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
49.6	Appointed	Konrad Krajewski	Cardinal, Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
49.6	Appointed	Konrad Krajewski	Titular Archbishop of Beneventum	Cardinal, Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
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
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.C. †	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
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 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	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
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 Sicuani, Peru
67.6	Appointed	Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P.	Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
67.6	Appointed	Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P.	Titular Bishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti	Apostolic Exarch 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 Sicuani, 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 Slovenia
58.1	Appointed	Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich	Titular Archbishop of Sulci	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
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 †	Titular Archbishop of Slebte
65.0	Resigned	Józef Wesołowski †	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
65.0	Resigned	Józef Wesołowski †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico
22 Aug	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
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
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	Secretary
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
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou	Bishop of Dolisie, Congo	Coadjutor 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
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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