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The Year of Our Lord 1985

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Mar26.3ProfessedTarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.Member of Society of the Divine WordArchbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
1 Mar55.6AppointedFernando Iório RodriguesBishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, BrazilBishop Emeritus
2 Mar61.6DiedCarlos Esteban CremataBishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina
21.5ProfessedSergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC.Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryBishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile
3 Mar70.0DiedBruno Roberto D’Amore, O.S.B. †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy
29.9Ordained PriestJames Kazuo KodaPriest of Tōkyō, JapanAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar67.2ResignedRoberto CarnielloBishop of Volterra, ItalyBishop Emeritus
7 Mar78.1DiedAndré-Jean-Marie Charles de la BrousseBishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
49.3AppointedPio Vittorio VigoBishop of Nicosia, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
8 Mar57.7AppointedAlberto Lee López, O.F.M. †Prefect of Guapi, Colombia
51.1SucceededRaphaël Lubaki NgangaBishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
76.3RetiredSimon N’Zita Wa Ne MalandaBishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar52.3ResignedFrancis ArinzeArchbishop of Onitsha, NigeriaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
55.0AppointedGabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Moundou, Chad
53.9ResignedJoseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Moundou, ChadBishop Emeritus
63.9AppointedStephen Nweke EzeanyaArchbishop of Onitsha, NigeriaArchbishop Emeritus
75.9RetiredJohn Shojiro ItoBishop of Niigata, JapanBishop Emeritus
59.2AppointedPaul Kim Ok-kyunAuxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.2AppointedPaul Kim Ok-kyunTitular Bishop of GirbaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
54.1AppointedMario Epifanio Abdallah MgulundeArchbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
78.1RetiredMarko MihayoArchbishop of Tabora, TanzaniaArchbishop Emeritus
66.5DiedAmado Paulino y HernandezAuxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
56.9AppointedFrancis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †Bishop of Niigata, JapanBishop Emeritus
48.4AppointedFabriciano SigampaBishop of Reconquista, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
48.4AppointedMatthias SsekamaanyaAuxiliary Bishop of Kampala, UgandaBishop Emeritus of Lugazi, Uganda
48.4AppointedMatthias SsekamaanyaTitular Bishop of IzirianaBishop Emeritus of Lugazi, Uganda
12 Mar24.2Ordained DeaconChristian Noel EmmanuelDeacon of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri LankaBishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
94.8DiedGeorge Leo LeechBishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Mar70.6AppointedElias Shaheen (Chahine)Archbishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), CanadaArchbishop Emeritus
14 Mar54.9AppointedDesmond A. WilliamsAuxiliary Bishop of Dublin, IrelandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.9AppointedDesmond A. WilliamsTitular Bishop of SummaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
16 Mar59.8AppointedDominik Kalata, S.J. †Titular Bishop of Semta
71.3SucceededJohn Joseph Thomas RyanArchbishop of United States of America, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus
17 Mar70.6DiedCarlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. †Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
19 Mar50.4Ordained BishopPaulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm.Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, BrazilBishop Emeritus
20 Mar54.1AppointedAgustín García-Gasco y VicenteAuxiliary Bishop of Madrid, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
54.1AppointedAgustín García-Gasco y VicenteTitular Bishop of NonaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
37.2AppointedFrancisco Javier Martínez FernándezAuxiliary Bishop of Madrid, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
37.2AppointedFrancisco Javier Martínez FernándezTitular Bishop of VoliArchbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
54.1AppointedFrancisco José Pérez y Fernández-GolfinAuxiliary Bishop of Madrid, SpainBishop of Getafe, Spain
54.1AppointedFrancisco José Pérez y Fernández-GolfinTitular Bishop of TigillavaBishop of Getafe, Spain
75.1RetiredLeonidas Eduardo Proaño VillalbaBishop of Riobamba, EcuadorBishop Emeritus
21 Mar24.4ProfessedElias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictAuxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
23 Mar46.9Ordained BishopManuel Monteiro de CastroTitular Archbishop of BeneventumCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
24 Mar76.2DiedNorbert Jules François Calmels, O. Praem. †Official to Morocco
48.6Ordained BishopMarie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. †Titular Bishop of Aquae FlaviaeBishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Mar71.8AppointedSebastiano BaggioChamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic ChamberCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
77.1RetiredPaolo BertoliChamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic ChamberCardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus
68.9DiedAntonio CorsoBishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
52.0Ordained BishopHenryk Józef MuszyńskiTitular Bishop of Villa RegisArchbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
77.3DiedCarlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
48.8AppointedMetod PirihCoadjutor Bishop of Koper, SloveniaBishop Emeritus
84.9DiedDino Luigi Romoli, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
71.3InstalledJohn Joseph Thomas RyanArchbishop of United States of America, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus
41.7Ordained BishopEduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. †Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
32.7Ordained PriestRafael Masahiro UmemuraPriest of Yokohama, JapanBishop
27 Mar65.1DiedJoseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Mar46.8AppointedGuy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)Bishop Emeritus
59.1AppointedHenry Sebastian D’SouzaCoadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
48.9AppointedJoseph Atsumi MisueBishop of Hiroshima, JapanBishop Emeritus
75.4RetiredDominic Yoshimatsu NoguchiBishop of Hiroshima, JapanBishop Emeritus
60.3AppointedDiarmaid (Dermot) O’Súilleabháin (O’Sullivan)Bishop of Kerry, Ireland
24.0Ordained PriestJorge Solórzano PérezPriest of Managua, NicaraguaBishop of Granada, Nicaragua
55.6AppointedJames Stephen SullivanBishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USABishop Emeritus
30 Mar25.0Ordained PriestLuigi BiancoPriest of Casale Monferrato, ItalyApostolic Nuncio to Uganda
1 Apr52.9AppointedEdward Michael EganAuxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USACardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
52.9AppointedEdward Michael EganTitular Bishop of AlleghenyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
2 Apr51.7AppointedJosé Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm.Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
76.1RetiredHélder Pessoa CâmaraArchbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
58.0AppointedJosé Lamartine SoaresArchbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
3 Apr44.8Ordained PriestNicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap.Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
40.4AppointedAdam OdzimekAuxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
40.4AppointedAdam OdzimekTitular Bishop of TadamataAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
4 Apr24.4Ordained PriestAndrea BellandiPriest of Firenze {Florence}, ItalyArchbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
46.9AppointedAngel Gelmi BertocchiAuxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, BoliviaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.9AppointedAngel Gelmi BertocchiTitular Bishop of Forum ClodiiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
25.9Ordained DeaconRosario GisanaDeacon of Noto, ItalyBishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
Died[Roch Liu Dian-chi (Li Dianxi)]Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
24.8Ordained PriestGiovanni PaccosiPriest of Firenze {Florence}, ItalyBishop of San Miniato, Italy
59.7AppointedManuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F. †Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, BoliviaCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
59.7AppointedManuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F. †Titular Bishop of Casae in NumidiaCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
6 Apr73.8DiedEdgar GodinBishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
7 Apr33.7Ordained DeaconAdalberto Martínez FloresDeacon of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USACardinal, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
8 Apr28.4Ordained PriestAlfonso Carrasco RoucoPriest of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, SpainBishop of Lugo, Spain
9 Apr47.0Ordained BishopLuis Robles DíazTitular Archbishop of StephaniacumVice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
10 Apr46.1AppointedIsaías Duarte CancinoAuxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga, ColombiaArchbishop of Cali, Colombia
46.1AppointedIsaías Duarte CancinoTitular Bishop of Germania in NumidiaArchbishop of Cali, Colombia
60.5AppointedAlfonso de Jesús Hinojosa BerronesAuxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
26.6Ordained PriestEugene JosephPriest of Varanasi, IndiaBishop
13 Apr41.3Ordained BishopEdmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor MonteroBishop of Potosí, BoliviaArchbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
64.4AppointedRobert-Joseph CoffyArchbishop of Marseille, FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.5ResignedRoger Marie Élie EtchegarayArchbishop of Marseille, FranceCardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
64.7AppointedAdolphe-Maria Gustave HardyBishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), FranceBishop Emeritus
43.1Ordained BishopRoman Adam MarcinkowskiTitular Bishop of Bulla RegiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
14 Apr29.8Ordained PriestJohn Barwa, S.V.D.Priest of Society of the Divine WordArchbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
25.1Ordained PriestJonas IvanauskasPriest of Kaunas, LithuaniaBishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
24.8ProfessedJoão Inácio Müller, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorArchbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Apr42.4AppointedJorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.Prelate of Tibú, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia
16 Apr75.3RetiredNicholas Thomas ElkoAuxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.1RetiredGeorge Edward LynchAuxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.8Ordained BishopDonald Walter TrautmanTitular Bishop of SassuraBishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
17 Apr66.9AppointedJean-François Mathieu ArrighiVice President of the Pontifical Council for the FamilyVice President Emeritus
66.9AppointedJean-François Mathieu ArrighiTitular Bishop of Vico EquenseVice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
73.8DiedAniger de Francisco de Maria MelilloBishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
88.0DiedFerdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
20 Apr48.7InstalledLuis Morales ReyesCoadjutor Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
21 Apr55.0Ordained BishopDesmond A. WilliamsTitular Bishop of SummaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
24.6Ordained DeaconMilan ZgrablićDeacon of Poreč i Pula, CroatiaArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
22 Apr44.3AppointedJesus Aputen CabreraBishop of Alaminos, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
84.6DiedBasile Khoury, B.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
60.0AppointedPedro de Guzman Magugat, M.S.C. †Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
66.5DiedCipriano Urgel y VillahermosaArchbishop of Palo, Philippines
23 Apr64.1AppointedAntony PadiyaraArchbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), IndiaCardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
24 Apr56.9AppointedJan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †Titular Archbishop of SilliCardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
56.9AppointedJan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †Secretary General of the Synod of BishopsCardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
25.5Ordained PriestFrancesco Antonio SodduPriest of Sassari, ItalyBishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
61.1AppointedJozef TomkoPro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of PeoplesCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
25 Apr79.5DiedIoan DragomirAuxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
57.6AppointedRoger Louis KafferAuxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.6AppointedRoger Louis KafferTitular Bishop of DusaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
59.3Ordained BishopPaul Kim Ok-kyunTitular Bishop of GirbaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
53.3AppointedFernando Legal, S.D.B. †Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Apr51.8AppointedAbelardo Alvarado AlcántaraAuxiliary Bishop of México, Federal DistrictAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.8AppointedAbelardo Alvarado AlcántaraTitular Bishop of ThysdrusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
25.3IncardinatedAntoni DziemiankoPriest of Minsk-Mohilev, BelarusBishop of Pinsk, Belarus
27 Apr79.9DiedRené-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
45.3AppointedRoberto Lückert LeónBishop of Cabimas, VenezuelaArchbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
97.3DiedPierre Kamel Medawar, S.M.S.P. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
28 Apr59.9Ordained BishopCarlos Francisco Martins PinheiroTitular Bishop of DumiumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
41.6Ordained BishopMurilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.Titular Bishop of LysiniaArchbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
89.7DiedJuan Tarcisio Senner, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
29 Apr49.6AppointedSantos Abril y CastellóTitular Archbishop of TamadaCardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
49.6AppointedSantos Abril y CastellóApostolic Nuncio to BoliviaCardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
42.1AppointedJuan de Dios Mataflorida PueblosAuxiliary Bishop of Davao, PhilippinesBishop of Butuan, Philippines
42.1AppointedJuan de Dios Mataflorida PueblosTitular Bishop of ZabaBishop of Butuan, Philippines
70.1DiedJoseph SipendiBishop of Moshi, Tanzania
30 Apr58.7AppointedAgostino CacciavillanApostolic Pro-Nuncio to NepalCardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
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