The Diocese of El Tigre, Venezuela was erected with territory taken from Barcelona.
Bishop José Manuel Romero Barrios was named its first Bishop.
He had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona.
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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- Macedonia elevated to Eparchy; Stojanov remains Or...
- El Tigre erected, Romero Barrios named Bishop
- Jacolin named Luçon Bishop
- Di Pietro named Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mel...
- Obodo named Enugu Auxiliary
- Gangemi named El Salvador Nuncio
- Dollmann named Cambrai Coadjutor
- Mangalinao named Bayombong Bishop
- Padrón Sánchez retired, González de Zárate Salas n...
- Santana Sequera retired, Azuaje Ayala named Maraca...
- Lagwen named Mbulu Bishop
- Colombo named Mendoza Archbishop
- Zalewski named Singapore Nuncio
- Tremblay named Trois Rivières Auxiliary
- 14 New Cardinals Named
- Marín López retired, Rueda Aparicio named Popayán ...
- Vanhoutte named Mechelen-Brussel Auxiliary
- Poisson named Saint-Jérôme Coadjutor
- Palmieri named Roma Auxiliary
- Küng retired, Schwarz named Sankt Pölten Bishop
- Bertanha retired, Ferreira dos Santos Júnior named...
- Roos retired, Pál named Timişoara Bishop
- Nketsiah retired, Palmer-Buckle named Cape Coast A...
- González Cedrés named Montevideo Auxiliary
- Presto named San Fernando de La Union Bishop
- Gassen retired, Guterres Dutra named Vacaria Bishop
- Pinto Leandro resigned, dos Santos Costa named Vis...
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