ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Mysore
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 15, 2025, the Holy Father Leo XIV appointed Bishop Francis Serrao, S.J., currently Bishop of Shimoga, as Bishop of the Diocese of Mysore. (Agenzia Fides, 16/8/2025)
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25 July 2025
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Bishop of Quelimane
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 2025, the Holy Father appointed His Eminence Osório Cîtora Afonso, IMC, as Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane (Mozambique), currently Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Arch ...
11 July 2025
AFRICA/ALGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Constantine
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Michel Guillaud, of the clergy of Lyon, until now diocesan administrator of the diocese of Constantine, Algeria. as bishop of the same see.
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ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Seoul.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Matthew Kwang-Hee Choi, until now director of the Department of Culture and Communication and spokesperson for the metropolitan archdiocese of Seo ...
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Bishop of Wabag
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Leo XIV appointed Justin Ain Soongie, the former Auxiliary Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Wabag, as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) and ...
5 July 2025
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of archbishop of Madurai
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu of Palayamkottai and apostolic administrator of Madurai, as archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Madurai, India.
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5 July 2025
AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Wote
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nairobi, as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Wote, Kenya.
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28 June 2025
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Calcutta
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Elias Frank of Asansol as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Calcutta, India. (Agenzia Fides, 28/6/2025)
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28 June 2025
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Appointment of coadjutor vicar apostolic of Phnom-Penh
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Pierre Suon Hangly, of the clergy of the apostolic vicariate of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, until now prefect apostolic of Kompong-Cham, as coadjutor vi ...
26 June 2025
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Antananarivo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Mamiarisoa Modeste Randrianifahanana, until now vicar general of the metropolitan archdiocese of Antananarivo, Madagascar, as auxiliary bishop of ...
12 June 2025
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Appointment of bishop of La Ceiba
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández, of the clergy of Comayagua, until now rector of the Cristo Sumo Sacerdote Major Seminary in Comayagua, as bish ...
11 June 2025
ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday 11 June 2025, the recognition of the civil effects and the taking of possession of the office of Msgr. Joseph Lin Yuntuan, whom the Holy Father, in the framework of the dia ...
