The Year of Our Lord 1990

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	52.4	Resigned	Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Sanggau, Indonesia	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
	77.1	Appointed	Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Ibarra, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	84.7	Died	Isidor Hermengild Hintringer (da Losenstein), O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Jiamusi [Kiamusze], China
	52.9	Appointed	Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek, Sudan	Bishop
	82.5	Died	Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
	50.7	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	26.4	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Fulgence Razakarivony, M.S.	Member of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
2 Jan	54.7	Appointed	Justin Francis Rigali	Secretary of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Jan	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Peter Remigius	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop of Kottar, India
4 Jan	50.6	Appointed	Antonio Arregui Yarza	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	50.6	Appointed	Antonio Arregui Yarza	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	83.7	Died	Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme †	Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	81.5	Died	Alfred Michael Watson †	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
5 Jan	75.0	Retired	Josip Pavlišić †	Archbishop of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Jan	57.1	Succeeded	Anton Tamarut †	Archbishop of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia	Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia
6 Jan	29.7	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P.	Member of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Benjamin J. Almoneda	Titular Bishop of Thimida	Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Ispahan, Iran
	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Ceirano †	Titular Archbishop of Tagase	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Edward Dajczak	Titular Bishop of Azura	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
	67.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Thibaris	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Mario Milano	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Rizzato	Titular Archbishop of Virunum	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul R. Ruzoka	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Tonucci	Titular Archbishop of Torcello	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Utimmira	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
7 Jan	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Barthélémy Djabla †	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
8 Jan	70.0	Resigned	Paul Edward Waldschmidt, C.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	75.6	Died	Patrick Lennon †	Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
14 Jan	55.6	Installed	Giuseppe Matarrese	Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Želimir Puljić	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
15 Jan	62.5	Appointed	Giovanni Ceirano †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
16 Jan	75.2	Retired	Dennis Walter Hickey †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	63.0	Installed	José María Hernández González	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jan	53.3	Ordained Bishop	José Adolfo Mojica Morales †	Bishop of Sonsonate, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Confirmed	Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B.	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
	84.8	Died	Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
21 Jan	24.9	Ordained Priest	Edmar Perón	Priest of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Jan	75.2	Retired	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	47.7	Appointed	Germano Grachane, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique	Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique
	47.7	Appointed	Germano Grachane, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda	Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique
	43.0	Appointed	Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	78.1	Retired	Barthélémy Malunga †	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	43.9	Appointed	Giulio Mencuccini, C.P.	Bishop of Sanggau, Indonesia
	72.2	Retired	Edward William O’Rourke †	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	45.5	Appointed	Polycarp Pengo	Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Cardinal, Archbishop
	55.8	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber	President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
	75.4	Retired	Lawrence Joseph Riley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Robert Rivas, O.P.	Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles	Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
	48.2	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
	48.2	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
23 Jan	48.5	Succeeded	John Joseph Myers	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
23 Jan	78.6	Died	Francisco Juan Vénnera †	Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
24 Jan	72.6	Died	Manuel Casares Hervás †	Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
25 Jan	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S.	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
25 Jan	55.5	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
26 Jan	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicholas Carmen Dattilo †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
27 Jan	61.0	Installed	Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
28 Jan	55.9	Installed	Patrick Ronald Cooney †	Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jan	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Antonino Mascarenhas Roxo, O. Praem.	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan	73.9	Died	Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
Feb	93.5	Died	Jean-Baptiste Magenties †	Prefect Emeritus of Tali [Dali], China
1 Feb	77.1	Died	Pierre Pham Tân †	Bishop of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam
2 Feb	51.5	Appointed	Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Edward Michael Grosz	Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus	Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	63.0	Appointed	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.0	Appointed	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Ceramussa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Joseph Mallon †	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
	42.1	Appointed	José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México	Prelate Emeritus
