| Newly Elected Bishops (146) | Elected | Consecrated |
Bishop James David Lin Xi-li (林錫黎)former Bishop of Yongjia 永嘉 (China) | 1992 | 1992.02.22 |
Bishop Michael Liu Xian-ru (劉顯儒) ▼former Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China) ▼ | (1992) | 1992.02.24 ▼ |
Bishop Alejo Zavala Castroformer Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) | 1992.01.04 | 1992.03.25 |
Bishop Marko Culejformer Bishop of Varaždin (Croatia) | 1992.01.07 | 1992.02.22 |
 Bishop Christian Werner (82)Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt Military Ordinary emeritus of Austria (Austria) | 1992.01.09 | 1992.02.02 |
 Bishop Milan Chautur, C.SS.R. (68) (Slovak Rite)Bishop emeritus of Košice of the Slovaks (Slovakia) | 1992.01.11 | 1992.02.29 |
Bishop Michael Ambrose Griffiths, E.B.C.former Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England) | 1992.01.11 | 1992.03.20 |
 Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri (85)Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title Secretary General emeritus of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops | 1992.01.15 | 1992.03.07 |
 Bishop Juan Vargas Aruquipa (79)Bishop emeritus of Coroico (Bolivia) | 1992.01.15 | 1992.03.25 |
 Bishop Ciriaco Benavente Mateos (83)Bishop emeritus of Albacete (Spain) | 1992.01.17 | 1992.03.22 |
 Bishop Antoine Audo, S.J. (80) (Chaldean Rite)Bishop of Aleppo of the Chaldeans (Syria) | 1992.01.18 | 1992.10.11 |
Bishop Andrew Qian Zhi-chun (Tsien Chih-ch’un) (錢志純)former Bishop of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan) | 1992.01.23 | 1992.04.11 |
Bishop Raphaël Marie Zeformer Bishop of Sangmélima (Cameroon) | 1992.01.23 | 1992.04.25 |
 Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I. (92)Bishop emeritus of De Aar (South Africa) | 1992.01.23 | 1992.05.01 |
Bishop Jean-Berchmans Nterereformer Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi) | 1992.01.23 | 1992.05.10 |
Bishop Wolodymyr Walter Paska (Ukrainian Rite)former Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) | 1992.01.24 | 1992.03.19 |
 Bishop Gerald Richard Barnes (80)Bishop emeritus of San Bernardino (USA) | 1992.01.28 | 1992.03.18 |
Bishop Rinaldo Fidel Brédiceformer Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina) | 1992.01.31 | 1992.03.19 |
 Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki (76)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Poznań (Poland) | 1992.02.01 | 1992.03.25 |
Bishop Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist.former Bishop of Vác (Hungary) | 1992.02.11 | 1992.03.21 |
 Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez (83)Cardinal-Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia) | 1992.02.11 | 1992.03.25 |
 Bishop Felipe Padilla Cardona (80)Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) | 1992.02.15 | 1992.03.17 |
 Archbishop Héctor Rubén Aguer (82)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Plata (Argentina) | 1992.02.26 | 1992.04.04 |
 Bishop Rubén Oscar Frassia (80)Bishop emeritus of Avellaneda–Lanús (Argentina) | 1992.02.26 | 1992.04.04 |
 Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera (80)Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain) | 1992.03.06 | 1992.04.25 |
Bishop Joseph Sunday Ajomoformer Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria) | 1992.03.06 | 1992.05.03 |
 Bishop Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm (84)Bishop emeritus of Bà Ria (Vietnam) | 1992.03.06 | 1992.05.07 |
Bishop Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.former Bishop of Ilorin (Nigeria) | 1992.03.06 | 1992.05.17 |
Bishop Simon Akwali Okaforformer Bishop of Awka (Nigeria) | 1992.03.06 | 1992.05.30 |
 Bishop Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I. (93)Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jérôme (Canada) | 1992.03.13 | 1992.06.29 |
 Bishop Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz (90)Bishop emeritus of Lincoln (USA) | 1992.03.24 | 1992.05.13 |
Bishop Stefan Siczekformer Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.04.11 |
Bishop Bronisław Dembowskiformer Bishop of Włocławek (Poland) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.04.20 |
 Cardinal Arrigo Miglio (83)Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagliari (Italy) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.04.25 |
Bishop Tadeusz Pieronekformer Auxiliary Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.04.26 |
 Bishop Tadeusz Rakoczy (88)Bishop emeritus of Bielsko–Żywiec (Poland) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.04.26 |
Bishop Wacław Świerzawskiformer Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.04.28 |
 Bishop Norbert Trelle (83)Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.05.01 |
 Bishop Justin Joseph Bianchini (85)Bishop emeritus of Geraldton (Australia) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.05.19 |
Bishop Adam Śmigielskiformer Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.05.30 |
Bishop Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A.former Bishop of Radom (Poland) | 1992.03.25 | 1992.06.06 |
Archbishop Andrea Cassoneformer Archbishop of Rossano–Cariati (Italy) | 1992.03.26 | 1992.05.09 |
 Archbishop Antonio Franco (89)Titular Archbishop of Gallese Assessor emeritus of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) | 1992.03.28 | 1992.04.26 |
Bishop Magnus Mwalunyunguformer Bishop of Tunduru–Masasi (Tanzania) | 1992.03.30 | 1992.06.25 |
Bishop Augustin Misagoformer Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda) | 1992.03.30 | 1992.06.28 |
 Bishop Frédéric Rubwejanga (94)Bishop emeritus of Kibungo (Rwanda) | 1992.03.30 | 1992.07.05 |
Bishop Juan García-Santacruz Ortizformer Bishop of Guadix (Spain) | 1992.03.31 | 1992.06.14 |
 Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe (82)Cardinal-Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso pro hac vice Title Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Napoli (Italy) | 1992.04.02 | 1992.04.26 |
 Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò ▼ (85)Secretary General emeritus of Governorate of Vatican City State | 1992.04.03 | 1992.04.26 |
 Archbishop Luigi Travaglino (86)Titular Archbishop of Lettere | 1992.04.04 | 1992.04.26 |
 Bishop Enzo Dieci (92)Titular Bishop of Maura Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy) | 1992.04.07 | 1992.04.26 |
Bishop John Patrick Bolesformer Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) | 1992.04.14 | 1992.05.21 |
Bishop John Richard McNamaraformer Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) | 1992.04.14 | 1992.05.21 |
 Archbishop José Guadalupe Martín Rábago (90)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of León (Mexico) | 1992.04.15 | 1992.06.05 |
 Bishop Javier Navarro Rodríguez (76)Bishop emeritus of Zamora (Mexico) | 1992.04.15 | 1992.06.05 |
Bishop Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C.former Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) | 1992.04.27 | 1992.06.24 |
 Bishop John Stephen Knight (84)Titular Bishop of Taraqua Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada) | 1992.04.27 | 1992.06.24 |
Bishop Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaríaformer Bishop of Sincelejo (Colombia) | 1992.04.29 | 1992.06.06 |
Bishop Jacques Maurice Faivreformer Bishop of Le Mans (France) | 1992.04.29 | 1992.06.14 |
Bishop Vittorio Tomassettiformer Bishop of Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola (Italy) | 1992.05.07 | 1992.06.28 |
Pope Francisformer Supreme Pontiff former Prefect of Dicastery for Evangelisation | 1992.05.20 | 1992.06.27 |
Bishop Raúl Omar Rossiformer Bishop of San Martín (Argentina) | 1992.05.20 | 1992.06.27 |
 Archbishop Michael Neary (79)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tuam (Ireland) | 1992.05.20 | 1992.09.13 |
 Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals (78)Titular Bishop of Monterano Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain) | 1992.05.26 | 1992.09.06 |
Archbishop Damião António Franklinformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) | 1992.05.29 | 1992.07.12 |
Bishop Reginald Michael Cawcuttformer Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa) | 1992.05.29 | 1992.08.26 |
 Bishop Ratko Perić (82)Bishop emeritus of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 1992.05.29 | 1992.09.14 |
 Patriarch Fouad Twal (85)Patriarch emeritus of Jerusalem (Palestine) former President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions former President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land Grand Prior emeritus of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) | 1992.05.30 | 1992.07.22 |
Archbishop Maroun Khoury Sader (Maronite Rite)former Archbishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon) | 1992.06.01 | 1992.07.18 |
 Bishop Andrej Imrich (78)Titular Bishop of Castellum Titulianum Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Spiš (Slovakia) | 1992.06.04 | 1992.07.11 |
 Bishop Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. (79)Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Chile) | 1992.06.11 | 1992.07.05 |
Bishop Rayappu Josephformer Bishop of Mannar (Sri Lanka) | 1992.07.06 | 1992.10.20 |
Bishop Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyênformer Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam) | 1992.07.06 | 1992.11.19 |
Bishop Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M.former Bishop of Baguio (Philippines) | 1992.07.06 | 1992.11.25 |
Bishop Brigido A. Galasgasformer Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc–Lagawe (Philippines) | 1992.07.06 | 1992.11.25 |
 Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle (75)Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) | 1992.07.06 | 1993.01.06 |
 Bishop Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños (82)Bishop emeritus of Pasto (Colombia) | 1992.07.08 | 1992.08.22 |
 Bishop Edgar de Jesús García Gil (79)Bishop emeritus of Palmira (Colombia) | 1992.07.08 | 1992.09.08 |
 Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre, A.A. (85)Titular Bishop of Sasima Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Istanbul (Turkiye) former Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkiye) former Patriarchal Administrator of Istanbul of the Greek-Melkites (Turkiye) | 1992.07.09 | 1992.09.13 |
Bishop Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B.former Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria) | 1992.07.09 | 1992.10.04 |
Bishop Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B.former Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) | 1992.07.11 | 1992.09.26 |
 Bishop James Foley (77)Bishop emeritus of Cairns (Australia) | 1992.07.16 | 1992.08.21 |
 Archbishop Salvatore Gristina (79)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Catania (Italy) | 1992.07.16 | 1992.10.03 |
 Bishop Lucien Fruchaud (91)Bishop emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (France) | 1992.07.17 | 1992.09.19 |
 Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann (83)Bishop emeritus of Würzburg (Germany) | 1992.07.25 | 1992.09.13 |
Bishop Joaquín José Morón Hidalgoformer Bishop of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela) | 1992.07.25 | 1992.10.07 |
 Bishop Béla Balás (85)Bishop emeritus of Kaposvár (Hungary) | 1992.08.10 | 1992.10.17 |
Archbishop Adriano Bernardini (裴納德)former Titular Archbishop of Faleri | 1992.08.20 | 1992.11.15 |
Bishop Francis Tong Hui (童輝)former Bishop of Yan’an 延安 (China) | 1992.08.22 | 1994.03.19 |
 Bishop Hans-Georg Koitz (91)Titular Bishop of Cantanus Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany) | 1992.08.24 | 1992.10.25 |
 Archbishop Isidore Battikha, B.A. (75) (Greek-Melkite Rite)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) | 1992.08.25 | 1992.10.10 |
Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C. (Greek-Melkite Rite)former Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) former Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq) | 1992.08.26 | 1992.10.23 |
 Bishop Jacob Manathodath (79) (Syro-Malabar Rite)Bishop emeritus of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India) | 1992.09.06 | 1992.11.28 |
 Bishop Bosco Lin Chi-nan (林吉男) (82)Bishop emeritus of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan) | 1992.09.28 | 1993.01.02 |
 Bishop Frumencio Escudero Arenas (78)Titular Bishop of Cincari Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puyo (Ecuador) | 1992.10.06 | 1992.11.29 |
Bishop John Jerome Cunneenformer Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand) | 1992.10.06 | 1992.11.30 |
Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B.former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1992.10.06 | 1993.01.31 |
 Bishop Daniel Marko Kur Adwok (73)Titular Bishop of Moxori Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum (Sudan) | 1992.10.06 | 1993.02.19 |
 Bishop Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I. (88)Bishop emeritus of Prince George (Canada) | 1992.10.06 | 1993.02.22 |
Bishop Joseph D’Silvaformer Bishop of Bellary (India) | 1992.10.06 | 1993.03.09 |
 Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (77)Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Chancellor of Pontifical Academies of Sciences Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Coast (Ghana) | 1992.10.06 | 1993.03.27 |
Bishop Arduino Bertoldoformer Bishop of Foligno (Italy) | 1992.10.10 | 1992.11.21 |
 Bishop Gabriel Antonio Camilo González (88)Bishop emeritus of La Vega (Dominican Republic) | 1992.10.10 | 1992.12.08 |
Bishop Joseph Anthony Galanteformer Bishop of Camden (USA) | 1992.10.13 | 1992.12.11 |
Bishop Florencio Olvera Ochoaformer Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico) | 1992.10.19 | 1992.11.30 |
 Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin (78)Bishop emeritus of Providence (USA) | 1992.11.03 | 1992.12.27 |
 Bishop Josef Kajnek (76)Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Dacia Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hradec Králové (Czechia) | 1992.11.04 | 1992.12.12 |
Cardinal Elio Sgrecciaformer Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria former President of Pontifical Academy for Life | 1992.11.05 | 1993.01.06 |
 Cardinal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (84)Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia) | 1992.11.09 | 1992.12.12 |
Bishop Roberto Rodríguezformer Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina) | 1992.11.12 | 1992.12.22 |
 Bishop William Martin Morris (82)Bishop emeritus of Toowoomba (Australia) | 1992.11.20 | 1993.02.10 |
Archbishop Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M.former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) | 1992.11.21 | 1993.01.03 |
 Bishop Henryk Marian Tomasik (80)Bishop emeritus of Radom (Poland) | 1992.11.21 | 1993.01.06 |
 Archbishop Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel (87)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Raipur (India) | 1992.11.21 | 1993.02.07 |
 Archbishop Albert D’Souza (80)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agra (India) | 1992.11.21 | 1993.02.07 |
Bishop Georges Perron, O.F.M. Cap.former Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti) | 1992.11.21 | 1993.03.14 |
Bishop Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir (Coptic Rite)former Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) | 1992.11.23 | 1993.01.29 |
 Archbishop Henry Joseph Mansell (88)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA) | 1992.11.24 | 1993.01.06 |
 Bishop Jean-Marie-Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. (96)Bishop emeritus of Nice (France) | 1992.11.28 | 1993.01.10 |
 Bishop Jan Kopiec (78)Bishop emeritus of Gliwice (Poland) | 1992.12.04 | 1993.01.06 |
Archbishop Diego Causeroformer Titular Archbishop of Grado | 1992.12.15 | 1993.01.06 |
Archbishop Alojz Uranformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia) | 1992.12.16 | 1993.01.06 |
Bishop Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriagoformer Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) | 1992.12.16 | 1993.02.02 |
Bishop Dominic Carmon, S.V.D.former Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA) | 1992.12.16 | 1993.02.11 |
Archbishop Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite)former Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) | 1992.12.16 | 1993.03.09 |
Bishop Peter Stasiuk, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite)former Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia) | 1992.12.16 | 1993.03.09 |
Bishop Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. (Syro-Malabar Rite)former Bishop of Jagdalpur of the Syro-Malabars (India) | 1992.12.16 | 1993.03.19 |
Bishop Roman Danylak (Ukrainian Rite)former Titular Bishop of Nyssa | 1992.12.16 | 1993.03.25 |
Bishop Elmo Noel Joseph Pereraformer Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka) | 1992.12.17 | 1993.01.06 |
 Bishop Joseph Niangoran Téky (93)Bishop emeritus of Man (Cote d’Ivoire) | 1992.12.17 | 1993.03.14 |
 Bishop Emmanuel Bushu (81)Bishop emeritus of Buéa (Cameroon) | 1992.12.17 | 1993.03.25 |
 Bishop Cornelius Piong (76)Bishop of Keningau (Malaysia) | 1992.12.17 | 1993.05.06 |
Bishop Luigi Spositoformer Secretary of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | 1992.12.18 | 1993.01.06 |
 Bishop Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C. (79)Bishop emeritus of Chosica (Peru) | 1992.12.19 | 1993.01.06 |
 Bishop Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. (85)Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Harar (Ethiopia) | 1992.12.21 | 1993.05.23 |
 Archbishop Csaba Ternyák (72)Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary) | 1992.12.24 | 1993.01.06 |
Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B.former Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) | 1992.12.24 | 1993.01.30 |
Archbishop Franco Illiaformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania) | 1992.12.25 | 1993.04.25 |
Archbishop Rrok Kola Mirditaformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiranë–Durrës (Albania) | 1992.12.25 | 1993.04.25 |
Bishop Robert Ashta, O.F.M.former Bishop of Pult (Albania) | 1992.12.25 | 1993.04.25 |
Bishop Zef Simoniformer Auxiliary Bishop of Shkodrë (Albania) | 1992.12.25 | 1993.04.25 |
 Bishop Paul Iby (91)Bishop emeritus of Eisenstadt (Austria) | 1992.12.28 | 1993.01.24 |
 Archbishop Bernard Bober (75)Metropolitan Archbishop of Košice (Slovakia) President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia | 1992.12.28 | 1993.01.30 |
 Bishop Charles Michael Jarrell (85)Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) | 1992.12.29 | 1993.03.04 |
Bishop Hilton Forrest Deakinformer Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) | 1992.12.30 | 1993.03.03 |
 Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio (79)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | 1992.12.31 | 1993.02.07 |