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2026.05.02: Fr. Andrea Carlevale (54) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Atella and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
2026.05.02: Fr. Stefano Sparapani (69) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Bisenzio and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
2026.05.02: Fr. Marco Valenti (64) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Arpi and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
2026.05.02: Fr. Alessandro Zenobbi (56) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Biccari and Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)
2026.05.02: Archbishop Pavel Pezzi, F.S.C.B. (65), resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia) and President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia
2026.05.02: Bishop Nicolai Dubinin Gennadevich, O.F.M. Conv. (52), Vice-President of Union of the European Conferences of Major Superiors (U.C.E.S.M.) and Auxiliary Bishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia)
2026.05.01: Fr. José Silvio de Brito (55) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Menefessi and Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil)
2026.05.01: Msgr. Roch Martin (61), Priest of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada), was elected Bishop of Timmins (Canada)
2026.05.01: Bishop Serge Patrick Poitras (76) resigned as Bishop of Timmins (Canada)
2026.05.01: Archbishop Dagoberto Campos Salas (60), Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador
2026.05.01: Fr. Robert P. Boxie (45), Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Cataquas and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)
2026.05.01: Bishop Mark Edward Brennan (79) resigned as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)
2026.05.01: Bishop Roy Edward Campbell (78) resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)
2026.05.01: Fr. John Gomez (50), Priest of Tyler (USA), was elected Bishop of Laredo (USA)
2026.05.01: Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala (55), Titular Bishop of Aëtus and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA)
2026.05.01: Fr. Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B. (60), was consecrated as Bishop of Belleville (USA)
2026.05.01: Fr. Gary R. Studniewski (68), Priest of Washington (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Jamestown and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)
2026.05.01: Bishop James Anthony Tamayo (76) resigned as Bishop of Laredo (USA)

Necrology

2026.05.01: Archbishop Antonio Arcari, Titular Archbishop of Cæciri, passed away at 72
2026.04.30: 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
2026.04.14: Bishop Bernardine Francis Mfumbusa, Bishop of Kondoa (Tanzania), passed away at 64
2026.04.13: Bishop José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, Bishop emeritus of Celaya (Mexico), passed away at 80
2026.04.12: Bishop Leopold Nowak, Bishop emeritus of Magdeburg (Germany), passed away at 97

Papal Audiences

Feasts

2026.05.02:	Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Haarlem–Amsterdam, Opus Dei) Our Lady of the Mountain (Coria–Cáceres) Saint Ippolyts and companions, martyrs (Avellino) Saint Secundus of Abula, bishop and martyr (Ávila) Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, martyr (Sion) Saturday in the 4ᵗʰ Week of Easter (Sion)
2026.05.03:	5ᵗʰ Sunday of Easter
2026.05.04:	Monday in the 5ᵗʰ Week of Easter Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Frascati, Nice) Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodríguez (Puerto Rico) Blessed Ceferino Jiménez, martyr (Hungary, Barbastro–Monzón) Blessed Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz, bishop (Susa) Blessed John-Martin Moye, priest (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Metz, Saint-Dié) Blessed Margaret of Castello, virgin (Città di Castello) Blessed Sandra Sabattini (Rimini) Our Lady Mother of Graces (Velletri–Segni) Our Lady, Queen of Poland (Poland) Saint Anthony of Tours, hermit (Tours) Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church (Haarlem–Amsterdam, Ávila) Saint Birillus of Catania, bishop (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) Saint Conleth, bishop (Ireland) Saint Cyriacus of Jerusalem, bishop and martyr (Ancona–Osimo) Saint Eventius, Saint Alexander and Saint Theodulus, martyrs (Sabina–Poggio Mirteto) Saint Florian and companions, martyrs (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Florian, martyr (Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bjelovar–Križevci, Vicenza, Zagreb) Saint Girons, martyr (Aire et Dax) Saint Guido of Pomposa, abbot (Ravenna–Cervia, Speyer) Saint James Minor, apostle (Jerusalem, Santiago de Cabo Verde) Saint John Louis Bonnard, priest and martyr (Hà Nôi) Saint José María Rubio, priest (Alcalá de Henares, Almería, Getafe, Madrid) Saint Lawrence of Novara, bishop and martyr (Novara) Saint Lazarus, deacon and martyr (Trieste) Saint Macarius of Bordeaux, bishop (Bordeaux) Saint Marie-Léonie Paradis, religious (Canada) Saint Monica, widow (Extraordinary Form) Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela) The English Martyrs (England) The Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Brugge) Veneration of the Shroud (Torino)
2026.05.05:	Tuesday in the 5ᵗʰ Week of Easter Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Albacete, Aversa, Besançon, Bourges, Przemyśl, San Francisco) Blessed Edmund Rice, religious (Ireland) Blessed José Ricardo Díez, religious and martyr (León) Blessed Julián Benigno Moreno, priest and martyr (Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Blessed Manuel Sierra and companions, martyrs (Granada) Blessed Panacea De’ Muzzi, virgin and martyr (Novara) Blessed Salvio Huix Miralpéix, bishop and martyr (Lleida) Blessed Vicente Soler, priest, and companions, martyrs (Tarazona) Saint Amator of Tucci, priest and martyr (Jaén) Saint Angelus of Jerusalem, priest and martyr (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) Saint Aredius of Gap, bishop (Gap–Embrun) Saint Asaph, bishop (Wales) Saint Augustin Schoeffler, priest and martyr (Nancy) Saint Gotthard of Hildesheim, bishop (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Hilary of Arles, bishop (Aix) Saint Mauront of Marchiennes, abbot (Cambrai, Lille) Saint Nunzio Sulprizio (Napoli, Pescara–Penne) Saint Pius V, pope and confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint Sacerdos of Limoges, bishop (Périgueux, Tulle) Saint Stanisław Kazimierczyk, priest (Poland)
2026.05.06:	Wednesday in the 5ᵗʰ Week of Easter Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Cap-Haïtien, Jefferson City, Marseille, Pompei, Portalegre–Castelo Branco, Rijeka) Blessed Maria Caterina Troiani, religious (Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino) Feria: 4ᵗʰ Sunday after Easter (Extraordinary Form) Saint Avertinus of Tours, priest (Tours) Saint Britto of Trier, bishop (Trier) Saint Dominic Savio (Susa, Torino) Saint Domitian of Huy, bishop (Liège) Saint François de Montmorency Laval, bishop (Canada, Chartres) Saint George, martyr (Russia) Saint Irenaeus of Sirmium, bishop and martyr (Đakovo–Osijek) Saint James, deacon, Saint Marianus and companions, martyrs (Algeria, Tunisia, Rabat) Saint Jan Sarkander, priest and martyr (Czechia) Saint John Payne, priest and martyr (Brentwood) Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles (Poland) Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, martyr (München und Freising) Saint Victoria, virgin and martyr (Rieti) Translation of the Relics of Saint Matthew, apostle and evangelist (Salerno–Campagna–Acerno)
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)

Martyrology

2026.05.02:	Saint Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria of Egypt and doctor of the Church Saints Exuperius and Zoe, husband and wife, and their children Cyriac and Theodulus, martyrs Saint Félix, deacon and martyr in Spain Saints Vindemialis and Longinus, bishops and martyrs Saint Valbert, abbot Saint Wiborada, virgin and martyr at Sankt Gallen Blessed Nils Hermansson, bishop of Linköping Saint Antonino, Dominican, bishop of Florence Blessed William Tirry, Augustinian priest and martyr of Ireland Saint Giuse Nguyễn Văn Lựu, catechist and martyr of Vietnam Saint José María Rubio y Peralta, Jesuit priest Blessed Bolesław Strzelecki, priest and martyr at Auschwitz
2026.05.03:	Saints Philip and James, apostles Saints Timothy and Maura, martyrs Saints Evenzio, Alessandro and Teodulo, martyrs Saint Giovenale, first bishop of Narni Saint Conleth, bishop of Kildare Saint Pietro, bishop of Argos Saint Ansfried, bishop of Utrecht Saint Theodosius, abbot of Kyiv Blessed Emilia Bicchieri, Dominican virgin Saint Stanisław Kazimierczyk, priest and canon regular Blessed Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz, bishop of Susa, founder of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis of Susa Saint Marie-Léonie Paradis, virgin, founder of the Poor Sisters of the Holy Family
2026.05.04:	Saints Agapius and Secondinus, bishops, Emilian, Tertulla and Antonia, martyrs Saint Antonina, martyr Saint Florian, martyr at Lorch Saint Silvanus, bishop of Gaza, and 39 companions, martyrs Blessed Władysław z Gielniowa, Franciscan priest Saints John Houghton, Robert Lawrence and Augustine Webster, Carthusian priors, Richard Reynolds, Bridgettine, and Blessed John Haile, priests and martyrs of England Blessed Jean-Martin Moyë, Paris Foreign Missions priest, founder of the Sisters of Providence
2026.05.05:	Saint Jovinien, lector and martyr Saint Euthymius, deacon and martyr Saint Maximus, bishop of Jerusalem Saint Britto, bishop of Trier Saint Hilaire, bishop of Arles Saint Nicétas, bishop of Vienne Saint Geronzio, bishop of Milan Saint Maurand, deacon and abbot Saint Sacerdos, abbot and later bishop of Limoges Saint Gottardo, bishop of Hildesheim Saint Leo, hermit in Calabria Saint Avertin, deacon Saint Angelo, Carmelite priest and martyr Blessed Benvenuto Mareni da Recanati, Franciscan religious Saint Nunzio Sulprizio, orphan Blessed Caterina Cittadini, virgin, founder of the Ursuline Religious of Somasca Blessed Grzegorz Frąckowiak, Verbite religious and martyr of Germany
2026.05.06:	Saint Lucius, prophet and doctor of Antioch Saints Marianus, lector, and James, deacon, martyrs Saint Venerio, bishop of Milan Saint Benedetta, virgin at Rome Saint Eadberht, bishop of Lindisfarne Saint Peter Nolasco, priest Blessed Bartolomeo Pucci-Franceschi, Franciscan priest Blesseds Edward Jones and Anthony Middleton, priests and martyrs of England Saint François de Laval de Montmorency, first bishop of Québec Blessed Maria Caterina di Santa Rosa da Viterbo, virgin, founder of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Blessed Anna Rosa Gattorno Custo, widow, founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne Blesseds Henryk Kaczorowski and Kazimierz Witold Gostyński, priests and martyrs at Dachau
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

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

2026.05.03: 350ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Michele Pio Fasoli (1676)
2026.05.03: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Jaime Codina Casellas and Blessed María Luisa Montesinos Orduña (1901)
2026.05.05: 3ʳᵈ centenary, Birth of Blessed François-Hyacinthe Lé Livec de Trésurin (1726)
2026.05.06: 75ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Placide (1951)
2026.05.07: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Fulberto Jaime Jardí Vernet (1901)
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, Beatification of Jordan von Sachsen (1826)

Jubilarians

2026.05.03: Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. (80), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Patna (India), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.05.03: Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun (장봉훈 가브리엘 / 張峰軒) (79), Bishop emeritus of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.05.05: Archbishop Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. (77), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.05.05: Bishop Henry D’Souza (76), Bishop of Bellary (India), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.05.05: Bishop Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B. (89), Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras), celebrates 60 years as priest