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.
31 August 2021
Pezzuto retired as Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro Nuncio
Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto retired as Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro.
Kasujja retired as Belgium and Luxembourg Nuncio
Archbishop Augustine Kasujja retired as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg.
29 August 2021
Marini named Tortona Bishop
Bishop-elect Guido Marini was named Bishop of Tortona, Italy.
The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. was named Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in May 2021.
Bishop-elect Marini had been serving as Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations of the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.
The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. was named Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in May 2021.
Bishop-elect Marini had been serving as Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations of the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.
28 August 2021
23 August 2021
Novell Gomà resigned as Solsona Bishop
Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà resigned as Bishop of Solsona, Spain.
19 August 2021
Nostro named Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea Bishop
Bishop-elect Attilio Nostro was named Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy.
The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Luigi Renzo in July 2021.
The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Luigi Renzo in July 2021.
18 August 2021
Ferreira dos Santos named Penedo Bishop
Bishop Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos was named Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil.
The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Valério Breda, S.D.B. in June 2020.
Bishop Ferreira dos Santos had been serving as Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia.
The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Valério Breda, S.D.B. in June 2020.
Bishop Ferreira dos Santos had been serving as Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia.
17 August 2021
14 August 2021
D’Angelo named L’Aquila Auxiliary
Bishop-elect Antonio D’Angelo was named Auxiliary Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy and titular bishop of Pumentum.
Lerma Nolasco retired, Cuapio Bautista named Iztapalapa Bishop
Bishop Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco retired and Bishop Jorge Cuapio Bautista was named Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México.
Bishop Cuapio Bautista had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla.
Bishop Cuapio Bautista had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla.
Canto Sosa named San Andrés Tuxtla Bishop
Bishop-elect José Luis Canto Sosa was named Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México.
The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Fidencio López Plaza was named Bishop of Querétaro in September 2020.
The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Fidencio López Plaza was named Bishop of Querétaro in September 2020.
Al Mekko named Alquoch Coadjutor
Bishop-elect Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko was named Coadjutor Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq.
13 August 2021
11 August 2021
Montagnoli retired, Crippa named Ilhéus Bishop
Bishop Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S. retired and Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. was named Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.
Bishop Crippa had been serving as Bishop of Estância, Sergipe.
Bishop Crippa had been serving as Bishop of Estância, Sergipe.
10 August 2021
Wattebled retired, Brouwet named Nîmes Bishop
Bishop Robert Léon Wattebled retired and Bishop Nicolas Jean René Brouwet was named Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France.
Bishop Brouwet had been serving as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes.
Bishop Brouwet had been serving as Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes.
07 August 2021
Margni named Avellaneda-Lanús Bishop
Bishop Marcelo Julián Margni was named Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina.
The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Rubén Oscar Frassia in August 2020.
Bishop Margni had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Quilmes.
The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Rubén Oscar Frassia in August 2020.
Bishop Margni had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Quilmes.
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- Pezzuto retired as Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mont...
- Kasujja retired as Belgium and Luxembourg Nuncio
- Marini named Tortona Bishop
- Saunders resigned as Broome Bishop
- Pažak retired as Holy Protection of Mary of Phoeni...
- Novell Gomà resigned as Solsona Bishop
- Nostro named Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea Bishop
- Ferreira dos Santos named Penedo Bishop
- Ferreira da Silva resigned as São José do Rio Pret...
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- Al Mekko named Alquoch Coadjutor
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