Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1984

Bishops (131)ElectedConsecratedAscending
ChinaBishop Joseph Zhu You-san (朱友三)

former Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

(1984)1984
TanzaniaCardinal Polycarp Pengo

former Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

1983.11.111984.01.06
South KoreaBishop Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol (99)Bishop Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol (김창렬 바오로 / 金昌烈) (99)

Bishop emeritus of Cheju 제주 (South Korea)

1983.11.111984.01.06
BeninBishop Nicolas Okioh

former Bishop of Natitingou (Benin)

1983.11.111984.01.06
ItalyBishop Eugenio Binini (91)Bishop Eugenio Binini (91)

Bishop emeritus of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli (Italy)

1983.12.031984.01.06
IndiaBishop Mathai Kochuparampil, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Diphu (India)

1983.12.051984.01.06
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Ernest Kombo, S.J.

former Bishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville)

1983.12.051984.01.06
ItalyCardinal Paolo Romeo (88)Cardinal Paolo Romeo (88)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy)

1983.12.171984.01.06
BelgiumCardinal Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M.

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi

former President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

1983.12.201984.01.06
ItalyBishop Domenico Pecile

former Bishop of Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno (Italy)

former Vicar of the Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

1983.12.221984.01.06
BoliviaBishop Gonzalo Ramiro de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D.

former Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia)

1983.11.031984.01.07
PolandBishop Stefan Moskwa

former Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

1983.11.301984.01.08
USAArchbishop Robert James Carlson (81)Archbishop Robert James Carlson (81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Louis (USA)

1983.11.191984.01.11
PhilippinesArchbishop Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan (93)Archbishop Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan (93)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

1983.10.201984.01.12
NetherlandsBishop Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

1983.10.191984.01.14
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
USACardinal Adam Joseph Maida (96)Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida (96)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Detroit (USA)

Ecclesiastical Superior emeritus of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

1983.11.071984.01.25
ChinaBishop James Xie Shi-guang (謝仕光)

former Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China)

19841984.01.25
BoliviaBishop Luis Morgan Casey

former Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

1983.11.031984.01.28
IrelandBishop Michael Smith (85)Bishop Michael Smith (85)

Bishop emeritus of Meath (Ireland)

1983.11.171984.01.29
IraqArchbishop Yousif Thomas (Chaldean Rite)

former Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1983.11.291984.02.05
USABishop Edward Joseph O’Donnell

former Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

1983.12.061984.02.10
USABishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D. (85)Bishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D. (85)

Bishop emeritus of Memphis (USA)

1983.12.061984.02.10
El SalvadorBishop Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar

former Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

1983.12.231984.02.11
GuamArchbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap. (80)Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap. (80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agaña (Guam)

1983.12.081984.02.19
ChinaArchbishop Joseph Meng Zi-wen (蒙子文)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanning 南寧 (China)

19841984.02.24
BrazilBishop Thadeu Gomes Canellas

former Bishop of Osório (Brazil)

1983.11.191984.02.25
TanzaniaBishop Matthew Shija

former Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania)

1983.11.111984.02.26
CanadaBishop Basil Filevich (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)

1983.12.051984.02.27
AustraliaBishop William John Brennan

former Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

1984.01.161984.03.01
AustraliaBishop Geoffrey James Robinson

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

1984.01.231984.03.08
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
IranArchbishop Thomas Meram (82)Archbishop Thomas Meram (82) (Chaldean Rite)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Bishop emeritus of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

1983.11.301984.03.11
Solomon IslandsBishop Gerard Francis Loft, S.M.

former Bishop of Auki (Solomon Islands)

1983.12.051984.03.11
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
UruguayBishop Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (84)Bishop Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (84)

Bishop emeritus of Salto (Uruguay)

1983.12.121984.03.18
BrazilBishop Francisco Barroso Filho (97)Bishop Francisco Barroso Filho (97)

Bishop emeritus of Oliveira (Brazil)

1983.12.211984.03.19
EnglandArchbishop Patrick Altham Kelly (87)Archbishop Patrick Altham Kelly (87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Liverpool (England)

1984.03.091984.04.03
Cook IslandsBishop Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M.

former Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)

1984.01.091984.04.07
BrazilArchbishop Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap. (85)Archbishop Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap. (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Feira de Santana (Brazil)

1983.12.291984.04.08
PhilippinesBishop Teodoro Cruz Bacani Jr. (86)Bishop Teodoro Cruz Bacani Jr. (86)

Bishop emeritus of Novaliches (Philippines)

1984.03.061984.04.12
VietnamBishop Jacques Lê Văn Mẫn

former Auxiliary Bishop of Huê (Vietnam)

19841984.04.13
PolandBishop Piotr Krupa

former Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

1984.02.181984.04.15
ArgentinaArchbishop Eduardo Vicente Mirás

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina)

1984.03.011984.04.27
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
FranceBishop Louis Jean Dufaux

former Bishop of Grenoble (France)

1984.02.271984.04.29
IrelandBishop John Buckley (86)Bishop John Buckley (86)

Bishop emeritus of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

1984.03.161984.04.29
USABishop Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J.

former Bishop of Fairbanks (USA)

1984.03.081984.05.01
AustraliaArchbishop Barry James Hickey (89)Archbishop Barry James Hickey (89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Perth (Australia)

1984.03.221984.05.01
USABishop Robert William Donnelly

former Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (USA)

1984.03.141984.05.03
ItalyBishop Giovanni Francesco Pala

former Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

1984.02.221984.05.06
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
AustraliaBishop Raymond Conway Benjamin

former Bishop of Townsville (Australia)

1984.02.141984.05.09
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
EgyptBishop Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf (Chaldean Rite)

former Bishop of Cairo of the Chaldeans (Egypt)

1984.02.061984.05.13
BrazilBishop Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil)

1984.04.041984.05.14
ScotlandBishop John Aloysius Mone

former Bishop of Paisley (Scotland)

1984.04.241984.05.14
FranceCardinal Louis-Marie Billé

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

1984.03.101984.05.19
CanadaBishop Joseph Edward Troy

former Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

1984.03.011984.05.22
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
ChinaArchbishop John Baptist Ye Er-shi (葉而適)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

19841984.06
KenyaBishop Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Garissa (Kenya)

1984.02.031984.06.03
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
USABishop William Leo Higi

former Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA)

1984.04.071984.06.06
GermanyArchbishop Karl Heinrich Braun (95)Archbishop Karl Heinrich Braun (95)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamberg (Germany)

1984.04.171984.06.16
USABishop James Kendrick Williams (89)Bishop James Kendrick Williams (89)

Bishop emeritus of Lexington (USA)

1984.04.151984.06.19
UkraineCardinal Marian Jaworski

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

1984.05.211984.06.23
BrazilBishop Anselmo Müller, M.S.F.

former Bishop of Januária (Brazil)

1984.04.251984.06.24
FranceArchbishop Martino Giusti

former Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

1984.05.241984.06.28
BrazilArchbishop Luiz Soares Vieira (88)Archbishop Luiz Soares Vieira (88)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manaus (Brazil)

1984.04.251984.07.01
RomaniaBishop Justin Ştefan Paven (Romanian Rite)1984.07.01
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
PhilippinesBishop Florentino Ferrer Cinense (88)Bishop Florentino Ferrer Cinense (88)

Bishop emeritus of Tarlac (Philippines)

1984.05.241984.07.14
USABishop John Thomas Steinbock

former Bishop of Fresno (USA)

1984.05.291984.07.14
BrazilArchbishop Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

1984.05.211984.07.22
USABishop James Henry Garland (94)Bishop James Henry Garland (94)

Bishop emeritus of Marquette (USA)

1984.06.021984.07.25
ChinaBishop Joseph Li Cong-zhe (李從哲)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

1985?1984.07.27
MexicoArchbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo (85)Archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hermosillo (Mexico)

1984.06.141984.07.29
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
ColombiaBishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo

former Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

1984.06.271984.08.06
ColombiaBishop Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos

former Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia)

1984.06.191984.08.15
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea)

1984.07.021984.08.15
PolandBishop Jan Śrutwa (85)Bishop Jan Śrutwa (85)

Bishop emeritus of Zamość–Lubaczów (Poland)

1984.07.251984.09.01
ChileBishop Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

1984.07.091984.09.02
NicaraguaBishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez

former Bishop of Jinotega (Nicaragua)

1982.06.181984.09.08
IrelandBishop Laurence Ryan

former Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

1984.07.171984.09.09
ChinaBishop Andrew Hao Jin-li (郝進禮)

former Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

19841984.09.14
LithuaniaBishop Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M.

former Titular Bishop of Egara

1984.06.011984.09.14
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
SyriaArchbishop Joseph Basmadjan (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

1984.07.041984.09.23
ChileArchbishop Patricio Infante Alfonso

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile)

1984.08.071984.09.23
South AfricaBishop Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Tzaneen (South Africa)

1984.06.221984.09.30
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
IndiaBishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T. (Syro-Malabar Rite)

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

1984.06.191984.10.04
HondurasBishop Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Juticalpa (Honduras)

1983.02.011984.10.08
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
SyriaArchbishop Théophile Jean Dahi (Syriac Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

1984.08.011984.10.21
USABishop Bawai Soro (72)Bishop Bawai Soro (72) (Chaldean Rite)

Bishop emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto of the Chaldeans (Canada)

(2014.01.11)1984.10.21
IndiaBishop Bali Gali (86)Bishop Bali Gali (86)

Bishop emeritus of Guntur (India)

1984.07.021984.10.23
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
MadagascarBishop Armand Toasy (86)Bishop Armand Toasy (86)

Bishop emeritus of Port-Bergé (Madagascar)

1984.06.221984.11.04
IndonesiaBishop Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja

former Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia)

1984.07.021984.11.11
ItalyBishop Fernando Charrier

former Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

1984.09.291984.11.11
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
EcuadorBishop Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón

former Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

1984.08.211984.11.25
PolandArchbishop Stanisław Nowak

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

1984.10.261984.11.25
NetherlandsBishop Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B.

former Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

1984.10.041984.12.01
Sierra LeoneBishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone)

1984.06.041984.12.02
LithuaniaBishop Juozas Preikšas

former Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

1984.10.311984.12.02
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
EcuadorBishop Gonzalo López Marañón, O.C.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador)

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

former Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador)

1984.07.021984.12.09
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
USAArchbishop James Patrick Keleher

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

1984.10.231984.12.11
USABishop John Joseph Leibrecht (95)Bishop John Joseph Leibrecht (95)

Bishop emeritus of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA)

1984.10.201984.12.12
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
ArgentinaBishop José Vittorio Tommasí

former Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)

1984.11.191984.12.21
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
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

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