Site Updates: Limited for the Rest of the Month

Site updates will probably be very limited for the remainder of this month. I will be travelling and access to the Internet is uncertain.

Erected: Prosperidad, Philippines; Labajo named Bishop

The Diocese of Prosperidad, Philippines was erected with territory taken from Butuan and becomes a suffragan of Cagayan de Oro.

Bishop Ruben Caballero Labajo was named its first bishop. He had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu.

Sánchez Carrión named Honduras Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión was named Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and titular archbishop of Rosella.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Gábor Pintér was named Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand in July 2024.

Norton named Broome Bishop

Bishop Timothy John Norton, S.V.D. was named Bishop of Broome, Australia.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Christopher Alan Saunders in August 2021.

Bishop Norton had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane.

Wielikosielec retired as Pinsk Auxiliary

Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P. retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus.

Cortés Soriano retired, Gómez García named Sant Feliu de Llobregat Bishop

Bishop Agustín Cortés Soriano retired and Bishop-elect Xabier Gómez García, O.P. was named Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain.

Fernandes Barreto resigned as Sindhudurg Bishop

Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto resigned as Bishop of Sindhudurg, India.

Medo named Gospić-Senj Bishop

Bishop-elect Marko Medo was named Bishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Zdenko Križić, O.C.D. was named Archbishop of Split-Makarska in September 2023.

Cardinals!!!

Today Pope Francis indicated that he intends to create 21 new Cardinals on 7 December 2024. Here is the list:

Cardinal-Designates:

• Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio, Archbishop of Lima, Peru; Age: 74.7
• Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M., Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina; Age: 72.4
• Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador; Age: 69.1
• Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile; Age: 67.7
• Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan; Age: 66.1
• Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines; Age: 65.7
• Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia; Age: 68.2
• Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Age: 64.2
• Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Age: 63.3
• Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., Archbishop of Alger, Algeria; Age: 62.7
• Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M., Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia; Age: 62.5
• Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran; Age: 61.4
• Roberto Repole, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy; Age: 57.8
• Baldassare Reina, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy; Age: 54.0
• Francis Leo, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Age: 53.4
• Rolandas Makrickas, Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}; Age: 52.8
• Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia; Age: 44.8
• Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., Priest of Order of Friars Preachers; Age: 79.2
• Fabio Baggio, C.S., Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; Age: 59.8
• George Jacob Koovakad, Official of the Secretariat of State; Age: 51.3

Count: 20; Average Age: 62.6

Cardinal-Designates (Non-Voting):

• Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio; Age: 99.2

On 12 October, it was announced that the date was changed to 7 December (from 8 December).

Condori Chuchi named Ayaviri Prelate

Bishop Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M. was named Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru.

The prelature had beem vacant since the resignation of Bishop Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo in April 2021.

Corredor Bermúdez retired, Cardona Ramírez named Pereira Bishop

Bishop Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez retired and Bishop Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez was named Bishop of Pereira, Colombia.

Bishop Cardona Ramírez had been serving as Bishop of San José del Guaviare.

Ongtioco retired, Ayuban named Cubao Bishop

Bishop Honesto Flores Ongtioco retired and Bishop-elect Elias Lumayog Ayuban, Jr., C.M.F. was named Bishop of Cubao, Philippines.

Krämer named Rottenburg-Stuttgart Bishop

Bishop-elect Klaus Krämer was named Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany.

The diocese had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop Gebhard Fürst in December 2023.

Sangalli named Dicastery for Evangelization Adjunct Secretary

Fr. Samuele Sangalli was named Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

He had been serving as Under Secretary of the same dicastery.

Bestion named Blois Bishop

Bishop-elect Francis Victor Bestion was named Bishop of Blois, France.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Jean-Pierre Louis Roger Sylvain Batut in June 2023.

Kaszkiewicz retired, Huljaj succeeded as Grodno Bishop

Bishop Aleksander Kaszkiewicz retired and Bishop Uladzimir Huljaj (Huliai, Gulyai)) succeeded as Bishop of Grodno, Belarus.

Bishop Huljaj had been serving as Coadjutor Bishop of the same diocese.

Huerta Ramírez named Sicuani Bishop

Bishop-elect César Augusto Huerta Ramírez was named Bishop of Sicuani, Peru.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López was named Bishop of Huánuco in June 2024.

Cañete named Gumaca Bishop

Bishop-elect Euginius Longakit Cañete, M. J. was named Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines.

The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Victor de la Cruz Ocampo in March 2023.

Ireri Mukobo retired, Munguti Makau succeeded as Isiolo Bishop

Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. retired and Bishop Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C. succeeded as Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya.

Bishop Munguti Makau had been serving as Coadjutor of the same diocese.

Spies named Joliet in Illinois Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Dennis Spies was named Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA and titular bishop of Cenculiana.

Larregain named Corrientes Coadjutor

Bishop José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M. was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina.

He had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the same archdiocese.

Estonia elevated to Diocese of Tallinn, Jourdan named Bishop

The Apostolic Administration of Estonia was elevated to the Diocese of Tallinn, Estonia.

Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan was named its first bishop. He had been serving as Apostolic Administrator of Estonia.

Kleszcz and Wołkowicz named Łódź Auxiliaries

Bishop-elect Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi and Bishop-elect Zbigniew Daniel Wołkowicz were named Auxiliary Bishops of Łódź, Poland and titular bishops of Aquae Albae in Byzacena and Vassinassa, respectively.