El-Kassis named United Arab Emirates Nuncio

Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis was named Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla was named Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala in April 2020.

Archbishop El-Kassis had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan.

Coutts retired, Travas named Karachi Archbishop

Joseph Cardinal Coutts retired and Archbishop-designate Benny Mario Travas was named Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan.

Archbishop-designate Travas had been serving as Bishop of Multan.

Rehmat named Quetta Vicar Apostolic

Bishop-elect Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. was named Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan.

The vicariate had been vacant since the death of Bishop Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. in December 2020.

El-Kassis named Pakistan Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis was named Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan and titular archbishop of Rosella.

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.

Arshad named Islamabad-Rawalpindi Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Joseph Arshad was named Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Rufin Anthony in October 2016.

Bishop Arshad had been serving as Bishop of Faisalabad.

Bader named Dominican Republic Nuncio

Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader was named Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo was named Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland in May 2017.

Archbishop Bader had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan.

Travas named Multan Bishop

Bishop-elect Benny Mario Travas was named Bishop of Multan, Pakistan.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Andrew Francis in June 2014.

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.

Peña Parra named Mozambique Nuncio

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra was named Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Antonio Arcari was named Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica in July 2014.

Archbishop Peña Parra had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan.

Rodrigues retired, Shukardin named Hyderabad in Pakistan Bishop

Bishop Max John Rodrigues retired and Bishop-elect Samon Shukardin, O.F.M. was named Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan.

Francis resigned as Multan Bishop

Bishop Andrew Francis resigned as Bishop of Multan, Pakistan.

Shaw named Lahore Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. was named Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan.

The archdiocese had been vacant since the retirement of Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha in April 2011.

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

Arshad named Faisalabad Bishop

Bishop-elect Joseph Arshad was named Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Joseph Coutts was named Archbishop of Karachi in January 2012.

Saldanha retired as Lahore Archbishop

Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha retired as Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan.

Peña Parra named Pakistan Apostolic Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Edgar Peña Parra was named Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana was named Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of in November 2010.

Elevated: Quetta, Pakistan to Vicariate

The Prefecture Quetta, Pakistan was elevated to a Vicariate.

Its ordinary remains the same: Bishop-elect Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I., who was also named titular bishop of Thimida.

Lobo resigned, Anthony succeeded as Islamabad-Rawalpindi Bishop

Bishop Anthony Theodore Lobo resigned and Bishop Rufin Anthony succeeded as Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Bishop Anthony had been serving as Coadjutor of the same diocese.

Anthony named Islamabad-Rawalpindi Coadjutor

Bishop-elect Rufin Anthony was named Coadjutor Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Shah named Lahore Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Sebastian Francis Shah, O.F.M. was named Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan and titular bishop of Tinum.