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Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 2012

Newly Elected Bishops (60)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ChinaBishop Joseph Chen Gong-ao (47)Bishop Joseph Chen Gong-ao (陳功鰲) (47)

Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

20122012.04.19
ChinaArchbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (51)Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (51)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Changde 常德 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yuanling 沅陵 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Lizhou 澧州 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Baoqing 寶慶 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Xiangtan 湘潭 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yuezhou 岳州 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yongzhou 永州 (China)

20122012.04.25
KenyaBishop John Oballa Owaa (53)Bishop John Oballa Owaa (53)

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya)

2012.01.072012.04.14
Sierra LeoneBishop Henry Aruna (47)Bishop Henry Aruna (47)

Bishop of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

2012.01.07
LebanonBishop Michel Aoun (52)Bishop Michel Aoun (52) (Maronite Rite)

Bishop of Jbeil of the Maronites (Lebanon)

2012.01.162012.02.25
LebanonBishop Mounir Khairallah (59)Bishop Mounir Khairallah (59) (Maronite Rite)

Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon)

2012.01.162012.02.25
SyriaBishop Elias Slaiman Slaiman (60)Bishop Elias Slaiman Slaiman (60) (Maronite Rite)

Bishop of Lattaquié of the Maronites (Syria)

2012.01.162012.02.25
MaltaCardinal Prosper Grech, O.S.A. (86)Cardinal Prosper Grech, O.S.A. (86)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

2012.01.212012.02.08
BelgiumCardinal Julien Ries (92)Cardinal Julien Ries (92)

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

2012.01.232012.02.11
SenegalBishop Paul Abel Mamba (51)Bishop Paul Abel Mamba (51)

Bishop of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

2012.01.252012.04.21
TurkeyArchbishop Julio Murat (50)Archbishop Julio Murat (50)

Titular Archbishop of Orange

Apostolic Nuncio of Zambia

2012.01.272012.03.03
ItalyArchbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi (50)Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi (50)

Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico

Apostolic Nuncio of Solomon Islands

Apostolic Nuncio of Papua New Guinea

2012.01.272012.03.17
ItalyArchbishop Luciano Russo (48)Archbishop Luciano Russo (48)

Titular Archbishop of Monteverde

Apostolic Nuncio of Rwanda

2012.01.272012.04.14
SlovakiaBishop Jozef Hal’ko (48)Bishop Jozef Hal’ko (48)

Titular Bishop of Serra

Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovakia)

2012.01.312012.03.17
RwandaBishop Vincent Harolimana (49)Bishop Vincent Harolimana (49)

Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda)

2012.01.312012.03.24
ItalyBishop Lorenzo Leuzzi (56)Bishop Lorenzo Leuzzi (56)

Titular Bishop of Novigrad

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

2012.01.312012.04.14
ItalyBishop Matteo Maria Zuppi (56)Bishop Matteo Maria Zuppi (56)

Titular Bishop of Villa nova

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

2012.01.312012.04.14
VenezuelaBishop José Manuel Romero Barrios (57)Bishop José Manuel Romero Barrios (57)

Titular Bishop of Materiana

Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

2012.02.022012.04.14
Congo-KinshasaBishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. (50)Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. (50)

Titular Bishop of Naiera

Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

2012.02.022012.04.15
Congo-KinshasaBishop Sébastien Muyengo Mulombe (54)Bishop Sébastien Muyengo Mulombe (54)

Titular Bishop of Strathearn

Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

2012.02.022012.04.15
ColombiaBishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio (50)Bishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio (50)

Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia)

2012.02.022012.04.18
MexicoBishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. (50)Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. (50)

Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico)

2012.02.022012.05.02
NigeriaBishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna (41)Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna (41)

Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora (Nigeria)

Titular Bishop of Scebatiana

2012.02.022012.05.03
ColombiaBishop Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz (64)Bishop Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz (64)

Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

2012.02.042012.03.24
United StatesBishop Edward John Weisenburger (51)Bishop Edward John Weisenburger (51)

Bishop of Salina (United States)

2012.02.062012.05.01
LithuaniaBishop Linas Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. (38)Bishop Linas Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. (Genadijus) (38)

Titular Bishop of Quiza

Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

2012.02.112012.04.14
Burkina FasoBishop Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. (51)Bishop Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. (51)

Bishop of Tenkodogo (Burkina Faso)

2012.02.112012.06.02
Burkina FasoBishop Pierre Claver Malgo (57)Bishop Pierre Claver Malgo (57)

Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

2012.02.11
BelizeBishop Christopher Glancy, C.S.V. (52)Bishop Christopher Glancy, C.S.V. (52)

Titular Bishop of Absa Salla

Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize)

2012.02.182012.05.05
United StatesBishop George Arthur Sheltz (66)Bishop George Arthur Sheltz (66)

Titular Bishop of Hirina

Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston (United States)

2012.02.212012.04.25
FranceBishop Olivier de Germay (51)Bishop Olivier de Germay (51)

Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

2012.02.222012.04.12
GermanyBishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (45)Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (45)

Titular Bishop of Frigento

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

2012.02.242012.03.25
EritreaBishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (41)Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (41) (Ethiopic Rite)

Bishop of Segheneyti of the Ethiopics (Eritrea)

2012.02.242012.05.20
BrazilBishop Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito (45)Bishop Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito (45)

Titular Bishop of Zallata

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

2012.02.292012.05.12
IndiaArchbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara (53)Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara (53) (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Archbishop-Bishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

2012.03.062012.05.26
United StatesBishop Liam Stephen Cary (64)Bishop Liam Stephen Cary (64)

Bishop of Baker (United States)

2012.03.082012.05.18
EcuadorBishop Eduardo José Castillo Pino (42)Bishop Eduardo José Castillo Pino (42)

Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena

Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

2012.03.142012.06.01
United StatesBishop David John Malloy (56)Bishop David John Malloy (56)

Bishop of Rockford (United States)

2012.03.202012.05.14
United StatesBishop Gregory Lawrence Parkes (48)Bishop Gregory Lawrence Parkes (48)

Bishop of Pensacola–Tallahassee (United States)

2012.03.202012.06.05
BrazilBishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (53)Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (53)

Titular Bishop of Accia

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

2012.03.212012.05.13
BrazilBishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos (49)Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos (49)

Titular Bishop of Cabapium

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

2012.03.21
PolandBishop Wiesław Śmigiel (43)Bishop Wiesław Śmigiel (43)

Titular Bishop of Beaza

Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland)

2012.03.242012.04.21
ItalyBishop Francesco Milito (63)Bishop Francesco Milito (63)

Bishop of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (Italy)

2012.04.042012.05.13
VenezuelaBishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (52)Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (52)

Titular Bishop of Ausuccura

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

2012.04.042012.07.08
PolandBishop Tadeusz Lityński (49)Bishop Tadeusz Lityński (49)

Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus

Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

2012.04.282012.06.16
CanadaBishop Raymond Poisson (54)Bishop Raymond Poisson (54)

Titular Bishop of Gegi

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

2012.05.012012.06.15
United StatesBishop Raymond F. Chappetto (66)Bishop Raymond F. Chappetto (66)

Titular Bishop of Citium

Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (United States)

2012.05.022012.07.11
United StatesBishop Paul R. Sanchez (65)Bishop Paul R. Sanchez (65)

Titular Bishop of Cœliana

Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (United States)

2012.05.022012.07.11
BangladeshBishop James Romen Boiragi (57)Bishop James Romen Boiragi (57)

Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

2012.05.042012.06.15
United KingdomBishop Stephen Robson (61)Bishop Stephen Robson (61)

Titular Bishop of Tunnuna

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

2012.05.082012.06.09
BrazilBishop Roque Costa Souza (45)Bishop Roque Costa Souza (45)

Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

2012.05.092012.06.23
ItalyBishop Donato Oliverio (56)Bishop Donato Oliverio (56) (Italo-Albanese Rite)

Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2012.05.122012.07.01
ColombiaBishop Orlando Roa Barbosa (53)Bishop Orlando Roa Barbosa (53)

Titular Bishop of Nasbinca

Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

2012.05.122012.07.28
AustraliaBishop Robert McGuckin (68)Bishop Robert McGuckin (68)

Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

2012.05.142012.07.11
Central African RepublicArchbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. (45)Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. (45)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic)

2012.05.142012.07.28
Central African RepublicBishop Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A. (47)Bishop Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A. (47)

Bishop of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

2012.05.142012.07.28
Central African RepublicBishop Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A. (42)Bishop Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A. (42)

Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic)

2012.05.142012.07.28
Central African RepublicBishop Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa (42)Bishop Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa (42)

Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao (Central African Republic)

2012.05.142012.07.28
CanadaBishop Wayne Kirkpatrick (54)Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick (54)

Titular Bishop of Aradi

Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

2012.05.18
AngolaBishop Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. (46)Bishop Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. (46)

Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa

Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola)

2012.05.19

as of 2012.05.22

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