Recent Events

Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Prefect of Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, President of Commission for Confidential Matters and President of Committee for Investments, was appointed as President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State

Fr. Robert Mark Pipta was consecrated as Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Msgr. Kevin Randall Stuart was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha and Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

Fr. Steven Maekawa, O.P., was consecrated as Bishop of Fairbanks (USA)

Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Titular Archbishop of Gunela and Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo

Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Archbishop ad personam, Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Monica

Bishop Paul Joseph Bradley was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Steubenville (USA)

Bishop Jeffrey Marc Monforton, Bishop of Steubenville (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Centuria and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Msgr. Michael Pham (Phạm Minh Cường) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Fr. Felipe Pulido was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Buffada and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Msgr. Albert Bahhuth was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Vadesi and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Matthew Gregory Elshoff, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Lamzella and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Msgr. Brian Alan Nunes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Kearney and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Slawomir Szkredka was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop Joseph Nathaniel Perry resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Andrew Peter Wypych resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Étienne Vetö, I.C.N., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thérouanne and Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

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

Fr. Robert Mark Pipta, Priest of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA), was elected Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop Joseph Hubert Hart, Bishop emeritus of Cheyenne (USA), passed away at 91

Bishop Jeffrey Michael Fleming succeeded as Bishop of Great Falls–Billings (USA)

Bishop Michael William Warfel resigned as Bishop of Great Falls–Billings (USA)

Bishop Howard James Hubbard, Bishop emeritus of Albany (USA), passed away at 84

Msgr. Kevin Randall Stuart, Priest of Norwich (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha and Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

Bishop Thomas Robert Zinkula, Bishop of Davenport (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Bishop Richard Edmund Pates resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Dubuque (USA)

Msgr. Edward Mark Lohse was consecrated as Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA)

Msgr. Joseph Chiang Sui (江綏), Priest of Newark (USA), passed away at 92

Msgr. Albert Bahhuth, Priest of Los Angeles (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Vadesi and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Matthew Gregory Elshoff, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Lamzella and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Msgr. Brian Alan Nunes, Priest of Los Angeles (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Kearney and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Fr. Slawomir Szkredka, Priest of Los Angeles (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

Bishop John Raymond Manz, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chicago (USA), passed away at 77

Archbishop Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks (USA)

Fr. Steven Maekawa, O.P., was elected Bishop of Fairbanks (USA)

Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Portland in Maine (USA), passed away at 94

Bishop Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre, Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Knoxville (USA)

Bishop Richard Frank Stika resigned as Bishop of Knoxville (USA)

Fr. Étienne Vetö, I.C.N., was elected Titular Bishop of Thérouanne and Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

Bishop Christopher James Coyne, Bishop of Burlington (USA), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Hartford (USA)

Archbishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke resigned as Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Msgr. Michael Pham (Phạm Minh Cường), Priest of San Diego (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Fr. Felipe Pulido, Priest of Yakima (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Buffada and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA)

Bishop Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J., Bishop emeritus of El Obeid (Sudan), passed away at 84

Archbishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (USA), passed away at 83

Diocese of Las Vegas was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Las Vegas (with suffragan sees Reno and Salt Lake City) (USA)

Bishop George Leo Thomas, Bishop of Las Vegas (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Las Vegas (USA)

Bishop Victor Benito Galeone, Bishop emeritus of Saint Augustine (USA), passed away at 87

Bishop Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P., Bishop emeritus of Multan (Pakistan), passed away at 97

Bishop Michael Joseph Fitzgerald resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Paul Joseph Bradley resigned as Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA)

Msgr. Edward Mark Lohse, Priest of Erie (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA)

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

Bishop Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés, Bishop emeritus of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba), passed away at 78

Bishop Edward Peter Cullen, Bishop emeritus of Allentown (USA), passed away at 90

Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath, Bishop emeritus of San Jose (USA), passed away at 77

Bishop Richard Garth Henning succeeded as Bishop of Providence (USA)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin resigned as Bishop of Providence (USA)