Acta of the Holy See

• 2 January 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Udaipur and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 21, 2012, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Udaipur (India) by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Pathalil, in accordance with can ...
• 2 January 2013
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 29, 2012, appointed Rev. William Goh, Rector of the Major Seminary of Singapore as Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore. Rev. William Goh was born on ...
• 2 January 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Erection of the new dioceses of Gboko and Katsina-Ala and appointment of the first Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 29, 2012, erected two new Dioceses of Gboko and Katsina-Ala, in Nigeria, with territory taken from the diocese of Makurdi, making it suffragan of th ...
• 28 December 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Coadjutor of Bùi Chu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 24, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Vu Dinh Hieu, Titular Bishop of Baanna and Auxiliary of Xuan Loc as coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu (Viet Nam). ...
• 21 December 2012
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - Resignation of the Archbishop of Suva and appointment of Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 19, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Suva (Fiji), presented by Archbishop Petero Mataca, in accordan ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA/CANADA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 6, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Murray Chatlain, Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith as Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas (Canada). The same Prelate was appo ...
• 7 December 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Ahiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 7, 2012, appointed Rev. Peter Ebere Okpaleke of the clergy of Awka, Judge of the Inter-Diocesan Tribunal of the Ecclesiastical Province in Onitsha a ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kota Kinabalui and Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 1, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalui (Malaysia), by His Exc. Mgr. John Lee Hiong Fun-Y ...
• 1 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Delhi and Appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 30, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Delhi (India) by His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Michael Concessao, in ac ...
• 1 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Khunti Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 30, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Binay Kandulna, Titular Bishop of Auzegera and Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, currently Apostolic Administrator of Khu ...
• 21 November 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore and Appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 21, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (India), by His Exc. Mgr. A. Malayappan Ch ...
• 31 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Jhansi and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on October 31, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Jhansi (India), by His Exc. Mgr. Frederick D'Souza in accordance with can. ...
• 30 October 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of the Bishop of Pemba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on October 27, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Pemba (Mozambique) by His Exc. Mgr. Ernesto Maguengue, in accordan ...
• 10 September 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Hazaribag and appointment of Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on September 8, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Hazaribag (India), by His Exc. Mgr. Charles Soreng, S.I., in accord ...
• 24 August 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Hue and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on August 18, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the archdiocese of Hue in Vietnam by His Exc. Mgr. Etienne Nguyen Nhu The, in accord ...