The Year of Our Lord 2014

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Aug 90.6 Died Edward Bede Clancy † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

37.8 Ordained Bishop Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A. Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

93.8 Died Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira † Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

4 Aug 63.0 Ordained Bishop Peter John Byrne Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

60.0 Appointed Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B. Administrator of Jataí, Goias, Brazil Bishop

70.4 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Jenik Titular Bishop of Druas Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

68.4 Ordained Bishop John Joseph O’Hara Titular Bishop of Ath Truim Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

5 Aug 52.2 Installed Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny) Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

60.4 Ceased Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M. Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel

67.8 Appointed Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval † Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

78.7 Retired Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

6 Aug 76.2 Retired Osvino José Both Archbishop of Brazil, Military Archbishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Ernesto Maguengue Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique

50.0 Appointed Ernesto Maguengue Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique

68.0 Appointed Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Brazil, Military Archbishop Emeritus

7 Aug 43.1 Appointed Bohdan John Danylo Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA

8 Aug 78.1 Died Luciano Bux † Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

83.3 Died Edmund John Patrick Collins, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Darwin, Australia

78.7 Died Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

9 Aug 54.3 Ordained Bishop Wojciech Załuski Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia

10 Aug 50.6 Ordained Bishop Paolo Giulietti Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

11 Aug 98.2 Died Armando Círio, O.S.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

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

12 Aug 77.6 Retired Nikólaos Foskolos Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

77.6 Retired Nikólaos Foskolos Apostolic Administrator of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

70.1 Appointed Sevastianos Rossolatos Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

70.1 Appointed Sevastianos Rossolatos Apostolic Administrator of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

56.0 Installed Mitchell Thomas Rozanski Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

15 Aug 62.7 Ordained Bishop Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic Bishop

47.0 Ceased Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo Apostolic Administrator of Guaranda, Ecuador Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

52.1 Installed Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia

54.5 Ordained Bishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. Titular Bishop of Autenti Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier

42.5 Ordained Bishop Skiper Bladimir Yáñez Calvachi Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador

16 Aug 46.4 Ordained Bishop Łukasz Mirosław Buzun, O.S.P.P.E. Titular Bishop of Chusira Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, Poland

69.6 Installed Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

18 Aug 74.7 Died Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan † Bishop Emeritus of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam

57.1 Appointed Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz Bishop of Armenia, Colombia Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia

20 Aug 77.4 Retired Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. Archbishop of Osaka, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

65.4 Appointed Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda Archbishop of Osaka, Japan Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan

86.9 Died Edmund Casimir Szoka † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

21 Aug 55.8 Ordained Bishop Luis Horacio Gómez González † Titular Bishop of Liberalia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia

22 Aug 76.1 Retired José Luis Castro Medellín, M. S. F. † Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Gerardo Díaz Vázquez Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México Bishop of Colima, México

56.0 Ordained Bishop Francisco González Ramos Bishop of Izcalli, México, México

38.1 Ordained Bishop Hryhoriy Komar Titular Bishop of Acci Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine

51.7 Ordained Bishop Daniel Patrick Yee Parcon Bishop of Talibon, Philippines

54.7 Ordained Bishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez Titular Bishop of Illiberi Archbishop of Cali, Colombia

23 Aug 48.8 Ordained Bishop Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz † Bishop of El Banco, Colombia Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia

24 Aug 60.6 Installed Eduardo Eliseo Martín Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina

25 Aug 46.5 Ordained Bishop Antonius Franciskus Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C. Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia

84.7 Died Ramón Echarren Istúriz † Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

50.6 Succeeded John Baptist Li Suguang Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China

93.5 Died John Wu Shi-zhen † Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China Archbishop

26 Aug 61.0 Appointed Maurizio Malvestiti Bishop of Lodi, Italy

75.9 Retired Giuseppe Merisi Bishop of Lodi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

82.6 Died John Joseph Nevins † Bishop Emeritus of Venice, Florida, USA

51.7 Installed Daniel Patrick Yee Parcon Bishop of Talibon, Philippines

55.2 Appointed Daniel Edward Thomas Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA

27 Aug 68.6 Resigned Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

58.5 Appointed Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X. Coadjutor Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop

28 Aug 64.8 Installed Agustinus Agus Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia

47.4 Ordained Bishop Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

68.8 Appointed Antonio Cañizares Llovera Archbishop of Valencia, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

57.2 Installed Gary Michael Gordon Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

69.2 Appointed Carlos Osoro Sierra Archbishop of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

61.8 Ordained Bishop Steven John Raica Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

78.0 Retired Antonio María Rouco Varela Archbishop of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

29 Aug 68.1 Appointed George Njaralakatt Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop Emeritus

79.7 Died Simon Akwali Okafor † Bishop Emeritus of Awka, Nigeria

51.5 Ordained Bishop Jonas Benson Okoye Titular Bishop of Masclianae Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria

75.9 Retired George Valiamattam Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop Emeritus

30 Aug 53.3 Ordained Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. Titular Bishop of Rutabo Bishop of Jamshedpur, India

69.8 Ceased Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc † Apostolic Administrator of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam

43.7 Installed Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania

55.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Simitthu Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

57.8 Ordained Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang Titular Bishop of Novae Bishop of Macau, China

53.8 Ordained Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. Titular Bishop of Lysinia Bishop of Daltonganj, India

61.9 Installed Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam

67.7 Ordained Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung † Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Aug	90.6	Died	Edward Bede Clancy †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
37.8	Ordained Bishop	Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A.	Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis	Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
93.8	Died	Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4 Aug	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Peter John Byrne	Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
60.0	Appointed	Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B.	Administrator of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Bishop
70.4	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Jenik	Titular Bishop of Druas	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
68.4	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph O’Hara	Titular Bishop of Ath Truim	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
5 Aug	52.2	Installed	Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
60.4	Ceased	Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel
67.8	Appointed	Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
78.7	Retired	Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
6 Aug	76.2	Retired	Osvino José Both	Archbishop of Brazil, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Ernesto Maguengue	Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
50.0	Appointed	Ernesto Maguengue	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
68.0	Appointed	Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Brazil, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Aug	43.1	Appointed	Bohdan John Danylo	Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA
8 Aug	78.1	Died	Luciano Bux †	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
83.3	Died	Edmund John Patrick Collins, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Darwin, Australia
78.7	Died	Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
9 Aug	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Wojciech Załuski	Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana	Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia
10 Aug	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Giulietti	Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
11 Aug	98.2	Died	Armando Círio, O.S.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
83.7	Died	Morkos Hakim, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt
12 Aug	77.6	Retired	Nikólaos Foskolos	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
77.6	Retired	Nikólaos Foskolos	Apostolic Administrator of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
70.1	Appointed	Sevastianos Rossolatos	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
70.1	Appointed	Sevastianos Rossolatos	Apostolic Administrator of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
56.0	Installed	Mitchell Thomas Rozanski	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
15 Aug	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic	Bishop
47.0	Ceased	Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo	Apostolic Administrator of Guaranda, Ecuador	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
52.1	Installed	Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Autenti	Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Skiper Bladimir Yáñez Calvachi	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador
16 Aug	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Łukasz Mirosław Buzun, O.S.P.P.E.	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, Poland
69.6	Installed	Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
18 Aug	74.7	Died	Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan †	Bishop Emeritus of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam
57.1	Appointed	Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz	Bishop of Armenia, Colombia	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
20 Aug	77.4	Retired	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
65.4	Appointed	Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan
86.9	Died	Edmund Casimir Szoka †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
21 Aug	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Luis Horacio Gómez González †	Titular Bishop of Liberalia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
22 Aug	76.1	Retired	José Luis Castro Medellín, M. S. F. †	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Gerardo Díaz Vázquez	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Colima, México
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco González Ramos	Bishop of Izcalli, México, México
38.1	Ordained Bishop	Hryhoriy Komar	Titular Bishop of Acci	Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Patrick Yee Parcon	Bishop of Talibon, Philippines
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez	Titular Bishop of Illiberi	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia
23 Aug	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz †	Bishop of El Banco, Colombia	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia
24 Aug	60.6	Installed	Eduardo Eliseo Martín	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina
25 Aug	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonius Franciskus Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C.	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
84.7	Died	Ramón Echarren Istúriz †	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
50.6	Succeeded	John Baptist Li Suguang	Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
93.5	Died	John Wu Shi-zhen †	Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China	Archbishop
26 Aug	61.0	Appointed	Maurizio Malvestiti	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
75.9	Retired	Giuseppe Merisi	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
82.6	Died	John Joseph Nevins †	Bishop Emeritus of Venice, Florida, USA
51.7	Installed	Daniel Patrick Yee Parcon	Bishop of Talibon, Philippines
55.2	Appointed	Daniel Edward Thomas	Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
27 Aug	68.6	Resigned	Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V.	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
58.5	Appointed	Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X.	Coadjutor Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop
28 Aug	64.8	Installed	Agustinus Agus	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M.	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
68.8	Appointed	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.2	Installed	Gary Michael Gordon	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
69.2	Appointed	Carlos Osoro Sierra	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
61.8	Ordained Bishop	Steven John Raica	Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
78.0	Retired	Antonio María Rouco Varela	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
29 Aug	68.1	Appointed	George Njaralakatt	Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
79.7	Died	Simon Akwali Okafor †	Bishop Emeritus of Awka, Nigeria
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Jonas Benson Okoye	Titular Bishop of Masclianae	Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria
75.9	Retired	George Valiamattam	Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Aug	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Rutabo	Bishop of Jamshedpur, India
69.8	Ceased	Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc †	Apostolic Administrator of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
43.7	Installed	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Simitthu	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Lee Bun Sang	Titular Bishop of Novae	Bishop of Macau, China
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X.	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Bishop of Daltonganj, India
61.9	Installed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm	Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam
67.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael Yeung Ming-cheung †	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

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