The Year of Our Lord 2020

Bishop Events

November

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	52.6	Appointed	Antonio Jos� Val�n Vald�s	Administrator of Mondo�edo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain
1 Nov	53.7	Confirmed	Charbel Yusef Abdallah	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
76.8	Retired	Georges Bou-Jaoud� (Aboujaoud�), C.M. †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
77.6	Retired	Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	Youssef Antoine Soueif	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
3 Nov	63.8	Appointed	Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
83.7	Retired	Youhanna Kamal Golta †	Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Curial Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Thomas Halim Habib	Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt
4 Nov	47.7	Appointed	Valter Magno de Carvalho	Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
47.7	Appointed	Valter Magno de Carvalho	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
56.5	Appointed	Dorival Souza Barreto J�nior	Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
56.5	Appointed	Dorival Souza Barreto J�nior	Titular Bishop of Tyndaris	Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
53.1	Appointed	Mate Uzinić	Coadjutor Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia	Archbishop
6 Nov	55.5	Installed	Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
7 Nov	57.3	Appointed	Tom�s Alejo Concepci�n	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
78.8	Retired	Jos� Dolores Grull�n Estrella	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
79.1	Died	Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
8 Nov	74.0	Died	Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Malanje, Angola
10 Nov	60.5	Appointed	Jacques L�on Jean Marie Habert	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
51.7	Appointed	Noel Saw Naw Aye	Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
51.7	Appointed	Noel Saw Naw Aye	Titular Bishop of Methamaucum	Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
11 Nov	52.7	Appointed	Devair Ara�jo da Fonseca	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
51.0	Appointed	Robert J�zef Chrząszcz	Auxiliary Bishop of Krak�w {Cracow}, Poland
51.0	Appointed	Robert J�zef Chrząszcz	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Auxiliary Bishop of Krak�w {Cracow}, Poland
80.6	Died	Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aym� †	Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
71.5	Appointed	Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia
75.8	Retired	Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Nov	75.2	Retired	Albert D’Souza	Archbishop of Agra, India	Archbishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	Raphy Manjaly	Archbishop of Agra, India
76.9	Retired	Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Bluefields, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Francisco Jos� Tigerino D�vila	Bishop of Bluefields, Nicaragua
13 Nov	63.9	Installed	Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Kevin Michael Birmingham †	Titular Bishop of Dolia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Jeffrey Scott Grob	Titular Bishop of Abora	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
63.1	Ordained Bishop	Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R.	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
71.4	Ceased	George Joseph Lucas	Apostolic Administrator of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
65.2	Ceased	Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)	Patriarchal Administrator of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
14 Nov	80.8	Died	Gerald Nicholas Dino †	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
59.1	Appointed	Fran�ois Achille Eyabi	Bishop of Es�ka, Cameroon
57.5	Appointed	Teodoro G�mez Rivera	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras
57.5	Appointed	Teodoro G�mez Rivera	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras
58.9	Appointed	Walter Guill�n Soto, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Bishop of Gracias, Honduras
58.9	Appointed	Walter Guill�n Soto, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Bishop of Gracias, Honduras
59.2	Ordained Bishop	Gheevarghese Aphrem Kurisummoottil	Titular Bishop of Chaialum	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
77.5	Retired	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
54.0	Appointed	John Lee Juo-Wang	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Installed	Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini	Bishop of Ciudad Obreg�n, Sonora, M�xico
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Alojzije Slavko Večerin †	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
15 Nov	80.2	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Feroci	Titular Archbishop of Cures Sabinorum	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
53.0	Installed	Dariusz Piotr Kałuża, M.S.F.	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
65.9	Ordained Bishop	Crist�bal Bernardo Mej�a Corral	Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru
77.9	Ceased	Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
86.7	Installed	Giovanni Battista Re	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
86.8	Died	Ra�l Eduardo Vela Chiriboga †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
16 Nov	97.0	Died	Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
75.7	Retired	Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin †	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union	Apostolic Nuncio
	Appointed	Linus Ngenomesho, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Rundu, Namibia
72.3	Resigned	Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Rundu, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 Nov	58.7	Appointed	David Joseph Bonnar	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
47.1	Appointed	Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacr�s	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador
18 Nov	86.5	Died	Iwannis Louis Awad †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Syrian)
71.3	Appointed	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Ara�ua� (Arassua�), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
72.0	Appointed	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
59.7	Appointed	L�szl� Felf�ldi	Bishop of P�cs, Hungary
48.5	Appointed	Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
46.7	Appointed	Fran�ois Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
73.9	Resigned	Francis Daw Tang	Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
19 Nov	76.5	Retired	Thumma Bala †	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India	Archbishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Anthony Poola	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
21 Nov	52.4	Installed	Juan Carlos C�rdenas Toro	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
56.2	Installed	Carlos Manuel Escribano Sub�as	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
55.4	Appointed	Hilario Gonz�lez Garc�a	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, M�xico
76.0	Retired	Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (Un-hoe)	Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Appointed	Simon Kim Ju-young	Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)	Bishop of Chuncheon, Korea (South)
54.1	Appointed	Pietro Liu Genzhu	Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
53.9	Appointed	Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
53.9	Appointed	Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
70.3	Resigned	Fid�le Nsielele Zi Mputu	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
98.7	Died	Jo�ef Smej †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
51.3	Appointed	Mauricio Urrea Carrillo	Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, M�xico
75.4	Retired	Jos� Ra�l Vera L�pez, O.P.	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, M�xico	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	69.8	Died	Gonzalo Galv�n Castillo †	Bishop Emeritus of Autl�n, Jalisco, M�xico
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Archbishop of Thisiduo	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
75.1	Retired	Peter Kang U-il	Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
54.0	Installed	Bertrand Didier Marie Joseph Lacombe	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
57.6	Succeeded	Pius Moon Chang-woo	Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South)	Bishop of Jeju, Korea (South)
23 Nov	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Chen Tianhao	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
87.9	Died	Marco Virgilio Ferrari †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
24 Nov	104.7	Died	Dami�n Iguac�n Borau †	Bishop Emeritus of San Crist�bal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
25 Nov	76.8	Died	Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Panam�
76.7	Retired	Kevin Patrick Dowling, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo	Bishop of Witbank, South Africa
48.6	Appointed	Robert Mogapi Mphiwe	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
59.1	Appointed	Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz	Apostolic Administrator of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
47.8	Appointed	Arkadiusz Trochanowski	Bishop of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
26 Nov	47.2	Appointed	Jacek Grzybowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
47.2	Appointed	Jacek Grzybowski	Titular Bishop of Nova	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
82.6	Died	Benjam�n Jim�nez Hern�ndez †	Bishop Emeritus of Culiac�n, Sinaloa, M�xico
81.8	Died	Alfonso Mili�n Sorribas †	Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monz�n, Spain
74.8	Died	Louis Nzala Kianza †	Bishop Emeritus of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Nov	64.7	Installed	Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
65.8	Succeeded	Brian Joseph Dunn	Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
56.9	Appointed	Manuel Gonz�lez Villase�or	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico
56.9	Appointed	Manuel Gonz�lez Villase�or	Titular Bishop of Ploaghe	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico
75.0	Retired	Anthony Mancini	Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Eduardo Mu�oz Ochoa	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico	Bishop of Autl�n, Jalisco, M�xico
52.1	Appointed	Eduardo Mu�oz Ochoa	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Bishop of Autl�n, Jalisco, M�xico
28 Nov	68.6	Appointed	Jose Fuerte Advincula	Cardinal-Priest of San Vigilio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
68.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Jose Fuerte Advincula	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
75.6	Appointed	Celestino A�s Braco, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
75.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Celestino A�s Braco, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
80.5	Appointed	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Cardinal-Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Crist�bal de Las Casas, Chiapas, M�xico
80.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Crist�bal de Las Casas, Chiapas, M�xico
	Appointed	Paul William Boyers	Apostolic Administrator of Broome, Australia	Priest
51.6	Appointed	Ivan Philip Camilleri	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
51.6	Appointed	Ivan Philip Camilleri	Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
86.3	Appointed	Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine
86.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine
80.2	Appointed	Enrico Feroci	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
80.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Enrico Feroci	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
55.0	Appointed	Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
55.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
63.7	Appointed	Mario Grech	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
63.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Mario Grech	Cardinal, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
72.9	Appointed	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
72.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
49.2	Appointed	Stephanus Han Jung Hyun	Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
49.2	Appointed	Stephanus Han Jung Hyun	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
62.0	Appointed	Antoine Kambanda	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda
62.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Antoine Kambanda	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda
56.4	Appointed	Augusto Paolo Lojudice	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
56.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Augusto Paolo Lojudice	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
73.5	Resigned	Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC.	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.1	Appointed	Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
91.5	Died	Bonif�cio Piccinini, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuiab�, Mato Grosso, Brazil
72.9	Appointed	Marcello Semeraro	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
72.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Marcello Semeraro	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
69.1	Appointed	Cornelius Sim †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo	Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Brunei
69.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Cornelius Sim †	Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Brunei
80.1	Appointed	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
80.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
29 Nov	80.5	Installed	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Cardinal-Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Crist�bal de Las Casas, Chiapas, M�xico
89.0	Died	Jos� Rafael Barquero Arce †	Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
64.7	Resigned	Robert Ovide Bourgon	Bishop of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
88.7	Died	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio
58.0	Appointed	Michael Cornelius Otieno Odiwa	Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya
76.7	Appointed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
65.1	Ordained Bishop	John Saw Gawdy	Coadjutor Bishop of Taungngu, Myanmar	Bishop

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