Acta of the Holy See

• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Nalgonda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S. (Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales d’Annecy), until now parish priest of S. Bartolomäus in Münster and ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Khandwa, Augustine Madathikunnel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Augustine Madathikunnel, until now administrator of the diocese of Khandwa, India, as bishop of the same diocese. Msgr. Augustine Madathikunnel w ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Khammam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Prakash Sagili of the clergy of Cuddapah, until now parish priest of Saint John Bosco in Chittor and coordinator of the CCBI Health Apostolate, as ...
• 15 February 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Reverend Subroto Boniface Gomes appointed auxiliary bishop of Dhaka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Subroto Boniface Gomes, of the clergy of Dhaka, Bangladesh, until now parish priest of Santo Rosario, assigning him the titular see of Tamazuca, a ...
• 13 February 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Nakhon Sawan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, presented by Bishop Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai. The Holy Father has appointed ...
• 13 February 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of Nairobi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya: the Reverend Simon Peter Kamomoe, of the clergy of the same archdiocese, ...
• 12 February 2024
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Nouakchott Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 10, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nouakchott, Mauritania, presented by Bishop Martin Happe, M.Afr. The Holy Father has appoi ...
• 12 February 2024
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Erection of the diocese of Canindeyú, Paraguay, and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 10, the Holy Father erected the diocese of Canindeyú, Paraguay, with territory taken from the diocese of Ciudad del Este, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan Church of As ...
• 12 February 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Bishop of Morombe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jean Désiré Razafinirina, of the clergy of the diocese of Toliara, until now rector and professor at the Saint Jean Baptiste Major Seminary of V ...
• 12 February 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Dodoma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Father has appointed the Reverend Wilbroad Henry Kibozi, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Dodoma, until now vice rector and professor at the Holy Family Major Seminary in ...
• 5 February 2024
  VATICAN - Appointment of under-secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Msgr. Graziano Borgonovo, until now official of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, as under-secretary for the Dicastery for Evangelizati ...
• 1 February 2024
  VATICAN - Dr. Benjamín Estévez de Cominges appointed Secretary General of the Secretariat for the Economy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, the Holy Father has appointed Dr. Benjamín Estévez de Cominges, until now delegate for the Administration of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for first evangelizat ...
• 31 January 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of Bishop of Shaowu (Minbei) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday 31 January 2024, the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Pietro Wu Yishan took place. The Reverend Wu Yishan was appointed by the Holy Father on 16 December 2023 as bishop ...
• 29 January 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 27, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania, presented by Bishop Method Kilaini, titular of Tamalluma. (EG) (Agen ...
• 29 January 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Suppression of the apostolic prefecture of Yiduxian and erection of the diocese of Weifang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the desire to promote the pastoral care of Lord’s flock, and to attend better to its spiritual welfare, on 20 April 2023, the Supreme Pontiff Francis decided to suppress in Continent ...