Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1985

Newly Elected Bishops (119)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ChinaBishop Joseph Li Cong-zhe (李從哲)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

1985?1984.07.27
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
ChinaBishop Joseph Fan Zhong-liang (范忠良), S.J.

former Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

19851985.02.27
ChinaBishop John Chen Shi-zhong (陳適中)

former Bishop of Suifu 敘府 (China)

19851985.06.14
ChinaBishop John Li Xue-song (李雪松)

former Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China)

(1985)1985.09.22
ChinaBishop Mark Yuan Wen-zai (袁文宰)

former Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China)

19851989.07.21
AustraliaBishop Geoffrey Francis Mayne

former Military Ordinary of Australia (Australia)

1985.01.021985.02.27
BrazilBishop Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque (97)Bishop Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque (97)

Bishop emeritus of Itapipoca (Brazil)

1985.01.041985.05.05
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
MexicoArchbishop Luis Robles Díaz

former Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

1985.02.161985.04.09
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
PolandArchbishop Henryk Józef Muszyński (93)Archbishop Henryk Józef Muszyński (93)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gniezno (Poland)

1985.02.231985.03.25
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
BrazilBishop Fernando Iório Rodrigues

former Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil)

1985.03.011985.05.29
South KoreaBishop Paul Kim Ok-kyun (김옥균 바오로)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

1985.03.091985.04.25
ArgentinaArchbishop Fabriciano Sigampa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Resistencia (Argentina)

1985.03.091985.05.03
NigeriaArchbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria)

1985.03.091985.05.11
ChadBishop Gabriel Balet (Régis), O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Moundou (Chad)

1985.03.091985.05.12
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
IrelandBishop Desmond A. Williams

former Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

1985.03.141985.04.21
PolandBishop Dominik Kaľata, S.J.

former Titular Bishop of Semta

1985.03.161955.09.09
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
SloveniaBishop Metod Pirih

former Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)

1985.03.251985.05.27
IrelandBishop Diarmaid O’Súilleabháin

former Bishop of Kerry (Ireland)

1985.03.291985.05.26
JapanBishop Joseph Atsumi Misue (ヨゼフ 三末篤實)

former Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

1985.03.291985.06.16
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
USACardinal Edward Michael Egan

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

1985.04.011985.05.22
PolandBishop Adam Odzimek

former Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland)

1985.04.031985.05.12
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
ColombiaArchbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)

1985.04.101985.06.17
FranceBishop Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy

former Bishop of Beauvais (France)

1985.04.131985.05.12
FranceBishop Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi

former Vice-President of Pontifical Council for the Family

1985.04.171985.06.09
USABishop Roger Louis Kaffer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA)

1985.04.251985.06.26
MexicoBishop Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

1985.04.261985.06.14
VenezuelaArchbishop Roberto Lückert León

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela)

1985.04.271985.06.29
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
PhilippinesBishop Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos

former Bishop of Butuan (Philippines)

1985.04.291985.06.24
ZambiaBishop Raymond Mpezele (86)Bishop Raymond Mpezele (86)

Bishop emeritus of Livingstone (Zambia)

1985.05.031985.07.07
LibyaBishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya)

1985.05.031985.10.04
Papua New GuineaBishop Paul John Marx, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea)

1985.05.031985.12.13
ItalyBishop Antonio Santucci

former Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

1985.05.081985.06.22
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
ItalyBishop Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli

former Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

1985.05.251985.06.29
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Di Falco (95)Bishop Giuseppe Di Falco (95)

Bishop emeritus of Sulmona–Valva (Italy)

1985.05.251985.07.14
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
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
CanadaArchbishop André Gaumond

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

1985.05.311985.08.15
MonacoArchbishop Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J.

former Archbishop of Monaco (Monaco)

1985.05.311985.09.30
PolandArchbishop Damian Zimoń (91)Archbishop Damian Zimoń (91)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Katowice (Poland)

1985.06.031985.06.29
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
BoliviaArchbishop Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

1985.06.141985.09.08
FranceBishop Roger Froment

former Bishop of Tulle (France)

1985.06.201985.09.15
USABishop Robert Joseph Banks

former Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

1985.06.261985.09.19
EswatiniBishop Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M.

former Bishop of Manzini (Eswatini)

1985.07.011985.10.12
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo (84)Bishop Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo (84)

Bishop emeritus of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

1985.07.011985.10.20
PhilippinesBishop Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr. (85)Bishop Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr. (85)

Bishop emeritus of Kalookan (Philippines)

1985.07.031985.08.22
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
SpainBishop Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando

former Bishop of Ciudad Real (Spain)

1985.07.111985.09.29
IrelandArchbishop Patrick Coveney

former Titular Archbishop of Satriano

1985.07.271985.09.15
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
BrazilBishop Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes

former Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

1985.08.051985.11.09
PolandBishop Zygmunt Józef Pawłowicz

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

1985.08.101985.09.07
FranceBishop Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S.

former Bishop of Périgueux (France)

1985.08.241985.11.03
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 Léon Hégelé

former Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

1985.09.091985.11.10
ItalyArchbishop Eugenio Sbarbaro (91)Archbishop Eugenio Sbarbaro (91)

Titular Archbishop of Tiddi

1985.09.141985.10.19
PolandBishop Ryszard Karpiński

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

1985.09.281985.09.29
ChinaBishop Ignatius Huang Shou-cheng (黃守誠)

former Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China)

1985.101985.01.09
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
PhilippinesBishop Patricio Maqui Lopez

former Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

1985.10.161985.12.05
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Brollo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy)

1985.10.211986.01.04
BrazilBishop Pedro Fré, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Barretos (Brazil)

1985.10.281986.01.05
ZimbabweBishop Helmut Reckter, S.J.

former Bishop of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)

1985.10.281986.01.05
TanzaniaArchbishop Norbert Wendelin Mtega (80)Archbishop Norbert Wendelin Mtega (80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Songea (Tanzania)

1985.10.281986.01.06
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBishop Franjo Komarica (80)Bishop Franjo Komarica (80)

Bishop emeritus of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1985.10.281986.01.06
IndiaArchbishop Paschal Topno, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal (India)

1985.10.281986.01.18
EthiopiaBishop Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia)

1985.10.281986.02.16
ChadArchbishop Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of N’Djaména (Chad)

1985.10.281986.04.12
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
BrazilBishop Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C.

former Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil)

1985.11.051986.01.06
ItalyBishop Diego Natale Bona

former Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy)

1985.11.091985.12.01
UruguayBishop Victor Gil Lechoza

former Bishop of Minas (Uruguay)

1985.11.091985.12.14
UruguayBishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer

former Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay)

1985.11.091985.12.21
CanadaBishop Arsène Richard

former Bishop of Bathurst (Canada)

1985.11.151986.02.05
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Mattiazzo (85)Archbishop Antonio Mattiazzo (85)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Padova (Italy)

1985.11.161985.12.14
EnglandBishop Hugh Christopher Budd

former Bishop of Plymouth (England)

1985.11.191986.01.15
ArgentinaBishop Luis Teodorico Stöckler (89)Bishop Luis Teodorico Stöckler (89)

Bishop emeritus of Quilmes (Argentina)

1985.11.211985.12.17
ThailandBishop John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai

former Bishop of Ratchaburi (Thailand)

1985.11.251986.01.06
VenezuelaBishop Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap. (81)Bishop Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap. (81)

Titular Bishop of Sinnuara

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Caroní (Venezuela)

1985.11.251986.01.06
TaiwanBishop Joseph Lin Thien-chu (林天助)

former Bishop of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)

1985.11.251986.01.12
IndiaBishop Victor Kindo

former Bishop of Jashpur (India)

1985.11.251986.01.20
USACardinal Donald William Wuerl (85)Cardinal Donald William Wuerl (85)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA)

1985.11.301986.01.06
BrazilArchbishop Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil)

1985.12.031986.02.22
ItalyBishop Francesco Zerrillo

former Bishop of Lucera–Troia (Italy)

1985.12.071986.01.25
BrazilArchbishop Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

1985.12.081986.03.02
BrazilBishop Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N.

former Bishop of Guanhães (Brazil)

1985.12.081986.04.06
ItalyArchbishop Pier Luigi Celata (89)Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata (89)

Titular Archbishop of Doclea

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Apostolic Camera

1985.12.121986.01.06
IrelandArchbishop Dermot Clifford (87)Archbishop Dermot Clifford (87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cashel (Ireland)

1985.12.171986.03.09
PhilippinesBishop Severino Miguel Pelayo

former Military Ordinary of Philippines (Philippines)

1985.12.191986.01.08
ChileArchbishop Pablo Lizama Riquelme (84)Archbishop Pablo Lizama Riquelme (84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile)

1985.12.191986.03.09
MexicoBishop Raymundo López Mateos, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico)

1985.12.201986.01.29
PolandBishop Marian Duś

former Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

1985.12.211986.01.06
South KoreaBishop Peter Kang U-il (80)Bishop Peter Kang U-il (강우일 베드로 / 姜禹一) (80)

Bishop emeritus of Cheju 제주 (South Korea)

1985.12.211986.02.14
HaitiBishop Jean Alix Verrier

former Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

1985.12.211986.03.09
IndiaBishop Mathias Kappil

former Bishop of Punalur (India)

1985.12.211986.04.13
IndonesiaBishop Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Maumere (Indonesia)

1985.12.211986.04.25
PanamaCardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (82)Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (82)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino

Bishop emeritus of David (Panama)

1985.12.301986.01.18
PanamaBishop Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez (88)Bishop Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez (88)

Bishop emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama)

1985.12.301986.02.22

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