The Year of Our Lord 1994

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 70.1 Appointed Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Nuncio to Iran Apostolic Nuncio

2 Feb 76.0 Retired Thomas Benjamin Fulton † Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

24.4 First Vows Óscar Walter García Barreto Member of Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

69.2 Appointed John Aloysius O’Mara † Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

82.6 Died Jean-Paul-Marie Vincent † Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France

3 Feb 57.3 Appointed Andreas Choi Chang-mou Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)

57.3 Appointed Andreas Choi Chang-mou Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)

79.2 Died Justinus Darmojuwono † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Semarang, Indonesia

59.4 Appointed Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon

68.4 Appointed Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra † Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

45.4 Appointed Amando Samo † Coadjutor Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed Alexander Sye Cheong-duk † Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed Alexander Sye Cheong-duk † Titular Bishop of Buffada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

42.8 Confirmed Hansjörg Vogel Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

5 Feb 85.8 Died Antoni Léon Louis Caillot † Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France

26.4 Professed Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Mongu, Zambia

41.9 Ordained Bishop Reinaldo del Prette Lissot † Titular Bishop of Altava Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela

6 Feb 29.7 Ordained Priest Abel Liluala Priest of Pointe-Noire, Congo Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo

7 Feb 81.8 Died Sebastiano Rosso † Bishop Emeritus of Piazza Armerina, Italy

67.3 Appointed Szczepan Wesoly † Titular Archbishop of Dragonara Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

8 Feb 60.8 Appointed Edward Peter Cullen † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

60.8 Appointed Edward Peter Cullen † Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

51.0 Appointed Thomas John Curry Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Appointed Thomas John Curry Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

66.6 Appointed Joseph Martin Sartoris Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.6 Appointed Joseph Martin Sartoris Titular Bishop of Oliva Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

42.4 Appointed Gabino Zavala Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

42.4 Appointed Gabino Zavala Titular Bishop of Tamascani Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

9 Feb 53.4 Appointed Gentil Delázari † Coadjutor Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

88.0 Died Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia

10 Feb 46.1 Installed Wilton Daniel Gregory Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

46.1 Ordained Bishop Donato Negro Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

77.7 Died Johannes Anton Vonderach † Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

11 Feb 76.0 Died Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro † Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan

75.0 Retired Heinrich Machens † Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.3 Succeeded Simeon Anthony Pereira † Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan Archbishop Emeritus

12 Feb 29.1 Ordained Priest Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei Priest of Eséka, Cameroon Bishop of Obala, Cameroon

45.3 Appointed Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S. Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy

40.9 Ordained Bishop Vincent Coulibaly Bishop of Kankan, Guinea Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea

41.0 Appointed Juan Rubén Martínez Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina Bishop of Posadas, Argentina

58.5 Ordained Bishop Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B. Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

13 Feb 68.6 Ordained Bishop Michael Dallat † Titular Bishop of Thala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

14 Feb 66.6 Appointed Juan Antonio Flores Santana † Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Archbishop Emeritus

16 Feb 89.7 Died Gabriel Auguste François Marty † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

18 Feb 49.6 Ordained Bishop Julio César Vidal Ortiz Prelate of Alto Sinú, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia

19 Feb 64.0 Appointed Miguel Caviedes Medina Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile Bishop Emeritus

70.6 Appointed John George Chedid † Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA Bishop Emeritus

44.1 Appointed Jacek Jezierski Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland Bishop of Elbląg, Poland

44.1 Appointed Jacek Jezierski Titular Bishop of Liberalia Bishop of Elbląg, Poland

34.4 Incardinated Peter Karam Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

38.2 Incardinated Gregory John Mansour Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

73.5 Resigned Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal † Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Ordained Bishop William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M. Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa

49.6 Installed Julio César Vidal Ortiz Prelate of Alto Sinú, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia

40.5 Ordained Bishop Charles Martin Wamika Titular Bishop of Tacapae Bishop of Jinja, Uganda

20 Feb 51.9 Ordained Bishop Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello † Titular Bishop of Ambia Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador

89.1 Died Franz Sales Zauner † Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria

21 Feb 70.9 Died Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

51.2 Selected Julian Gbur, S.V.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine

22 Feb 49.3 Appointed Francisco Cases Andreu Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

49.3 Appointed Francisco Cases Andreu Titular Bishop of Timici Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

66.4 Appointed William George Curlin † Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Bishop Emeritus

60.8 Appointed Harry Joseph Flynn † Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Hanna Kaldany † Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

73.7 Died Alfred Kostelecky † Bishop of Austria, Military

50.1 Succeeded Christian Werner Bishop of Austria, Military Bishop Emeritus

23 Feb 74.2 Died Charles Msakila † Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania

24 Feb 48.7 Ordained Priest Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca Priest of Camagüey, Cuba Bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba

25 Feb 51.6 Appointed Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers Bishop of Posadas, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

75.0 Retired Ernst Gutting † Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.5 Appointed José Mario Ruiz Navas † Archbishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

26 Feb 54.3 Ordained Bishop Jésus Rocha † Titular Bishop of Mutia Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

28 Feb 74.3 Died Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	70.1	Appointed	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Feb	76.0	Retired	Thomas Benjamin Fulton †	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
24.4	First Vows	Óscar Walter García Barreto	Member of Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza	Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
69.2	Appointed	John Aloysius O’Mara †	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
82.6	Died	Jean-Paul-Marie Vincent †	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
3 Feb	57.3	Appointed	Andreas Choi Chang-mou	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)
57.3	Appointed	Andreas Choi Chang-mou	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)
79.2	Died	Justinus Darmojuwono †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Semarang, Indonesia
59.4	Appointed	Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon
68.4	Appointed	Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra †	Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
45.4	Appointed	Amando Samo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	Alexander Sye Cheong-duk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	Alexander Sye Cheong-duk †	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
42.8	Confirmed	Hansjörg Vogel	Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
5 Feb	85.8	Died	Antoni Léon Louis Caillot †	Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France
26.4	Professed	Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Mongu, Zambia
41.9	Ordained Bishop	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot †	Titular Bishop of Altava	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
6 Feb	29.7	Ordained Priest	Abel Liluala	Priest of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
7 Feb	81.8	Died	Sebastiano Rosso †	Bishop Emeritus of Piazza Armerina, Italy
67.3	Appointed	Szczepan Wesoly †	Titular Archbishop of Dragonara	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
8 Feb	60.8	Appointed	Edward Peter Cullen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
60.8	Appointed	Edward Peter Cullen †	Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
51.0	Appointed	Thomas John Curry	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Appointed	Thomas John Curry	Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
66.6	Appointed	Joseph Martin Sartoris	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.6	Appointed	Joseph Martin Sartoris	Titular Bishop of Oliva	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
42.4	Appointed	Gabino Zavala	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
42.4	Appointed	Gabino Zavala	Titular Bishop of Tamascani	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
9 Feb	53.4	Appointed	Gentil Delázari †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
88.0	Died	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
10 Feb	46.1	Installed	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Donato Negro	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
77.7	Died	Johannes Anton Vonderach †	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
11 Feb	76.0	Died	Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
75.0	Retired	Heinrich Machens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.3	Succeeded	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Feb	29.1	Ordained Priest	Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei	Priest of Eséka, Cameroon	Bishop of Obala, Cameroon
45.3	Appointed	Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S.	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
40.9	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Coulibaly	Bishop of Kankan, Guinea	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
41.0	Appointed	Juan Rubén Martínez	Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B.	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	68.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Dallat †	Titular Bishop of Thala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
14 Feb	66.6	Appointed	Juan Antonio Flores Santana †	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Feb	89.7	Died	Gabriel Auguste François Marty †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
18 Feb	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Julio César Vidal Ortiz	Prelate of Alto Sinú, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia
19 Feb	64.0	Appointed	Miguel Caviedes Medina	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
70.6	Appointed	John George Chedid †	Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
44.1	Appointed	Jacek Jezierski	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
44.1	Appointed	Jacek Jezierski	Titular Bishop of Liberalia	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
34.4	Incardinated	Peter Karam	Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
38.2	Incardinated	Gregory John Mansour	Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA	Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
73.5	Resigned	Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Ordained Bishop	William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M.	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
49.6	Installed	Julio César Vidal Ortiz	Prelate of Alto Sinú, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia
40.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles Martin Wamika	Titular Bishop of Tacapae	Bishop of Jinja, Uganda
20 Feb	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello †	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador
89.1	Died	Franz Sales Zauner †	Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria
21 Feb	70.9	Died	Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
51.2	Selected	Julian Gbur, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
22 Feb	49.3	Appointed	Francisco Cases Andreu	Auxiliary Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
49.3	Appointed	Francisco Cases Andreu	Titular Bishop of Timici	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
66.4	Appointed	William George Curlin †	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
60.8	Appointed	Harry Joseph Flynn †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Hanna Kaldany †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
73.7	Died	Alfred Kostelecky †	Bishop of Austria, Military
50.1	Succeeded	Christian Werner	Bishop of Austria, Military	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	74.2	Died	Charles Msakila †	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
24 Feb	48.7	Ordained Priest	Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca	Priest of Camagüey, Cuba	Bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba
25 Feb	51.6	Appointed	Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
75.0	Retired	Ernst Gutting †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.5	Appointed	José Mario Ruiz Navas †	Archbishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Feb	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Jésus Rocha †	Titular Bishop of Mutia	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28 Feb	74.3	Died	Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

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