The Year of Our Lord 2015

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Aug 52.7 Appointed Alberto Ortega Martín Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

52.7 Appointed Alberto Ortega Martín Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

52.7 Appointed Alberto Ortega Martín Titular Archbishop of Midila Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

55.0 Ordained Bishop Hanna Rahmé, O.L.M. Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon

63.5 Installed Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A. Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

3 Aug 93.6 Died Salvatore Cassisa † Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy

4 Aug 64.0 Appointed Fernando José Castro Aguayo Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela

46.4 Ordained Bishop Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc Titular Bishop of Bapara Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines

44.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Zhang Yinlin Coadjutor Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China Bishop

6 Aug 59.7 Appointed Jose Kalluvelil Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Syro-Malabar) Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)

59.7 Appointed Jose Kalluvelil Titular Bishop of Tabalta Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)

75.9 Retired Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

39.2 Appointed Antony Prince Panengaden Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India

9 Aug 55.5 Ceased Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Apostolic Administrator of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

46.1 Ordained Bishop Emery Kibal Nkufi Mansong’loo, C.P. Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

59.7 Installed Sergio Melillo Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy

10 Aug 50.6 Appointed Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela Bishop of Petare, Venezuela

48.3 Ordained Bishop Dennis Cabanada Villarojo Titular Bishop of Gisipa Bishop of Malolos, Philippines

14 Aug 67.8 Appointed Paolo Bizzeti, S.J. Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey

67.8 Appointed Paolo Bizzeti, S.J. Titular Bishop of Tabae Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey

69.9 Died Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

15 Aug 56.6 Appointed Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan Archbishop

59.7 Appointed Misael Vacca Ramirez Apostolic Administrator of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia

48.7 Ordained Bishop Benny Mario Travas Bishop of Multan, Pakistan Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan

17 Aug 88.2 Died László Pacifik Paskai, O.F.M. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

18 Aug 75.5 Died Vladimír Filo † Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia

19 Aug 88.4 Died Paul Lokiru Kalanda † Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda

23 Aug 46.3 Installed Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

24 Aug 75.2 Retired Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

57.0 Ordained Bishop Eugene Joseph Bishop of Varanasi, India

61.6 Appointed José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I. Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

25 Aug 74.8 Died Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

26 Aug 92.2 Died Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

65.4 Appointed Antony Kariyil, C.M.I. Bishop of Mandya (Syro-Malabar), India Archiepiscopal Vicar Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

88.6 Died Maroun Khoury Sader † Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon

93.6 Died Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. † Abbot Emeritus of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil

79.8 Died Francisco Capiral San Diego † Bishop Emeritus of Pasig, Philippines

28 Aug 48.8 Ceased Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC. Apostolic Administrator of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

62.6 Appointed Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC. Apostolic Administrator of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop

66.5 Ordained Bishop Ambrose Rebello Bishop of Aurangabad, India Bishop Emeritus

58.5 Ordained Bishop Benedictus Son Hee-Song Titular Bishop of Camplum Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)

67.1 Died Józef Wesołowski † Apostolic Nuncio

29 Aug 86.7 Died Carlos María Ariz Bolea, C.M.F. † Bishop Emeritus of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama

59.8 Installed Rafael Biernaski Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil

57.2 Ordained Bishop Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Carpi Bishop of Temuco, Chile

157.6 Beatified Flavien-Michel Malké † Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Syrian), Turkey

63.4 Ordained Bishop Victor de la Cruz Ocampo † Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines

62.8 Ceased João Francisco Salm Apostolic Administrator of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

30 Aug 88.3 Died Pierfranco Pastore † Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

94.6 Died George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Aug	52.7	Appointed	Alberto Ortega Martín	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
52.7	Appointed	Alberto Ortega Martín	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
52.7	Appointed	Alberto Ortega Martín	Titular Archbishop of Midila	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Hanna Rahmé, O.L.M.	Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
63.5	Installed	Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A.	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
3 Aug	93.6	Died	Salvatore Cassisa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
4 Aug	64.0	Appointed	Fernando José Castro Aguayo	Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc	Titular Bishop of Bapara	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Zhang Yinlin	Coadjutor Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China	Bishop
6 Aug	59.7	Appointed	Jose Kalluvelil	Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Syro-Malabar)	Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)
59.7	Appointed	Jose Kalluvelil	Titular Bishop of Tabalta	Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)
75.9	Retired	Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I.	Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
39.2	Appointed	Antony Prince Panengaden	Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India
9 Aug	55.5	Ceased	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Emery Kibal Nkufi Mansong’loo, C.P.	Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.7	Installed	Sergio Melillo	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
10 Aug	50.6	Appointed	Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar	Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela	Bishop of Petare, Venezuela
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Cabanada Villarojo	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
14 Aug	67.8	Appointed	Paolo Bizzeti, S.J.	Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
67.8	Appointed	Paolo Bizzeti, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Tabae	Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
69.9	Died	Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
15 Aug	56.6	Appointed	Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria	Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan	Archbishop
59.7	Appointed	Misael Vacca Ramirez	Apostolic Administrator of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Benny Mario Travas	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
17 Aug	88.2	Died	László Pacifik Paskai, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
18 Aug	75.5	Died	Vladimír Filo †	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
19 Aug	88.4	Died	Paul Lokiru Kalanda †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
23 Aug	46.3	Installed	Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
24 Aug	75.2	Retired	Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis	Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
57.0	Ordained Bishop	Eugene Joseph	Bishop of Varanasi, India
61.6	Appointed	José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I.	Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
25 Aug	74.8	Died	Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
26 Aug	92.2	Died	Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
65.4	Appointed	Antony Kariyil, C.M.I.	Bishop of Mandya (Syro-Malabar), India	Archiepiscopal Vicar Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
88.6	Died	Maroun Khoury Sader †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
93.6	Died	Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. †	Abbot Emeritus of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil
79.8	Died	Francisco Capiral San Diego †	Bishop Emeritus of Pasig, Philippines
28 Aug	48.8	Ceased	Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC.	Apostolic Administrator of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
62.6	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC.	Apostolic Administrator of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop
66.5	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose Rebello	Bishop of Aurangabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Benedictus Son Hee-Song	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)
67.1	Died	Józef Wesołowski †	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Aug	86.7	Died	Carlos María Ariz Bolea, C.M.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama
59.8	Installed	Rafael Biernaski	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Carpi	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
157.6	Beatified	Flavien-Michel Malké †	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Syrian), Turkey
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Victor de la Cruz Ocampo †	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines
62.8	Ceased	João Francisco Salm	Apostolic Administrator of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
30 Aug	88.3	Died	Pierfranco Pastore †	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
94.6	Died	George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)

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