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The Year of Our Lord 1997

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 May48.1Ordained BishopEugenio Romero PoseTitular Bishop of TurudaAuxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
46.8InstalledOrani João Tempesta, O. Cist.Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 May32.3Ordained PriestJoseph KallarackalPriest of Ajmer and Jaipur, IndiaBishop of Jaipur, India
72.4DiedSeverin PernekBishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
3 May73.0ResignedAlphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius CastermansAuxiliary Bishop of Roermond, NetherlandsAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
71.4DiedFrançois-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †Bishop of Créteil, France
4 May119.5BeatifiedBl. Florentino Asensio BarrosoApostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain
36.0Ordained PriestJosé Hamilton de CastroPriest of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27.2Ordained PriestFlorian WörnerPriest of Augsburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop
5 May93.9DiedWilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
6 May27.6Ordained PriestDuming DiasPriest of Shimoga, IndiaBishop of Karwar, India
70.1DiedEmiliano Kulhi MadangengVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
7 May76.2Ordained BishopJohn Bai NingxianBishop
80.7RetiredJaime Luiz CoelhoArchbishop of Maringá, Parana, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
60.3InstalledFrancis Eugene George, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USACardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
69.5CeasedRaymond Emil GoedertAdministrator of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.2AppointedJacques IshaqArchbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), IraqCurial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
53.6AppointedMurilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
8 May56.8InstalledGuillermo José GarlattiBishop of San Rafael, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
9 May38.5AppointedThomas Koorilos ChakkalapadickalAuxiliary Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), IndiaArchbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
38.5AppointedThomas Koorilos ChakkalapadickalTitular Bishop of Tigisi in MauretaniaArchbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
10 May27.5First VowsAntónio Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.I.Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of JesusAuxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
60.1SucceededLeo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.Archbishop of Osaka, JapanArchbishop Emeritus
71.7RetiredJames Patrick MahoneyAuxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.1AppointedRamiro Moliner InglésApostolic Nuncio to GuatemalaApostolic Nuncio
31.9Ordained PriestFrancisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, P. SchönstattPriest of Institute of Schönstatt FathersBishop of Encarnación, Paraguay
28.4Ordained PriestVíctor Iván Vargas GalarzaPriest of Cochabamba, BoliviaAuxiliary Bishop
75.3RetiredPaul Hisao YasudaArchbishop of Osaka, JapanArchbishop Emeritus
11 May27.3Ordained PriestMichael GerberPriest of Freiburg im Breisgau, GermanyBishop of Fulda, Germany
56.2Ordained BishopSylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of SaldaeVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
13 May33.0IncardinatedGabriel Bernardo BarbaPriest of Merlo-Moreno, ArgentinaBishop of San Luis, Argentina
42.4AppointedFernando María BargallóBishop of Merlo-Moreno, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
44.0IncardinatedFernando Miguel Gil EisnerPriest of Merlo-Moreno, ArgentinaBishop of Salto, Uruguay
36.6IncardinatedOscar Eduardo MiñarroPriest of Merlo-Moreno, ArgentinaAuxiliary Bishop
89.3DiedAndré (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
14 May50.1Ordained BishopJohn ’Oke AfarehaTitular Bishop of MinaBishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
77.7DiedCarlos Arturo Brown, M.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
50.3Ordained BishopThomas Christopher CollinsCoadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, CanadaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
57.1Ordained BishopJoseph Oforishe EgeregaTitular Bishop of TanudaiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria
66.2SucceededPaulo Lopes de FariaArchbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
72.7RetiredGeraldo Majela ReisArchbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
16 May27.8Ordained PriestJosé Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap.Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinVicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
28.6Ordained PriestGabriel Antonio MestrePriest of Mar del Plata, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
17 May35.0Ordained PriestPhilippe Abbo Chen, I.N.D.V.PriestVicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad
75.4RetiredIgnazio CannavòArchbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
30.0Ordained PriestArnaldo Carvalheiro NetoPriest of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
47.8AppointedMarek JędraszewskiAuxiliary Bishop of Poznań, PolandArchbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
47.8AppointedMarek JędraszewskiTitular Bishop of Forum PopiliiArchbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
66.2AppointedGiovanni MarraArchbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
26.2Ordained PriestDarío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R.Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsPrelate of Cafayate, Argentina
52.1Ordained BishopSebastiano SanguinettiBishop of Ozieri, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
18 May62.5Ordained BishopWenceslas CompaoréBishop of Manga, Burkina FasoBishop Emeritus
29.7Ordained PriestPapias MusengamanaPriest of Kabgayi, RwandaBishop of Byumba, Rwanda
49.0Ordained BishopPaul Yemboaro OuédraogoBishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina FasoArchbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
24.0Ordained PriestDarius TrijonisPriest of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), LithuaniaCoadjutor Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
20 May51.2AppointedGerald AlmeidaCoadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur, IndiaBishop Emeritus
45.1AppointedPeter Louis CaküAuxiliary Bishop of Kengtung, MyanmarBishop
45.1AppointedPeter Louis CaküTitular Bishop of AbiddaBishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
52.8AppointedNicolas Djomo LolaBishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
66.2AppointedLouis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
75.1RetiredJoseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †Bishop of Palembang, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus
51.4AppointedAloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.Bishop of Palembang, IndonesiaArchbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
21 May57.0AppointedDécio PereiraBishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 May28.6Ordained PriestEduardo Muñoz OchoaPriest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
83.4DiedCornelius Michael PowerArchbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
24 May25.6Ordained PriestKevin Michael BirminghamPriest of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop
75.4RetiredSalvatore CassisaArchbishop of Monreale, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
27.4Ordained PriestCristián Castro TooveyPriest of Santiago de ChileBishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile
42.0Ordained BishopManuel Felipe Díaz SánchezTitular Bishop of SitifisArchbishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
24.7Ordained PriestVitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B.Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
57.5Ordained BishopMaurice Le Bègue de GerminyBishop of Blois, FranceBishop Emeritus
32.7Ordained PriestJorge PierozanPriest of São Paulo, BrazilBishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
32.3Ordained PriestThomas Warren PowersPriest of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USARector of the Pontifical North American College
32.3Ordained PriestAlberto RojasPriest of Chicago, Illinois, USABishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
61.5AppointedPio Vittorio VigoArchbishop of Monreale, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
25 May63.6AppointedRaffaele Farina, S.D.B.Prefect of the Vatican LibraryCardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
56.1Ordained BishopBerard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop of Naha, JapanBishop Emeritus
55.1Ordained BishopMário Rino SivieriBishop of Propriá, Sergipe, BrazilBishop Emeritus
26 May50.5AppointedAdolfo González MontesBishop of Ávila, SpainBishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
28 May47.3AppointedCarlos Aguiar RetesBishop of Texcoco, México, MéxicoCardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District
45.2AppointedRodrigo Aguilar MartínezBishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, MéxicoBishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
47.4AppointedEugenijus BartulisBishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
52.6AppointedJonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, LithuaniaBishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
52.6AppointedJonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. †Titular Bishop of VulturariaBishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
53.4AppointedMartin DrennanAuxiliary Bishop of Dublin, IrelandBishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
53.4AppointedMartin DrennanTitular Bishop of Aquae RegiaeBishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
53.0AppointedRaymond W. FieldAuxiliary Bishop of Dublin, IrelandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.0AppointedRaymond W. FieldTitular Bishop of Árd MórAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
39.4AppointedRimantas NorvilaAuxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, LithuaniaBishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
39.4AppointedRimantas NorvilaTitular Bishop of CastrumBishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
77.7RetiredMagín Camerino Torreblanca ReyesBishop of Texcoco, México, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
29 May80.0RetiredDomenico BartolucciOfficial of the Roman Curia - OtherCardinal, Official Emeritus
30 May60.2AppointedPeter Joseph ConnorsBishop of Ballarat, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
32.4Ordained DeaconEdson Batista de MelloDeacon of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
66.5ResignedRonald Austin MulkearnsBishop of Ballarat, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
60.4AppointedJacques Jean Joseph Jules PerrierCoadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, FranceBishop Emeritus
31 May28.8Ordained PriestAndrew Harmon CozzensPriest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USABishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
27.4Ordained PriestLeo Magdugo Dalmao, C.M.F.Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of MaryPrelate of Isabela, Philippines
32.2Ordained PriestDonald Edward DeGroodPriest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USABishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
54.1Ordained BishopAngelo FagianiArchbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
36.7Ordained DeaconOlivier Jacques Marie de Germay de CirfontaineDeacon of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), FranceArchbishop of Lyon, France
46.0AppointedJosé Isidro Guerrero MacíasBishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
70.2AppointedAlfredo MagarottoBishop of Vittorio Veneto, ItalyBishop Emeritus
30.1Ordained PriestTarcisio Pusma IbáñezPriest of Chulucanas, Peru
28.2Ordained PriestGabriel RandrianantenainaPriest of Ambatondrazaka, MadagascarBishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
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