Lipke named Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Stephan Lipke, S.J. was named Auxiliary Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation and titular bishop of Arena.

d’Aniello named Russia Nuncio

Archbishop Giovanni d’Aniello was named Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Celestino Migliore was named Apostolic Nuncio to France in January 2020.

Archbishop d’Aniello had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil.

Migliore named Russia Nuncio

Archbishop Celestino Migliore was named Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič was named Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva in February 2016.

Archbishop Migliore had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland.

Jurkovič named United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva Observer

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič was named the Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva.

He had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation and Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan.

Jurkovič named Russian Federation Nuncio

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič was named Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Antonio Mennini was named Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain in December 2010.

Archbishop Jurkovič had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine.

Mennini named Great Britain Nuncio

Archbishop Antonio Mennini was named Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain.

Archbishop Mennini had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation and to Uzbekistan.

Pezzi named Madre di Dio a Mosca Archbishop

Archbishop-elect Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B. was named Archbishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation.

Kondrusiewicz named Minsk-Mohilev Archbishop

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz was named Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus. The archdiocese had been vacant since the retirement of Archbishop Kazimierz Swiatek in June 2006. Archbishop Kondrusiewicz had been serving as Archbishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca, Russian Federation.