Holy See Press Office Bulletin, 14 November 2026

Updated at 18:46 (Rome time)

Today's Holy See Press Office Bulletin, Saturday 14 November, contains two communications: Resignations and Appointments, and the Rite of the Coronation of the Immaculate Virgin in Chiclayo.

Appointment of apostolic nuncio in India. The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, titular of Maastricht, until now apostolic nuncio in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Cabo Verde, as apostolic nuncio in India.

(No. 0915, Bulletin)

Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Eldoret, Kenya, and appointment of first metropolitan archbishop. The Holy Father has erected the ecclesiastical province of Eldoret, Kenya, elevating the see of Eldoret to a metropolitan Church and assigning as suffragans the dioceses of Lodwar, Kitale, Kericho and Kapsabet. The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe, hitherto of the diocese of Kakamega and currently apostolic administrator sede vacante of the diocese of Eldoret, as first metropolitan archbishop of Eldoret.

(No. 0915, Bulletin)

Appointment of auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Venezuela. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Oswaldo Enrique Méndez Marchena, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Barquisimeto, as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese, assigning him the titular see of Altava. Born on 29 June 1967 in Boconó, diocese of Trujillo, after his studies in philosophy and theology at the major seminary of Barquisimeto he was awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 22 October 1994 and incardinated into the archdiocese of Barquisimeto. He is currently vicar general of the archdiocese, parish priest of the Buen Pastor parish, member of the College of Consultors and teacher at the major seminary.

(No. 0915, Bulletin)

Rite of the Coronation of the Immaculate Virgin in the Cathedral of Saint Mary (Chiclayo). At 7.55 (13.55 in Rome) Pope Leo XIV left the Bishop’s residence in Chiclayo and walked to the Cathedral of Saint Mary. After a short visit to the presbytery and the altar and a pause in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, he went to the atrium in front of the main entrance, where the rite took place. After the Liturgy of the Word, the Holy Father delivered his homily; at the end he left the Cathedral and, from the Teniente Coronel Pedro Ruiz Gallo – Grupo Aéreo No. 6 Air Base, departed by helicopter for Santa Cruz. The Bulletin publishes the homily delivered during the rite.

(No. 0916, Bulletin)

The appointments are also in our Appointments section.

Source: Holy See Press Office, Bulletin of 14 November

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