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2026.11.05: Fr. Avelino Chicoma Bundo Chico, S.J. (47), Bureau Chief of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
2026.11.05: Archbishop Franco Coppola (69), Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
2026.11.05: Prof. Claudia Leal Luna (48) was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
2026.11.04: Bishop Carlos José de Oliveira (59), Bishop of Apucarana (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Limeira (Brazil)
2026.11.04: Bishop Pierre Suon Hangly (54) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kompong Cham (Cambodia)
2026.11.04: Fr. Paul Lay was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kompong Cham (Cambodia)
2026.11.04: Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D. (82), resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang (Laos)
2026.11.04: Fr. John Vimanephet Indavong was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang (Laos)
2026.11.04: Fr. Ramón Duarte Miranda (57), Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Sereddeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)
2026.11.04: Fr. Héctor Michel Figueroa (56), Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Taparura and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Necrology

2026.11.02: Archbishop Marin Srakić, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia), passed away at 89
2026.10.31: Bishop Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich, Bishop of Puno (Peru), passed away at 76
2026.10.30: Archbishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru), passed away at 74
2026.10.29: Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Serena (Chile), passed away at 90
2026.10.29: Bishop Paweł Socha, C.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland), passed away at 91
2026.10.25: Cardinal Paolo Romeo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 88
2026.10.23: Bishop Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I., Bishop emeritus of Neuquén (Argentina), passed away at 84
2026.10.17: Archbishop Sabri Anar, Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye), passed away at 60

Papal Audiences

Feasts

2026.11.04:	Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (San Jose) Our Lady of Paradise (Mazara del Vallo) Saint Vitalis and Saint Agricola, martyrs (Extraordinary Form, Bologna) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.05:	Thursday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time All Holy Martyrs of Sirmium (Mostar–Duvno, Srijem, Đakovo–Osijek) All Saints and Blesseds of the Diocese (Mantova) All Saints of the Churches of Sicilia (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) All Saints of the Churches of Tuscany (Pisa) All Saints of the Diocese (Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni, Ancona–Osimo, Benevento, Clermont, Nancy, Palestrina, Périgueux, Rieti, Santander, Sion) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (San Juan de Puerto Rico, Trieste) Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg, priest and martyr (Berlin, München und Freising) Blessed María Rafols, virgin (Huesca, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Zaragoza) Commemoration of Deceased Bishops of the Diocese (Isernia–Venafro) Commemoration of Deceased Bishops, Priests and Deacons who exercised their ministry in the Diocese (Trivento) Commemoration of Deceased Priests of the Diocese (Birmingham) Feria: 23ʳᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Saint Angela of the Cross Guerrero González, virgin (Spain) Saint Caesarius of Terracina, martyr (Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno) Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop (Bologna) Saint Emeric of Hungary (Hungary, Banská Bystrica, Košice, Nitra, Rožňava, Trnava) Saint Gerald of Béziers, bishop (Montpellier) Saint Goussaud of Auvergne, hermit (Limoges) Saint Lautein, abbot (Saint-Claude) Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (Ravenna–Cervia) Saint Martin de Porres, religious (Ireland, Chosica, München und Freising, Solsona, Urgell, Viana do Castelo) Saint Odrada of Alem, virgin (Antwerpen) Saints with relics venerated in the churches of the Diocese (Aire et Dax, Anagni–Alatri, Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia, Astorga, Aversa, Avezzano, Belluno–Feltre, Campobasso–Boiano, Città di Castello, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, León, Montecassino, Nola, Pescara–Penne, Poitiers, Salerno–Campagna–Acerno, Teramo–Atri, Toledo, Zagreb) Thursday in the Week of the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Commemoration of Deceased Priests and Religious (Southern Arabia) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.06:	Friday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time All Saints and Blesseds of the Patriarchate (Venezia) All Saints of Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda) All Saints of Ireland (Ireland) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Berlin, Evansville, Yakima) Blessed Andrés Jiménez Galera, priest, Blessed José María de la Virgen Dolorosa, religious, and companions, martyrs (Almería) Blessed Antero Mateo and companions, martyrs (León) Blessed Avelino Blas Rodríguez Alonso, priest, and companions, martyrs (Astorga) Blessed Contardo Ferrini (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Blessed Enrique Vidaurreta Palma, priest, Blessed Juan Duarte Martín, deacon, and companions, martyrs (Málaga) Blessed Felipe Barba, priest, and companions, martyrs (Zamora) Blessed Fernando Llovera Puigsech, priest, and companions, martyrs (Arecibo) Blessed Joaquín Esnaola, priest, Blessed Clara Ezcurra, virgin, and companions, martyrs (San Sebastián) Blessed José Osés Sáinz, Blessed Manuel Martínez Jarauta, religious, and Blessed Daría Andiarena Sagaseta, virgin, and companions, martyrs (Pamplona y Tudela) Blessed León Inchausti, priest, and companions, martyrs (Bilbao) Blessed Manuel Basulto Jiménez, bishop, and companions, martyrs (Jaén) Blessed Pascual Fortuño Almela, priest, and companions, martyrs (Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana) Blessed Rupert Mayer, priest (Denver) Blessed Saturnino Ortega Montealegre and Blessed José María Ruiz Cano, priests, and companions, martyrs (Sigüenza–Guadalajara) Blessed Urban V, pope (Avignon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nîmes) Blessed Valentín Palencia Marquina, priest, and companions, martyrs (Burgos) Commemoration of Deceased Bishops, Priests and Deacons who exercised their ministry in the Diocese (Teramo–Atri) Feria: 23ʳᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Friday in the Week of the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Holy Preachers of the Faith in the Netherlands (Netherlands) Our Lady of Suffrage (Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino) Saint Illtud, abbot (Wales) Saint Leonard of Noblac, abbot (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Bolzano–Bressanone, Limoges, Tulle) Saint Modesta of Oeren, abbess (Trier) Saint Nuno de Santa Maria, religious (Angola, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe) Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, Saint Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, priests, and companions, martyrs (Spain) Saint Perpetus of Maastricht, bishop (Namur) Saint Romulus of Bourges, abbot (Bourges) Saint Severus of Barcelona, bishop and martyr (Barcelona) Saint Winnoc of Bergues, abbot (Lille) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.07:	Saturday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday All Holy Archbishops and Other Saints of the Archdiocese (Bourges) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Carcassonne et Narbonne, Southwark) Blessed Anthony Baldinucci, priest (Anagni–Alatri, Frascati, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino) Blessed Francisco de Jesús Palau, priest (Ibiza, Lleida, Mallorca, Tarragona) Blessed Lucia da Settefonti, virgin (Bologna) Blessed Urban V, pope (Mende) Commemoration of Deceased Faithful of the Archdiocese (Évora) Our Lady, Mediatrix (Argentina) Saint Angela of the Cross Guerrero González, virgin (León) Saint Engelbert of Berg, bishop and martyr (Köln) Saint Ercolanus, bishop and martyr (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Saint Florentius of Strasbourg, bishop (Strasbourg) Saint Israel, priest, and Saint Theobald, deacon (Limoges) Saint Jacinto María Castañeda, priest and martyr (Valencia) Saint Leopardus of Osimo, bishop (Ancona–Osimo) Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, Saint Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, priests, and companions, martyrs (Barcelona) Saint Peter Wu Guosheng, martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Saint Prosdocimus of Padua, bishop (Belluno–Feltre, Rieti, Vittorio Veneto) Saint Stephen of Apt, bishop (Avignon, Montpellier) Saint Vincenzo Grossi, priest (Cremona) Saint Willibrord, bishop (Austria, England, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Antwerpen, Bolzano–Bressanone, Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, København, Liège, Mechelen–Brussel, Tournai) Saint and Blessed Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Naples (Napoli) Saints with relics venerated in the churches of the Diocese (Velletri–Segni) Saturday in the Week of the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.08:	32ⁿᵈ Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Ambrosian) Resumed 5ᵗʰ Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form) Saint Austremonius of Auvergne, bishop (Clermont) The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome (Bourges, Getafe, København, Madrid)
2026.11.09:	The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome Monday in the 32ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time (København) Our Lady of Almudena (Getafe, Madrid) Saint Theodore, martyr (Extraordinary Form) Saint Ursinus of Bourges, bishop (Bourges)
2026.11.10:	Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Sioux City, Solsona) Saint Andrew Avellino, confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint George of Le Puy, bishop (Le Puy-en-Velay) Saint Martin of Tours, bishop (Łowicz) Saints Tryphon, Respicius and Nympha, martyrs (Extraordinary Form) The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Caguas) Tuesday in the 32ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time (Ravenna–Cervia, Łowicz)

