Vayalunkal named Chile Nuncio

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal was named Apostolic Nuncio to Chile.

The post had been vacant since Archbisop Alberto Ortega Martín was named Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela in May 2024.

Archbishop Vayalunkal had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia.

Cardinals!!! (updated 4 Nov 2024)

Today Pope Francis indicated that he intends to create 21 new Cardinals on 7 December 2024. Here is the list:

Cardinal-Designates:

• Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio, Archbishop of Lima, Peru; Age: 74.7
• Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M., Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina; Age: 72.4
• Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador; Age: 69.1
• Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile; Age: 67.7
• Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan; Age: 66.1
• Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines; Age: 65.7
• Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia; Age: 68.2
• Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Age: 64.2
• Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Age: 63.3
• Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., Archbishop of Alger, Algeria; Age: 62.7
• Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran; Age: 61.4
• Roberto Repole, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy; Age: 57.8
• Baldassare Reina, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy; Age: 54.0
• Francis Leo, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Age: 53.4
• Rolandas Makrickas, Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}; Age: 52.8
• Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia; Age: 44.8
• Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., Priest of Order of Friars Preachers; Age: 79.2
• Fabio Baggio, C.S., Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; Age: 59.8
• George Jacob Koovakad, Official of the Secretariat of State; Age: 51.3
• Domenico Battaglia, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples, Italy; Age: 61.8

Count: 20; Average Age: 62.5

Cardinal-Designates (Non-Voting):

• Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio; Age: 99.2

Declined before being Created Cardinal:

• Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M., Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia; Age: 62.5

On 12 October, it was announced that the date was changed to 7 December (from 8 December).

On 4 November, Abp Battaglia was added to the list.

Carraro named Oran Bishop

Bishop-elect Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E. was named Bishop of Oran, Algeria.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. was named Archbishop of Alger in December 2021.

Desfarges retired, Vesco named Alger Archbishop

Archbishop Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. retired and Archbishop-designate Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. was named Archbishop of Alger, Algeria.

Archbishop-designate Vesco had been serving as Bishop of Oran.

Vayalunkal named Algeria Nuncio

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal was named Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Luciano Russo was named Apostolic Nuncio to Panama in August 2020.

Archbishop Vayalunkal had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands.

Rault retired, MacWilliam named Laghouat Bishop

Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. retired and Bishop-elect John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. was named Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria.

Desfarges named Alger Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. was named Archbishop of Alger, Algeria.

The archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader was named Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan in May 2015.

Archbishop-designate Desfarges had been serving as Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone).

Russo named Algeria and Tunisia Nuncio

Archbishop Luciano Russo was named Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia.

Bader named Pakistan Nuncio

Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader was named Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan and titular archbishop of Mathara in Numidia.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra was named Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique in February 2015.

Archbishop Bader had been serving as Archbishop of Alger, Algeria.

Piroird retired, Desfarges named Constantine Bishop

Bishop Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Ist. del Prado retired and Bishop-elect Paul Desfarges, S.J. was named Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria.

Teissier retired, Bader named Alger Archbishop

Archbishop Henri Antoine Marie Teissier retired and Archbishop-elect Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader was named Archbishop of Alger, Algeria.