The Year of Our Lord 2001

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	38.6	Entered	Philippe Abbo Chen, I.N.D.V.	Priest of Priests of Notre Dame de Vie	Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad
	28.7	Solemn Vows	Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
	80.8	Resigned	André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. †	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus
	55.9	Appointed	Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado	Administrator of Ahwaz (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
	65.8	Appointed	Kévork (Georges) Khazoumian, I.C.P.B.	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
	43.4	Appointed	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Director General of Secular Institute of Pius X	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
	57.0	Appointed	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Official of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio
	46.6	Appointed	Kevin C. McCoy	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Rector Emeritus
	34.7	Incardinated	Witold Mroziewski	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	30.6	Perpetual Vows	Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
	55.3	Ceased	Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P.	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata
	53.3	Ceased	Dominique Rézeau	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Vienna	Permanent Observer Emeritus
	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat	Deacon of Tortosa, Spain	Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	57.6	Incardinated	Paul Terrio	Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
	81.1	Appointed	Anthony Tu Shi-hua, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Puqi [Puchi], China
	77.4	Resigned	Albert Vanhoye, S.J. †	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
	35.7	Solemn Vows	Cyril Vasil’, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
	83.0	Resigned	[Joseph Zhu Hua-yu] †	Bishop of Bengbu [Pengpu, Peng-Fou], China	Bishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
2 Jan	51.1	Succeeded	Gregory Michael Aymond	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
2 Jan	70.5	Retired	John Edward McCarthy †	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jan	75.1	Retired	Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	70.4	Installed	Theodore Edgar McCarrick	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	54.2	Appointed	Manuel Parrado Carral	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	54.2	Appointed	Manuel Parrado Carral	Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	58.2	Succeeded	Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	61.7	Appointed	Redovino Rizzardo, C.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Pedro Luiz Stringhini	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	47.3	Appointed	Pedro Luiz Stringhini	Titular Bishop of Ita	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4 Jan	27.2	Ordained Priest	Carlos Enrique Samaniego López	Priest of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
7 Jan	67.0	Installed	Pietro Brollo †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Santo Loku Pio Doggale	Priest of Juba, South Sudan	Auxiliary Bishop
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Christophe Dufour	Bishop of Limoges, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France
	30.9	Perpetual Vows	Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
	52.5	Installed	Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Hervé Jean Luc Renaudin †	Bishop of Pontoise, France
8 Jan	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok	Coadjutor Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	53.5	Appointed	Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
	70.3	Resigned	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
	70.3	Resigned	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	75.1	Retired	Franz Xaver Eder †	Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	94.7	Died	Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect Emeritus of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Jerome Edward Listecki	Titular Bishop of Nara	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
9 Jan	75.5	Retired	Ennio Appignanesi †	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Tarma, Peru
	60.9	Appointed	Agostino Superbo	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Jan	76.4	Retired	João Hipólito de Morais †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	59.5	Appointed	Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	92.8	Died	Matthias Duan Yinmin (Duan In-min) †	Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
	84.5	Succeeded	Joseph Xu Zhixuan †	Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
11 Jan	54.8	Appointed	Éric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier	Bishop of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus
	72.9	Appointed	Joakim Herbut †	Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia (Macedonian)	Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
	71.0	Resigned	Jean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel Thomas †	Bishop of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	44.6	Appointed	Michel Kassarji	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon
	58.1	Appointed	Paulos Faraj Rahho †	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
	66.7	Appointed	Yacoub Denha Scher †	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
	57.7	Appointed	Shlemon Warduni	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Curial Bishop Emeritus
	57.7	Appointed	Shlemon Warduni	Titular Bishop of Anbar dei Caldei	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
13 Jan	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Diego Coletti	Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
13 Jan	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Esteban Escudero Torres	Titular Bishop of Thala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
14 Jan	66.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Ghidelli	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	William Pascal Kikoti †	Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Christian George Nicolas Kratz	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
15 Jan	30.9	Perpetual Vows	Blasio Park Hyun-dong, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)
	78.8	Retired	Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Hermann Josef Spital †	Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan	54.1	Appointed	Edward William Clark	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.1	Appointed	Edward William Clark	Titular Bishop of Gardar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
	61.0	Appointed	Dennis Patrick O’Neil †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
	61.0	Appointed	Dennis Patrick O’Neil †	Titular Bishop of Macon	Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
17 Jan	54.7	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Titular Archbishop of Volturnum	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	54.7	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	54.7	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	42.1	Appointed	Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	55.7	Appointed	Diarmuid Martin	Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
	55.7	Appointed	Diarmuid Martin	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
18 Jan	52.5	Appointed	Dennis Marion Schnurr	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
19 Jan	75.8	Retired	Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Buga, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	64.2	Appointed	Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo	Bishop of Buga, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	70.3	Resigned	Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos †	Bishop of Colombia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Appointed	Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	87.9	Died	Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
	76.1	Retired	Hernando Rojas Ramirez †	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	58.1	Appointed	Fabio Suescún Mutis	Bishop of Colombia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jan	71.2	Installed	Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York	Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
	53.9	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	53.9	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	53.9	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
21 Jan	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
22 Jan	62.4	Appointed	Bernard Louis Marie Charrier	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	75.5	Retired	Barthélémy Batantu †	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus
	77.0	Retired	James Chiona †	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.8	Retired	Alexandre do Nascimento †	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	50.4	Appointed	Damião António Franklin †	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola
	49.0	Appointed	José Horacio Gómez Velasco	Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	49.0	Appointed	José Horacio Gómez Velasco	Titular Bishop of Belali	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	55.0	Appointed	José Lai Hung-seng	Coadjutor Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Appointed	William Edward Lori	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	54.8	Appointed	Anatole Milandou	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus
	69.4	Appointed	Felix Eugenio Mkhori †	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
	47.6	Appointed	Aloysius Maryadi Sutrisnaatmaka, M.S.F.	Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia
	51.6	Appointed	Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye †	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi	Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
24 Jan	54.5	Appointed	Michael Ernest Putney †	Bishop of Townsville, Australia
25 Jan	65.8	Appointed	Mario Busquets Jordá	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
25 Jan	67.9	Selected	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
26 Jan	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Di Cristina	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
	76.7	Retired	Charles Joseph Henderson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	62.5	Appointed	John Franklin Meldon Hine †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	62.5	Appointed	John Franklin Meldon Hine †	Titular Bishop of Beverlacum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	67.9	Appointed	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sofia a Via Boccea	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	67.9	Confirmed	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27 Jan	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R.	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia
27 Jan	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Józef Wróbel, S.C.I.	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
28 Jan	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Antony Devotta †	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India	Bishop Emeritus
	61.8	Ceased	Peter Fernando †	Apostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)
	86.7	Died	Ivan Prasko †	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
30 Jan	87.0	Died	Marius (Joseph Michael) Banks, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Volksrust, South Africa
	58.7	Installed	Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J.	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
	54.6	Appointed	Robert Léon Wattebled	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Badini Confalonieri	Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Martin William Currie	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

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