The Year of Our Lord 1976

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	65.4	Resigned	Giovanni M. Bernasconi, B. †	Superior General of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Superior General Emeritus
	49.5	Appointed	Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
	60.4	Ceased	Domenico Caloyera, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	82.9	Died	John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) †	Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
	56.1	Resigned	Anselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Ingwavuma, South Africa	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	65.0	Died	Luigi de Santis, O.M.D. †	Rector General Emeritus of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God
	69.7	Resigned	Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México	Prefect Emeritus
	18.5	Professed	Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.	Member of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
		Appointed	Emmanuel Haddad, O.A.O.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq	Superior General Emeritus of Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans (Chaldean)
	25.6	Entered	Sleiman Hajjar, B.S. †	Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
	35.0	Incardinated	Dominic Mai Thanh Lương †	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
	23.3	Solemn Vows	Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †	Member of Society of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
	40.6	Incardinated	Luc Julian Matthys †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
	24.6	Converted	Burchell Alexander McPherson	Bishop Emeritus of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles
	71.0	Ceased	Natale Mosconi †	Apostolic Administrator of Comacchio (-Pomposa), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
	65.5	Appointed	Gino Paro †	Apostolic Delegate to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio
	66.1	Appointed	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	66.1	Resigned	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Delegate to Northern Africa	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	25.7	Perpetual Vows	Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Francistown, Botswana
	72.6	Resigned	Benito Epifanio Rodríguez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.3	Resigned	Alfredo Torres Romero †	Coadjutor Bishop of Aguascalientes, México	Bishop of Toluca, México, México
	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Peter John Uglietto	Deacon of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	18.9	Entered	Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C.	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Archbishop of Gdańsk, Poland
1 Jan	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Silas Silvius Njiru †	Titular Bishop of Maturba	Bishop Emeritus of Meru, Kenya
1 Jan	25.7	Incardinated	Ambrogio Spreafico	Priest of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
2 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Ireneo Alisla Amantillo, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Tandag, Philippines
	41.0	Appointed	Ireneo Alisla Amantillo, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Girus	Bishop Emeritus of Tandag, Philippines
		Born	Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I.		Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	53.5	Appointed	Dante Carlos Sandrelli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Formosa, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	53.5	Appointed	Dante Carlos Sandrelli †	Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia	Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina
	61.1	Died	Agapito Simeoni †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
3 Jan	52.2	Appointed	Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz †	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
4 Jan	63.5	Appointed	Annibale Bugnini, C.M. †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie Coty †	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
	51.6	Appointed	Ernesto Gallina †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
	23.4	Ordained Deacon	Orazio Soricelli	Deacon of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
5 Jan	79.2	Died	Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada
	53.6	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Francesco Oliva	Priest of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
6 Jan	80.8	Died	José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla †	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Assi †	Titular Bishop of Frequentium	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	90.2	Resigned	Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Amiternum	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo e Atri, Italy
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
	89.0	Resigned	Ferdinando Longinotti †	Titular Bishop of Thubursicum	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy
	92.7	Resigned	Gioacchino Pedicini †	Titular Bishop of Mizigi	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
	68.4	Resigned	Secundo Tagliabue †	Titular Bishop of Bure	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
7 Jan	78.1	Resigned	Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tragurium	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
7 Jan	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Theodor Hubrich †	Titular Bishop of Auca	Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany
9 Jan	81.3	Resigned	Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Burca	Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
9 Jan	45.3	Appointed	Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M. †	Prefect of Ingwavuma, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa
11 Jan	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Biffi †	Titular Bishop of Fidenae	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia	Priest of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
	42.7	Appointed	Philip Francis Murphy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	42.7	Appointed	Philip Francis Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Tacarata	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	43.4	Appointed	James Francis Stafford	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	43.4	Appointed	James Francis Stafford	Titular Bishop of Respecta	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
12 Jan	78.5	Retired	James Joseph Gerrard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan		Born	Edgar Jesús Mejía Orozco		Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
14 Jan	85.6	Died	Giulio Barbetta †	Titular Bishop of Pharan
14 Jan	79.3	Died	Edoardo Piana Agostinetti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy
16 Jan	58.4	Resigned	José de Almeida Batista Pereira †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	79.1	Resigned	Mark Kenny Carroll †	Titular Bishop of Taparura	Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
	61.4	Appointed	José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	71.3	Resigned	Joseph Mary Marling, C.Pp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Lesina	Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
	63.0	Resigned	Pierluigi Sartorelli †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus
17 Jan	49.4	Appointed	Agostino Cacciavillan †	Titular Archbishop of Amiternum	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	49.4	Appointed	Agostino Cacciavillan †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Heriberto Cavazos Pérez	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Kevin John Dunn †	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ek Thabping †	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
	66.5	Appointed	Antonio Floro Frondosa †	Archbishop of Capiz, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Jan	73.1	Died	Smiljan Franjo Čekada †	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18 Jan	85.2	Resigned	Ignacio de Alba y Hernández †	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
19 Jan	48.8	Appointed	Rómulo García †	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
20 Jan	71.1	Died	François-Marie-Joseph Poirier †	Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
20 Jan	51.5	Appointed	Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan	84.4	Died	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
