Appointed
Saturday, Dec. 15
E Bishop Robert Muench as bishop of Baton Rouge, La.
Thursday, Dec. 20
E Archbishop Francisco-Javier Lozano as a member of the administrative council of the Vatican Television Center.
E Bishop Reinhard Marx as bishop of Trier, Germany.
Friday, Dec. 21
E Accepted the resignation of Bishop Elie Amsini Kisawaya of Sakania- Kipushi, Congo.
E Bishop Jean-Pierre Ricard as archbishop of Bordeaux, France.
E Ismar de Oliveira Soares, president of the International Catholic Union of the Press, as a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
Saturday, Dec. 22
E Father Gilberto Gomez Gonzalez as auxiliary bishop of Abancay, Peru.
Thursday, Dec. 27
E Coadjutor Archbishop Alfred Hughes became archbishop of New Orleans following the resignation of Archbishop Francis Schulte, who reached 75, the age limit.
Friday, Dec. 28
E Msgr. Kevin Farrell and Father Francisco Valer as auxiliary bishops of Washington.
Thursday, Jan. 3
E Coadjutor bishop Alfred Hughes as archbishop of New Orleans following the resignation of Archbishop Francis Schulte, who reached 75.
Met With
Thursday, Dec. 20
E Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda, apostolic nuncio in Brazil.
Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Friday, Dec. 21
E Archbishop Jean-Paul Gobel, apostolic nuncio in Nicaragua.
E Marcello Pera, president of the senate of Italy.
E Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general for the Diocese of Rome and president of the bishops' conference of Italy, with top officials of Italian Catholic Action.
E Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Saturday, Dec. 22
E Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
E Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
Friday, Dec. 28
E Cardinal Edmund Szoka, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and for the Governorate of Vatican City State.
Thursday, Jan. 3
E Leszek Miller, prime minister of Poland.
E Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches.
E Cardinal Mario Pompedda, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature.