Pelotte resigns as Gallup Bishop

Bishop Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. resigned as Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA. Bishop Thomas James Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, has also been serving as Apostolic Administrator of Gallup since January 2008.

Version 2.5.1

Today I've finished a minor upgrade to the code that generates the website. Besides some internal adjustments, the biggest external change is several new "by Country" pages. These new pages will appear for a given country whenever there is an update for that country. (To see examples of the new pages, look at the United States of America pages which were updated today.)

• Seniority by Priestly Ordination
  
• Seniority by Bishop Ordination
  
• Cardinals
  

As with all by Country pages, the bishops include all those born in that country along with those that served in that country at some point.

Padilla named Mongolia Nuncio

Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla was named Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia. He remains the Apostolic Nuncio to Korea.

Printesis retired, Salachas named Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine) Exarch

Bishop Anárghyros Printesis retired and Bishop-elect Dimitrios Salachas was named Exarch of Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine) and titular bishop of Carcabia.

Német named Zrenjanin Bishop

Bishop-elect Lázló Német, S.V.D. was named Bishop of Zrenjanin, Serbia. The diocese had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop László Huzsvár in June 2007.

Longa named Kara Coadjutor

Bishop-elect Jacques Danka Longa was named Coadjutor Bishop of Kara, Togo.

Sartori retired, Barbaro named San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña Bishop

Bishop José Lorenzo Sartori retired and Bishop-elect Hugo Nicolás Barbaro was named Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina.

Bishop Castermans Died

Bishop Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands, has died. He was 84 years old and had served as a priest for 57 years and as a bishop for 26 years. May he rest in peace.

Cardinal López Trujillo Died

Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family and Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, has died. He was 72 years old and had served as a priest for 47 years. He had also served as a bishop for 37 years and as a cardinal for 25 years. May he rest in peace.

Kairo named Nyeri Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Peter J. Kairo was named Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya. The archdiocese had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Nicodemus Kirima in November 2007. Archbishop-designate Kairo had been serving as Bishop of Nakuru.

Gasi retired, Kussala named Tombura-Yambio Bishop

Bishop Joseph Abangite Gasi retired and Bishop-elect Edward Hiiboro Kussala was named Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, Sudan.

Berenbrinker named Paderborn Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Hubert Berenbrinker was named Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany and titular bishop of Panatoria.

Parrilla Díaz named Loja Bishop

Bishop-elect Julio Parrilla Díaz was named Bishop of Loja, Ecuador. The diocese had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M. in June 2007.

Rakotondrajao named Mahajanga Coadjutor

Bishop-elect Roger Victor Rakotondrajao was named Coadjutor Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar.

Gocłowski retired, Głódź named Gdańsk Archbishop

Archbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. retired and Archbishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź was named Archbishop of Gdańsk, Poland. Archbishop Głódź had been serving as Bishop of Warszawa-Praga.

Hammawa named Jalingo Bishop

Bishop-elect Charles M. Hammawa was named Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria. The diocese had been vacant since Bishop James Naanman Daman, O.S.A. was named Bishop of Shendam in June 2007.

Ajakaye named Ekiti Coadjutor

Bishop-elect Felix Femi Ajakaye was named Coadjutor Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria.

Camino Saracho retired, Gonçalves dos Santos named Presidente Prudente Bishop

Bishop José María Libório Camino Saracho retired and Bishop-elect Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos was named Bishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Gabrielli retired, Montesdeoca Becerra named Méndez Vicar Apostolic

Bishop Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B. retired and Bishop-elect Néstor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B. was named Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador and titular bishop of Cellae in Mauretania.

Castet named Luçon Bishop

Bishop-elect Alain Castet was named Bishop of Luçon, France. The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Michel Léon Émile Santier was named Bishop of Créteil in September 2007.