The Year of Our Lord 2006

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Aug 75.2 Retired Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa Apostolic Nuncio

75.2 Retired Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho Apostolic Nuncio

75.2 Retired Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia Apostolic Nuncio

75.2 Retired Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland Apostolic Nuncio

75.2 Retired Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Delegate to Botswana Apostolic Nuncio

2 Aug 49.6 Appointed João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil

76.5 Died Gabriel Montalvo Higuera † Apostolic Nuncio

76.1 Retired Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

96.9 Died Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands † President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

4 Aug 49.1 Installed Michael Francis Burbidge Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA

32.9 Ordained Priest João de Ceita Nazaré Priest of São Tomé e Príncipe Bishop

49.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam

5 Aug 52.8 Appointed Wacław Tomasz Depo Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland

74.0 Appointed Armando Dini Apostolic Administrator of Isernia-Venafro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy

75.1 Retired Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. † Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

65.6 Resigned Jan Śrutwa Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland Bishop Emeritus

6 Aug 83.9 Died Pietro Giachetti † Bishop Emeritus of Pinerolo, Italy

53.7 Ordained Bishop Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil

43.8 Ordained Priest Michel Moura Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius

8 Aug 59.7 Resigned Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

91.2 Died Stanislaw Smolenski † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

9 Aug 52.6 Ordained Bishop Amalraj Arulappan Bishop of Ootacamund, India

11 Aug 85.1 Died François Abou Mokh, B.S. † Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

48.8 Ordained Bishop Segundo René Coba Galarza Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador

44.1 Ordained Bishop Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador

81.6 Died Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya † Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

12 Aug 85.6 Died Antônio Batista Fragoso † Bishop Emeritus of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil

13 Aug 30.6 Ordained Priest Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

14 Aug 82.8 Died Américo Henriques † Bishop Emeritus of Nova Lisboa, Angola

17 Aug 57.8 Installed Mark Benedict Coleridge Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia

56.2 Appointed James Patrick Green Titular Archbishop of Altinum Apostolic Nuncio

56.2 Appointed James Patrick Green Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa Apostolic Nuncio

56.2 Appointed James Patrick Green Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia Apostolic Nuncio

56.2 Appointed James Patrick Green Apostolic Delegate to Botswana Apostolic Nuncio

19 Aug 68.5 Died Marko Culej † Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia

53.5 Appointed Cyprian Kizito Lwanga † Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

51.4 Ordained Bishop Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo Titular Bishop of Sitifis Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines

79.6 Retired Emmanuel Wamala Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

20 Aug 89.8 Died Ioánnis Perrís † Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

72.5 Died Ján Jiří Pojer †

21 Aug 45.3 Selected Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery) Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

78.8 Died Simeon Anthony Pereira † Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan

54.4 Ordained Bishop Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J. Bishop of Azul, Argentina

22 Aug 47.3 Ordained Bishop Frank Joseph Caggiano Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

61.0 Ordained Bishop Octavio Cisneros Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

50.1 Installed José Antonio Eguren Anselmi Archbishop of Piura, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

71.8 Ordained Bishop Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq † Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

23 Aug 95.0 Died Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga † Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain

55.6 Died Justin Tetmu Samba † Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania

24 Aug 57.2 Ordained Bishop Soundaraj Periyanayagam, S.D.B. † Bishop of Vellore, India

25 Aug 69.9 Resigned Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. Archbishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop Emeritus

26 Aug 44.3 Ordained Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea Coadjutor Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru Prelate

62.4 Ordained Bishop Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Archbishop of Cissa Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy

50.6 Ordained Bishop Martin Munyanyi † Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus

27 Aug 79.0 Died Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín † Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

75.8 Died Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. † Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

59.3 Died Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. † Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea

28 Aug 53.1 Appointed Raymond Sumlut Gam Bishop of Banmaw, Myanmar

29 Aug 63.6 Appointed Angelo Bagnasco Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

71.7 Resigned Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

31 Aug 45.0 Selected Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop Emeritus of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

55.2 Ordained Bishop Maximino Martínez Miranda Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México

62.9 Appointed Paul Joseph Swain † Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Aug	75.2	Retired	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa	Apostolic Nuncio
75.2	Retired	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio
75.2	Retired	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia	Apostolic Nuncio
75.2	Retired	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland	Apostolic Nuncio
75.2	Retired	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Delegate to Botswana	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Aug	49.6	Appointed	João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
76.5	Died	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	Apostolic Nuncio
76.1	Retired	Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
96.9	Died	Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands †	President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
4 Aug	49.1	Installed	Michael Francis Burbidge	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
32.9	Ordained Priest	João de Ceita Nazaré	Priest of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam	Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam
5 Aug	52.8	Appointed	Wacław Tomasz Depo	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland	Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland
74.0	Appointed	Armando Dini	Apostolic Administrator of Isernia-Venafro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
75.1	Retired	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
65.6	Resigned	Jan Śrutwa	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
6 Aug	83.9	Died	Pietro Giachetti †	Bishop Emeritus of Pinerolo, Italy
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
43.8	Ordained Priest	Michel Moura	Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius
8 Aug	59.7	Resigned	Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J.	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
91.2	Died	Stanislaw Smolenski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
9 Aug	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Amalraj Arulappan	Bishop of Ootacamund, India
11 Aug	85.1	Died	François Abou Mokh, B.S. †	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Segundo René Coba Galarza	Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto	Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
81.6	Died	Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya †	Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Aug	85.6	Died	Antônio Batista Fragoso †	Bishop Emeritus of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil
13 Aug	30.6	Ordained Priest	Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Aug	82.8	Died	Américo Henriques †	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Lisboa, Angola
17 Aug	57.8	Installed	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
56.2	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Titular Archbishop of Altinum	Apostolic Nuncio
56.2	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa	Apostolic Nuncio
56.2	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia	Apostolic Nuncio
56.2	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Delegate to Botswana	Apostolic Nuncio
19 Aug	68.5	Died	Marko Culej †	Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia
53.5	Appointed	Cyprian Kizito Lwanga †	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo	Titular Bishop of Sitifis	Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines
79.6	Retired	Emmanuel Wamala	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
20 Aug	89.8	Died	Ioánnis Perrís †	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
72.5	Died	Ján Jiří Pojer †
21 Aug	45.3	Selected	Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery)	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
78.8	Died	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J.	Bishop of Azul, Argentina
22 Aug	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Frank Joseph Caggiano	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Octavio Cisneros	Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
50.1	Installed	José Antonio Eguren Anselmi	Archbishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
71.8	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq †	Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
23 Aug	95.0	Died	Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga †	Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
55.6	Died	Justin Tetmu Samba †	Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania
24 Aug	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Soundaraj Periyanayagam, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Vellore, India
25 Aug	69.9	Resigned	Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S.	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Aug	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea	Coadjutor Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru	Prelate
62.4	Ordained Bishop	Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Archbishop of Cissa	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Martin Munyanyi †	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
27 Aug	79.0	Died	Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín †	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
75.8	Died	Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
59.3	Died	Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
28 Aug	53.1	Appointed	Raymond Sumlut Gam	Bishop of Banmaw, Myanmar
29 Aug	63.6	Appointed	Angelo Bagnasco	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
71.7	Resigned	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
31 Aug	45.0	Selected	Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna	Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Maximino Martínez Miranda	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México	Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México
62.9	Appointed	Paul Joseph Swain †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus

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