	39.6	Appointed	Nei Paulo Moretto †	Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	39.6	Appointed	Nei Paulo Moretto †	Titular Bishop of Thubursicum	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23 Jan	64.9	Died	Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
23 Jan	80.4	Resigned	Juan Tarcisio Senner, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Equizetum	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
24 Jan	78.1	Retired	Hugh Boyle †	Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	60.1	Resigned	Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini	Bishop Emeritus
	44.8	Appointed	William Leonard D’Mello †	Bishop of Karwar, India	Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Appointed	Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi †	Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan	Bishop Emeritus
	62.0	Appointed	Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Johannesburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	66.3	Resigned	Petro Arikata Kobayashi †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	44.1	Appointed	Joseph Peter O’Connell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	44.1	Appointed	Joseph Peter O’Connell †	Titular Bishop of Sanctus Germanus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	49.8	Appointed	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	37.8	Appointed	Paul Zingtung Grawng †	Auxiliary Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
	37.8	Appointed	Paul Zingtung Grawng †	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
	43.7	Appointed	Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane †	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
25 Jan	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Francis Gerard Brooks †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	21.9	Professed	Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
26 Jan	25.5	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo	Priest of Semarang, Indonesia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
28 Jan	40.5	Appointed	Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jan	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M.	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia
31 Jan	26.0	Ordained Priest	Gerald Michael Barbarito	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
31 Jan	18.2	Professed	Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1 Feb	25.4	Ordained Priest	Emilio Aranguren Echeverria	Priest of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Josef Cordes †	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Otto Wüst †	Titular Bishop of Tubia	Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
2 Feb	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe †	Bishop of Prome, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar
2 Feb	50.4	Appointed	Antônio Agostinho Marochi †	Bishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	27.7	Ordained Priest	Emanuel Messias de Oliveira	Priest of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Feb	75.0	Retired	Giuseppe Amici †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	71.6	Resigned	George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. †	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.0	Appointed	Derek John Harford Worlock †	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
8 Feb	54.4	Ceased	Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Inhambane, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
8 Feb	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Setele †	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
9 Feb	37.3	Appointed	Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	37.3	Appointed	Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe †	Titular Bishop of Meta	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	52.9	Appointed	George Basil Hume, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
10 Feb	52.2	Appointed	Carlo Curis †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka	Apostolic Nuncio
10 Feb	53.9	Appointed	Norman Francis McFarland †	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
11 Feb	52.4	Appointed	Francesco Tarcisio Carboni †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Francesco Tarcisio Carboni †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Francesco Tarcisio Carboni †	Bishop of Treia, Italy	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia
	58.8	Installed	Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb	79.4	Died	Thomas-Percival Caza †	Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
	54.8	Resigned	Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Valabria	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
	65.9	Appointed	László Lékai †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
14 Feb		Born	Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko		Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq
16 Feb	27.1	Ordained Priest	Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. †	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
19 Feb	46.1	Succeeded	Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe †	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	68.0	Died	François-Odon De Wilde, O.P. †	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	48.9	Installed	Rómulo García †	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
	48.9	Installed	Raymond Alphonse Lucker †	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	74.7	Died	Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
20 Feb	23.5	Professed	Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
21 Feb	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Elie Amsini Kiswaya †	Bishop of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.1	Appointed	Ignazio Cannavò †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	43.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Costanzo	Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
	43.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Costanzo	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
22 Feb	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Masuccaba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
	60.3	Appointed	Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của †	Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Appointed	Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của †	Titular Bishop of Mizigi	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của †	Titular Bishop of Mizigi	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
	23.2	Professed	Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	25.5	Professed	Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F.	Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
24 Feb	45.8	Appointed	Emilio Pablo Bianchi di Cárcano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Azul, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	45.8	Appointed	Emilio Pablo Bianchi di Cárcano †	Titular Bishop of Lesina	Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
25 Feb	45.3	Appointed	Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	45.3	Appointed	Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	82.5	Retired	Francisco Prada Carrera, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Feb	87.1	Died	Efrem Forni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
	53.7	Appointed	Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Calama, Chile	Prelate Emeritus
	63.1	Died	Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
	68.2	Resigned	Alberto Rencoret Donoso †	Titular Archbishop of Sila	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
28 Feb	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Cacciavillan †	Titular Archbishop of Amiternum	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
28 Feb	82.9	Died	Thomas Roberts, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
29 Feb	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Philip Francis Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Tacarata	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Peter Parapullil	Priest of Jhansi, India	Bishop
	85.7	Died	George John Rehring †	Bishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	James Francis Stafford	Titular Bishop of Respecta	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

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