Bishop João Maria Messi, O.S.M. retired and Bishop Francesco Biasin was named Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Bishop Biasin had been serving as Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco.
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- Cardinal Sterzinsky Died
- Sherrington named Westminster Auxiliary
- Walsh resigned, Vasa succeeded as Santa Rosa Bishop
- Tettamanzi retired, Scola named Milano Archbishop
- El-Sayeh named Antiochia (Maronite) Curial Bishop
- Minassian named Eastern Europe (Armenian) Ordinary
- Marinelli retired, Tani named Urbino-Urbania-Sant’...
- Guyard retired, Brunin named Le Havre Bishop
- Kozelinski Netto named Santa María del Patrocinio ...
- Ipolt named Görlitz Bishop
- Thoppil named Kohima Bishop
- Rabbat named Saint Michael’s of Sydney Bishop
- da Rocha named Brasília Archbishop
- Piatek named Coari Prelate
- Bustros named Beirut and Jbeil Archbishop
- Darwish named Zahleh e Furzol Archbishop
- Samra named Newton Bishop
- Purwinski retired, Malchuk named Kyiv-Zhytomyr Bishop
- Talamayan retired and Utleg named Tuguegarao Archb...
- Antonio named Nueva Segovia Auxiliary
- Bantolo named Masbate Bishop
- Lonchyna named Great Britain (Ukrainian) Apostolic...
- N’Koué named Parakou Archbishop
- Misue retired, Maeda named Hiroshima Bishop
- Wypych and Rojas named Chicago Auxiliaries
- Dao retired as Kayes Bishop
- Erected: Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada; ...
- Mandara named Sabina-Poggio Mirteto Bishop
- Villalba retired, Zecca named Tucumán Archbishop
- Aje retired, Kukah named Sokoto Bishop
- Sánchez Cubillos named Tibú Bishop
- Gomes Guimarães retired, Ferrería Paz named Campos...
- Messi retired, Biasin named Barra do Piraí-Volta R...
- Bottari de Castello named Hungary Nuncio
- Moran retired, Gilbert named Aberdeen Bishop
- Ojeda Márquez named Mexico Auxiliary
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