ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Calcutta
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Elias Frank of Asansol as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Calcutta, India. (Agenzia Fides, 28/6/2025)
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28 June 2025
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Appointment of coadjutor vicar apostolic of Phnom-Penh
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Pierre Suon Hangly, of the clergy of the apostolic vicariate of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, until now prefect apostolic of Kompong-Cham, as coadjutor vi ...
26 June 2025
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Antananarivo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Mamiarisoa Modeste Randrianifahanana, until now vicar general of the metropolitan archdiocese of Antananarivo, Madagascar, as auxiliary bishop of ...
12 June 2025
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Appointment of bishop of La Ceiba
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández, of the clergy of Comayagua, until now rector of the Cristo Sumo Sacerdote Major Seminary in Comayagua, as bish ...
11 June 2025
ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday 11 June 2025, the recognition of the civil effects and the taking of possession of the office of Msgr. Joseph Lin Yuntuan, whom the Holy Father, in the framework of the dia ...
7 June 2025
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Jullundur
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel, of the clergy of the diocese of Jullundur, India, until now bursar and parish priest in Phagwara, as bishop of ...
28 May 2025
AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Ouesso
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Brice Armand Ibombo, of the clergy of Gamboma, until now vice rector of the Emile Card. Biayenda National Theological Major Seminary in Brazzavill ...
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed the Rev. Fr. Marek Ochlak, O.M.I., currently Provincial Superior of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Poland, as Bishop of the Diocese of Fenoarivo Ats ...
15 April 2025
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Molegbe
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Mopepe Ngongo, doctoral candidate in theology at the Université Catholique du Congo, as bishop of the diocese of Molegbe, Democratic Repu ...
15 April 2025
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Pilcomayo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Miguel Fritz, O.M.I., until now apostolic administrator of Pilcomayo, Paraguay, as vicar apostolic of the same apostolic vicariate.
The Rever ...
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Simla and Chandigarh
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Simla and Chandigarh, India, presented by Bishop Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas.
The Holy Father has ...
12 April 2025
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Dumka
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Sonatan Kisku, until now vicar general of the diocese of Dumka and parish priest of Saint Mary’s, as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Dumka, I ...
