Recent Events

Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Fr. Miguel Fritz, O.M.I., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Archbishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay), President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay and Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay), Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay) and President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino and Secretary General emeritus of Synod of Bishops, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri resigned as Secretary General of Synod of Bishops

Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Concepción (Paraguay), passed away at 85

Archbishop Giorgio Zur, President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 88

Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks, Bishop emeritus of Encarnación (Paraguay), passed away at 89

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B., resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia, Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp., Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Fr. Celestino Ocampo Gaona was consecrated as Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay)

Fr. Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia was consecrated as Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Sr. María Felicia de Jesús Sacramentado Guggiari Echeverría (María), O.C.D., was beatified

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, Military Ordinary of Paraguay (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay)

Fr. Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia was elected Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba resigned as Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Fr. Celestino Ocampo Gaona was elected Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay)

Bishop Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes resigned as Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil)

Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, I.Sch., resigned as Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay)

Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, was appointed as Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay)

Bishop Pedro Collar Noguera, Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

Bishop Mario Melanio Medina Salinas resigned as Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto, Titular Bishop of Eminentiana, Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina) and Apostolic Visitator in Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Venezuela of the Ukrainians, was appointed as Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina)

Fr. Pedro Collar Noguera was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Fr. Pedro Collar Noguera was elected Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete, Bishop emeritus of Alto Paraná (Paraguay), passed away at 78

Archbishop Antonio Lucibello resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye and Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan

Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino, Bishop emeritus of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay), passed away at 91

Archbishop Orlando Antonini resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B., Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay and Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, I.Sch., resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero, Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), passed away at 69

Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero, Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay), was appointed as Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay)

Fr. Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I., was consecrated as Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Fr. Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, I.Sch., was consecrated as Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Bishop Sebelio Peralta Álvarez, Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay), passed away at 75

Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth., resigned as Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Fr. Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, I.Sch., was elected Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Fr. Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano was deposed as Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos, Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino

Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana and Secretary General of Synod of Bishops, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino

Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri resigned as Secretary of College of Cardinals

Fr. Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp., was consecrated as Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay)

Fr. Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay)