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04 November 2025

Br. Pedro Orlando Castro Castro, OFM appointed Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar Bishop

Of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Ramón in Peru

On November 4, the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, appointed Br. Pedro Orlando Castro Castro, OFM, a member of our ...
23 October 2025

Br. Magdy Helmy Ibrahim Manosur, OFM, appointed Apostolic Administrator

Of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli, Libya

On October 22nd, the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of t...
01 July 2025

Episcopal Ordination of Br. Victor Luis Quematcha, OFM

28 June 2025, Diocese of Bafatá, Guinea Bissau

On the 28th June 2025, Br. Victor Luis Quematcha, OFM was ordained bishop for the diocese of Bafatá, in Guine...
22 May 2025

Sister Tiziana Merletti Appointed Secretary of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life

Former Superior General of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor

From the Bulletin of the Holy See Press OfficeAppointment of secretary of the Dicastery for the Institutes of ...
22 March 2025

Br Marcelo Benítez Martínez, OFM appointed Bishop

Diocese of Caazapá in Paraguay

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Caazapá in Paraguay Br Marcelo Bení...
08 March 2025

Br Victor Luis Quematcha, OFM, appointed Bishop

Diocese of Bafatá in Guinea Bissau

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has appointed our brother Victor Luis Quematcha, OFM, a member of our Custody o...
18 February 2025

Br. Pierre Charland OFM appointed Bishop

Diocese of Baie-Comeau (Canada)

The Holy Father Francis has appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Baie-Comeau in Canada, Br. Pierre Charland, ...
25 November 2024

Br. Samuel Ferreira de Lima OFM appointed Bishop

Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus (Brazil)

On Monday, the 25th November, the Franciscan Province of the Immaculate Conception of Brazil has the pleasant ...
06 October 2024

Pope Francis has named new cardinals

Angelus, October 6

IThe Holy Father, in the Angelus of October 6, announced that next December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate...
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