The Year of Our Lord 1999

Bishop Events

April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	75.3	Retired	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Apr	84.0	Died	Manuel António Pires †	Bishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola
3 Apr	39.8	Appointed	Sergio Alfredo Fenoy	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
39.8	Appointed	Sergio Alfredo Fenoy	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
5 Apr	69.1	Died	Ugo Donato Bianchi †	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
59.3	Selected	Joseph Roduit, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
6 Apr	62.0	Appointed	Antonio Franco	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Apr	27.8	Ordained Priest	Vincent Nellaiparambil	Priest of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
9 Apr	91.5	Died	Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
10 Apr	75.5	Retired	Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Balázs Bábel	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary	Archbishop
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Dieudonné Bogmis †	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
33.0	Ordained Priest	Paolo Borgia	Priest of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Apr	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Gilbert Marcel Henri Louis	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo, Madagascar
27.1	Ordained Priest	Roberto Carlos Zacarías López	Priest of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Bishop of Canindeyú, Paraguay
12 Apr	78.1	Died	Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
14 Apr	48.1	Appointed	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Cabimas, Venezuela
29.1	Ordained Priest	George Toufik Khoury	Priest of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
50.1	Appointed	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr	49.1	Appointed	Felix Genn	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
49.1	Appointed	Felix Genn	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop of Münster, Germany
58.8	Succeeded	Nicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
60.3	Appointed	Werner Thissen	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
60.3	Appointed	Werner Thissen	Titular Bishop of Scampa	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
17 Apr	31.6	Ordained Deacon	Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I.	Deacon of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Mongu, Zambia
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Farina †	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Kakooza	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Bishop of Lugazi, Uganda
18 Apr	56.4	Ordained Bishop	António Maria Bessa Taipa	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
19 Apr	65.1	Appointed	Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
28.9	Ordained Priest	Benny Varghese Edathattel	Priest of Kohima, India	Bishop of Itanagar, India
55.5	Appointed	Thomas Kaboré	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Henk Kronenberg, S.M. †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
79.2	Retired	Bernard Mabula †	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Appointed	Michael Gorō Matsuura	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan
46.5	Appointed	Michael Gorō Matsuura	Titular Bishop of Sfasferia	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan
51.9	Appointed	Desiderius M. Rwoma	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
20 Apr	78.1	Installed	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas James Olmsted	Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
21 Apr	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Teke Lysinge	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	André Armand Vingt-Trois	Archbishop of Tours, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
22 Apr	77.8	Died	Antonio Lloren Mabutas †	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
94.1	Died	Plinio Pascoli †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23 Apr	51.8	Appointed	Luis Quinteiro Fiuza	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
51.8	Appointed	Luis Quinteiro Fiuza	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
24 Apr	45.1	Appointed	Grzegorz Balcerek	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
45.1	Appointed	Grzegorz Balcerek	Titular Bishop of Selendeta	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
26.2	Ordained Priest	Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia	Priest of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay	Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay
31.4	Ordained Priest	Luiz Gonçalves Knupp	Priest of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
41.7	Appointed	Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland	Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland
30.9	Ordained Priest	Georges Masri	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop
47.6	Appointed	Lawrence Mukkuzhy	Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar), India
64.5	Appointed	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Massimiliano Palinuro	Priest of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
49.6	Appointed	Tadeusz Pikus	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
49.6	Appointed	Tadeusz Pikus	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
50.7	Appointed	Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
50.7	Appointed	Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina †	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
58.5	Appointed	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Acelum	Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
25 Apr	27.4	Ordained Priest	Bob John Hassan Koroma	Priest of Makeni, Sierra Leone	Bishop
30.1	Ordained Priest	Albert Hemrom	Priest of Dibrugarh, India	Bishop
56.7	Installed	Arrigo Miglio	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
29.7	Ordained Priest	Jaime Cesar Ortiz de Lazcano Piquer	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
26 Apr	75.4	Died	Johann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
27 Apr	49.3	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
26.4	Perpetual Vows	David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
60.3	Appointed	Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B.	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
28 Apr	84.4	Died	Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy †	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
29 Apr	64.9	Appointed	Marcel Paul Herriot †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina	Apostolic Nuncio
30 Apr	52.6	Appointed	Marc Camille Michel Stenger	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus

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