Recent Events

Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr., resigned as Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

Fr. Ihor Rantsya was consecrated as Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Fr. Frédéric Pierre Rossignol, C.S.Sp., was consecrated as Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Fr. Fabien Lejeusne, A.A., was consecrated as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Guy Harpigny resigned as Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Fr. Fabien Lejeusne, A.A., was elected Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Fr. Frédéric Pierre Rossignol, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

Bishop Pierre Warin resigned as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Fr. Ihor Rantsya, Priest of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France), was elected Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Bishop Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O., resigned as Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanna Antida Thouret

Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

Archbishop Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Tehran–Isfahan (Iran) and President of Iranian Episcopal Conference, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanna Antida Thouret

Sr. Ana de Jesús de Lobera y Torres (Ana), O.C.D., was beatified

Archbishop Noël Treanor, Bishop emeritus of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) and Archbishop ad personam, passed away at 73

Br. Christian J. Delvigne, F.D.M., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy

Bishop Roger Joseph Vangheluwe was appointed as Lay state

Bishop Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy, Bishop of Saint-Denis (France), was promoted as Archbishop of Strasbourg (France)

Abbot Jos Wouters, O. Praem., Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians), was appointed as Pontifical Commissioner for Brothers of Charity

Bishop Jean-Luc Hudsyn resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Cardinal Jozef De Kesel resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Archbishop Luc Terlinden, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Bishop Johan Jozef Bonny resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Bishop Guy Harpigny resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Bishop Patrick Hoogmartens, Bishop of Hasselt (Belgium), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Msgr. Luc Terlinden was consecrated as Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Archbishop Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bertoua (Cameroon), passed away at 88

Cardinal Jozef De Kesel resigned as Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium)

Archbishop-elect Luc Terlinden, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium)

Cardinal Jozef De Kesel resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Msgr. Luc Terlinden, Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Cardinal Karl-Josef Rauber, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia and President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 88

Fr. Dominique Janthial, Emmanuel, Priest of Clerical Association of the Emmanuel Community, was appointed as Moderator of Clerical Association of the Emmanuel Community

Bishop Édouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O., Bishop emeritus of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 86

Bishop Noël Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) and Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, was promoted as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union and Archbishop ad personam

Msgr. Herman Cosijns resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Mr. Bruno Spriet was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Belgium

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians

Archbishop Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Tehran–Isfahan (Iran), was appointed as President of Iranian Episcopal Conference

Archbishop Franco Coppola, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg

Bishop Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E., Bishop emeritus of Maroua–Mokolo (Cameroon), passed away at 84

Archbishop Aldo Giordano, Titular Archbishop of Tamada and Apostolic Nuncio to European Union, passed away at 67

Archbishop Franco Coppola, Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

Bishop Aloysius Jousten, Bishop emeritus of Liège (Belgium), passed away at 83

Archbishop Augustine Kasujja resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg

Archbishop Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin, Titular Archbishop of Vico Equense, passed away at 76

Fr. Georges-Henri Ruyssen, S.J., was appointed as Referendary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Aldo Giordano, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

Bishop André de Witte, Bishop emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Brazil), passed away at 76

Fr. Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., was consecrated as Archbishop of Tehran–Isfahan (Iran)

Bishop Luc Julian Matthys, Bishop emeritus of Armidale (Australia), passed away at 85

Fr. Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Archbishop of Tehran–Isfahan (Iran)

Archbishop Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

Bishop Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen resigned as Bishop of Goiás (Brazil)

Bishop André de Witte resigned as Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Brazil)

Abbot Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O., was consecrated as Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Abbot Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O., was elected Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Bishop Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain