The Year of Our Lord 1995

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	49.0	Resigned	Nicolas Antiba, B.A.	Superior General of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)	Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
	26.5	Ordained Deacon	José Albuquerque de Araújo	Deacon of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
	68.3	Resigned	Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P. †	Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
	31.1	Entered	Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán, Ist. del Prado	Priest of Istituto del Prado	Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México
	26.0	Entered	Nathalie Becquart, Xavière	Member of La Xavière, Missionnaires du Christ Jésus	Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops
	74.8	Appointed	André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. †	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus
	72.8	Retired	Umberto Betti, O.F.M. †	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University	Cardinal, Rector Emeritus
	54.9	Resigned	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
	31.7	Ordained Deacon	Anthony James Corcoran, S.J.	Deacon of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
	33.3	Solemn Vows	Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
	75.0	Ceased	Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †	Apostolic Administrator of Gikongoro, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda
	55.3	Ceased	Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A.	Superior General of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Lodwar, Kenya
	38.8	Solemn Vows	Theodoros Kontidis, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
	35.7	Incardinated	Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert	Priest of Tours, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	34.0	Ordained Priest	Methodius Qu Ailin	Priest of Hengyang [Hengchow], China	Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
	34.8	Incardinated	Humberto Tapia Díaz	Priest of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
	28.8	Perpetual Vows	John Joale Tlhomola, S.C.P.	Member of Servants of Christ the Priest	Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
	36.5	Selected	Joseph Wei Jingyi	Coadjutor Bishop of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China	Bishop
	70.0	Resigned	Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage †	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jan	88.8	Died	Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech †	Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne, France
4 Jan	59.8	Appointed	João José Burke, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil	Bishop
4 Jan	27.7	Ordained Priest	Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla	Priest of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Al Qusia (Coptic), Egypt
5 Jan	76.5	Retired	Sauveur Casanova †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	António de Castro Xavier Monteiro †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
	65.9	Succeeded	Américo do Couto Oliveira †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	71.0	Appointed	Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	71.0	Appointed	Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
	64.7	Appointed	Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Blais	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Leo Burke	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Paweł Cieślik	Titular Bishop of Britonia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Javier Echevarría Rodríguez †	Titular Bishop of Cilibia	Prelate of Opus Dei
	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Zacharias Cenita Jimenez †	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Butuan, Philippines
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Musarò	Titular Archbishop of Abari	Apostolic Nuncio
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Napoletano, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Andrea Palmieri	Priest of Bari-Bitonto, Italy	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
	67.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierfranco Pastore †	Titular Bishop of Forontoniana	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Stefan Regmunt	Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum	Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Surista	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Tremblay	Titular Bishop of Succuba	Bishop Emeritus of Amos, Québec, Canada
7 Jan	67.8	Installed	Ludwig Averkamp †	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
	65.1	Resigned	Andrew Zolile T. Brook †	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, Júnior, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	30.6	Ordained Priest	Daniel Fernández Torres	Priest of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
	34.8	Professed	Inácio Saúre, I.M.C.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique
	53.8	Appointed	Carlos Stetter	Coadjutor Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan	20.9	Professed	Teodor (Taras) Martynyuk, M.S.U.	Member of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
9 Jan	79.1	Died	Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
9 Jan	41.7	Ordained Deacon	Silvano Herminio Pedroso Montalvo	Deacon of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
11 Jan	87.5	Died	Nicolas Hajj, B.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	95.8	Died	Giovanni Battista Parodi †	Bishop Emeritus of Savona e Noli, Italy
	67.0	Appointed	Giovanni (João) Zerbini, S.D.B.	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	25.2	Ordained Priest	Adelar Baruffi	Priest of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
13 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot †	Titular Bishop of Parthenia
14 Jan	86.1	Died	James Patrick Carroll †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
15 Jan	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E. †	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	31.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Charles Wismick, S.M.M.	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
17 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Michael Neary	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jan	76.2	Retired	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.9	Appointed	Alberto Suárez Inda	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	81.3	Died	[Michael Yang Gao-jian], O.S.A. †	Bishop of Changde [Changteh], China
21 Jan	58.5	Appointed	Luciano Bux †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
21 Jan	58.5	Appointed	Luciano Bux †	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
22 Jan	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Anfossi	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	56.1	Appointed	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania	Apostolic Nuncio
24 Jan	75.9	Retired	Alfred Leo Abramowicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.8	Appointed	Edwin Michael Conway †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	60.8	Appointed	Edwin Michael Conway †	Titular Bishop of Augurus	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	53.4	Appointed	Gerald Frederick Kicanas	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
	53.4	Appointed	Gerald Frederick Kicanas	Titular Bishop of Bela	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
	75.8	Retired	Timothy Joseph Lyne †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Appointed	George Vance Murry, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
	46.0	Appointed	George Vance Murry, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
25 Jan	44.2	Installed	Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	71.8	Installed	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	52.2	Appointed	Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.2	Appointed	Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S.	Titular Bishop of Libertina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	George Hugh Niederauer †	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
	66.8	Appointed	Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. †	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Appointed	Vito Schlickmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Appointed	Vito Schlickmann †	Titular Bishop of Gurza	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
27 Jan	44.1	Appointed	Otto Georgens	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
27 Jan	44.1	Appointed	Otto Georgens	Titular Bishop of Gubaliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
28 Jan	87.6	Died	Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
29 Jan	30.5	Professed	Henrique Aparecido de Lima, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	116.7	Beatified	St. Raphael Guizar Valencia †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Yves François Patenôtre	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
30 Jan	87.0	Died	Dragutin Nežić †	Bishop Emeritus of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
31 Jan	79.0	Died	Leo Joseph Brust †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	52.3	Appointed	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Bishop of Chile, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
	52.3	Appointed	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
	66.7	Installed	Alfred John Markiewicz †	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
	71.7	Resigned	José Joaquín Matte Varas †	Bishop of Chile, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	25.8	Perpetual Vows	Augusto Martín Quijano Rodríguez, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru

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