| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | 52.4 | Resigned | Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap. | Apostolic Administrator of Sanggau, Indonesia | Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia |
| 52.9 | Appointed | Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. | Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek, Sudan | Bishop | |
| 82.5 | Died | Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I. † | Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy | ||
| 50.7 | Appointed | Edwin Frederick O’Brien | Rector of the Pontifical North American College | Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | |
| 38.0 | Died | Alfonso Yepes Rojo † | Prefect of Leticia, Colombia | ||
| 3 Jan | 50.6 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Remigius | Bishop of Kumbakonam, India | Bishop of Kottar, India |
| 4 Jan | 50.6 | Appointed | Antonio Arregui Yarza | Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador | Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 50.6 | Appointed | Antonio Arregui Yarza | Titular Bishop of Auzegera | Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
| 83.7 | Died | Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme † | Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France | ||
| 81.5 | Died | Alfred Michael Watson † | Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| 5 Jan | 75.0 | Retired | Josip Pavlišic † | Archbishop of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 57.1 | Succeeded | Anton Tamarut † | Archbishop of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia | Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia | |
| 6 Jan | 59.7 | Ordained Bishop | Benjamin J. Almoneda | Titular Bishop of Thimida | Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines |
| 50.5 | Ordained Bishop | Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B. | Archbishop of Ispahan, Iran | ||
| 62.5 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Ceirano † | Titular Archbishop of Tagase | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark | |
| 40.9 | Ordained Bishop | Edward Dajczak | Titular Bishop of Azura | Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland | |
| 48.3 | Ordained Bishop | Domenico Umberto D'Ambrosio | Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy | Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy | |
| 67.1 | Ordained Bishop | Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. † | Titular Bishop of Thibaris | Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | |
| 53.7 | Ordained Bishop | Marian Blazej Kruszylowicz, O.F.M. Conv. | Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum | Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland | |
| 53.7 | Ordained Bishop | Mario Milano | Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy | Bishop of Aversa, Italy | |
| 60.9 | Ordained Bishop | Oscar Rizzato | Titular Archbishop of Virunum | Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities | |
| 42.0 | Ordained Bishop | Paul R. Ruzoka | Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania | Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania | |
| 48.1 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Tonucci | Titular Archbishop of Torcello | Prelate of Loreto, Italy | |
| 61.0 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. † | Titular Bishop of Utimmira | Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | |
| 7 Jan | 54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Barthélémy Djabla | Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire | Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire |
| 8 Jan | 70.0 | Resigned | Paul Edward Waldschmidt, C.S.C. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 12 Jan | 75.6 | Died | Patrick Lennon † | Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland | |
| 14 Jan | 42.8 | Ordained Bishop | Zelimir Puljic | Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia | |
| 15 Jan | 62.5 | Appointed | Giovanni Ceirano † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Solomon Islands | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark |
| 16 Jan | 75.2 | Retired | Dennis Walter Hickey † | Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 18 Jan | 63.0 | Installed | José María Hernández González | Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México | Bishop Emeritus |
| 20 Jan | 53.3 | Ordained Bishop | José Adolfo Mojica Morales | Bishop of Sonsonate, El Salvador | |
| 51.0 | Confirmed | Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B. | Abbot of Montevergine, Italy | Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy | |
| 84.8 | Died | Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | ||
| 22 Jan | 75.2 | Retired | Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
| 47.7 | Appointed | Germano Grachane, C.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique | Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique | |
| 47.7 | Appointed | Germano Grachane, C.M. | Titular Bishop of Thunusuda | Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique | |
| 43.0 | Appointed | Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba | Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
| 78.1 | Retired | Barthélémy Malunga † | Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 43.9 | Appointed | Giulio Mencuccini, C.P. | Bishop of Sanggau, Indonesia | ||
| 72.2 | Retired | Edward William O'Rourke † | Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 45.5 | Appointed | Polycarp Pengo | Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Cardinal, Archbishop | |
| 55.8 | Appointed | Karl-Josef Rauber | President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy | Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium | |
| 75.4 | Retired | Lawrence Joseph Riley † | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 43.6 | Ordained Bishop | Robert Rivas, O.P. | Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles | Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles | |
| 48.2 | Appointed | Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap. | Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador | ||
| 48.2 | Appointed | Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap. | Titular Bishop of Assuras | Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador | |
| 23 Jan | 48.5 | Succeeded | John Joseph Myers | Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA | Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| 78.6 | Died | Francisco Juan Vénnera † | Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina | ||
| 24 Jan | 72.6 | Died | Manuel Casares Hervás † | Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain | |
| 25 Jan | 50.1 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S. | Titular Bishop of Bencenna | Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
| 55.5 | Appointed | Patrick Coveney | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia | Apostolic Nuncio to Greece | |
| 26 Jan | 57.9 | Ordained Bishop | Nicholas Carmen Dattilo † | Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| 27 Jan | 61.0 | Installed | Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. † | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela | Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
| 28 Jan | 55.9 | Installed | Patrick Ronald Cooney | Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA | |
| 61.6 | Ordained Bishop | Paulo Antonino Mascarenhas Roxo, O. Praem. | Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 30 Jan | 73.9 | Died | Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.SS.R. † | Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa | |
| 1 Feb | 77.1 | Died | Pierre Pham Tân † | Bishop of Thanh Hóa, Viêt Nam | |
| 2 Feb | 51.5 | Appointed | Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap. | Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy | Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples |
| 45.0 | Ordained Bishop | Edward Michael Grosz | Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus | Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA | |
| 63.0 | Appointed | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 63.0 | Appointed | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop of Ceramussa | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
| 60.2 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Joseph Mallon † | Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada | Archbishop Emeritus of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| 42.1 | Appointed | José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. | Coadjutor Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México | Prelate | |
| 49.6 | Ordained Bishop | Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. | Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA | Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA | |
| 43.9 | Ordained Bishop | Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam | Coadjutor Bishop of Trivandrum, India | Archbishop of Trivandrum, India | |
| 64.1 | Appointed | Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 64.1 | Appointed | Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. † | Titular Bishop of Cissi | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
| 52.6 | Appointed | Marin Srakić | Auxiliary Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia | Archbishop of Djakovo-Osijek, Croatia | |
| 52.6 | Appointed | Marin Srakić | Titular Bishop of Cercina | Archbishop of Djakovo-Osijek, Croatia | |
| 3 Feb | 55.5 | Ordained Bishop | Waldemar Chaves de Araújo | Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 4 Feb | 41.9 | Ordained Bishop | Boutros Marayati | Archbishop of Alep (Armenian), Syria | |
| 51.9 | Ordained Bishop | Ercílio Turco | Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 6 Feb | 66.0 | Appointed | Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. | Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 7 Feb | 69.3 | Resigned | Juvenal Roriz, C.SS.R. † | Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 8 Feb | 87.0 | Died | François-Nestor Adam † | Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland | |
| 49.7 | Appointed | Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. | Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia | Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia | |
| 49.7 | Appointed | Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. | Titular Bishop of Bisica | Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia | |
| 65.7 | Resigned | Miguel Angel Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. † | Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
| 56.9 | Appointed | Martin Luluga | Bishop of Gulu, Uganda | Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda | |
| 77.3 | Retired | Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. † | Bishop of Manado, Indonesia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 75.3 | Retired | Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga † | Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 48.9 | Appointed | Vincent Ri Pyung-ho | Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South) | ||
| 86.0 | Retired | Joseph Asjiro Satowaki † | Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 58.0 | Appointed | Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado † | Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan | ||
| 49.8 | Appointed | Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C. | Bishop of Manado, Indonesia | ||
| 63.1 | Succeeded | Emmanuel Wamala | Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 9 Feb | 55.5 | Ordained Bishop | Charles Soreng, S.J. | Bishop of Daltonganj, India | Bishop of Hazaribag, India |
| 10 Feb | 69.7 | Appointed | Alfred Kostelecky † | Bishop of Austria, Military | |
| 69.7 | Appointed | Alfred Kostelecky † | Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt | Bishop of Austria, Military | |
| 11 Feb | 61.5 | Ordained Bishop | Antoine Hayek, B.C. | Archbishop of Baniyas {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite), Lebanon | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 12 Feb | 70.3 | Resigned | Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun † | Apostolic Administrator of Magdeburg, Germany | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany |
| 83.1 | Died | Joseph Peter Michael Denning † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA | ||
| 60.2 | Died | Elias White Mutale † | Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia | ||
| 60.9 | Appointed | Leopold Nowak | Apostolic Administrator of Magdeburg, Germany | Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 60.9 | Appointed | Leopold Nowak | Titular Bishop of Cissa | Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 13 Feb | 54.7 | Ordained Bishop | Augustine Cheong Myong-jo † | Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca | Bishop of Pusan, Korea (South) |
| 14 Feb | 49.2 | Appointed | Rudolf Baláž | Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | |
| 43.5 | Appointed | Vojtech Cikrle | Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic | ||
| 79.9 | Retired | Jozef Feranec † | Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 56.5 | Appointed | Eduard Kojnok | Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia | ||
| 55.9 | Appointed | Alojz Tkáč | Bishop of Košice, Slovakia | Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia | |
| 57.7 | Appointed | Miloslav Vlk | Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic | Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic | |
| 16 Feb | 73.1 | Died | Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. † | Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 17 Feb | 48.2 | Appointed | Stephen Edward Blaire | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | Bishop of Stockton, California, USA |
| 48.2 | Appointed | Stephen Edward Blaire | Titular Bishop of Lamzella | Bishop of Stockton, California, USA | |
| 86.5 | Died | Pietro Gazzoli † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy | ||
| 66.3 | Ordained Bishop | Ján Hirka | Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia | Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia | |
| 59.5 | Appointed | Sylvester Donovan Ryan | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA | |
| 59.5 | Appointed | Sylvester Donovan Ryan | Titular Bishop of Remesiana | Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA | |
| 18 Feb | 65.1 | Died | Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi † | Bishop Emeritus of Rumbek, Sudan | |
| 50.1 | Ordained Bishop | Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni | Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt | Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon | |
| 19 Feb | 66.6 | Appointed | Thomas Victor Dolinay † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA | Archbishop |
| 67.3 | Appointed | Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite) | Bishop | |
| 20 Feb | 62.4 | Appointed | Thomas Vose Daily | Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 64.5 | Appointed | Patrick Leo McCartie | Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 75.7 | Retired | Francis John Mugavero † | Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 21 Feb | 44.9 | Appointed | Braulio Rafael León Villegas | Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México | Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México |
| 56.7 | Ordained Bishop | Philip Pargeter | Titular Bishop of Valentiniana | Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain | |
| 22 Feb | 50.7 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Arregui Yarza | Titular Bishop of Auzegera | Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 63.0 | Appointed | Alfredo Magarotto | Bishop of Chioggia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy | |
| 66.7 | Succeeded | David Bernard Thompson | Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 72.5 | Resigned | Ernest Leo Unterkoefler † | Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 23 Feb | 69.2 | Ordained Bishop | Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. † | Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA | |
| 30.2 | Ordained Priest | Felix Lian Khen Thang | Priest of Mandalay, Myanmar | Auxiliary Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar | |
| 24 Feb | 49.4 | Appointed | Emilio Layon Bataclan | Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines | |
| 49.4 | Appointed | Emilio Layon Bataclan | Titular Bishop of Gunela | Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines | |
| 71.8 | Resigned | Traian Crisan † | Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | Secretary Emeritus | |
| 50.0 | Appointed | Edward Nowak | Titular Archbishop of Luni | Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | |
| 50.0 | Appointed | Edward Nowak | Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | Secretary Emeritus | |
| 57.8 | Appointed | Antonio Racelis Rañola | Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 57.8 | Appointed | Antonio Racelis Rañola | Titular Bishop of Claternae | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines | |
| 26 Feb | 46.9 | Ordained Bishop | Nestor Ngoy Katahwa | Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 28 Feb | 71.9 | Died | Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador | |
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