Fiorenza retired, DiNardo succeeded as Galveston-Houston Archbishop

Archbishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza retired and Archbishop Daniel Nicholas DiNardo succeeds him as Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, TX, USA. Archbishop DiNardo had been serving as Coadjutor Archbishop of the same archdiocese.

Filoni named Nuncio to Philippines

Archbishop Fernando Filoni was named Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines. He had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan.

Cleary retired, Ellison named Banjul Bishop

Bishop Michael J. Cleary, C.S.Sp. has retired and Bishop-elect Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. was named Bishop of Banjul, Gambia. Bishop Cleary has served in that role for 25 years.

Cardinals!!!

This morning Pope Benedict XVI announced that a consistory to create new cardinals will be held on 24 March 2006. The list below are the 15 newly designated future cardinals:

* Name, Title, Age
* Archbishop Agostino Vallini; Prefect of Apostolic Signatura, Roman Curia; 65.9
* Archbishop Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino; Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela; 63.6
* Archbishop Gaudencio Borbon Rosales; Archbishop of Manila, Philippines; 73.6
* Archbishop Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard; Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France; 61.5
* Archbishop Antonio Cañizares Llovera; Archbishop of Toledo, Spain; 60.4
* Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk; Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South); 74.3
* Archbishop Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.; Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 61.7
* Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz; Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland; 66.9
* Archbishop Carlo Caffarra; Archbishop of Bologna, Italy; 67.8
* Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.; Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China; 74.2

Plus 3 that are over 80 and thus not eligible to vote in a conclave:

* Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo; Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy; 80.6
* Archbishop Peter Proeku Dery; Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana; 87.9
* Father Albert Vanhoye, S.J.; Secretary Emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Commission, Roman Curia; 82.7

See also this List of New Cardinals on the main site.

Staffolani retired, Martín named Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto Bishop

Bishop Ramón Artemio Staffolani retired and Bishop-elect Eduardo Eliseo Martín was named Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina.

Sainte-Marie named Lilongwe Coadjutor

Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. was named Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi.

Godayol Colom resigned, Schmalhausen Panizo named Ayaviri Prelate

Bishop Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B. resigned and Bishop-elect Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo, S.C.V. was named Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru.

Chacour confirmed as Akka [San Giovanni d'Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite) Archbishop

Archbishop-elect Elias Chacour was confirmed as Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d'Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel.

Ghizzoni named Reggio Emilia-Guastalla Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Lorenzo Ghizzoni was named Auxiliary Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy.

Fitzgerald named Nuncio to Egypt

Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. was named Apostolic Nuncio to the Arab Republic of Egypt. He had been serving as the President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

Valenzuela Mellid named Chaco Paraguayo Vicar

Bishop-elect Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. was named Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay and titular bishop of Uzalis. The Vicariate had been without an ordinary since Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. was named Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay) in July 2003.

Zawistowski retired as Łomża Auxiliary

Bishop Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland. He has served as a bishop for 32 years and as a priest for 50 years.

Saint-Antoine retired as Montréal Auxiliary

Bishop Jude Saint-Antoine retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada. He has served as a bishop for 24 years and as a priest for 49 years.

Mol Guimarães and Pena Vitral named Belo Horizonte Auxiliaries

Bishop-elect Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães and Bishop-elect Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral were named Auxiliary Bishops of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and titular bishops of Galtelli and Thubursicum-Bure, respectively. Both bishop-elects have been serving as priests of the same archdiocese.

Hundt named Toronto Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Peter Joseph Hundt was named Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and titular bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena. Bishop-elect Hundt has been serving as a priest of the diocese of Hamilton.

Gazaille and Gendrom named Montréal Auxiliaries

Bishop-elect André Gazaille and Bishop-elect Lionel Gendrom, P.S.S. were named Auxiliary Bishops of Montréal, Québec, Canada and titular bishops of Vaga and Tagase, respectively.

Bronakowski named Łomża Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Tadeusz Bronakowski was named Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland and titular bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania. He has been serving as a priest of the same diocese.

Scharl named Wien {Vienna} Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Franz Scharl was named Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria and also titular bishop of Ierafi. He has been serving as a priest of the same archdiocese.

You named Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia Bishop

Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Denis You was named Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil. The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Pedro José Conti was named Bishop of Macapá in December 2004. Bishop You has been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia.

Barwa named Rourkela Coadjutor

Bishop-elect John Barwa, S.V.D. was named Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela, India. Bishop Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. remains the ordinary of the diocese.