The Year of Our Lord 1999

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 86.3 Resigned Peter Chen Bolu (Chen Bailu) † Bishop of Daming [Taming], China Bishop Emeritus

24.1 Ordained Deacon Makariy Bohdan Leniv, O.S.B.M. Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Apostolic Administrator of Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine

1 Sep 69.9 Resigned Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus † Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

34.1 Ordained Priest Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania

2 Sep 88.3 Died Romolo Carboni † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy

66.4 Died Philip Francis Murphy † Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

69.2 Resigned Lawrence Primo Sabatini, C.S. Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus

3 Sep 51.9 Appointed Jean-Louis Henri Maurice Papin Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France Bishop Emeritus

5 Sep 66.4 Installed Severino Poletto † Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

89.9 Died Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. † Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

53.0 Ordained Bishop Marc Camille Michel Stenger Bishop of Troyes, France Bishop Emeritus

8 Sep 56.3 Installed Francesco Cacucci Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

54.4 Ordained Bishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. Bishop of Khandwa, India Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India

52.9 Ordained Bishop Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval † Titular Bishop of Centenaria Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

60.8 Ordained Bishop José Soleibe Arbeláez Titular Bishop of Sullectum Bishop Emeritus of Caldas, Colombia

9 Sep 77.7 Died Georges F. Garmou † Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq

10 Sep 33.0 Ordained Priest Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

87.8 Died [Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin], O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

11 Sep 54.9 Ordained Bishop Orlando Antonini Titular Archbishop of Formiae Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia

63.8 Ordained Bishop Petr Esterka † Titular Bishop of Cefala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brno, Czechia

47.8 Ordained Bishop Gerhard Feige Titular Bishop of Tisedi Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany

45.5 Ordained Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. Bishop of Muranga, Kenya Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya

26.0 Ordained Priest Rumen Ivanov Stanev Priest of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Auxiliary Bishop

12 Sep 80.6 Died Alfred Leo Abramowicz † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.9 Ordained Bishop Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm. Bishop of Avezzano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy

26.9 Perpetual Vows Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru

13 Sep 52.6 Installed Thomas Christopher Collins Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

14 Sep 58.8 Ordained Bishop Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

26.5 Ordained Deacon Simon Kulli Deacon of Sapë, Albania Bishop

75.3 Ordained Bishop John Baptist Wang Jin † Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China

15 Sep 63.1 Ordained Bishop Dino De Antoni † Archbishop of Gorizia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

58.8 Installed Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

31.0 Ordained Priest Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz Priest of Mérida, Venezuela Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela

17 Sep 64.9 Installed Luis Héctor Villalba Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

76.7 Succeeded Stephen Yang Xiangtai † Bishop of Daming [Taming], China Bishop Emeritus

18 Sep 47.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Atanga, S.J. Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon

42.0 Ordained Bishop Marián Chovanec Titular Bishop of Maxita Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

31.3 Ordained Priest Antônio Fontinele de Melo Priest of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

30.9 Ordained Priest Luc Terlinden Priest of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium Archbishop

19 Sep 50.6 Ordained Bishop John McAreavey Bishop of Dromore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

62.1 Ordained Bishop Emilio Patriarca Bishop of Monze, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

198.8 Beatified Bl. Anton Martin Slomšek † Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia

21 Sep 85.5 Died Raphaël Bayan, I.C.P.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt

52.7 Ordained Bishop Robert Charles Morlino † Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

64.6 Ordained Bishop Angelo Mottola † Titular Archbishop of Cercina Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Montenegro

24 Sep 28.0 Ordained Priest Marcelo Julián Margni Priest of Quilmes, Argentina Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina

61.9 Ordained Bishop Hugo María Van Steekelenburg, O.F.M. Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 48.7 Ordained Bishop Tomáš Galis Titular Bishop of Bita Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia

39.0 Ordained Priest Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop

51.2 Appointed Bruno Musarò Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Costa Rica

51.2 Appointed Bruno Musarò Apostolic Nuncio to Comoros Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Costa Rica

51.2 Appointed Bruno Musarò Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Costa Rica

51.2 Appointed Bruno Musarò Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Costa Rica

53.7 Ordained Bishop Mario Zenari Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

26 Sep 47.9 Ordained Bishop Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A. Titular Bishop of Aulon Archbishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger

63.2 Installed Dino De Antoni † Archbishop of Gorizia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

23.0 Ordained Priest Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A. Priest of Other Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

50.7 Ordained Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo Titular Bishop of Severiana Bishop of Maradi, Niger

49.2 Ordained Bishop Jean-Paul Randriamanana † Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar

27 Sep 89.4 Died Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of

29 Sep 55.3 Ordained Bishop Robert Joseph Baker Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

67.8 Ordained Bishop José María Libório Camino Saracho † Titular Bishop of Urusi Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil

73.4 Resigned José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. † Prelate of Cametá, Para, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

81.9 Died Edward William O’Rourke † Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

48.1 Appointed Aurel Percă Auxiliary Bishop of Iaşi, Romania Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

48.1 Appointed Aurel Percă Titular Bishop of Mauriana Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

30 Sep 91.3 Died Thomas Holland † Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

80.0 Retired Louis Phạm Văn Nẫm † Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

74.5 Died José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	86.3	Resigned	Peter Chen Bolu (Chen Bailu) †	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China	Bishop Emeritus
24.1	Ordained Deacon	Makariy Bohdan Leniv, O.S.B.M.	Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Apostolic Administrator of Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1 Sep	69.9	Resigned	Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
34.1	Ordained Priest	Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania
2 Sep	88.3	Died	Romolo Carboni †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
66.4	Died	Philip Francis Murphy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
69.2	Resigned	Lawrence Primo Sabatini, C.S.	Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
3 Sep	51.9	Appointed	Jean-Louis Henri Maurice Papin	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	66.4	Installed	Severino Poletto †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
89.9	Died	Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Marc Camille Michel Stenger	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	56.3	Installed	Francesco Cacucci	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Leo Cornelio, S.V.D.	Bishop of Khandwa, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval †	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
60.8	Ordained Bishop	José Soleibe Arbeláez	Titular Bishop of Sullectum	Bishop Emeritus of Caldas, Colombia
9 Sep	77.7	Died	Georges F. Garmou †	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
10 Sep	33.0	Ordained Priest	Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
87.8	Died	[Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin], O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
11 Sep	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Orlando Antonini	Titular Archbishop of Formiae	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
63.8	Ordained Bishop	Petr Esterka †	Titular Bishop of Cefala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brno, Czechia
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Gerhard Feige	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C.	Bishop of Muranga, Kenya	Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya
26.0	Ordained Priest	Rumen Ivanov Stanev	Priest of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Sep	80.6	Died	Alfred Leo Abramowicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm.	Bishop of Avezzano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
26.9	Perpetual Vows	Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru
13 Sep	52.6	Installed	Thomas Christopher Collins	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
14 Sep	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B.	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
26.5	Ordained Deacon	Simon Kulli	Deacon of Sapë, Albania	Bishop
75.3	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Wang Jin †	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
15 Sep	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Dino De Antoni †	Archbishop of Gorizia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
58.8	Installed	Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B.	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
31.0	Ordained Priest	Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz	Priest of Mérida, Venezuela	Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela
17 Sep	64.9	Installed	Luis Héctor Villalba	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
76.7	Succeeded	Stephen Yang Xiangtai †	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China	Bishop Emeritus
18 Sep	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Atanga, S.J.	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Marián Chovanec	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
31.3	Ordained Priest	Antônio Fontinele de Melo	Priest of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
30.9	Ordained Priest	Luc Terlinden	Priest of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium	Archbishop
19 Sep	50.6	Ordained Bishop	John McAreavey	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
62.1	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Patriarca	Bishop of Monze, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
198.8	Beatified	Bl. Anton Martin Slomšek †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
21 Sep	85.5	Died	Raphaël Bayan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Robert Charles Morlino †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
64.6	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Mottola †	Titular Archbishop of Cercina	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Montenegro
24 Sep	28.0	Ordained Priest	Marcelo Julián Margni	Priest of Quilmes, Argentina	Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
61.9	Ordained Bishop	Hugo María Van Steekelenburg, O.F.M.	Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Tomáš Galis	Titular Bishop of Bita	Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia
39.0	Ordained Priest	Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom	Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop
51.2	Appointed	Bruno Musarò	Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Costa Rica
51.2	Appointed	Bruno Musarò	Apostolic Nuncio to Comoros	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Costa Rica
51.2	Appointed	Bruno Musarò	Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Costa Rica
51.2	Appointed	Bruno Musarò	Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Costa Rica
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Mario Zenari	Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
26 Sep	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A.	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Archbishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
63.2	Installed	Dino De Antoni †	Archbishop of Gorizia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
23.0	Ordained Priest	Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A.	Priest of Other	Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Ambroise Ouédraogo	Titular Bishop of Severiana	Bishop of Maradi, Niger
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Paul Randriamanana †	Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare	Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
27 Sep	89.4	Died	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
29 Sep	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Robert Joseph Baker	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
67.8	Ordained Bishop	José María Libório Camino Saracho †	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
73.4	Resigned	José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. †	Prelate of Cametá, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
81.9	Died	Edward William O’Rourke †	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
48.1	Appointed	Aurel Percă	Auxiliary Bishop of Iaşi, Romania	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
48.1	Appointed	Aurel Percă	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
30 Sep	91.3	Died	Thomas Holland †	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
80.0	Retired	Louis Phạm Văn Nẫm †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
74.5	Died	José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, México

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