Year 1991, May, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 1 May86.0DiedCríspulo Benítez Fontúrvel †Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela 49.9InstalledPablo Lizama RiquelmeBishop of Melipilla, ChileArchbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile 89.0DiedJosé Lázaro Neves, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 May49.9AppointedUbaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, VenezuelaArchbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela 4 May52.0Ordained BishopMiguel Angel Aguilar MirandaBishop of Guaranda, EcuadorBishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military 26.7Ordained PriestJózef Andrzej Dąbrowski, C.S.M.A.Priest of Congregation of Saint Michael the ArchangelBishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada 5 May24.4ProfessedLuis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I.Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of JesusBishop of Callao, Peru 55.6AppointedJoão Bergese †Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil 30.1Ordained PriestShyamal BosePriest of Baruipur, IndiaBishop 25.5Solemn VowsMiguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A.Member of Order of St. AugustineVicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru 63.6InstalledLino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, ItalyBishop Emeritus 52.0Ordained BishopAntoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †Coadjutor Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, MadagascarBishop Emeritus 81.1Ordained Bishop[Michael Xie Chaogang] †Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China 6 May27.0Ordained PriestPeter Paul SaldanhaPriest of Mangalore, IndiaBishop 7 May81.7DiedTheodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia 75.2RetiredRaymond James Vonesh †Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 8 May52.0AppointedJosé Alves da Costa, D.C. †Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus 40.7AppointedJānis BulisBishop of Liepāja, LatviaBishop of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia 64.8AppointedJānis Cakuls †Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, LatviaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 65.9AppointedCarlos Walter Galán Barry †Archbishop of La Plata, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus 47.2AppointedAbraham Kattumana †Titular Archbishop of CebaradesOfficial of the Roman Curia - Other 47.2AppointedAbraham Kattumana †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to GhanaOfficial of the Roman Curia - Other 47.2AppointedAbraham Kattumana †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to TogoOfficial of the Roman Curia - Other 47.2AppointedAbraham Kattumana †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to BeninOfficial of the Roman Curia - Other 60.4AppointedJānis PujatsArchbishop of Riga, LatviaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 47.6AppointedMurilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil 70.2Ordained BishopNicholas Shi Jingxian, O.A.R. †Bishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China 52.5AppointedSigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, LithuaniaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 52.5AppointedSigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.Titular Bishop of TurudaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania 62.5AppointedJuozas Tunaitis †Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, LithuaniaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 62.5AppointedJuozas Tunaitis †Titular Bishop of SassuraAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania 11 May26.9Ordained PriestPeter BirkhoferPriest of Freiburg im Breisgau, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop 81.0DiedAntoon Konings, S.M.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Ho, Ghana 75.1RetiredEugène Moke Motsüri †Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus 38.0Ordained PriestThomas Thanh Thai NguyenPriest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La SaletteAuxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA 51.6AppointedJosé Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I.Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil 12 May45.5Ordained BishopAmbrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. †Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New GuineaBishop Emeritus 31.7First VowsChristian Rodembourg, M.S.A.Member of Clerical Society of the Missionaries of the Holy ApostlesBishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada 14 May68.3AppointedJoseph Thomas Dimino †Archbishop of United States of America, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus 68.3AppointedJoseph Thomas Dimino †Titular Archbishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military 76.2RetiredJaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. †Bishop of Neuquén, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus 46.6AppointedAgustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †Bishop of Neuquén, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina 77.5ResignedJohn Joseph Thomas Ryan †Archbishop of United States of America, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus 68.6AppointedJohn Richard Sheets, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 68.6AppointedJohn Richard Sheets, S.J. †Titular Bishop of MurconaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA 15 May71.3ResignedAloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus 89.3DiedAndré Lefèbvre, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 54.9SucceededAloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. †Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil 47.6AppointedLázaro Pérez Jiménez †Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México 70.1DiedCarlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. †Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua 16 May67.8SucceededThomas Victor Dolinay †Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA 67.8DiedPhilip Ekka, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Raipur, India 17 May54.0AppointedLluís Martínez SistachBishop of Tortosa, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain 18 May75.6RetiredAntonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †Bishop of Chachapoyas, PeruBishop Emeritus 81.4DiedNicholas Thomas Elko †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 62.4Ordained BishopFranco Festorazzi †Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus 27.9Ordained PriestPierre GoudreaultPriest of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, CanadaBishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada 58.7Ordained BishopPier Luigi Mazzoni †Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy 45.4AppointedÁngel Francisco Simón PiornoBishop of Chachapoyas, PeruBishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru 51.2AppointedAgostino SuperboBishop of Sessa Aurunca, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy 26.3Ordained PriestZbigniew Jan ZielińskiPriest of Gdańsk, PolandBishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland 19 May24.3Ordained PriestMichele AutuoroPriest of Napoli {Naples}, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop 52.0Ordained BishopJosé Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. †Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil 34.8Ordained PriestYouhanna Jihad Mtanos BattahPriest of Damas (Syrian), SyriaArchbishop 27.1Ordained PriestJoseph Gan JunqiuPriestBishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China 27.4Ordained PriestManuel González VillaseñorPriest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop 50.3Ordained BishopFrancisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R.Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus 25.2Ordained Priest[Francis Lu Shouwang] †PriestBishop of Yichang [Ichang], China 49.8Ordained BishopMaurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp.Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, MauritiusCardinal, Bishop Emeritus 52.5Ordained BishopSigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.Titular Bishop of TurudaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania 61.3InstalledBruno Tommasi †Archbishop of Lucca, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus 62.5Ordained BishopJuozas Tunaitis †Titular Bishop of SassuraAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania 25.4Ordained PriestAnthony Yao ShunPriestBishop of Jining [Tsining], China 20 May64.7AppointedJean-Baptiste Ama †Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, CameroonBishop Emeritus 51.4AppointedEugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †Bishop of Yokadouma, CameroonBishop Emeritus 53.1AppointedDenis Kiwanuka Lote †Bishop of Kotido, UgandaArchbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda 21 May76.5Ordained BishopKazimierz Świątek †Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, BelarusCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 22 May60.1AppointedClóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus 58.1AppointedEurico dos Santos Veloso †Coadjutor Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil 23 May41.6Ordained BishopAleksander KaszkiewiczBishop of Grodno, BelarusBishop Emeritus 69.2RetiredFederico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, PeruArchbishop Emeritus 24 May49.0AppointedVirginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I.Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred HeartBishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina 67.3ResignedDuraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental ChurchesCardinal, Prefect Emeritus 67.5AppointedAchille Silvestrini †Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental ChurchesCardinal, Prefect Emeritus 25 May26.6Ordained PriestRobert Joseph CoylePriest of Rockville Centre, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop 62.4AppointedAdam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus 26.5Ordained PriestJanusz OstrowskiPriest of Warmia (Ermland), PolandAuxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland 24.6Ordained PriestArtur WażnyPriest of Tarnów, PolandBishop of Sosnowiec, Poland 26 May25.4Ordained PriestTymon Tytus ChmieleckiPriest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), PolandApostolic Nuncio 28.6Ordained PriestPierre-André DumasPriest of Port-au-Prince, HaïtiBishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti 26.5Ordained PriestRubén Darío Ruiz MainardiPriest of Santo Tomé, ArgentinaApostolic Nuncio to Benin 26.1Ordained PriestPetru SescuPriest of Iaşi, RomaniaAuxiliary Bishop 28 May59.4AppointedCipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.Prelate of Cafayate, ArgentinaPrelate Emeritus 49.8AppointedFrançois Lapierre, P.M.E.Superior General of Société des Missions-ÉtrangèresBishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada 41.1Ordained BishopJan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C.Titular Bishop of ArbaBishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan 63.5AppointedJosé de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. †Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, MilitaryAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 63.5AppointedJosé de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. †Titular Bishop of Hortanum (Horta)Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military 30 May29.8Ordained PriestLionginas Virbalas, S.J.Priest of Society of JesusArchbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania 31 May53.9AppointedFélix del Blanco Prieto †Titular Archbishop of VannidaAlmoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities 53.9AppointedFélix del Blanco Prieto †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to São Tomé and PríncipeAlmoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities 53.9AppointedFélix del Blanco Prieto †Apostolic Delegate to AngolaAlmoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities 64.1AppointedRómulo García †Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus 75.5RetiredJorge Mayer †Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus 59.5InstalledJorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †Bishop of San Justo, Argentina 38.7Ordained PriestJoseph Ngô Quang KiệtPriest of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet NamArchbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam