Nominations and Resignations

Bishop Moses Bosco Anderson, S.S.E., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Detroit (United States), passed away at the age of 84

Msgr. Stephen Jensen was elected Bishop of Prince George (Canada)

Bishop Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I. resigned as Bishop of Prince George (Canada)

Fr. David Prescott Talley was elected Titular Bishop of Lambæsis and Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (United States)

Archbishop Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at the age of 97

Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel, Apostolic Nuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Permanent Observer to League of Arab States

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Dr. Eugenio Borgognoni resigned as Director of State Accounting Administration of the Governatorate of the Vatican City State

Dr. Antonio Chiminello, Vice-Director of State Accounting Administration of the Governatorate of the Vatican City State, was appointed as Director of State Accounting Administration of the Governatorate of the Vatican City State

Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Permanent Observer to League of Arab States

Bishop Joseph Anthony Galante resigned as Bishop of Camden (United States)

Bishop Dennis Joseph Sullivan, Titular Bishop of Enera and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (United States), was appointed as Bishop of Camden (United States)

Bishop Joseph Khoury resigned as Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada)

Fr. Paul-Marwan Tabet, L.M. was elected Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada)

Fr. George Madathikandathil was elected Bishop of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop George Punnakottil resigned as Bishop of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Brendan Leahy was elected Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

Bishop Oscar Cantú, Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (United States), was appointed as Bishop of Las Cruces (United States)

Bishop Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B. resigned as Bishop of Las Cruces (United States)

Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto, Auxiliary Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina), was appointed as Apostolic Visitor in Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Venezuela of the Ukrainians

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

Bishop John Martin Darko, Bishop emeritus of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana), passed away at the age of 67

Cardinal Antonios Naguib resigned as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt

Bishop Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was elected President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt and Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Michel Pollien, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France), passed away at the age of 75

Bishop Desiderius Rwoma, Bishop of Singida (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania) and Apostolic Administrator of Singida (Tanzania)

Bishop Nestorius Timanywa resigned as Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste, Apostolic Delegate to Brunei and Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia

Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino, Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia, Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste and Apostolic Delegate to Brunei

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa and Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Holy Family of London (United Kingdom)

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Heiner Koch, Titular Bishop of Ros Cré and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

Fr. André Gueye was elected Bishop of Thiès (Senegal)

Msgr. Eamon Martin was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh (United Kingdom)

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., Titular Bishop of Bareta and Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (United Kingdom), was appointed as Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (United Kingdom)

Apostolic Exarchate of France (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris (France)

Bishop Borys Andrij Gudziak, Titular Bishop of Carcabia and Apostolic Exarch of France of the Ukrainians (France), was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Bishop Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp. resigned as Bishop of Mouila (Gabon)

Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan, Bishop of Port-Gentil (Gabon), was appointed as Bishop of Mouila (Gabon) and Apostolic Administrator of Port-Gentil (Gabon)

Msgr. Piotr Sawczuk was elected Titular Bishop of Ottana and Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò was appointed as Director General of Vatican Television Centre

Fr. Daniel Jodoin was elected Bishop of Bathurst (Canada)

Msgr. Gerardo Antonazzo was elected Bishop of Sora–Aquino–Pontecorvo (Italy)

Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J. resigned as Director General of Vatican Television Centre

Dr. Angelo Scelzo, Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Social Communications, was appointed as Vice-Director for the Accreditation for Journalists of Press Office of the Holy See

Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet, Bishop emeritus of Lille (France), passed away at the age of 90

Archbishop Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap., Pontifical Delegate for the Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, was appointed as President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem

Cardinal Józef Glemp, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Warszawa (Poland), Ordinary emeritus of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland), passed away at the age of 83

Bishop Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B. resigned as Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines)

Bishop Buenaventura Malayo Famadico, Bishop of Gumaca (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines)

Bishop Deogracias S. Iñiguez Jr. resigned as Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines)

