| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | 68.3 | Resigned | Mario L. Baltazar, O.P. | Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines | Prelate Emeritus |
| 80.1 | Retired | Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † | Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus | |
| 55.0 | Resigned | Diego Causero | Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of | Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic | |
| 1 Jan | 88.8 | Died | Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech † | Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne, France | |
| 4 Jan | 59.8 | Appointed | João José Burke, O.F.M. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil | Bishop |
| 5 Jan | 76.6 | Retired | Sauveur Casanova † | Bishop of Ajaccio, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 75.1 | Retired | António de Castro Xavier Monteiro † | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 53.1 | Appointed | André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado | Bishop of Ajaccio, France | Archbishop of Besançon, France | |
| 66.0 | Succeeded | Américo do Couto Oliveira † | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal | ||
| 71.0 | Appointed | Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. † | Exarch of United States of America and Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Armenian), New York | Exarch Emeritus | |
| 71.0 | Appointed | Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. † | Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni | Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Armenian), New York | |
| 64.7 | Appointed | Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. | Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 6 Jan | 45.6 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Pierre Blais | Titular Bishop of Tinum | Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada |
| 46.5 | Ordained Bishop | Raymond Leo Burke | Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA | Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura | |
| 44.2 | Ordained Bishop | Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. | Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria | ||
| 54.5 | Ordained Bishop | Pawel Cieslik | Titular Bishop of Britonia | Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland | |
| 62.6 | Ordained Bishop | Javier Echevarría Rodríguez | Titular Bishop of Cilibia | Prelate of Opus Dei | |
| 47.2 | Ordained Bishop | Zacharias Cenita Jimenez | Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines | Auxiliary Bishop of Butuan, Philippines | |
| 46.5 | Ordained Bishop | Bruno Musarò | Titular Archbishop of Abari | Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala | |
| 57.6 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Napoletano, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy | ||
| 67.7 | Ordained Bishop | Pierfranco Pastore | Titular Bishop of Forontoniana | Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications | |
| 43.5 | Ordained Bishop | Stefan Regmunt | Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum | Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland | |
| 38.5 | Ordained Bishop | Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop of Surista | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine | |
| 58.9 | Ordained Bishop | Eugène Tremblay | Titular Bishop of Succuba | Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada | |
| 7 Jan | 67.9 | Installed | Ludwig Averkamp | Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 65.1 | Resigned | Andrew Zolile T. Brook | Bishop of Umtata, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 30.7 | Ordained Priest | Daniel Fernández Torres | Priest of Arecibo, Puerto Rico | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico | |
| 53.8 | Appointed | Carlos Stetter | Coadjutor Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia | Bishop | |
| 9 Jan | 79.2 | Died | Jacques Huynh Vân Cùa † | Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cuong, Viêt Nam | |
| 11 Jan | 95.8 | Died | Giovanni Battista Parodi † | Bishop Emeritus of Savona e Noli, Italy | |
| 67.0 | Appointed | Giovanni Zerbini, S.D.B. | Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 12 Jan | 87.5 | Died | Nicolas Hajj, S.D.S. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Baniyas {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite), Lebanon | |
| 13 Jan | 59.3 | Appointed | Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot | Titular Bishop of Parthenia | |
| 14 Jan | 86.1 | Died | James Patrick Carroll † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia | |
| 15 Jan | 57.8 | Ordained Bishop | Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens | Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon | |
| 17 Jan | 48.8 | Appointed | Michael Neary | Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland | |
| 20 Jan | 76.2 | Retired | Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa † | Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 56.0 | Appointed | Alberto Suárez Inda | Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México | ||
| 21 Jan | 58.6 | Appointed | Luciano Bux | Auxiliary Bishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy |
| 58.6 | Appointed | Luciano Bux | Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy | |
| 22 Jan | 59.9 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe Anfossi | Bishop of Aosta, Italy | |
| 23 Jan | 56.1 | Appointed | Janusz Bolonek | Apostolic Nuncio to Romania | Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria |
| 24 Jan | 76.0 | Retired | Alfred Leo Abramowicz † | Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 60.9 | Appointed | Edwin Michael Conway † | Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA | ||
| 60.9 | Appointed | Edwin Michael Conway † | Titular Bishop of Augurus | Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
| 53.4 | Appointed | Gerald Frederick Kicanas | Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA | |
| 53.4 | Appointed | Gerald Frederick Kicanas | Titular Bishop of Bela | Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA | |
| 75.8 | Retired | Timothy Joseph Lyne | Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 46.1 | Appointed | George Vance Murry, S.J. | Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA | |
| 46.1 | Appointed | George Vance Murry, S.J. | Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura | Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA | |
| 25 Jan | 71.8 | Installed | Maximiano Tuazon Cruz | Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
| 52.3 | Appointed | Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S. | Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria | ||
| 52.3 | Appointed | Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S. | Titular Bishop of Libertina | Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria | |
| 58.6 | Ordained Bishop | George Hugh Niederauer | Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA | |
| 66.9 | Appointed | Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. | Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 66.1 | Appointed | Vito Schlickmann | Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 66.1 | Appointed | Vito Schlickmann | Titular Bishop of Gurza | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 27 Jan | 44.2 | Appointed | Otto Georgens | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany | |
| 44.2 | Appointed | Otto Georgens | Titular Bishop of Gubaliana | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany | |
| 29 Jan | 116.8 | Beatified | St. Raphael Guizar Valencia † | Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México | |
| 87.7 | Died | Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. † | Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico | ||
| 55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Yves François Patenôtre | Bishop of Saint-Claude, France | Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France | |
| 30 Jan | 87.0 | Died | Dragutin Nežic † | Bishop Emeritus of Poreč i Pula, Croatia | |
| 31 Jan | 79.1 | Died | Leo Joseph Brust † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | |
| 52.3 | Appointed | Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. | Bishop of Chile, Military | Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile | |
| 52.3 | Appointed | Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. | Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga | Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile | |
| 66.7 | Installed | Alfred John Markiewicz † | Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA | ||
| 71.8 | Resigned | José Joaquín Matte Varas | Bishop of Chile, Military | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2 Feb | 82.4 | Appointed | Charles Garrett Maloney † | Titular Bishop of Bardstown | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| 51.2 | Appointed | Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños | Bishop of Pasto, Colombia | ||
| 73.8 | Retired | Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R. | Bishop of Pasto, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 3 Feb | 58.3 | Appointed | Vincent Michael Concessao | Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, India | Archbishop |
| 58.3 | Appointed | Vincent Michael Concessao | Titular Bishop of Mascula | Archbishop of Delhi, India | |
| 49.2 | Appointed | Gilles Côté, S.M.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea | Bishop | |
| 49.2 | Appointed | Gilles Côté, S.M.M. | Titular Bishop of Cissa | Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea | |
| 77.2 | Retired | Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. † | Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 51.3 | Appointed | Patrick D'Rozario, C.S.C. | Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh | ||
| 50.4 | Ordained Bishop | Angel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F. | Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras | ||
| 36.5 | Appointed | Ignatius Ayau Kaigama | Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria | Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria | |
| 46.4 | Appointed | Philip Naameh | Bishop of Damongo, Ghana | ||
| 63.4 | Appointed | Bernard Cyril O'Grady, O.P. | Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 51.7 | Appointed | Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea | ||
| 76.3 | Retired | Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 6 Feb | 58.0 | Appointed | Pier Luigi Celata | Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue |
| 7 Feb | 66.5 | Died | Antonio Ambrosanio † | Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy | |
| 59.8 | Appointed | John Kevin Boland | Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA | ||
| 62.8 | Appointed | John Martin Dougherty | Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| 62.8 | Appointed | John Martin Dougherty | Titular Bishop of Sufetula | Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| 64.1 | Retired | Raymond William Lessard | Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 63.8 | Ordained Bishop | Judson Michael Procyk † | Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| 8 Feb | 66.8 | Died | Serapio Bwemi Magambo † | Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda | |
| 9 Feb | 65.0 | Appointed | Robert Edward Mulvee | Coadjutor Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 10 Feb | 66.9 | Died | Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, M.C.C.I. † | Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | |
| 69.6 | Appointed | Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. | Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | Official Emeritus | |
| 69.6 | Appointed | Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. | Titular Archbishop of Africa | Official Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | |
| 11 Feb | 57.5 | Installed | Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez | Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama | |
| 54.3 | Ordained Bishop | Heinrich Mussinghoff | Bishop of Aachen, Germany | ||
| 57.7 | Installed | Antonio Napoletano, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy | ||
| 75.0 | Retired | Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman † | Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic | |
| 62.4 | Installed | Pedro Rubiano Sàenz | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia | ||
| 14 Feb | 47.4 | Appointed | Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. | Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay | |
| 70.7 | Resigned | Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 15 Feb | 55.3 | Ordained Bishop | Michael John Malone | Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, Australia | Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia |
| 82.9 | Died | David Monas Maloney † | Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA | ||
| 16 Feb | 58.7 | Appointed | André Gaumond | Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada | Archbishop |
| 18 Feb | 59.4 | Appointed | André Louis Fort | Coadjutor Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France | Bishop of Orléans, France |
| 19 Feb | 55.5 | Ordained Bishop | Seán Baptist Brady | Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland | Cardinal, Archbishop |
| 57.6 | Died | Michael Hughes Kenny † | Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA | ||
| 67.1 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Zerbini, S.D.B. | Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 21 Feb | 69.9 | Appointed | Alejandro Figueroa Medina † | Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela | |
| 58.5 | Appointed | Josef Grünwald | Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany | ||
| 58.5 | Appointed | Josef Grünwald | Titular Bishop of Fronta | Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany | |
| 69.4 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Roy † | Bishop of Mysore, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 22 Feb | 77.9 | Retired | Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. | Bishop of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil |
| 54.8 | Appointed | Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. | Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop | |
| 46.6 | Installed | Raymond Leo Burke | Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA | Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura | |
| 45.7 | Ordained Bishop | Frederick Joseph Colli | Titular Bishop of Afufenia | Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | |
| 81.7 | Died | Louis Hà Kim Danh † | Bishop of Phú Cuong, Viêt Nam | ||
| 51.0 | Appointed | Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
| 51.0 | Appointed | Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. | Titular Bishop of Slebte | Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
| 54.4 | Ordained Bishop | José Francisco Ulloa Rojas | Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica | Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica | |
| 54.5 | Appointed | Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil | Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil | |
| 24 Feb | 56.1 | Installed | Alberto Suárez Inda | Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México | |
| 66.8 | Resigned | Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. † | Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 25 Feb | 73.9 | Retired | Stephen Nweke Ezeanya † | Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 65.1 | Succeeded | Albert Kanene Obiefuna | Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 26 Feb | 61.1 | Died | Severino M. Pelayo † | Bishop of Philippines, Military | |
| 28 Feb | 61.5 | Appointed | Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier | Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua | Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua |
| 43.8 | Appointed | William Edward Lori | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA | |
| 43.8 | Appointed | William Edward Lori | Titular Bishop of Bulla | Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA | |
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