The Year of Our Lord 1999

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 58.7 Appointed Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis Bishop of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

2 Mar 55.5 Appointed Frederick Francis Campbell Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

55.5 Appointed Frederick Francis Campbell Titular Bishop of Afufenia Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

81.1 Retired Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

89.1 Died Francisco Nunes Teixeira † Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique

86.0 Died Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy

3 Mar 62.1 Appointed Pier Luigi Celata Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

62.1 Appointed Pier Luigi Celata Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

49.6 Appointed Adriano Ciocca Vasino Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil

54.1 Appointed Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

67.0 Died Gian Vincenzo Moreni † Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

75.2 Retired Giovanni Moretti † Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Apostolic Nuncio

75.2 Retired Giovanni Moretti † Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Apostolic Nuncio

6 Mar 75.6 Retired Luigi Belloli † Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy Bishop Emeritus

64.5 Appointed Domenico Crusco † Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Francesco Lambiasi Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy

75.2 Retired Augusto Lauro † Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Luis Robles Díaz † Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America

7 Mar 26.4 First Vows Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M. Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop of Copiapó, Chile

8 Mar 61.8 Appointed Paul Marchand, S.M.M. † Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

9 Mar 48.9 Installed Jose Serofia Palma Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

10 Mar 69.1 Resigned Antoine Hamid Mourany † Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

11 Mar 68.8 Resigned Paul Consbruch † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 52.5 Installed Carlos José Ñáñez Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

13 Mar 64.9 Died Isidore de Souza † Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin

14 Mar 85.9 Died Gilberto Baroni † Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

53.3 Installed Gilles Côté, S.M.M. Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

83.3 Died Arthur Joseph Gilbert † Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

25.5 Ordained Deacon Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro Deacon of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

16 Mar 65.3 Appointed Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul † Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.3 Appointed Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul † Titular Bishop of Lamzella Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

57.2 Installed Stephen Edward Blaire † Bishop of Stockton, California, USA Bishop Emeritus

54.2 Appointed Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D. Bishop of Yendi, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

42.8 Ordained Bishop Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog Titular Bishop of Reperi Bishop of Surigao, Philippines

76.3 Retired Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. † Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Secretary Emeritus

66.0 Appointed Walter Kasper Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Cardinal, President Emeritus

41.2 Appointed Jacob Venance Koda Bishop of Same, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

56.7 Appointed Josaphat Louis Lebulu Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus

67.5 Appointed Benedict John Osta, S.J. † Archbishop of Patna, India Archbishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Rafael Masahiro Umemura Bishop of Yokohama, Japan

17 Mar 69.7 Appointed Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

59.6 Installed Michael Patrick Driscoll † Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Appointed Luc Julian Matthys † Bishop of Armidale, Australia Bishop Emeritus

76.5 Retired Henrique Müller, O.F.M. † Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

18 Mar 41.2 Appointed José Luis Azuaje Ayala Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela

41.2 Appointed José Luis Azuaje Ayala Titular Bishop of Italica Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela

55.6 Appointed Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo † Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela

75.0 Retired Remi Joseph De Roo † Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus

57.0 Appointed Bernard Genoud † Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

48.3 Appointed Leopoldo González González Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

48.3 Appointed Leopoldo González González Titular Bishop of Voncaria Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

63.8 Appointed Gustavo Martínez Frías † Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

62.7 Installed Luis Morales Reyes † Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus

59.7 Succeeded Raymond Olir Roussin, S. M. † Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

56.4 Appointed Rubén Salazar Gómez Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

75.6 Retired Félix María Torres Parra † Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

19 Mar 52.3 Appointed Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. Superior General of Fraternità Sacerdotale dei Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

51.7 Ordained Bishop Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.8 Ordained Bishop Jean Gagnon † Titular Bishop of Lamdia Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

53.4 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Paruzzo Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

20 Mar 66.3 Ordained Bishop Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba † Bishop of Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus

52.7 Installed Salvatore Gristina Bishop of Acireale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

55.3 Appointed Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of Apostolic Nuncio

55.8 Ordained Bishop Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala

59.7 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Nunnari Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

21 Mar 75.2 Died Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

103.4 Died John Linus Paschang † Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

69.9 Installed Natalino Pescarolo † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24 Mar 54.8 Appointed Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil

77.2 Retired Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. † Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil Abbot Emeritus

48.7 Appointed Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

50.8 Installed José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

25 Mar 59.1 Appointed Luigi Bressan Archbishop of Trento, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

49.7 Installed Frederick Joseph Colli Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Ordained Bishop Louis Dicaire † Titular Bishop of Thizica Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

58.5 Installed Paul Stephen Loverde Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus

53.3 Ordained Bishop Anthony Mancini Titular Bishop of Natchitoches Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

67.3 Appointed Umberto Tramma † Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

54.2 Appointed Luigi Ventura Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Apostolic Nuncio

26 Mar 76.6 Retired Luis Aponte Martínez † Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc † Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam

88.8 Died Carlo Fanton † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy

48.8 Appointed Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

77.0 Retired André Nguyễn Văn Nam † Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

30 Mar 92.3 Died Manuel Pedro da Cunha Cintra † Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

76.8 Died Clemente Riva, I.C. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

31 Mar 59.2 Appointed Diego Causero Apostolic Nuncio to Syria Apostolic Nuncio

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	58.7	Appointed	Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	55.5	Appointed	Frederick Francis Campbell	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
55.5	Appointed	Frederick Francis Campbell	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
81.1	Retired	Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
89.1	Died	Francisco Nunes Teixeira †	Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique
86.0	Died	Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
3 Mar	62.1	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
62.1	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
49.6	Appointed	Adriano Ciocca Vasino	Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
54.1	Appointed	Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
67.0	Died	Gian Vincenzo Moreni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
75.2	Retired	Giovanni Moretti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio
75.2	Retired	Giovanni Moretti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio
6 Mar	75.6	Retired	Luigi Belloli †	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Domenico Crusco †	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Francesco Lambiasi	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
75.2	Retired	Augusto Lauro †	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Luis Robles Díaz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
7 Mar	26.4	First Vows	Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
8 Mar	61.8	Appointed	Paul Marchand, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
9 Mar	48.9	Installed	Jose Serofia Palma	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
10 Mar	69.1	Resigned	Antoine Hamid Mourany †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Mar	68.8	Resigned	Paul Consbruch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	52.5	Installed	Carlos José Ñáñez	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Mar	64.9	Died	Isidore de Souza †	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
14 Mar	85.9	Died	Gilberto Baroni †	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
53.3	Installed	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
83.3	Died	Arthur Joseph Gilbert †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
25.5	Ordained Deacon	Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro	Deacon of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
16 Mar	65.3	Appointed	Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.3	Appointed	Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul †	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
57.2	Installed	Stephen Edward Blaire †	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
54.2	Appointed	Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D.	Bishop of Yendi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines
76.3	Retired	Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. †	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Secretary Emeritus
66.0	Appointed	Walter Kasper	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
41.2	Appointed	Jacob Venance Koda	Bishop of Same, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
56.7	Appointed	Josaphat Louis Lebulu	Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
67.5	Appointed	Benedict John Osta, S.J. †	Archbishop of Patna, India	Archbishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Rafael Masahiro Umemura	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan
17 Mar	69.7	Appointed	Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
59.6	Installed	Michael Patrick Driscoll †	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	Luc Julian Matthys †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
76.5	Retired	Henrique Müller, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	41.2	Appointed	José Luis Azuaje Ayala	Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
41.2	Appointed	José Luis Azuaje Ayala	Titular Bishop of Italica	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
55.6	Appointed	Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo †	Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
75.0	Retired	Remi Joseph De Roo †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Bernard Genoud †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
48.3	Appointed	Leopoldo González González	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
48.3	Appointed	Leopoldo González González	Titular Bishop of Voncaria	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
63.8	Appointed	Gustavo Martínez Frías †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
62.7	Installed	Luis Morales Reyes †	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus
59.7	Succeeded	Raymond Olir Roussin, S. M. †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
56.4	Appointed	Rubén Salazar Gómez	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
75.6	Retired	Félix María Torres Parra †	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Mar	52.3	Appointed	Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B.	Superior General of Fraternità Sacerdotale dei Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean Gagnon †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Paruzzo	Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
52.7	Installed	Salvatore Gristina	Bishop of Acireale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
55.3	Appointed	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala
59.7	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Nunnari	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
21 Mar	75.2	Died	Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
103.4	Died	John Linus Paschang †	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
69.9	Installed	Natalino Pescarolo †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Mar	54.8	Appointed	Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
77.2	Retired	Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus
48.7	Appointed	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.8	Installed	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Mar	59.1	Appointed	Luigi Bressan	Archbishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
49.7	Installed	Frederick Joseph Colli	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Louis Dicaire †	Titular Bishop of Thizica	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
58.5	Installed	Paul Stephen Loverde	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Mancini	Titular Bishop of Natchitoches	Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
67.3	Appointed	Umberto Tramma †	Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
54.2	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio
26 Mar	76.6	Retired	Luis Aponte Martínez †	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc †	Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
88.8	Died	Carlo Fanton †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
48.8	Appointed	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
77.0	Retired	André Nguyễn Văn Nam †	Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	92.3	Died	Manuel Pedro da Cunha Cintra †	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
76.8	Died	Clemente Riva, I.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
31 Mar	59.2	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio

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