AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of bishop of Agboville
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Assandé Darius Ekou, until now rector of the parish-sanctuary Saint Famille de Nazareth and director of the Saint Kizito d’Abengourou diocesan C ...
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba, until now bishop of Man, Cote d’Ivoire, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, assigning him the ti ...
17 February 2026
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Amos Mabuti Masemola, until how vicar general of the metropolitan archdiocese of Pretoria and parish priest of Saint Thomas More of Centurion, as ...
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Sindhudurg
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro, of the metropolitan archdiocesan clergy of Goa and Damão, until now professor of philosophy at the Pat ...
13 February 2026
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Bamenda
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend John Berinyuy Tata, until now rector of the Catholic University of Cameroon in Bamenda, as auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bam ...
3 February 2026
AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of vicar apostolic of San José del Amazonas
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of San José del Amazonas, Peru, presented by Bishop José Javier Travieso. Martín, C.M.F. (A ...
2 February 2026
ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation and succession of bishop of Pekhon
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Pekhon, Myanmar, presented by Bishop Peter Hla.
He is succeeded by Bishop Felice Ba Htoo, until now co ...
31 January 2026
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Udupi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Udupi, India, presented by Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo.
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Lesl ...
28 January 2026
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of Bishop of Popokabaka
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Popokabaka (Democratic Republic of Congo), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Bernard Marie Fansaka Bini ...
28 January 2026
AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Mombasa
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Msgr. Dominic Kimengich, currently Bishop of Eldoret, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya. Bishop Dominic Kimengich was born on April 23, 1961, ...
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Kolda
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Francis Badji, of the clergy of the diocese of Ziguinchor, until now rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney ...
9 January 2026
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Cape Town
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka, until now bishop of the diocese of Mthatha, as metropolitan archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa.
Archbishop-elect Sithembele ...
