Cona named El Salvador Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Luigi Roberto Cona was named Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and titular archbishop of Oppidum Consilinum.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi was named Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia in September 2022.

Gangemi named El Salvador Nuncio

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi was named Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele was named Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina in March 2018.

Archbishop Gangemi had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Mali.

Kalenga Badikebele named Argentina Nuncio

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele was named Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig was named Apostolic Nuncio to Italy in September 2017.

Archbishop Kalenga Badikebele had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Belize.

Colindres Abarca named San Miguel Bishop

Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca was named Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Miguel Ángel Morán Aquino was named Bishop of Santa Ana in February 2016.

Bishop Colindres Abarca had been serving as Bishop of El Salvador, Military.

5 New Cardinals Announced!

This morning Pope Francis announced his intention to create 5 new Cardinals on 28 June 2017.

To be Created Cardinal:

• Jean Zerbo, Archbishop of Bamako, Mali; Age: 73.5
• Juan José Omella Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain; Age: 71.1
• Anders Arborelius, O.C.D., Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden; Age: 67.7
• Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos; Age: 73.2
• José Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador; Age: 74.8

Count: 5; Average Age: 72.0
The page on the site for the new Consistory.

Morao Andreazza retired, Escobar Aguilar named Chalatenango Bishop

Bishop Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. retired and Bishop-elect Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D. was named Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador.

Tovar Astorga retired, Morán Aquino named Santa Ana Bishop

Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. retired and Bishop Miguel Ángel Morán Aquino was named Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador.

Bishop Morán Aquino had been serving as Bishop of San Miguel.

Cabrera Cuéllar retired, Iraheta Rivera named Santiago de María Bishop

Bishop Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar retired and Bishop-elect William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera was named Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador.

Kalenga Badikebele named El Salvador Nuncio

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele was named Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto was named Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina in November 2012.

Archbishop Kalenga Badikebele had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana.

Pezzuto named Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro Nuncio

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto was named Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico was named Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia in May 2012.

Archbishop Pezzuto had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Apostolic Nuncio to Belize.

Barrera Morales named Sonsonate Bishop

Bishop-elect Constantino Barrera Morales was named Bishop of Sonsonate, El Salvador.

The diocese had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop José Adolfo Mojica Morales in October 2011.

Mojica Morales retired, Colindres Abarca named Sonsonate Administrator

Bishop José Adolfo Mojica Morales retired as Bishop and Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca was named Apostolic Administrator of Sonsonate, El Salvador.

Bishop Colindres Abarca remains Bishop of El Salvador, Military.

Rauda Gutiérrez named San Vicente Bishop

Bishop José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M. was named Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop José Luis Escobar Alas was named Archbishop of San Salvador in December 2008.

Bishop Rauda Gutiérrez had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana.

Sáenz Lacalle retired, Escobar Alas named San Salvador Archbishop

Archbishop Fernando Sáenz Lacalle retired and Archbishop-designate José Luis Escobar Alas was named Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.

Archbishop-designate Escobar Alas had been serving as Bishop of San Vicente.

Colindres Abarca named El Salvador Military Bishop

Bishop-elect Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca was named Bishop of El Salvador, Military. He had been serving as the Apostolic Administrator of the same jurisdiction.

Rauda Gutiérrez named Santa Ana Auxiliary

Bishop-elect José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M. was named Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador and titular bishop of Foratiana.

Alas Alfaro retired, Morao Andreazza named Chalatenango Bishop

Bishop Eduardo Alas Alfaro retired and Bishop Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. was named Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador. Bishop Morao Andreazza had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana.