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2026.09.18: Bishop Antônio Fontinele de Melo (58), Bishop of Humaitá (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Rio Branco (Brazil)
2026.09.17: Abbot Diego Gualtiero Maria Rosa, O.S.B. Oliv. (73), resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans)
2026.09.17: Fr. Antonio Bran Tecun, O.S.B. Oliv. (53), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Italy) and Abbot General of Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans)
2026.09.17: Bishop Brendan John Cahill (62), Bishop of Victoria (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Joliet (USA)
2026.09.17: Bishop Dennis Edward Spies (58) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Joliet (USA)
2026.09.16: Bishop Michele Di Tolve (63), Titular Bishop of Horrea, Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, was appointed as Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)
2026.09.16: Msgr. Simone Renna (52), Priest of Lecce (Italy), Undersecretary of Dicastery for the Clergy and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary
2026.09.15: Bishop Alfonso Raimo (67), Titular Bishop of Termini Imerese and Auxiliary Bishop of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy)
2026.09.15: Bishop Francis Ignatius Malone (76) resigned as Bishop of Shreveport (USA)
2026.09.15: Bishop Robert William Marshall (67), Bishop of Alexandria (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Shreveport (USA)
2026.09.15: Bishop Michael Arsenio Saporito (64), Titular Bishop of Luperciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Metuchen (USA)

Necrology

2026.09.19: Bishop Abraham Julios Kackanatt, Bishop emeritus of Moovatupuzha of the Syro-Malankara (India), passed away at 82
2026.09.07: Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B., Bishop emeritus of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria) and Patriarchal Exarch emeritus of Damascus of the Armenians (Syria), passed away at 90
2026.08.25: Bishop Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa, Bishop emeritus of Engativá (Colombia), passed away at 77
2026.08.24: Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop emeritus of Ratnapura (Sri Lanka), passed away at 78
2026.08.23: Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe, Bishop emeritus of Pemba (Mozambique), passed away at 92
2026.08.20: Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre, A.A., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Istanbul (Turkiye), passed away at 86
2026.08.18: Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba, Bishop emeritus of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay), passed away at 84
2026.08.17: Bishop Stanislas Lalanne, Bishop emeritus of Pontoise (France) and Pontifical Commissioner for Oratory of France (Oratorians of France), passed away at 78

Papal Audiences

Feasts

2026.09.19:	Saturday in the 24ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Januarius, bishop and martyr The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Wichita) Blessed Adelpret of Trent, bishop (Trento) Blessed Clemente Marchisio, priest (Torino) Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder, priest and martyr (Świdnica) Blessed Jacinto Hoyuelos, religious, and companions, martyrs (Santander) Our Lady of La Salette (France, Rzeszów) Our Lady of the Crosses (Ravenna–Cervia) Saint Alonso de Orozco, priest (Getafe, Madrid, Sevilla, Toledo) Saint Andrew Kim Taegŏn, priest, Saint Paul Chŏng Hasang and companions, martyrs (Legnica, Litoměřice) Saint Arnolphus of Gap, bishop (Gap–Embrun) Saint Arnulf of Metz, bishop (Blois) Saint Goeric of Metz, bishop (Metz) Saint Januarius, bishop, Saint Festus and Saint Desiderius, martyrs (Benevento) Saint Januarius, bishop, and his companions, martyrs (Extraordinary Form) Saint Jerónimo Hermosilla and Saint Valentín de Berriochoa, bishops and martyrs (Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Saint José Maria de Yermo y Parres, priest (Mexico) Saint Mary de Cervellione, virgin (Barcelona, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Terrassa) Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor of the Church (Ambrosian, Warszawa, Warszawa-Praga) Saint Theodore of Canterbury, bishop (England) Saturday in the 3ʳᵈ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Ember Day (Slovakia, Lake Charles)
2026.09.20:	25ᵗʰ Sunday in Ordinary Time 17ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) 4ᵗʰ Sunday after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Saint Andrew Kim Taegŏn, priest, Saint Paul Chŏng Hasang and companions, martyrs (South Korea)
2026.09.21:	Saint Matthew, apostle and evangelist Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Gap–Embrun, Girona)
2026.09.22:	Tuesday in the 25ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Créteil, Peterborough, Rimini, Siedlce, Torino) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Co-Cathedral (Fréjus–Toulon) Blessed Antonia Goséns Sáez de Ibarra and Blessed Daría Campillo Paniagua, religious and martyrs (Vitoria) Blessed Bernardyna Maria Jabłońska, religious (Kraków, Zamość–Lubaczów) Blessed Dionisio Pamplona, priest, and companions, martyrs (Barbastro–Monzón) Blessed Francisco Bandrés, Blessed Alfonso López and companions, martyrs (Jaca) Blessed Josefa Ruano García, religious and martyr (Almería) Blessed José Aparicio Sanz, priest, and companions, martyrs (Valencia) Blessed José Batalla, priest, and companions, martyrs (Urgell) Blessed José Calasanz, priest, and companions, martyrs (Barbastro–Monzón) Blessed José María Castell Camps, priest and martyr (Menorca) Blessed José Otín Aquilué, Blessed Zacarías Abadía Buesa, priests, and companions, martyrs (Huesca) Blessed Luigi Maria Monti, religious (Milano) Blessed Manuel Segura, priest, and companions, martyrs (Zaragoza) Blesseds Francisca de Amezua, María Consuelo Cuñado and Feliciana Uribe, virgin and martyrs (Bilbao) Our Lady of Good Dispatch (São Tomé and Príncipe) Saint Emmeram of Regensburg, bishop and martyr (München und Freising, Nitra) Saint Emmeran of Poitiers, bishop and martyr (Poitiers) Saint Felix IV, pope (Benevento) Saint Felix and Saint Constantia, martyrs (Nocera Inferiore–Sarno) Saint Jacques Chastan, priest and martyr (Digne) Saint Matthew, apostle and evangelist (Gap–Embrun, Girona) Saint Maurice of Agaune and companions, martyrs (Extraordinary Form, Ambrosian, Austria, Germany, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Angers, Bolzano–Bressanone, Chur, Nice, Sion, Strasbourg) Saint Sylvanus of Berry, hermit (Bourges) Saint Thecla, virgin and martyr (Burgos) Saint Thomas of Villanova, bishop and confessor (Extraordinary Form) Tuesday in the 4ᵗʰ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian)
2026.09.23:	Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, priest Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Hasselt) Blessed Elena Duglioli of Olio (Bologna) Saint Linus, pope and martyr (Extraordinary Form) Saint Thecla, virgin and martyr (Tarragona) Saints Christopher, Anthony and John, martyrs (Mexico) Wednesday in the 25ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (Mexico, Bologna) Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Ember Wednesday (Extraordinary Form)
2026.09.24:	Thursday in the 25ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time All Nordic Saints (Helsinki) All Saints of Sweden (Sweden) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ancona–Osimo, Banská Bystrica, Bielsko–Żywiec, Kalisz) Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek, bishop (Slovenia) Blessed Francesco Spoto, priest and martyr (Palermo) Blessed Rita Amada de Jesus, religious (Viseu) Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin, religious (Canada) Blesseds Arcangelo da Campobasso, Silvestro da Gildone, Marco da Bologna, Francesco d’Aragona, Ambrogio da Civitella, priests, and Paolo da Pietraroia, religious (Campobasso–Boiano) Feria: 17ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Holy Marytrs of Campania (Napoli) Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura (São Tomé and Príncipe) Our Lady of Mercy (Extraordinary Form, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Spain, Venezuela, Kingston) Our Lady of Walsingham (England) Saint Anthony of Leon, priest and martyr (León) Saint Gaugericus of Cambrai, bishop (Cambrai) Saint Gerard Sagredo, bishop and martyr (Hungary, Venezia) Saint Isarn of Marseille, abbot (Marseille) Saint Linus, pope and martyr (Kingston) Saint Rupert and Saint Vergilius, bishops (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Rupert of Salzburg, bishop (Slovenia) Saint Sossius, deacon and martyr (Pozzuoli) Saint Stephanie, martyr (South Africa) Saint Thecla, virgin and martyr (Milano) Saint Vincenzo Mary Strambi, bishop (Civitavecchia–Tarquinia, Viterbo) Thursday in the 4ᵗʰ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian)
2026.09.25:	Friday in the 25ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Oakland, Saint-Jean–Longueuil, Syracuse, Warmia, Winnipeg) Blessed Angelina da Montegiove, religious (Orvieto–Todi) Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, 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) Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów, priest (Radom, Warszawa, Warszawa-Praga) Blessed Luigi Tezza, religious (Vittorio Veneto) Blessed Marcos Criado, priest and martyr (Jaén) Blessed María Nieves Crespo López, virgin and martyr (Ciudad Rodrigo) Our Lady of Fuencisla (Segovia) Our Lady of Mercy (León) Our Lady of Mercy of Reus (Tarragona) Saint Anatalus and All Holy Bishops of Milan (Ambrosian) Saint Austindus of Auch, bishop (Bordeaux) Saint Castor of Apt, bishop (Avignon, Nîmes) Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian, martyrs (Canada, Cuenca) Saint Dalmazio Moner, religious (Girona) Saint Eugenia and Saint Attala, virgins (Strasbourg) Saint Finbarr, bishop (Ireland) Saint Florent, abbot (Angers) Saint Gerulfus, martyr (Gent) Saint Ignatius of Santhià, priest (Torino) Saint Nicholas of Flüe, hermit (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Nilus of Rossano, abbot (Gaeta) Saint Severus of Naples, bishop (San Severo) Saint Solen of Chartres, bishop (Chartres) The Holy Abbots and Monks of Luxeuil (Besançon) The Martyrdom of Saint Fermin of Pamplona, bishop (Pamplona y Tudela) Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Ember Friday (Extraordinary Form) Thanksgiving Day (South Korea, Taiwan)

Martyrology

2026.09.19:	Saint Januarius, bishop of Benevento, martyr Saint Trophimus, martyr at Synnada Saints Peleus, Nilus, Elias and Patermuthius, martyrs in Palestine Saint Eustoche, bishop of Tours Saint Seine, priest and abbot Saint Marien, hermit Saint Goëri, bishop of Metz Saint Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury Saint Pomposa, virgin and martyr at Cordoba Saint Lantbert, bishop of Freising Saint Ciriaco, abbot Saint Arnoux, bishop of Gap Saint María de Cervelló, Mercedarian virgin Saint Alonso de Orozco Mena, Augustinian priest Saint Carolus Hyŏn Sŏng-mun, martyr of Korea Saint Marie Guillemette Émilie de Rodat, founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche Blessed Jacinto Hoyuelos Gonzalo, Hospitaller religious, martyr of Spain Blessed Francisca Cualladó Baixauli, virgin and martyr of Spain Blesseds María de Jesús de la Iglesia y de Varo, Escolapian virgin, María Dolores Aguiar-Mella y Díaz and Consuelo Aguiar-Mella y Díaz, martyrs of Spain
2026.09.20:	Saints Andreas Kim Tae-gŏn, priest, Paulus Chŏng Ha-sang and 101 companions, martyrs of Korea Saint Dorymedon, martyr Saint Eustace, martyr at Rome Saints Hypatius and Asianus, bishops, and Andrew, priest, martyrs at Constantinople Saint Adelpreto, bishop of Trent Blessed Thomas Johnson, Carthusian priest and martyr of England Blessed Francisco Martín Fernández de Posadas, Dominican priest Saint Jean-Charles Cornay, Paris Foriegn Missions priest and martyr of Vietnam Saints Laurentius Han I-hyŏng, catechist, and 6 companions, martyrs of Korea Saint José Maria de Yermo y Parres, priest, founder of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Poor
2026.09.21:	Saint Matthew, apostle and evangelist Saint Jonah, prophet Saint Quadratus, disciple of the Lord, bishop of Athens Saint Panfilo, martyr at Rome Saint Alessandro, martyr at Baccanas Saints Eusebius, Nestabus and Zeno, martyrs Saint Castor, bishop of Apt Saint Cadoc, abbot Saint Landelin, monk Saint Gerulf, martyr Saint Maure, virgin at Troyes Blessed Marco da Modena Scalabrini, Dominican priest Saints François Jaccard, priest, and Tôma Trần Văn Thiện, martyrs of Vietnam Saints Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert, bishop and apostolic vicar of Korea, Pierre-Philibert Maubant and Jacques-Honoré Chastan, priests of Paris Foreign Missions Society, martyrs of Korea Blesseds Vicente Galbis Gironés, father of family, and Manuel Torró García, martyrs of Spain
2026.09.22:	Saint Emerita, martyr at Rome Saints Maurice, Exuperius, Candidus, Victor and companions, martyrs Saint Basilia, martyr at Rome Saint Sylvain, hermit Saint Florent, priest Saint Lô, bishop of Coutances Saint Sadalberge, abbess Saint Emmeram, bishop at Regensburg Blessed Otto, bishop of Freising Saint Ignatius of Santhià, Capuchin priest Blessed Joseph Marchandon, priest and martyr of France Saints Paulus Chŏng Ha-sang and Augustinus Yu Chin-kil, martyrs of Korea Blessed Carlos Navarro Miquel, Piarist priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Germán Gozalvo Andreu, priest and martyr of Spain Blesseds Vicente Pelufo Corts and Josefina Moscardó Montalvá, martyrs of Spain Blessed Vicente Sicluna Hernández, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed María de la Purificación Vidal Pastor, virgin and martyr of Spain
2026.09.23:	Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Capuchin priest Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth, parents of Saint John the Baptist Saint Linus, pope Saint Sossio, deacon and martyr Saint Costanzo, sacristan Saint Eunan, priest and abbot of Iona Saints Andrea, Giovanni, Pietro and Antonio, martyrs in Africa Blessed Pietro Acotanto, monk Blessed Elena Duglioli, widow Blesseds Christóbal, Antonio and Juan, martyrs of Mexico Blessed Émilie Tavernier Gamelin, founder of the Religious Providence of Montreal Blessed William Way, priest and martyr of England Blessed Vicente Ballester Far, priest and martyr of Spain Blesseds Sofía Ximénez Ximénez, mother of family, María de la Purificación de San José Ximénez y Ximénez and María Josefa de Santa Sofía del Río Messa, Carmelite virgins, martyrs of Spain Blessed Bernardina Jabłońska, virgin, founder of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Poor Servers Blessed Józef Stanek, Pallottine priest, martyr of Poland
2026.09.24:	Saint Anatalo, first bishop of Milan Saints Andoche, Thyrse and Félix, martyrs Saint Rustique, bishop of Clermont Saint Loup, bishop of Lyons Saint Isarn, abbot of Saint-Victor at Marseille Saint Gerard of Csanád, bishop of Csanád and martyr Blessed Dalmacio Moner, Dominican priest Blesseds William Spenser, priest, and Robert Hardesty, martyrs of England Saint Antonio González, Dominican priest and martyr of Japan Saint Pacifico da San Severino Divini, Franciscan priest Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek, bishop of Lavant Blessed Janina Gabriel, Benedictine abbess of Lviv, founder of Benedicine Sisters of Charity Blessed José Ramón Pascual Ferrer Botella, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed José María Ferrándiz Hernández, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Encarnación Gil Valls, virgin and martyr of Spain Blessed José Ramón Ferragud Girbés, martyr of Spain
2026.09.25:	Saint Cleopas, disciple of the Lord Saint Firmin, bishop of Amiens, martyr Saints Paul, Tatta, Sabinian, Maximos, Rufus and Eugene, martyrs at Damascus Saint Solen, bishop of Chartres Saint Prince, bishop of Soissons Saint Finbarr, bishop of Cork Saint Aunaire, bishop of Auxerre Saint Ermenfroy, abbot of Cusance Saint Sergius of Radonezh, hegumen Blessed Marco Criado, Trinitarian priest, martyr of Spain Blesseds Juan Pedro de San Antonio Bengoa Aranguren, Passionist priest, Pablo María de San José Leoz Portillo, Passionist religious, and Jesú Hita Miranda, Marianist religious, martyrs of Spain

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
2026.09.25 – 2026.09.28: Apostolic Journey to France and Visit to UNESCO
2026.09.27: World Tourism Day 2026
2026.09.27: 112ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2026
2026.10.16: World Food Day 2026
2026.10.18: World Mission Sunday 2026
2026.11.06 – 2026.11.08: Apostolic Journey to Uruguay
2026.11.08 – 2026.11.11: Apostolic Journey to Argentina
2026.11.11 – 2026.11.17: Apostolic Journey to Peru
2026.11.15: World Day of the Poor 2026

Commemorations

Jubilarians

2026.09.20: Cardinal John Njue (80), Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nairobi (Kenya), celebrates 40 years as bishop
2026.09.21: Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I. (93), Bishop emeritus of De Aar (South Africa), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.09.22: Archbishop Đuro Hranić (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia) and Vice-President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference, celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.09.22: Bishop Fidel León Cadavid Marín (75), Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.09.23: Bishop Vincent Rakotozafy (81), Bishop emeritus of Tôlagnaro (Madagascar), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.09.23: Bishop Michel Léon Émile Santier (79), Bishop emeritus of Créteil (France), celebrates 25 years as bishop