Retiring bishops replaced

The Holy Father has accepted the retirement of Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams as Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand. He is being replaced by the Archdiocese's Coadjutor Bishop John Atcherly Dew.

The Holy Father has accepted the retirement of the Apostolic Vicar of the Arabian Peninsula Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. He is being replaced by his Swiss-born Auxiliary Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.