Recent Events

Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzman

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Lesotho

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, Apostolic Nuncio of Croatia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Botswana and Apostolic Nuncio of Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa and Apostolic Nuncio of Swaziland

Archbishop James Patrick Green resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa and Apostolic Nuncio of Lesotho and Apostolic Nuncio of Swaziland and Apostolic Nuncio of Botswana

Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Titular Archbishop of Beneventum, Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzman

Bishop Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I., Bishop emeritus of Aliwal (South Africa), passed away at the age of 90

Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Secretary of Congregation for Bishops and Secretary of College of Cardinals, was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Bishop Michael Gower Coleman, Bishop emeritus of Port Elizabeth (South Africa), passed away at the age of 72

Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe resigned as Bishop of Polokwane (South Africa)

Archbishop James Patrick Green was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Peru

Bishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook, Bishop emeritus of Mthatha (South Africa), passed away at the age of 81

Bishop Michael Gower Coleman resigned as Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Fr. Dabula Anthony Mpako was elected Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa)

Fr. Peter Holiday was elected Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa)

Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer, Bishop emeritus of Mthatha (South Africa), passed away at the age of 81

Msgr. Abel Gabuza, Apostolic Administrator of Pretoria (South Africa), was elected Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

Bishop William Slattery, O.F.M., Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa) and Archbishop Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Bishop Edward Robert Adams resigned as Bishop of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

Fr. Francisco Fortunato De Gouveia was elected Bishop of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

Fr. João Noé Rodrigues was elected Bishop of Tzaneen (South Africa)

Bishop Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C. resigned as Bishop of Tzaneen (South Africa)

Bishop Stephen Brislin, Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Archbishop Lawrence Patrick Henry resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. resigned as Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M. resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa) and Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Bishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. resigned as Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa)

Fr. Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.I. was elected Bishop of Witbank (South Africa)

Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro was appointed as Secretary of College of Cardinals

Diocese of Pietersburg was renamed as Diocese of Polokwane (South Africa)

Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe, Bishop of Pietersburg (South Africa), was appointed as Bishop of Polokwane (South Africa)

Bishop John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S., Bishop emeritus of Keimoes–Upington (South Africa), passed away at the age of 85

Fr. Adam Leszek Musialek, S.C.I. was elected Bishop of De Aar (South Africa)

Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I. resigned as Bishop of De Aar (South Africa)

Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Apostolic Nuncio of Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio of Spain and Permanent Observer of World Tourism Organization (WTO), was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for Bishops

Fr. Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist. was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Wettingen-Mehrerau (Austria)

Archbishop James Patrick Green, Apostolic Delegate of Botswana, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Botswana

Bishop Hubert Bucher resigned as Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

Fr. Jan de Groef, M. Afr. was elected Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

Fr. Stanislaw Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E. was elected Bishop of Umzimkulu (South Africa)

Archbishop George Francis Daniel resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa) and Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Bishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M., Bishop of Witbank (South Africa), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa) and Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Fr. José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C. was elected Titular Bishop of Maturba and Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma (South Africa)

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. resigned as President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (S.A.C.B.C.)

Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. was appointed as President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (S.A.C.B.C.)

Fr. Graham Rose was elected Bishop of Dundee (South Africa)

Fr. Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo was elected Bishop of Eshowe (South Africa)

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, Apostolic Nuncio of Cote d’Ivoire, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Croatia

Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer resigned as Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

Fr. Sithembele Anton Sipuka was elected Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

Fr. Michael Wüstenberg was elected Bishop of Aliwal (South Africa)

Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro was appointed as Permanent Observer of World Tourism Organization (WTO)

Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli, Apostolic Nuncio of Australia, passed away at the age of 73

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Burkina Faso and Apostolic Nuncio of Niger

Diocese of Johannesburg was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I., Archbishop-Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. resigned as President of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (I.M.B.I.S.A.)

Fr. Stephen Brislin was elected Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa)

Archbishop James Patrick Green was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Swaziland

Archbishop James Patrick Green was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Lesotho

Archbishop Blasco Francisco Collaço resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa and Apostolic Delegate of Botswana and Apostolic Nuncio of Lesotho and Apostolic Nuncio of Swaziland

Fr. James Patrick Green was elected Apostolic Delegate of Botswana and Apostolic Nuncio of Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa and Titular Archbishop of Altino