The Year of Our Lord 1971

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 67.1 Appointed José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares † Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

2 Feb 43.0 Ordained Bishop Octavio Betancourt Arango † Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia

48.9 Appointed Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

47.3 Succeeded Américo Henriques † Bishop of Lamego, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Nova Lisboa, Angola

81.5 Retired João da Silva Campos Neves † Bishop of Lamego, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

84.3 Resigned Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena † Titular Bishop of Boseta Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México

4 Feb 22.6 Professed Aloísio Alberto Dilli, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

83.8 Resigned Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka † Titular Bishop of Belali Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan

Born Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R. Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina

76.5 Resigned Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † Titular Archbishop of Massa Lubrense Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan

6 Feb 49.8 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Bullet † Titular Bishop of Glavinitza Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

27.5 Ordained Priest Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M. Priest of Society of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)

7 Feb 53.1 Ordained Bishop Luciano Angeloni † Titular Archbishop of Vibo Apostolic Nuncio

45.2 Ordained Bishop François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. † Titular Bishop of Caudium Bishop of Créteil, France

39.3 Ordained Bishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe † Bishop of Chipata, Zambia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

8 Feb 49.1 Appointed Leonard James Crowley † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Leonard James Crowley † Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

74.0 Resigned William Joseph Smith † Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Succeeded Joseph Raymond Windle † Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

9 Feb 52.6 Appointed Juan Alfredo Arzube † Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Appointed Juan Alfredo Arzube † Titular Bishop of Civitate Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

10 Feb 75.4 Retired Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz † Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

11 Feb 55.4 Ordained Bishop Charles Roman Koester † Titular Bishop of Suacia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

12 Feb 46.0 Appointed Luciano José Cabral Duarte † Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

39.9 Appointed Rafael Montiano Lim † Bishop of Laoag, Philippines Bishop of Boac, Philippines

13 Feb 58.2 Succeeded Jean Hengen † Bishop of Luxembourg Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

55.7 Ordained Bishop Teodardo Leitz, O.F.M. † Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

78.0 Retired Léon Lommel † Bishop of Luxembourg Bishop Emeritus

14 Feb 47.2 Ordained Bishop Franco Brambilla † Titular Archbishop of Viminacium Apostolic Nuncio

26.6 Ordained Priest John Bura † Priest of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

15 Feb 47.1 Ordained Bishop José Julio Aguilar García † Titular Bishop of Bononia

16 Feb 68.7 Resigned Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India Apostolic Nuncio

Born Daniel Franck Nzika Bishop of Impfondo, Congo

17 Feb 43.4 Ordained Bishop Marianus Arokiasamy † Bishop of Kottar, India Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

23.4 Solemn Vows Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka

39.9 Appointed Bienvenido Solon Tudtud † Prelate of Iligan, Philippines Prelate of Marawi, Philippines

43.1 Appointed Jesus Yu Varela † Bishop of Ozamis, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines

18 Feb 76.6 Died Jaime de Barros Câmara † Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

69.7 Resigned Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles

86.6 Resigned Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa † Titular Bishop of Taborenta Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France

19 Feb Born Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt

79.0 Died Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

52.2 Appointed William Robert Johnson † Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Bishop of Orange in California, USA

52.2 Appointed William Robert Johnson † Titular Bishop of Blera Bishop of Orange in California, USA

20 Feb 40.7 Appointed Pius Suh Awa † Coadjutor Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

40.7 Appointed Pius Suh Awa † Titular Bishop of Auzegera Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon

39.0 Appointed Alexius Obabu Makozi † Auxiliary Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

39.0 Appointed Alexius Obabu Makozi † Titular Bishop of Fallaba Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

38.1 Incardinated Emílio Pignoli Priest of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

67.3 Appointed Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

28.5 Solemn Vows Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

21 Feb 38.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Henry Ganda † Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone

22 Feb Born Clement Papa Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

23 Feb Born Alfonso García López Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia

76.8 Died Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.4 Appointed Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado † Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France Bishop Emeritus

25 Feb 49.4 Appointed Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia

49.4 Appointed Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. † Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia

35.2 Appointed Alfonso López Trujillo † Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Bogotá, Colombia Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family

35.2 Appointed Alfonso López Trujillo † Titular Bishop of Boseta Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family

26 Feb Born Mirosław Milewski Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland

27 Feb 87.8 Died Daniel Llorente y Federico † Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

32.4 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Merisi Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy

Born Júlio César Souza de Jesus Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil

28 Feb 63.3 Died Joseph Mark Gopu † Archbishop of Hyderabad, India

44.5 Installed Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto † Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	67.1	Appointed	José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares †	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Octavio Betancourt Arango †	Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
48.9	Appointed	Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
47.3	Succeeded	Américo Henriques †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Lisboa, Angola
81.5	Retired	João da Silva Campos Neves †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
84.3	Resigned	Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena †	Titular Bishop of Boseta	Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
4 Feb	22.6	Professed	Aloísio Alberto Dilli, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
83.8	Resigned	Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka †	Titular Bishop of Belali	Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
	Born	Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R.		Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina
76.5	Resigned	Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi †	Titular Archbishop of Massa Lubrense	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
6 Feb	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Bullet †	Titular Bishop of Glavinitza	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
27.5	Ordained Priest	Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
7 Feb	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Angeloni †	Titular Archbishop of Vibo	Apostolic Nuncio
45.2	Ordained Bishop	François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †	Titular Bishop of Caudium	Bishop of Créteil, France
39.3	Ordained Bishop	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe †	Bishop of Chipata, Zambia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
8 Feb	49.1	Appointed	Leonard James Crowley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Leonard James Crowley †	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
74.0	Resigned	William Joseph Smith †	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Succeeded	Joseph Raymond Windle †	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb	52.6	Appointed	Juan Alfredo Arzube †	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	Juan Alfredo Arzube †	Titular Bishop of Civitate	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
10 Feb	75.4	Retired	Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz †	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Feb	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles Roman Koester †	Titular Bishop of Suacia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
12 Feb	46.0	Appointed	Luciano José Cabral Duarte †	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
39.9	Appointed	Rafael Montiano Lim †	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines	Bishop of Boac, Philippines
13 Feb	58.2	Succeeded	Jean Hengen †	Bishop of Luxembourg	Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Teodardo Leitz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
78.0	Retired	Léon Lommel †	Bishop of Luxembourg	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Franco Brambilla †	Titular Archbishop of Viminacium	Apostolic Nuncio
26.6	Ordained Priest	John Bura †	Priest of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	47.1	Ordained Bishop	José Julio Aguilar García †	Titular Bishop of Bononia
16 Feb	68.7	Resigned	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India	Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	Daniel Franck Nzika		Bishop of Impfondo, Congo
17 Feb	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Marianus Arokiasamy †	Bishop of Kottar, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
23.4	Solemn Vows	Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
39.9	Appointed	Bienvenido Solon Tudtud †	Prelate of Iligan, Philippines	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
43.1	Appointed	Jesus Yu Varela †	Bishop of Ozamis, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines
18 Feb	76.6	Died	Jaime de Barros Câmara †	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
69.7	Resigned	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
86.6	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa †	Titular Bishop of Taborenta	Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France
19 Feb		Born	Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh		Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
79.0	Died	Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
52.2	Appointed	William Robert Johnson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
52.2	Appointed	William Robert Johnson †	Titular Bishop of Blera	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
20 Feb	40.7	Appointed	Pius Suh Awa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
40.7	Appointed	Pius Suh Awa †	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
39.0	Appointed	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
39.0	Appointed	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Titular Bishop of Fallaba	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
38.1	Incardinated	Emílio Pignoli	Priest of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
67.3	Appointed	Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
28.5	Solemn Vows	Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Feb	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Henry Ganda †	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
22 Feb		Born	Clement Papa		Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
23 Feb		Born	Alfonso García López		Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
76.8	Died	Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.4	Appointed	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado †	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	49.4	Appointed	Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
49.4	Appointed	Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
35.2	Appointed	Alfonso López Trujillo †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
35.2	Appointed	Alfonso López Trujillo †	Titular Bishop of Boseta	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
26 Feb		Born	Mirosław Milewski		Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
27 Feb	87.8	Died	Daniel Llorente y Federico †	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
32.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Merisi	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
	Born	Júlio César Souza de Jesus		Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
28 Feb	63.3	Died	Joseph Mark Gopu †	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
44.5	Installed	Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto †	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus

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