Fr. Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E., Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions, was elected Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

Dr. Giuseppe Facchini resigned as Vice-Director of Department of Technical Services of the Governatorate of the Vatican City State

Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Michele Arcangelo, Bishop emeritus of Zacatecas (Mexico), President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Mexico)

Fr. Djalwana Laurent Lompo was elected Titular Bishop of Buffada and Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey (Niger)

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 Reinhold Stecher, Bishop emeritus of Innsbruck (Austria), passed away at the age of 91

Bishop Alexander King Sample, Bishop of Marquette (United States), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (United States)

Archbishop John George Vlazny resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (United States)

Fr. Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto was elected Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia)

Fr. Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré was elected Bishop of Dori (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Stanislas Lalanne, Bishop of Coutances (France), was appointed as Bishop of Pontoise (France)

Bishop Isidore Fernandes resigned as Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Archbishop Louis Sako, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was elected President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq and Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Archbishop Joseph Cassidy, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tuam (Ireland), Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Tuam (Ireland), passed away at the age of 79

Fr. Jonas Dembélé was elected Bishop of Kayes (Mali)

Bishop Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu, Bishop emeritus of Vinh Long (Vietnam), passed away at the age of 99

Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

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)

Bishop Luis Morgan Casey resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

Fr. Eugenio Coter was elected Titular Bishop of Thibiuca and Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

Fr. Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores was elected Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia)

Msgr. Michel Aupetit was elected Titular Bishop of Maxita and Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

Bishop Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. resigned as Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe of the Armenians and Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of the Armenians (France)

Bishop Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B., Titular Bishop of Melitene of the Armenians and Bishop of Curia of the Armenians, was appointed as Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of the Armenians (France)

Bishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem, Bishop of Uyo (Nigeria), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

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

Bishop Joseph O. Egerega, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bomadi (Nigeria), passed away at the age of 72

Bishop Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena, Bishop emeritus of Kara (Togo), passed away at the age of 77

Bishop John Michael D’Arcy, Bishop emeritus of Fort Wayne–South Bend (United States), passed away at the age of 80

Bishop John Baptist Liu Jing-shan (劉靜山), Bishop emeritus of Ningxia 寧夏 (China), passed away at the age of 99

Bishop Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec, Bishop emeritus of Fréjus–Toulon (France), passed away at the age of 89

Territorial Prelature of Cametá was promoted as Diocese of Cametá (Brazil)

Bishop Douglas Joseph Warren, Bishop emeritus of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia), passed away at the age of 93

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

Fr. Valdir Mamede was elected Titular Bishop of Naissus and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Archbishop Arthé Guimond, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Grouard–McLennan (Canada), passed away at the age of 81

Bishop Amedeus Msarikie, Bishop emeritus of Moshi (Tanzania), passed away at the age of 81

Bishop William Anthony Hughes, Bishop emeritus of Covington (United States), passed away at the age of 91

Bishop Joseph Ma Xue-sheng (馬學聖), Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China), passed away at the age of 89

Bishop Joseph Yang Yong-qiang (楊永強) succeeded as Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

Cardinal Giovanni Cheli, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title, President emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, passed away at the age of 94

Archbishop Salvatore Di Cristina resigned as Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

Bishop Michele Pennisi, Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

Fr. Domingo Buezo Leiva was elected Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Vicar Apostolic of Izabal (Guatemala)

Fr. Leonardo Sapienza, R.C.I., Regent of Prefecture of the Papal Household, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Bishop Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica), passed away at the age of 70

Fr. Agnelo Agostinho Fernandes, M.S.F.S. resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales (Fransalians)

Fr. Abraham Vettuvelil, M.S.F.S. was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales (Fransalians)

Msgr. Robert Joseph Coyle was elected Titular Bishop of Zabi and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (United States)

Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca, Secretary General of Governorate of the Vatican City State, was appointed as Auditor General of Apostolic Camera

