The Year of Our Lord 2013

Bishop Events

December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Dec	55.3	Appointed	Eugene Joseph	Administrator of Varanasi, India	Bishop
1 Dec	72.5	Died	Fernando Sabogal Viana †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogot�, Colombia
70.7	Died	Ant�nio Lino da Silva Dinis †	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
3 Dec	80.1	Retired	Antonio Bayter Abud, M.X.Y. †	Vicar Apostolic of In�rida, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
47.6	Appointed	Joselito Carre�o Qui�onez, M.X.Y.	Vicar Apostolic of In�rida, Colombia
47.6	Appointed	Joselito Carre�o Qui�onez, M.X.Y.	Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare	Vicar Apostolic of In�rida, Colombia
45.3	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Correa Mart�nez	Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia	Bishop of Apartad�, Colombia
45.3	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Correa Mart�nez	Titular Bishop of Severiana	Bishop of Apartad�, Colombia
55.8	Installed	Raphy Manjaly	Bishop of Allahabad, India	Archbishop of Agra, India
77.9	Ceased	Ignatius Menezes	Apostolic Administrator of Allahabad, India	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer, India
47.1	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
47.1	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Masclianae	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
63.7	Appointed	Jorge V�zquez	Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Bishop of Mor�n, Argentina
63.7	Appointed	Jorge V�zquez	Titular Bishop of Castra Nova	Bishop of Mor�n, Argentina
4 Dec	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Kurt Richard Burnette	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
5 Dec	57.4	Installed	Julito Buhisan Cortes	Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines
6 Dec	75.0	Retired	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio
75.0	Retired	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio
52.9	Appointed	Tom�s L�pez Dur�n	Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los �ngeles, M�xico
52.9	Appointed	Tom�s L�pez Dur�n	Titular Bishop of Socia	Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los �ngeles, M�xico
76.9	Retired	Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M.	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini	Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los �ngeles, M�xico	Bishop of Ciudad Obreg�n, Sonora, M�xico
46.8	Appointed	Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Bishop of Ciudad Obreg�n, Sonora, M�xico
55.9	Appointed	Montfort Stima (Sitima)	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
7 Dec	48.7	Appointed	Georges Bizimana	Coadjutor Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi
45.5	Ordained Bishop	�ureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Bida	Vicar Apostolic of Gal�pagos, Ecuador
54.7	Ordained Bishop	J�zef G�rzyński	Titular Bishop of Leontium	Archbishop of Warmia, Poland
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Valerio Lazzeri	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Rafał Markowski	Titular Bishop of Obba	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
54.1	Appointed	Rudolf Pierskała	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
54.1	Appointed	Rudolf Pierskała	Titular Bishop of Semina	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
8 Dec	55.5	Installed	S�bastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Dec	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Harmon Cozzens	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
78.0	Retired	Petr Esterka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Simon Kaipuram, C.M. †	Bishop of Balasore, India
77.8	Retired	Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M.	Bishop of Balasore, India	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	J�zef Zawitkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łowicz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
10 Dec	45.3	Appointed	Urban Federer, O.S.B.	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
58.2	Appointed	Jes�s Fern�ndez Gonz�lez	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
58.2	Appointed	Jes�s Fern�ndez Gonz�lez	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
11 Dec	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Narciso Villaver Abellana, M.S.C.	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines
92.9	Died	Paul Liu Jing-he †	Bishop Emeritus of Yongping [Y�ngping], China	Bishop
62.6	Appointed	Stephen Robson	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec	56.5	Appointed	Francis Victor Bestion	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop of Blois, France
75.3	Retired	Bernard Louis Marie Charrier	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
63.2	Appointed	Joseph Richard Kopacz	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
76.1	Retired	Joseph Nunzio Latino †	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
76.5	Retired	Michael David Pfeifer, O.M.I.	Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Michael James Sis	Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA
13 Dec	47.7	Appointed	Jos� Francisco Gonz�lez Gonz�lez	Bishop of Campeche, M�xico
47.1	Resigned	Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
47.1	Resigned	Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop-Elect of Masclianae	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
75.0	Retired	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Dec	77.1	Retired	Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC.	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
59.3	Ordained Bishop	Aldo Giordano †	Titular Archbishop of Tamada	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
77.7	Resigned	Leone Morinelli, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinit� di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Michele Petruzzelli, O.S.B.	Abbot of Santissima Trinit� di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
60.9	Appointed	Jan Piotrowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarn�w, Poland	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
60.9	Appointed	Jan Piotrowski	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
55.2	Appointed	Ren� Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
59.1	Appointed	Stanisław Salaterski	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarn�w, Poland
59.1	Appointed	Stanisław Salaterski	Titular Bishop of Tigillava	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarn�w, Poland
15 Dec	56.6	Installed	Paulo Roberto Beloto	Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
60.7	Installed	Mariano Crociata	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Mark Andrew Hagemoen	Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Jo�o In�cio M�ller, O.F.M.	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
60.8	Succeeded	Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P.	Bishop of Port-Berg�, Madagascar
74.0	Resigned	Armand Toasy	Bishop of Port-Berg�, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	64.6	Installed	Leonard Paul Blair	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Dec	87.8	Died	Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis †	Bishop Emeritus of Liepāja, Latvia
87.2	Died	Ricardo Mar�a Carles Gord� †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
49.1	Appointed	John Francis Doerfler	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA
18 Dec	65.4	Appointed	Luigi Bonazzi	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania
67.5	Appointed	Robert Peter Deeley	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	54.9	Appointed	Jean-Marc No�l Aveline	Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop
54.9	Appointed	Jean-Marc No�l Aveline	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Cardinal, Archbishop of Marseille, France
49.6	Appointed	Gabriel Bernardo Barba	Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina
75.7	Retired	Juan Horacio Su�rez	Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	55.6	Appointed	Alfredo Jos� Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B.	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
21 Dec	62.4	Appointed	Charles Daniel Balvo	Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph G�bara	Coadjutor Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Para�so em S�o Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
75.0	Retired	Aurelio Jos� K�hn Hergenreder, O.F.M.	Prelate of De�n Funes, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Ailton Menegussi	Bishop of Crate�s, Ceara, Brazil
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
54.0	Appointed	Wiesław Szlachetka	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
54.0	Appointed	Wiesław Szlachetka	Titular Bishop of Vageata	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
50.0	Succeeded	Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen	Prelate of De�n Funes, Argentina	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
22 Dec	45.3	Installed	Urban Federer, O.S.B.	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
23 Dec	61.5	Appointed	Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M.	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina	Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
75.0	Retired	Francisco Polti Santill�n	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
67.5	Selected	Bosco Puthur	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
88.1	Died	Francisco Manuel Vieira †	Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Dec	80.6	Died	Soane Lilo Foliaki, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
76.0	Retired	Guillermo Lor�a Garita	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
68.1	Appointed	Gabriel Enrique Montero Uma�a, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
27 Dec	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
28 Dec	62.2	Appointed	Peter Abir Antonysamy	Bishop of Sultanpet, India
65.3	Appointed	Nunzio Galantino	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
29 Dec	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Jorge V�zquez	Titular Bishop of Castra Nova	Bishop of Mor�n, Argentina
30 Dec	52.4	Appointed	Peter Chung Soon-taick, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Archbishop
52.4	Appointed	Peter Chung Soon-taick, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Tamazuca	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
63.4	Appointed	Marlo Mendoza Peralta	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
77.1	Retired	Ernesto Antolin Salgado	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
51.3	Appointed	Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
51.3	Appointed	Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon	Titular Bishop of Puppi	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
31 Dec	77.6	Died	Joaquim Gon�alves †	Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal

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