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I.	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam	Coadjutor Bishop of Trivandrum, India	Archbishop of Trivandrum, India
	64.1	Appointed	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	64.1	Appointed	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Cissi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	52.6	Appointed	Marin Srakić	Auxiliary Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
	52.6	Appointed	Marin Srakić	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
3 Feb	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Waldemar Chaves de Araújo	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4 Feb	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Boutros Marayati	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
	58.2	Died	Giuseppe Nardin †	Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Ercílio Turco	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6 Feb	66.0	Appointed	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	69.3	Resigned	Juvenal Roriz, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Feb	87.0	Died	François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	49.7	Appointed	Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia	Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia
	49.7	Appointed	Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia
	65.7	Resigned	Miguel Angel Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	56.9	Appointed	Martin Luluga	Bishop of Gulu, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Nebbi, Uganda
	77.3	Retired	Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Manado, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga †	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Vincent Ri Pyung-ho	Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)
	86.0	Retired	Joseph Asjiro Satowaki †	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	58.0	Appointed	Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado †	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan
	49.8	Appointed	Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C.	Bishop of Manado, Indonesia
	63.1	Succeeded	Emmanuel Wamala	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
9 Feb	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles Soreng, S.J.	Bishop of Daltonganj, India	Bishop Emeritus of Hazaribag, India
10 Feb	69.7	Appointed	Alfred Kostelecky †	Bishop of Austria, Military
10 Feb	69.7	Appointed	Alfred Kostelecky †	Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt	Bishop of Austria, Military
11 Feb	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Hayek, B.C. †	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Feb	70.3	Resigned	Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun †	Apostolic Administrator of Magdeburg, Germany	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	83.1	Died	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	60.2	Died	Elias White Mutale †	Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia
	60.9	Appointed	Leopold Nowak	Apostolic Administrator of Magdeburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
	60.9	Appointed	Leopold Nowak	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
13 Feb	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Cheong Myong-jo †	Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca	Bishop of Pusan, Korea (South)
14 Feb	49.2	Appointed	Rudolf Baláž †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
	43.5	Appointed	Vojtěch Cikrle	Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic
	79.9	Retired	Jozef Feranec †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
	56.5	Appointed	Eduard Kojnok †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
	55.9	Appointed	Alojz Tkáč	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus of Košice, Slovakia
	57.7	Appointed	Miloslav Vlk	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
16 Feb	73.1	Died	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
17 Feb	48.2	Appointed	Stephen Edward Blaire	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
	48.2	Appointed	Stephen Edward Blaire	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
	86.5	Died	Pietro Gazzoli †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Ján Hirka	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
	59.5	Appointed	Sylvester Donovan Ryan	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
	59.5	Appointed	Sylvester Donovan Ryan	Titular Bishop of Remesiana	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Tibú, Colombia
18 Feb	65.1	Died	Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi †	Bishop Emeritus of Rumbek, Sudan
18 Feb	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza)	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
19 Feb	66.6	Appointed	Thomas Victor Dolinay †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop
19 Feb	67.3	Appointed	Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)	Bishop
20 Feb	62.4	Appointed	Thomas Vose Daily	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	64.5	Appointed	Patrick Leo McCartie	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	75.7	Retired	Francis John Mugavero †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
21 Feb	44.9	Appointed	Braulio Rafael León Villegas	Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
21 Feb	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Philip Pargeter	Titular Bishop of Valentiniana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
22 Feb	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Arregui Yarza	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	63.0	Appointed	Alfredo Magarotto	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	66.7	Succeeded	David Bernard Thompson	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	72.5	Resigned	Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	69.2	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. †	Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
23 Feb	30.2	Ordained Priest	Felix Lian Khen Thang	Priest of Mandalay, Myanmar	Bishop of Kalay, Myanmar
24 Feb	49.4	Appointed	Emilio Layon Bataclan	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	49.4	Appointed	Emilio Layon Bataclan	Titular Bishop of Gunela	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	71.8	Resigned	Traian Crisan †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Secretary Emeritus
	50.0	Appointed	Edward Nowak	Titular Archbishop of Luni	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	50.0	Appointed	Edward Nowak	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Secretary Emeritus
	57.8	Appointed	Antonio Racelis Rañola	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.8	Appointed	Antonio Racelis Rañola	Titular Bishop of Claternae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
26 Feb	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Nestor Ngoy Katahwa	Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Feb	71.9	Died	Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador