Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1993

Newly Elected Bishops (126)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ChinaBishop Peter Hou Jing-wen (侯經文)

former Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

(1993)1993.03.19
ChinaBishop Francis An Shu-xin (76)Bishop Francis An Shu-xin (安樹新) (76)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

19931993.05.02
ChinaArchbishop Peter Luo Bei-zhan (駱北瞻)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

19931993.05.14
ChinaBishop Thomas Zhao Feng-wu (趙鳳梧), S.V.D.

former Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China)

19931993.05.18
ChinaBishop John Baptist Liu Jing-shan (劉靜山)

former Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

19931993.08.01
ChinaBishop John Gao Ke-xian (高可賢)

former Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

19931993.09.02
ChinaBishop Matthew Luo Du-xi (羅篤熹)

former Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China)

19931993.09.21
ChinaBishop Stanislaus Han Dao-yi (韓道一)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China)

(1993)1993.11.11
ChinaBishop Joseph Liu Yuan-ren (劉元仁)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China)

(1993)1993.12.07
SpainArchbishop Ramiro Moliner Inglés

former Titular Archbishop of Sarda

1993.01.021993.02.22
USABishop James Anthony Tamayo (76)Bishop James Anthony Tamayo (76)

Bishop of Laredo (USA)

1993.01.261993.03.10
ArgentinaBishop Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina)

1993.01.301993.03.19
ArgentinaBishop Juan Carlos Maccarone

former Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

1993.01.301993.04.21
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. (84)Archbishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. (84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sassari (Italy)

1993.02.081993.03.28
IrelandBishop James McLoughlin

former Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)

1993.02.101993.03.28
ItalyBishop Antonio Vacca

former Bishop of Alghero–Bosa (Italy)

1993.02.181993.03.21
SwitzerlandBishop Peter Henrici, S.J.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

1993.03.041993.05.31
SwitzerlandBishop Paul Vollmar, S.M.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

1993.03.041993.05.31
CameroonBishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (75)Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (75)

Bishop of Edéa (Cameroon)

1993.03.221993.07.04
VietnamCardinal Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giustino

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)

1993.03.221993.08.11
ItalyBishop Donato De Bonis

former Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

1993.03.251993.04.25
JapanBishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (88)Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ 野村純一) (88)

Bishop emeritus of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

1993.04.051993.07.04
TogoBishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba

former Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)

1993.04.051993.08.07
IndonesiaBishop Yulius Aloysius Husin, M.S.F.

former Bishop of Palangkaraya (Indonesia)

1993.04.051993.10.17
IndonesiaArchbishop Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Samarinda (Indonesia)

1993.04.051993.11.21
SenegalBishop Maixent Coly

former Bishop of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

1993.04.051993.12.11
FranceArchbishop André Dupuy (86)Archbishop André Dupuy (86)

Titular Archbishop of Selsey

1993.04.061993.06.06
ItalyCardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio (88)Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio (88)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami pro hac vice Title

President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

1993.04.081993.05.22
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Belluno–Feltre (Italy)

1993.04.141993.05.30
FranceCardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (81)Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (81)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux (France)

1993.04.171993.06.06
UkraineBishop Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R. (77)Bishop Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R. (77) (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop emeritus of Sokal–Zhovkva of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

1993.04.201993.09.19
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Caliandro (78)Archbishop Domenico Caliandro (78)

Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi–Ostuni (Italy)

1993.04.231993.06.28
PalestineBishop Kamal Hanna Bathish

former Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

1993.04.291993.07.03
PalestineBishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo (80)Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo (80)

Titular Bishop of Emmaüs

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Jerusalem (Palestine)

1993.04.291993.07.03
GreeceArchbishop Nikólaos Printezis (85)Archbishop Nikólaos Printezis (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

former Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece)

1993.04.291993.07.04
CanadaBishop Joseph Khoury (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada)

1993.04.291993.09.04
MexicoBishop Salvador Flores Huerta

former Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

1993.05.031993.06.24
IndiaBishop Joseph Das

former Bishop of Berhampur (India)

1993.05.031993.07.07
ColombiaBishop Alonso Llano Ruiz

former Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia)

1993.05.051993.05.29
ItalyBishop Silvio Padoin

former Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

1993.05.081993.06.26
ChileBishop Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J.

former Bishop of Arica (Chile)

1993.05.151993.06.29
EnglandBishop Patrick O’Donoghue

former Bishop of Lancaster (England)

1993.05.181993.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Domenico De Luca

former Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

1993.05.221993.07.03
AustriaBishop Heinrich Fasching

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

1993.05.241993.07.04
AustraliaBishop Peter William Ingham

former Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

1993.05.241993.07.12
IrelandBishop William Lee

former Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland)

1993.05.271993.07.25
NamibiaBishop Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S.

former Bishop of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

1993.05.281993.08.21
IndiaBishop Michael Minj, S.J.

former Bishop of Gumla (India)

1993.05.281993.08.22
IndiaBishop Joseph Minj

former Bishop of Simdega (India)

1993.05.281993.08.24
VenezuelaBishop Santiago Pérez Sánchez

former Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela)

1993.05.281993.09.17
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBishop Pero Sudar (74)Bishop Pero Sudar (74)

Titular Bishop of Selia

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1993.05.281994.01.07
HungaryBishop Nándor Bosák (86)Bishop Nándor Bosák (86)

Bishop emeritus of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza (Hungary)

1993.05.311993.06.15
CanadaBishop Paul Marchand, S.M.M.

former Bishop of Timmins (Canada)

1993.05.311993.08.20
CanadaBishop James Matthew Wingle (79)Bishop James Matthew Wingle (79)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Catharines (Canada)

1993.05.311993.08.24
BrazilBishop Fernando Panico, M.S.C. (80)Bishop Fernando Panico, M.S.C. (80)

Bishop emeritus of Crato (Brazil)

1993.06.021993.08.14
SpainArchbishop Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (76)Archbishop Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (76)

Archbishop ad personam

Bishop emeritus of Urgell (Spain)

1993.06.091993.09.05
SpainBishop Pere Tena Garriga

former Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

1993.06.091993.09.05
SpainBishop Jaume Traserra Cunillera

former Bishop of Solsona (Spain)

1993.06.091993.09.05
USABishop Carl Kevin Moeddel

former Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA)

1993.06.151993.08.24
ColombiaBishop Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra (87)Bishop Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra (87)

Bishop emeritus of Ocaña (Colombia)

1993.06.281993.08.06
PhilippinesBishop Artemio Lomboy Rillera, S.V.D.

former Bishop of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines)

1993.06.281993.08.28
NigeriaArchbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna (79)Archbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna (79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Owerri (Nigeria)

1993.07.011993.09.04
EcuadorBishop Pietro Gabrielli Zen, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador)

1993.07.011993.09.19
ZambiaBishop Andrew Aaron Chisha (92)Bishop Andrew Aaron Chisha (92)

Bishop emeritus of Mansa (Zambia)

1993.07.011993.12.12
LebanonArchbishop Gabriel Toubia (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1993.07.021993.07.31
CanadaBishop Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R. (93)Bishop Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R. (93) (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop emeritus of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)

1993.07.021993.09.28
TurkiyeArchbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

1993.07.021993.10.03
ArgentinaBishop Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F. (81)Bishop Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F. (81)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Humahuaca (Argentina)

1993.07.071993.09.25
NetherlandsBishop Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz (83)Bishop Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz (83)

Bishop emeritus of Roermond (Netherlands)

1993.07.101993.09.25
ItalyBishop Eduardo Davino

former Bishop of Palestrina (Italy)

1993.07.151993.10.09
PolandBishop Kazimierz Ryczan

former Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

1993.07.171993.09.11
ArgentinaBishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina)

1993.07.221993.09.18
ArgentinaBishop José Pedro Pozzi, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina)

1993.07.221993.09.25
ArgentinaArchbishop José Luis Mollaghan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina)

former Supplementary Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata

1993.07.221993.10.02
ItalyArchbishop Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P.

former Archbishop of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy)

former Secretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

1993.07.231993.08.29
CroatiaArchbishop Marin Barišić (79)Archbishop Marin Barišić (79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

1993.08.031993.10.17
ItalyArchbishop Renzo Fratini (81)Archbishop Renzo Fratini (81)

Titular Archbishop of Botriana

1993.08.071993.10.02
NigeriaBishop Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A.

former Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria)

1993.09.181993.11.28
ColombiaBishop Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (91)Bishop Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (91)

Bishop emeritus of Pereira (Colombia)

1993.10.071993.11.13
ColombiaArchbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (78)Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cali (Colombia)

1993.10.071993.11.15
KenyaBishop Linus Okok Okwach

former Bishop of Homa Bay (Kenya)

1993.10.181993.12.31
TogoBishop Julien Mawule Kouto

former Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo)

1993.10.181994.01.06
UgandaBishop Charles Martin Wamika

former Bishop of Jinja (Uganda)

1993.10.181994.02.19
CanadaBishop Vital Massé (89)Bishop Vital Massé (89)

Bishop emeritus of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

1993.10.201993.12.08
CanadaBishop François Thibodeau, C.I.M.

former Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)

1993.10.221994.01.09
U.S. Virgin IslandsBishop Elliot Griffin Thomas

former Bishop of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands)

1993.10.301993.12.12
ColombiaBishop Jaime Prieto Amaya

former Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia)

1993.11.111993.12.11
USABishop Edward James Slattery

former Bishop of Tulsa (USA)

1993.11.111994.01.06
IndiaArchbishop Peter Paul Prabhu

former Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

1993.11.131994.01.06
SwitzerlandArchbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen

former Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia)

1993.11.131994.01.06
IndiaArchbishop Malayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B. (88)Archbishop Malayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B. (88)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (India)

1993.11.171994.01.25
GuineaArchbishop Vincent Coulibaly (73)Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Conakry (Guinea)

1993.11.171994.02.12
South AfricaArchbishop William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M. (82)Archbishop William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M. (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pretoria (South Africa)

Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

1993.11.171994.02.19
BoliviaBishop Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Camiri (Bolivia)

1993.11.171994.03.20
IndonesiaArchbishop Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. (80)Archbishop Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. (80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palembang (Indonesia)

1993.11.171994.03.25
PortugalBishop Américo do Couto Oliveira

former Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

1993.11.201994.01.06
USABishop Kevin Michael Britt

former Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

1993.11.231994.01.06
USABishop Bernard Joseph Harrington

former Bishop of Winona (USA)

1993.11.231994.01.06
PhilippinesArchbishop Ramon Cabrera Argüelles (81)Archbishop Ramon Cabrera Argüelles (81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lipa (Philippines)

1993.11.261994.01.06
ParaguayBishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos (71)Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos (71)

Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay)

1993.11.271994.01.06
NetherlandsBishop Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B. (90)Bishop Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B. (90)

Bishop emeritus of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

former President of Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands

1993.11.271994.02.12
BrazilBishop Jésus Rocha

former Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil)

1993.12.011994.02.26
IndiaBishop Johannes Gorantla

former Bishop of Kurnool (India)

1993.12.061994.01.26
IndiaBishop Sylvester Monteiro

former Bishop of Aurangabad (India)

1993.12.061994.03.10
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (76)Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (76)

Bishop emeritus of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1993.12.061994.03.20
IndonesiaBishop Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M. (82)Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M. (82)

Bishop emeritus of Jayapura (Indonesia)

1993.12.061994.04.10
MozambiqueBishop Manuel Chuanguira Machado

former Bishop of Gurúè (Mozambique)

1993.12.061994.05.22
FranceArchbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (82)Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (82)

Titular Archbishop of Galazia in Campania

1993.12.071994.01.06
PeruBishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R. (81)Bishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R. (81)

Bishop emeritus of Chachapoyas (Peru)

1993.12.071994.01.06
ItalyBishop Paolo Gillet

former Auxiliary Bishop of Albano (Italy)

1993.12.071994.01.06
EcuadorArchbishop Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O. (77)Archbishop Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O. (77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

1993.12.071994.01.12
GermanyBishop Gerhard Jakob

former Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany)

1993.12.121993.12.12
Northern IrelandBishop Michael Dallat

former Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

1993.12.151994.02.13
ColombiaBishop Julio César Vidal Ortiz (81)Bishop Julio César Vidal Ortiz (81)

Bishop emeritus of Cúcuta (Colombia)

1993.12.161994.02.18
PanamaBishop Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean

former Bishop of Penonomé (Panama)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

1993.12.181994.01.06
PolandBishop Antoni Józef Długosz (84)Bishop Antoni Józef Długosz (84)

Titular Bishop of Aggar

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Częstochowa (Poland)

1993.12.181994.01.06
BulgariaBishop Christo Proykov (80)Bishop Christo Proykov (80) (Bulgarian Rite)

Bishop emeritus of Saint John XXIII of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

1993.12.181994.01.06
ItalyBishop Giovanni De Vivo

former Bishop of Pescia (Italy)

1993.12.181994.01.23
MexicoBishop José Luis Dibildox Martínez

former Bishop of Tampico (Mexico)

1993.12.201994.01.25
EthiopiaBishop Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia)

1993.12.201994.03.19
IndiaCardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (73)Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Patriarch of East Indies

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

1993.12.201994.04.10
MyanmarBishop Philip Lasap Za Hawng (81)Bishop Philip Lasap Za Hawng (81)

Bishop emeritus of Lashio (Myanmar)

1993.12.201994.04.30
ItalyArchbishop Donato Negro (78)Archbishop Donato Negro (78)

Archbishop emeritus of Otranto (Italy)

1993.12.221994.02.10
VenezuelaArchbishop Reinaldo Del Prette Lissot

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

1993.12.241994.02.05
CanadaBishop Pierre Fisette, P.M.E.

former Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

1993.12.271994.03.18
CanadaBishop Raymond Dumais

former Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

1993.12.271994.05.20

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