Appointments
Bishop Francisco Simón CONESA FERRER, (Bishop of Menorca-Minorca) Bishop of Solsona, Spain, January 3.
the Father Severin Nziengui MANGANDZA, cssp., (Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit) apostolic vicar of Makokou, Gabon, January 6.
Resignations
Bishop Joseph KOERBER, cssp., apostolic vicar of Makokou, Gabon, January 6.
Death
the Cardinal Francisco ALVAREZ MARTÍNEZ, former Archbishop of Toledo, Spain, on January 5 at the age of 96.
Bishop Giacomo CAPUZZI, Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy, on December 26 at the age of 92.
Bishop Luigi NEGRI, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy, on December 31 at the age of 80.
Bishop Paul Adegboyega OLAWOORE, Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria, on 1er January at the age of 60.
Bishop Tharcisse Tshibangu TSHISHIKU, Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on December 31 at the age of 88.
Bishop Robin Walsh LEAMY, Religious of the Society of Mary, Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific, on 1er January at the age of 87.
Bishop Jean-Guy COUTURE, Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Canada, January 2 at the age of 92.
Holy See
On January 4, Pope Francis appointed the cardinal Louis Raphaël SAKO, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq), member of the Council for the Economy.
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