Hansen named Oslo Coadjutor

Bishop-elect Fredrik Hansen was named Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway.

Grgić resigned as Tromsø Prelate

Bishop Berislav Grgić resigned as Prelate of Tromsø, Norway.

Nuncio Retirements

Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico retired as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and as Apostolic Nuncio to Libya.

Archbishop James Patrick Green retired as Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Nuncio to Finland, and Apostolic Nuncio to Norway.

Varden named Trondheim Prelate

Bishop-elect Erik Varden, O.C.S.O. was named Prelate of Trondheim, Norway.

The prelature had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Georg Müller, SS.CC. in june 2009.

Green named Norway Nuncio

Archbishop James Patrick Green was named Apostolic Nuncio to Norway in addition to his other posts.

Nowacki named Denmark, Finland, and Norway Nuncio

Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki was named Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Nuncio to Finland, and Apostolic Nuncio to Norway in addition to his other posts.

Grgić named Tromsø Prelate

Bishop-elect Berislav Grgić was named Prelate of Tromsø, Norway. The post had been vacant since the death of Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F. in November 2006.

Bishop Gran Died

Bishop John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O., Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway, has died. He was almost 88 years old and had served as a priest for 50 years. He would have celebrated 45 years as a bishop later in the week. May he rest in peace.

Tscherrig named Nuncio to Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway

Archbishop Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig was named Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, to Denmark, to Finland, to Iceland, and to Norway.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci was named Prelate of Loreto, Italy in December 2007.

Archbishop Tscherrig had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Korea and to Mongolia.