The Year of Our Lord 1998

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 47.8 Appointed Jan Szpilka, S.D.S. Apostolic Administrator of Comores Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

2 Apr 61.3 Appointed Maurizio Galli † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

3 Apr 75.8 Retired André Fernand Anguilé † Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon Archbishop Emeritus

49.4 Ceased Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. Apostolic Administrator of Lashio, Myanmar Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar

66.3 Appointed Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk † Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S. Bishop of Kitale, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India Bishop Emeritus

61.9 Appointed Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, C.I.C.M. Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired Stephen Kim Sou-hwan † Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

77.0 Retired Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B. Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon Archbishop Emeritus

46.1 Appointed Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.1 Appointed Philip Lasap Za Hawng Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

4 Apr 64.2 Confirmed Giovanni Battistelli, O.F.M. † Custodian of the Custody of the Holy Land Custodian Emeritus

61.9 Installed Mario Milano Bishop of Aversa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.4 Retired John Perumattam, M.S.T. † Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

45.4 Appointed Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T. Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India

57.2 Appointed Carlo Maria Viganò Official of the Secretariat of State

46.5 Ordained Bishop João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil

5 Apr 75.2 Retired Alberto Iniesta Jiménez † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

7 Apr 48.7 Appointed Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

48.7 Appointed Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Trofimiana Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

76.4 Retired Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. † Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

56.7 Appointed François Lapierre, P.M.E. Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

8 Apr 75.2 Retired Celso Nogoy Guevarra † Bishop of Balanga, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

49.4 Appointed Honesto Flores Ongtioco Bishop of Balanga, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Cubao, Philippines

89.9 Died John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa

84.3 Died Pietro Santoro † Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy

9 Apr 76.5 Retired Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. † Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 Apr 79.6 Died Robert Ashta, O.F.M. † Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania

14 Apr 49.3 Ordained Bishop Sérgio Arthur Braschi Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

60.5 Ordained Bishop Thomas Chakiath Titular Bishop of Uzippari Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

15 Apr 48.5 Appointed Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R. Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Anuar Battisti Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil

36.5 Incardinated José Benedito Cardoso Priest of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

75.6 Retired Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

79.6 Died José María Carrizo Villarreal † Bishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama

63.6 Appointed Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. † Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

47.8 Appointed Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop Emeritus of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India

47.8 Appointed Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil Titular Bishop of Nigizubi Bishop Emeritus of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India

56.5 Succeeded Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

64.0 Appointed Néstor Hugo Navarro Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina

64.0 Appointed Néstor Hugo Navarro Titular Bishop of Rotdon Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina

47.3 Appointed Irineu Roque Scherer † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

16 Apr 75.4 Retired Cecil DeSa † Archbishop of Agra, India Archbishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop Emeritus of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India

53.7 Ordained Bishop Oswald Joseph Lewis Coadjutor Bishop of Meerut, India Bishop Emeritus of Jaipur, India

17 Apr 61.9 Appointed Hugo Barrantes Ureña † Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica

75.8 Died Alberto Bovone † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

18 Apr 29.8 Ordained Priest Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes Priest of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil

50.4 Ordained Bishop Agustín Cortés Soriano Bishop of Ibiza, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain

66.5 Ordained Bishop Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Cibaliana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

28.0 Ordained Priest Thomas Francis D’Souza Priest of Bombay, India Bishop of Vasai, India

43.4 Ordained Bishop Marian Florczyk Titular Bishop of Limata Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

76.0 Installed Dino Monduzzi † Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household

41.6 Ordained Priest Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B. Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)

30.6 Ordained Priest John Rodrigues Priest of Bombay, India Archbishop

19 Apr 44.2 Ordained Bishop Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. Prelate of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

27.3 Ordained Deacon Ricardo Hoepers Deacon of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

49.9 Ordained Bishop Emanuel Messias de Oliveira Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

57.3 Ordained Bishop Jean-Gaspard Mudiso Mund’la, S.V.D. Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

22 Apr 88.8 Died Walter Gunther Kampe † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany

46.5 Appointed Canísio Klaus Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

23 Apr 74.7 Died Francis Peter de Campo † Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia

57.9 Appointed Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

86.5 Died Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France

71.2 Resigned Manuel da Silva Martins † Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

24 Apr 64.6 Appointed Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

25 Apr 27.8 Ordained Priest José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira Priest of Los Teques, Venezuela Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

80.5 Died Joseph Kundukulam † Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

65.7 Ordained Bishop Marcello Zago, O.M.I. † Titular Archbishop of Rusellae Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

26 Apr 79.5 Installed Giovanni Cheli † Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

75.3 Died Juan José Gerardi Conedera † Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

53.7 Installed Polycarp Pengo Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

29 Apr 51.5 Died Paul Lungu, S.J. † Bishop of Monze, Zambia

30 Apr 70.1 Resigned Alfons Demming † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	47.8	Appointed	Jan Szpilka, S.D.S.	Apostolic Administrator of Comores	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
2 Apr	61.3	Appointed	Maurizio Galli †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	75.8	Retired	André Fernand Anguilé †	Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon	Archbishop Emeritus
49.4	Ceased	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Lashio, Myanmar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
66.3	Appointed	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S.	Bishop of Kitale, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India	Bishop Emeritus
61.9	Appointed	Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	Stephen Kim Sou-hwan †	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
77.0	Retired	Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon	Archbishop Emeritus
46.1	Appointed	Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku	Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.1	Appointed	Philip Lasap Za Hawng	Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
4 Apr	64.2	Confirmed	Giovanni Battistelli, O.F.M. †	Custodian of the Custody of the Holy Land	Custodian Emeritus
61.9	Installed	Mario Milano	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.4	Retired	John Perumattam, M.S.T. †	Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
45.4	Appointed	Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T.	Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
57.2	Appointed	Carlo Maria Viganò	Official of the Secretariat of State
46.5	Ordained Bishop	João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
5 Apr	75.2	Retired	Alberto Iniesta Jiménez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Apr	48.7	Appointed	Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
48.7	Appointed	Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
76.4	Retired	Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
56.7	Appointed	François Lapierre, P.M.E.	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
8 Apr	75.2	Retired	Celso Nogoy Guevarra †	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
49.4	Appointed	Honesto Flores Ongtioco	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Cubao, Philippines
89.9	Died	John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa
84.3	Died	Pietro Santoro †	Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
9 Apr	76.5	Retired	Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Apr	79.6	Died	Robert Ashta, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
14 Apr	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Sérgio Arthur Braschi	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Chakiath	Titular Bishop of Uzippari	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
15 Apr	48.5	Appointed	Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R.	Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Anuar Battisti	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
36.5	Incardinated	José Benedito Cardoso	Priest of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
75.6	Retired	Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
79.6	Died	José María Carrizo Villarreal †	Bishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama
63.6	Appointed	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
47.8	Appointed	Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India
47.8	Appointed	Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil	Titular Bishop of Nigizubi	Bishop Emeritus of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India
56.5	Succeeded	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
64.0	Appointed	Néstor Hugo Navarro	Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
64.0	Appointed	Néstor Hugo Navarro	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
47.3	Appointed	Irineu Roque Scherer †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
16 Apr	75.4	Retired	Cecil DeSa †	Archbishop of Agra, India	Archbishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor	Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Oswald Joseph Lewis	Coadjutor Bishop of Meerut, India	Bishop Emeritus of Jaipur, India
17 Apr	61.9	Appointed	Hugo Barrantes Ureña †	Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
75.8	Died	Alberto Bovone †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
18 Apr	29.8	Ordained Priest	Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes	Priest of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Cortés Soriano	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain
66.5	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Cibaliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
28.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Francis D’Souza	Priest of Bombay, India	Bishop of Vasai, India
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Marian Florczyk	Titular Bishop of Limata	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
76.0	Installed	Dino Monduzzi †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
41.6	Ordained Priest	Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)
30.6	Ordained Priest	John Rodrigues	Priest of Bombay, India	Archbishop
19 Apr	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.	Prelate of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
27.3	Ordained Deacon	Ricardo Hoepers	Deacon of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Emanuel Messias de Oliveira	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Gaspard Mudiso Mund’la, S.V.D.	Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	88.8	Died	Walter Gunther Kampe †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
46.5	Appointed	Canísio Klaus	Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
23 Apr	74.7	Died	Francis Peter de Campo †	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia
57.9	Appointed	Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis	Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
86.5	Died	Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
71.2	Resigned	Manuel da Silva Martins †	Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	64.6	Appointed	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
25 Apr	27.8	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira	Priest of Los Teques, Venezuela	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
80.5	Died	Joseph Kundukulam †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
65.7	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Zago, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Rusellae	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
26 Apr	79.5	Installed	Giovanni Cheli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
75.3	Died	Juan José Gerardi Conedera †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
53.7	Installed	Polycarp Pengo	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
29 Apr	51.5	Died	Paul Lungu, S.J. †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
30 Apr	70.1	Resigned	Alfons Demming †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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