The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

February

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	Bishop Emeritus
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	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), 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}, Czechia
68.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
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	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.8	Appointed	George Arthur Sheltz	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus 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

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