Nominations and Resignations

Diocese of Pangkal-Pinang was renamed as Diocese of Pangkalpinang (Indonesia)

Titular Episcopal See of Valpuesta was suppressed (Spain)

Fr. Stephen Xu Hong-wei (胥紅偉), Priest of Hanzhong 漢中 (China), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

Fr. Anthony Yao Shun (姚順), Priest of Jining 集寧 (China), was elected Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China)

Msgr. Tomislav Ɖukez was appointed as Person-in-charge of Central Statistics Office of the Church

Msgr. Philip James Whitmore resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Köln König resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

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

Fr. Walter Francis Standley, I.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Indian Missionary Society

Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio resigned as Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta graviora

Msgr. Gianfranco Gallone was elected Permanent Observer to Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca resigned as Auditor General of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Lucio Bonora resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Paolo Luca Braida resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Antonio Lazzaro resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Assunto Scotti resigned as Dean and Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Paolo Carlotti, S.D.B., resigned as Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Maurizio Pietro Faggioni, O.F.M., resigned as Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

Sr. Giuseppina Del Core, F.M.A., resigned as President of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)

Dr. Giuseppe Dalla Torre Del Tempio di Sanguinetto resigned as President of Tribunal of Vatican City State

Dr. Antonio Di Iorio resigned as Chancellor of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Nareg Naamoyan resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Armenians

Fr. Elias Khoudary, B.A., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Fr. Elie Madi, L.M., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries

Fr. Maroun Moubarak, L.M., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries

Fr. Gerardo Maya González, M.J., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Joseph

Fr. Eduardo Roque Morales, M.J., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Joseph

Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad, B.S., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Jonathan N. Germinanda, M.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Mission Society of the Philippines

Fr. Eladio B. Oliver, M.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Mission Society of the Philippines

Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski resigned as Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta graviora

Msgr. Krzysztof Józef Nykiel resigned as Cleric Prelate of Apostolic Camera

Cardinal Julián Herranz Casado, Opus Dei, resigned as Supplementary Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta graviora

Archimandrite Chihade Abboud was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Greek-Melkites

Br. Gabriel O’Brien (Gerard), O.S.F., was appointed as Superior General of Religious Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis (Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn)

Br. Christopher Thurneau, O.S.F., resigned as Superior General of Religious Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis (Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn)

Archimandrite Najib Tobji, B.A., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order

Fr. Thomas Joachim, C.S.J., resigned as General Prior of Community of Saint John

Sr. Piera Silvia Ruffinatto, F.M.A., was appointed as President of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)

Bishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana)

Bishop Salvador Martínez Pérez, Bishop emeritus of Huejutla (Mexico), passed away at 85

Fr. Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon, Priest of Caceres (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Daet (Philippines)

Bishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva, Titular Bishop of Lacubaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung (楊鳴章), Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), passed away at 73

Fr. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Priest of Torit (South Sudan), was elected Bishop of Torit (South Sudan)

Msgr. Thomas Oliha Attiyah, A.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Torit (South Sudan)

Fr. Raymond Leslie O’Toole, S.F.M., Assistant General Secretary emeritus of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, passed away at 80

Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, Bishop emeritus of Temuco (Chile), passed away at 92

Cardinal John Tong Hon (湯漢), Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X., resigned as Bishop of Port Blair (India)

Abbot Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General emeritus of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata, passed away at 80

Msgr. Marvyn Abrea Maceda, Priest of Naval (Philippines) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

Msgr. William I. Varsanyi, Priest of Providence (USA) and Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary, passed away

Bishop José Belvino do Nascimento, Bishop emeritus of Divinópolis (Brazil), passed away at 86

Fr. Jean-Pierre Vuillemin, Priest of Saint-Dié (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Thérouanne and Auxiliary Bishop of Metz (France)

Archbishop Giorgio Zur, President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 88

Bishop Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aleppo (Syria), passed away at 92

Fr. Walter Jorge Pinto, Priest of Mariana (Brazil), was elected Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, Bishop emeritus of Biloxi (USA), passed away at 95

Bishop Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Líbano–Honda (Colombia), passed away at 84

Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Hazaribag (India), passed away at 84

Bishop Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M., Bishop emeritus of Lae (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 77

Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins, Titular Bishop of Elvas and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

Bishop António José Cavaco Carrilho resigned as Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

Fr. Hency Martínez Vargas, Priest of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia), was elected Bishop of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia)

Bishop Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez resigned as Bishop of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia)

Bishop Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González, Bishop emeritus of Melo (Uruguay), passed away at 97

Bishop Gonzalo Ramiro de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D., Military Ordinary emeritus of Bolivia (Bolivia), passed away at 82

Dr. Paolo Vian was appointed as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Archive

Prof. Paolo Cherubini resigned as Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellín resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Bishop Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez resigned as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Bishop Jesús García Burillo was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Fr. Benoît Bertrand, Priest of Nantes (France), was elected Bishop of Mende (France)

Bishop Yvon Ambroise resigned as Bishop of Tuticorin (India)

Fr. Stephen Antony Pillai, Priest of Vellore (India), was elected Bishop of Tuticorin (India)

Archbishop Guido Pozzo, Secretary of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, was appointed as Superintendent of the Economy of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel

Msgr. Guido Marini, Priest of Genova (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, was appointed as Head of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel

Fr. Francis Obafemi Adesina, Priest of Oyo (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria)

Bishop Albert Ayinde Fasina resigned as Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria)

Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., resigned as President of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

Archbishop Benvenuto Italo Castellani resigned as Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

Bishop Paolo Giulietti, Titular Bishop of Termini Imerese and Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lino

Br. José David Correa González, S.C.V., was appointed as Superior General of Sodalitium of Christian Life

Br. Alessandro Moroni Llabres, S.C.V., resigned as Superior General of Sodalitium of Christian Life

Fr. Joseph Lawrence Coffey, Priest of Philadelphia (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Arsacal and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

Fr. William James Muhm, Priest of New York (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Capsus and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

Bishop John Mortimer Fourette Smith, Bishop emeritus of Trenton (USA), passed away at 83

Fr. José Benedito Cardoso, Priest of Sorocaba (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum minus and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

Cardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F., Cardinal-Priest of S. Angela Merici and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain), passed away at 89

Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi, Bishop emeritus of Gaborone (Botswana), passed away at 91

Bishop Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V., Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada), passed away at 84

Bishop Vigilio Mario Olmi, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brescia (Italy), passed away at 91

Archbishop José Antonio Fernández Hurtado, Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)

Fr. Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio, Priest of Lima (Peru), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei, resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

Bishop Jaume Traserra Cunillera, Bishop emeritus of Solsona (Spain), passed away at 84

Bishop Henry Aruna, Titular Bishop of Nasbinca and Auxiliary Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone), was appointed as Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone)

Cardinal Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia del Gonfalone

Bishop Laurent Chu Văn Minh resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Archbishop Antoine Kambanda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Fr. Pierangelo Sequeri, President of Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Matrimonial and Family Science, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín, Titular Bishop of Dagnum, Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) and Apostolic Administrator of Cabimas (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela)

Bishop Peter Jin Lu-gang (靳祿崗), Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China)

Cardinal Alberto Suárez Inda, Cardinal-Priest of S. Policarpo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Morelia (Mexico), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Mexico)

Fr. Hermann Geissler, F.S.O., resigned as Bureau Chief of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Bishop Robert John Brennan, Titular Bishop of Erdonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Columbus (USA)

Bishop Frederick Francis Campbell resigned as Bishop of Columbus (USA)

Msgr. Ante Jozić (尤安泰), Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia), Head of Study Mission in Hong Kong of Philippines and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire and Titular Archbishop of Cissa

Msgr. Gianfranco Gallone, Priest of Oria (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Titular Archbishop of Mottola

Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M., Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine) and Coadjutor Bishop of Odessa–Simferopol (Ukraine)

Bishop Walter James Edyvean, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA), passed away at 80

Bishop Robert Byrne, C.O., Titular Bishop of Cunecaster and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England), was appointed as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Séamus Cunningham resigned as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Archbishop Luigi Bianco, Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia, Special Representative to African Union (AU), Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti and Apostolic Delegate to Somalia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda

Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam)

Bishop Dinualdo Destajo Gutierrez, Bishop emeritus of Marbel (Philippines), passed away at 79

Bishop Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar, Bishop emeritus of San Carlos (Philippines), passed away at 94

Bishop Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Viana (Angola)

Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo, Bishop of Uíje (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Viana (Angola)

Fr. John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom (Ghana)

Bishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande, Bishop of Bunda (Tanzania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania)

Fr. Patrick Eluke, Priest of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), was elected Titular Bishop of Photice and Auxiliary Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

Msgr. Arkadiusz Okroj, Priest of Pelplin (Poland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Cufruta and Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

Fr. Joseba Segura Etxezarraga, Priest of Bilbao (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Baza and Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao (Spain)

Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Morogoro (Tanzania)

Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick was appointed as Lay state

Fr. Wojciech Skibicki, Priest of Elbląg (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ and Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg (Poland)

Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Prefect of Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, was appointed as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Marco Salvi, Priest of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Termini Imerese and Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Costello, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Syracuse (USA), passed away at 89

Archbishop Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vitória (Brazil), passed away at 87

Prof. Carlo Bonzano was appointed as Judge of Tribunal of Vatican City State

Prof. Roberto Zannotti was appointed as Adjunct Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of Vatican City State

Bishop Florencio Armando Colín Cruz, Titular Bishop of Thimida regia and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Puerto Escondido (Mexico)

Fr. Salvador González Morales, Priest of México (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Lacubaza and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Bishop Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Fr. Carlos Enrique Samaniego López, Priest of Tlalnepantla (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Cillium and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya

Bishop Antons Justs, Bishop emeritus of Jelgava (Latvia), passed away at 87

Bishop Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Reyes (Bolivia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia)

Bishop Carlos Bürgler, C.SS.R., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia)

Bishop Andriy Rabiy resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians and Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Bishop Borys Andrij Gudziak, Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Mauro Parmeggiani, Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Palestrina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Palestrina (Italy)

Fr. Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M., was elected Bishop of Viana (Brazil)

Fr. Sebastián Chico Martínez, Priest of Cartagena (Spain), was elected Titular Bishop of Valliposita and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Spain)

Bishop Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C., Bishop emeritus of Łowicz (Poland), passed away at 90

Fr. Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Camiri (Bolivia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Camiri (Bolivia)

Fr. Jude Berthomieux Frédéric, Priest of Jérémie (Haiti), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Joseph Trần Văn Toản succeeded as Bishop of Long Xuyên (Vietnam)

Bishop Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu resigned as Bishop of Long Xuyên (Vietnam)

Cardinal George Pell resigned as Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy

Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Formosa (Brazil)

Bishop Adair José Guimarães, Bishop of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Formosa (Brazil)

Bishop Elliot Griffin Thomas, Bishop emeritus of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands), passed away at 92

Archbishop Lionginas Virbalas, S.J., resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania and Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Canon Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, Priest of Porto (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Dagnum and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

Bishop Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio, Titular Bishop of Lestrona, Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines) and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of the Philippines (Philippines), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Military Ordinariate of the Philippines (Philippines)

Bishop Rafael Torija de la Fuente, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Real (Spain), passed away at 91

Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini

Msgr. Riccardo Bollati, F.S.C.B., Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission, was appointed as Bureau Chief of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Memphis (USA)

Msgr. Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Rusicade and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop Joseph Vincent Brennan, Titular Bishop of Trofimiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Fresno (USA)

Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa resigned as Bishop of Fresno (USA)

Bishop David Prescott Talley, Bishop of Alexandria (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Memphis (USA)

Dr. John F. Kyle resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Dr. Jochen Messemer resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Cardinal John Tong Hon (湯漢) resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Cardinal Agostino Vallini resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Fr. Pierangelo Pietracatella, Priest of Tortona (Italy) and Bureau Chief of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Prof. Francesco Vermiglio resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Fr. Andris Kravalis, Priest of Riga (Latvia), was elected Titular Bishop of Migirpa and Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

Dr. Joseph F.X. Zahra resigned as Vice-Coordinator of Council for the Economy

Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei, resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Dr. George Yeo (楊榮文) resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Dr. Enrique Llano Cueto resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo resigned as Member of Council for the Economy

Mr. Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and 8 companions were beatified

Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

Bishop René Arnold Valero, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brooklyn (USA), passed away at 88

Msgr. Ivan Ćurić, Priest of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Tela and Auxiliary Bishop of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia)

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria) and President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa, was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria)

Cardinal Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Mundi» a Torre Spaccata and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotabato (Philippines), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Philippines)

Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika, Bishop emeritus of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 87

Bishop Francesco Biasin resigned as Bishop of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (Brazil)

Bishop Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito, Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (Brazil)

Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Military Ordinary emeritus of Belgium (Belgium), passed away at 85

Fr. Andrzej Urbanski, S.D.S., Superior General emeritus of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians), passed away at 71

Msgr. Fabrizio Capanni, Priest of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Secretary of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See

Bishop Nikola Nino Kekić resigned as Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Fr. Milan Stipić, Priest of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

Archbishop-elect Youssef Matta, Priest of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel), was appointed as Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

Fr. Fidelis Bautista Layog, Priest of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines), was elected Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii and Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

Fr. Leopoldo Ndakalako, Priest of Ondjiva (Angola), was elected Bishop of Menongue (Angola)

Archbishop Flavio Calle Zapata resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo

Archbishop Piergiorgio Bertoldi, Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso and Apostolic Nuncio to Niger, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Archbishop Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Évora (Portugal), passed away at 86

Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Soroti (Uganda)

Fr. Joseph Eciru Oliach, Priest of Soroti (Uganda), was elected Bishop of Soroti (Uganda)

Fr. Luis Dario Martín, Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was elected Titular Bishop of Bisenzio and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina)

Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.J., Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta, passed away at 87

Bishop Joseph Victor Adamec, Bishop emeritus of Altoona–Johnstown (USA), passed away at 83

Msgr. Laurence John Spiteri, Priest of Los Angeles (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Paul Kouassivi Vieira, Bishop of Djougou (Benin), passed away at 69

Bishop Francis Anthony Quinn, Bishop emeritus of Sacramento (USA), passed away at 97

Archbishop Dino De Antoni, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gorizia (Italy), passed away at 82

Fr. Diamantino Guapo Antunes, I.M.C., was elected Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)

Fr. Sandro Faedi, I.M.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tete (Mozambique)

Mr. Mariano Mullerat Soldevila was beatified

Bishop Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Copiapó (Chile), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago (Chile)

Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Alexandre Yikyi Bazié, Priest of Koudougou (Burkina Faso), was elected Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Toma Adly Zaki, Titular Bishop of Cabasa and Apostolic Administrator of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Antonio Napoletano, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Sessa Aurunca (Italy), passed away at 81

Archbishop Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Butuan (Philippines)

Fr. Cosme Damian Racines Almedilla, Priest of Talibon (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Butuan (Philippines)

Fr. Leo Magdugo Dalmao, C.M.F., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Isabela (Philippines)

Archbishop Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp., was appointed as Pontifical Commissioner for Missionaries of the Poor

Msgr. Harry Entwistle resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Fr. Carl Leonard Reid, Priest of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia), was appointed as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Bishop Isidro Sala Ribera, Bishop emeritus of Abancay (Peru), passed away at 86

Msgr. Tymon Tytus Chmielecki, Priest of Toruń (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea, Apostolic Nuncio to Mali and Titular Archbishop of Tre Taverne

Prof. Margaret Scotford Archer resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Fr. Nathanael Nizar Wadih Semaan, Priest of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq), was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Prof. Stefano Zamagni was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Bishop Michael Mulhall, Bishop of Pembroke (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Archbishop Brendan Michael O’Brien resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Bishop Michele Russo, M.C.C.J., Bishop emeritus of Doba (Chad), passed away at 74

Fr. Angelo Terracciano, M.SS.CC., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Fr. Luigi Toscano, M.SS.CC., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean

Msgr. Patrick Descourtieux, Priest of Paris (France) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Bureau Chief of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Prof. Andrea Arcangeli was appointed as Vice-Director of Directorate of Health and Hygiene of Vatican City State

Fr. Joel Ocampo Gorostieta, Priest of Tacámbaro (Mexico), was elected Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico)

Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané was established (from Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri and Territorial Prelature of Juli and became suffragan of Arequipa) (Peru)

Bishop Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Prado, Bishop emeritus of Constantine (Algeria), passed away at 86

Archbishop Pascal N’Koué, Metropolitan Archbishop of Parakou (Benin) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Benin, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Djougou (Benin)

Fr. Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané (Peru)

Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond, Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria (USA)

Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap., was deposed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam)

Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory, Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Cardinal Donald William Wuerl resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Washington (USA)

Bishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B., Bishop of Loja (Ecuador), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Bishop George Edward Rueger, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Worcester (USA), passed away at 89

Bishop John Buckley resigned as Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

Fr. Fintan Gavin, Priest of Dublin (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino, Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore (USA), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (USA)

Fr. Guillermo Rodríguez, O.F.M., was appointed as Delegate ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Sodalitium of Christian Life

Bishop Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), passed away at 85

Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R., resigned as Delegate ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Sodalitium of Christian Life

Fr. Darley José Kummer, Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was elected Titular Bishop of Elvas and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Son Sam-seok (손삼석 요셉 / 孫參瑞), Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

Bishop Ronald Paul Herzog, Bishop emeritus of Alexandria (USA), passed away at 76

Bishop Brian Joseph Dunn, Bishop of Antigonish (Canada), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Antigonish (Canada) and Coadjutor Archbishop of Halifax–Yarmouth (Canada)

Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M., Bishop emeritus of Huehuetenango (Guatemala), passed away at 86

