Year 2000, August, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 1 Aug82.5ResignedPaul Guo Wenzhi †Bishop of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], ChinaBishop Emeritus 42.1SucceededJoseph Wei JingyiBishop of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China 2 Aug86.9DiedCristiano Frederico Portela de Araújo Pena †Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3 Aug50.7InstalledGregory Michael AymondCoadjutor Bishop of Austin, Texas, USAArchbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 95.2DiedAntoon Demets, C.Ss.R. †Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles 4 Aug86.8DiedJohn Joseph Graham †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 60.3Ordained BishopJosé Vicente Huertas Vargas †Bishop of Garagoa, ColombiaBishop Emeritus 92.5DiedJosé Agustín Marozzi †Bishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina 76.4DiedMarcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. †Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá 5 Aug31.3Ordained PriestJean Pascal AndriantsoavinaPriest of Antananarivo, MadagascarBishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar 62.1Ordained BishopJonas KauneckasTitular Bishop of ForconiumBishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania 54.2InstalledJosé Luis MollaghanBishop of San Miguel, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina 6 Aug30.1Perpetual VowsJuan Miguel Betancourt Torres, S.E.M.V.Member of Esclavos de la Eucaristía y de María VirgenAuxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA 43.9Ordained BishopBenyamin Yosef Bria †Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia 52.8Ordained BishopPius Mlungisi DlungwaneTitular Bishop of AltinumBishop Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa 65.3DiedMichael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA 25.0Ordained PriestMakariy Bohdan Leniv, O.S.B.M.Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)Apostolic Administrator of Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine 8 Aug69.4Ordained BishopJoseph Jiang Ming Yuan, C.D.D. †Coadjutor Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], ChinaBishop 9 Aug50.7InstalledJames Anthony TamayoBishop of Laredo, Texas, USA 12 Aug34.3Ordained PriestEdouard SinayobyePriest of Butare, RwandaBishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda 33.2Ordained PriestJoseph (Benny Mathew) SrampickalPriest of Palai (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop of Great Britain (Syro-Malabar) 63.8Ordained BishopIrineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. †Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus 13 Aug80.6DiedAntónio de Castro Xavier Monteiro †Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal 79.9DiedJohn Neil Cullinane †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia 75.6Ordained BishopJoseph Li Mingshu †Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China 15 Aug38.6Ordained PriestVictor Hugo BasabePriest of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, VenezuelaArchbishop of Coro, Venezuela 25.3Ordained DeaconEdmar José da SilvaDeacon of Mariana, Minas Gerais, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 69.2Ordained BishopArthé Guimond †Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus 59.6Ordained BishopThomas Nguyễn Văn Tân †Coadjutor Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet NamBishop 29.9Ordained PriestAnselm Pendo LawaniPriest of Ilorin, NigeriaBishop 18 Aug55.5AppointedMichael Aidan Courtney †Titular Archbishop of Eanach DúinApostolic Nuncio to Burundi 55.5AppointedMichael Aidan Courtney †Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi 46.5AppointedPaul Richard GallagherPermanent Observer to Council of EuropeSecretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State 19 Aug33.0Ordained PriestEvans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I.Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop of Mongu, Zambia 28.8Solemn VowsCésar Garza Miranda, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorAuxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México 24.0Perpetual VowsVolodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R.Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine 20 Aug53.9Ordained BishopMílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B.Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil 46.0Ordained BishopThomas PulloppillilBishop of Bongaigaon, India 53.1Ordained BishopFernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.Titular Bishop of Tacia MontanaArchbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil 21 Aug55.5Ordained BishopGeorge KocherryTitular Archbishop of OthonaApostolic Nuncio 23 Aug96.0DiedCesario D’Amato, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy 24 Aug66.9Ordained BishopJohannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D.Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New GuineaBishop Emeritus 62.3InstalledJames Vernon WeisgerberArchbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus 25 Aug34.3Solemn VowsJosé Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorCoadjutor Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina 47.6InstalledPatrick Le GalBishop of France, MilitaryAuxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France 26 Aug72.5DiedEgidio Sampieri, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said) 64.0Ordained BishopElio Tinti †Bishop of Carpi, ItalyBishop Emeritus 27 Aug84.4DiedJoseph Lloyd Hogan †Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA 28 Aug60.9ResignedCamilo Diaz Gregorio †Bishop of Bacolod, PhilippinesPrelate Emeritus of Batanes, Philippines 29 Aug26.5Ordained PriestJosé Otacio Oliveira GuedesPriest of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 30 Aug61.2SucceededJosé Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. †Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus 74.9RetiredTito Buss †Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus 31 Aug90.6DiedJoseph Lennox Federal †Bishop Emeritus of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 59.3AppointedWalter MixaBishop of Germany, MilitaryBishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany