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31 May 2021

Rayappan named Salem Bishop

Bishop-elect Arulselvam Rayappan was named Bishop of Salem, India.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Singaroyan Sebastianappan in March 2020.

Msimbe named Morogoro Bishop

Bishop-elect Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S. was named Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania.

The diocese had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop Telesphore Mkude in December 2020.

28 May 2021

27 May 2021

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Archbishop Arthur Roche was named Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. He had been serving as Secretary of the same congregation.

Archbishop-designate Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. was named Secretary. He had been serving as Bishop of Tortona, Italy.

Bishop-elect Aurelio García Macías was named Under Secretary and titular bishop of Rotdon.

22 May 2021

Montenegro retired, Damiano succeeded as Agrigento Archbishop

Archbishop Francesco Montenegro retired and Archbishop Alessandro Damiano succeeded as Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy.

Archbishop Damiano had been serving as Coadjutor Archbishop of the same archdiocese.

Muteba Mugalu named Lubumbashi Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Fulgence Muteba Mugalu was named Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.).

The archdiocese had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B in March 2021.

Archbishop-designate Muteba Mugalu had been serving as Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga.

Pascarella named Ischia Bishop

Bishop Gennaro Pascarella was named Bishop of Ischia, Italy uniting it to Pozzuoli where he was already the bishop.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Pietro Lagnese was named Bishop of Caserta in December 2020.

21 May 2021

19 May 2021

Paruzzo retired, Vieira dos Santos named Ourinhos Bishop

Bishop Salvatore Paruzzo retired and Bishop Eduardo Vieira dos Santos was named Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Bishop Vieira dos Santos had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo.

17 May 2021

Cadenas Cardo named Iquitos Vicar Apostolic

Bishop-elect Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A. was named Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru.

The vicariate had been vacant since the death of Bishop Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A. in November 2019.

14 May 2021

Peedikayil named Aitape Bishop

Bishop-elect Siby Mathew Peedikayil, H.G.N. was named Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Otto Separy was named Bishop of Bereina in July 2019.

12 May 2021

Gomes named Sylhet Bishop

Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes was named Bishop of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

The diocse had been vacant since then-Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. was named Archbishop of Dhaka in September 2020.

Bishop Gomes had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka.

11 May 2021

Segura Etxezarraga named Bilbao Bishop

Bishop Joseba Segura Etxezarraga was named Bishop of Bilbao, Spain.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa was named Archbishop of Burgos in October 2020.

Bishop Segura Etxezarraga had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao.

08 May 2021

Chifukwa named Dedza Bishop

Bishop-elect Peter Adrian Chifukwa was named Bishop of Dedza, Malawi.

The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Emmanuel Cosmas Kanyama in February 2018.

La Placa named Ragusa Bishop

Bishop-elect Giuseppe La Placa was named Bishop of Ragusa, Italy.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Carmelo Cuttitta in December 2020.

Giordano named European Union Nuncio

Archbishop Aldo Giordano was named Apostolic Nuncio to European Union.

The post had been vacant since the retirement of Archbishop Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin in November 2020.

Archbishop Giordano had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela.