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30 May 2020

Pointe-Noire and Owando made Archdioceses

The dioceses of Pointe-Noire and Owando were both elevated to Archdioceses.

The Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire, Congo was given the suffragan dioceses of Dolisie and Nkayi.

Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B., who had been serving as Bishop, is now Archbishop-designate.


The Archdiocese of Owando, Congo was given the suffragan dioceses of Impfondo and Ouesso.

Victor Abagna Mossa, who had been serving as Bishop, is now Archbishop-designate.


All of the dioceses were formerly suffragans of Archdiocese of Brazzaville.

Ukpong named Umuahia Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Michael Kalu Ukpong was named Auxiliary Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria and titular bishop of Igilgili.

Peña Rodríguez retired, Castro Marte named Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey Bishop

Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez retired and Bishop Jesús Castro Marte was named Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic.

Bishop Castro Marte had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo.

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Lopes Ricci named Nova Friburgo Bishop

Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci was named Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Edney Gouvêa Mattoso in January 2020.

Bishop Lopes Ricci had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói.

Wagner da Silva retired, da Silva named Guarapuava Bishop

Bishop Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I. retired and Bishop Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P. was named Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil.

Bishop da Silva had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba.

Desrochers named Pembroke Bishop

Bishop Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. was named Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Michael Mulhall was named Archbishop of Kingston in March 2019.

Bishop Desrochers had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall.

Ottawa-Cornwall erected, Damphousse named Coadjutor Archbishop

The Archdiocese of Ottawa and the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall were united to form the new Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.

Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. was serving as the ordinary for both jurisdictions and is now the Archbishop of the new archdiocese.

Archbishop-designate Marcel Damphousse was named the Coadjutor Archbishop.

He had been serving as Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie

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