Recent Events

Msgr. Timothy Francis Menezes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thugga and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Canon Richard Adrian Walker was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mortlach and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Fr. David Arthur Waller was consecrated as Bishop-Ordinary of Our Lady of Walsingham (England)

Msgr. Paul James Curry was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Ramsbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Canon John Bosco MacDonald was consecrated as Bishop of Clifton (England)

Fr. David Arthur Waller, Priest of Our Lady of Walsingham (England), was elected Bishop-Ordinary of Our Lady of Walsingham (England)

Msgr. Keith Newton resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of Walsingham (England)

Msgr. Timothy Francis Menezes, Priest of Birmingham (England) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Thugga and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Canon Richard Adrian Walker, Priest of Birmingham (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Mortlach and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Msgr. Paul James Curry, Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Ramsbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

Fr. Andrew Small, O.M.I., resigned as Secretary pro tempore of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop Declan Ronan Lang resigned as Bishop of Clifton (England)

Canon John Bosco MacDonald, Priest of Clifton (England), was elected Bishop of Clifton (England)

Canon Christopher John Whitehead resigned as Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Fr. Enzo Fortunato, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Director of Communication of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Canon Christopher John Whitehead, Priest of Clifton (England), was appointed as Bishop of Plymouth (England)

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ambrogio della Massima

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Titular Archbishop of Ravello, Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ambrogio della Massima

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright, Titular Bishop of Ramsbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England), was appointed as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania and Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Bishop Hugh Christopher Budd, Bishop emeritus of Plymouth (England), passed away at 85

Sr. Helen Alford, O.P., was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Bishop David Christopher McGough, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (England), passed away at 78

Bishop Thomas Anthony Williams resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

Fr. Philip Moger was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Glastonbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette, Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Ruthenians (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

Bishop Stephen Robson resigned as Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Fr. Peter Gwilym Collins was consecrated as Bishop of East Anglia (England)

Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) and Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Bishop Robert Byrne, C.O., resigned as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

Cardinal Arthur Roche took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba

Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces, Titular Archbishop of Macri, passed away at 91

Fr. Philip Moger, Priest of Leeds (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Glastonbury and Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute

Msgr. Brian Edwin Ferme, Priest of Portsmouth (England), Chaplain of His Holiness and Prelate Secretary of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Fr. Peter Gwilym Collins, Priest of Cardiff (Wales), was elected Bishop of East Anglia (England)

Bishop Alan Stephen Hopes resigned as Bishop of East Anglia (England)

Bishop Howard George Tripp, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Southwark (England), passed away at 95

Archbishop Arthur Roche, Archbishop ad personam and Prefect of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians

Bishop Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski, Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians

Bishop Mark O’Toole, Bishop of Plymouth (England), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) and Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

Archbishop George Stack resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) and Apostolic Administrator of Menevia (Wales)

Sr. Jane Bertelsen, F.M.D.M., resigned as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette, Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA) and Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Ruthenians (Canada)

Archbishop Arthur Roche, Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata and Prefect of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was created

Bishop Patrick James Dunn resigned as Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

Fra’ Matthew Festing, S.M.O.M., Grand Master emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 71

Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols resigned as Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences

Fr. Thomas Neylon was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Plestia and Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

Fr. Thomas Neylon, Priest of Liverpool (England), was elected Titular Bishop of Plestia and Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

Fr. Andrew Small, O.M.I., was appointed as Secretary pro tempore of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Archbishop Arthur Roche, Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop ad personam and Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Bishop Leonard William Kenney, C.P., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue, Bishop emeritus of Lancaster (England), passed away at 86

Bishop Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

Bishop Patrick James Dunn resigned as President of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette, Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada)