The Year of Our Lord 2020

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	79.5	Retired	Pietro Bovati, S.J.	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Secretary Emeritus
	76.0	Ceased	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne	Member of the Council for the Economy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
	70.6	Ceased	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Member of the Council for the Economy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	46.3	Appointed	George Jacob Koovakad	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
	75.2	Ceased	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Member of the Council for the Economy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	77.5	Ceased	Norberto Rivera Carrera	Member of the Council for the Economy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	80.4	Ceased	John Tong Hon	Member of the Council for the Economy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	79.7	Ceased	Agostino Vallini	Member of the Council for the Economy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	71.6	Simple Vows	Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O.	Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador
2 Jan	75.8	Retired	Richard Brendan Higgins	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan	70.7	Retired	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka	Apostolic Nuncio
4 Jan	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A.	Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
5 Jan	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Salvatore Baturi	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	58.9	Installed	Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy	Archbishop of Tours, France
	53.3	Installed	Angelo Raffaele Panzetta	Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
	72.4	Died	David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Siuna, Nicaragua
6 Jan	60.5	Appointed	Matthew Ishaya Audu	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
	48.5	Appointed	Michael Andrew Gielen	Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
	48.5	Appointed	Michael Andrew Gielen	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
	41.9	Appointed	Pavlo Honcharuk	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
	85.3	Died	Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
	72.4	Resigned	Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Jan	52.0	Appointed	Petros Berga	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
7 Jan	48.3	Confirmed	Beshara (Bechara) Goda (Guida Matarana), O.F.M.	Bishop of Abu Qurqas (Coptic), Egypt
8 Jan	75.6	Retired	Peter John Haworth Doyle	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan	64.1	Appointed	David James Oakley	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
9 Jan	76.0	Appointed	Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Siuna, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua
10 Jan	95.0	Died	Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. †	Prelate Emeritus of Huarí, Peru
10 Jan	68.5	Installed	Claude Hamelin	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
11 Jan	74.7	Installed	Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	56.6	Installed	Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan †	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	67.5	Appointed	Celestino Migliore	Apostolic Nuncio to France
	68.4	Installed	Aurel Percă	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
	64.2	Installed	Matteo Maria Zuppi	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Egidio in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
12 Jan	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Stepan Sus	Titular Bishop of Zygris	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 Jan	58.7	Installed	Ricardo Lingan Baccay	Archbishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines
14 Jan	51.1	Appointed	Fidelis Bautista Layog	Apostolic Administrator of Alaminos, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
15 Jan	75.0	Retired	Mathew Arackal	Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	39.9	Appointed	Mykola Bychok, C.Ss.R.	Cardinal, Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
	66.8	Appointed	Francesca Di Giovanni	Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Secretary Emeritus
	55.6	Appointed	Peter Kochupurackal	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
	55.6	Confirmed	Peter Kochupurackal	Auxiliary Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
	58.0	Appointed	David Motiuk	Apostolic Administrator of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
	61.6	Appointed	Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski	Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
	55.8	Appointed	Jose Pulickal	Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India
	76.4	Appointed	Peter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Administrator of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	76.4	Retired	Peter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	66.6	Died	Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner †	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
17 Jan	83.6	Died	Stanisław Stefanek, S. Chr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland
18 Jan	73.7	Ceased	Orlando Brandes	Apostolic Administrator of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	54.7	Installed	José Roberto Fortes Palau	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	85.9	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	85.9	Confirmed	Giovanni Battista Re	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	58.0	Installed	Gabriel Sayaogo	Archbishop of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
	64.6	Appointed	Vicente Juan Segura †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	64.6	Appointed	Vicente Juan Segura †	Titular Bishop of Armentia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
19 Jan	73.5	Installed	Michael F. Czerny, S.J.	Cardinal-Deacon of San Michele Arcangelo	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
20 Jan	54.7	Appointed	Cyril Vasil’, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop
21 Jan	77.4	Retired	Bernard César Augustin Barsi †	Archbishop of Monaco	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Jan	56.3	Appointed	Dominique-Marie Jean Michel David, Comm. l'Emm.	Archbishop of Monaco
22 Jan	49.4	Appointed	Călin Ioan Bot	Titular Bishop of Abrittum	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
	49.4	Confirmed	Călin Ioan Bot	Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop
	38.2	Appointed	Cristian Dumitru Crişan	Titular Bishop of Abula	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	38.2	Confirmed	Cristian Dumitru Crişan	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	77.2	Appointed	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Apostolic Administrator of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	62.9	Resigned	Edney Gouvêa Mattoso	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Lindomar Rocha Mota	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
	75.9	Retired	Carmelo Scampa	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Appointed	Tomo Vukšić	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop
23 Jan	75.3	Retired	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Jan	58.6	Appointed	Nelson Jesus Perez	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Jan	81.5	Died	José Luis Castro Medellín, M. S. F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
	76.1	Confirmed	Leonardo Sandri	Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
	66.0	Appointed	Tomo Vukšić	Apostolic Administrator of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Military	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
25 Jan	47.2	Ordained Bishop	John Bosco Auram	Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
	67.3	Ceased	Gervais Banshimiyubusa	Apostolic Administrator of Ngozi, Burundi	Archbishop of Bujumbura, Burundi
	54.8	Installed	Georges Bizimana	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Zdzisław Stanisław Błaszczyk	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Dilmo Franco de Campos †	Titular Bishop of Ita	Auxiliary Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
	55.3	Installed	Edson José Oriolo dos Santos	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	46.4	Appointed	Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	46.4	Appointed	Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza	Titular Bishop of Suava	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	49.9	Appointed	Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	49.9	Appointed	Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal	Titular Bishop of Bennefa	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	64.2	Appointed	Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	64.2	Appointed	Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	49.5	Appointed	Paolo Rudelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
26 Jan	60.0	Ceased	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	67.5	Installed	Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James	Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	55.6	Installed	Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M.	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	81.2	Installed	Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angela Merici	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
27 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Paul Dempsey	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
28 Jan	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Ignatius Malone	Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
29 Jan	100.2	Died	Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Pala, Chad
	59.5	Appointed	Bertram Johannes Meier	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar	Bishop
31 Jan	75.4	Retired	Edward Joseph Adams	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio
	56.6	Appointed	Guy Boulanger	Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
	86.0	Died	Alexander Joseph Brunett †	Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA
	69.2	Installed	Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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