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.

Vayalunkal named Algeria Nuncio

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal was named Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Luciano Russo was named Apostolic Nuncio to Panama in August 2020.

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

Houhou named Auki Bishop

Bishop-elect Peter Houhou was named Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands.

The diocse had been vacant since then-Bishop Christopher Michael Cardone, O.P. was named Archbishop of Honiara in June 2016.

Vayalunkal named Solomon Islands Nuncio

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal was named Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands.

Smith retired, Cardone named Honiara Archbishop

Archbishop Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M. retired and Archbishop-designate Christopher Michael Cardone, O.P. was named Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Archbishop-designate Cardone had been serving as Bishop of Auki.

Banach named Sénégal and Mauritania Nuncio

Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach was named Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal and Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritania.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor was named Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of in June 2015.

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

Banach named Solomon Islands Nuncio

Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach was named Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands in addition to his other posts

Gangemi named Solomon Islands Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Santo Rocco Gangemi was named Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands and titular archbishop of Umbriatico.

Padilla named Tanzania Nuncio

Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla was named Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Joseph Chennoth was named Apostolic Nuncio to Japan in August 2011.

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

O'Grady retired, Capelli named Gizo Bishop

Bishop Bernard Cyril O'Grady, O.P. retired and Bishop-elect Luciano Capelli, S.D.B. was named Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands.

Bishop Loft Died

Bishop Gerard Francis Loft, S. M., Bishop Emeritus of Auki, Solomon Islands, has died. He was 73 years old and had served as a priest for 48 years and as a bishop for 23 years. May he rest in peace.