Nominations and Resignations

Bishop John Huo Cheng (霍成), Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China), passed away at 96

Archbishop Angelo Accattino, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania

Bishop Benoît Rivière, Bishop of Autun (France), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Nevers (France)

Bishop Norbert Werbs, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany), passed away at 82

Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone, Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates

Archbishop Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Bishop Juarez Sousa da Silva, Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Msgr. Giuseppe Laterza was elected Titular Archbishop of Vartana, Apostolic Nuncio to Chad and Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic

Fr. Michael John Izen was elected Titular Bishop of Newport and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Bishop Gervasio Gestori, Bishop emeritus of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto (Italy), passed away at 86

Bishop Baldassarre Reina, Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), was appointed as Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Msgr. Giuseppe Russo resigned as Undersecretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Fr. Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B., was appointed as Undersecretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Bishop Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda, Bishop emeritus of Daet (Philippines), passed away at 92

Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Mysore (India)

Archbishop Ephram Yousif Abba resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Fr. Younan Hano (Qusay Mubarak Abdullah) was elected Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Archbishop Sandro Salvucci, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pesaro (Italy), was appointed as Archbishop of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

Archbishop Giovanni Tani resigned as Archbishop of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

Msgr. Carmelo Pellegrino resigned as Promoter of the Faith of Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

Msgr. Alberto Royo Mejía, Relator of Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, was appointed as Promoter of the Faith of Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

Fr. Yagop Mourad was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Bishop Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz, Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia), passed away at 57

Fr. Tommy Murphy, S.S.C.M.E., Superior General emeritus of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries), passed away at 73

Abbot Antonio Luca Fallica, O.S.B., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy)

Abbot Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Montecassino (Italy)

Cardinal George Pell, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) and Prefect emeritus of Secretariat for the Economy, passed away at 81

Msgr. Daniel Pacho was appointed as Undersecretary for the Multilateral Sector of Relations with States of Secretariat of State

Dr. Francesca Di Giovanni resigned as Undersecretary for the Multilateral Sector of Relations with States of Secretariat of State

Msgr. Jude Barthomieux Frédéric was appointed as Defender of the Bond of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Ms. Maria Fratangelo resigned as Defender of the Bond of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop André Gueye, Bishop of Thiès (Senegal) and Second Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

Bishop Ernest Sambou resigned as Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

Bishop Ibrahim Salameh, M.S.P., resigned as Apostolic Exarch of Argentina of the Greek-Melkites (Argentina)

Fr. Jean Abou Crouch was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Argentina of the Greek-Melkites (Argentina)

Fr. John Panamthottathil, C.M.I., was elected Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne of the Syro-Malabars (Australia)

Bishop Bosco Puthur resigned as Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne of the Syro-Malabars (Australia)

Archbishop Želimir Puljić resigned as Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Archbishop Milan Zgrablić succeeded as Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Genova (Italy), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Archbishop Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ocaña (Colombia)

Bishop José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M., Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Banco (Colombia)

Bishop Ivan Bura, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 78

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela) and Apostolic Administrator of Caracas (Venezuela), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Fr. Matthias Ambros was appointed as Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Msgr. Paweł Malecha, Substitute Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

Bishop Donal McKeown, Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

Bishop Bernd Joachim Uhl, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), passed away at 76

Bishop Matthew Harvey Clark, Bishop emeritus of Rochester (USA), passed away at 85

Msgr. Pierangelo Pietracatella, Head of Office of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ostracine and Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino resigned as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

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 Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop Thomas James Olmsted resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Fr. Denilson Geraldo, S.A.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Lamsorti and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, O.F.M., Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Roraima (Brazil)

Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín, Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Archbishop Julio Murat, Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland and Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark

Diocese of San Pedro Sula was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula (with suffragan sees Gracias, La Ceiba, Santa Rosa de Copán, Trujillo and Yoro) (Honduras)

Bishop Joseph Francis Kweku Essien resigned as Bishop of Wiawso (Ghana)

Fr. Samuel Nkuah-Boateng was elected Bishop of Wiawso (Ghana)

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M., Bishop of La Ceiba (Honduras), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Fr. José Vicente Nácher Tatay, C.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

Bishop Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E., resigned as Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

Bishop Angel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera, Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus and Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), was appointed as Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

Fr. Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia (Kuwait)

Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Northern Arabia (Kuwait)

Bishop Jan Kopiec resigned as Bishop of Gliwice (Poland)

Msgr. Sławomir Oder was elected Bishop of Gliwice (Poland)

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) and Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru, was promoted as Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Archbishop ad personam

Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S., resigned as Bishop of Badulla (Sri Lanka)

Fr. Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva was elected Bishop of Badulla (Sri Lanka)

Diocese of Araguaína was established (from Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins and Diocese of Tocantinópolis and became suffragan of Palmas) (Brazil)

Bishop Giovane Pereira de Melo, Bishop of Tocantinópolis (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Araguaína (Brazil)

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Bishop Ivan Štironja, Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro), was appointed as Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

Fr. José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno was elected Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador)

Msgr. Pierangelo Pedretti resigned as Prelate Secretary of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Msgr. Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Archbishop Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Fr. Paolo Andreolli, S.X., was elected Titular Bishop of Altava and Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Bishop Armando Bucciol resigned as Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora (Brazil)

Bishop Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Castra nova and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora (Brazil)

Archbishop José María Gil Tamayo succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Archbishop Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

Bishop Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez, Titular Bishop of Kearney and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (USA)

Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy, Bishop of Armidale (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia)

Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

Msgr. Enrico Trevisi was elected Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

Bishop Edward Dajczak resigned as Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

Bishop Zbigniew Jan Zieliński succeeded as Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

Msgr. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C., Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, President of Appeals Court of Vatican City State and President of Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy, was elected Titular Archbishop of Besalú

Bishop Ferenc Cserháti resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

Fr. Levente Balázs Martos was elected Titular Bishop of Treba and Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)

Bishop Anthony Fernandes, Bishop emeritus of Bareilly (India), passed away at 86

Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina pro hac vice Title, Bishop emeritus of Savona–Noli (Italy) and President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Colombo (Sri Lanka), passed away at 90

Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Buxar (India)

Bishop Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss resigned as Bishop of Tanjore (India)

Fr. Wilbert Marwein was elected Bishop of Nongstoin (India)

Fr. James Shekhar was elected Bishop of Buxar (India)

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Fr. Anthony Chung Kwai-sang (鐘桂生), S.D.B., passed away at 94

Fr. Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of Tánger (Morocco), was elected Archbishop of Tánger (Morocco)

Bishop Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Corocoro (Bolivia), passed away at 93

Archbishop Ignatius Paul Pinto, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangalore (India), passed away at 97

Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells, Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho, Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio to Eswatini, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand and Apostolic Delegate to Laos

Fr. Anthony Cerdan Celino was elected Titular Bishop of Maronana and Auxiliary Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Archbishop Tomasz Grysa, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles

Archbishop Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo, Archbishop of Matera–Irsina (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tricarico (Italy)

Fr. Andrzej Pakuła, M.I.C., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Fr. Joseph Roesch, M.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Bishop Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R., Titular Bishop of Vita, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) and Apostolic Administrator of San Rafael (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina)

Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Bishop Frank Leo, Titular Bishop of Tamada and Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Msgr. Rolandas Makrickas, Special Commissioner for Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, was elected Titular Archbishop of Tolentino

Fr. Mario Medina Balam was elected Titular Bishop of Pupiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico)

Fr. Bob John Hassan Koroma was elected Bishop of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

Bishop Natale Paganelli, S.X., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

Diocese of Aguleri was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Onitsha and became suffragan of Onitsha) (Nigeria)

Bishop Denis Chidi Isizoh, Titular Bishop of Legia and Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha (Nigeria), was appointed as Bishop of Aguleri (Nigeria)

Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Vito Schlickmann, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Florianópolis (Brazil), passed away at 94

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša, Metropolitan Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia) and President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Archbishop Želimir Puljić was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

Fr. Anthony Narh Asare was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Accra (Ghana)

Fr. John Kobina Louis was elected Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Accra (Ghana)

Msgr. Cesare Pasini resigned as Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Fr. Mauro Mantovani, S.D.B., was appointed as Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library

Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madang (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 87

Fr. David Abadías Aurín was elected Titular Bishop of Urci and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

Fr. Gerardo Villalonga Hellín was elected Bishop of Menorca (Spain)

Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo was promoted as Diocese of Isiolo (became suffragan of Nyeri) (Kenya)

Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Fr. Marcelo Antônio da Silva was elected Titular Bishop of Tabaicara and Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil)

Archbishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro resigned as Secretary of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C., Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ and Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Isiolo (Kenya)

Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru (Kenya)

Fr. Cleophas Oseso Tuka was elected Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya)

Fr. Michel Jalakh, O.A.M., was appointed as Secretary of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Fr. Rubens Sodré Miranda, C.S.S., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Fr. Silvano Nicoletto, C.S.S., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)

Bishop David Gerard O’Connell, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA), passed away at 69

Cardinal Antoine Kambanda resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Fr. Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu was elected Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda)

Msgr. Claude Lamoureux was elected Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

Bishop Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M., resigned as Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

Bishop Giacomo Cirulli, Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy), Bishop of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Sessa Aurunca (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)

Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

Fr. Federico Guillermo Wechsung was elected Titular Bishop of Pederodiana and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

Bishop Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Villarrica (Chile), passed away at 91

Bishop Vicente Juan Segura resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

Bishop Mário Lukunde, Bishop emeritus of Menongue (Angola), passed away at 65

Bishop Denis Jachiet resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Saint-Dié (France)

Fr. Saulius Bužauskas was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus and Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania)

Msgr. Giuseppe Mengoli was elected Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

Fr. Tonito Francisco Xavier Muananoua was elected Titular Bishop of Œscus and Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo (Mozambique)

Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Calabar (Nigeria), passed away at 85

Bishop Victor Barnuevo Bendico, Bishop of Baguio (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines)

Bishop Donald Francis Hanchon resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

Bishop Victor Agbanou resigned as Bishop of Lokossa (Benin)

Fr. Coffi Roger Anoumou was elected Bishop of Lokossa (Benin)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M., Bishop of Osorno (Chile), was appointed as Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Bishop Joseph Gabriel Fernandez, Bishop emeritus of Quilon (India), passed away at 97

Archbishop Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo, Archbishop of Matera–Irsina (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Tricarico (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Tricarico (Italy)

Bishop Claudio Giuliodori, General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, was appointed as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Bishop Gualtiero Sigismondi resigned as General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

Fr. Piotr Wawrzynek was elected Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru and Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica (Poland)

Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taranto (Italy), passed away at 87

Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Cardinal Reinhard Marx resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., resigned as Coordinator of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Bishop Augusto Lauro, Bishop emeritus of San Marco Argentano–Scalea (Italy), passed away at 99

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., Archbishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community and Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Cardinal Juan José Omella Omella, Metropolitan Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain) and President of Episcopal Conference of Spain, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., Member of Financial Security Committee, Member of Commission for Confidential Matters, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State, was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Archbishop Julio Murat, Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden and Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Finland

Fr. Juarez Albino Destro, R.C.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Sufetula and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Fr. Claudio Pablo Castricone was elected Titular Bishop of Castra nova and Auxiliary Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

Msgr. Loïc Lagadec was elected Titular Bishop of Carpentras and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

Fr. Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi was elected Titular Bishop of Rutabo and Auxiliary Bishop of Durban (South Africa)

Fr. Henry Orlando Ruiz Mora was elected Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras)

Bishop Luis Felipe Solé Fa, C.M., resigned as Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras)

Bishop Angel Tec-i Hobayan, Bishop emeritus of Catarman (Philippines), passed away at 93

Bishop Alexandru Mesian, Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania), passed away at 86

Bishop Joseph Edward Troy, Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), passed away at 91

Fr. Hans Zollner, S.J., resigned as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop Angel Floro Martínez, I.E.M.E., Bishop emeritus of Gokwe (Zimbabwe), passed away at 83

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM), was appointed as Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University

Archbishop Protase Rugambwa resigned as Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University and Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Bishop José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Uíje (Angola), passed away at 94

Bishop Victor de la Cruz Ocampo, Bishop of Gumaca (Philippines), passed away at 71

Bishop Călin Ioan Bot, Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania), was appointed as Archiepiscopal Administrator of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Archbishop Julio Murat, Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark and Apostolic Nuncio to Finland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Norway

Archbishop Joseph Powathil, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 92

Archbishop Rrok Gjonlleshaj, Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro) and Vice-President of International Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kotor (Montenegro)

Archbishop Mandla Siegfried Jwara, C.M.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ingwavuma (South Africa)

Fr. Vusumuzi Francis Mazibuko, O.M.I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma (South Africa)

Archbishop Tomasz Grysa, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius

Bishop Fernand Joseph Cheri, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA), passed away at 71

Bishop Thomas Anthony Williams resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode resigned as Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) and Vice-President of German Episcopal Conference

Bishop Thomas Dabre resigned as Bishop of Poona (India)

Bishop John Rodrigues, Titular Bishop of Deultum and Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India), was appointed as Bishop of Poona (India)

Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Năng resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Fr. Peter Kiều Công Tùng was elected Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Fr. Peter Lê Tấn Lợi was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Cân Tho (Vietnam)

Bishop Louis Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, Titular Bishop of Catrum, Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) and Apostolic Administrator of Hà Tĩnh (Vietnam), was appointed as Bishop of Hà Tĩnh (Vietnam)

Bishop David Christopher McGough, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (England), passed away at 78

Cardinal Karl-Josef Rauber, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia and President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, passed away at 88

Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam)

Fr. Romeo Duetao Convocar was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Agaña (Guam)

Fr. José Vicente Pinto de Alencar da Silva was elected Bishop of Salgueiro (Brazil)

Bishop Nélio Domingos Zortea, Bishop of Jataí (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)

Cardinal Péter Erdő, Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary), Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Fr. Celso Ba Shwe was elected Bishop of Loikaw (Myanmar)

Apostolic Administration of Belarus (Belarussian Rite) was restored (Belarus)

Archimandrite Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C., Apostolic Visitator in Belarus of the Belarussians, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus)

Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Fr. Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.SS.R., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Fr. Joachim Walder was elected Titular Bishop of Legia and Auxiliary Bishop of Aizawl (India)

Fr. Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh was elected Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla was elected Bishop of Al Qusia of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Al Qusia of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Danial Lofty Khella resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Alain Émile Baptiste Planet resigned as Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne (France)

Bishop Bruno Valentin succeeded as Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne (France)

Archbishop Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cascavel (Brazil), passed away at 91

Bishop Georges Bizimana, Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza (Burundi)

Bishop Jean Ntagwarara resigned as Bishop of Bubanza (Burundi)

Bishop Hugh Christopher Budd, Bishop emeritus of Plymouth (England), passed away at 85

Sr. Helen Alford, O.P., was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Bishop Laurent Le Boulc’h, Bishop of Coutances (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lille (France)

Prof. Stefano Zamagni resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Bishop Francisco José Prieto Fernández, Titular Bishop of Vergi and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Fr. Teodoro León Muñoz was elected Titular Bishop of Mentesa and Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Fr. Antonio Prieto Lucena was elected Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Fr. Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez was elected Titular Bishop of Egabro and Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Bishop Jesús Vidal Chamorro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Rio do Sul (Brazil), passed away at 83

Bishop Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski, C.S.M.A., Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Vuillemin, Titular Bishop of Thérouanne and Auxiliary Bishop of Metz (France), was appointed as Bishop of Le Mans (France)

Fr. Philippe Guiougou was elected Bishop of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Archbishop David Macaire, O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (沈斌), Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China), was uncanonically appointed as Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Archbishop Michael Owen Jackels resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

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

Fr. Paul Connell was elected Bishop of Ardagh (Ireland)

Archbishop Ciro Miniero resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Vallo della Lucania (Italy)

Fr. Vincenzo Calvosa was elected Bishop of Vallo della Lucania (Italy)

Bishop Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki, Bishop emeritus of Hoima (Uganda), passed away at 93

Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto, Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Sul (Brazil), passed away at 86

Bishop Pierre-Yves Michel, Bishop of Valence (France), was appointed as Bishop of Nancy (France)

Bishop Jean-Louis-Henri-Maurice Papin resigned as Bishop of Nancy (France)

Bishop Bernhard Haßlberger resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop James Clifford Timlin, Bishop emeritus of Scranton (USA), passed away at 95