Martyrology

2026.11.04:	Saint Charles Borromeo, archbishop of Milan, cardinal Saints Vitale and Agricola, martyrs at Bologna Saints Nicander, bishop, and Hermas, priest, martyrs at Myra Saint Pierio, priest at Alexandria of Egypt Saint Amans, first bishop of Rodez Saint Perpète, bishop of Maastricht Saint Modesta, abbess of Öhren Saint Emeric, prince of Hungary Blessed Elena Enselmini, Clarisse virgin Saint Félix de Valois, founder of the Trinitarians Blessed Françoise d’Amboise, Carmelite widow
2026.11.05:	Saint Domninus, martyr in Palestine Saints Theotimus, Philoteus, Timothy and Aussentius, martyrs in Palestine Saint Marco, bishop of Eca Saint Fibicius, bishop of Trier Saint Guéthenoc, abbess Saint Bertille, abbess Saint Guiraud, bishop of Béziers Blessed Gomidas Keumurdjian, priest and martyr at Constantinople Saint Ðaminh Mầu, Dominican priest, martyr of Vietnam Saint Guido Maria Conforti, archbishop of Ravenna, founder of the Xaverians Blessed Joan Antoni Burró Mas, Hospitaller religious, martyr of Spain Blessed María del Carmen Viel Ferrando, virgin and martyr of Spain Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg, priest and martyr of Germany Blessed Hryhorii, auxiliary bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians, martyr in Russia
2026.11.06:	Saint Felix, martyr in Numidia Saint Paul, bishop of Constantinople Saint Melaine, bishop of Rennes Saint Illtud, abbot Saint Leonard, hermit Saints Callinicus, Imerius, Theodore, Stephen, Peter, Paul, Theodore, John, John, and companions, martyrs in Gaza Saint Severo, bishop of Barcelona and martyr Saint Protais, bishop of Lausanne Saint Winoc, abbot Saint Étienne, bishop of Apt Saint Théobald, deacon Blessed Christina von Stommeln Bruso, virgin
2026.11.07:	Saint Prosdocimo, first bishop of Padua Saint Athenodorus, bishop of Amasea Saint Amaranthe, martyr at Albi Saints Hiero and companions, martyrs at Melitine Saint Ercolano, bishop of Perugia and martyr Saint Baud, bishop of Tours Saint Congar, abbot Saint Florent, bishop of Strasbourg Saint Willibrord, bishop of Utrecht Saint Lazaros, stylite Saint Engelbert, bishop of Cologne and martyr Blessed Antonio Baldinucci, Jesuit priest Saints Jacinto María Castañeda Puchasóns and Vinh-Sơn Lê Quang Liêm, Dominican priests and martyrs of Vietnam Saint Petrus Wu Guosheng, catechist and martyr of China Saint Vincenzo Grossi, priest, founder of the Daughters of the Oratory
2026.11.08:	Saints Symphorian, Claudius, Nicostratus, Castorius and Simplicius, martyrs at Sirmium Saint Clair, priest Saint Adeodatus I, pope Saint Willehad, bishop of Bremen Saint Geoffroy, bishop of Amiens Blessed Johannes Duns Scotus, Franciscan priest Blessed Maria Crocifissa Satellico, Clarisse abbess Saints Giuse Nguyễn Ðình Nghi, Phaolô Nguyễn Ngân, Martinô Tạ Ðức Thịnh, priests, Martinô Thọ and Gioan Baotixita Cỏn, martyrs of Vietnam
2026.11.09:	The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica at Rome Saint Ursin, first bishop of Bourges Saint Agrippino, bishop of Naples Saint Vanne, bishop of Verdun Saints Eustolia and Sopatra, virgins Saint Georges, bishop of Lodève Blessed Giovanna, virgin Blessed Gabriele Ferretti, Franciscan priest Blessed Ludovico Morbioli Blessed Grazia da Cattaro, Augustinian religious Blessed George Napper, priest and martyr of England Saint Élisabeth de la Trinité Catez, Discalced Carmelite virgin Blessed Henryk Hlebowicz, priest and martyr of Belarus Blessed Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi, father of family
2026.11.10:	Saint Leo I, pope and doctor of the Church Saint Demetrius, bishop of Antioch Saint Orestes, martyr Saint Probo, bishop of Ravenna Saints Narseh and Joseph, martyrs in Persia Saint Justus, bishop of Canterbury Saint Baudolino, hermit Saint Andrea Avellino, Theatine priest Blessed Joaquín Piña Piazuelo, Hospitaller religious, martyr of Spain

Jubilarians

2026.11.06: Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (102), Bishop emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil), celebrates 60 years as bishop
2026.11.09: Bishop Joseph Luc André Bouchard (76), Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.11.09: Bishop João Nílton dos Santos Souza (83), Bishop emeritus of Amargosa (Brazil), celebrates 40 years as bishop
2026.11.10: Bishop Manoel dos Reis de Farias (80), Bishop emeritus of Petrolina (Brazil), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.11.13: Archbishop Juan Alberto Puiggari (76), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paraná (Argentina), celebrates 50 years as priest

Major Papal Documents

2026.09.01: Motu Proprio “Abrogating the Motu Proprio “Un futuro sostenibile””
2026.08.29: Motu Proprio “Amending Canons 106 and 126 of the Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium”
2026.07.31: Law “Fundamental Law of the Vatican City State”
2026.06.24: Motu Proprio Confirma fratres tuos On the revision of the Apostolic Constitution “In Ecclesiarum Communione”
2026.05.20: Law “Statutes of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors”

Curial Documents

Minor Papal Documents

2026.10.27: Message To the participants in the International Meeting “Unarmed and Disarming Peace” (Assisi)
2026.10.22: Message “Video Message of invitation to register for World Youth Day Seoul 2027”
2026.10.13: Message “St the conclusion of the Meeting on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Amoris laetitia”
2026.10.11: Letter To Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
2026.10.07: Message For the 100ᵗʰ World Mission Sunday

Papal Speeches

2026.11.05: Homily “Mass for the Cardinals and Bishops who have died over the past year”
2026.11.04: Speech To a delegation of L’Œuvre d’Orient and the Institut Chrétiens d’Orient
2026.11.02: Homily “Mass - Commemoration of all the Faithful departed”
2026.10.31: Speech To a Pilgrimage from Villanova University and the University of Notre Dame
2026.10.31: Speech To the delegations of the municipalities affected by seismic events in central Italy
2026.10.30: Speech To the participants in the Meeting Promoted by the Pontifical Academy for Life
2026.10.28: Speech To the executives of Mercedes-Benz
2026.10.26: Speech To delegates of the General Chapter of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret
2026.10.24: Speech To participants in the meeting promoted by the Jesus Youth International Conference 2026
2026.10.23: Speech To participants in the International Congress Promoted by the Pontifical Gregorian University