| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | 60.5 | Resigned | Joseph Absi, S.M.S.P. | Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria | Curial Bishop Emeritus |
| 36.6 | Incardinated | Basel Salim Yaldo | Priest of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA | Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq | |
| 2 Jan | 56.6 | Appointed | Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil | Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankarese), India | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 5 Jan | 47.4 | 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, Maranho, 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 Housset | Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France | |
| 80.3 | Appointed | Robert Pierre Sarrabère | Apostolic Administrator of Montauban, France | Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France | |
| 8 Jan | 56.1 | Appointed | John Charles Wester | Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, 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 of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
| 64.2 | Appointed | Giuseppe Bertello | Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino | Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State | |
| 54.1 | Appointed | Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil | Bishop of Bhagalpur, India | ||
| 12 Jan | 59.9 | Appointed | Orlando Antonio Corrales García | Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia | |
| 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 | ||
| 64.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez | Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba | ||
| 14 Jan | 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 | |
| 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 to Iran |
| 53.7 | Appointed | Leo Boccardi | Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan | Apostolic Nuncio to Iran | |
| 56.7 | Appointed | François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P. | Bishop of Mende, France | ||
| 65.7 | Died | Leon Augustine Tharmaraj † | Bishop of Kottar, India | ||
| 17 Jan | 80.3 | Died | Paul Marie Nguyên Minh Nhât † | Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam | |
| 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-Malankarese), India | |
| 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 | |
| 75.0 | Retired | John Joseph Nevins † | Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 20 Jan | 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 | ||
| 22 Jan | 58.5 | Appointed | Joseph Perumthotttam | Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India | |
| 76.4 | Retired | Joseph Powathil | Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 55.1 | Appointed | Andrews Thazhath | Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India | ||
| 76.1 | Retired | Jacob Thoomkuzhy | Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 25 Jan | 52.9 | Installed | Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. | Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya | |
| 45.0 | Appointed | David Motiuk | Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada | ||
| 72.0 | Appointed | Angelo Mottola † | Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus | |
| 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 | Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq | ||
| 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 | |
| 27 Jan | 61.8 | Ordained Bishop | José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. | Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus | Bishop of Cartago, Colombia |
| 46.9 | Confirmed | Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S. | Archbishop of Saïda (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | ||
| 56.2 | Ordained Bishop | Wilfredo Pino Estévez | Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba | ||
| 28 Jan | 50.3 | Ordained Bishop | Stephen Brislin | Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa | Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa |
| 65.3 | Installed | Diego Coletti | Bishop of Como, Italy | ||
| 59.0 | Installed | Paul R. Ruzoka | Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania | ||
| 30 Jan | 55.5 | Appointed | Charles Daniel Balvo | Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya |
| 53.7 | Appointed | Leo Boccardi | Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea | Apostolic Nuncio to Iran | |
| 62.4 | Installed | Emmanuel Bushu | Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon | ||
| 60.0 | Installed | Thomas Christopher Collins | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| 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 | Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil |
| 1 Feb | 75.1 | Died | Generoso C. Camiña, P.M.E. † | Bishop Emeritus of Digos, Philippines | |
| 85.9 | Died | Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | ||
| 2 Feb | 67.0 | Appointed | Abraham Escudero Montoya † | Bishop of Palmira, Colombia | |
| 75.0 | Retired | Franz Kamphaus | Bishop of Limburg, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 88.0 | Died | Ovidio Lari † | Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy | ||
| 78.9 | Appointed | Friedrich Wetter | Apostolic Administrator of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 78.9 | Retired | Friedrich Wetter | Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 3 Feb | 54.5 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C. | Titular Bishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti | Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria |
| 77.1 | Died | Peter Joseph Mallon † | Archbishop Emeritus of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
| 64.8 | Ordained Bishop | Matthias Kobena Nketsiah | Titular Bishop of Abaradira | Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana | |
| 64.8 | Ordained Bishop | José Alberto Serrano Antón, I.E.M.E. | Bishop of Hwange, Zimbabwe | ||
| 45.6 | Ordained Bishop | Christophe Zoa | Titular Bishop of Hilta | Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon | |
| 4 Feb | 62.8 | Installed | René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. † | Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin | |
| 52.1 | Ordained Bishop | Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P. | Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
| 73.8 | Died | Gerard Francis Loft, S.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Auki, Solomon Islands | ||
| 60.1 | Ordained Bishop | Gregorio Martínez Sacristán | Bishop of Zamora, Spain | ||
| 54.4 | Installed | Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm. | Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil | ||
| 5 Feb | 77.0 | Retired | Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. | Bishop of Chur, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus |
| 78.8 | Retired | Peter Henrici, S.J. | Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 6 Feb | 48.6 | Appointed | Reinhard Pappenberger | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany | |
| 48.6 | Appointed | Reinhard Pappenberger | Titular Bishop of Aptuca | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany | |
| 55.9 | Ordained Bishop | Anthony Swamy Thomasappa | Bishop of Chikmagalur, India | ||
| 7 Feb | 46.1 | Appointed | Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. | Titular Bishop of Bapara | |
| 76.6 | Retired | Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro, O. Praem. | Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 63.2 | Appointed | José Alberto Moura, C.S.S. | Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| 8 Feb | 47.6 | Selected | Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India | |
| 9 Feb | 58.7 | Appointed | Luis Armando Tineo Rivera | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Bishop of Carora, Venezuela |
| 58.7 | Appointed | Luis Armando Tineo Rivera | Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia | Bishop of Carora, Venezuela | |
| 10 Feb | 52.8 | Ordained Bishop | Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy | |
| 62.0 | Appointed | Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez | Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba | ||
| 74.9 | Retired | Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu † | Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 68.9 | Installed | Paolo Romeo | Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy | ||
| 75.0 | Retired | Anton Schlembach | Bishop of Speyer, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 69.1 | Appointed | Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. | Vicar Apostolic of Nepal | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
| 69.1 | Appointed | Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. | Titular Bishop of Gigthi | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal | |
| 50.9 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Chusak Sirisut | Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | ||
| 47.6 | Confirmed | Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India | ||
| 11 Feb | 52.1 | Installed | Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. | Bishop of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil | |
| 14 Feb | 42.7 | Appointed | Daniel Fernández Torres | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico | Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
| 42.7 | Appointed | Daniel Fernández Torres | Titular Bishop of Sufes | Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico | |
| 55.1 | Appointed | John Moolachira | Bishop of Diphu, India | Archbishop of Guwahati, India | |
| 15 Feb | 55.8 | Appointed | Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| 71.3 | Appointed | Bruno Bertagna † | Titular Archbishop of Drivastum | Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| 71.3 | Appointed | Bruno Bertagna † | Vice President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | Vice President Emeritus | |
| 68.9 | Appointed | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | ||
| 68.9 | Appointed | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Titular Archbishop of Coeliana | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| 76.8 | Retired | Julián Herranz Casado | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
| 45.1 | Appointed | Jean Claude Randrianarisoa | Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar | ||
| 79.2 | Retired | Raymond Razakarinvony | Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 16 Feb | 61.5 | Appointed | Albert D’Souza | Archbishop of Agra, India | |
| 56.7 | Installed | Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil | Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankarese), India | ||
| 81.6 | Died | Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † | Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria | ||
| 17 Feb | 46.9 | Ordained Bishop | Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F. | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe | |
| 19 Feb | 55.6 | Appointed | Adalberto Martínez Flores | Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay | Bishop of Paraguay, Military |
| 21 Feb | 96.4 | Died | Ignace Antoine II Hayek † | Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon | |
| 22 Feb | 49.1 | Appointed | Claudio Giuliodori | Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 76.0 | Retired | Armindo Lopes Coelho † | Bishop of Porto, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 58.5 | Appointed | Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente | Bishop of Porto, Portugal | Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal | |
| 59.8 | Appointed | Domenico Mogavero | Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy | ||
| 23 Feb | 45.8 | Appointed | Ricardo Lingan Baccay | Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines | |
| 45.8 | Appointed | Ricardo Lingan Baccay | Titular Bishop of Gabala | Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines | |
| 24 Feb | 52.8 | Installed | Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy | |
| 52.4 | Appointed | Anil Joseph Thomas Couto | Bishop of Jullundur, India | Archbishop of Delhi, India | |
| 75.9 | Retired | William Leonard D’Mello † | Bishop of Karwar, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 78.8 | Retired | Patrick Paul D’Souza † | Bishop of Varanasi, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 52.7 | Appointed | Derek Fernandes | Bishop of Karwar, India | ||
| 62.0 | Installed | Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez | Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba | ||
| 79.0 | Died | Mathias Kappil † | Bishop Emeritus of Punalur, India | ||
| 75.8 | Retired | Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Jullundur, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 87.1 | Died | Bernard Mabula † | Bishop Emeritus of Singida, Tanzania | ||
| 49.0 | Appointed | Raphy Manjaly | Bishop of Varanasi, India | Bishop of Allahabad, India | |
| 84.5 | Died | Augusto Trujillo Arango † | Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia | ||
| 25 Feb | 39.7 | Ordained Bishop | Anton Leichtfried | Titular Bishop of Rufiniana | Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria |
| 42.9 | Ordained Bishop | Emílio Sumbelelo | Coadjutor Bishop of Uije, Angola | Bishop | |
| 26 Feb | 88.9 | Died | Bernard Henri René Jacqueline † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco | |
| 77.9 | Died | José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
| 27 Feb | 54.2 | Ordained Bishop | Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil | Bishop of Bhagalpur, India | |
| 28 Feb | 57.6 | Appointed | Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado | Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil | Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil |
| 43.3 | Ordained Bishop | Shelton Joseph Fabre | Titular Bishop of Pudentiana | Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA | |
| 66.5 | Resigned | Gutemberg Freire Régis, C.SS.R. | Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil | Prelate Emeritus | |
| 53.4 | Succeeded | Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R. | Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil | Prelate Emeritus | |
| 84.2 | Died | Abdul-Ahad Sana † | Bishop Emeritus of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq | ||
| 72.5 | Resigned | Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
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