Archbishop Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B. retired and Archbishop-designate Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba was named Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon.
Archbishop-designate Iba-Ba had been serving as Bishop of Franceville.
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12 March 2020
11 March 2020
Ramos Krieger retired, da Rocha named São Salvador da Bahia Archbishop
Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. retired and Sérgio Cardinal da Rocha was named Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.
Cardinal da Rocha had been serving as Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal.
Cardinal da Rocha had been serving as Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal.
09 March 2020
07 March 2020
Tuzia retired, Sigismondi named Orvieto-Todi Bishop
Bishop Benedetto Tuzia retired and Bishop Gualtiero Sigismondi was named Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy.
Bishop Sigismondi had been serving as Bishop of Foligno.
Bishop Sigismondi had been serving as Bishop of Foligno.
06 March 2020
Barbarin resigned as Lyon Archbishop
Philippe Xavier Ignace Cardinal Barbarin resigned as Archbishop of Lyon, France.
05 March 2020
Hartmayer named Atlanta Archbishop
Archbishop-designate Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. was named Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory was named Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia in April 2019.
Archbishop-designate Hartmayer had been serving as Bishop of Savannah, Georgia.
The archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory was named Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia in April 2019.
Archbishop-designate Hartmayer had been serving as Bishop of Savannah, Georgia.
Ekwulobia erected; Okpaleke named Bishop
The Diocese of Ekwulobia, Nigeria was erected with territory taken from Awka.
Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke was named its first ordinary.
Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke was named its first ordinary.
03 March 2020
Romero Fernández named Rockville Centre Auxiliary
Bishop-elect Luis Miguel Romero Fernández, M. Id. was named Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA and titular bishop of Egara.
02 March 2020
Minas and Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay
Bishop Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín retired as Bishop of Minas, Uruguay.
The dioceses of Minas and Maldonado-Punta del Este are united to form the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay.
Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio was named the bishop of the new combined diocese.
He had been serving as the Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este.
The dioceses of Minas and Maldonado-Punta del Este are united to form the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay.
Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio was named the bishop of the new combined diocese.
He had been serving as the Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este.
Grosz retired as Buffalo Auxiliary
Bishop Edward Michael Grosz retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA.
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- Tuzia retired, Sigismondi named Orvieto-Todi Bishop
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- Ekwulobia erected; Okpaleke named Bishop
- Portella Mbuyu retired, Mouanga named Kinkala Bishop
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