The Year of Our Lord 2013

Bishop Events

June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jun 39.5 Ordained Bishop Milan Lach, S.J. Titular Bishop of Ostracine Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia

3 Jun 72.0 Appointed Luigi Conti † Apostolic Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy

5 Jun 53.0 Installed Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista Bishop of Imus, Philippines

91.6 Died Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy, S.C.I. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala

6 Jun 75.0 Retired Jonas Kauneckas Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

7 Jun 83.2 Died Joseph Michael Sullivan † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

8 Jun 50.8 Appointed Mirosław Adamczyk Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

52.3 Ordained Bishop Peter Loy Chong Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)

62.0 Ordained Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Ordained Bishop Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández † Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop of Astorga, Spain

75.4 Retired Giuseppe Molinari Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

64.8 Appointed Giuseppe Petrocchi Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

9 Jun 46.4 Ordained Bishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo Titular Bishop of Buffada Archbishop of Niamey, Niger

64.2 Installed Fernando Carlos Maletti † Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

72.4 Installed Thomas Oliha Attiyah, A.J. Apostolic Administrator of Torit, South Sudan Priest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries

10 Jun 53.3 Selected Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

54.9 Appointed Jeremiah Madimetja Masela Bishop of Polokwane, South Africa

63.9 Selected Yousif Thomas Mirkis, O.P. Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

40.7 Selected Saad Sirop Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus

11 Jun 69.2 Appointed Alan Stephen Hopes Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

81.3 Died Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia

12 Jun 89.3 Died José de Lima † Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

43.4 Appointed Michael Gerber Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Bishop of Fulda, Germany

43.4 Appointed Michael Gerber Titular Bishop of Migirpa Bishop of Fulda, Germany

57.4 Appointed Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P. Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil

50.9 Resigned Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montecassino, Italy Abbot Emeritus

13 Jun 54.7 Resigned Fernando Isern Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Appointed Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Jericó, Colombia

75.9 Retired José Roberto López Londoño † Bishop of Jericó, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Franco Mulakkal (Aippunny) Bishop of Jullundur, India Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Jaya Rao Polimera Bishop of Eluru, India

14 Jun 75.4 Retired Kazimierz Górny Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Ansgar Puff Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

57.4 Appointed Ansgar Puff Titular Bishop of Gordus Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

66.9 Appointed Paolo Selvadagi Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Paolo Selvadagi Titular Bishop of Salapia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

59.5 Appointed Jan Franciszek Wątroba Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland

15 Jun 63.5 Ceased Michael Dixon Bhasera Apostolic Administrator of Gweru, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

50.9 Ordained Bishop Victor Manuel Fernández Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

63.4 Appointed Xavier Johnsai Munyongani † Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

60.3 Appointed Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long, P.S.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam

60.3 Appointed Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long, P.S.S. Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam

48.4 Appointed Pierre Nguyên Văn Viên Auxiliary Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam

48.4 Appointed Pierre Nguyên Văn Viên Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari Auxiliary Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam

55.9 Installed Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Cardinal-Priest of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization

16 Jun 49.6 Installed Marco Aurélio Gubiotti Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

57.3 Installed Józef Piotr Kupny Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

58.9 Installed Liro Vendelino Meurer Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

17 Jun 68.2 Appointed Michael John Sheridan † Apostolic Administrator of Pueblo, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

18 Jun 42.0 Appointed Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay

42.0 Appointed Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Media Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay

70.0 Died Joseph Vernon Fougère † Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

60.0 Ordained Bishop David John Walkowiak Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

47.3 Appointed Johannes Wübbe Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

47.3 Appointed Johannes Wübbe Titular Bishop of Ros Cré Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

19 Jun 50.0 Appointed José Carlos Brandão Cabral Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

56.4 Appointed José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M. Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

51.8 Ordained Bishop John Thomas Folda Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

63.6 Ceased David Dennis Kagan Apostolic Administrator of Fargo, North Dakota, USA Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

53.2 Appointed Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I. Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho

75.6 Retired Hugo María Van Steekelenburg, O.F.M. Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

20 Jun 87.6 Died Franz Xaver Eder † Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

22 Jun 75.6 Retired John Charles Dunne Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Bernard Taiji Katsuya Bishop of Sapporo, Japan

73.0 Died Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay † Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

24 Jun 80.7 Died Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen † Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland

39.2 Appointed Mario León Dorado, O.M.I. Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}

25 Jun 76.0 Retired Antonio Napoletano, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Orazio Francesco Piazza Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop of Viterbo, Italy

26 Jun 54.5 Appointed João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S. Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil

28 Jun 87.5 Died João Alves † Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

61.0 Appointed Ángel Fernández Collado Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain

61.0 Appointed Ángel Fernández Collado Titular Bishop of Iliturgi Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain

53.6 Appointed Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France

53.6 Appointed Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France

54.0 Appointed Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia Bishop of Balasore, India

54.0 Appointed Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. Titular Bishop of Chullu Bishop of Balasore, India

29 Jun 59.4 Ordained Bishop Dominic Savio Fernandes Titular Bishop of Cozyla Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India

47.4 Ordained Bishop Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo Bishop of Florencia, Colombia Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia

45.8 Ordained Bishop John Rodrigues Titular Bishop of Deultum Archbishop of Bombay, India

64.9 Installed Salvatore Visco Archbishop of Capua, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

30 Jun 49.9 Installed Audilio Aguilar Aguilar Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama

52.7 Ordained Bishop Benno Elbs Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jun	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Milan Lach, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Ostracine	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
3 Jun	72.0	Appointed	Luigi Conti †	Apostolic Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
5 Jun	53.0	Installed	Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista	Bishop of Imus, Philippines
91.6	Died	Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy, S.C.I. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
6 Jun	75.0	Retired	Jonas Kauneckas	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Lionginas Virbalas, S.J.	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
7 Jun	83.2	Died	Joseph Michael Sullivan †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
8 Jun	50.8	Appointed	Mirosław Adamczyk	Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Peter Loy Chong	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
62.0	Ordained Bishop	Burchell Alexander McPherson	Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
75.4	Retired	Giuseppe Molinari	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
64.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Petrocchi	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
9 Jun	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Djalwana Laurent Lompo	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Archbishop of Niamey, Niger
64.2	Installed	Fernando Carlos Maletti †	Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
72.4	Installed	Thomas Oliha Attiyah, A.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Torit, South Sudan	Priest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries
10 Jun	53.3	Selected	Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
54.9	Appointed	Jeremiah Madimetja Masela	Bishop of Polokwane, South Africa
63.9	Selected	Yousif Thomas Mirkis, O.P.	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
40.7	Selected	Saad Sirop	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
11 Jun	69.2	Appointed	Alan Stephen Hopes	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
81.3	Died	Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
12 Jun	89.3	Died	José de Lima †	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
43.4	Appointed	Michael Gerber	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
43.4	Appointed	Michael Gerber	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
57.4	Appointed	Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P.	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique	Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil
50.9	Resigned	Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
13 Jun	54.7	Resigned	Fernando Isern	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia
75.9	Retired	José Roberto López Londoño †	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Franco Mulakkal (Aippunny)	Bishop of Jullundur, India	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Jaya Rao Polimera	Bishop of Eluru, India
14 Jun	75.4	Retired	Kazimierz Górny	Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Ansgar Puff	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
57.4	Appointed	Ansgar Puff	Titular Bishop of Gordus	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
66.9	Appointed	Paolo Selvadagi	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Paolo Selvadagi	Titular Bishop of Salapia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
59.5	Appointed	Jan Franciszek Wątroba	Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland
15 Jun	63.5	Ceased	Michael Dixon Bhasera	Apostolic Administrator of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Victor Manuel Fernández	Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
63.4	Appointed	Xavier Johnsai Munyongani †	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
60.3	Appointed	Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long, P.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
60.3	Appointed	Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena	Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
48.4	Appointed	Pierre Nguyên Văn Viên	Auxiliary Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
48.4	Appointed	Pierre Nguyên Văn Viên	Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
55.9	Installed	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Cardinal-Priest of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
16 Jun	49.6	Installed	Marco Aurélio Gubiotti	Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
57.3	Installed	Józef Piotr Kupny	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
58.9	Installed	Liro Vendelino Meurer	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
17 Jun	68.2	Appointed	Michael John Sheridan †	Apostolic Administrator of Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
18 Jun	42.0	Appointed	Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
42.0	Appointed	Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Media	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
70.0	Died	Joseph Vernon Fougère †	Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
60.0	Ordained Bishop	David John Walkowiak	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
47.3	Appointed	Johannes Wübbe	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
47.3	Appointed	Johannes Wübbe	Titular Bishop of Ros Cré	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
19 Jun	50.0	Appointed	José Carlos Brandão Cabral	Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
56.4	Appointed	José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M.	Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
51.8	Ordained Bishop	John Thomas Folda	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
63.6	Ceased	David Dennis Kagan	Apostolic Administrator of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
53.2	Appointed	Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I.	Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
75.6	Retired	Hugo María Van Steekelenburg, O.F.M.	Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jun	87.6	Died	Franz Xaver Eder †	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
22 Jun	75.6	Retired	John Charles Dunne	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Bernard Taiji Katsuya	Bishop of Sapporo, Japan
73.0	Died	Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay †	Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
24 Jun	80.7	Died	Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen †	Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland
39.2	Appointed	Mario León Dorado, O.M.I.	Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}
25 Jun	76.0	Retired	Antonio Napoletano, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Orazio Francesco Piazza	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy
26 Jun	54.5	Appointed	João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S.	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil
28 Jun	87.5	Died	João Alves †	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
61.0	Appointed	Ángel Fernández Collado	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain
61.0	Appointed	Ángel Fernández Collado	Titular Bishop of Iliturgi	Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain
53.6	Appointed	Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
53.6	Appointed	Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet	Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
54.0	Appointed	Varghese Thottamkara, C.M.	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia	Bishop of Balasore, India
54.0	Appointed	Varghese Thottamkara, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Chullu	Bishop of Balasore, India
29 Jun	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Savio Fernandes	Titular Bishop of Cozyla	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo	Bishop of Florencia, Colombia	Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia
45.8	Ordained Bishop	John Rodrigues	Titular Bishop of Deultum	Archbishop of Bombay, India
64.9	Installed	Salvatore Visco	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jun	49.9	Installed	Audilio Aguilar Aguilar	Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Benno Elbs	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria

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