Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
2 Feb | 50.0 | Appointed | Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. | Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
50.0 | Appointed | Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. | Titular Bishop of Naiera | Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
50.8 | Succeeded | José Bonello, O.F.M. | Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras |
63.2 | Appointed | Joseph Luc André Bouchard | Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada |
81.7 | Died | Paul Consbruch † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany |
41.1 | Appointed | Bulus Dauwa Yohanna | Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria | Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria |
41.1 | Appointed | Bulus Dauwa Yohanna | Titular Bishop of Scebatiana | Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria |
58.3 | Installed | Wacław Tomasz Depo | Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland |
49.8 | Appointed | Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. | Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México |
67.8 | Appointed | Paul Lortie | Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
75.1 | Retired | Vital Massé | Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
73.4 | Resigned | Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, O.F.M. | Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras | Bishop Emeritus |
53.7 | Appointed | Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe | Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
53.7 | Appointed | Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe | Titular Bishop of Strathernia | Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
68.8 | Installed | Armando Xavier Ochoa | Bishop of Fresno, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
56.8 | Appointed | José Manuel Romero Barrios | Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela | Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela |
56.8 | Appointed | José Manuel Romero Barrios | Titular Bishop of Materiana | Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela |
49.9 | Appointed | Luis José Rueda Aparicio | Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia | Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia |
49.8 | Ordained Bishop | Anselm Umoren, M.S.P.N. | Titular Bishop of Scampa | Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria |
75.2 | Retired | Martin Veillette | Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
3 Feb | 68.4 | Appointed | Leslie Rogers Tomlinson | Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia | Bishop Emeritus |
4 Feb | 63.7 | Appointed | Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz | Bishop of Neiva, Colombia |
55.5 | Installed | Antonio De Luca, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy |
67.7 | Died | Joseph Walter Estabrook † | Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military |
54.6 | Ordained Bishop | Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea |
76.4 | Retired | Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Neiva, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
94.2 | Died | Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. † | Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire |
83.8 | Died | Giovanni Volta † | Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy |
5 Feb | 62.5 | Installed | Franco Giulio Brambilla | Bishop of Novara, Italy |
56.9 | Installed | Francesco Cavina | Bishop of Carpi, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
92.0 | Died | Lawrence Zhang Wenchang † | Apostolic Administrator of Kunming [Kunming], China |
6 Feb | 51.1 | Appointed | Edward Joseph Weisenburger | Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA | Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA |
7 Feb | 49.5 | Appointed | Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe | Apostolic Administrator of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México |
62.9 | Installed | José Francisco Robles Ortega | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
8 Feb | 86.1 | Ordained Bishop | Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. † | Titular Archbishop of San Leone | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti |
53.4 | Ordained Bishop | Kenneth David Oswin Richards | Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles | Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles |
9 Feb | 43.7 | Ordained Bishop | Michael Robert Kennedy | Bishop of Armidale, Australia |
10 Feb | 57.0 | Appointed | Giovanni d’Aniello | Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil | Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation |
88.7 | Died | Filippo Giannini † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy |
84.0 | Died | Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza † | Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela |
77.7 | Appointed | Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. † | Apostolic Administrator of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador |
44.5 | Appointed | Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo | Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador | Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador |
11 Feb | 58.7 | Appointed | Angelo Antolini, O.F.M. Cap. | Prefect of Robe, Ethiopia |
49.4 | Appointed | Nicolas Jean René Brouwet | Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France |
77.2 | Retired | Fernando Robles Capalla | Archbishop of Davao, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus |
60.5 | Installed | Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, S.J. | Bishop of Fontibón, Colombia |
45.1 | Ordained Bishop | João Justino de Medeiros Silva | Titular Bishop of Tullia | Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
63.7 | Ordained Bishop | Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando | Titular Bishop of Horta | Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka |
51.9 | Appointed | Jonas Ivanauskas | Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania |
51.3 | Appointed | Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. | Bishop of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso |
58.6 | Ordained Bishop | José Leonardo Lemos Montanet | Bishop of Orense, Spain |
60.3 | Ordained Bishop | Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. | Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras |
57.4 | Appointed | Pierre Claver Malgo | Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso |
75.9 | Retired | Juozas Matulaitis | Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania | Bishop Emeritus |
75.1 | Retired | Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier | Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France | Bishop Emeritus |
91.8 | Ordained Bishop | Julien Ries † | Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia |
58.3 | Ordained Bishop | Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva | Titular Bishop of Lesina | Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
60.5 | Appointed | Romulo Geolina Valles | Archbishop of Davao, Philippines |
38.6 | Appointed | Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania | Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania |
38.6 | Appointed | Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop of Quiza | Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania |
12 Feb | 50.1 | Ordained Bishop | João Santos Cardoso | Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil | Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil |
59.8 | Installed | Jeffrey Neil Steenson | Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA | Ordinary Emeritus |
13 Feb | 74.3 | Died | Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. † | Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil |
15 Feb | 55.6 | Appointed | Airton José dos Santos | Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
55.0 | Appointed | José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil |
16 Feb | 48.6 | Appointed | Luciano Russo | Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda | Apostolic Nuncio to Panama |
17 Feb | 80.0 | Died | Joseph Faber MacDonald † | Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
18 Feb | 76.4 | Appointed | Santos Abril y Castelló | Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} |
76.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Santos Abril y Castelló | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} |
66.8 | Appointed | George Alencherry | Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India |
66.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | George Alencherry | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India |
83.8 | Appointed | Karl Josef Becker, S.J. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire |
83.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Karl Josef Becker, S.J. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire |
69.3 | Appointed | Giuseppe Bertello | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia | Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
69.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giuseppe Bertello | Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
64.9 | Appointed | Giuseppe Betori | Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello | Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy |
64.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giuseppe Betori | Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy |
64.8 | Appointed | João Bráz de Aviz | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life |
64.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | João Bráz de Aviz | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life |
69.0 | Appointed | Domenico Calcagno | Cardinal-Deacon of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See |
69.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Domenico Calcagno | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See |
73.9 | Appointed | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts |
73.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts |
65.0 | Appointed | Thomas Christopher Collins | Cardinal-Priest of San Patrizio | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
65.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Thomas Christopher Collins | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
62.0 | Appointed | Timothy Michael Dolan | Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario | Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA |
62.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Timothy Michael Dolan | Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA |
68.8 | Appointed | Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro | Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
68.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. | Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
58.6 | Appointed | Willem Jacobus Eijk | Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto | Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands |
58.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Willem Jacobus Eijk | Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands |
65.8 | Appointed | Fernando Filoni | Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio | Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
65.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Fernando Filoni | Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
51.8 | Appointed | Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V. | Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles |
51.8 | Appointed | Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V. | Titular Bishop of Absa Salla | Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles |
86.1 | Appointed | Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti |
86.1 | Elevated to Cardinal | Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti |
48.2 | Ordained Bishop | Ollo Modeste Kambou | Bishop of Gaoua, Burkina Faso |
73.8 | Appointed | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Cardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di Guzman | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
73.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
80.7 | Appointed | Lucian Mureşan | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania |
80.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Lucian Mureşan | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania |
72.8 | Appointed | Edwin Frederick O’Brien | Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
72.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Edwin Frederick O’Brien | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
91.8 | Appointed | Julien Ries † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia |
91.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Julien Ries † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia |
72.5 | Appointed | John Tong Hon | Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China |
72.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | John Tong Hon | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China |
74.0 | Appointed | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People |
74.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People |
68.5 | Appointed | Giuseppe Versaldi | Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) |
68.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giuseppe Versaldi | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) |
55.5 | Appointed | Rainer Maria Woelki | Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Maria Vianney | Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
55.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Rainer Maria Woelki | Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
19 Feb | 47.2 | Ordained Bishop | Pio Hipunyati | Bishop of Ondjiva, Angola |
20 Feb | 58.0 | Appointed | Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. | Archbishop of Perth, Australia |
75.8 | Retired | Barry James Hickey | Archbishop of Perth, Australia | Archbishop Emeritus |
75.3 | Retired | Joachim Friedrich Reinelt | Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany | Bishop Emeritus |
75.8 | Died | Edgardo Gabriel Storni † | Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina |
21 Feb | 89.2 | Died | Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão † | Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal |
65.8 | Appointed | George Arthur Sheltz | Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA |
65.8 | Appointed | George Arthur Sheltz | Titular Bishop of Hirina | Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA |
22 Feb | 82.0 | Ceased | Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. | Apostolic Administrator of Ajaccio, France | Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France |
75.2 | Retired | Peter James Cullinane | Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus |
51.4 | Succeeded | Charles Edward Drennan | Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus |
64.6 | Appointed | Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho | Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil |
51.4 | Appointed | Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine | Bishop of Ajaccio, France | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
23 Feb | 61.4 | Succeeded | Thomas D’Souza | Archbishop of Calcutta, India |
64.2 | Installed | Noël Simard | Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada |
75.4 | Retired | Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. | Archbishop of Calcutta, India | Archbishop Emeritus |
24 Feb | 44.8 | Appointed | Dominik Schwaderlapp | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
44.8 | Appointed | Dominik Schwaderlapp | Titular Bishop of Frequentium | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
41.3 | Appointed | Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim | Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea |
25 Feb | 52.7 | Ordained Bishop | Michel Aoun | Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon |
57.3 | Appointed | John Forrosuelo Du | Archbishop of Palo, Philippines |
63.5 | Ordained Bishop | Nunzio Galantino | Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See |
57.3 | Ordained Bishop | Denis Grondin | Titular Bishop of Camplum | Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada |
75.0 | Retired | Gilberto Jiménez Narváez † | Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
59.1 | Ordained Bishop | Mounir Khairallah | Bishop of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon |
75.6 | Retired | Giuseppe Mani | Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
69.6 | Appointed | Arrigo Miglio | Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
64.7 | Ordained Bishop | Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. | Titular Bishop of Azura | Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada |
60.5 | Ordained Bishop | Elias Khoury Sleman | Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria | Bishop Emeritus |
26 Feb | 52.7 | Installed | Michel Aoun | Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon |
61.7 | Installed | Remídio José Bohn † | Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
65.8 | Installed | Fernando Filoni | Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio | Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
85.0 | Died | Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. † | Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland |
59.1 | Installed | Mounir Khairallah | Bishop of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon |
60.5 | Installed | Elias Khoury Sleman | Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria | Bishop Emeritus |
27 Feb | 67.3 | Died | Werner Guballa † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
29 Feb | 44.7 | Appointed | Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
44.7 | Appointed | Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito | Titular Bishop of Zallata | Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |