The Year of Our Lord 2018

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 49.1 Appointed Nicolas Nadji Bab Administrator of Laï, Chad Bishop

70.4 Entered Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O. Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador

1 Nov 58.7 Succeeded Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

79.0 Retired Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya † Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

3 Nov 75.0 Retired Peter John Elliott † Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.8 Appointed Franco Moscone, C.R.S. Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

58.6 Died Roger Victor Rakotondrajao † Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar

4 Nov 89.8 Died John Joseph Njenga † Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya

6 Nov 76.4 Retired Jesús García Burillo Bishop of Ávila, Spain Bishop Emeritus

61.4 Appointed José María Gil Tamayo Bishop of Ávila, Spain Archbishop of Granada, Spain

68.6 Appointed Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I. Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

79.6 Retired Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I. Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

49.7 Appointed Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru Bishop of Tarma, Peru

49.7 Appointed Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. Titular Bishop of Dumium Bishop of Tarma, Peru

7 Nov 50.9 Died José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz † Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México

87.2 Died Robert Anthony Brucato † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

70.4 Appointed Dario Campos, O.F.M. Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

76.7 Died Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

76.5 Retired Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC. † Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

57.1 Appointed Damián Gustavo Nannini Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

8 Nov 49.9 Selected Youssef Abedallah Matta Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel

9 Nov 56.4 Selected Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny) Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

79.7 Retired Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P. Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

10 Nov 68.1 Installed Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Sarh, Chad

68.4 Installed Elie (Yéghia) Yéghiayan, I.C.P.B. Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France

11 Nov 85.3 Died Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz † Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

87.9 Died Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

12 Nov 58.3 Appointed Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. Bishop of Veracruz, México

76.9 Retired Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. Bishop of Veracruz, México Bishop Emeritus

13 Nov 63.7 Appointed Nestor Julao Adalia Apostolic Administrator of Calapan, Philippines Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

58.1 Appointed Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T. Apostolic Administrator of Mahajanga, Madagascar Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar

59.4 Appointed Charles Jude Scicluna Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Archbishop of Malta

14 Nov 44.1 Appointed Reynante Alongonan Aguanta Administrator of Taytay, Philippines Priest

59.8 Appointed Messias dos Reis Silveira Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

66.5 Resigned Edgardo Sarabia Juanich Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

59.8 Ceased Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Ilagan, Philippines Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines

54.8 Appointed David William Valencia Antonio Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines

15 Nov 62.4 Appointed Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya

76.3 Retired Zacchaeus Okoth Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus

67.8 Resigned José María Ortega Trinidad Prelate of Juli, Peru Prelate Emeritus

45.0 Appointed Ciro Quispe López Prelate of Juli, Peru Prelate Emeritus

17 Nov 52.6 Appointed Dagoberto Campos Salas Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

66.4 Installed Ángel Fernández Collado Bishop of Albacete, Spain Bishop Emeritus

80.6 Retired Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

58.0 Appointed Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

19 Nov 82.8 Died Pablo Cedano Cedano † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

60.0 Appointed Antoine Kambanda Cardinal, Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda

76.1 Retired Thaddée Ntihinyurwa Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda Archbishop Emeritus

21 Nov 77.8 Died Evaristo Marc Chengula, I.M.C. † Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

51.9 Succeeded João Justino de Medeiros Silva Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

54.0 Ordained Bishop Francisco Lima Soares Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil

75.0 Retired José Alberto Moura, C.S.S. Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

83.0 Died Francisco de Paula Victor † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

22 Nov 76.1 Retired Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Ronald Ignacio (Bong) Lunas † Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines

23 Nov 76.6 Retired Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Lira, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

61.6 Appointed Sanctus Lino Wanok Bishop of Lira, Uganda

49.1 Appointed Vinzenz (Rudolf) Wohlwend, O. Cist. Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

24 Nov 56.5 Confirmed Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny) Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

50.2 Appointed Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates

50.2 Appointed Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis Titular Archbishop of Rusellae Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates

71.8 Died Robert Charles Morlino † Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

52.1 Ordained Bishop Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S. Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal

25 Nov 52.6 Ordained Bishop Daniel Batalha Henriques † Titular Bishop of Aquae Thibilitanae Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

58.8 Installed Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

71.5 Installed António Augusto dos Santos Marto Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

77.3 Installed Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

53.9 Ordained Bishop Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. Bishop of Portugal, Military Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

52.1 Installed Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S. Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal

26 Nov 87.1 Died Leo Schwarz † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

27 Nov 58.2 Appointed Daniel Elias Garcia Bishop of Monterey in California, USA Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA

83.6 Died Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero † Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

65.3 Appointed Pier Luigi Nava, S.M.M. Under Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

30 Nov 75.2 Retired Peter Stephan Zurbriggen † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Apostolic Nuncio

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	49.1	Appointed	Nicolas Nadji Bab	Administrator of Laï, Chad	Bishop
70.4	Entered	Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O.	Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador
1 Nov	58.7	Succeeded	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
79.0	Retired	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya †	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
3 Nov	75.0	Retired	Peter John Elliott †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.8	Appointed	Franco Moscone, C.R.S.	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
58.6	Died	Roger Victor Rakotondrajao †	Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar
4 Nov	89.8	Died	John Joseph Njenga †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
6 Nov	76.4	Retired	Jesús García Burillo	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
61.4	Appointed	José María Gil Tamayo	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
68.6	Appointed	Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
79.6	Retired	Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru	Bishop of Tarma, Peru
49.7	Appointed	Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Dumium	Bishop of Tarma, Peru
7 Nov	50.9	Died	José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz †	Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México
87.2	Died	Robert Anthony Brucato †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
70.4	Appointed	Dario Campos, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
76.7	Died	Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
76.5	Retired	Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC. †	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
57.1	Appointed	Damián Gustavo Nannini	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
8 Nov	49.9	Selected	Youssef Abedallah Matta	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
9 Nov	56.4	Selected	Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
79.7	Retired	Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Nov	68.1	Installed	Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Sarh, Chad
68.4	Installed	Elie (Yéghia) Yéghiayan, I.C.P.B.	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
11 Nov	85.3	Died	Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
87.9	Died	Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
12 Nov	58.3	Appointed	Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R.	Bishop of Veracruz, México
76.9	Retired	Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B.	Bishop of Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
13 Nov	63.7	Appointed	Nestor Julao Adalia	Apostolic Administrator of Calapan, Philippines	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
58.1	Appointed	Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T.	Apostolic Administrator of Mahajanga, Madagascar	Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar
59.4	Appointed	Charles Jude Scicluna	Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Archbishop of Malta
14 Nov	44.1	Appointed	Reynante Alongonan Aguanta	Administrator of Taytay, Philippines	Priest
59.8	Appointed	Messias dos Reis Silveira	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
66.5	Resigned	Edgardo Sarabia Juanich	Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
59.8	Ceased	Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Ilagan, Philippines	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
54.8	Appointed	David William Valencia Antonio	Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
15 Nov	62.4	Appointed	Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo	Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
76.3	Retired	Zacchaeus Okoth	Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus
67.8	Resigned	José María Ortega Trinidad	Prelate of Juli, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
45.0	Appointed	Ciro Quispe López	Prelate of Juli, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
17 Nov	52.6	Appointed	Dagoberto Campos Salas	Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
66.4	Installed	Ángel Fernández Collado	Bishop of Albacete, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
80.6	Retired	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn	Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
58.0	Appointed	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên	Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
19 Nov	82.8	Died	Pablo Cedano Cedano †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
60.0	Appointed	Antoine Kambanda	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda
76.1	Retired	Thaddée Ntihinyurwa	Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Nov	77.8	Died	Evaristo Marc Chengula, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
51.9	Succeeded	João Justino de Medeiros Silva	Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Lima Soares	Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
75.0	Retired	José Alberto Moura, C.S.S.	Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
83.0	Died	Francisco de Paula Victor †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
22 Nov	76.1	Retired	Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Ronald Ignacio (Bong) Lunas †	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines
23 Nov	76.6	Retired	Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Lira, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
61.6	Appointed	Sanctus Lino Wanok	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
49.1	Appointed	Vinzenz (Rudolf) Wohlwend, O. Cist.	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
24 Nov	56.5	Confirmed	Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
50.2	Appointed	Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan	Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates
50.2	Appointed	Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis	Titular Archbishop of Rusellae	Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates
71.8	Died	Robert Charles Morlino †	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S.	Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal
25 Nov	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Batalha Henriques †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Thibilitanae	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
58.8	Installed	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
71.5	Installed	António Augusto dos Santos Marto	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
77.3	Installed	Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.	Bishop of Portugal, Military	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
52.1	Installed	Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S.	Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal
26 Nov	87.1	Died	Leo Schwarz †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
27 Nov	58.2	Appointed	Daniel Elias Garcia	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA
83.6	Died	Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
65.3	Appointed	Pier Luigi Nava, S.M.M.	Under Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
30 Nov	75.2	Retired	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio

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