Gomes named Dhaka Auxiliary

Bihsop-elect Subroto Boniface Gomes was named Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh and titular bishop of Tamazuca.

Randall named Bangladesh Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Kevin S. Randall was named Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh and titular archbishop of Glenndálocha.

Rozario named Barishal Bishop

Bishop-elect Emmanuel Kanon Rozario was named Bishop of Barishal, Bangladesh.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. was named Archbishop of Chattogram in February 2021.

Gomes named Sylhet Bishop

Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes was named Bishop of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

The diocse had been vacant since then-Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. was named Archbishop of Dhaka in September 2020.

Bishop Gomes had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka.

Howlader named Chattogram Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. was named Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh.

The archdiocese had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. in July 2020.

Archbishop-designate Howlader had been serving as Bishop of Barisal.

Chittagong elevated to Archdiocese; Costa named Archbishop

The diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese with the dioceses of Barisal and Khulna as suffragans.

Archbishop-designate Moses M. Costa, C.S.C. was named its first Archbishop. He had been serving as the Bishop of the same jurisdiction.

17 New Cardinals Announced!

This morning Pope Francis announced his intention to create 17 new Cardinals on 19 November 2016.

To Be Created Cardinal:

• Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria; Age: 70.8


• Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp., Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic; Age: 49.6



• Carlos Osoro Sierra, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain; Age: 71.5



• Sérgio da Rocha, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil; Age: 57.0



• Blase Joseph Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA; Age: 67.6



• Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C., Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Age: 73.1



• Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela; Age: 72.1



• Josef De Kesel, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium; Age: 69.4



• Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius; Age: 75.3



• Kevin Joseph Farrell, Prefect of Laity, Family and Life, Roman Curia; Age: 69.2



• Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México; Age: 66.8



• John Ribat, M.S.C., Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Age: 59.7



• Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R., Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Age: 64.5

Count: 13; Average Age: 66.7

To Be Created Cardinal (Non-Voting):

• Anthony Soter Fernandez, Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Age: 84.5



• Renato Corti, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy; Age: 80.7



• Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I., Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho; Age: 87.1



• Ernest Simoni, Priest of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania; Age: 88.0

Count: 4; Average Age: 85.1


The page on the site for the new Consistory.

Gomes named Dhaka Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Shorot Francis Gomes was named Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh and titular bishop of Forma.

Barisal, Bangladesh erected; Howlader named Bishop

The Diocese of Barisal, Bangladesh was erected with territory taken from Chittagong.

Bishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. was named its first bishop.

He had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong.

Gomes retired as Dhaka Auxiliary

Bishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Kocherry named Bangladesh Nuncio

Archbishop George Kocherry as named Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino was named Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia in January 2013.

Archbishop Kocherry had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe.

Marino named Malaysia and Timor-Leste Nuncio

Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino was named Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia, Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste, and Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam.

He had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh.

Boiragi named Khulna Bishop

Bishop-elect James Romen Boiragi was named Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh.

The diocese has been vacant since Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. was named Bishop of Sylhet in July 2011.

Tudu named Dinajpur Bishop

Bishop-elect Sebastian Tudu was named Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Moses M. Costa, C.S.C. was named Bishop of Chittagong in April 2011.

Costa retired, D’Rozario succeeded as Dhaka Archbishop

Archbishop Paulinus Costa retired and Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. succeeded as Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Archbishop D’Rozario had been serving as Coadjutor Archbishop of the same archdioce.

Erected: Sylhet, Bangladesh; D’Cruze named Bishop

The Diocese of Sylhet, Bangladesh was erected with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Dhaka.

Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. was named its first bishop.

He had been serving as Bishop of Khulna.

Costa named Chittagong Bishop

Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C. was named Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka in November 2010.

Bishop Costa had been serving as Bishop of Dinajpur.

D’Rozario named Dhaka Coadjutor

Archbishop-designate Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Archbishop-designate D’Rozario had been serving as Bishop of Chittagong.

Howlader named Chittagong Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. was named Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh and titular bishop of Afufenia.

Marino named Bangladesh Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Joseph Marino was named Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh and titular archbishop of Natchitoches.