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2022.01.01 | Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Undersecretary of Migrant and Refugee Section of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission
Bishop Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M., Bishop emeritus of Rarotonga (Cook Islands), passed away at 87
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission
Mr. Antonino Intersimone was appointed as Director of Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of Vatican City State
Bishop Paul Adegboyega Olawoore, Bishop of Ilorin (Nigeria), passed away at 60
Lieutenant Colonel Philippe Morard resigned as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard
Lieutenant Colonel Loïc Marc Rossier was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard
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2022.01.02 | Bishop Jean-Guy Couture, Bishop emeritus of Chicoutimi (Canada), passed away at 92
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2022.01.03 | Bishop Román Casanova Casanova resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Solsona (Spain)
Bishop Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer, Bishop of Menorca (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Solsona (Spain)
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2022.01.04 | Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq and Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Member of Council for the Economy
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2022.01.05 | Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 96
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2022.01.06 | Bishop Joseph Koerber, C.S.Sp., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Makokou (Gabon)
Fr. Severin Nziengui Mangandza, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Makokou (Gabon)
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2022.01.07 | Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore a Valmelaina and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Chile)
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2022.01.08 | Archbishop Salvatore Gristina resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Catania (Italy)
Bishop Luigi Renna, Bishop of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Catania (Italy)
Bishop Ciriaco Benavente Mateos was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Plasencia (Spain)
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2022.01.10 | Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, Titular Archbishop of Cerveteri and Secretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)
Bishop Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B., resigned as Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)
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2022.01.11 | Bishop Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Camiri (Bolivia), passed away at 72
Fr. Richard Kazadi Kamba was elected Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)
Bishop Nestor Ngoy Katahwa resigned as Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)
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2022.01.12 | Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Salgueiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Crato (Brazil)
Fr. Roberto Campiotti was elected Bishop of Volterra (Italy)
Bishop Alberto Silvani resigned as Bishop of Volterra (Italy)
Bishop Santos Montoya Torres, Titular Bishop of Horta and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain)
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2022.01.15 | Archbishop George Njaralakatt resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)
Bishop Joseph Pamplany, Titular Bishop of Numluli and Auxiliary Bishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)
Bishop Peter Kochupuruckal, Titular Bishop of Lares and Auxiliary Bishop of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Bishop of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India)
Bishop Jacob Manathodath resigned as Bishop of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India)
Fr. Ignatius Takashi Taguchi (イグナチオ 田口孝志) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Oita 大分 (Japan)
Fr. Joseph Atsushi Yamashita (ヨセフ 山下 敦) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Oita 大分 (Japan)
Archbishop Józef Guzdek resigned as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Poland (Poland)
Bishop Wiesław Lechowicz, Titular Bishop of Lambiridi and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Poland (Poland)
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2022.01.17 | Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
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2022.01.18 | Bishop Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Magangué (Colombia), passed away at 98
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2022.01.19 | Bishop Elmar Fischer, Bishop emeritus of Feldkirch (Austria), passed away at 85
Archbishop Moacir Silva resigned as Apostolic Administrator of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil)
Bishop Zeno Hastenteufel resigned as Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil)
Bishop João Francisco Salm, Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil)
Bishop Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B., Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil)
Msgr. Kesete Ghebreyohannes Weldegebriel was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Eritreans
Fr. Tesfaldet Tekie Tsada was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in United States of America and Canada of the Eritreans
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2022.01.21 | Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop of Lyon (France), was proclaimed as Doctor of the Church
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2022.01.22 | Fr. Rutilio Grande García, S.J., and 2 companions were beatified
Fr. Cosma Spessotto (Sante), O.F.M., was beatified
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2022.01.25 | Fr. John Samuel Bonnici was elected Titular Bishop of Arindela and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)
Fr. Joseph Armando Espaillat was elected Titular Bishop of Tagarbala and Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)
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2022.01.26 | Msgr. Alejandro W. Bunge resigned as President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See
Msgr. Andrea Ripa, Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy, was elected Titular Bishop of Cerveteri and Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca, Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See
Bishop Edward Eugeniusz Białogłowski resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Rzeszów (Poland)
Fr. Radosław Orchowicz was elected Titular Bishop of Surista and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)
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2022.01.28 | Cardinal António Augusto dos Santos Marto resigned as Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)
Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I., Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) and President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal, was appointed as Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)
Bishop Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Mukacheve (Ukraine), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mukacheve (Ukraine)
Bishop Antal Majnek, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Mukacheve (Ukraine)
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2022.01.29 | Cardinal Vinko Puljić resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Archbishop Tomo Vukšić succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Bishop Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Huautla (Mexico), passed away at 92
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2022.01.30 | Bishop Édouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)
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2022.01.31 | Bishop Onésimo Cepeda Silva, Bishop emeritus of Ecatepec (Mexico), passed away at 84
Msgr. Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan (佳安道), Chargé d’affaires in China, was elected Titular Archbishop of Apollonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda
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2022.02.01 | Bishop Remi Joseph De Roo, Bishop emeritus of Victoria (Canada), passed away at 97
Bishop Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of México (Mexico), passed away at 80
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2022.02.02 | Diocese of Daule was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil and became suffragan of Guayaquil) (Ecuador)
Diocese of Santa Elena was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil and became suffragan of Guayaquil) (Ecuador)
Msgr. Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé was elected Titular Archbishop of Potenza Picena and Apostolic Nuncio to Mali
Bishop Guido Iván Minda Chalá, Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Elena (Ecuador)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Piccioli, Titular Bishop of Patara and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), was appointed as Bishop of Daule (Ecuador)
Fr. Thomas Jessayyan Netto was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum (India)
Archbishop Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum (India)
Archbishop Tymon Tytus Chmielecki resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Mali
Archbishop Marek Solczyński, Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye
Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye
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2022.02.03 | Bishop Joseph Hitti, Bishop emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia), passed away at 96
Bishop Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla, Bishop emeritus of Saltillo (Mexico), passed away at 101
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2022.02.04 | Bishop William Nolan, Bishop of Galloway (Scotland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)
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2022.02.05 | Bishop Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R., Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Rafael (Argentina)
Bishop Eduardo Maria Taussig resigned as Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina)
Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona (何明哲) was elected Titular Archbishop of Vulturara, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon
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2022.02.08 | Bishop Shelton Joseph Fabre, Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA)
Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA)
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2022.02.09 | Bishop Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M., Bishop of Garzón (Colombia), passed away at 71
Fr. Simone Renna was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for the Clergy
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2022.02.10 | Bishop Joseph Sangval Surasarang, Bishop emeritus of Chiang Mai (Thailand), passed away at 86
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2022.02.11 | Bishop Antoine Hérouard, Titular Bishop of Maillezais, Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France) and Delegate for the Shrine of Lourdes of Tarbes et Lourdes (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France)
Archbishop Roland Minnerath resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France)
Bishop Michael Duignan, Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland), was appointed as Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)
Bishop Brendan Kelly resigned as Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)
Abbot Eamon Fitzgerald, O.C.S.O., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)
Archbishop Francesco Cacucci was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)
Bishop José de Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of El Nayar (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico)
Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico)
Fr. Bernardus Peeters, O.C.S.O., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)
Bishop Gabriel Malzaire, Bishop of Roseau (Dominica) and President of Antilles Episcopal Conference, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia) and Apostolic Administrator of Roseau (Dominica)
Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia)
Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe resigned as Bishop of Yei (South Sudan)
Fr. Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo was elected Bishop of Yei (South Sudan)
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2022.02.12 | Archbishop Pascal N’Koué resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Djougou (Benin)
Fr. Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien, O.S.F.S., was elected Bishop of Djougou (Benin)
Bishop Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Punta Arenas (Chile), passed away at 86
Bishop Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm., Bishop emeritus of Manokwari–Sorong (Indonesia), passed away at 89
Bishop Gianrico Ruzza, Bishop of Civitavecchia–Tarquinia (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Porto–Santa Rufina (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (Italy)
Archbishop Francisco Pérez González, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Sebastián (Spain)
Bishop Antoni Vadell Ferrer, Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain), passed away at 49
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2022.02.14 | Fr. Walenty Gryk, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea)
Archbishop Marek Solczyński, Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian
Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian
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2022.02.15 | Bishop Youhanna Golta, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 85
Fr. Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung (浦英雄) was elected Bishop of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)
Bishop Edward William Clark resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)
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2022.02.16 | Bishop John Aloysius O’Mara, Bishop emeritus of Saint Catharines (Canada), passed away at 97
Fr. Yves Baumgarten was elected Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)
Bishop Didier-Léon Marchand, Bishop emeritus of Valence (France), passed away at 96
Cardinal Luigi De Magistris, Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata and Major Pro-Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary, passed away at 95
Fr. Cristóbal Déniz Hernández was elected Titular Bishop of Algeciras and Auxiliary Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain)
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2022.02.17 | Bishop František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem., Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia), passed away at 74
Bishop Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes, Bishop emeritus of Vera Paz (Guatemala), passed away at 96
Bishop Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Garissa (Kenya)
Fr. George Muthaka, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Garissa (Kenya)
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)
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2022.02.18 | Prof. Emilce Cuda was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya), Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops and Apostolic Administrator of Kisumu (Kenya), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya)
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2022.02.19 | Patriarchal See of Babylon (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Patriarchal See of Baghdad (Iraq)
Bishop Bonaventure Nahimana, Bishop of Rutana (Burundi) and Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi) and Apostolic Administrator of Rutana (Burundi)
Archbishop Simon Ntamwana resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi)
Bishop Franz Grave, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Essen (Germany), passed away at 89
Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)
Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Susa (Italy)
Fr. Roberto Repole was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) and Bishop of Susa (Italy)
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2022.02.21 | Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño, Bishop of Espinal (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Garzón (Colombia)
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2022.02.22 | Bishop Jesús Tirso Blanco, S.D.B., Bishop of Luena (Angola), passed away at 64
Fr. Mario Luis Durán Berríos was elected Titular Bishop of Lambiridi and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)
Fr. Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia was elected Titular Bishop of Temuniana and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)
Fr. Basilio Mamani Quispe was elected Titular Bishop of Naissus and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)
Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mamfe (Cameroon)
Fr. Aloysius Fondong Abangalo was elected Bishop of Mamfe (Cameroon)
Fr. Maurice Nyunt Wai was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar)
Fr. Jacques Eric Fabre-Jeune, C.S., was elected Bishop of Charleston (USA)
Bishop Robert Epic Paul Guglielmone resigned as Bishop of Charleston (USA)
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2022.02.23 | Bishop Mário Antônio da Silva, Bishop of Roraima (Brazil) and Second Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)
Archbishop Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)
Fr. Bernardo Andrés Álvarez Tapia was elected Titular Bishop of Theuzi and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)
Fr. Óscar Walter García Barreto was elected Titular Bishop of Horta and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)
Bishop José Isidro Guerrero Macías, Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico), passed away at 70
Bishop Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, Bishop emeritus of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela), passed away at 62
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2022.02.24 | Archbishop Eduardo Vicente Mirás, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rosario (Argentina), passed away at 92
Bishop Gianni Ambrosio resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli (Italy)
Fr. Mario Vaccari, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli (Italy)
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2022.02.25 | Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barrón, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tijuana (Mexico), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mexicali (Mexico)
Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M., Bishop emeritus of Bereina (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 92
Fr. Raphael Mweempwa was elected Bishop of Monze (Zambia)
Fr. Francesco Airoldi resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Monze (Zambia)
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2022.02.26 | Fr. Cayetano Giménez Martín and 15 companions were beatified
Bishop Janis Cakuls, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Riga (Latvia), passed away at 95
Bishop Augustinus Kim Jong-soo (김종수 아우구스티노), Titular Bishop of Sufasar, Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea), Apostolic Administrator of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea) and General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, was appointed as Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea)
Bishop Donald Walter Trautman, Bishop emeritus of Erie (USA), passed away at 85
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2022.02.27 | Bishop José Carlos Castanho de Almeida, Bishop emeritus of Araçatuba (Brazil), passed away at 91
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2022.02.28 | Fr. Papias Musengamana was elected Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda)
Bishop Servilien Nzakamwita resigned as Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda)
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2022.03.02 | Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Köln (Germany)
Bishop Robert John Rose, Bishop emeritus of Grand Rapids (USA), passed away at 92
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2022.03.03 | Diocese of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak Rite) was demoted as Apostolic Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (became suffragan of Pittsburgh) (Canada)
Fr. Cícero Alves de França was elected Titular Bishop of Missua and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)
Fr. Rogério Augusto das Neves was elected Titular Bishop of Lares and Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)
Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette, Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada)
Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C., resigned as Bishop of Peoria (USA)
Bishop Louis Tylka succeeded as Bishop of Peoria (USA)
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2022.03.04 | Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz, Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia and Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami and Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio, Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzmán, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Domenico di Guzmán pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano and President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Ponziano pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title
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2022.03.05 | Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title and President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, passed away at 95
Archbishop Claudio Maniago resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Castellaneta (Italy)
Fr. Sabino Iannuzzi, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy)
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2022.03.06 | Archbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri (Nigeria)
Bishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Bishop of Umuahia (Nigeria), Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara (Nigeria) and Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri (Nigeria)
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2022.03.07 | Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B., Bishop of Temuco (Chile), passed away at 70
Bishop Raymond Francis Chappetto resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)
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2022.03.08 | Bishop Fernando Carlos Maletti, Bishop of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina), passed away at 72
Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo, Titular Bishop of Arsennaria, Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo (Mozambique) and Apostolic Administrator of Pemba (Mozambique), was appointed as Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique)
Fr. Frank Raymond Schuster was elected Titular Bishop of Hirina and Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA)
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2022.03.09 | Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Cametá (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil)
Bishop André Marceau resigned as Bishop of Nice (France)
Bishop Jean-Philippe Nault, S.J.M.V., Bishop of Digne (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nice (France)
Bishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)
Fr. Humberto Tapia Díaz was elected Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)
Bishop Álvaro Corrada Del Río, S.J., Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Arecibo (Puerto Rico)
Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres was deposed as Bishop of Arecibo (Puerto Rico)
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2022.03.10 | Fr. Maciej Małyga was elected Titular Bishop of Ulcinj and Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)
Bishop Jan Szkodoń resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)
Bishop Zbigniew Jan Zieliński, Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)
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2022.03.11 | Bishop João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brasília (Brazil), passed away at 97
Fr. Benedek Szabolcs Fekete was elected Titular Bishop of Baza and Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)
Fr. Jamal Khader Daibes was elected Titular Bishop of Patara and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)
Fr. Rafic Nahra was elected Titular Bishop of Verbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)
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2022.03.12 | Bishop Marcony Vinícius Ferreira, Titular Bishop of Vertara and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil), was promoted as Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil)
Archbishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R., resigned as Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil)
Sr. Mary Prema Pierick, M.C., resigned as Superior General of Missionaries of Charity
Sr. M. Joseph Michael, M.C., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of Charity
Archbishop Piero Coccia resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pesaro (Italy)
Fr. Sandro Salvucci was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Pesaro (Italy)
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2022.03.13 | Bishop Adam Odzimek, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Radom (Poland), passed away at 77
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2022.03.14 | Bishop Martin Laliberté, P.M.E., Titular Bishop of Sertei and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)
Bishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 92
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2022.03.16 | Fr. Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)
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2022.03.17 | Fr. Yvan Mathieu, S.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Vazari and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)
Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Daule (Ecuador)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Piccioli resigned as Bishop of Daule (Ecuador)
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2022.03.19 | Bishop Francis Kalist, Bishop of Meerut (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)
Bishop Peter Abir Antonisamy resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)
Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a, Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru (Kenya)
Archbishop Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toluca (Mexico)
Bishop Raúl Gómez González, Bishop of Tenancingo (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toluca (Mexico)
Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun (장봉훈 가브리엘 / 張峰軒) resigned as Bishop of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)
Fr. Simon Kim Jong-Gang (김종강 시몬) was elected Bishop of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)
Bishop Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A., Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)
Archbishop Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)
Bishop Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản, Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam), was appointed as Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam) and Apostolic Administrator of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam)
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2022.03.21 | Bishop Raymond Gaston Séguy, Bishop emeritus of Autun (France), passed away at 92
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2022.03.22 | Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Matanzas (Cuba)
Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal resigned as Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)
Prof. Fabrizio Bisconti, Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum and Archaeological Superintendent of the Catacombs of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, passed away at 66
Fr. Miguel Ángel Hernández Domínguez, O.A.R., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)
Fr. Miguel Miró Miró, O.A.R., resigned as Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)
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2022.03.23 | Archbishop Edmund Michał Piszcz, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Warmia (Poland), passed away at 92
Bishop Gerald Lee Vincke resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Dodge City (USA)
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2022.03.25 | Diocese of Tshilomba was established (from Diocese of Luiza and became suffragan of Kananga) (Congo-Kinshasa)
Fr. Sebastien Kenda Ntumba was elected Bishop of Tshilomba (Congo-Kinshasa)
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2022.03.26 | Fr. Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F., was elected Titular Bishop of Buslacena and Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)
Bishop James Moriarty, Bishop emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland), passed away at 85
Archbishop Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)
Bishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe, Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)
Fr. Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco was elected Titular Bishop of Arpi and Auxiliary Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru)
Bishop Teofil Józef Wilski, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Kalisz (Poland), passed away at 86
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2022.03.27 | Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., resigned as President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)
Archbishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil), was appointed as First Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)
Mr. Mauricio López Oropeza was appointed as Second Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)
Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru, was appointed as President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)
Bishop David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea, O.P., resigned as First Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)
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2022.03.28 | Cardinal Antonios I Naguib, Cardinal-Patriarch and Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 87
Archbishop Georges Bou-Jaoudé, C.M., Archbishop emeritus of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 78
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2022.03.30 | Fr. Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S., was elected Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)
Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Kurnool (India), passed away at 91
Bishop Paul Robert Sanchez resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)
Msgr. Thomas W. Powers was appointed as Rector of Pontifical North American College
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2022.03.31 | Bishop Francisco Pardo Artigas, Bishop of Girona (Spain), passed away at 75
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2022.04.01 | Bishop Innayya Chinna Addagatla, Bishop emeritus of Srikakulam (India), passed away at 84
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2022.04.02 | Archbishop Francesco Cacucci resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)
Fr. Fabio Ciollaro was elected Bishop of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)
Fr. Earl Kenneth Fernandes was elected Bishop of Columbus (USA)
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2022.04.03 | Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 93
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2022.04.04 | Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo resigned as Chancellor of Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Bishop José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A., Bishop emeritus of Juazeiro (Brazil), passed away at 80
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson was appointed as Chancellor of Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Bishop Dominic Kimengich resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Lodwar (Kenya)
Fr. John Mbinda, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Lodwar (Kenya)
Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique)
Bishop Ernesto Maguengue, Titular Bishop of Furnos minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula (Mozambique), was appointed as Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique)
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2022.04.05 | Fr. Sulpicius Shinzo Moriyama (スルピス 森山信三), General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, was elected Bishop of Oita 大分 (Japan)
Fr. Joseph Atsushi Yamashita (ヨセフ 山下 敦) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Oita 大分 (Japan)
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2022.04.06 | Fr. Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M., Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries, was elected Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa)
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2022.04.07 | Fr. Milan Zgrablić was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)
Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Matanzas (Cuba)
Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz, Bishop of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba), was appointed as Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)
Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy) and President of Episcopal Conference of Italy, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)
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2022.04.09 | Bishop Stephen Athipozhiyil, Bishop emeritus of Alleppey (India), passed away at 77
Bishop William Amove Avenya resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Katsina-Ala (Nigeria)
Fr. Isaac Bunde Dugu was elected Bishop of Katsina-Ala (Nigeria)
Bishop Bruno Pius Ngonyani resigned as Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania)
Fr. Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania)
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2022.04.12 | Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Archbishop ad personam, Prefect of Dicastery for Legislative Texts, Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata and Secretary of Commission for Confidential Matters, was appointed as President of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia
Bishop Nunzio Galantino, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and Member of Commission for Confidential Matters, was appointed as Member of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia
Bishop Marco Mellino, Secretary of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia, was appointed as Secretary of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia
Prof. Vincenzo Buonomo, Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University and President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia, was appointed as Member of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia
Fr. John Bogna Bakeni was elected Titular Bishop of Leptiminus and Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria)
Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J., Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy and Member of Commission for Confidential Matters, was appointed as Member of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia
Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State, was appointed as Member of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia
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2022.04.13 | Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella and Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)
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2022.04.14 | Bishop Joseph Pathalil, Bishop emeritus of Udaipur (India), passed away at 85
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2022.04.16 | Bishop John Martin Dougherty, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Scranton (USA), passed away at 89
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2022.04.18 | Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze, Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Warri (Nigeria)
Bishop John ’Oke Afareha resigned as Bishop of Warri (Nigeria)
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2022.04.19 | Fr. Jeffrey Michael Fleming was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Great Falls–Billings (USA)
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2022.04.20 | Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea, Bishop emeritus of Zacatecas (Mexico) and President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, passed away at 89
Bishop Neri Menor Vargas, O.F.M., Bishop of Huánuco (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Carabayllo (Peru)
Bishop Lino Mario Panizza Richero, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Carabayllo (Peru)
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2022.04.21 | Bishop Dario Rubén Quintana, O.A.R., Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Mar del Plata (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Cafayate (Argentina)
Fr. Pablo Hernando Moreno, O.S.A., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cafayate (Argentina)
Bishop Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Apostolic Administrator of Facatativá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia)
Bishop Stefano Manetti, Bishop of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Fiesole (Italy)
Bishop Mario Meini resigned as Bishop of Fiesole (Italy)
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2022.04.22 | Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)
Bishop René Leigue Cesari, Titular Bishop of Nepi and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)
Bishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez, Titular Bishop of Illiberi and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)
Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Daule (Ecuador)
Fr. Krzysztof Kudławiec was elected Bishop of Daule (Ecuador)
Bishop Paweł Stobrawa resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland)
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2022.04.23 | Fr. Isauro Ulises Covili Linfati, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Iquique (Chile)
Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)
Bishop Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez, Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Villavicencio (Colombia)
Fr. André Giraud Pindi Muanza, Apostolic Administrator of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)
Msgr. John Joseph Kennedy was appointed as Secretary for the Disciplinary Section of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Bishop Salvatore Muratore resigned as Bishop of Nicosia (Italy)
Bishop Giuseppe Schillaci, Bishop of Lamezia Terme (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nicosia (Italy)
Msgr. Armando Matteo, Adjunct Undersecretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was appointed as Secretary for the Doctrinal Section of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Fr. Fabio Baggio, C.S., Undersecretary of Migrant and Refugee Section of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Secretary of Vatican COVID-19 Commission, was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Bishop Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa, Bishop emeritus of Tarazona (Spain) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 86
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2022.04.24 | Archbishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tororo (Uganda), passed away at 84
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2022.04.25 | Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Soacha (Colombia)
Bishop Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto, Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Soacha (Colombia)
Msgr. Antonios Chouweifaty, L.M., Adjunct Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota
Archbishop Ján Babjak, S.J., resigned as Metropolitan of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)
Bishop Peter Rusnák, Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)
Msgr. Laurence John Spiteri was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota
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2022.04.26 | Fr. Tiberio Polanía Ramírez, O.P., former Apostolic Administrator of Tibú (Colombia), passed away
Archbishop Georges Paul Pontier resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Paris (France)
Archbishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lille (France), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)
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2022.04.27 | Bishop Adam Lepa, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Łódź (Poland), passed away at 83
Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sevilla (Spain), passed away at 87
Bishop Mark O’Toole, Bishop of Plymouth (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) and Bishop of Menevia (Wales)
Archbishop George Stack resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) and Apostolic Administrator of Menevia (Wales)
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2022.04.28 | Archbishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)
Bishop Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.SS.R., Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) and Apostolic Administrator of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada)
Archbishop Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Salvador (El Salvador), passed away at 89
Msgr. Gualtiero Federico Isacchi was elected Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)
Archbishop Michele Pennisi resigned as Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)
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2022.04.30 | Fr. Mario Ciceri was beatified
Ms. Armida Barelli, O.F.S., was beatified
Archbishop Thomas D’Souza resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Krishnagar (India)
Fr. Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B., was elected Bishop of Krishnagar (India)
Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and Apostolic Nuncio to Libya
Cardinal Jose Fuerte Advincula took possession as Cardinal-Priest of San Vigilio
Archbishop James Patrick Green (格霖澤) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Nuncio to Finland and Apostolic Nuncio to Norway
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2022.05.01 | Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia (United Arab Emirates)
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
Bishop Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia (United Arab Emirates)
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2022.05.03 | Bishop José Maria Chaves dos Reis, Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Cametá (Brazil)
Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)
Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)
Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach, Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal, Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau and Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
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2022.05.04 | Fr. Geraldo Freire Soares, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Iguatu (Brazil)
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2022.05.05 | Msgr. Battista Mario Salvatore Ricca resigned as Director of House of St. Martha
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2022.05.06 | Fr. Leoncio Osvaldo Vivar Martínez, O. de M., was appointed as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)
Fr. Juan Carlos Saavedra Lucho, O. de M., resigned as Master General of Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)
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2022.05.07 | Sr. María Agustina Rivas López (Antonia Luzmila), R.G.S., was beatified
Archbishop Georges Paul Pontier resigned as Apostolic Administrator of France of the Eastern Rite (France)
Archbishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), was appointed as Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France)
Fr. Antony Kakkanatt was elected Titular Bishop of Barcusus and Bishop of Curia of the Syro-Malankars
Fr. Mathew Manakkarakavil was elected Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars (India)
Bishop Thomas Anthonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C., Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki of the Syro-Malankars (India), was appointed as Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon of the Syro-Malankars (India) and Archiepiscopal Administrator of Saint Ephrem of Khadki of the Syro-Malankars (India)
Fr. Varghese Vinayanand, O.I.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon of the Syro-Malankars (India)
Bishop Vincenzo Apicella resigned as Bishop of Velletri–Segni (Italy)
Bishop Domenico Cancian, F.A.M., resigned as Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)
Bishop Luciano Paolucci Bedini, Bishop of Gubbio (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)
Fr. Serafino Parisi was elected Bishop of Lamezia Terme (Italy)
Bishop Stefano Russo, General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy, was appointed as Bishop of Velletri–Segni (Italy)
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2022.05.09 | Bishop Robert Henry Brom, Bishop emeritus of San Diego (USA), passed away at 83
Fr. Michael G. Woost was elected Titular Bishop of Sertei and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)
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2022.05.10 | Bishop Peter Wu Jun-wei (武俊維), Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China), passed away at 58
Sr. Mary Teresa Barron, N.S.A., was appointed as Vice-President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)
Msgr. Marcello Rossetti, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household, passed away at 90
Sr. Nadia Coppa, A.S.C., Superior General of Adorers of the Blood of Christ, was appointed as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)
Sr. Franca Zonta, F.M.I., resigned as Vice-President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)
Sr. Jolanda Kafka, R.M.I., resigned as President of International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.)
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2022.05.11 | Fr. Pedro Tramontin, M.I., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)
Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville)
Fr. Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville)
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2022.05.12 | Bishop Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón, Bishop emeritus of Vélez (Colombia) and Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira (Colombia), passed away at 70
Fr. Élie Joseph Warde was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)
Fr. Jules Boutros was elected Titular Bishop of Amida of the Syriacs and Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs
Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)
Fr. Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami, Patriarchal Administrator of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria), was elected Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)
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2022.05.13 | Archbishop Marin Barišić resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia)
Archbishop Dražen Kutleša succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia)
Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)
Archbishop Jan Graubner, Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) and President of Czech Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)
Archbishop Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
Fr. Immacolato M. Acquali, F.F.I., was appointed as Superior General of Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Commissioner of Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
Bishop Edward Michael Deliman resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)
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2022.05.14 | Archbishop Dagoberto Campos Salas, Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia, Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia and Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
Bishop Francesco Zerrillo, Bishop emeritus of Lucera–Troia (Italy), passed away at 91
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2022.05.15 | Fr. Titus Brandsma, O. Carm., was canonised
Mr. Lazarus Devasahayam Pillai was canonised
Fr. César de Bus, D.C., Founder of Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Dottrinari), was canonised
Fr. Luigi Maria Palazzolo was canonised
Fr. Giustino Maria Russolillo, S.D.V., Founder of Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists), was canonised
Fr. Charles de Jésus de Foucauld (Charles Eugène), O.C.S.O., was canonised
Sr. Marie-Anne Rivier was canonised
Sr. Maria Francesca di Gesù Rubatto (Anna Maria), S.C.M.R., was canonised
Sr. Maria di Gesù Santocanale (Carolina), S.C.I.L., was canonised
Sr. Maria Domenica Mantovani was canonised
Bishop Martin Munyanyi, Bishop emeritus of Gweru (Zimbabwe), passed away at 66
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2022.05.17 | Fr. Bertilo João Morsch was elected Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)
Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, resigned as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)
Fr. Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)
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2022.05.18 | Bishop Fernando Guimarães Kevanu, Bishop emeritus of Ondjiva (Angola), passed away at 85
Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno resigned as Bishop of Chimbote (Peru)
Fr. Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Chimbote (Peru)
Br. Armin Altamirano Luistro, F.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)
Br. Robert Irvin Schieler, F.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers)
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2022.05.21 | Fr. Fabián González Balsa was elected Titular Bishop of Masclianæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)
Archbishop Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia
Archbishop Paul Martin, S.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Christchurch (New Zealand)
Bishop Michael Andrew Gielen, Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand), was appointed as Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)
Bishop Emil Aloysius Wcela, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA), passed away at 91
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2022.05.22 | Ms. Pauline-Marie Jaricot was beatified
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2022.05.23 | Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (陸思道), Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan, was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)
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2022.05.24 | Bishop Felipe de Jesús Estévez resigned as Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)
Fr. Erik Thomas Pohlmeier was elected Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)
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2022.05.25 | Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn, Bishop emeritus of Morón (Argentina), passed away at 79
Fr. Miguel Antonio Tofful, P.S.D.P., resigned as Superior General of Poor Servants of Divine Providence
Fr. Massimiliano Parrella, P.S.D.P., was appointed as Superior General of Poor Servants of Divine Providence
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2022.05.26 | Bishop Vojtěch Cikrle resigned as Bishop of Brno (Czechia)
Bishop Pavel Konzbul, Titular Bishop of Litomyšl and Auxiliary Bishop of Brno (Czechia), was appointed as Bishop of Brno (Czechia)
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2022.05.27 | Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy)
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova in commendum and Secretary of State emeritus of Secretariat of State, passed away at 94
Fr. Riccardo Lamba was elected Titular Bishop of Medeli and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
Fr. Baldassarre Reina was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
Fr. Daniele Salera was elected Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
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2022.05.28 | Fr. Luigi Lenzini was beatified
Bishop Ernesto Vecchi, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bologna (Italy), passed away at 86
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2022.05.31 | Archbishop Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tamale (Ghana), passed away at 89
Fr. Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa, Apostolic Administrator of Pakse (Laos) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia, was elected Vicar Apostolic of Pakse (Laos)
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2022.06.01 | Diocese of Mont-Laurier was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gatineau and Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier) (Canada)
Diocese of Saint-Jérôme was renamed as Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Mont-Laurier) (Canada)
Bishop Paulo Antonino Mascarenhas Roxo, O. Praem., Bishop emeritus of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil), passed away at 93
Bishop Raymond Poisson, Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada), Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) and President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, was appointed as Bishop of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (Canada)
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2022.06.02 | Bishop Robert Emmet Barron, Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Winona–Rochester (USA)
Bishop John Michael Quinn resigned as Bishop of Winona–Rochester (USA)
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2022.06.03 | Fr. Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar was elected Titular Bishop of Glavinitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Yendi (Ghana)
Msgr. Matthew Yitiereh was elected Bishop of Yendi (Ghana)
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2022.06.04 | Fr. Léonard Melki (Youssef Habib), O.F.M. Cap., and Fr. Thomas Saleh (Geries Hanna), O.F.M. Cap., were beatified
Bishop Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S., Bishop emeritus of Morondava (Madagascar), passed away at 90
Bishop Juan Bautista Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru)
Fr. Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru)
Bishop Piotr Libera resigned as Bishop of Płock (Poland)
Bishop Wiesław Śmigiel, Bishop of Toruń (Poland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Płock (Poland)
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2022.06.05 | Pope Francis, Supreme Pontiff, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Evangelisation
Fr. Friedrich Bechina, F.S.O., Undersecretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), was appointed as Undersecretary for the Section of Education of Dicastery for Culture and Education
Msgr. Graham Bell, Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation, was appointed as Undersecretary for the Section of New Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Delegate for catechesis of Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation, was appointed as Delegate for catechesis of Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop Paul Desmond Tighe, Secretary of Pontifical Council for Culture, was appointed as Secretary for the Section of Culture of Dicastery for Culture and Education
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi resigned as President of Pontifical Council for Culture
Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, Adjunct Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, was appointed as Adjunct Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation
Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella (Rino), President of Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation and President of International Council for Catechesis, was appointed as Pro-Prefect for the Section of New Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation
Archbishop Angelo Vincenzo Zani, Secretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), was appointed as Secretary for the Section of Education of Dicastery for Culture and Education
Msgr. Carlo Maria Polvani, Adjunct Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Culture, was appointed as Adjunct Undersecretary for the Section of Culture of Dicastery for Culture and Education
Fr. Corrado Maggioni, S.M.M., resigned as President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, President of Caritas Internationalis, Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University and Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as Pro-Prefect for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation
Fr. Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I., Undersecretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, was appointed as Undersecretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo, Delegate of Pontifical Council for Culture, was appointed as Delegate for the Section of Culture of Dicastery for Culture and Education
Msgr. Melchor José Sánchez de Toca y Alameda, Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Culture, was appointed as Undersecretary for the Section of Culture of Dicastery for Culture and Education
Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J., Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy, Member of Commission for Confidential Matters and Member of Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia, was appointed as President of Human Resources Department of the Holy See
Dr. Benjamín Estévez Cominges, Delegate of the Administration of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, was appointed as Delegate of the Administration of the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation
Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Archbishop ad personam and Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, was appointed as Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation
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2022.06.06 | Archbishop Michele Scandiffio, Archbishop emeritus of Acerenza (Italy), passed away at 93
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of México (Mexico), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Mexico)
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2022.06.07 | Fra’ Marco Luzzago, Lieutenant of Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, passed away at 71
Fra’ Ruy Gonçalo do Valle was appointed as Lieutenant ad interim of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Prefect of Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera and President of Commission for Confidential Matters, was appointed as President of Committee for Investments
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2022.06.08 | Fr. Maurício da Silva Jardim was elected Bishop of Rondonópolis–Guiratinga (Brazil)
Abbot Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Montecassino (Italy)
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2022.06.09 | Bishop Aloísio Sinésio Bohn, Bishop emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil), passed away at 87
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2022.06.10 | Bishop John Patrick Dolan, Titular Bishop of Uchi maius and Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Phoenix (USA)
Bishop Thomas James Olmsted resigned as Bishop of Phoenix (USA)
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2022.06.11 | Sr. Maria Paschalis Jahn (Maria), C.S.S.E., and 9 companions were beatified
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)
Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola resigned as Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)
Bishop Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda, Titular Bishop of Dragonara and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)
Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho, Titular Bishop of Œscus and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)
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2022.06.13 | Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap was appointed as Lieutenant of Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
Fra’ Ruy Gonçalo do Valle resigned as Lieutenant ad interim of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
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2022.06.14 | Bishop Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar, Bishop emeritus of Santiago de María (El Salvador), passed away at 84
Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Oviedo (Spain), passed away at 96
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2022.06.15 | Bishop Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto, Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil)
Bishop Vicente Costa resigned as Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil)
Fr. Valdir José De Castro, S.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul
Fr. Domenico Soliman, S.S.P., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Saint Paul
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2022.06.16 | Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Manga (Burkina Faso)
Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo, Titular Bishop of Sutunurca and Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), was appointed as Bishop of Manga (Burkina Faso)
Archbishop Antonio Montero Moreno, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain), passed away at 93
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2022.06.17 | Bishop Bruno Pedron, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Ji-Paraná (Brazil), passed away at 78
Bishop Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Verona (Italy), passed away at 90
Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez Pérez resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain)
Bishop Luis Javier Argüello García, Titular Bishop of Ipagro, Auxiliary Bishop of Valladolid (Spain) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Spain, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain)
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2022.06.18 | Fr. Ángel Marina Álvarez, O.P., and 19 companions were beatified
Fr. Juan Aguilar Donis, O.P., and 4 companions were beatified
Mr. Fructuoso Pérez Márquez was beatified
Sr. Ascensión de San José Sánchez Romero (Isabel), O.P., was beatified
Bishop Giulio Mencuccini, C.P., resigned as Bishop of Sanggau (Indonesia)
Fr. Valentinus Saeng, C.P., was elected Bishop of Sanggau (Indonesia)
Archbishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lilongwe (Malawi), passed away at 84
Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tarma (Peru)
Bishop Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Dume and Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Peru), was appointed as Bishop of Tarma (Peru)
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2022.06.21 | Archbishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Barishal (Bangladesh)
Fr. Emmanuel Kanon Rozario was elected Bishop of Barishal (Bangladesh)
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2022.06.22 | Bishop Aparecido Donizete de Souza, Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Cascavel (Brazil)
Fr. Marcos José dos Santos was elected Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil)
Bishop Manoel João Francisco resigned as Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil)
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2022.06.23 | Fr. Ruben Caballero Labajo was elected Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)
Bishop Ludovic Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS, resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kahama (Tanzania)
Fr. Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko was elected Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania)
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2022.06.24 | Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hearst–Moosonee (Canada)
Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Knin and Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Hearst–Moosonee (Canada)
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2022.06.25 | Archbishop Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado, resigned as Protosyncellus of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)
Fr. Jean-Marie Chami was elected Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) and Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)
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2022.06.26 | Cardinal Antoine Kambanda took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto
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2022.06.27 | Bishop Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau resigned as Bishop of Annecy (France)
Bishop Yves Le Saux, Bishop of Le Mans (France), was appointed as Bishop of Annecy (France)
Fr. Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera was elected Titular Bishop of Filaca and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)
Bishop Renato Ascencio León, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico), passed away at 83
Bishop Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay)
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2022.06.28 | Fr. Adrian Put was elected Titular Bishop of Furnos minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)
Bishop Eusebio Ignacio Hernández Sola, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop of Tarazona (Spain)
Fr. Vicente Rebollo Mozos was elected Bishop of Tarazona (Spain)
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2022.06.29 | Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B., Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Fidoloma and Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia)
Bishop Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez, Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Quibdó (Colombia)
Fr. Philippe Barbier, C.P.C.R., resigned as Superior General of Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King
Archbishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)
Fr. Enrique Martín Baena, C.P.C.R., was appointed as Superior General of Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King
Bishop Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria)
Fr. Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Aleppo (Syria)
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2022.06.30 | Fr. Alain Clément Amiézi was elected Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire)
Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire)
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2022.07 | Diocese of Gap was renamed as Diocese of Gap et Embrun (lost title of Embrun) (France)
Msgr. Fortunato Frezza was elected Titular Archbishop of Treba
Bishop Andrea Ripa, Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as President of Domus Vaticanæ
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2022.07.01 | Patriarch Raul Nicolau Gonsalves, Archbishop emeritus of Goa and Daman (India), passed away at 95
Fr. Robert Louis Epping, C.S.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)
Fr. Peter C. Harman resigned as Rector of Pontifical North American College
Br. Paul Bednarczyk, C.S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)
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2022.07.02 | Fr. Pedro Ortiz de Zárate and Fr. Juan Antonio Solinas, S.J., were beatified
Bishop Laurent Noël, Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada), passed away at 102
Fr. Álvaro Chordi Miranda was elected Titular Bishop of Regiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)
Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
Bishop Domenico Pompili, Bishop of Rieti (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Verona (Italy)
Bishop Giuseppe Zenti resigned as Bishop of Verona (Italy)
Bishop Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R., resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru)
Fr. Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru)
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2022.07.03 | Bishop Joy Alappat, Titular Bishop of Bencenna and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago of the Syro-Malabars (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago of the Syro-Malabars (USA)
Bishop Jacob Angadiath resigned as Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago of the Syro-Malabars (USA)
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2022.07.04 | Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Paulo (Brazil) and President emeritus of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), passed away at 87
Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians
Bishop Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski, Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians
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2022.07.05 | Fr. Christian Delarbre was elected Archbishop of Aix (France)
Archbishop Christophe Dufour resigned as Archbishop of Aix (France)
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2022.07.06 | Msgr. Philippe Curbelié was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Bishop Stefano Manetti, Bishop of Fiesole (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza (Italy)
Msgr. Matteo Visioli resigned as Undersecretary of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Fr. Piotr Przyborek was elected Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)
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2022.07.07 | Bishop Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R., Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia), passed away at 54
Msgr. Luc Meyer was elected Bishop of Rodez (France)
Archbishop Joseph Spiteri, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico
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2022.07.08 | Bishop George Jonathan Dodo, Bishop of Zaria (Nigeria), passed away at 66
Archbishop Angel Nacorda Lagdameo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Jaro (Philippines), passed away at 81
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2022.07.09 | Bishop Eugenio Coter, Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia)
Archbishop Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montpellier (France)
Bishop Norbert José Henri Turini, Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Montpellier (France)
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2022.07.11 | Archbishop Joseph Mittathany, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Imphal (India), passed away at 90
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2022.07.12 | Fr. Shayne Craig, P.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)
Bishop Ivo Fürer, Bishop emeritus of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland), passed away at 92
Bishop Chad William Zielinski, Bishop of Fairbanks (USA), was appointed as Bishop of New Ulm (USA)
Fr. Ronald D. Witherup, P.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)
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2022.07.13 | Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)
Bishop Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D., Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)
Bishop António Lungieki Pedro Bengui, Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Bishop Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)
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2022.07.15 | Fr. Bruno Cosme, M.E.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kompong Cham (Cambodia)
Fr. Pierre Suon Hangly was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kompong Cham (Cambodia)
Bishop Bruno Valentin, Titular Bishop of Vaison and Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne (France)
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2022.07.16 | Fr. Johann Philipp Jeningen, S.J., was beatified
Msgr. Frank Leo was elected Titular Bishop of Tamada and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)
Fr. Félix María Ramírez Barajas was elected Bishop of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia)
Bishop Misael Vacca Ramírez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia)
Fr. Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez was elected Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia and Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)
Msgr. Walter Erbì was elected Titular Archbishop of Nepi and Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia
Fr. Ivan Maffeis was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy)
Bishop José Guadalupe Galván Galindo, Bishop emeritus of Torreón (Mexico), passed away at 80
Fr. Masilo John Selemela was elected Titular Bishop of Nachingwea and Auxiliary Bishop of Pretoria (South Africa)
Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南), Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Apostolic Nuncio to Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
Bishop José María Gil Tamayo, Bishop of Ávila (Spain), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada (Spain)
Bishop Ciriaco Benavente Mateos resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Plasencia (Spain)
Fr. Ernesto Jesús Brontóns Tena was elected Bishop of Plasencia (Spain)
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2022.07.18 | Bishop Egidio Caporello, Bishop emeritus of Mantova (Italy), passed away at 91
Bishop José Diéguez Reboredo, Bishop emeritus of Tui–Vigo (Spain), passed away at 88
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2022.07.19 | Fr. Genesio Viomar, O.S.B.M., resigned as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat
Msgr. Stefano Mazzotti (馬佐提) was appointed as Pro-Chargé d’affaires in China
Msgr. José Luis Díaz-Mariblanca Sánchez (桑傑士) was appointed as Head of Study Mission in Hong Kong of Philippines
Fr. Robert Roman Lisseiko, O.S.B.M., was appointed as Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat
Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu, Metropolitan Archbishop of Harare (Zimbabwe), President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference and General Secretary of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo (Zimbabwe)
Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera resigned as Bishop of Masvingo (Zimbabwe)
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2022.07.20 | Archbishop-elect Walter Erbì, Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone
Fr. Hieronymus Joya, I.M.C., was elected Bishop of Maralal (Kenya)
Bishop Virgilio Pante, I.M.C., resigned as Bishop of Maralal (Kenya)
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2022.07.21 | Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza (Italy)
Bishop Stefano Manetti resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza (Italy)
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2022.07.23 | Bishop Venant Bacinoni, Bishop emeritus of Bururi (Burundi), passed away at 82
Archbishop Philippe Ballot, Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Metz (France)
Bishop Jean-Pierre Vuillemin resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Metz (France)
Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh, President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam and Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nha Trang (Vietnam)
Bishop Joseph Võ Ðức Minh resigned as Bishop of Nha Trang (Vietnam)
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2022.07.25 | Archbishop Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Franceville (Gabon)
Fr. Ephrem Ndjoni was elected Bishop of Franceville (Gabon)
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2022.07.26 | Fr. Benny Mekkatt Varghese, C.F.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception
Archbishop Bruno Foresti, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Brescia (Italy), passed away at 99
Br. Michele Perniola, C.F.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception
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2022.07.27 | Bishop Luis Morgan Casey, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Pando (Bolivia), passed away at 87
Bishop Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand, Bishop emeritus of Mende (France), passed away at 97
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2022.07.29 | Msgr. Angelo Giurdanella was elected Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)
Bishop Domenico Mogavero resigned as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)
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2022.07.30 | Archbishop Antony Kariyil, C.M.I., resigned as Archiepiscopal Vicar of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)
Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)
Archbishop Santiago De Wit Guzmán, Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic and Apostolic Nuncio to Chad, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles
Bishop Martin Luluga, Bishop emeritus of Nebbi (Uganda), passed away at 89
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2022.07.31 | Archbishop Hubert Coppenrath, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Papeete (French Polynesia), passed away at 91
Bishop Hubertus Leteng, Bishop emeritus of Ruteng (Indonesia), passed away at 63
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2022.08.02 | Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tunja (Colombia), passed away at 80
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2022.08.03 | Bishop José Carlos Brandão Cabral, Bishop of Almenara (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)
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2022.08.04 | Fr. Kolio Etuale was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)
Mr. Massimiliano Strappetti was appointed as Personal Health Assistant of tbe Pope of Prefecture of the Papal Household
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2022.08.05 | Bishop Reginald Michael Cawcutt, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cape Town (South Africa), passed away at 83
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2022.08.06 | Archbishop Paolo Rocco Gualtieri, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles, Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius and Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
Archbishop Ignazio Sanna resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Theology
Bishop Antonio Staglianò, Bishop of Noto (Italy), was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Theology
Msgr. Koru Tito, Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru (Kiribati), passed away at 61
Bishop John Walter Yanta, Bishop emeritus of Amarillo (USA), passed away at 90
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2022.08.07 | Bishop Robert Mikhail Moskal, Bishop emeritus of Saint Josaphat in Parma of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 84
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2022.08.08 | Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina and President emeritus of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, passed away at 98
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2022.09.01 | Fr. Nuno da Silva Gonçalves, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University
Fr. Mark A. Lewis, S.J., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University
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