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Fr. Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Nasai, Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Fr. José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Belcastro, Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), Secretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum

Bishop Enrique Benavent Vidal, Titular Bishop of Rotdon and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tortosa (Spain)

Fr. Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. was consecrated as Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fr. Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández was elected Titular Bishop of Nasai and Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo (Spain)

Fr. José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum, was elected Titular Archbishop of Belcastro and Secretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Fr. Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B., Apostolic Administrator of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville), was elected Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R., Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cametá (Brazil)

Bishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B., Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Archbishop Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M. resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Fr. Rafael García de la Serrana Villalobos was appointed as Vice-Director of Department of Technical Services of the Governatorate of the Vatican City State

Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz, Bishop of Loja (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Riobamba (Ecuador)

Msgr. José María Serrano Ruiz resigned as President of Appeals Court of the Vatican City State

Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals, Bishop of Tortosa (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto resigned as Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities

Fr. Jesús Etayo Arrondo, O.H. was appointed as Prior General of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus to Great Britain, passed away at the age of 75

Bishop Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Requena (Peru), passed away at the age of 100

Fr. José Rico Pavés was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mentesa, Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe (Spain)

Msgr. Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Besalú, Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Sr. Lucía Aurora Herrerías Guerra, F.M.V.D. was appointed as President of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity

Fr. Nasser Gemayel was consecrated as Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France)

Bishop Jesús Murgui Soriano, Bishop of Mallorca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Bishop Rafael Palmero Ramos resigned as Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló resigned as Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

Fr. Nasser Gemayel was elected Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France)

Bishop Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of El Beni (Bolivia), passed away at the age of 82

Fr. José Rico Pavés was elected Titular Bishop of Mentesa and Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe (Spain)

Fr. Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I., President of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue and Vice-Prefect of Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims

Msgr. Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo was elected Titular Bishop of Besalú and Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

Bishop Ireneo García Alonso, Bishop emeritus of Albacete (Spain), passed away at the age of 89

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Msgr. José Leonardo Lemos Montanet was consecrated as Bishop of Orense (Spain)

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

Msgr. José Leonardo Lemos Montanet was elected Bishop of Orense (Spain)

Bishop Miguel Irízar Campos, C.P. resigned as Bishop of Callao (Peru)

Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló, Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major

Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Fr. Felipe Heredia Esteban was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. Lucio Ángel Vallejo Balda was appointed as Secretary of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

Bishop Antonio Ceballos Atienza resigned as Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain)

Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy, Titular Bishop of Mentesa and Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain)

Bishop Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Machiques (Venezuela), passed away at the age of 88

Fr. Josep Amengual i Batle, M.SS.CC. resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary of Mallorca

Fr. Riera Cànaves, M.SS.CC. was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary of Mallorca

Msgr. Miguel Delgado Galindo was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Laity

Fr. José Luís Mumbiela Sierra was consecrated as Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Fr. Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of West Sahara (Western Sahara), passed away at the age of 88

Cardinal Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), passed away at the age of 80

Cardinal José Manuel Estepa Llaurens took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa

Bishop José María Izuzquiza Herranz, S.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Jaén en Perú (Peru), passed away at the age of 85

Fr. Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A. was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru), Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius

Bishop Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre, Bishop of Malanje (Angola), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola)