Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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