The Year of Our Lord 1970

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 43.3 Ordained Bishop Luciano Storero † Titular Archbishop of Tigimma Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

47.7 Ordained Bishop Simon Tonyé † Titular Bishop of Tamascani Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

2 Feb 55.1 Appointed Alejandro Durán Moreira † Bishop of Rancagua, Chile Bishop Emeritus

46.0 Appointed Angelo Frosi (Frozi), S.X. † Prelate of Abaeté do Tocantins, Para, Brazil Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil

46.0 Appointed Angelo Frosi (Frozi), S.X. † Titular Bishop of Magnetum Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil

79.7 Appointed Eduardo Larraín Cordovez † Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

79.7 Retired Eduardo Larraín Cordovez † Bishop of Rancagua, Chile Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Ordained Bishop Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Libertina Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

3 Feb 50.9 Appointed Patrick Vincent Ahern Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.9 Appointed Patrick Vincent Ahern Titular Bishop of Naiera Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

51.8 Ordained Bishop Salvador Lazo Lazo † Titular Bishop of Selia Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

56.2 Ordained Bishop Francis Raymond Shea † Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

4 Feb 43.1 Appointed Francis Thomas Hurley Auxiliary Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA

43.1 Appointed Francis Thomas Hurley Titular Bishop of Daimlaig Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA

5 Feb 49.1 Appointed Felixberto Camacho Flores † Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

49.1 Appointed Felixberto Camacho Flores † Titular Bishop of Stagnum Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

39.9 Appointed Stephen Fumio Hamao † Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo, Japan Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

39.9 Appointed Stephen Fumio Hamao † Titular Bishop of Oreto Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

66.8 Appointed James Moynagh, S.P.S. † Titular Bishop of Mageó Bishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria

66.8 Resigned James Moynagh, S.P.S. † Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

40.6 Appointed Daniel Joseph Mullins Auxiliary Bishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain

40.6 Appointed Daniel Joseph Mullins Titular Bishop of Sidnacestre Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain

50.1 Appointed Denis Ngande † Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon

41.3 Appointed Brian David Usanga † Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria

48.1 Appointed Paul Hisao Yasuda Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Paul Hisao Yasuda Titular Bishop of Tucci Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan

6 Feb 45.9 Appointed Victorino Cristobal Ligot † Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

65.9 Died Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux † Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

7 Feb 82.4 Died Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes † Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

66.0 Succeeded Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla † Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

8 Feb 57.2 Ordained Bishop Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. † Titular Bishop of Egara Prelate Emeritus of Madera, Chihuahua, México

46.3 Ordained Bishop Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz Titular Bishop of Acci Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

29.8 Ordained Priest Antoine Ntalou Priest Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon

36.9 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Ferdinandus (Luigi) Zichem, C.SS.R. Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles

11 Feb 52.5 Appointed Oscar Félix Villena † Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

12 Feb 57.3 Appointed Henri Clément Victor Donze † Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Martin Nicholas Lohmuller Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Martin Nicholas Lohmuller Titular Bishop of Ramsbiria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

75.4 Appointed Pierre-Marie Théas † Titular Bishop of Sanctus Germanus Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

75.4 Retired Pierre-Marie Théas † Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France Bishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Heinrich Theissing † Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

14 Feb 51.0 Appointed Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sufar Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

51.0 Appointed Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

51.0 Resigned Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. † Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

15 Feb 39.1 Ordained Bishop Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde † Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania

95.0 Died Joseph Arthur Papineau † Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada

45.8 Ordained Bishop Settimio Todisco Titular Bishop of Bigastro Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy

16 Feb 50.1 Resigned Donaldo Chávez Núñez † Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

41.9 Appointed Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

41.9 Appointed Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke Titular Bishop of Iria Flavia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany

54.3 Died Simon Lei Chang-hsia (Lei Zhen-xia) † Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China

44.0 Appointed Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

40.7 Appointed Agostinho José (Benito) Sartori, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Palmas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil

18 Feb 43.2 Appointed William Wakefield Baum Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

67.0 Died Joseph-Roméo Gagnon † Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

48.2 Appointed Thomas Jerome Welsh † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

48.2 Appointed Thomas Jerome Welsh † Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

20 Feb 72.2 Appointed Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Castulo Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia

72.2 Resigned Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Augusto Trujillo Arango † Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

21 Feb 77.2 Died Peter Tatsuo Doi † Cardinal, Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan

60.1 Appointed José Salazar López † Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

41.7 Succeeded Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

26.5 Ordained Priest William Slattery, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa

22 Feb 29.8 Ordained Priest Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. Priest of Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.9 Ordained Bishop Alphonse Daniel Nsabi † Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania

51.1 Ordained Bishop Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez † Bishop of Segovia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

24 Feb 70.6 Died Carlo Boiardi † Bishop of Apuania, Italy

68.4 Appointed Malcolm A. MacEachern † Titular Bishop of Ipagro Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

68.4 Resigned Malcolm A. MacEachern † Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Bishop Emeritus

47.5 Ordained Bishop Tiberius Charles Mugendi † Bishop of Kisii, Kenya

42.3 Ordained Bishop William Kevin Rowell, O.F.M. † Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea

26 Feb 44.8 Appointed Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile

27 Feb 58.2 Resigned Georges Benoit Gassongo † Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Storero †	Titular Archbishop of Tigimma	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Simon Tonyé †	Titular Bishop of Tamascani	Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
2 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Alejandro Durán Moreira †	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	Angelo Frosi (Frozi), S.X. †	Prelate of Abaeté do Tocantins, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
46.0	Appointed	Angelo Frosi (Frozi), S.X. †	Titular Bishop of Magnetum	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
79.7	Appointed	Eduardo Larraín Cordovez †	Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
79.7	Retired	Eduardo Larraín Cordovez †	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Libertina	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
3 Feb	50.9	Appointed	Patrick Vincent Ahern	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Appointed	Patrick Vincent Ahern	Titular Bishop of Naiera	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Lazo Lazo †	Titular Bishop of Selia	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis Raymond Shea †	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	43.1	Appointed	Francis Thomas Hurley	Auxiliary Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
43.1	Appointed	Francis Thomas Hurley	Titular Bishop of Daimlaig	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
5 Feb	49.1	Appointed	Felixberto Camacho Flores †	Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
49.1	Appointed	Felixberto Camacho Flores †	Titular Bishop of Stagnum	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
39.9	Appointed	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo, Japan	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
39.9	Appointed	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	Titular Bishop of Oreto	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
66.8	Appointed	James Moynagh, S.P.S. †	Titular Bishop of Mageó	Bishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
66.8	Resigned	James Moynagh, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
40.6	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Mullins	Auxiliary Bishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
40.6	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Mullins	Titular Bishop of Sidnacestre	Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
50.1	Appointed	Denis Ngande †	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
41.3	Appointed	Brian David Usanga †	Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
48.1	Appointed	Paul Hisao Yasuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Paul Hisao Yasuda	Titular Bishop of Tucci	Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
6 Feb	45.9	Appointed	Victorino Cristobal Ligot †	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
65.9	Died	Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux †	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
7 Feb	82.4	Died	Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes †	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
66.0	Succeeded	Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla †	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
8 Feb	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Egara	Prelate Emeritus of Madera, Chihuahua, México
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz	Titular Bishop of Acci	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
29.8	Ordained Priest	Antoine Ntalou	Priest	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
36.9	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Ferdinandus (Luigi) Zichem, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
11 Feb	52.5	Appointed	Oscar Félix Villena †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb	57.3	Appointed	Henri Clément Victor Donze †	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Martin Nicholas Lohmuller	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Martin Nicholas Lohmuller	Titular Bishop of Ramsbiria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
75.4	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Théas †	Titular Bishop of Sanctus Germanus	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
75.4	Retired	Pierre-Marie Théas †	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Heinrich Theissing †	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
14 Feb	51.0	Appointed	Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufar	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
51.0	Appointed	Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
51.0	Resigned	Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde †	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
95.0	Died	Joseph Arthur Papineau †	Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Settimio Todisco	Titular Bishop of Bigastro	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
16 Feb	50.1	Resigned	Donaldo Chávez Núñez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
41.9	Appointed	Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
41.9	Appointed	Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke	Titular Bishop of Iria Flavia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
54.3	Died	Simon Lei Chang-hsia (Lei Zhen-xia) †	Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
44.0	Appointed	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
40.7	Appointed	Agostinho José (Benito) Sartori, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Palmas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil
18 Feb	43.2	Appointed	William Wakefield Baum	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
67.0	Died	Joseph-Roméo Gagnon †	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
48.2	Appointed	Thomas Jerome Welsh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
48.2	Appointed	Thomas Jerome Welsh †	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Feb	72.2	Appointed	Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Castulo	Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
72.2	Resigned	Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. †	Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Augusto Trujillo Arango †	Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Feb	77.2	Died	Peter Tatsuo Doi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan
60.1	Appointed	José Salazar López †	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
41.7	Succeeded	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi	Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26.5	Ordained Priest	William Slattery, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
22 Feb	29.8	Ordained Priest	Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles	Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Daniel Nsabi †	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	70.6	Died	Carlo Boiardi †	Bishop of Apuania, Italy
68.4	Appointed	Malcolm A. MacEachern †	Titular Bishop of Ipagro	Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
68.4	Resigned	Malcolm A. MacEachern †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Tiberius Charles Mugendi †	Bishop of Kisii, Kenya
42.3	Ordained Bishop	William Kevin Rowell, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
26 Feb	44.8	Appointed	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
27 Feb	58.2	Resigned	Georges Benoit Gassongo †	Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

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