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News
- 2025.01.20: Fr. Anthony Ji Wei-zhong (冀偉忠) (51) was consecrated as Bishop of Luliang 呂梁 (China)
- 2025.01.20: Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo (75) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)
- 2025.01.20: Bishop José Stephen Vásquez (67), Bishop of Austin (USA), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)
- 2025.01.18: Msgr. Fredrik Hansen (45) was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo (Norway)
- 2025.01.18: Fr. Javier Aparicio Suárez, O.S.B. (55), was appointed as President of Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines)
- 2025.01.16: Fr. Jackson Murugara, I.M.C. (54), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Meru (Kenya)
- 2025.01.15: Bishop Joseph Cai Bing-rui (蔡炳瑞) (58), Bishop of Xiamen 廈門 (China), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)
- 2025.01.15: Msgr. Maurizio Bravi (62), Priest of Bergamo (Italy), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Permanent Observer to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), was elected Titular Archbishop of Tolentino, Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
- 2025.01.15: Archbishop Mauro Lalli (59) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands
Necrology
- 2025.01.14: Bishop Ladislav Hučko, Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia), passed away at 76
- 2025.01.07: Bishop Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu, Bishop emeritus of Long Xuyên (Vietnam), passed away at 79
- 2025.01.06: Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray, Bishop emeritus of Mawlamyine (Myanmar), passed away at 76
- 2025.01.06: Bishop John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen, Bishop emeritus of Ratchaburi (Thailand), passed away at 75
- 2025.01.03: Bishop William Leo Higi, Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana (USA), passed away at 91
- 2024.12.31: Bishop Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Salzburg (Austria), passed away at 82
- 2024.12.31: Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Causes of Saints, passed away at 86
- 2024.12.30: Bishop Braulio Rafael León Villegas, Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico), passed away at 79
- 2024.12.30: Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Izmir (Turkiye), passed away at 85
Papal Audiences
Feasts
| Thursday in the 3ʳᵈ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Świdnica) Blessed Bronisław Markiewicz, priest (Ukraine, Przemyśl) Blessed Gabriele Allegra, priest (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) Blessed Manuel Domingo y Sol, priest (Toledo) Blessed Marco da Montegallo, religious (Vicenza) Blessed Sebastian Valfrè, priest (Torino) Saint Adelelmus of Burgos, abbot (Burgos, Poitiers) Saint Aidan of Ferns, bishop (Ireland) Saint Aldegonde of Maubeuge, religious (Cambrai, Tournai, Trier) Saint Eusebius, monk (Liechtenstein) Saint Francis Xavier Mary Bianchi, priest (Napoli, Nola, Palestrina, Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo) Saint Hyacintha Mariscotti, virgin (Civita Castellana, Viterbo) Saint Martina, virgin and martyr (Extraordinary Form) Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux, religious (Liège, Mechelen–Brussel, Namur, Tournai) Saint Peter Nolasco, priest (Carcassonne et Narbonne) Thursday in the 3ʳᵈ Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Day of Venerating Ancestors (Vietnam) |
| Saint John Bosco, priest Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Cheyenne, Ibiza) Day of Prayer for Sanctifying Works (Vietnam) |
| Saturday in the 3ʳᵈ Week in Ordinary Time The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Gniezno) Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari, bishop (Ambrosian, Como) Blessed Andrea Conti, priest (Anagni–Alatri) Blessed Anna Michelotti, virgin (Susa, Torino) Blessed Benedict Daswa, martyr (South Africa) Blessed Candelaria of Saint Joseph, virgin (Venezuela) Blessed Jacques Ledoyen, priest, and companions, martyrs (Laval) Blessed Ludovica Albertoni (Roma) Blessed Martyrs of Angers (Angers) Blessed Odile Baumgarten, virgin and martyr (Metz) Blessed Stephen Bellesini, priest (Trento) Blesseds Catherine Cottenceau, Félicité Pricet, Marie Banchereau-Fausseuse, Perrine Turbault-Potier, Victoire Gusteau, Victoire Réveillère-Bauduceau, and companions, martyrs (Poitiers) Saint Agrevius of Le Puy, bishop (Le Puy-en-Velay) Saint Ansgar, bishop (Viana do Castelo) Saint Blase, bishop and martyr (Sweden) Saint Brigid of Kildare, abbess (Ireland, Strasbourg) Saint Caecilius of Elvira, bishop and martyr (Granada) Saint Felix of Salerno, priest and martyr (Salerno–Campagna–Acerno) Saint Henry Morse, religious and martyr (East Anglia) Saint Ignatius, bishop and martyr (Extraordinary Form) Saint John Bosco, priest (Ibiza) Saint Raymond of Fitero, abbot (Pamplona y Tudela) Saint Severus of Ravenna, bishop (Ravenna–Cervia) Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, martyr (Nancy) |
| The Presentation of the Lord Our Lady of Candelaria (San Cristóbal de La Laguna) The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Extraordinary Form) |
| Monday in the 4ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Ansgar, bishop Saint Blase, bishop and martyr Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Antofagasta, Arequipa, Tromsø) Blessed Iustus Takayama Ukon, martyr (Japan) Feria: 4ᵗʰ Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form) Monday in the 4ᵗʰ Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Saint Anatolius, bishop (Saint-Claude) Saint Anne Line, martyr (Brentwood) Saint Aventinus of Chartres, bishop (Chartres) Saint Berlinda of Meerbeke, hermit (Gent) Saint Hadelin, abbé (Liège, Namur) Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac, religious (Bordeaux) Saint Julian of Cuenca, bishop (Palencia) Saint Laurence of Canterbury, bishop (Southwark) Saint Laurence, Saint Dunstan and Saint Theodore, bishops (Westminster) Saint Marie Rivier, virgin (Nîmes) Saint Simeon and Saint Anna, prophets (Jerusalem) Saint Teridius and Saint Remedius, bishops (Gap–Embrun) Saint Theodore of Marseille, bishop (Marseille) Saint Théophane Vénard, priest and martyr (Angers, Hà Nôi) |
| Tuesday in the 4ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Marie-Eugène de l’Enfant-Jésus, priest (Aix) Blessed Nils Hermansson, bishop (Sweden) Blessed Stephen Bellesini, priest (Palestrina) Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr (Mexico, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Andrew Corsini, bishop and confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint Ansgar, bishop (Slovenia) Saint Blase, bishop and martyr (København) Saint Gilbert of Sempringham, priest (Nottingham) Saint Joan of France, religious (Blois, Bourges, Chartres, Créteil) Saint John de Britto, priest and martyr (Angola, Cabo Verde, India, Macau, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor-Leste) Saint Joseph of Leonessa, priest (Perugia–Città della Pieve, Rieti) Saint Maria de Mattias, virgin (Liechtenstein, Anagni–Alatri, Civitavecchia–Tarquinia, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino) Saint Rabanus Maurus, bishop (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Tuesday in the 4ᵗʰ Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) |
| Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr Saint Adelaide of Vilich, virgin and abbess (Köln) Saint Ingenuin and Saint Albuin, bishops (Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Philip of Jesus, martyr (Mexico, Venezuela) Wednesday in the 4ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (Venezuela, Bolzano–Bressanone, Köln) |
Martyrology
| Saint Matthias, bishop of Jerusalem Saint Barsamya, bishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne Saint Martina, martyr at Rome Saint Bathilde, queen of Burgundy and Neustria Saint Aldegonde, abbess of Maubeuge Saint Armentario, bishop of Pavia Saint Theophilus, martyr Saint Lesmes, abbot of Burgos Blessed Francis Taylor, martyr at Dublin Saint Giacinta Marescotti, virgin of the Franciscan Third Order Blessed Sebastiano Valfrè, Oratorian priest Saint Paulus Hŏ Hyŏb, soldier, martyr of Korea Saint Tôma Khuông, priest and martyr of Vietnam Saint David Galván Bermúdez, priest and martyr of Mexico Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux, Lasalian brother Blessed Columba Marmion, abbot of Maredsous Blessed Carmen García Moyón, martyr of Spain Blessed Zygmunt Pisarski, priest and martyr at Dachau |
| Saint John Bosco, priest, founder of the Salesian Society and Daughters of the Help of Christians Saints Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion and Papias, martyrs at Corinth Saint Metranus, martyr at Alexandria of Egypt Saints Cyrus and John, martyrs Saint Geminiano, bishop of Modena Saint Abraham, bishop of Arbil, martyr Saint Giulio, priest Saint Marcella, widow Saint Aidan, bishop of Ferns Saint Gaud, bishop of Évreux Saint Eusebius, hermit at Viktorsberg Blessed Ludovica, widow, Franciscan tertiary Saint Francis Xavier Bianchi, Barnabite priest Saint Augustinus Pak Chong-wŏn, catechist, and 5 companions, martyrs of Korea |
| Saint Tryphon, martyr at Phrygia Saint Severo, bishop of Ravenna Saint Paul, bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Saint Brigid, virgin and abbess of Kildare Saint Orso, priest of Aosta Saint Agrippan, bishop of Le Puy and martyr Saint Sigebert, king of Austrasia Saint Raimundo, abbot and founder of the Order of Calatrava Saint Jean, bishop of Saint-Malo Blessed Réginald d’Orléans, Dominican priest Saint Verdiana, virgin Blessed Andrea Conti da Segni, Franciscan priest Blesseds Conor O’Devany, Franciscan, bishop of Down and Connor, and Patrick O’Loughran, priest, martyrs of Ireland Saint Henry Morse, Jesuit priest and martyr of England Blesseds Marie-Anne Vaillot and 46 companions, martyrs of France Saints Paulus Hong Yŏng-ju, Ioannes Yi Mun-u and Barbara Ch’oe Yŏng-i, martyrs of Korea Blessed Giovanna Francesca, virgin, founder of Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Sick Poor Blessed Luigi Variara, Salesian priest, founder of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary |
| The Presentation of the Lord Saint Flosculus, bishop of Orléans Saint Laurence, bishop of Canterbury Saint Burkard, bishop of Würzburg Blessed Simone Fidati, Augustinian priest Blessed Pietro Cambiani, Dominican priest and martyr Saint Catherine of Ricci, virgin of Third Order Dominicans Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac, founder of the Company of Mary, Our Lady Saint Nicola da Longobardi, religious of the Order of Minims Blessed Stefano Bellesini, Augustinian priest Saint Jean-Théophane Vénard, Paris Foriegn Missions priest and martyr of Vietnam Saint Maria Kasper, founder of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari, archbishop of Milan, cardinal Saint Maria dell’Immacolata Mantovani, founder of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ |
| Saint Blaise, bishop of Sebastea and martyr Saint Ansgar, archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen Saints Simeon and Anna, prophets Saints Celerinus, lector, Celerina, Laurence and Ignatius, martyrs Saint Lienne, priest Saints Tigride and Remède, bishop of Gap Saint Lupicinus, bishop of Lyons Saint Hadelin, priest and abbot of Chelles Saint Werburgh, abbess Saint Berlindis, virgin Blessed Hélinand, monk Blessed John Nelson, Jesuit priest and martyr of England Saint Marie de Saint-Ignace Thévenet, virgin, founder of the Religious of Jesus and Mary Saint Marie-Anne Rivier, virgin, founder of the Sisters of Presentation Blessed Maria Virgo Stollenwerk, virgin, founder of the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit |
| Saint Eutichio, martyr at Rome Saints Papias, Diodorus and Claudianus, martyrs of Perge Saints Phileas, bishop, and Philoromus, tribune, martyrs Saint Isidore, priest in Egypt, hermit Saint Aventin, bishop of Chartres Saint Aventin de Troyes, hermit Saint Rabano Mauro, bishop of Mainz Saint Nicholas the Studite, hegumen of the monastery of Studion Saint Gilbert, priest, founder the abbey of Sempringham, founder of the Gilbertine Order Saint Jeanne de France, queen of France, founder of the Nuns of Annunciation Blessed John Speed, martyr of England Saint Giuseppe da Leonessa, Capuchin priest Saint John de Britto, Jesuit priest and martyr of India |
| Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr Holy martyrs of Pontus Saint Avit, bishop of Vienne Saint Ingenuino, first bishop of Bressanone Saint Luke, abbot Saint Sabas, monk Saint Albuino, bishop of Bressanone Saint Adelaide of Vilich, first abbess of the monastery of Vilich Passion of Saints Paul Miki and 25 companions, martyrs Blessed Françoise Mézière, virgin and martyr Blessed Elisabetta Canori Mora, mother of family, of the Third Order Trinitarians Saint Jesús Méndez Montoya, priest and martyr |
Celebrations
Jubilee Churches of the Holy Year 2025
- Bahrain , Belgium , Czechia , Finland , Hong Kong , Hungary , Japan , Kuwait , Lithuania , Macau , Malaysia , Oman , Philippines , Poland , Puerto Rico , Qatar , Réunion , San Marino , Slovakia , Spain , Trinidad and Tobago , Ukraine , United Arab Emirates
- Dioceses with Jubilee Churches
Liturgical Booklets of Papal Celebrations
- 2025.02.01: Liturgical Booklet “Presentation of the Lord”
Commemorations
- 2025.02.01: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Ya’Qūb from Ghazīr Al-Haddād (1875)
- 2025.02.01: 40ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Mercedes Molina y Ayala (1985)
- 2025.02.02: 40ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Ana de los Ángeles (1985)
- 2025.02.03: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Maria Virgo Stollenwerk (1900)
- 2025.02.04: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Felipe de Jesús Munárriz Azcona (1875)
- 2025.02.05: Bicentenary, Death of Blessed Elisabetta Canori Mora (1825)
- 2025.02.07: 475ᵗʰ anniversary, Election of Pope Julius III (1550)
- 2025.02.09: 4ᵗʰ centenary, Birth of Blessed Josefa María de Santa Inés Albiñana Gomar (1625)
- 2025.02.10: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes (1935)
- 2025.02.11: 40ᵗʰ anniversary, Establishment of the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers (1985)
Jubilarians
- 2025.01.31: Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. (81), Bishop emeritus of Machala (Ecuador), celebrates 50 years as priest
- 2025.02.01: Archbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha (77), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Natal (Brazil), celebrates 50 years as priest
- 2025.02.02: Bishop Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok (안명옥 프란치스코 하비에르 / 安明玉) (79), Bishop emeritus of Masan 마산 (South Korea), celebrates 50 years as priest
- 2025.02.02: Bishop Francisco Canindé Palhano (76), Bishop emeritus of Petrolina (Brazil), celebrates 50 years as priest
- 2025.02.02: Archbishop Pier Giuliano Tiddia (95), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Oristano (Italy), celebrates 50 years as bishop
- 2025.02.02: Bishop Władysław Bobowski (92), Titular Bishop of Abernethy and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Tarnów (Poland), celebrates 50 years as bishop