The Year of Our Lord 1983

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Aug 27.1 Entered Guy Desrochers, C.SS.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

1 Aug 59.9 Appointed Andrea Veggio † Auxiliary Bishop of Verona, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Andrea Veggio † Titular Bishop of Velia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

2 Aug 59.9 Appointed Maximilian Ziegelbauer † Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Maximilian Ziegelbauer † Titular Bishop of Lapda Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

4 Aug 48.5 Ordained Bishop Mario de Gasperín Gasperín Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México

49.0 Ordained Bishop John Richard Keating † Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA

5 Aug 25.0 Ordained Deacon Julio Hernando García Peláez Deacon of Pereira, Colombia Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia

55.9 Appointed Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín † Bishop of Ecuador, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

55.9 Appointed Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín † Titular Bishop of Novi Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

6 Aug 47.6 Ordained Bishop Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. Titular Bishop of Edistiana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

80.0 Retired Pietro Gazzoli † Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Resigned [Emmanuel Milingo] Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia

7 Aug 52.8 Ordained Bishop André Haddad, B.S. † Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

25.4 Entered Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

67.8 Installed Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo † Archbishop of La Serena, Chile Archbishop Emeritus

10 Aug 47.8 Ordained Bishop Francisco Capiral San Diego † Titular Bishop of Zica Bishop Emeritus of Pasig, Philippines

11 Aug 27.2 Ordained Priest Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G. Priest of Misioneros de Guadalupe Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

93.9 Died Jacques Grent, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia

12 Aug 60.6 Died Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto † Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

13 Aug 29.2 Ordained Priest Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Priest Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

28.3 Ordained Priest Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia Priest of Texcoco, México, México Bishop of Teotihuacán, México, México

76.2 Retired Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand † Bishop of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

25.7 Ordained Priest Joseph-Marie Ndi-Okalla Priest of Mbalmayo, Cameroon Bishop

61.3 Appointed Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet † Bishop of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus

14 Aug 90.0 Died Wilhelm Cleven † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

52.9 Installed André Haddad, B.S. † Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

27.3 Ordained Priest Edgar Amine Madi Priest of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil

26.1 Ordained Priest Alojzije Slavko Večerin † Priest of Subotica, Serbia Bishop

15 Aug 26.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Banga Bane Priest Bishop Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

56.3 Ordained Priest John Gao Kexian † Priest Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China

16.9 First Vows Michel Jalakh, O.A.M. Member of Antonin Maronite Order (Maronite) Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

16 Aug 79.1 Died Felipe de Jesús Cueto González, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México

17 Aug 65.2 Resigned Jackson Berenguer Prado † Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

56.9 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Donald Soens † Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Aug 44.9 Appointed Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

44.9 Appointed Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez Titular Bishop of Castrum Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

19 Aug 94.4 Died Francesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia

31.6 Ordained Priest Michael Joseph McKenna Priest of Sale, Australia Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

20 Aug 36.3 Ordained Priest Terence John Gerard Brady Priest of Sydney, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.4 Ordained Priest Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C. Priest of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México

75.1 Retired Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra † Bishop of Palmira, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

55.7 Succeeded José Mario Escobar Serna † Bishop of Palmira, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

80.5 Died Gracija Ivanovic † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro

26.1 Perpetual Vows Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

63.7 Appointed Antonio Mazza † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy

68.5 Died Thomas Ryan † Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert, Ireland

21 Aug 54.0 Installed Raúl Arsenio Casado † Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina

42.6 Ordained Bishop Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

23 Aug 75.0 Retired James Joseph Byrne † Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus

55.9 Ordained Bishop Andrew Pataki † Titular Bishop of Telmissus Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

25 Aug 54.0 Appointed Josef Homeyer † Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed César Ramón Ortega Herrera † Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela

51.5 Appointed Anton Schlembach † Bishop of Speyer, Germany Bishop Emeritus

28 Aug 22.3 Solemn Vows José Bonello, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras

21.1 Solemn Vows George Bugeja, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya

85.9 Died Viktor Burić † Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia

26.1 Ordained Priest Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P. Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek) Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

41.6 Ordained Bishop Hervé Itoua Bishop of Ouesso, Congo Bishop Emeritus

78.1 Died Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Shinyanga, Tanzania

37.4 Ordained Bishop Anatole Milandou Titular Bishop of Capra Archbishop Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo

27.6 Ordained Priest Robert Christopher Ndlovu Priest of Hwange, Zimbabwe Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe

30 Aug 56.9 Installed Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá † Bishop of León, Spain Bishop Emeritus

60.8 Appointed William Aquin Carew † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan Apostolic Nuncio

46.1 Appointed Giovanni Battista Morandini Titular Archbishop of Numida Apostolic Nuncio

46.1 Appointed Giovanni Battista Morandini Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda Apostolic Nuncio

54.7 Appointed Nicola Rotunno † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy

31 Aug 68.4 Resigned José (Giuseppe) Maritano, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Aug	27.1	Entered	Guy Desrochers, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
1 Aug	59.9	Appointed	Andrea Veggio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Verona, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Andrea Veggio †	Titular Bishop of Velia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
2 Aug	59.9	Appointed	Maximilian Ziegelbauer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Maximilian Ziegelbauer †	Titular Bishop of Lapda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
4 Aug	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Mario de Gasperín Gasperín	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México
49.0	Ordained Bishop	John Richard Keating †	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
5 Aug	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Julio Hernando García Peláez	Deacon of Pereira, Colombia	Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia
55.9	Appointed	Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín †	Bishop of Ecuador, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
55.9	Appointed	Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín †	Titular Bishop of Novi	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
6 Aug	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Edistiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
80.0	Retired	Pietro Gazzoli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Resigned	[Emmanuel Milingo]	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
7 Aug	52.8	Ordained Bishop	André Haddad, B.S. †	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
25.4	Entered	Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
67.8	Installed	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Aug	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Capiral San Diego †	Titular Bishop of Zica	Bishop Emeritus of Pasig, Philippines
11 Aug	27.2	Ordained Priest	Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G.	Priest of Misioneros de Guadalupe	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
93.9	Died	Jacques Grent, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
12 Aug	60.6	Died	Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
13 Aug	29.2	Ordained Priest	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Priest	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
28.3	Ordained Priest	Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia	Priest of Texcoco, México, México	Bishop of Teotihuacán, México, México
76.2	Retired	Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand †	Bishop of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
25.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Marie Ndi-Okalla	Priest of Mbalmayo, Cameroon	Bishop
61.3	Appointed	Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet †	Bishop of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus
14 Aug	90.0	Died	Wilhelm Cleven †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
52.9	Installed	André Haddad, B.S. †	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
27.3	Ordained Priest	Edgar Amine Madi	Priest of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil
26.1	Ordained Priest	Alojzije Slavko Večerin †	Priest of Subotica, Serbia	Bishop
15 Aug	26.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Banga Bane	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
56.3	Ordained Priest	John Gao Kexian †	Priest	Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
16.9	First Vows	Michel Jalakh, O.A.M.	Member of Antonin Maronite Order (Maronite)	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
16 Aug	79.1	Died	Felipe de Jesús Cueto González, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
17 Aug	65.2	Resigned	Jackson Berenguer Prado †	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Donald Soens †	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Aug	44.9	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez	Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
44.9	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez	Titular Bishop of Castrum	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
19 Aug	94.4	Died	Francesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia
31.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph McKenna	Priest of Sale, Australia	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
20 Aug	36.3	Ordained Priest	Terence John Gerard Brady	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.4	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.	Priest of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
75.1	Retired	Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra †	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
55.7	Succeeded	José Mario Escobar Serna †	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
80.5	Died	Gracija Ivanovic †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
26.1	Perpetual Vows	Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
63.7	Appointed	Antonio Mazza †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
68.5	Died	Thomas Ryan †	Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert, Ireland
21 Aug	54.0	Installed	Raúl Arsenio Casado †	Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
23 Aug	75.0	Retired	James Joseph Byrne †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Pataki †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
25 Aug	54.0	Appointed	Josef Homeyer †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	César Ramón Ortega Herrera †	Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
51.5	Appointed	Anton Schlembach †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
28 Aug	22.3	Solemn Vows	José Bonello, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras
21.1	Solemn Vows	George Bugeja, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
85.9	Died	Viktor Burić †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia
26.1	Ordained Priest	Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.	Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Hervé Itoua	Bishop of Ouesso, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
78.1	Died	Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Shinyanga, Tanzania
37.4	Ordained Bishop	Anatole Milandou	Titular Bishop of Capra	Archbishop Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo
27.6	Ordained Priest	Robert Christopher Ndlovu	Priest of Hwange, Zimbabwe	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
30 Aug	56.9	Installed	Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
60.8	Appointed	William Aquin Carew †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan	Apostolic Nuncio
46.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Morandini	Titular Archbishop of Numida	Apostolic Nuncio
46.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Morandini	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Apostolic Nuncio
54.7	Appointed	Nicola Rotunno †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
31 Aug	68.4	Resigned	José (Giuseppe) Maritano, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus

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