The Year of Our Lord 2021

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Koru Tito	Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop-Elect
1 Jan	60.4	Installed	Erio Castellucci	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	John Lee Juo-Wang	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan
	53.6	Appointed	Paul Martin, S.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	52.4	Appointed	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
	54.4	Appointed	Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
2 Jan	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Roberto José Ferrari	Titular Bishop of Pinhel	Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
2 Jan	51.5	Installed	Moacir Silva Arantes	Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
3 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
	75.0	Retired	Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz	Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Archbishop Emeritus
	71.6	Installed	Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia
	59.1	Installed	Anthony Poola	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior	Titular Bishop of Tyndaris	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	75.6	Appointed	Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
4 Jan	77.0	Retired	John Njue	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	77.6	Died	Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo †	Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
	53.7	Appointed	Marek Solarczyk	Bishop of Radom, Poland
	85.2	Died	Antoni Stankiewicz †	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	75.0	Retired	Henryk Marian Tomasik	Bishop of Radom, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Appointed	Luc René Young Chen Yin, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Rodrigues, Mauritius
5 Jan	49.4	Appointed	Michael Miabesue Bibi	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon
5 Jan	100.8	Died	Joseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide) †	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
6 Jan	59.9	Ordained Bishop	László Felföldi	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Simon Kim Ju-young	Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
	60.6	Ceased	György Udvardy	Apostolic Administrator of Pécs, Hungary	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary
7 Jan	62.9	Installed	Raphy Manjaly	Archbishop of Agra, India
	91.3	Died	Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
	62.2	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
	62.2	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
	88.5	Died	Henri Schwery †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
8 Jan	69.2	Died	Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
	59.2	Ordained Bishop	François Achille Eyabi	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
	64.6	Appointed	Antonio Gómez Cantero	Coadjutor Bishop of Almería, Spain
	57.5	Appointed	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran	Archbishop-Elect
	53.7	Installed	Marek Solarczyk	Bishop of Radom, Poland
9 Jan	54.9	Appointed	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Créteil, France
	47.2	Appointed	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	47.2	Appointed	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Cuzco, Peru
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Justo Rodríguez Gallego	Titular Bishop of Nomentum	Auxiliary Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
	73.6	Resigned	Michel Léon Émile Santier	Bishop of Créteil, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	88.1	Died	Adam Dyczkowski †	Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
10 Jan	60.6	Installed	Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
11 Jan	75.0	Retired	Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz	Archbishop of Avignon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	74.2	Died	Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	77.6	Appointed	Georges Paul Pontier	Apostolic Administrator of Avignon, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
	91.9	Died	Oscar Rizzato †	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
	59.6	Appointed	Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala
12 Jan	58.9	Ordained Bishop	David Joseph Bonnar	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
12 Jan	61.3	Died	Florentin Crihălmeanu †	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania
13 Jan	87.9	Died	Mario Cecchini †	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
	65.3	Appointed	Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
	53.6	Died	Moses Hamungole †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
	63.2	Appointed	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	88.0	Died	Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	70.0	Died	Philip Tartaglia †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
14 Jan	66.0	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
14 Jan	79.5	Died	Vincent Paul Logan †	Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Jan	77.0	Appointed	Gianni Ambrosio	Apostolic Administrator of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
	62.8	Installed	Michael William Fisher	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	71.6	Resigned	Giovanni Santucci	Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	72.6	Ceased	Edward Bernard Scharfenberger	Apostolic Administrator of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
16 Jan	52.9	Installed	Devair Araújo da Fonseca	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Alejo Concepción	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
	75.8	Retired	Joseph Đình Đúc Đao	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	67.6	Appointed	John Đo Văn Ngân	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
17 Jan	65.8	Died	Abel Gabuza †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
	89.3	Died	Vincent Michael Rizzotto †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Rumen Ivanov Stanev	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
	70.2	Died	Philip Edward Wilson †	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
18 Jan	76.7	Retired	Marcello Bartolucci	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Secretary Emeritus
	61.8	Appointed	Fabio Fabene	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	65.2	Died	Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
19 Jan	78.2	Died	William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
19 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Pietro Lagnese	Apostolic Administrator of Ischia, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
20 Jan	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás Renán Aguilera Arroyo	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
	70.2	Ceased	Tommaso Caputo	Apostolic Administrator of Caserta, Italy	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
	77.8	Died	John Baptist Kaggwa †	Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda
	54.8	Appointed	Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop-Elect
	59.3	Installed	Pietro Lagnese	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
21 Jan	91.8	Died	José Crisologo Sorra †	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
22 Jan	94.0	Died	Jean Assaad Haddad †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
22 Jan	93.9	Died	Alfredo Magarotto †	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
23 Jan	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Halim Habib	Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Valter Magno de Carvalho	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	59.2	Ceased	Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz	Apostolic Administrator of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco José Tigerino Dávila	Bishop of Bluefields, Nicaragua
	80.2	Installed	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Arkadiusz Trochanowski	Bishop of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
24 Jan	57.0	Ceased	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Apostolic Administrator of Wau, South Sudan	Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
	86.7	Died	Patrick O’Donoghue †	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
25 Jan	72.1	Resigned	Joseph Luc André Bouchard	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Damian Bryl	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Philip Camilleri	Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Stephanus Han Jung Hyun	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	50.9	Appointed	Josif Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop-Elect
	50.9	Appointed	Josif Printezis	Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), Greece	Archbishop-Elect of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	79.9	Retired	Nikólaos Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
	79.9	Retired	Nikólaos Printezis	Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	60.3	Installed	Giuseppe Satriano	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
26 Jan	85.7	Died	Luc Julian Matthys †	Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
29 Jan	55.6	Installed	Hilario González García	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
30 Jan	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja	Coadjutor Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
30 Jan	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Artur Ważny	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Tarnów, Poland
2 Feb	58.0	Installed	Domenico Battaglia	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	66.1	Installed	Dermot Pius Farrell	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop-Elect
6 Feb	71.5	Installed	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
	57.6	Ceased	José Carlos Brandão Cabral	Apostolic Administrator of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Robert Józef Chrząszcz	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop-Elect
	55.9	Ceased	Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr.	Apostolic Administrator of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	60.9	Installed	Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela
9 Feb	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael Otieno Odiwa	Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya	Bishop-Elect
11 Feb	75.1	Ceased	Roberto Bordi, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop
	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira	Titular Bishop of Thiava	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Larry James Kulick	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop-Elect
	58.3	Installed	Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
13 Feb	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Júlio César Gomes Moreira	Titular Bishop of Thisiduo	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13 Feb	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Summula	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Paulo, Brazil
14 Feb	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Luc Garin	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Bishop-Elect
14 Feb	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Noel Saw Naw Aye	Titular Bishop of Methamaucum	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Yangon, Myanmar
16 Feb	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran	Archbishop-Elect
27 Feb	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D.	Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
28 Feb	55.0	Installed	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Créteil, France
10 Mar	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Josif Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop-Elect
13 Mar	194.8	Beatified	Mamerto Esquiú y Medina, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
17 Mar	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Neil Sebastian Scantlebury	Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles	Bishop-Elect
19 Mar	65.5	Installed	Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Wilybard Lagho	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya	Bishop-Elect
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Mauricio Urrea Carrillo	Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México	Bishop-Elect
25 Mar	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
29 Jun	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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