The Year of Our Lord 1970

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	23.5	Ordained Priest	Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli †	Priest of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop
		Died	Aguado Arraux, I.E.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of El Petén, Guatemala
	54.4	Resigned	Conrad Henri Blanchet, M.S. †	Superior General of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Superior General Emeritus
	58.1	Ceased	Luigi Boccadoro †	Apostolic Administrator of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino, Italy
	80.0	Died	Joseph du Bouchet, S.J. †	Prefect Emeritus of Fort-Lamy, Chad
		Born	César Luis Caro Puértolas		Apostolic Administrator of San José del Amazonas, Peru
	62.3	Resigned	Alberto Castelli †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Vice President Emeritus
	56.2	Appointed	Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Montepulciano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
	75.0	Died	Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. †	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
	21.0	Entered	Robert Francis Christian, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Collin †	Priest	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Antonius "Toon" te Dorsthorst, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
	58.3	Appointed	Primo Gasbarri †	Apostolic Administrator of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
	59.0	Ceased	James Ambrose Kielt, S.S.C.M.E. †	Superior General of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Superior General Emeritus
		Born	John Lei Jiapei		Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
	60.3	Resigned	José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. †	Superior General of Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones Extranjeras	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia
	53.1	Resigned	Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Tagarbala
	62.0	Resigned	Jérôme (Joseph Emil) Malenfant, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Benares-Gorakhpur, India	Prefect Emeritus of Gorakhpur, India
	54.8	Resigned	Costante Maltoni †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan	Apostolic Nuncio
	42.7	Appointed	Eduardo Martínez Somalo †	Assessor of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
		Resigned	Ottorino Rolando, D.C. †	Superior General of Congregation of Christian Doctrine	Superior General Emeritus
		Resigned	Francesco Maria Savarese, O.M. †	Superior General of Order of the Minims	Superior General Emeritus
	48.8	Laicized	James Patrick Shannon †
	58.0	Resigned	Henry Systermans, SS.CC. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Superior General Emeritus
	68.2	Resigned	Wunibald (Godehard) Talleur, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	68.7	Resigned	Pietro Romualdo Maria Zilianti, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
1 Jan	60.3	Died	Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
2 Jan	68.7	Died	Carlo Baldini, O.M.D. †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Anthony Chirayath	Priest of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	62.2	Appointed	Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. †	Apostolic Administrator of Bambari, Central African Republic	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
	64.3	Appointed	Martien Antoon Jansen †	Titular Bishop of Basti	Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands
	64.3	Resigned	Martien Antoon Jansen †	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	73.6	Died	Patrick Harmon Shanley, O.C.D. †	Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
	51.0	Appointed	Joseph S. Thumma †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vijayawada, India	Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Appointed	Joseph S. Thumma †	Titular Bishop of Cunga Féichin	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India
3 Jan	58.3	Succeeded	George Joseph Biskup †	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Mitja Leskovar		Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of
	91.3	Died	Giuseppe Angelo Poli, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
	79.7	Appointed	Paul Clarence Schulte †	Titular Archbishop of Elicroca	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
	79.7	Resigned	Paul Clarence Schulte †	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Jan	47.1	Ordained Bishop	William Aquin Carew †	Titular Archbishop of Telde	Apostolic Nuncio
6 Jan	18.8	Professed	Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador
	52.8	Ordained Bishop	George Edward Lynch †	Titular Bishop of Satafi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Mankuzhikary †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri	Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India
	72.0	Died	Antonio Taffi †	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Jan	62.8	Died	Luís Eduardo García Rodríguez, M.X.Y. †	Prefect of Arauca, Colombia
8 Jan		Born	Mauricio Rueda Beltz		Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
9 Jan	44.7	Appointed	Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
	44.7	Appointed	Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho †	Titular Bishop of Ath Truim	Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
	45.8	Appointed	Andrzej Maria Deskur †	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	98.0	Died	Adam Hefter †	Bishop Emeritus of Gurk, Austria
	47.7	Appointed	Virgilio Noè †	Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations of the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
	45.4	Appointed	Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	45.4	Appointed	Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Illiberi	Bishop Emeritus of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
10 Jan		Born	David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea, O.P.		Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
11 Jan		Born	Peter Dai Bui		Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
12 Jan	46.2	Appointed	Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz †	Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	46.2	Appointed	Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz †	Titular Bishop of Acci	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	40.2	Appointed	Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Holguín, Cuba
	40.2	Appointed	Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez †	Titular Bishop of Novaliciana	Bishop Emeritus of Holguín, Cuba
13 Jan	84.6	Appointed	Marko Alaupović †	Titular Archbishop of Segisama	Archbishop Emeritus of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	84.6	Retired	Marko Alaupović †	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.1	Succeeded	Smiljan Franjo Čekada †	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	61.4	Installed	Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	81.3	Died	Georges Marie Paul Petit †	Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
		Born	Felipe Pulido López		Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
14 Jan	57.1	Appointed	Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Madera, Chihuahua, México	Prelate Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Egara	Prelate Emeritus of Madera, Chihuahua, México
	52.5	Appointed	Albin Małysiak, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.5	Appointed	Albin Małysiak, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Beatia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	47.4	Appointed	Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. †	Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México	Prelate Emeritus
	47.4	Appointed	Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari	Prelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
	54.6	Appointed	Stanislaw Smolenski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.6	Appointed	Stanislaw Smolenski †	Titular Bishop of Alava	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
		Born	Zbigniew Daniel Wołkowicz		Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
15 Jan	50.1	Appointed	Luigi Bongianino †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
15 Jan	62.1	Appointed	Francesco Brustia †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
16 Jan	74.0	Died	Philippe Côté, S.J. †	Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
	65.5	Appointed	Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin †	Titular Archbishop of Gurza	Apostolic Nuncio
	65.5	Appointed	Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia	Apostolic Nuncio
17 Jan		Born	Michael Gerber		Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	21.7	Professed	Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M.	Member of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
		Born	Kevin James Sweeney		Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
	55.3	Appointed	Domenico Vacchiano †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
18 Jan	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Shinichi Itonaga †	Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Mulligan †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan	78.9	Died	León Buenaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
20 Jan	51.2	Appointed	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
20 Jan	51.2	Appointed	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Titular Archbishop of Mentesa	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
21 Jan	75.5	Died	Joseph Attipetty †	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
	58.6	Appointed	Antonio D’Erchia †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
	60.1	Succeeded	Timothy Finbar Manning †	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	83.5	Retired	James Francis Aloysius McIntyre †	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Radosław Orchowicz		Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
23 Jan	56.5	Installed	Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	27.3	Ordained Priest	Gregorio Rosa Chávez	Priest of San Miguel, El Salvador	Cardinal, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
25 Jan	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Santo Bergamo †	Titular Bishop of Sasabe	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Cardenal Fernández †	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
	57.8	Installed	Paolo Ghizzoni †	Apostolic Administrator of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Takaaki Hirayama †	Bishop of Oita, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jan	57.2	Resigned	Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	67.9	Appointed	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Titular Archbishop of Celene	Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	67.9	Resigned	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.1	Resigned	Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	41.3	Appointed	Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández †	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Jan	50.4	Appointed	Edward Dennis Head †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
	50.4	Appointed	Edward Dennis Head †	Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
	43.0	Appointed	Francis Thomas Hurley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
	43.0	Appointed	Francis Thomas Hurley †	Titular Bishop of Daimlaig	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
		Born	Ignatius Wu Jianlin		Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
30 Jan	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
31 Jan	73.0	Appointed	Eduardo Martinez González †	Titular Bishop of Segia	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain
	73.0	Resigned	Eduardo Martinez González †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	70.2	Appointed	Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier †	Titular Bishop of Saetabis	Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
	70.2	Resigned	Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	33.4	Ordained Priest	Roberto Rodríguez †	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina

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