Recent Events

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)

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 Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Military Ordinary of Belgium (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

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

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)

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England)

Bishop Rémy Victor Vancottem resigned as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Pierre Warin, Titular Bishop of Tongeren and Auxiliary Bishop of Namur (Belgium), was appointed as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Bishop Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy resigned as Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of France

Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) and Military Ordinary emeritus of Belgium (Belgium), passed away at 85

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians and Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Bishop Borys Andrij Gudziak, Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P., and 18 companions were beatified

Archbishop Giovanni Moretti, Titular Archbishop of Vartana, passed away at 94

Fr. Koenraad Vanhoutte was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thagora and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

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

Fr. Koenraad Vanhoutte, Priest of Brugge (Belgium), was elected Titular Bishop of Thagora and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

Bishop Jean Kockerols resigned as Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Bishop Noël Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland), was appointed as Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Bishop Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. Subl., Bishop emeritus of Pietersburg (South Africa), passed away at 93

Fr. Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A., was consecrated as Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Fr. Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A., was elected Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Bishop Léon Lemmens, Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), passed away at 63

Cardinal Jozef De Kesel took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

Bishop Paul Lanneau, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), passed away at 91

Archbishop Augustine Kasujja, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg