The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Feb 61.0 Appointed Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. † Apostolic Administrator of Huánuco, Peru Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru

1 Feb 58.8 Appointed Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R. Coadjutor Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military

49.7 Appointed Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes, France Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France

29.2 Professed Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. Member of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina

2 Feb 58.5 Ordained Bishop Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) † Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

24.2 Ordained Deacon Mário Antônio da Silva Deacon of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

23.8 Professed Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, Júnior, M.S.C. Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

56.7 Ordained Bishop Fernand Franck Archbishop of Luxembourg Archbishop Emeritus

90.9 Died Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya † Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan

59.6 Installed Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. † Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

27.2 Ordained Priest Ramiro Alejandro Herrera Herrera Priest of Guayaquil, Ecuador Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador

65.7 Appointed James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

66.3 Resigned Alphonsus Liguori Penney † Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

28.7 Ordained Priest Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia

4 Feb 57.8 Appointed Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. † Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria

5 Feb 83.2 Died Pedro de Arrupe y Gondra, S.J. † Superior General Emeritus of Society of Jesus

52.1 Appointed Terence John Brain Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

52.1 Appointed Terence John Brain Titular Bishop of Amudarsa Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

6 Feb 68.3 Died John Paul Elford † Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

76.0 Retired Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo † Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus

54.9 Appointed Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

7 Feb 50.7 Appointed Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

56.4 Appointed Domenico Crusco † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

50.7 Appointed André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

74.1 Resigned Robert-Joseph Mathen † Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.6 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

56.6 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bahamas, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

56.6 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

56.6 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dominica, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

56.6 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

56.6 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

56.6 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

56.6 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

56.6 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio

75.1 Retired Carlo Urru † Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy Bishop Emeritus

8 Feb 37.4 Ordained Priest Sylvester Anthony John David, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa

9 Feb 27.3 Ordained Priest Benoît Gschwind, A.A. Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

25.9 Ordained Priest Geremias Steinmetz Priest of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil

10 Feb 59.6 Died William Joseph Foley † Archbishop of Perth, Australia

11 Feb 81.8 Died Carlo Colombo † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

12 Feb 87.9 Died John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa

13 Feb 65.7 Died Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador

62.0 Appointed Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru

62.0 Resigned Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. † Bishop of Tacna, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru

14 Feb 59.8 Died Jerzy Dąbrowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

15 Feb 67.5 Resigned Philip Ekka, S.J. † Bishop of Raipur, India Bishop Emeritus

16 Feb 24.7 Ordained Priest Jaime Calderón Calderón Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México

32.7 Ordained Priest Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco

18 Feb 75.0 Retired Jules-Louis-Paul Harlé † Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

86.7 Died Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina

19 Feb 77.2 Died Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

20 Feb 75.3 Retired Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

49.0 Appointed José Dolores Grullón Estrella Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

64.2 Died Patricio Maqui Lopez † Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines

75.4 Retired José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. † Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina Prelate Emeritus

21 Feb 80.4 Retired Franz Hengsbach † Bishop of Essen, Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

22 Feb 25.5 Ordained Priest Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri Bishop of Matamoros-Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México

23 Feb 49.7 Installed Beniamino Depalma, C.M. Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy

45.5 Ordained Bishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź Titular Bishop of Bettonium Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

55.5 Ceased Gioacchino Illiano † Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy

75.6 Died Leo Thomas Maher † Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

24 Feb 61.6 Ordained Bishop François-Mathurin Gourvès † Coadjutor Bishop of Vannes, France Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Resigned Wolfgang Große (Grosse) † Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

33.2 Ordained Priest Rimantas Norvila Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

78.0 Ordained Bishop [Joseph Zhen Changcheng (Chen Changcheng, Tangtionsin)] † Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China

25 Feb 78.4 Died Joseph Francis Cleary † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop

26 Feb 90.1 Died Josef Schoiswohl † Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

28 Feb 59.7 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar Apostolic Nuncio

59.7 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius Apostolic Nuncio

64.9 Appointed Mario Rizzi † Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium Apostolic Nuncio

64.9 Appointed Mario Rizzi † Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria Apostolic Nuncio

70.2 Installed Joseph Sun Yuanmo † Coadjutor Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China Bishop

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Feb	61.0	Appointed	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Huánuco, Peru	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
1 Feb	58.8	Appointed	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R.	Coadjutor Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
49.7	Appointed	Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt	Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
29.2	Professed	Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L.	Member of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina
2 Feb	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) †	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
24.2	Ordained Deacon	Mário Antônio da Silva	Deacon of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
23.8	Professed	Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, Júnior, M.S.C.	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Fernand Franck	Archbishop of Luxembourg	Archbishop Emeritus
90.9	Died	Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya †	Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan
59.6	Installed	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27.2	Ordained Priest	Ramiro Alejandro Herrera Herrera	Priest of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
65.7	Appointed	James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C.	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
66.3	Resigned	Alphonsus Liguori Penney †	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
28.7	Ordained Priest	Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia
4 Feb	57.8	Appointed	Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
5 Feb	83.2	Died	Pedro de Arrupe y Gondra, S.J. †	Superior General Emeritus of Society of Jesus
52.1	Appointed	Terence John Brain	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
52.1	Appointed	Terence John Brain	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
6 Feb	68.3	Died	John Paul Elford †	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
76.0	Retired	Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
54.9	Appointed	Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
7 Feb	50.7	Appointed	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
56.4	Appointed	Domenico Crusco †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
50.7	Appointed	André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
74.1	Resigned	Robert-Joseph Mathen †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bahamas, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dominica, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
75.1	Retired	Carlo Urru †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Feb	37.4	Ordained Priest	Sylvester Anthony John David, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
9 Feb	27.3	Ordained Priest	Benoît Gschwind, A.A.	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
25.9	Ordained Priest	Geremias Steinmetz	Priest of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
10 Feb	59.6	Died	William Joseph Foley †	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
11 Feb	81.8	Died	Carlo Colombo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
12 Feb	87.9	Died	John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa
13 Feb	65.7	Died	Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
62.0	Appointed	Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
62.0	Resigned	Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. †	Bishop of Tacna, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
14 Feb	59.8	Died	Jerzy Dąbrowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
15 Feb	67.5	Resigned	Philip Ekka, S.J. †	Bishop of Raipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	24.7	Ordained Priest	Jaime Calderón Calderón	Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
32.7	Ordained Priest	Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco
18 Feb	75.0	Retired	Jules-Louis-Paul Harlé †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
86.7	Died	Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
19 Feb	77.2	Died	Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
20 Feb	75.3	Retired	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
49.0	Appointed	José Dolores Grullón Estrella	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
64.2	Died	Patricio Maqui Lopez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
75.4	Retired	José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. †	Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
21 Feb	80.4	Retired	Franz Hengsbach †	Bishop of Essen, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	25.5	Ordained Priest	Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Matamoros-Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México
23 Feb	49.7	Installed	Beniamino Depalma, C.M.	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Titular Bishop of Bettonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
55.5	Ceased	Gioacchino Illiano †	Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
75.6	Died	Leo Thomas Maher †	Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
24 Feb	61.6	Ordained Bishop	François-Mathurin Gourvès †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Resigned	Wolfgang Große (Grosse) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
33.2	Ordained Priest	Rimantas Norvila	Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
78.0	Ordained Bishop	[Joseph Zhen Changcheng (Chen Changcheng, Tangtionsin)] †	Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
25 Feb	78.4	Died	Joseph Francis Cleary †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
26 Feb	90.1	Died	Josef Schoiswohl †	Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
28 Feb	59.7	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar	Apostolic Nuncio
59.7	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius	Apostolic Nuncio
64.9	Appointed	Mario Rizzi †	Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium	Apostolic Nuncio
64.9	Appointed	Mario Rizzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio
70.2	Installed	Joseph Sun Yuanmo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China	Bishop

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