Year 1968, June, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 1 Jun26.1Ordained PriestRonald Paul Herzog †Priest of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USABishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA 64.5AppointedRenato Luisi †Titular Bishop of CatulaBishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy 64.5ResignedRenato Luisi †Bishop of Nicastro, ItalyBishop Emeritus 25.8Ordained PriestJames Francis McCarthyPriest of New York, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 24.6Ordained PriestBrendan Michael O’BrienPriest of Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada 2 Jun49.0Ordained BishopIgnatius P. Lobo †Bishop of Belgaum, IndiaBishop Emeritus 73.4Ordained BishopJan Nowicki †Titular Bishop of PupianaApostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine 74.9DiedBonaventura Josef Schweizer, S.D.S. †Superior General Emeritus of Society of the Divine Savior 3 Jun43.9Ordained BishopMichel-Gaspard Coppenrath †Titular Archbishop of Tigisi in NumidiaArchbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) 4 Jun47.7AppointedJosé Cerviño Cerviño †Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, SpainBishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain 47.7AppointedJosé Cerviño Cerviño †Titular Bishop of BenepotaBishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain 5 Jun53.5AppointedJulián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Managua, NicaraguaBishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua 59.5Ordained BishopJohn Joseph Cassata †Titular Bishop of BidaBishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA 6 Jun BornZenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil BornJohn Wong Soo KauArchbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 7 Jun BornPedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P.Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia 8 Jun42.2AppointedBernard Agré †Bishop of Man, Côte d’IvoireCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 24.0Ordained PriestPeter John Haworth DoylePriest of Portsmouth, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain 28.3Ordained PriestAbraham Escudero Montoya †Priest of Medellín, ColombiaBishop of Palmira, Colombia 36.6AppointedFrank Marcus Fernando †Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus 25.3Ordained PriestPierre Fisette, P.M.E. †Priest of Société des Missions-ÉtrangèresBishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada 29.8Ordained PriestEnrique Manuel Hernández RiveraPriest of Arecibo, Puerto RicoBishop Emeritus of Caguas, Puerto Rico 23.5Ordained PriestJoseph Paul Pierre MorissettePriest of Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada 29.8Ordained PriestRicardo Manuel Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. †Priest of Missionaries of the Holy SpiritBishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México 9 Jun24.4Ordained PriestFranco AgostinelliPriest of Arezzo, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy 29.9Ordained PriestMarian Duś †Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 26.4Ordained PriestMansour Hobeika †PriestBishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon 59.2Ordained BishopFélix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of Caput CillaApostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan 59.3DiedAntonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile 24.5Ordained PriestYouhanna Boutros MoshePriest of Mossul (Syrian), IraqArchbishop Emeritus 56.5Ordained BishopBenjamin de Souza Gomes †Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, BrazilBishop Emeritus 10 Jun40.5AppointedDaniel Anthony CroninAuxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA 40.5AppointedDaniel Anthony CroninTitular Bishop of EgnatiaArchbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA 54.9AppointedFrancis Anthony Marrocco †Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada 11 Jun81.6DiedJohn Alexander Floersh †Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA 49.8Ordained BishopKarl Heinz Jacoby †Titular Bishop of SulciAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany 40.1Ordained BishopAlfred Kleinermeilert †Titular Bishop of PausulaeAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany 70.1DiedJustin Abraham Najmy, B.A. †Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek) 12 Jun51.5AppointedWilliam Michael Cosgrove †Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA 51.5AppointedWilliam Michael Cosgrove †Titular Bishop of TrisipaBishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA 43.2Ordained BishopJoseph Mahn Erie †Bishop of Bassein, MyanmarBishop Emeritus 13 Jun49.3Ordained BishopAlfred Leo Abramowicz †Titular Bishop of PestoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA 49.7Ordained BishopMichael Ryan Patrick Dempsey †Titular Bishop of TruentumAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA 14 Jun54.6Ordained BishopWilliam Donald Borders †Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA 48.4Ordained BishopJohn Edgar McCafferty †Titular Bishop of TanudaiaAuxiliary Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA AppointedJacob Vadakeveetil, C.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Balasore, IndiaApostolic Administrator Emeritus 15 Jun53.0AppointedGiuseppe Carata †Auxiliary Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy 16 Jun BornVítor Agnaldo de MenezesArchbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil 50.9Ordained BishopLuis Rojas Mena †Titular Bishop of AcciaBishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México 27.4Ordained PriestAlfredo SchäfflerPriest of Picos, Piaui, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil 17 Jun BornJosé Albuquerque de AraújoBishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil 38.6AppointedVicente Ataviado y Tumalad †Bishop of Maasin, Philippines 80.0RetiredCarlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, NicaraguaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 45.7AppointedPorfirio Rivera Iligan †Bishop of Masbate, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 54.7InstalledCharles Borromeo McLaughlin †Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA 18 Jun84.2DiedVicente Alejandro González y Robleto †Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua BornJulien KaboréApostolic Nuncio to Ghana 39.0AppointedAlfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I. †Apostolic Administrator of Leribe, LesothoArchbishop of Maseru, Lesotho 26.6Ordained PriestYvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O.Priest of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus 40.9AppointedIgnatius Phakoe, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of BettoniumBishop Emeritus of Leribe, Lesotho 40.9ResignedIgnatius Phakoe, O.M.I. †Bishop of Leribe, LesothoBishop Emeritus 19 Jun54.4Ordained BishopMaurice John Dingman †Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USABishop Emeritus 76.3DiedEduard Nécsey †Apostolic Administrator of Nitra, Slovakia 67.2AppointedRobert Dermot O’Flanagan †Titular Bishop of TrecalaeBishop Emeritus of Juneau, Alaska, USA 67.2ResignedRobert Dermot O’Flanagan †Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USABishop Emeritus 20 Jun48.2InstalledJames William Malone †Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus 45.4AppointedPaul John O’Byrne †Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, CanadaBishop Emeritus 50.7AppointedEnrique Pélach y Feliú †Bishop of Abancay, PeruBishop Emeritus 70.0DiedJames Joseph Sweeney †Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 21 Jun26.9Ordained PriestJuan Frausto PallaresPriest of León, Guanajuato, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México 22 Jun26.3Ordained PriestBernard Genoud †Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), SwitzerlandBishop 26.2Ordained PriestGregorio Nicanor Peña RodríguezPriest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic 23 Jun57.8Ordained BishopJuan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of Oppidum NovumPrelate Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay 56.7Ordained BishopFranciszek Cedzich, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of BuxentumPrelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay 33.2Ordained BishopRobert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. †Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar 25.5Ordained PriestGiovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsBishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil 36.0Ordained PriestMiloslav Vlk †Priest of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, CzechiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia 24 Jun49.6AppointedJohn Joseph Fitzpatrick †Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USABishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA 49.6AppointedJohn Joseph Fitzpatrick †Titular Bishop of CenaeBishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA 74.6DiedAngelo Giuseppe Jelmini †Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland 25 Jun61.0AppointedJean Émile André Marie Maury †Archbishop of Reims, FranceArchbishop Emeritus 28.3Ordained PriestRomeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M.Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador 26 Jun43.0AppointedJosé Gabriel Diaz Cueva †Bishop of Azogues, EcuadorBishop Emeritus BornWilliam Shawn McKnightBishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA 28 Jun41.2Ordained BishopRoger-Alfred Despatie †Titular Bishop of UsinazaBishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada 30.1Ordained PriestAngel Gelmi Bertocchi †Priest of Bergamo, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia 32.8Ordained PriestPietro MeloniPriest of Sassari, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Nuoro, Italy BornJulian Yacoub MuradArchbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria 67.5DiedRedmond Garrett Prendiville †Archbishop of Perth, Australia 29 Jun23.0Ordained PriestGennaro AcampaPriest of Napoli {Naples}, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 45.7Ordained BishopMiguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of PuppiBishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina 23.7Ordained PriestOrlando AntoniniPriest of L’Aquila, ItalyApostolic Nuncio 29.1Ordained PriestJosé Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil 25.7Ordained PriestFrancis Joseph ChristianPriest of Manchester, New Hampshire, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 26.5Ordained PriestJean-Michel Alain di Falco LéandriPriest of Marseille, FranceBishop Emeritus of Gap-Embrun, France 24.4Ordained PriestVicente Jiménez ZamoraPriest of Osma-Soria, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain 26.7Ordained PriestFrancis KallarakalPriest of Verapoly, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus 33.9Ordained PriestPaul Karatas †Priest of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), TurkeyArchbishop 27.9Ordained PriestJames Kim Ji-seokPriest of Wonju, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus 28.1Ordained PriestDamian KyaruziPriest of Bukoba, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus of Sumbawanga, Tanzania 24.9Ordained PriestStanislav LipovšekPriest of Maribor, SloveniaBishop Emeritus of Celje, Slovenia 24.8Ordained PriestBernardino MarchióPriest of Saluzzo, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil 27.6Ordained PriestHeinrich MussinghoffPriest of Münster, GermanyBishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany 23.7Ordained PriestCesare NosigliaPriest of Acqui, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy 31.7Ordained PriestEphraim Silas Obot †Priest of Ikot Ekpene, NigeriaBishop of Idah, Nigeria 24.4Ordained PriestMario OliveriPriest of Acqui, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Albenga-Imperia, Italy 24.2Ordained PriestRino PassigatoPriest of Verona, ItalyApostolic Nuncio 24.8Ordained PriestJános PénzesPriest of Subotica, SerbiaBishop Emeritus 27.5Ordained PriestClaude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria 44.0Ordained BishopAndrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of Forum TraianiBishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay 26.7Ordained PriestCornelius Schilder, M.H.M.Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill HillBishop Emeritus of Ngong, Kenya 30.3Ordained PriestMarko Sopi †Priest of Prizren, SerbiaApostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia 25.1Ordained PriestShlemon WarduniPriestCurial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq 40.3Ordained BishopFriedrich WetterBishop of Speyer, GermanyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany 30 Jun26.9Ordained PriestHéctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B.Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia 23.1Ordained PriestJulián López MartínPriest of Zamora, SpainBishop Emeritus of León, Spain BornColumba Macbeth-Green, O.S.P.P.E.Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia 23.2Ordained PriestSalvatore PappalardoPriest of Catania, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy