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The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

January to February

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknownResignedJohn Francis Brown, S.M.A.Superior of Kano, NigeriaSuperior Emeritus
49.2AppointedAldo CavalliApostolic Delegate to AngolaApostolic Nuncio to Colombia
53.9AppointedAntonio LucibelloApostolic Nuncio to Sierra LeoneApostolic Nuncio to Turkey
69.8ResignedMario RizziApostolic Nuncio to BulgariaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
88.9RetiredVolodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), UkraineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.9AppointedEdgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.Superior General of Misioneros Javerianos de YarumalVicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia
1 Jan64.3ResignedIsak DoeraBishop of Sintang, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus
2 Jan62.1AppointedPietro BrolloBishop of Belluno-Feltre, ItalyArchbishop of Udine, Italy
66.1AppointedPaul Fouad TabetApostolic Nuncio to GreeceApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
5 Jan49.4AppointedJulián Barrio BarrioArchbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
53.0AppointedRobert William MuenchBishop of Covington, Kentucky, USABishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
76.4RetiredPhocas NikwigizeBishop of Ruhengeri, RwandaBishop Emeritus
46.4AppointedJosé de Jesús Quintero DíazPrelate of Tibú, ColombiaVicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
49.2AppointedAtilano Rodríguez MartínezAuxiliary Bishop of Oviedo, SpainBishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
49.2AppointedAtilano Rodríguez MartínezTitular Bishop of HoraeaBishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
6 Jan69.9Ordained BishopArvaldis Andrejs BrumanisBishop of Liepāja, LatviaBishop Emeritus
46.9Ordained BishopRichard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.Coadjutor Bishop of Warri, NigeriaArchbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
54.5Ordained BishopClaudio Maria CelliTitular Archbishop of CluentumPresident of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
52.5Ordained BishopRafael Ramón Conde AlfonzoTitular Bishop of BaparaBishop of Maracay, Venezuela
49.0Ordained BishopRiccardo FontanaArchbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
64.1Ordained BishopAntons JustsBishop of Jelgava, Latvia
45.8Ordained BishopKurt KochBishop of Basel, Switzerland
44.1Ordained BishopAntal Majnek, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of FebianaBishop of Mukacheve, Ukraine
49.0Ordained BishopFrancisco Pérez GonzálezBishop of Osma-Soria, SpainArchbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
51.3Ordained BishopJosé Paulino Ríos ReynosoArchbishop of Huancayo, PeruArchbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
67.1Ordained BishopRiccardo RuotoloTitular Bishop of CastuloAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
50.5Ordained BishopStanisław RyłkoTitular Archbishop of NovicaCardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
57.9Ordained BishopMarko Sopi †Titular Bishop of CelerinaApostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
48.8Ordained BishopJaime Vieira RochaBishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilBishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
7 Jan86.5DiedJoseph Bernard Brunini †Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
60.0Ordained BishopRoberto Gomes GuimarãesBishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
54.8Ordained BishopGregorios Elias TabéTitular Bishop of Batnae dei SiriArchbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
58.5Ordained BishopFranz VorrathTitular Bishop of Vicus AteriiAuxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
51.1Ordained BishopEphrem Joseph YounanBishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA
8 Jan68.6DiedGuy Gérard Deroubaix †Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
85.5DiedAlberto Frederico Etges †Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9 Jan59.5AppointedRafael Palmero RamosBishop of Palencia, SpainBishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
68.6ResignedJoseph Robert Rodericks, S.J.Bishop of Jamshedpur, IndiaBishop Emeritus
10 Jan91.9DiedLaurenz Böggering †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
11 Jan48.0AppointedPaul Choi Duk-kiCoadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)Bishop
59.2AppointedPaulinus CostaBishop of Rajshahi, BangladeshArchbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
61.1AppointedJulius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J.Cardinal, Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
54.6AppointedAloysius Paul D'SouzaAuxiliary Bishop of Mangalore, IndiaBishop
54.6AppointedAloysius Paul D'SouzaTitular Bishop of DuraBishop of Mangalore, India
69.0AppointedRobert Marie Gay, M. Afr.Bishop of Kabale, UgandaBishop Emeritus
43.9AppointedLumen Monteiro, C.S.C.Bishop of Agartala, India
12 Jan77.7RetiredFrancisco Maria Aguilera GonzálezAuxiliary Bishop of México, Federal DistrictAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan55.1AppointedRafael Romo MuñozBishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, MéxicoArchbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
14 Jan76.2DiedMyron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada
16 Jan75.0RetiredJean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M.Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, FranceBishop Emeritus
60.3SucceededAndré Louis FortBishop of Perpignan-Elne, FranceBishop of Orléans, France
17 Jan94.5DiedAnacleto Cazzaniga †Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
54.5AppointedJosé Moreira de MeloBishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
68.8Ordained BishopCornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M.Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), CanadaBishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
18 Jan96.0DiedJoão Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
72.8AppointedIvan LjavinecBishop of Czech Republic, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)Bishop Emeritus
72.8AppointedIvan LjavinecTitular Bishop of AcalissusBishop Emeritus of Czech Republic, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)
20 Jan65.0ResignedCirilo R. AlmarioBishop of Malolos, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
60.4Ordained BishopJacinto Tomás de Carvalho BotelhoTitular Bishop of Tacia MontanaBishop of Lamego, Portugal
45.0Ordained BishopJesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.Titular Bishop of LeptiminusVicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
23 Jan50.2AppointedJohn Raymond ManzAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
50.2AppointedJohn Raymond ManzTitular Bishop of MuliaAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
63.0InstalledMichael Angelo SaltarelliBishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USABishop Emeritus
24 Jan62.1AppointedRobert Patrick MaginnisAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
62.1AppointedRobert Patrick MaginnisTitular Bishop of SimininaAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
49.7AppointedJoseph Francis MartinoAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USABishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
49.7AppointedJoseph Francis MartinoTitular Bishop of Cellae in MauretaniaBishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Jan65.3Ordained BishopCarl Frederick MengelingBishop of Lansing, Michigan, USABishop Emeritus
26 Jan90.8DiedThomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
54.7Ordained BishopRobert Nugent LynchBishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
27 Jan51.0Ordained BishopDionisio Guillermo García IbáñezBishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, CubaArchbishop of Santiago de Cuba
28 Jan62.8InstalledGiuseppe ChiarettiArchbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
29 Jan63.2AppointedFrancis ArinzeCardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni della PignaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
73.4AppointedRosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di DioCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
71.9AppointedAndrzej Maria DeskurCardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in PalatioCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
78.0AppointedEdouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †Cardinal-Priest of S. MarcelloCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
79.7AppointedJean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. †Cardinal-Priest of S. SabaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
80.4AppointedAntonio InnocentiCardinal-Priest of S. Maria in AquiroCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
72.0AppointedDuraisamy Simon LourdusamyCardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta CavalleggeriCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
84.7AppointedPaul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B.Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’AventinoCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
65.4AppointedPaul Joseph Jean PoupardCardinal-Priest of S. PrassedeCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
85.4AppointedAlfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in VelabroCardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
71.9AppointedJozef TomkoCardinal-Priest of S. SabinaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
30 Jan84.7DiedPierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon †Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
31 Jan59.6AppointedGiuseppe ManiArchbishop of Italy, MilitaryArchbishop of Cagliari, Italy
59.6AppointedGiuseppe ManiTitular Archbishop of ZabaArchbishop of Cagliari, Italy
65.0ResignedGiovanni MarraArchbishop of Italy, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
2 Feb76.2RetiredLuigi Bongianino †Bishop of Tortona, ItalyBishop Emeritus
57.5AppointedMartino CanessaBishop of Tortona, Italy
65.1AppointedJacques Louis Antoine Marie DavidBishop of Evreux, FranceBishop Emeritus
77.2RetiredMaffeo Giovanni DucoliBishop of Belluno-Feltre, ItalyBishop Emeritus
66.7DiedBernard Hubert †Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
48.8Ordained BishopBoniface LeleBishop of Kitui, KenyaArchbishop of Mombasa, Kenya
55.9AppointedMario Eusebio Mestril VegaBishop of Ciego de Avila, Cuba
49.5InstalledCarlos José ÑáñezCoadjutor Archbishop of Tucumán, ArgentinaArchbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
76.2RetiredMarijan Oblak †Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), CroatiaArchbishop Emeritus
59.2Ordained BishopWalter Pérez VillamonteTitular Bishop of CurubisBishop of Potosí, Bolivia
56.1SucceededIvan PrendjaArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
47.8InstalledThomas Joseph TobinBishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USABishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
3 Feb39.7Ordained BishopPhilip Arnold Subira AnyoloBishop of Kericho, KenyaBishop of Homa Bay, Kenya
70.9DiedIbrahim Hélou †Bishop of Saïda (Maronite), Lebanon
56.4AppointedBasil Myron Schott, O.F.M.Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USAArchbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
68.6Ordained BishopPierre Wadih Tayah †Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
4 Feb61.4Ordained BishopTesfamariam Bedho †Bishop of Keren, Eritrea
67.5Ordained BishopLuigi Locati †Titular Bishop of ZicaVicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
71.8Ordained BishopLuca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Barentu, EritreaBishop Emeritus
6 Feb47.6AppointedHéctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.Bishop of Peru, MilitaryArchbishop of Trujillo, Peru
56.8AppointedEdwin Frederick O’BrienAuxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USAArchbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
56.8AppointedEdwin Frederick O’BrienTitular Bishop of ThizicaArchbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
75.5RetiredEduardo Picher Peña †Archbishop of Peru, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus
76.0DiedDerek John Worlock †Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
7 Feb72.7ResignedGeorges Abi-Saber, O.L.M.Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), CanadaBishop Emeritus
8 Feb68.4InstalledAndrew PatakiBishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USABishop Emeritus
46.1Ordained BishopChristopher Alan SaundersBishop of Broome, Australia
10 Feb55.8Ordained BishopCharles Henry DufourBishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles
82.7DiedAbramo Freschi †Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
57.0AppointedEnrico MasseroniArchbishop of Vercelli, Italy
40.3AppointedMauro Meacci, O.S.B.Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
55.7AppointedDonal Brendan MurrayBishop of Limerick, Ireland
58.6AppointedMarin SrakićCoadjutor Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, CroatiaArchbishop of Djakovo-Osijek, Croatia
11 Feb55.3Ordained BishopRudolf Deng MajakBishop of Wau, Sudan
71.0AppointedMarcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †Bishop of Venezuela, MilitaryBishop Emeritus
13 Feb65.9AppointedVictor Hugo Martínez ContrerasArchbishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, GuatemalaArchbishop Emeritus
14 Feb60.9SucceededJoão José Burke, O.F.M. †Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
75.0RetiredJames (Jaime) Collins, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, BrazilBishop Emeritus
75.1DiedManuel Pérez-Gil y González †Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, MéxicoBishop
16 Feb59.1DiedErnest Patili Assi †Bishop of Kara, Togo
18 Feb46.4Ordained BishopPedro José ContiBishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, BrazilBishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
55.2Ordained BishopValentin Masengo MkindaBishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.3Ordained BishopAtilano Rodríguez MartínezTitular Bishop of HoraeaBishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
22 Feb76.2RetiredJosé María Cases Deordal †Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, SpainBishop Emeritus
48.1Ordained BishopPaul Choi Duk-kiCoadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)Bishop
72.2AppointedIvan Choma †Titular Bishop of Patara
63.0AppointedLubomyr HusarAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), UkraineCardinal, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
63.0AppointedLubomyr HusarTitular Bishop of Nisa in LyciaCardinal, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
66.2AppointedVictorio Oliver DomingoBishop of Orihuela-Alicante, SpainBishop Emeritus
48.6AppointedJuan Antonio Reig PlaBishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, SpainBishop of Cartagena (en España)
52.0AppointedHippolyte Louis Jean SimonBishop of Clermont, FranceArchbishop of Clermont, France
52.5AppointedPeter Stephan ZurbriggenApostolic Nuncio to MozambiqueApostolic Nuncio to Lithuania
23 Feb57.3AppointedPedro D. ArigoVicar Apostolic of Palawan, PhilippinesVicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
57.3AppointedPedro D. ArigoTitular Bishop of MactarisVicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
50.6AppointedLonginus Da Cunha †Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
56.8AppointedJosé Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
56.8AppointedJosé Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of BamaccoraVicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
76.8RetiredDonatus Djagom, S.V.D.Archbishop of Ende, IndonesiaArchbishop Emeritus
61.7AppointedPaul Jean-Marie Dossavi †Bishop of Aného, Togo
56.9AppointedPeter FernandoCoadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin, IndiaArchbishop of Madurai, India
56.9AppointedTheotonius Gomes, C.S.C.Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
56.9AppointedTheotonius Gomes, C.S.C.Titular Bishop of ZucchabarAuxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
56.9ResignedTheotonius Gomes, C.S.C.Bishop of Dinajpur, BangladeshAuxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
73.1DiedMaurus Gervase Komba †Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
48.7AppointedJohn Baptist OdamaBishop of Nebbi, UgandaArchbishop of Gulu, Uganda
24 Feb60.4AppointedSantos Abril y CastellóApostolic Nuncio to YugoslaviaApostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
54.8AppointedWalter MixaBishop of Eichstätt, GermanyBishop of Augsburg, Germany
66.1ResignedGabriel Montalvo Higuera †Apostolic Nuncio to BelarusApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to United States of America
50.6Ordained BishopMauro Montagnoli, C.S.S.Bishop of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
55.3Ordained BishopRafael Romo MuñozBishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, MéxicoArchbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
25 Feb51.1Ordained BishopRamzi GarmouCoadjutor Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), IranArchbishop
77.6DiedNikë Prela †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia
51.6Ordained BishopEugène Lambert Adrian RixenTitular Bishop of TabboraBishop of Goiás, Goias, Brazil
49.3Ordained BishopBenedito Roberto, C.S.Sp.Bishop of Novo Redondo, AngolaBishop of Sumbe, Angola
27 Feb86.0DiedCyril Edward Restieaux †Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
28 Feb59.7AppointedAloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J.Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.4RetiredBenedito de Ulhôa VieiraArchbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
29 Feb60.0ResignedAlejandro Jiménez Lafeble †Bishop of Valdivia, ChileBishop Emeritus
67.9DiedMichel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
71.1DiedMario Miglietta †Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
40.4SucceededJean-Claude RembangaBishop of Bambari, Central African RepublicBishop Emeritus
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