Msgr. Laurent Percerou was elected Bishop of Moulins (France)

Fr. Friedrich Bechina, F.S.O. was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)

Fr. Wieslaw Krótki, O.M.I. was elected Bishop of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Bishop Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I. resigned as Bishop of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

Bishop Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso, Bishop emeritus of Babahoyo (Ecuador), passed away at the age of 77

Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

Fr. Titus Joseph Mdoe was elected Titular Bishop of Bahanna and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, was appointed as Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception

Bishop Anthony Theodore Lobo, Bishop emeritus of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan), passed away at the age of 75

Bishop Fabio Martínez Castilla, Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Bishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez, Bishop emeritus of Jinotega (Nicaragua), passed away at the age of 83

Fr. José Mário Angonese was elected Titular Bishop of Giufi and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Fr. Daniel Miehm was elected Titular Bishop of Gor and Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (Canada)

Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo–Solano was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente–Puerto Leguízamo) (Colombia)

Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente–Puerto Leguízamo was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo–Solano) (Colombia)

Bishop Ramón Alfredo Dus, Bishop of Reconquista (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Resistencia (Argentina)

Archbishop Fabriciano Sigampa resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Resistencia (Argentina)

Bishop Miguel Ángel D’Annibale, Titular Bishop of Nasai and Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Fr. Marco Aurélio Gubiotti was elected Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

Bishop Odilon Guimarães Moreira resigned as Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

Fr. Gabriele Marchesi was elected Bishop of Floresta (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C., Vicar Apostolic of San Vicente–Puerto Leguízamo (Colombia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of San Vicente (Colombia)

Fr. Joaquím Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C. was elected Titular Bishop of Otočac and Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (Colombia)

Fr. Ilario Antoniazzi was elected Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia)

Bishop Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P., Bishop emeritus of Orlando (United States), passed away at the age of 83

Diocese of Gamboma was established (from Diocese of Owando) (Congo-Brazzaville)

Msgr. Brian Udaigwe was elected Titular Archbishop of Suelli

Fr. Urbain Ngassongo was elected Bishop of Gamboma (Congo-Brazzaville)

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

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador

Msgr. Ettore Balestrero, Undersecretary for the Relations with States of Secretariat of State, was elected Titular Archbishop of Victoriana and Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Msgr. Antoine Camilleri was appointed as Undersecretary for the Relations with States of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Mirosław Adamczyk was elected Titular Archbishop of Otricoli and Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia

Msgr. Michael Wallace Banach, Permanent Observer to Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (UNOV), Permanent Observer to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Permanent Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Permanent Representative to Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), was elected Titular Archbishop of Memphis

Cardinal Julien Ries, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia, passed away at the age of 92

Bishop José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mitú (Colombia), passed away at the age of 78

Fr. Pietro Lagnese was elected Bishop of Ischia (Italy)

Bishop Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga, Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Angeles (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tlapa (Mexico)

Bishop Władisław Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) resigned as Bishop of Vitebsk (Belarus)

Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Bishop Giovanni D’Ascenzi, Bishop emeritus of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy), passed away at the age of 93

Bishop Claudio Giuliodori, Bishop of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy) and Ecclesiastical Assistant General of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Msgr. Claudio Iovine was appointed as Relator of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U., Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea, Major Archbishop emeritus of Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kyiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), President emeritus of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Ukraine)

Archbishop Patrick Altham Kelly resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (United Kingdom)

Bishop Gerard Clifford resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (United Kingdom)

Fr. Samuel Jofré Giraudo was elected Bishop of Villa María (Argentina)

Bishop José Ángel Rovai resigned as Bishop of Villa María (Argentina)

Cardinal Jean Honoré, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tours (France), passed away at the age of 92

Pope Benedict XVI resigned as Supreme Pontiff

Bishop Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U., Bishop emeritus of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), Titular Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks, passed away at the age of 76

