The Year of Our Lord 1975

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov Born Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Dolisie, Congo

62.2 Died Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala † Cardinal, Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar

2 Nov 20.4 First Vows Miguel Fritz, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay

3 Nov 38.9 Incardinated Philippe Jean Louis Breton † Priest of Paris, France Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France

4 Nov 29.0 Ordained Priest Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. Priest of Bergamo, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

49.4 Confirmed Jude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. † Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA Abbot Emeritus

58.2 Appointed James Jerome Killeen † Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA

58.2 Appointed James Jerome Killeen † Titular Bishop of Vamalla Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA

62.0 Appointed John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Coadjutor Archbishop of United States of America, Military Archbishop Emeritus

62.0 Appointed John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Titular Archbishop of Gabii Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

6 Nov 52.4 Installed René Henry Gracida † Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

45.8 Appointed Arnaldo Ribeiro † Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.8 Appointed Arnaldo Ribeiro † Titular Bishop of Sicilibba Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

7 Nov 70.7 Died John Carmel Heenan † Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

25.4 Solemn Vows Anton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru

8 Nov 23.6 Ordained Priest Mario Antonio Cargnello Priest of Catamarca, Argentina Archbishop of Salta, Argentina

52.8 Installed Celso Nogoy Guevarra † Bishop of Balanga, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

46.5 Ordained Bishop Klaus Hemmerle † Bishop of Aachen, Germany

26.6 Professed Mykhailo Koltun, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine

27.2 Ordained Priest Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne † Priest of Versailles, France Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France

26.2 Professed Stephan Meniok, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archiepiscopal Exarch Emeritus of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine

55.6 Appointed Laurent Noël † Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

32.8 Ordained Priest Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C. Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

25.4 Ordained Deacon Anton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru

9 Nov 27.9 Ordained Priest Christophe Dufour Priest of Lille, France Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France

25.4 Ordained Priest Anton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru

10 Nov 47.8 Appointed Octavio Betancourt Arango † Bishop of Garzón, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

11 Nov 58.3 Appointed Manuel Augusto Cárdenas † Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

12 Nov 48.6 Appointed Eduardo Martínez Somalo † Titular Archbishop of Thagora Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

48.6 Appointed Eduardo Martínez Somalo † Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

43.1 Ordained Bishop Amédée Wilfrid Proulx † Titular Bishop of Clypia Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

13 Nov 45.9 Appointed Oriano Quilici † Titular Archbishop of Tabla Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

45.9 Appointed Oriano Quilici † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Central African Republic Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

45.9 Appointed Oriano Quilici † Apostolic Delegate to Chad Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

45.9 Appointed Oriano Quilici † Apostolic Delegate to Congo, Republic of Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

14 Nov 44.4 Ordained Bishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong † Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra Bishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Born César Augusto Huerta Ramírez Bishop of Sicuani, Peru

Born Motlatsi Meshack Phomane Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa

15 Nov 65.2 Resigned Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. † Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

16 Nov 55.9 Ordained Bishop Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado † Titular Bishop of Ottocium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France

Born Cristino Ramos González Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay

20 Nov 47.2 Appointed Elie Amsini Kiswaya † Bishop of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

33.5 Appointed Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Francis Gerard Brooks † Bishop of Dromore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Mogadiscio, Somalia

47.9 Appointed Pierre-Marie Coty † Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

50.7 Appointed Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria

50.7 Appointed Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

50.7 Appointed Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria

41.8 Appointed John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. † Prefect of Lashio, Myanmar Prefect Emeritus

Born Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

58.0 Resigned Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. † Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

39.9 Appointed Alberto Setele † Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique

47.9 Appointed François Xavier Tabao Manjarimanana, S.J. † Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar

Born Anand David Xalxo Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India

21 Nov 39.7 Appointed Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble † Auxiliary Bishop of Talca, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile

39.7 Appointed Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble † Titular Bishop of Martanae Tudertinorum Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile

24.5 Ordained Priest Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia

22 Nov 68.8 Resigned Salvatore Baldassarri † Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

30.0 Solemn Vows Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

43.6 Succeeded Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika † Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Titular Bishop of Belesasa

63.8 Resigned Raymond (Nianga-Nzita) Ndudi † Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

79.7 Retired Eugene O’Doherty † Bishop of Dromore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed Ersilio Tonini † Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

23 Nov 49.9 Ordained Bishop João Alves † Titular Bishop of Scala Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

24.8 Ordained Priest Carlos Garfias Merlos † Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México Archbishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Priest Leopoldo González González Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

25 Nov 53.1 Appointed Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray † Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

71.5 Resigned Gabriel Auguste François Marty † Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

27 Nov 49.5 Appointed Otto Wüst † Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Otto Wüst † Titular Bishop of Tubia Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

29 Nov 25.5 Ordained Priest Remídio José Bohn † Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

45.2 Appointed Salvatore De Giorgi Coadjutor Bishop of Oria, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

25.5 Ordained Priest Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Garzón, Colombia

69.0 Died Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

66.1 Appointed Thomas Nantha † Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang, Laos Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos

44.0 Appointed Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. Auxiliary Bishop of Siena, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

30 Nov 42.7 Ordained Bishop Zygmunt Kamiński † Titular Bishop of Midica Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

45.8 Ordained Bishop Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Numana Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov		Born	Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp.		Bishop of Dolisie, Congo
62.2	Died	Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar
2 Nov	20.4	First Vows	Miguel Fritz, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
3 Nov	38.9	Incardinated	Philippe Jean Louis Breton †	Priest of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
4 Nov	29.0	Ordained Priest	Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B.	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
49.4	Confirmed	Jude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Abbot Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	James Jerome Killeen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA
58.2	Appointed	James Jerome Killeen †	Titular Bishop of Vamalla	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA
62.0	Appointed	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Coadjutor Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Titular Archbishop of Gabii	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
6 Nov	52.4	Installed	René Henry Gracida †	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
45.8	Appointed	Arnaldo Ribeiro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.8	Appointed	Arnaldo Ribeiro †	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba	Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7 Nov	70.7	Died	John Carmel Heenan †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
25.4	Solemn Vows	Anton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
8 Nov	23.6	Ordained Priest	Mario Antonio Cargnello	Priest of Catamarca, Argentina	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina
52.8	Installed	Celso Nogoy Guevarra †	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Klaus Hemmerle †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
26.6	Professed	Mykhailo Koltun, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27.2	Ordained Priest	Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne †	Priest of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
26.2	Professed	Stephan Meniok, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archiepiscopal Exarch Emeritus of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine
55.6	Appointed	Laurent Noël †	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
32.8	Ordained Priest	Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
25.4	Ordained Deacon	Anton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M.	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
9 Nov	27.9	Ordained Priest	Christophe Dufour	Priest of Lille, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France
25.4	Ordained Priest	Anton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
10 Nov	47.8	Appointed	Octavio Betancourt Arango †	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
11 Nov	58.3	Appointed	Manuel Augusto Cárdenas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Nov	48.6	Appointed	Eduardo Martínez Somalo †	Titular Archbishop of Thagora	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
48.6	Appointed	Eduardo Martínez Somalo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
43.1	Ordained Bishop	Amédée Wilfrid Proulx †	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
13 Nov	45.9	Appointed	Oriano Quilici †	Titular Archbishop of Tabla	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
45.9	Appointed	Oriano Quilici †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Central African Republic	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
45.9	Appointed	Oriano Quilici †	Apostolic Delegate to Chad	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
45.9	Appointed	Oriano Quilici †	Apostolic Delegate to Congo, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
14 Nov	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong †	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
	Born	César Augusto Huerta Ramírez		Bishop of Sicuani, Peru
	Born	Motlatsi Meshack Phomane		Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
15 Nov	65.2	Resigned	Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. †	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
16 Nov	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado †	Titular Bishop of Ottocium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	Born	Cristino Ramos González		Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
20 Nov	47.2	Appointed	Elie Amsini Kiswaya †	Bishop of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
33.5	Appointed	Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Francis Gerard Brooks †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mogadiscio, Somalia
47.9	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Coty †	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
50.7	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
41.8	Appointed	John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Lashio, Myanmar	Prefect Emeritus
	Born	Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa		Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
58.0	Resigned	Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
39.9	Appointed	Alberto Setele †	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
47.9	Appointed	François Xavier Tabao Manjarimanana, S.J. †	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
	Born	Anand David Xalxo		Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India
21 Nov	39.7	Appointed	Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble †	Auxiliary Bishop of Talca, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile
39.7	Appointed	Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble †	Titular Bishop of Martanae Tudertinorum	Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile
24.5	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
22 Nov	68.8	Resigned	Salvatore Baldassarri †	Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
30.0	Solemn Vows	Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
43.6	Succeeded	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †	Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
63.8	Resigned	Raymond (Nianga-Nzita) Ndudi †	Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
79.7	Retired	Eugene O’Doherty †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	Ersilio Tonini †	Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
23 Nov	49.9	Ordained Bishop	João Alves †	Titular Bishop of Scala	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
24.8	Ordained Priest	Carlos Garfias Merlos †	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Priest	Leopoldo González González	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
25 Nov	53.1	Appointed	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
71.5	Resigned	Gabriel Auguste François Marty †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
27 Nov	49.5	Appointed	Otto Wüst †	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Otto Wüst †	Titular Bishop of Tubia	Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
29 Nov	25.5	Ordained Priest	Remídio José Bohn †	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
45.2	Appointed	Salvatore De Giorgi	Coadjutor Bishop of Oria, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
25.5	Ordained Priest	Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
69.0	Died	Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
66.1	Appointed	Thomas Nantha †	Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang, Laos	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
44.0	Appointed	Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Siena, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
30 Nov	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Zygmunt Kamiński †	Titular Bishop of Midica	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Numana	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru

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