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The Year of Our Lord 1992

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 May58.9Ordained BishopJoseph James Potocnak, S.C.I.Bishop of De Aar, South AfricaBishop Emeritus
49.6Ordained BishopNorbert TrelleTitular Bishop of EgnatiaBishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
2 May31.0Ordained PriestTelesphore Bilung, S.V.D.Priest of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Jamshedpur, India
28.2Ordained PriestVincenzo CalvosaPriest of Cassano all’Jonio, ItalyBishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy
32.6Ordained DeaconJulio Esteban Larrondo YáñezDeacon of Santiago de ChilePrelate of Illapel, Chile
27.7Ordained PriestBrian UdaigwePriest of Orlu, NigeriaApostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
3 May52.8Ordained BishopJoseph Sunday AjomoBishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
22.4First VowsLeo Magdugo Dalmao, C.M.F.Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of MaryPrelate of Isabela, Philippines
70.3Ordained BishopYohannes WoldegiorgisTitular Bishop of FormaVicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
4 May63.1AppointedNatalino PescaroloBishop of Fossano, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
5 May52.6AppointedEustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Paraguay, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
52.6AppointedEustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R. †Titular Bishop of AufiniumArchbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
6 May65.0ResignedEamon CaseyBishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, IrelandBishop Emeritus
58.9DiedMichael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F. †Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
75.0RetiredHubertus Cornelis Antonius ErnstBishop of Breda, NetherlandsBishop Emeritus
7 May50.3Ordained BishopThomas Nguyễn Văn TrâmTitular Bishop of HiltaBishop Emeritus of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam
61.8AppointedVittorio TomassettiBishop of Palestrina, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
8 May79.8DiedArnoldo OnistoBishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
9 May31.0Ordained PriestNicolò AnselmiPriest of Genova {Genoa}, ItalyBishop of Rimini, Italy
63.0Ordained BishopAndrea CassoneArchbishop of Rossano-Cariati, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
71.1DiedJoseph Nguyễn Phụng HiểuBishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
30.7Ordained PriestCajetan Francis OstaPriest of Muzaffarpur, IndiaBishop
25.8Ordained PriestMatteo VisioliPriest of Parma (-Fontevivo), ItalySecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
10 May33.3Ordained PriestMichael Didi Adgum MangoriaPriest of Khartoum, SudanArchbishop
51.6Ordained BishopCesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E.Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New GuineaBishop Emeritus
24.3Ordained PriestWalter ErbìPriest of Iglesias, ItalyApostolic Nuncio to Liberia
49.6Ordained BishopJean-Berchmans NterereCoadjutor Bishop of Muyinga, BurundiBishop
13 May56.6Ordained BishopFabian Wendelin BruskewitzBishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USABishop Emeritus
48.4AppointedAlfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M.Coadjutor Bishop of Villavicencio, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
83.9DiedLauncelot John GoodyArchbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
14 May35.6Ordained BishopJohn Zhang QingtianAuxiliary Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], ChinaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 May26.2Ordained PriestLarry James KulickPriest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USABishop
28.7Ordained PriestJohn Joseph McIntyrePriest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop
59.3AppointedAlfredo José Rodríguez FigueroaArchbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela
17 May66.2InstalledBernard AgréBishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’IvoireCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
47.4Ordained BishopAyo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.Bishop of Ilorin, NigeriaBishop Emeritus
26.6Ordained PriestDidier Fernand Gabriel NoblotPriest of Troyes, FranceBishop of Saint-Flour, France
78.4DiedAlfred PichlerBishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 May51.3Ordained BishopJustin Joseph BianchiniBishop of Geraldton, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
26.2Ordained PriestJeffrey Michael FlemingPriest of Helena, Montana, USABishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
80.1DiedJózef Benedykt KurpasAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
20 May55.4AppointedJorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
55.4AppointedJorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.Titular Bishop of AucaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
89.4DiedGiovanni Umberto ColomboCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
46.0AppointedMichael NearyAuxiliary Bishop of Tuam, IrelandArchbishop Emeritus
46.0AppointedMichael NearyTitular Bishop of QuaestorianaArchbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
53.7AppointedRaúl Omar RossiAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBishop of San Martín, Argentina
53.7AppointedRaúl Omar RossiTitular Bishop of EneraBishop of San Martín, Argentina
21 May62.3Ordained BishopJohn Patrick BolesTitular Bishop of Nova SparsaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
64.7Ordained BishopJohn Richard McNamaraTitular Bishop of RisiniumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
22 May79.9DiedGiovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. †Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
28.1Ordained PriestPeter Andrew ComensoliPriest of Wollongong, AustraliaArchbishop of Melbourne, Australia
67.6AppointedManuel Edmilson da CruzApostolic Administrator of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus
80.2RetiredPatrick Vincent Hurley, C.SS.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23 May31.1Ordained PriestJeffrey Scott GrobPriest of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop
43.0Ordained BishopTarcisius Gervazio ZiyayeTitular Bishop of MaconArchbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
24 May61.0DiedMathias William Schmidt, O.S.B. †Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
52.0InstalledJan Bernard SzlagaBishop of Pelplin, Poland
25 May69.7DiedAthanasios AbadirBishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
58.3InstalledEdmond CarmodyBishop of Tyler, Texas, USABishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
57.0AppointedGerardo PierroArchbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
85.7DiedAnselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
26 May78.9DiedInácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B. †Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.1AppointedRicardo Blázquez PérezBishop of Palencia, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
44.3AppointedJavier Salinas ViñalsBishop of Ibiza, SpainAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
64.2AppointedJoseph Shi Hongchen (Shi Hongzhen), C.M. †Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
27 May60.4AppointedHilário Moser, S.D.B.Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus
28 May27.5Ordained DeaconAndrzej PrzybylskiDeacon of Częstochowa, PolandAuxiliary Bishop
25.1Ordained PriestMarek SolarczykPriest of Warszawa-Praga, PolandBishop of Radom, Poland
29 May53.5AppointedReginald Michael CawcuttAuxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South AfricaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.5AppointedReginald Michael CawcuttTitular Bishop of EgabroAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
41.8AppointedDamião António FranklinAuxiliary Bishop of Luanda, AngolaArchbishop
41.8AppointedDamião António FranklinTitular Bishop of FaleroneArchbishop of Luanda, Angola
76.5RetiredDenis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Durban, South AfricaArchbishop Emeritus
65.6DiedAlbert NdongmoBishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
48.3AppointedRatko PerićCoadjutor Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and HerzegovinaBishop Emeritus
47.3AppointedSerafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Mbanza Congo, AngolaBishop Emeritus
30 May33.1Ordained PriestJuan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J.Priest of Society of JesusPrefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy
27.6Ordained PriestRichard Garth HenningPriest of Rockville Centre, New York, USABishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
35.1Ordained PriestJoseph Phuong NguyenPriest of Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
57.5Ordained BishopSimon Akwali OkaforTitular Bishop of AugurusBishop Emeritus of Awka, Nigeria
30.0Ordained PriestMichael Arsenio SaporitoPriest of Newark, New Jersey, USAAuxiliary Bishop
58.4Ordained BishopAdam Smigielski, S.D.B. †Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
26.3Ordained PriestJohn-Nhàn TrầnPriest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USAAuxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
51.6AppointedFouad Boutros TwalPrelate of Tunis, TunisiaPatriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
31 May27.2Ordained DeaconOnécimo AlbertonDeacon of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
27.0ProfessedAdilson Pedro Busin, C.S.Member of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles BorromeoBishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
22.7ProfessedRozario Menezes, S.M.M.Member of Missionaries of the Company of MaryBishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea
23.3Ordained PriestPaul Pei JunminPriest of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], ChinaBishop
25.8Ordained PriestArūnas PoniškaitisPriest of Vilkaviškis, LithuaniaAuxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
1 Jun73.9RetiredVicente de Paulo Araújo MatosBishop of Crato, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus
65.4AppointedMaroun Khoury SaderArchbishop of Tyr (Maronite), LebanonArchbishop Emeritus
2 Jun58.7AppointedAlfio RapisardaApostolic Nuncio to BrazilApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
4 Jun44.4AppointedAndrej ImrichAuxiliary Bishop of Spiš, SlovakiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.4AppointedAndrej ImrichTitular Bishop of Castellum TitulianumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Spiš, Slovakia
55.0AppointedToribio Sergio Porco TiconaPrelate of Corocoro, BoliviaCardinal, Prelate Emeritus
5 Jun56.6Ordained BishopJosé Guadalupe Martín RábagoTitular Bishop of TuscamiaArchbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
81.8RetiredKajetán MatoušekAuxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, CzechiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
42.6Ordained BishopJavier Navarro RodríguezTitular Bishop of VoncariaBishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
6 Jun50.4Ordained BishopNel Hedye Beltrán SantamariaBishop of Sincelejo, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
43.8Ordained BishopJan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. †Titular Bishop of CataquasBishop of Radom, Poland
83.0DiedJosé Armando Gutiérrez GranierArchbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
25.0Ordained PriestArkadiusz OkrojPriest of Pelplin, PolandAuxiliary Bishop
7 Jun28.7Ordained PriestPedro Collar NogueraPriest of Alto Paraná, ParaguayBishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
26.9Ordained PriestPetru Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. †PriestBishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
8 Jun27.4Ordained DeaconJuan Carlos Bravo SalazarDeacon of Ciudad Guayana, VenezuelaBishop of Petare, Venezuela
11 Jun45.5AppointedCristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M.Prelate of Calama, ChileBishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
13 Jun25.5Ordained PriestGiovanni Luca RaimondiPriest of Milano {Milan}, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop
25.3Ordained PriestRoberto RepolePriest of Torino {Turin}, ItalyArchbishop
31.6Ordained PriestHendrikus Marie Gerardus SmeetsPriest of Roermond, NetherlandsBishop Emeritus
25.0Ordained PriestJanusz Stanisław UrbańczykPriest of Elbląg, PolandApostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
14 Jun25.9Ordained PriestJean Joseph Arsène BonduPriest of Luçon, FranceAuxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
57.8Ordained BishopJacques Maurice FaivreTitular Bishop of San LeoneBishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
59.4Ordained BishopJuan García-Santacruz OrtizBishop of Guadix, SpainBishop Emeritus
25.2Ordained PriestSergi Gordo RodríguezPriest of Barcelona, SpainBishop of Tortosa, Spain
30.2Ordained PriestBernardin Francis MfumbusaPriest of Dodoma, TanzaniaBishop of Kondoa, Tanzania
49.9InstalledArrigo MiglioBishop of Iglesias, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
30.7Ordained PriestLaurent Jean Lucien Marie PercerouPriest of Chartres, FranceBishop of Nantes, France
16 Jun47.9AppointedSeán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USACardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
77.7DiedBernard Schilling, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
17 Jun38.6IncardinatedOscar Azarcon SolisPriest of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USABishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
18 Jun90.8DiedRamón Munita EyzaguirreBishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
27.6Ordained DeaconGregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.Deacon of Order of Saint BenedictArchbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
81.1DiedGermán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
20 Jun26.1Ordained PriestJames Francis ChecchioPriest of Camden, New Jersey, USABishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
29.8Ordained PriestServerus JjumbaPriest of Masaka, UgandaBishop
30.1Ordained PriestJoão Kot, O.M.I.Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop of Zé-Doca, Maranhão, Brazil
75.8DiedGyula SzakosBishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
21 Jun34.2Ordained DeaconRaymond Michel René CentèneDeacon of Perpignan-Elne, FranceBishop of Vannes, France
23 Jun62.6AppointedRoberto Antonio Dávila UzcáteguiAuxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de VenezuelaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.6AppointedRoberto Antonio Dávila UzcáteguiTitular Bishop of ArindelaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
62.6ResignedRoberto Antonio Dávila UzcáteguiBishop of San Fernando de Apure, VenezuelaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
24 Jun55.4AppointedPier Luigi CelataApostolic Nuncio to SloveniaVice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
53.4Ordained BishopNicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C. †Titular Bishop of RemesianaBishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
50.2Ordained BishopJohn Stephen KnightTitular Bishop of TaraquaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
78.1DiedAngelo PedroniApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
25 Jun59.0InstalledSavarinathan Michael AugustineArchbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
61.8Ordained BishopMagnus MwalunyunguBishop of Tunduru-Masasi, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
26 Jun60.2AppointedPatrick Edward O’ConnorSuperior of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)Superior Emeritus
27 Jun55.5Ordained BishopJorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.Titular Bishop of AucaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
30.0Ordained PriestDidier Norman Raymond BerthetPriest of Nanterre, FranceBishop of Saint-Dié, France
29.8Ordained PriestNicolas Jean René BrouwetPriest of Nanterre, FranceBishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
30.5Ordained PriestOlivier Michel Marie de CagnyPriest of Paris, FranceBishop of Évreux, France
34.3Ordained PriestPhilippe Maurice Marie Joseph Christory, Comm. l'Emm.Priest of Paris, FranceBishop of Chartres, France
33.0Ordained PriestPaul Dennis EtiennePriest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USAArchbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
32.7Ordained PriestRobert Joseph FisherPriest of Detroit, Michigan, USAAuxiliary Bishop
25.4Ordained PriestAndré GueyePriest of Thiès, SenegalBishop
24.8Ordained PriestAndrea MigliavaccaPriest of Pavia, ItalyBishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
33.4Ordained PriestRafic NahraPriest of Paris, FranceAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
38.7Ordained PriestJoseph Nguyen Duc CuongPriest of Ðà Lạt, Viet NamBishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam
44.5SucceededJosé Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. †Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, MéxicoPrelate Emeritus
73.2ResignedManuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M. †Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, MéxicoPrelate Emeritus
53.8Ordained BishopRaúl Omar RossiTitular Bishop of EneraBishop of San Martín, Argentina
28.4Ordained PriestMoïse Messan TouhoPriest of Atakpamé, TogoBishop
33.3Ordained PriestOttavio Vitale, R.C.J.Priest of Rogationists of the Heart of JesusBishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
28 Jun25.5Ordained PriestLaurent Michel CamiadePriest of Agen, FranceBishop of Cahors, France
31.4Ordained PriestVincent Alexandre Édouard Élie JordyPriest of Strasbourg, FranceArchbishop of Tours, France
25.4Ordained PriestAnte JozićPriest of Split-Makarska, CroatiaApostolic Nuncio to Belarus
27.0Ordained PriestIvo Martinović, T.O.R.Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of PenanceBishop-Elect of Požega, Croatia
49.4Ordained BishopAugustin MisagoBishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda
26.8Ordained PriestLuís Miguel Muñoz CárdabaPriest of Toledo, SpainApostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
26.7Ordained DeaconManoel de Oliveira Soares FilhoDeacon of Bragança do Pará, BrazilBishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
25.9Ordained PriestIvan ŠaškoPriest of Zagreb, CroatiaAuxiliary Bishop
62.0Ordained BishopVittorio TomassettiBishop of Palestrina, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
27.1Ordained PriestFrançois Marie Pierre TouvetPriest of Dijon, FranceCoadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France
29 Jun59.2Ordained BishopGilles Cazabon, O.M.I.Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
29.1Ordained PriestPascual Limachi OrtizPriest of La Paz, BoliviaPrelate of Corocoro, Bolivia
26.1Ordained PriestAndrej SajePriest of Ljubljana, SloveniaBishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia
30 Jun75.7RetiredGiuseppe AmariBishop of Verona, ItalyBishop Emeritus
55.2AppointedAttilio NicoraBishop of Verona, ItalyCardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
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