Year 1996, January, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title unknown19.4ConvertedHugh David Renwick Turnbull Allan, O. Praem.Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas 29.2SelectedJoseph Cai BingruiAdministrator of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], ChinaBishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China 49.2AppointedAldo CavalliApostolic Delegate to AngolaApostolic Visitor (Visitator) 17.7EnteredEduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv.Member of Order of Friars Minor ConventualAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine 69.4SelectedJosaphat Li Hongguang †Coadjutor Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], ChinaBishop 25.6EnteredRaymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R.Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe 32.5IncardinatedGerardo Miguel Nieves LojaPriest of Riobamba, EcuadorAuxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador 25.3Perpetual VowsFélicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of MaryArchbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 55.0CeasedThomas Oliha Attiyah, A.J.Superior General of Apostles of Jesus MissionariesPriest 21.4ProfessedAdenis Roberto de Oliveira, S.d.P.Member of Missionary Servants of the PoorAuxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil 28.2IncardinatedCarlos José de OliveiraPriest of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil 69.8ResignedMario Rizzi †Apostolic Nuncio to BulgariaApostolic Nuncio 88.8RetiredVolodymyr Sterniuk, C.Ss.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), UkraineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 56.8AppointedEdgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.Superior General of Misioneros Javerianos de YarumalVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia 50.2Resigned[Bernard Tissier de Mallerais], S.S.P.X. †Secretary General of [Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX)]Bishop 81.0Died[Mathew Wang Wei-ming] †Bishop Emeritus of Jilin [Kirin], China 1 Jan64.2ResignedIsak Doera †Bishop of Sintang, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus 2 Jan62.0AppointedPietro Brollo †Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy 66.0AppointedPaul Fouad Naïm Tabet †Apostolic Nuncio to GreeceApostolic Nuncio 29.5Ordained DeaconZdenek WasserbauerDeacon of Praha {Prague}, CzechiaAuxiliary Bishop 5 Jan49.3AppointedJulián Barrio BarrioArchbishop of Santiago de Compostela, SpainArchbishop Emeritus 36.4Solemn VowsAntonio Luca Fallica, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot of Montecassino, Italy 53.0AppointedRobert William MuenchBishop of Covington, Kentucky, USABishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 76.3RetiredPhocas Nikwigize †Bishop of Ruhengeri, RwandaBishop Emeritus 46.3AppointedJosé de Jesús Quintero DíazPrelate of Tibú, ColombiaVicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia 49.1AppointedAtilano Vicente Rodríguez MartínezAuxiliary Bishop of Oviedo, SpainBishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain 49.1AppointedAtilano Vicente Rodríguez MartínezTitular Bishop of HoraeaBishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain 6 Jan69.8Ordained BishopĀrvaldis Andrejs Brumanis †Bishop of Liepāja, LatviaBishop Emeritus 46.8Ordained BishopRichard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.Coadjutor Bishop of Warri, NigeriaArchbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria 54.4Ordained BishopClaudio Maria CelliTitular Archbishop of CluentumPresident Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication 52.4Ordained BishopRafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo †Titular Bishop of BaparaBishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela 48.9Ordained BishopRiccardo FontanaArchbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy 64.1Ordained BishopAntons Justs †Bishop of Jelgava, LatviaBishop Emeritus 45.8Ordained BishopKurt KochBishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, SwitzerlandCardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity 44.1Ordained BishopAntal Majnek, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of FebianaBishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine 48.9Ordained BishopFrancisco Pérez GonzálezBishop of Osma-Soria, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain 51.2Ordained BishopJosé Paulino Ríos ReynosoArchbishop of Huancayo, PeruArchbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru 67.1Ordained BishopRiccardo Ruotolo †Titular Bishop of CastuloAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy 50.5Ordained BishopStanisław RyłkoTitular Bishop of NovicaCardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} 35.1Ordained PriestCarlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop of Huancavélica, Peru 57.8Ordained BishopMarko Sopi †Titular Bishop of CelerinaApostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia 48.7Ordained BishopJaime Vieira RochaBishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 64.8Ordained BishopPeter Zhang ZhiyongCoadjutor Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], ChinaCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus 7 Jan86.4DiedJoseph Bernard Brunini †Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA 60.0Ordained BishopRoberto Gomes GuimarãesBishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBishop Emeritus 54.8Ordained BishopGregorios Elias Tabé †Titular Bishop of Batnae dei SiriArchbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria 58.4Ordained BishopFranz Vorrath †Titular Bishop of Vicus AteriiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany 51.1Ordained BishopIgnace Joseph III (Ephrem) YounanBishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USAPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon 8 Jan68.5DiedGuy Gérard Deroubaix †Bishop of Saint-Denis, France 85.4DiedAlberto Frederico Etges †Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 9 Jan59.4AppointedRafael Palmero Ramos †Bishop of Palencia, SpainBishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain 68.5ResignedJoseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. †Bishop of Jamshedpur, IndiaBishop Emeritus 10 Jan91.9DiedLaurenz Böggering †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany 11 Jan47.9AppointedPaul Choi Deok-kiCoadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus 59.2AppointedPaulinus Costa †Bishop of Rajshahi, BangladeshArchbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh 61.0AppointedJulius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J.Archbishop of Jakarta, IndonesiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 54.5AppointedAloysius Paul D’SouzaAuxiliary Bishop of Mangalore, IndiaBishop Emeritus 54.5AppointedAloysius Paul D’SouzaTitular Bishop of DuraBishop Emeritus of Mangalore, India 68.9AppointedRobert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †Bishop of Kabale, UgandaBishop Emeritus 43.9AppointedLumen Monteiro, C.S.C.Bishop of Agartala, India 12 Jan77.7RetiredFrancisco Maria Aguilera González †Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal DistrictAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 13 Jan48.9InstalledRiccardo FontanaArchbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy 28.6Ordained PriestDarley José KummerPriest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop 55.1AppointedRafael Romo MuñozBishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México 14 Jan76.1DiedMyron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada 28.0Solemn VowsJorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C.Member of Congregation of Holy CrossBishop of Chosica, Peru 57.4InstalledGeorges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)Apostolic Exarch Emeritus 16 Jan75.0RetiredJean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. †Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, FranceBishop Emeritus 60.3SucceededAndré Louis FortBishop of Perpignan-Elne, FranceBishop Emeritus of Orléans, France 17 Jan94.5DiedAnacleto Cazzaniga †Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy 70.9DiedMario Miglietta †Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy 54.4AppointedJosé Moreira de MeloBishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus 68.8Ordained BishopCornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), CanadaBishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada 18 Jan95.9DiedJoão Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal 56.4IncardinatedPavel Hájek †Priest of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)Bishop 72.7AppointedIvan Ljavinec †Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)Apostolic Exarch Emeritus 72.7AppointedIvan Ljavinec †Titular Bishop of AcalissusApostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) 20 Jan65.0ResignedCirilo Reyes Almario †Bishop of Malolos, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 28.8Ordained PriestFernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M.Priest of Congregation of the MissionBishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil 60.3Ordained BishopJacinto Tomás de Carvalho BotelhoTitular Bishop of Tacia MontanaBishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal 44.9Ordained BishopJesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.Titular Bishop of LeptiminusBishop of Barinas, Venezuela 21 Jan35.0Ordained PriestGerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp.Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles 23 Jan50.1AppointedJohn Raymond Manz †Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 50.1AppointedJohn Raymond Manz †Titular Bishop of MuliaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA 64.0InstalledMichael Angelo Saltarelli †Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USABishop Emeritus 24 Jan62.0AppointedRobert Patrick Maginnis †Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 62.0AppointedRobert Patrick Maginnis †Titular Bishop of SimininaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 49.7AppointedJoseph Francis MartinoAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA 49.7AppointedJoseph Francis MartinoTitular Bishop of Cellae in MauretaniaBishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA 25 Jan65.2Ordained BishopCarl Frederick MengelingBishop of Lansing, Michigan, USABishop Emeritus 26 Jan90.8DiedThomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone 54.6Ordained BishopRobert Nugent LynchBishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USABishop Emeritus 27 Jan28.6Ordained PriestSamuel Ferreira de Lima, O.F.M.Priest of Order of Friars MinorAuxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 50.9Ordained BishopDionisio Guillermo García IbáñezBishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, CubaArchbishop of Santiago de Cuba 32.7Ordained PriestTeodoro Gómez RiveraPriest of Choluteca, HondurasBishop 28 Jan62.7InstalledGiuseppe Chiaretti †Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus 29 Jan63.2AppointedFrancis ArinzeCardinal-Priest of San Giovanni della PignaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 73.4AppointedRosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di DioCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State 71.9AppointedAndrzej Maria Deskur †Cardinal-Priest of San Cesareo in PalatioCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications 78.0AppointedÉdouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †Cardinal-Priest of San MarcelloCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family 79.6AppointedJean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. †Cardinal-Priest of San SabaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life 80.4AppointedAntonio Innocenti †Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in AquiroCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy 71.9AppointedDuraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta CavalleggeriCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches 84.6AppointedPaul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. †Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anselmo all’AventinoCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” 65.4AppointedPaul Joseph Jean PoupardCardinal-Priest of Santa PrassedeCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture 85.4AppointedAlfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †Cardinal-Priest of San Giorgio in VelabroCardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive 71.8AppointedJozef Tomko †Cardinal-Priest of Santa SabinaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses 30 Jan84.6DiedPierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon †Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France 31 Jan59.6AppointedGiuseppe ManiArchbishop of Italy, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy 59.6AppointedGiuseppe ManiTitular Archbishop of ZabaArchbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy 64.9ResignedGiovanni Marra †Archbishop of Italy, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy