The diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka was split into the dioceses of Trincomalee and Batticaloa.
Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai was named Bishop of the former, having previously served as the Bishop of the combined diocese.
Bishop Joseph Ponniah was named Bishop of the latter, having previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of the combined diocese.
Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
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- Siebler retired as München und Freising Auxiliary
- Trautman retired, Persico named Erie Bishop
- Gómez Serna resigned as Magangué Bishop
- Wehrle resigned as Freiburg im Breisgau Auxiliary
- Cerrato named Ivrea Bishop
- Palmero Ramos retired, Murgui Soriano named Orihue...
- Niederauer retired, Cordileone named San Francisco...
- Dollmann named Strasbourg Auxiliary
- Conti retired, Tartaglia named Glasgow Archbishop
- Trofym’yak resigned as Lutsk Bishop
- Celata named Vice-Chamberlain
- Napierała retired, Janiak named Kalisz Bishop
- Erected: Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), ...
- Hrynchyshyn retired, Gudziak named France (Ukraini...
- Di Mauro resigned as Vigevano Bishop
- Martínez Sáinz retired as Guadalajara Auxiliary
- Domínguez Couttolenc named Ecatepec Bishop
- Lavoie retired as Keewatin-Le Pas Archbishop
- Udupi, India erected; Lobo named Bishop
- Bittman named Edmonton Auxiliary
- Plante retired as Choluteca Bishop
- Ziółek retired, Jędraszewski named Łódź Archbishop
- Gonsalves named Amravati Bishop
- Hollis retired, Egan named Portsmouth Bishop
- Simon resigned, Altieri named Passo Fundo Archbishop
- Ossandón Buljevic named Santiago de Chile Auxiliary
- Strofaldi resigned as Ischia Bishop
- Selvanayagam retired, Francis named Penang Bishop
- Rico Pavés named Getafe Auxiliary
- Henrisusanta retired as Tanjungkarang Bishop
- Calderón Calderón named Zamora Auxiliary
- Krapf retired, Gonçalves Lopes named Jequié Bishop
- Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka Split; Swampilla...
- Kagithapu retired, Mallavarapu named Visakhapatnam...
- Monforton named Steubenville Bishop
- Levada retired, Müller named Congregation for the ...
- Bezák removed as Trnava Archbishop
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