Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1995

Newly Elected Bishops (171)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ChinaBishop Andrew Han Jing-tao (韓景濤)

former Bishop of Siping 四平 (China)

19951982.05.06
ChinaArchbishop John Yang Shu-dao (楊樹道)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

19951987.03.08
ChinaBishop Joseph Chen Chu (陳除)

former Bishop of Beihai 北海 (China)

(1995)1995.03.19
ChinaBishop Joseph Zhu Bao-yu (朱寶玉)

former Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China)

19951995.03.19
ChinaBishop John Liu Shi-gong (劉世功)

former Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China)

19951995.10.20
ChinaBishop Alphonsus Yang Guang-yan (楊廣彥)

former Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

19951995.12.17
BrazilBishop João José Burke, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins (Brazil)

1995.01.041995.03.25
CanadaBishop Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada)

1995.01.051995.03.25
USABishop Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. (Armenian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada of the Armenians (USA)

1995.01.051995.04.29
BrazilBishop Giovanni Zerbini, S.D.B. (98)Bishop Giovanni Zerbini, S.D.B. (98)

Bishop emeritus of Guarapuava (Brazil)

1995.01.111995.02.19
ItalyBishop Luciano Bux

former Bishop of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (Italy)

1995.01.211995.03.25
USABishop Edwin Michael Conway

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

1995.01.241995.03.20
USABishop George Vance Murry, S.J.

former Bishop of Youngstown (USA)

1995.01.241995.03.20
AustriaBishop Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

1995.01.251995.03.25
BrazilBishop Vito Schlickmann

former Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)

1995.01.251995.03.25
GermanyBishop Otto Georgens (75)Bishop Otto Georgens (75)

Titular Bishop of Gubaliana

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Speyer (Germany)

1995.01.271995.03.25
ChileBishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. (83)Bishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. (83)

Bishop emeritus of Valparaíso (Chile)

1995.01.311995.04.02
IndiaArchbishop Vincent Michael Concessao (89)Archbishop Vincent Michael Concessao (89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Delhi (India)

1995.02.031995.04.01
NigeriaArchbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama (67)Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria)

1995.02.031995.04.23
Papua New GuineaBishop Gilles Côté, S.M.M. (80)Bishop Gilles Côté, S.M.M. (80)

Bishop emeritus of Daru–Kiunga (Papua New Guinea)

1995.02.031995.04.23
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. (82)Archbishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madang (Papua New Guinea)

1995.02.031995.05.07
Solomon IslandsBishop Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P. (94)Bishop Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P. (94)

Bishop emeritus of Gizo (Solomon Islands)

1995.02.031995.05.19
GhanaArchbishop Philip Naameh (77)Archbishop Philip Naameh (77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

1995.02.031995.05.28
USABishop John Martin Dougherty

former Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA)

1995.02.071995.03.07
USABishop John Kevin Boland (90)Bishop John Kevin Boland (90)

Bishop emeritus of Savannah (USA)

1995.02.071995.04.18
USAArchbishop Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C.

former Adjunct Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

1995.02.101995.04.01
UruguayBishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. (78)Bishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. (78)

Bishop emeritus of Mercedes (Uruguay)

1995.02.141995.03.26
FranceBishop André Louis Fort

former Bishop of Orléans (France)

1995.02.181995.07.09
GermanyBishop Josef Grünwald (89)Bishop Josef Grünwald (89)

Titular Bishop of Fronta

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany)

1995.02.211995.03.18
CanadaArchbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (82)Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

1995.02.221995.04.25
BrazilBishop Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. (85)Bishop Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. (85)

Bishop emeritus of Santos (Brazil)

1995.02.221995.04.30
USAArchbishop William Edward Lori (74)Archbishop William Edward Lori (74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

1995.02.281995.04.20
NicaraguaBishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier (92)Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier (92)

Bishop emeritus of Granada (Nicaragua)

1995.02.281995.04.22
MalawiBishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza

former Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

1995.03.031995.05.06
NigeriaArchbishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin (76)Archbishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin (76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

1995.03.031995.05.13
GhanaArchbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi (Ghana)

1995.03.031995.05.28
GhanaBishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu (78)Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu (78)

Bishop emeritus of Konongo–Mampong (Ghana)

1995.03.031995.05.28
TanzaniaBishop Agapiti Ndorobo (71)Bishop Agapiti Ndorobo (71)

Bishop of Mahenge (Tanzania)

1995.03.031995.06.16
SeychellesBishop Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J.

former Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

1995.03.031995.06.25
ChileBishop Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca (72)Bishop Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca (72)

Bishop emeritus of Talca (Chile)

1995.03.111995.05.07
USABishop Gerald Frederick Kicanas (84)Bishop Gerald Frederick Kicanas (84)

Bishop emeritus of Tucson (USA)

1995.03.201995.03.20
EnglandArchbishop Peter David Gregory Smith

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England)

1995.03.211995.05.27
DenmarkBishop Czeslaw Kozon (74)Bishop Czeslaw Kozon (74)

Bishop of København (Denmark)

1995.03.221995.05.07
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Ventura (81)Archbishop Luigi Ventura (81)

Titular Archbishop of Equilio

1995.03.251995.04.29
PolandArchbishop Juliusz Janusz (82)Archbishop Juliusz Janusz (尤雅士) (82)

Titular Archbishop of Caorle

1995.03.251995.05.08
USABishop Edward Kenneth Braxton (81)Bishop Edward Kenneth Braxton (81)

Bishop emeritus of Belleville (USA)

1995.03.281995.05.17
SwitzerlandBishop Ivo Fürer

former Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

1995.03.291995.06.05
New ZealandCardinal John Atcherley Dew (77)Cardinal John Atcherley Dew (77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ippolito

Military Ordinary emeritus of New Zealand (New Zealand)

1995.04.011995.05.31
SwitzerlandBishop Norbert Brunner (83)Bishop Norbert Brunner (83)

Bishop emeritus of Sion (Switzerland)

1995.04.011995.06.09
CameroonBishop Dieudonné Watio (80)Bishop Dieudonné Watio (80)

Bishop emeritus of Bafoussam (Cameroon)

1995.04.011995.06.10
NetherlandsBishop Jozef Marianus Punt (80)Bishop Jozef Marianus Punt (80)

Bishop emeritus of Haarlem–Amsterdam (Netherlands)

former Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Netherlands (Netherlands)

1995.04.011995.07.01
IndiaBishop Edwin Colaço

former Bishop of Aurangabad (India)

1995.04.011995.07.30
MalaysiaArchbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (87)Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

1995.04.011995.10.04
USABishop James Michael Moynihan

former Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

1995.04.041995.05.29
PolandBishop Teofil Józef Wilski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz (Poland)

1995.04.081995.05.08
CanadaArchbishop Raymond Olir Roussin, S.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

1995.04.101995.06.14
ChileBishop Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid (69)Bishop Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid (69)

Bishop emeritus of Osorno (Chile)

1995.04.121995.06.29
UkraineBishop Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine)

1995.04.131995.06.10
BarbadosBishop Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados)

1995.04.231995.07.25
IranArchbishop Ramzi Garmou, Prado (81)Archbishop Ramzi Garmou, Prado (81) (Chaldean Rite)

Patriarchal Administrator of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Archbishop emeritus of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

1995.05.051996.02.25
MexicoBishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (87)Bishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (87)

Bishop emeritus of Colima (Mexico)

1995.05.091995.06.21
USABishop Michael Richard Cote (76)Bishop Michael Richard Cote (76)

Bishop emeritus of Norwich (USA)

1995.05.091995.07.27
ArgentinaBishop Héctor Sabatino Cardelli

former Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

1995.05.131995.07.14
BrazilArchbishop Bruno Gamberini

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

1995.05.171995.07.16
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Rabitti (89)Archbishop Paolo Rabitti (89)

Archbishop emeritus of Ferrara–Comacchio (Italy)

1995.05.251995.06.24
PhilippinesBishop Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B. (72)Bishop Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B. (72)

Bishop of Maasin (Philippines)

1995.05.311995.07.12
AustraliaBishop Michael Ernest Putney

former Bishop of Townsville (Australia)

1995.05.311995.07.27
EcuadorBishop Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.J. (81)Bishop Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.J. (81)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Esmeraldas (Ecuador)

1995.06.011995.08.20
BermudaBishop Robert Joseph Kurtz, C.R. (86)Bishop Robert Joseph Kurtz, C.R. (86)

Bishop emeritus of Hamilton (Bermuda)

1995.06.011995.09.15
Burkina FasoArchbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (83)Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)

1995.06.011995.10.21
ItalyBishop Germano Zaccheo

former Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

1995.06.031995.09.16
GermanyBishop Manfred Melzer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

1995.06.091995.09.10
SwitzerlandBishop Giuseppe Torti

former Bishop of Lugano (Switzerland)

1995.06.091995.09.10
MexicoBishop Miguel Angel Alba Díaz

former Bishop of La Paz (Mexico)

1995.06.101995.07.25
BeninArchbishop Antoine Ganyé (87)Archbishop Antoine Ganyé (87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotonou (Benin)

former President of Episcopal Conference of Benin

1995.06.101995.08.20
LebanonArchbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1995.06.101995.09.13
Central African RepublicArchbishop Paulin Pomodimo (71)Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangui (Central African Republic)

former President of Central African Episcopal Conference

1995.06.101995.10.29
Central African RepublicBishop Guerrino Perin, M.C.C.J. (82)Bishop Guerrino Perin, M.C.C.J. (82)

Bishop emeritus of Mbaïki (Central African Republic)

1995.06.101995.10.29
Central African RepublicBishop Jean-Claude Rembanga (70)Bishop Jean-Claude Rembanga (70)

Bishop emeritus of Bambari (Central African Republic)

1995.06.101995.10.29
SpainBishop Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias

former Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

1995.06.141995.07.30
IrelandBishop William Murphy (89)Bishop William Murphy (89)

Bishop emeritus of Kerry (Ireland)

1995.06.171995.09.10
GermanyBishop Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger (77)Bishop Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger (77)

Titular Bishop of Fussala

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany)

1995.06.191995.09.23
EnglandBishop Brian Michael Noble

former Bishop of Shrewsbury (England)

1995.06.231995.08.30
ItalyBishop Luciano Monari (84)Bishop Luciano Monari (84)

Bishop emeritus of Brescia (Italy)

1995.06.231995.09.02
LebanonArchbishop Flavien Joseph Melki (Syriac Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

1995.06.241995.12.30
SyriaArchbishop Gregorios Elias Tabé (Syriac Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

1995.06.241996.01.07
SudanBishop Clément-Joseph Hannouche (Syriac Rite)

former Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

former Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

1995.06.241996.03.19
CanadaBishop André Rivest (83)Bishop André Rivest (83)

Bishop emeritus of Chicoutimi (Canada)

1995.06.271995.08.15
CanadaBishop Neil E. Willard

former Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

1995.06.271995.08.15
MexicoBishop Onésimo Cepeda Silva

former Bishop of Ecatepec (Mexico)

1995.06.281995.08.12
Northern IrelandBishop Philip Boyce, O.C.D. (86)Bishop Philip Boyce, O.C.D. (86)

Bishop emeritus of Raphoe (Ireland)

1995.06.291995.10.01
NigeriaBishop Joseph Danlami Bagobiri

former Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria)

1995.07.101995.10.21
NigeriaBishop Fidelis Uga Orgah

former Bishop of Otukpo (Nigeria)

1995.07.101995.10.28
MauritaniaBishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (80)Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (80)

Bishop emeritus of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

1995.07.101995.11.01
ZambiaBishop Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. (84)Bishop Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. (84)

Bishop emeritus of Ndola (Zambia)

1995.07.101995.12.10
ArgentinaBishop Marcelino Palentini, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina)

1995.07.111995.10.07
FranceCardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre (80)Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre (80)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo

1995.07.121995.09.24
EcuadorBishop Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J.

former Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

1995.07.121995.09.30
Costa RicaBishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (83)Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (83)

Bishop emeritus of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

1995.07.251995.10.07
BrazilArchbishop Farès Maakaroun (85)Archbishop Farès Maakaroun (85) (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)

1995.07.311995.12.17
BrazilBishop Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges (91)Bishop Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges (91)

Bishop emeritus of Viana (Brazil)

1995.08.021995.09.03
SyriaArchbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart (83)Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart (83) (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Greek-Melkites

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

1995.08.021995.09.16
ItalyBishop Alberto Maria Careggio (88)Bishop Alberto Maria Careggio (88)

Bishop emeritus of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy)

1995.08.041995.09.24
LebanonArchbishop Issam Youhanna Darwish, B.S. (80)Archbishop Issam Youhanna Darwish, B.S. (80) (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Archbishop emeritus of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1995.08.041996.05.11
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Sozzo (83)Archbishop Antonio Sozzo (83)

Titular Archbishop of Concordia

1995.08.051995.10.14
PeruBishop José Ignacio Alemany Grau, C.SS.R. (92)Bishop José Ignacio Alemany Grau, C.SS.R. (92)

Bishop emeritus of Chachapoyas (Peru)

1995.08.171995.10.15
ItalyCardinal Carlo Caffarra

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

1995.09.081995.10.21
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Lucibello (84)Archbishop Antonio Lucibello (84)

Titular Archbishop of Thurio

1995.09.081995.11.04
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Merisi (87)Bishop Giuseppe Merisi (87)

Bishop emeritus of Lodi (Italy)

1995.09.081995.11.04
SpainBishop Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao (Spain)

1995.09.081995.11.09
ItalyBishop Vittorio Fusco

former Bishop of Nardò–Gallipoli (Italy)

1995.09.121995.10.07
BeninBishop Paul Kouassivi Vieira

former Bishop of Djougou (Benin)

1995.10.011995.10.01
VenezuelaBishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A. (87)Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A. (87) (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniæ

Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Venezuela of the Greek-Melkites (Venezuela)

1995.10.121995.12.21
AustraliaArchbishop Djibrail Kassab (87)Archbishop Djibrail Kassab (87) (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia)

1995.10.241996.05.05
BrazilArchbishop Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

1995.10.251995.12.27
ColombiaBishop Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez (83)Bishop Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez (83)

Bishop emeritus of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia)

1995.10.281995.12.02
PortugalBishop Jacinto Tomás de Carvalho Botelho (90)Bishop Jacinto Tomás de Carvalho Botelho (90)

Bishop emeritus of Lamego (Portugal)

1995.10.311996.01.20
New ZealandBishop Owen John Dolan

former Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North (New Zealand)

1995.11.021995.12.10
KosovoBishop Marko Sopi

former Apostolic Administrator of Prizren (Kosovo)

1995.11.021996.01.06
KenyaArchbishop Boniface Lele

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mombasa (Kenya)

1995.11.021996.02.02
South SudanBishop Rudolf Deng Majak

former Bishop of Wau (South Sudan)

1995.11.021996.02.11
Congo-KinshasaBishop Valentin Masengo Nkinda

former Bishop of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa)

1995.11.021996.02.18
Congo-KinshasaBishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka (85)Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka (85)

Bishop emeritus of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

1995.11.021996.03.19
JapanArchbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. (89)Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga (レオ 池長 潤), S.J. (89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

1995.11.021996.03.20
MexicoBishop Antonio González Sánchez (78)Bishop Antonio González Sánchez (78)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico)

1995.11.031995.12.14
VenezuelaBishop William Enrique Delgado Silva (75)Bishop William Enrique Delgado Silva (75)

Bishop emeritus of Cabimas (Venezuela)

1995.11.031995.12.16
AustraliaBishop Christopher Alan Saunders (76)Bishop Christopher Alan Saunders (76)

Bishop emeritus of Broome (Australia)

1995.11.031996.02.08
LebanonPatriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan (81)Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan (81) (Syriac Rite)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

1995.11.061996.01.07
CanadaBishop Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada)

1995.11.061996.01.17
MexicoBishop Pierre Wadih Tayah (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México of the Maronites (Mexico)

1995.11.061996.02.03
USABishop Carl Frederick Mengeling

former Bishop of Lansing (USA)

1995.11.071996.01.25
HungaryArchbishop Gyula Márfi (82)Archbishop Gyula Márfi (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Veszprém (Hungary)

1995.11.111995.12.02
MexicoBishop Juan Guillermo López Soto

former Bishop of Cuauhtémoc–Madera (Mexico)

1995.11.171995.12.15
USABishop John Brendan McCormack

former Bishop of Manchester (USA)

1995.11.211995.12.27
USABishop William Francis Murphy

former Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

1995.11.211995.12.27
BrazilBishop Roberto Gomes Guimarães

former Bishop of Campos (Brazil)

1995.11.221996.01.07
GermanyBishop Franz Vorrath

former Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany)

1995.11.221996.01.07
BrazilBishop Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.J.

former Bishop of Balsas (Brazil)

1995.11.221996.03.02
BrazilArchbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha (79)Archbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha (79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Natal (Brazil)

1995.11.291996.01.06
BrazilBishop Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen (81)Bishop Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen (81)

Bishop emeritus of Goiás (Brazil)

1995.11.301996.02.25
PeruArchbishop José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (81)Archbishop José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Arequipa (Peru)

1995.12.021996.01.06
VenezuelaBishop Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo

former Bishop of Maracay (Venezuela)

1995.12.021996.01.06
USABishop Robert Nugent Lynch (84)Bishop Robert Nugent Lynch (84)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Petersburg (USA)

1995.12.051996.01.26
SwitzerlandCardinal Kurt Koch (76)Cardinal Kurt Koch (76)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore pro hac vice Title

Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

Bishop emeritus of Basel (Switzerland)

1995.12.061996.01.06
NigeriaArchbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (77)Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Benin City (Nigeria)

1995.12.061996.01.06
ItalyBishop Riccardo Ruotolo

former Auxiliary Bishop of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy)

1995.12.061996.01.06
VenezuelaBishop Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. (75)Bishop Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. (75)

Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela)

1995.12.061996.01.20
KenyaArchbishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (69)Archbishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

1995.12.061996.02.03
JamaicaArchbishop Charles Henry Dufour (85)Archbishop Charles Henry Dufour (85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica)

1995.12.061996.02.10
Cote d’IvoireArchbishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)

1995.12.061996.03.16
Papua New GuineaBishop Francesco Sarego, S.V.D. (86)Bishop Francesco Sarego, S.V.D. (86)

Bishop emeritus of Goroka (Papua New Guinea)

1995.12.061996.04.27
LatviaBishop Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis

former Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia)

1995.12.071996.01.06
LatviaBishop Antons Justs

former Bishop of Jelgava (Latvia)

1995.12.071996.01.06
UkraineBishop Antal Majnek, O.F.M. (74)Bishop Antal Majnek, O.F.M. (74)

Bishop emeritus of Mukačeve (Ukraine)

1995.12.091996.01.06
CubaArchbishop Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez (81)Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez (81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

1995.12.091996.01.27
KenyaBishop Luigi Locati

former Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo (Kenya)

1995.12.151996.02.04
AngolaArchbishop Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola)

1995.12.151996.02.25
AngolaCardinal Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia

former Bishop of Benguela (Angola)

1995.12.151996.03.03
SudanBishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.J.

former Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta

1995.12.151996.03.03
AngolaArchbishop Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola)

1995.12.151996.03.10
AngolaBishop José Nambi

former Bishop of Kwito-Bié (Angola)

1995.12.151996.03.17
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Banga Bane (68)Bishop Joseph Banga Bane (68)

Bishop emeritus of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa)

1995.12.151996.04.11
ItalyArchbishop Claudio Maria Celli (84)Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli (84)

Titular Archbishop of Civitanova

President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Social Communications

President emeritus of Vatican Film Library

1995.12.161996.01.06
ItalyArchbishop Riccardo Fontana

former Archbishop-Bishop of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy)

1995.12.161996.01.06
SpainArchbishop Francisco Pérez González (79)Archbishop Francisco Pérez González (79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

1995.12.161996.01.06
BoliviaBishop Walter Pérez Villamonte

former Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia)

1995.12.161996.02.02
PolandCardinal Stanisław Ryłko (80)Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko (80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Cristo Re pro hac vice Title

Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

1995.12.201996.01.06
BrazilBishop Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S. (80)Bishop Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S. (80)

Bishop emeritus of Ilhéus (Brazil)

1995.12.201996.02.24
EritreaBishop Tesfamariam Bedho (Eritrean Rite)

former Bishop of Keren of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

1995.12.211996.02.04
EritreaBishop Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. (Eritrean Rite)

former Bishop of Barentu of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

1995.12.211996.02.04
BrazilBishop Pedro José Conti (76)Bishop Pedro José Conti (76)

Bishop emeritus of Macapá (Brazil)

1995.12.271996.02.18

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