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2026.11.07: Fr. Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio, O.F.M., was beatified
2026.11.07: Fr. Francisco González de Córdova and 79 companions were beatified
2026.11.05: Fr. Avelino Chicoma Bundo Chico, S.J. (47), Bureau Chief of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
2026.11.05: Archbishop Franco Coppola (69), Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
2026.11.05: Prof. Claudia Leal Luna (48) was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
2026.11.04: Bishop Carlos José de Oliveira (59), Bishop of Apucarana (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Limeira (Brazil)
2026.11.04: Bishop Pierre Suon Hangly (54) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kompong Cham (Cambodia)
2026.11.04: Fr. Paul Lay (65) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kompong Cham (Cambodia)
2026.11.04: Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D. (82), resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang (Laos)
2026.11.04: Fr. John Vimanephet Indavong was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang (Laos)
2026.11.04: Fr. Ramón Duarte Miranda (57), Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Sereddeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)
2026.11.04: Fr. Héctor Michel Figueroa (56), Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Taparura and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Necrology

2026.11.04: Bishop Jesús María de Jesús Moya, Bishop emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic), passed away at 91
2026.11.04: Bishop Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Luang Prabang (Laos) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (Italy), passed away at 94
2026.11.02: Archbishop Marin Srakić, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Đakovo–Osijek (Croatia), passed away at 89
2026.10.31: Bishop Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich, Bishop of Puno (Peru), passed away at 76
2026.10.30: Archbishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru), passed away at 74
2026.10.29: Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Serena (Chile), passed away at 90
2026.10.29: Bishop Paweł Socha, C.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland), passed away at 91
2026.10.25: Cardinal Paolo Romeo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 88

Papal Audiences

Feasts

2026.11.06:	Friday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time All Saints and Blesseds of the Patriarchate (Venezia) All Saints of Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda) All Saints of Ireland (Ireland) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Berlin, Evansville, Yakima) Blessed Andrés Jiménez Galera, priest, Blessed José María de la Virgen Dolorosa, religious, and companions, martyrs (Almería) Blessed Antero Mateo and companions, martyrs (León) Blessed Avelino Blas Rodríguez Alonso, priest, and companions, martyrs (Astorga) Blessed Contardo Ferrini (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 Enrique Vidaurreta Palma, priest, Blessed Juan Duarte Martín, deacon, and companions, martyrs (Málaga) Blessed Felipe Barba, priest, and companions, martyrs (Zamora) Blessed Fernando Llovera Puigsech, priest, and companions, martyrs (Arecibo) Blessed Joaquín Esnaola, priest, Blessed Clara Ezcurra, virgin, and companions, martyrs (San Sebastián) Blessed José Osés Sáinz, Blessed Manuel Martínez Jarauta, religious, and Blessed Daría Andiarena Sagaseta, virgin, and companions, martyrs (Pamplona y Tudela) Blessed León Inchausti, priest, and companions, martyrs (Bilbao) Blessed Manuel Basulto Jiménez, bishop, and companions, martyrs (Jaén) Blessed Pascual Fortuño Almela, priest, and companions, martyrs (Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana) Blessed Rupert Mayer, priest (Denver) Blessed Saturnino Ortega Montealegre and Blessed José María Ruiz Cano, priests, and companions, martyrs (Sigüenza–Guadalajara) Blessed Urban V, pope (Avignon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nîmes) Blessed Valentín Palencia Marquina, priest, and companions, martyrs (Burgos) Commemoration of Deceased Bishops, Priests and Deacons who exercised their ministry in the Diocese (Teramo–Atri) Feria: 23ʳᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Friday in the Week of the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Holy Preachers of the Faith in the Netherlands (Netherlands) Our Lady of Suffrage (Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino) Saint Illtud, abbot (Wales) Saint Leonard of Noblac, abbot (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Bolzano–Bressanone, Limoges, Tulle) Saint Modesta of Oeren, abbess (Trier) Saint Nuno de Santa Maria, religious (Angola, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe) Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, Saint Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, priests, and companions, martyrs (Spain) Saint Perpetus of Maastricht, bishop (Namur) Saint Romulus of Bourges, abbot (Bourges) Saint Severus of Barcelona, bishop and martyr (Barcelona) Saint Winnoc of Bergues, abbot (Lille) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.07:	Saturday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday All Holy Archbishops and Other Saints of the Archdiocese (Bourges) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Carcassonne et Narbonne, Southwark) Blessed Anthony Baldinucci, priest (Anagni–Alatri, Frascati, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino) Blessed Francisco de Jesús Palau, priest (Ibiza, Lleida, Mallorca, Tarragona) Blessed Lucia da Settefonti, virgin (Bologna) Blessed Urban V, pope (Mende) Commemoration of Deceased Faithful of the Archdiocese (Évora) Our Lady, Mediatrix (Argentina) Saint Angela of the Cross Guerrero González, virgin (León) Saint Engelbert of Berg, bishop and martyr (Köln) Saint Ercolanus, bishop and martyr (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Saint Florentius of Strasbourg, bishop (Strasbourg) Saint Israel, priest, and Saint Theobald, deacon (Limoges) Saint Jacinto María Castañeda, priest and martyr (Valencia) Saint Leopardus of Osimo, bishop (Ancona–Osimo) Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, Saint Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, priests, and companions, martyrs (Barcelona) Saint Peter Wu Guosheng, martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Saint Prosdocimus of Padua, bishop (Belluno–Feltre, Rieti, Vittorio Veneto) Saint Stephen of Apt, bishop (Avignon, Montpellier) Saint Vincenzo Grossi, priest (Cremona) Saint Willibrord, bishop (Austria, England, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Antwerpen, Bolzano–Bressanone, Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, København, Liège, Mechelen–Brussel, Tournai) Saint and Blessed Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Naples (Napoli) Saints with relics venerated in the churches of the Diocese (Velletri–Segni) Saturday in the Week of the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.08:	32ⁿᵈ Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Ambrosian) Resumed 5ᵗʰ Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form) Saint Austremonius of Auvergne, bishop (Clermont) The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome (Bourges, Getafe, København, Madrid)
2026.11.09:	The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome Monday in the 32ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time (København) Our Lady of Almudena (Getafe, Madrid) Saint Theodore, martyr (Extraordinary Form) Saint Ursinus of Bourges, bishop (Bourges)
2026.11.10:	Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Sioux City, Solsona) Saint Andrew Avellino, confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint George of Le Puy, bishop (Le Puy-en-Velay) Saint Martin of Tours, bishop (Łowicz) Saints Tryphon, Respicius and Nympha, martyrs (Extraordinary Form) The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Caguas) Tuesday in the 32ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time (Ravenna–Cervia, Łowicz)
2026.11.11:	Saint Martin of Tours, bishop Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Juli, Montevergine) Saint Mennas, martyr (Extraordinary Form) Saint Victoria, virgin and martyr (Łowicz) Remembrance Day (Canada)
2026.11.12:	Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr All Holy Bishops of the Diocese (Angers) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Verdun) Saint Astrik of Pannonhalma, bishop (Kalocsa–Kecskemét, Pannonhalma) Saint Cunibert of Cologne, bishop (Köln) Saint Emilian of Cogolla, priest (Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño) Saint Evodius of Le Puy, bishop (Le Puy-en-Velay) Saint Livinus of Ghent, bishop and martyr (Gent) Saint Martin I, pope and martyr (Extraordinary Form, Orvieto–Todi) Thursday in the 32ⁿᵈ Week in Ordinary Time (Angers)

Martyrology

2026.11.06:	Saint Felix, martyr in Numidia Saint Paul, bishop of Constantinople Saint Melaine, bishop of Rennes Saint Illtud, abbot Saint Leonard, hermit Saints Callinicus, Imerius, Theodore, Stephen, Peter, Paul, Theodore, John, John, and companions, martyrs in Gaza Saint Severo, bishop of Barcelona and martyr Saint Protais, bishop of Lausanne Saint Winoc, abbot Saint Étienne, bishop of Apt Saint Théobald, deacon Blessed Christina von Stommeln Bruso, virgin
2026.11.07:	Saint Prosdocimo, first bishop of Padua Saint Athenodorus, bishop of Amasea Saint Amaranthe, martyr at Albi Saints Hiero and companions, martyrs at Melitine Saint Ercolano, bishop of Perugia and martyr Saint Baud, bishop of Tours Saint Congar, abbot Saint Florent, bishop of Strasbourg Saint Willibrord, bishop of Utrecht Saint Lazaros, stylite Saint Engelbert, bishop of Cologne and martyr Blessed Antonio Baldinucci, Jesuit priest Saints Jacinto María Castañeda Puchasóns and Vinh-Sơn Lê Quang Liêm, Dominican priests and martyrs of Vietnam Saint Petrus Wu Guosheng, catechist and martyr of China Saint Vincenzo Grossi, priest, founder of the Daughters of the Oratory
2026.11.08:	Saints Symphorian, Claudius, Nicostratus, Castorius and Simplicius, martyrs at Sirmium Saint Clair, priest Saint Adeodatus I, pope Saint Willehad, bishop of Bremen Saint Geoffroy, bishop of Amiens Blessed Johannes Duns Scotus, Franciscan priest Blessed Maria Crocifissa Satellico, Clarisse abbess Saints Giuse Nguyễn Ðình Nghi, Phaolô Nguyễn Ngân, Martinô Tạ Ðức Thịnh, priests, Martinô Thọ and Gioan Baotixita Cỏn, martyrs of Vietnam
2026.11.09:	The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica at Rome Saint Ursin, first bishop of Bourges Saint Agrippino, bishop of Naples Saint Vanne, bishop of Verdun Saints Eustolia and Sopatra, virgins Saint Georges, bishop of Lodève Blessed Giovanna, virgin Blessed Gabriele Ferretti, Franciscan priest Blessed Ludovico Morbioli Blessed Grazia da Cattaro, Augustinian religious Blessed George Napper, priest and martyr of England Saint Élisabeth de la Trinité Catez, Discalced Carmelite virgin Blessed Henryk Hlebowicz, priest and martyr of Belarus Blessed Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi, father of family
2026.11.10:	Saint Leo I, pope and doctor of the Church Saint Demetrius, bishop of Antioch Saint Orestes, martyr Saint Probo, bishop of Ravenna Saints Narseh and Joseph, martyrs in Persia Saint Justus, bishop of Canterbury Saint Baudolino, hermit Saint Andrea Avellino, Theatine priest Blessed Joaquín Piña Piazuelo, Hospitaller religious, martyr of Spain
2026.11.11:	Saint Martin, bishop of Tours Saint Menas, martyr in Egypt Saint Véran, bishop of Vence Saint Menna, hermit Saint John the Almsgiver, patriach of Alexandria Saint Bertuin, bishop and abbot of the monastery of Malonne Saint Theodore the Studite, abbot Saint Bartolomeo, abbot of Grottaferrata Saint Marina, virgin and martyr of Japan Blessed Alicja Kotowska, Resurrectionist virgin, martyr of Poland Blessed Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, Passionist, bishop of Nikopol
2026.11.12:	Saint Josaphat, archbishop of Polatsk–Vitebsk, martyr in Belarus Saint Nilus, abbot in Ancyra Saint Machar, bishop of Mull Saint Isice, bishop of Vienne Saint Emiliano, priest Saint Kunibert, bishop of Cologne Saint Lebuinus, priest and monk Saints Benedetto, Giovanni, Izaak, Mateusz and Krystyn, martyrs of Poland Blessed Giovanni della Pace Cini, Franciscan tertiary Saint Diego de San Nicolás de Alcalá, Franciscan religious Saint Margarito Flores García, priest and martyr of Mexico Blessed José Ramón Medes Ferrís, martyr of Spain

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
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
2026.11.22: World Youth Day 2026
2026.12.25 – 2027.01.01: Christmas Octave 2026
2026.12.31 – 2027.12.31: Jubilee Year of Compostela 2027
2027.01.01: World Day of Peace 2027
2027.01.18 – 2027.01.25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2027

Liturgical Booklets of Papal Celebrations

2026.11.06: Liturgical Booklet “Apostolic Journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru”

Commemorations

Jubilarians

2026.11.09: Bishop Joseph Luc André Bouchard (76), Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.11.09: Bishop João Nílton dos Santos Souza (83), Bishop emeritus of Amargosa (Brazil), celebrates 40 years as bishop
2026.11.10: Bishop Manoel dos Reis de Farias (80), Bishop emeritus of Petrolina (Brazil), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.11.13: Archbishop Juan Alberto Puiggari (76), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paraná (Argentina), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.11.19: Bishop Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez (84), Bishop emeritus of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.11.19: Bishop Fabio Suescún Mutis (84), Military Ordinary emeritus of Colombia (Colombia), celebrates 60 years as priest

Major Papal Documents

2026.09.01: Motu Proprio “Abrogating the Motu Proprio “Un futuro sostenibile””
2026.08.29: Motu Proprio “Amending Canons 106 and 126 of the Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium”
2026.07.31: Law “Fundamental Law of the Vatican City State”
2026.06.24: Motu Proprio Confirma fratres tuos On the revision of the Apostolic Constitution “In Ecclesiarum Communione”
2026.05.20: Law “Statutes of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors”

Curial Documents

Minor Papal Documents

2026.10.27: Message To the participants in the International Meeting “Unarmed and Disarming Peace” (Assisi)
2026.10.22: Message “Video Message of invitation to register for World Youth Day Seoul 2027”
2026.10.13: Message “St the conclusion of the Meeting on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Amoris laetitia”
2026.10.11: Letter To Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
2026.10.07: Message For the 100ᵗʰ World Mission Sunday

Papal Speeches

2026.11.05: Homily “Mass for the Cardinals and Bishops who have died over the past year”
2026.11.04: Speech To a delegation of L’Œuvre d’Orient and the Institut Chrétiens d’Orient
2026.11.02: Homily “Mass - Commemoration of all the Faithful departed”
2026.10.31: Speech To a Pilgrimage from Villanova University and the University of Notre Dame
2026.10.31: Speech To the delegations of the municipalities affected by seismic events in central Italy
2026.10.30: Speech To the participants in the Meeting Promoted by the Pontifical Academy for Life
2026.10.28: Speech To the executives of Mercedes-Benz
2026.10.26: Speech To delegates of the General Chapter of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret
2026.10.24: Speech To participants in the meeting promoted by the Jesus Youth International Conference 2026
2026.10.23: Speech To participants in the International Congress Promoted by the Pontifical Gregorian University