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	Bishop
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	Priest
60.3	Appointed	Franciszek Ślusarczyk	Titular Bishop of Cillium	Priest 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	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
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	Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina
50.7	Appointed	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique
50.7	Appointed	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique
75.2	Retired	Thomas Kaboré	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Théophile Naré	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	Bishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint	Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti
9 Dec	63.7	Appointed	Abel Doctor 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	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
62.5	Appointed	Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Melzi	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, 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	Priest
60.3	Resigned	Franciszek Ślusarczyk	Titular Bishop-Elect of Cillium	Priest 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	Bishop of Troyes, France
47.1	Appointed	Alexandre François Marie Joly	Titular Bishop of Privata	Bishop of Troyes, 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	Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France
46.8	Appointed	Bruno Paul Marie Valentin	Titular Bishop of Vaison	Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France
15 Dec	61.5	Ordained Bishop	José María Gil Tamayo	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, 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	Bishop of Angra, 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-Takamatsu, 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	Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
87.9	Died	Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David †	Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, 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	Appointed	Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado	Patriarchal Administrator of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
73.8	Confirmed	Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
64.0	Appointed	Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks	Coadjutor Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands	Bishop
45.1	Appointed	Robert Saeed Jarjis	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
45.1	Confirmed	Robert Saeed Jarjis	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
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-Aqrā (Akra) (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	Bishop Emeritus
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)	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Dec	58.4	Appointed	Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela
58.4	Appointed	Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P.	Titular Bishop of Carinola	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela
56.5	Appointed	Juan Gómez	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
56.5	Appointed	Juan Gómez	Titular Bishop of Semta	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 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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