The Year of Our Lord 1994

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	58.2	Appointed	Bruno Bertagna	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	45.5	Appointed	Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń, Poland	Bishop of Radom, Poland
	43.9	Appointed	Timothy Michael Dolan	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	64.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Ferraioli †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran
	84.9	Died	Rafael González Estrada †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
	55.0	Incardinated	Josu Iriondo	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	48.7	Appointed	Diarmuid Martin	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
	40.8	Professed	Mathew Moolakkattu, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
	54.7	Resigned	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	51.4	Appointed	Osvaldo Padilla	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
	92.6	Died	Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert †	Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti
	45.5	Appointed	Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.	Prefect of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia	Archbishop of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
3 Jan	51.8	Appointed	Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador
	51.8	Appointed	Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador
	75.0	Died	Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caguas, Puerto Rico
5 Jan	86.6	Died	Émile André Jean-Marie Maury †	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
6 Jan	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Ramon Cabrera Argüelles	Titular Bishop of Ros Cré	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Uriah Ashley	Bishop of Penonomé, Panama
	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Kevin Michael Britt †	Titular Bishop of Oescus	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R.	Prelate of Chota, Peru	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Józef Dlugosz	Titular Bishop of Aggar	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Gillet	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Titular Archbishop of Calatia	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran
	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Joseph Harrington	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Julien Mawule Kouto	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Américo do Couto Oliveira †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop
	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Paul Prabhu	Titular Archbishop of Tituli in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Zimbabwe
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Christo Proykov	Titular Bishop of Briula	Bishop of Sofia (Byzantine), Bulgaria
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Edward James Slattery	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Pero Sudar	Titular Bishop of Selia	Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Valenzuela Rios	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Titular Archbishop of Glastonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania
9 Jan	35.5	Ordained Priest	Hilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique
9 Jan	54.5	Ordained Bishop	François Thibodeau, C.I.M.	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
10 Jan	66.1	Appointed	Angelo Sodano	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
11 Jan	91.8	Died	Charles-Marie Himmer †	Bishop Emeritus of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
12 Jan	48.8	Appointed	Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R.	Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
	61.0	Appointed	Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J.	Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Voltolini Esti	Titular Bishop of Bisuldino	Archbishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
	69.2	Resigned	Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
13 Jan	68.3	Appointed	Angelo Acerbi	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
13 Jan	49.5	Appointed	Robert James Carlson	Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
14 Jan	42.8	Appointed	Hansjörg Vogel	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	92.3	Died	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
15 Jan	77.7	Died	Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves †	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
17 Jan	67.1	Appointed	Diego Natale Bona	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	53.4	Installed	Paul Stephen Loverde	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
18 Jan	67.2	Resigned	Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
19 Jan	68.4	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
19 Jan	87.8	Died	Maurits Gerard De Keyzer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
20 Jan	63.7	Installed	William Edwin Franklin	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni De Vivo	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
	64.8	Died	Klaus Hemmerle †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	58.3	Installed	Alano Maria Pena, O.P.	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25 Jan	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Malayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B.	Bishop of Vellore, India	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	José Luis Dibildox Martínez	Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
	58.8	Appointed	Justin Francis Rigali	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Jan	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Gorantla †	Bishop of Kurnool, India
	74.6	Retired	João Aloysio Hoffmann †	Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	77.8	Retired	Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	57.6	Succeeded	Girônimo Zanandréa	Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27 Jan	47.0	Appointed	Juan María Leonardi Villasmil	Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela	Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela
	47.0	Appointed	Juan María Leonardi Villasmil	Titular Bishop of Lesvi	Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela
	56.7	Installed	William Kenneth Weigand	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
29 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Pierre Bürcher	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
29 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Pierre Bürcher	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
1 Feb	70.2	Appointed	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
1 Feb	82.6	Died	Jean-Paul-Marie Vincent †	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
2 Feb	76.1	Retired	Thomas Benjamin Fulton †	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	69.2	Appointed	John Aloysius O'Mara	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	57.4	Appointed	Andreas Choi Chang-mou	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Archbishop of Kwangju, Korea (South)
	57.4	Appointed	Andreas Choi Chang-mou	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Archbishop of Kwangju, Korea (South)
	79.3	Died	Justinus Darmojuwono †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Semarang, Indonesia
	59.5	Appointed	Roger Pirenne	Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
	68.5	Appointed	Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra	Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	45.5	Appointed	Amando Samo	Coadjutor Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
	56.4	Appointed	Alexander Sye Cheong-duk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Appointed	Alexander Sye Cheong-duk †	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
	42.9	Confirmed	Hansjörg Vogel	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
5 Feb	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot	Titular Bishop of Altava	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
6 Feb	85.9	Died	Antoine Caillot †	Bishop Emeritus of Evreux, France
7 Feb	81.8	Died	Sebastiano Rosso †	Bishop Emeritus of Piazza Armerina, Italy
7 Feb	67.3	Appointed	Szczepan Wesoly	Titular Archbishop of Dragonara	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
8 Feb	60.9	Appointed	Edward Peter Cullen	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
	60.9	Appointed	Edward Peter Cullen	Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
	51.1	Appointed	Thomas John Curry	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	51.1	Appointed	Thomas John Curry	Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	66.6	Appointed	Joseph Martin Sartoris	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	66.6	Appointed	Joseph Martin Sartoris	Titular Bishop of Oliva	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
	42.4	Appointed	Gabino Zavala	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	42.4	Appointed	Gabino Zavala	Titular Bishop of Tamascani	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
9 Feb	53.4	Appointed	Gentil Delázari	Coadjutor Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop
9 Feb	88.0	Died	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
10 Feb	46.2	Installed	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Donato Negro	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
	77.8	Died	Johannes Vonderach †	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
11 Feb	76.1	Died	Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
	75.0	Retired	Heinrich Machens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	66.3	Succeeded	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Feb	45.4	Appointed	Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S.	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Coulibaly	Bishop of Kankan, Guinea	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
	41.1	Appointed	Juan Rubén Martinez	Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina
	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B.	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands
13 Feb	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael Dallat †	Titular Bishop of Thala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
14 Feb	66.6	Appointed	Juan Antonio Flores Santana	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Feb	89.7	Died	Gabriel Auguste François Marty †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
18 Feb	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Julio César Vidal Ortiz	Prelate of Alto Sinú, Colombia	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
19 Feb	64.1	Appointed	Miguel Caviedes Medina	Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	70.6	Appointed	John George Chedid	Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	44.2	Appointed	Jacek Jezierski	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland
	44.2	Appointed	Jacek Jezierski	Titular Bishop of Liberalia	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland
	38.3	Incardinated	Gregory John Mansour	Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA	Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
	73.6	Resigned	Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †	Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	William Slattery, O.F.M.	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles Martin Wamika	Titular Bishop of Tacapae	Auxiliary Bishop of Tororo, Uganda
20 Feb	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador
20 Feb	89.2	Died	Franz Sales Zauner †	Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria
21 Feb	51.3	Elected	Julian Gbur, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
22 Feb	70.9	Died	Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
	49.3	Appointed	Francisco Cases Andreu	Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	49.3	Appointed	Francisco Cases Andreu	Titular Bishop of Timici	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	66.5	Appointed	William George Curlin	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.2	Retired	Hanna Kaldany †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	73.8	Died	Alfred Kostelecky †	Bishop of Austria, Military
	50.2	Succeeded	Christian Werner	Bishop of Austria, Military
23 Feb	74.3	Died	Charles Msakila †	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
24 Feb	48.7	Ordained Priest	Alvaro Julio Beyra Luarca	Priest of Camagüey, Cuba	Bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba
24 Feb	60.8	Appointed	Harry Joseph Flynn	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Feb	51.7	Appointed	Alfonso Delgado Evers	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	75.1	Retired	Ernst Gutting	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.6	Appointed	José Mario Ruiz Navas	Archbishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Feb	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Jésus Rocha †	Titular Bishop of Mutia	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28 Feb	74.4	Died	Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

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