The Year of Our Lord 1999

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	62.6	Resigned	Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.	Curial Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria
	33.7	Perpetual Vows	Simona Brambilla, M. C.	Member of Suore Missionarie della Consolata	Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	58.9	Resigned	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic	Apostolic Nuncio
	70.9	Succeeded	[Mathias Chen Xilu] †	Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
	38.1	Incardinated	Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez †	Priest of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
	55.4	Appointed	François Eid, O.M.M.	Superior General of Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra (Maronite)	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
	77.9	Resigned	[Peter Fan Wenxing] †	Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Yousif Ibrahim, O.A.O.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq
	81.5	Selected	[John Liu Ding-han], S.J. †	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China	Bishop Emeritus
	38.6	Incardinated	Atanáz Orosz	Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
	58.6	Appointed	Louis Pelâtre, A.A.	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Istanbul, Turkey
	18.6	First Vows	Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	43.8	Incardinated	Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo	Priest of Puerto Princesa, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines
	84.4	Selected	Wang Yutian †	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China	Bishop-Elect
	63.7	Selected	Anthony Xu Jiwei †	Administrator of Linhai [Taichow], China	Bishop Emeritus
	34.7	Selected	Joseph Yue Fusheng	Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
	64.8	Selected	Joseph Zhao Fengchang	Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China
1 Jan	78.8	Incardinated	Leo Scheffczyk †	Priest of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
2 Jan	54.5	Appointed	Paul Kamuza Bakyenga †	Archbishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Annetto Depasquale †	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
	69.4	Appointed	Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	46.1	Appointed	Christopher Kakooza	Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda	Bishop of Lugazi, Uganda
	46.1	Appointed	Christopher Kakooza	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Bishop of Lugazi, Uganda
	65.8	Appointed	Martin Luluga †	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	51.5	Appointed	John Baptist Odama	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.7	Appointed	James Odongo †	Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.6	Appointed	Philippe Ranaivomanana †	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar	Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
	50.6	Appointed	Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti	Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
	51.0	Appointed	Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
	88.8	Died	[Michael Xie Chaogang] †	Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
4 Jan	79.5	Died	Carlo Cavalla †	Bishop Emeritus of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	57.5	Appointed	Pablo Lizama Riquelme	Bishop of Chile, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
	39.7	Appointed	Kiro Stojanov	Auxiliary Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia	Bishop
	39.7	Appointed	Kiro Stojanov	Titular Bishop of Centuriones	Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
6 Jan	31.4	Perpetual Vows	Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Mongu, Zambia
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Cob García	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro D’Errico	Titular Archbishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)	Apostolic Nuncio
	65.3	Installed	Bernard Joseph Harrington	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	69.5	Died	Joseph Kureethara †	Bishop of Cochin, India
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin †	Titular Archbishop of Vico Equense	Apostolic Nuncio
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Diarmuid Martin	Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
	61.9	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Hólar	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Pennacchio	Titular Archbishop of Montemarano	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
	62.7	Ordained Bishop	José Luis Redrado Marchite, O.H.	Titular Bishop of Aufinium	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Trần Ðình Tứ	Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan	80.3	Died	Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño †	Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
9 Jan	55.0	Appointed	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne	Archbishop of Lima, Peru	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	79.4	Appointed	Angelo Felici †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
	77.8	Appointed	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	71.7	Appointed	Eduardo Martínez Somalo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Gesù	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro Pascarella	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	71.1	Died	Fernando Ramon Prego Casal †	Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba
	75.2	Appointed	Achille Silvestrini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	76.1	Retired	Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
11 Jan	71.6	Died	Daniel Enrique Núñez Núñez †	Bishop of David, Panama
12 Jan	66.9	Installed	Joseph Faber MacDonald †	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan	65.2	Appointed	Geraldo Majella Agnelo †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	42.6	Appointed	Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines
	42.6	Appointed	Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines
	75.7	Retired	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	Jose Serofia Palma	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
	50.6	Appointed	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.9	Died	Lawrence Harold Welsh †	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
14 Jan	57.6	Ceased	Robert Nugent Lynch	Apostolic Administrator of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
14 Jan	60.6	Installed	Anthony Joseph O’Connell †	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	57.0	Appointed	Stephen Edward Blaire †	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	59.4	Appointed	Michael Patrick Driscoll †	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Resigned	Donald William Montrose †	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jan	66.1	Appointed	Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
	51.5	Appointed	Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	62.5	Appointed	Luis Morales Reyes †	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.2	Appointed	Javier Navarro Rodríguez	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	77.8	Retired	José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco †	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
	77.0	Retired	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Jan	69.8	Appointed	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio
	69.8	Appointed	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio
	61.6	Appointed	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to European Community	Apostolic Nuncio
	30.6	Ordained Priest	John Wong Soo Kau	Priest of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
22 Jan	44.2	Ordained Priest	Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu	Priest of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
23 Jan	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Louis Chamniern Santisukniram	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
23 Jan	52.5	Appointed	Salvatore Gristina	Bishop of Acireale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
24 Jan	82.9	Died	Jules-Louis-Paul Harlé †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
25 Jan	57.2	Appointed	António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm.	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	76.2	Retired	Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Paul Stephen Loverde	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jan	85.1	Died	Patrick Joseph Casey †	Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
27 Jan	74.1	Died	Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
28 Jan	55.7	Appointed	Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala
30 Jan	36.6	Ordained Priest	Álvaro Mon Peréz, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia
30 Jan	59.6	Appointed	Salvatore Nunnari	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
31 Jan	27.6	Perpetual Vows	Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Hoepers	Priest of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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