The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	60.5	Appointed	Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad †	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Syrian), Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	68.8	Appointed	Umberto Betti, O.F.M. †	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University	Cardinal, Rector Emeritus
	52.6	Appointed	Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F.	Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Cardinal, Superior General Emeritus
	31.7	Incardinated	Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.	Priest of Workers of the Kingdom of Christ	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
	45.6	Incardinated	Stephen Victor Chmilar	Priest of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	29.3	Incardinated	Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Huang Bingzhang	Priest	Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China
	44.8	Appointed	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian)	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	58.7	Appointed	Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. †	Ordinary of Greece (Armenian)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
		Died	Givanni Koyounian †	Ordinary of Greece (Armenian)
	77.1	Resigned	[Joseph Lin Quan] †	Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China	Bishop Emeritus
	73.2	Selected	Michael Liu Xianru †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
	79.1	Resigned	Angelin Maurice Lovey, C.R.B. †	Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Superior General Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Meng Ningyou	Priest of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China	Bishop
	56.0	Resigned	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
	66.2	Selected	[Matthew Pan Deshi] †	Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
		Ordained Bishop	Shi Shoujing	Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China
	29.9	Solemn Vows	Samson Shukardin, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
	69.5	Resigned	András József Szennay, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary	Abbot Emeritus
	22.1	Professed	George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Tang Yuange	Priest	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
	75.6	Retired	Nikollë Troshani †	Apostolic Administrator of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Wang Chengli	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
	26.7	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Yang Xiaoting	Priest	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
1 Jan	80.4	Died	José Filípe do Carmo Colaço †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	18.3	First Vows	Vitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
	71.6	Died	Jerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Jose Pulickal	Priest of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
2 Jan	25.5	Ordained Priest	André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I.	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai	Priest of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop
	74.3	Died	Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. †	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
3 Jan	82.5	Died	Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth †	Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
	72.9	Appointed	Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	80.6	Retired	Opilio Rossi †	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses	Cardinal, President Emeritus
4 Jan	79.1	Died	Stanislav Lenic †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 Jan	57.2	Appointed	Julián García Centeno, O.S.A.	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	67.3	Resigned	Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Rodolfo Luís Weber	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6 Jan	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Bertagna †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Costalunga †	Titular Archbishop of Aquileia	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	76.8	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Alvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano †	Titular Bishop of Vita	Prelate of Opus Dei
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Titular Archbishop of Hólar	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Guerrero Torres †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tlaxcala, México	Bishop
	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Julián Herranz Casado	Titular Archbishop of Vertara	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Habib Hitti	Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Pius Ngonyani	Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo	Bishop of Nsukka, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Osvaldo Padilla	Titular Archbishop of Pia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Korea
	21.5	Professed	Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Vinko Puljić	Cardinal, Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran †	Titular Archbishop of Thelepte	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
7 Jan	82.9	Died	Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
8 Jan	87.5	Died	Aimé Décosse †	Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
9 Jan	55.1	Resigned	Alfonso López Trujillo †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
9 Jan	56.2	Incardinated	Guy Sansaricq	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
11 Jan	23.1	Ordained Priest	Amel Shamon Nona	Priest of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
12 Jan	48.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	75.1	Retired	Vittorio Cecchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	69.5	Appointed	Peter Dubovský, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	69.5	Appointed	Peter Dubovský, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
13 Jan	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Pier Giorgio Micchiardi	Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior	Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Ramis Torrens, T.O.R.	Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Stagni	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop Emeritus of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
	28.5	Professed	Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
14 Jan	80.1	Died	Raimundo Cesare Bergamin, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Padang, Indonesia
	48.1	Incardinated	Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes	Priest of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	James Kim Ji-seok	Coadjutor Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	30.0	Solemn Vows	João Muniz Alves, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Xingu-Altamira, Para, Brazil
	83.7	Retired	Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
15 Jan	65.4	Installed	George Martin Kuzma †	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	60.8	Installed	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Roderick Wright †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Novae	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	41.0	Confirmed	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	73.6	Confirmed	Sofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
	66.4	Appointed	Josyf Holovach †	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	66.4	Confirmed	Josyf Holovach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	64.4	Appointed	Marian Franciszek Jaworski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	78.7	Appointed	Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	78.7	Appointed	Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Dura	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	45.7	Incardinated	Piotr Kryk	Priest of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
	77.0	Appointed	Philemon Kurchaba, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Abrittum	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	77.0	Confirmed	Philemon Kurchaba, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	59.0	Incardinated	Teodor Majkowicz †	Priest of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
	69.9	Appointed	Ivan Marghitych †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	69.9	Appointed	Ivan Marghitych †	Titular Bishop of Scopelus in Haemimonto	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	51.5	Appointed	Jan Martyniak	Bishop of Przemyśl (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
	72.0	Appointed	Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Jan Purwinski †	Bishop of Zytomir, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
	50.1	Appointed	Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Bucellus	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	50.1	Confirmed	Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	69.5	Confirmed	Ivan Semedi †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
	83.9	Appointed	Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	83.9	Confirmed	Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	43.7	Appointed	Markijan Trofym’yak	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
	43.7	Appointed	Markijan Trofym’yak	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
	64.4	Appointed	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	64.4	Appointed	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Titular Bishop of Plotinopolis	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	54.6	Appointed	Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U. †	Titular Bishop of Deultum	Bishop Emeritus of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	54.6	Confirmed	Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
17 Jan	76.7	Appointed	Ugo Poletti †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	76.7	Retired	Ugo Poletti †	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Camillo Ruini	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Camillo Ruini	Pro-Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
19 Jan	75.5	Retired	António Cardoso Cunha †	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	54.6	Succeeded	Joaquim Gonçalves †	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Jan	86.7	Died	Léo Blais †	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
	45.4	Appointed	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Bishop of Poland, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
	45.4	Appointed	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Titular Bishop of Bettonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
	45.2	Appointed	Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	78.6	Died	Patrick Mulligan †	Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland
	78.2	Retired	Jean-Baptiste Musty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	49.5	Appointed	Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Cardinal, Bishop
	51.7	Appointed	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T.	Coadjutor Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	54.3	Died	Antonio Bianchin †	Titular Bishop of Vannida
22 Jan	76.7	Died	Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.F.S.C. †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
23 Jan	54.3	Appointed	Dadeus Grings	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	71.5	Died	Giovanni Mariani †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
	76.4	Retired	Alfonso Niehues †	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.1	Appointed	Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. †	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	76.8	Retired	Tomás Vaquero †	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Carlos José Ñáñez	Titular Bishop of Lete	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
25 Jan	83.7	Died	Justin Diraviam †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
	94.4	Died	Joseph Alphonse Dutil, M.S. †	Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
	61.2	Installed	Patricio Infante Alfonso	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
	74.1	Died	Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
26 Jan	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Beniamino Depalma, C.M.	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
	42.5	Appointed	Edouard Mathos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bangui, Central African Republic	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Pichierri †	Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy	Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
27 Jan	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Kevin Patrick Dowling, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan	73.0	Died	Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
29 Jan	88.8	Died	Augusto Gianfranceschi †	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy
31 Jan	71.7	Resigned	Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Trivandrum, India	Bishop Emeritus
	59.3	Appointed	Hubert Constant, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	44.8	Succeeded	Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam	Bishop of Trivandrum, India	Archbishop of Trivandrum, India
1 Feb	58.8	Appointed	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R.	Coadjutor Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	49.7	Appointed	Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt	Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
	29.2	Professed	Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L.	Member of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina
2 Feb	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa)	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	23.8	Professed	Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, Júnior, M.S.C.	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Fernand Franck	Archbishop of Luxembourg	Archbishop Emeritus
	90.9	Died	Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya †	Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan
	59.6	Installed	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	65.7	Appointed	James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C.	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.3	Resigned	Alphonsus Liguori Penney †	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia
4 Feb	57.8	Appointed	Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
5 Feb	83.2	Died	Pedro de Arrupe y Gondra, S.J. †	Superior General Emeritus of Society of Jesus
	52.1	Appointed	Terence John Brain	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
	52.1	Appointed	Terence John Brain	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
6 Feb	68.3	Died	John Paul Elford †	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
	76.0	Retired	Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.9	Appointed	Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
7 Feb	50.7	Appointed	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
	56.4	Appointed	Domenico Crusco †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
	50.7	Appointed	André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
	74.1	Resigned	Robert-Joseph Mathen †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	61.0	Appointed	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bahamas, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dominica, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
	56.6	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
	75.1	Retired	Carlo Urru †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Feb	37.4	Ordained Priest	Sylvester Anthony John David, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
9 Feb	25.9	Ordained Priest	Geremias Steinmetz	Priest of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
10 Feb	59.6	Died	William Joseph Foley †	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
11 Feb	81.8	Died	Carlo Colombo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
12 Feb	87.9	Died	John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa
13 Feb	65.7	Died	Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
	62.0	Appointed	Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
	62.0	Resigned	Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. †	Bishop of Tacna, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
14 Feb	59.8	Died	Jerzy Dąbrowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
15 Feb	67.5	Resigned	Philip Ekka, S.J. †	Bishop of Raipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	24.7	Ordained Priest	Jaime Calderón Calderón	Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
18 Feb	75.0	Retired	Jules-Louis-Paul Harlé †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb	86.7	Died	Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
19 Feb	77.2	Died	Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
20 Feb	75.3	Retired	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Appointed	José Dolores Grullón Estrella	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	64.2	Died	Patricio Maqui Lopez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	75.4	Retired	José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. †	Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
21 Feb	80.4	Retired	Franz Hengsbach †	Bishop of Essen, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	25.5	Ordained Priest	Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México
23 Feb	49.7	Installed	Beniamino Depalma, C.M.	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Titular Bishop of Bettonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
	55.5	Ceased	Gioacchino Illiano †	Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
	75.6	Died	Leo Thomas Maher †	Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
24 Feb	61.6	Ordained Bishop	François-Mathurin Gourvès †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	62.8	Resigned	Wolfgang Große (Grosse) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	33.2	Ordained Priest	Rimantas Norvila	Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
	78.0	Ordained Bishop	[Joseph Zhen Changcheng (Chen Changcheng, Tangtionsin)] †	Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
25 Feb	78.4	Died	Joseph Francis Cleary †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
26 Feb	90.1	Died	Josef Schoiswohl †	Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
28 Feb	59.7	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
	59.7	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
	64.9	Appointed	Mario Rizzi †	Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
	64.9	Appointed	Mario Rizzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	70.2	Installed	Joseph Sun Yuanmo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China	Bishop

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