Recent Events

Fr. Michael Kwiatkowski was consecrated as Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Amos (Canada)

Bishop Gilles Lemay resigned as Bishop of Amos (Canada)

Archbishop Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vancouver (Canada), passed away at 94

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt, Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia and Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon and Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea

Fr. Michael Kwiatkowski, Priest of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada), was elected Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop David Motiuk resigned as Apostolic Administrator of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Archbishop Marcel André Joseph Gervais, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at 91

Bishop Guy Desrochers, C.SS.R., Bishop of Pembroke (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Archbishop Valéry Vienneau resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

Msgr. Carl Leonard Reid resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Bishop François Thibodeau, C.I.M., Bishop emeritus of Edmundston (Canada), passed away at 83

Bishop Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C., Bishop emeritus of Peterborough (Canada), passed away at 84

Fr. Roland Laneuville, P.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions

Fr. Ergete Tesfaye, P.M.E., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions

Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt) and Apostolic Visitator in the United States and Canada of the Copts, passed away at 76

Msgr. Claude Lamoureux was consecrated as Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, Lieutenant of Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), was appointed as Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Bishop Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski, C.S.M.A., Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

Bishop Joseph Edward Troy, Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), passed away at 91

Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals

Msgr. Claude Lamoureux, Priest of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), was elected Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

Bishop Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M., resigned as Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Frank Leo, Titular Bishop of Tamada and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E., resigned as Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette, Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Msgr. Gary Anthony Franken was consecrated as Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada)

Bishop Andriy Rabiy, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop André Gazaille resigned as Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

Bishop Daniel Jodoin, Bishop of Bathurst (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

Fr. Georges Iskandar, B.S., was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in the United States and Canada of the Copts

Fr. Michael Brehl, C.SS.R., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)

Msgr. Gary Anthony Franken, Priest of Vancouver (Canada), was elected Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada)

Bishop Paul Terrio resigned as Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada)

Msgr. Frank Leo was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tamada and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Georges Iskandar, B.S., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Msgr. Frank Leo, Priest of Montréal (Canada) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Tamada and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

Fr. Shayne Craig, P.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)

Bishop Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski, Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians

Bishop Jacob Angadiath resigned as Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago of the Syro-Malabars (USA)

Bishop Laurent Noël, Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada), passed away at 102

Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hearst–Moosonee (Canada)

Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Hearst–Moosonee (Canada)

Archbishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lilongwe (Malawi), passed away at 84

Fr. Yvan Mathieu, S.M., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Vazari and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap was appointed as Lieutenant of Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Bishop Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E., resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras

Diocese of Mont-Laurier was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gatineau and Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier) (Canada)

Diocese of Saint-Jérôme was renamed as Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Mont-Laurier) (Canada)

Bishop Raymond Poisson, Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada), Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) and President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Archbishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Bishop Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.SS.R., Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) and Apostolic Administrator of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Fr. Yvan Mathieu, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Vazari and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

Bishop Martin Laliberté, P.M.E., Titular Bishop of Sertei and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Diocese of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak Rite) was demoted as Apostolic Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (became suffragan of Pittsburgh) (Canada)

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette, Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada)