The Year of Our Lord 1992

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Sep 79.2 Died João Cláudio Colling † Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

6 Sep 45.5 Appointed Jacob Manathodath Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabarese), India Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese), India

45.5 Appointed Jacob Manathodath Titular Bishop of Abydus Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese), India

44.6 Ordained Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals Bishop of Ibiza, Spain Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

7 Sep 84.4 Died Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente, El Salvador Bishop

8 Sep 59.2 Appointed John Bulaitis Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Albania

45.9 Ordained Bishop Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia

71.5 Died Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. † Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

9 Sep 54.4 Installed Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B. Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

12 Sep 83.0 Died Paul Piché, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada

13 Sep 50.3 Ordained Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann Titular Bishop of Taddua Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

46.4 Ordained Bishop Michael Neary Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland

52.3 Ordained Bishop Louis Pelâtre, A.A. Titular Bishop of Sasima Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey

14 Sep 48.6 Ordained Bishop Ratko Peric Coadjutor Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop

16 Sep 73.2 Died Enrico Assi † Bishop of Cremona, Italy

18 Sep 93.8 Died Augustine Danglmayr † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA

19 Sep 73.5 Died Jeronim Isidore Chimy, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada

57.9 Ordained Bishop Lucien Fruchaud Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

22 Sep 73.5 Died Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger

26 Sep 33.2 Ordained Priest Karl Borsch Priest of Aachen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

62.7 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

27 Sep 84.1 Died Jacques-Paul Martin † Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

28 Sep 75.7 Retired Dominic Ignatius Ekandem † Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

44.1 Appointed Jan Graubner Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

49.4 Appointed Bosco Lin Chi-nan Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan

49.4 Appointed Bosco Lin Chi-nan Titular Bishop of Alexanum Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan

48.7 Succeeded John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria

29 Sep 32.5 Ordained Priest Dominikus Saku Priest of Atambua, Indonesia Bishop

1 Oct 75.2 Retired Agostino Ferrari Toniolo † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Official Emeritus

68.5 Appointed Alois Wagner † Titular Archbishop of Siccenna Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

68.5 Appointed Alois Wagner † Official of the Secretariat of State Official Emeritus

3 Oct 62.7 Installed Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Gristina Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia Archbishop of Catania, Italy

4 Oct 66.1 Ordained Bishop Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Raphanea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep, Syria

5 Oct 83.6 Died Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

6 Oct 39.9 Appointed Daniel Adwok Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan

39.9 Appointed Daniel Adwok Titular Bishop of Moxori Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan

62.2 Appointed Kenneth Anthony Angell Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed John Jerome Cunneen Auxiliary Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed John Jerome Cunneen Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand

60.7 Appointed Joseph D'Silva † Bishop of Bellary, India

44.9 Appointed Frumencio Escudero Arenas Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.9 Appointed Frumencio Escudero Arenas Titular Bishop of Cincari Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puyo, Ecuador

60.8 Appointed James Henry Garland Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

69.6 Retired Mark Francis Schmitt Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.2 Appointed Jean-Pierre Tafunga, S.D.B. Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.0 Appointed Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson Cardinal, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana

55.3 Appointed Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I. Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

78.1 Retired Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bellary, India Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 50.1 Ordained Bishop Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela

55.3 Appointed Faustino Sainz Muñoz Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

10 Oct 76.5 Retired Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

42.2 Ordained Bishop Isidore Battikha, B.A. Titular Bishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria

75.6 Retired Giovanni Benedetti Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Arduino Bertoldo Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Antonio Camilo González Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic

62.9 Appointed Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

11 Oct 46.8 Ordained Bishop Antoine Audo, S.J. Bishop of Alep (Chaldean), Syria

71.8 Died Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. † Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA

144.5 Canonized St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R. † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

12 Oct 71.0 Appointed Girolamo Prigione Apostolic Nuncio to México Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

13 Oct 54.3 Appointed Joseph Anthony Galante Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

54.3 Appointed Joseph Anthony Galante Titular Bishop of Equilium Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

56.4 Appointed Edward Urban Kmiec Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

75.7 Retired James Daniel Niedergeses † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus

15 Oct 75.1 Retired Jean Hermil † Bishop of Viviers, France Bishop Emeritus

16 Oct 60.1 Appointed Bertrand Blanchet Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

70.2 Resigned Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

55.6 Appointed Michelangelo Riccardo M. Tiribilli, O.S.B. Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

17 Oct 51.6 Ordained Bishop Béla Balás Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius Bishop of Kaposvár, Hungary

18 Oct 81.9 Died Giuseppe Bonfigioli † Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

88.1 Died William Andrew Hart † Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain

19 Oct 59.0 Appointed Florencio Olvera Ochoa Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

20 Oct 52.5 Ordained Bishop Rayappu Joseph Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka

21 Oct 51.0 Confirmed José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B. Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

23 Oct 62.0 Ordained Bishop Georges El-Murr, B.C. Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite), Jordan Archbishop Emeritus

81.8 Died José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC. † Prelate Emeritus of Ayaviri, Peru

25 Oct 57.6 Ordained Bishop Hans-Georg Koitz Titular Bishop of Cantanus Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

26 Oct 70.2 Died Arnulfo S. Arcilla † Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines Bishop

27 Oct 69.6 Died José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. † Prelate of Chota, Peru

30 Oct 76.0 Retired Teodoro Cardenal Fernández † Archbishop of Burgos, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

66.3 Appointed Santiago Martínez Acebes † Archbishop of Burgos, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

31 Oct 47.3 Installed Antonio José López Castillo Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela

74.8 Died Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Sep	79.2	Died	João Cláudio Colling †	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6 Sep	45.5	Appointed	Jacob Manathodath	Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese), India
45.5	Appointed	Jacob Manathodath	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese), India
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Javier Salinas Viñals	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
7 Sep	84.4	Died	Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente, El Salvador	Bishop
8 Sep	59.2	Appointed	John Bulaitis	Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Albania
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil	Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia
71.5	Died	Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
9 Sep	54.4	Installed	Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
12 Sep	83.0	Died	Paul Piché, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada
13 Sep	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Friedhelm Hofmann	Titular Bishop of Taddua	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Michael Neary	Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis Pelâtre, A.A.	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
14 Sep	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Ratko Peric	Coadjutor Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop
16 Sep	73.2	Died	Enrico Assi †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
18 Sep	93.8	Died	Augustine Danglmayr †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA
19 Sep	73.5	Died	Jeronim Isidore Chimy, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Lucien Fruchaud	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
22 Sep	73.5	Died	Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
26 Sep	33.2	Ordained Priest	Karl Borsch	Priest of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
62.7	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B.	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
27 Sep	84.1	Died	Jacques-Paul Martin †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
28 Sep	75.7	Retired	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
44.1	Appointed	Jan Graubner	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
49.4	Appointed	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan
49.4	Appointed	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Titular Bishop of Alexanum	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan
48.7	Succeeded	John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan	Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
29 Sep	32.5	Ordained Priest	Dominikus Saku	Priest of Atambua, Indonesia	Bishop
1 Oct	75.2	Retired	Agostino Ferrari Toniolo †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
68.5	Appointed	Alois Wagner †	Titular Archbishop of Siccenna	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
68.5	Appointed	Alois Wagner †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
3 Oct	62.7	Installed	Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B.	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Gristina	Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
4 Oct	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Raphanea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep, Syria
5 Oct	83.6	Died	Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
6 Oct	39.9	Appointed	Daniel Adwok	Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan
39.9	Appointed	Daniel Adwok	Titular Bishop of Moxori	Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan
62.2	Appointed	Kenneth Anthony Angell	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	John Jerome Cunneen	Auxiliary Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	John Jerome Cunneen	Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin	Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand
60.7	Appointed	Joseph D'Silva †	Bishop of Bellary, India
44.9	Appointed	Frumencio Escudero Arenas	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.9	Appointed	Frumencio Escudero Arenas	Titular Bishop of Cincari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puyo, Ecuador
60.8	Appointed	James Henry Garland	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
69.6	Retired	Mark Francis Schmitt	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.2	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Tafunga, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.0	Appointed	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
55.3	Appointed	Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I.	Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
78.1	Retired	Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bellary, India	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela	Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela
55.3	Appointed	Faustino Sainz Muñoz	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
10 Oct	76.5	Retired	Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M.	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Isidore Battikha, B.A.	Titular Bishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria
75.6	Retired	Giovanni Benedetti	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Arduino Bertoldo	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Antonio Camilo González	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic
62.9	Appointed	Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Oct	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Audo, S.J.	Bishop of Alep (Chaldean), Syria
71.8	Died	Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. †	Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA
144.5	Canonized	St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
12 Oct	71.0	Appointed	Girolamo Prigione	Apostolic Nuncio to México	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
13 Oct	54.3	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Galante	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
54.3	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Galante	Titular Bishop of Equilium	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
56.4	Appointed	Edward Urban Kmiec	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
75.7	Retired	James Daniel Niedergeses †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	75.1	Retired	Jean Hermil †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	60.1	Appointed	Bertrand Blanchet	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
70.2	Resigned	Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E.	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
55.6	Appointed	Michelangelo Riccardo M. Tiribilli, O.S.B.	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
17 Oct	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Béla Balás	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius	Bishop of Kaposvár, Hungary
18 Oct	81.9	Died	Giuseppe Bonfigioli †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
88.1	Died	William Andrew Hart †	Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Oct	59.0	Appointed	Florencio Olvera Ochoa	Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
20 Oct	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Rayappu Joseph	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
21 Oct	51.0	Confirmed	José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B.	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
23 Oct	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Georges El-Murr, B.C.	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite), Jordan	Archbishop Emeritus
81.8	Died	José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC. †	Prelate Emeritus of Ayaviri, Peru
25 Oct	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Hans-Georg Koitz	Titular Bishop of Cantanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
26 Oct	70.2	Died	Arnulfo S. Arcilla †	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop
27 Oct	69.6	Died	José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Chota, Peru
30 Oct	76.0	Retired	Teodoro Cardenal Fernández †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	Santiago Martínez Acebes †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Oct	47.3	Installed	Antonio José López Castillo	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
74.8	Died	Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia

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