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Version 2.5.1

Today I've finished a minor upgrade to the code that generates the website. Besides some internal adjustments, the biggest external change is several new "by Country" pages. These new pages will appear for a given country whenever there is an update for that country. (To see examples of the new pages, look at the United States of America pages which were updated today.)

  • Seniority by Priestly Ordination
  • Seniority by Bishop Ordination
  • Cardinals

As with all by Country pages, the bishops include all those born in that country along with those that served in that country at some point.

21 April 2008

Bishop Castermans Died

Bishop Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands, has died. He was 84 years old and had served as a priest for 57 years and as a bishop for 26 years. May he rest in peace.

19 April 2008

Cardinal López Trujillo Died

Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family and Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, has died. He was 72 years old and had served as a priest for 47 years. He had also served as a bishop for 37 years and as a cardinal for 25 years. May he rest in peace.

Kairo named Nyeri Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Peter J. Kairo was named Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya. The archdiocese had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Nicodemus Kirima in November 2007. Archbishop-designate Kairo had been serving as Bishop of Nakuru.

Gasi retired, Kussala named Tombura-Yambio Bishop

Bishop Joseph Abangite Gasi retired and Bishop-elect Edward Hiiboro Kussala was named Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, Sudan.

Berenbrinker named Paderborn Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Hubert Berenbrinker was named Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany and titular bishop of Panatoria.

12 April 2008

De Paolis named Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See President

Archbishop-designate Velasio De Paolis, C.S. was named President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and at the same time elevated from a Bishop to an Archbishop.

Padilla named Korea Nuncio

Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla was named Apostolic Nuncio to Korea. The post had been vacant since Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig was named Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden in January 2008. Archbishop Padilla had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica.

Daneels named Apostolic Signatura Secretary

Bishop-elect Frans Daneels, O. Praem. was named Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura and titular bishop of Bita.

Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru elevated to Bishop

Bishop-elect Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru was named titular bishop of Civitate. He remains the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, a post he has held since February 2007.

Burke retired, Reece succeeded as Kingston in Jamaica Archbishop

Archbishop Lawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J. retired and Archbishop Donald James Reece succeeded as Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles. Archbishop Reece had been serving as Coadjutor Archbishop of the same Archdiocese.

10 April 2008

Bishop Dubovský Died

Bishop Peter Dubovský, S.J., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, has died. He was 86 years old and has served as a priest for 57 years and as a bishop for 46 years. May he rest in peace.

Cardinal Corripio y Ahumada Died

Ernesto Cardinal Corripio y Ahumada, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District, Mexico, has died. He was 88 years old and had served as a priest for 65 years. He had also served as a bishop for 55 years and as a cardinal for 28 years. May he rest in peace.

Justice named San Francisco Auxiliary

Bishop-elect William J. Justice was named an Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA and titular bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari.

Cantú named San Antonio Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Oscar Cantú was named an Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA and titular bishop of Dardanus.

Conley named Denver Auxiliary

Bishop-elect James Douglas Conley was named Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA and titular bishop of Cissa.

Taylor named Little Rock Bishop

Bishop-elect Anthony Basil Taylor was named Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. The Diocese had been vacant since Bishop James Peter Sartain was named Bishop of Joliet in Illinois in May 2006.

Pates named Des Moines Bishop

Bishop Richard Edmund Pates was named Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The Diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Joseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S. one year ago today. Bishop Pates had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

07 April 2008

Archbishop Little Died

Archbishop Thomas Francis Little, Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia, has died. He was 82 years old and had served as a priest for 57 years and as a bishop for 35 years. May he rest in peace.

02 April 2008

Elevated: Huarí, Peru

The Territorial Prelature of Huarí, Peru was elevated to a Diocese. Bishop Ivo Baldi Gaburri who had been serving as the Prelate has been named as its first Bishop.

Lipscomb retired, Rodi named Mobile Archbishop

Archbishop Oscar Hugh Lipscomb retired and Archbishop-designate Thomas John Rodi was named Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA. Archbishop-designate Rodi had been serving as Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi.

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