The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

5 Nov 72.1 Appointed Hubert Constant, O.M.I. Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

61.4 Appointed Afonso Fioreze, C.P. Coadjutor Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil Bishop

76.3 Retired François Gayot, S.M.M. Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

66.0 Appointed Carlo Liberati Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy

6 Nov 73.5 Resigned Michael George Bowen Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

56.2 Appointed Kevin John Patrick McDonald Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

8 Nov 44.6 Appointed Eduardo Carmona Ortega, O.R.C. Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México

62.8 Appointed José Luis Chávez Botello Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

75.6 Retired Decio Lucio Grandoni † Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

83.3 Died Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal † Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile

63.9 Appointed Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A. Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

9 Nov 69.0 Ordained Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Lydda Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine

10 Nov 82.0 Died André Charles Collini † Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

54.1 Appointed Antony Pappusamy Bishop of Dindigul, India

75.9 Retired Benedict Singh Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

12 Nov 42.4 Appointed Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military Bishop

73.4 Resigned Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Jacinto Inácio Flach Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

51.7 Appointed Jacinto Inácio Flach Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

64.4 Appointed Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador

64.4 Appointed Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Tullia Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador

49.9 Succeeded Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. † Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

13 Nov 60.1 Ordained Bishop Youssef Aboul-Kheir Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt

14 Nov 54.2 Appointed Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I. Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

54.0 Appointed Arlindo Gomes Furtado Bishop of Mindelo, Cape Verde

87.6 Died Izidor István Marosi † Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary

67.8 Appointed Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles

47.6 Appointed Michael Odogwu Elue Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria

76.9 Retired Emmanuel Otteh Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

55.4 Ordained Bishop Louis Sako Archbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq

44.0 Appointed Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany Bishop of Limburg, Germany

44.0 Appointed Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii Bishop of Limburg, Germany

15 Nov 54.8 Appointed Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines

61.3 Ordained Bishop José Refugio Mercado Díaz Titular Bishop of Turuzi Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México

59.2 Ordained Bishop Mauro Piacenza Titular Bishop of Victoriana Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy

16 Nov 84.1 Died Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. † Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)

60.5 Installed Crescenzio Sepe Cardinal-Deacon of Dio Padre misericordioso Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

18 Nov 62.0 Appointed Jean-Michel di Falco Bishop of Gap, France Bishop of Gap (-Embrun), France

74.0 Resigned Georges Lagrange Bishop of Gap, France Bishop Emeritus

81.3 Died Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. † Prelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México

21 Nov 44.3 Appointed Karl Borsch Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

44.3 Appointed Karl Borsch Titular Bishop of Crepedula Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

75.6 Retired Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.8 Appointed Felipe de Jesús Estevez Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA

57.8 Appointed Felipe de Jesús Estevez Titular Bishop of Kearney Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA

41.7 Appointed Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

75.9 Retired Bruno Kouamé Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

71.3 Installed Gaudencio Borbon Rosales Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

22 Nov 47.4 Ordained Bishop Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile

23 Nov 43.8 Ordained Bishop Jonas Ivanauskas Titular Bishop of Canapium Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

68.1 Installed Alano Maria Pena, O.P. Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

69.9 Installed Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân Cardinal-Priest of S. Giustino Cardinal, Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Viêt Nam

24 Nov 60.6 Appointed Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

60.6 Appointed Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran Librarian of the Vatican Library Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

25 Nov 78.5 Died Fernando Ariztía Ruiz † Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile

63.9 Resigned Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr. Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed Josef Clemens Titular Bishop of Segermes Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

56.4 Appointed Josef Clemens Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

66.2 Appointed Erwin Josef Ender Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Emdeber, Ethiopia

57.4 Appointed John Michael Miller, C.S.B. Titular Archbishop of Vertara Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

57.4 Appointed John Michael Miller, C.S.B. Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study) Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

56.8 Appointed Thomas James Olmsted Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

75.1 Retired Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study) Secretary Emeritus

64.4 Resigned Michael Jarboe Sheehan Apostolic Administrator of Phoenix, Arizona, USA Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

62.4 Appointed Antonio Realubin Tobias Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines

51.9 Appointed Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. Bishop of Arica (San Marcos de), Chile

26 Nov 77.3 Retired Heitor de Araújo Sales Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Plínio José Luz da Silva Bishop of Picos, Piaui, Brazil

67.6 Appointed Matias Patrício de Macêdo Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

29 Nov 50.9 Appointed Renato Boccardo Titular Bishop of Aquipendium Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

50.9 Appointed Renato Boccardo Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

73.6 Appointed Giuseppe De Andrea Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Kuwait

53.5 Appointed Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. Bishop of Armenia, Colombia

60.8 Ordained Bishop Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon

75.7 Retired Alcides Mendoza Castro Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Pierfranco Pastore Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Secretary Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Anselmo Guido Pecorari Titular Archbishop of Populonia Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

57.5 Appointed Anselmo Guido Pecorari Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

88.2 Died William Edward Power † Bishop Emeritus of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

59.2 Appointed José Paulino Ríos Reynoso Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

78.0 Retired Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

65.2 Appointed Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
5 Nov	72.1	Appointed	Hubert Constant, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
61.4	Appointed	Afonso Fioreze, C.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop
76.3	Retired	François Gayot, S.M.M.	Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
66.0	Appointed	Carlo Liberati	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy
6 Nov	73.5	Resigned	Michael George Bowen	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
56.2	Appointed	Kevin John Patrick McDonald	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
8 Nov	44.6	Appointed	Eduardo Carmona Ortega, O.R.C.	Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México
62.8	Appointed	José Luis Chávez Botello	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
75.6	Retired	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
83.3	Died	Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †	Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile
63.9	Appointed	Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A.	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
9 Nov	69.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
10 Nov	82.0	Died	André Charles Collini †	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
54.1	Appointed	Antony Pappusamy	Bishop of Dindigul, India
75.9	Retired	Benedict Singh	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
12 Nov	42.4	Appointed	Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca	Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military	Bishop
73.4	Resigned	Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Jacinto Inácio Flach	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
51.7	Appointed	Jacinto Inácio Flach	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
64.4	Appointed	Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador
64.4	Appointed	Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador
49.9	Succeeded	Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. †	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
13 Nov	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Youssef Aboul-Kheir	Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt
14 Nov	54.2	Appointed	Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
54.0	Appointed	Arlindo Gomes Furtado	Bishop of Mindelo, Cape Verde
87.6	Died	Izidor István Marosi †	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
67.8	Appointed	Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
47.6	Appointed	Michael Odogwu Elue	Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
76.9	Retired	Emmanuel Otteh	Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis Sako	Archbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq
44.0	Appointed	Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
44.0	Appointed	Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
15 Nov	54.8	Appointed	Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo	Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines
61.3	Ordained Bishop	José Refugio Mercado Díaz	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
59.2	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Piacenza	Titular Bishop of Victoriana	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy
16 Nov	84.1	Died	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)
60.5	Installed	Crescenzio Sepe	Cardinal-Deacon of Dio Padre misericordioso	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
18 Nov	62.0	Appointed	Jean-Michel di Falco	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Gap (-Embrun), France
74.0	Resigned	Georges Lagrange	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop Emeritus
81.3	Died	Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. †	Prelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
21 Nov	44.3	Appointed	Karl Borsch	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
44.3	Appointed	Karl Borsch	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
75.6	Retired	Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.8	Appointed	Felipe de Jesús Estevez	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
57.8	Appointed	Felipe de Jesús Estevez	Titular Bishop of Kearney	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
41.7	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
75.9	Retired	Bruno Kouamé	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
71.3	Installed	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
22 Nov	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz	Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile
23 Nov	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Jonas Ivanauskas	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
68.1	Installed	Alano Maria Pena, O.P.	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
69.9	Installed	Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giustino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Viêt Nam
24 Nov	60.6	Appointed	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
60.6	Appointed	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
25 Nov	78.5	Died	Fernando Ariztía Ruiz †	Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile
63.9	Resigned	Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr.	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	Josef Clemens	Titular Bishop of Segermes	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
56.4	Appointed	Josef Clemens	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
66.2	Appointed	Erwin Josef Ender	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Emdeber, Ethiopia
57.4	Appointed	John Michael Miller, C.S.B.	Titular Archbishop of Vertara	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
57.4	Appointed	John Michael Miller, C.S.B.	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
56.8	Appointed	Thomas James Olmsted	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
75.1	Retired	Giuseppe Pittau, S.J.	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)	Secretary Emeritus
64.4	Resigned	Michael Jarboe Sheehan	Apostolic Administrator of Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
62.4	Appointed	Antonio Realubin Tobias	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines
51.9	Appointed	Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B.	Bishop of Arica (San Marcos de), Chile
26 Nov	77.3	Retired	Heitor de Araújo Sales	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Plínio José Luz da Silva	Bishop of Picos, Piaui, Brazil
67.6	Appointed	Matias Patrício de Macêdo	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
29 Nov	50.9	Appointed	Renato Boccardo	Titular Bishop of Aquipendium	Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
50.9	Appointed	Renato Boccardo	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
73.6	Appointed	Giuseppe De Andrea	Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Kuwait
53.5	Appointed	Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M.	Bishop of Armenia, Colombia
60.8	Ordained Bishop	Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
75.7	Retired	Alcides Mendoza Castro	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Pierfranco Pastore	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	Secretary Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Anselmo Guido Pecorari	Titular Archbishop of Populonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay
57.5	Appointed	Anselmo Guido Pecorari	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay
88.2	Died	William Edward Power †	Bishop Emeritus of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
59.2	Appointed	José Paulino Ríos Reynoso	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
78.0	Retired	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
65.2	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru

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