The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	75.5	Appointed	François Abou Mokh, B.S. †	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Curial Bishop Emeritus
	60.6	Appointed	Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.	Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus
	60.6	Appointed	Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.	Curial Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria
	59.0	Resigned	Paul Collin †	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus
	69.2	Appointed	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly †	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
	19.9	Converted	Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C.	Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
	28.0	Perpetual Vows	Victorius Dwiardy, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
	66.2	Appointed	Georges El-Murr, B.C. †	Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
	46.1	Appointed	Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.	Superior General of Congregation of St. Basil	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
	61.8	Incardinated	Gilberto Fernández del Villar †	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	74.4	Retired	Luigi del Gallo Roccagiovine †	Apostolic Delegate of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
	69.7	Appointed	John Gao Kexian †	Administrator of Yantai [Yentai], China	Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
	59.9	Appointed	Youhanna Kamal Golta †	Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Curial Bishop Emeritus
	29.8	Solemn Vows	Riccardo Luca Guariglia, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy
	46.7	Appointed	Clément-Joseph Hannouche †	Protosyncellus of Sudan (Syrian)	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
	63.3	Appointed	Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M. †	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia	Coadjutor Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
	78.7	Retired	André Lesouëf, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia	Prefect Emeritus
	68.4	Appointed	Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. †	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Curial Bishop Emeritus
	65.2	Appointed	Flavien Joseph Melki	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Curial Bishop Emeritus
	18.8	Entered	Rocco Ronzani, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
		Died	[Nicholas Shi Lunguo (Shi Linguo, Shi Lin-ge)] †	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
	28.6	Perpetual Vows	Andrew Small, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
	22.1	Entered	Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A.	Member of Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice (Salesiane di Don Bosco)	Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	75.8	Retired	Luigi Sposito †	Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Secretary Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	Gregorios Elias Tabé †	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
	55.0	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Permanent Observer to United Nations Environment Program and Human Settlements Program	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
	76.0	Died	[John Wang Qi-wei (Wang Ki Wei)] †	Bishop Emeritus of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
	70.6	Selected	John Baptiste Wang Xi Xian †	Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
	72.9	Selected	Damase Zhang Hanmin †	Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
		Died	[ Zhang Ri-jin] †	Bishop of Yantai [Yentai], China
	28.2	Ordained Priest	[ Zhang Tongli]	Priest	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
	79.0	Appointed	[Joseph Zhu Hua-yu] †	Bishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
	79.0	Appointed	[Joseph Zhu Hua-yu] †	Bishop of Wuhu [Wuhu], China	Bishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
1 Jan	31.7	Ordained Deacon	Thomas John Kiangio	Deacon of Tanga, Tanzania	Bishop
2 Jan	51.4	Appointed	Antony Anandarayar †	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
	35.2	Ordained Priest	Oliver Pugoy Aro, M.S.P.	Priest of Mission Society of the Philippines	Superior Emeritus of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)
	43.5	Appointed	Jean Damascène Bimenyimana †	Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda
	62.1	Appointed	Wenceslas Compaoré †	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
	77.0	Retired	Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
	57.4	Appointed	Alexis Habiyambere, S.J.	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
	77.5	Retired	Wenceslas Kalibushi †	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
	48.6	Appointed	Philippe Rukamba	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jan	78.7	Died	Gregório Warmeling †	Bishop Emeritus of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
4 Jan	64.0	Appointed	Eugenio Ravignani †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jan	29.2	Ordained Deacon	Vasyl Volodymyr Tuchapets, O.S.B.M.	Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
6 Jan	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Florentin Crihălmeanu †	Titular Bishop of Silli	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Basílio do Nascimento †	Titular Bishop of Septimunicia	Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Hil Kabashi, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Turres in Byzacena	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale}
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Libera	Titular Bishop of Centuria	Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Delio Lucarelli †	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Massafra, O.F.M.	Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania	Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Pacomio	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Claude Périsset	Titular Bishop of Accia	Apostolic Nuncio
	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Pezzuto	Titular Archbishop of Turris in Proconsulari	Apostolic Nuncio
	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Sardi †	Titular Archbishop of Sutrium	Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena †	Bishop of Kara, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Tong Changping	Priest	Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
	69.6	Ordained Bishop	Varkey Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
7 Jan	63.9	Appointed	Javier Lozano Barragán †	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
