The Year of Our Lord 2011

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Dec 38.9 Appointed Joseph Zhao Hongchun Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China

1 Dec 68.6 Appointed Armando Xavier Ochoa Bishop of Fresno, California, USA Bishop Emeritus

2 Dec 40.4 Incardinated François Elias Beyrouti Priest of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA Bishop

84.2 Died Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea † Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)

89.7 Died Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

5 Dec 85.5 Died Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

7 Dec 43.5 Appointed Michael Robert Kennedy Bishop of Armidale, Australia Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

76.5 Retired Luc Julian Matthys † Bishop of Armidale, Australia Bishop Emeritus

62.7 Appointed José Francisco Robles Ortega Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

78.6 Retired Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

8 Dec 48.0 Succeeded Benedito Araújo Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

60.0 Installed Peter Anthony Libasci Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

84.2 Died Andrew Pataki † Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

39.3 Ordained Bishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop Titular Bishop of Mariamme Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

74.6 Resigned Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier † Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

9 Dec 63.3 Appointed Nunzio Galantino Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

53.4 Appointed Jeremiah Madimetja Masela Apostolic Administrator of Polokwane, South Africa Bishop

73.7 Resigned Mogale Paul Nkhumishe † Bishop of Polokwane, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Ordained Bishop Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen Coadjutor Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina Bishop of Concordia, Argentina

10 Dec 57.0 Ordained Bishop Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks Titular Bishop of Arsacal Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands

43.2 Ordained Bishop Dražen Kutleša Coadjutor Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

52.4 Appointed Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay Cardinal, Archbishop

52.4 Appointed Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Phelbes Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay

11 Dec 76.0 Died John Patrick Foley † Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

50.1 Ordained Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

46.2 Ordained Deacon Emmanuel Michel François Tois Deacon of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop

12 Dec 61.7 Appointed José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel Bishop of Callao, Peru Bishop Emeritus

57.1 Appointed Denis Grondin Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

57.1 Appointed Denis Grondin Titular Bishop of Camplum Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

77.5 Retired Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. † Bishop of Callao, Peru Bishop Emeritus

64.5 Appointed Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

64.5 Appointed Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. Titular Bishop of Azura Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

79.3 Ceased Gaudencio Borbon Rosales Apostolic Administrator of Manila, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.4 Installed Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Archbishop of Manila, Philippines Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization

13 Dec 52.0 Installed Volodymyr Viytyshyn Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

14 Dec 66.5 Resigned John Martin Darko † Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

80.4 Died Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

69.6 Appointed Matthias Kobena Nketsiah Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana

50.0 Appointed João Santos Cardoso Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

88.8 Died Mark Francis Schmitt † Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA

15 Dec 75.2 Retired François Robert Bacqué † Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

71.8 Appointed André Pierre Louis Dupuy Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

49.9 Ordained Bishop Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

50.6 Appointed Marek Solczyński Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey

16 Dec 58.5 Appointed José Leonardo Lemos Montanet Bishop of Orense, Spain

17 Dec 72.6 Died Michael Gower Coleman † Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa

46.3 Ordained Bishop Clement Mulenga, S.D.B. Bishop of Kabwe, Zambia

49.7 Installed Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

60.2 Installed Carlos José Tissera Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

18 Dec 54.0 Ordained Bishop Franco Lovignana Bishop of Aosta, Italy

53.4 Ordained Bishop Janusz Bogusław Stepnowski Bishop of Łomża, Poland

21 Dec 89.8 Died Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Baroda, India

75.6 Retired Matias Patrício de Macêdo Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

44.9 Appointed João Justino de Medeiros Silva Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

44.9 Appointed João Justino de Medeiros Silva Titular Bishop of Tullia Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

54.4 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.4 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.1 Appointed Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil

54.1 Appointed Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil

52.2 Appointed Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil

52.2 Appointed Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. Titular Bishop of Idassa Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil

93.0 Died Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos

64.7 Appointed Jaime Vieira Rocha Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

22 Dec 90.6 Died Rogelio Sánchez González † Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

62.3 Installed Vasyl Semeniuk Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

24 Dec 69.9 Died Armando Giuseppe Brambilla, C.M.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

65.0 Died José Andrés Corral Arredondo † Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México

46.4 Appointed Joseph Hii Teck Kwong Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia

50.6 Appointed Joseph Ndembu Mbatia Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya

77.2 Retired Luigi Paiaro Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

72.5 Resigned Dominic Su Haw Chiu Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia Bishop Emeritus

25 Dec 86.3 Died Thomas Anthony Finnegan † Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland

26 Dec 75.0 Retired Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R. Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

69.7 Succeeded Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

27 Dec 84.4 Died Martino Scarafile † Bishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy

28 Dec 61.6 Appointed Remídio José Bohn † Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

57.9 Appointed Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

75.2 Retired Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. † Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

29 Dec 84.9 Died Paul Antaki † Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

58.2 Appointed Wacław Tomasz Depo Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland

64.0 Appointed Jan Kopiec Bishop of Gliwice, Poland Bishop Emeritus

76.4 Retired Stanisław Nowak † Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired Jan Walenty Wieczorek † Bishop of Gliwice, Poland Bishop Emeritus

30 Dec 75.0 Retired Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

60.2 Appointed Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras Archbishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

65.2 Succeeded Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina

64.0 Appointed Noël Simard Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

31 Dec 76.0 Retired Ryszard Karpiński † Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Dec	38.9	Appointed	Joseph Zhao Hongchun	Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China
1 Dec	68.6	Appointed	Armando Xavier Ochoa	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2 Dec	40.4	Incardinated	François Elias Beyrouti	Priest of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA	Bishop
84.2	Died	Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea †	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
89.7	Died	Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
5 Dec	85.5	Died	Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
7 Dec	43.5	Appointed	Michael Robert Kennedy	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
76.5	Retired	Luc Julian Matthys †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	José Francisco Robles Ortega	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
78.6	Retired	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
8 Dec	48.0	Succeeded	Benedito Araújo	Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
60.0	Installed	Peter Anthony Libasci	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
84.2	Died	Andrew Pataki †	Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
39.3	Ordained Bishop	Claudiu-Lucian Pop	Titular Bishop of Mariamme	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
74.6	Resigned	Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier †	Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
9 Dec	63.3	Appointed	Nunzio Galantino	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
53.4	Appointed	Jeremiah Madimetja Masela	Apostolic Administrator of Polokwane, South Africa	Bishop
73.7	Resigned	Mogale Paul Nkhumishe †	Bishop of Polokwane, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen	Coadjutor Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
10 Dec	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks	Titular Bishop of Arsacal	Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
43.2	Ordained Bishop	Dražen Kutleša	Coadjutor Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
52.4	Appointed	Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Cardinal, Archbishop
52.4	Appointed	Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
11 Dec	76.0	Died	John Patrick Foley †	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles Morerod, O.P.	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
46.2	Ordained Deacon	Emmanuel Michel François Tois	Deacon of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Dec	61.7	Appointed	José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel	Bishop of Callao, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
57.1	Appointed	Denis Grondin	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
57.1	Appointed	Denis Grondin	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
77.5	Retired	Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. †	Bishop of Callao, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
64.5	Appointed	Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Azura	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
79.3	Ceased	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Apostolic Administrator of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.4	Installed	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
13 Dec	52.0	Installed	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 Dec	66.5	Resigned	John Martin Darko †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
80.4	Died	Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
69.6	Appointed	Matthias Kobena Nketsiah	Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana
50.0	Appointed	João Santos Cardoso	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
88.8	Died	Mark Francis Schmitt †	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
15 Dec	75.2	Retired	François Robert Bacqué †	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
71.8	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
50.6	Appointed	Marek Solczyński	Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey
16 Dec	58.5	Appointed	José Leonardo Lemos Montanet	Bishop of Orense, Spain
17 Dec	72.6	Died	Michael Gower Coleman †	Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Clement Mulenga, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kabwe, Zambia
49.7	Installed	Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
60.2	Installed	Carlos José Tissera	Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
18 Dec	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Franco Lovignana	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Janusz Bogusław Stepnowski	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
21 Dec	89.8	Died	Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Baroda, India
75.6	Retired	Matias Patrício de Macêdo	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
44.9	Appointed	João Justino de Medeiros Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
44.9	Appointed	João Justino de Medeiros Silva	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
54.4	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.4	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.1	Appointed	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
54.1	Appointed	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
52.2	Appointed	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
52.2	Appointed	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
93.0	Died	Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos
64.7	Appointed	Jaime Vieira Rocha	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Dec	90.6	Died	Rogelio Sánchez González †	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
62.3	Installed	Vasyl Semeniuk	Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Dec	69.9	Died	Armando Giuseppe Brambilla, C.M.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
65.0	Died	José Andrés Corral Arredondo †	Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México
46.4	Appointed	Joseph Hii Teck Kwong	Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia
50.6	Appointed	Joseph Ndembu Mbatia	Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya
77.2	Retired	Luigi Paiaro	Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
72.5	Resigned	Dominic Su Haw Chiu	Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
25 Dec	86.3	Died	Thomas Anthony Finnegan †	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
26 Dec	75.0	Retired	Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R.	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
69.7	Succeeded	Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Dec	84.4	Died	Martino Scarafile †	Bishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy
28 Dec	61.6	Appointed	Remídio José Bohn †	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
57.9	Appointed	Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
75.2	Retired	Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
29 Dec	84.9	Died	Paul Antaki †	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
58.2	Appointed	Wacław Tomasz Depo	Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland
64.0	Appointed	Jan Kopiec	Bishop of Gliwice, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
76.4	Retired	Stanisław Nowak †	Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	Jan Walenty Wieczorek †	Bishop of Gliwice, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	75.0	Retired	Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto	Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
60.2	Appointed	Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.	Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras	Archbishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
65.2	Succeeded	Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana	Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina
64.0	Appointed	Noël Simard	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
31 Dec	76.0	Retired	Ryszard Karpiński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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