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2026.07.02: Fr. Francis Xavier Trương Bǚu Diệp, Priest of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), was beatified
2026.07.02: Fr. Stephen Wang (59), Priest of Westminster (England), was elected Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England)
2026.07.01: Bishop Antônio Fontinele de Melo (58), Bishop of Humaitá (Brazil), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco (Brazil)
2026.07.01: Bishop Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández, O.A.R. (73), resigned as Bishop of Rio Branco (Brazil)
2026.07.01: Fr. Marc Hanappier, S.S.P.X. ▼ (36), was illicitly consecrated as Bishop
2026.07.01: Fr. Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, S.S.P.X. ▼ (42), was illicitly consecrated as Bishop
2026.07.01: Archbishop Walter Erbì (58), Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia, Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone and Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and Apostolic Nuncio to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
2026.07.01: Fr. Pascal Schreiber, S.S.P.X. ▼ (54), was illicitly consecrated as Bishop
2026.07.01: Fr. Michael Goldale, S.S.P.X. ▼ (45), was illicitly consecrated as Bishop

Necrology

2026.06.30: Bishop Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz, Bishop emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina), passed away at 77
2026.06.30: Msgr. Vincent Timothy Kelly, Priest of Miami (USA) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 92
2026.06.26: Msgr. Edward Robert Domin, Priest of Allentown (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 64
2026.06.25: Msgr. Rafael Tobías Cruz González, Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 87
2026.06.24: Bishop Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia, Bishop emeritus of Machala (Ecuador), passed away at 92
2026.06.24: Bishop Emilio Layon Bataclan, Bishop emeritus of Iligan (Philippines) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cebu (Philippines), passed away at 85
2026.06.22: Msgr. Francis Edward Walsh, Priest of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) and Chaplain of His Holiness, passed away at 89
2026.06.20: Msgr. Lucas Ramón Torres, Priest of Ibiza (Spain) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, passed away at 93

Papal Audiences

Feasts

2026.07.01:	Wednesday in the 13ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time All Holy Bishops of the Diocese (Blois) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Westminster) Blessed Antonio Rosmini, priest (Novara, Trento) Blessed Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri, priest (Bologna) Blessed Nazju Falzon, religious (Malta) Blessed Peter Kibe and 187 companions, martyrs (Japan) Saint Austremonius, Saint Martial and Saint Ursinus, bishops (Moulins) Saint Bertrand of Le Mans, bishop (Bordeaux) Saint Calais and Saint Siviard, abbés (Laval) Saint Castus and Saint Secundinus, bishops and martyrs (Sessa Aurunca) Saint Cybard of Angoulême, priest (Angoulême) Saint Junipero Serra, priest (USA) Saint Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr (England, Ireland) Saint Otto of Bamberg, bishop (Poland) Saint Rumbold of Mechelen, bishop and martyr (Mechelen–Brussel) The Holy Monks and Abbots of Périgord: Sour, Amand and Vast (Périgueux) The Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Extraordinary Form, Liechtenstein, Valencia) Wednesday in the Week after the 5ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian) Canada Day (Canada)
2026.07.02:	Thursday in the 13ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Discovery of Our Lady Liberatrix (Campobasso–Boiano) Blessed Eugénie Joubert, religious (Le Puy-en-Velay) Blessed Pierre of Luxembourg, bishop (Avignon, Metz, Nîmes, Verdun) Our Lady Queen of Families (Lithuania) Our Lady of Grace (Benevento, Teramo–Atri) Our Lady of Kodeń (Siedlce) Our Lady of Licheń (Włocławek) Our Lady of Tuchów (Tarnów) Our Lady of the Rock (Gaeta) Our Lord Crucified of Osimo (Ancona–Osimo) Saint Gall of Clermont, bishop (Clermont) Saint Lidanus of Antena, abbot (Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno) Saint Marcellus and Saint Anastasius, martyrs (Bourges) Saint Monegundis of Chartres, religious (Chartres, Tours) Saint Theobaldus of Provins, priest and hermit (Vicenza) Saints Processus and Martinian, martyrs (Extraordinary Form) The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Extraordinary Form, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Bolzano–Bressanone) Thursday in the Week after the 5ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian)
2026.07.03:	Saint Thomas, apostle Friday in the 13ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (São Tomé and Príncipe) Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr (Extraordinary Form)
2026.07.04:	Saturday in the 13ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Elizabeth of Portugal The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday Saturday in the Week after the 5ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian) All Holy Bishops of the Diocese (Hasselt) All Holy Supreme Pontiffs (Haiti) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Caltagirone, Caserta, Kraków, Tarragona) Blessed Catherine Jarrige, virgin (Saint-Flour) Blessed Maria Crocifissa Curcio, religious (Porto–Santa Rufina) Ordination of Saint Martin, bishop (Tours) Our Lady of Refuge (Mexico) Saint Alberto Quadrelli, bishop (Cremona) Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest (Vic) Saint Bernardino Realino, priest (Carpi) Saint Castus and Saint Secundinus, bishops and martyrs (Gaeta) Saint Castus of Trivento, bishop and martyr (Trivento) Saint Cesidius of Fossa, priest and martyr (L’Aquila) Saint Heliodorus of Altino, bishop (Venezia) Saint Laurian of Seville, bishop and martyr (Bourges, Sevilla) Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati (Novara, Torino) Saint Procopius of Sázava, abbot (Czechia) Saint Ulrich of Augsburg, bishop (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Bolzano–Bressanone, Chur, Strasbourg) Saint Valentine de Berrio-Ochoa, bishop and martyr (Bilbao, San Sebastián) Independence Day (USA)
2026.07.05:	14ᵗʰ Sunday in Ordinary Time 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form, Ambrosian) Saint Cyril, monk, and Saint Methodius, bishop (Czechia, Slovakia, Đakovo–Osijek) Saint Peter and Saint Paul, apostles (Thailand)
2026.07.06:	Monday in the 14ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr Blessed Mary Theresa Ledóchowska and Saint Ursula Ledóchowska, virgins (Sankt Pölten) Blessed Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, virgin (Poland, Trieste) Feria: 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Monday in the Week after the 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian) Saint Goar of Aquitaine, priest (Trier) Saint Godelieve of Gistel, virgin and martyr (Brugge, Gent) Saint Monnine, virgin (Ireland) Saint Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa, religious (Argentina, Bolivia, Madrid) Saint Roseline de Villeneuve, virgin (Gap–Embrun)
2026.07.07:	Tuesday in the 14ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Gent) Blessed Benedict XI, pope (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Blessed Peter To Rot, martyr (Australia) Blesseds Joseph and Victoria Ulma, spouses, and their children, martyrs (Przemyśl) Our Lady Sweet Mother of Den Bosch (’s-Hertogenbosch) Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest (Slovakia, Slovenia) Saint Fermin of Pamplona, bishop and martyr (Bilbao, Pamplona y Tudela, San Sebastián) Saint Maelruain, bishop and abbot (Ireland) Saint Odon of Urgell, bishop (Solsona, Urgell) Saint Willibald, bishop (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saints Cyril and Methodius, bishops and confessors (Extraordinary Form) The Holy Bishops of the Holy Roman Church (Roma) Translation of the relics of Saint Odilia, abbess (Strasbourg) Tuesday in the Week after the 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian)

Martyrology

2026.07.01:	Saint Aaron, prophet and high priest Saint Martin, bishop of Vienne Saint Domitien, abbot Saint Thierry, priest Saint Cybard, priest Saint Jaoua, bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon Saint Carilef, abbot Blesseds George Beesley and Montfort Scott, priests and martyrs of England Blessed Thomas Maxfield, priest and martyr of England Saint Oliver Plunkett, bishop of Armagh and martyr of England Blesseds Léonard Duverneuil, Discalced Carmelite priest, and Pierre-Yrieix Labrouhe de Laborderie, canon, martyrs of France Blessed Nazju Falzon, priest of Malta Saint Zhang Huailu, martyr of China Saints Justino Orona Madrigal and Atilano Cruz Alvarado, priests and martyrs of Mexico Blessed Jan Nepomucen Chrzan, priest and martyr at Dachau
2026.07.02:	Saints Processo and Martiniano, martyrs Saints Liberatus, Boniface, Servus, Rusticus, Rogatus, Septimus and Maximus, martyrs Saint Monégonde, anchorite Saint Swithun, bishop of Winchester Saint Lidano, founder and abbot of Santa Cecilia at Sezze Blessed Pierre de Luxembourg, bishop of Metz Blesseds Giovanni Becchetti and Pietro Becchetti, Augustinian Hermit priests Saint Bernardino Realino, Jesuit priest Blessed Eugénie Joubert, virgin of the Congregation of Holy Family of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
2026.07.03:	Saint Thomas, apostle Saint Anatolius, bishop of Laodicea Saint Memnon, centurion, martyr Saints Mark and Mucian, martyrs Saint Heliodorus, bishop of Altino Saint Anatolius, bishop of Constantinople Saint Leo II, pope Saint Raymond Gayrard, widower Saint Giuse Nguyến Ðình Uyển, martyr of Vietnam Saint Philiphê Phan Văn Minh, priest and martyr of Vietnam Blessed María Ana Mogas Fontcuberta, virgin, founder of the Missionary Franciscans of the Mother of Divine Shepherd Saints Petrus Zhao Mingzhen and Ioannes Baptista Zhao Mingxi, martyrs of China
2026.07.04:	Saint Elizabeth, queen of Portugal Saint Jucundian, martyr Saint Laureano, martyr Saint Florent, bishop of Cahors Saint Valentin, priest and hermit Saint Berthe, abbess Saint Andrea, bishop of Gortina Saint Ulrich, bishop of Augsburg Blessed Boniface of Savoy, archbishop of Canterbury Blessed Giovanni da Vespignano Blesseds John Cornelius, Jesuit priest, Thomas Bosgrave, John Carey and Patrick Salmon, martyrs of England Blesseds William Andleby, priest, Henry Abbot, Thomas Warcop and Edward Fulthrop, martyrs of England Saint Antoine Daniel, Jesuit priest and martyr of Canada Blessed Caterina Jarrige, virgin and Dominican tertiary Saint Cesidio Giacomantonio, Franciscan priest and martyr of China Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, Dominican tertiary Blessed Józef Kowalski, martyr at Auschwitz
2026.07.05:	Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest, founder of the Barnabites Saint Stephen of Nicaea, bishop and martyr Saint Cyrilla, martyr Saint Athanasius of Jerusalem, deacon and martyr Saint Domitius, hermit and martyr Saint Martha, mother of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger Saint Tommaso, abbot of Terreto Saint Athanasius the Atonite, founder and hegumen of Great Lavra Blesseds Matthew Lambert, Robert Meyler, Edward Cheevers and Patrick Cavanagh, martyrs of Ireland Blesseds George Nichols, Richard Yaxley, priests, and Thomas Belson and Humphrey Pritchard, martyrs of England Saints Teresia Chen Qingjieh and Rosa Chen Aijieh, virgins and martyrs of China
2026.07.06:	Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr Saint Cyriaca, virgin and martyr at Nicomedia Saint Romolo, first bishop of Fiesole and martyr Saint Sisoes the Great, hermit Saint Palladius, bishop Saint Moninne, founder and abbess of the monastery of Killeevy Saint Goar, priest Saint Just, monk at Condat Passion of Saint Thomas More, martyr of England Blessed Thomas Alfield, priest and martyr of England Blessed Élie Desgardin, Trappist monk, martyr of France Blessed Marie-Rose Deloye, Benedictine virgin, martyr of France Saint Petrus Wang Zuolung, martyr of China Blessed Maria Teresa Ledóchowska, virgin, founder of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver Saint Nazaria de Santa Teresa, virgin, founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Crusaders of the Church at Oruro
2026.07.07:	Saint Pantaenus of Alexandria Saint Æthelburh, abbess of the monastery of Faremoutiers Saint Hædde, bishop of Winchester Saint Willibald, bishop of Eichstätt Saint Máel, bishop abbot of Tallaght Saint Otón, bishop of Urgell Blessed Benedict XI, Dominican, pope Blessed Oddino Barotti, priest Blesseds Roger Dickenson, priest, Ralph Milner and Laurence Humphrey, martyrs of England Blessed Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin, Sulpician priest and martyr of France Blessed Iphigénie de Saint-Mathieu, virgin of Sacramentine Nuns, martyr of France Saints Antonio Fantosati, Franciscan bishop and vicar apostolic of Southern Hunan, and Giuseppe Maria Gambaro, Franciscan priest, martyrs of China Saint Marcus Ji Tianxiang, martyr of China Saint Maria Guo Lishi, martyr of China Saint Peter To Rot, martyr of Papua New Guinea Blessed María Romero Meneses, Salesian virgin

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
2026.07.04: Pastoral Visit to Lampedusa
2026.07.12: Sea Sunday 2026
2026.07.26: World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2026
2026.08.06: Pastoral Visit to Assisi
2026.08.22: Pastoral Visit to Rimini
2026.09.01: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2026
2026.09.25 – 2026.09.28: Apostolic Journey to France
2026.09.27: World Tourism Day 2026
2026.09.27: 112ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2026

Commemorations

2026.07.03: 3ʳᵈ centenary, Birth of Blessed Vincent-Joseph le Rousseau de Rosencoat (1726)
2026.07.03: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Jerónimo Tobar Calzada (1876)
2026.07.03: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Josefa Monrabal Montaner (1901)
2026.07.04: 250ᵗʰ anniversary, Founding of the United States of America (1776)
2026.07.05: 175ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Saint Hannibal Mary Di Francia (1851)
2026.07.05: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Pere Martret Moles (1901)
2026.07.06: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Leovigildo Ávalos González (1876)
2026.07.07: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Isabel Remuiñán Carracedo (1936)
2026.07.07: 80ᵗʰ anniversary, Canonisation of Francesca Saverio Cabrini (1946)
2026.07.08: 4ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Blessed Mancius Araki Kyūzaburō (1626)

Jubilarians

2026.07.02: Archbishop Thomas John Rodi (77), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mobile (USA), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.07.03: Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera (84), Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of México (Mexico), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.07.03: Archbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán (86), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Yucatán (Mexico), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.07.03: Archbishop Georges Paul Pontier (83), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Marseille (France), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.07.03: Archbishop José Francisco Sanches Alves (85), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Évora (Portugal), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.07.03: Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez (76), Bishop emeritus of Málaga (Spain), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.07.03: Bishop Filbert Felician Mhasi (55), Bishop of Tunduru–Masasi (Tanzania), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.07.03: Bishop Jaime Rodríguez Salazar, M.C.C.J. (87), Bishop emeritus of Huánuco (Peru), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.07.03: Bishop Ignazio Zambito (84), Bishop emeritus of Patti (Italy), celebrates 60 years as priest