The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 79.6 Died Stanislaus Joseph Brzana † Bishop Emeritus of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

28.5 Ordained Priest José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina

44.1 Ordained Bishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga † Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

52.3 Ordained Bishop József Tamás Titular Bishop of Valabria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

2 Mar 24.2 Ordained Priest Vasyl Hovera Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)

3 Mar 49.9 Appointed John ’Oke Afareha Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed John ’Oke Afareha Titular Bishop of Mina Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria

76.8 Retired Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga † Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

48.0 Succeeded Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. Bishop of Warri, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

56.9 Appointed Joseph Oforishe Egerega † Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Joseph Oforishe Egerega † Titular Bishop of Tanudaia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria

75.9 Retired Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

72.0 Resigned Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † Bishop of Warri, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

65.1 Appointed Emmanuel Kataliko † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

51.6 Appointed Gabriel Kujur, S.J. Bishop of Daltonganj, India Bishop Emeritus

83.1 Died William Edward McManus † Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

66.5 Appointed Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

42.4 Appointed Paul Yoshinao Otsuka Bishop of Kyōto, Japan

59.7 Appointed Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Niamey, Niger Bishop Emeritus

69.5 Resigned Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka † Bishop of Kyōto, Japan Bishop Emeritus

32.0 Ordained Priest Fulgence Aloysius Tigga Priest of Muzaffarpur, India Bishop of Raiganj, India

4 Mar 67.3 Died Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad † Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

5 Mar 61.0 Appointed José da Cruz Policarpo † Coadjutor Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Franc Rodé, C.M. Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

76.3 Retired Alojzij Šuštar † Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Archbishop Emeritus

82.6 Died Karmelo Zazinović † Bishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

6 Mar 82.5 Died José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto † Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

7 Mar 93.2 Died José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares † Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

70.9 Resigned Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

47.9 Appointed Eugenio Romero Pose † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

47.9 Appointed Eugenio Romero Pose † Titular Bishop of Turuda Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

8 Mar 45.7 Ordained Bishop Pablo Vizcaino Prado Bishop of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu, Guatemala

9 Mar 57.0 Ordained Bishop Jean-Charles Marie Descubes Bishop of Agen, France Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

51.2 Ordained Bishop Luiz Antônio Guedes Titular Bishop of Maturba Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.1 Ordained Bishop Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Lamphua Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

10 Mar 74.1 Appointed José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Apostolic Nuncio to Libya Apostolic Nuncio

56.0 Appointed Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

56.0 Appointed Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Saldae Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya

86.7 Retired Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

101.1 Died Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark

11 Mar 55.5 Appointed José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México

55.5 Appointed José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda Titular Bishop of Naratcata Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México

27.5 First Vows Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P. Member of Order of Friars Preachers Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

13 Mar 57.0 Installed John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

14 Mar 42.7 Ordained Bishop Paul-André Durocher Titular Bishop of Ausuaga Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada

15 Mar 48.6 Appointed Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

48.6 Appointed Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

45.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

58.4 Appointed Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez Prelate of Yauyos, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

16 Mar 43.7 Ordained Bishop Jean Damascène Bimenyimana † Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda

74.7 Died Pierre Callaos † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

17 Mar 53.5 Ordained Bishop Sergio Lasam Utleg Coadjutor Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines

65.4 Installed John Walter Yanta † Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Mar 52.4 Appointed Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

62.1 Appointed Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia

51.7 Appointed Christie Albert Macaluso Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Christie Albert Macaluso Titular Bishop of Grass Valley Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

54.9 Appointed Mário Rino Sivieri † Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25.4 Ordained Deacon Bruno Varriano, O.F.M. Deacon of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

19 Mar 56.1 Ordained Bishop José Luis Chávez Botello Titular Bishop of Cova Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

37.2 Ordained Bishop John Chen Cangbao Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], China

45.9 Ordained Bishop José Vicente Conejero Gallego Coadjutor Bishop of Formosa, Argentina Bishop

29.3 Perpetual Vows Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste

54.7 Ordained Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn † Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina

53.5 Ordained Bishop José Trinidad González Rodríguez † Titular Bishop of Menefessi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

57.2 Ordained Bishop Ante Ivas Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

58.1 Ordained Bishop Jesús Moliné Labarte Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru Bishop Emeritus

25.9 Ordained Priest Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín Priest of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México

20 Mar 76.2 Retired Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

22 Mar 57.6 Ordained Bishop Alexis Habiyambere, S.J. Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

23 Mar 78.2 Died Timothy Joseph Harrington † Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

25 Mar 63.7 Appointed John Bulaitis † Apostolic Nuncio to Albania Apostolic Nuncio

50.1 Appointed Thomas Christopher Collins Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

26 Mar 75.2 Retired Leonard James Crowley † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27 Mar 57.3 Appointed Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny Bishop of Blois, France Bishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Giovanni Pisanu † Bishop of Ozieri, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Sebastiano Sanguinetti Bishop of Ozieri, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

83.5 Died Joseph Gustave François Wicquart † Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France

29 Mar 66.4 Appointed Gerardo Tomás Farrell † Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

82.2 Died Mario Picchi, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina

31 Mar 45.8 Ordained Bishop Jesse Eugenio Mercado Titular Bishop of Talaptula Bishop of Parañaque, Philippines

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	79.6	Died	Stanislaus Joseph Brzana †	Bishop Emeritus of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
28.5	Ordained Priest	José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Cyprian Kizito Lwanga †	Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
52.3	Ordained Bishop	József Tamás	Titular Bishop of Valabria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
2 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Vasyl Hovera	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)
3 Mar	49.9	Appointed	John ’Oke Afareha	Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	John ’Oke Afareha	Titular Bishop of Mina	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
76.8	Retired	Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga †	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
48.0	Succeeded	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
56.9	Appointed	Joseph Oforishe Egerega †	Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Joseph Oforishe Egerega †	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria
75.9	Retired	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
72.0	Resigned	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Emmanuel Kataliko †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
51.6	Appointed	Gabriel Kujur, S.J.	Bishop of Daltonganj, India	Bishop Emeritus
83.1	Died	William Edward McManus †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
66.5	Appointed	Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M.	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
42.4	Appointed	Paul Yoshinao Otsuka	Bishop of Kyōto, Japan
59.7	Appointed	Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Niamey, Niger	Bishop Emeritus
69.5	Resigned	Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka †	Bishop of Kyōto, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
32.0	Ordained Priest	Fulgence Aloysius Tigga	Priest of Muzaffarpur, India	Bishop of Raiganj, India
4 Mar	67.3	Died	Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad †	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
5 Mar	61.0	Appointed	José da Cruz Policarpo †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
76.3	Retired	Alojzij Šuštar †	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
82.6	Died	Karmelo Zazinović †	Bishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
6 Mar	82.5	Died	José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Mar	93.2	Died	José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.9	Resigned	Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando †	Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
47.9	Appointed	Eugenio Romero Pose †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
47.9	Appointed	Eugenio Romero Pose †	Titular Bishop of Turuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
8 Mar	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Vizcaino Prado	Bishop of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu, Guatemala
9 Mar	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Charles Marie Descubes	Bishop of Agen, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Antônio Guedes	Titular Bishop of Maturba	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
10 Mar	74.1	Appointed	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio
56.0	Appointed	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
86.7	Retired	Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
101.1	Died	Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
11 Mar	55.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
55.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
27.5	First Vows	Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
13 Mar	57.0	Installed	John Huston Ricard, S.S.J.	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
14 Mar	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul-André Durocher	Titular Bishop of Ausuaga	Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada
15 Mar	48.6	Appointed	Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez	Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba	Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
48.6	Appointed	Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ozoria Acosta	Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
58.4	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
16 Mar	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean Damascène Bimenyimana †	Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda
74.7	Died	Pierre Callaos †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
17 Mar	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Lasam Utleg	Coadjutor Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines
65.4	Installed	John Walter Yanta †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	52.4	Appointed	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
62.1	Appointed	Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S.	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia
51.7	Appointed	Christie Albert Macaluso	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Christie Albert Macaluso	Titular Bishop of Grass Valley	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
54.9	Appointed	Mário Rino Sivieri †	Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25.4	Ordained Deacon	Bruno Varriano, O.F.M.	Deacon of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
19 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	José Luis Chávez Botello	Titular Bishop of Cova	Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
37.2	Ordained Bishop	John Chen Cangbao	Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], China
45.9	Ordained Bishop	José Vicente Conejero Gallego	Coadjutor Bishop of Formosa, Argentina	Bishop
29.3	Perpetual Vows	Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Luis Guillermo Eichhorn †	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
53.5	Ordained Bishop	José Trinidad González Rodríguez †	Titular Bishop of Menefessi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Ante Ivas	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Moliné Labarte	Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
25.9	Ordained Priest	Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín	Priest of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México	Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
20 Mar	76.2	Retired	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
22 Mar	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Alexis Habiyambere, S.J.	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	78.2	Died	Timothy Joseph Harrington †	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
25 Mar	63.7	Appointed	John Bulaitis †	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania	Apostolic Nuncio
50.1	Appointed	Thomas Christopher Collins	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 Mar	75.2	Retired	Leonard James Crowley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	57.3	Appointed	Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Giovanni Pisanu †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
83.5	Died	Joseph Gustave François Wicquart †	Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
29 Mar	66.4	Appointed	Gerardo Tomás Farrell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
82.2	Died	Mario Picchi, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
31 Mar	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Jesse Eugenio Mercado	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Bishop of Parañaque, Philippines

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