The Year of Our Lord 2023

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.

2 Dec 63.1 Installed Limacêdo Antônio da Silva Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil

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

3 Dec 49.9 Installed Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal

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

57.1 Ceased Mário Antônio da Silva Apostolic Administrator of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

61.3 Installed Victor Manuel Fernández Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

8 Dec 58.2 Ordained Bishop Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M. Titular Bishop of Cenae Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

55.4 Ordained Bishop Richard Philip James Laurenson Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand Bishop-Elect

61.3 Ceased Stephen Marmion Lowe Apostolic Administrator of Hamilton in New Zealand Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

66.6 Ordained Bishop Linus Neli Archbishop of Imphal, India Archbishop-Elect

9 Dec 56.0 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Ferretti Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy Archbishop-Elect

53.6 Installed Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

67.9 Ceased Robert Christopher Ndlovu Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo, Zimbabwe Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe

10 Dec 58.4 Installed Giuseppe Alberti Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

12 Dec 52.9 Ordained Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa Bishop of Katsina, Nigeria Bishop-Elect

14 Dec 53.5 Ordained Bishop Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria Bishop-Elect

15 Dec 59.1 Installed Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B. Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

16 Dec 66.7 Installed Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

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

49.5 Ordained Bishop Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. Titular Bishop of Mulia Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Tōkyō, Japan

103.0 Beatified Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

59.5 Installed Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas Bishop of Santander, Spain

19 Dec 63.7 Ordained Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. Titular Bishop of Rusguniae Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Ahiara, Nigeria

22 Dec 59.8 Ordained Bishop Fransiskus Nipa Coadjutor Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia Coadjutor Archbishop-Elect

23 Dec 66.9 Installed Julián Ruiz Martorell Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
2 Dec	63.1	Installed	Limacêdo Antônio da Silva	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
62.8	Installed	Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
3 Dec	49.9	Installed	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana	Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal
56.5	Installed	João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.	Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
57.1	Ceased	Mário Antônio da Silva	Apostolic Administrator of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
61.3	Installed	Victor Manuel Fernández	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
8 Dec	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Richard Philip James Laurenson	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand	Bishop-Elect
61.3	Ceased	Stephen Marmion Lowe	Apostolic Administrator of Hamilton in New Zealand	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
66.6	Ordained Bishop	Linus Neli	Archbishop of Imphal, India	Archbishop-Elect
9 Dec	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Ferretti	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy	Archbishop-Elect
53.6	Installed	Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
67.9	Ceased	Robert Christopher Ndlovu	Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
10 Dec	58.4	Installed	Giuseppe Alberti	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
12 Dec	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Mamman Musa	Bishop of Katsina, Nigeria	Bishop-Elect
14 Dec	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh	Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria	Bishop-Elect
15 Dec	59.1	Installed	Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
16 Dec	66.7	Installed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E.	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Tōkyō, Japan
103.0	Beatified	Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
59.5	Installed	Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas	Bishop of Santander, Spain
19 Dec	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Ahiara, Nigeria
22 Dec	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Fransiskus Nipa	Coadjutor Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia	Coadjutor Archbishop-Elect
23 Dec	66.9	Installed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

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