Nominations and Resignations

Titular Episcopal See of Cartennæ was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Mina was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Zabi was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Zattara was established (Algeria)

Titular Episcopal See of Calydon was established (Greece)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Cassiope was suppressed (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Hierisus was established (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Nysirus was restored (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Oreus was established (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Thaumacus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Thaumacus (Greece)

Titular Episcopal See of Cæsarea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (Palestine)

Apostolic Administration of Ibiza was restored (from Diocese of Mallorca) (Spain)

Titular Episcopal See of Constantia was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Constantia (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Hemesa (Maronite Rite) was suppressed (Syria)

Titular Episcopal See of Semta was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Sululos was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Vazari was established (Tunisia)

Titular Episcopal See of Cadi was established (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Hadrianopolis was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hadrianopolis (Turkiye)

Titular Archiepiscopal See of Nisibis (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Olba was suppressed (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Pegæ was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Pegæ (Turkiye)

Titular Episcopal See of Ioppe (Syriac Rite) was suppressed

Titular Episcopal See of Oropus was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Oropus

Titular Episcopal See of Ticelia was suppressed

Abbot Kassian Haid, O. Cist., resigned as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)

Fr. Jean René Calloch, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic), passed away

Archbishop Antonino Zecchini, S.J., Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania, Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia) and Apostolic Internuncio to Latvia, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Estonia

Abbot Marie-François Janssens, O. Cist., was appointed as Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)

Fr. Bernardino Klumper, O.F.M., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Bishop Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache resigned as Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (Palestine)

Bishop Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ogliastra (Italy)

Fr. Mariano Cordovani, O.P., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of International Pontifical Institute of Angelicum

Fr. Bonaventura Marrani, O.F.M., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Msgr. Alfred Joseph Wood (アルフレッド・ヨゼフ・ウット), M.E.P., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hakodate 函館 (Japan)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)

Fr. Enrico Breuer, O.M.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

Fr. Giuseppe Rose, O.M.I., Prefect Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay), passed away

Fr. Bruno Wolnik, S.J., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Broken Hill (Zambia)

Archimandrite Agapios Naoum, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archimandrite Joseph Youakim, B.S., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archbishop Denis Joseph O’Connell, Bishop emeritus of Richmond (USA), passed away at 77

Bishop Josef Bombera, Titular Bishop of Hieropolis, passed away at 56

Bishop Johannes Baptist Rößler, Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria), passed away at 76

Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅), Apostolic Delegate to China, was appointed as Founder of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Bishop Nicasio Arellano, O.P., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Eastern Tonking (Vietnam), passed away at 65

Sr. Stilla von Abenberg was beatified by equipollence

Bishop Francisco Antonio Granadillo, Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela), passed away at 48

Fr. Palmyre-Georges Jansoone was elected Titular Bishop of Nilopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France)

Archbishop Gregorio Giorgio Sciahin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria), passed away at 84

Patriarch Julián de Diego y García Alcolea, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), passed away at 67

Diocese of Santa Catarina was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florianópolis (with suffragan sees Joinville and Lages and lost territory to establish Diocese of Joinville and Diocese of Lages) (Brazil)

Diocese of Joinville was established (from Diocese of Santa Catarina and became suffragan of Florianópolis) (Brazil)

Diocese of Lages was established (from Diocese of Santa Catarina and became suffragan of Florianópolis) (Brazil)

Bishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira, Bishop of Santa Catarina (Brazil), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)

Fr. Harrie van Oort, S.C.I., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Benkoelen (Indonesia)

Archbishop Luis Javier Muñoz y Capurón, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 68

Fr. Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria) and Titular Bishop of Balanea

Fr. Auguste Grimault, C.S.Sp., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Dakar (Senegal), Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal) and Titular Bishop of Massimianopolis in Palæstina

Fr. Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C., was elected Titular Bishop of Epiphania and Coadjutor Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh)

Bishop Agostinho Francisco Benassi, Bishop of Niterói (Brazil), passed away at 58

Bishop Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Hankou 漢口 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (China)

Fr. Joseph Bach, M.S.C., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) and Titular Bishop of Eriza

Blessed Archbishop Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C., Bishop emeritus of Vilnius (Lithuania) and Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers), passed away at 55

Fr. Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Anthedon and Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica (Libya)

Fr. Honoré Joseph Coppieters was elected Titular Bishop of Helenopolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Bishop Joseph Pfluger, Titular Bishop of Harpasa and Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Macra

Bishop Charles O’Sullivan, Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland), passed away at 68

Archbishop Andrea Caron, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Genova (Italy), passed away at 78

Bishop António Alves Ferreira, Bishop of Viseu (Portugal), passed away at 62

Fr. James Edward Walsh (華理柱), M.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Jiangmen 江門 (China) and Titular Bishop of Sata

Fr. Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Jiangmen 江門 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangmen 江門 (China)

Apostolic Vicariate of Cirenaica was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Libya) (Libya)

Apostolic Vicariate of Libya was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tripolitana (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Cirenaica) (Libya)

Cardinal Luigi Sincero, Pro-Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Fr. Ettore Castelli was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Bishop Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Libya (Libya), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana (Libya)

Bishop José Maurício da Rocha, Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil)

Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Borneo (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak) (Malaysia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo) (Malaysia)

Fr. Edmondo Dunn, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Labuan and Borneo (Malaysia), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Sarawak (Malaysia)

Bishop Antonio Melomo, Bishop of Squillace (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Monopoli (Italy)

Archbishop Carmelo Pujia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy) and Archbishop-Bishop of Crotone (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy)

Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki, Bishop of Włocławek (Poland), passed away at 72

Diocese of Treviso lost territory to Patriarchal See of Venezia (Italy)

Cardinal Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca, Bishop emeritus of Recanati (Italy) and Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 69

Fr. Johannes Baptist Filzer was elected Titular Bishop of Bararus and Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

Bishop Dionýz Njarady resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Filippucci was elected Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

Fr. Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski was elected Titular Bishop of Dadima and Auxiliary Bishop of Seckau (Austria)

Bishop John Rooney, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa), passed away at 83

Fr. Kazimierz Tomczak was elected Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Lajlo Budanovic was elected Titular Bishop of Cisamus and Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Bačka (Serbia)

Fr. Thomas Joseph Toolen, Priest of Baltimore (USA), was elected Bishop of Mobile–Birmingham (USA)

Bishop Johannes Baptista Sproll, Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Fr. Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J., was elected Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

Archbishop Alfonso Archi, Titular Archbishop of Dara, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Cesena (Italy)

Blessed Fr. Gjon Gazulli, Priest of Shkodrë (Albania), passed away at 33

Bishop Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar)

Fr. Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M., Apostolic Administrator of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia), was elected Titular Bishop of Harpasa

Archbishop George Joseph Caruana, Apostolic Delegate to Mexico and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti

Archbishop-elect Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J., was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Albania

Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa, Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands, was appointed as Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania

Bishop Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Rabat (Morocco), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Canal of Suez (Egypt)

Blessed Fr. Salvador Lobato Pérez was appointed as Priest of Sevilla (Spain)

Fr. Giovanni Bargiggia was elected Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy)

Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Grouard (exchanged territory with Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie) (Canada)

Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie exchanged territory with Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska (Canada)

Bishop Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Athabaska (Canada), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada)

Fr. Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン), M.E.P., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Hpyeng-yang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul 서울) (North Korea)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima 鹿児島 was established (from Diocese of Nagasaki 長崎 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Bishop Leopold Schuster, Bishop of Seckau (Austria), passed away at 84

Fr. Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry (包明揚), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Isauropolis and Vicar Apostolic of Ningyuanfu 寧遠府 (China)

Bishop William Thomas B. Russell, Bishop of Charleston (USA), passed away at 63

Archbishop Robert John Seton, Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis, passed away at 86

Archbishop Amilcare Tonietti, Bishop emeritus of Montalcino (Italy), passed away at 79

Bishop John Francis Regis Canevin, Bishop emeritus of Pittsburgh (USA), passed away at 73

Fr. Matthew Cullen was elected Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

Fr. Stanisław Rospond was elected Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Archbishop Joseph-Médard Émard, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada), passed away at 73

Bishop Johannes Baptista Sproll, Titular Bishop of Halmyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

Bishop Ottokár Prohászka, Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary), passed away at 68

Fr. Augustin Pacha was elected Titular Bishop of Lebedus and Apostolic Administrator of Timişoara (Romania)

Bishop James Downey, C.M., Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory (Ireland), passed away at 53

Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua Katanga exchanged territory with Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Katanga exchanged territory with Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Vincenzo Celli was elected Titular Bishop of Thapsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Pompei (Italy)

Fr. Karol Miecislao Radonski was elected Titular Bishop of Berissa and Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland)

Fr. Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano was appointed as Priest of Roma (Italy)

Fr. Luis Adriano Díaz Melo was elected Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

Bishop Joseph Hoare, Bishop of Ardagh (Ireland), passed away at 85

Fr. Michael Memelauer was elected Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

Fr. Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo (賈祿), M.E.P., Prefect Apostolic of Nanlong 南龍 (China), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Nanlong 南龍 (China)

Fr. Adalberto Accioli Sobral was elected Bishop of Barra (Brazil)

Fr. Fernando Taddei, C.M., was elected Bishop of Jacarezinho (Brazil)

Bishop Santiago Caragnan Sancho, Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines), was appointed as Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Fr. William Edward Cousins was appointed as Priest of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski, Titular Bishop of Dadima and Auxiliary Bishop of Seckau (Austria), was appointed as Bishop of Seckau (Austria)

Archbishop Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Apostolic Prefecture of Nanlong 南龍 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanlong 南龍 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville exchanged territory with Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville exchanged territory with Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa)

Apostolic Prefecture of Malang was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia) (Indonesia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Kengtung was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Burma) (Myanmar)

Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Burma was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Toungoo (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kengtung) (Myanmar)

Bishop-elect Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo (賈祿), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Nanlong 南龍 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade

Fr. Giovanni Stavel was elected Titular Bishop of Zaraï and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Fr. Jean-Marcel Rodié was elected Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

Fr. Joseph Rabbani was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Alessandro Guidati was elected Titular Bishop of Adada and Vicar Apostolic of Salonica (Greece)

Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco was established (from Diocese of Cali and Diocese of Pasto) (Colombia)

Fr. Cirillo Riza was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

Archbishop Andrea Cassulo, Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland

Bishop Emmerich Bjelik, Military Vicar emeritus of Austria (Austria), passed away at 66

Bishop Auguste Gauthier (俄永垂), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Beihai 北海 (China), passed away at 58

Bishop Honoré Joseph Coppieters succeeded as Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

Bishop Emile-Joannes Seghers, Bishop of Gent (Belgium), passed away at 71

Fr. Luca Belludi, O.F.M., was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Henry Patrick Rohlman was elected Bishop of Davenport (USA)

Bishop John Joseph O’Connor, Bishop of Newark (USA), passed away at 71

Fr. Paschal Charles Robinson, O.F.M., was elected Titular Archbishop of Tyana

Diocese of Chittagong was established (from Diocese of Dacca and became suffragan of Calcutta) (Bangladesh)

Diocese of Dinajpur was established (from Diocese of Krishnagar and became suffragan of Calcutta) (Bangladesh)

Diocese of Ranchi was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta and became suffragan of Calcutta) (India)

Fr. Richard Joseph Fitzgerald was elected Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

Bishop Henry Gregory Thompson, O.S.B., resigned as Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

Fr. George Joseph Finnigan, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Helena (USA)

Saint Fr. Annibale Maria Di Francia (Hannibal Mary Di Francia), R.C.J., Founder of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus (Rogationists), passed away at 75

Diocese of Catanzaro was promoted as Archdiocese of Catanzaro (Italy)

Bishop Giovanni Fiorentini, Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy), was promoted as Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy)

Archbishop Alfred-Jules Mélisson, Bishop emeritus of Blois (France), passed away at 84

Fr. Henri Vielle, O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Rabat (Morocco)

Bishop Daniel Mary Gorman, Bishop of Boise City (USA), passed away at 66

Fr. Maurice Roy was appointed as Priest of Québec (Canada)

Archbishop José Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña, Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico), passed away at 61

Fr. Arthur-Alfred Lepailleur, C.S.C., was elected Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh)

Bishop Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Krishnagar (India), was appointed as Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh)

Bishop Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M., Bishop of Lodi (Italy), passed away at 64

Bishop Angelo Portelli, O.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta), passed away at 75

Archbishop Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Cardinal Donato Sbarretti resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Bishop Dionysios Kfoury, B.S., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites

Fr. Lajos Shvoy was elected Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

Fr. James Joseph MacNamee was elected Bishop of Ardagh (Ireland)

Fr. Michael O’Brien was elected Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland)

Bishop Eftimios Youakim, B.S., was confirmed as Bishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Bishop-elect Henri Vielle, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Rabat (Morocco), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Thebæ Phthiotides

Venerable Archbishop August Hlond, S.D.B., President of Episcopal Conference of Poland, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Isidro Gomá y Tomás was elected Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (Spain)

Fr. Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Vic (Spain)

Bishop Cirillo Riza was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Palæstina of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

Fr. Emmet Michael Walsh, Priest of Savannah (USA), was elected Bishop of Charleston (USA)

Fr. Salvador Montes de Oca was elected Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

Fr. Erminio Bonetta, P.I.M.E., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Kengtung (Myanmar)

Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Bishop Alphonse-Osias Gagnon, Titular Bishop of Pegæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Fr. Joseph-Omer Plante was elected Titular Bishop of Doberus and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Fr. Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville was elected Bishop of Dijon (France)

Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Poland, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio

Bishop Charles-François Lasne, C.M., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar), passed away at 59

Mission sui juris of Linqing 臨清 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Jinanfu 濟南府) (China)

Patriarch Michele Zezza di Zapponeta, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Napoli (Italy), passed away at 77

Archbishop Louis Humbrecht, Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France), passed away at 73

Diocese of Boiano was renamed as Diocese of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy)

Bishop Alberto Romita, Bishop of Boiano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy)

Bishop Antonio Galati, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy)

Fr. José de Jesús López y González was elected Titular Bishop of Dadima and Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Fr. Augusto Wachter, M.H.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Northern Borneo (Malaysia)

Bishop Joseph Gaudentius Anderson, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA), passed away at 61

Venerable Bishop Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was appointed as Founder of Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions

Fr. Fermín Emilio Lafitte was elected Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

Fr. Audino Rodríguez y Olmos was elected Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

Bishop Inocencio Dávila y Matos, Titular Bishop of Ostracine and Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina), was appointed as Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina)

Fr. Julián Pedro Martínez was elected Bishop of Paraná (Argentina)

Bishop Laurent-Marie-Etienne Monnier, Bishop of Troyes (France), passed away at 79

Fr. Gaudenzio Manuelli was elected Bishop of Anagni (Italy)

Bishop Pietro Calchi Novati, Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

Bishop Juan Plaza y García, Bishop of Santander (Spain), passed away at 62

Cardinal Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso and Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery, passed away at 81

Fr. Joseph Nicholas Dinand, S.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica) and Titular Bishop of Selinus

Abbot Hugues de Fosses, O. Praem., Abbot General of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians), was beatified by equipollence

Fr. Edgar Anton Häring (俞廣仁), O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Shuozhou 朔州 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Hanyang 漢陽 was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Hanyang 漢陽 (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Gebel was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Equatorial Nile) (South Sudan)

Apostolic Prefecture of Broken Hill was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Zambese) (Zambia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Zambese was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Salisbury (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Broken Hill) (Zimbabwe)

Fr. Edward John Galvin (高爾文), S.S.C.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Hanyang 漢陽 (China), was elected Titular Bishop of Myrina and Vicar Apostolic of Hanyang 漢陽 (China)

Archbishop Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J., Titular Archbishop of Madytus and Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Poona (India)

Fr. Fernand-Jean-Joseph Thiry (フェルナン・チリー), M.E.P., was elected Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

Fr. Roberto Brown, S.J., Prefect Apostolic of Zambese (Zimbabwe), was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

Bishop Henry Gregory Thompson, O.S.B., was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mundinitza

Fr. Giuseppe Miglior was elected Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

Bishop Johannes Raffl, Bishop of Brixen (Italy), passed away at 68

Diocese of Fukuoka 福岡 was established (from Diocese of Nagasaki 長崎 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京) (Japan)

Fr. Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (ヤヌアリオ 早坂 久之助) was elected Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs succeeded as Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten, Bishop of Liège (Belgium), passed away at 85

Fr. Varkey Kattarath, C.V., was appointed as Founder of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. George Mannara, C.V., was appointed as Founder of Vincentian Congregation and Superior General of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. Antony Powathil, C.V., was appointed as Founder of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. George Vattamkandathil, C.V., was appointed as Founder of Vincentian Congregation

