Newly Elected Bishops

Bishop Augustine Cui Tai (崔泰) (75)

Bishop emeritus of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

Bishop Stephen Arthur Jensen (71)

Bishop of Prince George (Canada)

Bishop David Prescott Talley (75)

Bishop of Memphis (USA)

Bishop Paul-Marwan Tabet, L.M. (64)

Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada)

Bishop George Madathikandathil (69)

Bishop of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Brendan Leahy (66)

Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

Archbishop Eamon Martin (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Apostolic Administrator of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

Archbishop André Gueye (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal)

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

Bishop Piotr Henryk Sawczuk (64)

Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland)

Bishop Gerardo Antonazzo (69)

Bishop of Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo (Italy)

Bishop Daniel Jodoin (69)

Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

Bishop Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E. (80)

Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras)

Archbishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niamey (Niger)

Bishop Joseph Ma Yan-en (馬彥恩) (66)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou 張家口 (China)

Bishop emeritus of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

Bishop Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto (57)

Bishop of Soacha (Colombia)

Archbishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Jonas Dembélé (62)

Bishop of Kayes (Mali)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mali

Archbishop Michel Christian Alain Aupetit (75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paris (France)

Ordinary emeritus of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

Bishop Eugenio Coter (68)

Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

Titular Bishop of Thibiuca

Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia)

Archbishop Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

Bishop Valdir Mamede (64)

Bishop emeritus of Catanduva (Brazil)

Bishop Domingo Buezo Leiva (63)

Bishop of Sololá–Chimaltenango (Guatemala)

Bishop Robert Joseph Coyle (61)

Titular Bishop of Zabi

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Bishop Laurent Percerou (64)

Bishop of Nantes (France)

Bishop Titus Joseph Mdoe (65)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania)

Bishop Anthony Wieslaw Krótki, O.M.I. (61)

Bishop of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Archbishop José Mário Scalon Angonese (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil)

Bishop Daniel Joseph Miehm (65)

Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi (77)

Archbishop emeritus of Tunis (Tunisia)

Bishop Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C. (56)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (Colombia)

Titular Bishop of Otočac

Bishop Gabriele Marchesi (72)

Bishop of Floresta (Brazil)

Archbishop Marco Aurélio Gubiotti (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Bishop Urbain Ngassongo (64)

Bishop of Gamboma (Congo-Brazzaville)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Congo

Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk (63)

Titular Archbishop of Otricoli

Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Archbishop Ettore Balestrero (59)

Titular Archbishop of Victoriana

Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO)

Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG)

Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach (63)

Titular Archbishop of Memphis

Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

Archbishop Brian Udaigwe (61)

Titular Archbishop of Suelli

Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti

Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia

Apostolic Delegate to Somalia

Special Representative to African Union (AU)

Archbishop Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. (77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Archbishop Pietro Lagnese (64)

Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo (81)

Bishop emeritus of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

Bishop Samuel Jofré Giraudo (68)

Bishop of Villa María (Argentina)

Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. (72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)

Bishop John Thomas Folda (64)

Bishop of Fargo (USA)

former Bishop of Montego Bay (Jamaica)

Archbishop Udumala Bala Showreddy (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Visakhapatnam (India)

Bishop Godfrey Igwebuike Onah (69)

Bishop of Nsukka (Nigeria)

Bishop Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. (59)

Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires of the Maronites (Argentina)

Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M. (58)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia)

Bishop David John Walkowiak (72)

Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J. (52)

Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Bishop Stanisław Jamrozek (65)

Titular Bishop of Chełm

Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Bishop Rafael Valdivieso Miranda (58)

Bishop of Chitré (Panama)

former Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

Archbishop Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florencia (Colombia)

Bishop Raymond Anthony Browne (69)

Bishop of Kerry (Ireland)

Archbishop Nicolas Antiba, B.A. (80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Michael Charles Barber, S.J. (71)

Bishop of Oakland (USA)

Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I. (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa)

Apostolic Administrator of Keimoes–Upington (South Africa)

Vice-President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Cardinal Antoine Kambanda (67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Bishop Denis Nulty (62)

Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

Bishop Benno Elbs (65)

Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria)

Apostolic Administrator of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)

Bishop Luiz Antônio Cipolini (63)

Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Bishop José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida (65)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil)

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández (63)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta

Prefect of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

President of Pontifical Biblical Commission

President of International Theological Commission

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Plata (Argentina)

Archbishop John Rodrigues (58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Bishop Dominic Savio Fernandes (72)

Titular Bishop of Cozyla

Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Bishop Rafael Valdéz Torres (66)

Bishop of Ensenada (Mexico)

Archbishop Luzizila Kiala (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola)

Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou (61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

President of Episcopal Conference of Congo

Bishop Jorge Estrada Solórzano (64)

Bishop of Gómez Palacio (Mexico)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville (74)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. (78)

Bishop emeritus of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)

Archbishop Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kaunas (Lithuania)

former Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania

Bishop Jeremiah Madimetja Masela (67)

Bishop of Polokwane (South Africa)

Archbishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P. (70)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil)

Bishop Michael Gerber (56)

Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

Vice-President of German Episcopal Conference

Bishop Jaya Rao Polimera (60)

Bishop of Eluru (India)

Bishop Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.SS.R. (76)

Bishop of Jericó (Colombia)

Bishop Paolo Selvadagi (79)

Titular Bishop of Salpi

Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Ansgar Puff (70)

Titular Bishop of Gordus

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Viên (61)

Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari

Auxiliary Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

Bishop Alphonse Nguyễn Hữu Long, P.S.S. (73)

Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

former Bishop of Gweru (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. (54)

Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (Paraguay)

Titular Bishop of Media

Bishop Johannes Wübbe (60)

Titular Bishop of Roscrea

Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

Bishop José Carlos Brandão Cabral (62)

Bishop emeritus of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)

Bishop Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I. (66)

Bishop of Qacha’s Nek (Lesotho)

President of Lesotho Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Bernard Taiji Katsuya (ベルナルド 勝谷太治) (70)

Bishop of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Bishop Orazio Francesco Piazza (72)

Bishop of Viterbo (Italy)

Bishop Varghese Thottamkara Souru, C.M. (66)

Bishop of Balasore (India)

Bishop Ángel Fernández Collado (73)

Bishop emeritus of Albacete (Spain)

Bishop Bruno Feillet (66)

Bishop of Séez (France)

Bishop João Gilberto de Moura (62)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil)

Bishop José Maria Chaves dos Reis (63)

Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil)

Archbishop Joseph Arshad (61)

Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Archbishop ad personam

Archbishop Eduard Georges Daher, B.C. (52)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F. (72)

Bishop of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina)

Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López (61)

Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon

Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, L.M. (63)

Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA)

Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada (60)

Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay)

Bishop Damian Bryl (57)

Bishop of Kalisz (Poland)

Bishop Robert Anthony Llanos (68)

Bishop of Saint John’s–Basseterre (Antigua and Barbuda)

Bishop Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón (76)

Bishop emeritus of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela)

Bishop Fernando Tarcisio Filograna (73)

Bishop of Nardò–Gallipoli (Italy)

Bishop Joseph Kollamparampil, C.M.I. (67)

Bishop of Jagdalpur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Francis Duffy (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

General Secretary of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Archbishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono (61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palembang (Indonesia)

Bishop Viktors Stulpins (54)

Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia)

Bishop Maurizio Gervasoni (72)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy)

Bishop Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta (62)

Bishop emeritus of Orán (Argentina)

Assessor emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Archbishop Leo William Cushley (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland)

Bishop Niranjan Sual Singh (64)

Bishop of Sambalpur (India)

Bishop Kishore Kumar Kujur (62)

Bishop of Rourkela (India)

Bishop Paul Mattekatt (64)

Bishop of Diphu (India)

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski (62)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Immacolata all’Esquilino

Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź (Poland)

Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Bishop Ibrahim Salameh, M.S.P. (80)

Titular Bishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites

Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Argentina of the Greek-Melkites (Argentina)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich (70)

Titular Archbishop of Sulci

Bishop Jose Puthenveettil (65)

Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari

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

Archbishop Laurent Le Boulc’h (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lille (France)

Archbishop Giampiero Gloder (67)

Titular Archbishop of Telde

Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova

Archbishop João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Bishop Tsegaye Keneni Derara (82)

Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Soddo (Ethiopia)

Bishop Andrew Harmon Cozzens (57)

Bishop of Crookston (USA)

Archbishop Ilson de Jesus Montanari (66)

Titular Archbishop of Caput Cilla

Secretary of Dicastery for Bishops

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

Secretary of College of Cardinals

Bishop Ángel José Macín (59)

Bishop of Reconquista (Argentina)

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. (81)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani

Member of Council of Cardinals

Bishop Narciso Villaver Abellana, M.S.C. (72)

Bishop of Romblon (Philippines)

Bishop Mark Hagemoen (64)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada)

Bishop Lucius Hre Kung (67)

Bishop of Hakha (Myanmar)

Bishop Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler (71)

Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador)

former Titular Archbishop of Tamada

former Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

Bishop Giovanni Battista Piccioli (68)

Bishop emeritus of Daule (Ecuador)

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette (70)

Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA)

Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Ruthenians (Canada)

Bishop Áureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M. (57)

Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos (Ecuador)

Titular Bishop of Bida

Bishop Richard Ng (吳對龍) (59)

Bishop of Miri (Malaysia)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

Archbishop Joseph Gébara (60)

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Archbishop Józef Górzyński (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warmia (Poland)

Bishop Valerio Lazzeri (62)

Bishop emeritus of Lugano (Switzerland)

Bishop Rafał Markowski (67)

Titular Bishop of Obba

Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Archbishop Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Bishop Carlo Bresciani (77)

Bishop emeritus of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto (Italy)

Bishop Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M. (78)

Titular Bishop of Rusadus

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aleppo (Syria)

Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (65)

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Ailton Menegussi (63)

Bishop of Crateús (Brazil)

Archbishop Mark O’Toole (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff–Menevia (Wales)

Bishop Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga (65)

Bishop of Rafaela (Argentina)

Bishop Roman Pindel (67)

Bishop of Bielsko–Żywiec (Poland)

Bishop Michael Fors Olson (59)

Bishop of Fort Worth (USA)

Bishop Armando António Ortíz Aguirre (74)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M. (63)

Bishop emeritus of Bogor (Indonesia)

Bishop Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río, M.X.Y. (58)

Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia)

Titular Bishop of Casæ medianæ

Bishop Aleh Butkevich (54)

Bishop of Vitebsk (Belarus)

Bishop Yury Kasabutski (56)

Titular Bishop of Scilium

Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus)

General Secretary of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Archbishop Iosif Staneuski (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus)

President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Bishop Alain de Raemy (66)

Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania

Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (Switzerland)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

Bishop Andrea Turazzi (77)

Bishop emeritus of San Marino–Montefeltro (Italy)

Bishop Patrick Chilekwa Chisanga, O.F.M. Conv. (54)

Bishop of Mansa (Zambia)

Archbishop Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B. (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Jorge Vázquez (76)

Bishop emeritus of Morón (Argentina)

Bishop Joselito Carreño Quiñonez, M.X.Y. (59)

Vicar Apostolic of Inírida (Colombia)

Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare

Bishop Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez (57)

Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia)

Bishop Tomás López Durán (65)

Titular Bishop of Socia

Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Bishop Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (59)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico)

Bishop Rudolf Pierskała (66)

Titular Bishop of Semina

Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland)

Bishop Georges Bizimana (61)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi)

former Bishop of Balasore (India)

Bishop Jesús Fernández González (70)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

Bishop Michael James Sis (66)

Bishop of San Angelo (USA)

Bishop Joseph Richard Kopacz (75)

Bishop of Jackson (USA)

Bishop Francis Victor Bestion (68)

Bishop of Blois (France)

Bishop Jan Piotrowski (73)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

Bishop Stanisław Salaterski (71)

Titular Bishop of Tigillava

Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

Bishop John Francis Doerfler (61)

Bishop of Marquette (USA)

Cardinal Jean-Marc Noël Aveline (67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti

Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France)

President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Bishop Gabriel Bernardo Barba (61)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador

Bishop Wiesław Szlachetka (66)

Titular Bishop of Vageata

Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

Bishop Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv. (80)

Bishop emeritus of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica)

Bishop Peter Abir Antonysamy (74)

Bishop of Sultanpet (India)

Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick (정순택 베드로 / 鄭淳澤), O.C.D. (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)