Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1982

Bishops (159)ElectedConsecratedAscending
ChadArchbishop Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J. (97)Archbishop Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J. (97)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of N’Djaména (Chad)

1981.05.231982.01.06
KuwaitBishop Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait (Kuwait)

1981.11.051982.01.06
BrazilBishop Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S.

former Bishop of Caetité (Brazil)

1981.11.091982.01.06
USABishop Thomas Joseph O’Brien

former Bishop of Phoenix (USA)

1981.11.091982.01.06
USABishop Anthony Michael Milone

former Bishop of Great Falls–Billings (USA)

1981.11.101982.01.06
LithuaniaArchbishop John Bulaitis

former Titular Archbishop of Narona

1981.11.211982.01.06
PalestineBishop Salim Sayegh (91)Bishop Salim Sayegh (91)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Proconsulari

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Jerusalem (Palestine)

1981.11.261982.01.06
GhanaBishop Charles Kweku Sam

former Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana)

1981.11.301982.01.06
RomaniaArchbishop Traian Crisan (Romanian Rite)

former Secretary of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

1981.12.071982.01.06
ChinaBishop Stanislaus Min Xi-lian (閔喜林)

former Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China)

19821982.01.11
RwandaBishop Joseph Ruzindana

former Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda)

1981.11.051982.01.17
AustriaBishop Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Linz (Austria)

1981.12.151982.01.17
Burkina FasoBishop Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo

former Bishop of Kaya (Burkina Faso)

1981.11.051982.01.23
RwandaArchbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (83)Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kigali (Rwanda)

1981.11.051982.01.24
AustriaBishop Egon Kapellari (90)Bishop Egon Kapellari (90)

Bishop emeritus of Graz–Seckau (Austria)

former Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Austria

1981.12.071982.01.24
ChinaBishop Paul Fan Yu-fei (范宇飛)

former Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

19821982.01.25
BrazilArchbishop Vitório Pavanello, S.D.B. (90)Archbishop Vitório Pavanello, S.D.B. (90)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Campo Grande (Brazil)

1981.11.261982.01.31
ChinaBishop Joseph Sun Yuan-mo (孫遠謨)

former Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

19821982.02.12
NetherlandsBishop Alphonsus Maria H.A. Castermans

former Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

1982.01.151982.02.13
South AfricaBishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe

former Bishop of Polokwane (South Africa)

1981.11.051982.02.14
EcuadorBishop Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla (90)Bishop Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla (90)

Bishop emeritus of Riobamba (Ecuador)

1982.01.141982.02.14
EcuadorBishop Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia (92)Bishop Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia (92)

Bishop emeritus of Machala (Ecuador)

1982.01.141982.02.14
ChinaBishop Paul Song Wei-li (宋維禮), C.M.

former Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

former Prefect Apostolic of Yixian 易縣 (China)

19821982.02.17
PhilippinesBishop Cesar Castro Raval, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Bangued (Philippines)

1981.12.151982.02.18
PakistanBishop Patras Yusaf

former Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)

1981.12.191982.02.19
ZimbabweBishop Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa

former Bishop of Mutare (Zimbabwe)

1981.11.051982.02.21
SpainBishop Ramón Búa Otero

former Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain)

1982.01.111982.02.21
ChinaBishop Matthias Lu Zhen-sheng (陸振聲)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

19821982.03.02
PolandBishop Kazimierz Romaniuk

former Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

1982.02.201982.03.04
BotswanaBishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi

former Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana)

1981.11.301982.03.06
NetherlandsBishop Johannes Antonius de Kok, O.F.M. (95)Bishop Johannes Antonius de Kok, O.F.M. (95)

Titular Bishop of Trevico

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands)

1982.01.151982.03.06
NetherlandsBishop Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus

former Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

1982.01.151982.03.06
ItalyCardinal Virgilio Noè

former Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

former President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See

1982.01.301982.03.06
USABishop Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim (88)Bishop Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim (88) (Chaldean Rite)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit of the Chaldeans (USA)

1982.01.111982.03.07
SamoaBishop Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.SS.R.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau (Samoa)

1981.11.051982.03.17
VenezuelaBishop José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria

former Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela)

1982.01.081982.03.19
NetherlandsBishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

former Military Ordinary of Netherlands (Netherlands)

1982.01.151982.03.20
BelgiumBishop Paul Lanneau

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

1982.02.141982.03.20
Burkina FasoBishop Basile Tapsoba (83)Bishop Basile Tapsoba (83)

Bishop emeritus of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

1981.12.191982.03.21
ItalyBishop Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. Subl.

former Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy)

1982.02.101982.03.21
BelgiumBishop Rémy Victor Vancottem (82)Bishop Rémy Victor Vancottem (82)

Bishop emeritus of Namur (Belgium)

1982.02.151982.03.21
MexicoArchbishop Héctor González Martínez (87)Archbishop Héctor González Martínez (87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Durango (Mexico)

1982.02.091982.03.24
VenezuelaBishop Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust (81)Bishop Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust (81)

Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Venezuela)

1982.01.081982.03.25
EnglandArchbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

1982.01.221982.03.25
GermanyBishop Wolfgang Weider

former Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

1982.02.101982.03.25
PolandBishop Jerzy Dabrowski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

1982.02.201982.03.25
PolandBishop Jan Wiktor Nowak

former Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

1982.02.201982.03.25
GermanyBishop Leo Schwarz

former Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany)

1982.01.041982.03.28
Northern IrelandBishop Séamus Hegarty

former Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

1982.02.121982.03.28
BelgiumBishop Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

1982.02.151982.03.28
ChileBishop Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Calama (Chile)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile)

1982.03.051982.04.17
BoliviaBishop Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M.

former Auxiliary Bishop of El Beni (Bolivia)

1981.11.301982.04.18
BrazilBishop Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S.

former Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

1982.02.041982.04.18
IrelandBishop Donal Brendan Murray

former Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

1982.03.041982.04.18
ChinaBishop Peter Chen Jian-zhang (陳建章)

former Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

19831982.04.20
HungaryArchbishop József Szendi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

1982.04.051982.04.21
HungaryBishop Gellért Belon

former Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

1982.04.051982.04.21
HungaryBishop György Póka

former Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

1982.04.051982.04.21
PhilippinesBishop Lucilo Barrameda Quiambao (93)Bishop Lucilo Barrameda Quiambao (93)

Titular Bishop of Nabala

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Legazpi (Philippines)

1982.03.231982.04.27
Papua New GuineaBishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea)

1982.03.081982.04.29
BrazilBishop José Carlos Castanho de Almeida

former Bishop of Araçatuba (Brazil)

1982.03.031982.05.02
ChinaBishop Andrew Han Jing-tao (韓景濤)

former Bishop of Siping 四平 (China)

19951982.05.06
PolandBishop Zdzisław Fortuniak (87)Bishop Zdzisław Fortuniak (87)

Titular Bishop of Tamagrista

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Poznań (Poland)

1982.04.101982.05.09
PortugalBishop Teodoro de Faria

former Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

1982.03.101982.05.16
CubaBishop José Siro González Bacallao

former Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

1982.03.301982.05.16
ChinaBishop Paul Liu Shu-he (劉書和)

former Coadjutor Bishop of Yixian 易縣 (China)

1982.05.18
PolandArchbishop Edmund Michał Piszcz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Warmia (Poland)

1982.04.211982.05.20
Bishop Pavel Hájek1982.05.29
CzechiaBishop Jan Konzal (Ruthenian Rite)1982.05.29
PolandBishop Piotr Hemperek

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

1982.05.071982.05.30
PolandBishop Edward Eugeniusz Samsel

former Bishop of Ełk (Poland)

1982.05.171982.05.30
ItalyArchbishop Gian Vincenzo Moreni

former Titular Archbishop of Turris in Mauretania

former Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

1982.04.291982.06.05
ChileBishop Alberto Jara Franzoy

former Bishop of Chillán (Chile)

1982.04.301982.06.06
PolandBishop Mieczysław Jaworski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

1982.05.071982.06.06
EgyptBishop Morkos Hakim, O.F.M. (Coptic Rite)

former Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

1982.05.261982.06.06
GermanyBishop Franz Kamphaus

former Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

1982.05.031982.06.13
ChinaBishop Stephen Li Si-de (李思德)

former Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

19821982.06.15
ChinaBishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (96)Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (石鴻禎) (96)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

