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26 February 2022

Kim Jong Soo named Daejeon Bishop

Bishop Augustinus Kim Jong Soo was named Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South).

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik was named Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy in June 2021.

Bishop Kim Jong Soo had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the same diocese.

25 February 2022

Mweempwa named Monze Bishop

Bishop-elect Raphael Mweempwa was named Bishop of Monze, Zambia.

The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Moses Hamungole in January 2021.

24 February 2022

Vaccari named Massa Carrara-Pontremoli Bishop

Bishop-elect Mario Vaccari, O.F.M. was named Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Giovanni Santucci in January 2021.

Fondong Abangalo named Mamfe Bishop

Bishop-elect Aloysius Fondong Abangalo was named Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya was named Archbishop of Bamenda in December 2019.

15 February 2022

Pu named Kiayi Bishop

Bishop-elect Norbert Pu was named Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Thomas Chung An-zu was named Archbishop of Taipei in May 2020.

11 February 2022

Minnerath retired, Hérouard named Dijon Archbishop

Archbishop Roland Minnerath retired and Archbishop-designate Antoine Henry Pierre Marie Hérouard was named Archbishop of Dijon, France.

Archbishop-designate Hérouard had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Lille.

08 February 2022

05 February 2022

Herrera Corona named Congo Nuncio and Gabon Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Javier Herrera Corona was named Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon and titular archbishop of Vulturaria.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina was named Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti in June 2021.

04 February 2022

Nolan named Glasgow Archbishop

Archbishop-designate William Nolan was named Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain.

The archdiocese had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Philip Tartaglia in January 2021.

Archbishop-designate Nolan had been serving as Bishop of Galloway.

02 February 2022

Daule and Santa Elena erected; Piccioli and Minda Chalá named Bishops

The Diocese of Daule and the Diocese of Santa Elena were erected with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador and becoming suffragans of it.

Bishop Giovanni Battista Piccioli was named Bishop of Daule.

Bishop Guido Iván Minda Chalá was named Bishop of Santa Elena.

Both of them had been serving as Auxiliary Bishops of Guayaquil.

Solczyński named Turkey Nuncio

Archbishop Marek Solczyński was named Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey.

He had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania.