Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1985

Bishops (114)ElectedConsecratedAscending
GibraltarBishop Bernard Patrick Devlin

former Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

1984.10.201985.01.06
PolandBishop Kazimierz Górny (88)Bishop Kazimierz Górny (88)

Bishop emeritus of Rzeszów (Poland)

1984.10.261985.01.06
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
ItalyBishop Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

1984.12.071985.01.06
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
El SalvadorArchbishop Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, Opus Dei

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

1984.12.221985.01.06
ChinaBishop Ignatius Huang Shou-cheng (黃守誠)

former Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China)

1985.101985.01.09
SpainBishop Rosendo Álvarez Gastón

former Bishop of Almería (Spain)

1984.11.161985.01.12
PolandBishop Józef Pazdur

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

1984.12.181985.01.12
Northern Mariana IslandsBishop Tomas Aguon Camacho

former Bishop of Chalan Kanoa (Northern Mariana Islands)

1984.11.081985.01.13
MyanmarBishop Isaac Danu (78)Bishop Isaac Danu (78)

Bishop emeritus of Taungngu (Myanmar)

1984.06.041985.01.17
MyanmarBishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira

former Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar)

1984.10.201985.01.17
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
CameroonBishop Adalbert Ndzana

former Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon)

1984.11.081985.01.20
ChinaBishop Aloysius Jin Lu-xian (金魯賢), S.J.

former Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

former Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

(1985)1985.01.27
ChinaBishop Stephen Li Si-de (李思德)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

19851985.01.27
PhilippinesBishop Emilio Zurbano Marquez (84)Bishop Emilio Zurbano Marquez (84)

Bishop emeritus of Lucena (Philippines)

1984.12.151985.01.29
GermanyBishop Bernhard Rieger

former Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

1984.12.201985.02.02
EthiopiaBishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot (Ethiopic Rite)

former Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

1984.10.121985.02.10
IndiaBishop Joseph Pathalil

former Bishop of Udaipur (India)

1984.12.031985.02.14
Burkina FasoBishop Marius Ouédraogo

former Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso)

1984.11.081985.02.16
JapanBishop Paul Kazuhiro Mori (パウロ 森 一弘)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

1984.12.031985.02.23
UkraineBishop Philemon Kurchaba, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

1991.01.161985.02.23
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
ChinaBishop Joseph Fan Zhong-liang (范忠良), S.J.

former Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

19851985.02.27
AustraliaBishop Geoffrey Francis Mayne

former Military Ordinary of Australia (Australia)

1985.01.021985.02.27
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
PortugalCardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro (88)Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro (88)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Domenico di Guzmán pro hac vice Title

Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary

1985.02.161985.03.23
Congo-KinshasaBishop Édouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O.

former Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

1984.11.081985.03.24
IndonesiaBishop Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Ruteng (Indonesia)

1984.12.031985.03.25
PolandArchbishop Henryk Józef Muszyński (93)Archbishop Henryk Józef Muszyński (93)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gniezno (Poland)

1985.02.231985.03.25
MexicoArchbishop Luis Robles Díaz

former Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

1985.02.161985.04.09
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
PolandBishop Roman Adam Marcinkowski (84)Bishop Roman Adam Marcinkowski (84)

Titular Bishop of Bulla regia

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Płock (Poland)

1985.02.231985.04.13
USABishop Donald Walter Trautman

former Bishop of Erie (USA)

1985.02.271985.04.16
RomaniaBishop Emil Riti (Romanian Rite)1985.04.18
IrelandBishop Desmond A. Williams

former Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

1985.03.141985.04.21
South KoreaBishop Paul Kim Ok-kyun (김옥균 바오로)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

1985.03.091985.04.25
BrazilArchbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (82)Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

1985.02.161985.04.28
PortugalBishop Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro

former Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal)

1985.02.161985.04.28
ArgentinaArchbishop Fabriciano Sigampa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Resistencia (Argentina)

1985.03.091985.05.03
BrazilBishop Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque (97)Bishop Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque (97)

Bishop emeritus of Itapipoca (Brazil)

1985.01.041985.05.05
NigeriaArchbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria)

1985.03.091985.05.11
SpainCardinal Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

1985.03.201985.05.11
SpainArchbishop Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández (78)Archbishop Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández (78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Granada (Spain)

1985.03.201985.05.11
SpainBishop Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin

former Bishop of Getafe (Spain)

1985.03.201985.05.11
ChadBishop Gabriel Balet (Régis), O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Moundou (Chad)

1985.03.091985.05.12
PolandBishop Adam Odzimek

former Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland)

1985.04.031985.05.12
FranceBishop Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy

former Bishop of Beauvais (France)

1985.04.131985.05.12
USACardinal Edward Michael Egan

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

1985.04.011985.05.22
IrelandBishop Diarmaid O’Súilleabháin

former Bishop of Kerry (Ireland)

1985.03.291985.05.26
SloveniaBishop Metod Pirih

former Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)

1985.03.251985.05.27
BrazilBishop Fernando Iório Rodrigues

former Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil)

1985.03.011985.05.29
UgandaBishop Matthias Ssekamanya (89)Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya (89)

Bishop emeritus of Lugazi (Uganda)

1985.03.091985.06.02
JapanBishop Francis Keiichi Sato (フランシスコ 佐藤敬一), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

1985.03.091985.06.09
FranceBishop Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi

former Vice-President of Pontifical Council for the Family

1985.04.171985.06.09
ChinaBishop John Chen Shi-zhong (陳適中)

former Bishop of Suifu 敘府 (China)

19851985.06.14
MexicoBishop Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

1985.04.261985.06.14
IndiaArchbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

1984.12.031985.06.16
JapanBishop Joseph Atsumi Misue (ヨゼフ 三末篤實)

former Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

1985.03.291985.06.16
SpainCardinal Santos Abril y Castelló (90)Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló (90)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ponziano pro hac vice Title

Apostolic Commissioner for Institute of the Incarnate Word

1985.04.291985.06.16
ColombiaArchbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)

1985.04.101985.06.17
ItalyBishop Antonio Santucci

former Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

1985.05.081985.06.22
PhilippinesBishop Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos

former Bishop of Butuan (Philippines)

1985.04.291985.06.24
USABishop Roger Louis Kaffer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA)

1985.04.251985.06.26
BoliviaBishop Angelo Gelmi Bertocchi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

1985.04.041985.06.29
BoliviaBishop Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F.

former Coadjutor Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia)

1985.04.041985.06.29
VenezuelaArchbishop Roberto Lückert León

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela)

1985.04.271985.06.29
ItalyBishop Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli

former Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

1985.05.251985.06.29
PolandArchbishop Damian Zimoń (91)Archbishop Damian Zimoń (91)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Katowice (Poland)

1985.06.031985.06.29
CanadaBishop Matthew Francis Ustrzycki (94)Bishop Matthew Francis Ustrzycki (94)

Titular Bishop of Nationa

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hamilton (Canada)

1985.05.101985.07.03
GermanyBishop Hans-Reinhard Koch

former Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt (Germany)

1985.05.151985.07.06
ZambiaBishop Raymond Mpezele (86)Bishop Raymond Mpezele (86)

Bishop emeritus of Livingstone (Zambia)

1985.05.031985.07.07
ColombiaBishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (83)Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (83)

Bishop emeritus of Magangué (Colombia)

1980.10.091985.07.09
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Di Falco (95)Bishop Giuseppe Di Falco (95)

Bishop emeritus of Sulmona–Valva (Italy)

1985.05.251985.07.14
USABishop Michael David Pfeifer, O.M.I. (88)Bishop Michael David Pfeifer, O.M.I. (88)

Bishop emeritus of San Angelo (USA)

1985.05.311985.07.26
Puerto RicoBishop Álvaro Corrada Del Río, S.J. (83)Bishop Álvaro Corrada Del Río, S.J. (83)

Bishop emeritus of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)

1985.05.311985.08.04
ScotlandCardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland)

1985.05.301985.08.05
French PolynesiaBishop Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC. (87)Bishop Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC. (87)

Bishop emeritus of Taiohae (French Polynesia)

1985.03.291985.08.15
CanadaArchbishop André Gaumond

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

1985.05.311985.08.15
PolandBishop Jan Bagiński

former Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland)

1985.07.081985.08.15
PolandBishop Gerard Alfons Kusz

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gliwice (Poland)

1985.07.081985.08.15
PhilippinesBishop Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr. (85)Bishop Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr. (85)

Bishop emeritus of Kalookan (Philippines)

1985.07.031985.08.22
PolandBishop Zygmunt Józef Pawłowicz

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

1985.08.101985.09.07
BoliviaArchbishop Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

1985.06.141985.09.08
USACardinal Justin Francis Rigali (90)Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali (90)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA)

1985.06.081985.09.14
FranceBishop Roger Froment

former Bishop of Tulle (France)

1985.06.201985.09.15
IrelandArchbishop Patrick Coveney

former Titular Archbishop of Satriano

1985.07.271985.09.15
USABishop Robert Joseph Banks

former Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

1985.06.261985.09.19
ChinaBishop John Li Xue-song (李雪松)

former Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China)

(1985)1985.09.22
SpainBishop Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando

former Bishop of Ciudad Real (Spain)

1985.07.111985.09.29
PolandBishop Ryszard Karpiński

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

1985.09.281985.09.29
MonacoArchbishop Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J.

former Archbishop of Monaco (Monaco)

1985.05.311985.09.30
LibyaBishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya)

1985.05.031985.10.04
ItalyCardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò (88)Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò (88)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title

President emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

1985.07.271985.10.06
EswatiniBishop Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M.

former Bishop of Manzini (Eswatini)

1985.07.011985.10.12
ItalyArchbishop Eugenio Sbarbaro (91)Archbishop Eugenio Sbarbaro (91)

Titular Archbishop of Tiddi

1985.09.141985.10.19
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo (84)Bishop Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo (84)

Bishop emeritus of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

1985.07.011985.10.20
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 Agostino Marchetto (85)Cardinal Agostino Marchetto (85)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

1985.08.311985.11.01
FranceBishop Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S.

former Bishop of Périgueux (France)

1985.08.241985.11.03
BrazilBishop Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes

former Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

1985.08.051985.11.09
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Sambi

former Titular Archbishop of Belcastro

former Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

former Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS)

1985.10.101985.11.09
FranceBishop Léon Hégelé

former Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

1985.09.091985.11.10
ItalyBishop Diego Natale Bona

former Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy)

1985.11.091985.12.01
PhilippinesBishop Patricio Maqui Lopez

former Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

1985.10.161985.12.05
Papua New GuineaBishop Paul John Marx, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea)

1985.05.031985.12.13
UruguayBishop Victor Gil Lechoza

former Bishop of Minas (Uruguay)

1985.11.091985.12.14
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Mattiazzo (85)Archbishop Antonio Mattiazzo (85)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Padova (Italy)

1985.11.161985.12.14
ArgentinaBishop Luis Teodorico Stöckler (89)Bishop Luis Teodorico Stöckler (89)

Bishop emeritus of Quilmes (Argentina)

1985.11.211985.12.17
MexicoCardinal Alberto Suárez Inda (87)Cardinal Alberto Suárez Inda (87)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Policarpo

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Morelia (Mexico)

1985.11.051985.12.20
MexicoCardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera (83)Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera (83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of México (Mexico)

1985.11.051985.12.21
UruguayBishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer

former Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay)

1985.11.091985.12.21

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