Newly Elected Bishops

Bishop Joseph Chen Gong-ao (陳功鰲) (61)

Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yuanling 沅陵 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Changde 常德 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yongzhou 永州 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yueyang 岳陽 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Xiangtan 湘潭 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Baoqing 寶慶 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Lixian 澧縣 (China)

Bishop Thaddeus Ma Da-qin (馬達欽) (57)

Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Bishop Francis Xavier Jin Yang-ke (金仰科) (68)

Bishop of Ningbo 寧波 (China) ▼

Bishop of Ningbo 寧波 (China)

Bishop John Oballa Owaa (67)

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya)

Bishop Henry Aruna (61)

Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone)

Bishop Michel Aoun (66)

Bishop of Jbeil of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania of the Maronites

Bishop Mounir Khairallah (73)

Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Elias Khoury Sleman (74)

President of Patriarchal Appeals Tribunal of the Maronites

Bishop emeritus of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Bishop Paul Abel Mamba Diatta (65)

Bishop of Tambacounda (Senegal)

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

Archbishop Julio Murat (64)

Titular Archbishop of Orange

Apostolic Nuncio to Norway

Apostolic Nuncio to Finland

Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark

Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden

Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi (64)

Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico

Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia

Archbishop Luciano Russo (62)

Titular Archbishop of Monteverde

Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Bishop Jozef Hal’ko (61)

Titular Bishop of Serra

Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovakia)

Bishop Vincent Harolimana (63)

Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Vice-President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa

Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi (70)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Egidio in Trastevere

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

President of Episcopal Conference of Italy

Judge of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Bishop Lorenzo Leuzzi (70)

Bishop of Teramo–Atri (Italy)

Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio (64)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Bishop José Manuel Romero Barrios (71)

Bishop of El Tigre (Venezuela)

Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. (64)

Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Sébastien Muyengo Mulombe (67)

Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. (64)

Bishop of Xochimilco (Mexico)

Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna (55)

Bishop of Kontagora (Nigeria)

Bishop Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz (77)

Bishop emeritus of Neiva (Colombia)

Archbishop Edward Joseph Weisenburger (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Bishop Linas Vodopjanovas (Genadijus), O.F.M. (52)

Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

Bishop Pierre Claver Malgo (71)

Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

Archbishop Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Christopher Glancy, C.S.V. (66)

Titular Bishop of Absa Salla

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

Archbishop Olivier de Germay (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (58)

Titular Bishop of Frigento

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (55)

Bishop of Segheneity of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Bishop Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito (58)

Bishop of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (Brazil)

Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Liam Stephen Cary (78)

Bishop emeritus of Baker (USA)

Archbishop Eduardo José Castillo Pino (56)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Bishop David John Malloy (70)

Bishop of Rockford (USA)

Bishop Gregory Lawrence Parkes (62)

Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA)

Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (67)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos (62)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil)

Archbishop Wiesław Śmigiel (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Bishop Francesco Milito (77)

Bishop emeritus of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (Italy)

Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (66)

Bishop of Guarenas (Venezuela)

Bishop Tadeusz Lityński (63)

Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Bishop Raymond Poisson (67)

Bishop of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Bishop Raymond Francis Chappetto (80)

Titular Bishop of Citium

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brooklyn (USA)

Bishop Paul Robert Sanchez (79)

Titular Bishop of Cœliana

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brooklyn (USA)

Bishop James Romen Boiragi (70)

Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

Bishop Stephen Robson (75)

Bishop emeritus of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Bishop Roque Costa Souza (59)

Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Donato Oliverio (70)

Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Archbishop Orlando Roa Barbosa (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Bishop Robert Michael McGuckin (82)

Bishop emeritus of Toowoomba (Australia)

Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. (59)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic)

Bishop Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A. (61)

Bishop of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

Bishop Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A. (56)

Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

President of Central African Episcopal Conference

Vice-President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region

Bishop Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa (56)

Bishop of Alindao (Central African Republic)

Bishop Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick (68)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada)

Archbishop Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huambo (Angola)

Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana (68)

Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)

Bishop Abraham Boualo Kome (56)

Bishop of Bafang (Cameroon)

former Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (72)

Bishop of Manga (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Jeremias Antônio de Jesus (59)

Bishop emeritus of Guanhães (Brazil)

Bishop Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo (84)

Bishop emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Florian Wörner (56)

Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana

Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. (69)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Archbishop Nelson Jesus Perez (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Robert John Brennan (63)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Bishop António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos (69)

Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal)

Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti

Archbishop Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo (65)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Spain (Spain)

Bishop Constantino Barrera Morales (62)

Bishop of Sonsonate (El Salvador)

Bishop Marcello Romano (60)

Bishop emeritus of Araçuaí (Brazil)

Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M. (72)

Archbishop of Haifa and Holy Land of the Maronites (Israel)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jordan of the Maronites (Jordan)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine of the Maronites (Palestine)

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

Bishop Maroun Ammar (70)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Georges Chihane (72)

Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)

Apostolic Visitator in Northern Africa of the Maronites

Bishop Joseph Mouawad (56)

Bishop of Zahlé of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Paul Rouhana, O.L.M. (71)

Titular Bishop of Antarados

Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Pius Riana Prapdi (58)

Bishop of Ketapang (Indonesia)

Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges (60)

Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

Bishop Peter Malcolm Brignall (72)

Bishop of Wrexham (Wales)

Bishop José Eudes Campos do Nascimento (59)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil)

Archbishop Marcel Damphousse (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. (81)

Bishop emeritus of Garissa (Kenya)

Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Beira (Mozambique)

Bishop Jeffrey Marc Monforton (62)

Titular Bishop of Centuria

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Bishop José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (58)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil)

Archbishop Jaime Calderón Calderón (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of León (Mexico)

Vice-President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)

Bishop José Rico Pavés (59)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain)

Cardinal Sebastian Francis (施恩天) (74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Causa Nostræ Lætitiæ

Bishop of Penang (Malaysia)

Bishop Philip Anthony Egan (70)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England)

Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India)

Bishop Gregory John Matthew Bittman (65)

Bishop of Nelson (Canada)

Archbishop Borys Andrij Gudziak (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Maroun-Nasser Gemayel (75)

Bishop emeritus of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France)

former Apostolic Visitator in Western and Northern Europe of the Maronites

Archbishop Vincent Dollmann (61)

Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

Bishop Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. (76)

Bishop emeritus of Ivrea (Italy)

Bishop Lawrence Thomas Persico (75)

Bishop of Erie (USA)

Bishop Paul Bernard Bird, C.SS.R. (76)

Bishop emeritus of Ballarat (Australia)

Bishop George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B. (57)

Bishop of Thuckalay of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Jacob Muricken (62)

Titular Bishop of Thinis

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Anand Jojo (66)

Bishop of Hazaribag (India)

Bishop João Francisco Salm (73)

Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil)

Archbishop Kęstutis Kėvalas (54)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Bishop Joseph Edward Strickland (67)

Bishop emeritus of Tyler (USA)

Bishop Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. (79)

Bishop emeritus of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)

Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta (Malta)

President of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata

President of Episcopal Conference of Malta

Adjunct Secretary of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Bishop Vital Corbellini (66)

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil)

Bishop Elio Rama, I.M.C. (72)

Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil)

Bishop Paul Terrio (82)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Paul (Canada)

Bishop Guido Gallese (64)

Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

Bishop Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa (67)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia)

Archbishop Pasquale Cascio (68)

Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia (Italy)

Bishop Peter Parapullil (76)

Bishop emeritus of Jhansi (India)

Archbishop René Leigue Cesari (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Bishop Robert Herman Flock Bever (69)

Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia)

Archbishop Pedro Vázquez Villalobos (75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Archbishop Guido Pozzo (74)

Titular Archbishop of Bagnoregio

Superintendent of the Economy of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel

Bishop Pius Thomas D’Souza (71)

Bishop emeritus of Ajmer (India)

Bishop Eraldo Bispo da Silva (59)

Bishop of Patos (Brazil)

Bishop Robert Peter Deeley (79)

Bishop emeritus of Portland in Maine (USA)

Archbishop Angelo Vincenzo Zani (76)

Titular Archbishop of Volturno

Librarian emeritus of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archivist emeritus of Vatican Apostolic Archive

Bishop Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. (76)

Bishop of Fort-Liberté (Haiti)

Bishop Serge Poitras Patrick (76)

Bishop of Timmins (Canada)

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu (65)

Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva

Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University

Archbishop Darci José Nicioli, C.SS.R. (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

Bishop Henryk Ciereszko (70)

Titular Bishop of Dices

Auxiliary Bishop of Białystok (Poland)

Bishop Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M. (52)

Titular Bishop of Flenucleta

Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

Bishop Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero (61)

Bishop of Tehuacán (Mexico)

Bishop Jacek Pyl, O.M.I. (63)

Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna

Auxiliary Bishop of Odessa–Simferopol (Ukraine)

Bishop Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski (62)

Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

Bishop William Crean (74)

Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland)

Bishop Radosław Zmitrowicz, O.M.I. (63)

Titular Bishop of Gypsaria

Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine)

Archbishop Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. (64)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa

Bishop Alberto Germán Bochatey, O.S.A. (70)

Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania

Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer (66)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Archbishop Georg Gänswein (69)

Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia

Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia

Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro (77)

Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (63)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria)

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thévenin (67)

Titular Archbishop of Eclano

Apostolic Nuncio to Oman

Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt

Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Archbishop Peter Loy Chong (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji)

Bishop Estanislau Marques Chindecasse, S.V.D. (67)

Bishop of Dundo (Angola)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé

Cardinal William Goh Seng Chye (吳成才) (68)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare

Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

former Bishop of Katsina-Ala (Nigeria)