The Year of Our Lord 2013

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Aug 42.1 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Media Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay

98.2 Died Josef Hinterhölzl † Bishop

49.6 Appointed Konrad Krajewski Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity

49.6 Appointed Konrad Krajewski Titular Archbishop of Beneventum Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity

56.4 Ordained Bishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I. Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

61.6 Appointed Guido Pozzo Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

4 Aug 50.1 Ordained Bishop Denis Nulty Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

89.2 Died Charles-Omer Valois † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada

5 Aug 97.0 Died Jaime Luiz Coelho † Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil

7 Aug 90.3 Died Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique

8 Aug 87.3 Died Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) † Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

66.7 Resigned Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé Bishop of Nice, France Bishop Emeritus

90.0 Died Léon Aimé Taverdet, F.M.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

75.6 Appointed Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau Apostolic Administrator of Nice, France Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

9 Aug 42.1 Installed Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay

10 Aug 59.3 Ceased Guglielmo Borghetti Apostolic Administrator of Grosseto, Italy Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy

67.6 Installed Rodolfo Cetoloni, O.F.M. Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

64.0 Ordained Bishop Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Jericó, Colombia

87.5 Died Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo † Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

52.0 Ordained Bishop Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

11 Aug 65.0 Retired Vincenzo Pelvi Archbishop of Italy, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

12 Aug 99.6 Died Matthew Farrelly, C.S.Sp. † Superior Emeritus of Gambia

83.3 Died Francis Joseph Gossman † Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

13 Aug 54.1 Ordained Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. Titular Bishop of Chullu Bishop of Balasore, India

14 Aug 89.5 Died René Fernández Apaza † Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

15 Aug 48.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López Prelate of Sicuani, Peru Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

67.6 Appointed Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P. Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

67.6 Appointed Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P. Titular Bishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Argentina (Melkite Greek)

16 Aug 73.6 Died Carlos Prada Sanmiguel † Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia

17 Aug 48.6 Installed Pedro Alberto Bustamante López Prelate of Sicuani, Peru Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

74.9 Died Joseph Hoàng Văn Tiệm, S.D.B. † Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

72.6 Died Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân † Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam

58.1 Appointed Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

58.1 Appointed Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich Titular Archbishop of Sulci Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

58.7 Succeeded Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

19 Aug 83.2 Died William Dermott Molloy McDermott † Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru

49.4 Ordained Bishop Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta Bishop of Orán, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

21 Aug 65.0 Resigned Józef Wesołowski † Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic Apostolic Nuncio

65.0 Resigned Józef Wesołowski † Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico Apostolic Nuncio

22 Aug 65.7 Ordained Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

23 Aug 47.9 Ordained Bishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya Coadjutor Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon

52.3 Appointed Jose Puthenveettil Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India

52.3 Appointed Jose Puthenveettil Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India

24 Aug 57.6 Ordained Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P. Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil

64.0 Installed Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Jericó, Colombia

58.5 Appointed Giuseppe Sciacca Adjunct Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

73.0 Died Filippo Strofaldi † Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy

25 Aug 67.6 Ordained Bishop Nicolas Antiba, B.A. Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria

49.6 Installed Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina

79.0 Died Domenico Crusco † Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

49.7 Ordained Bishop Luzizila Kiala Bishop of Sumbe, Angola Archbishop of Malanje, Angola

48.8 Ordained Bishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou Bishop of Dolisie, Congo Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo

29 Aug 81.9 Died Medardo Joseph Mazombwe † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

58.3 Installed José Rafael Quirós Quirós Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

30 Aug 55.7 Appointed José Luis Azuaje Ayala Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela

76.6 Retired Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

60.2 Installed Ján Orosch Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia

68.4 Appointed Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

31 Aug 75.5 Died William John Brennan † Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia

59.6 Installed Eugenio Scarpellini † Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Aug	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Media	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
98.2	Died	Josef Hinterhölzl †	Bishop
49.6	Appointed	Konrad Krajewski	Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity
49.6	Appointed	Konrad Krajewski	Titular Archbishop of Beneventum	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I.	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
61.6	Appointed	Guido Pozzo	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
4 Aug	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Denis Nulty	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
89.2	Died	Charles-Omer Valois †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
5 Aug	97.0	Died	Jaime Luiz Coelho †	Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
7 Aug	90.3	Died	Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique
8 Aug	87.3	Died	Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) †	Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
66.7	Resigned	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé	Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop Emeritus
90.0	Died	Léon Aimé Taverdet, F.M.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
75.6	Appointed	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau	Apostolic Administrator of Nice, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
9 Aug	42.1	Installed	Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
10 Aug	59.3	Ceased	Guglielmo Borghetti	Apostolic Administrator of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy
67.6	Installed	Rodolfo Cetoloni, O.F.M.	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.0	Ordained Bishop	Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia
87.5	Died	Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo †	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Lionginas Virbalas, S.J.	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
11 Aug	65.0	Retired	Vincenzo Pelvi	Archbishop of Italy, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
12 Aug	99.6	Died	Matthew Farrelly, C.S.Sp. †	Superior Emeritus of Gambia
83.3	Died	Francis Joseph Gossman †	Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
13 Aug	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Varghese Thottamkara, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Chullu	Bishop of Balasore, India
14 Aug	89.5	Died	René Fernández Apaza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
15 Aug	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Prelate of Sicuani, Peru	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
67.6	Appointed	Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P.	Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
67.6	Appointed	Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P.	Titular Bishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
16 Aug	73.6	Died	Carlos Prada Sanmiguel †	Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
17 Aug	48.6	Installed	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Prelate of Sicuani, Peru	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
74.9	Died	Joseph Hoàng Văn Tiệm, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
72.6	Died	Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân †	Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
58.1	Appointed	Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich	Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
58.1	Appointed	Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich	Titular Archbishop of Sulci	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
58.7	Succeeded	Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
19 Aug	83.2	Died	William Dermott Molloy McDermott †	Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta	Bishop of Orán, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
21 Aug	65.0	Resigned	Józef Wesołowski †	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic	Apostolic Nuncio
65.0	Resigned	Józef Wesołowski †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Apostolic Nuncio
22 Aug	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Peter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
23 Aug	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Nkea Fuanya	Coadjutor Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon	Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
52.3	Appointed	Jose Puthenveettil	Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
52.3	Appointed	Jose Puthenveettil	Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari	Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
24 Aug	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P.	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique	Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil
64.0	Installed	Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia
58.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Sciacca	Adjunct Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura	President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
73.0	Died	Filippo Strofaldi †	Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
25 Aug	67.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Antiba, B.A.	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
49.6	Installed	Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva	Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina
79.0	Died	Domenico Crusco †	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Luzizila Kiala	Bishop of Sumbe, Angola	Archbishop of Malanje, Angola
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou	Bishop of Dolisie, Congo	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
29 Aug	81.9	Died	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
58.3	Installed	José Rafael Quirós Quirós	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
30 Aug	55.7	Appointed	José Luis Azuaje Ayala	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
76.6	Retired	Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
60.2	Installed	Ján Orosch	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia
68.4	Appointed	Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.	Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
31 Aug	75.5	Died	William John Brennan †	Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia
59.6	Installed	Eugenio Scarpellini †	Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia

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