The Year of Our Lord 2004

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	27.9	Professed	Jacob Aba, S.M.	Member of Society of Mary	Bishop-Elect of Auki, Solomon Islands
	46.7	Temporary Vows	John Timothy Dunlap, S.M.O.M.	Member of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta	Grand Master
	73.2	Resigned	Georges El-Murr, B.C. †	Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
	36.1	Simple Vows	John Curtis Iffert	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
	40.5	Incardinated	Luis Manuel López Alfaro	Priest of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
	44.2	Elected	Tiziana Merletti, S.F.P.	Superior General of Franciscan Sisters of the Poor	Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	40.2	Appointed	Socrates Calamba Mesiona, M.S.P.	Superior General of Mission Society of the Philippines	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Shi Shuangxi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	37.0	Resigned	Joseph Shi Shuangxi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Paul Tch’ang †	Apostolic Administrator of Siping [Szepingkai], China
	41.0	Appointed	Wang Chengli	Apostolic Administrator of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Zhao Hongchun	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China
2 Jan	76.4	Retired	Anthony Gerard Bosco †	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	64.7	Appointed	Lawrence Eugene Brandt †	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	97.1	Died	Maurice-Jean-Fernand-Alexis Pourchet †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Flour, France
3 Jan	45.3	Incardinated	Francisco González Ramos	Priest of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México	Bishop of Izcalli, México, México
	62.3	Appointed	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México	Bishop Emeritus
	62.2	Appointed	Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.9	Incardinated	José Guadalupe Torres Campos	Priest of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México	Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
	32.6	Ordained Priest	Hiansen Vieira Franco	Priest of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4 Jan	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Arica, Chile	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
5 Jan	70.0	Appointed	Evarist Pinto	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Jan	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Josef Clemens	Titular Bishop of Segermes	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
6 Jan	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter Feng Xinmao	Coadjutor Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China	Bishop
7 Jan	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.	Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
	76.3	Retired	Amaury Castanho †	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Confirmed	Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Felipe de Jesús Estévez	Titular Bishop of Kearney	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
	53.2	Appointed	Gil Antônio Moreira	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	54.5	Appointed	Joseph Fred Naumann	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.5	Retired	Howard George Tripp †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	87.2	Died	Léonce Albert Van Peteghem †	Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
8 Jan	62.9	Installed	José Luis Chávez Botello	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.1	Retired	Franco Festorazzi †	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.9	Installed	Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo	Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
	76.0	Retired	Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte †	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.2	Appointed	Edoardo Menichelli †	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
9 Jan	71.5	Appointed	Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) †	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	75.6	Resigned	Joseph Ti-kang †	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	63.4	Appointed	Giancarlo Vecerrica	Apostolic Administrator of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy
10 Jan	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
	94.6	Died	Guido Maria Casullo †	Bishop Emeritus of Cândido Mendes, Brazil
	63.9	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic	Apostolic Nuncio
	76.5	Retired	Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi †	Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Liberati	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Gregory John Mansour	Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
	29.1	Ordained Deacon	Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo	Deacon of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Auxiliary Bishop
	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Muheria	Bishop of Embu, Kenya	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
	55.7	Appointed	Gennaro Pascarella	Coadjutor Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	84.9	Died	Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez †	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
	64.5	Appointed	Raymond Olir Roussin, S. M. †	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Jan	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola
	63.8	Installed	Giovanni Giudici †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Lanfranchi †	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Anselmo Guido Pecorari	Titular Archbishop of Populonia	Apostolic Nuncio
	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Zenti	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
12 Jan	30.3	Ordained Deacon	Peter Adrian Chifukwa	Deacon of Dedza, Malawi	Bishop
12 Jan	57.5	Ordained Bishop	John Michael Miller, C.S.B.	Titular Archbishop of Vertara	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
13 Jan	57.6	Appointed	André Marceau	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
14 Jan	74.9	Died	Noel Desmond Daly †	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
15 Jan	54.2	Appointed	José Manuel Lorca Planes	Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
16 Jan	54.6	Appointed	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
16 Jan	59.8	Installed	Luis Alberto Parra Mora †	Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	31.2	Ordained Priest	John Bosco Auram	Priest of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Karl Borsch	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	75.7	Retired	Allan Chamgwera	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
	51.8	Resigned	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Apostolic Delegate to Somalia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	62.8	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia	Apostolic Nuncio
	62.8	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti	Apostolic Nuncio
	62.8	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Apostolic Delegate to Somalia	Apostolic Nuncio
	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Bishop Emeritus of Chalatenango, El Salvador
	35.1	Installed	Joseph Tong Changping	Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania	Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana
18 Jan	55.3	Installed	Andrea Bruno Mazzocato	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
18 Jan	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Official of the Dicastery for Evangelization
20 Jan	75.1	Retired	Zef Simoni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Shkodrë, Albania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
21 Jan	57.5	Appointed	Armando Bucciol	Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan	76.7	Retired	Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. †	Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	49.9	Appointed	Paul Richard Gallagher	Titular Archbishop of Hodelm	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
22 Jan	49.9	Appointed	Paul Richard Gallagher	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
23 Jan		Died	Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau
24 Jan	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Renato Boccardo	Titular Bishop of Aquipendium	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
	60.7	Appointed	Luigi Antonio Cantafora †	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	71.5	Appointed	Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) †	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.7	Appointed	László Kiss-Rigó	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary	Bishop of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary
	48.7	Appointed	László Kiss-Rigó	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Bishop of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary
	60.6	Appointed	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
	66.2	Installed	Carlo Liberati	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
	76.1	Retired	Vincenzo Rimedio	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt	Titular Bishop of Voncariana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
	75.7	Retired	Joseph Ti-kang †	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.6	Appointed	György Udvardy	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	43.6	Appointed	György Udvardy	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary
25 Jan	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Pier Giacomo Grampa	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	57.6	Installed	Antonio Lanfranchi †	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
26 Jan	55.5	Installed	Raymond Leo Burke	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Patron Emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
26 Jan	74.7	Died	Paul Mambe Mukanga †	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Jan	59.7	Appointed	Renzo Fratini	Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria	Apostolic Nuncio
27 Jan	50.6	Appointed	Vito Rallo	Permanent Observer to Council of Europe	Apostolic Nuncio
28 Jan	56.7	Appointed	João Bráz de Aviz	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	66.9	Appointed	Raymundo Damasceno Assis	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	79.4	Retired	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo †	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	78.2	Retired	José Freire Falcão †	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	79.3	Retired	Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	49.7	Appointed	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	86.5	Died	Franz Žak †	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
29 Jan	80.6	Died	Walter Theodor Jansen †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
30 Jan	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Francis Dean Alleyne, O.S.B.	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
30 Jan	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Macon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
31 Jan	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Armenia, Colombia	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
	75.0	Appointed	Raffaello Funghini †	Titular Archbishop of Nova Petra	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	75.0	Retired	Raffaello Funghini †	Dean of the Roman Rota	Dean Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Juan Navarro Castellanos	Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México
	59.0	Appointed	Juan Navarro Castellanos	Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla	Bishop Emeritus of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México
	68.3	Appointed	Antoni Stankiewicz †	Dean of the Roman Rota	Dean Emeritus

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