Acta of the Holy See

• 5 February 2025
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Taipei Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Peter Chao Yung-Chi, of the clergy of the diocese of Chiayi, until now episcopal chancellor and parish priest of the Cathedral of Saint John in Chi ...
• 28 January 2025
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Iringa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Iringa, Tanzania, presented by Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa. The Holy Father has appointed the Reve ...
• 25 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bombay, India, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias. He is succeeded by ...
• 25 January 2025
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Laghouat Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Laghouat (Algeria) presented by His Exc. Msgr. John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. At the same time the ...
• 25 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Erection of the diocese of Mindat, Myanmar, and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the new diocese of Mindat, Myanmar, with territory taken from the diocese of Hakha, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese of Mandalay. The Holy ...
• 25 January 2025
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso, presented by Bishop Joseph Sama. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Guy M ...
• 23 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of bishop of Fuzhou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Today, Thursday 23 January 2025, Bishop Joseph Cai Bingrui took canonical possession of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, appointed by the Holy Father, having approved his candidature in the f ...
• 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 ...