Ceballos Atienza retired, Zornoza Boy named Cádiz y Ceuta Bishop

Bishop Antonio Ceballos Atienza retired and Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy was named Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain.

Bishop Zornoza Boy had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe.

Foley retired, O’Brien named Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Pro-Grand Master

John Patrick Cardinal Foley retired and Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien was named Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

Archbishop O’Brien had been serving as Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Luzardo Romero retired, Gutiérrez Reyes named Ciudad Bolívar Archbishop

Archbishop Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero retired and Archbishop-designate Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. was named Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.

Archbishop-designate Gutiérrez Reyes had been serving as Bishop of Carora.

Deniau retired, Brac de la Perrière named Nevers Bishop

Bishop François Joseph Pierre Deniau retired and Bishop Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière was named Bishop of Nevers, France.

Bishop Brac de la Perrière had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne).

Cardinal Ambrozic Died

Aloysius Matthew Cardinal Ambrozic, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has died.

He was 81 years old and had served as a priest for 56 years. He had also served as a bishop for 35 years and as a cardinal for 13 years.

May he rest in peace.

Coleman resigns as Port Elizabeth Bishop

Bishop Michael Gower Coleman resigned as Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Langlois named Les Cayes Bishop

Bishop Chibly Langlois was named Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Guire Poulard was named Archbishop of Port-au-Prince in January 2011.

Bishop Langlois had been serving as Bishop of Fort-Liberté.

Chennoth named Japan Nuncio

Archbishop Joseph Chennoth was named Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello was named Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary in June 2011.

Archbishop Chennoth had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania.

Antiochia (Maronite), Lebanon

Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé (Auxiliary Bishop) and Bishop Samir Mazloum (Curial Bishop) retired and Bishop-elect Hanna Alwan, M.L. and Bishop-elect Camille Zaidan were confirmed as Curial Bishops of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon.

Bishops-elect Alwan and Zaidan were named titular bishops of Sarepta dei Maroniti and Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti, respectively.

Hesse retired, Panfilo succeeded as Rabaul Archbishop

Archbishop Karl Hesse, M.S.C. retired and Archbishop Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B. succeeded as Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.

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

San José del Amazonas, Peru

Bishop Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M. resigned as Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru.

Sebastiani Aguirre retired, Piñeiro García-Calderón named Ayacucho Archbishop

Archbishop Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. retired and Archbishop-designate Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón was named Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru.

Archbishop-designate Piñeiro García-Calderón had been serving as Bishop of Peru, Military.

Musarò named Cuba Nuncio

Archbishop Bruno Musarò was named Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu was named Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State in May 2011.

Archbishop Musarò had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru.

Tondra retired, Sečka named Spiš Bishop

Bishop František Tondra retired and Bishop Štefan Sečka was named Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia.

Bishop Sečka had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the same diocese.