The Year of Our Lord 1988

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 57.0 Appointed Andraos Salama † Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt

57.0 Appointed Andraos Salama † Titular Bishop of Barca Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt

2 Nov 61.1 Appointed William George Curlin † Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

61.1 Appointed William George Curlin † Titular Bishop of Rossmarkaeum Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

3 Nov 56.1 Appointed Carmelo Ferraro Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy

75.1 Retired Joseph Gustave François Wicquart † Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France Bishop Emeritus

5 Nov 56.5 Appointed Edward Michael Egan † Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

26.9 Ordained Priest Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Gracias, Honduras

76.9 Retired Stanislav Lenič † Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.8 Appointed Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez † Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus

71.4 Died Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. † Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

40.0 Ordained Bishop Jan Karol Tyrawa Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland

6 Nov 74.8 Died Melchior Zhang Kexing (Chang K’o-hing) † Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

8 Nov 54.8 Appointed Edmond Carmody Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

54.8 Appointed Edmond Carmody Titular Bishop of Murthlacum Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

75.1 Retired John Joseph Graham † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

76.7 Died Ján Pásztor † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

9 Nov 85.2 Died Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista Decollato

52.3 Appointed Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. † Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

88.9 Died Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

10 Nov 65.0 Appointed Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.0 Appointed Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Legia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

11 Nov 70.9 Died Heinrich Theissing † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany

12 Nov 79.9 Died Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia

64.1 Appointed Giovanni Locatelli † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

50.9 Appointed Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux, France Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

50.9 Appointed Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau Titular Bishop of Chunavia Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

14 Nov 40.0 Appointed Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa Coadjutor Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania

45.8 Appointed Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

42.4 Appointed Simon Ntamwana Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi

75.9 Retired Michel Ntuyahaga † Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

44.9 Appointed Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint) Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Ignatius Paul Pinto † Bishop of Shimoga, India Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

47.5 Appointed Leon Augustine Tharmaraj † Bishop of Kottar, India

15 Nov 74.0 Appointed Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus

81.9 Died Vincenzo Radicioni † Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

38.6 Incardinated Ambrogio Spreafico Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

33.0 Incardinated Matteo Maria Zuppi Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

17 Nov 82.7 Died Manuel Marengo † Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina

73.8 Died Francesco Tortora, O.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

18 Nov 76.3 Retired Krikor Ayvazian † Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria Bishop Emeritus

47.1 Appointed Hans-Jochen Jaschke † Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

47.1 Appointed Hans-Jochen Jaschke † Titular Bishop of Tisili Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

72.4 Resigned Karl-August Siegel † Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

19 Nov 75.0 Retired Jean-Marie-Clément Badré † Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France Bishop Emeritus

48.3 Appointed Raffaele Calabro † Bishop of Andria, Italy Bishop Emeritus

45.2 Succeeded Thierry Romain Camille Jordan Bishop of Pontoise, France Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France

76.3 Retired Giuseppe Lanave † Bishop of Andria, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.8 Appointed Paolo Magnani † Bishop of Treviso, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Antonio Mistrorigo † Bishop of Treviso, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Succeeded Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. † Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France Bishop Emeritus

70.3 Resigned André Rousset † Bishop of Pontoise, France Bishop Emeritus

20 Nov 37.4 Ordained Priest José Crispiano Clavijo Méndez Priest of Valledupar, Colombia Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia

43.3 Ordained Bishop Jean-Gabriel Diarra † Bishop of San, Mali

63.7 Ordained Bishop João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Bagis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

56.9 Ordained Bishop Hilário Moser, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

44.8 Ordained Bishop Jean Zerbo Titular Bishop of Accia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bamako, Mali

22 Nov 26.4 Ordained Priest Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia

23 Nov 76.4 Appointed Krikor Ayvazian † Titular Bishop of Marasc degli Armeni Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria

26.7 Ordained Deacon Luis José Rueda Aparicio Deacon of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

25 Nov 25.9 Ordained Priest Domingo Buezo Leiva Priest of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala

63.9 Appointed Cesar Castro Raval, S.V.D. † Bishop of Bangued, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Appointed Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, C.M. † Prelate of Juli, Peru Prelate Emeritus

26 Nov 23.6 Ordained Priest José Manuel Garita Herrera Priest of San José de Costa Rica Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica

25.9 Ordained Priest Félix María Ramírez Barajas Priest of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia Bishop

27 Nov 49.8 Ordained Bishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P. Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

61.9 Ordained Bishop Jean Assaad Haddad † Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

61.5 Ordained Bishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

56.9 Ordained Bishop [John Zhu Fengqing] † Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China

28 Nov 33.6 Ordained Deacon Joseph Trân Văn Toàn Deacon of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam Bishop

29 Nov 49.0 Appointed Filomeno Gonzales Bactol Bishop of Naval, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

65.6 Retired William Thomas Larkin † Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

69.2 Died Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C. † Bishop of Tarma, Peru

69.0 Selected Andreas Anicetus Wang Chong Yi † Bishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	57.0	Appointed	Andraos Salama †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
57.0	Appointed	Andraos Salama †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
2 Nov	61.1	Appointed	William George Curlin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
61.1	Appointed	William George Curlin †	Titular Bishop of Rossmarkaeum	Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
3 Nov	56.1	Appointed	Carmelo Ferraro	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy
75.1	Retired	Joseph Gustave François Wicquart †	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov	56.5	Appointed	Edward Michael Egan †	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
26.9	Ordained Priest	Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Gracias, Honduras
76.9	Retired	Stanislav Lenič †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.8	Appointed	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus
71.4	Died	Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Jan Karol Tyrawa	Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna	Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland
6 Nov	74.8	Died	Melchior Zhang Kexing (Chang K’o-hing) †	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
8 Nov	54.8	Appointed	Edmond Carmody	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
54.8	Appointed	Edmond Carmody	Titular Bishop of Murthlacum	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
75.1	Retired	John Joseph Graham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.7	Died	Ján Pásztor †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
9 Nov	85.2	Died	Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista Decollato
52.3	Appointed	Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
88.9	Died	Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
10 Nov	65.0	Appointed	Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.0	Appointed	Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Legia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 Nov	70.9	Died	Heinrich Theissing †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany
12 Nov	79.9	Died	Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia
64.1	Appointed	Giovanni Locatelli †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Appointed	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau	Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
50.9	Appointed	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
14 Nov	40.0	Appointed	Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa	Coadjutor Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
45.8	Appointed	Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
42.4	Appointed	Simon Ntamwana	Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
75.9	Retired	Michel Ntuyahaga †	Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
44.9	Appointed	Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint)	Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Ignatius Paul Pinto †	Bishop of Shimoga, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
47.5	Appointed	Leon Augustine Tharmaraj †	Bishop of Kottar, India
15 Nov	74.0	Appointed	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus
81.9	Died	Vincenzo Radicioni †	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
38.6	Incardinated	Ambrogio Spreafico	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
33.0	Incardinated	Matteo Maria Zuppi	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
17 Nov	82.7	Died	Manuel Marengo †	Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
73.8	Died	Francesco Tortora, O.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
18 Nov	76.3	Retired	Krikor Ayvazian †	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
47.1	Appointed	Hans-Jochen Jaschke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
47.1	Appointed	Hans-Jochen Jaschke †	Titular Bishop of Tisili	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
72.4	Resigned	Karl-August Siegel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
19 Nov	75.0	Retired	Jean-Marie-Clément Badré †	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Bishop Emeritus
48.3	Appointed	Raffaele Calabro †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
45.2	Succeeded	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan	Bishop of Pontoise, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
76.3	Retired	Giuseppe Lanave †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.8	Appointed	Paolo Magnani †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Antonio Mistrorigo †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Succeeded	Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Bishop Emeritus
70.3	Resigned	André Rousset †	Bishop of Pontoise, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	37.4	Ordained Priest	José Crispiano Clavijo Méndez	Priest of Valledupar, Colombia	Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Gabriel Diarra †	Bishop of San, Mali
63.7	Ordained Bishop	João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Hilário Moser, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean Zerbo	Titular Bishop of Accia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bamako, Mali
22 Nov	26.4	Ordained Priest	Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
23 Nov	76.4	Appointed	Krikor Ayvazian †	Titular Bishop of Marasc degli Armeni	Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria
26.7	Ordained Deacon	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Deacon of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
25 Nov	25.9	Ordained Priest	Domingo Buezo Leiva	Priest of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
63.9	Appointed	Cesar Castro Raval, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Appointed	Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, C.M. †	Prelate of Juli, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
26 Nov	23.6	Ordained Priest	José Manuel Garita Herrera	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
25.9	Ordained Priest	Félix María Ramírez Barajas	Priest of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia	Bishop
27 Nov	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
61.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean Assaad Haddad †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
61.5	Ordained Bishop	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
56.9	Ordained Bishop	[John Zhu Fengqing] †	Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
28 Nov	33.6	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Trân Văn Toàn	Deacon of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam	Bishop
29 Nov	49.0	Appointed	Filomeno Gonzales Bactol	Bishop of Naval, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
65.6	Retired	William Thomas Larkin †	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
69.2	Died	Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C. †	Bishop of Tarma, Peru
69.0	Selected	Andreas Anicetus Wang Chong Yi †	Bishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China	Archbishop Emeritus

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