19821982.06.15
FranceArchbishop Bernard Henri René Jacqueline

former Undersecretary of Secretariat for Non-Believers

1982.04.241982.06.19
IndiaCardinal Ivan Dias

former Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

former Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

1982.05.081982.06.19
FranceBishop Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot

former Bishop of Évreux (France)

1982.05.051982.06.20
ItalyCardinal Silvano Piovanelli

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

1982.05.281982.06.24
ChinaBishop Cosmas Shi En-xiang (師恩祥)

former Prefect Apostolic of Yixian 易縣 (China)

1982.06.24
CanadaCardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte

former Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

1982.04.141982.06.29
PhilippinesBishop Ramon Barrera Villena (87)Bishop Ramon Barrera Villena (87)

Bishop emeritus of Bayombong (Philippines)

1982.03.161982.07.02
USABishop Anthony Edward Pevec

former Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

1982.04.131982.07.02
El SalvadorCardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez (83)Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez (83)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Sacramento a Tor de’ Schiavi

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Salvador (El Salvador)

1982.02.171982.07.03
ArgentinaBishop Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo

former Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

1982.04.301982.07.03
ColombiaArchbishop Fabio Betancur Tirado

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia)

1982.05.241982.07.03
ColombiaBishop José Roberto López Londoño

former Bishop of Jericó (Colombia)

1982.05.241982.07.03
BrazilBishop Crescênzio Rinaldini

former Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

1982.05.101982.07.04
PolandArchbishop Wojciech Ziemba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Warmia (Poland)

1982.06.191982.07.04
Sri LankaBishop Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

1982.03.181982.07.10
HaitiBishop Léonard Pétion Laroche

former Bishop of Hinche (Haiti)

1982.05.221982.07.11
ItalyBishop Martino Gomiero

former Bishop of Adria–Rovigo (Italy)

1982.06.051982.07.11
ChinaBishop Anthony Li Wei-dao (李維道)

former Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China)

former Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China)

19821982.07.21
AustraliaBishop Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)

1982.05.171982.07.21
BrazilBishop José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. (96)Bishop José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. (96)

Bishop emeritus of Guaxupé (Brazil)

1982.05.101982.07.23
LithuaniaBishop Antanas Vaičius

former Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

1982.07.051982.07.25
ChinaBishop Peter Liu Guan-dong (劉冠東)

former Prefect Apostolic of Yixian 易縣 (China)

1982.07.25
BoliviaArchbishop Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

1982.05.081982.07.31
BrazilBishop Luiz Demétrio Valentini (86)Bishop Luiz Demétrio Valentini (86)

Bishop emeritus of Jales (Brazil)

1982.06.081982.07.31
NicaraguaBishop Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

1982.06.181982.07.31
BrazilBishop Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil)

1982.05.221982.08.01
MexicoBishop José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez

former Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

1982.06.111982.08.10
ChinaBishop Shi Hong-chen (石洪臣), C.M.

former Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

19821982.08.11
SyriaArchbishop Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

1982.03.181982.08.13
ColombiaBishop Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal (87)Bishop Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal (87)

Bishop emeritus of Girardot (Colombia)

1982.05.211982.08.14
ParaguayArchbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

1982.06.271982.08.15
BrazilArchbishop José Palmeira Lessa (84)Archbishop José Palmeira Lessa (84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aracaju (Brazil)

1982.06.211982.08.24
BrazilBishop João d’Ávila Moreira Lima

former Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

1982.06.211982.08.24
ItalyCardinal Ennio Antonelli (89)Cardinal Ennio Antonelli (89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Firenze (Italy)

President emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Family

1982.05.251982.08.29
ItalyBishop Rosario Mazzola

former Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

1982.06.191982.09.04
Papua New GuineaArchbishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea)

1982.06.081982.09.08
BrazilArchbishop Geraldo Majela de Castro, O. Praem.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

1982.06.151982.09.08
USABishop Emerson John Moore

former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

1982.07.031982.09.08
USABishop Joseph Thomas O’Keefe

former Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

1982.07.031982.09.08
BrazilBishop Jaime Mota de Farias

former Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil)

1982.07.141982.09.11
BrazilBishop Osvaldo Giuntini

former Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

1982.06.251982.09.12
ItalyBishop Tarcisio Pisani, O.M.

former Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy)

1982.06.281982.09.12
Cote d’IvoireBishop Joseph Akichi

former Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

1982.06.081982.09.18
Cote d’IvoireBishop Laurent Akran Mandjo

former Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)

1982.06.081982.09.18
ItalyBishop Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi

former Bishop of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy)

1982.08.061982.09.18
ItalyBishop Egidio Caporello

former Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

1982.07.241982.09.19
IndonesiaBishop Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Atambua (Indonesia)

1982.04.021982.09.21
VenezuelaCardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

1982.07.031982.09.22
ChinaBishop Augustine Zheng Shou-duo (鄭守鐸)

former Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China)

former Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China)

1982.09.23
IndonesiaBishop Josephus Tethool, M.S.C.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

1982.04.021982.09.26
EnglandBishop Francis Gerard Thomas

former Bishop of Northampton (England)

1982.08.271982.09.29
PakistanBishop Anthony Theodore Lobo

former Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

1982.06.081982.10.01
BelizeBishop Osmond Peter Martin

former Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize)

1982.06.081982.10.07
PhilippinesBishop Ciceron Santa Maria Tumbocon

former Bishop of Cabanatuan (Philippines)

1982.08.181982.10.07
FranceArchbishop Michel Louis Coloni

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France)

1982.05.111982.10.08
El SalvadorBishop José Oscar Barahona Castillo

former Bishop of San Vicente (El Salvador)

1982.07.161982.10.09
ChinaBishop Roch Liu Dian-xi (劉殿墀)

former Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China)

(1982)1982.10.10
ChinaBishop John Liu Ding-han (劉定漢), S.J.

former Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

(1982)1982.10.10
VietnamBishop Louis Hà Kim Danh

former Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

1982.06.081982.10.10
FranceBishop Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Prado (97)Bishop Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Prado (97)

Bishop emeritus of Carcassonne (France)

1982.08.251982.10.10
CanadaBishop Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada)

1982.06.241982.10.14
CanadaArchbishop Maurice Couture, R.S.V.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

1982.07.171982.10.22
CanadaBishop Marc Leclerc

former Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

1982.07.171982.10.22
ItalyBishop Domenico Padovano

former Bishop of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy)

1982.09.301982.10.24
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Rimedio (98)Bishop Vincenzo Rimedio (98)

Bishop emeritus of Lamezia Terme (Italy)

1982.09.041982.10.28
ItalyVenerable Bishop Antonio Bello

former Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy)

1982.08.101982.10.30
UgandaBishop Joseph Mukwaya

former Bishop of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda)

1982.09.101982.10.31
USABishop Edward Urban Kmiec

former Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

1982.08.261982.11.03
CanadaArchbishop Elias Shaheen (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada)

1982.08.271982.11.07
MexicoBishop Manuel Mireles Vaquera

former Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico)

1982.10.161982.12.07
CameroonArchbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua (82)Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamenda (Cameroon)

1982.09.101982.12.08
EthiopiaBishop Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Soddo–Hosanna (Ethiopia)

1982.10.151982.12.10
Sri LankaBishop Sylvester Wewitavidanelage

former Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka)

1982.10.151982.12.11
LatviaBishop Janis Cakuls

former Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

1982.11.091982.12.11
UruguayBishop Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero

former Bishop of Florida (Uruguay)

1982.10.131982.12.12
FranceCardinal Jean Balland

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

1982.11.061982.12.12
USABishop John Jeremiah McRaith

former Bishop of Owensboro (USA)

1982.10.231982.12.15
IndonesiaBishop Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono

former Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia)

1982.04.021982.12.16
ChileBishop Miguel Caviedes Medina

former Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile)

1982.11.081982.12.19
BrazilBishop Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

1982.09.101982.12.22
ChinaBishop Michael Xiao Li-ren (蕭立人)

former Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China)

19821982.12.30

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