The Year of Our Lord 1988

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	61.5	Ceased	Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
	22.7	Entered	Simona Brambilla, M. C.	Member of Suore Missionarie della Consolata	Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	80.5	Died	Nivardo Maria (Francesco) Buttarazzi, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Order of Cistercians
	67.8	Appointed	Peter Chen Jianzhang †	Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China	Bishop
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh	Priest	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
	42.7	Entered	Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
	71.0	Appointed	Andreas Hao Jinli (Hao Zhenli) †	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
	54.8	Appointed	Martin Luluga †	Apostolic Administrator of Gulu, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Nebbi, Uganda
	34.0	Left the Church	[Michael Mary (Gregory Wilson Rae) Sim], F.SS.R.	Bishop of [Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer (FSSR)]
	12.1	Entered	Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp.	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Dolisie, Congo
	31.3	Ordained Deacon	Lawrence Sydney Nicasio †	Deacon of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles	Bishop
	23.0	Professed	Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp.	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Ordained Priest	Apolinar Mbo Olinga Nchama	Priest of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea	Apostolic Administrator
	68.9	Professed	Jan Olszański, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
		Died	John Qu Jingfeng †	Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
	37.6	Incardinated	Ismael Rueda Sierra	Priest of Girardot, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Bucaramanga, Colombia
	23.1	Entered	Pavol Šajgalík, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Slovakia, Military
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Shen Guo’an	Priest	Former Bishop-Elect of Hankow [Hankou], China
	17.1	Entered	Napoleon Balili Sipalay Jr., O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines
	55.4	Selected	James Su Zhimin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China	Bishop
	70.9	Ceased	Giuseppe Vairo †	Apostolic Administrator of Matera-Irsina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	22.7	Professed	Eduardo Vieira dos Santos	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jan	43.3	Solemn Vows	Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist.	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
Jan	27.4	Perpetual Vows	Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp.	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
1 Jan	33.6	Solemn Vows	Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
1 Jan	25.9	Solemn Vows	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
2 Jan	28.3	Ordained Priest	Peter Karam	Priest of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Adam Lepa †	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
	51.1	Appointed	Joachim Friedrich Reinelt	Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	29.3	Perpetual Vows	Irineu Roman, C.S.I.	Member of Congregation of Saint Joseph	Archbishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil
3 Jan	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	61.0	Installed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Bruno Elizeu Versari	Priest of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
4 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Antonio Ambrosanio †	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
5 Jan	74.0	Retired	Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.4	Appointed	Santiago Martínez Acebes †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
	75.3	Retired	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.1	Resigned	Bernard Joseph McLaughlin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Succeeded	Jesus Balaso Tuquib †	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Jan	25.3	Ordained Priest	Óscar Álvarez Orellana	Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador	Auxiliary Bishop
	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Srećko Badurina, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	64.4	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Belloli †	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Edward Eugeniusz Białogłowski	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rzeszów, Poland
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Victor Adibe Chikwe †	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Luís d’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Emery Kabongo Kanundowi	Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	63.8	Ordained Bishop	John Gavin Nolan †	Titular Bishop of Natchesium	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Marian Oleś †	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria	Apostolic Nuncio
	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Michel Sabbah	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Athanasius Atule Usuh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	42.5	Ordained Bishop	José Raúl Vera López, O.P.	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
7 Jan	52.4	Appointed	Antonio Ceballos Atienza †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
	56.8	Appointed	László Huzsvár †	Bishop of Zrenjanin, Serbia	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	Tamás Jung †	Apostolic Administrator of Zrenjanin, Serbia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	77.1	Retired	Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	20.6	Perpetual Vows	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Member of Society of Mary	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
9 Jan	68.6	Resigned	Marco Caliaro, C.S. †	Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	68.6	Installed	Theodor Hubrich †	Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany
	69.8	Resigned	Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire †	Bishop of Gulu, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	20.4	Professed	José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre Kouassi †	Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire
	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Edouard Mathos †	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Max Leroy Mésidor	Priest of Les Gonaïves, Haïti	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	25.0	First Vows	Carlos Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
11 Jan	81.1	Died	Marc-Armand Lallier †	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
12 Jan	30.0	Ordained Priest	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong	Priest of Yucatán, México	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
14 Jan	51.3	Appointed	James Kendrick Williams	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Peter Toshio Jinushi †	Bishop of Sapporo, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	73.1	Died	Giuseppe Zambarbieri, F.D.P. †	Superior General Emeritus of Sons of Divine Providence
16 Jan	27.2	Ordained Priest	Gregory William Gordon	Priest of Reno-Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
16 Jan	26.3	Ordained Priest	Mark Steven Rivituso	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
17 Jan	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tokat degli Armeni	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
17 Jan	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Girônimo Zanandréa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	52.5	Appointed	Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey †	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	57.3	Succeeded	Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Kurnool, India	Bishop Emeritus
	38.4	Appointed	Camillus Archibong Etokudoh	Auxiliary Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
	38.4	Appointed	Camillus Archibong Etokudoh	Titular Bishop of Capra	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
	65.0	Resigned	Maurus Gervase Komba †	Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	Telesphore Richard Mkude	Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
	82.4	Died	Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, S.M.O.M. †	Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	69.2	Appointed	Joseph Rajappa †	Bishop of Khammam, India
	46.5	Appointed	Francisco João Silota, M. Afr.	Auxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Chimoio, Mozambique
	46.5	Appointed	Francisco João Silota, M. Afr.	Titular Bishop of Musti	Bishop Emeritus of Chimoio, Mozambique
	69.0	Appointed	Franciscus van Roessel, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jan	69.7	Resigned	Manuel d’Almeida Trindade †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	57.3	Succeeded	António Baltasar Marcelino †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Carlos Prada Sanmiguel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
	48.0	Appointed	Carlos Prada Sanmiguel †	Titular Bishop of Baliana	Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
21 Jan	62.5	Appointed	Ennio Appignanesi †	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	49.8	Succeeded	Florentino Ferrer Cinense	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	61.8	Appointed	Desmond Connell †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	62.6	Succeeded	François Xavier Nguyễn Quang Sách †	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	78.6	Died	Pierre Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi †	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam
	69.7	Resigned	Jesus Juan Acosta Sison †	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	26.9	Perpetual Vows	Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S.	Member of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
23 Jan	43.5	Appointed	Horacio Olave Velandia †	Prelate of Tibú, Colombia
24 Jan	25.1	Ordained Priest	Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	19.7	Professed	Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	28.5	Ordained Deacon	Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B.	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Palmero Ramos †	Titular Bishop of Petina	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên	Priest of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
25 Jan	85.1	Retired	Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	James Thomas McHugh †	Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	23.5	Professed	Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S.	Member of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	John Mortimer Fourette Smith †	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
	51.3	Appointed	Rocco Talucci	Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
26 Jan	45.7	Appointed	Francis Xavier DiLorenzo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
26 Jan	45.7	Appointed	Francis Xavier DiLorenzo †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
28 Jan	57.4	Ordained Bishop	André Vallée, P.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
30 Jan	26.4	Ordained Priest	Daniel Ernest Flores	Priest of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
	49.9	Appointed	John Gabriel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bassein, Myanmar	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
	49.9	Appointed	John Gabriel †	Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
	27.4	Ordained Deacon	Daniel Elias Garcia	Deacon of Austin, Texas, USA	Bishop
	51.4	Appointed	Fernando Guimarães Kevanu †	Bishop of Ondjiva, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	71.8	Ordained Bishop	Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
	20.2	Entered	Alexandre Ineichen, C.R.A.	Member of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	89.4	Died	Édouard Jetté †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
	35.4	Appointed	Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
	35.4	Appointed	Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Decoriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
	25.7	Ordained Deacon	Léon Wagener	Deacon of Luxembourg	Auxiliary Bishop of Luxembourg
31 Jan	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Irineu Danelón, S.D.B.	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	20.1	Professed	Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Thaddée Nsengiyumva †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop

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