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The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

January to February

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown76.2RetiredJulián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. †Bishop of León en NicaraguaBishop Emeritus
AppointedJohn Francis Brown, S.M.A.Superior of Kano, NigeriaSuperior Emeritus
31.8IncardinatedEduardo Carmona Ortega, O.R.C.Priest of OtherBishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México
45.6IncardinatedStephen Victor ChmilarPriest of Toronto (Ukrainian), CanadaBishop
AppointedThomas Vincent Greenan, S.P.S.Superior of Bomadi, NigeriaSuperior Emeritus
58.7AppointedNechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.Ordinary of Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Armenian)Bishop of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian), Armenia
DiedGivanni Koyounian †Vicar Apostolic of Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Armenian)
56.1ResignedMarian Oles †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to KuwaitApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
69.6ResignedAndrás József Szennay, O.S.B.Abbot of Pannonhalma, HungaryAbbot Emeritus
44.0AppointedGregory Taik MaungApostolic Administrator of Prome, MyanmarApostolic Administrator of Pyay, Myanmar
32.6IncardinatedGuillermo Patricio Vera SotoPriest of Calama, ChilePrelate
1 Jan80.5DiedJosé Filípe do Carmo Colaço †Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
71.6DiedJerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
2 Jan74.3DiedGeraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. †Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
3 Jan73.0AppointedEdouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic CongressesCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
80.6RetiredOpilio Rossi †President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic CongressesCardinal, President Emeritus
4 Jan82.6DiedAlphonse-Gérard Bannwarth †Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (, Laon, e Saint-Quentin), France
79.2DiedStanislav Lenic †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 Jan57.2AppointedJulián García Centeno, O.S.A.Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
67.3ResignedGabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. †Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, PeruVicar Apostolic Emeritus
6 Jan55.2Ordained BishopBruno BertagnaTitular Bishop of DrivastumVice President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
66.0Ordained BishopMarcello CostalungaTitular Archbishop of AquileiaOfficial Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
76.8Ordained BishopAlvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano †Titular Bishop of VitaPrelate of Opus Dei
57.3Ordained BishopFrancisco Javier Errázuriz OssaTitular Archbishop of HólarCardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
59.6Ordained BishopAndrea Gemma, F.D.P.Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, ItalyBishop Emeritus
56.3Ordained BishopJacinto Guerrero Torres †Coadjutor Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, MéxicoBishop
60.8Ordained BishopJulián Herranz CasadoTitular Archbishop of VertaraCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
65.3Ordained BishopJoseph HittiBishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), AustraliaBishop Emeritus
45.4Ordained BishopBruno Pius NgonyaniBishop of Lindi, Tanzania
54.2Ordained BishopFrancis Emmanuel Ogbonna OkoboBishop of Nsukka, Nigeria
48.4Ordained BishopOsvaldo PadillaTitular Archbishop of PiaApostolic Nuncio to Korea
45.3Ordained BishopVinko PuljicCardinal, Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
47.8Ordained BishopJean-Louis Pierre TauranTitular Archbishop of ThelepteCardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
7 Jan83.0DiedPeter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
8 Jan87.5DiedAimé Décosse †Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
9 Jan55.2ResignedAlfonso López Trujillo †Archbishop of Medellín, ColombiaCardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
56.3IncardinatedGuy A. SansaricqPriest of Brooklyn, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop
12 Jan48.3AppointedGiuseppe BertelloApostolic Nuncio to RwandaApostolic Nuncio to Italy
75.2RetiredVittorio Cecchi †Auxiliary Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.5AppointedPeter Dubovský, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica, SlovakiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.5AppointedPeter Dubovský, S.J. †Titular Bishop of CarcabiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
13 Jan48.2Ordained BishopPier Giorgio MicchiardiTitular Bishop of Macriana MaiorBishop of Acqui, Italy
47.6Ordained BishopSebastián Ramis Torrens, T.O.R.Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru
51.6Ordained BishopClaudio StagniTitular Bishop of DardanusBishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
28.5ProfessedPietro Vittorelli, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot of Montecassino, Italy
14 Jan80.1DiedRaimondo Cesare Bergamin, S.X. †Bishop Emeritus of Padang, Indonesia
50.5Ordained BishopJames Kim Ji-seokCoadjutor Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)Bishop
83.7RetiredPetrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †Official of the Roman Curia - OtherOfficial Emeritus
15 Jan65.5InstalledGeorge Martin KuzmaBishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USABishop Emeritus
60.9InstalledJoseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
50.5Ordained BishopRoderick Wright †Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
16 Jan41.0AppointedIrynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.Titular Bishop of NovaeBishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
41.0ConfirmedIrynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
54.8AppointedIvan DiasApostolic Nuncio to AlbaniaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
73.6ConfirmedSofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M.Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop Emeritus
66.4AppointedJosyf Holovach †Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in HaemimontoAuxiliary Bishop of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine
66.4ConfirmedJosyf Holovach †Auxiliary Bishop of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine
64.4AppointedMarian JaworskiCardinal, Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
78.7AppointedRafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
78.7AppointedRafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †Titular Bishop of DuraAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
77.1AppointedPhilemon Kurchaba, C.SS.R. †Titular Bishop of AbrittumAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
77.1ConfirmedPhilemon Kurchaba, C.SS.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
69.9AppointedIvan Marghitych †Auxiliary Bishop of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), UkraineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.9AppointedIvan Marghitych †Titular Bishop of Scopelus in HaemimontoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine
51.6AppointedIvan MartyniakBishop of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), PolandArchbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
72.0AppointedJan Olszanski, M.I.C. †Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, UkraineBishop Emeritus
56.2AppointedJan PurwinskiBishop of Zytomir, UkraineBishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
50.2AppointedMykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. †Titular Bishop of BucellusBishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
50.2ConfirmedMykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
69.6ConfirmedIvan SemediBishop of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), UkraineBishop Emeritus
83.9AppointedVolodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lviv (Ukrainian), UkraineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
83.9ConfirmedVolodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †Titular Archbishop of MarcianopolisAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
43.8AppointedMarkijan TrofimiakAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv, UkraineBishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
43.8AppointedMarkijan TrofimiakTitular Bishop of AuziaBishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
64.4AppointedPavlo Vasylyk †Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
64.4AppointedPavlo Vasylyk †Titular Bishop of PlotinopolisBishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
54.7AppointedJulian Voronovsky, M.S.U.Titular Bishop of DeultumBishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
54.7ConfirmedJulian Voronovsky, M.S.U.Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
17 Jan76.7AppointedUgo Poletti †Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
76.7RetiredUgo Poletti †Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, ItalyCardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
59.9AppointedCamillo RuiniVicar General of Roma {Rome}, ItalyCardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
59.9AppointedCamillo RuiniPro-Archpriest of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
19 Jan75.5RetiredAntónio Cardoso Cunha †Bishop of Vila Real, PortugalBishop Emeritus
54.7SucceededJoaquim GonçalvesBishop of Vila Real, Portugal
32.0Ordained PriestEduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B.Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoAuxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
21 Jan86.7DiedLéo Blais †Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
45.4AppointedSławoj Leszek GłódźBishop of Poland, MilitaryArchbishop of Gdańsk, Poland
45.4AppointedSławoj Leszek GłódźTitular Bishop of BettoniumArchbishop of Gdańsk, Poland
45.3AppointedAmbrose Kiapseni, M.S.C.Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
78.6DiedPatrick Mulligan †Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland
78.2RetiredJean-Baptiste Musty †Auxiliary Bishop of Namur {Namen}, BelgiumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.5AppointedMaurice Piat, C.S.Sp.Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, MauritiusBishop
51.8AppointedAntoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T.Coadjutor Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, MadagascarBishop
22 Jan54.4DiedAntonio Bianchin †Titular Bishop of Vannida
76.7DiedAntonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.I. †Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
23 Jan54.4AppointedDadeus GringsBishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
71.6DiedGiovanni Mariani †Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
76.4RetiredAlfonso Niehues †Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
58.1AppointedEusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I.Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
76.8RetiredTomás Vaquero †Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
24 Jan44.5Ordained BishopCarlos José ÑáñezTitular Bishop of LeteArchbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
25 Jan83.8DiedJustin Diraviam †Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
26 Jan49.7Ordained BishopBeniamino Depalma, C.M.Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, ItalyBishop of Nola, Italy
42.6AppointedEdouard MathosAuxiliary Bishop of Bangui, Central African RepublicBishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
48.0Ordained BishopGiovanni Battista PichierriBishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, ItalyArchbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
74.1DiedGilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
27 Jan47.0Ordained BishopKevin Dowling, C.SS.R.Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
73.0DiedSebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat, Ethiopia
29 Jan88.8DiedAugusto Gianfranceschi †Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy
31 Jan71.8ResignedBenedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Trivandrum, IndiaBishop Emeritus
59.4AppointedHubert Constant, O.M.I.Bishop of Fort-Liberté, HaïtiArchbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
44.9SucceededMaria Callist Soosa PakiamBishop of Trivandrum, IndiaArchbishop of Trivandrum, India
1 Feb58.8AppointedAntonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R.Coadjutor Bishop of Añatuya, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
49.8AppointedGérard Antoine DaucourtCoadjutor Bishop of Troyes, FranceBishop of Nanterre, France
2 Feb58.6Ordained BishopJoseph Cheng Tsai-faBishop of Tainan, TaiwanArchbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
56.7Ordained BishopFernand FranckArchbishop of Luxembourg
65.8AppointedJames Hector MacDonald, C.S.C.Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus
66.4ResignedAlphonsus Liguori PenneyArchbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus
4 Feb57.9AppointedMichel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. †Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
5 Feb51.1AppointedTerence John BrainAuxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great BritainBishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
51.1AppointedTerence John BrainTitular Bishop of AmudarsaBishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
6 Feb76.1RetiredLuis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BoliviaArchbishop Emeritus
54.9AppointedJulio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R.Cardinal, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
7 Feb50.8AppointedFelipe Arizmendi EsquivelBishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, MéxicoBishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
56.5AppointedDomenico CruscoBishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, ItalyBishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
50.8AppointedAndré-Mutien LéonardBishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
74.1ResignedRobert-Joseph Mathen †Bishop of Namur {Namen}, BelgiumBishop Emeritus
61.1AppointedPellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Città di Castello, ItalyBishop Emeritus
56.6AppointedEugenio SbarbaroApostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, AntillesApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
56.6AppointedEugenio SbarbaroApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bahamas, AntillesApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
56.6AppointedEugenio SbarbaroApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Barbados, AntillesApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
56.6AppointedEugenio SbarbaroApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dominica, AntillesApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
56.6AppointedEugenio SbarbaroApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Jamaica, AntillesApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
56.6AppointedEugenio SbarbaroApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Grenada, AntillesApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
56.6AppointedEugenio SbarbaroApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, AntillesApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
56.6AppointedEugenio SbarbaroApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Lucia, AntillesApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
56.6AppointedEugenio SbarbaroApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, AntillesApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
75.1RetiredCarlo Urru †Bishop of Città di Castello, ItalyBishop Emeritus
10 Feb59.6DiedWilliam Joseph Foley †Archbishop of Perth, Australia
11 Feb81.8DiedCarlo Colombo †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
12 Feb87.9DiedJohn Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa
13 Feb65.8DiedErnesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
62.1AppointedOscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, PeruBishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
62.1ResignedOscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S.M. †Bishop of Tacna, PeruBishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
14 Feb59.8DiedJerzy Dabrowski †Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
15 Feb67.6ResignedPhilip Ekka, S.J. †Bishop of Raipur, IndiaBishop Emeritus
18 Feb75.0RetiredJules-Louis-Paul Harlé †Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (, Boulogne, e Saint-Omer), FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.8InstalledJohn Aloysius Marshall †Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
86.7DiedMiguel Raspanti, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
19 Feb77.2DiedPatrick H. Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. †Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
20 Feb75.3RetiredRonald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R. †Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus
49.1AppointedJosé Dolores Grullón EstrellaBishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
64.3DiedPatricio Maqui Lopez †Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
75.4RetiredJosé María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. †Prelate of Humahuaca, ArgentinaPrelate Emeritus
21 Feb80.4RetiredFranz Hengsbach †Bishop of Essen, GermanyCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb45.5Ordained BishopSławoj Leszek GłódźTitular Bishop of BettoniumArchbishop of Gdańsk, Poland
75.6DiedLeo Thomas Maher †Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
24 Feb78.5DiedJoseph Francis Cleary †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great BritainAuxiliary Bishop
61.7Ordained BishopFrançois-Mathurin GourvèsCoadjutor Bishop of Vannes, FranceBishop Emeritus
62.8ResignedWolfgang Große (Grosse) †Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
33.2Ordained PriestRimantas NorvilaPriest of Kaunas, LithuaniaBishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
26 Feb90.1DiedJosef Schoiswohl †Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
28 Feb59.8AppointedBlasco Francisco CollaçoApostolic Pro-Nuncio to MadagascarApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
59.8AppointedBlasco Francisco CollaçoApostolic Pro-Nuncio to MauritiusApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
65.0AppointedMario RizziTitular Archbishop of BalneoregiumApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
65.0AppointedMario RizziApostolic Nuncio to BulgariaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
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