Bishop Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende was named Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B. retired in January 2011.
Bishop van den Hende had been serving as Bishop of Breda.
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- Causero named Switzerland and Liechtenstein Nuncio
- Wickramasinghe named Galle Bishop
- Gruss named Rapid City Bishop
- Hying named Milwaukee Auxiliary
- Mpako named Queenstown Bishop
- Gullickson named Ukraine Nuncio
- Tapsoba resigned as Koudougou Bishop
- Batakian retired, Mouradian named Out Lady of Nare...
- Long Van Nguyen named Melbourne Auxiliary
- Sarasti Jaramillo resigned, Monsalve Mejía succeed...
- Gonçalves retired, Tomás succeeded as Vila Real Bi...
- Conlon named Joliet in Illinois Bishop
- Ruiz Arenas named Promoting the New Evangelization...
- Lampra Cà named Bissau Auxiliary
- Ok Hyun-jjn named Kwangju Auxiliary
- van den Hende named Rotterdam Bishop
- Pinto named Philippines Nuncio
- Becciu named Secretariat of State Sostituto
- Dias retired, Filoni named Evangelization of Peopl...
- Favale retired, Miniero named Vallo della Lucania ...
- Bolonek named Macedonia Nuncio
- Pavanello retired, Lara Barbosa named Campo Grande...
- Aristizábal Quintero and Torres Marín named Medell...
- Hergesse named Vitória Auxiliary
- Angotti Filho named Belo Horizonte Auxiliary
- Akamine named São Paulo Auxiliary
- Gaibor García named Tulcán Bishop
- Morris removed as Toowoomba Bishop
- Cardinal García-Gasco y Vicente Died
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