| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|
| 1 Jan | 67.3 | Died | Lawrence Sydney Nicasio † | Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles |
| 57.4 | Installed | Antonino Spadaro, S.J. | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education |
| 2 Jan | 79.9 | Appointed | Vicente Jiménez Zamora | Apostolic Administrator of Huesca, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain |
| 79.9 | Appointed | Vicente Jiménez Zamora | Apostolic Administrator of Jaca, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain |
| 57.0 | Died | Ronald Ignacio (Bong) Lunas † | Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines |
| 3 Jan | 67.1 | Appointed | Martin Sarmiento Jumoad | Apostolic Administrator of Pagadian, Philippines | Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines |
| 4 Jan | 63.3 | Appointed | Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S. | Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 62.3 | Appointed | José Benedito Cardoso | Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 49.1 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo | Titular Bishop of Nepte | Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México |
| 5 Jan | 50.1 | Appointed | François Hervé Marie Durand | Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France |
| 88.0 | Died | Ryszard Karpiński † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland |
| 82.0 | Died | William Lee † | Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland |
| 58.0 | Appointed | Thomas Ifeanyichukwu Obiatuegwu | Auxiliary Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria |
| 58.0 | Appointed | Thomas Ifeanyichukwu Obiatuegwu | Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia | Auxiliary Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria |
| 6 Jan | 58.3 | Installed | Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. | Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil | Archbishop |
| 89.1 | Died | Fernando Robles Capalla † | Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines |
| 45.7 | Appointed | Imad Khoshaba Gargees | Patriarchal Administrator of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran | Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran |
| 45.7 | Appointed | Imad Khoshaba Gargees | Patriarchal Administrator of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran | Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran |
| 51.1 | Appointed | Gélase Armel Kema | Archbishop of Owando, Congo |
| 59.7 | Appointed | Abel Liluala | Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo |
| 80.4 | Retired | Thomas Meram | Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 80.4 | Retired | Thomas Meram | Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran | Archbishop Emeritus of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran |
| 75.6 | Appointed | Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. | Apostolic Administrator of Pointe-Noire, Congo | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 75.6 | Retired | Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. | Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 95.0 | Died | Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D. † | Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia |
| 81.5 | Died | Pablo Varela Server † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Panamá |
| 8 Jan | 84.5 | Died | Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa † | Bishop Emeritus of Mutare, Zimbabwe |
| 9 Jan | 50.3 | Appointed | João de Ceita Nazaré | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe |
| 50.0 | Appointed | Matthieu Henri Fabien Dupont | Bishop of Laval, France |
| 93.7 | Died | Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro † | Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo |
| 46.5 | Appointed | Juan Ignacio Liébana | Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina |
| 75.1 | Retired | Carlos Humberto Malfa | Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
| 67.7 | Confirmed | Raphael Thattil | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India |
| 67.7 | Confirmed | Raphael Thattil | Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India |
| 67.7 | Selected | Raphael Thattil | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India |
| 67.7 | Selected | Raphael Thattil | Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India |
| 56.7 | Ceased | Sebastian Vaniyapurackal | Archiepiscopal Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | Curial Bishop |
| 52.2 | Appointed | Bruno Varriano, O.F.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine |
| 52.2 | Appointed | Bruno Varriano, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop of Astigi | Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine |
| 11 Jan | 75.3 | Retired | Ramón José Aponte Fernández | Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus |
| 55.5 | Appointed | Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo | Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela |
| 63.1 | Installed | Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. | Bishop of Daltonganj, India |
| 67.7 | Installed | Raphael Thattil | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India |
| 12 Jan | 62.3 | Ordained Bishop | Linus Pingal Ekka | Bishop of Gumla, India |
| 13 Jan | 77.8 | Appointed | Gerald Almeida | Apostolic Administrator of Jabalpur, India | Bishop Emeritus |
| 77.8 | Retired | Gerald Almeida | Bishop of Jabalpur, India | Bishop Emeritus |
| 61.3 | Ordained Bishop | Óscar Álvarez Orellana | Titular Bishop of Pudentiana | Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 60.7 | Appointed | Jeevanandam Amalanathan | Bishop of Kumbakonam, India |
| 57.0 | Appointed | Albert George Alexander Anastas | Bishop of Kuzhithurai, India |
| 77.7 | Appointed | Antonisamy Francis | Apostolic Administrator of Kumbakonam, India | Bishop Emeritus |
| 77.7 | Retired | Antonisamy Francis | Bishop of Kumbakonam, India | Bishop Emeritus |
| 58.8 | Resigned | Kannikadass William Antony | Bishop of Mysore, India | Bishop Emeritus |
| 56.5 | Appointed | Jesu Gaspar Valan Arasu | Bishop of Jabalpur, India |
| 77.0 | Appointed | Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. | Apostolic Administrator of Djibouti | Bishop Emeritus |
| 77.0 | Retired | Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. | Bishop of Djibouti | Bishop Emeritus |
| 77.0 | Retired | Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. | Apostolic Administrator of Mogadiscio, Somalia | Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti |
| 54.3 | Appointed | Duming Dias | Bishop of Karwar, India |
| 57.7 | Appointed | Bhaskar Jesuraj | Bishop of Meerut, India |
| 59.5 | Appointed | Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes | Bishop of Djibouti |
| 59.5 | Appointed | Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes | Apostolic Administrator of Mogadiscio, Somalia | Bishop of Djibouti |
| 68.3 | Appointed | Joseph Kollamparambil | Apostolic Administrator of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 51.7 | Appointed | Justin Alexander Madathiparambil | Auxiliary Bishop of Vijayapuram, India |
| 51.7 | Appointed | Justin Alexander Madathiparambil | Titular Bishop of Lysinia | Auxiliary Bishop of Vijayapuram, India |
| 14 Jan | 56.1 | Installed | Giorgio Ferretti | Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy |
| 59.8 | Ordained Bishop | Eusebio Samwel Kyando | Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania |
| 63.2 | Ceased | John Chrisostom Ndimbo | Apostolic Administrator of Njombe, Tanzania | Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania |
| 73.0 | Installed | Fausto Tardelli | Bishop of Pescia, Italy | Bishop of Pistoia, Italy |
| 16 Jan | 92.7 | Died | Sergio Sebastiani † | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See |
| 17 Jan | 64.0 | Appointed | Ernesto Giobando, S.J. | Apostolic Administrator of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Bishop |
| 76.7 | Appointed | Janvier Kataka Luvete | Apostolic Administrator of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus |
| 76.7 | Retired | Janvier Kataka Luvete | Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus |
| 62.9 | Appointed | Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F. | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina |
| 62.9 | Appointed | Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F. | Titular Bishop of Buslacena | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina |
| 62.9 | Resigned | Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F. | Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina |
| 57.8 | Appointed | Désiré Lenge Mukwenye | Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 64.0 | Appointed | Emmanuel Ngona Ngotsi, M. Afr. | Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 18 Jan | 83.8 | Died | Giovanni Giudici † | Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy |
| 19 Jan | 63.2 | Died | Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez † | Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA |
| 20 Jan | 59.8 | Ordained Bishop | Mikel Garciandía Goñi | Bishop of Palencia, Spain |
| 48.1 | Ordained Bishop | Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa | Titular Bishop of Aquae Thibilitanae | Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi |
| 56.4 | Ordained Bishop | Ambrose Puthenveettil | Bishop of Kottapuram, India |
| 51.3 | Ordained Bishop | Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada |
| 64.5 | Ceased | Alex Joseph Vadakumthala | Apostolic Administrator of Kottapuram, India | Bishop of Kannur, India |
| 21 Jan | 72.9 | Ceased | Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. | Apostolic Administrator of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada | Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada |
| 51.5 | Appointed | John Njue Njeru | Apostolic Administrator of Kenya, Military | Priest of Embu, Kenya |
| 57.6 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe Russo | Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy |
| 51.3 | Installed | Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada |
| 22 Jan | | Appointed | Simon Peter Engurait | Administrator of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA |
| 23 Jan | 58.4 | Appointed | Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba | Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique |
| 24 Jan | 78.4 | Died | Alberto Tanasini † | Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy |
| 25 Jan | 58.9 | Appointed | Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina | Apostolic Nuncio to Japan |
| 62.5 | Ceased | Elias Joseph Gonsalves | Apostolic Administrator of Amravati, India | Archbishop of Nagpur, India |
| 61.2 | Ordained Bishop | Michel Proulx, O. Praem. | Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick |
| 62.2 | Ordained Bishop | Malcolm Sequeira | Bishop of Amravati, India |
| 56.6 | Appointed | Janusz Stanisław Urbańczyk | Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe |
| 56.6 | Appointed | Janusz Stanisław Urbańczyk | Titular Archbishop of Voli | Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe |
| 57.9 | Ordained Bishop | Taddeo Wang Yuesheng | Bishop of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China |
| 26 Jan | 47.0 | Ordained Bishop | Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E. | Bishop of Oran, Algeria |
| 97.5 | Died | Emanuele Catarinicchia † | Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy |
| 27 Jan | 69.5 | Ordained Bishop | Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B. | Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil |
| 60.2 | Ordained Bishop | Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues † | Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 64.7 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Rumal Kharadi | Bishop of Jhabua, India |
| 75.8 | Ceased | Method Paul Kilaini | Apostolic Administrator of Bukoba, Tanzania | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 75.8 | Retired | Method Paul Kilaini | Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 49.1 | Ordained Bishop | Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U. | Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia |
| 57.1 | Ordained Bishop | Jovitus Francis Mwijage | Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania |
| 62.0 | Ordained Bishop | Florencio Roselló Avellanas, O. de M. | Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain |
| 73.3 | Ceased | Peter Rusnák | Apostolic Administrator of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia | Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia |
| 48.7 | Installed | Antônio Ederaldo de Santana | Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil |
| 28 Jan | 69.5 | Installed | Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B. | Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil |
| 51.7 | Ordained Bishop | Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C. | Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique |
| 97.7 | Died | Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B. † | Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil |
| 51.0 | Installed | Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos | Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| 68.3 | Installed | Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Monica | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops |
| 79.2 | Ceased | Vincent Rakotozafy | Apostolic Administrator of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar | Bishop Emeritus |
| 54.2 | Ordained Bishop | Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona | Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar |
| 53.2 | Appointed | Napoleon Balili Sipalay Jr., O.P. | Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines |
| 29 Jan | 84.1 | Died | Delio Lucarelli † | Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy |
| 53.2 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Sun Wenjun | Bishop of Weifang, China |
| 30 Jan | 60.0 | Ceased | Benjamin Kituto Maswili, A.J. | Apostolic Administrator of Kenya, Military | Priest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries |
| 31 Jan | 44.5 | Appointed | Matthias Ambros | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education |
| 48.9 | Appointed | Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B. | Titular Archbishop of Gradisca | President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See |
| 69.3 | Appointed | Joel Portella Amado | Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 59.1 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Wu Yishun | Bishop of Shaowu [Shaowu], China |
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