The Year of Our Lord 1968

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 53.8 Resigned Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 Nov 17.5 Temporary Vows Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

59.5 Appointed Domenico Enrici † Apostolic Delegate to Australia and Papua New Guinea Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

54.2 Ordained Bishop Guglielmo Giaquinta † Titular Bishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara) Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

21.2 Perpetual Vows Giovanni Salonia, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Priest

62.9 Appointed Antonio Samorè † Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive

4 Nov 46.6 Appointed José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. † Bishop of El Salvador, Military Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador

84.2 Retired Alberto di Jorio † Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus

5 Nov 60.5 Appointed Paul-Louis Carrière † Coadjutor Bishop of Laval, France Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed Paul-Louis Carrière † Titular Bishop of Labicum Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

6 Nov 62.8 Appointed Sergio Guerri † Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus

7 Nov 56.3 Appointed Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus Bishop Emeritus of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil

56.3 Resigned Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. † Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

8 Nov 85.6 Died Guido Maria Mazzocco † Bishop of Adria, Italy

9 Nov 24.5 Ordained Priest Marcello Bartolucci Priest of Assisi, Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

56.8 Appointed Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † Apostolic Administrator of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

69.9 Appointed Giuseppe Ruotolo † Titular Bishop of Atella Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

69.9 Resigned Giuseppe Ruotolo † Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.9 Appointed Enea Selis † Official Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy

57.9 Ceased Enea Selis † Apostolic Administrator of Iglesias, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy

10 Nov 93.1 Died Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

46.0 Ordained Bishop Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. † Titular Bishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)

11 Nov 48.4 Appointed Abel Costas Montaño † Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia

48.4 Appointed Abel Costas Montaño † Titular Bishop of Novi Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia

39.5 Appointed Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque † Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia

39.5 Appointed Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque † Titular Bishop of Caere Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia

46.7 Appointed Andrés Bernardo (Andrew Bernard) Schierhoff † Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia

46.7 Appointed Andrés Bernardo (Andrew Bernard) Schierhoff † Titular Bishop of Pumentum Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia

Born George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D. Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

Born Joseph Martin Wu Qinjing Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China

14 Nov 26.3 Ordained Priest Zacchaeus Okoth Priest of Kisumu, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya

15 Nov 73.8 Appointed Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Cuicul Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

73.8 Resigned Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. † Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Joseph Li Jing Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China

Born Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X. Bishop of Padang, Indonesia

56.5 Succeeded Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. † Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Bishop Emeritus

16 Nov 87.4 Died Augustin Bea, S.J. † Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity

Born Kévork Noradounguian, I.C.P.B. Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)

17 Nov 23.4 Solemn Vows Stephen Victor Chmilar † Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

38.2 Ordained Bishop Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C. † Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

18 Nov 64.9 Appointed Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea † Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain Bishop Emeritus

70.8 Died Pablo Gúrpide Beope † Bishop of Bilbao, Spain

20 Nov Born Fidelis Bautista Layog Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

72.3 Appointed Henry Joseph O’Brien † Titular Archbishop of Uthina Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

72.3 Resigned Henry Joseph O’Brien † Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus

21 Nov Born Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero † Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

41.5 Ordained Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony † Titular Bishop of Fissiana Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

22 Nov 47.7 Resigned James Patrick Shannon † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

23 Nov Born François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv. Cardinal, Bishop of Ajaccio, France

46.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. † Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

24 Nov 26.9 Ordained Priest Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. † Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

47.1 Ordained Bishop Girolamo Prigione † Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum Apostolic Nuncio

59.6 Ordained Bishop Józef Rozwadowski † Bishop of Łódź, Poland Bishop Emeritus

25 Nov 58.5 Appointed Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Thuccabora Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda

58.5 Resigned Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. † Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

26 Nov 19.2 First Vows Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. Member of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México

27 Nov 82.5 Died Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. † Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia

63.3 Appointed Flaviano Barrechea Ariola † Titular Bishop of Guzabeta Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines

63.3 Resigned Flaviano Barrechea Ariola † Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

63.6 Died Silvio Cassulo † Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

29 Nov 71.1 Died William Charles Philip Gaudreau, C.Ss.R. † Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

30 Nov 48.7 Appointed José Germán Benavides Morriberón † Titular Bishop of Mades Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru

48.7 Appointed José Germán Benavides Morriberón † Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru

48.7 Resigned José Germán Benavides Morriberón † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru Bishop Emeritus

69.6 Appointed Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Sorres Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

69.6 Resigned Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Bishop Emeritus

48.7 Appointed Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-ping (Xu Chengbin) † Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Bishop

51.4 Ordained Bishop Sofron Stepan Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. † Bishop Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

37.0 Ordained Priest José Antonio Gentico † Priest of Morón, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

26.2 Ordained Priest Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo Priest of Madrid, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Getafe, Spain

49.9 Ordained Bishop Ovidio Lari † Bishop of Aosta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.2 Ordained Bishop Phocas Nikwigize † Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	53.8	Resigned	Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Nov	17.5	Temporary Vows	Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
59.5	Appointed	Domenico Enrici †	Apostolic Delegate to Australia and Papua New Guinea	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Giaquinta †	Titular Bishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
21.2	Perpetual Vows	Giovanni Salonia, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Priest
62.9	Appointed	Antonio Samorè †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
4 Nov	46.6	Appointed	José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †	Bishop of El Salvador, Military	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
84.2	Retired	Alberto di Jorio †	Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus
5 Nov	60.5	Appointed	Paul-Louis Carrière †	Coadjutor Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Paul-Louis Carrière †	Titular Bishop of Labicum	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
6 Nov	62.8	Appointed	Sergio Guerri †	Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus
7 Nov	56.3	Appointed	Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Bishop Emeritus of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
56.3	Resigned	Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. †	Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
8 Nov	85.6	Died	Guido Maria Mazzocco †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
9 Nov	24.5	Ordained Priest	Marcello Bartolucci	Priest of Assisi, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
56.8	Appointed	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
69.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Ruotolo †	Titular Bishop of Atella	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
69.9	Resigned	Giuseppe Ruotolo †	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.9	Appointed	Enea Selis †	Official	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy
57.9	Ceased	Enea Selis †	Apostolic Administrator of Iglesias, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy
10 Nov	93.1	Died	Ferdinand Périer, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. †	Titular Bishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti	Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)
11 Nov	48.4	Appointed	Abel Costas Montaño †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
48.4	Appointed	Abel Costas Montaño †	Titular Bishop of Novi	Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
39.5	Appointed	Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
39.5	Appointed	Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque †	Titular Bishop of Caere	Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
46.7	Appointed	Andrés Bernardo (Andrew Bernard) Schierhoff †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
46.7	Appointed	Andrés Bernardo (Andrew Bernard) Schierhoff †	Titular Bishop of Pumentum	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
	Born	George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D.		Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
	Born	Joseph Martin Wu Qinjing		Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
14 Nov	26.3	Ordained Priest	Zacchaeus Okoth	Priest of Kisumu, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
15 Nov	73.8	Appointed	Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
73.8	Resigned	Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. †	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Joseph Li Jing		Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
	Born	Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X.		Bishop of Padang, Indonesia
56.5	Succeeded	Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. †	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
16 Nov	87.4	Died	Augustin Bea, S.J. †	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
	Born	Kévork Noradounguian, I.C.P.B.		Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
17 Nov	23.4	Solemn Vows	Stephen Victor Chmilar †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
38.2	Ordained Bishop	Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
18 Nov	64.9	Appointed	Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea †	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
70.8	Died	Pablo Gúrpide Beope †	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain
20 Nov		Born	Fidelis Bautista Layog		Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
72.3	Appointed	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Titular Archbishop of Uthina	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
72.3	Resigned	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Nov		Born	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero †		Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
41.5	Ordained Bishop	Leo Rajendram Antony †	Titular Bishop of Fissiana	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
22 Nov	47.7	Resigned	James Patrick Shannon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
23 Nov		Born	François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv.		Cardinal, Bishop of Ajaccio, France
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
24 Nov	26.9	Ordained Priest	Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Prigione †	Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum	Apostolic Nuncio
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Józef Rozwadowski †	Bishop of Łódź, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
25 Nov	58.5	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Thuccabora	Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
58.5	Resigned	Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
26 Nov	19.2	First Vows	Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.	Member of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
27 Nov	82.5	Died	Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. †	Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
63.3	Appointed	Flaviano Barrechea Ariola †	Titular Bishop of Guzabeta	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
63.3	Resigned	Flaviano Barrechea Ariola †	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
63.6	Died	Silvio Cassulo †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
29 Nov	71.1	Died	William Charles Philip Gaudreau, C.Ss.R. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
30 Nov	48.7	Appointed	José Germán Benavides Morriberón †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
48.7	Appointed	José Germán Benavides Morriberón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
48.7	Resigned	José Germán Benavides Morriberón †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
69.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Sorres	Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
69.6	Resigned	Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Bishop Emeritus
48.7	Appointed	Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-ping (Xu Chengbin) †	Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Bishop
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Sofron Stepan Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop	Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
37.0	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Gentico †	Priest of Morón, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
26.2	Ordained Priest	Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Getafe, Spain
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Ovidio Lari †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Phocas Nikwigize †	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus

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