Year 1993, March-April, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 1 Mar51.7DiedAlfredo Banluta Baquial †Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines 28.4ProfessedÓscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.Member of Clerics Regular of the Mother of GodBishop of Punta Arenas, Chile 63.9AppointedJosé Crisologo Sorra †Bishop of Legazpi, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 3 Mar60.3Ordained BishopHilton Forrest Deakin †Titular Bishop of MurthlacumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia 67.4DiedEduardo Poveda Rodriguez †Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain 4 Mar64.9AppointedPeter Henrici, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, SwitzerlandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 64.9AppointedPeter Henrici, S.J. †Titular Bishop of AbsorusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland 52.8Ordained BishopCharles Michael JarrellBishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USABishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA 77.5RetiredAntonio López Aviña †Archbishop of Durango, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus 64.7AppointedJosé Trinidad Medel Pérez †Archbishop of Durango, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus 58.3AppointedPaul Vollmar, S. M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, SwitzerlandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 58.3AppointedPaul Vollmar, S. M. †Titular Bishop of MissuaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland 6 Mar53.9SucceededAntoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, MadagascarBishop Emeritus 78.1RetiredFrancesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. †Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, MadagascarBishop Emeritus 9 Mar62.6Ordained BishopMichael Bzdel, C.Ss.R. †Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus 61.0Ordained BishopJoseph D’Silva †Bishop of Bellary, India 85.1Died[Stephen Li Side] †Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China 49.6Ordained BishopPeter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), AustraliaBishop Emeritus 10 Mar27.7Ordained PriestGiovanni Peragine, B.Priest of Clerics Regular of St. PaulArchbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania 43.3Ordained BishopJames Anthony TamayoTitular Bishop of ItaBishop of Laredo, Texas, USA 12 Mar89.2DiedJacinto Argaya Goicoechea †Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain 29.7Ordained PriestJosé Carlos Brandão CabralPriest of Limeira, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil 52.6SucceededJames Kim Ji-seokBishop of Wonju, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus 71.5DiedDaniel Tji Hak Soun †Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South) 13 Mar67.7InstalledEnnio Appignanesi †Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus 64.6ResignedRonald Philippe Bär, O.S.B.Bishop of Rotterdam, NetherlandsBishop Emeritus 64.6ResignedRonald Philippe Bär, O.S.B.Bishop of Netherlands, MilitaryBishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands 27.2Ordained PriestCarlos María Domínguez, O.A.R.Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsBishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina 24.4Ordained DeaconDražen KutlešaDeacon of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and HerzegovinaArchbishop of Zagreb, Croatia 14 Mar84.0DiedJohn Shojiro Ito †Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan 60.2Ordained BishopJoseph Niangoran TekyBishop of Man, Côte d’IvoireBishop Emeritus 68.1Ordained BishopGeorges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of DjiboutiBishop Emeritus 15 Mar75.2RetiredLuciano Angeloni †Apostolic Nuncio to PortugalApostolic Nuncio 65.5AppointedEdoardo RovidaApostolic Nuncio to PortugalApostolic Nuncio 16 Mar73.3DiedAnselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M. †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa 58.9AppointedKarl-Josef Rauber †Apostolic Nuncio to SwitzerlandCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio 58.9AppointedKarl-Josef Rauber †Apostolic Nuncio to LiechtensteinCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio 17 Mar67.7DiedFrancis Michaelappa †Bishop of Mysore, India 95.2DiedJohn Joyce Russell †Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA 18 Mar67.2Ordained BishopPeter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen) †Coadjutor Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], ChinaBishop 19 Mar32.2Perpetual VowsEttore Dotti, C.S.F.Member of Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di BergamoBishop of Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil 57.4Ordained BishopSimon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. †Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 64.7Ordained BishopPedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B. †Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus 21 Mar79.8DiedSebastiano Baggio †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State 28.3Ordained PriestGregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.Priest of Order of Saint BenedictArchbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil 73.0DiedRené Toussaint, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 58.6Ordained BishopAntonio Vacca †Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, ItalyBishop Emeritus 22 Mar31.4IncardinatedFrançois Achille EyabiPriest of Edéa, CameroonBishop of Eséka, Cameroon 62.7AppointedCarmelo Juan Giaquinta †Archbishop of Resistencia, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus 41.9AppointedJean-Bosco NtepBishop of Eséka, CameroonBishop of Edéa, Cameroon 65.4AppointedSimeon Anthony Pereira †Coadjutor Archbishop of Karachi, PakistanArchbishop Emeritus 59.0AppointedJean-Baptiste Phạm Minh MẫnCoadjutor Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet NamCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam 44.6AppointedRaymond Saw Po Ray †Bishop of Mawlamyine, MyanmarBishop Emeritus 45.9AppointedSimon-Victor Tonyé BakotBishop of Edéa, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon 23 Mar75.2RetiredBernard Ferdinand Popp †Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 24 Mar52.8AppointedJames Terry Steib, S.V.D.Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USABishop Emeritus 25 Mar25.8Solemn VowsJoão Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.Member of Society of the Catholic ApostolateBishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil 29.3Ordained DeaconNolly Camingue BucoDeacon of Antipolo, PhilippinesBishop of Catarman, Philippines 48.6Ordained BishopEmmanuel BushuBishop of Yagoua, CameroonBishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon 62.2Ordained BishopRoman Danylak †Titular Bishop of NyssaApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada 62.9AppointedDonato De Bonis †Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia 76.3RetiredJosé Joaquín Flórez Hernández †Archbishop of Ibagué, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus 27.7Ordained PriestJoseph Hii Teck KwongPriest of Sibu, MalaysiaBishop 26.8Ordained PriestAmbrose PitchaimuthuPriest of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), IndiaBishop of Vellore, India 58.5AppointedFranc Rodé, C.M.Secretary of the Pontifical Council for CultureCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life 54.6AppointedJuan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. †Archbishop of Ibagué, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia 56.5InstalledFabriciano Sigampa †Bishop of La Rioja, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina 26 Mar85.5DiedCarmelo Canzonieri †Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy 75.8RetiredJosé María Cirarda Lachiondo †Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, SpainArchbishop Emeritus 61.7AppointedAntonio Dorado Soto †Bishop of Málaga, SpainBishop Emeritus 63.2AppointedFernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 27 Mar57.9DiedIstván Ács, O.S.P.P.E. †Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary 58.0AppointedLorenzo Chiarinelli †Bishop of Aversa, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy 68.6ResignedJoão (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †Bishop of Aversa, ItalyBishop Emeritus 44.4Ordained BishopPeter Kodwo Appiah TurksonArchbishop of Cape Coast, GhanaCardinal, Chancellor of the Roman Curia - Other 28 Mar51.1Ordained BishopPaolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy 63.9Ordained BishopJames McLoughlin †Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, IrelandBishop Emeritus 20.4First VowsAlejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru 31 Mar67.0DiedAntoine Mayala ma Mpangu †Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 1 Apr68.9InstalledManuel Cruz Sobreviñas †Bishop of Imus, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 3 Apr60.4AppointedJoannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen †Titular Bishop of Traiectum ad MosamBishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland 4 Apr66.7InstalledGiulio Nicolini †Bishop of Cremona, Italy 5 Apr60.2DiedJoseph Akichi †Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire 84.5AppointedGiuseppe Casoria †Cardinal-Priest of San Giuseppe in via TrionfaleCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship 43.5AppointedMaixent Coly †Coadjutor Bishop of Ziguinchor, SenegalBishop 55.2AppointedAmbroise Kotamba Djoliba †Bishop of Sokodé, TogoBishop Emeritus 55.6AppointedYulius Aloysius Husin, M.S.F. †Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia 66.0AppointedEduardo Martínez Somalo †Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic ChamberCardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus 47.3AppointedTelesphore Richard MkudeBishop of Morogoro, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus 55.3AppointedAugustinus Jun-ichi NomuraBishop of Nagoya, JapanBishop Emeritus 65.9AppointedJoseph Ratzinger †Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-SegniPope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy 80.4AppointedAurelio Sabattani †Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-AlessandrineCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura 76.7RetiredAloysius Nobuo Soma †Bishop of Nagoya, JapanBishop Emeritus 44.3AppointedFlorentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. †Bishop of Samarinda, IndonesiaArchbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia 6 Apr53.1AppointedAndré Pierre Louis DupuyTitular Archbishop of SelseaApostolic Nuncio 53.1AppointedAndré Pierre Louis DupuyApostolic Nuncio to GhanaApostolic Nuncio 53.1AppointedAndré Pierre Louis DupuyApostolic Nuncio to BeninApostolic Nuncio 53.1AppointedAndré Pierre Louis DupuyApostolic Nuncio to TogoApostolic Nuncio 59.0ResignedRobert Fortune Sanchez †Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USAArchbishop Emeritus 53.7AppointedMichael Jarboe Sheehan †Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USAArchbishop Emeritus 8 Apr49.9AppointedFrancesco CacucciArchbishop of Otranto, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy 55.0AppointedFrancesco CoccopalmerioAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, ItalyCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts 55.0AppointedFrancesco CoccopalmerioTitular Bishop of CoelianaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts 75.8RetiredVincenzo Franco †Archbishop of Otranto, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus 11 Apr81.5DiedGeorge Albert Hammes †Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA 13 Apr70.9AppointedLuigi Barbarito †Apostolic Nuncio to Great BritainApostolic Nuncio 66.0AppointedWilliam Henry Bullock †Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USABishop Emeritus 66.0ResignedRoger-Alfred Despatie †Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus 69.7DiedThomas Victor Dolinay †Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA 90.9DiedRoger André Marcel Johan †Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France 14 Apr26.6Ordained PriestAngelo Raffaele PanzettaPriest of Taranto, ItalyCoadjutor Archbishop of Lecce, Italy 49.0AppointedVincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †Auxiliary Bishop of Livorno, ItalyBishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy 49.0AppointedVincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of GarrianaBishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy 26.4Ordained PriestAlberto Sy UyPriest of Talibon, PhilippinesBishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines 16 Apr28.7Ordained PriestHenry ArunaPriest of Kenema, Sierra LeoneBishop 34.5Ordained PriestFernando IsernPriest of Miami, Florida, USABishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA 66.3AppointedJorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †Bishop of Valparaíso, ChileCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 64.1AppointedFrancisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. †Bishop of Rancagua, ChileBishop Emeritus 75.5RetiredFrancisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †Bishop of Valparaíso, ChileBishop Emeritus 17 Apr58.6AppointedAmbrose Battista De Paoli †Apostolic Nuncio to SwazilandApostolic Nuncio to Australia 30.8Ordained PriestCésar Essayan, O.F.M. Conv.Priest of Order of Friars Minor ConventualVicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon 33.0Ordained PriestChristopher John Glancy, C.S.V.Priest of Clerics of Saint ViatorAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles 27.7Ordained PriestFrancesco MassaraPriest of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, ItalyArchbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy 51.9AppointedJózef MichalikArchbishop of Przemyśl, PolandArchbishop Emeritus 63.2AppointedGabriel Montalvo Higuera †Apostolic Nuncio to BelarusApostolic Nuncio 48.5AppointedJean-Pierre Bernard RicardAuxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France 48.5AppointedJean-Pierre Bernard RicardTitular Bishop of PulcheriopolisCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France 75.2RetiredIgnacy Marcin Tokarczuk †Archbishop of Przemyśl, PolandArchbishop Emeritus 18 Apr29.0Ordained PriestNeri José TondelloPriest of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil 20 Apr41.0IncardinatedRichard Daniel Alarcón UrrutiaPriest of Tarma, PeruArchbishop of Cuzco, Peru 86.4DiedAntônio Maria Alves de Siqueira †Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil 58.0DiedAntonio Bello †Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy 19.7IncardinatedPetro Holinej (Holiney)Deacon of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), UkraineAuxiliary Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine 25.6IncardinatedJosaphat Oleh HoveraPriest of Ternopil (Ukrainian), UkraineArchiepiscopal Exarch of Lutsk (Ukrainian), Ukraine 33.2IncardinatedVasyl IvasyukPriest of Zboriv (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine 44.0AppointedMychajlo Koltun, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Zboriv (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine 52.4AppointedMykhajlo Sabryha, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Ternopil (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine 43.7IncardinatedVasyl SemeniukPriest of Ternopil (Ukrainian), UkraineArchbishop Emeritus of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine 66.6AppointedPavlo Vasylyk †Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine 33.4IncardinatedVolodymyr ViytyshynPriest of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), UkraineArchbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine 56.9AppointedJulian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. †Archiepiscopal Administrator of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop Emeritus 21 Apr27.0Ordained PriestBhaskar JesurajPriest of Agra, IndiaBishop of Meerut, India 52.5Ordained BishopJuan Carlos Maccarone †Titular Bishop of MaurianaBishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina 23 Apr45.6AppointedDomenico CaliandroBishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy 30.6Ordained PriestElias FrankPriest of Calcutta, IndiaBishop of Asansol, India 47.8AppointedJames Charles Gould, S.J.Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)Prefect Emeritus 73.1AppointedMartin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)Bishop Emeritus 60.8CeasedCosmo Francesco Ruppi †Apostolic Administrator of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy 24 Apr26.6Ordained PriestEraldo Bispo da SilvaPriest of Barreiras, Bahia, BrazilBishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil 90.9DiedJules Victor Daem †Bishop Emeritus of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium 27.4Ordained PriestCharlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I.Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateVicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines 31.9Ordained PriestCelestino Ocampo GaonaPriest of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, ParaguayBishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay 25 Apr74.6Ordained BishopRobert Ashta, O.F.M. †Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania 63.0Ordained BishopDonato De Bonis †Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia 75.1Ordained BishopFranco Illia †Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania 53.5Ordained BishopRrok Kola Mirdita †Archbishop of Durrës-Tiranë, AlbaniaArchbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania 64.3Ordained BishopZef Simoni †Titular Bishop of BararusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania 26 Apr85.2DiedPierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 27 Apr86.2DiedIgnatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka 29 Apr61.3AppointedKamal Hanna BathishAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, PalestineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 61.3AppointedKamal Hanna BathishTitular Bishop of AurusulianaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine 56.4AppointedJoseph Khoury †Auxiliary BishopBishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada 56.4AppointedJoseph Khoury †Titular Bishop of ChonochoraBishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada 48.0AppointedGiacinto-Boulos MarcuzzoAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, PalestineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 48.0AppointedGiacinto-Boulos MarcuzzoTitular Bishop of SimininaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine 63.2AppointedGabriel Montalvo Higuera †President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical AcademyApostolic Nuncio 76.5RetiredIoánnis Perrís †Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, GreeceArchbishop Emeritus 76.5RetiredIoánnis Perrís †Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), GreeceArchbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece 52.1AppointedNikólaos PrintezisArchbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, GreeceArchbishop Emeritus 52.1AppointedNikólaos PrintezisApostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), GreeceArchbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece 30 Apr75.3RetiredAníbal Maricevich Fleitas †Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en ParaguayBishop Emeritus