The Diocese of Hpa-an, Myanmar was erected with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Yangon.
Bishop Justin Saw Min Thide was named its first bishop. He had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon.
Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
24 January 2009
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- Stres named Maribor Coadjutor
- Wagner named Linz Auxiliary
- Abanto Guzmán and Chau Quispe named Lima Auxiliaries
- Lauterer retired as Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbot
- Veloso retired, Moreira named Juiz de Fora Archbishop
- Batistela retired, Teixeira named Bom Jesus da Lap...
- Lammers retired, Bahlmann named Óbidos Prelate
- Taltavull Anglada named Barcelona Auxiliary
- Erected: Diocese of Hpa-an, Myanmar
- Fernández named Buenos Aires Auxiliary
- Guglielmone named Charleston Bishop
- Younan confirmed as Antioch (Syrian) Patriarch
- Staglianò named Noto Bishop
- Muratore named Nicosia Bishop
- Amadei retired, Beschi named Bergamo Bishop
- Belotti retired as Bergamo Auxiliary
- Burns named Juneau Bishop
- Erected: Rutana, Burundi; Nahimana named Bishop
- Mulakkal named Delhi Auxiliary
- Bermúdez Villamizar retired as Caracas Auxiliary
- Chisha retired as Mansa Bishop
- Berranger resigned as Saint-Denis Bishop
- Ballot named Chambéry Archbishop
- Farhat retired, Zurbriggen named Austria Nuncio
- Meurer named Passo Fundo Auxiliary
- Shevchuk named Santa María del Patrocinio Auxiliary
- Carrascosa Coso named Panama Nuncio
- Bianco named Honduras Nuncio
- Te Maarssen retired, Bal named Kundiawa Bishop
- Stika named Knoxville Bishop
- Cardinal Laghi Died
- Daniel retired as Chioggia Bishop
- Ferrari retired as Milano Auxiliary
- Cunningham named Hexham and Newcastle Bishop
- García-Gasco y Vicente retired, Osoro Sierra named...
- Mousset named Pamiers Bishop
- Travieso Martín named Trujillo Auxiliary
- Sambar-Talkena resigned, Longa succeeded as Kara B...
- Doth de Oliveira resigned, da Costa named Iguatú B...
- Cavazos Arizpe named Monterrey Auxiliary
- Kosinski retired, Bastos Neto named Três Lagoas Bi...
- Musarò named Peru Nuncio
- Kiaziku named Mbanza Congo Bishop
- Thibodeau resigned, Champagne named Edmundston Bishop
- Flores named Orange Auxiliary
- McRaith resigns as Owensboro Bishop
- Maida retired, Vigneron named Detroit Archbishop
- Lezoutié named Yopougon Coadjutor
- Koffi Oi Koffi named San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire Bi...
- De Bie resigned as Mechelen-Brussel Auxiliary
- Roussin resigned, Miller succeeded as Vancouver Ar...
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