The Year of Our Lord 2001

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 54.4 Ordained Bishop Bernd Joachim Uhl † Titular Bishop of Malliana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

2 May 77.5 Retired Newton Holanda Gurgel † Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

95.4 Died Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam

53.7 Ordained Bishop Kevin John Patrick McDonald Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

55.3 Appointed Fernando Panico, M.S.C. Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

3 May 63.1 Appointed Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira Bishop of Portugal, Military Bishop Emeritus

5 May 92.2 Died Paul Bùi Chu Tạo † Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam

64.3 Installed Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

59.6 Succeeded Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth. Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco Archbishop Emeritus

73.9 Resigned Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon † Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco Archbishop Emeritus

58.6 Died Jean-Berchmans Nterere † Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi

48.7 Elected Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. Superior General of Society of African Missions Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Ireland

6 May 54.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Betori Titular Bishop of Falerone Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

58.6 Ordained Bishop Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo Titular Bishop of Arcavica Bishop Emeritus of Getafe, Spain

7 May 54.2 Appointed Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau Bishop of Annecy, France Bishop Emeritus

47.9 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Maryadi Sutrisnaatmaka, M.S.F. Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia

8 May 67.2 Succeeded Felipe Aguirre Franco Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México Archbishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Rafael Bello Ruiz † Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México Archbishop Emeritus

50.2 Appointed Kieran Thomas Conry Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

9 May 76.5 Retired Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium Bishop Emeritus

63.5 Appointed Aloys Jousten † Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium Bishop Emeritus

67.8 Resigned Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C. † Bishop of Agats, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

10 May 47.4 Appointed Luc Cyr Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

59.9 Installed George Pell † Archbishop of Sydney, Australia Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy

51.1 Ordained Bishop Arthur Roche Titular Bishop of Rusticiana Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

55.0 Ordained Bishop George Stack Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff-Menevia, Wales, Great Britain

11 May 78.2 Retired Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. † Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Secretary Emeritus

12 May 75.2 Retired Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis † Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Installed Zenon Grocholewski † Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

39.3 Succeeded Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia Bishop Emeritus

13 May 67.6 Ordained Bishop Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M. † Titular Archbishop of Mardin degli Armeni Coadjutor Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)

15 May 50.0 Appointed Joseph Yapo Aké Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire

50.0 Appointed Joseph Yapo Aké Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire

63.1 Appointed Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo Archbishop of Singapore Archbishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Francisco González Hernández, O.P. Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Francisco González Hernández, O.P. Titular Bishop of Thuccabora Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

77.7 Retired Joseph Lawson Howze † Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus

79.1 Retired Noël Kokora-Tekry † Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed Jean-Pierre Kutwa Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

75.9 Appointed Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

75.9 Retired Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Thomas John Rodi Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA

16 May 55.1 Succeeded Gerald Almeida Bishop of Jabalpur, India Bishop Emeritus

72.6 Retired Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. † Bishop of Jabalpur, India Bishop Emeritus

17 May 90.5 Died Renato Spallanzani † Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

19 May 75.5 Retired Giovanni Coppa † Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

26.0 Ordained Priest Edmar José da Silva Priest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

63.6 Appointed Erwin Josef Ender † Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic Apostolic Nuncio

20 May 64.5 Installed Ennio Antonelli Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

21 May 69.1 Appointed Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika † Titular Bishop of Belesasa

22 May 48.9 Appointed Alois Schwarz Bishop of Gurk, Austria Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

23 May 76.4 Retired Gaetano Bonicelli Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Antonio Buoncristiani Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

52.0 Succeeded Protógenes José Luft, S.d.C. Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Appointed Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco, México, México Bishop

51.3 Appointed Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez Titular Bishop of Reperi Bishop of Texcoco, México, México

75.2 Resigned Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. † Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

24 May 52.4 Appointed Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines Bishop

52.4 Appointed Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines

65.0 Installed Karl Lehmann † Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

62.3 Appointed Vicente Macanan Navarra Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

86.7 Died Domenico Vacchiano † Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy

25 May 54.4 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. Bishop of Djibouti Bishop Emeritus

80.9 Died Luis Munive Escobar † Bishop Emeritus of Tlaxcala, México

87.9 Died [James Ping Leung Lin (Lin Binglian)] † Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China

32.7 Ordained Priest Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia

26 May 75.9 Retired Fernando Ariztía Ruiz † Bishop of Copiapó, Chile Bishop Emeritus

43.4 Ordained Bishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. Titular Bishop of Nebbi Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

26.9 Ordained Priest Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. Priest of Consolata Missionaries Cardinal, Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

64.6 Appointed Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F. Bishop of Copiapó, Chile Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Antanas Vaičius † Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania Bishop Emeritus

27 May 75.2 Installed Bernard Agré † Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

27.6 Solemn Vows Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

58.4 Installed Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

81.2 Installed Leo Scheffczyk † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella

29 May 51.4 Ordained Bishop John Anthony Boissonneau Titular Bishop of Tambeae Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

63.6 Died Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

31 May 58.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernd Joachim Uhl †	Titular Bishop of Malliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
2 May	77.5	Retired	Newton Holanda Gurgel †	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
95.4	Died	Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Kevin John Patrick McDonald	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
55.3	Appointed	Fernando Panico, M.S.C.	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
3 May	63.1	Appointed	Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira	Bishop of Portugal, Military	Bishop Emeritus
5 May	92.2	Died	Paul Bùi Chu Tạo †	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
64.3	Installed	Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
59.6	Succeeded	Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth.	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
73.9	Resigned	Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon †	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
58.6	Died	Jean-Berchmans Nterere †	Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi
48.7	Elected	Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A.	Superior General of Society of African Missions	Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Ireland
6 May	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Betori	Titular Bishop of Falerone	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo	Titular Bishop of Arcavica	Bishop Emeritus of Getafe, Spain
7 May	54.2	Appointed	Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau	Bishop of Annecy, France	Bishop Emeritus
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Maryadi Sutrisnaatmaka, M.S.F.	Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia
8 May	67.2	Succeeded	Felipe Aguirre Franco	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Archbishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Rafael Bello Ruiz †	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Archbishop Emeritus
50.2	Appointed	Kieran Thomas Conry	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
9 May	76.5	Retired	Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
63.5	Appointed	Aloys Jousten †	Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
67.8	Resigned	Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C. †	Bishop of Agats, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
10 May	47.4	Appointed	Luc Cyr	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
59.9	Installed	George Pell †	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Roche	Titular Bishop of Rusticiana	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
55.0	Ordained Bishop	George Stack	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff-Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
11 May	78.2	Retired	Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †	Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Secretary Emeritus
12 May	75.2	Retired	Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis †	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Installed	Zenon Grocholewski †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
39.3	Succeeded	Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P.	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
13 May	67.6	Ordained Bishop	Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Mardin degli Armeni	Coadjutor Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
15 May	50.0	Appointed	Joseph Yapo Aké	Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
50.0	Appointed	Joseph Yapo Aké	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
63.1	Appointed	Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo	Archbishop of Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Francisco González Hernández, O.P.	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Francisco González Hernández, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Thuccabora	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
77.7	Retired	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
79.1	Retired	Noël Kokora-Tekry †	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Kutwa	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
75.9	Appointed	Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
75.9	Retired	Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Thomas John Rodi	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
16 May	55.1	Succeeded	Gerald Almeida	Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
72.6	Retired	Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
17 May	90.5	Died	Renato Spallanzani †	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
19 May	75.5	Retired	Giovanni Coppa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
26.0	Ordained Priest	Edmar José da Silva	Priest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
63.6	Appointed	Erwin Josef Ender †	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic	Apostolic Nuncio
20 May	64.5	Installed	Ennio Antonelli	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
21 May	69.1	Appointed	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
22 May	48.9	Appointed	Alois Schwarz	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
23 May	76.4	Retired	Gaetano Bonicelli	Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Antonio Buoncristiani	Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
52.0	Succeeded	Protógenes José Luft, S.d.C.	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Appointed	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez	Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco, México, México	Bishop
51.3	Appointed	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
75.2	Resigned	Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 May	52.4	Appointed	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines	Bishop
52.4	Appointed	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
65.0	Installed	Karl Lehmann †	Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
62.3	Appointed	Vicente Macanan Navarra	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
86.7	Died	Domenico Vacchiano †	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
25 May	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M.	Bishop of Djibouti	Bishop Emeritus
80.9	Died	Luis Munive Escobar †	Bishop Emeritus of Tlaxcala, México
87.9	Died	[James Ping Leung Lin (Lin Binglian)] †	Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
32.7	Ordained Priest	Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia
26 May	75.9	Retired	Fernando Ariztía Ruiz †	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Titular Bishop of Nebbi	Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
26.9	Ordained Priest	Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C.	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Cardinal, Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
64.6	Appointed	Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F.	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Antanas Vaičius †	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
27 May	75.2	Installed	Bernard Agré †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
27.6	Solemn Vows	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
58.4	Installed	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
81.2	Installed	Leo Scheffczyk †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
29 May	51.4	Ordained Bishop	John Anthony Boissonneau	Titular Bishop of Tambeae	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
63.6	Died	Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
31 May	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Anthony Pepe	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus

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