The Year of Our Lord 2007

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 65.9 Ordained Bishop Carlo Mazza Bishop of Fidenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

55.6 Converted Jeffrey Neil Steenson Ordinary Emeritus of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA

65.9 Installed Giovanni Tonucci Prelate of Loreto, Italy Prelate Emeritus

2 Dec 63.7 Ordained Bishop Séamus Freeman, S.A.C. † Bishop of Ossory, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

52.4 Installed Simone Giusti Bishop of Livorno, Italy

50.4 Ordained Bishop Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz Bishop of Espinal, Colombia Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia

64.0 Installed Leonardo Sandri Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

56.6 Ordained Bishop Justin Saw Min Thide Titular Bishop of Lemfocta Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar

3 Dec 50.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam

49.1 Appointed Isaac Jogues Agbémenya Kodjo Gaglo Bishop of Aného, Togo

75.1 Retired Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. † Bishop of Tezpur, India Bishop Emeritus

80.9 Died Henri Salina, C.R.A. † Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

52.5 Appointed Michael Akasius Toppo Bishop of Tezpur, India

4 Dec 43.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Gan Junqiu Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China

6 Dec 67.9 Appointed Gerald Nicholas Dino † Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA

57.7 Appointed John Doaninoel, S.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands

57.7 Appointed John Doaninoel, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands

68.1 Appointed Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya † Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.5 Appointed Francesco Moraglia Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

83.9 Died Roger Mpungu † Bishop Emeritus of Muyinga, Burundi

80.2 Retired Andrew Pataki † Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

55.5 Appointed Giuseppe Pinto Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Apostolic Nuncio

51.5 Appointed William Charles Skurla Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

76.2 Retired Bassano Staffieri † Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Patrick Taval, M.S.C. † Coadjutor Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea Bishop

7 Dec 75.6 Retired Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M. † Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Bishop Emeritus

48.6 Appointed Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

8 Dec 65.4 Appointed Alberto Bottari de Castello Titular Archbishop of Opitergium Apostolic Nuncio

64.9 Ordained Bishop Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C. Titular Bishop of Mades Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

45.7 Ordained Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vera Colona Bishop of Ica, Peru

9 Dec 68.6 Installed Ángel Rubio Castro Bishop of Segovia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

10 Dec 64.0 Appointed Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián Apostolic Nuncio to Romania Apostolic Nuncio

64.0 Appointed Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of Apostolic Nuncio

60.3 Appointed Romano Rossi Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired Divo Zadi † Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy Bishop Emeritus

11 Dec 54.4 Appointed Willem Jacobus Eijk Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

12 Dec 58.9 Appointed Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. † Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

97.3 Died Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

41.5 Ordained Bishop Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza Titular Bishop of Centenaria Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador

13 Dec 85.7 Died Gaetano Michetti † Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

14 Dec 52.9 Ordained Bishop Peter Jin Lugang Coadjutor Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China Bishop

15 Dec 61.9 Installed Pierre Bürcher Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Installed Zanoni Demettino Castro Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

92.4 Died Fernando Romo Gutiérrez † Bishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México

50.5 Installed Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz Bishop of Espinal, Colombia Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia

16 Dec 38.1 Ordained Bishop Vasile Bizău Titular Bishop of Appiaria Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania

37.0 Ordained Bishop Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă Titular Bishop of Novae Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania

55.6 Ordained Bishop Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B. Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar Bishop of Moramanga, Madagascar

49.0 Ordained Bishop João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S. Titular Bishop of Albulae Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil

18 Dec 44.9 Appointed Gaspard Béby Gnéba Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire

74.9 Retired Joseph Niangoran Teky Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

19 Dec 54.5 Appointed Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

54.5 Appointed Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz Titular Bishop of Accia Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

47.3 Appointed Karl-Heinz Wiesemann Bishop of Speyer, Germany

53.4 Appointed Michael Wüstenberg Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 58.5 Died Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

47.8 Appointed Eugène Cyrille Houndékon Bishop of Abomey, Benin

90.5 Died [John Liu Ding-han], S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China

81.1 Died Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp † Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam

34.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Vũ Công Viện Priest of Hà Nội, Viet Nam Auxiliary Bishop

21 Dec 57.5 Ordained Bishop William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv. Titular Bishop of Lares Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

62.5 Resigned James Charles Gould, S.J. Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Prefect Emeritus

39.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Li Jing Coadjutor Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China Bishop

61.8 Appointed Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. † Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Prefect Emeritus

22 Dec 63.9 Appointed Gianni Ambrosio Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

31.1 Ordained Priest Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa Priest of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

75.1 Retired Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela † Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

72.1 Appointed John Patrick Foley † Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus

62.8 Appointed George Kocherry Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe Apostolic Nuncio

65.5 Appointed Giuseppe Lazzarotto Apostolic Nuncio to Australia Apostolic Nuncio

45.0 Appointed Wiesław Lechowicz Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland Bishop of Poland, Military

45.0 Appointed Wiesław Lechowicz Titular Bishop of Lambiridi Bishop of Poland, Military

62.4 Appointed Antonio José López Castillo † Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

23 Dec 83.2 Died Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24 Dec 58.8 Appointed Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

58.8 Appointed Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

25 Dec 89.5 Died Juan Alfredo Arzube † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

27 Dec 75.7 Retired Rubén Héctor di Monte † Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

74.6 Resigned Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani † Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

63.2 Appointed Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

49.4 Succeeded Luis Urbanč Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

28 Dec 39.3 Solemn Vows Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan

45.4 Installed Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montecassino, Italy Abbot Emeritus

54.0 Appointed Dominic Nyarko Yeboah Bishop of Techiman, Ghana

29 Dec 75.1 Retired Adam Dyczkowski † Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Stefan Regmunt Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland Bishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Marian Kazimierz Zimałek † Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	65.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Mazza	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Converted	Jeffrey Neil Steenson	Ordinary Emeritus of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA
65.9	Installed	Giovanni Tonucci	Prelate of Loreto, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
2 Dec	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Séamus Freeman, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Installed	Simone Giusti	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
64.0	Installed	Leonardo Sandri	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Justin Saw Min Thide	Titular Bishop of Lemfocta	Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar
3 Dec	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân	Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam	Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
49.1	Appointed	Isaac Jogues Agbémenya Kodjo Gaglo	Bishop of Aného, Togo
75.1	Retired	Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Tezpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
80.9	Died	Henri Salina, C.R.A. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
52.5	Appointed	Michael Akasius Toppo	Bishop of Tezpur, India
4 Dec	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Gan Junqiu	Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
6 Dec	67.9	Appointed	Gerald Nicholas Dino †	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
57.7	Appointed	John Doaninoel, S.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea	Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
57.7	Appointed	John Doaninoel, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
68.1	Appointed	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya †	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.5	Appointed	Francesco Moraglia	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
83.9	Died	Roger Mpungu †	Bishop Emeritus of Muyinga, Burundi
80.2	Retired	Andrew Pataki †	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Pinto	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio
51.5	Appointed	William Charles Skurla	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
76.2	Retired	Bassano Staffieri †	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Patrick Taval, M.S.C. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
7 Dec	75.6	Retired	Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus
48.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
8 Dec	65.4	Appointed	Alberto Bottari de Castello	Titular Archbishop of Opitergium	Apostolic Nuncio
64.9	Ordained Bishop	Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Mades	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Eduardo Vera Colona	Bishop of Ica, Peru
9 Dec	68.6	Installed	Ángel Rubio Castro	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
10 Dec	64.0	Appointed	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania	Apostolic Nuncio
64.0	Appointed	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
60.3	Appointed	Romano Rossi	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	Divo Zadi †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Dec	54.4	Appointed	Willem Jacobus Eijk	Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
12 Dec	58.9	Appointed	Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
97.3	Died	Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
41.5	Ordained Bishop	Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador
13 Dec	85.7	Died	Gaetano Michetti †	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
14 Dec	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter Jin Lugang	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China	Bishop
15 Dec	61.9	Installed	Pierre Bürcher	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Installed	Zanoni Demettino Castro	Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
92.4	Died	Fernando Romo Gutiérrez †	Bishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México
50.5	Installed	Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
16 Dec	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Vasile Bizău	Titular Bishop of Appiaria	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
37.0	Ordained Bishop	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Titular Bishop of Novae	Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B.	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar	Bishop of Moramanga, Madagascar
49.0	Ordained Bishop	João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Albulae	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil
18 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Gaspard Béby Gnéba	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire
74.9	Retired	Joseph Niangoran Teky	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	54.5	Appointed	Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz	Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
54.5	Appointed	Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
47.3	Appointed	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
53.4	Appointed	Michael Wüstenberg	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	58.5	Died	Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
47.8	Appointed	Eugène Cyrille Houndékon	Bishop of Abomey, Benin
90.5	Died	[John Liu Ding-han], S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
81.1	Died	Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
34.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Vũ Công Viện	Priest of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop
21 Dec	57.5	Ordained Bishop	William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
62.5	Resigned	James Charles Gould, S.J.	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
39.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Li Jing	Coadjutor Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China	Bishop
61.8	Appointed	Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
22 Dec	63.9	Appointed	Gianni Ambrosio	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31.1	Ordained Priest	Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa	Priest of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
75.1	Retired	Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela †	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
72.1	Appointed	John Patrick Foley †	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	George Kocherry	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe	Apostolic Nuncio
65.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia	Apostolic Nuncio
45.0	Appointed	Wiesław Lechowicz	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Bishop of Poland, Military
45.0	Appointed	Wiesław Lechowicz	Titular Bishop of Lambiridi	Bishop of Poland, Military
62.4	Appointed	Antonio José López Castillo †	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Dec	83.2	Died	Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Dec	58.8	Appointed	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
58.8	Appointed	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
25 Dec	89.5	Died	Juan Alfredo Arzube †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
27 Dec	75.7	Retired	Rubén Héctor di Monte †	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
74.6	Resigned	Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
63.2	Appointed	Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
49.4	Succeeded	Luis Urbanč	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
28 Dec	39.3	Solemn Vows	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
45.4	Installed	Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
54.0	Appointed	Dominic Nyarko Yeboah	Bishop of Techiman, Ghana
29 Dec	75.1	Retired	Adam Dyczkowski †	Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Stefan Regmunt	Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Marian Kazimierz Zimałek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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