Acta of the Holy See

• 18 March 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Mount Hagen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, presented by Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D. ...
• 15 March 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Hung Hoá Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Paul Nguyen Quang Dinh, until now vicar general of the diocese of Hung Hoá, Vietnam, responsible for Son Loc Cathedral and the diocesan liturgica ...
• 8 March 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of bishop of Timika Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, O.S.A., until now counsellor of the Augustinian vicariate of Papua-Indonesia and director of the Fajar Timur Superior ...
• 8 March 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Cuddapah Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Paul Prakash Saginala, of the clergy of Cuddapah, India, until now professor of sacred scripture at Saint John’s Regional Seminary in Hyderabad, ...
• 8 March 2025
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Appointment of bishop of Bafatá Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Victor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M., until now definitor general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor for Africa, as bishop of the diocese of Ba ...
• 7 March 2025
  AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Korhogo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Armand Koné, until now delegate vicar of the archdiocese of Korhogo, Cote d’Ivoire, as metropolitan archbishop of the same see. Msgr. Armand ...
• 7 March 2025
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the diocese of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the new diocese of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, with territory taken from the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and the diocese of Morogoro, making it a suffragan ...
• 1 March 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Ajmer Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend John Carvalho, of the clergy of the diocese of Ajmer, India, until now head of Saint Paul’s Sr. Sec. School in Ajmer, as bishop of the same dioc ...
• 28 February 2025
  ASIA/LESOTHO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Leribe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Leribe, Lesotho, presented by Bishop Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I. The Holy Father has appointed the ...
• 26 February 2025
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Tabora Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Josaphat Jackson Bududu, of the metropolitan archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania, until now vicar for consecrated life and parish priest of Saint Jose ...
• 25 February 2025
  VATICAN - Appointment of secretaries-general of the Governorate of Vatican City State Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, modifying the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, of 13 May 2023, and Law no. CCLXXIV on the Governance of Vatican City State, of 25 November 2018, has appointed the fol ...
• 22 February 2025
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Dakar Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal, presented by Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye. The Holy Father has appointed Bisho ...
• 22 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGER - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Maradi Maradi (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Maradi, Niger, presented by Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Ignat ...
• 15 February 2025
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of Bishop of Bubanza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P., until now Coordinator of the Council for the creation of the Catholic University of Burundi, as Bishop of the Diocese of Bu ...
• 15 February 2025
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of Bishop of Rutana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Léonidas Nitereka, until now Vicar General of the Diocese of Bururi, as Bishop of the Diocese of Rutana (Burundi). His Exc. Msgr. Léonidas Ni ...