Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1984

Newly Elected Bishops (127)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ChinaBishop Bartholomew Yu Cheng-ti (余成悌)

former Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

19841981.12.10
ChinaBishop Joseph Zhu You-san (朱友三)

former Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

(1984)1984
ChinaArchbishop Victor Liu He-de (劉和德), O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)

19841984.01.18
ChinaBishop Anthony Yang Shao-huai (楊少懷)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)

19841984.01.18
ChinaBishop James Xie Shi-guang (謝仕光)

former Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China)

19841984.01.25
ChinaArchbishop Joseph Meng Zi-wen (蒙子文)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanning 南寧 (China)

19841984.02.24
VietnamBishop Jacques Lê Văn Mẫn

former Auxiliary Bishop of Huê (Vietnam)

19841984.04.13
ChinaArchbishop John Baptist Ye Er-shi (葉而適)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

19841984.06
ChinaBishop Andrew Hao Jin-li (郝進禮)

former Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

19841984.09.14
ChinaBishop Peter Zhang Bo-ren (張伯仁)

former Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China)

19841986.03.03
ChinaArchbishop James Zhao Zi-ping (趙子平)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China)

19841988.04.24
Cook IslandsBishop Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M.

former Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)

1984.01.091984.04.07
AustraliaBishop William John Brennan

former Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

1984.01.161984.03.01
BrazilBishop Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. (86)Bishop Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. (86)

Bishop emeritus of Santo Amaro (Brazil)

1984.01.211984.03.10
AustraliaBishop Geoffrey James Robinson

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

1984.01.231984.03.08
HondurasBishop Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B. (89)Bishop Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B. (89)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

1984.01.271984.03.17
CroatiaBishop Antun Bogetić

former Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

1984.01.271984.04.28
South AfricaBishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C.

former Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa)

1984.02.031984.04.28
KenyaBishop Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Garissa (Kenya)

1984.02.031984.06.03
EgyptBishop Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf (Chaldean Rite)

former Bishop of Cairo of the Chaldeans (Egypt)

1984.02.061984.05.13
AustraliaBishop Raymond Conway Benjamin

former Bishop of Townsville (Australia)

1984.02.141984.05.09
PolandBishop Piotr Krupa

former Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

1984.02.181984.04.15
ItalyBishop Giovanni Francesco Pala

former Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

1984.02.221984.05.06
FranceBishop Louis Jean Dufaux

former Bishop of Grenoble (France)

1984.02.271984.04.29
ArgentinaArchbishop Eduardo Vicente Mirás

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina)

1984.03.011984.04.27
CanadaBishop Joseph Edward Troy

former Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

1984.03.011984.05.22
PhilippinesBishop Teodoro Cruz Bacani Jr. (86)Bishop Teodoro Cruz Bacani Jr. (86)

Bishop emeritus of Novaliches (Philippines)

1984.03.061984.04.12
USABishop Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J.

former Bishop of Fairbanks (USA)

1984.03.081984.05.01
EnglandArchbishop Patrick Altham Kelly (87)Archbishop Patrick Altham Kelly (87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Liverpool (England)

1984.03.091984.04.03
FranceCardinal Louis-Marie Billé

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

1984.03.101984.05.19
USABishop Robert William Donnelly

former Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (USA)

1984.03.141984.05.03
BrazilBishop Walter Bini, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Lins (Brazil)

1984.03.141984.05.24
BrazilArchbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

1984.03.141984.05.31
IrelandBishop John Buckley (86)Bishop John Buckley (86)

Bishop emeritus of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

1984.03.161984.04.29
AustraliaArchbishop Barry James Hickey (89)Archbishop Barry James Hickey (89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Perth (Australia)

1984.03.221984.05.01
New ZealandBishop Denis William Hanrahan

former Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)

1984.03.251984.06.06
MexicoBishop Luis Miguel Cantón Marín

former Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico)

1984.03.301984.06.06
BrazilBishop Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil)

1984.04.041984.05.14
USACardinal John Patrick Foley

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino

former Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

1984.04.051984.05.08
ItalyCardinal Alberto Bovone

former Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova

former Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

1984.04.051984.05.12
USABishop William Leo Higi

former Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA)

1984.04.071984.06.06
USABishop James Kendrick Williams (89)Bishop James Kendrick Williams (89)

Bishop emeritus of Lexington (USA)

1984.04.151984.06.19
GermanyArchbishop Karl Heinrich Braun (95)Archbishop Karl Heinrich Braun (95)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamberg (Germany)

1984.04.171984.06.16
ScotlandBishop John Aloysius Mone

former Bishop of Paisley (Scotland)

1984.04.241984.05.14
BrazilBishop Anselmo Müller, M.S.F.

former Bishop of Januária (Brazil)

1984.04.251984.06.24
BrazilArchbishop Luiz Soares Vieira (88)Archbishop Luiz Soares Vieira (88)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manaus (Brazil)

1984.04.251984.07.01
UkraineCardinal Marian Jaworski

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

1984.05.211984.06.23
BrazilArchbishop Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

1984.05.211984.07.22
FranceArchbishop Martino Giusti

former Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

1984.05.241984.06.28
PhilippinesBishop Florentino Ferrer Cinense (88)Bishop Florentino Ferrer Cinense (88)

Bishop emeritus of Tarlac (Philippines)

1984.05.241984.07.14
USABishop William Clifford Newman

former Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA)

1984.05.251984.07.02
USABishop John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. (86)Bishop John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. (86)

Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites)

Bishop emeritus of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA)

1984.05.251984.07.02
USABishop John Thomas Steinbock

former Bishop of Fresno (USA)

1984.05.291984.07.14
USACardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (81)Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (81)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria

Member of Council of Cardinals

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Boston (USA)

1984.05.301984.08.02
LithuaniaBishop Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M.

former Titular Bishop of Egara

1984.06.011984.09.14
USABishop James Henry Garland (94)Bishop James Henry Garland (94)

Bishop emeritus of Marquette (USA)

1984.06.021984.07.25
Congo-KinshasaBishop Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. (95)Bishop Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. (95)

Bishop emeritus of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)

1984.06.041984.11.25
Sierra LeoneBishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone)

1984.06.041984.12.02
MyanmarBishop Isaac Danu (78)Bishop Isaac Danu (78)

Bishop emeritus of Taungngu (Myanmar)

1984.06.041985.01.17
MexicoArchbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo (85)Archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hermosillo (Mexico)

1984.06.141984.07.29
ColombiaBishop Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos

former Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia)

1984.06.191984.08.15
IndiaBishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T. (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Bishop of Gorakhpur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1984.06.191984.10.04
NicaraguaBishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap. (82)Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap. (82)

Bishop emeritus of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

1984.06.221984.09.17
IndiaArchbishop Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

1984.06.221984.09.22
South AfricaBishop Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Tzaneen (South Africa)

1984.06.221984.09.30
MadagascarBishop Armand Toasy (86)Bishop Armand Toasy (86)

Bishop emeritus of Port-Bergé (Madagascar)

1984.06.221984.11.04
IndiaBishop Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X. (81)Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X. (81)

Bishop emeritus of Port Blair (India)

1984.06.221985.01.20
MalawiBishop Gervazio Moses Chisendera

former Bishop of Dedza (Malawi)

1984.06.251984.09.30
NigerBishop Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Niamey (Niger)

1984.06.251984.09.30
ColombiaBishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo

former Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

1984.06.271984.08.06
EcuadorBishop Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso

former Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador)

1984.06.281994.10.15
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea)

1984.07.021984.08.15
IndiaBishop Bali Gali (86)Bishop Bali Gali (86)

Bishop emeritus of Guntur (India)

1984.07.021984.10.23
IndonesiaBishop Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja

former Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia)

1984.07.021984.11.11
EcuadorBishop Gonzalo López Marañón, O.C.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador)

1984.07.021984.12.08
EcuadorVenerable Bishop Alejandro Labaka Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador)

1984.07.021984.12.09
SyriaArchbishop Joseph Basmadjan (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

1984.07.041984.09.23
ChileBishop Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

1984.07.091984.09.02
IrelandBishop Laurence Ryan

former Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

1984.07.171984.09.09
PolandBishop Jan Śrutwa (85)Bishop Jan Śrutwa (85)

Bishop emeritus of Zamość–Lubaczów (Poland)

1984.07.251984.09.01
SyriaArchbishop Théophile Jean Dahi (Syriac Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

1984.08.011984.10.21
ChileArchbishop Patricio Infante Alfonso

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile)

1984.08.071984.09.23
ItalyArchbishop Pier Giacomo De Nicolò

former Titular Archbishop of Martana

1984.08.141984.10.20
ItalyArchbishop Felice Cece

former Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

1984.08.171984.10.20
EcuadorBishop Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón

former Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

1984.08.211984.11.25
SpainBishop José Diéguez Reboredo

former Bishop of Tui–Vigo (Spain)

1984.09.011984.10.28
ArgentinaBishop Omar Félix Colomé

former Bishop of Cruz del Eje (Argentina)

1984.09.271984.10.28
ItalyBishop Fernando Charrier

former Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

1984.09.291984.11.11
NetherlandsBishop Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B.

former Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

1984.10.041984.12.01
BoliviaArchbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (82)Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Paz (Bolivia)

1984.10.061985.04.13
EthiopiaBishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot (Ethiopic Rite)

former Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

1984.10.121985.02.10
USABishop John Joseph Leibrecht (95)Bishop John Joseph Leibrecht (95)

Bishop emeritus of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA)

1984.10.201984.12.12
ArgentinaCardinal Luis Héctor Villalba (91)Cardinal Luis Héctor Villalba (91)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo a Corviale

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tucumán (Argentina)

1984.10.201984.12.22
GibraltarBishop Bernard Patrick Devlin

former Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

1984.10.201985.01.06
MyanmarBishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira

former Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar)

1984.10.201985.01.17
USAArchbishop James Patrick Keleher

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

1984.10.231984.12.11
RomaniaArchbishop Ioan Robu (81)Archbishop Ioan Robu (81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bucureşti (Romania)

former President of Episcopal Conference of Romania

1984.10.251984.12.08
PolandArchbishop Stanisław Nowak

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

1984.10.261984.11.25
PolandBishop Kazimierz Górny (88)Bishop Kazimierz Górny (88)

Bishop emeritus of Rzeszów (Poland)

1984.10.261985.01.06
FranceBishop Paul-Marie Joseph André Guillaume (96)Bishop Paul-Marie Joseph André Guillaume (96)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Dié (France)

1984.10.291984.12.09
LithuaniaBishop Juozas Preikšas

former Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

1984.10.311984.12.02
ItalyArchbishop Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.J.

former Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

1984.11.061984.12.16
USAArchbishop John Francis Donoghue

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

1984.11.061984.12.18
TanzaniaBishop Aloysius Balina

former Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania)

1984.11.081985.01.06
AngolaBishop Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Mbanza Congo (Angola)

1984.11.081985.01.06
Northern Mariana IslandsBishop Tomas Aguon Camacho

former Bishop of Chalan Kanoa (Northern Mariana Islands)

1984.11.081985.01.13
CameroonBishop Adalbert Ndzana

former Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon)

1984.11.081985.01.20
Burkina FasoBishop Marius Ouédraogo

former Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso)

1984.11.081985.02.16
Congo-KinshasaBishop Édouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O.

former Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

1984.11.081985.03.24
MyanmarBishop Gregory Taik Maung (79)Bishop Gregory Taik Maung (79)

Titular Bishop of Bocconia

former Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pyay (Myanmar)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pyay (Myanmar)

1984.11.081985.11.01
ItalyCardinal Giovanni Saldarini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

1984.11.101984.12.07
SpainBishop Rosendo Álvarez Gastón

former Bishop of Almería (Spain)

1984.11.161985.01.12
ArgentinaBishop José Vittorio Tommasí

former Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)

1984.11.191984.12.21
SpainArchbishop Santiago García Aracil

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)

1984.11.201984.12.27
SpainBishop José Vilaplana Blasco (81)Bishop José Vilaplana Blasco (81)

Bishop emeritus of Huelva (Spain)

1984.11.201984.12.27
BrazilBishop Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. (91)Bishop Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. (91)

Bishop emeritus of Petrolina (Brazil)

1984.11.301985.03.19
IndiaBishop Joseph Pathalil

former Bishop of Udaipur (India)

1984.12.031985.02.14
JapanBishop Paul Kazuhiro Mori (パウロ 森 一弘)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

1984.12.031985.02.23
São Tomé and PríncipeBishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)

1984.12.031985.02.24
IndonesiaBishop Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Ruteng (Indonesia)

1984.12.031985.03.25
IndiaArchbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

1984.12.031985.06.16
ItalyBishop Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

1984.12.071985.01.06
PhilippinesBishop Emilio Zurbano Marquez (84)Bishop Emilio Zurbano Marquez (84)

Bishop emeritus of Lucena (Philippines)

1984.12.151985.01.29
ChileCardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Saba pro hac vice Title

former Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

former Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

1984.12.181985.01.06
PolandBishop Józef Pazdur

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

1984.12.181985.01.12
GermanyBishop Bernhard Rieger

former Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

1984.12.201985.02.02
El SalvadorArchbishop Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, Opus Dei

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

1984.12.221985.01.06

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