The Year of Our Lord 2015

Bishop Events

June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jun 75.5 Retired Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán Archbishop of Yucatán, México Archbishop Emeritus

60.2 Appointed Gustavo Rodriguez Vega Archbishop of Yucatán, México

85.3 Died Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland

2 Jun 51.8 Ordained Bishop Piergiorgio Bertoldi Titular Archbishop of Hispellum Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic

83.9 Died Thomas Flynn † Bishop Emeritus of Achonry, Ireland

3 Jun 54.9 Appointed Erio Castellucci Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

54.4 Appointed Christian Noel Emmanuel Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

78.4 Retired Joseph Kingsley Swampillai Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

4 Jun 70.2 Appointed Joseph Đình Đúc Đao Coadjutor Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

64.5 Installed John Charles Wester Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

5 Jun 68.9 Died Julien Mawule Kouto † Bishop Emeritus of Atakpamé, Togo

71.2 Resigned Manfred Melzer † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa Titular Bishop of Corniculana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia

76.2 Retired Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

6 Jun 47.4 Appointed José Alberto González Juárez Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México

59.5 Installed Misael Vacca Ramirez Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia

7 Jun 54.3 Ordained Bishop Jean-Christophore Amade Aloma, M. Afr. Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

52.4 Ordained Bishop Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J. Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

57.9 Ordained Bishop Josef Graf Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

54.8 Ordained Bishop Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi Titular Bishop of Naratcata Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

8 Jun 60.9 Appointed Heiner Koch Archbishop of Berlin, Germany

52.5 Appointed Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte Bishop of Venezuela, Military

9 Jun 40.8 Appointed Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

40.8 Appointed Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

10 Jun 71.7 Resigned João Nílton dos Santos Souza Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil Bishop

11 Jun 61.6 Ordained Bishop Werner Freistetter Bishop of Austria, Military

76.5 Retired Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania Archbishop Emeritus

12 Jun 46.9 Ordained Bishop Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón Titular Bishop of Tanudaia Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

75.6 Retired Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Installed Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. † Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil

62.6 Appointed Thomas Ignatius Macwan Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India

75.6 Installed Edoardo Menichelli Cardinal-Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

63.2 Appointed Victor de la Cruz Ocampo † Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines

13 Jun 57.1 Installed Wilson Luís Angotti Filho Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

54.0 Ordained Bishop Vlastimil Kročil Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia

75.8 Retired Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R. Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

81.1 Installed Karl-Josef Rauber † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

51.6 Appointed Wiesław Śpiewak, C. R. Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles

14 Jun 60.3 Ordained Bishop Vincent Aind Bishop of Bagdogra, India Archbishop of Ranchi, India

62.9 Installed José Aristeu Vieira Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

60.6 Installed Denis Grondin Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

55.6 Ordained Bishop Michal Janocha Titular Bishop of Barica Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

52.2 Ordained Bishop Wilhelm Krautwaschl Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria

66.9 Installed Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio in Campo Marzio Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

15 Jun 55.7 Appointed Bernard Anthony Hebda Apostolic Administrator of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Archbishop

68.2 Resigned John Clayton Nienstedt Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus

57.1 Resigned Lee Anthony Piché Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.0 Appointed Petar Antun Rajič Apostolic Nuncio to Angola Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

56.0 Appointed Petar Antun Rajič Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

17 Jun 71.2 Died Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira † Bishop Emeritus of Minas, Uruguay

20 Jun 54.9 Confirmed Hanna Rahmé, O.L.M. Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon

69.1 Appointed Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México Bishop Emeritus

73.4 Resigned Alejo Zavala Castro Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México Bishop Emeritus

22 Jun 59.2 Appointed Luis Mariano Montemayor Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

23 Jun 62.9 Resigned Francisco González Hernández, O.P. Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

45.4 Succeeded David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea, O.P. Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

24 Jun 59.6 Appointed Rafael Biernaski Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil

53.5 Appointed João Santos Cardoso Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

25 Jun 71.3 Appointed Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean † Titular Bishop of Agbia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Panamá

71.3 Appointed Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean † Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

81.9 Appointed José Dimas Cedeño Delgado Apostolic Administrator of Penonomé, Panama Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá

64.4 Resigned Gonzalo Galván Castillo † Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus

66.1 Died Óscar González Villa † Priest of Manizales, Colombia

79.7 Appointed José Guadalupe Martín Rábago Apostolic Administrator of Autlán, Jalisco, México Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

75.4 Died Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

26 Jun 47.0 Appointed Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

47.0 Appointed Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro Titular Bishop of Nova Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

78.1 Retired Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón Bishop of Engativá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

66.7 Appointed Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa Bishop of Engativá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

27 Jun 50.3 Appointed Lucio Adrian Ruiz Secretary of the Secretariat for Communications Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication

53.0 Appointed Dario Edoardo Viganò Prefect of the Secretariat for Communications Prefect Emeritus

40.8 Ordained Bishop Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

28 Jun 67.4 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

77.3 Ceased Paolo Romeo Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

29 Jun 51.5 Ordained Bishop Brendan John Cahill Bishop of Victoria in Texas, USA

53.2 Ceased Gary Wayne Janak Administrator of Victoria in Texas, USA Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

30 Jun 75.0 Retired Pierre Farine Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jun	75.5	Retired	Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán	Archbishop of Yucatán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
60.2	Appointed	Gustavo Rodriguez Vega	Archbishop of Yucatán, México
85.3	Died	Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland
2 Jun	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Piergiorgio Bertoldi	Titular Archbishop of Hispellum	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
83.9	Died	Thomas Flynn †	Bishop Emeritus of Achonry, Ireland
3 Jun	54.9	Appointed	Erio Castellucci	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
54.4	Appointed	Christian Noel Emmanuel	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
78.4	Retired	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jun	70.2	Appointed	Joseph Đình Đúc Đao	Coadjutor Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Installed	John Charles Wester	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
5 Jun	68.9	Died	Julien Mawule Kouto †	Bishop Emeritus of Atakpamé, Togo
71.2	Resigned	Manfred Melzer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa	Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa	Titular Bishop of Corniculana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
76.2	Retired	Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.	Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
6 Jun	47.4	Appointed	José Alberto González Juárez	Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México
59.5	Installed	Misael Vacca Ramirez	Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
7 Jun	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Christophore Amade Aloma, M. Afr.	Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena	Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Josef Graf	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Jun	60.9	Appointed	Heiner Koch	Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
52.5	Appointed	Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte	Bishop of Venezuela, Military
9 Jun	40.8	Appointed	Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
40.8	Appointed	Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
10 Jun	71.7	Resigned	João Nílton dos Santos Souza	Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil	Bishop
11 Jun	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Werner Freistetter	Bishop of Austria, Military
76.5	Retired	Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Lionginas Virbalas, S.J.	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Jun	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
75.6	Retired	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India	Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Installed	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. †	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
62.6	Appointed	Thomas Ignatius Macwan	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India
75.6	Installed	Edoardo Menichelli	Cardinal-Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
63.2	Appointed	Victor de la Cruz Ocampo †	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines
13 Jun	57.1	Installed	Wilson Luís Angotti Filho	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Vlastimil Kročil	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
75.8	Retired	Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R.	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
81.1	Installed	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
51.6	Appointed	Wiesław Śpiewak, C. R.	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
14 Jun	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Aind	Bishop of Bagdogra, India	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
62.9	Installed	José Aristeu Vieira	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
60.6	Installed	Denis Grondin	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Michal Janocha	Titular Bishop of Barica	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Krautwaschl	Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
66.9	Installed	Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio in Campo Marzio	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
15 Jun	55.7	Appointed	Bernard Anthony Hebda	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop
68.2	Resigned	John Clayton Nienstedt	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
57.1	Resigned	Lee Anthony Piché	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
56.0	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
17 Jun	71.2	Died	Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira †	Bishop Emeritus of Minas, Uruguay
20 Jun	54.9	Confirmed	Hanna Rahmé, O.L.M.	Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
69.1	Appointed	Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M.	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus
73.4	Resigned	Alejo Zavala Castro	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jun	59.2	Appointed	Luis Mariano Montemayor	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
23 Jun	62.9	Resigned	Francisco González Hernández, O.P.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
45.4	Succeeded	David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea, O.P.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
24 Jun	59.6	Appointed	Rafael Biernaski	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
53.5	Appointed	João Santos Cardoso	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
25 Jun	71.3	Appointed	Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean †	Titular Bishop of Agbia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Panamá
71.3	Appointed	Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean †	Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
81.9	Appointed	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado	Apostolic Administrator of Penonomé, Panama	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
64.4	Resigned	Gonzalo Galván Castillo †	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
66.1	Died	Óscar González Villa †	Priest of Manizales, Colombia
79.7	Appointed	José Guadalupe Martín Rábago	Apostolic Administrator of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
75.4	Died	Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
26 Jun	47.0	Appointed	Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
47.0	Appointed	Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro	Titular Bishop of Nova	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
78.1	Retired	Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón	Bishop of Engativá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
66.7	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa	Bishop of Engativá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun	50.3	Appointed	Lucio Adrian Ruiz	Secretary of the Secretariat for Communications	Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication
53.0	Appointed	Dario Edoardo Viganò	Prefect of the Secretariat for Communications	Prefect Emeritus
40.8	Ordained Bishop	Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
28 Jun	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro	Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
77.3	Ceased	Paolo Romeo	Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
29 Jun	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Brendan John Cahill	Bishop of Victoria in Texas, USA
53.2	Ceased	Gary Wayne Janak	Administrator of Victoria in Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
30 Jun	75.0	Retired	Pierre Farine	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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