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The Year of Our Lord 1992

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Mar83.2DiedGabriel KodaArchbishop Emeritus of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Mar52.8DiedMathai Kochuparampil, S.D.B. †Bishop of Diphu, India
93.7DiedJosé López Ortiz, O.S.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
6 Mar66.0AppointedBernard AgréBishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’IvoireCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
52.7AppointedJoseph Sunday AjomoBishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
47.3AppointedAyo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
46.4AppointedAntonio Cañizares LloveraBishop of Avila, SpainCardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
50.2AppointedThomas Nguyên Van TrâmAuxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viêt NamBishop of Ba Ria, Viêt Nam
50.2AppointedThomas Nguyên Van TrâmTitular Bishop of HiltaBishop of Ba Ria, Viêt Nam
57.3AppointedSimon Akwali OkaforAuxiliary Bishop of Awka, NigeriaBishop
57.3AppointedSimon Akwali OkaforTitular Bishop of AugurusBishop of Awka, Nigeria
7 Mar51.4Ordained BishopLorenzo BaldisseriTitular Archbishop of DiocletianaApostolic Nuncio to Brazil
11 Mar69.4DiedMiguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. †Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
61.9AppointedAlbano Bortoletto CavallinArchbishop of Londrina, Parana, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
12 Mar86.9DiedGirolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
65.0ResignedJohn Edward HeapsAuxiliary Bishop of Sydney, AustraliaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar58.9AppointedGilles Cazabon, O.M.I.Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
76.3RetiredTadeu Henrique (Jude) Prost, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Para, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar86.2DiedSergio GuerriCardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
46.2Ordained BishopPaul Lungu, S.J. †Bishop of Monze, Zambia
17 Mar53.7AppointedSalvatore BoccaccioCoadjutor Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, ItalyBishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
46.9Ordained BishopFelipe Padilla CardonaBishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, MéxicoBishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
85.0DiedRobert Marie-Joseph François de ProvenchèresBishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
18 Mar46.7Ordained BishopGerald Richard BarnesTitular Bishop of Mons FaliscusBishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
68.3AppointedRomeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to IranApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
19 Mar59.5Ordained BishopRinaldo Fidel BrédiceBishop of Santa Rosa, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
48.8Ordained BishopJoseph Vernon FougèreBishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
49.4Ordained BishopMarampudi JojiBishop of Khammam, IndiaArchbishop of Hyderabad, India
68.3Ordained BishopWolodymyr Walter PaskaTitular Bishop of TigillavaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
24.7Ordained PriestMarco Pérez CaicedoPriest of Guayaquil, EcuadorAuxiliary Bishop
61.5InstalledSylvester Donovan RyanBishop of Monterey in California, USABishop Emeritus
20 Mar63.3Ordained BishopMichael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B.Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
21 Mar64.0Ordained BishopFerenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist.Bishop of Vác, HungaryBishop Emeritus
58.9InstalledRafael Eleuterio ReyBishop of Zárate-Campana, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
22 Mar49.2Ordained BishopCiriaco Benavente MateosBishop of Coria-Cáceres, SpainBishop of Albacete, Spain
24 Mar56.5AppointedFabian Wendelin BruskewitzBishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
58.2AppointedEdmond CarmodyBishop of Tyler, Texas, USABishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
76.1RetiredGlennon Patrick FlavinBishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USABishop Emeritus
25 Mar45.2AppointedEdward Eugeniusz BialoglowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland
51.2AppointedJustin Joseph BianchiniBishop of Geraldton, Australia
43.7AppointedJan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. †Auxiliary Bishop of Drohiczyn, PolandBishop of Radom, Poland
43.7AppointedJan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. †Titular Bishop of CataquasBishop of Radom, Poland
75.8RetiredGiovanni CogoniBishop of Iglesias, ItalyBishop Emeritus
64.5AppointedBronislaw DembowskiBishop of Włocławek, PolandBishop Emeritus
38.5IncardinatedWacław DepoPriest of Radom, PolandBishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
54.6AppointedEdward Marian FrankowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
42.4Ordained BishopStanislaw GadeckiTitular Bishop of RubiconArchbishop of Poznań, Poland
62.3ResignedJózef GlempArchbishop of Gniezno, PolandCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
60.5AppointedTadeusz Gocłowski, C.M.Archbishop of Gdańsk, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
54.3AppointedKazimierz GórnyBishop of Rzeszów, Poland
37.1IncardinatedRomuald KaminskiPriest of Warszawa-Praga, PolandAuxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland
57.3AppointedStanislaw KedzioraAuxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
74.1RetiredEdward KisielBishop of Białystok, PolandBishop Emeritus
70.1AppointedZbigniew Józef KraszewskiAuxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.8AppointedPiotr KrupaAuxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
52.4AppointedGerard Alfons KuszAuxiliary Bishop of Gliwice, Poland
76.1AppointedKazimierz Jan MajdańskiArchbishop (Personal Title)Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
76.1RetiredKazimierz Jan MajdańskiBishop of Szczecin-Kamień, PolandBishop Emeritus
69.2AppointedEdward Henryk MaterskiBishop of Radom, PolandBishop Emeritus
49.7AppointedArrigo MiglioBishop of Iglesias, ItalyBishop of Ivrea, Italy
59.0AppointedHenryk MuszynskiArchbishop of Gniezno, Poland
55.3AppointedStanislaw NapieralaBishop of Kalisz, Poland
56.7AppointedStanislaw NowakArchbishop of Częstochowa, Poland
47.5AppointedAdam OdzimekAuxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
63.8AppointedAlojzy Orszulik, S.A.C.Bishop of Łowicz, PolandBishop Emeritus
57.4AppointedTadeusz PieronekAuxiliary Bishop of Sosnowiec, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.4AppointedTadeusz PieronekTitular Bishop of CufrutaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland
62.4AppointedEdmund Michal PiszczArchbishop of Warmia, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
68.2AppointedMarian PrzykuckiArchbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
70.6AppointedBoleslaw PylakArchbishop of Lublin, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
54.0AppointedTadeusz RakoczyBishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
64.6AppointedKazimierz RomaniukBishop of Warszawa-Praga, PolandBishop Emeritus
62.4AppointedTadeusz RybakBishop of Legnica, PolandBishop Emeritus
49.5Ordained BishopJesús Rubén Salazar GómezBishop of Cúcuta, ColombiaArchbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
52.2AppointedEdward Eugeniusz SamselAuxiliary Bishop of Ełk, PolandBishop
54.5AppointedStefan SiczekAuxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
54.5AppointedStefan SiczekTitular Bishop of DagnumAuxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
53.2AppointedAndrzej Józef SliwinskiBishop of Elbląg, PolandBishop Emeritus
58.3AppointedAdam Smigielski, S.D.B.Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
51.3AppointedJan ŚrutwaBishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, PolandBishop Emeritus
50.3AppointedAndrzej Wojciech SuskiBishop of Toruń, Poland
64.9AppointedWaclaw SwierzawskiBishop of Sandomierz, PolandBishop Emeritus
51.8AppointedJan Bernard SzlagaBishop of Pelplin, Poland
74.1AppointedIgnacy TokarczukArchbishop of Przemyśl, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
78.6DiedAlfonso Tóriz CobiánBishop Emeritus of Querétaro, Querétaro, México
49.6AppointedNorbert TrelleAuxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, GermanyBishop of Hildesheim, Germany
49.6AppointedNorbert TrelleTitular Bishop of EgnatiaBishop of Hildesheim, Germany
45.0Ordained BishopJuan Vargas AruquipaTitular Bishop of BitaBishop of Coroico, Bolivia
57.1AppointedJan Walenty WieczorekBishop of Gliwice, Poland
51.4AppointedJózef WysockiAuxiliary Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
50.2Ordained BishopAlejo Zavala CastroBishop of Tlapa, MéxicoBishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
53.3AppointedJózef ZawitkowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Łowicz, Poland
50.4AppointedWojciech ZiembaBishop of Ełk, PolandArchbishop of Warmia, Poland
58.6AppointedJanusz Edmund ZimniakAuxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
57.4AppointedDamian ZimonArchbishop of Katowice, Poland
56.8AppointedWladyslaw ZiólekArchbishop of Łódź, Poland
26 Mar62.9AppointedAndrea CassoneArchbishop of Rossano-Cariati, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
57.7AppointedPatrick CoveneyApostolic Delegate to DjiboutiApostolic Nuncio to Greece
54.6AppointedErwin Josef EnderApostolic Delegate to SomaliaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
72.9DiedTheodor HubrichApostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany
28 Mar55.0AppointedAntonio FrancoTitular Archbishop of GallesiumApostolic Nuncio to Israel
55.0AppointedAntonio FrancoApostolic Nuncio to UkraineApostolic Nuncio to Israel
70.4AppointedHenri LemaîtreApostolic Nuncio to NetherlandsApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
29 Mar52.1Ordained BishopVincent Cadieux, O.M.I.Bishop of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
77.1RetiredJules Leguerrier, O.M.I. †Bishop of Moosonee, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus
51.1AppointedWilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.Cardinal, Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
30 Mar55.4AppointedThomas Menamparampil, S.D.B.Bishop of Guwahati, IndiaArchbishop of Guwahati, India
49.2AppointedAugustin MisagoBishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda
61.6AppointedMagnus MwalunyunguBishop of Tunduru-Masasi, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
61.2AppointedFrédéric RubwejangaBishop of Kibungo, RwandaBishop Emeritus
76.9RetiredJoseph SibomanaBishop of Kibungo, RwandaBishop Emeritus
55.3AppointedHenry Apaloryamam SsentongoBishop of Moroto, Uganda
76.0AppointedJosef StimpfleArchbishop (Personal Title)Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
76.0RetiredJosef StimpfleBishop of Augsburg, GermanyBishop Emeritus
31 Mar59.2AppointedJuan García-Santacruz OrtizBishop of Guadix, Spain
2 Apr69.7AppointedGilberto AgustoniPro-Prefect of the Apostolic SignaturaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus
48.8AppointedCrescenzio SepeTitular Archbishop of GradumCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
48.8AppointedCrescenzio SepeSecretary of the Congregation for the ClergyCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
3 Apr51.2AppointedCarlo Maria ViganòTitular Archbishop of UlpianaOfficial of the Secretariat of State
51.2AppointedCarlo Maria ViganòApostolic Nuncio to NigeriaOfficial of the Secretariat of State
4 Apr48.9Ordained BishopHéctor Rubén AguerTitular Bishop of LamdiaArchbishop of La Plata, Argentina
50.9SucceededGérard Antoine DaucourtBishop of Troyes, FranceBishop of Nanterre, France
73.3RetiredAndré Pierre Louis Marie FauchetBishop of Troyes, FranceBishop Emeritus
46.3Ordained BishopRubén Oscar FrassiaTitular Bishop of CaeciriBishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
52.6AppointedLuigi TravaglinoTitular Archbishop of LitteraeOfficial of the Secretariat of State
52.6AppointedLuigi TravaglinoApostolic Pro-Nuncio to GambiaOfficial of the Secretariat of State
52.6AppointedLuigi TravaglinoApostolic Pro-Nuncio to GuineaOfficial of the Secretariat of State
52.6AppointedLuigi TravaglinoApostolic Pro-Nuncio to LiberiaOfficial of the Secretariat of State
5 Apr77.8DiedZacarias Rolim de MouraBishop Emeritus of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil
7 Apr58.2AppointedEnzo DieciAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
58.2AppointedEnzo DieciTitular Bishop of MauraAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
8 Apr67.5InstalledLeonard James WallArchbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus
9 Apr92.5DiedPaul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph PinierBishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
74.4AppointedLuigi PoggiPro-Archivist of the Vatican Secret ArchivesCardinal, Archivist Emeritus
74.4AppointedLuigi PoggiPro-Librarian of the Vatican LibraryCardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
10 Apr55.9ResignedJoseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), SyriaAuxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
78.7RetiredGuillermo Leaden, S.D.B.Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr54.6Ordained BishopStefan SiczekTitular Bishop of DagnumAuxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
66.0Ordained BishopAndrew Tsien Chih-ch'unBishop of Hwalien, TaiwanBishop Emeritus
12 Apr51.4AppointedRudolf Deng MajakApostolic Administrator of Wau, SudanBishop
75.6DiedGuerino GrimaldiArchbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
14 Apr62.2AppointedJohn Patrick BolesAuxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.2AppointedJohn Patrick BolesTitular Bishop of Nova SparsaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
64.6AppointedJohn Richard McNamaraAuxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.6AppointedJohn Richard McNamaraTitular Bishop of RisiniumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
15 Apr70.4AppointedCarlo FurnoApostolic Nuncio to ItalyCardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
56.5AppointedJosé Guadalupe Martín RábagoAuxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoArchbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
56.5AppointedJosé Guadalupe Martín RábagoTitular Bishop of TuscamiaArchbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
59.9AppointedJusto Mullor GarcíaApostolic Administrator of EstoniaPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
42.5AppointedJavier Navarro RodríguezAuxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
42.5AppointedJavier Navarro RodríguezTitular Bishop of VoncariaBishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
75.2RetiredAntonio Sahagún LópezAuxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr84.3DiedPeter Joseph Fan XueyanBishop of Paoting [Baoding], China
75.5RetiredGiovanni Melis FoisBishop of Nuoro, ItalyBishop Emeritus
56.6AppointedPietro MeloniBishop of Nuoro, Italy
18 Apr90.4DiedGiovanni Ferro, C.R.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
74.7RetiredCletus Francis O'DonnellBishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USABishop Emeritus
19 Apr42.6AppointedWenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M.Superior of Urga, MongoliaPrefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
20 Apr64.5Ordained BishopBronislaw DembowskiBishop of Włocławek, PolandBishop Emeritus
21 Apr72.3RetiredFelix Sanchez ZafraBishop of Tagbilaran, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
22 Apr63.5ResignedRoque Antonio Adames RodríguezBishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus
75.6RetiredAdolfo Roque Esteban AranaBishop of Río Cuarto, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
74.2RetiredCyriaque Siméon ObambaBishop of Mouila, GabonBishop Emeritus
61.7SucceededRamón Artemio StaffolaniBishop of Río Cuarto, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
23 Apr54.8AppointedPiero BiggioApostolic Nuncio to ChileApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
88.5DiedVincentas BrizgysAuxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
78.8DiedJosé ThurlerBishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
25 Apr46.5Ordained BishopAntonio Cañizares LloveraBishop of Avila, SpainCardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
49.8Ordained BishopArrigo MiglioBishop of Iglesias, ItalyBishop of Ivrea, Italy
59.5Ordained BishopRaphaël Marie ZeBishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon
26 Apr58.2Ordained BishopEnzo DieciTitular Bishop of MauraAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
55.1Ordained BishopAntonio FrancoTitular Archbishop of GallesiumApostolic Nuncio to Israel
57.5Ordained BishopTadeusz PieronekTitular Bishop of CufrutaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland
54.1Ordained BishopTadeusz RakoczyBishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
48.9Ordained BishopCrescenzio SepeTitular Archbishop of GradumCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
52.6Ordained BishopLuigi TravaglinoTitular Archbishop of LitteraeOfficial of the Secretariat of State
51.3Ordained BishopCarlo Maria ViganòTitular Archbishop of UlpianaOfficial of the Secretariat of State
27 Apr68.3DiedChrétien Matawo BakpessiBishop of Sokodé, Togo
84.6DiedEnrique Bolaños QuesadaBishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
53.3AppointedNicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C.Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
53.3AppointedNicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C.Titular Bishop of RemesianaBishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
50.0AppointedJohn Stephen KnightAuxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.0AppointedJohn Stephen KnightTitular Bishop of TaraquaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
28 Apr65.0Ordained BishopWaclaw SwierzawskiBishop of Sandomierz, PolandBishop Emeritus
29 Apr50.3AppointedNel Hedye Beltrán SantamariaBishop of Sincelejo, Colombia
57.7AppointedJacques Maurice FaivreAuxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), FranceBishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
57.7AppointedJacques Maurice FaivreTitular Bishop of San LeoneBishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
63.1AppointedJosé Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
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