The Year of Our Lord 2018

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 48.1 Ordained Bishop Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

2 Dec 49.7 Appointed Albert Hemrom Coadjutor Bishop of Dibrugarh, India

3 Dec 62.7 Appointed Robert Ovide Bourgon Bishop of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Elias Joseph Gonsalves Archbishop of Nagpur, India

57.4 Appointed Elias Joseph Gonsalves Apostolic Administrator of Amravati, India Archbishop of Nagpur, India

54.5 Appointed Janusz Edward Mastalski Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

54.5 Appointed Janusz Edward Mastalski Titular Bishop of Noba Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

60.3 Appointed Franciszek Ślusarczyk Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

60.3 Appointed Franciszek Ślusarczyk Titular Bishop of Cillium Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

4 Dec 54.4 Installed Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México

53.9 Installed Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. Bishop of Portugal, Military

6 Dec 64.6 Appointed Đura Džudžar Bishop of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci)

91.1 Died Frank Joseph Rodimer † Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA

7 Dec 56.5 Ordained Bishop Guillermo Eduardo Caride Titular Bishop of Iomnium Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina

50.7 Appointed António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique

50.7 Appointed António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Titular Bishop of Arsennaria Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique

75.2 Retired Thomas Kaboré Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

52.4 Appointed Théophile Nare Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso

8 Dec 80.5 Beatified Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. † Bishop of Oran, Algeria

67.0 Appointed Lawrence Duffy Bishop of Clogher, Ireland

48.0 Appointed Filbert Felician Mhasi Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania

45.2 Ordained Bishop Gábor Mohos Titular Bishop of Iliturgi Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

77.2 Retired Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Kornelius Sipayung, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia

58.1 Ordained Bishop Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands

53.5 Appointed Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti

9 Dec 63.7 Appointed Abel Gabuza Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa

76.9 Died Guire Poulard † Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

10 Dec 79.6 Appointed Bali Gali Apostolic Administrator of Cuddapah, India Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India

56.6 Resigned Prasad Gallela Bishop of Cuddapah, India Bishop Emeritus

12 Dec 81.6 Retired Innayya Chinna Addagatla Bishop of Srikakulam, India Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Appointed José Eudes Campos do Nascimento Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

75.0 Retired Martin William Currie Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

62.5 Appointed Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

62.5 Appointed Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. Titular Bishop of Melzi Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

62.2 Appointed Peter Joseph Hundt Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

51.1 Appointed Carlos José de Oliveira Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil

51.3 Appointed Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez Bishop of Armenia, Colombia

60.3 Resigned Franciszek Ślusarczyk Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

60.3 Resigned Franciszek Ślusarczyk Titular Bishop of Cillium Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

13 Dec 50.4 Appointed Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

48.9 Appointed Michael Gerber Bishop of Fulda, Germany

14 Dec 84.8 Died Salvador Flores Huerta † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México

47.1 Appointed Alexandre François Marie Joly Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

47.1 Appointed Alexandre François Marie Joly Titular Bishop of Privata Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

68.6 Died Patrick Daniel Koroma † Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone

57.2 Ordained Bishop Damián Gustavo Nannini Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

65.0 Died Thomas Thennatt, S.A.C. † Bishop of Gwalior, India

46.8 Appointed Bruno Paul Marie Valentin Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France

46.8 Appointed Bruno Paul Marie Valentin Titular Bishop of Vaison Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France

15 Dec 61.5 Ordained Bishop José María Gil Tamayo Bishop of Ávila, Spain

52.3 Ordained Bishop Marco Mellino Titular Bishop of Cresima Secretary of the Council of Cardinals

49.2 Ordained Bishop Rozario Menezes, S.M.M. Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea

45.1 Ordained Bishop Ciro Quispe López Prelate of Juli, Peru

16 Dec 48.2 Installed Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

61.7 Ordained Bishop Armando Esteves Domingues Titular Bishop of Centenaria Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

64.5 Installed Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

91.7 Died Eugène Philippe LaRocque † Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

69.7 Installed Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan

60.4 Appointed Romeo Sombilon Saniel, O.M.I. Apostolic Administrator of Jolo, Philippines Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

52.7 Installed Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. Archbishop of Huambo, Angola

17 Dec 89.8 Died Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks † Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay

18 Dec 60.8 Appointed Robert Anthony Llanos Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles

58.1 Installed Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

19 Dec 51.5 Appointed João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C. Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

87.9 Died Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David † Bishop Emeritus of Evreux, France

75.8 Retired Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

53.2 Appointed Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil

69.0 Resigned Alexander Salazar Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec 76.1 Died Gerard Bernacki † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

67.9 Appointed Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela

52.1 Appointed Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga Archbishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

22 Dec 48.2 Confirmed Elias Al-Debei Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria

73.8 Confirmed Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

64.0 Appointed Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks Coadjutor Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands Bishop

45.1 Appointed Robert Saeed Jarjis Titular Bishop of Arsamosata Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

45.1 Confirmed Robert Saeed Jarjis Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

63.1 Appointed Jose Kalluvelil Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)

86.1 Died Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India

63.2 Confirmed Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P. Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq

65.9 Appointed Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long, P.S.S. Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam

73.8 Appointed Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P. Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam

48.6 Ordained Bishop Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengibar Bishop of Guadix, Spain

23 Dec 64.5 Installed Désiré Tsarahazana Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar

24 Dec 94.2 Died Rosario Mazzola † Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy

75.4 Retired Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M. Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Susitino Sionepoe, S.M. Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)

27 Dec 58.4 Appointed Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

58.4 Appointed Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. Titular Bishop of Carinola Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

56.5 Appointed Juan Gómez Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

56.5 Appointed Juan Gómez Titular Bishop of Semta Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

84.1 Died Tadeusz Władysław Pieronek † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland

28 Dec 50.4 Installed Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

78.6 Died Santiago García Aracil † Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

87.7 Died Attila Miklósházy, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus

88.8 Died Robert Edward Mulvee † Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

31 Dec 74.7 Resigned Philip Leo O’Reilly Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

87.7 Died István Seregély † Archbishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 Dec	49.7	Appointed	Albert Hemrom	Coadjutor Bishop of Dibrugarh, India
3 Dec	62.7	Appointed	Robert Ovide Bourgon	Bishop of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Elias Joseph Gonsalves	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
57.4	Appointed	Elias Joseph Gonsalves	Apostolic Administrator of Amravati, India	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
54.5	Appointed	Janusz Edward Mastalski	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
54.5	Appointed	Janusz Edward Mastalski	Titular Bishop of Noba	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
60.3	Appointed	Franciszek Ślusarczyk	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
60.3	Appointed	Franciszek Ślusarczyk	Titular Bishop of Cillium	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
4 Dec	54.4	Installed	Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México
53.9	Installed	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.	Bishop of Portugal, Military
6 Dec	64.6	Appointed	Đura Džudžar	Bishop of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci)
91.1	Died	Frank Joseph Rodimer †	Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
7 Dec	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Eduardo Caride	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina
50.7	Appointed	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique
50.7	Appointed	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique
75.2	Retired	Thomas Kaboré	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Théophile Nare	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
8 Dec	80.5	Beatified	Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
67.0	Appointed	Lawrence Duffy	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
48.0	Appointed	Filbert Felician Mhasi	Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Gábor Mohos	Titular Bishop of Iliturgi	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
77.2	Retired	Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Kornelius Sipayung, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
53.5	Appointed	Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint	Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti
9 Dec	63.7	Appointed	Abel Gabuza	Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
76.9	Died	Guire Poulard †	Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
10 Dec	79.6	Appointed	Bali Gali	Apostolic Administrator of Cuddapah, India	Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India
56.6	Resigned	Prasad Gallela	Bishop of Cuddapah, India	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	81.6	Retired	Innayya Chinna Addagatla	Bishop of Srikakulam, India	Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	José Eudes Campos do Nascimento	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.0	Retired	Martin William Currie	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
62.5	Appointed	Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Melzi	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
62.2	Appointed	Peter Joseph Hundt	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
51.1	Appointed	Carlos José de Oliveira	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
51.3	Appointed	Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez	Bishop of Armenia, Colombia
60.3	Resigned	Franciszek Ślusarczyk	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
60.3	Resigned	Franciszek Ślusarczyk	Titular Bishop of Cillium	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
13 Dec	50.4	Appointed	Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
48.9	Appointed	Michael Gerber	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
14 Dec	84.8	Died	Salvador Flores Huerta †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
47.1	Appointed	Alexandre François Marie Joly	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
47.1	Appointed	Alexandre François Marie Joly	Titular Bishop of Privata	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
68.6	Died	Patrick Daniel Koroma †	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Damián Gustavo Nannini	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
65.0	Died	Thomas Thennatt, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Gwalior, India
46.8	Appointed	Bruno Paul Marie Valentin	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France
46.8	Appointed	Bruno Paul Marie Valentin	Titular Bishop of Vaison	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France
15 Dec	61.5	Ordained Bishop	José María Gil Tamayo	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Marco Mellino	Titular Bishop of Cresima	Secretary of the Council of Cardinals
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Rozario Menezes, S.M.M.	Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Ciro Quispe López	Prelate of Juli, Peru
16 Dec	48.2	Installed	Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
61.7	Ordained Bishop	Armando Esteves Domingues	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
64.5	Installed	Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B.	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
91.7	Died	Eugène Philippe LaRocque †	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
69.7	Installed	Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
60.4	Appointed	Romeo Sombilon Saniel, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Jolo, Philippines	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
52.7	Installed	Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Huambo, Angola
17 Dec	89.8	Died	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks †	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
18 Dec	60.8	Appointed	Robert Anthony Llanos	Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
58.1	Installed	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên	Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
19 Dec	51.5	Appointed	João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
87.9	Died	Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David †	Bishop Emeritus of Evreux, France
75.8	Retired	Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
53.2	Appointed	Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho	Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
69.0	Resigned	Alexander Salazar	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	76.1	Died	Gerard Bernacki †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
67.9	Appointed	Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela
52.1	Appointed	Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga	Archbishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
22 Dec	48.2	Confirmed	Elias Al-Debei	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
73.8	Confirmed	Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
64.0	Appointed	Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks	Coadjutor Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands	Bishop
45.1	Appointed	Robert Saeed Jarjis	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
45.1	Confirmed	Robert Saeed Jarjis	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
63.1	Appointed	Jose Kalluvelil	Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)
86.1	Died	Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
63.2	Confirmed	Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P.	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
65.9	Appointed	Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long, P.S.S.	Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
73.8	Appointed	Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P.	Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengibar	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
23 Dec	64.5	Installed	Désiré Tsarahazana	Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar
24 Dec	94.2	Died	Rosario Mazzola †	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
75.4	Retired	Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M.	Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Susitino Sionepoe, S.M.	Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Dec	58.4	Appointed	Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
58.4	Appointed	Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P.	Titular Bishop of Carinola	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
56.5	Appointed	Juan Gómez	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
56.5	Appointed	Juan Gómez	Titular Bishop of Semta	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
84.1	Died	Tadeusz Władysław Pieronek †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland
28 Dec	50.4	Installed	Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
78.6	Died	Santiago García Aracil †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
87.7	Died	Attila Miklósházy, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus
88.8	Died	Robert Edward Mulvee †	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
31 Dec	74.7	Resigned	Philip Leo O’Reilly	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
87.7	Died	István Seregély †	Archbishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary

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