Acta of the Holy See

• 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 ...
• 24 May 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV assigns the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano to Cardinal Tagle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Leo XIV has assigned the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano to His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the S ...
• 24 May 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Huê Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Huê, Vietnam, presented by Archbishop Joseph Nguyên Chi Linh. He is succeeded by Ar ...
• 17 April 2025
  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 ...
• 12 April 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Calicut, India, and appointment of first metropolitan archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the ecclesiastical province of Calicut, India, elevating the see of Calicut to a metropolitan Church and assigning to it as suffragans the diocese of Kannur and ...
• 12 April 2025
  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 ...
• 9 April 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of bishop of Port Harcourt Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, presented by Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh.Il Santo Padre ha accettato la ...
• 8 April 2025
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Gagnoa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi, until now bishop of San-Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire and apostolic administrator of the same archdiocese, as metropolitan arch ...
• 2 April 2025
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Augustin Simmel Ndiaye, of the clergy of Dakar, until now rector of the Catholic University of West Africa (UCAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as ...