The Territorial Prelature was elevated into the Diocese of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
Bishop Marek Marian Piatek, C.SS.R. was named its first Bishop. He had been serving as its Prelate.
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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- Consistory to Create Cardinals - 22 February 2014
- Gébara named Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo...
- Cedano Cedano retired as Santo Domingo Auxiliary
- Lee Kok Hin retired, Ng named Miri Bishop
- Mansell retired, Blair named Hartford Archbishop
- Burnette named Passaic Bishop
- Valarezo Luzuriaga retired, Bonilla Bonilla named ...
- Job retired, Abegunrin named Ibadan Archbishop
- Weisgerber retired, Gagnon named Winnipeg Archbishop
- Gassis retired, Mangoria succeeded as El Obeid Bishop
- Giordano named Venezuela Nuncio
- Piccioli and Wick Enzler named Guayaquil Auxiliaries
- Kahango retired as Luanda Auxiliary
- Medwit resigned as Donets’k-Kharkiv Auxiliary
- Beloto named Franca Bishop
- Hre Kung named Hakha Bishop
- Manjaly named Allahabad Bishop
- Vérgez Alzaga named Titular Bishop
- Paciello retired, Ricchiuti named Altamura-Gravina...
- Muyengo Mulombe named Uvira Bishop
- Hagemoen named Mackenzie-Fort Smith Bishop
- Bertone retired, Parolin named Secretary of State
- Abellana named Romblon Bishop
- Montanari named Congregation of Bishops Secretary
- Macín named Reconquista Bishop
- Cozzens named Saint Paul and Minneapolis Auxiliary
- Derera named Soddo Coadjutor
- Marcianò named Italy Military Archbishop
- Torgal Mendes Ferreira retired, da Silva Rodrigues...
- Bouilleret named Besançon Archbishop
- Elevated Coari to Diocese, Piatek named Bishop
- Okolo named Dominican Republic Nuncio
- Morneau retired as Green Bay Auxiliary
- Werlen resigned as Maria Einsiedeln Abbot
- Spiteri named Côte d’Ivoire Nuncio
- Lee resigned as Waterford and Lismore Bishop
- Heenan retired as Rockhampton Bishop
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