Nominations and Resignations

Bishop Gonzalo de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. resigned as Military Ordinary of Obispado Castrense de Bolivia (Bolivia)

Fr. Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Changde 常德 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Hengzhou 衡州 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Yuanling 沅陵 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Lizhou 澧州 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Baoqing 寶慶 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Xiangtan 湘潭 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Yuezhou 岳州 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Yongzhou 永州 (China)

Fr. Joseph Chen Gong-ao (陳功鰲) was elected Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of Saint Peter (Anglican Rite) was established (United States)

Archbishop Alfredo Battisti, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Udine (Italy), passed away at the age of 86

Fr. Jeffrey Neil Steenson was appointed as Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter of the Anglican Rite (United States)

Fr. Camilo Bernal Hadad, C.I.M. was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)

Bishop Cirilo Flores, Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Orange (United States), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of San Diego (United States)

Bishop Gabino Zavala resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (United States)

Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli resigned as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

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

Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, Apostolic Nuncio of Denmark and Apostolic Nuncio of Finland and Apostolic Nuncio of Iceland and Apostolic Nuncio of Norway and Apostolic Nuncio of Sweden, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Argentina

Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Causes of Saints reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Portugal)

Fr. John Oballa Owaa was elected Bishop of Ngong (Kenya)

Fr. Henry Aruna was elected Bishop of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

Bishop George Biguzzi, S.X. resigned as Bishop of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

Bishop José Freire de Oliveira Neto, Bishop emeritus of Mossoró (Brazil), passed away at the age of 83

Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for Bishops

Bishop Ignatius Chama, Bishop of Mpika (Zambia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama (Zambia) and Apostolic Administrator of Mpika (Zambia)

Bishop Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer, Titular Bishop of Rusadus and Apostolic Administrator of Poitiers (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poitiers (France)

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. (陳日君), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca, Bishop emeritus of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Hong Kong)

Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj, Titular Bishop of Absa Salla and Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (India), was appointed as Bishop of Dharmapuri (India)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. resigned as Bishop of Dharmapuri (India)

Diocese of Ifakara was established (from Diocese of Mahenge) (Tanzania)

Bishop Bosco Penha resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Bishop Antonio Mistrorigo, Bishop emeritus of Treviso (Italy), passed away at the age of 99

Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Beira (Mozambique)

Bishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes, Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo (Mozambique), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Beira (Mozambique)

Bishop Salutaris Melchior Libena, Titular Bishop of Sutunurca and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Ifakara (Tanzania)

Fr. Michel Aoun was elected Bishop of Jbeil of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Fr. Mounir Khairallah was elected Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Paul-Emile Saadé resigned as Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Bishop Paweł Socha, C.M. resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Bishop Massoud Massoud resigned as Bishop of Lattaquié of the Maronites (Syria)

Fr. Elias Slaiman Slaiman was elected Bishop of Lattaquié of the Maronites (Syria)

Bishop Colin Campbell, Bishop emeritus of Antigonish (Canada), passed away at the age of 80

Fr. Pietro Migliasso, S.D.B. resigned as Director General of Vatican Press

Fr. Sergio Pellini, S.D.B. was appointed as Director General of Vatican Press

Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B. resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guwahati (India)

Archbishop John Moolachira succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guwahati (India)

Archbishop Giovanni De Andrea, Vice-President emeritus of Labour Office of the Apostolic See, passed away at the age of 83

Archbishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham, Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia), was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Medaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Salim Sayegh resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop William Charles Skurla, Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (United States), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (United States)

Archbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (United States), passed away at the age of 77

Fr. Prosper Grech, O.S.A. was elected Titular Archbishop of San Leone

Msgr. Julien Ries was elected Titular Archbishop of Belcastro

Bishop Philippe Jean Louis Breton resigned as Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Bishop Hervé Gaschignard, Titular Bishop of Besalú and Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (France), was appointed as Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

Msgr. Udo Breitbach was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Bishops

Msgr. Igino Ragni, Prelate Auditor emeritus of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, passed away at the age of 90

Bishop Joseph Coutts, Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Archbishop Evarist Pinto resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Fr. Paul Abel Mamba, Apostolic Administrator of Ziguinchor (Senegal), was elected Bishop of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Bishop Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver, Bishop emeritus of Ponce (Puerto Rico), passed away at the age of 86

Msgr. Santo Rocco Gangemi was elected Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico and Apostolic Nuncio of Solomon Islands

Msgr. Luciano Russo was elected Titular Archbishop of Monteverde

Msgr. Julio Murat was elected Titular Archbishop of Orange and Apostolic Nuncio of Zambia

Bishop Gabriel Lawrence Sengol, Bishop emeritus of Tiruchirapalli (India), passed away at the age of 83

Archbishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia), passed away at the age of 95