Msgr. Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo was elected Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala and Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

Archbishop Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Auch (France), passed away at the age of 88

Cardinal Walter Kasper, Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title, Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany), President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, President emeritus of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Germany)

Archbishop Cleto Bellucci, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fermo (Italy), passed away at the age of 91

Bishop Ignatius Anthony Catanello, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brooklyn (United States), passed away at the age of 74

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina) and Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino, was elected Supreme Pontiff

Bishop Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu, Bishop emeritus of Umzimkulu (South Africa), passed away at the age of 74

Cardinal Severino Poletto, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Torino (Italy) reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Bishop Akio Johnson Mutek, Bishop of Torit (South Sudan), passed away at the age of 55

Pope Francis was installed as Supreme Pontiff

Bishop Thomas Qian Yu-rong (錢余榮), Bishop emeritus of Xuzhou 徐州 (China), passed away at the age of 101

Bishop Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Bishop of Curia of the Copts, was appointed as Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida, Bishop emeritus of San Bernardo (Chile), passed away at the age of 87

Bishop Mario Aurelio Poli, Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico) reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Mexico)

Archbishop Charles-Amarin Brand, Archbishop emeritus of Strasbourg (France), passed away at the age of 92

Cardinal Audrys Juozas Bačkis resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Bishop Gintaras Linas Grušas, Military Ordinary of Lithuania (Lithuania), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

Bishop Celso Yegros Estigarribia, Bishop emeritus of Carapeguá (Paraguay), passed away at the age of 77

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

Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino

Archbishop Brian Udaigwe was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Benin

Bishop Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Titular Bishop of Mareotes and Bishop of Curia of the Copts, was appointed as Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Archbishop François-Wolff Ligondé, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port-au-Prince (Haiti), passed away at the age of 85

Bishop Sotìr Ferrara resigned as Bishop of Piana degli Abanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Bishop Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista, Bishop of Boac (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Imus (Philippines)

Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (United States)

Bishop Michael Owen Jackels, Bishop of Wichita (United States), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (United States)

Msgr. John Thomas Folda was elected Bishop of Fargo (United States)

Bishop Luis Antonio Nova Rocha, Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia), passed away at the age of 69

Bishop Bernhard Rieger, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany), passed away at the age of 90

Cardinal Lorenzo Antonetti, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone pro hac vice Title, Pontifical Delegate emeritus for the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, passed away at the age of 90

Fr. Burchell Alexander McPherson was elected Bishop of Montego Bay (Jamaica)

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belize

Fr. Udumala Bala Showreddy was elected Bishop of Warangal (India)

Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

Bishop Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo resigned as Bishop of Nsukka (Nigeria)

Fr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah was elected Bishop of Nsukka (Nigeria)

Bishop Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y., Bishop of El Banco (Colombia), passed away at the age of 70

Bishop Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Aleppe (Syria)

Bishop Reinhard Lettmann, Bishop emeritus of Münster (Germany), passed away at the age of 80

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

Bishop Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens, Bishop emeritus of Breda (Netherlands), passed away at the age of 77

Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

Fr. Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. was elected Titular Bishop of Nomento and Apostolic Administrator of San Charbel en Buenos Aires of the Maronites (Argentina)

Bishop Charbel Georges Merhi, L.M. resigned as Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires of the Maronites (Argentina)

Bishop ‘Ad Abikaram resigned as Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia)

Fr. Antoine Tarabay, O.L.M. was elected Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia)

Bishop Đuro Hranić, Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba and Auxiliary Bishop of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia)

Archbishop Marin Srakić resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia)

Bishop Peter Michael Chenaparampil, Bishop emeritus of Alleppey (India), passed away at the age of 83

Bishop Walter Allison Hurley resigned as Bishop of Grand Rapids (United States)

Fr. David John Walkowiak was elected Bishop of Grand Rapids (United States)

