The Year of Our Lord 2023

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 63.0 Installed Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T. Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar

61.5 Ordained Bishop Ferdinand Dkhar Bishop of Jowai, India

2 Oct 51.9 Died Kevin Michael Birmingham † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

71.0 Died Marie-Daniel Dadiet † Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

75.1 Retired Nunzio Galantino President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See President Emeritus

86.8 Died Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece

48.6 Appointed Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B. President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

75.0 Retired Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

3 Oct 81.5 Installed Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Dorotea Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia

4 Oct 72.4 Resigned Joseph Yapo Aké Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C. Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

61.5 Appointed Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi Apostolic Administrator of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire

83.9 Died Telesphore Placidus Toppo † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India

6 Oct 52.7 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Vincenzo Amarante, C.SS.R. Titular Archbishop of Sorres Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University

7 Oct 58.5 Appointed Simona Brambilla, M. C. Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

75.9 Retired Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Archbishop Emeritus

65.0 Appointed Ferenc Fazekaš Bishop of Subotica, Serbia

49.5 Appointed Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P. Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine

75.3 Retired Dominic Lumon Archbishop of Imphal, India Archbishop Emeritus

66.4 Appointed Linus Neli Archbishop of Imphal, India Archbishop-Elect

62.7 Appointed Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C. Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

61.8 Installed João Santos Cardoso Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

9 Oct 65.3 Installed Christopher James Coyne Coadjutor Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

88.0 Died Mauro Morelli † Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

11 Oct 73.3 Died Manuel Chuanguira Machado † Bishop Emeritus of Gurué, Mozambique

58.9 Appointed Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B. Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

75.4 Retired José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

12 Oct 66.8 Ceased Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA

55.8 Ordained Bishop Steven John Maekawa, O.P. Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

13 Oct 61.2 Died Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy

14 Oct 75.3 Retired Roberto Filippini Bishop of Pescia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Ordained Bishop Mauricio Alberto Landra Titular Bishop of Trisipa Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

56.5 Installed Ignacio Damián Medina Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

63.5 Appointed Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. Auxiliary Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

63.5 Appointed Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. Titular Bishop of Rusguniae Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Ahiara, Nigeria

50.9 Appointed Silvana Piro, F.M.G.B. Under Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

72.7 Appointed Fausto Tardelli Bishop of Pescia, Italy Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

93.8 Died Jean-Charles Thomas † Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France

15 Oct 86.9 Died Tod David Brown † Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA

62.5 Ordained Bishop Grégoire Marie Cador Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France

52.2 Ordained Bishop Pascal David Youri Chane-Teng Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

53.4 Ordained Bishop Benny Varghese Edathattel Bishop of Itanagar, India

16 Oct 63.0 Appointed Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

48.9 Appointed Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

48.9 Appointed Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo Titular Bishop of Nepte Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

72.4 Resigned Burchell Alexander McPherson Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

52.7 Appointed Gerald Mamman Musa Bishop of Katsina, Nigeria Bishop-Elect

78.7 Retired Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

67.1 Appointed John Derek Persaud Apostolic Administrator of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles

84.3 Died Dimitrios Salachas † Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)

17 Oct 72.4 Died Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. † Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

58.0 Appointed Emmanuel Michel François Tois Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

58.0 Appointed Emmanuel Michel François Tois Titular Bishop of Vertara Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

18 Oct 67.4 Installed Guy Desrochers, C.SS.R. Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

50.7 Appointed Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop-Elect

74.4 Resigned Protógenes José Luft, S.d.C. Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

80.6 Ceased Richard Edmund Pates Apostolic Administrator of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA

66.4 Installed Thomas Robert Zinkula Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

19 Oct 55.4 Appointed Roberto Pío Álvarez Bishop of Rawson, Argentina

55.4 Appointed Roberto Pío Álvarez Apostolic Administrator of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina Bishop of Rawson, Argentina

