The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	60.5	Appointed	Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad †	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Syrian), Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	68.8	Appointed	Umberto Betti, O.F.M. †	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University	Cardinal, Rector Emeritus
	52.6	Appointed	Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F.	Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Cardinal, Superior General Emeritus
	31.7	Incardinated	Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.	Priest of Workers of the Kingdom of Christ	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
	45.6	Incardinated	Stephen Victor Chmilar	Priest of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	22.7	First Vows	Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
	29.3	Incardinated	Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Huang Bingzhang	Priest	Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China
	44.8	Appointed	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian)	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	58.7	Appointed	Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. †	Ordinary of Greece (Armenian)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
		Died	Givanni Koyounian †	Ordinary of Greece (Armenian)
	77.1	Resigned	[Joseph Lin Quan] †	Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China	Bishop Emeritus
	73.2	Selected	Michael Liu Xianru †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
	79.1	Resigned	Angelin Maurice Lovey, C.R.B. †	Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Superior General Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Meng Ningyou	Priest of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China	Bishop
	56.0	Resigned	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
	66.2	Selected	[Matthew Pan Deshi] †	Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
	57.0	Appointed	Yusuf Sağ †	Patriarchal Exarch of Turkey (Syrian)	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus
		Ordained Bishop	Shi Shoujing	Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China
	29.9	Solemn Vows	Samson Shukardin, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
	22.6	First Vows	Andrew Small, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
	69.5	Resigned	András József Szennay, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary	Abbot Emeritus
	22.1	Professed	George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Tang Yuange	Priest	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
	75.6	Retired	Nikollë Troshani †	Apostolic Administrator of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Wang Chengli	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
	26.7	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Yang Xiaoting	Priest	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
1 Jan	80.4	Died	José Filípe do Carmo Colaço †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	18.3	First Vows	Vitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
	71.6	Died	Jerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Jose Pulickal	Priest of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
2 Jan	25.5	Ordained Priest	André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai	Priest of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop
	74.3	Died	Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. †	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
3 Jan	82.5	Died	Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth †	Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
	72.9	Appointed	Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	80.6	Retired	Opilio Rossi †	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses	Cardinal, President Emeritus
4 Jan	79.1	Died	Stanislav Lenic †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 Jan	57.2	Appointed	Julián García Centeno, O.S.A.	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	67.3	Resigned	Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Rodolfo Luís Weber	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6 Jan	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Bertagna †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Costalunga †	Titular Archbishop of Aquileia	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	76.8	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Alvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano †	Titular Bishop of Vita	Prelate of Opus Dei
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Titular Archbishop of Hólar	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Guerrero Torres †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tlaxcala, México	Bishop
	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Julián Herranz Casado	Titular Archbishop of Vertara	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Habib Hitti	Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Pius Ngonyani	Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo	Bishop of Nsukka, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Osvaldo Padilla	Titular Archbishop of Pia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Korea
	21.5	Professed	Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Vinko Puljić	Cardinal, Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran †	Titular Archbishop of Thelepte	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
7 Jan	82.9	Died	Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
8 Jan	87.5	Died	Aimé Décosse †	Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
9 Jan	55.1	Resigned	Alfonso López Trujillo †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
9 Jan	56.2	Incardinated	Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq †	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
11 Jan	23.1	Ordained Priest	Amel Shamon Nona	Priest of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
12 Jan	48.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	75.1	Retired	Vittorio Cecchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Ramón Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera	Priest of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Bishop
	69.5	Appointed	Peter Dubovský, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	69.5	Appointed	Peter Dubovský, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
13 Jan	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Pier Giorgio Micchiardi	Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior	Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Ramis Torrens, T.O.R.	Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Stagni	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop Emeritus of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
	28.5	Professed	Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
14 Jan	80.1	Died	Raimundo Cesare Bergamin, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Padang, Indonesia
	48.1	Incardinated	Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes	Priest of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	James Kim Ji-seok	Coadjutor Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	30.0	Solemn Vows	João Muniz Alves, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Xingu-Altamira, Para, Brazil
	83.7	Retired	Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
15 Jan	65.4	Installed	George Martin Kuzma †	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	60.8	Installed	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Roderick Wright †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Novae	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	41.0	Confirmed	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	73.6	Confirmed	Sofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
	66.4	Appointed	Josyf Holovach †	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	66.4	Confirmed	Josyf Holovach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	64.4	Appointed	Marian Franciszek Jaworski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	78.7	Appointed	Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	78.7	Appointed	Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Dura	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	45.7	Incardinated	Piotr Kryk	Priest of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
	77.0	Appointed	Philemon Kurchaba, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Abrittum	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	77.0	Confirmed	Philemon Kurchaba, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	59.0	Incardinated	Teodor Majkowicz †	Priest of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
	69.9	Appointed	Ivan Marghitych †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	69.9	Appointed	Ivan Marghitych †	Titular Bishop of Scopelus in Haemimonto	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	51.5	Appointed	Jan Martyniak	Bishop of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
	72.0	Appointed	Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Jan Purwinski †	Bishop of Zytomir, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
	50.1	Appointed	Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Bucellus	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	50.1	Confirmed	Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	69.5	Confirmed	Ivan Semedi †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
	83.9	Appointed	Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	83.9	Confirmed	Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	43.7	Appointed	Markijan Trofym’yak	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
	43.7	Appointed	Markijan Trofym’yak	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
	64.4	Appointed	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	64.4	Appointed	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Titular Bishop of Plotinopolis	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	54.6	Appointed	Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U. †	Titular Bishop of Deultum	Bishop Emeritus of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	54.6	Confirmed	Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
17 Jan	76.7	Appointed	Ugo Poletti †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	76.7	Retired	Ugo Poletti †	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Camillo Ruini	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Camillo Ruini	Pro-Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
19 Jan	75.5	Retired	António Cardoso Cunha †	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	54.6	Succeeded	Joaquim Gonçalves †	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Jan	86.7	Died	Léo Blais †	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
	45.4	Appointed	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Bishop of Poland, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
	45.4	Appointed	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Titular Bishop of Bettonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
	45.2	Appointed	Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	78.6	Died	Patrick Mulligan †	Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland
	78.2	Retired	Jean-Baptiste Musty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	49.5	Appointed	Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Cardinal, Bishop
	51.7	Appointed	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T.	Coadjutor Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	54.3	Died	Antonio Bianchin †	Titular Bishop of Vannida
22 Jan	76.7	Died	Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.F.S.C. †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
23 Jan	54.3	Appointed	Dadeus Grings	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	71.5	Died	Giovanni Mariani †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
	76.4	Retired	Alfonso Niehues †	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.1	Appointed	Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. †	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	76.8	Retired	Tomás Vaquero †	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Carlos José Ñáñez	Titular Bishop of Lete	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
25 Jan	83.7	Died	Justin Diraviam †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
	94.4	Died	Joseph Alphonse Dutil, M.S. †	Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
	61.2	Installed	Patricio Infante Alfonso	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
	74.1	Died	Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
26 Jan	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Beniamino Depalma, C.M.	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
	42.5	Appointed	Edouard Mathos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bangui, Central African Republic	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Pichierri †	Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy	Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
27 Jan	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Kevin Patrick Dowling, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan	73.0	Died	Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
29 Jan	88.8	Died	Augusto Gianfranceschi †	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy
31 Jan	71.7	Resigned	Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Trivandrum, India	Bishop Emeritus
	59.3	Appointed	Hubert Constant, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	44.8	Succeeded	Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam	Bishop of Trivandrum, India	Archbishop of Trivandrum, India

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