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The Year of Our Lord 2002

Bishop Events

May to June


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 May53.7Ordained BishopDomingo Díaz MartínezBishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, MéxicoArchbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
67.3ResignedMarian OlesApostolic Nuncio to SloveniaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
67.3ResignedMarian OlesApostolic Nuncio to North MacedoniaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
3 May53.6AppointedMark Benedict ColeridgeAuxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, AustraliaArchbishop of Brisbane, Australia
53.6AppointedMark Benedict ColeridgeTitular Bishop of ThevesteArchbishop of Brisbane, Australia
54.3AppointedJohn Michael KudrickBishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USABishop Emeritus
62.6AppointedBasil Myron Schott, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
4 May57.5AppointedBronisław BernackiBishop of Odessa-Simferopol, UkraineBishop Emeritus
49.1AppointedMarian BuczekAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv, UkraineBishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
49.1AppointedMarian BuczekTitular Bishop of FebianaBishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
52.8AppointedMaksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
43.7AppointedLeon MałyAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
43.7AppointedLeon MałyTitular Bishop of TabuniaAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
60.9AppointedEmilio Zurbano MarquezCoadjutor Bishop of Lucena, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
34.7Ordained PriestManuel Ochogavía Barahona, O.S.A.Priest of Order of St. AugustineBishop of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama
83.3RetiredJan Olszański, M.I.C. †Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, UkraineBishop Emeritus
69.6AppointedStanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, UkraineBishop Emeritus
74.8DiedPierre Wadih TayahBishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
5 May47.7Ordained BishopJosé Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R.Prelate of Chota, PeruBishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
54.2InstalledGino RealiBishop of Porto-Santa Rufina, ItalyBishop Emeritus
8 May50.5AppointedJacinto BergmannAuxiliary Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilArchbishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
50.5AppointedJacinto BergmannTitular Bishop of AusuccuraArchbishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
93.8DiedAdolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. †Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
55.9AppointedWashington Cruz, C.P.Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
60.2AppointedFrederico Heimler, S.D.B. †Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus
76.2RetiredJacó (Jacob) Roberto HilgertBishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus
69.5ResignedJosé Maria Maimone, S.A.C.Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, BrazilBishop Emeritus
69.7DiedTiago PostmaBishop Emeritus of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
75.9RetiredAntônio Ribeiro de OliveiraArchbishop of Goiânia, Goias, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
9 May47.5AppointedMauro Aparecido dos SantosApostolic Administrator of Umuarama, Parana, BrazilArchbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
10 May80.8DiedOsório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
11 May52.9AppointedJuan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F.Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea
57.6AppointedWilson Abraham Moncayo JalilBishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, EcuadorBishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
32.6Ordained PriestNicolas Nadji BabPriest of Laï, ChadBishop
65.9ResignedAnacleto Sima NguaBishop of Bata, Equatorial GuineaBishop Emeritus
75.6RetiredEmilio Lorenzo StehleBishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, EcuadorBishop Emeritus
12 May48.8Ordained BishopIvo ScapoloTitular Archbishop of ThagasteApostolic Nuncio to Portugal
13 May50.0AppointedEdgardo Sarabia JuanichVicar Apostolic of Taytay, PhilippinesVicar Apostolic Emeritus
50.0AppointedEdgardo Sarabia JuanichTitular Bishop of AusuagaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Taytay, Philippines
15 May60.3Ordained BishopGerard Joseph HannaBishop of Wagga Wagga, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
75.7RetiredEduardo KoaikBishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
59.3AppointedGiuseppe LeanzaApostolic Nuncio to SloveniaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic
61.4AppointedMoacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. †Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
16 May78.0DiedErnesto GallinaOfficial Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
63.5AppointedGiuseppe Moretti, B.Superior of AfghanistanSuperior Emeritus
18 May29.6Ordained PriestEarl Kenneth Mario FernandesPriest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USABishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
30.4Ordained PriestSalvador González MoralesPriest of México, Federal DistrictAuxiliary Bishop
59.3AppointedGiuseppe LeanzaApostolic Nuncio to North MacedoniaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic
50.1AppointedDominique François Joseph MambertiTitular Archbishop of SagoneCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
50.1AppointedDominique François Joseph MambertiApostolic Nuncio to SudanCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
50.1AppointedDominique François Joseph MambertiApostolic Delegate to SomaliaCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
29.0Ordained PriestJohn Mbinda, C.S.Sp.Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop of Lodwar, Kenya
62.4Ordained BishopGrégoire Pierre MelkiTitular Bishop of Batnae dei SiriPatriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
19 May49.6Ordained BishopJoseph (Joy) KalathiparambilBishop of Calicut, IndiaArchbishop of Verapoly, India
28.4Ordained PriestHéctor López AlvaradoPriest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop
71.3DiedReginald Joseph OrsmondBishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
20 May55.8Ordained BishopZbigniew KiernikowskiBishop of Siedlce, PolandBishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
53.8Ordained BishopJoseph PerumthottamTitular Bishop of Thucca in NumidiaArchbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
21 May31.4IncardinatedBulus Dauwa YohannaPriest of Kontagora, NigeriaBishop of Kontagora, Nigeria
61.1AppointedSarhad Yawsip Hermiz JammoBishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USABishop Emeritus
57.4AppointedDonald Joseph KettlerBishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USABishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
47.9AppointedYves-Marie Péan, C.S.C.Coadjutor Bishop of Les Gonaïves, HaïtiBishop
22 May75.0RetiredHubert LutheBishop of Essen, GermanyBishop Emeritus
89.9DiedAlexandru TodeaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
24 May57.9AppointedThomas Matthew Burns, S.M.Bishop of Great Britain, MilitaryBishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
75.5RetiredFrancis Joseph WalmsleyBishop of Great Britain, MilitaryBishop Emeritus
75.1RetiredRembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. †Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAArchbishop Emeritus
25 May59.0Ordained BishopIsidro Barrio BarrioCoadjutor Bishop of Huancavélica, PeruBishop Emeritus
28.0Ordained PriestJoseph Andrew WilliamsPriest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAAuxiliary Bishop
53.1Ordained BishopZygmunt ZimowskiBishop of Radom, PolandPresident of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
26 May54.9Ordained BishopJozef De KeselTitular Bishop of BulnaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
27 May85.6DiedWinnibald Joseph MenezesAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
29 May42.6AppointedOscar Omar Aparicio CéspedesAuxiliary Bishop of La Paz, BoliviaArchbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
42.6AppointedOscar Omar Aparicio CéspedesTitular Bishop of CitiumArchbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
30 May58.4AppointedLewis Jerome ZeiglerBishop of Gbarnga, LiberiaArchbishop Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
31 May53.4AppointedRobert Daniel ConlonBishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
84.4DiedEusebius John Crawford, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands
45.5AppointedIgnacio Francisco Ducasse MedinaBishop of Valdivia, ChileArchbishop of Antofagasta, Chile
56.8AppointedRoger Joseph FoysBishop of Covington, Kentucky, USABishop Emeritus
55.9Ordained BishopAntonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of Thuburbo MinusVicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
75.6RetiredGilbert Ignatius SheldonBishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus
58.2Ordained BishopJoseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B.Bishop of Krishnagar, IndiaBishop Emeritus
1 Jun75.1RetiredXavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. †Bishop of Port Victoria o SeychellesBishop Emeritus
79.9DiedAngelo Kim Nam-suBishop Emeritus of Suwon, Korea (South)
76.7DiedJames Patrick MahoneyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
39.3Ordained PriestWalter Jorge PintoPriest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
62.0SucceededDenis Wiehe, C.S.Sp.Bishop of Port Victoria o SeychellesBishop Emeritus
3 Jun91.7DiedTeodulfo Sabugal DomingoArchbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines
4 Jun65.8AppointedJames MoriartyBishop of Kildare and Leighlin, IrelandBishop Emeritus
71.0ResignedLaurence RyanBishop of Kildare and Leighlin, IrelandBishop Emeritus
5 Jun58.5Ordained BishopRoberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J.Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
74.0ResignedJosé Trinidad Medel PérezArchbishop of Durango, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
7 Jun76.0RetiredLuigi BommaritoArchbishop of Catania, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
55.9AppointedSalvatore GristinaArchbishop of Catania, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
51.4AppointedAloysius Murwito, O.F.M.Bishop of Agats, Indonesia
71.9DiedAntônio Soares CostaBishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
53.4Ordained BishopChacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D.Bishop of Jhabua, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Indore, India
53.7CeasedMichael William WarfelApostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USABishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
8 Jun39.7Ordained PriestGiampio Luigi DevasiniPriest of Casale Monferrato, ItalyBishop of Chiavari, Italy
46.4AppointedAlfred Leonhard MalumaBishop of Njombe, Tanzania
25.2Ordained PriestKrzysztof MarcjanowiczPriest of Kraków {Cracow}, PolandUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
72.4ResignedRaymond MwanyikaBishop of Njombe, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
24.8Ordained PriestFlavio PacePriest of Milano {Milan}, ItalySecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
10 Jun60.4ResignedJérôme Gapangwa NteziryayoBishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
53.9AppointedJuan de la Caridad García RodríguezArchbishop of Camagüey, CubaCardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
78.1RetiredAdolfo Rodríguez HerreraArchbishop of Camagüey, CubaArchbishop Emeritus
59.8AppointedJean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. †Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Jun48.0Ordained BishopPaul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.Titular Bishop of BuffadaBishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
40.4Ordained BishopDavid MotiukTitular Bishop of Mathara in NumidiaBishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
89.5DiedMichel NtuyahagaBishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
65.7ResignedJames Kendrick WilliamsBishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USABishop Emeritus
12 Jun67.4DiedBonifatius Haushiku, I.C.P. †Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
13 Jun56.2InstalledRichard John GreccoAuxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
15 Jun76.1RetiredFelipe Santiago Benitez AvalosArchbishop of Asunción, ParaguayArchbishop Emeritus
62.7AppointedEustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R. †Archbishop of Asunción, ParaguayArchbishop Emeritus
75.2RetiredRómulo GarcíaArchbishop of Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
55.0AppointedLeopoldo Hermes Garin BruzzoneAuxiliary Bishop of Canelones, UruguayAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.0AppointedLeopoldo Hermes Garin BruzzoneTitular Bishop of BenepotaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
59.9ResignedJames Francis McCarthyAuxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.1RetiredRoch PedneaultAuxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, CanadaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.8AppointedLuis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B.Bishop of Tulcán, EcuadorBishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
16 Jun48.0InstalledPaul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain (Ukrainian)Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
18 Jun65.6AppointedPhilippe Jean Louis BretonBishop of Aire et Dax, FranceBishop Emeritus
58.0Ordained BishopThomas Matthew Burns, S.M.Bishop of Great Britain, MilitaryBishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
61.1AppointedGérard Antoine Léopold DaucourtBishop of Nanterre, FranceBishop Emeritus
72.5ResignedFrançois-Marie-Christian FavreauBishop of Nanterre, FranceBishop Emeritus
75.8RetiredRobert Pierre SarrabèreBishop of Aire et Dax, FranceBishop Emeritus
43.1Ordained BishopRichard William SmithBishop of Pembroke, Ontario, CanadaArchbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
19 Jun53.7Ordained BishopMark Benedict ColeridgeTitular Bishop of ThevesteArchbishop of Brisbane, Australia
45.9Ordained BishopBuenaventura Malayo FamadicoTitular Bishop of UrusiBishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines
66.7AppointedRafael Francisco Martínez SáinzAuxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.7AppointedRafael Francisco Martínez SáinzTitular Bishop of DuraAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
49.7AppointedJosé María de la Torre MartínAuxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop of Aguascalientes, México
49.7AppointedJosé María de la Torre MartínTitular Bishop of PanatoriaBishop of Aguascalientes, México
20 Jun49.2Ordained BishopMarian BuczekTitular Bishop of FebianaBishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
86.4DiedJoseph Li CongzheBishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
43.8Ordained BishopLeon MałyTitular Bishop of TabuniaAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
21 Jun75.4RetiredRaymond Joseph Louis BouchexArchbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), FranceArchbishop Emeritus
45.0AppointedMichael Francis BurbidgeAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USABishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
45.0AppointedMichael Francis BurbidgeTitular Bishop of Cluain IrairdBishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
56.5AppointedJean-Pierre Marie CattenozArchbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Avignon, France
61.4AppointedGuido FiandinoAuxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.4AppointedGuido FiandinoTitular Bishop of AleriaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
60.1AppointedGiacomo LanzettiAuxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
60.1AppointedGiacomo LanzettiTitular Bishop of Mariana in CorsicaBishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
22 Jun24.4Ordained PriestPavlo HoncharukPriest of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, UkraineBishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
24.1Ordained DeaconEduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv.Deacon of Order of Friars Minor ConventualAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
57.7Ordained BishopWilson Abraham Moncayo JalilBishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, EcuadorBishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
23 Jun28.5Ordained DeaconMatthieu Henri Fabien DupontDeacon of Versailles, FranceBishop of Laval, France
44.9Ordained BishopGeorges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.Titular Bishop of Myra dei Greco-MelkitiArchbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
24 Jun54.9AppointedDavid Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap. †Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields, NicaraguaBishop of Siuna, Nicaragua
54.9AppointedDavid Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of Giru MarcelliBishop of Siuna, Nicaragua
25 Jun52.3AppointedTimothy Michael DolanArchbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USACardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
89.7DiedHenri Clément Victor DonzeBishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
26 Jun24.5Ordained PriestBenedek Szabolcs FeketePriest of Szombathely, HungaryAuxiliary Bishop
27 Jun31.3Ordained PriestPola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik AkhnoukhPriest of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), EgyptBishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
48.0InstalledPaul-André DurocherBishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, CanadaArchbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada
28 Jun54.8ResignedFrancesco LambiasiBishop of Anagni-Alatri, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
54.9AppointedLorenzo LoppaBishop of Anagni-Alatri, ItalyBishop Emeritus
74.5DiedRoberto Pinarello de AlmeidaBishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
32.4Ordained PriestFelipe Pulido LópezPriest of Yakima, Washington, USAAuxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
51.6AppointedFernando Arêas RifanCoadjutor Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilApostolic Administrator
51.6AppointedFernando Arêas RifanTitular Bishop of CedamusaApostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
52.7AppointedLudwig SchickArchbishop of Bamberg, GermanyArchbishop Emeritus
48.9AppointedŠtefan SečkaAuxiliary Bishop of Spiš, SlovakiaBishop
48.9AppointedŠtefan SečkaTitular Bishop of SitaBishop of Spiš, Slovakia
29 Jun52.1Ordained BishopPatrick Daniel KoromaBishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
25.8Ordained PriestDanival Milagres CoelhoPriest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
28.2Ordained PriestRaphael MweempwaPriest of Monze, ZambiaBishop
30 Jun28.6Ordained PriestFrançois Hervé Marie DurandPriest of Mende, FranceBishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
86.9DiedJozef-Maria HeuschenBishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium
64.2InstalledErcílio TurcoBishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
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