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31 July 2013

Caggiano named Bridgeport Bishop

Bishop Frank Joseph Caggiano was named Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop William Edward Lori was named Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland in March 2012.

Bishop Caggiano had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York.

26 July 2013

Mattekatt named Diphu Bishop

Bishop-elect Paul Mattekatt was named Bishop of Diphu, India.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop John Moolachira was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Guwahati in April 2011.

Kumar Kujur named Rourkela Bishop

Bishop-elect Kishore Kumar Kujur was named Bishop of Rourkela, India.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop John Barwa, S.V.D. was named Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in February 2011.

25 July 2013

Scarpellini named El Alto Bishop

Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini was named Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. was named Archbishop of Sucre in February 2013. Bishop Scarpellini had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the same diocese.

23 July 2013

Zanchetta named Orán Bishop

Bishop-elect Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta was named Bishop of Orán, Argentina.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Marcelo Daniel Colombo was named Bishop of La Rioja earlier this month.

Tineo Rivera named Carora Bishop

Bishop Luis Armando Tineo Rivera was named Bishop of Carora, Venezuela.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. was named Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar in August 2011.

Bishop Tineo Rivera had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela.

Stulpins named Liepāja Bishop

Bishop-elect Viktors Stulpins was named Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. in June 2012.

Sánchez Loaiza named Machala Bishop

Bishop Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza was named Bishop of Machala, Ecuador.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. in October 2012.

Bishop Sánchez Loaiza had been serving as Bishop of Guaranda.

Gervasoni named Vigevano Bishop

Bishop-elect Maurizio Gervasoni was named Bishop of Vigevano, Italy.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Vincenzo Di Mauro in July 2012.

19 July 2013

Doyle retired, Porteous named Hobart Archbishop

Archbishop Adrian Leo Doyle retired and Archbishop-designate Julian Charles Porteous was named Archbishop of Hobart, Australia.

Archbishop-designate Porteous had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney.

Harun Yuwono named Tanjungkarang Bishop

Bishop-elect Yohanes Harun Yuwono was named Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia.

The diocese had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop Andreas Henrisusanta, S.C.I. in July 2012.

O’Reilly retired, Duffy named Ardagh Bishop

Bishop Colm O’Reilly retired and Bishop-elect Francis Duffy was named Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland.

Bishop O’Reilly celebrated 30 years as Bishop of Ardagh earlier this year.

16 July 2013

Udaigwe named Togo Nuncio

Archbishop Brian Udaigwe was named Apostolic Nuncio to Togo in addition to his other posts.

Filograna named Nardò-Gallipoli Bishop

Bishop-elect Fernando Tarcisio Filograna was named Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Domenico Caliandro was named Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni in October 2012.

Bryl named Poznań Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Damian Bryl was named Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland and titular bishop of Suliana.

11 July 2013

Orosch named Trnava Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Ján Orosch was named Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia.

Archbishop-designate Orosch had been serving as Apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese since the removal of Archbishop Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R. in July 2012.

Boccardi named Iran Nuncio

Archbishop Leo Boccardi was named Apostolic Nuncio to Iran.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel was named Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of in January 2013.

Archbishop Boccardi had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and to Eritrea.

09 July 2013

06 July 2013

Kocherry named Bangladesh Nuncio

Archbishop George Kocherry as named Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino was named Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia in January 2013.

Archbishop Kocherry had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe.

03 July 2013

Arshad named Faisalabad Bishop

Bishop-elect Joseph Arshad was named Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Joseph Coutts was named Archbishop of Karachi in January 2012.