	63.9	Resigned	Javier Lozano Barragán †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
	48.1	Appointed	Sergio Pagano, B.	Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive	Assessor of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
8 Jan	87.3	Died	José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia
8 Jan	68.6	Died	Alfred John Markiewicz †	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
9 Jan	68.4	Died	Albert Tshomba Yungu †	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Jan	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Gregory Michael Aymond	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	84.7	Died	Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Aiquile, Bolivia
	26.9	First Vows	Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
	81.2	Died	John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
11 Jan	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon	Bishop Emeritus
	69.5	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi †	Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo García Naranjo	Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Václav Malý	Titular Bishop of Marcelliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Samir Mazloum	Titular Bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Timothée Modibo-Nzockena †	Bishop of Franceville, Gabon
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Bishop Emeritus of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
	50.4	Appointed	Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C.	Bishop of Chosica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	26.2	Ordained Deacon	Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes	Deacon of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop
15 Jan	76.0	Retired	Pedro Luís António †	Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	57.6	Succeeded	Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. †	Bishop of Saurimo, Angola	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
	75.3	Retired	Manuel Franklin da Costa †	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.3	Succeeded	Zacarias Kamwenho	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.6	Succeeded	José Nambi †	Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola
	75.2	Retired	Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa †	Bishop of Saurimo, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan	83.0	Died	Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
	82.2	Died	Thomas Morris †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Nareg (Narek Louis) Naamoyan (Namo)	Priest of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine
	26.9	First Vows	Blasio Park Hyun-dong, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)
18 Jan	33.8	Professed	Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P.	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
18 Jan	29.3	Ordained Priest	Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa	Priest of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop
19 Jan	87.0	Died	[Louis Liu Huanbo] †	Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
19 Jan	80.0	Died	Robert-Joseph Mathen †	Bishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
20 Jan	42.6	Appointed	Paul-André Durocher	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada
	42.6	Appointed	Paul-André Durocher	Titular Bishop of Ausuaga	Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada
	56.8	Appointed	John Huston Ricard, S.S.J.	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan	84.5	Died	Krikor Ayvazian †	Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria
	76.5	Retired	Odo Fusi Pecci †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Retired	Leroy Theodore Matthiesen †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	57.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Orlandoni	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Appointed	John Walter Yanta †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	60.6	Resigned	Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	72.7	Resigned	Charles-Omer Valois †	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	53.2	Appointed	Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R.	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	53.2	Appointed	Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
	62.3	Appointed	Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Machiques, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	62.3	Appointed	Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
	61.3	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India	Bishop Emeritus
	76.1	Retired	Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Naha, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Simon Ntamwana	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.8	Appointed	Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Naha, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	48.7	Appointed	Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo	Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
	40.7	Appointed	Jan Ozga	Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
25 Jan	62.2	Installed	Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	64.8	Installed	Silvio Cesare Bonicelli †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez	Bishop of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
26 Jan	99.2	Died	George Daniel Joseph Breen, C.S.C. †	Prefect Emeritus of Haflong, India
26 Jan	64.4	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Mani Giles Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India
27 Jan	39.3	Appointed	Milan Chautur, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Exarch of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
28 Jan	94.3	Died	Mikel Koliqi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova
29 Jan	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Antony Anandarayar †	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
	51.1	Appointed	Luiz Antônio Guedes	Auxiliary Bishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.1	Appointed	Luiz Antônio Guedes	Titular Bishop of Maturba	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Ernest Léger	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jan	60.7	Resigned	Vicente Salgado y Garrucho †	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan	24.3	Professed	Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary
31 Jan	55.8	Ordained Bishop	David Dias Pimentel †	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
31 Jan	90.6	Died	John Joseph Scanlan †	Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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