Fr. Clemente van der Pas, O. Carm., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Malang (Indonesia)

Cardinal János Csernoch, Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), passed away at 75

Bishop Alexandre Berlioz (アレキサンドル・ベルリオーズ), M.E.P., Bishop of Hakodate 函館 (Japan), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Ostracine

Fr. Franciszek-Piotr Bučys, M.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

Bishop Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M., Bishop of Lugo (Spain), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pelusium

Cardinal Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P., resigned as Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Poland, was appointed as Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Archbishop Giuseppe Schirò, Ordinary emeritus of Silicia of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Ordinary emeritus of Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 81

Archbishop Acacio Chacón Guerra succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Archbishop Antonio Ramón Silva, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela), passed away at 77

Bishop Settimio Quadraroli, Bishop of Teramo (Italy), passed away at 55

Bishop Adalberto Schmücker (瑞明軒), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Jinanfu 濟南府 (China), passed away at 48

Bishop Vincenzo Migliorelli, Bishop of Norcia (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Treia (Italy) and Bishop of San Severino (Italy)

Bishop Francesco Cammarota, Bishop of Capaccio–Vallo (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Policastro (Italy)

Bishop Gaetano Müller, Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Nardò (Italy)

Fr. Karl Gissler, S.A.C., Rector General emeritus of Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), passed away at 68

Fr. Umberto Mozzoni was appointed as Priest of Macerata (Italy)

Archbishop Primo Bianchi, Archbishop emeritus of Durrës (Albania), passed away at 75

Cardinal Enrique Reig y Casanova, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain), passed away at 69

Bishop José Leite Lopes de Faria, Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal), passed away at 51

Bishop Alexandre-Philibert Poirier succeeded as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Bishop François-Xavier Schoepfer, Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France), passed away at 84

Bishop Fidel García Martínez, Titular Bishop of Hippus and Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain)

Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Caruso, Bishop of Cariati (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy)

Mr. James A. Flaherty resigned as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Mr. Martin H. Carmody was appointed as Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Fr. Fortunado Devoto was elected Titular Bishop of Attæa and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Archbishop Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Reims (France), passed away at 73

Fr. Bolesław Kominek was appointed as Priest of Katowice (Poland)

Fr. James Charles McGuigan, Priest of Charlottetown (Canada), was appointed as Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary

Bishop Giuseppe Gandolfi, Bishop of Jesi (Italy), passed away at 69

Cardinal Louis Billot, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata, was appointed as

Bishop Pio Gaetano Secondo Stella, Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), passed away at 70

Diocese of Borgo San Donnino was renamed as Diocese of Fidenza (Italy)

Bishop Giuseppe Fabbrucci, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Fidenza (Italy)

Fr. Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze was elected Titular Archbishop of Dara and Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Abbot Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. Subl., Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy), was elected Titular Bishop of Diocæsarea in Palæstina

Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain), passed away at 83

Fr. John Bertram Peterson was elected Titular Bishop of Hippos and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Bishop Peter James Muldoon, Bishop of Rockford (USA), passed away at 64

Bishop Antonius von Henle, Bishop of Regensburg (Germany), passed away at 76

Bishop Philip Zhao Huai-yi (趙懷義), Vicar Apostolic of Xuanhuafu 宣化府 (China), passed away at 47

Msgr. Valerio Valeri was elected Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia and Titular Archbishop of Ephesus

Bishop Jakob Klunder, Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland), passed away at 78

Bishop Apollonio Maggio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy), passed away at 67

Cardinal Patrick O’Donnell, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace and Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland), passed away at 70

Fr. James Kalacherry (Kalassery) was elected Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty, Archbishop-Bishop of Omaha (USA), passed away at 73

Bishop Joseph Freri, Titular Bishop of Constantia, passed away at 63

Fr. Evasio Colli was elected Bishop of Acireale (Italy)

Bishop Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet, Bishop of Soissons (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

Fr. Cassien Augier, O.M.I., Superior General emeritus of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates), passed away at 82

Archbishop Louis Petit, Archbishop emeritus of Athens (Greece), passed away at 59

Fr. Ettore Felici was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Chile and Titular Archbishop of Corinthus

Bishop Roberto Julio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil), passed away at 57

Bishop Gennaro Trama, Bishop of Lecce (Italy), passed away at 71

Fr. Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Peng-yang (North Korea)

Bishop William Miller, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Transvaal (South Africa), passed away at 69

Bishop Michel-Thomas Labrecque, Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Helenopolis

Cardinal Alessandro Lualdi, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 69

Bishop Damaso Pio de Bono, Bishop emeritus of Caltagirone (Italy), passed away at 77

Fr. Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita, C.SS.R., was elected Titular Bishop of Hieropolis and Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro (Spain)

Fr. Ludovico Ferretti, O.P., was elected Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy)

Bishop Władysław Krynicki, Titular Bishop of Achantus and Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

Fr. Fortunato Antonio Spruit (苗其秀), O.F.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu 潞安府 (China)

Bishop Patrick Richard Heffron, Bishop of Winona (USA), passed away at 67

Cardinal Giovanni Bonzano, P.I.M.E., Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna and Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Athenaeum of the Propagation of Faith, passed away at 60

Fr. Sebastian Großrubatscher, O.F.M., Prefect Apostolic of Yongzhoufu 永州府 (China), passed away at 39

Fr. Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Bishop Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Vitoria (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Fr. Dionisio Moreno y Barrio was elected Bishop of Coria (Spain)

Bishop Silverio Velasco Pérez, Titular Bishop of Ticelia and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), passed away at 46

Archbishop Donato Velluti Zati di S. Clemente, Bishop emeritus of Pescia (Italy), passed away at 82

Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako and Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou) (Burkina Faso)

Apostolic Prefecture of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府) (China)

Apostolic Prefecture of Benadir was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu (Somalia)

Apostolic Prefecture of Lindi was promoted as Territorial Abbacy of Lindi (Tanzania)

Fr. John Andrew O’Shea (和若望), C.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) and Titular Bishop of Midila

Fr. Gallus Steiger, O.S.B., Prefect Apostolic of Lindi (Tanzania), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Lindi (Tanzania)

Fr. Edward Joseph Kelly was elected Bishop of Boise City (USA)

Fr. John Michael McNamara was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore–Washington (USA) and Titular Bishop of Eumenia

Cardinal Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso and Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

Archbishop Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Archbishop Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet, Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Fr. Maurice Feltin was elected Bishop of Troyes (France)

Archbishop Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M., Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Michael Buchberger, Titular Bishop of Athribis and Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany), was appointed as Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

Archbishop-elect Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Bishop Pierre Aziz Ho was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Archbishop Carlo Cremonesi resigned as Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy)

Archbishop Antonio Anastasio Rossi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy), was promoted as Patriarch of Constantinople and Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy)

Bishop Andrea Giacinto Longhin, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Treviso (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Udine (Italy)

Fr. Leone Wetmański was elected Titular Bishop of Camachus and Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland)

Archbishop Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Fr. Francis Johannes was elected Titular Bishop of Thasus and Coadjutor Bishop of Leavenworth (USA)

Fr. Thomas Charles O’Reilly was elected Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Ms. Ozana Kotorska Kosić (Caterina) was beatified by equipollence

Cardinal Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio

Bishop-elect Fortunato Antonio Spruit (苗其秀), O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu 潞安府 (China), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Vaga

Bishop Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez, Titular Bishop of Sozusa and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

Cardinal Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet, Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca

Cardinal Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M., was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna

Cardinal Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

Archbishop Giovanni Fiorentini, Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Squillace (Italy)

Bishop Ambrogio Luddi, O.P., Bishop of Assisi (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Troas

Venerable Cardinal August Hlond, S.D.B., President of Episcopal Conference of Poland, Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace

Fr. Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C., Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Mogadishu (Somalia) and Titular Bishop of Amyzon

Bishop Antonio Micozzi, Titular Bishop of Cæsarea and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Teramo (Italy)

Archbishop Thomas Fennelly, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cashel (Ireland), passed away at 81

Archbishop Bisciarah Riccardo Chémali, Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria), passed away at 50

Bishop Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier, Bishop of Bayeux (France), passed away at 74

Abbot Andreas Amrhein, O.S.B., Superior General emeritus of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines), passed away at 83

Bishop Marc Khouzam, Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Antonio Alvaro y Ballano, Bishop of Zamora (Spain), passed away at 51