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The Year of Our Lord 1996

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January


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown19.4ConvertedHugh David Renwick Turnbull Allan, O. Praem.Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
29.2SelectedJoseph Cai BingruiAdministrator of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], ChinaBishop
49.2AppointedAldo CavalliApostolic Delegate to AngolaApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
17.7EnteredEduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv.Member of Order of Friars Minor ConventualAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
69.4SelectedJosaphat Li HongguangCoadjutor Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], ChinaBishop
25.6EnteredRaymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R.Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
32.5IncardinatedGerardo Miguel Nieves LojaPriest of Riobamba, EcuadorAuxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
25.3Perpetual VowsFélicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of MaryBishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
55.0CeasedThomas Oliha Attiyah, A.J.Superior General of Apostles of Jesus MissionariesPriest
21.4ProfessedAdenis Roberto de Oliveira, S.d.P.Member of Missionary Servants of the PoorAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
28.2IncardinatedCarlos José de OliveiraPriest of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
69.8ResignedMario RizziApostolic Nuncio to BulgariaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
88.8RetiredVolodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), UkraineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.8AppointedEdgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.Superior General of Misioneros Javerianos de YarumalVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
50.2Resigned[Bernard Tissier de Mallerais], S.S.P.X.Secretary General of [Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX)]Bishop
81.0Died[Mathew Wang Wei-ming]Bishop Emeritus of Jilin [Kirin], China
1 Jan64.2ResignedIsak DoeraBishop of Sintang, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus
2 Jan62.0AppointedPietro BrolloBishop of Belluno-Feltre, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
66.0AppointedPaul Fouad Naïm TabetApostolic Nuncio to GreeceApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
29.5Ordained DeaconZdenek WasserbauerDeacon of Praha {Prague}, CzechiaAuxiliary Bishop
5 Jan49.3AppointedJulián Barrio BarrioArchbishop of Santiago de Compostela, SpainArchbishop Emeritus
36.4Solemn VowsAntonio Luca Fallica, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot of Montecassino, Italy
53.0AppointedRobert William MuenchBishop of Covington, Kentucky, USABishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
76.3RetiredPhocas NikwigizeBishop of Ruhengeri, RwandaBishop Emeritus
46.3AppointedJosé de Jesús Quintero DíazPrelate of Tibú, ColombiaVicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
49.1AppointedAtilano Vicente Rodríguez MartínezAuxiliary Bishop of Oviedo, SpainBishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
49.1AppointedAtilano Vicente Rodríguez MartínezTitular Bishop of HoraeaBishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
6 Jan69.8Ordained BishopĀrvaldis Andrejs BrumanisBishop of Liepāja, LatviaBishop Emeritus
46.8Ordained BishopRichard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.Coadjutor Bishop of Warri, NigeriaArchbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
54.4Ordained BishopClaudio Maria CelliTitular Archbishop of CluentumPresident Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication
52.4Ordained BishopRafael Ramón Conde AlfonzoTitular Bishop of BaparaBishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
48.9Ordained BishopRiccardo FontanaArchbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
64.1Ordained BishopAntons JustsBishop of Jelgava, LatviaBishop Emeritus
45.8Ordained BishopKurt KochBishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, SwitzerlandCardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
44.1Ordained BishopAntal Majnek, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of FebianaBishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine
48.9Ordained BishopFrancisco Pérez GonzálezBishop of Osma-Soria, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
51.2Ordained 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 Bishop of NovicaCardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
35.1Ordained PriestCarlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop of Huancavélica, Peru
57.8Ordained BishopMarko SopiTitular Bishop of CelerinaApostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia
48.7Ordained BishopJaime Vieira RochaBishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
64.8Ordained BishopPeter Zhang ZhiyongCoadjutor Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], ChinaCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan86.4DiedJoseph Bernard BruniniBishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
60.0Ordained BishopRoberto Gomes GuimarãesBishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBishop Emeritus
54.8Ordained BishopGregorios Elias TabéTitular Bishop of Batnae dei SiriArchbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
58.4Ordained BishopFranz VorrathTitular Bishop of Vicus AteriiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
51.1Ordained BishopIgnace Joseph III (Ephrem) YounanBishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USAPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
8 Jan68.5DiedGuy Gérard DeroubaixBishop of Saint-Denis, France
85.4DiedAlberto Frederico EtgesBishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9 Jan59.4AppointedRafael Palmero RamosBishop of Palencia, SpainBishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
68.5ResignedJoseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. †Bishop of Jamshedpur, IndiaBishop Emeritus
10 Jan91.9DiedLaurenz BöggeringAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
11 Jan47.9AppointedPaul Choi Deok-kiCoadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus
59.2AppointedPaulinus CostaBishop of Rajshahi, BangladeshArchbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
61.0AppointedJulius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J.Archbishop of Jakarta, IndonesiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.5AppointedAloysius Paul D’SouzaAuxiliary Bishop of Mangalore, IndiaBishop Emeritus
54.5AppointedAloysius Paul D’SouzaTitular Bishop of DuraBishop Emeritus of Mangalore, India
68.9AppointedRobert-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 Jan28.6Ordained PriestDarley José KummerPriest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop
55.1AppointedRafael Romo MuñozBishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
14 Jan76.1DiedMyron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
28.0Solemn VowsJorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C.Member of Congregation of Holy CrossBishop of Chosica, Peru
57.4InstalledGeorges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
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 Emeritus of Orléans, France
17 Jan94.5DiedAnacleto CazzanigaArchbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
70.9DiedMario MigliettaBishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
54.4AppointedJosé Moreira de MeloBishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
68.8Ordained BishopCornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), CanadaBishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
18 Jan95.9DiedJoão Crisóstomo Gomes de AlmeidaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
72.7AppointedIvan LjavinecApostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
72.7AppointedIvan LjavinecTitular Bishop of AcalissusApostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
20 Jan65.0ResignedCirilo Reyes AlmarioBishop of Malolos, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
28.8Ordained PriestFernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M.Priest of Congregation of the MissionBishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
60.3Ordained BishopJacinto Tomás de Carvalho BotelhoTitular Bishop of Tacia MontanaBishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
44.9Ordained BishopJesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.Titular Bishop of LeptiminusBishop of Barinas, Venezuela
21 Jan35.0Ordained PriestGerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp.Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles
23 Jan50.1AppointedJohn Raymond ManzAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.1AppointedJohn Raymond ManzTitular Bishop of MuliaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
64.0InstalledMichael Angelo SaltarelliBishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USABishop Emeritus
24 Jan62.0AppointedRobert Patrick MaginnisAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.0AppointedRobert Patrick MaginnisTitular Bishop of SimininaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
49.7AppointedJoseph Francis MartinoAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
49.7AppointedJoseph Francis MartinoTitular Bishop of Cellae in MauretaniaBishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Jan65.2Ordained BishopCarl Frederick MengelingBishop of Lansing, Michigan, USABishop Emeritus
26 Jan90.8DiedThomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
54.6Ordained BishopRobert Nugent LynchBishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USABishop Emeritus
27 Jan50.9Ordained BishopDionisio Guillermo García IbáñezBishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, CubaArchbishop of Santiago de Cuba
32.7Ordained PriestTeodoro Gómez RiveraPriest of Choluteca, HondurasBishop
28 Jan62.7InstalledGiuseppe ChiarettiArchbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
29 Jan63.2AppointedFrancis ArinzeCardinal-Priest of San Giovanni della PignaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus 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 San Giovanni di DioCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
71.9AppointedAndrzej Maria DeskurCardinal-Priest of San Cesareo in PalatioCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
78.0AppointedÉdouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †Cardinal-Priest of San MarcelloCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
79.6AppointedJean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. †Cardinal-Priest of San SabaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
80.4AppointedAntonio InnocentiCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in AquiroCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
71.9AppointedDuraisamy Simon LourdusamyCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta CavalleggeriCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
84.6AppointedPaul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. †Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anselmo all’AventinoCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
65.4AppointedPaul Joseph Jean PoupardCardinal-Priest of Santa PrassedeCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
85.4AppointedAlfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †Cardinal-Priest of San Giorgio in VelabroCardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
71.8AppointedJozef TomkoCardinal-Priest of Santa SabinaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
30 Jan84.6DiedPierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole BoillonBishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
31 Jan59.6AppointedGiuseppe ManiArchbishop of Italy, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
59.6AppointedGiuseppe ManiTitular Archbishop of ZabaArchbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
64.9ResignedGiovanni MarraArchbishop of Italy, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
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