The Year of Our Lord 2014

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	79.0	Incardinated	Noël Delaquis	Priest of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
	44.3	Incardinated	Óscar Walter García Barreto	Priest of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Auxiliary Bishop
	36.5	Incardinated	Juan Ignacio Liébana	Priest of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina
	48.0	Appointed	Johannes Peng Weizhao	Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China	Auxiliary Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
2 Jan	75.7	Retired	Denis Kiwanuka Lote †	Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.2	Appointed	Emmanuel Obbo, A.J.	Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda
	61.2	Appointed	Emmanuel Obbo, A.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Soroti, Uganda	Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda
3 Jan	70.5	Ceased	Robert Joseph Cunningham	Apostolic Administrator of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
	65.5	Installed	Richard Joseph Gagnon	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
	77.7	Retired	Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	67.3	Installed	Salvatore Ronald Matano	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
	50.7	Appointed	John Joseph McDermott	Apostolic Administrator of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop
	53.1	Appointed	Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Jan	51.1	Installed	Ailton Menegussi	Bishop of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil
	65.4	Installed	Giovanni Ricchiuti	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Wiesław Szlachetka	Titular Bishop of Vageata	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
6 Jan	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Roman Pindel	Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
7 Jan	43.9	Appointed	Christian Heribert Riesbeck, C.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
7 Jan	43.9	Appointed	Christian Heribert Riesbeck, C.C.	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
8 Jan	55.4	Appointed	Irineu Roman, C.S.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Archbishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil
8 Jan	55.4	Appointed	Irineu Roman, C.S.I.	Titular Bishop of Sertei	Archbishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil
9 Jan	60.1	Installed	Narciso Villaver Abellana, M.S.C.	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines
9 Jan	62.7	Installed	Stephen Robson	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	67.6	Installed	Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez	Bishop of Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	91.8	Died	Salvatore Nicolosi †	Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
11 Jan	66.4	Ordained Bishop	Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Rusadus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
	53.9	Confirmed	Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Bresciani	Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	64.5	Confirmed	Yousif Thomas Mirkis, O.P.	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	53.5	Installed	João Inácio Müller, O.F.M.	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Pierskała	Titular Bishop of Semina	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
	67.6	Confirmed	Bosco Puthur	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Alain de Raemy	Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
	41.3	Appointed	Saad Sirop	Titular Bishop of Hirta	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
	41.3	Confirmed	Saad Sirop	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
	59.8	Appointed	Bawai (Ashur) Soro	Official of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA	Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
	59.8	Appointed	Bawai (Ashur) Soro	Titular Bishop of Foratiana	Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
	80.5	Died	Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Agats, Indonesia
12 Jan	77.2	Died	Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau †	Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
	70.1	Succeeded	Tsegaye Keneni Derara	Vicar Apostolic of Soddo, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	57.4	Installed	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	75.3	Retired	Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J.	Vicar Apostolic of Soddo, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
13 Jan	75.2	Appointed	Basile Georges Casmoussa	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
13 Jan	56.0	Appointed	Simon T. Faddoul	Apostolic Exarch of Western and Central Africa (Maronite)	Bishop of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Ibadan (Annunciazione) (Maronite), Nigeria
15 Jan	62.8	Appointed	Stephen Jay Berg	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
	103.6	Died	José de Jesús Garcia Ayala †	Bishop Emeritus of Campeche, México
	76.3	Retired	Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M. †	Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	46.7	Appointed	Marcos Antônio Tavoni	Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
16 Jan	62.7	Appointed	José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Farafangana, Madagascar	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
18 Jan	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Aleh Butkevich	Bishop of Vitebsk, Belarus
	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B.	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
	57.2	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
19 Jan	64.8	Installed	Carlo Bresciani	Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jan	96.0	Died	John Mackey †	Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
20 Jan	75.5	Retired	César Ramón Ortega Herrera †	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan	74.1	Resigned	Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Yoro, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	75.1	Retired	Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley	Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus
	54.9	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Edouard de Metz-Noblat	Bishop of Langres, France
24 Jan	64.3	Installed	Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
	60.8	Appointed	Myron Joseph Cotta	Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
	60.8	Appointed	Myron Joseph Cotta	Titular Bishop of Muteci	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
	66.4	Appointed	Ronald William Gainer	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	46.9	Appointed	Herwig Gössl	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop
	46.9	Appointed	Herwig Gössl	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Yousif Thomas Mirkis, O.P.	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Saad Sirop	Titular Bishop of Hirta	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
25 Jan	76.2	Retired	Alberto Maria Careggio	Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Succeeded	Andrew Nkea Fuanya	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon	Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Yury Kasabutski	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
	77.5	Died	Kurt Krenn †	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	75.0	Retired	Francis Teke Lysinge	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Richard Ng	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Jan Piotrowski	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	58.7	Installed	Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M.	Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar
	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Salaterski	Titular Bishop of Tigillava	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
	51.1	Appointed	Antonio Suetta	Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Turazzi	Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jan	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marc Noël Aveline	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Cardinal, Archbishop of Marseille, France
26 Jan	52.7	Installed	José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C.	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
27 Jan	74.1	Resigned	Elias Chacour	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Michael James Sis	Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA
28 Jan	73.3	Resigned	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Secretary of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
	54.5	Appointed	Ilson de Jesus Montanari	Secretary of the College of Cardinals	Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Mark Anthony O’Toole	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
29 Jan	53.7	Appointed	Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Michael Fors Olson	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
	45.8	Appointed	Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
	45.8	Appointed	Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
30 Jan	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Simon Kaipuram, C.M. †	Bishop of Balasore, India
	82.4	Died	Benedict John Osta, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Patna, India
	86.8	Died	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
	69.0	Resigned	Michele Russo, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Doba, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
	63.3	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Doba, Chad	Bishop of Sarh, Chad
31 Jan	56.8	Appointed	Franco Coppola	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
	54.7	Appointed	Stefano Manetti	Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
	61.0	Appointed	Antonio Mura	Bishop of Lanusei, Italy	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
	77.3	Retired	Antioco Piseddu	Bishop of Lanusei, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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