Trijonis named Vilnius Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Darius Trijonis was named Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania and titular bishop of Fissiana.

Pacomio retired, Miragoli named Mondovi Bishop

Bishop Luciano Pacomio retired and Bishop-elect Egidio Miragoli was named Bishop of Mondovi, Italy.

D’Ambrosio retired, Seccia named Lecce Archbishop

Archbishop Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio retired and Archbishop-designate Michele Seccia was named Archbishop of Lecce, Italy.

Archbishop-designate Seccia had been serving as Bishop of Teramo-Atri.

Ceccobelli retired, Paolucci Bedini named Gubbio Bishop

Bishop Mario Ceccobelli retired and Bishop-elect Luciano Paolucci Bedini was named Bishop of Gubbio, Italy.

Hon Tai-Fai named Greece Nuncio

Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. was named Apostolic Nuncio to Greece.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams was named Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain in April 2017.

Archbishop Hon Tai-Fai had been serving as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Altevir da Silva named Cametá

Bishop-elect José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. was named Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. was named Bishop of Bragança do Pará in August 2016.

Glettler named Innsbruck Bishop

Bishop-elect Hermann Glettler was named Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Manfred Scheuer was named Bishop of Linz in November 2015.

León Villegas resigned, Campos Contreras named Ciudad Guzmán Bishop

Bishop Braulio Rafael León Villegas resigned and Bishop Óscar Armando Campos Contreras was named Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México.

Bishop Campos Contreras had been serving as Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca.

Róggia retired, Pereira da Silva succeeded as Borba Prelate

Bishop Elói Róggia, S.A.C. retired and Bishop Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva, C.SS.R. succeeded as Prelate of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil.

Bishop Pereira da Silva had been serving as Coadjutor Prelate of the same prelature.

Porto retired, Pena Vitral named Sete Lagoas Bishop

Bishop Guilherme Porto retired and Bishop Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral was named Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Bishop Pena Vitral had been serving as Bishop of Teófilo Otoni.

Taltavull Anglada named Mallorca Bishop

Bishop Sebastián Taltavull Anglada was named Bishop of Mallorca, Spain.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals was named Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia in September 2016.

Bishop Taltavull Anglada had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona and Apostolic Administrator of Mallorca.

Boruta resigned, Kėvalas succeeded as Telšiai Bishop

Bishop Jonas Boruta, S.J. resigned and Bishop Kęstutis Kėvalas succeeded as Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania.

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

Hofmann retired as Würzburg Bishop

Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann retired as Bishop of Würzburg, Germany.

Girelli named Cyprus Nuncio

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli was named Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus in addition to his other duties.

The post had been vacant since the retirement of Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto in August 2017.

Ryś named Łódź Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Grzegorz Ryś was named Archbishop of Łódź, Poland.

The archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski was named Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow} in December 2016.

Archbishop-designate Ryś had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków.

Kamiński named Warszawa-Praga Coadjutor

Bishop Romuald Kamiński was named Coadjutor Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland.

He had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk.

Conti retired, Pennacchio named Fermo Archbishop

Archbishop Luigi Conti retired and Archbishop-elect Rocco Pennacchio was named Archbishop of Fermo, Italy.

Cirulli named Teano-Calvi Bishop

Bishop-elect Giacomo Cirulli was named Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Arturo Aiello was named Bishop of Avellino in May 2017.

Eparchy of Chernivtsi erected, Moschych named Bishop

The Eparchy of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian) was erected from Kolomyia-Chernivtsi.

Bishop Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A. was named its first bishop. He had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv].

Tscherrig named Italy and San Marino Nuncio

Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig was named Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino.

Archbishop Tscherrig had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina.