The Year of Our Lord 2020

Bishop Events

June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jun	65.4	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
49.7	Appointed	Martin David	Apostolic Administrator of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia	Bishop
61.9	Appointed	Everardus Johannes de Jong	Apostolic Administrator of Netherlands, Military	Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
65.5	Succeeded	Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks	Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
48.1	Appointed	Algirdas Jurevičius	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
62.0	Appointed	Raymond Poisson	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
74.3	Retired	Jozef Marianus Punt	Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
74.3	Retired	Jozef Marianus Punt	Apostolic Administrator of Netherlands, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
78.7	Died	Pedro Ercílio Simon †	Archbishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Grzegorz Suchodolski	Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta	Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
2 Jun	94.0	Died	Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea
93.1	Died	Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer †	Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
3 Jun	78.1	Died	Mário Rino Sivieri †	Bishop Emeritus of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
4 Jun	62.2	Installed	Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia
5 Jun	60.6	Installed	Sérgio da Rocha	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
53.9	Appointed	Jorge Esteban González	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
53.9	Appointed	Jorge Esteban González	Titular Bishop of Alesa	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
87.9	Died	James Albert Murray †	Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
71.4	Died	George Vance Murry, S.J. †	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
6 Jun	56.9	Appointed	Luis Manuel López Alfaro	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
56.9	Appointed	Luis Manuel López Alfaro	Titular Bishop of Garba	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Bertram Johannes Meier	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
70.6	Appointed	Antony Pappusamy	Apostolic Administrator of Kuzhithurai, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
68.6	Resigned	Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kuzhithurai, India	Bishop Emeritus
96.7	Died	Andrea Veggio †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
7 Jun	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Mykola Bychok, C.Ss.R.	Cardinal, Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
8 Jun	64.7	Appointed	Jesús Fernández González	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
59.8	Appointed	José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida	Administrator of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
9 Jun	56.1	Appointed	Gabriel Bernardo Barba	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina
85.2	Died	Youssef Mohsen Béchara †	Archbishop Emeritus of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
76.7	Retired	Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D.	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
85.6	Died	Francis Lagan †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
85.7	Installed	Peter Lin Jiashan †	Archbishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
64.2	Resigned	Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	David Leon Toups	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
10 Jun	75.9	Retired	Robert James Carlson	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.Ss.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
53.0	Appointed	Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Croae	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
50.8	Appointed	Francisco Cota de Oliveira	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
65.1	Resigned	Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.8	Appointed	Mitchell Thomas Rozanski	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
11 Jun	90.5	Died	John Basil Meeking †	Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand
58.2	Installed	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
12 Jun	92.7	Died	Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
13 Jun	67.9	Died	Théophile Philippe Barakat †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
55.9	Appointed	Brian Ngozi Udaigwe	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka	Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia
15 Jun	56.4	Appointed	Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Caxito, Angola
58.9	Appointed	Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
58.6	Appointed	Fabio Gasperini	Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
62.5	Appointed	Santiago Gómez Sierra	Bishop of Huelva, Spain
56.8	Ceased	Mauro Rivella	Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Secretary Emeritus
88.3	Died	Anton Schlembach †	Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
75.5	Retired	José Vilaplana Blasco	Bishop of Huelva, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jun	75.3	Died	Valério Breda, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
57.6	Installed	Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán	Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia
57.2	Installed	Marcel Damphousse	Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop
76.3	Installed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Jun	51.3	Appointed	Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca	Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil
56.4	Appointed	Anthony Teuma	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Yenny García	Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
18 Jun	46.5	Appointed	Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
46.5	Appointed	Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Farly Yovany Gil Betancur	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Peter Kochupurackal	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
75.2	Retired	Luigi Marrucci †	Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Gianrico Ruzza	Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
19 Jun	63.3	Installed	Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I.	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
67.0	Appointed	Michel Joseph Mulloy	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Priest of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
77.5	Retired	Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	John Derek Persaud	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
57.7	Appointed	Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
20 Jun	58.9	Installed	Lambert Bainomugisha	Archbishop of Mbarara, Uganda
48.8	Appointed	José Amable Durán Tineo	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
48.8	Appointed	José Amable Durán Tineo	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Adimir Antônio Mazali	Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
47.7	Appointed	Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M.	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
21 Jun	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Călin Ioan Bot	Titular Bishop of Abrittum	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
38.6	Ordained Bishop	Cristian Dumitru Crişan	Titular Bishop of Abula	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
104.7	Died	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
23 Jun	63.0	Appointed	José Araneta Cabantan	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
80.8	Died	Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ozamiz, Philippines
66.0	Ceased	Paul-André Durocher	Apostolic Administrator of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada
83.0	Appointed	Walter Allison Hurley	Apostolic Administrator of Gaylord, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
77.2	Retired	Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J.	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
62.1	Installed	Raymond Poisson	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
91.2	Died	Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
67.6	Installed	Steven John Raica	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
72.1	Resigned	Luis Armando Tineo Rivera	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
78.6	Died	César Bosco Vivas Robelo †	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
24 Jun	45.9	Installed	Farly Yovany Gil Betancur	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia
48.2	Ceased	Algirdas Jurevičius	Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas, Lithuania	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
48.3	Installed	Kęstutis Kėvalas	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Ján Kuboš	Titular Bishop of Quiza	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
61.3	Ceased	Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Apostolic Administrator of Montelibano, Colombia	Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia
75.3	Retired	Philip Lasap Za Hawng	Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Succeeded	Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B.	Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar
25 Jun	56.3	Appointed	Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś	Apostolic Administrator of Kalisz, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
26 Jun	87.9	Died	Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
78.5	Died	Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Purwokerto, Indonesia
27 Jun	70.9	Appointed	Rabban Al-Qas †	Bishop of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus
45.4	Appointed	Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi	Bishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq
57.2	Appointed	Gregory Charles Bennet	Bishop of Sale, Australia
75.3	Retired	Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Bishop Emeritus
42.2	Incardinated	Imad Khoshaba Gargees	Priest of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
54.9	Appointed	Francesco Massara	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
86.0	Died	Giuseppe Matarrese †	Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy
49.1	Appointed	Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín	Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
28 Jun	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga	Bishop of Kinkala, Congo
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Luca Raimondi	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
59.3	Appointed	Gualtiero Sigismondi	Apostolic Administrator of Foligno, Italy	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
59.3	Installed	Gualtiero Sigismondi	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
60.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Natale Vegezzi	Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiae	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
29 Jun	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Adam Piotr Bab	Titular Bishop of Arna	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
61.0	Appointed	Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
60.6	Appointed	Martin Hayes	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
48.2	Installed	Algirdas Jurevičius	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
50.6	Appointed	Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
50.6	Appointed	Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda	Titular Bishop of Dragonara	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.2	Ordained Bishop	José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina
80.5	Retired	Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Ordained Bishop	José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda	Bishop of Jalapa, Guatemala
47.4	Appointed	Charles Ndaka Salabisala	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
47.4	Appointed	Charles Ndaka Salabisala	Titular Bishop of Liberalia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
74.3	Resigned	Louis Nzala Kianza †	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
66.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Miguel Romero Fernández, M. Id.	Titular Bishop of Egara	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
64.6	Appointed	John Saw Gawdy	Coadjutor Bishop of Taungngu, Myanmar	Bishop
59.7	Appointed	Koru Tito †	Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop-Elect
57.4	Appointed	Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57.4	Appointed	Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho	Titular Bishop of Oescus	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Jun	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Tabuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Michael Arsenio Saporito	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
72.2	Ordained Bishop	Gregory James Studerus	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
66.1	Appointed	Jorge Martín Torres Carbonell	Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina

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