The Year of Our Lord 1990

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

4 Oct 25.6 Perpetual Vows José Antonio Alarcón Gómez, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Huaraz, Peru

25.2 Solemn Vows Ivo Martinović, T.O.R. Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance Bishop of Požega, Croatia

5 Oct 52.9 Appointed Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L. Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina Bishop Emeritus

6 Oct 59.7 Ordained Bishop Gérard Denis Auguste Defois Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

61.0 Resigned René Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P. † Bishop of Andong, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

77.4 Retired Thomas Fernando † Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India Bishop Emeritus

77.2 Retired Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. † Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan Bishop Emeritus

67.6 Appointed Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

67.6 Appointed Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Abthugni Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

60.5 Appointed Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga † Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

45.1 Appointed Bruno Pius Ngonyani Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Mario Oliveri Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Ignatius Pak Sok-hi † Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)

75.2 Retired Alessandro Piazza † Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Appointed Gabriel Lawrence Sengol † Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India Bishop Emeritus

25.7 Perpetual Vows Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

7 Oct 57.5 Ordained Bishop Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho Archbishop Emeritus

30.7 Perpetual Vows Francesco Neri, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop of Otranto, Italy

20.0 Temporary Vows Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M. Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

8 Oct 74.3 Died Karl-August Siegel † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

12 Oct 62.5 Appointed João Corso, S.D.B. † Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

13 Oct 66.7 Ordained Bishop John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. † Titular Archbishop of Tabalta Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

65.2 Appointed Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy Prelate Emeritus

76.1 Retired Domenico Vacchiano † Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy Prelate Emeritus

14 Oct 55.9 Ordained Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. † Titular Bishop of Nazianzus Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina

15 Oct 25.5 Entered Cyril Vasil’, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia

16 Oct 62.6 Appointed Robert Joseph Banks Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.5 Died Celestino Rojo Enverga † Bishop of Daet, Philippines

17 Oct 86.5 Died Ángel (Angelus) Almárcegui de la Virgen de Valentuñana, O.A.R. † Prior General Emeritus of Order of Augustinian Recollects

26.9 Ordained Priest Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S. Priest of Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales d’Annecy Bishop of Nalgonda, India

73.2 Died Francisco Orozco Lomelín † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

18 Oct 65.5 Resigned Emile Eid † Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law Vice President Emeritus

75.5 Died Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia

19 Oct 59.7 Appointed Ignacio Noguer Carmona † Coadjutor Bishop of Huelva, Spain Bishop Emeritus

45.4 Confirmed Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. † Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada Abbot Emeritus

20 Oct 56.8 Appointed Raffaele Nogaro Bishop of Caserta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

21 Oct 26.7 Ordained Deacon Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla Deacon of Torit, South Sudan Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan

54.5 Ordained Bishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

46.5 Ordained Bishop François Charles Garnier † Coadjutor Bishop of Luçon, France Archbishop of Cambrai, France

58.5 Ordained Bishop Arthur Luysterman Coadjutor Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

22 Oct 48.9 Professed Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O. Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

23 Oct 65.2 Appointed George Martin Kuzma † Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA Bishop Emeritus

78.9 Died Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

24 Oct 49.0 Appointed Pedro Ercílio Simon † Coadjutor Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

26 Oct 59.0 Died Jesús Domínguez Gómez † Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain

26.9 Ordained Priest Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen Priest of Rafaela, Argentina Bishop of Concordia, Argentina

27 Oct 66.6 Appointed Luigi Amaducci † Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

29.7 Ordained Priest Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo Priest of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain Archbishop of Spain, Military

76.2 Retired Ersilio Tonini † Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

28 Oct 83.4 Died Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand † Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

26.8 Ordained Deacon Paolo Giulietti Deacon of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

76.4 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji † Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]

75.0 Died Mario Schierano † Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

34.2 Solemn Vows José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil

31.5 Ordained Priest Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. † Priest of La Hermandad de Sacerdotes Operarios Diocesanos del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

70.9 Ordained Bishop [Simon (Andreas) Zhu Wenyu (Zhu Xiang yu, Zhu Weng, Zhu Wen Han)] † Bishop of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China

30 Oct 78.7 Retired Juan Carlos Aramburu † Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

69.3 Retired James Richard Ham, M.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

68.7 Resigned Paul Casimir Marcinkus † Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Pro-President Emeritus

67.2 Appointed Antonio Quarracino † Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

51.0 Appointed Efrén Ramos Salazar † Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México

68.6 Appointed Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

68.6 Appointed Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan † Titular Bishop of Cursola Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

31 Oct 86.0 Retired José Newton de Almeida Baptista † Bishop of Brazil, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

66.1 Appointed Herberto Celso Angelo † Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

66.1 Appointed Herberto Celso Angelo † Titular Bishop of Coeliana Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

70.7 Resigned René Audet † Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila † Archbishop of Brazil, Military

77.4 Retired Sebastiano Baggio † President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

68.1 Appointed Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus

54.0 Appointed Roger Ébacher Archbishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Oct	25.6	Perpetual Vows	José Antonio Alarcón Gómez, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru
25.2	Solemn Vows	Ivo Martinović, T.O.R.	Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Bishop of Požega, Croatia
5 Oct	52.9	Appointed	Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L.	Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
6 Oct	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Gérard Denis Auguste Defois	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
61.0	Resigned	René Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
77.4	Retired	Thomas Fernando †	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India	Bishop Emeritus
77.2	Retired	Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
67.6	Appointed	Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
67.6	Appointed	Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abthugni	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
60.5	Appointed	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
45.1	Appointed	Bruno Pius Ngonyani	Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Mario Oliveri	Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Ignatius Pak Sok-hi †	Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)
75.2	Retired	Alessandro Piazza †	Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	Gabriel Lawrence Sengol †	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India	Bishop Emeritus
25.7	Perpetual Vows	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.	Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
7 Oct	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho	Archbishop Emeritus
30.7	Perpetual Vows	Francesco Neri, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
20.0	Temporary Vows	Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Oct	74.3	Died	Karl-August Siegel †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
12 Oct	62.5	Appointed	João Corso, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Oct	66.7	Ordained Bishop	John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. †	Titular Archbishop of Tabalta	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
65.2	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Domenico Vacchiano †	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
14 Oct	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †	Titular Bishop of Nazianzus	Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
15 Oct	25.5	Entered	Cyril Vasil’, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
16 Oct	62.6	Appointed	Robert Joseph Banks	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.5	Died	Celestino Rojo Enverga †	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
17 Oct	86.5	Died	Ángel (Angelus) Almárcegui de la Virgen de Valentuñana, O.A.R. †	Prior General Emeritus of Order of Augustinian Recollects
26.9	Ordained Priest	Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S.	Priest of Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales d’Annecy	Bishop of Nalgonda, India
73.2	Died	Francisco Orozco Lomelín †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
18 Oct	65.5	Resigned	Emile Eid †	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law	Vice President Emeritus
75.5	Died	Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia
19 Oct	59.7	Appointed	Ignacio Noguer Carmona †	Coadjutor Bishop of Huelva, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
45.4	Confirmed	Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada	Abbot Emeritus
20 Oct	56.8	Appointed	Raffaele Nogaro	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
21 Oct	26.7	Ordained Deacon	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Deacon of Torit, South Sudan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Matias Patrício de Macêdo	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
46.5	Ordained Bishop	François Charles Garnier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Luçon, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Luysterman	Coadjutor Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct	48.9	Professed	Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O.	Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
23 Oct	65.2	Appointed	George Martin Kuzma †	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
78.9	Died	Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
24 Oct	49.0	Appointed	Pedro Ercílio Simon †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
26 Oct	59.0	Died	Jesús Domínguez Gómez †	Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
26.9	Ordained Priest	Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen	Priest of Rafaela, Argentina	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
27 Oct	66.6	Appointed	Luigi Amaducci †	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
29.7	Ordained Priest	Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo	Priest of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain	Archbishop of Spain, Military
76.2	Retired	Ersilio Tonini †	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
28 Oct	83.4	Died	Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand †	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
26.8	Ordained Deacon	Paolo Giulietti	Deacon of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
76.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji †	Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]
75.0	Died	Mario Schierano †	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
34.2	Solemn Vows	José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
31.5	Ordained Priest	Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. †	Priest of La Hermandad de Sacerdotes Operarios Diocesanos del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
70.9	Ordained Bishop	[Simon (Andreas) Zhu Wenyu (Zhu Xiang yu, Zhu Weng, Zhu Wen Han)] †	Bishop of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China
30 Oct	78.7	Retired	Juan Carlos Aramburu †	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
69.3	Retired	James Richard Ham, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.7	Resigned	Paul Casimir Marcinkus †	Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Pro-President Emeritus
67.2	Appointed	Antonio Quarracino †	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
51.0	Appointed	Efrén Ramos Salazar †	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
68.6	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.6	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan †	Titular Bishop of Cursola	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
31 Oct	86.0	Retired	José Newton de Almeida Baptista †	Bishop of Brazil, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
66.1	Appointed	Herberto Celso Angelo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
66.1	Appointed	Herberto Celso Angelo †	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
70.7	Resigned	René Audet †	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila †	Archbishop of Brazil, Military
77.4	Retired	Sebastiano Baggio †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
68.1	Appointed	Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
54.0	Appointed	Roger Ébacher	Archbishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Gatineau, Québec, Canada

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