The Year of Our Lord 2014

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 76.5 Appointed Iván Antonio Marín López Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia

70.6 Resigned Luis Alberto Parra Mora † Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

3 Dec 52.8 Appointed Zanoni Demettino Castro Coadjutor Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop

76.4 Retired Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil Archbishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

84.5 Died Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil

82.7 Died Patrick Edward O’Connor † Superior Emeritus of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)

48.4 Appointed Waldemar Passini Dalbello Coadjutor Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil Bishop

50.5 Appointed Ivan Albert Pereira Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India

4 Dec 56.1 Appointed Patrick Michael O’Regan Bishop of Sale, Australia Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia

5 Dec 47.9 Appointed Joseph Obanyi Sagwe Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya

77.3 Retired Philip Sulumeti Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

55.0 Appointed Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst Official of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization Official of the Dicastery for Evangelization

6 Dec 65.7 Ordained Bishop György Snell † Titular Bishop of Pudentiana Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

7 Dec 49.1 Ordained Bishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. Bishop of Tortona, Italy Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

8 Dec 61.4 Installed John Stanley Kenneth Arnold Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain

56.6 Appointed Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias Archbishop of Luanda, Angola

56.6 Appointed Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias Apostolic Administrator of Cabinda, Angola Archbishop of Luanda, Angola

63.9 Installed Fausto Tardelli Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

9 Dec 56.7 Appointed Adolfo Ramón Canecín Coadjutor Bishop of Goya, Argentina Bishop

62.8 Appointed Martin Kivuva Musonde Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya

91.8 Died Jorge María Mejía † Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

10 Dec 46.8 Appointed Devair Araújo da Fonseca Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

46.8 Appointed Devair Araújo da Fonseca Titular Bishop of Uzalis Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.7 Appointed Eduardo Vieira dos Santos Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.7 Appointed Eduardo Vieira dos Santos Titular Bishop of Bladia Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

11 Dec 54.0 Ordained Bishop Martín Fassi Titular Bishop of Dionysiana Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

85.0 Died Georges Lagrange † Bishop Emeritus of Gap, France

12 Dec 74.5 Appointed Pietro Bovati, S.J. Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Secretary Emeritus

50.7 Installed Peter Andrew Comensoli Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia

70.8 Appointed Vicente Jiménez Zamora Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

64.6 Appointed Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I. Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

64.6 Appointed Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I. Titular Bishop of Abthugni Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador

59.2 Ordained Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. Titular Bishop of Sufar Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

13 Dec 65.0 Installed Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti

66.3 Installed Vincenzo Pelvi Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

62.7 Appointed Marek Szkudło Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland

62.7 Appointed Marek Szkudło Titular Bishop of Wigry Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland

46.9 Appointed Adam Wodarczyk Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland

46.9 Appointed Adam Wodarczyk Titular Bishop of Pomezania Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland

14 Dec 57.0 Ordained Bishop Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei Titular Bishop of Accia Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

58.8 Installed Eduardo Horacio García Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

89.6 Died Anthony Edward Pevec † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

49.1 Installed Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. Bishop of Tortona, Italy Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

15 Dec 74.4 Ceased Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA

50.2 Ordained Bishop Chad William Zielinski Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA

16 Dec 76.5 Retired Max John Rodrigues Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

53.8 Appointed Samson Shukardin, O.F.M. Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan

17 Dec 49.8 Appointed Onécimo Alberton Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

45.1 Appointed Adelar Baruffi Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

61.9 Installed Peter Forsyth Christensen Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA

69.4 Ordained Bishop Terence Robert Curtin Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia

87.4 Died Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

55.5 Ordained Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Garba Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia

58.1 Appointed Jean-Marc Eychenne Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France Bishop of Grenoble-Vienne, France

76.3 Retired Augustinho Petry Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

18 Dec 92.7 Died Claude Henri Edouard Frikart, C.I.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France

19 Dec 59.5 Installed Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P. Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina

20 Dec 75.6 Retired Renato Ascencio León † Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México Bishop Emeritus

80.0 Retired Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

77.9 Retired Pier Luigi Celata Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus

66.0 Installed César Augusto Franco Martínez Bishop of Segovia, Spain

56.5 Appointed Giampiero Gloder Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

49.5 Ordained Bishop Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, P. Schönstatt Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay

71.7 Appointed Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

54.9 Appointed José Guadalupe Torres Campos Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

55.0 Ordained Bishop Henryk Wejman Titular Bishop of Sinitis Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

21 Dec 70.8 Installed Vicente Jiménez Zamora Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

51.0 Installed Milton Kenan Júnior Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

67.6 Ordained Bishop Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

60.0 Ceased Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay

22 Dec 56.5 Appointed Christopher James Coyne Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

75.1 Retired Martin Gächter Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

67.9 Appointed Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A. Apostolic Administrator of Santander, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain

66.1 Appointed Benjamin Ndiaye Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal

78.0 Retired Théodore-Adrien Sarr Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

63.1 Appointed Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B. Bishop of Kuzhithurai, India Bishop Emeritus

26 Dec 51.0 Ordained Bishop Juan Carlos Ares Titular Bishop of Cercina Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

86.1 Died Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. † Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

27 Dec 75.9 Retired Alfonso Milián Sorribas † Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain Bishop Emeritus

58.3 Appointed Ángel Javier Pérez Pueyo, H.S.O.D. Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain

30 Dec 46.6 Appointed John Saw Yaw Han Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

46.6 Appointed John Saw Yaw Han Titular Bishop of Buffada Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

31 Dec 45.6 Appointed Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit Bishop of Boac, Philippines Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	76.5	Appointed	Iván Antonio Marín López	Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
70.6	Resigned	Luis Alberto Parra Mora †	Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	52.8	Appointed	Zanoni Demettino Castro	Coadjutor Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop
76.4	Retired	Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
84.5	Died	Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
82.7	Died	Patrick Edward O’Connor †	Superior Emeritus of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)
48.4	Appointed	Waldemar Passini Dalbello	Coadjutor Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop
50.5	Appointed	Ivan Albert Pereira	Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India
4 Dec	56.1	Appointed	Patrick Michael O’Regan	Bishop of Sale, Australia	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
5 Dec	47.9	Appointed	Joseph Obanyi Sagwe	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya
77.3	Retired	Philip Sulumeti	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
55.0	Appointed	Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst	Official of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization	Official of the Dicastery for Evangelization
6 Dec	65.7	Ordained Bishop	György Snell †	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
7 Dec	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M.	Bishop of Tortona, Italy	Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
8 Dec	61.4	Installed	John Stanley Kenneth Arnold	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
56.6	Appointed	Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola
56.6	Appointed	Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias	Apostolic Administrator of Cabinda, Angola	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola
63.9	Installed	Fausto Tardelli	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
9 Dec	56.7	Appointed	Adolfo Ramón Canecín	Coadjutor Bishop of Goya, Argentina	Bishop
62.8	Appointed	Martin Kivuva Musonde	Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya
91.8	Died	Jorge María Mejía †	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
10 Dec	46.8	Appointed	Devair Araújo da Fonseca	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
46.8	Appointed	Devair Araújo da Fonseca	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.7	Appointed	Eduardo Vieira dos Santos	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.7	Appointed	Eduardo Vieira dos Santos	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
11 Dec	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Martín Fassi	Titular Bishop of Dionysiana	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
85.0	Died	Georges Lagrange †	Bishop Emeritus of Gap, France
12 Dec	74.5	Appointed	Pietro Bovati, S.J.	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Secretary Emeritus
50.7	Installed	Peter Andrew Comensoli	Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
70.8	Appointed	Vicente Jiménez Zamora	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
64.6	Appointed	Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
64.6	Appointed	Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I.	Titular Bishop of Abthugni	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
59.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Titular Bishop of Sufar	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
13 Dec	65.0	Installed	Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M.	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti
66.3	Installed	Vincenzo Pelvi	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	Marek Szkudło	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
62.7	Appointed	Marek Szkudło	Titular Bishop of Wigry	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
46.9	Appointed	Adam Wodarczyk	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
46.9	Appointed	Adam Wodarczyk	Titular Bishop of Pomezania	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
14 Dec	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei	Titular Bishop of Accia	Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
58.8	Installed	Eduardo Horacio García	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
89.6	Died	Anthony Edward Pevec †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
49.1	Installed	Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M.	Bishop of Tortona, Italy	Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
15 Dec	74.4	Ceased	Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Chad William Zielinski	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
16 Dec	76.5	Retired	Max John Rodrigues	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	Samson Shukardin, O.F.M.	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
17 Dec	49.8	Appointed	Onécimo Alberton	Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
45.1	Appointed	Adelar Baruffi	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
61.9	Installed	Peter Forsyth Christensen	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
69.4	Ordained Bishop	Terence Robert Curtin	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
87.4	Died	Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Garba	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
58.1	Appointed	Jean-Marc Eychenne	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Bishop of Grenoble-Vienne, France
76.3	Retired	Augustinho Petry	Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Dec	92.7	Died	Claude Henri Edouard Frikart, C.I.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
19 Dec	59.5	Installed	Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P.	Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
20 Dec	75.6	Retired	Renato Ascencio León †	Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México	Bishop Emeritus
80.0	Retired	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
77.9	Retired	Pier Luigi Celata	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus
66.0	Installed	César Augusto Franco Martínez	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
56.5	Appointed	Giampiero Gloder	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, P. Schönstatt	Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay
71.7	Appointed	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
54.9	Appointed	José Guadalupe Torres Campos	Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Wejman	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
21 Dec	70.8	Installed	Vicente Jiménez Zamora	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
51.0	Installed	Milton Kenan Júnior	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
67.6	Ordained Bishop	Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.	Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
60.0	Ceased	Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay
22 Dec	56.5	Appointed	Christopher James Coyne	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
75.1	Retired	Martin Gächter	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
67.9	Appointed	Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A.	Apostolic Administrator of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
66.1	Appointed	Benjamin Ndiaye	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
78.0	Retired	Théodore-Adrien Sarr	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
63.1	Appointed	Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kuzhithurai, India	Bishop Emeritus
26 Dec	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Ares	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
86.1	Died	Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
27 Dec	75.9	Retired	Alfonso Milián Sorribas †	Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
58.3	Appointed	Ángel Javier Pérez Pueyo, H.S.O.D.	Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
30 Dec	46.6	Appointed	John Saw Yaw Han	Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
46.6	Appointed	John Saw Yaw Han	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
31 Dec	45.6	Appointed	Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit	Bishop of Boac, Philippines	Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines

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