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2026.05.08: Fr. Trinidad Antonio Márquez Guerrero (60) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Melzi and Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)
2026.05.07: Fr. Peter Suphot Roeksujarit (64), Priest of Bangkok (Thailand), was elected Bishop of Chiang Mai (Thailand)
2026.05.06: Fr. Obed Muriungi Karobia, O.F.M. Conv. (46), was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thimida and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)
2026.05.06: Fr. Michael Thomas Tupou Castori, S.J. (65), was elected Bishop of Honolulu (USA)
2026.05.06: Bishop Clarence Richard Silva (76) resigned as Bishop of Honolulu (USA)
2026.05.04: Fr. Rubén de la Cruz Martínez (60), Priest of León (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Theudalis and Auxiliary Bishop of León (Mexico)
2026.05.04: Fr. Ramón Orozco Muñoz (52), Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Tiguala and Auxiliary Bishop of León (Mexico)
2026.05.04: Fr. Gerardo Fortich Saco (60) resigned as Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines)
2026.05.03: Bishop Jacinto Agcaoili Jose (75) resigned as Bishop of Urdaneta (Philippines)
2026.05.03: Fr. Nick Argel Vaquilar (56), Priest of Nueva Segovia (Philippines), was elected Bishop of Urdaneta (Philippines)

Necrology

2026.05.07: Bishop Michael Joseph Bransfield, Bishop emeritus of Wheeling–Charleston (USA), passed away at 82
2026.05.03: Archbishop Józef Michalik, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Przemyśl (Poland), passed away at 85
2026.05.03: Bishop Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust, Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Venezuela), passed away at 81
2026.05.01: Archbishop Antonio Arcari, Titular Archbishop of Cæciri, passed away at 72
2026.05.01: Bishop René Henry Gracida, Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi (USA), passed away at 102
2026.04.22: Archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hermosillo (Mexico), passed away at 85
2026.04.21: Archbishop Henry Joseph Mansell, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA), passed away at 88
2026.04.20: Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, Bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río (Cuba), passed away at 84

Papal Audiences

Feasts

2026.05.07:	Thursday in the 5ᵗʰ Week of Easter Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Eger, Liège) Blessed Alberto da Villa d’Ogna (Cremona) Blessed Gisela of Hungary (Hungary) Blessed Maria of Saint Joseph, virgin (Venezuela) Blessed Marie-Louise Trichet, religious (La Rochelle, Poitiers) Discovery of the Holy Cross (Jerusalem) Our Lady Mother of Divine Grace (Kielce) Saint Domnius, bishop and martyr (Hvar–Brač–Vis, Mostar–Duvno, Split–Makarska) Saint Innocent, martyr (Gaeta) Saint John of Beverley, bishop (Hexham and Newcastle) Saint Maximus of Aveia, martyr (Pescara–Penne) Saint Rose Venerini, virgin (Viterbo) Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr (Extraordinary Form)
2026.05.08:	Friday in the 5ᵗʰ Week of Easter Anniversary of the Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel (Campobasso–Boiano) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Poreč i Pula, Rotterdam, Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes) Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine, religious (Canada) Blessed Christophe Lebreton, priest, and companions, martyrs (Blois) Blessed Clare of the Poor Child Jesus, virgin (Roermond) Blessed Jean Chevillard and companions, religious and martyrs (Angers) Feria: 4ᵗʰ Sunday after Easter (Extraordinary Form) Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces (Czechia, Cuenca, Sevilla) Our Lady Mother of Graces (Valencia) Our Lady at the Resurrection of the Lord (Le Puy-en-Velay) Our Lady of Graces of Quintiliolo (Tivoli) Our Lady of Lujan (Argentina) Our Lady of Succour (San Severo) Our Lady of Toro (Menorca) Our Lady, Mediatrix (Dubrovnik, Saint-Denis, Sion) Saint Amato Ronconi, religious (Rimini) Saint Desideratus of Bourges, bishop (Moulins) Saint Joan of Arc, virgin (Orléans) Saint Leo IX, pope (Sessa Aurunca) Saint Macarius of Antioch (Gent) Saint Michael, archangel (Nocera Inferiore–Sarno) Saint Peter de Tarentaise, bishop (Saint-Claude) Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr (Poland, Ukraine) Saint Victor Maurus, martyr (Gaeta) Saint Victor of Braga, martyr (Ambrosian) Saints Wiro and Plechelm, bishops, and Otger, deacon (Roermond) The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)
2026.05.09:	Saturday in the 5ᵗʰ Week of Easter Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ayaviri, Bà Ria, Tournai) Blessed Carmen Rendiles, virgin (Venezuela) Blessed Luigi Rabatà, priest (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Blessed Maria Theresia of Jesus Gerhardinger, virgin (München und Freising) Blessed Serafino Morazzone, priest (Milano) Our Lady of Argame (Coria–Cáceres) Our Lady of China (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Our Lady of Grace (Faenza–Modigliana) Our Lady of Succour (Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno) Our Lady of the Forsaken (Orihuela–Alicante, Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana, Tortosa) Our Lady of the Miracles (Saint-Flour) Saint Casilda, virgin (Burgos) Saint George Preca, priest (Malta) Saint Gerontius of Cervia, bishop and martyr (Ravenna–Cervia) Saint Gregory Nazianzen, bishop, confessor and Doctor of the Church (Extraordinary Form) Saint Gregory of Ostia, bishop (Pamplona y Tudela) Saint Isaiah, prophet and martyr (Jerusalem) Saint Magdalene of Canossa, virgin (Ambrosian) Saint Priscus of Nocera, bishop (Nocera Inferiore–Sarno) Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas, bishop (Campobasso–Boiano)
2026.05.10:	6ᵗʰ Sunday of Easter
2026.05.11:	Monday in the 6ᵗʰ Week of Easter Blessed Domingo Iturrate, priest (Bilbao, Cuenca) Blessed John Rochester, priest and martyr (Brentwood) Blessed Maria Edelburgis Kubitzki and companions, virgins and martyrs (Zielona Góra–Gorzów) Blessed Sára Salkaházi, virgin and martyr (Hungary, Slovakia) Our Lady, Way of Light (Isernia–Venafro) Saint Aldebrandus of Fossombrone, bishop (Rimini) Saint Anastasius of Lérida, martyr (Lleida) Saint Francis de Geronimo, priest (Napoli) Saint Gangulphus of Avallon, martyr (Namur) Saint Justin of Chieti, bishop (Chieti–Vasto) Saint Mamertus, bishop (Liechtenstein) Saint Mayeul and Saint Odilon, abbots (Moulins) Saint Mayeul of Cluny, abbot (Digne) Saint Nereus and Saint Achilleus, martyrs (Slovenia, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Saint Orentius and Saint Patientia, parents of Saint Lawrence (Huesca) Saint Pancras, martyr (Slovenia, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Saint Solange of Bourges, virgin and martyr (Bourges) Saint Timothy, bishop (Sulmona–Valva, Termoli–Larino) Saints Florentius, Sisinius, Diocletius and Maximus, martyrs (Ancona–Osimo) Saints John Houghton, Robert Lawrence, priests, and companions, the Martyrs of Nottinghamshire (Nottingham) Saints Philip and James, apostles (Extraordinary Form) The Holy Martyrs of Cures (Sabina–Poggio Mirteto) Rogation Day (Extraordinary Form, Slovakia)
2026.05.12:	Tuesday in the 6ᵗʰ Week of Easter Saint Nereus and Saint Achilleus, martyrs Saint Pancras, martyr Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Cambrai, Praha, Tours, Tulsa, Viterbo) Blessed Imelda Lambertini, virgin (Bologna) Blessed Joan of Portugal, virgin (Portugal, Timor-Leste) Blessed Jutta of Kulmsee (Toruń) Blessed Álvaro del Portillo, bishop (Opus Dei) Our Lady Mother of Mercy (Rimini) Saint Dominic de la Calzada, hermit (Burgos, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Saint Domitilla, virgin and martyr (Gaeta) Saint Epiphanius of Salamis, bishop (Jerusalem) Saint Estelle of Saintes, virgin and martyr (La Rochelle) Saint Flavia Domitilla, martyr (Frascati) Saint Gemma of Goriano Sicoli, virgin (Avezzano, Sulmona–Valva) Saint John Houghton, priest and martyr (Brentwood) Saint Leopold Mandić, priest (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Kotor, Srijem) Saint Moduald of Trier, bishop (Trier) Saint Philip of Agira, priest (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saints Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, virgin, and Pancras, martyrs (Extraordinary Form) Saints with relics venerated in the churches of the Diocese (Montevergine) The Holy Martyrs of Terracina (Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno) Translation of the Relics of Saint Castus and Saint Secundinus, martyrs (Sessa Aurunca) Rogation Day (Extraordinary Form, Slovakia)
2026.05.13:	Wednesday in the 6ᵗʰ Week of Easter Our Lady of Fatima Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Como, Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier, Salamanca, Saskatoon) Saint André-Hubert Fournet, priest (Bayonne, Poitiers) Saint Erconwald, bishop (Brentwood) Saint Felix and Saint Fortunatus, martyrs (Vicenza) Saint Peter de Regalado, religious (Burgos, Valladolid) Saint Rictrude of Marchiennes, religious (Cambrai) Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop, confessor and doctor of the Church (Extraordinary Form) Saint Servatius of Tongeren (Antwerpen, Hasselt, Liège, Mechelen–Brussel, Namur, Roermond, ’s-Hertogenbosch) Vigil of the Ascension of the Lord (Extraordinary Form) Rogation Day (Extraordinary Form, Slovakia)

Martyrology

2026.05.07:	Saint Domitilla, martyr Saints Flavius and 4 companions, martyrs Saint Céneri, deacon and monk Saint John, first bishop of Hexham and later York Blessed Gisela of Hungary, widow Saint Anthony, hermit of Ukraine Blessed Alberto di Villa d’Ogna, Dominican tertiary Saint Rosa Venerini, virgin, founder of Maestre Pie Venerini Saint Agostino Roscelli, priest, founder of the Sisters of Mary Immaculate of Genova
2026.05.08:	Saint Victor Maurus, martyr at Milan Saint Agathius, soldier and martyr Saint Hellade, bishop of Auxerre Saint Arsenius, hermit Saint Gibrian, priest and pilgrim Saint Désiré, bishop of Bourges Saint Martin, priest and abbot at Saujon Saint Boniface IV, pope Saint Benedict II, pope Saint Metrone, hermit at Verona Saint Wiro, missionary Saint Amato Ronconi, Hospitaller religious Blessed Angelo da Massaccio, Camaldolese priest and martyr in Italy Blessed Luigi Rabatà, Carmelite priest Blessed Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin de Simon de Longpré, virgin of the Hospitallers of Mercy of Saint Augustine Blessed Ulrika Nisch, virgin of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross Blessed Antonin Bajewski, Conventual Franciscan priest and martyr at Auschwitz
2026.05.09:	Saint Isaiah, prophet Saint Hermes, disciple of Saint Paul Saint Pachomius, abbot 310 holy martyrs of Persia Saint Denys, bishop of Vienne Saint Geronzio, bishop of Cervia Saint Bienheuré, priest and hermit Blessed Forte Gabrielli, hermit Blessed Benincasa da Montepulciano, Servite religious Blessed Thomas Pickering, Benedictine monk, martyr of England Saint Giuse Hiên, Dominican priest and martyr of Vietnam Blessed Maria Theresia von Jesus Gerhardinger, virgin, founder of the Poor Sisters of Our Lord the Teacher Blessed Stefan Grelewski, priest and martyr at Dachau
2026.05.10:	Saint John of Avila, priest, doctor of the Church Saint Job, prophet Saint Dioscorides, martyr at Smyrna Saints Alphius, Cyrinus and Philadelphus, martyrs at Lentini Saint Gordiano, martyr at Rome Saints Quarto and Quinto, martyrs at Rome Saint Comgall, founder and the abbot of the monastery of Bangor Saint Cataldo, bishop of Taranto Saint Solange, virgin and martyr Saint William of Æbelholt, priest Blessed Beatrice d’Este, virgin Blessed Niccola Albergati, Carthusian bishop of Bologna, cardinal Blessed Ivan Merz, educator Blessed Enrico Rebuschini, Camillian priest
2026.05.11:	Saint Maiulus of Hadrumetum, martyr Saint Antimo, martyr at Rome Saint Mocius, priest and martyr Saint Mamert, bishop of Vienne Saint Gangulphus, hermit and martyr Saint Mayeul, abbot of Cluny Saint Gautier, priest Blessed Gregorio Celli, Augustinian priest Blesseds John Rochester and James Walworth, Carthusian priests, martyrs of England Saint Francesco De Geronimo, Jesuit priest Saint Ignazio da Laconi Peis, Capuchin religious Saint Matthêô Lê Văn Gẫm, martyr of Vietnam
2026.05.12:	Saints Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs Saint Pancras of Rome, martyr at Rome Saints Cyril and 6 companions, martyrs Saint Epiphanius, bishop of Salamina Saint Filippo, priest in Sicilia Saint Moduald, bishop of Trier Saint Rictrude, abbess of Marchiennes Saint Germanus, bishop of Constantinople Saint Domingo de la Calzada García, hermit Blessed Imelda Lambertini, Dominican virgin Blessed Joana, Dominican virgin
2026.05.13:	Our Lady of Fatima Saint Servais, bishop of Tongres Saint Agnès, abbess of Saint-Croix at Poitiers Saint Gemma di Goriano Sicoli, virgin Blessed Maddalena Albrici, Augustinian abbess Saint André-Hubert Fournet, priest, founder of the Sisters of the Cross

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
2026.05.08: Pastoral Visit to Pompei and Napoli
2026.05.17: World Communications Day 2026
2026.05.23: Pastoral Visit to Acerra
2026.05.24: Day of Prayer for the Church in China 2026
2026.06.06 – 2026.06.12: Apostolic Journey to Spain
2026.06.12: World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests 2026
2026.06.20: Pastoral Visit to Pavia
2026.06.27 – 2026.06.28: 15ᵗʰ Extraordinary Consistory
2026.07.04: Pastoral Visit to Lampedusa

Commemorations

2026.05.09: 6ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Blessed Benincasa da Montepulciano (1426)
2026.05.09: 25ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Nazju Falzon and Maria Adeodata (2001)
2026.05.09: 5ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Rosario Angelo Livatino (2021)
2026.05.10: 8ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Blessed Beatrice d’Este (1226)
2026.05.10: Bicentenary, Birth of Blessed Mamerto Esquiú Medina (1826)
2026.05.10: Bicentenary, Beatification of Jordan von Sachsen (1826)
2026.05.11: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Domingo del Santísmo Sacramento Iturrate Zubero (1901)
2026.05.12: 550ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Lorenzo da Villamagna (1476)
2026.05.12: 80ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Michał Rapacz (1946)
2026.05.12: 30ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Gennaro Maria Sarnelli, María Antonia Bandrés y Elósegui and Maria Raffaella (1996)

Jubilarians

2026.05.09: Cardinal John Atcherley Dew (78), Cardinal-Priest of S. Ippolito and Military Ordinary emeritus of New Zealand (New Zealand), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.05.09: Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovčev (76), Bishop emeritus of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.05.10: Cardinal Arthur Roche (76), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba, Prefect of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and Bishop emeritus of Leeds (England), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.05.10: Archbishop George Stack (80), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cardiff (Wales) and former Apostolic Administrator of Menevia (Wales), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.05.13: Bishop Sahaya Thatheus Thomas (54), Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India), celebrates 25 years as priest