The Year of Our Lord 2011

Bishop Events

December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Dec	38.9	Appointed	Joseph Zhao Hongchun	Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China
1 Dec	68.6	Appointed	Armando Xavier Ochoa	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2 Dec	40.4	Incardinated	Fran�ois Elias Beyrouti	Priest of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA	Bishop
	84.2	Died	Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea †	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
	89.7	Died	Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
5 Dec	85.5	Died	Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
7 Dec	43.5	Appointed	Michael Robert Kennedy	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
	76.5	Retired	Luc Julian Matthys †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	62.7	Appointed	Jos� Francisco Robles Ortega	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico
	78.6	Retired	Juan Sandoval ��iguez	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
8 Dec	48.0	Succeeded	Benedito Ara�jo	Bishop of Guajar�-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
	60.0	Installed	Peter Anthony Libasci	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
	84.2	Died	Andrew Pataki †	Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Claudiu-Lucian Pop	Titular Bishop of Mariamme	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
	74.6	Resigned	Geraldo Jo�o Paulo Roger Verdier †	Bishop of Guajar�-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
9 Dec	63.3	Appointed	Nunzio Galantino	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	53.4	Appointed	Jeremiah Madimetja Masela	Apostolic Administrator of Polokwane, South Africa	Bishop
	73.7	Resigned	Mogale Paul Nkhumishe †	Bishop of Polokwane, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen	Coadjutor Prelate of De�n Funes, Argentina	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
10 Dec	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks	Titular Bishop of Arsacal	Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Dra�en Kutleša	Coadjutor Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	52.4	Appointed	Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Cardinal, Archbishop
	52.4	Appointed	Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
11 Dec	76.0	Died	John Patrick Foley †	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles Morerod, O.P.	Bishop of Lausanne, Gen�ve et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
	46.2	Ordained Deacon	Emmanuel Michel Fran�ois Tois	Deacon of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Dec	61.7	Appointed	Jos� Luis Del Palacio y P�rez-Medel	Bishop of Callao, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Denis Grondin	Auxiliary Bishop of Qu�bec, Canada	Archbishop of Rimouski, Qu�bec, Canada
	57.1	Appointed	Denis Grondin	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Archbishop of Rimouski, Qu�bec, Canada
	77.5	Retired	Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. †	Bishop of Callao, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	64.5	Appointed	Ga�tan Proulx, O.S.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Qu�bec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Gasp�, Qu�bec, Canada
	64.5	Appointed	Ga�tan Proulx, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Azura	Bishop Emeritus of Gasp�, Qu�bec, Canada
	79.3	Ceased	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Apostolic Administrator of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.4	Installed	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
13 Dec	52.0	Installed	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 Dec	66.5	Resigned	John Martin Darko †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	80.4	Died	Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	69.6	Appointed	Matthias Kobena Nketsiah	Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana
	50.0	Appointed	Jo�o Santos Cardoso	Bishop of S�o Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
	88.8	Died	Mark Francis Schmitt †	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
15 Dec	75.2	Retired	Fran�ois Robert Bacqu� †	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands	Apostolic Nuncio
	71.8	Appointed	Andr� Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands	Apostolic Nuncio
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Jes�s Jos� Herrera Qui�onez	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, M�xico	Bishop of Culiac�n, Sinaloa, M�xico
	50.6	Appointed	Marek Solczyński	Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey
16 Dec	58.5	Appointed	Jos� Leonardo Lemos Montanet	Bishop of Orense, Spain
17 Dec	72.6	Died	Michael Gower Coleman †	Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Clement Mulenga, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kabwe, Zambia
	49.7	Installed	Joachim Hermenegilde Ou�draogo	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
	60.2	Installed	Carlos Jos� Tissera	Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
18 Dec	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Franco Lovignana	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
18 Dec	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Janusz Bogusław Stepnowski	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
21 Dec	89.8	Died	Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Baroda, India
	75.6	Retired	Matias Patr�cio de Mac�do	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	44.9	Appointed	Jo�o Justino de Medeiros Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Goi�nia, Goias, Brazil
	44.9	Appointed	Jo�o Justino de Medeiros Silva	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Archbishop of Goi�nia, Goias, Brazil
	54.4	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
	54.4	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
	54.1	Appointed	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Auxiliary Bishop of Vit�ria, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	54.1	Appointed	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.2	Appointed	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Vit�ria, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.2	Appointed	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	93.0	Died	Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paks�, Laos
	64.7	Appointed	Jaime Vieira Rocha	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Dec	90.6	Died	Rogelio S�nchez Gonz�lez †	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, M�xico
22 Dec	62.3	Installed	Vasyl Semeniuk	Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Dec	69.9	Died	Armando Giuseppe Brambilla, C.M.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	65.0	Died	Jos� Andr�s Corral Arredondo †	Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, M�xico
	46.4	Appointed	Joseph Hii Teck Kwong	Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia
	50.6	Appointed	Joseph Ndembu Mbatia	Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya
	77.2	Retired	Luigi Paiaro	Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	72.5	Resigned	Dominic Su Haw Chiu	Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
25 Dec	86.3	Died	Thomas Anthony Finnegan †	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
26 Dec	75.0	Retired	Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Dec	69.7	Succeeded	Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Dec	84.4	Died	Martino Scarafile †	Bishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy
28 Dec	61.6	Appointed	Rem�dio Jos� Bohn †	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	57.9	Appointed	Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	75.2	Retired	Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
29 Dec	84.9	Died	Paul Antaki †	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
	58.2	Appointed	Wacław Tomasz Depo	Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	64.0	Appointed	Jan Kopiec	Bishop of Gliwice, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	76.4	Retired	Stanisław Nowak †	Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.8	Retired	Jan Walenty Wieczorek †	Bishop of Gliwice, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	75.0	Retired	Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto	Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	60.2	Appointed	Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.	Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras	Archbishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	65.2	Succeeded	�scar Vicente Ojea Quintana	Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	64.0	Appointed	No�l Simard	Bishop of Valleyfield, Qu�bec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	76.0	Retired	Ryszard Karpiński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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