The Year of Our Lord 1999

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Apr 75.3 Retired Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Nuncio to Iran Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

2 Apr 84.0 Died Manuel António Pires † Bishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola

3 Apr 39.8 Appointed Sergio Alfredo Fenoy Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina

39.8 Appointed Sergio Alfredo Fenoy Titular Bishop of Satafis Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina

5 Apr 69.1 Died Ugo Donato Bianchi † Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

59.3 Selected Joseph Roduit, C.R.A. † Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

6 Apr 62.0 Appointed Antonio Franco Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel

8 Apr 27.8 Ordained Priest Vincent Nellaiparambil Priest of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop

9 Apr 91.5 Died Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

10 Apr 75.5 Retired Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Ordained Bishop Balázs Bábel Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary Archbishop

44.2 Ordained Bishop Dieudonné Bogmis † Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon

33.0 Ordained Priest Paolo Borgia Priest of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

51.2 Ordained Bishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa

11 Apr 58.8 Ordained Bishop Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis Bishop of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Ordained Bishop Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo, Madagascar

27.1 Ordained Priest Roberto Carlos Zacarías López Priest of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay Bishop of Canindeyú, Paraguay

12 Apr 78.1 Died Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran

14 Apr 48.1 Appointed William Enrique Delgado Silva Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of Cabimas, Venezuela

29.1 Ordained Priest George Toufik Khoury Priest of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil

50.1 Appointed Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

16 Apr 49.1 Appointed Felix Genn Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany Bishop of Münster, Germany

49.1 Appointed Felix Genn Titular Bishop of Uzalis Bishop of Münster, Germany

58.8 Succeeded Nicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China

60.3 Appointed Werner Thissen Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

60.3 Appointed Werner Thissen Titular Bishop of Scampa Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

17 Apr 31.6 Ordained Deacon Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I. Deacon of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Mongu, Zambia

56.9 Ordained Bishop Pietro Farina † Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy Bishop of Caserta, Italy

46.4 Ordained Bishop Christopher Kakooza Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia Bishop of Lugazi, Uganda

18 Apr 56.4 Ordained Bishop António Maria Bessa Taipa Titular Bishop of Tabbora Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

19 Apr 65.1 Appointed Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. † Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

28.9 Ordained Priest Benny Varghese Edathattel Priest of Kohima, India Bishop of Itanagar, India

55.5 Appointed Thomas Kaboré Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

64.5 Appointed Henk Kronenberg, S.M. † Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

79.2 Retired Bernard Mabula † Bishop of Singida, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

46.5 Appointed Michael Gorō Matsuura Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan Bishop of Nagoya, Japan

46.5 Appointed Michael Gorō Matsuura Titular Bishop of Sfasferia Bishop of Nagoya, Japan

51.9 Appointed Desiderius M. Rwoma Bishop of Singida, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania

20 Apr 78.1 Installed Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

52.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas James Olmsted Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

21 Apr 60.3 Ordained Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed André Armand Vingt-Trois Archbishop of Tours, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

22 Apr 77.8 Died Antonio Lloren Mabutas † Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines

94.1 Died Plinio Pascoli † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

23 Apr 51.8 Appointed Luis Quinteiro Fiuza Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain

51.8 Appointed Luis Quinteiro Fiuza Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain

24 Apr 45.1 Appointed Grzegorz Balcerek Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

45.1 Appointed Grzegorz Balcerek Titular Bishop of Selendeta Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

26.2 Ordained Priest Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia Priest of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay

31.4 Ordained Priest Luiz Gonçalves Knupp Priest of Maringá, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

41.7 Appointed Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland

30.9 Ordained Priest Georges Masri Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop

47.6 Appointed Lawrence Mukkuzhy Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar), India

64.5 Appointed Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. † Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina Bishop Emeritus

24.8 Ordained Priest Massimiliano Palinuro Priest of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey

49.6 Appointed Tadeusz Pikus Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

49.6 Appointed Tadeusz Pikus Titular Bishop of Lysinia Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

50.7 Appointed Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina † Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

50.7 Appointed Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina † Titular Bishop of Vergi Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

50.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda

58.5 Appointed Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S. Titular Archbishop of Acelum Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva

25 Apr 27.4 Ordained Priest Bob John Hassan Koroma Priest of Makeni, Sierra Leone Bishop

30.1 Ordained Priest Albert Hemrom Priest of Dibrugarh, India Bishop

56.7 Installed Arrigo Miglio Bishop of Ivrea, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

29.7 Ordained Priest Jaime Cesar Ortiz de Lazcano Piquer Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy

26 Apr 75.4 Died Johann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller † Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands

27 Apr 49.3 Appointed Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain Bishop of Málaga, Spain

26.4 Perpetual Vows David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC. Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador

60.3 Appointed Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B. Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

28 Apr 84.4 Died Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy † Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France

29 Apr 64.9 Appointed Marcel Paul Herriot † Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Giuseppe Leanza Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic

30 Apr 52.6 Appointed Marc Camille Michel Stenger Bishop of Troyes, France Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	75.3	Retired	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
2 Apr	84.0	Died	Manuel António Pires †	Bishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola
3 Apr	39.8	Appointed	Sergio Alfredo Fenoy	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
39.8	Appointed	Sergio Alfredo Fenoy	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
5 Apr	69.1	Died	Ugo Donato Bianchi †	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
59.3	Selected	Joseph Roduit, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
6 Apr	62.0	Appointed	Antonio Franco	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel
8 Apr	27.8	Ordained Priest	Vincent Nellaiparambil	Priest of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
9 Apr	91.5	Died	Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
10 Apr	75.5	Retired	Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Balázs Bábel	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary	Archbishop
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Dieudonné Bogmis †	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
33.0	Ordained Priest	Paolo Borgia	Priest of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa	Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Apr	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo, Madagascar
27.1	Ordained Priest	Roberto Carlos Zacarías López	Priest of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Bishop of Canindeyú, Paraguay
12 Apr	78.1	Died	Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
14 Apr	48.1	Appointed	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Cabimas, Venezuela
29.1	Ordained Priest	George Toufik Khoury	Priest of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
50.1	Appointed	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
16 Apr	49.1	Appointed	Felix Genn	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
49.1	Appointed	Felix Genn	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop of Münster, Germany
58.8	Succeeded	Nicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
60.3	Appointed	Werner Thissen	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
60.3	Appointed	Werner Thissen	Titular Bishop of Scampa	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
17 Apr	31.6	Ordained Deacon	Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I.	Deacon of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Mongu, Zambia
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Farina †	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Kakooza	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Bishop of Lugazi, Uganda
18 Apr	56.4	Ordained Bishop	António Maria Bessa Taipa	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
19 Apr	65.1	Appointed	Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
28.9	Ordained Priest	Benny Varghese Edathattel	Priest of Kohima, India	Bishop of Itanagar, India
55.5	Appointed	Thomas Kaboré	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Henk Kronenberg, S.M. †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
79.2	Retired	Bernard Mabula †	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Appointed	Michael Gorō Matsuura	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan
46.5	Appointed	Michael Gorō Matsuura	Titular Bishop of Sfasferia	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan
51.9	Appointed	Desiderius M. Rwoma	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
20 Apr	78.1	Installed	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas James Olmsted	Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
21 Apr	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Teke Lysinge	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	André Armand Vingt-Trois	Archbishop of Tours, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
22 Apr	77.8	Died	Antonio Lloren Mabutas †	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
94.1	Died	Plinio Pascoli †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23 Apr	51.8	Appointed	Luis Quinteiro Fiuza	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain
51.8	Appointed	Luis Quinteiro Fiuza	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain
24 Apr	45.1	Appointed	Grzegorz Balcerek	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
45.1	Appointed	Grzegorz Balcerek	Titular Bishop of Selendeta	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
26.2	Ordained Priest	Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia	Priest of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay	Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay
31.4	Ordained Priest	Luiz Gonçalves Knupp	Priest of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
41.7	Appointed	Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland	Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland
30.9	Ordained Priest	Georges Masri	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop
47.6	Appointed	Lawrence Mukkuzhy	Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar), India
64.5	Appointed	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Massimiliano Palinuro	Priest of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
49.6	Appointed	Tadeusz Pikus	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
49.6	Appointed	Tadeusz Pikus	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
50.7	Appointed	Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
50.7	Appointed	Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina †	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
58.5	Appointed	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Acelum	Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
25 Apr	27.4	Ordained Priest	Bob John Hassan Koroma	Priest of Makeni, Sierra Leone	Bishop
30.1	Ordained Priest	Albert Hemrom	Priest of Dibrugarh, India	Bishop
56.7	Installed	Arrigo Miglio	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
29.7	Ordained Priest	Jaime Cesar Ortiz de Lazcano Piquer	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
26 Apr	75.4	Died	Johann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
27 Apr	49.3	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
26.4	Perpetual Vows	David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
60.3	Appointed	Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B.	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
28 Apr	84.4	Died	Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy †	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
29 Apr	64.9	Appointed	Marcel Paul Herriot †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic
30 Apr	52.6	Appointed	Marc Camille Michel Stenger	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus

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