Kaboré named Ghana Nuncio

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

Jagodziński named South Africa and Lesotho Nuncio

Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński was named Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa and Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells was named Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand in February 2023.

Archbishop Jagodziński had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana.

Boi-Nai retired, Yitiereh named Yendi Bishop

Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D. retired and Bishop-elect Matthew Yitiereh was named Bishop of Yendi, Ghana.

New Cardinals - 2022 (updated)

Pope Francis announced today his intention to create 21 20 new cardinals on 27 August 2022.

• Created Cardinal:
  • Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; Age: 72.4
  • Lazzaro You Heung-sik, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy; Age: 70.7
  • Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State; Age: 77.4
  • Jean-Marc Noël Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille, France; Age: 63.6
  • Peter Ebere Okpaleke, Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria; Age: 59.4
  • Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil; Age: 71.8
  • Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India; Age: 69.6
  • Robert Walter McElroy, Bishop of San Diego, California, USA; Age: 68.5
  • Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B., Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste; Age: 54.7
  • Oscar Cantoni, Bishop of Como, Italy; Age: 71.9
  • Anthony Poola, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India; Age: 60.7
  • Paulo Cezar Costa, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil; Age: 55.1
  • Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr., Bishop of Wa, Ghana; Age: 63.1
  • William Goh Seng Chye, Archbishop of Singapore; Age: 65.1
  • Adalberto Martínez Flores, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay; Age: 71.1
  • Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C., Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Age: 48.2
  Count: 16; Average Age: 65.2

• Created Cardinal (Non-Voting):
  • Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M., Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia; Age: 80.4
  • Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B., Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium; Age: 80.9
  • Arrigo Miglio, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy; Age: 80.1
  • Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., Priest of Society of Jesus; Age: 80.1
  • Fortunato Frezza, Priest of Viterbo, Italy; Age: 80.5
  Count: 5; Average Age: 80.4
  Count: 4; Average Age: 80.3

The website page about this consistory: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/event/cs2022.html

Note: listed age is as of the consistory when they will be created cardinals.

Bishop Lucas Van Looy, SDB requested to not be created a Cardinal and this has been accepted by the Holy Father.

(updated on 16 Jun 2022)

Attakruk named Sekondi-Takoradi Bishop

Bishop-elect John Baptiste Attakruk was named Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. was named Archbishop of Accra in January 2019.

Jagodziński named Ghana Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński was named Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana and titular archbishop of Limosano.

Speich named Slovenia Nuncio

Archbishop Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich was named Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia.

The post had been vacant since the resignation of Archbishop Juliusz Janusz in September 2018.

Archbishop Speich had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana.

Asiedu named Donkorkrom Vicar Apostolic

Bishop-elect John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D. was named Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana.

The vicariate had been vacant since Bishop Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D. was named Bishop of Keta-Akatsi in March 2017.

Kwofie named Accra Archbishop

Archbishop-designate John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. was named Archbishop of Accra, Ghana.

The archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle was named Archbishop of Cape Coast in May 2018.

Archbishop-designate Kwofie had been serving as Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi.

Nketsiah retired, Palmer-Buckle named Cape Coast Archbishop

Archbishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah retired and Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle was named Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Archbishop Palmer-Buckle had been serving as Archbishop of Accra.

Kumordji named Keta-Akatsi Bishop

Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D. was named Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Anthony Kwami Adanuty retired in April 2016.

Bishop Kumordji had been serving as Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom.

Adanuty retired as Keta-Akatsi Bishop

Bishop Anthony Kwami Adanuty retired as Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana.

Bemile retired, Baawobr named Wa Bishop

Bishop Paul Bemile retired and Bishop-elect Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. was named Bishop of Wa, Ghana.

Lodonu retired, Fianu named Ho Bishop

Bishop Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu retired and Bishop-elect Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D. was named Bishop of Ho, Ghana.

Yaw Afoakwa named Obuasi Bishop

Bishop-elect John Yaw Afoakwa was named Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye was named Archbishop of Kumasi in May 2012.

Kwofie named Sekondi-Takoradi Bishop

Bishop-elect John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. was named Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop John Martin Darko in December 2011.

Speich named Ghana Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Jean-Marie Speich was named Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana and titular archbishop of Sulci.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele was named Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador in February 2013.

Kalenga Badikebele named El Salvador Nuncio

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele was named Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto was named Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina in November 2012.

Archbishop Kalenga Badikebele had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana.

Mensah retired, Yaw Anokye named Kumasi Archbishop

Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah retired and Archbishop-designate Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye was named Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana.

Archbishop-designate Yaw Anokye had been serving as Bishop of Obuasi.

Darko resigned as Sekondi-Takoradi Bishop

Bishop John Martin Darko resigned as Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.

Archbishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah of Cape Coast was named Apostolic Administrator.