Bishop of Superior (USA)
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| 2015.12.16 | Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado resigned as Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil)
Msgr. John Gregory Kelly, Priest of Dallas (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Jamestown and Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (USA)
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| 2015.12.17 | Abbot Joseph Roduit, C.R.A., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, passed away at 76
Msgr. Andrew Chao (趙一舟), Priest of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 88
Sr. Emelia Prokopik, O.S.B.M., Superior General emeritus of Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great, passed away at 95
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| 2015.12.18 | Bishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Bukoba (Tanzania), passed away at 96
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| 2015.12.19 | Bishop Joji Govindu resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Vijayawada (India)
Fr. Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M., was elected Bishop of Vijayawada (India)
Msgr. Paul Desmond Tighe, Priest of Dublin (Ireland), Secretary of Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Member of Vatican Media Committee, was elected Adjunct Secretary of Pontifical Council for Culture and Titular Bishop of Drivastum
Msgr. Leszek Leszkiewicz, Priest of Tarnów (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Bossa and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)
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| 2015.12.20 | Bishop Dominic Dinh Mai Luong (Mai Thanh Lương) resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Orange (USA)
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| 2015.12.21 | Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò resigned as Director of Vatican Television Centre
Mr. Stefano D’Agostini was appointed as Director of Vatican Television Centre
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| 2015.12.22 | Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Syro-Malankara Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Saint Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada (gained territory of Canada and without ecclesiastical province) (USA)
Fr. Claude Hamelin, Priest of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada), was elected Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada)
Bishop Charles Jason Gordon resigned as Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines)
Bishop Thomas Eusebios Naickamparambil, Titular Bishop of Lares, Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Syro-Malankara (USA), Apostolic Visitator in Canada of the Syro-Malankara and Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Syro-Malankara, was appointed as Bishop of Saint Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada of the Syro-Malankara (USA)
Bishop Rubén Antonio González Medina, C.M.F., Bishop of Caguas (Puerto Rico), was appointed as Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)
Bishop Félix Lázaro Martínez, Sch. P., resigned as Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)
Fr. Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines)
Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa), was appointed as Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau)
Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch, Bishop emeritus of Joliet (USA), passed away at 84
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| 2015.12.23 | Bishop Erwin Kräutler, C.PP.S., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)
Fr. João Muniz Alves, O.F.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)
Bishop Gilbert Louis resigned as Bishop of Châlons (France)
Fr. François Touvet, Priest of Dijon (France), was elected Bishop of Châlons (France)
Msgr. Pierantonio Pavanello, Priest of Vicenza (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Adria–Rovigo (Italy)
Bishop Lucio Soravito de Franceschi resigned as Bishop of Adria–Rovigo (Italy)
Archbishop Grégoire Haddad, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), passed away at 91
Archbishop Ignatius Chama resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mpika (Zambia)
Fr. Justin Mulenga, Priest of Kasama (Zambia), was elected Bishop of Mpika (Zambia)
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| 2015.12.24 | Fr. Richard McCullen, C.M., Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists), passed away at 88
Msgr. Wojciech Tomasz Osial, Priest of Łowicz (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Cediæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Łowicz (Poland)
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| 2015.12.27 | Bishop Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir, Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 66
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| 2015.12.28 | Fr. Brian McGee, Priest of Paisley (Scotland), was elected Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)
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| 2015.12.29 | Diocese of Barisal was established (from Diocese of Chittagong and became suffragan of Dhaka) (Bangladesh)
Bishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C., Titular Bishop of Afufenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh), was appointed as Bishop of Barisal (Bangladesh)
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| 2015.12.30 | Bishop Brian Vincent Finnigan resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)
Fr. Aparecido Donizeti de Souza, Priest of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) and Titular Bishop of Macriana minor
Fr. José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz, Priest of Mexicali (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Gómez Palacio (Mexico)
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| 2015.12.31 | Bishop Daniel Leo Ryan, Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Illinois (USA), passed away at 85
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