Recent Events

Abbot Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland)

Fr. Benoît Gschwind, A.A., was consecrated as Bishop of Pamiers (France)

Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale

Fr. Benoît Gschwind, A.A., was elected Bishop of Pamiers (France)

Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, Titular Archbishop of Voli, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale

Archbishop Wolfgang Haas resigned as Archbishop of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)

Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Bishop Peter Henrici, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 95

Abbot Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B., resigned as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

Fr. Jean-Pierre Voutaz, C.R.B., was appointed as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

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

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM), was appointed as Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals

Fr. Josef Stübi was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Lemellefa and Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Northern Arabia (Kuwait)

Fr. Josef Stübi, Priest of Basel (Switzerland), was elected Titular Bishop of Lemellefa and Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Bishop Ernesto Togni, Bishop emeritus of Lugano (Switzerland), passed away at 96

Bishop Alain de Raemy, Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (Switzerland)

Bishop Valerio Lazzeri resigned as Bishop of Lugano (Switzerland)

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title, Member of Council of Cardinals, President emeritus of Governorate of Vatican City State and President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Estonia (Estonia), passed away at 79

Abbot Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B., resigned as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Abbot Jean-César Scarcella, C.R.A., Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) and Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, was appointed as Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Bishop Ivo Fürer, Bishop emeritus of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland), passed away at 92

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

Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia (United Arab Emirates)

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin resigned as Vice-President of Irish Episcopal Conference

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia and Member of Council of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title

Lieutenant Colonel Philippe Morard resigned as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Lieutenant Colonel Loïc Marc Rossier was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Mr. Davide Pesenti was appointed as General Secretary of Conference of Bishops of Switzerland

Mr. Ervin Tanner resigned as General Secretary of Conference of Bishops of Switzerland

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Apostolic Nuncio to Belize and Plenipotentiary Representative to Caribbean Community (CARICOM), was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Abbot Mauro Giorgio Giuseppe Lepori, O. Cist., Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians), was appointed as Vice-President of Union of Superiors General (U.S.G.)

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State

Fr. Kolumban Reichlin, O.S.B., was appointed as Chaplain of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Fr. Thomas Widmer resigned as Chaplain of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Bishop Antonio Crameri, S.S.C., Titular Bishop of Apollonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas (Ecuador)

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

Fr. Franziskus Maria vom Kreuze Jordan (Francis Mary of the Cross / Johann Baptist), S.D.S., Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians), was beatified

Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore pro hac vice Title

Bishop Paul Vollmar, S.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 86

Archbishop Pier Giacomo De Nicolò, Titular Archbishop of Martana, passed away at 92

Msgr. Joseph Marie Bonnemain was consecrated as Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname and Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, was appointed as Plenipotentiary Representative to Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Msgr. Joseph Marie Bonnemain, Priest of Opus Dei (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Bishop Pétur Bürcher resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Chur (Switzerland)

Bishop Marian Eleganti, O.S.B., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

Bishop Denis Theurillat resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Cardinal Henri Schwery, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica and Bishop emeritus of Sion (Switzerland), passed away at 88

Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., Titular Archbishop of Asolo and Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Fr. Christof Betschart, O.C.D., was appointed as President of Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spirituality (Teresianum)

Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., was appointed as Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., Titular Archbishop of Asolo and Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Anders Arborelius, O.C.D., Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden) and Vice-President of Scandinavian Episcopal Conference, was appointed as Member of Council for the Economy

Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia (United Arab Emirates), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Northern Arabia (Kuwait)