The Year of Our Lord 2023

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 58.7 Appointed Onécimo Alberton Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

58.7 Appointed Onécimo Alberton Titular Bishop of Dagnum Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

59.1 Appointed Luiz Carlos Dias Apostolic Administrator of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

62.2 Resigned Valdir Mamede Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

87.8 Died Paride Taban † Bishop Emeritus of Torit, South Sudan

3 Nov 66.6 Ordained Bishop Horacio José Álvarez Titular Bishop of Cubda Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina

61.6 Appointed José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V. Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil

52.0 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Nicolás Musolino, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Ruspae Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina

4 Nov 54.8 Ordained Bishop Victorius Dwiardy, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Banjarmasin, Indonesia

57.4 Ordained Bishop Kevin Stuart Patrick Randall Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

5 Nov 96.8 Died Paolo Magnani † Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy

52.9 Ordained Bishop Mathew Nellikunnel, C.S.T. Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India

7 Nov 69.0 Ceased Francisco Moreno Barrón Apostolic Administrator of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

62.9 Installed Enrique Sánchez Martínez Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México

8 Nov 61.5 Appointed Edivalter Andrade Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

58.1 Appointed Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil Archbishop

68.0 Ceased Kurt Richard Burnette Apostolic Administrator of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

72.7 Appointed Rogelio Cabrera López Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

51.4 Appointed Alcivan Tadeus Gomes de Araújo Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba, Brazil

51.4 Appointed Alcivan Tadeus Gomes de Araújo Titular Bishop of Fata Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba, Brazil

61.9 Ordained Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada

56.5 Ordained Bishop Robert Mark Pipta Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA

50.1 Appointed Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

50.1 Appointed Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro Titular Bishop of Macri Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

75.6 Retired Edson Tasquetto (Taschetto) Damian Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Raimundo Vanthuy Neto, Ist. del Prado Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

9 Nov 87.1 Died François Robert Bacqué † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands

76.8 Retired Francisco Pérez González Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

61.8 Appointed Florencio Roselló Avellanas, O. de M. Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

10 Nov 66.4 Installed Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam

45.5 Ordained Bishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran

63.4 Succeeded Protase Rugambwa Cardinal, Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania

75.8 Retired Paul Runangaza Ruzoka Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus

11 Nov 60.4 Installed Guy Boulanger Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada

65.1 Ordained Bishop Ferenc Fazekaš Bishop of Subotica, Serbia

54.6 Installed Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña Bishop of Osorno, Chile

53.6 Appointed Léonard Kakudji Muzinga Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

74.2 Resigned Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

59.4 Appointed Libère Pwongo Bope Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

62.2 Installed Stefano Russo Bishop of Frascati, Italy Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy

65.0 Removed Joseph Edward Strickland Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Ordained Bishop Samuel Mbairabé Tibingar Bishop of Koumra, Chad

66.3 Appointed Joe Steve Vásquez Apostolic Administrator of Tyler, Texas, USA Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA

12 Nov 56.4 Ordained Bishop Nobert Tamba Sandouno Bishop of Guéckédou, Guinea

14 Nov 58.5 Resigned Antonella Sciarrone Alibrandi Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education Secretary Emeritus

15 Nov 55.0 Ordained Bishop Zenildo Lima da Silva Titular Bishop of Maraguia Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

47.9 Appointed Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

47.9 Appointed Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa Titular Bishop of Aquae Thibilitanae Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

17 Nov 83.1 Died Anthony J. Farquhar † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

55.5 Appointed Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

58.1 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel Michel François Tois Titular Bishop of Vertara Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

18 Nov 55.5 Appointed Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm. Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

69.3 Appointed Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B. Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil

55.9 Appointed Giorgio Ferretti Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

55.2 Ordained Bishop Tomás Godrés González González Titular Bishop of Enera Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

61.9 Installed Michael Kwiatkowski Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada

76.0 Retired Mariano Manzana Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

61.8 Ceased David Motiuk Apostolic Administrator of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada

75.2 Retired Vincenzo Pelvi Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

19 Nov 58.4 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Alberti Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

72.3 Died Vincentius Sensi Potokota † Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia

76.7 Installed Emil Paul Tscherrig Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy

20 Nov 63.2 Ceased Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S. Superior General of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

21 Nov 64.8 Appointed José María Baliña Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

93.3 Died Paul Nguyễn Bình Tinh, P.S.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam

58.5 Appointed François Marie Pierre Touvet Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France

22 Nov 76.7 Retired Jean-Luc Hudsyn Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Installed Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cirillo e Metodio Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland

23 Nov 80.0 Retired Tsegaye Keneni Derara Vicar Apostolic of Soddo, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

61.9 Installed Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

53.2 Appointed Seyoum Franso Noel Apostolic Administrator of Soddo, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia

86.4 Died Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger

24 Nov 87.7 Died Leone Morinelli, O.S.B. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

25 Nov 54.3 Ordained Bishop Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda Bishop of Helsinki, Finland

51.4 Ordained Bishop Antuan Ilgit, S.J. Titular Bishop of Tubernuca Auxiliary Bishop of Anatolia, Turkey

73.3 Died Fabio Martínez Castilla † Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México

70.2 Installed José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

48.6 Ordained Bishop Antônio Ederaldo de Santana Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

26 Nov 65.2 Ordained Bishop Lourdu Anandam Bishop of Sivagangai, India

51.8 Installed Luis Eduardo González Cedrés Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay

60.1 Ordained Bishop Benoît Gschwind, A.A. Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

71.4 Ceased Stephen Antony Pillai Apostolic Administrator of Sivagangai, India Bishop of Tuticorin, India

28 Nov 55.6 Appointed Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

75.9 Appointed Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B. Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

75.9 Retired Mario Aurelio Poli Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

30 Nov 63.0 Appointed Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. Bishop of Daltonganj, India

58.4 Appointed Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

62.1 Appointed Linus Pingal Ekka Bishop of Gumla, India

56.2 Appointed Ambrose Puthenveettil Bishop of Kottapuram, India

62.0 Appointed Malcolm Sequeira Bishop of Amravati, India

51.2 Appointed Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

55.1 Installed Luc Terlinden Bishop of Belgium, Military Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	58.7	Appointed	Onécimo Alberton	Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
58.7	Appointed	Onécimo Alberton	Titular Bishop of Dagnum	Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
59.1	Appointed	Luiz Carlos Dias	Apostolic Administrator of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
62.2	Resigned	Valdir Mamede	Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
87.8	Died	Paride Taban †	Bishop Emeritus of Torit, South Sudan
3 Nov	66.6	Ordained Bishop	Horacio José Álvarez	Titular Bishop of Cubda	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina
61.6	Appointed	José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V.	Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Nicolás Musolino, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina
4 Nov	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Victorius Dwiardy, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Kevin Stuart Patrick Randall	Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha	Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh
5 Nov	96.8	Died	Paolo Magnani †	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Mathew Nellikunnel, C.S.T.	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
7 Nov	69.0	Ceased	Francisco Moreno Barrón	Apostolic Administrator of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México	Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
62.9	Installed	Enrique Sánchez Martínez	Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
8 Nov	61.5	Appointed	Edivalter Andrade	Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
58.1	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop
68.0	Ceased	Kurt Richard Burnette	Apostolic Administrator of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
72.7	Appointed	Rogelio Cabrera López	Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
51.4	Appointed	Alcivan Tadeus Gomes de Araújo	Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba, Brazil
51.4	Appointed	Alcivan Tadeus Gomes de Araújo	Titular Bishop of Fata	Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba, Brazil
61.9	Ordained Bishop	Michael Kwiatkowski	Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Robert Mark Pipta	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA
50.1	Appointed	Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
50.1	Appointed	Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro	Titular Bishop of Macri	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
75.6	Retired	Edson Tasquetto (Taschetto) Damian	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Raimundo Vanthuy Neto, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
9 Nov	87.1	Died	François Robert Bacqué †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
76.8	Retired	Francisco Pérez González	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
61.8	Appointed	Florencio Roselló Avellanas, O. de M.	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
10 Nov	66.4	Installed	Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân	Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Imad Khoshaba Gargees	Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
63.4	Succeeded	Protase Rugambwa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
75.8	Retired	Paul Runangaza Ruzoka	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Nov	60.4	Installed	Guy Boulanger	Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
65.1	Ordained Bishop	Ferenc Fazekaš	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
54.6	Installed	Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
53.6	Appointed	Léonard Kakudji Muzinga	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
74.2	Resigned	Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	Libère Pwongo Bope	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
62.2	Installed	Stefano Russo	Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
65.0	Removed	Joseph Edward Strickland	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Samuel Mbairabé Tibingar	Bishop of Koumra, Chad
66.3	Appointed	Joe Steve Vásquez	Apostolic Administrator of Tyler, Texas, USA	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA
12 Nov	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Nobert Tamba Sandouno	Bishop of Guéckédou, Guinea
14 Nov	58.5	Resigned	Antonella Sciarrone Alibrandi	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education	Secretary Emeritus
15 Nov	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Zenildo Lima da Silva	Titular Bishop of Maraguia	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
47.9	Appointed	Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa	Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
47.9	Appointed	Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa	Titular Bishop of Aquae Thibilitanae	Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
17 Nov	83.1	Died	Anthony J. Farquhar †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
55.5	Appointed	Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Michel François Tois	Titular Bishop of Vertara	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
18 Nov	55.5	Appointed	Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm.	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
69.3	Appointed	Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B.	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
55.9	Appointed	Giorgio Ferretti	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Godrés González González	Titular Bishop of Enera	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
61.9	Installed	Michael Kwiatkowski	Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
76.0	Retired	Mariano Manzana	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.8	Ceased	David Motiuk	Apostolic Administrator of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
75.2	Retired	Vincenzo Pelvi	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Nov	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Alberti	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
72.3	Died	Vincentius Sensi Potokota †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
76.7	Installed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
20 Nov	63.2	Ceased	Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S.	Superior General of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Nov	64.8	Appointed	José María Baliña	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
93.3	Died	Paul Nguyễn Bình Tinh, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam
58.5	Appointed	François Marie Pierre Touvet	Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France
22 Nov	76.7	Retired	Jean-Luc Hudsyn	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Installed	Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cirillo e Metodio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
23 Nov	80.0	Retired	Tsegaye Keneni Derara	Vicar Apostolic of Soddo, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
61.9	Installed	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
53.2	Appointed	Seyoum Franso Noel	Apostolic Administrator of Soddo, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia
86.4	Died	Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
24 Nov	87.7	Died	Leone Morinelli, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
25 Nov	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Antuan Ilgit, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Tubernuca	Auxiliary Bishop of Anatolia, Turkey
73.3	Died	Fabio Martínez Castilla †	Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
70.2	Installed	José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Ederaldo de Santana	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
26 Nov	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Lourdu Anandam	Bishop of Sivagangai, India
51.8	Installed	Luis Eduardo González Cedrés	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
60.1	Ordained Bishop	Benoît Gschwind, A.A.	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
71.4	Ceased	Stephen Antony Pillai	Apostolic Administrator of Sivagangai, India	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
28 Nov	55.6	Appointed	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
75.9	Appointed	Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
75.9	Retired	Mario Aurelio Poli	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
30 Nov	63.0	Appointed	Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X.	Bishop of Daltonganj, India
58.4	Appointed	Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi	Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum	Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
62.1	Appointed	Linus Pingal Ekka	Bishop of Gumla, India
56.2	Appointed	Ambrose Puthenveettil	Bishop of Kottapuram, India
62.0	Appointed	Malcolm Sequeira	Bishop of Amravati, India
51.2	Appointed	Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
55.1	Installed	Luc Terlinden	Bishop of Belgium, Military	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

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