Bishop Thierry Marie Scherrer, Bishop of Laval (France), was appointed as Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

Bishop José Maria Chaves dos Reis resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cametá (Brazil)

Fr. José Hamilton de Castro was elected Bishop of Almenara (Brazil)

Fr. Ivanildo Oliveira Almeida was elected Bishop of Cametá (Brazil)

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Bishop Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot, Bishop emeritus of Évreux (France), passed away at 87

Bishop Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A., Bishop emeritus of Maiduguri (Nigeria), passed away at 96

Bishop Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón, Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo (Peru)

Fr. Oswaldo Enrique Araque Valerio was elected Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

Bishop José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo resigned as Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania and Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania)

Archbishop Peter Lin Jia-shan (林佳善), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) and Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China), passed away at 86

Bishop Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz resigned as Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino, Bishop of Vélez (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

Archbishop Francisco Viti, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Huambo (Angola), passed away at 89

Bishop Giovane Pereira de Melo, Bishop of Araguaína (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Cardinal Josip Bozanić resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) and Vice-President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference

Archbishop Dražen Kutleša succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli resigned as Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala)

Bishop Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum, Titular Bishop of Rosella and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala)

Bishop Antônio Celso Queiroz, Bishop emeritus of Catanduva (Brazil), passed away at 89

Archbishop Gregorios Elias Tabé, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 82

Msgr. Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Bishop Geovane Luís da Silva, Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Bishop Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento, Titular Bishop of Aguntum and Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil)

Bishop José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil)

Archbishop Donato Negro resigned as Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

Fr. Francesco Neri, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

Abbot Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B., resigned as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

Fr. Jean-Pierre Voutaz, C.R.B., was appointed as Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

Msgr. Luigi Michele De Palma resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Dr. Pierantonio Piatti was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Msgr. Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff and Head of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel, was elected Titular Archbishop of Recanati

Fr. Mathieu-Henri Planchat, R.S.V., , Fr. Ladislas Radigue (Armand), SS.CC., and 3 companions were beatified

Fr. Joseph Kallarackal was elected Bishop of Jaipur (India)

Bishop Oswald Lewis resigned as Bishop of Jaipur (India)

Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong (曾順祥), Bishop emeritus of Melaka–Johor (Malaysia), passed away at 96

Fr. Carlos Miguel Buela, I.V.E., Superior General emeritus of Institute of the Incarnate Word, passed away at 82

Cardinal Jean-Marc Noël Aveline took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti

Cardinal William Goh Seng Chye (吳成才) took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali

Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon, Bishop emeritus of Steubenville (USA), passed away at 96

Msgr. Samuele Sangalli was appointed as Undersecretary for the Section of New Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Bishop Julius Sullan Tonel, Bishop of Ipil (Philippines), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

Bishop Moises Magpantay Cuevas resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Zamboanga (Philippines)

Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau), passed away at 70

Bishop Ronald William Gainer resigned as Bishop of Harrisburg (USA)

Bishop Timothy Christian Senior, Titular Bishop of Floriana and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Harrisburg (USA)

Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Czechia)

Bishop Isidore Fernandes, Bishop emeritus of Allahabad (India), passed away at 76

Fr. Leandro Maria Alves was elected Bishop of Baucau (Timor-Leste)

Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)

Bishop Kolio Etuale succeeded as Bishop of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)

Msgr. Lawrence Mukasa was elected Bishop of Kasana–Luweero (Uganda)

Prof. Ivano Dionigi resigned as President of Pontifical Academy for Latin

Fr. Pio Galumalemana was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)

Bishop Joseph Karikkassery resigned as Bishop of Kottapuram (India)

Bishop Alex Joseph Vadakumthala, Bishop of Kannur (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kottapuram (India)

Fr. Christopher Naseri Naseri was elected Titular Bishop of Gurza and Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

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

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

Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nha Trang (Vietnam)

Fr. Joseph Huỳnh Văn Sỹ was elected Bishop of Nha Trang (Vietnam)

Bishop Helmut Krätzl, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Wien (Austria), passed away at 91

Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege resigned as Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Fr. Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa was elected Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

Bishop Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S., Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil)

Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, Lieutenant of Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), was appointed as Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Fr. Andrea Andreozzi was elected Bishop of Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola (Italy)

Bishop Armando Trasarti resigned as Bishop of Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola (Italy)

Fr. John Baptist Huang Min-cheng (黃敏正), O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan)

Bishop Bosco Lin Chi-nan (林吉男) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan)

Archbishop Luzizila Kiala resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sumbe (Angola)

Fr. Firmino David was elected Bishop of Sumbe (Angola)

Fr. Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda was elected Titular Bishop of Catrum and Auxiliary Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique)

Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique)

Cardinal John Atcherley Dew resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Archbishop Paul Gerard Martin, S.M., succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

Ms. María de la Concepción Barrecheguren y García was beatified

Bishop Jacinto Vera y Durán, Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), was beatified

Fr. Luis Alberto Migone Repetto was elected Titular Bishop of Amaura and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Alberto Magno

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

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

Fr. Aurélio Pinto de Sousa was elected Bishop of Quixadá (Brazil)

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

Fr. Girma Tesfaye was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nekemte (Ethiopia)

Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M., Titular Bishop of Chullu and Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia), was appointed as Bishop of Balasore (India)

Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt) and Apostolic Visitator in the United States and Canada of the Copts, passed away at 76

Bishop Thibault Verny, Titular Bishop of Lamzella, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) and Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, was promoted as Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France)

Fr. Lénard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.J., was elected Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Honoré Beugré Dakpa was elected Bishop of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Allwyn D’Silva resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Mr. Pier Francesco Pinelli resigned as Temporary Administrator of Caritas Internationalis

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ 菊地 功), S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan), Secretary General of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, was appointed as President of Caritas Internationalis

Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Colima (Mexico)

Bishop Gerardo Díaz Vázquez, Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Colima (Mexico)

Fr. Carlos Alberto Santos García was elected Titular Bishop of Tamada and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Bishop Guerrino Riccardo Brusati, Bishop emeritus of Janaúba (Brazil), passed away at 78

Archbishop Karl Hesse, M.S.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 86

Bishop Valentin Pozaić, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Zagreb (Croatia), passed away at 77

Mr. Alistair Dutton was appointed as Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis

Bishop Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tulcán (Ecuador)

Fr. Carlos Washington Yépez Naranjo was elected Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador)

Archbishop Antonio Arcari resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B., Apostolic Nuncio to Malta, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

Archbishop Piergiorgio Bertoldi, Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

Archbishop Giuseppe Casale, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Foggia–Bovino (Italy), passed away at 99

Bishop Juan Carlos Ares, Titular Bishop of Cercina and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina)

Fr. Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona was elected Titular Bishop of Dragonara and Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

Cardinal Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp., resigned as Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Fr. Jean Michaël Durhône, General Secretary of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean, was elected Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Bishop Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida, Titular Bishop of Ruspæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal)

Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuda Taddeo Apostolo

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Oman

Archbishop Alojz Tkáč, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Košice (Slovakia), passed away at 89

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

Msgr. Edward M. Lohse was elected Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA)

Bishop Kenneth Michael Howell, Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Bishop Robert Michael McGuckin resigned as Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Bishop Ricardo Hoepers, Bishop of Rio Grande (Brazil) and General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thysdrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Fr. Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés was elected Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Chile)

Archbishop Ramzi Garmou resigned as Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Bishop Francisco Mendoza de León resigned as Bishop of Antipolo (Philippines)

Bishop Ruperto Cruz Santos, Bishop of Balanga (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Antipolo (Philippines)

Fr. Sabri Anar was elected Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

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

Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva, Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Fr. Michele Di Tolve was elected Titular Bishop of Horrea and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Bishop Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Fr. Joaquim Proença Dionísio was elected Titular Bishop of Parthenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Fr. Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz was elected Titular Bishop of Vita and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Archbishop Philippe Ballot, Archbishop-Bishop of Metz (France), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Strasbourg (France)

Archbishop Luc Ravel, C.R.S.V., resigned as Archbishop of Strasbourg (France)

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara, Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq), was elected Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Cardinal John Atcherley Dew resigned as Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)

Archbishop Paul Gerard Martin, S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand) and General Secretary of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, was appointed as Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)

Fr. Jesús Rico García was elected Bishop of Ávila (Spain)

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

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) and President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Msgr. Carl Leonard Reid resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)