The Year of Our Lord 1999

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Oct 61.5 Ceased Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien † Apostolic Administrator of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

1 Oct 78.3 Died Norbert Felix Gaughan † Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA

2 Oct 43.4 Ordained Bishop Patrick Taval, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Thimida Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea

3 Oct 34.7 Ordained Priest Pierre Nguyên Văn Viên Priest of Vinh, Viet Nam Auxiliary Bishop

54.3 Ordained Bishop Hélio Adelar Rubert Titular Bishop of Flenucleta Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

6 Oct 84.9 Died Dennis Walter Hickey † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

60.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 29.8 Ordained Deacon Stephen Andrew Hero Deacon of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

59.7 Elected Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

59.7 Elected Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

8 Oct 68.1 Died Roger Lucien Meindre † Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

10 Oct 55.3 Ordained Bishop Domenico Graziani Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy

25.8 Solemn Vows Milad Jawish, B.S. Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek) Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada

68.0 Installed Bassano Staffieri † Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

11 Oct 76.4 Died Mario Peressin † Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

12 Oct 72.1 Resigned John Richard McNamara † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

83.3 Died Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo † Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.1 Ordained Priest Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro Priest of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

13 Oct 45.3 Appointed Władisław Blin Bishop of Vitebsk, Belarus Bishop Emeritus

86.2 Died Geoffrey Ignatius Burke † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

46.9 Appointed Cyryl Klimowicz Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation

46.9 Appointed Cyryl Klimowicz Titular Bishop of Arba Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation

59.7 Confirmed Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

59.7 Confirmed Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

15 Oct 46.3 Appointed José Câmnate na Bissign Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Bishop Emeritus

59.6 Appointed Angel Floro Martínez, I.E.M.E. † Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus

64.3 Appointed William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus

64.9 Ordained Bishop Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. † Prelate of Sicuani, Peru Prelate Emeritus

41.7 Appointed Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. Coadjutor Bishop of Lwena, Angola Archbishop of Lubango, Angola

68.3 Appointed Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. † Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

16 Oct 56.1 Ordained Bishop Mario Roberto Cassari † Titular Archbishop of Truentum Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

58.4 Installed Beniamino Depalma, C.M. Bishop of Nola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.0 Ordained Bishop Gil Antônio Moreira Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

18 Oct 32.2 Ordained Priest Anthony Gaspar Lagwen Priest of Mbulu, Tanzania Bishop

19 Oct 50.3 Appointed George Joseph Lucas Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

69.0 Resigned Daniel Leo Ryan † Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

72.4 Died Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. † Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru

20 Oct 69.9 Died Eugeen Laridon † Auxiliary Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

23 Oct 73.8 Died Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen) † Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China

65.3 Appointed Eugenio Sbarbaro Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia

71.4 Died Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

24 Oct 60.7 Ordained Bishop Odilon Guimarães Moreira Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

64.9 Installed Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. † Prelate of Sicuani, Peru Prelate Emeritus

52.1 Ordained Bishop Jean-Louis Henri Maurice Papin Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France Bishop Emeritus

26 Oct 49.8 Appointed Gerald Michael Barbarito Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

53.1 Appointed Joseph Edward Kurtz Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

27 Oct 68.0 Died Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac † Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

75.6 Retired José de Lima † Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.7 Succeeded Guilherme Porto Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

28 Oct 50.4 Appointed Giovanni Santucci Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy

29 Oct 50.0 Appointed Agustinus Agus Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia

70.6 Appointed Nestor Assogba † Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin Archbishop Emeritus

44.4 Appointed Dominique Bulamatari Kizayakana Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.4 Appointed Dominique Bulamatari Kizayakana Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

51.4 Appointed Boniface Choi Ki-San † Coadjutor Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South) Bishop

59.6 Appointed Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí † Bishop of Lleida, Spain Bishop Emeritus

69.2 Appointed Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. † Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

77.5 Retired Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita † Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain Bishop Emeritus

59.4 Appointed Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Edouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Edouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S. Titular Bishop of Grumentum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

51.8 Appointed Peter Lee Ki-heon Bishop of Korea, Military Bishop Emeritus of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)

67.7 Appointed Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. † Apostolic Administrator of Yopal, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia

67.7 Appointed Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. † Apostolic Administrator of Trinidad, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia

67.7 Resigned Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

58.2 Appointed Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B. Bishop of Granada en Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia

77.1 Retired Ramón Malla Call † Bishop of Lleida, Spain Bishop Emeritus

65.2 Appointed Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R. Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

46.0 Appointed Daniel Nlandu Mayi † Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

46.0 Appointed Daniel Nlandu Mayi † Titular Bishop of Cataquas Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.5 Appointed Juan José Omella Omella Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

30 Oct 56.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Chennoth † Titular Archbishop of Milevum Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

37.9 Appointed Anton Coşa Titular Bishop of Pesto Bishop of Chişinău, Moldova

55.4 Installed Domenico Graziani Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy

31 Oct 48.4 Ordained Bishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

30.4 Ordained Priest Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara) Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Oct	61.5	Ceased	Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien †	Apostolic Administrator of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
1 Oct	78.3	Died	Norbert Felix Gaughan †	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
2 Oct	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Taval, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thimida	Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
3 Oct	34.7	Ordained Priest	Pierre Nguyên Văn Viên	Priest of Vinh, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Hélio Adelar Rubert	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6 Oct	84.9	Died	Dennis Walter Hickey †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
60.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I.	Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	29.8	Ordained Deacon	Stephen Andrew Hero	Deacon of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
59.7	Elected	Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
59.7	Elected	Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
8 Oct	68.1	Died	Roger Lucien Meindre †	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
10 Oct	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Graziani	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy
25.8	Solemn Vows	Milad Jawish, B.S.	Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
68.0	Installed	Bassano Staffieri †	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Oct	76.4	Died	Mario Peressin †	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
12 Oct	72.1	Resigned	John Richard McNamara †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
83.3	Died	Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.1	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro	Priest of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
13 Oct	45.3	Appointed	Władisław Blin	Bishop of Vitebsk, Belarus	Bishop Emeritus
86.2	Died	Geoffrey Ignatius Burke †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
46.9	Appointed	Cyryl Klimowicz	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation
46.9	Appointed	Cyryl Klimowicz	Titular Bishop of Arba	Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation
59.7	Confirmed	Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
59.7	Confirmed	Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
15 Oct	46.3	Appointed	José Câmnate na Bissign	Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Bishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Angel Floro Martínez, I.E.M.E. †	Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
64.3	Appointed	William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
64.9	Ordained Bishop	Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. †	Prelate of Sicuani, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
41.7	Appointed	Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Bishop of Lwena, Angola	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola
68.3	Appointed	Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. †	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Titular Archbishop of Truentum	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
58.4	Installed	Beniamino Depalma, C.M.	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Gil Antônio Moreira	Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania	Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
18 Oct	32.2	Ordained Priest	Anthony Gaspar Lagwen	Priest of Mbulu, Tanzania	Bishop
19 Oct	50.3	Appointed	George Joseph Lucas	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
69.0	Resigned	Daniel Leo Ryan †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
72.4	Died	Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. †	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru
20 Oct	69.9	Died	Eugeen Laridon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
23 Oct	73.8	Died	Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen) †	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
65.3	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
71.4	Died	Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
24 Oct	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Odilon Guimarães Moreira	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
64.9	Installed	Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. †	Prelate of Sicuani, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Henri Maurice Papin	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct	49.8	Appointed	Gerald Michael Barbarito	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
53.1	Appointed	Joseph Edward Kurtz	Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
27 Oct	68.0	Died	Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
75.6	Retired	José de Lima †	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.7	Succeeded	Guilherme Porto	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct	50.4	Appointed	Giovanni Santucci	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy
29 Oct	50.0	Appointed	Agustinus Agus	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
70.6	Appointed	Nestor Assogba †	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus
44.4	Appointed	Dominique Bulamatari Kizayakana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.4	Appointed	Dominique Bulamatari Kizayakana	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
51.4	Appointed	Boniface Choi Ki-San †	Coadjutor Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)	Bishop
59.6	Appointed	Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí †	Bishop of Lleida, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
69.2	Appointed	Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
77.5	Retired	Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita †	Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D.	Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Edouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Edouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Grumentum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
51.8	Appointed	Peter Lee Ki-heon	Bishop of Korea, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)
67.7	Appointed	Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. †	Apostolic Administrator of Yopal, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
67.7	Appointed	Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. †	Apostolic Administrator of Trinidad, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
67.7	Resigned	Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B.	Bishop of Granada en Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
77.1	Retired	Ramón Malla Call †	Bishop of Lleida, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
65.2	Appointed	Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	Daniel Nlandu Mayi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
46.0	Appointed	Daniel Nlandu Mayi †	Titular Bishop of Cataquas	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.5	Appointed	Juan José Omella Omella	Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
30 Oct	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Chennoth †	Titular Archbishop of Milevum	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
37.9	Appointed	Anton Coşa	Titular Bishop of Pesto	Bishop of Chişinău, Moldova
55.4	Installed	Domenico Graziani	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy
31 Oct	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Fulgence Rabemahafaly	Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
30.4	Ordained Priest	Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

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