Martínez Méndez named Izabal Bishop

Bishop-elect Miguel Ángel Martínez Méndez was named Bishop of Izabal, Guatemala.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Domingo Buezo Leiva was named Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango in July 2021.

Pérez Rivera named Santiago de Guatemala Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera was named Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala and titular bishop of Filaca.

Parra Novo named Santa Rosa de Lima Bishop

Bishop José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. was named Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap. was named Bishop of San Marcos in January 2021.

Bishop Parra Novo had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala.

Buezo Leiva named Sololá-Chimaltenango Bishop

Bishop Domingo Buezo Leiva was named Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. was named Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala in July 2020.

Bishop Buezo Leiva had been serving as Vicar Apostolic of Izabal.

Cuá Ajacum named Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala and titular bishop of Rosella.

Sagastume Lemus named San Marcos Bishop

Bishop Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap. was named Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala.

The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez in May 2018.

Bishop Sagastume Lemus had been serving as Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima.

de Villa y Vásquez named Santiago de Guatemala Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. was named Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala.

The archdiocese had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. in February 2018.

Archbishop-designate de Villa y Vásquez had been serving as Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango.

Thevenin named Egypt Nuncio

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin was named Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Bruno Musarò was named Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica in August 2019.

Archbishop Thevenin had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala.

New Cardinals with their Titles

Created Cardinal:

• Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I., President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
  Cardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo della Carità a Via Giulia
• José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
  Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Domenico e Sisto
• Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
  Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella
• Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
  Cardinal-Priest of Santi Aquila e Priscilla
• Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
  Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa
• Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., Archbishop of Luxembourg
  Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto
• Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
  Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto
• Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
  Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Egidio
  Newly established as a Cardinal Title
• Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
  Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I
• Michael F. Czerny, S.J., Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
  Cardinal-Deacon of San Michele Arcangelo

Created Cardinal (Non-Voting):

• Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr., Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
  Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
• Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J., Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
  Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angela Merici
• Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P., Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
  Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

New Cardinals!

Today Pope Francis indicated that he intends to create 13 new Cardinals on 5 October 2019.

Here is the list:

Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I., President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue; Age: 67.3

José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives; Age: 53.8

Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia; Age: 69.2

Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba; Age: 71.2

Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.); Age: 59.6

Jean-Claude Höllerich, S.J., Archbishop of Luxembourg; Age: 61.1

Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala; Age: 72.2

Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy; Age: 63.9

Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco; Age: 67.3

Michael Czerny, S.J., Official of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; Age: 73.7

Plus 3 Non-Voting:

Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr., Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of; Age: 82.1

Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J., Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania; Age: 80.9

Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P., Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola; Age: 80.3

Please pray for all of them.

Mendoza Hernández retired, Parra Novo named Santiago de Guatemala Auxiliary

Bishop Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández retired and Bishop-elect José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. was named Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala, Guatemala and titular bishop of Tubia.

Recinos Lemus named Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas Bishop

Bishop-elect Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus was named Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli was named Bishop of Quiché in September 2012.

Erected: San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa, Guatemala; Calderón Cruz named Bishop

The Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa, Guatemala was erected with territory taken from Jalapa.

Bishop-elect Antonio Calderón Cruz was named its first Bishop.

Trinidad Gómez named San Marcos Bishop

Bishop-elect Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez was named Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri was named Bishop of Huehuetenango in May 2012.

Buezo Leiva named Izabal Vicar Apostolic

Bishop-elect Domingo Buezo Leiva was named Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala and titular bishop of Dardanus.

The post had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez in July 2011.

Thevenin named Guatemala Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin was named Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala.

The post has been vacant since Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher was named Apostolic Nuncio to Australia in December 2012.

Gallagher named Australia Nuncio

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher was named Apostolic Nuncio to Australia.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto was named Apostolic Nuncio to Israel in August 2012.

Archbishop Gallagher had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala.

Bianchetti Boffelli named Quiché Bishop

Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli was named Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R. was named Archbishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán in July 2011.

Bishop Bianchetti Boffelli had been serving as Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas.

Cardinal Quezada Toruño Died (Emeritus of Guatemala)

Rodolfo Cardinal Quezada Toruño, Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala, has died.

He was 80 years old. He had served as a priest for 55 years and as a cardinal for 8 years. He had celebrated the 40th anniversary of his ordination as a bishop last month.

May he rest in peace.

Bobadilla Mata retired, Ramazzini Imeri named Huehuetenango Bishop

Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. retired and Bishop Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri was named Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Bishop Ramazzini Imeri had been serving as Bishop of San Marcos.