The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Dec 63.3 Died Eugène Biletsi Onim † Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

2 Dec 49.3 Appointed Wolfgang Haas Archbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein Archbishop Emeritus

3 Dec 88.6 Died Domenico Enrici † Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

4 Dec 96.5 Died Ignace (Jacques) Gillet, O.C.S.O. † Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

5 Dec 32.9 Ordained Priest Edson Batista de Mello Priest of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

51.7 Appointed Richard John Grecco Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

51.7 Appointed Richard John Grecco Titular Bishop of Uccula Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

6 Dec 30.3 Ordained Priest Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P. Priest of Missionary Society of St. Paul Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru

54.5 Appointed Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal Apostolic Nuncio

54.5 Appointed Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau Apostolic Nuncio

54.5 Appointed Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel Apostolic Nuncio to Mali Apostolic Nuncio

54.5 Appointed Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde Apostolic Nuncio

75.8 Retired Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski † Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.3 Retired Czeslaw Lewandowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

7 Dec 44.8 Ordained Bishop Patrick Le Gal Bishop of Tulle, France Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

8 Dec 45.7 Ordained Bishop Peter Louis Cakü † Titular Bishop of Abidda Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

43.5 Ordained Bishop Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

44.9 Ordained Bishop Stephen Lepcha Bishop of Darjeeling, India

85.4 Died Laurean Rugambwa † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

9 Dec 56.5 Ordained Bishop Denis James Hart Titular Bishop of Vagada Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

11 Dec 44.0 Appointed Csaba Ternyák Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

44.0 Appointed Csaba Ternyák Titular Archbishop of Eminentiana Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

12 Dec 40.1 Ordained Priest Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias Priest of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil

28.1 Ordained Priest Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira Priest of Crato, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil

77.9 Retired Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. † Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina Bishop Emeritus

65.9 Died [John Zhu Fengqing] † Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China

13 Dec 43.5 Appointed Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I. Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic Bishop

28.9 Ordained Priest Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa Priest of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

65.7 Appointed Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale Apostolic Nuncio

65.7 Appointed Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan Apostolic Nuncio

65.7 Appointed Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † Apostolic Delegate to Somalia Apostolic Nuncio

52.3 Appointed Mieczysław Cisło Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Mieczysław Cisło Titular Bishop of Auca Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland

64.1 Ordained Bishop Angelo Daniel Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Jean-Gaspard Mudiso Mund’la, S.V.D. Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Wiktor Paweł Skworc Bishop of Tarnów, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

63.6 Resigned Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario † Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

14 Dec 27.2 Ordained Priest Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé Priest of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire Apostolic Nuncio to Mali

29.0 Ordained Priest Leopoldo Ndakalako Priest of Ondjiva, Angola Bishop of Menongue, Angola

15 Dec 75.6 Died Armando Franco † Bishop of Oria, Italy

75.9 Resigned Thomas Jerome Welsh † Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

16 Dec 64.7 Appointed Edward Peter Cullen † Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.7 Ordained Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C. Titular Bishop of Amantia Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

83.1 Died Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

17 Dec 42.1 Appointed Claudio Gugerotti Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

18 Dec 63.9 Installed Alexander Joseph Brunett † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

19 Dec 58.1 Appointed John Buckley Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Salvatore Ligorio Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

60.8 Installed John George Vlazny Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA Archbishop Emeritus

20 Dec 78.4 Died Wenceslas Kalibushi † Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda

27.2 Ordained Priest Armando Matteo Priest of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

69.3 Appointed Francesco Saverio Salerno † Titular Bishop of Caere Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

69.3 Appointed Francesco Saverio Salerno † Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

21 Dec 28.9 Ordained Priest Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B. Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Apostolic Administrator of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)

78.1 Died François Hoenen, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

22 Dec 34.6 Appointed Aleksandr Kan, S.J. Superior of Kyrgyzstan Superior Emeritus

23 Dec 51.1 Appointed Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles

51.1 Appointed Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. Titular Bishop of Nesqually Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles

43.9 Appointed Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. Prelate of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

52.3 Appointed Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. † Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil

63.1 Appointed Geraldo Vieira Gusmão Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

63.6 Appointed Francisco José Zugliani Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

24 Dec 95.8 Died Antonio Bagnoli † Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy

82.2 Died Charles Roman Koester † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

78.3 Died Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. † Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil

25 Dec 80.1 Died Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

26 Dec 31.5 Ordained Priest John Panamthottathil, C.M.I. Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia

27 Dec 64.7 Appointed Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I. Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

37.4 Ordained Priest Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. Priest of Order of the Pious Schools Bishop of Carora, Venezuela

33.9 Ordained Priest José Lampra Cà Priest of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Bishop

29.5 Professed Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva, C.SS.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil

28 Dec 71.7 Died Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania

51.2 Ordained Bishop Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. Bishop of Baroda, India Bishop Emeritus

30 Dec 69.5 Succeeded Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần † Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

88.9 Retired Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ † Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

28.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Pamplany Priest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop

31 Dec 49.8 Appointed Luis Armando Collazuol Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina

49.8 Appointed Luis Armando Collazuol Titular Bishop of Elo Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Dec	63.3	Died	Eugène Biletsi Onim †	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Dec	49.3	Appointed	Wolfgang Haas	Archbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Dec	88.6	Died	Domenico Enrici †	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
4 Dec	96.5	Died	Ignace (Jacques) Gillet, O.C.S.O. †	Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
5 Dec	32.9	Ordained Priest	Edson Batista de Mello	Priest of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
51.7	Appointed	Richard John Grecco	Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
51.7	Appointed	Richard John Grecco	Titular Bishop of Uccula	Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
6 Dec	30.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P.	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Paul	Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru
54.5	Appointed	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal	Apostolic Nuncio
54.5	Appointed	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau	Apostolic Nuncio
54.5	Appointed	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio to Mali	Apostolic Nuncio
54.5	Appointed	Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde	Apostolic Nuncio
75.8	Retired	Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Czeslaw Lewandowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Le Gal	Bishop of Tulle, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
8 Dec	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Peter Louis Cakü †	Titular Bishop of Abidda	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B.	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
44.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Lepcha	Bishop of Darjeeling, India
85.4	Died	Laurean Rugambwa †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
9 Dec	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Denis James Hart	Titular Bishop of Vagada	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
11 Dec	44.0	Appointed	Csaba Ternyák	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
44.0	Appointed	Csaba Ternyák	Titular Archbishop of Eminentiana	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
12 Dec	40.1	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Priest of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira	Priest of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
77.9	Retired	Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
65.9	Died	[John Zhu Fengqing] †	Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
13 Dec	43.5	Appointed	Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I.	Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic	Bishop
28.9	Ordained Priest	Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa	Priest of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
65.7	Appointed	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale	Apostolic Nuncio
65.7	Appointed	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan	Apostolic Nuncio
65.7	Appointed	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Somalia	Apostolic Nuncio
52.3	Appointed	Mieczysław Cisło	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Mieczysław Cisło	Titular Bishop of Auca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
64.1	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Daniel	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Jean-Gaspard Mudiso Mund’la, S.V.D.	Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Wiktor Paweł Skworc	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
63.6	Resigned	Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario †	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	27.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé	Priest of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire	Apostolic Nuncio to Mali
29.0	Ordained Priest	Leopoldo Ndakalako	Priest of Ondjiva, Angola	Bishop of Menongue, Angola
15 Dec	75.6	Died	Armando Franco †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
75.9	Resigned	Thomas Jerome Welsh †	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
16 Dec	64.7	Appointed	Edward Peter Cullen †	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Amantia	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
83.1	Died	Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
17 Dec	42.1	Appointed	Claudio Gugerotti	Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
18 Dec	63.9	Installed	Alexander Joseph Brunett †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Dec	58.1	Appointed	John Buckley	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Salvatore Ligorio	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
60.8	Installed	John George Vlazny	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Dec	78.4	Died	Wenceslas Kalibushi †	Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda
27.2	Ordained Priest	Armando Matteo	Priest of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
69.3	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Salerno †	Titular Bishop of Caere	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
69.3	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Salerno †	Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
21 Dec	28.9	Ordained Priest	Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B.	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Apostolic Administrator of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
78.1	Died	François Hoenen, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Dec	34.6	Appointed	Aleksandr Kan, S.J.	Superior of Kyrgyzstan	Superior Emeritus
23 Dec	51.1	Appointed	Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
51.1	Appointed	Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Nesqually	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
43.9	Appointed	Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.	Prelate of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
52.3	Appointed	Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
63.1	Appointed	Geraldo Vieira Gusmão	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
63.6	Appointed	Francisco José Zugliani	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Dec	95.8	Died	Antonio Bagnoli †	Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
82.2	Died	Charles Roman Koester †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
78.3	Died	Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
25 Dec	80.1	Died	Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
26 Dec	31.5	Ordained Priest	John Panamthottathil, C.M.I.	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia
27 Dec	64.7	Appointed	Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I.	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
37.4	Ordained Priest	Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P.	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela
33.9	Ordained Priest	José Lampra Cà	Priest of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Bishop
29.5	Professed	Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
28 Dec	71.7	Died	Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Godfrey de Rozario, S.J.	Bishop of Baroda, India	Bishop Emeritus
30 Dec	69.5	Succeeded	Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần †	Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
88.9	Retired	Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ †	Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
28.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Pamplany	Priest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop
31 Dec	49.8	Appointed	Luis Armando Collazuol	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina
49.8	Appointed	Luis Armando Collazuol	Titular Bishop of Elo	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina

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