Date |  Event |
| 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 |
| 2022.01.02 | Bishop Jean-Guy Couture, Bishop emeritus of Chicoutimi (Canada), passed away at 92 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) and Apostolic Administrator of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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)  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) |
| 2022.01.17 |  Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
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| 2022.01.19 |  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 |
| 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 |
