Newly Elected Bishops

Bishop Paul Liang Jian-sen (梁建森) (61)

Bishop of Jiangmen 江門 (China)

Bishop John Lu Pei-sen (呂培森) (59)

Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China)

Bishop Joseph Sun Ji-gen (孫繼根) (58)

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) ▼

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

Bishop Paul Lei Shi-yin (雷世銀) (62)

Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China) ▼

Bishop John Wang Ruo-wang (王若望) (63)

Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

Bishop Peter Luo Xue-gang (羅雪剛) (62)

Bishop of Suifu 敘府 (China)

Bishop Neal James Buckon (72)

Titular Bishop of Vissalsa

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

Bishop Laurent Dognin (73)

Bishop of Quimper (France)

Archbishop Geremias Steinmetz (61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil)

Bishop Andrew Jagaye Karnley (58)

Bishop of Cape Palmas (Liberia)

Bishop Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno (78)

Bishop emeritus of San Marco Argentano–Scalea (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi (62)

Titular Archbishop of Sutri

Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra (66)

Titular Archbishop of Thelepte

Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

Archbishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)

Bishop Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (60)

Bishop of Jacmel (Haiti)

Archbishop Christopher James Coyne (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA)

Bishop Mark Leonard Bartchak (71)

Bishop of Altoona–Johnstown (USA)

Archbishop Benjamin S. Phiri (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ndola (Zambia)

Bishop Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell (65)

Bishop of Bo (Sierra Leone)

Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Féchio (60)

Bishop of Amparo (Brazil)

Archbishop Mate Uzinić (58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rijeka (Croatia)

Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (61)

Bishop of Mindelo (Cabo Verde)

Second Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

Bishop Eusebio Ignacio Hernández Sola, O.A.R. (81)

Bishop emeritus of Tarazona (Spain)

Bishop Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B. (68)

Bishop of Alghero–Bosa (Italy)

Archbishop Tomo Vukšić (72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bishop Rosalvo Cordeiro de Lima (64)

Bishop of Itapipoca (Brazil)

former Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru)

Bishop Linus Lee Seong-hyo (이성효 리노 / 李聖孝) (68)

Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea)

Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok (69)

Bishop of Lira (Uganda)

Vice-President of Uganda Episcopal Conference

Archbishop Victor Abagna Mossa (79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Jean Gardin, C.S.Sp. (84)

Bishop emeritus of Impfondo (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I. (58)

Bishop of Mongu (Zambia)

Bishop José Francisco Falcão de Barros (61)

Titular Bishop of Augurus

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Brazil (Brazil)

Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (62)

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza (56)

Bishop of Yola (Nigeria)

Second Vice-President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar

Bishop Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa (80)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Porto (Portugal)

former Bishop of San Martín (Argentina)

Archbishop Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Bishop Jean-Luc Hudsyn (79)

Titular Bishop of Apt

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Jean Kockerols (67)

Titular Bishop of Ieper

Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Charles Edward Drennan (65)

Bishop emeritus of Palmerston North (New Zealand)

former Vice-President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Bishop Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía (60)

Bishop of Matamoros–Reynosa (Mexico)

Bishop Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (70)

Bishop of Tlapa (Mexico)

Bishop Helmut Karl Dieser (63)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

Bishop Giuseppe Pellegrini (72)

Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

Bishop William John Waltersheid (69)

Titular Bishop of California

Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Archbishop Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor (74)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

General Secretary of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Archbishop Yohanna Petros Moshe (82)

Archbishop emeritus of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Archbishop Youhanna Jihad Battah (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni (80)

Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela of the Syriacs (Venezuela)

Titular Bishop of Sabrata

Bishop Jan Vokál (67)

Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

Bishop José Luís Mumbiela Sierra (56)

Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

Bishop Atanáz Orosz (65)

Bishop of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos (59)

Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

Apostolic Administrator of Estelí (Nicaragua)

Bishop Bernardine Francis Mfumbusa (64)

Bishop of Kondoa (Tanzania)

Bishop John Chrisostom Ndimbo (65)

Bishop of Mbinga (Tanzania)

Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước (67)

Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

Bishop Thomas Anthony Daly (65)

Bishop of Spokane (USA)

former Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria)

Bishop Anthony Fallah Borwah (59)

Bishop of Gbarnga (Liberia)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Liberia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam)

Bishop Donald Francis Hanchon (78)

Titular Bishop of Horreomargum

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Benedito Araújo (62)

Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil)

Bishop Giuseppe Giudice (69)

Bishop of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno (Italy)

Bishop John Eijiro Suwa (使徒ヨハネ 諏訪 榮治郎) (78)

Bishop emeritus of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

former Bishop of Oita 大分 (Japan)

Bishop Peter John Holiday (74)

Bishop emeritus of Kroonstad (South Africa)

Archbishop François Fonlupt (71)

Archbishop of Avignon (France)

former Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia)

Bishop Alfred Agyenta (67)

Bishop of Navrongo–Bolgatanga (Ghana)

Bishop Joseph Robert Binzer (70)

Titular Bishop of Subbar

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cincinnati (USA)

Bishop Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M. (77)

Bishop emeritus of Alotau–Sideia (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon (62)

Bishop of Kumba (Cameroon)

Bishop Paul Patrick Donoghue, S.M. (77)

Bishop emeritus of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)

Archbishop Inácio Saure, I.M.C. (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nampula (Mozambique)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique

Bishop José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo (56)

Titular Bishop of Tagase

Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

Archbishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Archbishop Charles Coleman Thompson (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Bishop Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes (64)

Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal

Archbishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Bishop Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (60)

Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia)

Bishop Wilson Luís Angotti Filho (68)

Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Archbishop Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Archbishop Ciro Miniero (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

Archbishop Simon Ok Hyun-jjn (옥현진 시몬 / 玉賢進) (58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea

Bishop José Lampra Cà (62)

Bishop of Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)

Second Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen (Nguyễn Văn Long), O.F.M. Conv. (64)

Bishop of Parramatta (Australia)

Bishop Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B. (64)

Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale of the Armenians (USA)

Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique

Bishop Donald Joseph Hying (62)

Bishop of Madison (USA)

Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss (70)

Bishop of Saginaw (USA)

Bishop Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe (63)

Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Ettore Dotti, C.S.F. (65)

Bishop of Naviraí (Brazil)

Bishop Efraín Mendoza Cruz (66)

Bishop of Cuautitlán (Mexico)

Bishop Crispin Ojeda Márquez (74)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

Bishop Hugh Edward Gilbert, O.S.B. (74)

Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Archbishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah (73)

Bishop of Sokoto (Nigeria)

Bishop Alberto Rojas (61)

Bishop of San Bernardino (USA)

Bishop Andrew Peter Wypych (71)

Titular Bishop of Naraggara

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chicago (USA)

Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス 前田万葉) (77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana

Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan)

Bishop Marek Marian Piatek, C.SS.R. (71)

Bishop of Coari (Brazil)

former Bishop of Masbate (Philippines)

Archbishop David William Valencia Antonio (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Bishop Robert Rabbat (66)

Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney of the Greek-Melkites (Australia)

Bishop James Thoppil (66)

Bishop of Kohima (India)

Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt (72)

Bishop of Görlitz (Germany)

Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (79)

Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Archbishop Giovanni Tani (79)

Archbishop emeritus of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

Archbishop John Francis Sherrington (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

Bishop Dionisio Hisiilenapo (59)

Bishop of Namibe (Angola)

Archbishop Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. (84)

Pontifical Commissioner for Missionaries of the Poor

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

President of Antilles Episcopal Conference

Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad (Curaçao)

former Bishop of Malindi (Kenya)

Archbishop Christian Lépine (74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Bishop Thomas Dowd (55)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J. (67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto

Archbishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Member of Council of Cardinals

Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences

Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś (62)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cirillo e Metodio

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland)

Bishop Damian Andrzej Muskus, O.F.M. (58)

Titular Bishop of Amaia

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Bishop Fulgence Razakarivony, M.S. (62)

Bishop of Ihosy (Madagascar)

Archbishop José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro (58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

Archbishop Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. (74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

Bishop Edvards Pavlovskis (75)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Bishop emeritus of Jelgava (Latvia)

Bishop Dmytro Hryhorak, O.S.B.M. (70)

Bishop of Bučač of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Bishop Antonino Raspanti (66)

Bishop of Acireale (Italy)

Bishop Gilson Andrade da Silva (59)

Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil)

Bishop Ivo Muser (64)

Bishop of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy)

Bishop Hanna G. Alwan, L.M. (71)

Titular Bishop of Sarepta of the Maronites

Bishop of Curia of the Maronites

former Archbishop of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca (71)

Titular Bishop of Fondi

President emeritus of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

former Secretary of Pontifical Council for Culture

Bishop Marek Solarczyk (58)

Bishop of Radom (Poland)

Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins (62)

Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Bishop Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen (62)

Bishop of Concordia (Argentina)

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference

Bishop David Dennis Kagan (76)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA)

Bishop Piotr Greger (62)

Titular Bishop of Assava

Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko–Żywiec (Poland)

Bishop Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks (71)

Bishop of Haarlem–Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Bishop Jesús José Herrera Quiñónez (64)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico)

Bishop Clement Mulenga, S.D.B. (60)

Bishop of Kabwe (Zambia)

Bishop Sebastian Tudu (58)

Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh)

Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. (64)

Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

President of Conference of Bishops of Switzerland

Archbishop José Armando Álvarez Cano (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

Bishop Anselm Umoren, M.S.P. (63)

Titular Bishop of Scampa

Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja (Nigeria)

Bishop Franco Lovignana (68)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy)

Bishop Janusz Bogusław Stepnowski (67)

Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

Bishop Francesco Cavina (71)

Bishop emeritus of Carpi (Italy)

Archbishop Kenneth David Oswin Richards (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica)

Major Archbishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (53)

Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

President of Synod of the Romanian Church

Bishop Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap. (68)

Bishop of Mendi (Papua New Guinea)

Bishop Pio Hipunyati (61)

Bishop of Ondjiva (Angola)

Archbishop Charles John Brown (66)

Titular Archbishop of Aquileia

Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

Archbishop Marek Solczyński (65)

Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Mauretania

Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan

Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian

Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye

Bishop Antonio Maria De Luca, C.SS.R. (69)

Bishop of Teggiano–Policastro (Italy)

Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando (77)

Bishop emeritus of Mannar (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva (72)

Titular Bishop of Lesina

Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Bishop Ollo Modeste Kambou (62)

Bishop of Gaoua (Burkina Faso)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger

Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy (57)

Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia)

Bishop Nunzio Galantino (77)

Bishop emeritus of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

Member emeritus of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia

Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. (66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Galla

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

Apostolic Administrator for Uruguay of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Bishop José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel (76)

Bishop emeritus of Callao (Peru)

Archbishop Denis Grondin (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)

Bishop Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. (78)

Bishop emeritus of Gaspé (Canada)

Archbishop João Santos Cardoso (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil)

Bishop José Leonardo Lemos Montanet (72)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain)

Archbishop João Justino de Medeiros Silva (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil

Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias (68)

Bishop of Lorena (Brazil)

Bishop Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. (66)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Ndembu Mbatia (64)

Bishop of Nyahururu (Kenya)

Archbishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. (74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)