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2022.03.04 | Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz, Prefect of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia and Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami and Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio, Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano and President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Ponziano pro hac vice Title
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2022.02.26 | Msgr. Andrea Ripa was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cerveteri and Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
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2022.02.19 | Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) and Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)
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2022.02.09 | Fr. Simone Renna was appointed as Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy
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2022.01.26 | Msgr. Alejandro W. Bunge resigned as President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See
Msgr. Andrea Ripa, Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy, was elected Titular Bishop of Cerveteri and Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca, Auditor General of Apostolic Camera and Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was appointed as President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See
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2022.01.10 | Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, Titular Archbishop of Cerveteri and Secretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)
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2022.01.04 | Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, President of Synod of the Chaldean Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq and Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Member of Council for the Economy
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2022.01.01 | Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Undersecretary of Migrant and Refugee Section of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission
Mr. Antonino Intersimone was appointed as Director of Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of Vatican City State
Lieutenant Colonel Philippe Morard resigned as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard
Lieutenant Colonel Loïc Marc Rossier was appointed as Vice Commander of Pontifical Swiss Guard
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2021.12.17 | Dr. Benjamín Estévez Cominges was appointed as Delegate of the Administration of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
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2021.12.08 | Archbishop Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong, Secretary for Seminaries of Congregation for Clergy and Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico)
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2021.12.04 | Msgr. Abdou Yaacoub, Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, passed away at 74
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2021.11.28 | Cardinal Marcello Semeraro took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica
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2021.11.17 | Msgr. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C., Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota and President of Appeals Court of Vatican City State, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy
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2021.11.04 | Sr. Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E., was appointed as Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State
Mr. Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi was appointed as Vice Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State
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2021.10.25 | Dr. Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof, Member of Council for the Economy, was appointed as Vice-Coordinator of Council for the Economy
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2021.10.17 | Fr. Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia and Secretary of Congregation for Clergy
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2021.10.11 | Msgr. Cristiano Antonietti was appointed as Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff
Msgr. Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, was appointed as Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff and Head of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel
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2021.10.05 | Sr. Yvonne Reungoat, F.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)
Sr. Chiara Cazzuola, F.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Faculty of Education Sciences (Auxilium)
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2021.10.01 | Archbishop-elect Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira was appointed as Secretary of Congregation for Clergy
Archbishop Joël Mercier resigned as Secretary of Congregation for Clergy
Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State
Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., Director of Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of Vatican City State, Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State, Member of Financial Security Committee and Member of Commission for Confidential Matters, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State
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2021.09.29 | Fr. Serge-Thomas Bonino, O.P., resigned as Secretary General of International Theological Commission
Msgr. Piero Coda was appointed as Secretary General of International Theological Commission
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2021.09.26 | Cardinal Mario Grech took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano
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2021.09.14 | Dr. Marco Buonocore resigned as President of Roman Pontifical Academy of Archaeology
Dr. Maurizio Sannibale was appointed as President of Roman Pontifical Academy of Archaeology
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2021.09.13 | Archbishop Piero Marini resigned as President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
Fr. Corrado Maggioni, S.M.M., Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was appointed as President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
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2021.09.08 | Bishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., Director of Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of Vatican City State, Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State, Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari, Member of Financial Security Committee and Member of Commission for Confidential Matters, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari
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2021.09.01 | Msgr. Philippe Bordeyne was appointed as President of Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Matrimonial and Family Science
Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri resigned as President of Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Matrimonial and Family Science
Fr. Kolumban Reichlin, O.S.B., was appointed as Chaplain of Pontifical Swiss Guard
Fr. Thomas Widmer resigned as Chaplain of Pontifical Swiss Guard
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2021.09 | Bishop Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta resigned as Assessor of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
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2021.08.29 | Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tortona (Italy)
Msgr. Guido Marini, Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff and Head of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel, was elected Bishop of Tortona (Italy)
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2021.08.26 | Fr. Augusto Zampini-Davies resigned as Adjunct Secretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Fr. Fabio Baggio, C.S., Undersecretary of Migrant and Refugee Section of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as Secretary of Vatican COVID-19 Commission
Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A., Undersecretary of Faith and Development Section of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as Secretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Delegate to Vatican COVID-19 Commission
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2021.07.26 | Prof. Rodrigo Guerra López was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Latin America
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2021.07.13 | Fr. Massimo Fusarelli, O.F.M., was appointed as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum
Fr. Michael Anthony Perry, O.F.M., resigned as Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum
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2021.07.11 | Fr. Aurelio García Macías was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Rotdon and Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
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2021.07.04 | Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Colombia
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2021.07.01 | Fr. Bruno-Marie Duffé resigned as Secretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Secretary of Vatican COVID-19 Commission
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2021.06.30 | Fr. Andrea Bozzolo, S.D.B., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Salesian Pontifical University
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2021.06.29 | Msgr. Orazio Pepe was appointed as Secretary of Fabric of St. Peter
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2021.06.24 | Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J., Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya, Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Košice of the Slovaks (Slovakia), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Košice of the Slovaks (Slovakia)
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2021.06.22 | Fr. Andrew Small, O.M.I., was appointed as Secretary pro tempore of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Fr. Sebastiano Paciolla, O. Cist., Promoter of Justice of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, passed away at 58
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2021.06.16 | Fr. Luigi Maria Epicoco was appointed as Ecclesiastical Assistant of Dicastery for Communication and Editorialist of L’Osservatore Romano
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2021.06.13 | Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine
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2021.06.11 | Cardinal Marcello Semeraro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Albano (Italy)
Cardinal Beniamino Stella resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Clergy and President of Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order
Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik (유흥식 라자로 / 俞興植), Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea) and Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, was promoted as Prefect of Congregation for Clergy, President of Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order and Archbishop ad personam
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2021.06.10 | Fr. Michał Paluch, O.P., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., was appointed as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
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2021.05.29 | Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
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2021.05.27 | Archbishop Arthur Roche, Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop ad personam and Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata, was appointed as Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Bishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M., Bishop of Tortona (Italy), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Tortona (Italy), Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and Archbishop ad personam
Fr. Aurelio García Macías was elected Titular Bishop of Rotdon and Undersecretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
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2021.05.19 | Prof. Lucia Bozzi was appointed as Applied Magistrate of Tribunal of Vatican City State
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2021.05.08 | Msgr. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C., Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as President of Appeals Court of Vatican City State
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2021.05.05 | Dr. Alessandro Cassinis Righini, Auditor General ad interim of Office of the Auditor General, was appointed as Auditor General of Office of the Auditor General
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2021.05.03 | Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane and Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of Pontifical Council for Culture, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology and Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title
Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore pro hac vice Title
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2021.04.12 | Fr. Armando Matteo was appointed as Adjunct Undersecretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
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2021.04.11 | Fr. Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Suliana and Undersecretary of Synod of Bishops
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2021.03.30 | Msgr. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C., Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota
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2021.03.29 | Archbishop Mario Giordana resigned as Extraordinary Commissioner for Fabric of St. Peter
Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto resigned as Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota and President of Appeals Court of Vatican City State
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2021.03.24 | Mr. Juan Carlos Cruz was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A., was appointed as Undersecretary of Faith and Development Section of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Msgr. Robert W. Oliver resigned as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
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2021.03.22 | Bishop Vittorio Lanzani resigned as Delegate of Fabric of St. Peter
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2021.03.20 | Archbishop Giuseppe Satriano resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Rossano–Cariati (Italy)
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2021.03.09 | Sr. Nuria Calduch-Benages, M.H.S.F.N., was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Biblical Commission
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2021.02.24 | Prof. Roberto Bernabei was appointed as Personal Doctor of the Pope of Prefecture of the Papal Household
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2021.02.22 | Dr. Immacolata Incocciati was appointed as Secretary General of Pontifical Lateran University
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2021.02.20 | Cardinal Robert Sarah resigned as Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Cardinal Angelo Comastri resigned as Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of St. Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv., was appointed as Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of St. Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter
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2021.02.06 | Sr. Nathalie Becquart, X.M.C.J., was appointed as Undersecretary of Synod of Bishops
Fr. Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Suliana and Undersecretary of Synod of Bishops
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2021.02.05 | Dr. Catia Summaria was appointed as Promotor of Justice of Appeals Court of Vatican City State
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