Prefecture Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic.
Bishop Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M. was named its first Vicar Apostolic. He had been serving as the Prefect.
Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
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- Tafunga named Lubumbashi Coadjutor
- Pignoli retired, Guedes named Campo Limpo Bishop
- Mennini named Uzbekistan Nuncio
- Bulaitis retired, Moliner Inglés named Albania Nuncio
- Vieira de Lima retired, Emidio Vilar named São Luí...
- and 10,000,000 visits later
- Alvarado Alcántara retired as Mexico Auxiliary
- Caballero Reyes retired, Sánchez Martínez named Du...
- Shyngo-Ya-Hombo resigned as Mbanza Congo Bishop
- Chama named Mpika Bishop
- Piris Frígola named Lleida Bishop
- Soler Perdigó retired, Pardo Artigas named Girona ...
- Dunn and Simard named Sault Sainte Marie Auxiliaries
- Buenanueva named Mendoza Auxiliary
- Elevated: Galápagos, Ecuador
- LeVoir named New Ulm Bishop
- Erected: Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti; Dumas na...
- Maury Buendía named Kyrgyzstan and Tadjikistan Nuncio
- Ladaria Ferrer named Doctrine of the Faith Secretary
- Saraiva Martins retired, Amato named Causes of Sai...
- Ricken named Green Bay Bishop
- Saltarelli retired, Malooly named Wilmington Bishop
- Bevard named Saint Thomas Bishop
- Spreafico named Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino Coadjutor
- Parmeggiani named Tivoli Bishop
- Faivre resigned as Le Mans Bishop
- Cazabon retired, Morissette named Saint-Jérôme Bishop
- Blanchet retired, Fournier named Rimouski Archbishop
- Bertoldo retired, Sigismondi named Foligno Bishop
- Kujawski named Porto Nacional Coadjutor
- Erected: Montenegro, Brazil; de Conto named Bishop
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