Vanegas Cuervo named Bogotá Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Edwin Raúl Vanegas Cuervo was named Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá and titular bishop of Mazaca.

Morga Iruzubieta retired, Rodríguez Carballo succeeded as Mérida-Badajoz Archbishop

Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta retired and Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. succeeded as Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain.

Archbishop Rodríguez Carballo had been serving as Coadjutor Archbishop of the same archdiocese.

Nieto Súa retired, Medina Acosta named Engativá Bishop

Bishop Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa retired and Bishop Germán Medina Acosta was named Bishop of Engativá, Colombia.

Bishop Medina Acosta had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá.

Kaboré named Ghana Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Julien Kaboré was named Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana and titular archbishop of Milevum.

Donoghue retired, Getalado succeeded as Rarotonga Bishop

Bishop Paul Patrick Donoghue, S.M. retired and Bishop Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P. succeeded as Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania).

Bishop Getalado has been serving as Coadjutor of the same diocese.

Jozić named Georgia and Armenia Nuncio

Archbishop Ante Jozić was named Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia and Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt was named Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun in August 2023.

Archbishop Jozić had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus.

Rodríguez Méndez named Barquisimeto Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Polito Rodríguez Méndez was named Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela.

The archdiocese had been vacant since the retirement of Archbishop Antonio José López Castillo in March 2020.

Archbishop-designate Rodríguez Méndez had been serving as Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela.

González de Zárate Salas named Valencia en Venezuela Archbishop

Archbishop Jesús González de Zárate Salas was named Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela.

The archdiocese had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Reinaldo del Prette Lissot in November 2022.

Archbishop González de Zárate Salas had been serving as Archbishop of Cumaná.

Porras Cardozo retired, Biord Castillo named Caracas Archbishop

Baltazar Enrique Cardinal Porras Cardozo retired and Archbishop-designate Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B. was named Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela.

Archbishop-designate Biord Castillo had been serving as Bishop of La Guaira.

Kovithavanij retired as Bangkok Archbishop

Francis Xavier Kriengsak Cardinal Kovithavanij retired as Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand.

Jaú, Brazil erected, da Silva named Bishop

The Diocese of Jaú, Sao Paulo, Brazil was erected with territory taken from the diocese of São Carlos and suffragan of Campinas.

Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva was named its first bishop.

He had been serving as Bishop of Lins.

Bullock named Rapid City Bishop

Bishop-elect Scott E. Bullock was named Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA.

The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Peter Michael Muhich in Feb 2024.

Walsh named Davenport Bishop

Bishop-elect Dennis G. Walsh was named Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Thomas Robert Zinkula was named Archbishop of Dubuque in July 2023.

Lalanne retired, Bertrand named Pontoise Bishop

Bishop Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne retired and Bishop Benoît Bertrand was named Bishop of Pontoise, France.

Bishop Bertrand had been serving as Bishop of Mende.

Napiere named Funafuti Superior

Fr. Eliseo Napiere, M.S.P. was named Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania).

The post had been vacant since Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P. was named Coadjutor Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands in December 2023.