Bishop Rafael Llano Cifuentes retired and Bishop Edney Gouvêa Mattoso was named Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Bishop Gouvêa Mattoso had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
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- Erected: Maliana, Timor-Leste; do Amaral named Bishop
- Peri named Caltagirone Bishop
- Bahujimihigo resigned as Kibungo Bishop
- Slattery retired, Noè Rodrigues named Tzaneen Bishop
- Libena and Nzigilwa named Dar-es-Salaam Auxiliaries
- Diéguez Reboredo retired, Quinteiro Fiuza named Tu...
- Chang-yik retired, Kim Woon-hoe named Ch’unch’on B...
- Cocchi retired, Lanfranchi named Modena-Nonantola ...
- Vásquez named Austin Bishop
- Thottathil named Tiruvalla Auxiliary
- Stima named Blantyre Auxiliary
- Pioppo named Cameroun and Equatorial Guinea Nuncio
- Kulapuravilai named Marthandom Bishop
- Konnath named Battery Bishop
- Kattukallil and Valiyavilayil named Trivandrum (Ma...
- Erected: Eparchy of Puthur, India
- Erected: Eparchy of Pathanamthitta, India
- Pisanello named Oria Bishop
- Split: Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia
- Llano Cifuentes retired, Gouvêa Mattoso named Nova...
- Elevated: Donkorkrom, Ghana
- Carmody retired, Mulvey named Corpus Christi Bishop
- Danneels retired, Léonard named Mechelen-Brussel A...
- Thattil named Trichur (Syro-Malabarese) Auxiliary
- Puthur named Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese) ...
- Pazhayattil retired, Kannookadan named Irinjalakud...
- Chittilapilly retired, Inchananiyil named Thamaras...
- Erected: Mandya (Syro-Malabarese), India
- Erected: Ramanathapuram (Syro-Malabarese), India
- Zimniak retired as Bielsko-Żywiec Auxiliary
- O'Regan resigned, Banda succeeded as Ndola Bishop
- Archbishop Miot Died
- Cardinal Razafindratandra Died
- Prida Inthirath named Savannakhet Vicar
- Lemmo named Napoli Auxiliary
- Manning retired, Fisher named Parramatta Bishop
- Bishop Pelotte Died
- Bandeira Coêlho named Coroatá Coadjutor
- Karakéhéyan retired as Eastern Europe (Armenian) B...
- Semahun named Addis Abeba Auxiliary
- Dietl retired, Bischof named München und Freising ...
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