The Year of Our Lord 2001

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 54.4 Ordained Bishop Bernd Joachim Uhl Titular Bishop of Malliana Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

2 May 77.5 Retired Newton Holanda Gurgel Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

95.5 Died Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam

53.7 Ordained Bishop Kevin John Patrick McDonald Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

55.3 Appointed Fernando Panico, M.S.C. Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

3 May 63.2 Appointed Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira Bishop of Portugal, Military

5 May 92.3 Died Paul Bui Chu Tao † Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam

64.4 Installed Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R. Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

59.7 Succeeded Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth. Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco

73.9 Resigned Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon † Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco Archbishop Emeritus

58.7 Died Jean-Berchmans Nterere † Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi

6 May 54.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Betori Titular Bishop of Falerone Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

58.6 Ordained Bishop Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo Titular Bishop of Arcavica Bishop of Getafe, Spain

7 May 54.2 Appointed Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau Bishop of Annecy, France

48.0 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Maryadi Sutrisnaatmaka, M.S.F. Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia

8 May 67.3 Succeeded Felipe Aguirre Franco Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México Archbishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired Rafael Bello Ruiz † Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México Archbishop Emeritus

51.3 Appointed Kieran Thomas Conry Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain

9 May 76.5 Retired Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau Bishop of Liège, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

63.5 Appointed Aloysius Jousten Bishop of Liège, Belgium

67.9 Resigned Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C. Bishop of Agats, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

10 May 47.5 Appointed Luc Cyr Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

51.2 Ordained Bishop Arthur Roche Titular Bishop of Rusticiana Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

55.0 Ordained Bishop George Stack Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

11 May 78.3 Retired Leonard Hsu Ying-fa, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

12 May 75.2 Retired Arvaldis Andrejs Brumanis Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia Bishop Emeritus

61.6 Installed Zenon Grocholewski Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)

39.4 Succeeded Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia Bishop Emeritus

13 May 67.7 Ordained Bishop Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M. Titular Archbishop of Mardin degli Armeni Coadjutor Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian), Armenia

15 May 50.1 Appointed Joseph Yapo Aké Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire

50.1 Appointed Joseph Yapo Aké Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire

63.1 Appointed Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo Archbishop of Singapore Archbishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Francisco González Hernández, O.P. Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru Vicar Apostolic

48.8 Appointed Francisco González Hernández, O.P. Titular Bishop of Thuccabora Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

77.7 Retired Joseph Lawson Howze Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus

79.2 Retired Noël Kokora-Tekry † Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus

55.4 Appointed Jean-Pierre Kutwa Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

75.9 Appointed Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

75.9 Retired Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Thomas John Rodi Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA

16 May 55.2 Succeeded Gerald Almeida Bishop of Jabalpur, India

72.6 Retired Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. Bishop of Jabalpur, India Bishop Emeritus

17 May 90.5 Died Renato Spallanzani † Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

19 May 75.5 Retired Giovanni Coppa Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

63.7 Appointed Erwin Josef Ender Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany

20 May 64.5 Installed Ennio Antonelli Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family

21 May 69.2 Appointed Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika Titular Bishop of Belesasa Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

69.2 Resigned Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

22 May 48.9 Appointed Alois Schwarz Bishop of Gurk, Austria

23 May 76.4 Retired Gaetano Bonicelli Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Antonio Buoncristiani Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

52.0 Succeeded Protógenes José Luft, S.C. Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil

51.3 Appointed Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco, México, México Bishop

51.3 Appointed Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez Titular Bishop of Reperi Bishop of Texcoco, México, México

75.2 Resigned Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. † Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

24 May 52.5 Appointed Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines Bishop

52.5 Appointed Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines

65.0 Installed Karl Lehmann Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I Cardinal, Bishop of Mainz, Germany

62.3 Appointed Vicente Macanan Navarra Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines

86.7 Died Domenico Vacchiano † Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy

25 May 54.4 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. Bishop of Djibouti

80.9 Died Luis Munive Escobar † Bishop Emeritus of Tlaxcala, México

26 May 76.0 Retired Fernando Ariztía Ruiz † Bishop of Copiapó, Chile Bishop Emeritus

43.5 Ordained Bishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. Titular Bishop of Nebbi Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

64.6 Appointed Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F. Bishop of Copiapó, Chile

75.1 Retired Antanas Vaičius † Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania Bishop Emeritus

27 May 75.2 Installed Bernard Agré Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

58.4 Installed Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza Cardinal, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

81.3 Installed Leo Scheffczyk † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella

29 May 51.5 Ordained Bishop John Anthony Boissonneau Titular Bishop of Tambeae Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

63.6 Died Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

31 May 59.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernd Joachim Uhl	Titular Bishop of Malliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
2 May	77.5	Retired	Newton Holanda Gurgel	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
95.5	Died	Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Kevin John Patrick McDonald	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
55.3	Appointed	Fernando Panico, M.S.C.	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
3 May	63.2	Appointed	Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira	Bishop of Portugal, Military
5 May	92.3	Died	Paul Bui Chu Tao †	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
64.4	Installed	Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R.	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
59.7	Succeeded	Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth.	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
73.9	Resigned	Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon †	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
58.7	Died	Jean-Berchmans Nterere †	Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi
6 May	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Betori	Titular Bishop of Falerone	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo	Titular Bishop of Arcavica	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
7 May	54.2	Appointed	Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau	Bishop of Annecy, France
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Maryadi Sutrisnaatmaka, M.S.F.	Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia
8 May	67.3	Succeeded	Felipe Aguirre Franco	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Archbishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Rafael Bello Ruiz †	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Archbishop Emeritus
51.3	Appointed	Kieran Thomas Conry	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
9 May	76.5	Retired	Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
63.5	Appointed	Aloysius Jousten	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
67.9	Resigned	Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C.	Bishop of Agats, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
10 May	47.5	Appointed	Luc Cyr	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Roche	Titular Bishop of Rusticiana	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
55.0	Ordained Bishop	George Stack	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
11 May	78.3	Retired	Leonard Hsu Ying-fa, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 May	75.2	Retired	Arvaldis Andrejs Brumanis	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
61.6	Installed	Zenon Grocholewski	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
39.4	Succeeded	Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P.	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
13 May	67.7	Ordained Bishop	Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M.	Titular Archbishop of Mardin degli Armeni	Coadjutor Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian), Armenia
15 May	50.1	Appointed	Joseph Yapo Aké	Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
50.1	Appointed	Joseph Yapo Aké	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
63.1	Appointed	Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo	Archbishop of Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Francisco González Hernández, O.P.	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru	Vicar Apostolic
48.8	Appointed	Francisco González Hernández, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Thuccabora	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
77.7	Retired	Joseph Lawson Howze	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
79.2	Retired	Noël Kokora-Tekry †	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
55.4	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Kutwa	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
75.9	Appointed	Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
75.9	Retired	Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Thomas John Rodi	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
16 May	55.2	Succeeded	Gerald Almeida	Bishop of Jabalpur, India
72.6	Retired	Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem.	Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
17 May	90.5	Died	Renato Spallanzani †	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
19 May	75.5	Retired	Giovanni Coppa	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
63.7	Appointed	Erwin Josef Ender	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
20 May	64.5	Installed	Ennio Antonelli	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
21 May	69.2	Appointed	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika	Titular Bishop of Belesasa	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
69.2	Resigned	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika	Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
22 May	48.9	Appointed	Alois Schwarz	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
23 May	76.4	Retired	Gaetano Bonicelli	Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Antonio Buoncristiani	Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
52.0	Succeeded	Protógenes José Luft, S.C.	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
51.3	Appointed	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez	Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco, México, México	Bishop
51.3	Appointed	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
75.2	Resigned	Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 May	52.5	Appointed	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines	Bishop
52.5	Appointed	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
65.0	Installed	Karl Lehmann	Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I	Cardinal, Bishop of Mainz, Germany
62.3	Appointed	Vicente Macanan Navarra	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
86.7	Died	Domenico Vacchiano †	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
25 May	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M.	Bishop of Djibouti
80.9	Died	Luis Munive Escobar †	Bishop Emeritus of Tlaxcala, México
26 May	76.0	Retired	Fernando Ariztía Ruiz †	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Titular Bishop of Nebbi	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
64.6	Appointed	Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F.	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
75.1	Retired	Antanas Vaičius †	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
27 May	75.2	Installed	Bernard Agré	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
58.4	Installed	Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
81.3	Installed	Leo Scheffczyk †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
29 May	51.5	Ordained Bishop	John Anthony Boissonneau	Titular Bishop of Tambeae	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
63.6	Died	Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
31 May	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Anthony Pepe	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA