The Year of Our Lord 1993

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	31.0	Professed	Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S.	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	75.9	Selected	[Benedict Cai Xiufeng] †	Bishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China
	52.9	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic	Apostolic Nuncio
	22.4	Ordained Deacon	Michael Gerard Duignan	Deacon of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Paul He Zinqing	Priest	Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
	22.6	Entered	Francesco Ielpo, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Custodian of the Custody of the Holy Land
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Benjamin Kituto Maswili, A.J.	Priest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries
	53.4	Resigned	Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R.	Superior General of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
	75.5	Ceased	[John Liu Ding-han], S.J. †	Administrator of [Langfang (Patriotic), China]	Bishop Emeritus of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
	83.0	Appointed	[Louis Liu Huanbo] †	Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
	73.4	Selected	Mathew Luo Duxi (Lo Tou-xy) †	Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China
	27.4	Professed	Petru Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
	48.9	Incardinated	Robert Michael McGuckin	Priest of Parramatta, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia
	50.0	Appointed	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	30.6	Professed	Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S.	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan
	43.8	Incardinated	György Snell †	Priest of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop
	79.6	Appointed	Paul Song Wei-li, C.M. †	Bishop of [Langfang (Patriotic), China]
	25.7	Ordained Deacon	Dennis Cabanada Villarojo	Deacon of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
		Appointed	Wang Feili	Bishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China
	61.3	Appointed	Thomas Anthony White †	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand	Apostolic Nuncio
	49.1	Incardinated	Boghos Lévon Zékiyan	Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
Jan	37.6	Incardinated	Brian Edwin Charles Butterley Ferme	Priest of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Secretary of the Council for the Economy
1 Jan	67.1	Appointed	Giovanni Coppa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	67.1	Appointed	Giovanni Coppa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	26.1	Ordained Priest	John Lee Juo-Wang	Priest of Tainan, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan	28.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Salvatore Baturi	Priest of Catania, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	81.1	Died	Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Titular Bishop of Alexanum	Bishop Emeritus of Tainan, Taiwan
	51.8	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Titular Archbishop of Sarda	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.8	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.8	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio
3 Jan	29.8	Ordained Priest	Paul Kariuki Njiru	Priest of Embu, Kenya	Bishop of Wote, Kenya
3 Jan	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. †	Bishop of Tarma, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
4 Jan	75.3	Died	Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †	Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
6 Jan	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Diego Causero	Titular Archbishop of Meta	Apostolic Nuncio
	38.6	Ordained Deacon	Pierre Huynh Văn Hai	Deacon of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam	Bishop
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Jan Kopiec	Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus	Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Henry Joseph Mansell	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle	Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Elmo Noel Joseph Perera †	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka
	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Elio Sgreccia †	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
	71.8	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Sposito †	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Caere	Bishop Emeritus of Chosica, Peru
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Csaba Ternyák	Titular Bishop of Eminentiana	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Marian Tomasik	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Alojz Uran †	Titular Bishop of Abula	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
8 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
8 Jan	76.3	Retired	Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Jan	27.6	Ordained Priest	Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo	Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
9 Jan	54.4	Resigned	Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Jan	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A.	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
12 Jan	81.6	Died	Honoré Joseph Marie Jouneaux, O.M.I. †	Prefect Emeritus of Pala, Chad
12 Jan	51.4	Installed	Gabriel Villaruz Reyes	Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
16 Jan	72.8	Died	Jan Gurda †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
16 Jan	82.9	Died	Benvenuto Matteucci †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
18 Jan	68.3	Died	Herberto Celso Angelo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
19 Jan	67.5	Appointed	Ennio Appignanesi †	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jan	75.9	Retired	Giuseppe Vairo †	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jan	50.1	Appointed	Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
22 Jan	58.3	Installed	Eusebius Joseph Beltran †	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Jan	60.2	Resigned	Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland
24 Jan	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Iby	Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	35.6	Incardinated	Gaetano Castello	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
26 Jan	75.5	Retired	James Louis Schad †	Auxiliary Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.2	Appointed	James Anthony Tamayo	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Bishop of Laredo, Texas, USA
	43.2	Appointed	James Anthony Tamayo	Titular Bishop of Ita	Bishop of Laredo, Texas, USA
29 Jan	28.2	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Jung Shin-chul	Priest of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)	Bishop
29 Jan	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir †	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Jan	24.0	Ordained Priest	Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto	Priest of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop of Soacha, Colombia
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Bober	Titular Bishop of Vissalsa	Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	52.2	Appointed	Juan Carlos Maccarone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	52.2	Appointed	Juan Carlos Maccarone †	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	64.6	Appointed	Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	23.5	Professed	Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
	21.6	Professed	Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Juan Espinoza Jiménez	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
	36.5	Ordained Deacon	Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz	Deacon of Opus Dei	Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile
	29.6	Ordained Deacon	Anthony Muheria	Deacon of Opus Dei	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
	80.0	Died	Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Feb	90.0	Died	William Brasseur, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
1 Feb	53.0	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Feb	60.3	Installed	Bertrand Blanchet †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.3	Retired	Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Opus Dei †	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	62.6	Succeeded	Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago †	Titular Bishop of Autenti	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
4 Feb	84.4	Died	Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
6 Feb	26.4	Ordained Priest	Sérgio de Deus Borges	Priest of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
	38.7	Perpetual Vows	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
	27.8	Ordained Priest	José Roberto Fortes Palau	Priest of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7 Feb	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Julián Barrio Barrio	Titular Bishop of Sasabe	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel	Bishop of Raipur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Raipur, India
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Albert D’Souza	Bishop of Lucknow, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Kishore Kumar Kujur	Priest of Sambalpur, India	Bishop of Rourkela, India
8 Feb	50.9	Appointed	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
10 Feb	63.8	Appointed	James McLoughlin †	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb	49.3	Ordained Bishop	William Martin Morris	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Rusicade	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
11 Feb	63.9	Appointed	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio
12 Feb	81.3	Died	Miguel Peinado Peinado †	Bishop Emeritus of Jaén, Spain
13 Feb	55.8	Appointed	José María Arancibia	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Feb	24.9	Ordained Priest	Antonio José Valín Valdés	Priest of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain
15 Feb	77.0	Retired	Jean Margéot †	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	51.5	Succeeded	Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	48.9	Appointed	Flavio Calle Zapata	Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ibagué, Colombia
	66.6	Appointed	Giulio Nicolini †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	79.0	Retired	Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo †	Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb	75.5	Retired	Luigi Accogli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio
	76.7	Retired	Giovanni Pes †	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.5	Appointed	Antonio Vacca †	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Marco Kur Adwok	Titular Bishop of Moxori	Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan
20 Feb	64.6	Appointed	Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	88.4	Died	Bernhard Stein †	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
22 Feb	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Titular Archbishop of Sarda	Apostolic Nuncio
22 Feb	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I.	Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	68.8	Appointed	Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas †	Bishop of Imus, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
26 Feb	76.6	Died	Giulio Oggioni †	Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
27 Feb	75.3	Retired	Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.7	Retired	Albin Małysiak, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.1	Died	Vilhelms Ņukšs †	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
	75.3	Retired	Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	95.4	Died	Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

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