The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 43.3 Ordained Bishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria

3 May 76.2 Retired Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

44.0 Appointed Jean-Marie Benoît Balla Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon

57.9 Appointed Stephen Victor Chmilar Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

93.1 Died Jozef Feranec † Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

58.1 Appointed Diarmuid Martin Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland Archbishop

59.7 Installed Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz Bishop of Arauca, Colombia

76.1 Retired Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

4 May 45.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio Carlos Félix Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

38.4 Ordained Bishop Wojciech Polak Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

5 May 57.2 Appointed Jean-Yves Riocreux Bishop of Pontoise, France

6 May 50.1 Appointed Vincent Coulibaly Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea

78.7 Died Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil

7 May 63.9 Appointed Antonio Arregui Yarza Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

75.7 Retired Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín † Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

8 May 78.6 Died Carlo Aliprandi † Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy

9 May 97.4 Died Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France

10 May 52.1 Ordained Bishop Abraham Desta Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia

62.8 Installed Guillermo José Garlatti Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

79.1 Died Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera † Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba

11 May 49.5 Ordained Bishop Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret Bishop of Amiens, France

56.1 Ordained Bishop Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. † Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea

12 May 74.5 Retired Juan Martí Alanis Bishop of Urgell, Spain Bishop Emeritus

53.8 Succeeded Joan Enric Vives Sicilia Bishop of Urgell, Spain

13 May 43.5 Appointed Volodymyr Viytyshyn Coadjutor Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

14 May 61.5 Appointed Daniel Joseph Bohan Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

61.5 Appointed Daniel Joseph Bohan Titular Bishop of Migirpa Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

51.3 Appointed Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón Bishop of Vélez, Colombia

53.9 Installed Michael Richard Cote Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA

70.6 Appointed Denis Croteau, O.M.I. Apostolic Administrator of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada

51.7 Ordained Bishop Mathias Lee Yong-Hoon Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)

56.1 Ordained Bishop Pawel Stobrawa Titular Bishop of Aeca Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland

60.4 Appointed Décio Zandonade, S.D.B. Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil

15 May 63.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia

17 May 69.1 Appointed Iwannis Louis Awad Vicar Apostolic of Venezuela, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Syrian)

69.1 Appointed Iwannis Louis Awad Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria Vicar Apostolic of Venezuela, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Syrian)

72.3 Appointed Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan

53.1 Appointed Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. Archbishop (Personal Title) of Karaganda, Kazakhstan Bishop

51.7 Appointed Tomasz Peta Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan

40.0 Ordained Bishop Oscar Domingo Sarlinga Titular Bishop of Uzalis Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina

18 May 51.8 Ordained Bishop Francesco Beschi Titular Bishop of Vinda Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy

45.5 Installed Antonio Carlos Félix Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

161.3 Canonized St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

62.7 Ordained Bishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

71.6 Died Teodoro Ubeda Gramage † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

19 May 49.5 Ordained Bishop Christopher Charles Prowse Titular Bishop of Bahanna Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia

20 May 73.0 Died Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. † Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand

21 May 66.3 Died Pierre Nguyên Van Nho † Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam

22 May 82.3 Died Packiam Arokiaswamy † Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

59.9 Appointed Claude-Joseph Azéma Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

59.9 Appointed Claude-Joseph Azéma Titular Bishop of Murcona Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

55.1 Appointed Guy Harpigny Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

23 May 47.0 Installed Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya

76.1 Retired William Henry Bullock Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed Robert Charles Morlino Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

24 May 54.6 Appointed Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar

71.1 Resigned Anthony Soter Fernandez Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus

49.4 Appointed John Hsane Hgyi Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar

60.5 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel Okombo Bishop of Kericho, Kenya

64.5 Appointed Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

59.5 Resigned Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint) Apostolic Administrator of Yangon, Myanmar Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar

48.4 Appointed Ricardo Valenzuela Rios Bishop of Paraguay, Military

65.2 Appointed Paul Zingtung Grawng Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar

25 May 43.9 Ordained Bishop Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière Titular Bishop of Zallata Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

46.2 Ordained Bishop Hervé Jean Robert Giraud Titular Bishop of Silli Bishop of Soissons (, Laon, e Saint-Quentin), France

86.2 Died George Edward Lynch † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

26 May 84.8 Died Edwin Roy Kinch, O.S.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa

27 May 60.0 Appointed Miklós Beer Bishop of Vác, Hungary

55.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas Anthony Williams Titular Bishop of Mageó Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

29 May 64.5 Installed Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

65.8 Ordained Bishop Paul Henry Walsh Titular Bishop of Abthugni Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

30 May 60.0 Appointed Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

31 May 59.9 Appointed Benvenuto Italo Castellani Coadjutor Archbishop of Lucca, Italy Archbishop

78.4 Died Francesco Colasuonno † Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy

55.5 Resigned José Luis Fletes Santana Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Ordained Bishop Ladislav Hucko Titular Bishop of Horaea Bishop of Czech Republic, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)

61.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio Marino Titular Bishop of Basti Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina

45.0 Ordained Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto Prelate of Calama, Chile

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
3 May	76.2	Retired	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
44.0	Appointed	Jean-Marie Benoît Balla	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
57.9	Appointed	Stephen Victor Chmilar	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
93.1	Died	Jozef Feranec †	Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
58.1	Appointed	Diarmuid Martin	Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop
59.7	Installed	Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
76.1	Retired	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
4 May	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Carlos Félix	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
38.4	Ordained Bishop	Wojciech Polak	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
5 May	57.2	Appointed	Jean-Yves Riocreux	Bishop of Pontoise, France
6 May	50.1	Appointed	Vincent Coulibaly	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
78.7	Died	Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
7 May	63.9	Appointed	Antonio Arregui Yarza	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
75.7	Retired	Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín †	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
8 May	78.6	Died	Carlo Aliprandi †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
9 May	97.4	Died	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
10 May	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Desta	Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
62.8	Installed	Guillermo José Garlatti	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
79.1	Died	Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †	Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
11 May	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret	Bishop of Amiens, France
56.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
12 May	74.5	Retired	Juan Martí Alanis	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
53.8	Succeeded	Joan Enric Vives Sicilia	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
13 May	43.5	Appointed	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Coadjutor Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 May	61.5	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Bohan	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
61.5	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Bohan	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
51.3	Appointed	Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia
53.9	Installed	Michael Richard Cote	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
70.6	Appointed	Denis Croteau, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Mathias Lee Yong-Hoon	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
56.1	Ordained Bishop	Pawel Stobrawa	Titular Bishop of Aeca	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
60.4	Appointed	Décio Zandonade, S.D.B.	Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil
15 May	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.	Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
17 May	69.1	Appointed	Iwannis Louis Awad	Vicar Apostolic of Venezuela, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Syrian)
69.1	Appointed	Iwannis Louis Awad	Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria	Vicar Apostolic of Venezuela, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Syrian)
72.3	Appointed	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M.	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan
53.1	Appointed	Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C.	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Karaganda, Kazakhstan	Bishop
51.7	Appointed	Tomasz Peta	Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
18 May	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Beschi	Titular Bishop of Vinda	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
45.5	Installed	Antonio Carlos Félix	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
161.3	Canonized	St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
62.7	Ordained Bishop	Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
71.6	Died	Teodoro Ubeda Gramage †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
19 May	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Charles Prowse	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
20 May	73.0	Died	Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
21 May	66.3	Died	Pierre Nguyên Van Nho †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam
22 May	82.3	Died	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
59.9	Appointed	Claude-Joseph Azéma	Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
59.9	Appointed	Claude-Joseph Azéma	Titular Bishop of Murcona	Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
55.1	Appointed	Guy Harpigny	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
23 May	47.0	Installed	Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo	Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya
76.1	Retired	William Henry Bullock	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	Robert Charles Morlino	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
24 May	54.6	Appointed	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
71.1	Resigned	Anthony Soter Fernandez	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
49.4	Appointed	John Hsane Hgyi	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Okombo	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
64.5	Appointed	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
59.5	Resigned	Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint)	Apostolic Administrator of Yangon, Myanmar	Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
48.4	Appointed	Ricardo Valenzuela Rios	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
65.2	Appointed	Paul Zingtung Grawng	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
25 May	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Hervé Jean Robert Giraud	Titular Bishop of Silli	Bishop of Soissons (, Laon, e Saint-Quentin), France
86.2	Died	George Edward Lynch †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
26 May	84.8	Died	Edwin Roy Kinch, O.S.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa
27 May	60.0	Appointed	Miklós Beer	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Anthony Williams	Titular Bishop of Mageó	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
29 May	64.5	Installed	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
65.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Henry Walsh	Titular Bishop of Abthugni	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
30 May	60.0	Appointed	Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
31 May	59.9	Appointed	Benvenuto Italo Castellani	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Archbishop
78.4	Died	Francesco Colasuonno †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
55.5	Resigned	José Luis Fletes Santana	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Ladislav Hucko	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Bishop of Czech Republic, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Marino	Titular Bishop of Basti	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto	Prelate of Calama, Chile

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