Bishop Francesco Moraglia, Bishop of La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato (Italy), was promoted as Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Bishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Bishop of Sora–Aquino–Pontecorvo (Italy), was promoted as Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam

Msgr. Lorenzo Leuzzi was elected Titular Bishop of Novigrad and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Msgr. Matteo Maria Zuppi was elected Titular Bishop of Villa nova and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Gerard Bernacki resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

Fr. Vincent Harolimana was elected Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda)

Fr. Jozef Hal’ko was elected Titular Bishop of Serra and Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovakia)

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

Cardinal Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (United States), passed away at the age of 88

Bishop Joseph Luc André Bouchard, Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Bishop Paul Lortie, Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Bishop Vital Massé resigned as Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Bishop Martin Veillette resigned as Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Fr. Luis José Rueda Aparicio was elected Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia)

Fr. Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. was elected Titular Bishop of Naiera and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Sébastien Muyengo Mulombe was elected Titular Bishop of Strathearn and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Paul Consbruch, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany), passed away at the age of 81

Bishop José Bonello, O.F.M. succeeded as Bishop of Juticalpa (Honduras)

Bishop Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, O.F.M. resigned as Bishop of Juticalpa (Honduras)

Fr. Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. was elected Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico)

Fr. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna was elected Titular Bishop of Scebatiana and Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora (Nigeria)

Msgr. José Manuel Romero Barrios was elected Titular Bishop of Materiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

Bishop Leslie Rogers Tomlinson, Titular Bishop of Sinitis and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Fr. Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz was elected Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

Bishop Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. resigned as Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

Bishop Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A., Bishop emeritus of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at the age of 94

Bishop Giovanni Volta, Bishop emeritus of Pavia (Italy), passed away at the age of 83

Bishop Joseph Walter Estabrook, Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese for the Military Services of the United States (United States), passed away at the age of 67

Fr. Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang (張文昌), Apostolic Administrator of Kunming 昆明 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Dali 大理 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Zhaotong 昭通 (China), passed away at the age of 92

Msgr. Edward John Weisenburger was elected Bishop of Salina (United States)

Bishop Marco Pérez Caicedo, Titular Bishop of Maastricht and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador)

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio of Cambodia and Apostolic Nuncio of Thailand and Apostolic Delegate of Laos and Apostolic Delegate of Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Brazil

Bishop Filippo Giannini, Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy), passed away at the age of 88

Bishop Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza, Bishop emeritus of La Guaira (Venezuela), passed away at the age of 84

Diocese of Tenkodogo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koupéla and Diocese of Fada N’Gourma) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Prefecture of Robe was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Meki) (Ethiopia)

Fr. Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. was elected Bishop of Tenkodogo (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Pierre Claver Malgo was elected Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

Fr. Angelo Antolini, O.F.M. Cap. was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Robe (Ethiopia)

Bishop Nicolas Brouwet, Titular Bishop of Simidicca and Auxiliary Bishop of Nanterre (France), was appointed as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Bishop Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier resigned as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Bishop Jonas Ivanauskas, Titular Bishop of Cabapium and Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania), was appointed as Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Bishop Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas resigned as Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Fr. Linas Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. (Genadijus) was elected Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

Archbishop Fernando R. Capalla resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

Archbishop Romulo Geolina Valles, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

Bishop Ladislau Biernaski, C.M., Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil), passed away at the age of 74

Bishop Airton José dos Santos, Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Bishop José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

Archbishop Luciano Russo was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Rwanda

Bishop Joseph Faber MacDonald, Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), passed away at the age of 80

Archbishop Julien Ries, Titular Archbishop of Belcastro, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Fr. Christopher Glancy, C.S.V. was elected Titular Bishop of Absa Salla and Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize)

Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz, Prefect of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina

Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio

Archbishop Dominik Duka, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia), President of Česká Biskupská Konference, was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro

Fr. Karl Josef Becker, S.J. was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano Martire

Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki, Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Maria Vianney

Bishop John Tong Hon (湯漢), Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong), was created Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

Major Archbishop George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India), President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia, President of Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State, President of Governorate of the Vatican City State, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia

Archbishop Giuseppe Betori, Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

Archbishop Domenico Calcagno, Archbishop ad personam, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was created Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina

Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio, Titular Archbishop of Cœliana, President of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami

Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Titular Archbishop of Volturno, Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, President of Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio

Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò, Titular Archbishop of Eclano, President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio

Archbishop Giuseppe Versaldi, Archbishop ad personam, President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Apostolic Administrator of Alessandria (Italy), was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio

Archbishop Prosper Grech, O.S.A., Titular Archbishop of San Leone, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Archbishop Willem Jacobus Eijk, Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands), President of Nederlandse Bisschoppenconferentie, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto

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

Major Archbishop Lucian Mureşan, President of Synod of the Romanian Church, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), President of Conferinţa Episcopală România, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio

Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló, Titular Archbishop of Tamada, Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano

Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (United States), President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), was created Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario

Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Pro-Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore (United States), was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino

Archbishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina), passed away at the age of 75

Bishop Timothy Costelloe, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia)

Archbishop Barry James Hickey resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia)

Bishop Joachim Friedrich Reinelt resigned as Bishop of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão, Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal), passed away at the age of 89

Msgr. George Arthur Sheltz was elected Titular Bishop of Hirina and Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston (United States)

Bishop Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho, Bishop of Crateús (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Fr. Olivier de Germay was elected Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Bishop Peter James Cullinane resigned as Bishop of Palmerston North (New Zealand)

Bishop Charles Edward Drennan succeeded as Bishop of Palmerston North (New Zealand)

Archbishop Thomas D’Souza succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Archbishop Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Diocese of Segheneyti (Ethiopic Rite) was established (from Diocese of Asmara) (Eritrea)

Fr. Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim was elected Bishop of Segheneyti of the Ethiopics (Eritrea)

Msgr. Dominik Schwaderlapp was elected Titular Bishop of Frigento and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Archbishop Giuseppe Mani resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Bishop Arrigo Miglio, Bishop of Ivrea (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Bishop John Forrosuelo Du, Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo (Philippines)

Cardinal Fernando Filoni took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio

Abbot Georg Holzherr, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland), passed away at the age of 85

Bishop Werner Guballa, Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany), passed away at the age of 67

Fr. Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito was elected Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

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

Bishop José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia)

Bishop José Adolfo Mojica Morales, Bishop emeritus of Sonsonate (El Salvador), passed away at the age of 75

Bishop Stephen M. Tiru, Bishop of Khunti (India), passed away at the age of 74

Bishop John Charles Reiss, Bishop emeritus of Trenton (United States), passed away at the age of 89

Diocese of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (India)

Msgr. Kuriakose Bharanikulangara was elected Archbishop-Bishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto, Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Archbishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J. resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri was appointed as Secretary of College of Cardinals

Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala) reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Guatemala)

Fr. Liam Stephen Cary was elected Bishop of Baker (United States)

Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Clergy, passed away at the age of 91

Archbishop Francesco Alfano, Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

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 Felice Cece resigned as Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

Bishop Hermín Negrón Santana, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), passed away at the age of 74

Bishop Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil, Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador), passed away at the age of 67

Bishop Augustin Misago, Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda), passed away at the age of 69

Bishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J., Bishop emeritus of København (Denmark), passed away at the age of 84

Fr. Eduardo José Castillo Pino was elected Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Obispado de las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policia Nacional del Paraguay (Paraguay)

Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Pro-Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, was appointed as Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Lesotho

Bishop Anárghyros Printesis, Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), passed away at the age of 74

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Bishop Christian Lépine, Titular Bishop of Zabi and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Archbishop Ante Jurić, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Split–Makarska (Croatia), passed away at the age of 89

Bishop William Edward Lori, Bishop of Bridgeport (United States), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (United States)

Bishop Thomas George Doran resigned as Bishop of Rockford (United States)

Msgr. David John Malloy was elected Bishop of Rockford (United States)

Fr. Gregory Lawrence Parkes was elected Bishop of Pensacola–Tallahassee (United States)

Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino, Bishop of Floresta (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of São Félix (Brazil)

Fr. Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. was elected Titular Bishop of Accia and Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Fr. José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos was elected Titular Bishop of Cabapium and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Bishop John George Chedid, Bishop emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (United States), passed away at the age of 88

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Papua New Guinea

Bishop Edward Henryk Materski, Bishop emeritus of Radom (Poland), passed away at the age of 89

Msgr. Wiesław Śmigiel was elected Titular Bishop of Beaza and Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

Fr. Miroslav Koštanc Adam, O.P. was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

Bishop Paulino Reale Chirina, Bishop emeritus of Venado Tuerto (Argentina), passed away at the age of 88

Bishop Luis Artemio Flores Calzada, Bishop of Valle de Chalco (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tepic (Mexico)

Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Cardinal Edward Michael Egan, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of New York (United States) reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (United States)

Bishop Efraím Basílio Krevey, O.S.B.M., Bishop emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil), passed away at the age of 83

Archbishop Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada), passed away at the age of 81

Bishop Arduino Bertoldo, Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy), passed away at the age of 79

Bishop Carlos Cabrero Romero, Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Archbishop Luis Morales Reyes resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Bishop Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D., Titular Bishop of Vertara and Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña resigned as Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Bishop Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes, Titular Bishop of Citium and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Obispado Castrense de Bolivia (Bolivia)

Msgr. Francesco Milito was elected Bishop of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (Italy)

Fr. Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla was elected Titular Bishop of Ausuccura and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Bishop Felipe Fernández García, Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain), passed away at the age of 76

Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, Cardinal-Patriarch, Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon), Patriarch ad personam, passed away at the age of 81

Bishop Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Camiri (Bolivia), passed away at the age of 79

Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), passed away at the age of 89

Bishop Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Miami (United States), passed away at the age of 83

Archbishop Mario Rizzi, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Bulgaria, passed away at the age of 86

Archbishop Marek Solczyński was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Azerbaigian

Archbishop Antoine Hamid Mourany, Archbishop emeritus of Damas of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at the age of 82

Bishop Juan Carlos Romanín, S.D.B. resigned as Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Bishop José Cerviño Cerviño, Bishop emeritus of Tui–Vigo (Spain), passed away at the age of 91

Fr. Joseph Chen Gong-ao (陳功鰲) was consecrated as Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico, Apostolic Nuncio of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio of Montenegro, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Croatia

Cardinal Prosper Grech, O.S.A. took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Bishop Ramón Búa Otero, Bishop emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain), passed away at the age of 78

Cardinal Karl Josef Becker, S.J. took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano Martire

Cardinal John Tong Hon (湯漢) took possession as Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

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

Bishop José Foralosso, S.D.B. resigned as Bishop of Marabá (Brazil)

Fr. Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Changde 常德 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Hengzhou 衡州 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Yuanling 沅陵 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Lizhou 澧州 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Baoqing 寶慶 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Xiangtan 湘潭 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Yuezhou 岳州 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Yongzhou 永州 (China)

Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga, Bishop of Pelplin (Poland), passed away at the age of 71

Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami

Msgr. Tadeusz Lityński was elected Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus and Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Bishop Martin Munyanyi resigned as Bishop of Gweru (Zimbabwe)

Dr. Antonio Chiminello was appointed as Vice-Director of State Accounting Administration of the Governatorate of the Vatican City State

Msgr. Paweł Malecha was appointed as Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt was appointed as Permanent Observer of Organization of American States (OAS)

Fr. Raymond Poisson was elected Titular Bishop of Gegi and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Bishop Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín resigned as Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Bishop Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong succeeded as Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Msgr. Raymond F. Chappetto was elected Titular Bishop of Citium and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (United States)

Msgr. Paul R. Sanchez was elected Titular Bishop of Cœliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (United States)

Bishop Antoni Dziemianko (Антонi Дзям’янка), Titular Bishop of Lesvi and Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus), was appointed as Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

Bishop František Tondra, Bishop emeritus of Spiš (Slovakia), passed away at the age of 75

Fr. James Romen Boiragi was elected Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

Bishop Anthony Joseph O’Connell, Bishop emeritus of Palm Beach (United States), passed away at the age of 73

Bishop Félix Kouadjo, Bishop of Bondoukou (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at the age of 73

Bishop Onésimo Cepeda Silva resigned as Bishop of Ecatepec (Mexico)

Archbishop William Aquin Carew, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio emeritus of Japan, passed away at the age of 89

Msgr. Stephen Robson was elected Titular Bishop of Tunnuna and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Fr. Roque Costa Souza was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo resigned as Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

Bishop José Roberto Ospina Leongómez, Titular Bishop of Gypsaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea)

Bishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (염수정 안드레아), Titular Bishop of Thibiuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea)

Fr. Massimo Cenci, P.I.M.E., Undersecretary of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, passed away at the age of 68

Fr. Orlando Roa Barbosa was elected Titular Bishop of Nasbinca and Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Fr. Donato Oliverio was elected Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Bishop Andrzej Jeż, Titular Bishop of Tigillava and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

Bishop Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện, Bishop emeritus of Vinh Long (Vietnam), passed away at the age of 106

Msgr. Robert McGuckin was elected Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Fr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp., Apostolic Administrator of Bangui (Central African Republic), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic)

Fr. Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A. was elected Bishop of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

Fr. Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A. was elected Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

Fr. Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao (Central African Republic)

Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. resigned as Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

Bishop Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi (Ghana)

Bishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, Bishop of Obuasi (Ghana), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi (Ghana)

Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal, Bishop of Kannur (India), was appointed as Bishop of Calicut (India) and Apostolic Administrator of Kannur (India)

Bishop Roberto Calara Mallari, Titular Bishop of Erdonia and Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of San Jose (Philippines)

Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia) reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Czechia)

Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto

Msgr. Wayne Kirkpatrick was elected Titular Bishop of Aradi and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

Archbishop Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola)

Bishop Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Sumbe (Angola), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola)

Fr. Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. was elected Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola)

Bishop Isak Doera, Bishop emeritus of Sintang (Indonesia), passed away at the age of 80

Bishop Francesco Miccichè was deposed as Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina

Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano

Cardinal Domenico Calcagno took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina