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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
2 Feb76.2RetiredLuigi BongianinoBishop of Tortona, ItalyBishop Emeritus
57.5AppointedMartino CanessaBishop of Tortona, ItalyBishop Emeritus
65.1AppointedJacques Louis Antoine Marie DavidBishop of Évreux, FranceBishop Emeritus
77.2RetiredMaffeo Giovanni DucoliBishop of Belluno-Feltre, ItalyBishop Emeritus
66.6DiedBernard HubertBishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
29.8ProfessedJosé Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorAuxiliary Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina
48.8Ordained BishopBoniface LeleBishop of Kitui, KenyaArchbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
55.9AppointedMario Eusebio Mestril VegaBishop of Ciego de Ávila, CubaBishop Emeritus
49.4InstalledCarlos José ÑáñezCoadjutor Archbishop of Tucumán, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
76.1RetiredMarijan OblakArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), CroatiaArchbishop Emeritus
59.2Ordained BishopWalter Pérez VillamonteTitular Bishop of CurubisBishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
56.0SucceededIvan PrendjaArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
47.8InstalledThomas Joseph TobinBishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
3 Feb39.7Ordained BishopPhilip Arnold Subira AnyoloBishop of Kericho, KenyaArchbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
70.8DiedIbrahim HélouBishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
56.3AppointedBasil Myron Schott, O.F.M. †Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USAArchbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
27.4Ordained PriestPius Sin HozelPriest of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)Auxiliary Bishop
68.6Ordained BishopPierre Wadih TayahBishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
4 Feb61.3Ordained BishopTesfamariam BedhoBishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea
67.5Ordained BishopLuigi LocatiTitular Bishop of ZicaVicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
71.7Ordained BishopLuca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean), EritreaBishop Emeritus
6 Feb47.5AppointedHéctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.Bishop of Peru, MilitaryArchbishop of Trujillo, Peru
56.8AppointedEdwin Frederick O’BrienAuxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USACardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
56.8AppointedEdwin Frederick O’BrienTitular Bishop of ThizicaCardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
75.4RetiredEduardo Picher PeñaArchbishop of Peru, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus
7 Feb72.7ResignedGeorges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. †Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), CanadaBishop Emeritus
8 Feb68.4InstalledAndrew PatakiBishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USABishop Emeritus
46.0Ordained BishopChristopher Alan SaundersBishop of Broome, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
76.0DiedDerek John Harford WorlockArchbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
10 Feb23.5Ordained PriestJaime Cristóbal Abril GonzálezPriest of Tunja, ColombiaBishop of Arauca, Colombia
55.7Ordained BishopCharles Henry DufourBishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, AntillesArchbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
82.6DiedAbramo FreschiBishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
56.9AppointedEnrico MasseroniArchbishop of Vercelli, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
40.2AppointedMauro Meacci, O.S.B.Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
32.9Ordained PriestPius Moon Chang-wooPriest of Cheju, Korea (South)Bishop of Jeju, Korea (South)
55.6AppointedDonal Brendan MurrayBishop of Limerick, IrelandBishop Emeritus
58.5AppointedMarin SrakićCoadjutor Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, CroatiaArchbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
11 Feb55.2Ordained BishopRudolf Deng MajakBishop of Wau, South Sudan
28.0ProfessedFrancisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R.Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil
29.0First VowsGeraldo Freire Soares, C.SS.R.Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
71.0AppointedMarcial Augusto Ramírez PonceBishop of Venezuela, MilitaryBishop Emeritus
27.2Ordained PriestJoseph Martin Wu QinjingPriestBishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
13 Feb65.8AppointedVictor Hugo Martínez ContrerasArchbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, GuatemalaArchbishop Emeritus
14 Feb60.9SucceededJoão José Burke, O.F.M. †Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
74.9RetiredJames (Jaime) Collins, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, BrazilBishop Emeritus
75.0DiedManuel Pérez-Gil y GonzálezArchbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, MéxicoBishop
15 Feb28.2Ordained PriestHerculano Medina GarfiasPriest of Morelia, Michoacán, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop
16 Feb59.1DiedErnest Patili AssiBishop of Kara, Togo
18 Feb46.3Ordained BishopPedro José ContiBishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, BrazilBishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
55.1Ordained BishopValentin Masengo NkindaBishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.3Ordained BishopAtilano Vicente Rodríguez MartínezTitular Bishop of HoraeaBishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
20 Feb27.5Perpetual VowsJosé Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D.Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Añatuya, Argentina
21 Feb27.5Ordained DeaconJosé Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D.Deacon of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Añatuya, Argentina
25.3Ordained DeaconFikremariam Hagos TsalimDeacon of Asmara (Ethiopian), EritreaBishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea
22 Feb76.1RetiredJosé María Cases DeordalBishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, SpainBishop Emeritus
48.1Ordained BishopPaul Choi Deok-kiCoadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus
72.2AppointedIvan ChomaTitular Bishop of Patara
62.9AppointedLubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †Titular Bishop of Nisa in LyciaCardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
66.1AppointedVictorio Oliver DomingoBishop of Orihuela-Alicante, SpainBishop Emeritus
48.6AppointedJuan Antonio Reig PlaBishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, SpainBishop Emeritus of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
51.9AppointedHippolyte Louis Jean SimonBishop of Clermont, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Clermont, France
52.4AppointedPeter Stephan ZurbriggenApostolic Nuncio to MozambiqueApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
23 Feb57.2AppointedPedro Dulay ArigoVicar Apostolic of Palawan, PhilippinesVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
57.2AppointedPedro Dulay ArigoTitular Bishop of MactarisVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
50.5AppointedLonginus Da CunhaArchbishop of Ende, Indonesia
56.8AppointedJosé Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, VenezuelaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
56.8AppointedJosé Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of BamaccoraVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
76.7RetiredDonatus Djagom, S.V.D. †Archbishop of Ende, IndonesiaArchbishop Emeritus
61.6AppointedPaul Jean-Marie DossaviBishop of Aného, Togo
56.9AppointedPeter FernandoCoadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
56.8AppointedTheotonius Gomes, C.S.C.Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, BangladeshAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.8AppointedTheotonius Gomes, C.S.C.Titular Bishop of ZucchabarAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
56.8ResignedTheotonius Gomes, C.S.C.Bishop of Dinajpur, BangladeshAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
73.1DiedMaurus Gervase KombaBishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
48.6AppointedJohn Baptist OdamaBishop of Nebbi, UgandaArchbishop of Gulu, Uganda
38.8IncardinatedSanctus Lino WanokPriest of Nebbi, UgandaBishop of Lira, Uganda
24 Feb60.4AppointedSantos Abril y CastellóApostolic Nuncio to YugoslaviaCardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
54.8AppointedWalter MixaBishop of Eichstätt, GermanyBishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
66.0ResignedGabriel Montalvo HigueraApostolic Nuncio to YugoslaviaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to United States of America
50.6Ordained BishopMauro Montagnoli, C.S.S.Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus
55.2Ordained BishopRafael Romo MuñozBishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
25 Feb51.0Ordained BishopRamzi Garmou, Ist. del PradoCoadjutor Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), IranArchbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
77.6DiedNikë PrelaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia
51.6Ordained BishopEugène Lambert Adrian RixenTitular Bishop of TabboraBishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil
49.3Ordained BishopBenedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Novo Redondo, AngolaArchbishop of Malanje, Angola
26 Feb86.0DiedCyril Edward RestieauxBishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
28 Feb59.6AppointedAloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. †Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
75.3RetiredBenedito de Ulhôa VieiraArchbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
29 Feb60.0ResignedAlejandro Jiménez LafebleBishop of Valdivia, ChileBishop Emeritus
67.9DiedMichel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
40.3SucceededJean-Claude RembangaBishop of Bambari, Central African RepublicBishop Emeritus
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