| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|
| unknown | 65.0 | Resigned | Joseph du Bouchet, S.J. † | Prefect of Fort-Lamy, Chad | Prefect Emeritus |
| 44.5 | Appointed | Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Resigned | Giovanni Giannetti da Fivizzano, O.F.M. Cap. † | Superior of Trabzon, Turkey |
| 34.8 | Solemn Vows | Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. † | Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross | Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh |
| 18.4 | Professed | Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth. | Member of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram | Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay |
| 45.9 | Appointed | Rafael González Estrada † | Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| Ceased | Hao Nai † | Administrator of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China |
| 42.1 | Resigned | Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam | Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam |
| Died | Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi † | Apostolic Administrator of Kagoshima, Japan |
|
| Born | Peter Jin Lugang | | Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China |
|
| Born | David Kamau Ng’ang’a | | Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya |
| 17.5 | Professed | Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. † | Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria |
| 21.7 | Entered | Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. † | Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Archbishop Emeritus of Maseru, Lesotho |
| 41.6 | Appointed | Othon Motta † | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 25.6 | Final Vows | Darius Nggawa, S.V.D. † | Member of Society of the Divine Word | Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia |
| 33.8 | Entered | Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiễn, P.F.J. † | Priest of Little Brothers of Jesus | Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam |
| 19.0 | Professed | Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I. | Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada |
|
| Born | Jean-Baptiste Tiama | | Bishop of Mopti, Mali |
| 70.3 | Appointed | Mihael Toros † | Apostolic Administrator of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy | Apostolic Administrator of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy |
| 43.5 | Appointed | Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China |
| 1 Jan |
| Born | Mark Leonard Bartchak | | Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 49.9 | Appointed | Victor Léon Jean Pierre Marie Bazin, M.E.P. † | Archbishop of Rangoon, Myanmar | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 75.6 | Appointed | Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. † | Archbishop of Salisbury, Zimbabwe | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 47.8 | Appointed | André Creemers, O.S.C. † | Vicar Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 47.8 | Appointed | André Creemers, O.S.C. † | Titular Bishop of Belabitene | Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 66.4 | Appointed | Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P. † | Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 55.1 | Appointed | Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. † | Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar | Bishop Emeritus |
| 44.4 | Appointed | Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. † | Bishop of Gwelo, Zimbabwe | Bishop Emeritus |
| 42.8 | Appointed | Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) | Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) |
| 42.8 | Appointed | Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M. † | Titular Bishop of Vulturia | Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) |
| 66.0 | Appointed | Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. † | Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar |
| 37.7 | Appointed | George Maung Kyaw † | Bishop of Bassein, Myanmar |
| 49.0 | Appointed | Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. † | Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria |
| 49.6 | Appointed | Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. † | Bishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Bishop Emeritus |
| 47.7 | Appointed | Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap. † | Vicar Apostolic of Medan, Indonesia | Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia |
| 47.7 | Appointed | Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Phelbes | Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia |
| 2 Jan | 48.2 | Ordained Bishop | Alfredo Bruniera † | Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade | Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” |
| 4 Jan | 73.6 | Died | Vittore Rosario Fernandes † | Bishop of Mangalore, India |
| 54.1 | Succeeded | Basil Salvador Theodore Peres † | Bishop of Mangalore, India |
| 5 Jan |
| Born | Giovanni d’Aniello | | Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation |
| 48.6 | Appointed | Antonio Rosario Mennonna † | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Nardò, Italy |
| 6 Jan | 57.2 | Installed | St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini † | Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 7 Jan |
| Born | Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R. | | Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada |
| 53.9 | Resigned | Giuseppe Burzio † | Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 53.9 | Resigned | Giuseppe Burzio † | Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 8 Jan | 56.7 | Died | James Colbert † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
|
| Born | Brian Joseph Dunn | | Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 10 Jan | 43.4 | Appointed | Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga † | Bishop of Vitoria, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
| 12 Jan | | Born | Dieudonné Bogmis † | | Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon |
| 14 Jan | 31.1 | Solemn Vows | Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. † | Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) | Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 15 Jan | 50.0 | Died | Bl. Tit Liviu Chinezu † | Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania |
| 26.6 | Ordained Priest | José Trinidad Medel Pérez † | Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México | Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, México |
| 16 Jan | 49.6 | Ordained Bishop | Luigi Punzolo † | Titular Archbishop of Sebastea | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy |
| 17 Jan |
| Born | Pietro Parolin | | Cardinal, Secretary of State |
| 18 Jan | 53.2 | Ordained Bishop | Malcolm Angus MacEachern † | Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
| 46.8 | Ordained Bishop | Delfín Quesada Castro † | Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica |
| 49.2 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † | Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia | Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva |
|
| Born | Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. | | Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain |
| 60.7 | Died | Severios Giuseppe Valakuzhyil † | Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India |
| 19 Jan | 69.7 | Appointed | Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Voncaria | Bishop Emeritus of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| 69.7 | Resigned | Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. † | Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
| 77.1 | Died | Anton Scharnagl † | Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany |
| 82.9 | Appointed | Thomas Shine † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain | Bishop |
| 23 Jan | 44.2 | Appointed | Jean-Ernest Ménard † | Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France |
| 25 Jan | 26.2 | Ordained Priest | Giovanni Battista Franzoni † | Priest of Order of Saint Benedict | |
| 17.2 | Professed | Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R. † | Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa |
| 57.6 | Appointed | André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 57.6 | Appointed | André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger † | Titular Bishop of Tremithus | Bishop Emeritus of Sées {Séez}, France |
| 26 Jan |
| Born | John Yaw Afoakwah | | Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana |
| 27 Jan | 45.9 | Appointed | Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal † | Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India |
| 38.9 | Appointed | Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. † | Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India |
| 28 Jan | 74.8 | Died | Pjetër Dema † | Vicar Capitular of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania |
| 46.9 | Appointed | Joseph Landreau, C.S.Sp. † | Prefect of Saint-Louis du Sénégal |
| 49.1 | Ceased | Marcel-François Joseph Marie Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. † | Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal | Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France |
| 30 Jan |
| Born | Vincent Aind | | Archbishop of Ranchi, India |
| 41.7 | Ordained Bishop | Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar † | Titular Bishop of Gergis | Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil |
| 52.5 | Ordained Bishop | Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal † | Titular Bishop of Tamiathis | Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain |
| 1 Feb | 53.9 | Appointed | Giuseppe Amici † | Bishop of Cesena, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy |
| 2 Feb | 25.0 | Ordained Priest | John Patrick Boles † | Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 88.3 | Appointed | Eugenio Giambro † | Titular Archbishop of Cypsela | Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy |
| 88.3 | Retired | Eugenio Giambro † | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 56.3 | Succeeded | Vincenzo Maria Jacono † | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 42.3 | Ordained Bishop | Charles Garrett Maloney † | Titular Bishop of Capsa | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| 34.9 | Final Vows | Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. † | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) |
| 3 Feb | 50.1 | Succeeded | Gérard-Marie Coderre † | Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
| 69.5 | Died | Paul-Ernest-Anastase Forget † | Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada |
| 4 Feb | 68.9 | Died | Jules Halbert, S.M. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) |
| 44.0 | Appointed | Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel † | Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 44.0 | Appointed | Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel † | Titular Bishop of Thuburnica | Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France |
| 5 Feb | 45.1 | Appointed | Nicholas Thomas Elko † | Titular Bishop of Apollonias | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
|
| Born | Daniel John Felton | | Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA |
| 6 Feb | 45.0 | Appointed | Francisco Nunes Teixeira † | Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique | Bishop Emeritus |
| 41.8 | Appointed | João de Souza Lima, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil |
| 25.7 | Ordained Priest | Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez † | Priest of Matagalpa, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus of Jinotega, Nicaragua |
| 7 Feb |
| Born | José Leopoldo González González | | Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México |
|
| Born | Romuald Kamiński | | Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland |
| 8 Feb |
| Born | Peter Sebastian Goveas | | Bishop of Bettiah, India |
| 9 Feb |
| Born | Antonios Aziz Mina | | Bishop Emeritus of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt |
| 10 Feb |
| Born | Jorge Eduardo Lozano | | Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina |
| 11 Feb |
| Born | Claudio Cipolla | | Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy |
| 50.4 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe Fenocchio † | Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
|
| Born | Giuseppe Mazzafaro | | Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy |
| 44.9 | Ordained Bishop | Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. † | Titular Bishop of Canatha | Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines |
| 12 Feb | 51.0 | Appointed | Roger Jean Fernand Michon † | Bishop of Chartres, France |
| 13 Feb | 25.6 | Ordained Priest | Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| 40.8 | Ordained Bishop | Emilio Benavent Escuín † | Titular Bishop of Cercina | Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military |
| 20.3 | First Vows | Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. | Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Born | Castor Paul Msemwa † | | Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania |
| 15 Feb | 85.6 | Died | Alfonso Ferrandina † | Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
|
| Born | Zbigņev Stankevičs | | Archbishop of Riga, Latvia |
| 17 Feb |
| Born | Francesco Cavina | | Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy |
| 18 Feb | 55.0 | Appointed | Wenceslao Manuel Gomez Frande, O.C.D. † | Prefect of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador |
| 67.5 | Resigned | Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. † | Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
| 54.2 | Appointed | Johann Wember, M.S.F. † | Vicar Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale} | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
| 54.2 | Appointed | Johann Wember, M.S.F. † | Titular Bishop of Vasada | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale} |
| 19 Feb |
| Born | Nestor Julao Adalia | | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines |
| 21 Feb |
| Born | Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. | | Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile |
| 52.9 | Appointed | Leo Aloysius Pursley † | Apostolic Administrator of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA |
| 74.3 | Appointed | Félix Roeder † | Titular Bishop of Anthedon | Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France |
| 74.3 | Retired | Félix Roeder † | Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 75.4 | Appointed | Giovanni Sismondo † | Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis | Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy |
| 23 Feb |
| Born | Giuseppe Sciacca | | President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See |
| 25 Feb | 41.5 | Appointed | Francis Chan † | Bishop of Penang, Malaysia |
| 57.6 | Appointed | Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † | Bishop of Helsinki, Finland | Bishop Emeritus |
| 43.4 | Appointed | Paul Dumouchel, O.M.I. † | Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada | Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada |
| 43.4 | Appointed | Paul Dumouchel, O.M.I. † | Titular Bishop of Sufes | Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada |
| 53.0 | Appointed | André Lefèbvre, S.J. † | Vicar Apostolic of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 53.0 | Appointed | André Lefèbvre, S.J. † | Titular Bishop of Raphanea | Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 51.0 | Appointed | Joseph Asjiro Satowaki † | Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan |
| 45.4 | Appointed | Dominic Aloysius Vendargon † | Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 26 Feb | 82.4 | Died | Luis Adriano Díaz Melo † | Bishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia |
| 27 Feb | | Born | Justin Mulenga † | | Bishop of Mpika, Zambia |
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| Born | Stanislav Stolárik | | Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia |
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