Fr. Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares, Priest of Lima (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Fr. Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez, Priest of Lima (Peru), was elected Titular Bishop of Æliæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Bishop Adriano Tomasi Travaglia (杜敏思), O.F.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Archbishop Eamon Martin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) and President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

Bishop Philip Boyce, O.C.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

Fr. Pascual Limachi Ortiz, Priest of La Paz (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Belesasa and Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia)

Fr. Gerhard Schneider, Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Bishop Abraham D. Mattam, C.V., Bishop emeritus of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 96

Msgr. Serverus Jjumba, Priest of Masaka (Uganda), was elected Bishop of Masaka (Uganda)

Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa resigned as Bishop of Masaka (Uganda)

Fr. Alain Guellec, Priest of Quimper (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Senez and Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (France)

Archbishop Thomas D’Souza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Krishnagar (India)

Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Krishnagar (India)

Fr. Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Vita and Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Bishop Simon Kaipuram, C.M., Bishop of Balasore (India), passed away at 65

Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka resigned as Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr., Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C., Bishop of Gurúè (Mozambique), passed away at 74

Archbishop Nicholas Mang Thang resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Fr. Mark Tin Win, Priest of Mandalay (Myanmar), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Bishop Donald Joseph Hying, Bishop of Gary (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Madison (USA)

Fr. Christian Würtz, Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), was elected Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

Bishop Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

Bishop Pablo Varela Server resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

Bishop Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti and 3 companions were beatified

Archbishop Ettore Balestrero was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo

Bishop Stefano Russo, Bishop of Fabriano–Matelica (Italy) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fabriano–Matelica (Italy)

Bishop Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (ドミニコ 宮原良治) resigned as Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Fr. Peter Hironobu Sugihara (ペトロ 杉原寛信) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kraków (Poland), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Poland)

Bishop Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Meaux (France), passed away at 82

Prof. Guzmán Carriquiry Lecour resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Archbishop Paul Dennis Etienne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Seattle (USA)

Bishop Valentino Di Cerbo resigned as Bishop of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy)

Bishop Orazio Francesco Piazza, Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy)

Bishop Dabula Anthony Mpako, Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa) and Vice-President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa) and Archbishop Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Archbishop William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa) and Archbishop Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Fr. Chester Artysiewicz, G.H.M., resigned as Superior General of Glenmary Home Missioners

Fr. Daniel Dorsey, G.H.M., was appointed as Superior General of Glenmary Home Missioners

Bishop Derek Fernandes, Bishop of Karwar (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Karwar (India) and Bishop of Belgaum (India)

Bishop Oscar Cantú succeeded as Bishop of San Jose (USA)

Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath resigned as Bishop of San Jose (USA)

Sr. Graciela Mirta Francovig Godoy, F.I., was appointed as Superior General of Daughters of Jesus

Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 88

Bishop Luigi Antonio Cantafora resigned as Bishop of Lamezia Terme (Italy)

Msgr. Giuseppe Schillaci, Priest of Catania (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Lamezia Terme (Italy)

Ms. María Concepción “Conchita” Cabrera Arias de Armida was beatified

Msgr. Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé, Priest of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. George George Panamthundil, Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Msgr. Andrea Bellandi, Priest of Firenze (Italy), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy)

Bishop Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Ales–Terralba (Italy), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Ales–Terralba (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

Archbishop Luigi Moretti resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy)

Archbishop Ignazio Sanna resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

Fr. José Nahúm Jairo Salas Castañeda was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Joan Planellas i Barnosell, Priest of Girona (Spain), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)

Archbishop Jaume Pujol Balcells, Opus Dei, resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)

Bishop Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Titular Bishop of Alba marittima and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (Italy)

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

Mr. Jean Vanier, Founder of International Association of Faith and Light and Founder of International Federation of L’Arche Communities (L’Arche International), passed away at 90

Fr. François-Xavier Cazali, C.S.J., was appointed as General Prior of Community of Saint John

Fr. Michael Router, Priest of Kilmore (Ireland), was elected Titular Bishop of Louth and Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Msgr. Michael Busch was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Msgr. Fernando Couto was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Fr. Patrick O’Dea was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Bishop Antoine Koné, Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at 56

Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone, Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi

Fr. Marino Martínez Pérez, T.C., resigned as Superior General of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonian Friars)

Bishop David Arias Pérez, O.A.R., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA), passed away at 89

Fr. Frank Gerardo Pérez Alvarado, T.C., was appointed as Superior General of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonian Friars)

Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele, Bishop emeritus of Würzburg (Germany), passed away at 91

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara, Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) and Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq), was appointed as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Bishop Domenico Padovano, Bishop emeritus of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy), passed away at 78

Fr. Fachtna O’Driscoll, S.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Fr. Antonio Porcellato, S.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Bishop José Armando Álvarez Cano, Bishop-Prelate of Huautla (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tampico (Mexico)

Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tampico (Mexico)

Bishop Jorge Estrada Solórzano, Titular Bishop of Pinhel and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Gómez Palacio (Mexico)

Bishop António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo, Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal)

Bishop Amândio José Tomás resigned as Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal)

Fr. José Antonio Nieto Sepúlveda, C.R.S., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Somasca (Somascans)

Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, Cardinal-Patriarch and Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 98

Fr. Carl Leonard Reid, Priest of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia) and Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Fr. Toussaint Iluku Bolumbu, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Urbano José Allgayer, Bishop emeritus of Passo Fundo (Brazil), passed away at 95

Msgr. Mariano Fazio Fernández, Opus Dei, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness and Vicar General of Opus Dei (Italy), was appointed as Auxiliary Vicar of Opus Dei (Italy) and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

Fr. Antoni Pujals i Ginebreda, Opus Dei, was appointed as Vicar General of Opus Dei (Italy)

Sr. Franca Zonta, F.M.I., was appointed as Vice-President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Sr. Carmen Sammut, S.M.N.D.A., resigned as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Bishop Honesto Flores Ongtioco resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Malolos (Philippines)

Bishop Dennis Cabanada Villarojo, Titular Bishop of Gisipa and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Malolos (Philippines)

Sr. Jolanda Kafka, R.M.I., Superior General of Religious of Mary Immaculate (Claretian Missionary Sisters), was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)

Bishop João Inácio Müller, O.F.M., Bishop of Lorena (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Bishop Gilson Andrade da Silva succeeded as Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil)

Bishop Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L., resigned as Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil)

Fr. José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo, Priest of Uruaçu (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil)

Bishop Franco Agostinelli resigned as Bishop of Prato (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Nerbini, Priest of Fiesole (Italy), was elected Bishop of Prato (Italy)

Bishop Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández, Bishop of Astorga (Spain), passed away at 62

Bishop Gabriel Mmole, Bishop emeritus of Mtwara (Tanzania), passed away at 79

Bishop Peter Baldacchino, Titular Bishop of Vatarba and Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Las Cruces (USA)

Bishop Gerald Frederick Kicanas resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Las Cruces (USA)

Bishop Emmanuel A. Mapunda, Bishop emeritus of Mbinga (Tanzania), passed away at 83

Archbishop Orlando Brandes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Limeira (Brazil)

Bishop Vilson Dias de Oliveira, D.C., resigned as Bishop of Limeira (Brazil)

Fr. Shyamal Bose, Priest of Baruipur (India), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Baruipur (India)

Bishop Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Egara, passed away at 94

Archbishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cumaná (Venezuela), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Venezuela)

Ms. Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernandez de Heredia was beatified

Msgr. Philippe André Yves Marsset, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Thibica and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Bishop Jan Bagiński, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Opole (Poland), passed away at 86

Bishop Amédée Grab, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 89

Msgr. José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre, Priest of Cuenca (Ecuador), was elected Titular Bishop of Maronana and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Bishop Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I., resigned as Bishop of Helsinki (Finland)

Bishop Pétur Bürcher was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chur (Switzerland)

Bishop Vitus Huonder resigned as Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Bishop Louis Corriveau, Titular Bishop of Arena and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

Bishop Pierre Joseph Paul Morissette resigned as Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Bishop Raymond Poisson succeeded as Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Fr. Edson Batista de Mello, Priest of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (Brazil)

Fr. Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tanudaia and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Fr. Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B., Chaplain of Directorate of Security and Civil Protection Services of Vatican City State, was elected Titular Bishop of Sesta and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop Joseph Devine, Bishop emeritus of Motherwell (Scotland), passed away at 81

Fr. Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok, Priest of Malakal (South Sudan), was elected Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan)

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

Bishop Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Loja (Ecuador), passed away at 87

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru, Opus Dei, resigned as Canonist of Apostolic Penitentiary

Bishop Gianrico Ruzza resigned as Prelate Secretary of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Abbot Stefano Visintin, O.S.B., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Msgr. Giacomo Incitti, Priest of Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino (Italy), Chaplain of His Holiness, Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary and Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Canonist of Apostolic Penitentiary

Fr. Pierangelo Pedretti was appointed as Prelate Secretary of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Mr. Enrico Ferrannini was appointed as Adjunct Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of Vatican City State

Archbishop Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tánger (Morocco)

Archbishop Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M., resigned as Archbishop of Tánger (Morocco)

Fr. Szymon Stułkowski, Priest of Poznań (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Tabalta and Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss, Bishop of Rapid City (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Saginaw (USA)

Bishop Walter Allison Hurley resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Saginaw (USA)

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

Archbishop Antonio Arcari, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Fr. Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Theological Faculty of Saint Bonaventure (Seraphicum)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., Secretary of Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue and Vice-Prefect of Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and Prefect of Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Palau

Bishop Joseph Anthony Galante, Bishop emeritus of Camden (USA), passed away at 80

Bishop Kevin Joseph Aje, Bishop emeritus of Sokoto (Nigeria), passed away at 85

Fr. Jan Maciejowski, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Theological Faculty of Saint Bonaventure (Seraphicum)

Abbot Michael George Kelly, O.S.B. Silv., resigned as Abbot General of Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines)

Dr. Michel Roy resigned as Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis

Mr. Aloysius John was appointed as Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis

Fr. Antony Chacko Puthenpurackal, O.S.B. Silv., was appointed as Abbot General of Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines)

Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba, Bishop of Man (Cote d’Ivoire), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire)

Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente del Caguán was promoted as Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán (became suffragan of Ibagué) (Colombia)

Bishop Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil), passed away at 84

Bishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C., Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Numidia and Vicar Apostolic of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia)

Bishop Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.J., Bishop of Witbank (South Africa), passed away at 72

Bishop Antoine Hérouard, Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France), was appointed as Delegate for the Shrine of Lourdes of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Fr. Joseph Thykkattil, Priest of Agra (India), was elected Bishop of Gwalior (India)

Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., resigned as Pontifical Assistant for Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ

Bishop Tommaso Ghirelli resigned as Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Fr. Giovanni Mosciatti, Priest of Fabriano–Matelica (Italy), was elected Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Fr. Peter Michiaki Nakamura (ペトロ 中村倫明), Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), was elected Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Msgr. Vito Angelo Todisco resigned as Pontifical Assistant for Institute of the Incarnate Word

Bishop Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Cajamarca (Peru)

Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló was appointed as Apostolic Commissioner for Institute of the Incarnate Word

Bishop John Huston Ricard, S.S.J., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites)

Fr. Michael L. Thompson, S.S.J., resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites)

Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia (Kazakh Rite) was established (Kazakhstan)

Bishop Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Vulturara, Auxiliary Bishop of Reyes (Bolivia) and Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia)

Archpriest Vasyl Hovera, Priest of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan and Central Asia of the Kazakhs (Kazakhstan)

Bishop Valeriu Traian Frenţiu and 6 companions were beatified

Fr. Réal Tremblay, C.SS.R., resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Theology

Archbishop Ignazio Sanna was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Theology

Bishop Léonard Dhejju, Bishop emeritus of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 88

Bishop Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel, Bishop emeritus of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India), passed away at 91

Bishop Robert Joseph Cunningham resigned as Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Fr. Douglas John Lucia, Priest of Ogdensburg (USA), was elected Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

Bishop Rémy Victor Vancottem resigned as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Pierre Warin, Titular Bishop of Tongeren and Auxiliary Bishop of Namur (Belgium), was appointed as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Bruno Pedron, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil)

Bishop Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J., Titular Bishop of Passo Corese, Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) and General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba, was appointed as Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez resigned as Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Cardinal Elio Sgreccia, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria and President emeritus of Pontifical Academy for Life, passed away at 90

Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D., Apostolic Administrator of Gaborone (Botswana) and Bishop of Francistown (Botswana), was appointed as Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana)

Fr. Roberto Orendain Gaa, Priest of Manila (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Novaliches (Philippines)

Bishop Antonio Realubin Tobias resigned as Bishop of Novaliches (Philippines)

Archbishop Bolesław Pylak, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 97

Fr. Sylvester David, O.M.I., was elected Titular Bishop of Gunugus and Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor resigned as Bishop of Pathanamthitta of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Samuel Irenios Kattukallil succeeded as Bishop of Pathanamthitta of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Rafael García de la Serrana Villalobos, Director of Directorate of Technical Services of Vatican City State, was appointed as Director of Directorate for Infrastructures and Services of Vatican City State

Dr. Giovanni Amici resigned as Director of Directorate of General Services of Vatican City State

Dr. Antonio Chiminello resigned as Director of Directorate of State Accounting of Vatican City State

Dr. Andrea Tamburelli was appointed as Director of Directorate of Pontifical Villas of Vatican City State

Mr. Osvaldo Gianoli resigned as Director of Directorate of Pontifical Villas of Vatican City State

Bishop Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M., Bishop of Juneau (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Anchorage (USA)

Bishop Stephen Li Si-de (李思德), Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China), passed away at 92

Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (石鴻禎) succeeded as Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Fr. Amando Trujillo Cano, T.O.R., was appointed as Minister General of Third Order Regular of Saint Francis

Fr. Nicholas Edward Polichnowski, T.O.R., resigned as Minister General of Third Order Regular of Saint Francis

Fr. José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Vichada (Colombia), passed away at 86

Archbishop Peter David Gregory Smith resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England)

Bishop John Wilson, Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England)

Bishop Abraham Julios Kackanatt resigned as Bishop of Moovatupuzha of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil succeeded as Bishop of Moovatupuzha of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P., resigned as Bishop of Ilorin (Nigeria)

Bishop Paul Adegboyega Olawoore succeeded as Bishop of Ilorin (Nigeria)

Bishop Guerrino Riccardo Brusati resigned as Bishop of Janaúba (Brazil)

Fr. Roberto José da Silva, Priest of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), was elected Bishop of Janaúba (Brazil)

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Extra-Regional Observer emeritus to Central American Integration System (SICA), passed away at 62

Fr. Jose Ramirez Rapadas III, Priest of Ipil (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Iligan (Philippines)

Bishop Roland Pierre DuMaine, Bishop emeritus of San Jose (USA), passed away at 87

Bishop Youssef Aboul El Kher resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe, Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos, Priest of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Titular Bishop of Cabasa and Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Bishop Makarios Tewfik, Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Jose T. Narlaly, O.SS.T., resigned as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Fr. Luigi Buccarello, O.SS.T., was appointed as Mnister General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians)

Ms. Edvige Carboni was beatified

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Fr. Peter Karam, Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia of the Maronites and Bishop of Curia of the Maronites

Bishop Boulos Abdul Sater, Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites and Bishop of Curia of the Maronites, was promoted as Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Archbishop Paul Youssef Matar resigned as Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Antoine Aoukar, O.A.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites and Bishop of Curia of the Maronites

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Bishop Rafic El Warcha, Bishop of Curia of the Maronites, was appointed as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Bishop Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp., Bishop emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde), passed away at 87

Archbishop Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Velho (Brazil), passed away at 83

Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)

Fr. Georges Toufik Khoury, Priest of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), was elected Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)

Bishop Tadeusz Pikus resigned as Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland)

Bishop Piotr Henryk Sawczuk, Titular Bishop of Ottana and Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland)

Bishop Stephen Edward Blaire, Bishop emeritus of Stockton (USA), passed away at 77

Bishop Otacílio Ferreira de Lacerda, Titular Bishop of Tulana and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Guanhães (Brazil)

Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Jamshedpur (India)

Sr. Chiara Renata Antalová, C.F.S.F., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Daughters St. Francis of Assisi

Sr. Gerarda Farská, C.F.S.F., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Daughters St. Francis of Assisi

Mother María del Carmen Lacaba Andía Lacaba Andía (Isabel del Carmen), O.I.C., and 13 companions were beatified

Archbishop Gregorios Elias Tabé resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lyon (France)

Bishop Gilles Lemay, Bishop of Amos (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada)

Bishop Dorylas Moreau resigned as Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada)

Bishop Giuseppe Fabiani, Bishop emeritus of Imola (Italy), passed away at 92

Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Erexim (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S., resigned as Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Archbishop Erio Castellucci, Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena–Nonantola (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Carpi (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Cavina resigned as Bishop of Carpi (Italy)

Bishop Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M., Bishop emeritus of Baguio (Philippines), passed away at 80

Bishop Jacob Manathodath resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Raymond W. Field resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Diocese of Adiabene (Syriac Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Mossul and without ecclesiastical province) (Iraq)

Bishop Werner Freistetter, Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Gurk (Austria)

Fr. Bruno Essoh Yedoh, Priest of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire), was elected Bishop of Bondoukou (Cote d’Ivoire)

Archbishop Nathanael Nizar Wadih Semaan, Coadjutor Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Adiabene of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Fr. Danial Lofty Khella Zahary, Priest of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Makarios Tewfik resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón, Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua) and President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, was appointed as Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo resigned as Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

Fr. Indrias Rehmat, Priest of Faisalabad (Pakistan), was elected Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan)

Fr. Philippe Nouzille, O.S.B., was appointed as Pro-Rector of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Fr. José Enrique Oyarzún Tapia, L.C., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum

Bishop Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame, Bishop emeritus of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 81

Fr. Jesús Villagrasa Lasaga, L.C., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum