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Karl Joseph Alter

At the same time Alter was appointed Titular Archbishop of Minora, a post from which he stepped down on December 31, 1970.


Archbishop Spyridon of America

In 1985 the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected him titular bishop of Apamea, assigning him as an auxiliary bishop to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Austria and Exarchate of Italy, as it was then known.

Attilio Nicora

On Thursday, January 30, 2014, Pope Francis accepted his resignation as President of the Executive Board of the Financial Information Authority, and named Bishop Giorgio Corbellini, Titular Bishop of Abula, and President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See and the Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Rota, to immediately succeed him as Interim President of the Executive Board of the Authority.

Augustin Henninghaus

In 1904 Pope Pius X made him Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shantung (renamed the Vicariate Apostolic of Yenchowfu on 3 December 1924) and titular bishop of Hypaepa.

Bernard Longley

On 4 January 2003 Longley was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Titular Bishop of Zarna by Pope John Paul II.

Bruno Maldaner

Maldaner was ordained a Priest at the age of 26 and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil and Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania on April 15, 1966.

Denis J. Madden

On May 10, 2005, Madden was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore and Titular Bishop of Baia by Pope Benedict XVI; he was that pope's first episcopal appointment in the United States.

Dominic Tang

appointed him on 1 October 1950 as Apostolic Administrator of Canton (Guangzhou), and on 13 February 1951 was ordained titular bishop of Elateia by Bishop Gustave Deswaziere, who said of him: By accepting the appointment from the Holy See in these difficult times, the new bishop was showing absolute obedience and a spirit of sacrifice.

Elio Sgreccia

On 5 November 1992, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Bishop of Zama Minor and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family, where he served until his resignation in April 1996.

F. Richard Spencer

On May 22, 2010, Spencer was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services and titular bishop of Auzia by Pope Benedict XVI.

Francis Edward Hyland

On October 15, 1949, Hyland was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia, and Titular Bishop of Gomphi by Pope Pius XII.

Gerard de Korte

Pope John Paul II appointed Gerard de Korte as auxiliarty bishop of the Archdiocese of Utrecht on 11 April 2001 and as titular bishop of Caesarea in Mauritania.

Giulio Bevilacqua

On February 15, 1965, Bevilacqua was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia and Titular Archbishop of Gaudiaba by Paul VI, in advance of his elevation to the College of Cardinals.

Guillermo Leaden

On May 28, 1975 he was appointed Titular Bishop of Theudalis and Auxiliary Bishop of the Buenos Aires and was ordained August 8, 1975.

Herbert Vaughan

Three were later called as bishops in addition to Herbert: Roger became Archbishop of Sydney, Australia; Francis became Bishop of Menevia, Wales; John became titular bishop of Sebastopolis and auxiliary bishop in Salford, England.

Ioan Robu

He was elected diocesan administrator on December 1, 1983 and apostolic administrator and bishop on October 25, 1984 before being consecrated titular bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari on December 8, 1984 in Rome by Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli.

Jan Cieplak

After several years as a seminary instructor, in 1908 he became the auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev and titular bishop of Evaria.

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel

Gobel was ordained a Catholic priest in 1750 and then became a member of the cathedral chapter of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel, Nicolas de Montjoie, based in Porrentruy, In 1771 he was appointed the auxiliary bishop of the diocese for the section that was situated in French territory, being named by the Holy See as a titular bishop in partibus of Lydda.

Johannes Zwijsen

On 17 April 1842, he was consecrated Titular bishop of Gerra and Coadjutor of the Apostolic vicar of s-Hertogenbosch, at Church of Saint Denis in Tilburg, by baron Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth, ordaining bishop for the Netherlands.

John Stephen Cummins

On February 26, 1974, Cummins was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento and titular bishop of Lambaesis by Pope Paul VI.

José Palmeira Lessa

On June 21, 1982, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and titular bishop of Sita.

Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada

On April 21, 1898, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Dercos.

Juozas Tunaitis

Juozas Tunaitis (October 25, 1928, Davainiškis – June 1, 2012, Vilnius), was the Roman Catholic titular bishop of Sousse, Tunisia (1991–2012) and the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania (1991–2010).

Laurence York

York was appointed coadjutor to Matthew Pritchard, Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District on 13 May 1741, and consecrated the Titular Bishop of Nebbi (Bishop of Nisibis in Mesopotamia) on 10 August 1741.

Lorenzo Bianchi

He was appointed as coadjutor bishop of Hong Kong on 21 April 1949 and was consecrated titular bishop of Choma on 9 October 1949 and returned to Hoi Fung.

Luigi Padovese

Luigi Padovese (March 31, 1947, Milan – June 3, 2010, Iskenderun) was the titular bishop of Monteverde and the vicar apostolic of Anatolia in Turkey.

Luis Alberto Fernández Alara

On Januari 24, 2009, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Carpi.

Luis Ladaria Ferrer

On 9 July 2008, Ladaria Ferrer was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Titular Archbishop of Thibica by Pope Benedict XVI.

Manuel Tato

On November 12, 1948, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Aulon.

Mariano Simon Garriga

On June 20, 1936, Garriga was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi and Titular Bishop of Syene by Pope Pius XI.

Mario Delpini

In 2006 archbishop Dionigi Tettamanzi named him in charge for one zone of the archdiocese and in 2012 the newly appointed archbishop Angelo Scola named him vicar general of the archdiocese.In 2007 pope Benedict XVI named him titular bishop of Stephaniacum.

Mario José Serra

On May 28, 1975, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Mentesa.

Michael Francis Burbidge

On June 21, 2002, Burbidge was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird by Pope John Paul II.

Michael Kuchmiak

Michael Kuchmiak, C.S.S.R. (February 5, 1923, Obertyn, Ukraine – August 26, 2008, Saskatoon, Canada) was a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and titular bishop of Agathopolis since 1988.

Miguel Gatan Purugganan

Pope Paul VI appointed him on 23 January 1971 to the Titular Bishop of Egnatia and ordered him to auxiliary bishop in Nueva Segovia.

Nguyễn Văn Thiện

He resigned that position in 1968 and was appointed titular bishop of Hispellum the same month.

Nicolas Eugene Walsh

On August 10, 1976, he resigned as Bishop of Yakima for health reasons; he was named auxiliary bishop of Seattle and titular bishop of Volsinium on the same date.

Paciano Aniceto

He served various parishes under the Diocese of San Fernando (elevated to an Archdiocese on March 17, 1975 by Pope Paul VI.) He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao City and Titular Bishop of Tlos on April 7, 1979.

Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück

Klemens von Gruben, titular Bishop of Paros in Greece, was made vicar apostolic of Osnabrück, and as such cared for the spiritual interests of the Catholic population.

Richard John Garcia

In 1997, while serving as the pastor of Saint Leo the Great Parish in San Jose and as the diocesan director for vocations, Pope John Paul II named Garcia titular bishop of Bapara and auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento.

Tomás Juan Carlos Solari

On August 23, 1943, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Aulon.

Vicente Bokalic Iglic

On March 15, 2010, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Summa.

Vincenzo Di Mauro

He was appointed as secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and as the Titular Bishop of Arpi in 2007.

William McDermott

On 19 May 1976 he was appointed, by Pope Paul VI, Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Huancavelica.


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Andrew H. Cozzens

Reverend Andrew Cozzens was appointed Titular Bishop of Bisica and Auxiliary to the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on October 11, 2013 by Pope Francis.

Begijnhof Chapel, Amsterdam

On 17 October 1419, after the enlargement of the Beguinage, Matthias, titular Bishop of Biduane (a small town on the Adriatic), in his capacity as vicar-general of Frederic III, Bishop of Utrecht, solemnly consecrated a new chapel.

Cardinal Borromeo

Edoardo Borromeo (1822–1881), cardinal from 1868, only a titular bishop

Caspar Henry Borgess

In 1859, he was made rector of St. Peter's Cathedral in Cincinnati, and remained there until he was consecrated titular Bishop of Calydon and administrator of Detroit on April 24, 1870.

Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa

Sarapamon (Serapis Amon), Bishop of the Holy Diocese of Atbara, Um Durman and All the North of the Sudan and Titular Bishop of the Great and Ancient Metropolis of Nubia: Faras of Nobadia, Dongola of Makouria and Soba of Aloudia.

Diosdado Talamayan

He was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao on October 20, 1983 and was ordained also as the Titular Bishop of Girus on January 12, 1984.

Dominic Laurence Graessel

On December 8, 1793, Pope Pius VI confirmed Graessel coadjutor bishop and titular bishop of 'Samosata,' not knowing Graessel had died.

Eduardo Boza-Masvidal

He was chosen by Pope John XXIII as Titular Bishop of Vinda and Auxiliary Bishop San Cristobal de la Habana (Havana) on March 31, 1960.

Ephrem Giesen

He served as vicor apostolic of North Shandong from 1902 until his death in 1919 and was also made titular Bishop of Paltus in 1902.

Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso

He resigned as Titular Bishop in 1975, he was succeeded by Guillermo Leaden, one of oldest Bishop's in the Roman Catholic Church.

Goedert

Raymond E. Goedert (born 1927) American Roman Catholic titular bishop of Tamazeni

Holy Rosary Church, Quetta

Victor Gnanapragasam OMI as apostolic vicar of the new ecclesiastical circumscription and the titular bishop of Timida.

John J. McEleney

On February 3, 1950, McEleney was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica and Titular Bishop of Zeugma by Pope Pius XII.

José Antonio Dammert Bellido

Bellido was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lima, along with Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina, on April 14, 1958 and ordained bishop May 15, 1958.

Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet

Lescrauwaet was appointed auxiliary bishop of Diocese of Haarlem on 19 October 1983 as well as Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiae and was ordained bishop on 14 January 1984.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark

There are three auxiliary bishops: John Hine, titular Bishop of Beverley, Patrick Lynch SS.CC., titular bishop of Castrum and Paul Hendricks, titular Bishop of Ross and Cromarty.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan

Francis J. Kane - an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago is the current Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie.

Standish, Greater Manchester

Charles Walmesley (1722–1797) - Roman Catholic Titular Bishop of Rama.

Stefano Lusignan

In 1578 Stefano was awarded the title of Titular Bishop of Limassol from Pope Sixtus V .

Swanstrom

Edward Ernest Swanstrom (born 1903), Titular Bishop of Arba, Auxiliary Bishop of New York

Teurnia

Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez, Titular Bishop of Tiburnia 13 May 2006 – 25 October 2012; born 17 November 1950 in San Martín de las Pirámides; appointed Titular Bishop of Tiburnia and Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco, 13 May 2006; ordained Bishop of Tiburnia 25 July 2006; appointed Bishop Valle de Chalco, 25 October 2012.

Theotonius Amal Ganguly

In 1960, Ganguly was consecrated a bishop and dually appointed the Titular Bishop of Oliva as well as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka.

Timothy Joseph Lyne

The Principal Co-Consecrators were then-Auxiliary Bishops of Chicago, Alfred Leo Abramowicz (Titular Bishop of Pesto), and Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. (Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna).

William Wareing

On 21 December 1858, aged 67, he resigned as Bishop of Northampton, and was appointed Titular Bishop of Rhithymna.

On 26 December 1865, he died, aged 74, as Bishop Emeritus of Northampton and Titular Bishop of Rhithymna.