Catholic-Hierarchy News: Recent Episodes
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Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
Bishop-elect Gerardo Ernesto Salas Arjona was named Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela.
The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar was named Bishop of Petare in November 2021.
Archbishop-elect Georges Iskandar, B.S. was named Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon.
The archdiocese had been vacant since the removal of Archbishop Michel Abrass, B.A. in January 2021.
Bishop Nicholas James Samra retired and Bishop-elect François Beyrouti was named Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA.
Bishop-elect Antranig Ayvazian was named Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria.
The eparchy had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. in April 1992.
Bishop Domenico Mogavero retired and Bishop-elect Angelo Giurdanella was named Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy.
Bishop-elect Ephrem Ndjoni was named Bishop of Franceville, Gabon.
The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba was named Archbishop of Libreville in March 2020.
Archbishop Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot was named Bishop of Metz, France while retaining the Personal Title of Archbishop.
The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize in August 2021.
Archbishop Ballot had been serving as Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise).
Augusto Paolo Cardinal Lojudice was named Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy while remaining Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino.
Archbishop-elect Walter Erbì was named Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone in addition to his other posts.
Bishop Virgilio Pante, I.M.C. retired and Bishop-elect Hieronymus Joya, I.M.C. was named Bishop of Maralal, Kenya.
Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam was named Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands.
The post had been vacant since Archbishop Aldo Cavalli retired in November 2021.
Archbishop Tschang In-Nam had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Myanmar, and Apostolic Delegate to Laos.
Bishop-elect Masilo John Selemela was named Auxiliary Bishop of Pretoria, South Africa and titular bishop of Nachingwea.
Archbishop-elect Ivan Maffeis was named Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy.
The archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop Gualtiero Bassetti retired in May 2022.
Bishop-elect Félix María Ramírez Barajas was named Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia.
The diocese had been vacant since Bishop José Libardo Garcés Monsalve was named Bishop of Cúcuta in October 2021.
Bishop-elect Frank Leo was named Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada and titular bishop of Tamada.
Archbishop-designate José María Gil Tamayo was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada, Spain.
He had been serving as Bishop of Ávila.
Archbishop-elect Walter Erbì was named Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia and titular archbishop of Nepeta.
The post had been vacant since Archbishop Dagoberto Campos Salas was named Apostolic Nuncio to Panama in May 2022.
Bishop-elect Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez was named Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba and titular bishop of Nisa in Lycia.
Bishop-elect Ernesto Jesús Brontóns Tena was named Bishop of Plasencia, Spain.
The diocese had been vacant since Bishop José Luis Retana Gozalo was named Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo in November 2021.
Bishop Bruno Paul Marie Valentin was named Coadjutor Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France.
He had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles.