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29 October 2007

Cavalli named Colombia Nuncio

Archbishop Aldo Cavalli was named Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia. The post had been vacant since Archbishop Beniamino Stella was named President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy just over a fortnight ago. Archbishop Cavalli had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile.

27 October 2007

Archbishop Varthalítis Died

Archbishop Antónios Varthalítis, A.A., Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece, has died. He was 83 years old and had served as a priest for 54 years and as a bishop for 45 years. May he rest in peace.

Bizău and Frăţilă named Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia Auxiliaries

Bishop-elect Vasile Bizău and Bishop-elect Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă were named Auxiliary Bishops of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania and titular bishops of Appiaria and Novae, respectively.

Upon their consecration, they will become the youngest two bishops in the world. Bishop-elect Frăţilă will be the first to be born in the 1970's.

19 October 2007

Technical Note: Consistory and Conclave Pages Changing

I have made some adjustments to the website over the last few days regarding the pages for Consistories and added a new type of page for Conclaves. Both use a new internal framework that will (hopefully) allow me to easily add other type of events in the future.

One side benefit is that the new framework will allow these events to also show up on bishop pages. The new block of information will appear after the normal events and before the consecration data.

As bishop pages are updated which contain data from the new framework, that section will appear. I don't plan to do a general refresh of the bishop pages for a while (mostly because one was done a few weeks ago).

I will continue to add more conclaves and consistories to the new framework as I have time. As always, that means it will take a while :-)

An example of the new Conclave pages: Conclave 2005

An example of the new Consistory pages: Consistory 2007 (versus the old style: Consistory 1700.

An example of a "bishop" page with the new data block: Pope Benedict XVI

18 October 2007

Bishop Nilmar Died

Bishop Juan Nicolasora Nilmar, Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines, has died. He was 91 years old and had served as a priest for 65 years and as a bishop for 48 years. May he rest in peace.

Tonucci named Prelate of Loreta

Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci was named Prelate of Loreto, Italy. The Prelature had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Gianni Danzi in October 2007. Archbishop Tonucci had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, to Denmark, to Finland, to Iceland, and to Norway.

Giusti named Livorno Bishop

Bishop-elect Simone Giusti was named Bishop of Livorno, Italy. The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Diego Coletti was named Bishop of Como in December 2006.

Currie named Saint John's, Newfoundland Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Martin William Currie was named Archbishop of Saint John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The Archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop Brendan Michael O'Brien was named Archbishop of Kingston in June 2007. Archbishop-designate Currie remains the Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland.

Mancini named Halifax Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Anthony Mancini was named Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. was named Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario in May 2007. Archbishop-designate Mancini had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec.

17 October 2007

Seneme named Curitiba Auxiliary

Bishop-elect João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S. was named an Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil and titular bishop of Albulae.

Consistory to Create New Cardinals

A consistory to create new cardinals will be held on 24 November 2007. The following will be added to the College of Cardinals at that time:


Plus 5 over 80, namely:


In addition, Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż, who died yesterday, was to be named a Cardinal. May he rest in peace.

16 October 2007

Bishop Jeż Died

Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż, Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland, has died. He was 93 years old and had served as a priest for 70 years and as a bishop for 47 years. May he rest in peace.

Cardinal Castillo Lara Died

Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara, S.D.B., President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, has died. He was 85 years old and had served as a priest for 58 years. He had also served as a bishop for 34 years and as a cardinal for 22 years. May he rest in peace.

11 October 2007

Bishop D'Cunha Died

Bishop Ignatius D'Cunha, Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India, has died. He was 83 years old and had served as a priest for 52 years and as a bishop for 18 years. May he rest in peace.

Soto named Sacramento Coadjutor

Bishop Jaime Soto was named Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA. He had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California.

10 October 2007

Archbishop De Paoli Died

Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli, Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, has died. He was 73 years old and had served as a priest for 46 years and a bishop for almost 24 years. May he rest in peace.

Gobel named Iran Nuncio

Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel was named Apostolic Nuncio to Iran. The post had been vacant since Archbishop Angelo Mottola was named Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro in January 2007. Archbishop Gobel had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua.

02 October 2007

Archbishop Danzi Died

Archbishop Gianni Danzi, Prelate of Loreto, Italy, has died. He was 67 years old and had served as a priest for 40 years and as a bishop for 11 years. May he rest in peace.

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