The Year of Our Lord 1998

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	70.9	Appointed	Paul Antaki †	Protosyncellus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)	Protosyncellus Emeritus
	70.9	Appointed	Paul Antaki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Petros Berga	Priest of Haarlem, Netherlands	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
	26.6	Perpetual Vows	Patrick Chilekwa Chisanga, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Mansa, Zambia
	40.6	Professed	Joseph Gontrand Décoste, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
	23.2	Entered	Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
	29.5	Entered	Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P.	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	25.7	Perpetual Vows	Hailemichael Dejene Hidoto Gamo, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Soddo, Ethiopia
	72.0	Succeeded	Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen) †	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
	27.8	Ordained Deacon	George Toufik Khoury	Deacon of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
	30.5	Ordained Deacon	Andris Kravalis, I.N.D.V.	Deacon of Riga, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop
	64.0	Appointed	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	80.5	Resigned	[John Liu Ding-han], S.J. †	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China	Bishop Emeritus
	28.1	Perpetual Vows	David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
	75.8	Resigned	François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Massimiliano Palinuro	Deacon of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
	27.2	Solemn Vows	Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist.	Member of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
	29.3	Ordained Deacon	Tuomo T. Vimpari	Deacon of Helsinki, Finland	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
1 Jan	77.4	Died	Pedro Boxler †	Bishop Emeritus of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
2 Jan	48.5	Ordained Bishop	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2 Jan	88.9	Died	William Francis Kupfer, M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
3 Jan	54.9	Appointed	Angelo Bagnasco	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
	75.8	Retired	Gaetano Michetti †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	73.6	Died	Giulio Salimei †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
4 Jan	25.4	Ordained Deacon	Cleocir Bonetti	Deacon of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	48.5	Installed	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
	31.3	Perpetual Vows	Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
5 Jan	73.4	Died	Nicola Comparone †	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
	67.2	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Flanagan †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	67.2	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Flanagan †	Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
	51.6	Appointed	Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
	51.6	Appointed	Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
	61.8	Died	Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble †	Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile
	49.3	Appointed	Patrick James Zurek	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
	49.3	Appointed	Patrick James Zurek	Titular Bishop of Thamugadi	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
6 Jan	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Kwaku Atuahene	Bishop of Goaso, Ghana
	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale	Apostolic Nuncio
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	64.2	Installed	Angelo Daniel	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	John Forrosuelo Du	Titular Bishop of Timici	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Bishop of Linares, Chile
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Mario Francesco Pompedda †	Titular Archbishop of Bisarcio	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	69.3	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Saverio Salerno †	Titular Bishop of Caere	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Wiktor Paweł Skworc	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Strofaldi †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Kujur, S.J.	Bishop of Daltonganj, India	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan	81.9	Died	Albino Mensa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
9 Jan	82.2	Died	Crisanto Darío Mata Cova †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
10 Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Dilmo Franco de Campos †	Priest of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Bulus Dauwa Yohanna	Priest of Ilorin, Nigeria	Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria
	74.4	Retired	Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu †	Bishop of Masaka, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Saúl Figueroa Albornoz	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
	54.7	Succeeded	John Baptist Kaggwa †	Bishop of Masaka, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Milovan	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	78.3	Died	Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes †	Bishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México
11 Jan	25.5	Ordained Priest	Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae	Priest of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
13 Jan	76.0	Retired	Austin-Emile Burke †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.0	Appointed	Martin William Currie	Apostolic Administrator of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Jose Serofia Palma	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
	57.9	Died	Charles Kweku Sam †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
14 Jan	46.7	Succeeded	José Vicente Conejero Gallego	Bishop of Formosa, Argentina
	49.7	Appointed	Emanuel Messias de Oliveira	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	75.6	Retired	Dante Carlos Sandrelli †	Bishop of Formosa, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan	61.1	Succeeded	Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	74.1	Retired	Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet †	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	89.1	Died	Ernst Tewes, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
17 Jan	60.6	Appointed	Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.6	Appointed	Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	46.6	Appointed	Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.6	Appointed	Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Vicus Augusti	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru
	67.9	Resigned	Leobard D’Souza †	Archbishop of Nagpur, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	74.0	Retired	Lorenzo Rodolfo (Laurent-Rodolphe) Guibord Lévesque, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	50.8	Appointed	John Ha Tiong Hock	Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.8	Appointed	John Ha Tiong Hock	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
	87.0	Died	Jean-Charles Leclaire †	Priest of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
	54.1	Appointed	Matthias U Shwe †	Archbishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.6	Appointed	Abraham Viruthakulangara †	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
18 Jan	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi	Deacon of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I.	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
	91.9	Died	Josef Schneider †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
	73.4	Died	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
	74.1	Ceased	Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto †	Apostolic Administrator of Pemba, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
19 Jan	27.5	Ordained Deacon	Alfred Mateyu Chaima	Deacon of Blantyre, Malawi	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
	60.3	Appointed	Thomas Chakiath	Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Appointed	Thomas Chakiath	Titular Bishop of Uzippari	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
	54.7	Appointed	Frederick Bernard Henry	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	71.0	Resigned	Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Paul John O’Byrne †	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jan	44.5	Appointed	Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B.	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
	73.9	Retired	Ignatius D’Cunha †	Bishop of Aurangabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
	63.2	Appointed	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan	57.4	Appointed	Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Gílio Felício	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	48.1	Appointed	Gílio Felício	Titular Bishop of Illiberi	Bishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	43.7	Appointed	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	43.7	Appointed	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo	Titular Bishop of Caliabria	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Eugene Wilkerson	Titular Bishop of Vincennes	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
22 Jan	91.7	Died	Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
24 Jan	52.8	Appointed	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés †	Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	94.6	Died	Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China
	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Adewale Martins	Bishop of Abeokuta, Nigeria	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
	54.6	Appointed	Francesco Micciché	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	67.1	Resigned	Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa †	Bishop of Cuddapah, India	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	27.1	Ordained Deacon	Charles Peters Barthélus	Deacon of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas D’Souza	Bishop of Bagdogra, India	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
	58.5	Ordained Bishop	François-Xavier Jacques Marie Loizeau	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France	Bishop Emeritus
	37.6	Solemn Vows	Neri Menor Vargas, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Carabayllo, Peru
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube	Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Bita	Cardinal, Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
27 Jan	65.5	Ordained Bishop	James Albert Murray †	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan	56.3	Appointed	Manuel Pelino Domingues	Bishop of Santarém, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Orlando Antonio Corrales García	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
	51.0	Appointed	Orlando Antonio Corrales García	Titular Bishop of Thuccabora	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
	89.8	Died	Bernard Joseph Flanagan †	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Richard John Garcia †	Titular Bishop of Bapara	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
	74.2	Ordained Bishop	Ermenegildus (Paul) Li Yi, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China	Bishop
	64.2	Appointed	Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	64.2	Appointed	Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez †	Titular Bishop of Bennefa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
	46.3	Appointed	João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
29 Jan	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Salvadore Lobo	Bishop of Baruipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	32.5	Ordained Priest	Luka Sylvester Gopep	Priest of Minna, Nigeria	Auxiliary Bishop
31 Jan	59.4	Appointed	Valter Župan	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus

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