Fr. Milan Lach, S.J. was elected Titular Bishop of Ostracine and Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Msgr. Alejandro W. Bunge was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. Stanisław Jamrozek was elected Titular Bishop of Chełm and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

Bishop William Edward Murray, Bishop emeritus of Wollongong (Australia), passed away at the age of 93

Bishop José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M., Bishop emeritus of Tuxtepec (Mexico), passed away at the age of 85

Bishop Moacir Silva, Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Bishop Liro Vendelino Meurer, Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil)

Bishop José Clemente Weber resigned as Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil)

Archbishop André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

Fr. Rafael Valdivieso Miranda was elected Bishop of Chitré (Panama)

Bishop Fernando Torres Durán resigned as Bishop of Chitré (Panama)

Bishop Zithulele Patrick Mvemve resigned as Bishop of Klerksdorp (South Africa)

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

Bishop Joseph Peter O’Connell, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia), passed away at the age of 81

Bishop Aloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. (金魯賢), Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China), Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China), passed away at the age of 96

Fr. Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo was elected Bishop of Florencia (Colombia)

Bishop Patrick Taval, M.S.C., Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea), passed away at the age of 56

Bishop Arthur Joseph O’Neill, Bishop emeritus of Rockford (United States), passed away at the age of 95

Cardinal Jesús Rubén Salazar Gómez took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella

Bishop Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of San Ramón (Peru), passed away at the age of 81

Bishop Pietro Garlato, Bishop emeritus of Tivoli (Italy), passed away at the age of 85

Bishop Tito Buss, Bishop emeritus of Rio do Sul (Brazil), passed away at the age of 87

Bishop Salvatore Visco, Bishop of Isernia–Venafro (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar, Bishop of Colón–Kuna Yala (Panama), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama)

Bishop Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez resigned as Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama)

Fr. Raymond Browne was elected Bishop of Kerry (Ireland)

Bishop William Murphy resigned as Bishop of Kerry (Ireland)

Fr. Nicolas Antipa, B.A. was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra–Haūrān of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Bishop Joseph Patrick McFadden, Bishop of Harrisburg (United States), passed away at the age of 65

Fr. Michael Charles Barber, S.J. was elected Bishop of Oakland (United States)

Archbishop Mario Aurelio Poli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina)

Bishop Fernando Carlos Maletti, Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina)

Bishop Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cusco (Peru), passed away at the age of 89

Fr. Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I. was elected Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa)

Bishop Mark Joseph Seitz, Titular Bishop of Cozyla and Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (United States), was appointed as Bishop of El Paso (United States)

Fr. Denis Nulty was elected Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

Fr. Antoine Kambanda was elected Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Msgr. Benno Elbs was elected Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria)

Fr. Luiz Antônio Cipolini was elected Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Bishop Osvaldo Giuntini resigned as Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Msgr. José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida, Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, was elected Titular Bishop of Enera and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Mali, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean

Archbishop André Sana, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq), passed away at the age of 92

Bishop Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, O.F.M. Conv. resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Bishop Félix Ramananarivo, M.S., Bishop emeritus of Antsirabé (Madagascar), passed away at the age of 78

Fr. Victor Manuel Fernández, Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, was elected Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia

Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B., Bishop of Arica (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón resigned as Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Fr. Savio Dominic Fernandes was elected Titular Bishop of Cozyla and Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Fr. John Rodrigues was elected Titular Bishop of Deultum and Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Bishop Ramón Castro Castro, Bishop of Campeche (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

Archbishop Norbert Wendelin Mtega resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Songea (Tanzania)

Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Accra (Ghana), passed away at the age of 84

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

Archbishop Marian Gołębiewski resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Bishop Józef Piotr Kupny, Titular Bishop of Vanariona and Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)

Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo resigned as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) and President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal

Bishop Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was promoted as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands

Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio VII

Cardinal James Michael Harvey took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna