AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of bishop of Wote
Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, until now auxiliary bishop and apostolic administrator sede vacante of the diocese of Wote, Kenya, as bishop of the same see.
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13 May 2026
AFRICA/COTE I’IVOIRE - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Abidjan
Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Aguia Jean Martial Arnaud Kouamé, until now parish priest of Saint Ambroise Ma vigne, Ma Vie, as auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdio ...
12 May 2026
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Tierradento
Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Homero Marín Arboleda, C.M., until now parish priest of Saint Anthony of Padua on Kiriwina Island and of Blessed John Mazzucconi on Woodlark ...
AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Rundu
Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Linus Ngenomesho, O.M.I., until now apostolic administrator of the apostolic vicariate of Rundu, Namibia, as vicar apostolic of the same circu ...
9 May 2026
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Warangal
Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Vijaya Paul Reddy Duggimpudi, of the clergy of Warangal, until now diocesan administrator of Warangal, as bishop of the same diocese.
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7 May 2026
ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of bishop of Chiang Mai
Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Peter Suphot Roeksujarit, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Bangkok, until now director of the Baan Phu Waan Pastoral Centre in Sampran and ...
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Bangui
Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Father Joseph Samedi, S.J., until now director of the Pope Francis School Complex and superior of the Society of Jesus in Bangui, as coadjutor ...
15 April 2026
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Lubumbashi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas, until now chancellor of the metropolitan archdiocese of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as auxiliary ...
14 April 2026
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Bethlehem
Bethlehem Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Bethlehem, South Africa, presented by Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr.
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11 April 2026
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of Bishop of Chinhoyi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev. Fr Patrick Ngwenya, from the clergy of Harare, until now Parish Priest at St Francis Xavier, in Harare and Diocesan Coordinator for the Family a ...
11 April 2026
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Coadjutor Bishop of Qui Nhon
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Leo XIV has appointed the Reverend Fr. John Baptist Nguyen Quoc Hung, of the clergy of the Diocese of Ban Me Thuot, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Quy Nhon. He is cur ...
11 April 2026
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Leo XIV has appointed the Reverend Father John Baptist Nguyen Quang Tuyen, of the clergy of the same Archdiocese, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô C ...
10 April 2026
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of Metropolitan Archbishop of Beira
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira, (Mozambique) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (EG ...
