Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1983

Bishops (151)ElectedConsecratedAscending
UkraineBishop Petro Kozak, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite)

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

19831983
NigeriaCardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan (82)Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan (82)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abuja (Nigeria)

1982.09.101983.01.06
Equatorial GuineaArchbishop Ildefonso Obama Obono (87)Archbishop Ildefonso Obama Obono (87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

1982.10.151983.01.06
NigeriaBishop Kevin Joseph Aje

former Bishop of Sokoto (Nigeria)

1982.10.151983.01.06
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Vitale Bommarco, O.F.M. Conv.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia (Italy)

1982.11.111983.01.06
Equatorial GuineaBishop Anacleto Sima Ngua

former Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

1982.11.191983.01.06
ItalyBishop Pietro Rossano

former Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University

former Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

1982.12.071983.01.06
GermanyCardinal Karl-Josef Rauber

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1982.12.181983.01.06
SlovakiaArchbishop Dominik Hrušovský

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia)

1982.12.181983.01.06
SpainArchbishop José Sebastián Laboa Gallego

former Titular Archbishop of Zaraï

1982.12.181983.01.06
CzechiaBishop Jaroslav Škarvada

former Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

1982.12.181983.01.06
PolandArchbishop Juliusz Paetz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

1982.12.201983.01.06
ItalyBishop Luigi Del Gallo Roccagiovine

former Titular Bishop of Campli

1982.12.201983.01.06
PolandCardinal Zenon Grocholewski

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere pro hac vice Title

former Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions)

former President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations

1982.12.211983.01.06
ItalyCardinal Francesco Monterisi (91)Cardinal Francesco Monterisi (91)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo alla Regola pro hac vice Title

Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls

1982.12.241983.01.06
ItalyBishop Raffaele Nogaro

former Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

1982.10.251983.01.09
RomaniaBishop Octavian Cristian-Găinaru (Romanian Rite)1983.01.12
GuatemalaBishop Jorge Mario Ávila del Águila, C.M.

former Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

1982.12.031983.01.15
LaosBishop Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane (Laos)

1982.11.191983.01.16
PortugalBishop Albino Mamede Cleto

former Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

1982.12.061983.01.22
LebanonBishop Emile Eid (Maronite Rite)

former Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law

1982.12.201983.01.23
PhilippinesBishop Antonio Realubin Tobias (84)Bishop Antonio Realubin Tobias (84)

Bishop emeritus of Novaliches (Philippines)

1982.11.031983.01.25
PeruBishop José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins

former Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru)

1982.12.161983.01.25
USABishop Moses Bosco Anderson, S.S.E.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

1982.12.021983.01.27
USABishop Patrick Ronald Cooney

former Bishop of Gaylord (USA)

1982.12.031983.01.27
USABishop Dale Joseph Melczek

former Bishop of Gary (USA)

1982.12.031983.01.27
FranceBishop Michel Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of France of the Ukrainians (France)

1982.11.271983.01.30
GuatemalaBishop Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti

former Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala)

1982.12.031983.01.31
EcuadorBishop Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador)

1982.09.101983.02.02
BrazilBishop Antônio Gaspar (94)Bishop Antônio Gaspar (94)

Bishop emeritus of Barretos (Brazil)

1982.12.061983.02.06
BrazilBishop Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J.

former Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil)

1982.11.151983.02.11
PhilippinesBishop Teodoro Javier Buhain Jr.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

1983.01.051983.02.21
ItalyBishop Lorenzo Chiarinelli

former Bishop of Viterbo (Italy)

1983.01.211983.02.27
ChinaBishop Raymond Wang Chong-lin (王寵林)

former Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China)

19831983.03.09
CameroonArchbishop Antoine Ntalou (85)Archbishop Antoine Ntalou (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Garoua (Cameroon)

1982.11.191983.03.13
UkraineBishop Josyf Holovach (Ruthenian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

1991.01.161983.03.15
ChinaBishop Stephen Li Xin-zheng (李新生)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

19831983.03.16
PortugalBishop José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira

former Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal)

1982.12.281983.03.19
PhilippinesBishop Raul José Quimpo Martirez

former Bishop of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

1983.01.051983.03.24
PeruBishop Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S.M.

former Bishop of Tacna (Peru)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

1982.12.161983.03.25
CroatiaBishop Slavomir Miklovš (Croatian Rite)

former Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

1983.01.221983.03.25
USABishop David Arias Pérez, O.A.R.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

1983.01.251983.04.07
ChinaBishop Paul Li Zhen-rong (李振榮), S.J.

former Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

19831983.04.08
TurkiyeArchbishop Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

1983.01.221983.04.09
UruguayBishop Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J.

former Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

1983.01.281983.04.10
FranceBishop Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec

former Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

1983.02.081983.04.10
IrelandBishop Colm O’Reilly (91)Bishop Colm O’Reilly (91)

Bishop emeritus of Ardagh (Ireland)

1983.02.241983.04.10
PolandArchbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

1983.03.221983.04.17
BrazilArchbishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

1983.01.221983.04.21
ItalyCardinal Fortunato Baldelli

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino

former Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

1983.02.121983.04.23
IndiaBishop Gregory Karotemprel, C.M.I. (92)Bishop Gregory Karotemprel, C.M.I. (92) (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop emeritus of Rajkot of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1983.01.221983.04.24
Solomon IslandsArchbishop Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M. (85)Archbishop Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M. (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Honiara (Solomon Islands)

1983.02.191983.04.24
FranceArchbishop François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)

1983.02.231983.04.24
ItalyBishop Eugenio Ravignani

former Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

1983.03.071983.04.24
ItalyBishop Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)

1983.03.231983.04.25
MexicoBishop José María Hernández González

former Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico)

1983.02.181983.04.26
PeruBishop Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. (98)Bishop Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. (98)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Caravelí (Peru)

1983.01.261983.04.27
New ZealandBishop Leonard Anthony Boyle

former Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand)

1983.01.271983.05.03
MexicoBishop Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay

former Bishop of Celaya (Mexico)

1983.02.101983.05.04
Sri LankaBishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai (89)Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai (89)

Bishop emeritus of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)

1983.03.171983.05.07
USABishop Lawrence Joyce Kenney

former Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

1983.03.251983.05.10
USAArchbishop Joseph Thomas Dimino

former Archbishop Military Ordinary of United States of America (USA)

1983.03.291983.05.10
USABishop Francis Xavier Roque

former Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

1983.03.291983.05.10
USACardinal William Joseph Levada

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Domnica pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

former Prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

former President of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

former President of Pontifical Biblical Commission

1983.03.251983.05.12
USABishop Donald William Montrose

former Bishop of Stockton (USA)

1983.03.251983.05.12
South AfricaBishop Reginald Joseph Orsmond

former Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

1983.01.271983.05.14
BrazilBishop Antônio Possamai, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil)

1983.03.041983.05.15
Northern IrelandBishop Anthony J. Farquhar

former Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

1983.04.061983.05.15
Northern IrelandBishop Patrick Joseph Walsh

former Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

1983.04.061983.05.15
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Chiaretti

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy)

1983.04.071983.05.15
KenyaArchbishop Peter Joseph Kairo (84)Archbishop Peter Joseph Kairo (84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nyeri (Kenya)

1983.03.171983.05.21
Sri LankaBishop Joseph Vianney Fernando (83)Bishop Joseph Vianney Fernando (83)

Bishop emeritus of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

1983.03.171983.05.21
USABishop Robert Henry Brom

former Bishop of San Diego (USA)

1983.03.251983.05.23
SloveniaBishop Jožef Smej

former Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia)

1983.04.151983.05.23
ParaguayBishop Celso Yegros Estigarribia

former Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay)

1983.04.061983.05.29
ItalyBishop Alessandro Maggiolini

former Bishop of Como (Italy)

1983.04.071983.05.29
CameroonBishop Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (Cameroon)

1983.03.171983.06.01
AlgeriaBishop Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Prado

former Bishop of Constantine (Algeria)

1983.03.251983.06.03
IndonesiaBishop Martinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Padang (Indonesia)

1983.03.171983.06.11
ItalyArchbishop Ettore Di Filippo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Campobasso–Boiano (Italy)

1983.04.071983.06.11
SloveniaBishop Jožef Kvas

former Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

1983.05.131983.06.12
USAArchbishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

1983.03.251983.06.17
GermanyBishop Walter Theodor Jansen

former Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

1983.05.191983.06.19
BrazilBishop José Mário Stroeher (87)Bishop José Mário Stroeher (87)

Bishop emeritus of Rio Grande (Brazil)

1983.03.251983.06.24
EgyptBishop Aghnatios Elias Yaacoub, S.J. (Coptic Rite)

former Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

1983.05.191983.06.24
USABishop Vasile Louis Puscas (Romanian Rite)

former Bishop of Saint George in Canton of the Romanians (USA)

1982.12.041983.06.26
IndonesiaCardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J. (91)Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J. (91)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Jakarta (Indonesia)

1983.02.191983.06.29
PhilippinesBishop Vicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro (Philippines)

1983.03.171983.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Mario Peressin

former Metropolitan Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

1983.04.071983.06.29
ItalyCardinal Camillo Ruini (95)Cardinal Camillo Ruini (95)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura

Archpriest emeritus of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy)

former Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy)

former Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University

1983.05.161983.06.29
SwitzerlandBishop Joseph Candolfi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

1983.06.011983.06.29
PeruBishop Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru)

1982.12.171983.07.03
ArgentinaBishop Rafael Eleuterio Rey

former Bishop of Zárate–Campana (Argentina)

1983.04.301983.07.03
SyriaArchbishop Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, M.S.P. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

1983.06.141983.07.03
Congo-KinshasaBishop Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke

former Bishop of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1983.03.171983.07.10
CanadaBishop Anthony Frederick Tonnos (90)Bishop Anthony Frederick Tonnos (90)

Bishop emeritus of Hamilton (Canada)

1983.05.131983.07.12
ItalyArchbishop Bruno Tommasi

former Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

1983.06.101983.07.12
South AfricaBishop Edward Robert Adams (91)Bishop Edward Robert Adams (91)

Bishop emeritus of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

1983.05.021983.07.16
MexicoArchbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán (86)Archbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán (86)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Yucatán (Mexico)

1983.06.031983.07.25
USABishop Bernard Ferdinand Popp

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

1983.06.031983.07.25
HungaryBishop Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P.

former Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum

1983.05.201983.07.27
PortugalBishop João Miranda Teixeira (90)Bishop João Miranda Teixeira (90)

Titular Bishop of Castellum Iabar

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Porto (Portugal)

1983.05.131983.07.31
MexicoBishop Mario de Gasperín Gasperín (91)Bishop Mario de Gasperín Gasperín (91)

Bishop emeritus of Querétaro (Mexico)

1983.06.031983.08.04
USABishop John Richard Keating

former Bishop of Arlington (USA)

1983.06.071983.08.04
ColombiaBishop Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.

former Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)

1983.06.061983.08.06
LebanonArchbishop André Haddad (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1983.06.141983.08.07
PhilippinesBishop Francisco Capiral San Diego

former Bishop of Pasig (Philippines)

1983.06.061983.08.10
USABishop Lawrence Donald Soens

former Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

1983.06.151983.08.17
LebanonArchbishop Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. (85)Archbishop Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. (85)

Titular Archbishop of Aræ in Numidia

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beirut (Lebanon)

1983.05.301983.08.21
USABishop Andrew Pataki (Ruthenian Rite)

former Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA)

1983.05.301983.08.23
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Hervé Itoua (83)Bishop Hervé Itoua (83)

Bishop emeritus of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

1983.06.061983.08.28
Congo-BrazzavilleArchbishop Anatole Milandou (80)Archbishop Anatole Milandou (80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

1983.07.221983.08.28
ItalyArchbishop Clemente Faccani

former Titular Archbishop of Serra

1983.06.271983.09.03
IndiaBishop Peter Michael Chenaparampil

former Bishop of Alleppey (India)

1982.11.191983.09.04
BrazilBishop Edgar Carício de Gouvêa

former Bishop of Irecê (Brazil)

1983.06.131983.09.08
BelarusBishop Vladimir Ladislas Tarasevitch, O.S.B. (Belarussian Rite)

former Titular Bishop of Mariamme

1983.07.011983.09.08
ItalyBishop Andrea Veggio

former Auxiliary Bishop of Verona (Italy)

1983.08.011983.09.08
ItalyBishop Pietro Meloni (90)Bishop Pietro Meloni (90)

Bishop emeritus of Nuoro (Italy)

1983.06.091983.09.10
South AfricaBishop Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Dundee (South Africa)

1983.03.171983.09.17
VenezuelaCardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (81)Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (81)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela)

1983.07.231983.09.17
MoroccoArchbishop José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M.

former Archbishop of Tánger (Morocco)

1983.07.021983.09.24
EcuadorBishop Emilio Lorenzo Stehle

former Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador)

1983.07.161983.09.25
GermanyCardinal Karl Lehmann

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I

former Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

1983.06.211983.10.02
PeruArchbishop Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez, Opus Dei (87)Archbishop Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez, Opus Dei (87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cusco (Peru)

1983.08.181983.10.02
FranceArchbishop Roger Lucien Meindre

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

1983.07.141983.10.08
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Morandini

former Titular Archbishop of Numida

1983.08.301983.10.08
AngolaBishop Paulino Fernandes Madeca

former Bishop of Cabinda (Angola)

1983.07.221983.10.09
BrazilArchbishop Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil)

1983.07.021983.10.12
FranceArchbishop André-Jean-René Lacrampe, Prado

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

1983.07.131983.10.16
AngolaBishop Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Ndalatando (Angola)

1983.07.221983.10.16
GermanyBishop Anton Schlembach

former Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

1983.08.251983.10.16
GermanyBishop Maximilian Ziegelbauer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

1983.08.021983.10.22
ItalyBishop Franco Gualdrini

former Bishop of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy)

1983.09.141983.10.22
IndonesiaBishop Franciscus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, M.S.F.

former Bishop of Banjarmasin (Indonesia)

1983.06.061983.10.23
VenezuelaBishop César Ramón Ortega Herrera

former Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

1983.08.251983.10.28
AustriaCardinal Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title

former Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

former Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives

1983.09.071983.11.01
GuadeloupeBishop Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo

former Bishop of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

1983.07.021983.11.06
ChinaBishop Joseph Ma Zhong-mu (馬仲牧)

former Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

19831983.11.08
GermanyBishop Josef Homeyer

former Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

1983.08.251983.11.13
USAArchbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli

former Titular Archbishop of Lares

former Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

1983.09.231983.11.20
WalesBishop James Hannigan

former Bishop of Wrexham (Wales)

1983.10.131983.11.23
USABishop Angelo Thomas Acerra, O.S.B.

former Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

1983.09.291983.11.29
USABishop Alexander James Quinn

former Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

1983.10.141983.12.05
MoroccoArchbishop Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon

former Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco)

1983.05.021983.12.11
ArgentinaBishop Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani

former Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina)

1983.11.071983.12.12
USAArchbishop John George Vlazny

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

1983.10.181983.12.13
USABishop Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F. (85)Bishop Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F. (85)

Bishop emeritus of Lubbock (USA)

1983.10.181983.12.13
USACardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory (78)Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory (78)

Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA)

1983.10.311983.12.13
USABishop Timothy Joseph Lyne

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

1983.10.311983.12.13
SyriaArchbishop Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni (95)Archbishop Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni (95) (Syriac Rite)

Titular Archbishop of Mardin of the Syriacs

Archbishop emeritus of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

1983.07.121983.12.18
ChileBishop José Joaquín Matte Varas

former Military Ordinary of Chile (Chile)

1983.11.261983.12.30

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