Van den Berghe retired, Bonny named Antwerp Bishop

Bishop Paul Van den Berghe retired and Bishop-elect Johan Bonny was named Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium.

Technical Note and the Upcoming Week

I wanted to remind folks that Day Saving Time in Europe ended last night - but it doesn't end in the US until next weekend. The result is that announcements will be made an hour later (US time) for the next week - meaning that I may not be able to post an update before I go to work in the morning.

The other item is you may have noticed there was yet another version change of the software - now at v2.5.6. This provides a fix of a long standing bug on diocese pages relating to the list of past ordinaries. If an ordinary's start date was a partial date (i.e., missing month and/or day) then the next ordinary might not appear on the list. That bug (hopefully) is finally fixed.

A refresh of the diocese pages is now posted to the site.

Panikulam named Ethiopia Nuncio and Somalia Delegate

Archbishop George Panikulam was named Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia and Apostolic Delegate to Somalia.

Archbishop Panikulam had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique.

Anathil retired, Thottumarickal named Indore Bishop

Bishop George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. retired and Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D. was named Bishop of Indore, India.

Bishop Thottumarickal had been serving as Bishop of Jhabua.

Nieto Súa named Bogotá Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa was named Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia and titular bishop of Teglata in Numidia.

Jaworski retired, Mokrzycki succeeded as Lviv Archbishop

Marian Cardinal Jaworski retired and Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki succeeded as Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine.

Archbishop Mokrzycki had been serving as Coadjutor Archbishop of the same archdiocese.

Fecteau retired, Moreau named Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière Bishop

Bishop Clément Fecteau retired and Bishop-elect Yvon Moreau, O.C.S.O. was named Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada.

Schnurr named Cincinnati Coadjutor

Archbishop-designate Dennis Marion Schnurr was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Archbishop Daniel Edward Pilarczyk remains the ordinary, but upon his retirement Archbishop-designate Schnurr will automatically succeed him.

Archbishop-designate Schnurr had been serving as Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota.

Jabalé retired, Burns named Menevia Bishop

Bishop John Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. retired and Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M. was named Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain.

Bishop Burns had been serving as Bishop of Great Britain, Military.

Murray retired, Toal named Argyll and The Isles Bishop

Bishop Ian Murray retired and Bishop-elect Joseph Anthony Toal was named Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain.

Dalieh retired as Cape Palmas Bishop

Bishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh retired as Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia.

Nguyen Van Kham named Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Pierre Nguyen Van Kham was named Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Viêt Nam and titular bishop of Trofimiana.

Chu Van Minh named Hà Nôi Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Laurent Chu Van Minh was named Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam and titular bishop of Thinisa in Numidia.

Molères retired, Aillet named Bayonne Bishop

Bishop Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères retired and Bishop-elect Marc Aillet was named Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France.

Quinn named Winona Coadjutor

Bishop John Michael Quinn was named Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA.

Bishop Quinn had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan.

Lugones named Lomas de Zamora Bishop

Bishop Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J. was named Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. was named Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján in December 2007.

Bishop Lugones had been serving as Bishop of Orán.

Cardinal González Zumárraga Died

Antonio José Cardinal González Zumárraga, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador, has died. He was 83 years old and had served as a priest for 57 years. He had also served as a bishop for 39 years and a cardinal for 7 years.

May he rest in peace.

Version 2.5.5 and Recent Additions

Ya'll may have noticed yet another version change - now up to version 2.5.5 - over the weekend. This time the changes were purely internal in nature - a reworking of the code which produces the group section of a bishop's page. However, the performance difference is rather dramatic. The last time I did a full refresh of the bishop pages was in January and it took roughly 17 hours. I did a full refresh again last night and despite have almost 2,000 more bishops the process was done in under 6 hours.

Over the summer lull I spent much of the time adding historical cardinals to the databases. This includes all the Cardinals in the Consistories starting in 1644 and Conclaves starting from 1676.

Ri Iong-hoon named Suwon Coadjutor

Bishop Matthias Ri Iong-hoon was named Coadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South).

Bishop Ri Iong-hoon had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of the same diocese.

Dorado Soto retired, Catalá Ibáñez named Málaga Bishop

Bishop Antonio Dorado Soto retired and Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez was named Bishop of Málaga, Spain.

Bishop Catalá Ibáñez had been serving as Bishop of Alcalá de Henares.

Rodriguez Vega named Nuevo Laredo Bishop

Bishop Gustavo Rodriguez Vega was named Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. was named Bishop of Tepic in February 2008.

Bishop Rodriguez Vega had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey.

Nori Sturm named Patos de Minas Bishop

Bishop-elect Cláudio Nori Sturm, O.F.M. Cap. was named Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop João Bosco Oliver de Faria was named Archbishop of Diamantina in May 2007.

Chávez Ruvalcaba retired, Cabrero Romero named Zacatecas Bishop

Bishop Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba retired and Bishop-elect Carlos Cabrero Romero was named Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México.

Imbamba named Dundo Bishop

Bishop-elect José Manuel Imbamba was named Bishop of Dundo, Angola.

This diocese had been vacant since Bishop Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. was named Bishop of Viana in June 2007.

Bitar named San Justo Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Damián Santiago Bitar was named Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina and titular bishop of Turris Tamalleni.

Baxant named Litomĕrice Bishop

Bishop-elect Jan Baxant was named Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Pavel Posád was named Auxiliary Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis} in January 2008.