Sosa Rodríguez named Bolivia Nuncio

Archbishop Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez was named Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Angelo Accattino was named Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania in January 2023.

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

Accattino named Tanzania Nuncio

Archbishop Angelo Accattino was named Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Marek Solczyński was named Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey in February 2022.

Archbishop Accattino had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia.

Bascopé Müller resigned as Bolivia Military Bishop, named San Ignacio de Velasco Auxiliary

Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. resigned as Bishop of Bolivia, Military.

He was then named Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco and titular bishop of Fidoloma.

Gualberti Calandrina retired, Leigue Cesari named Santa Cruz de la Sierra Archbishop

Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina retired and Archbishop-designate René Leigue Cesari was named Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

Archbishop-designate Leigue Cesari had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the same archdiocese.

Durán Berríos, Mamani Quispe, and Fuentes Valencia named La Paz Auxiliaries

Bishop-elect Mario Luis Durán Berríos, Bishop-elect Basilio Mamani Quispe, and Bishop-elect Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. were named Auxiliary Bishops of La Paz, Bolivia and titular bishops of Lambiridi, Naissus, and Temuniana, respectively.

Vargas Galarza named Cochabamba Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza was named Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia and titular bishop of Bladia.

Arana named El Alto Bishop

Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana was named Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia.

The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini in July 2020.

Bishop Arana had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the same diocese.

Bordi retired as El Beni Auxiliary

Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M. retired as Auxiliary Bishop of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia.

Limachi Ortiz named Corocoro Prelate

Bishop Pascual Limachi Ortiz was named Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia.

The post had been vacant since then-Bishop Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores was named Archbishop of La Paz in May 2020.

Bishop Limachi Ortiz had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto.

Pesoa Ribera named El Beni Vicar Apostolic

Bishop Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M. was named Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia.

The Vicariate had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M. in February 2020.

Bishop Pesoa Ribera had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz.

Abastoflor Montero retired, Galvan Flores named La Paz Archbishop

Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero retired and Archbishop-designate Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores was named Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia.

Archbishop-designate Galvan Flores had been serving as Prelate of Corocoro.

Elías Montoya retired as El Beni Vicar Apostolic

Bishop Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M. retired as Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia.

Juárez Párraga retired, Centellas Guzmán named Sucre Archbishop

Archbishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. retired and Archbishop-designate Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán was named Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia.

Archbishop-designate Centellas Guzmán had been serving as Bishop of Potosí.

Del Río Sendino retired, Saldías Pedraza named Tarija Bishop

Bishop Francisco Javier Del Río Sendino retired and Bishop Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, O.P. was named Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia.

Bishop Saldías Pedraza had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz.

Limachi Ortiz named El Alto Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Pascual Limachi Ortiz was named Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia and titular bishop of Belesasa.

14 New Cardinals Named

This morning the Holy Father announced 14 new Cardinals will be created on 29 June 2018.

To Be Created Cardinal:

• Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq; Age: 69.9
• Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Age: 74.1
• Angelo De Donatis, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy; Age: 64.4
• Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State; Age: 70.0
• Konrad Krajewski, Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities; Age: 54.5
• Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan; Age: 72.9
• António Augusto dos Santos Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal; Age: 71.1
• Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru; Age: 74.3
• Désiré Tsarahazana, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar; Age: 64.0
• Giuseppe Petrocchi, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy; Age: 69.8
• Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan; Age: 69.3

Count: 11; Average Age: 68.6

To Be Created Cardinal (Non-Voting):

• Sergio Obeso Rivera, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México; Age: 86.6
• Toribio Ticona Porco, Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia; Age: 81.1
• Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F., Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Age: 80.1

Count: 3; Average Age: 82.6

With the addition of the 14 new Cardinals on 29 June 2018, there will be 227 members total with 125 of those having the right to vote. Assuming no Cardinal elector deaths, the number of electors will return to the theoretical maximum of 120 on 1 Aug 2019.

Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, Papal Almoner, will become the second youngest Cardinal at age 54. Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp., Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic, will remain the youngest at 51.

Sáez Garcia retired as Santa Cruz de la Sierra Auxiliary

Bishop Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

Arana named El Alto Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Giovani Edgar Arana was named Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia and titular bishop of Muteci.

Accattino named Boliva Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Angelo Accattino was named Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and titular archbishop of Sebana.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro was named Apostolic Nuncio to India in January 2017.

Focardi Mazzocchi resigned as Camiri Vicar Apostolic

Bishop Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M. resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia.