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The Year of Our Lord 1999

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March to April


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Mar58.7AppointedGilbert Marcel Henri LouisBishop of Châlons, FranceBishop Emeritus
2 Mar55.5AppointedFrederick Francis CampbellAuxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USABishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
55.5AppointedFrederick Francis CampbellTitular Bishop of AfufeniaBishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
81.1RetiredDominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. †Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South AfricaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
89.1DiedFrancisco Nunes TeixeiraBishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique
86.0DiedAngelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
3 Mar62.1AppointedPier Luigi CelataApostolic Nuncio to BelgiumVice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
62.1AppointedPier Luigi CelataApostolic Nuncio to LuxembourgVice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
49.6AppointedAdriano Ciocca VasinoBishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, BrazilPrelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
54.1AppointedFernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
67.0DiedGian Vincenzo MoreniApostolic Nuncio to Philippines
75.2RetiredGiovanni MorettiApostolic Nuncio to BelgiumApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
75.2RetiredGiovanni MorettiApostolic Nuncio to LuxembourgApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
6 Mar75.6RetiredLuigi BelloliBishop of Anagni-Alatri, ItalyBishop Emeritus
64.5AppointedDomenico CruscoBishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, ItalyBishop Emeritus
51.5AppointedFrancesco LambiasiBishop of Anagni-Alatri, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
75.2RetiredAugusto LauroBishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, ItalyBishop Emeritus
61.0AppointedLuis Robles DíazApostolic Nuncio to CubaVice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
7 Mar26.4First VowsRicardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M.Member of Order of Our Lady of MercyBishop of Copiapó, Chile
8 Mar61.8AppointedPaul Marchand, S.M.M. †Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
9 Mar48.9InstalledJose Serofia PalmaBishop of Calbayog, PhilippinesArchbishop of Cebu, Philippines
10 Mar69.1ResignedAntoine Hamid MouranyArchbishop of Damas (Maronite), SyriaArchbishop Emeritus
11 Mar68.8ResignedPaul ConsbruchAuxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar52.5InstalledCarlos José ÑáñezArchbishop of Córdoba, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
13 Mar64.9DiedIsidore de SouzaArchbishop of Cotonou, Benin
14 Mar85.9DiedGilberto BaroniBishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
53.3InstalledGilles Côté, S.M.M.Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New GuineaBishop Emeritus
83.3DiedArthur Joseph GilbertBishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
25.5Ordained DeaconJoaquim Hudson de Souza RibeiroDeacon of Manaus, Amazonas, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop
16 Mar65.3AppointedHoracio Ernesto Benites AstoulAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.3AppointedHoracio Ernesto Benites AstoulTitular Bishop of LamzellaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
57.2InstalledStephen Edward BlaireBishop of Stockton, California, USABishop Emeritus
54.2AppointedVincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D.Bishop of Yendi, GhanaBishop Emeritus
42.8Ordained BishopAntonieto Dumagan CabajogTitular Bishop of ReperiBishop of Surigao, Philippines
76.3RetiredPierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. †Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian UnitySecretary Emeritus
66.0AppointedWalter KasperSecretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian UnityCardinal, President Emeritus
41.2AppointedJacob Venance KodaBishop of Same, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
56.7AppointedJosaphat Louis LebuluArchbishop of Arusha, TanzaniaArchbishop Emeritus
67.5AppointedBenedict John Osta, S.J. †Archbishop of Patna, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
46.7AppointedRafael Masahiro UmemuraBishop of Yokohama, Japan
17 Mar69.7AppointedOsório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus
59.6InstalledMichael Patrick DriscollBishop of Boise City, Idaho, USABishop Emeritus
63.8AppointedLuc Julian MatthysBishop of Armidale, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
76.5RetiredHenrique Müller, O.F.M. †Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus
18 Mar41.2AppointedJosé Luis Azuaje AyalaAuxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto, VenezuelaArchbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
41.2AppointedJosé Luis Azuaje AyalaTitular Bishop of ItalicaArchbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
55.6AppointedRafael Ramón Conde AlfonzoBishop of Margarita, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
75.0RetiredRemi Joseph De RooBishop of Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaBishop Emeritus
57.0AppointedBernard GenoudBishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
48.3AppointedLeopoldo González GonzálezAuxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, MéxicoArchbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
48.3AppointedLeopoldo González GonzálezTitular Bishop of VoncariaArchbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
63.8AppointedGustavo Martínez FríasArchbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
62.7InstalledLuis Morales ReyesArchbishop of San Luis Potosí, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
59.7SucceededRaymond Olir Roussin, S. M. †Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
56.4AppointedRubén Salazar GómezArchbishop of Barranquilla, ColombiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
75.6RetiredFélix María Torres ParraArchbishop of Barranquilla, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus
19 Mar52.3AppointedMassimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B.Superior General of Fraternità Sacerdotale dei Missionari di San Carlo BorromeoBishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
51.7Ordained BishopGiuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E.Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, BrazilBishop Emeritus
57.8Ordained BishopJean GagnonTitular Bishop of LamdiaBishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
53.4Ordained BishopSalvatore ParuzzoBishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
20 Mar66.3Ordained BishopFernando Mario Chávez RuvalcabaBishop of Zacatecas, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
52.7InstalledSalvatore GristinaBishop of Acireale, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
55.3AppointedFrancisco-Javier Lozano SebastiánApostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic ofApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Romania
55.8Ordained BishopRaúl Antonio Martinez ParedesBishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, GuatemalaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala
59.7Ordained BishopSalvatore NunnariArchbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
21 Mar75.2DiedEugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
103.4DiedJohn Linus PaschangBishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
69.9InstalledNatalino PescaroloBishop of Cuneo, ItalyBishop Emeritus
24 Mar54.8AppointedBruno Pedron, S.D.B. †Coadjutor Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
77.2RetiredCarmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. †Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, BrazilAbbot Emeritus
48.7AppointedOrani João Tempesta, O. Cist.Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.8InstalledJosé Antônio Aparecido Tosi MarquesArchbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
25 Mar59.1AppointedLuigi BressanArchbishop of Trento, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
49.7InstalledFrederick Joseph ColliBishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
52.5Ordained BishopLouis DicaireTitular Bishop of ThizicaAuxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
58.5InstalledPaul Stephen LoverdeBishop of Arlington, Virginia, USABishop Emeritus
53.3Ordained BishopAnthony ManciniTitular Bishop of NatchitochesArchbishop Emeritus of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
67.3AppointedUmberto TrammaOfficial of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
54.2AppointedLuigi VenturaApostolic Nuncio to ChileApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
26 Mar76.6RetiredLuis Aponte MartínezArchbishop of San Juan de Puerto RicoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.3AppointedPaul Bùi Văn ÐọcBishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet NamArchbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
88.8DiedCarlo FantonAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
48.8AppointedRoberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
77.0RetiredAndré Nguyễn Văn NamBishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
30 Mar92.3DiedManuel Pedro da Cunha CintraBishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
76.8DiedClemente Riva, I.C. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
31 Mar59.2AppointedDiego CauseroApostolic Nuncio to SyriaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
Apr75.3RetiredRomeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †Apostolic Nuncio to IranApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
2 Apr84.0DiedManuel António PiresBishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola
3 Apr39.8AppointedSergio Alfredo FenoyAuxiliary Bishop of Rosario, ArgentinaArchbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
39.8AppointedSergio Alfredo FenoyTitular Bishop of SatafisArchbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
5 Apr69.1DiedUgo Donato BianchiArchbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
59.3SelectedJoseph Roduit, C.R.A. †Abbot of Saint-Maurice, SwitzerlandAbbot Emeritus
6 Apr62.0AppointedAntonio FrancoApostolic Nuncio to PhilippinesApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel
8 Apr27.8Ordained PriestVincent NellaiparambilPriest of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop
9 Apr91.5DiedRaúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
10 Apr75.5RetiredSevero Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, PeruAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.4Ordained BishopBalázs BábelCoadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, HungaryArchbishop
44.2Ordained BishopDieudonné BogmisTitular Bishop of GadiaufalaBishop of Eséka, Cameroon
33.0Ordained PriestPaolo BorgiaPriest of Manfredonia-Vieste, ItalyApostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
51.2Ordained BishopButi Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South AfricaArchbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Apr58.8Ordained BishopGilbert Marcel Henri LouisBishop of Châlons, FranceBishop Emeritus
52.8Ordained BishopOdon Marie Arsène RazanakolonaBishop of Ambanja, MadagascarArchbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo, Madagascar
27.1Ordained PriestRoberto Carlos Zacarías LópezPriest of Ciudad del Este, ParaguayBishop of Canindeyú, Paraguay
12 Apr78.1DiedVartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
14 Apr48.1AppointedWilliam Enrique Delgado SilvaBishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus of Cabimas, Venezuela
29.1Ordained PriestGeorge Toufik KhouryPriest of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), SyriaBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
50.1AppointedMario del Valle Moronta RodríguezBishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
16 Apr49.1AppointedFelix GennAuxiliary Bishop of Trier, GermanyBishop of Münster, Germany
49.1AppointedFelix GennTitular Bishop of UzalisBishop of Münster, Germany
58.8SucceededNicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
60.3AppointedWerner ThissenAuxiliary Bishop of Münster, GermanyArchbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
60.3AppointedWerner ThissenTitular Bishop of ScampaArchbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
17 Apr56.9Ordained BishopPietro FarinaBishop of Alife-Caiazzo, ItalyBishop of Caserta, Italy
46.4Ordained BishopChristopher KakoozaTitular Bishop of Casae in NumidiaBishop of Lugazi, Uganda
18 Apr56.4Ordained BishopAntónio Maria Bessa TaipaTitular Bishop of TabboraAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
19 Apr65.1AppointedAusten Robin Crapp, O.F.M. †Bishop of Aitape, Papua New GuineaBishop Emeritus
28.9Ordained PriestBenny Varghese EdathattelPriest of Kohima, IndiaBishop of Itanagar, India
55.5AppointedThomas KaboréBishop of Kaya, Burkina FasoBishop Emeritus
64.5AppointedHenk Kronenberg, S.M. †Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New GuineaBishop Emeritus
79.2RetiredBernard MabulaBishop of Singida, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
46.5AppointedMichael Gorō MatsuuraAuxiliary Bishop of Osaka, JapanBishop of Nagoya, Japan
46.5AppointedMichael Gorō MatsuuraTitular Bishop of SfasferiaBishop of Nagoya, Japan
51.9AppointedDesiderius M. RwomaBishop of Singida, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
20 Apr78.1InstalledAntonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte TestaccioCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
52.2Ordained BishopThomas James OlmstedCoadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
21 Apr60.3Ordained BishopFrancis Teke LysingeBishop of Mamfe, CameroonBishop Emeritus
56.4AppointedAndré Armand Vingt-TroisArchbishop of Tours, FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
22 Apr77.8DiedAntonio Lloren MabutasArchbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
94.1DiedPlinio PascoliAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23 Apr51.8AppointedLuis Quinteiro FiuzaAuxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, SpainBishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain
51.8AppointedLuis Quinteiro FiuzaTitular Bishop of FuerteventuraBishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain
24 Apr45.1AppointedGrzegorz BalcerekAuxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
45.1AppointedGrzegorz BalcerekTitular Bishop of SelendetaAuxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
26.2Ordained PriestAmancio Francisco Benítez CandiaPriest of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, ParaguayBishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay
31.4Ordained PriestLuiz Gonçalves KnuppPriest of Maringá, Parana, BrazilBishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
41.7AppointedWłodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M.Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), PolandBishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland
30.9Ordained PriestGeorges MasriPriest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop
47.6AppointedLawrence MukkuzhyBishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar), India
64.5AppointedMiguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
24.8Ordained PriestMassimiliano PalinuroPriest of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, ItalyVicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
49.6AppointedTadeusz PikusAuxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, PolandBishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
49.6AppointedTadeusz PikusTitular Bishop of LysiniaBishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
50.7AppointedSalvador Emilio Riverón CortinaAuxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
50.7AppointedSalvador Emilio Riverón CortinaTitular Bishop of VergiAuxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
50.9Ordained BishopJoseph Mugenyi SabiitiTitular Bishop of Maximiana in NumidiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
58.5AppointedSilvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.Titular Archbishop of AcelumCardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
25 Apr27.4Ordained PriestBob John Hassan KoromaPriest of Makeni, Sierra LeoneBishop
30.1Ordained PriestAlbert HemromPriest of Dibrugarh, IndiaBishop
56.7InstalledArrigo MiglioBishop of Ivrea, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
29.7Ordained PriestJaime Cesar Ortiz de Lazcano PiquerPriest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
26 Apr75.4DiedJohann Bernard Wilhelm Maria MöllerBishop of Groningen, Netherlands
27 Apr49.3AppointedJesús Esteban Catalá IbáñezBishop of Alcalá de Henares, SpainBishop of Málaga, Spain
26.4Perpetual VowsDavid Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC.Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryAuxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
60.3AppointedFrancesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B.Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the SacramentsArchbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
28 Apr84.4DiedJoseph-Marie-Georges-Michel GoupyBishop Emeritus of Blois, France
29 Apr64.9AppointedMarcel Paul HerriotBishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), FranceBishop Emeritus
56.3AppointedGiuseppe LeanzaApostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and HerzegovinaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic
30 Apr52.6AppointedMarc Camille Michel StengerBishop of Troyes, FranceBishop Emeritus
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