The Year of Our Lord 2007

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	60.4	Appointed	Francis An Shuxin	Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China	Bishop
	37.1	Ordained Deacon	Antonius Hamers	Deacon of Münster, Germany	Administrator
	49.0	Selected	Joseph Han Yingjin	Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
	34.5	First Vows	Antuan Ilgit, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia, Turkey
	53.0	Elected	Isaac Circuncisión Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A.	Superior General of Clerical Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
	37.9	Perpetual Vows	Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E.	Member of The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	93.0	Confirmed	Thomas Qian Yurong (Quan Yirong) †	Bishop	Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
	39.4	Appointed	Joseph Sun Jigen	Coadjutor Bishop of Daming [Taming], China	Bishop
	36.6	Incardinated	Basel Salim Yaldo	Priest of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA	Curial Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
		Selected	Yang Shiqing	Administrator of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China
	79.0	Retired	Matthias Yu Chengxin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan	56.6	Appointed	Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil	Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jan	54.0	Appointed	João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M.	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	48.0	Appointed	Messias dos Reis Silveira	Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	77.4	Retired	Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P. †	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	62.7	Appointed	René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
	60.0	Appointed	Ângelo Pignoli	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	76.6	Retired	José da Silva Chaves	Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	76.6	Retired	Adélio Giuseppe (José) Tomasin, P.S.D.P. †	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan	95.5	Died	[Peter Paul Li Pan-shi] †	Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China
5 Jan	50.4	Appointed	Isabelo Caiban Abarquez	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Lucjan Avgustini †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	46.0	Appointed	Emmanuel Félémou †	Bishop of Kankan, Guinea
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M.	Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
	46.4	Appointed	Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D.	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines
	80.1	Retired	Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	68.3	Appointed	Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J.	Vicar Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia
	68.3	Appointed	Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Vulturia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia
	67.7	Installed	Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Titular Archbishop of Viminacium
6 Jan	47.0	Ordained Bishop	John Ebebe Ayah	Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria	Bishop of Uyo, Nigeria
	76.0	Died	Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	77.0	Appointed	Józef Glemp †	Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	67.7	Appointed	Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus	Titular Archbishop of Viminacium
	67.7	Resigned	Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Titular Archbishop of Viminacium
7 Jan	66.5	Installed	Bernard Marie Fernand Housset	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus
	102.8	Died	Joseph Meng Zi Wen (Meng Jieren; Mong Zi Wen) †	Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
	80.3	Appointed	Robert Pierre Sarrabère †	Apostolic Administrator of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
	44.7	Appointed	John Baptist Tan Yanquan	Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
8 Jan	56.1	Appointed	John Charles Wester	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
9 Jan	88.4	Died	Nemesio Rivera Meza †	Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
10 Jan	81.0	Died	Hermann Josef Spital †	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
11 Jan	64.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	64.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	54.1	Appointed	Kurien Valiakandathil	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
12 Jan	59.9	Appointed	Orlando Antonio Corrales García	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	77.1	Retired	Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	77.5	Died	Jairo Rui Matos da Silva †	Bishop Emeritus of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
	94.6	Died	Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
13 Jan	70.8	Died	John Joseph Kaising †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	54.9	Installed	Calogero La Piana, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.2	Appointed	Daniel Nlandu Mayi †	Apostolic Administrator of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	72.4	Appointed	Domenico Crusco †	Apostolic Administrator of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
	62.6	Installed	Domenico Graziani	Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.1	Died	Anthony Giroux Meagher †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
15 Jan	65.2	Appointed	Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	38.6	Appointed	Emigdio Duarte Figueroa	Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	38.6	Appointed	Emigdio Duarte Figueroa	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
	55.4	Appointed	Gervas Rozario	Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
	74.8	Retired	Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan	53.7	Appointed	Leo Boccardi	Titular Archbishop of Bitettum	Apostolic Nuncio
	53.7	Appointed	Leo Boccardi	Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan	Apostolic Nuncio
	56.7	Appointed	François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop of Luçon, France
	65.7	Died	Leon Augustine Tharmaraj †	Bishop of Kottar, India
17 Jan	80.3	Died	Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật †	Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
17 Jan	49.2	Installed	Doraboina Moses Prakasam	Bishop of Nellore, India
18 Jan	71.4	Died	Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
18 Jan	77.8	Died	Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan
19 Jan	56.8	Succeeded	Frank Joseph Dewane	Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA
19 Jan	75.0	Retired	John Joseph Nevins †	Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jan	34.5	Ordained Deacon	Saulius Bužauskas	Deacon of Vilnius, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
	54.3	Appointed	Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor	Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria	Bishop
	54.3	Appointed	Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor	Titular Bishop of Tetci	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
	54.7	Died	Johannes Gorantla †	Bishop of Kurnool, India
	60.5	Appointed	Angelus Kujur, S.J.	Bishop of Purnea, India	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	44.1	Appointed	Michael Wallace Banach	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Vienna	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
	58.5	Appointed	Joseph Perumthottam	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.4	Retired	Joseph Powathil †	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	Andrews Thazhath	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
	76.1	Retired	Jacob Thoomkuzhy	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Jan	52.9	Installed	Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C.	Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya
	61.1	Installed	Paulo Sérgio Machado †	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	David Motiuk	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
	72.0	Appointed	Angelo Mottola †	Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro	Apostolic Nuncio
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
26 Jan	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Cremona, O.P. †	Archbishop of Malta	Archbishop Emeritus
	73.0	Confirmed	Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
	55.2	Appointed	Sigifredo Noriega Barceló	Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
	45.1	Temporary Vows	Octavi Vilà Mayo, O. Cist.	Member of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Girona, Spain
27 Jan	61.8	Ordained Bishop	José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
	46.9	Confirmed	Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.	Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Wilfredo Pino Estévez	Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba	Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba
28 Jan	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Brislin	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
	65.3	Installed	Diego Coletti	Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Installed	Paul Runangaza Ruzoka	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jan	55.5	Appointed	Charles Daniel Balvo	Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
	53.7	Appointed	Leo Boccardi	Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea	Apostolic Nuncio
	62.4	Installed	Emmanuel Bushu	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	60.0	Installed	Thomas Christopher Collins	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	59.7	Installed	Richard John Garcia †	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
	58.0	Appointed	George Vance Murry, S.J. †	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Sarat Chandra Nayak	Bishop of Berhampur, India
31 Jan	47.2	Appointed	Sérgio da Rocha	Coadjutor Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

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