The Year of Our Lord 2016

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	46.0	Appointed	John Lei Jiapei	Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
	49.0	Succeeded	Joseph Sun Jigen	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
	54.5	Resigned	Lucio Ángel Vallejo Balda	Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Secretary Emeritus
	93.1	Retired	Stephen Yang Xiangtai	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China	Bishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Nersès (Joseph) Zabbara	Administrator of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq	Apostolic Administrator
	88.0	Retired	Vincent Zhu Weifang †	Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], China	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Renna	Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
2 Jan	56.8	Installed	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
3 Jan	78.0	Retired	Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Filippini	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
	58.7	Appointed	Célestin-Marie Gaoua	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
	87.0	Died	Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana †	Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
	92.9	Died	Alberto Iniesta Jiménez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
	85.0	Died	Raymond William Lessard †	Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
4 Jan	77.8	Retired	Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar	Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
	53.9	Appointed	William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera	Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
	54.5	Appointed	Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil	Bishop of Saint Mary, Queen of Peace (Syro-Malankara), USA	Bishop of Parassala (Syro-Malankara), India
5 Jan	53.5	Installed	Tadeusz Lityński	Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
6 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Luis Gonzaga Féchio	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6 Jan	54.5	Appointed	Juarez Sousa Da Silva	Coadjutor Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop
7 Jan	85.3	Died	Alwin Albert Hafner, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morombe, Madagascar
	46.8	Appointed	Paul Antoine Nassif	Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Syrian)
	46.8	Appointed	Paul Antoine Nassif	Titular Bishop of Serigene	Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Syrian)
8 Jan	75.8	Retired	Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	55.5	Appointed	Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
	91.3	Died	Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino †	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
9 Jan	67.2	Installed	Salvatore Ligorio	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	53.5	Appointed	António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal
	53.5	Appointed	António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo	Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal
	94.3	Died	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Corrado Sanguineti	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
10 Jan	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Hervé Marie Michel Gosselin	Bishop of Angoulême, France
	88.9	Died	Francis Thomas Hurley †	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
	64.5	Installed	Francesco Manenti	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Rolf Steinhäuser	Titular Bishop of Thuburnica	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
11 Jan	84.5	Died	Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Jan	56.0	Appointed	Euzébius Chinekezy Ogbonna Managwu	Bishop of Port-Gentil, Gabon
	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Bernard Paul	Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
	51.8	Appointed	Jose Pulickal	Auxiliary Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
	51.8	Appointed	Jose Pulickal	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India
13 Jan	53.4	Ceased	Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe	Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
	71.9	Appointed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
	55.1	Installed	Enrique Sánchez Martínez	Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México
14 Jan	39.4	Appointed	Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.SS.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	39.4	Appointed	Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	75.7	Retired	Rayappu Joseph	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	79.0	Appointed	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai	Apostolic Administrator of Mannar, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
15 Jan	74.1	Died	Daniel Joseph Bohan †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
15 Jan	65.9	Appointed	Domenico Cornacchia	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
16 Jan	70.0	Resigned	José Lai Hung-seng	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
	59.1	Appointed	Stephen Lee Bun Sang	Bishop of Macau, China
	83.9	Died	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
	69.7	Appointed	Luigi Pezzuto	Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina
	49.9	Installed	Luigi Renna	Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
	76.3	Retired	Luigi Travaglino	Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
17 Jan	89.0	Died	Francis Bible Schulte †	Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 Jan	46.2	Appointed	Fadi Abou Chebel, O.M.M.	Apostolic Exarch of Colombia (Maronite)
	75.3	Retired	Gentil Delázari	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	64.2	Appointed	Canísio Klaus	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Nguyên Hong Son	Coadjutor Bishop of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam	Bishop
21 Jan	53.5	Appointed	Marco Brunetti	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	80.2	Ceased	José Guadalupe Martín Rábago	Apostolic Administrator of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
	72.7	Ceased	Francesco Guido Ravinale	Apostolic Administrator of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Asti, Italy
	68.7	Installed	Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M.	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
22 Jan	83.1	Died	Ian Murray †	Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Jan	59.2	Installed	Stephen Lee Bun Sang	Bishop of Macau, China
	44.9	Appointed	Mirosław Milewski	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
	44.9	Appointed	Mirosław Milewski	Titular Bishop of Villa Nova	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Antoine Nassif	Titular Bishop of Serigene	Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Syrian)
24 Jan	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Karel Marinus Choennie	Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
	73.2	Ceased	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Apostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	67.6	Installed	Roberto Filippini	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
	51.2	Installed	Corrado Sanguineti	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
	52.4	Installed	Rodolfo Luís Weber	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25 Jan	56.6	Appointed	Félix Eduardo Antonio Calderón Cruz	Bishop of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa, Guatemala
	60.1	Appointed	Miguel Maury Buendía	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania
	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul McAleenan	Titular Bishop of Mercia	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	59.5	Appointed	Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Acqui, Italy	Archbishop of Gorizia, Italy
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	John Wilson	Titular Bishop of Lindisfarna	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
27 Jan	50.6	Appointed	Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27 Jan	50.6	Appointed	Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S.	Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
28 Jan	49.3	Appointed	José Hiraís Acosta Beltrán	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
28 Jan	80.4	Died	Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
29 Jan	63.6	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
	75.5	Retired	Raffaele Calabro †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	63.7	Appointed	Luigi Mansi	Bishop of Andria, Italy
30 Jan	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Henrique Aparecido de Lima, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	48.1	Appointed	Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B.	Bishop of Díli, Timor-Leste	Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Napolioni	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	55.1	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Huancayo, Peru
	55.1	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Huancayo, Peru
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D.	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Nélio Domingos Zortea	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
31 Jan	58.8	Installed	José Reginaldo Andrietta	Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
	66.9	Installed	Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F.	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico

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