Recent Events

Fr. Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres, S.E.M.V. was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Korčula and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Bishop Joseph Robert Cistone, Bishop of Saginaw (USA), passed away at 69

Cardinal Donald William Wuerl resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Louis Anthony DeSimone, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA), passed away at 96

Bishop Eugene John Gerber, Bishop emeritus of Wichita (USA), passed away at 87

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

Fr. Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres, S.E.M.V. was elected Titular Bishop of Korčula and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA)

Fr. Mark Andrew Bartosic was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Naratcata and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Robert Gerald Casey was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Ronald Aldon Hicks was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Munatiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Michael Joseph Bransfield resigned as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)

Bishop Thomas Joseph O’Brien, Bishop emeritus of Phoenix (USA), passed away at 82

Msgr. Gerald Lee Vincke was consecrated as Bishop of Salina (USA)

Bishop John Edward McCarthy, Bishop emeritus of Austin (USA), passed away at 88

Bishop Charles Victor Grahmann, Bishop emeritus of Dallas (USA), passed away at 87

Fr. Leo J. White, O.F.M. Cap., Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Garissa (Kenya), passed away at 89

Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo, was demoted: Resigned cardinalate

Fr. Richard Garth Henning was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tabla and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Archbishop Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seattle (USA), passed away at 96

Fr. Robert M. Egan, C.S.V. was appointed as Superior General of Clerics of Saint Viator (Viatorians)

Bishop Oscar Cantú, Bishop of Las Cruces (USA), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose (USA)

Bishop Richard Joseph Garcia, Bishop of Monterey (USA), passed away at 71

Fr. Teodoro O. Kalaw, C.R.M. was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular Minor

Fr. John Berg, F.S.S.P. resigned as Superior General of Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter

Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D., Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

Fr. Mark Andrew Bartosic was elected Titular Bishop of Naratcata and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Robert Gerald Casey was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Ronald Aldon Hicks was elected Titular Bishop of Munatiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Francis Joseph Kane resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop George James Rassas resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Dominick John Lagonegro resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Msgr. William V. Millea was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop John Anthony Dooher resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Msgr. Michael William Fisher was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tronto and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Michael Gerard Duca, Bishop of Shreveport (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Bishop Robert William Muench resigned as Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Msgr. Gerald Lee Vincke was elected Bishop of Salina (USA)

Msgr. Michael William Fisher was elected Titular Bishop of Tronto and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

Fr. Richard Garth Henning was elected Titular Bishop of Tabla and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Msgr. Marc Vincent Trudeau was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Robert Francis Christian, O.P. was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., Titular Bishop of Ostracine and Apostolic Administrator of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Diocese of Fargo lost territory to Diocese of Bismarck (USA)

Bishop Anthony Michael Milone, Bishop emeritus of Great Falls–Billings (USA), passed away at 85

Bishop David Edward Foley, Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (USA) and Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Birmingham (USA), passed away at 88

Archbishop Stefan Soroka resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道), Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey and Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian

Msgr. Marc Vincent Trudeau was elected Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop Thomas John Curry resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M. was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Leavenworth and Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA)

Bishop Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan), passed away at 87

Fr. Robert Francis Christian, O.P. was elected Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

Bishop Arthur Nicholas Tafoya, Bishop emeritus of Pueblo (USA), passed away at 85

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru), was appointed as Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Diocese of Winona was renamed as Diocese of Winona–Rochester (USA)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe resigned as Bishop of Las Vegas (USA)

Bishop George Leo Thomas, Bishop of Helena (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Las Vegas (USA)

Fr. Mario Alberto Avilés, C.O. was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cataquas and Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

Bishop Robert Joseph Coyle, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

Ms. Teresa Kettelkamp was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors