The Year of Our Lord 2000

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 80.1 Died Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak † Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

68.9 Died Umberto Tramma † Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

2 Nov 80.8 Died [Simon Qu Tian-xi] † Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China

4 Nov 54.8 Ordained Bishop Victor Agbanou Bishop of Lokossa, Benin Bishop Emeritus

93.1 Died Franc Močnik † Priest of Gorizia, Italy Former Administrator of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

52.4 Appointed Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

6 Nov 70.3 Succeeded Paul Nguyễn Bình Tinh, P.S.S. † Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired François Xavier Nguyễn Quang Sách † Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

7 Nov 67.0 Appointed John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. † Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Jerome Edward Listecki Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

51.6 Appointed Jerome Edward Listecki Titular Bishop of Nara Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

75.0 Retired James Joseph McGuinness † Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Appointed Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

8 Nov 84.8 Died Jesús Pla Gandía † Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

9 Nov 61.8 Appointed Alfonso Milián Sorribas † Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain

61.8 Appointed Alfonso Milián Sorribas † Titular Bishop of Diana Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain

10 Nov 53.5 Appointed António Augusto dos Santos Marto Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

53.5 Appointed António Augusto dos Santos Marto Titular Bishop of Bladia Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

51.9 Appointed Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal

51.9 Appointed Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias Titular Bishop of Tamata Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal

75.4 Retired Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro † Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

47.2 Appointed Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto, Russian Federation Bishop of Ełk, Poland

72.6 Appointed Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras † Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver † Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

11 Nov 84.5 Died Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard † Bishop Emeritus of Nancy (-Toul), France

22.8 Ordained Deacon Pavlo Honcharuk Deacon of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

26.9 Ordained Deacon Milan Lach, S.J. Deacon of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia

58.4 Appointed Giuseppe Lazzarotto Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland Apostolic Nuncio

65.6 Ordained Bishop Ovidio Poletto Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.4 Appointed Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

12 Nov 55.7 Ordained Bishop Michael Aidan Courtney † Titular Archbishop of Eanach Dúin Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

30.3 Ordained Deacon Juarez Delorto Secco Deacon of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

66.4 Died Eugene Antonio Marino, S.S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

14 Nov 55.5 Appointed Armando José María Rossi, O.P. Coadjutor Bishop of Concepción, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

15 Nov 62.0 Died Barry Francis Collins † Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

16 Nov 56.4 Appointed Stephen Athipozhiyil † Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed Antony Devotta † Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Appointed Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I. Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique Archbishop Emeritus

48.4 Appointed Angelo Moreschi, S.D.B. † Prefect of Gambella, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

57.6 Appointed Nestor Ngoy Katahwa Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired Józef Pazdur † Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris † Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris † Titular Bishop of Tacarata Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

60.8 Appointed Edward Eugeniusz Samsel † Bishop of Ełk, Poland

46.8 Appointed Adam Szal Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland Archbishop

46.8 Appointed Adam Szal Titular Bishop of Lavellum Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland

76.8 Retired Stanisław Szymecki † Archbishop of Białystok, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

76.9 Retired Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto † Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique Archbishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Wojciech Ziemba † Archbishop of Białystok, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland

17 Nov 52.8 Appointed Ivan Devčić Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Esteban Escudero Torres † Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Esteban Escudero Torres † Titular Bishop of Thala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

73.7 Resigned Raymond Alphonse Lucker † Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

69.2 Resigned Rafael Sanus Abad † Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

18 Nov 30.6 Perpetual Vows Jackson Murugara, I.M.C. Member of Consolata Missionaries Coadjutor Bishop of Meru, Kenya

20 Nov 77.3 Retired John George Chedid † Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA Bishop Emeritus

55.5 Appointed Piotr Kryk Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

55.5 Appointed Piotr Kryk Titular Bishop of Castra Martis Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

64.9 Appointed Jorge Luis Lona † Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

94.7 Died Eduard Schick † Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany

68.5 Appointed Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

21 Nov 44.3 Appointed Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid Bishop of Iquique, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Osorno, Chile

26.3 Ordained Priest Farly Yovany Gil Betancur Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia

80.1 Retired James Aloysius Hickey † Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

70.3 Appointed Theodore Edgar McCarrick † Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

22 Nov 92.5 Retired Maximos V (George) Hakim † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria Patriarch Emeritus

92.5 Retired Maximos V (George) Hakim † Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

84.6 Died Heinrich Pachowiak † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

24 Nov 90.3 Died Félix Erviti Barcelona, O.M.I. † Prefect Emeritus of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}

25 Nov 50.9 Appointed Eugenijus Bartulis Bishop of Lithuania, Military Bishop Emeritus of Šiauliai, Lithuania

75.5 Retired Enzio d’Antonio † Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

70.1 Appointed Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

54.9 Appointed Rubén Oscar Frassia Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina

66.5 Appointed Carlo Ghidelli Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Arturo Lona Reyes † Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Bishop Emeritus

47.8 Appointed Juan Rubén Martínez Bishop of Posadas, Argentina

55.5 Succeeded Felipe Padilla Cardona Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

85.0 Died Godofredo Pedernal Pisig † Bishop Emeritus of Borongan, Philippines

62.7 Appointed Juan Horacio Suárez Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

26 Nov 69.7 Ordained Bishop Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Acholla Bishop Emeritus of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan

50.6 Ordained Bishop Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) † Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

28 Nov 75.9 Ordained Bishop John Crisostome Lan Shi † Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China Bishop Emeritus

29 Nov 66.9 Selected Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria Patriarch Emeritus

66.9 Selected Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

77.0 Retired Wolodymyr Walter Paska † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D. Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq

49.0 Appointed Stefan Soroka Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Stephen Sulyk † Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop Emeritus

30 Nov 71.0 Appointed Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. † Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA

64.2 Succeeded Andreas Choi Chang-mou Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

59.3 Appointed Hervé Jean Luc Renaudin † Bishop of Pontoise, France

72.6 Installed Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras † Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

76.9 Retired Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. † Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

100.5 Died Macario Tinti † Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy

50.1 Appointed Philip Edward Wilson † Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Józef Wróbel, S.C.I. Bishop of Helsinki, Finland Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

76.0 Retired Victorinus Youn Kong-hi Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	80.1	Died	Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
68.9	Died	Umberto Tramma †	Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
2 Nov	80.8	Died	[Simon Qu Tian-xi] †	Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
4 Nov	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Victor Agbanou	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
93.1	Died	Franc Močnik †	Priest of Gorizia, Italy	Former Administrator of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
52.4	Appointed	Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
6 Nov	70.3	Succeeded	Paul Nguyễn Bình Tinh, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	François Xavier Nguyễn Quang Sách †	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
7 Nov	67.0	Appointed	John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Jerome Edward Listecki	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
51.6	Appointed	Jerome Edward Listecki	Titular Bishop of Nara	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
75.0	Retired	James Joseph McGuinness †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Appointed	Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P.	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
8 Nov	84.8	Died	Jesús Pla Gandía †	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
9 Nov	61.8	Appointed	Alfonso Milián Sorribas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
61.8	Appointed	Alfonso Milián Sorribas †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
10 Nov	53.5	Appointed	António Augusto dos Santos Marto	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
53.5	Appointed	António Augusto dos Santos Marto	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
51.9	Appointed	Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
51.9	Appointed	Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
75.4	Retired	Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
47.2	Appointed	Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.	Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto, Russian Federation	Bishop of Ełk, Poland
72.6	Appointed	Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras †	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver †	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
11 Nov	84.5	Died	Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard †	Bishop Emeritus of Nancy (-Toul), France
22.8	Ordained Deacon	Pavlo Honcharuk	Deacon of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
26.9	Ordained Deacon	Milan Lach, S.J.	Deacon of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
58.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland	Apostolic Nuncio
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Ovidio Poletto	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Nov	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael Aidan Courtney †	Titular Archbishop of Eanach Dúin	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
30.3	Ordained Deacon	Juarez Delorto Secco	Deacon of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
66.4	Died	Eugene Antonio Marino, S.S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
14 Nov	55.5	Appointed	Armando José María Rossi, O.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Concepción, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	62.0	Died	Barry Francis Collins †	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
16 Nov	56.4	Appointed	Stephen Athipozhiyil †	Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Antony Devotta †	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India	Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Appointed	Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I.	Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus
48.4	Appointed	Angelo Moreschi, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Gambella, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
57.6	Appointed	Nestor Ngoy Katahwa	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	Józef Pazdur †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris †	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris †	Titular Bishop of Tacarata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
60.8	Appointed	Edward Eugeniusz Samsel †	Bishop of Ełk, Poland
46.8	Appointed	Adam Szal	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop
46.8	Appointed	Adam Szal	Titular Bishop of Lavellum	Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland
76.8	Retired	Stanisław Szymecki †	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
76.9	Retired	Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto †	Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Wojciech Ziemba †	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
17 Nov	52.8	Appointed	Ivan Devčić	Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Esteban Escudero Torres †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Esteban Escudero Torres †	Titular Bishop of Thala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
73.7	Resigned	Raymond Alphonse Lucker †	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
69.2	Resigned	Rafael Sanus Abad †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Nov	30.6	Perpetual Vows	Jackson Murugara, I.M.C.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Coadjutor Bishop of Meru, Kenya
20 Nov	77.3	Retired	John George Chedid †	Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Piotr Kryk	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Piotr Kryk	Titular Bishop of Castra Martis	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
64.9	Appointed	Jorge Luis Lona †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
94.7	Died	Eduard Schick †	Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
68.5	Appointed	Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	44.3	Appointed	Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Osorno, Chile
26.3	Ordained Priest	Farly Yovany Gil Betancur	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia
80.1	Retired	James Aloysius Hickey †	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
70.3	Appointed	Theodore Edgar McCarrick †	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
22 Nov	92.5	Retired	Maximos V (George) Hakim †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch Emeritus
92.5	Retired	Maximos V (George) Hakim †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
84.6	Died	Heinrich Pachowiak †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Nov	90.3	Died	Félix Erviti Barcelona, O.M.I. †	Prefect Emeritus of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}
25 Nov	50.9	Appointed	Eugenijus Bartulis	Bishop of Lithuania, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Šiauliai, Lithuania
75.5	Retired	Enzio d’Antonio †	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
70.1	Appointed	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
54.9	Appointed	Rubén Oscar Frassia	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
66.5	Appointed	Carlo Ghidelli	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Arturo Lona Reyes †	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus
47.8	Appointed	Juan Rubén Martínez	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina
55.5	Succeeded	Felipe Padilla Cardona	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
85.0	Died	Godofredo Pedernal Pisig †	Bishop Emeritus of Borongan, Philippines
62.7	Appointed	Juan Horacio Suárez	Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
26 Nov	69.7	Ordained Bishop	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Bishop Emeritus of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) †	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Nov	75.9	Ordained Bishop	John Crisostome Lan Shi †	Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China	Bishop Emeritus
29 Nov	66.9	Selected	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch Emeritus
66.9	Selected	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
77.0	Retired	Wolodymyr Walter Paska †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
49.0	Appointed	Stefan Soroka	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Stephen Sulyk †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Nov	71.0	Appointed	Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York	Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
64.2	Succeeded	Andreas Choi Chang-mou	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
59.3	Appointed	Hervé Jean Luc Renaudin †	Bishop of Pontoise, France
72.6	Installed	Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras †	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
76.9	Retired	Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
100.5	Died	Macario Tinti †	Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
50.1	Appointed	Philip Edward Wilson †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Józef Wróbel, S.C.I.	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
76.0	Retired	Victorinus Youn Kong-hi	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus

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