New Cardinals

Pope Francis announced on 2022.05.29 that he would elevate the following 20 prelates to the Sacred College of Cardinals in a consistory on 2022.08.27.

1. Archbishop Arthur Roche (72), Prefect of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, Archbishop ad personam and Bishop emeritus of Leeds (England)
2. Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik (유흥식 라자로 / 俞興植) (70), Prefect of Dicastery for the Clergy, President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, Archbishop ad personam and Bishop emeritus of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea)
3. Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. (77), Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari, President of Governorate of Vatican City State, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, Member of Commission for Confidential Matters and Member of Financial Security Committee
4. Archbishop Jean-Marc Noël Aveline (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France)
5. Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke (59), Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria)
6. Archbishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (71), Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) and First Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)
7. Patriarch Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (69), Patriarch of East Indies, Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India) and President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India
8. Bishop Robert Walter McElroy (68), Bishop of San Diego (USA)
9. Archbishop Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Díli (Timor-Leste)
10. Bishop Oscar Cantoni (71), Bishop of Como (Italy)
11. Archbishop Anthony Poola (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India)
12. Archbishop Paulo Cezar Costa (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil)
13. Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. (62), Bishop of Wa (Ghana)
14. Archbishop William Goh Seng Chye (吳成才) (64), Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore) and General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei
15. Archbishop Adalberto Martínez Flores (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay), President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay)
16. Bishop Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. (47), Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) and Titular Bishop of Castra severiana
17. Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (80), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia)
18. Archbishop Arrigo Miglio (79), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagliari (Italy)
19. Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J. (79), Pontifical Assistant for Memores Domini Lay Association and Pontifical Assistant to Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ
20. Msgr. Fortunato Frezza (80), Undersecretary emeritus of Synod of Bishops

Recent Appointments

• 2022.08.07: Bishop Robert Mikhail Moskal, Bishop emeritus of Saint Josaphat in Parma of the Ukrainians (USA), passed away at 84
• 2022.08.06: Fr. Bertilo João Morsch (57) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)
• 2022.08.06: Fr. Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar (57) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Glavinitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
• 2022.08.06: Archbishop Paolo Rocco Gualtieri (61), Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles, Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius and Apostolic Delegate to Comoro Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
• 2022.08.06: Archbishop Ignazio Sanna (80) resigned as President of Pontifical Academy of Theology
• 2022.08.06: Bishop Antonio Staglianò (63), Bishop of Noto (Italy), was appointed as President of Pontifical Academy of Theology
• 2022.08.06: Msgr. Koru Tito, Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru (Kiribati), passed away at 61
• 2022.08.06: Bishop John Walter Yanta, Bishop emeritus of Amarillo (USA), passed away at 90
• 2022.08.05: Bishop Reginald Michael Cawcutt, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cape Town (South Africa), passed away at 83

Upcoming Feasts

Martyrology

Upcoming Celebrations

• 2022.08.27: Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of 20 Cardinals
• 2022.08.28: Pastoral Visit to L’Aquila
• 2022.08.29 – 2022.08.30: 13ᵗʰ Extraordinary Consistory
• 2022.09.01: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2022
• 2022.09.13 – 2022.09.15: Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan
• 2022.09.24: Visit to Assisi for “Economy of Francesco”
• 2022.09.25: 108ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022
• 2022.09.25: Pastoral Visit to Matera for the National Eucharistic Congress
• 2022.09.27: World Tourism Day 2022
• 2022.10.16: World Food Day 2022

Commemorations

• 2022.08.09: 7ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Blessed Giovanni della Verna (1322)
• 2022.08.09: 80ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1942)
• 2022.08.10: 4ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Blessed Augustinus Ōta (1622)
• 2022.08.10: 80ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Edward Detkens, Blessed Franciszek Drzewiecki and Blessed Edward Grzymała (1942)
• 2022.08.12: Centenary, Birth of Blessed Luigi della Consolata Bordino (1922)
• 2022.08.12: 80ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Florian Stępniak and Blessed Józef Straszewski (1942)
• 2022.08.15: 75ᵗʰ anniversary, Establishment of India (1947)
• 2022.08.15: 75ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Claudio Granzotto (1947)
• 2022.08.15: 70ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Armida Barelli (1952)
• 2022.08.17: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed María Crescencia Pérez (1897)

Jubilarians

• 2022.08.08: Bishop Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P. (77), Bishop emeritus of Hà Tĩnh (Vietnam), celebrates 50 years as priest
• 2022.08.11: Bishop Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M. (85), Titular Bishop of Quæstoriana and Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Galápagos (Ecuador), celebrates 60 years as priest
• 2022.08.12: Bishop Francesco Milito (74), Bishop of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (Italy), celebrates 50 years as priest
• 2022.08.12: Bishop José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (84), Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela), celebrates 60 years as priest
• 2022.08.13: Bishop Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B. (78), Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Ayaviri (Peru), celebrates 50 years as priest

Papal Audiences

• 2022.08.06: Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal, Msgr. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C.
• 2022.08.05: Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Cardinal Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro
• 2022.08.01: Msgr. Pierangelo Pedretti
• 2022.07.14: Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr., Bishop-elect Matthew Yitiereh, Fr. Genesio Viomar, O.S.B.M., Fr. Vincenzo Molinaro, O.M.D., Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M.
• 2022.07.04: Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville, Bishop Guido Marini

Recent Major Papal Documents

• 2022.07.14: Motu Proprio Ad charisma tuendum On Opus Dei
• 2022.06.29: Apostolic Letter Desiderio desideravi On the liturgical formation of the People of God
• 2022.04.26: Motu Proprio Recognitum Librum VI Modifying canon 695 §1 of the Code of Canon Law
• 2022.03.19: Apostolic Constitution Prædicate evangelium On the Roman Curia and its service to the Church and to the world
• 2022.02.11: Motu Proprio Assegnare alcune competenze Modifying some rules in the Code of Canon Law and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches

Recent Curial Documents

• 2022.06.15: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, Note “Rescript on the erection of public associations of the faithful”
• 2022.05.30: Apostolic Penitentiary, Decree “Granting of the Indulgence on the occasion of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly”
• 2022.05.18: Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, Note “Rescript allowing the conferment of the office of Major Superior to a non-clerical member”
• 2022.05.01: Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, Message “For the Buddhist Fest of Vesakh/Hanamatsuri 2022”
• 2022.04.08: Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Decree “On the office of the President and Vice-President of Episcopal Conferences”

Recent Minor Papal Documents

• 2022.07.19: Message For the 2ⁿᵈ Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life (Nairobi)
• 2022.07.15: Letter For the closing celebrations of Peregrinación Europea de Jóvenes (Santiago de Compostela)
• 2022.07.15: Message To the participants in the SIGNIS World Congress (Seoul)
• 2022.07.15: Message To the people of the Dominican Republic to mark the Altagracian Jubilee Year
• 2022.07.13: Message To the participants in the Conference “Resilience of People and Ecosystems under Climate Stress” (Casino Pio IV)

Recent Papal Speeches

• 2022.07.26: Homily “Liturgy of the Word (Shrine of Lac St. Anne)”
• 2022.07.26: Homily “Mass (Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton)”
• 2022.07.25: Speech “Meeting with indigenous peoples and members of the parish (Parish of Sacred Heart, Edmonton)”
• 2022.07.25: Speech “Meeting with indigenous peoples: First nations, Métis and Inuit (Maskwacis)”
• 2022.07.24: Speech “Greeting to journalists (flight to Canada)”