Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena was named Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil.
The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. in November 2015.
Bishop Dantas de Lucena had been serving as Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba.
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- Padilla named Yemen Nuncio
- Monahan named Killaloe Bishop
- Freeman resigned as Ossory Bishop
- Drennan resigned as Galway and Kilmacduagh Bishop
- Erected: Great Britain (Syro-Malabar), Srampickal ...
- Chirappanath named Apostolic Visitor for Syro-Mala...
- Makhweliha resigned as Nampula Archbishop
- Bagaforo named Kidapawan Bishop
- Erected: Votuporanga, Brazil; de Freitas named Bishop
- Daneels retired as Apostolic Signatura Secretary
- Pérez Rojas retired, Torres Rondón named San Ferna...
- Morao Andreazza retired, Escobar Aguilar named Cha...
- Dilli named Santa Cruz do Sul Bishop
- Dantas de Lucena named Nazaré Bishop
- Bolen named Regina Archbishop
- Coppola named Mexico Nuncio
- Banach named Cape Verde Nuncio
- Kujur resigned as Daltonganj Bishop
- de Cillo Pagotto resigned as Paraíba Archbishop
- Escapa Aparicio retired as Santo Domingo Auxiliary
- López Rodríguez retired, Ozoria Acosta named Santo...
- Gagnon retired, Proulx named Gaspé Bishop
- Bätzing named Limburg Bishop
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