The Year of Our Lord 1975

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	16.0	Converted	Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
	67.0	Appointed	Vicente Bernikon †	Apostolic Administrator of Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
	32.9	Ordained Deacon	Armando Giuseppe Brambilla, C.M.P. †	Deacon of Bergamo, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	19.9	Entered	Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
	26.5	Solemn Vows	Aloísio Alberto Dilli, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	51.8	Appointed	Eurico Dias Nogueira †	Apostolic Administrator of Pereira de Eça, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	92.2	Died	Joseph Fan Heng-nfan †	Bishop of Jining [Tsining], China
	50.1	Incardinated	Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	62.9	Resigned	Hyakinthos Gad †	Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	18.0	Professed	Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.	Member of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
	32.5	Incardinated	Jesús García Burillo	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
	25.7	Professed	Mychajlo Koltun, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	24.1	Professed	Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M.	Member of Society of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	17.4	Entered	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Member of Secular Institute of Pius X	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
	41.0	Appointed	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	21.0	Entered	Isaac Circuncisión Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A.	Member of Clerical Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
	39.1	Appointed	Jorge Eduardo Marskell, S.F.M. †	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
	25.8	Solemn Vows	Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of San Jacinto, Ecuador
	36.6	Ceased	Ildefonso Obama Obono	Apostolic Administrator of Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
	60.0	Appointed	Mario Picchi, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
	61.7	Ceased	João de Souza Lima, O. Cist. †	Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
	59.1	Appointed	Adelmo Tacconi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Tito Banchong Thopanhong	Priest	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Luang Prabang, Laos
	70.7	Died	Alphonse Zhong Huaimo (Tsung Huai-mo), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yantai [Yentai], China
Jan	26.0	First Vows	Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua
Jan	61.2	Ceased	Siro Silvestri †	Apostolic Administrator of Assisi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
2 Jan	51.7	Appointed	Jean Cuminal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France	Bishop of Blois, France
2 Jan	51.7	Appointed	Jean Cuminal †	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Bishop of Blois, France
3 Jan		Born	Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar		Patriarchal Exarch of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq
4 Jan	78.1	Died	Angelo Calabretta †	Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
	45.8	Appointed	José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	45.7	Appointed	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †	Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México	Prelate Emeritus
	45.7	Appointed	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †	Titular Bishop of Santa Giusta	Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
	43.0	Appointed	Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	52.4	Appointed	Alfredo Torres Romero †	Coadjutor Bishop of Aguascalientes, México	Bishop of Toluca, México, México
5 Jan	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Robert Pierre Sarrabère †	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
6 Jan	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Benito Cocchi †	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
7 Jan	69.1	Appointed	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	48.1	Appointed	Árpád Fábián, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	60.5	Resigned	József Kacziba †	Apostolic Administrator of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	László Kádár, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	42.4	Appointed	Szilárd Keresztes	Auxiliary Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	42.4	Appointed	Szilárd Keresztes	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Bishop Emeritus of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
	29.2	Ordained Priest	Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
	47.1	Appointed	Endre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	47.1	Appointed	Endre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Media	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary
	38.8	Appointed	Roger Michael Mahony	Auxiliary Bishop of Fresno, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
	38.8	Appointed	Roger Michael Mahony	Titular Bishop of Tamascani	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
		Born	Reginei José Modolo		Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
	61.3	Appointed	Iván Pálos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	61.3	Appointed	Iván Pálos †	Titular Bishop of Isola	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	54.8	Appointed	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Apostolic Administrator of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Appointed	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Bishop Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary
	54.4	Appointed	Imre Timkó †	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
	54.4	Appointed	Imre Timkó †	Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
	63.8	Appointed	József Udvardy †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary
10 Jan		Born	Elia Eskandr Abd Elmalak, O.F.M.		Priest of Order of Friars Minor
10 Jan	93.8	Died	Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
11 Jan	55.5	Appointed	Giovanni Mariani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Apostolic Nuncio
11 Jan	80.7	Died	Pierre-Paul Méouchi †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
12 Jan	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Michael Joseph Boulette	Deacon of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Esteban Escudero Torres	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Foresti †	Titular Bishop of Plestia	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Félicien-Patrice Makouaka †	Bishop of Franceville, Gabon	Bishop Emeritus
	68.8	Installed	Eduard Schick †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan	62.7	Died	Luigi Rovigatti †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
14 Jan	57.7	Appointed	Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Callao, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	46.8	Appointed	Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
	51.4	Appointed	Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	57.9	Appointed	Luis Vallejos Santoni †	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
15 Jan	61.7	Resigned	José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P. †	Bishop of Porto Amélia, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	40.4	Appointed	Januário Machaze Nhangumbe	Bishop of Porto Amélia, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Pemba, Mozambique
16 Jan	56.3	Died	Roger Joseph Tort †	Bishop of Montauban, France
16 Jan		Born	Stephen Xu Hongwei		Coadjutor Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
18 Jan	54.4	Appointed	Pierre Bertrand Chagué †	Bishop of Gap, France
18 Jan	53.4	Appointed	Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Inhambane, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
19 Jan		Born	Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi		Bishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq
20 Jan	46.7	Appointed	Paul-Werner Scheele †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
20 Jan	46.7	Appointed	Paul-Werner Scheele †	Titular Bishop of Druas	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
21 Jan	86.1	Died	Tommaso Berutti, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pengpu [Bengbu], China
21 Jan	26.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Liku Ada’	Priest of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Makassar, Indonesia
23 Jan	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Benedetti †	Titular Bishop of Limata	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
23 Jan	62.4	Died	Francisco Hélio Campos †	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
24 Jan	84.3	Died	Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena †	Bishop Emeritus of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25 Jan	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Morelli †	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Angélico Sândalo Bernardino	Titular Bishop of Tambeae	Bishop Emeritus of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Manuel Vieira †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Bishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Jan	70.0	Died	Victor Léon Jean Pierre Marie Bazin, M.E.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rangoon, Myanmar
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Hubertus Brandenburg †	Titular Bishop of Strathernia	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Sydney Anicetus Charles †	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Franco †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
	32.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Karl-August Siegel †	Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
29 Jan	55.6	Appointed	Gérard Dionne †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
	55.6	Appointed	Gérard Dionne †	Titular Bishop of Garba	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
	75.8	Died	Martin Michael Johnson †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	78.0	Died	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	46.5	Appointed	Bernard Francis Pappin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
	46.5	Appointed	Bernard Francis Pappin †	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
30 Jan	46.3	Appointed	Peter Chung Hoan Ting	Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
	62.9	Died	Hyakinthos Gad †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
	67.9	Resigned	Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Ignatius Harsono †	Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	42.8	Appointed	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †	Coadjutor Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
	42.8	Appointed	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †	Titular Bishop of Zica	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
	69.6	Resigned	Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M. †	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	45.4	Appointed	Bartholomé Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Bishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam
	43.5	Appointed	Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà †	Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
	47.8	Appointed	Castor Sekwa †	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
31 Jan	31.5	Ordained Priest	Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador

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