Bishop-elect Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. was named Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay and titular bishop of Media.
The vicariate had been vacant since then-Bishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Asunción in November 2011.
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- Thottamkara was named Nekemte Coadjutor Vicar
- Feillet named Reims Auxiliary
- Fernández Collado named Toledo Auxiliary
- Seneme named Toledo Bishop
- Napoletano retired, Piazza named Sessa Aurunca Bishop
- León Dorado named Western Sahara Prefect
- Katsuya named Sapporo Bishop
- Dunne retired as Rockville Centre Auxiliary
- Sephamola named Qacha’s Nek Bishop
- Chacorowski named Caraguatatuba Bishop
- Brandão Cabral named Almenara Bishop
- Wübbe named Osnabrück Auxiliary
- Escobar Ayala named Chaco Paraguayo Vicar
- Nguyên Văn Viên named Vinh Auxiliary
- Nguyen Huu Long named Hung Hoá Auxiliary
- Munyongani named Gweru Bishop
- Selvadagi named Roma Auxiliary
- Puff named Köln Auxiliary
- Górny retired, Wątroba named Rzeszów Bishop
- Rao Polimera named Eluru Bishop
- Mulakkal named Jullundur Bishop
- López Londoño retired, Londoño Buitrago named Jeri...
- Isern resigned as Pueblo Bishop
- Lisboa named Pemba Bishop
- Vittorelli resigned as Montecassino Abbot
- Gerber named Freiburg im Breisgau Auxiliary
- Hopes named East Anglia Bishop
- Masela named Polokwane Bishop
- Molinari retired, Petrocchi named L’Aquila Archbishop
- Adamczyk named Gambia Nuncio
- Kauneckas retired, Virbalas named Panevėžys Bishop
- Cardinal Nagy Died
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