Newly Elected Bishops

Archbishop Joseph Ma Ying-lin (馬英林) (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China) ▼

Bishop Joseph Liu Xin-hong (劉新紅) (61)

Bishop of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China) ▼

Archbishop Paul Pei Jun-min (裴軍民) (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

Bishop Peter Zhuang Jian-jian (莊建堅) (95)

Bishop emeritus of Shantou 汕頭 (China)

Bishop John Wang Ren-lei (王仁雷) (55)

Bishop of Xuzhou 徐州 (China)

Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man (조규만 바실리오 / 曺圭晩) (70)

Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Andrzej Siemieniewski (68)

Bishop of Legnica (Poland)

Bishop Gary Michael Gordon (68)

Bishop of Victoria (Canada)

Bishop Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba (70)

Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Francisco Javier del Río Sendino (84)

Bishop emeritus of Tarija (Bolivia)

Bishop Roberto Calara Mallari (68)

Bishop of Tarlac (Philippines)

Archbishop Marlo Mendoza Peralta (75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Archbishop John Hung Shan-chuan (洪山川), S.V.D. (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Bishop Paul Hwang Cheol-soo (황철수 바오로 / 黃哲洙) (72)

Bishop emeritus of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

former Bishop of El Banco (Colombia)

Bishop Guillermo Orozco Montoya (79)

Bishop emeritus of Girardota (Colombia)

former Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S. (82)

Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege (79)

Bishop emeritus of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Archbishop Nicola Girasoli (68)

Titular Archbishop of Egnazia Appula

Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

former Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia)

Bishop Benedetto Tuzia (81)

Bishop emeritus of Orvieto–Todi (Italy)

Archbishop Victor Lyngdoh (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India)

former Bishop of Jowai (India)

former Bishop of Gumla (India)

Bishop Clement Tirkey (78)

Bishop emeritus of Jalpaiguri (India)

Bishop José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.SS.R. (69)

Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Bishop Anthony Chirayath (84)

Bishop emeritus of Sagar of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Peter Machado (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

Bishop José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo (72)

Bishop of Kidapawan (Philippines)

Archbishop John Barwa, S.V.D. (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India)

Archbishop Georges Michel Bakar, Prado (79)

Titular Archbishop of Pelusium of the Greek-Melkites

Protosyncellus emeritus of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Bishop Franz Scharl (68)

Titular Bishop of Ierafi

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

Bishop Tadeusz Bronakowski (66)

Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania

Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

Bishop André Gazaille (79)

Bishop emeritus of Nicolet (Canada)

Bishop Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. (81)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada)

Bishop Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães (66)

Bishop of Santos (Brazil)

Bishop Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral (70)

Bishop emeritus of Sete Lagoas (Brazil)

Archbishop Peter Joseph Hundt (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. (81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Asunción (Paraguay)

Archbishop Elias Chacour (86)

Archbishop emeritus of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

Vice-President emeritus of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land

Archbishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna–Cervia (Italy)

Bishop Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo, S.C.V. (61)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Ayaviri (Peru)

Archbishop Eduardo Eliseo Martín (72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina)

former Bishop of Banjul (Gambia)

Bishop Denis Brennan (80)

Bishop emeritus of Ferns (Ireland)

Archbishop Raúl Martín (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. (63)

Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Felix Lian Khen Thang (66)

Bishop of Kalay (Myanmar)

Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. (71)

Bishop emeritus of Punta Arenas (Chile)

Bishop George Beluso Rimando (73)

Titular Bishop of Vada

Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines)

Bishop Stephan Ackermann (63)

Bishop of Trier (Germany)

Bishop Johannes Bündgens (70)

Titular Bishop of Ardcarne

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Aachen (Germany)

former Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

Archbishop Heiner Koch (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany)

former Bishop of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines)

former Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)

Bishop Gerardo Rocconi (76)

Bishop emeritus of Jesi (Italy)

Bishop Paul Toppo (68)

Bishop of Raigarh (India)

Bishop Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. (67)

Bishop emeritus of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile)

Bishop Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.SS.R. (81)

Bishop emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

former Bishop of Iligan (Philippines)

Bishop Bruno Grua (79)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Flour (France)

Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla (72)

Titular Archbishop of Nebbio

Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Bishop Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. (66)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

former Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras

Bishop Der Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré (77)

Bishop of Diébougou (Burkina Faso)

Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib (68)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Mauro Abate

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-mien (李克勉) (67)

Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan)

President of Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. (87)

Bishop emeritus of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)

Archbishop Marjan Turnšek (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maribor (Slovenia)

Bishop Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. (65)

Titular Bishop of Celerina

Auxiliary Bishop of Most Holy Mary in Astana (Kazakhstan)

Bishop Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum (71)

Bishop of Koforidua (Ghana)

Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli (73)

Titular Archbishop of Capri

Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

Bishop Gianfranco De Luca (76)

Bishop emeritus of Termoli–Larino (Italy)

Archbishop Ignazio Sanna (84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Oristano (Italy)

President emeritus of Pontifical Academy of Theology

Bishop José María Ortega Trinidad (75)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Juli (Peru)

Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Bishop Frank Joseph Dewane (76)

Bishop of Venice (USA)

Bishop João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv. (74)

Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil)

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt (73)

Titular Archbishop of Ostra

Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro

Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bishop Elói Róggia, S.A.C. (83)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Borba (Brazil)

Archbishop Santo Marcianò (66)

Bishop of Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino (Italy)

Bishop of Anagni–Alatri (Italy)

Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Sebastian Thekethecheril (71)

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

former Bishop of Gweru (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Arturo Aiello (70)

Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Bishop Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez (75)

Bishop of Valle de Chalco (Mexico)

Bishop Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri (69)

Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

Bishop Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (65)

Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico)

Bishop Óscar Armando Campos Contreras (78)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico)

Bishop Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo (71)

Vicar Apostolic of Taytay (Philippines)

Bishop Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J. (74)

Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

Bishop Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana (79)

Bishop emeritus of San Isidro (Argentina)

Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. (63)

Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David (67)

Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines)

Vice-President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Bishop Lajos Varga (75)

Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vác (Hungary)

Bishop Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap. (73)

Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil)

former Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Jérôme Daniel Beau (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Poitiers (France)

Bishop Jean-Yves Nahmias (68)

Bishop of Meaux (France)

Bishop Mosè Marcia (82)

Bishop emeritus of Nuoro (Italy)

Bishop Frank Joseph Caggiano (67)

Bishop of Bridgeport (USA)

Bishop Octavio Cisneros (80)

Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brooklyn (USA)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Archbishop Gregório Ben Lâmed Paixão Neto, O.S.B. (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop Segundo René Coba Galarza (68)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Bishop Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto (63)

Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas (66)

Bishop of Toledo (USA)

Archbishop Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo (58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Bishop Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D. (77)

Bishop emeritus of San Jacinto (Ecuador)

former Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre (64)

Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Archbishop Dominique Lebrun (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Bishop Jacques André Blaquart (74)

Bishop of Orléans (France)

former Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)

Bishop Amalraj Arulappan (72)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India)

Archbishop Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap. (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil)

Bishop Gregory O’Kelly, S.J. (84)

Bishop emeritus of Port Pirie (Australia)

Bishop Markus Büchel (76)

Bishop emeritus of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

Bishop Maximino Martínez Miranda (74)

Titular Bishop of Lugura

Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca (Mexico)

Archbishop George Anthony Frendo, O.P. (80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tiranë–Durrës (Albania)

Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (64)

Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru)

Bishop George Nkuo (73)

Bishop of Kumbo (Cameroon)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso (Italy)

former Bishop of Vellore (India)

Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T. (78)

Bishop emeritus of Gorakhpur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Sabino Ocan Odoki (68)

Bishop of Arua (Uganda)

Bishop Francisco Canindé Palhano (77)

Bishop emeritus of Petrolina (Brazil)

Archbishop Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B. (74)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

former Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Archbishop Wacław Tomasz Depo (72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

Archbishop James Patrick Green (格霖澤) (75)

Titular Archbishop of Altino

Bishop Raymond Sumlut Gam (72)

Bishop of Banmaw (Myanmar)

former Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

Bishop Botros Fahim Awad Hanna (64)

Bishop emeritus of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende (62)

Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands

Bishop Joseph Pandarasseril (64)

Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripæ

Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

former Bishop of Ozieri (Italy)

former Bishop of Puerto Iguazú (Argentina)

former Bishop of Matehuala (Mexico)

Bishop Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez (74)

Bishop of Tula (Mexico)

Bishop John Anthony Dooher (82)

Titular Bishop of Theveste

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA)

Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey (73)

Titular Bishop of Tigias

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Archbishop Samir Nassar (75)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Bishop Edgar Amine Madi (70)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil)

Bishop Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B. (71)

Bishop emeritus of Eichstätt (Germany)

Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (66)

Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Bishop John Ebebe Ayah (66)

Bishop of Uyo (Nigeria)

Archbishop Michel Abrass, B.A. (77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Cardinal Stephen Brislin (69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello

Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C. (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores (64)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

Vice-President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

former Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador)

Archbishop Thomas Chung An-zu (鍾安住) (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

Vice-President of Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. (71)

Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil)

Bishop José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (81)

Bishop emeritus of Cartago (Colombia)

Bishop Pedro María Laxague (73)

Bishop of Zárate–Campana (Argentina)

Bishop Luis Urbanč (67)

Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina)

Cardinal Raffaele Farina, S.D.B. (92)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni della Pigna pro hac vice Title

President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv. (88)

Titular Bishop of Meta

Regent emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary

former Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P. (71)

Bishop of Osório (Brazil)

Bishop Anton Leichtfried (58)

Titular Bishop of Rufiniana

Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

Archbishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Bishop Joseph Karikkacherry (80)

Bishop emeritus of Kottapuram (India)

Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak (68)

Bishop of Berhampur (India)

Archbishop Gerard Pettipas, C.SS.R. (75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Grouard–McLennan (Canada)

Bishop Christophe Zoa (64)

Bishop of Sangmélima (Cameroon)

Bishop Joseph Chusak Sirisut (70)

Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima (Thailand)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand

Bishop Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F. (66)

Bishop emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo (62)

Bishop of Viana (Angola)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta (Malta)

Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa (75)

Bishop of Chikmagalur (India)

Bishop Joseph Albert Serrano Antón, I.E.M.E. (83)

Bishop emeritus of Hwange (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Hugo Norberto Santiago (71)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

former Bishop of Sapë (Albania)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez (84)

Bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Archbishop Wilfredo Pino Estévez (75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA)

former Bishop of Zamora (Spain)

former Bishop of Civitavecchia–Tarquinia (Italy)

Bishop Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M. (62)

Bishop-Prelate of Aiquile (Bolivia)