The Year of Our Lord 2004

Bishop Events

July

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Jul 90.1 Died Marcel Pierre Marie Chauvin, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso

49.5 Ordained Bishop Martin David Holley Titular Bishop of Rusibisir Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

3 Jul 60.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Walter Estabrook † Titular Bishop of Flenucleta Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

60.3 Ordained Bishop Richard Brendan Higgins Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

44.3 Appointed Gabino Miranda Melgarejo Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

44.3 Appointed Gabino Miranda Melgarejo Titular Bishop of Usula

45.9 Appointed Mitchell Thomas Rozanski Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

45.9 Appointed Mitchell Thomas Rozanski Titular Bishop of Walla Walla Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

59.5 Appointed José Octavio Ruiz Arenas Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization

43.7 Installed Socrates Buenaventura Villegas Bishop of Balanga, Philippines Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

4 Jul 42.8 Ordained Bishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

81.6 Died Henri-François-Marie-Pierre Derouet † Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

5 Jul 58.9 Installed Antony Anandarayar † Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India Archbishop Emeritus

35.9 Ordained Bishop Paul Ji Zengwei Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

69.5 Appointed Joseph Lee Han-taek, S.J. Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

53.2 Appointed Peter Liu Cheng-chung Coadjutor Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Bishop

6 Jul 57.7 Appointed Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

78.1 Retired Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

60.2 Installed Arthur Joseph Serratelli Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

8 Jul 56.0 Appointed Pierre Warin Auxiliary Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Bishop

56.0 Appointed Pierre Warin Titular Bishop of Tongres Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

9 Jul 62.7 Ordained Bishop Colin David Campbell Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

50.1 Appointed Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Titular Bishop of Rotaria Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

64.1 Appointed Santiago García Aracil † Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

69.7 Appointed Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala

69.7 Appointed Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández Titular Bishop of Selemselae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala

75.8 Retired Antonio Montero Moreno † Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

10 Jul 42.8 Installed Ignace Bessi Dogbo Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

65.4 Appointed Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Baguio, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

11 Jul 51.8 Installed Marie-Daniel Dadiet † Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus

64.5 Ordained Bishop Lucio Soravito de Franceschi † Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

12 Jul 24.4 Ordained Deacon Mykola Bychok, C.Ss.R. Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Cardinal, Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia

67.9 Appointed Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth. Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

76.7 Retired Júlio Duarte Langa Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

58.8 Appointed Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano † Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

13 Jul 50.3 Appointed Karlheinz Diez Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany

50.3 Appointed Karlheinz Diez Titular Bishop of Villa Regis Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany

75.1 Retired Johannes Kapp † Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

14 Jul 62.1 Ordained Bishop Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan † Titular Bishop of Vagrauta Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines

15 Jul 57.2 Appointed Domenico Cancian, F.A.M. Superior General of Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy

66.9 Resigned Geoffrey James Robinson † Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 Jul 59.6 Installed Ramon Cabrera Argüelles Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

80.8 Died Antonio Vitale Bommarco, O.F.M. Conv. † Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia, Italy

64.0 Ordained Bishop Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S. † Bishop of Buenaventura, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

83.3 Died Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka

71.9 Ceased Gaudencio Borbon Rosales Apostolic Administrator of Lipa, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

17 Jul 60.4 Appointed Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

84.7 Died Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany

56.5 Ordained Bishop Giovanni D’Alise † Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy Bishop of Caserta, Italy

58.9 Appointed Sławoj Leszek Głódź Archbishop of Poland, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

60.4 Ordained Bishop Vicente Jiménez Zamora Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

18 Jul 67.2 Installed Lluís Martínez Sistach Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

64.6 Installed Lucio Soravito de Franceschi † Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

19 Jul 86.4 Died Henri Légaré, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

69.3 Installed Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. † Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan Bishop Emeritus

20 Jul 56.0 Ordained Bishop Richard Joseph Gagnon Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

21 Jul 83.4 Died Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

56.4 Appointed Luis Armando Collazuol Bishop of Concordia, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Eduardo Maria Taussig Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

22 Jul 62.9 Appointed Bernard Blasius Moras Archbishop of Bangalore, India Archbishop Emeritus

79.1 Retired Ignatius Paul Pinto † Archbishop of Bangalore, India Archbishop Emeritus

50.9 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel Celeste Trance Coadjutor Bishop of Catarman, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

24 Jul 53.2 Installed Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. † Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

30.9 Ordained Priest George Jacob Koovakad Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State

25 Jul 51.7 Ordained Bishop Paulo Francisco Machado Titular Bishop of Caliabria Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

62.2 Ordained Bishop Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P. Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

47.9 Installed Josep Ángel Saiz Meneses Bishop of Terrassa, Spain Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

44.6 Ordained Bishop Nicolaus Adi Seputra, M.S.C. Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

27 Jul 83.4 Died Joseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. † Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China

28 Jul 55.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Robert Cistone † Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

57.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Patrick McFadden † Titular Bishop of Horreomargum Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

30 Jul 64.5 Appointed Yves François Patenôtre Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France Archbishop Emeritus

64.5 Appointed Yves François Patenôtre Coadjutor Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

31 Jul 48.6 Appointed Andrés Carrascosa Coso Titular Archbishop of Elo Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador

48.6 Appointed Andrés Carrascosa Coso Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador

60.9 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire Apostolic Nuncio

60.9 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso Apostolic Nuncio

26.8 Ordained Deacon Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera Deacon of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala

45.1 Ordained Bishop José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jul	90.1	Died	Marcel Pierre Marie Chauvin, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Martin David Holley	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir	Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
3 Jul	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Walter Estabrook †	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
60.3	Ordained Bishop	Richard Brendan Higgins	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
44.3	Appointed	Gabino Miranda Melgarejo	Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
44.3	Appointed	Gabino Miranda Melgarejo	Titular Bishop of Usula
45.9	Appointed	Mitchell Thomas Rozanski	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
45.9	Appointed	Mitchell Thomas Rozanski	Titular Bishop of Walla Walla	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
59.5	Appointed	José Octavio Ruiz Arenas	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization
43.7	Installed	Socrates Buenaventura Villegas	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
4 Jul	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
81.6	Died	Henri-François-Marie-Pierre Derouet †	Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
5 Jul	58.9	Installed	Antony Anandarayar †	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
35.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Ji Zengwei	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
69.5	Appointed	Joseph Lee Han-taek, S.J.	Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
53.2	Appointed	Peter Liu Cheng-chung	Coadjutor Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Bishop
6 Jul	57.7	Appointed	Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J.	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
78.1	Retired	Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
60.2	Installed	Arthur Joseph Serratelli	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul	56.0	Appointed	Pierre Warin	Auxiliary Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop
56.0	Appointed	Pierre Warin	Titular Bishop of Tongres	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
9 Jul	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Colin David Campbell	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
50.1	Appointed	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Rotaria	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
64.1	Appointed	Santiago García Aracil †	Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
69.7	Appointed	Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala
69.7	Appointed	Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández	Titular Bishop of Selemselae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala
75.8	Retired	Antonio Montero Moreno †	Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Jul	42.8	Installed	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
65.4	Appointed	Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Baguio, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul	51.8	Installed	Marie-Daniel Dadiet †	Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
64.5	Ordained Bishop	Lucio Soravito de Franceschi †	Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jul	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Mykola Bychok, C.Ss.R.	Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Cardinal, Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
67.9	Appointed	Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth.	Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
76.7	Retired	Júlio Duarte Langa	Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
58.8	Appointed	Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano †	Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jul	50.3	Appointed	Karlheinz Diez	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
50.3	Appointed	Karlheinz Diez	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
75.1	Retired	Johannes Kapp †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan †	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
15 Jul	57.2	Appointed	Domenico Cancian, F.A.M.	Superior General of Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
66.9	Resigned	Geoffrey James Robinson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Jul	59.6	Installed	Ramon Cabrera Argüelles	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
80.8	Died	Antonio Vitale Bommarco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia, Italy
64.0	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Buenaventura, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
83.3	Died	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
71.9	Ceased	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Apostolic Administrator of Lipa, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
17 Jul	60.4	Appointed	Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J.	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
84.7	Died	Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni D’Alise †	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
58.9	Appointed	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Archbishop of Poland, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
60.4	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Jiménez Zamora	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
18 Jul	67.2	Installed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
64.6	Installed	Lucio Soravito de Franceschi †	Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jul	86.4	Died	Henri Légaré, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
69.3	Installed	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jul	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Richard Joseph Gagnon	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
21 Jul	83.4	Died	Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
56.4	Appointed	Luis Armando Collazuol	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Eduardo Maria Taussig	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jul	62.9	Appointed	Bernard Blasius Moras	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
79.1	Retired	Ignatius Paul Pinto †	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Celeste Trance	Coadjutor Bishop of Catarman, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jul	53.2	Installed	Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
30.9	Ordained Priest	George Jacob Koovakad	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
25 Jul	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Francisco Machado	Titular Bishop of Caliabria	Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P.	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
47.9	Installed	Josep Ángel Saiz Meneses	Bishop of Terrassa, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicolaus Adi Seputra, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Jul	83.4	Died	Joseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
28 Jul	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Robert Cistone †	Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
57.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Patrick McFadden †	Titular Bishop of Horreomargum	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
30 Jul	64.5	Appointed	Yves François Patenôtre	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Yves François Patenôtre	Coadjutor Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
31 Jul	48.6	Appointed	Andrés Carrascosa Coso	Titular Archbishop of Elo	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador
48.6	Appointed	Andrés Carrascosa Coso	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador
60.9	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire	Apostolic Nuncio
60.9	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso	Apostolic Nuncio
26.8	Ordained Deacon	Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera	Deacon of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
45.1	Ordained Bishop	José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz	Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México

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