Acta of the Holy See

• 15 October 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of auxiliary bishop of Shanghai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday, 15 October 2025, the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Ignatius Wu Jianlin took place. On 11 August 2025, the Holy Father appointed him auxiliary bishop of Shanghai, Sh ...
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  7 October 2025
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Father Frédéric Pierre Rossignol, new bishop of Tournai: "God does not impose himself, he gives a sign" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The diocese of Tournai has its new bishop: Spiritan Frédéric Pierre Rossignol, appointed yesterday, October 6, by Pope Leo XIV. The new Bishop Rossignol, C.S.Sp., until now spiritua ...
• 20 September 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Calcutta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Calcutta, India, presented by Archbishop Thomas D’Souza. He is succeeded by Archbis ...
• 12 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Zhangjiakou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Friday 12 September 2025, the civil recognition and inauguration of Bishop Joseph Ma Yan'en, formerly of Xiwanzi, took place. The Holy Father, within the framework of the dialogue on ...
• 10 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Suppression of the dioceses of Xiwanzi and Xuanhua with the erection of the diocese of Zhangjiakou and consecration of the first bishop of Zhangjiakou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the desire to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend more effectively to its spiritual good, on 8 July 2025 the Supreme Pontiff Leo XIV decided to suppress the d ...
• 30 August 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Leo XIV has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pontianak presented by His Exc. Msgr. Agustinus Agus and appointed His Exc. Ms ...
• 16 August 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Mysore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 15, 2025, the Holy Father Leo XIV appointed Bishop Francis Serrao, S.J., currently Bishop of Shimoga, as Bishop of the Diocese of Mysore. (Agenzia Fides, 16/8/2025) ...
• 25 July 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Bishop of Quelimane Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 2025, the Holy Father appointed His Eminence Osório Cîtora Afonso, IMC, as Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane (Mozambique), currently Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Arch ...
• 11 July 2025
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Constantine Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Michel Guillaud, of the clergy of Lyon, until now diocesan administrator of the diocese of Constantine, Algeria. as bishop of the same see. Bis ...
• 10 July 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Erection of the diocese of Kapsabet, Kenya and appointment of the first bishop Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has created the new diocese of Kapsabet, Kenya, with territory taken from the diocese of Eldoret, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kisumu, Kenya. The Hol ...
• 8 July 2025
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Seoul. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Matthew Kwang-Hee Choi, until now director of the Department of Culture and Communication and spokesperson for the metropolitan archdiocese of Seo ...
• 7 July 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Alotau-Sideia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Alotau-Sideia (Papua New Guinea), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M. The Holy ...
• 7 July 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Bishop of Wabag Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Leo XIV appointed Justin Ain Soongie, the former Auxiliary Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Wabag, as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) and ...
• 5 July 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of archbishop of Madurai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu of Palayamkottai and apostolic administrator of Madurai, as archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Madurai, India. Bishop ...
• 5 July 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Wote Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nairobi, as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Wote, Kenya. Bishop Simon Peter Kamomo ...