The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Aug 56.6 Ordained Bishop Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

91.8 Died Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. † Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile

2 Aug 86.2 Died Raimundo de Castro e Silva † Bishop Emeritus of Oeiras, Brazil

70.5 Died John Francis Whealon † Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

3 Aug 57.8 Ordained Bishop Francis Némé Baïssari † Titular Bishop of Aradus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

47.5 Ordained Bishop Abraham Kattumana † Titular Archbishop of Cebarades Official of the Roman Curia - Other

50.5 Ordained Bishop Paul Youssef Matar Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon

26.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Mark Spalding Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

4 Aug 24.8 Ordained Priest Gilson Andrade da Silva Priest of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

27.4 Ordained Priest Emílio Sumbelelo Priest of Benguela, Angola Bishop of Viana, Angola

5 Aug 62.0 Appointed Lajos Bálint † Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania Archbishop Emeritus

8 Aug 78.0 Died Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez † Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela

10 Aug 70.6 Died Pedro Filipak † Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

51.4 Died Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola

29.9 Ordained Deacon Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap. Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

68.1 Succeeded Conrado Walter, S.A.C. † Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

11 Aug 59.6 Ordained Bishop Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. † Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina Prelate Emeritus

72.8 Died Miguel González Ibarra † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

12 Aug 88.3 Died Matthias Buchholz, M.S.C. † Prefect Emeritus of Shiqian [Shihtsien], China

13 Aug 65.4 Appointed Enrique San Pedro, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA Bishop

14 Aug 51.5 Appointed Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

15 Aug 25.3 Ordained Priest Miguel Ángel Espinoza Garza Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Coadjutor Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México

62.6 Installed Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

55.4 Ordained Bishop Luis Gleisner Wobbe Titular Bishop of Mididi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

28.1 Ordained Priest Luis Manuel López Alfaro Priest of Toluca, México, México Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México

16 Aug 18.3 Entered Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada

75.5 Died Raymond James Vonesh † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

17 Aug 28.8 Ordained Priest Martín Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Lwena, Angola

46.9 Installed Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. † Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

18 Aug 28.6 Entered Pierre Charland, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada

96.9 Died Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

53.3 Ordained Bishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote † Bishop of Kotido, Uganda Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda

19 Aug 24.4 Entered Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

90.2 Died Faustino M. Tissot, S.X. † Bishop Emeritus of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China

20 Aug 75.1 Retired Eric Gerard Perkins † Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

21 Aug 80.8 Died Antonio Giuseppe Angioni † Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy

70.0 Retired Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

58.8 Succeeded Thomas Joseph Murphy † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

22 Aug 69.3 Appointed Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. † Theologian of the Prefecture of the Papal Household Cardinal, Theologian Emeritus

66.7 Appointed Lajos Kada † Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Apostolic Nuncio

84.5 Died William J. Philbin † Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

85.3 Died Orazio Semeraro † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy

23 Aug 75.1 Retired Juan Antonio del Val Gallo † Bishop of Santander, Spain Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed José Vilaplana Blasco Bishop of Santander, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

24 Aug 76.7 Died Cesare Zacchi † President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

25 Aug 28.8 Ordained Priest Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Aug 55.3 Installed Barry James Hickey Archbishop of Perth, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

89.0 Died Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

91.7 Died Gioacchino Muccin † Bishop Emeritus of Belluno e Feltre, Italy

72.8 Resigned Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

28 Aug 75.3 Retired Alejo Benedicto Gilligan † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Antonín Liška, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed José Vittorio Tommasí † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

34.6 Solemn Vows José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Archbishop of Panamá

29 Aug 63.8 Ordained Bishop Raymond Emil Goedert † Titular Bishop of Tamazeni Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

31 Aug 66.4 Appointed Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † Bishop of Warri, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

45.2 Ordained Bishop Johannes Kreidler Titular Bishop of Edistiana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

59.5 Appointed Alexius Obabu Makozi † Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

43.7 Ordained Bishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

69.2 Resigned Simon Tonyé † Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus

60.8 Appointed Christian Wiyghan Tumi † Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Aug	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
91.8	Died	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
2 Aug	86.2	Died	Raimundo de Castro e Silva †	Bishop Emeritus of Oeiras, Brazil
70.5	Died	John Francis Whealon †	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
3 Aug	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Francis Némé Baïssari †	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Kattumana †	Titular Archbishop of Cebarades	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul Youssef Matar	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
26.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mark Spalding	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aug	24.8	Ordained Priest	Gilson Andrade da Silva	Priest of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27.4	Ordained Priest	Emílio Sumbelelo	Priest of Benguela, Angola	Bishop of Viana, Angola
5 Aug	62.0	Appointed	Lajos Bálint †	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Aug	78.0	Died	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
10 Aug	70.6	Died	Pedro Filipak †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
51.4	Died	Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
29.9	Ordained Deacon	Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap.	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
68.1	Succeeded	Conrado Walter, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
11 Aug	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. †	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
72.8	Died	Miguel González Ibarra †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
12 Aug	88.3	Died	Matthias Buchholz, M.S.C. †	Prefect Emeritus of Shiqian [Shihtsien], China
13 Aug	65.4	Appointed	Enrique San Pedro, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop
14 Aug	51.5	Appointed	Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 Aug	25.3	Ordained Priest	Miguel Ángel Espinoza Garza	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Coadjutor Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
62.6	Installed	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Luis Gleisner Wobbe	Titular Bishop of Mididi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
28.1	Ordained Priest	Luis Manuel López Alfaro	Priest of Toluca, México, México	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
16 Aug	18.3	Entered	Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada
75.5	Died	Raymond James Vonesh †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
17 Aug	28.8	Ordained Priest	Martín Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Lwena, Angola
46.9	Installed	Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
18 Aug	28.6	Entered	Pierre Charland, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada
96.9	Died	Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Denis Kiwanuka Lote †	Bishop of Kotido, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
19 Aug	24.4	Entered	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
90.2	Died	Faustino M. Tissot, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China
20 Aug	75.1	Retired	Eric Gerard Perkins †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 Aug	80.8	Died	Antonio Giuseppe Angioni †	Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
70.0	Retired	Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
58.8	Succeeded	Thomas Joseph Murphy †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
22 Aug	69.3	Appointed	Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. †	Theologian of the Prefecture of the Papal Household	Cardinal, Theologian Emeritus
66.7	Appointed	Lajos Kada †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Apostolic Nuncio
84.5	Died	William J. Philbin †	Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
85.3	Died	Orazio Semeraro †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
23 Aug	75.1	Retired	Juan Antonio del Val Gallo †	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	José Vilaplana Blasco	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
24 Aug	76.7	Died	Cesare Zacchi †	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
25 Aug	28.8	Ordained Priest	Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Aug	55.3	Installed	Barry James Hickey	Archbishop of Perth, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
89.0	Died	Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
91.7	Died	Gioacchino Muccin †	Bishop Emeritus of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
72.8	Resigned	Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Aug	75.3	Retired	Alejo Benedicto Gilligan †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Antonín Liška, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	José Vittorio Tommasí †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
34.6	Solemn Vows	José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Archbishop of Panamá
29 Aug	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Emil Goedert †	Titular Bishop of Tamazeni	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 Aug	66.4	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Kreidler	Titular Bishop of Edistiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
59.5	Appointed	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
43.7	Ordained Bishop	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
69.2	Resigned	Simon Tonyé †	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
60.8	Appointed	Christian Wiyghan Tumi †	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

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