Caggiano named Bridgeport Bishop

Bishop Frank Joseph Caggiano was named Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop William Edward Lori was named Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland in March 2012.

Bishop Caggiano had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York.

Turnšek resigned as Maribor Archbishop

Archbishop Marjan Turnšek resigned as Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia.

Stres resigned as Ljubljana Archbishop

Archbishop Anton Stres, C.M. resigned as Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Tonyé Bakot resigned as Yaoundé Archbishop

Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot resigned as Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Tani resigned as Saitama Bishop

Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani resigned as Bishop of Saitama, Japan.

Lafontant retired as Port-au-Prince Auxiliary

Bishop Joseph Lafontant retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti.

Mattekatt named Diphu Bishop

Bishop-elect Paul Mattekatt was named Bishop of Diphu, India.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop John Moolachira was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Guwahati in April 2011.

Kumar Kujur named Rourkela Bishop

Bishop-elect Kishore Kumar Kujur was named Bishop of Rourkela, India.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop John Barwa, S.V.D. was named Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in February 2011.

Kerketta retired, Sual Singh named Sambalpur Bishop

Bishop Lucas Kerketta, S.V.D. retired and Bishop-elect Niranjan Sual Singh was named Bishop of Sambalpur, India.

Scarpellini named El Alto Bishop

Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini was named Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. was named Archbishop of Sucre in February 2013. Bishop Scarpellini had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the same diocese.

Cushley named Saint Andrews and Edinburgh Archbishop

Archbishop-elect Leo William Cushley was named Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain.

The archdiocese had been vacant since Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien retired in February 2013.

Zanchetta named Orán Bishop

Bishop-elect Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta was named Bishop of Orán, Argentina.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Marcelo Daniel Colombo was named Bishop of La Rioja earlier this month.

Tineo Rivera named Carora Bishop

Bishop Luis Armando Tineo Rivera was named Bishop of Carora, Venezuela.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. was named Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar in August 2011.

Bishop Tineo Rivera had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela.

Abanto Guzmán resigned as Peru Military Bishop

Bishop Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán resigned as Bishop of Peru, Military.

Stulpins named Liepāja Bishop

Bishop-elect Viktors Stulpins was named Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. in June 2012.

Sánchez Loaiza named Machala Bishop

Bishop Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza was named Bishop of Machala, Ecuador.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. in October 2012.

Bishop Sánchez Loaiza had been serving as Bishop of Guaranda.

Gervasoni named Vigevano Bishop

Bishop-elect Maurizio Gervasoni was named Bishop of Vigevano, Italy.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Vincenzo Di Mauro in July 2012.

Doyle retired, Porteous named Hobart Archbishop

Archbishop Adrian Leo Doyle retired and Archbishop-designate Julian Charles Porteous was named Archbishop of Hobart, Australia.

Archbishop-designate Porteous had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney.

Harun Yuwono named Tanjungkarang Bishop

Bishop-elect Yohanes Harun Yuwono was named Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia.

The diocese had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop Andreas Henrisusanta, S.C.I. in July 2012.

Pasqualotto retired as Manaus Auxiliary

Bishop Mário Pasqualotto, P.I.M.E. retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

O’Reilly retired, Duffy named Ardagh Bishop

Bishop Colm O’Reilly retired and Bishop-elect Francis Duffy was named Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland.

Bishop O’Reilly celebrated 30 years as Bishop of Ardagh earlier this year.

Udaigwe named Togo Nuncio

Archbishop Brian Udaigwe was named Apostolic Nuncio to Togo in addition to his other posts.

Palathara retired, Kollamparampil named Jagdalpur Bishop

Bishop Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. retired and Bishop-elect Joseph Kollamparampil, C.M.I. was named Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabarese), India.

Filograna named Nardò-Gallipoli Bishop

Bishop-elect Fernando Tarcisio Filograna was named Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Domenico Caliandro was named Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni in October 2012.

Márquez Molina retired, Torres Rondón named Mérida Auxiliary

Bishop Luis Alfonso Márquez Molina, C.I.M. retired and Bishop-elect Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón was named Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela and titular bishop of Sassura.

Mondello retired, Fiorini Morosini named Reggio Calabria-Bova Archbishop

Archbishop Vittorio Luigi Mondello retired and Archbishop-designate Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M. was named Archbishop of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy.

Archbishop-designate Fiorini Morosini had been serving as Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi.

Llanos named Port of Spain Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Robert Llanos was named Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles and titular bishop of Casae Nigrae.

Bryl named Poznań Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Damian Bryl was named Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland and titular bishop of Suliana.

Orosch named Trnava Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Ján Orosch was named Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia.

Archbishop-designate Orosch had been serving as Apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese since the removal of Archbishop Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R. in July 2012.

Ortiz Rolón retired, Cabello Almada named Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay Bishop

Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. retired and Bishop-elect Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada was named Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay.

Boccardi named Iran Nuncio

Archbishop Leo Boccardi was named Apostolic Nuncio to Iran.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel was named Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of in January 2013.

Archbishop Boccardi had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and to Eritrea.

Shaheen retired, Zaidan named Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite) Bishop

Bishop Robert Joseph Shaheen retired and Bishop-elect Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L. was named Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA.

Fuanya named Mamfe Coadjutor

Bishop-elect Andrew Nkea Fuanya was named Coadjutor Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon.

La Fay Bardi retired, Bustamante López named Sicuani Prelate

Bishop Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. retired and Bishop-elect Pedro Alberto Bustamante López was named Prelate of Sicuani, Peru.

Daher confirmed as Tripoli (Melkite Greek) Archbishop

Archbishop-elect Eduard Daher, B.C. was confirmed as Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek).

The archdiocese had been vacant since the retirement of Archbishop George Riashi, B.C. in March 2010.

Rodríguez retired, Colombo named La Rioja Bishop

Bishop Roberto Rodríguez retired and Bishop Marcelo Daniel Colombo was named Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina.

Bishop Colombo had been serving as Bishop of Orán.

Chaparro Stivanello named San Carlos de Bariloche Bishop

Bishop-elect Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F. was named Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Fernando Carlos Maletti was named Bishop of Merlo-Moreno in May 2013.

Kocherry named Bangladesh Nuncio

Archbishop George Kocherry as named Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino was named Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia in January 2013.

Archbishop Kocherry had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe.

Barrantes Ureña retired, Quirós Quirós named San José de Costa Rica Archbishop

Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Ureña retired and Archbishop-designate José Rafael Quirós Quirós was named Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica.

Archbishop-designate Quirós Quirós had been serving as Bishop of Limón.

Arshad named Faisalabad Bishop

Bishop-elect Joseph Arshad was named Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Joseph Coutts was named Archbishop of Karachi in January 2012.

Sainte-Marie retired, Ziyaye named Lilongwe Archbishop

Archbishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. retired and Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye was named Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi.

Archbishop Ziyaye had been serving as Archbishop of Blantyre.

Charanakunnel retired, Thakur named Raipur Archbishop

Archbishop Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel retired and Archbishop-designate Victor Henry Thakur was named Archbishop of Raipur, India.

Archbishop-designate Thakur had been serving as Bishop of Bettiah.

de Moura named Jardim Bishop

Bishop-elect João Gilberto de Moura was named Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S. was named Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais in November 2012.

Chaves dos Reis named Abaetetuba Bishop

Bishop-elect José Maria Chaves dos Reis was named Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. was named Bishop of Santarém, Para in September 2012.