Acta of the Holy See

• 23 January 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Erection of the diocese of Alto Molócuè and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the diocese of Alto Molócuè, Mozambique, with territory taken from the dioceses of Gurúè and Quelimane, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese ...
• 20 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Suppression of the diocese of Fenyang and erection of the diocese of Lüliang (China) and Consecration of the first Bishop of Lüliang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) Text in Italian In the desire to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend more effectively to its spiritual wellbeing, on 28 October 2024 the Supreme Pontiff Fran ...
• 20 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of the first bishop of Lüliang (China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Monday 20 January 2025, the Reverend Anthony Ji Weizhong was ordained a bishop. The Holy Father appointed the Reverend Anthony Ji Weizhong as bishop of Lüliang (Shanxi Province, Chi ...
• 14 January 2025
  OCEANIA/NEW CALEDONIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Nouméa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nouméa, New Caledonia, presented by Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. The ...
• 14 January 2025
  OCEANIA/MARSHALL ISLANDS - Resignation and appointment of prefect apostolic of the Marshall Islands Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic prefecture of the Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands, presented by the Reverend Fr. Ariel A. Galido, M.S ...
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  14 January 2025
  VATICAN - Monsignor Gosbert appointed office head in the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Msgr. Gilbert Ndyamukama Gosbert, official of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches, ...
• 11 January 2025
  ASIA/THAILANDIA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Bangkok Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana, until now bishop of Chiang Mai and apostolic administrator of Bangkok, as metropolitan archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand ...
• 11 January 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Battaglia appointed Member of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, Archbishop of Naples, as Member of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and the New Part ...
• 11 January 2025
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of bishop of Yokadouma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Justin Georges Ebengue, of the clergy of Batouri, until now rector of the Notre Dame de l’Espérance Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Bertoua, as ...
• 7 January 2025
  AMERICA/NETHERLANDS ANTILLES - Resignation of bishop of Willemstad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, presented by Bishop Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, ...
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  6 January 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis appoints Sr. Simona Brambilla as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis appoints Sr. Simona Brambilla, an Italian-born religious sister, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the first woman ...
• 27 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Yangon, Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Raymond Wai Lin Htun, of the clergy of the diocese of Hpa-An, until now professor of canon law and economics and Saint Joseph’s Major Seminary i ...
• 23 December 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - Resignation and Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V. ...
• 18 December 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Resignation and appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso Vaticano City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, presented by Archbishop Paul Yembuado Ouédraogo. The ...
• 26 November 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of Bishop of Nebbi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Constantine Rupiny, of the clergy of the diocese of Nebbi, currently Rector of the Uganda Martyrs’ National Major Seminary of Alokolum, in the A ...