75.0 Retired Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

59.6 Appointed Eusebio Samwel Kyando Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania Bishop-Elect

56.8 Appointed Jovitus Francis Mwijage Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania Bishop-Elect

20 Oct 72.5 Appointed Kenneth E. Kuntz Administrator of Davenport, Iowa, USA

21 Oct 57.6 Ceased Ján Kuboš Administrator of Spiš, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop

59.7 Appointed Fransiskus Nipa Coadjutor Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia Coadjutor Archbishop-Elect

50.6 Ordained Bishop František Trstenský Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

22 Oct 46.7 Appointed Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Oran, Algeria Bishop-Elect

64.2 Installed Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J. Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de La Salle Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

95.5 Died Alfred Kleinermeilert † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

83.1 Installed Agostino Marchetto Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

70.7 Installed Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India

84.5 Died Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. † Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar

23 Oct 67.8 Died Enrique de Vera Macaraeg † Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines

24 Oct 55.7 Appointed Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. Apostolic Administrator of Sosnowiec, Poland Archbishop of Katowice, Poland

59.6 Resigned Grzegorz Kaszak Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland Bishop Emeritus

25 Oct 78.5 Retired Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Egidio Bisol Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

66.6 Appointed Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

63.0 Appointed Limacêdo Antônio da Silva Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil

60.0 Appointed Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop-Elect

55.3 Appointed Richard Philip James Laurenson Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand Bishop-Elect

26 Oct 49.8 Installed Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal

48.9 Appointed Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U. Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia Archbishop-Elect

28 Oct 60.8 Appointed Enrique Eguía Seguí Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina

60.0 Appointed Benoît Gschwind, A.A. Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

70.7 Installed Zdenko Križić, O.C.D. Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia

61.0 Appointed Michel Proulx, O. Praem. Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick Bishop-Elect

76.6 Ceased Želimir Puljić Apostolic Administrator of Split-Makarska, Croatia Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

29 Oct 65.2 Installed Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Bernadette Soubirous Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina

31 Oct 61.8 Appointed Victor Hugo Basabe Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela

59.6 Appointed Mikel Garciandía Goñi Bishop of Palencia, Spain Bishop-Elect

76.7 Retired Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A. Bishop of Palencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

76.5 Retired Mariano José Parra Sandoval Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

70.2 Ceased José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

77.0 Retired Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain Bishop Emeritus

59.3 Appointed Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas Bishop of Santander, Spain

66.7 Appointed Julián Ruiz Martorell Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

76.5 Retired Manuel Sánchez Monge Bishop of Santander, Spain Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	63.0	Installed	Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T.	Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar
61.5	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Dkhar	Bishop of Jowai, India
2 Oct	51.9	Died	Kevin Michael Birmingham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
71.0	Died	Marie-Daniel Dadiet †	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
75.1	Retired	Nunzio Galantino	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	President Emeritus
86.8	Died	Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
48.6	Appointed	Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B.	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
75.0	Retired	Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Oct	81.5	Installed	Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Dorotea	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
4 Oct	72.4	Resigned	Joseph Yapo Aké	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.	Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
61.5	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi	Apostolic Administrator of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
83.9	Died	Telesphore Placidus Toppo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India
6 Oct	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Vincenzo Amarante, C.SS.R.	Titular Archbishop of Sorres	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University
7 Oct	58.5	Appointed	Simona Brambilla, M. C.	Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
75.9	Retired	Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
65.0	Appointed	Ferenc Fazekaš	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
49.5	Appointed	Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P.	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine
75.3	Retired	Dominic Lumon	Archbishop of Imphal, India	Archbishop Emeritus
66.4	Appointed	Linus Neli	Archbishop of Imphal, India	Archbishop-Elect
62.7	Appointed	Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
61.8	Installed	João Santos Cardoso	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
9 Oct	65.3	Installed	Christopher James Coyne	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
88.0	Died	Mauro Morelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 Oct	73.3	Died	Manuel Chuanguira Machado †	Bishop Emeritus of Gurué, Mozambique
58.9	Appointed	Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
75.4	Retired	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Oct	66.8	Ceased	Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Steven John Maekawa, O.P.	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
13 Oct	61.2	Died	Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
14 Oct	75.3	Retired	Roberto Filippini	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Mauricio Alberto Landra	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
56.5	Installed	Ignacio Damián Medina	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
63.5	Appointed	Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.	Auxiliary Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
63.5	Appointed	Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Ahiara, Nigeria
50.9	Appointed	Silvana Piro, F.M.G.B.	Under Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
72.7	Appointed	Fausto Tardelli	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
93.8	Died	Jean-Charles Thomas †	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
15 Oct	86.9	Died	Tod David Brown †	Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Grégoire Marie Cador	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Pascal David Youri Chane-Teng	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Benny Varghese Edathattel	Bishop of Itanagar, India
16 Oct	63.0	Appointed	Prosper Kontiebo, M.I.	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
48.9	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo	Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
48.9	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
72.4	Resigned	Burchell Alexander McPherson	Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
52.7	Appointed	Gerald Mamman Musa	Bishop of Katsina, Nigeria	Bishop-Elect
78.7	Retired	Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
67.1	Appointed	John Derek Persaud	Apostolic Administrator of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
84.3	Died	Dimitrios Salachas †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
17 Oct	72.4	Died	Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
58.0	Appointed	Emmanuel Michel François Tois	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
58.0	Appointed	Emmanuel Michel François Tois	Titular Bishop of Vertara	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
18 Oct	67.4	Installed	Guy Desrochers, C.SS.R.	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
50.7	Appointed	Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
74.4	Resigned	Protógenes José Luft, S.d.C.	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
80.6	Ceased	Richard Edmund Pates	Apostolic Administrator of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
66.4	Installed	Thomas Robert Zinkula	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
19 Oct	55.4	Appointed	Roberto Pío Álvarez	Bishop of Rawson, Argentina
55.4	Appointed	Roberto Pío Álvarez	Apostolic Administrator of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop of Rawson, Argentina
75.0	Retired	Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Eusebio Samwel Kyando	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania	Bishop-Elect
56.8	Appointed	Jovitus Francis Mwijage	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania	Bishop-Elect
20 Oct	72.5	Appointed	Kenneth E. Kuntz	Administrator of Davenport, Iowa, USA
21 Oct	57.6	Ceased	Ján Kuboš	Administrator of Spiš, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
59.7	Appointed	Fransiskus Nipa	Coadjutor Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia	Coadjutor Archbishop-Elect
50.6	Ordained Bishop	František Trstenský	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
22 Oct	46.7	Appointed	Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop-Elect
64.2	Installed	Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de La Salle	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
95.5	Died	Alfred Kleinermeilert †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
83.1	Installed	Agostino Marchetto	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
70.7	Installed	Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
84.5	Died	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
23 Oct	67.8	Died	Enrique de Vera Macaraeg †	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines
24 Oct	55.7	Appointed	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Sosnowiec, Poland	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland
59.6	Resigned	Grzegorz Kaszak	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	78.5	Retired	Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Egidio Bisol	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
66.6	Appointed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
63.0	Appointed	Limacêdo Antônio da Silva	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
60.0	Appointed	Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
55.3	Appointed	Richard Philip James Laurenson	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand	Bishop-Elect
26 Oct	49.8	Installed	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal
48.9	Appointed	Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U.	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia	Archbishop-Elect
28 Oct	60.8	Appointed	Enrique Eguía Seguí	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
60.0	Appointed	Benoît Gschwind, A.A.	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
70.7	Installed	Zdenko Križić, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
61.0	Appointed	Michel Proulx, O. Praem.	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick	Bishop-Elect
76.6	Ceased	Želimir Puljić	Apostolic Administrator of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
29 Oct	65.2	Installed	Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Bernadette Soubirous	Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
31 Oct	61.8	Appointed	Victor Hugo Basabe	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela
59.6	Appointed	Mikel Garciandía Goñi	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop-Elect
76.7	Retired	Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A.	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
76.5	Retired	Mariano José Parra Sandoval	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
70.2	Ceased	José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M.	Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
77.0	Retired	Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
59.3	Appointed	Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas	Bishop of Santander, Spain
66.7	Appointed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
76.5	Retired	Manuel Sánchez Monge	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus

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