The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Aug 35.6 Entered John Curtis Iffert Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

1 Aug 75.8 Retired Thomas Vose Daily † Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Appointed Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

65.4 Appointed Sam Joseph Galip Jacobs Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

46.4 Appointed Peter Joseph Jugis Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Installed Robert Charles Morlino † Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

2 Aug 52.5 Installed Carlos Garfias Merlos Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

75.5 Retired Alfredo Maria Garsia † Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

47.3 Ordained Bishop Dimas Lara Barbosa Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

53.8 Appointed Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Tharros Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

46.0 Appointed Mario Russotto Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy

64.5 Resigned Andrzej Józef Sliwinski † Bishop of Elbląg, Poland Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Appointed Domenico Sorrentino Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy

62.5 Appointed Jan Styrna † Bishop of Elbląg, Poland Bishop Emeritus

64.5 Appointed Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B. Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

3 Aug 31.6 Ordained Priest Mário Spaki Priest of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

4 Aug 75.4 Retired Giulio Einaudi † Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia Apostolic Nuncio

59.6 Appointed Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia Apostolic Nuncio

5 Aug 59.8 Selected Youssef Aboul El Kher Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Eliseo Antonio Ariotti Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea Apostolic Nuncio

58.8 Appointed Antoine Vũ Huy Chương Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam

6 Aug 63.6 Appointed Daniel Caro Borda Bishop of Soacha, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

54.1 Appointed David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

66.2 Appointed Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón Bishop of Engativá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

65.0 Appointed José María Pinheiro Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

69.1 Appointed Enrique Sarmiento Angulo Bishop of Fontibón, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

9 Aug 59.8 Confirmed Youssef Aboul El Kher Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

72.7 Resigned Morkos Hakim, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

32.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Eciru Oliach Priest of Soroti, Uganda Bishop

52.3 Appointed Enrique Pérez Lavado Bishop of Maturín, Venezuela

60.2 Installed Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo † Bishop of San Martín, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

70.4 Resigned Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

10 Aug 53.7 Installed Juan Alberto Puiggari Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina

28.2 Ordained Priest Jean Désiré Razafinirina Priest of Toliara, Madagascar Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar

11 Aug 76.6 Died Demetrio Ignacio Aquino Aquino † Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay

12 Aug 77.4 Died Antonio Deig Clotet † Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain

66.2 Ordained Bishop Walter Allison Hurley Titular Bishop of Chunavia Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

57.6 Ordained Bishop John Michael Quinn Titular Bishop of Ressiana Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA

62.7 Ordained Bishop Francis Ronald Reiss Titular Bishop of Remesiana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

13 Aug 72.8 Resigned Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz † Archbishop of Besançon, France Archbishop Emeritus

61.6 Appointed André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado † Archbishop of Besançon, France Archbishop Emeritus

14 Aug 68.8 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

68.8 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Lydda Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

63.0 Resigned Emery Kabongo Kanundowi Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

92.0 Died Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. † Bishop Emeritus of Umtali, Zimbabwe

15 Aug 49.7 Ordained Bishop Patrick Christopher Pinder Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae Archbishop of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles

29.9 Ordained Priest Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México

16 Aug 62.0 Ordained Bishop José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. † Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

47.5 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Horacio García Titular Bishop of Ipagro Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

52.0 Ordained Bishop Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

17 Aug 23.5 Solemn Vows Mykola Bychok, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia

41.4 Ordained Bishop Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S. Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

18 Aug 56.4 Ordained Bishop Hyginus Kim Hee-jong Titular Bishop of Corniculana Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)

19 Aug 32.6 Ordained Priest Donatien Francis Randriamalala, M.S. Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar

51.7 Ordained Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik Coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy

21 Aug 67.8 Installed Francisco Capiral San Diego † Bishop of Pasig, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

22 Aug 58.0 Ordained Bishop Max Leroy Davis Bishop of Australia, Military Bishop Emeritus

44.5 Installed Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

62.6 Installed Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr. Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

92.1 Died Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines

52.8 Installed Thomas Gerard Wenski Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

23 Aug 62.5 Installed Jan Styrna † Bishop of Elbląg, Poland Bishop Emeritus

24 Aug 49.6 Installed John Hsane Hgyi † Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar

27 Aug 57.0 Installed Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D. Prelate of Infanta, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

28 Aug 30.7 Ordained Priest Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.6 Installed Gerald Michael Barbarito Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

49.3 Appointed Đura Džudžar Apostolic Exarch of Serbia e Montenegro (Križevci), Serbia Bishop of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci)

64.8 Ordained Bishop Michel Hoăng Ðức Oanh Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired William Clifford Newman † Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.8 Installed Honesto Flores Ongtioco Bishop of Cubao, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

82.5 Died James Patrick Shannon †

40.8 Incardinated Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara Priest of Cubao, Philippines Bishop of Pasig, Philippines

29 Aug 24.9 Ordained Priest Pedro Ramiro López, I.V.E. Priest of Institute of the Incarnate Word Superior of Tadjikistan

50.5 Appointed Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B. Coadjutor Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

53.9 Ordained Bishop Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Tharros Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

95.0 Died Corrado Ursi † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

30 Aug 62.0 Installed José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. † Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

58.3 Installed Diarmuid Martin Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

31 Aug 60.1 Ordained Bishop Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma † Titular Bishop of Murcona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

57.4 Ordained Bishop Amadeo Rodríguez Magro Bishop of Plasencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Jaén, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Aug	35.6	Entered	John Curtis Iffert	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
1 Aug	75.8	Retired	Thomas Vose Daily †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Appointed	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
65.4	Appointed	Sam Joseph Galip Jacobs	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
46.4	Appointed	Peter Joseph Jugis	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Installed	Robert Charles Morlino †	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2 Aug	52.5	Installed	Carlos Garfias Merlos	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
75.5	Retired	Alfredo Maria Garsia †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Dimas Lara Barbosa	Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari	Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
53.8	Appointed	Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tharros	Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
46.0	Appointed	Mario Russotto	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
64.5	Resigned	Andrzej Józef Sliwinski †	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Appointed	Domenico Sorrentino	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
62.5	Appointed	Jan Styrna †	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Aug	31.6	Ordained Priest	Mário Spaki	Priest of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
4 Aug	75.4	Retired	Giulio Einaudi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia	Apostolic Nuncio
59.6	Appointed	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia	Apostolic Nuncio
5 Aug	59.8	Selected	Youssef Aboul El Kher	Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Eliseo Antonio Ariotti	Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio
58.8	Appointed	Antoine Vũ Huy Chương	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
6 Aug	63.6	Appointed	Daniel Caro Borda	Bishop of Soacha, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
66.2	Appointed	Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón	Bishop of Engativá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
65.0	Appointed	José María Pinheiro	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
69.1	Appointed	Enrique Sarmiento Angulo	Bishop of Fontibón, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
9 Aug	59.8	Confirmed	Youssef Aboul El Kher	Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
72.7	Resigned	Morkos Hakim, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
32.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Eciru Oliach	Priest of Soroti, Uganda	Bishop
52.3	Appointed	Enrique Pérez Lavado	Bishop of Maturín, Venezuela
60.2	Installed	Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo †	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
70.4	Resigned	Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
10 Aug	53.7	Installed	Juan Alberto Puiggari	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
28.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Désiré Razafinirina	Priest of Toliara, Madagascar	Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar
11 Aug	76.6	Died	Demetrio Ignacio Aquino Aquino †	Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay
12 Aug	77.4	Died	Antonio Deig Clotet †	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
66.2	Ordained Bishop	Walter Allison Hurley	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
57.6	Ordained Bishop	John Michael Quinn	Titular Bishop of Ressiana	Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
62.7	Ordained Bishop	Francis Ronald Reiss	Titular Bishop of Remesiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
13 Aug	72.8	Resigned	Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz †	Archbishop of Besançon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
61.6	Appointed	André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado †	Archbishop of Besançon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Aug	68.8	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
68.8	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
63.0	Resigned	Emery Kabongo Kanundowi	Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
92.0	Died	Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtali, Zimbabwe
15 Aug	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Christopher Pinder	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Archbishop of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles
29.9	Ordained Priest	Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
16 Aug	62.0	Ordained Bishop	José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. †	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Horacio García	Titular Bishop of Ipagro	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
17 Aug	23.5	Solemn Vows	Mykola Bychok, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
41.4	Ordained Bishop	Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S.	Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
18 Aug	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Hyginus Kim Hee-jong	Titular Bishop of Corniculana	Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)
19 Aug	32.6	Ordained Priest	Donatien Francis Randriamalala, M.S.	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Lazzaro You Heung-sik	Coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
21 Aug	67.8	Installed	Francisco Capiral San Diego †	Bishop of Pasig, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
22 Aug	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Max Leroy Davis	Bishop of Australia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Installed	Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida	Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
62.6	Installed	Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr.	Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
92.1	Died	Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
52.8	Installed	Thomas Gerard Wenski	Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
23 Aug	62.5	Installed	Jan Styrna †	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
24 Aug	49.6	Installed	John Hsane Hgyi †	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
27 Aug	57.0	Installed	Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D.	Prelate of Infanta, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
28 Aug	30.7	Ordained Priest	Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.6	Installed	Gerald Michael Barbarito	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
49.3	Appointed	Đura Džudžar	Apostolic Exarch of Serbia e Montenegro (Križevci), Serbia	Bishop of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci)
64.8	Ordained Bishop	Michel Hoăng Ðức Oanh	Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	William Clifford Newman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.8	Installed	Honesto Flores Ongtioco	Bishop of Cubao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
82.5	Died	James Patrick Shannon †
40.8	Incardinated	Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara	Priest of Cubao, Philippines	Bishop of Pasig, Philippines
29 Aug	24.9	Ordained Priest	Pedro Ramiro López, I.V.E.	Priest of Institute of the Incarnate Word	Superior of Tadjikistan
50.5	Appointed	Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tharros	Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
95.0	Died	Corrado Ursi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
30 Aug	62.0	Installed	José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. †	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
58.3	Installed	Diarmuid Martin	Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Aug	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma †	Titular Bishop of Murcona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Amadeo Rodríguez Magro	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Jaén, Spain

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