The Year of Our Lord 1973

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Feb 42.3 Appointed Michele Giordano † Apostolic Administrator of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

1 Feb 53.2 Appointed Umberto Florenzani † Bishop of Ferentino, Italy Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy

Born Stanislaus Min Ko Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar

63.0 Died Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

2 Feb 76.5 Resigned Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. † Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

64.3 Appointed Giuseppe Casoria † Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship

85.0 Died Oreste Rauzi † Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy

20.2 Professed Wilmar Santin, O. Carm. Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil

47.2 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Snyder † Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

43.5 Ordained Bishop Henri Antoine Marie Teissier † Bishop of Oran, Algeria Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria

3 Feb 26.2 Professed Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S. † Member of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil

7 Feb 44.5 Ordained Bishop Bernard James Ganter † Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA

57.3 Succeeded Federico Guba Limon, S.V.D. † Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

70.7 Resigned Mariano Aspiras Madriaga † Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

77.8 Resigned Luigi Traglia † Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals

8 Feb 45.8 Appointed Roger-Alfred Despatie † Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

41.6 Appointed Joseph Leopold Imesch † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

41.6 Appointed Joseph Leopold Imesch † Titular Bishop of Pomaria Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

60.0 Appointed Arthur Henry Krawczak † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.0 Appointed Arthur Henry Krawczak † Titular Bishop of Subbar Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

51.3 Ceased Jacques Landriault † Apostolic Administrator of Hearst, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

44.0 Ordained Bishop Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez † Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

10 Feb 59.8 Appointed Gilberto Baroni † Bishop of Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

Born Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay

55.0 Appointed Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. † Bishop of Girardot, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia

70.2 Resigned Giovanni Battista Dal Prà † Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

92.7 Died Fidel García Martínez † Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain

53.1 Appointed Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

60.7 Appointed Luigi Rovigatti † Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

60.7 Appointed Luigi Rovigatti † Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

60.7 Resigned Luigi Rovigatti † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

11 Feb 38.2 Ordained Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun † Titular Bishop of Thunigaba Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria

73.8 Appointed Alberto Carinci † Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

21.7 First Vows José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. † Member of Sons of Divine Providence Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil

52.1 Ordained Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Naha, Japan Bishop Emeritus

19.8 Professed Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M. Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil

Born Ephrem Ndjoni Bishop of Franceville, Gabon

58.3 Appointed Aurelio Sorrentino † Archbishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy

12 Feb 90.2 Died Innocenzo Alfredo Russo, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Bovino, Italy

13 Feb Born Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M. Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa

14 Feb Born Simon Kulli † Bishop of Sapë, Albania

15 Feb 89.0 Died Achille Liénart † Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

79.0 Died Michael O’Reilly † Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada

16 Feb 66.2 Died Luigi Cicuttini † Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy

69.0 Died Clarence Edward Elwell † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

59.4 Appointed Armido Gasparini, F.S.C.J. † Prefect of Awasa, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia

62.9 Died Paweł Latusek † Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

50.5 Appointed Czeslaw Lewandowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Czeslaw Lewandowski † Titular Bishop of Fidoloma Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

67.0 Resigned Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Awasa, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia

67.0 Resigned Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Hosanna, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia

17 Feb 72.2 Died John Farmer Healy † Bishop of Gibraltar

19 Feb 29.3 Ordained Priest Peter John Elliott † Priest of Melbourne, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Jozef Feranec † Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Július Gábriš † Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia

59.2 Appointed Július Gábriš † Titular Bishop of Decoriana Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia

61.0 Appointed Ján Pásztor † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

67.3 Appointed Josef Vrana † Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia

67.3 Appointed Josef Vrana † Titular Bishop of Octabia Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia

20 Feb 54.0 Resigned Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

21 Feb 57.3 Ordained Bishop John Anthony Kelly † Titular Bishop of Zucchabar Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

47.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas Francis Little † Titular Bishop of Temuniana Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

56.6 Ordained Bishop Eric Gerard Perkins † Titular Bishop of Verrona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

22 Feb 55.9 Resigned Clemens P. Chabukasansha † Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia Archbishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Daniele Ferrari † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Teresio Ferraroni † Apostolic Administrator of Como, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Resigned Henri Marie Charles Gufflet † Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France

Born Valter Magno de Carvalho Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

52.6 Resigned Luigi Maverna † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy

53.5 Ordained Bishop Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes † Titular Bishop of Assava Bishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México

23 Feb 56.4 Appointed Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana † Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Río Cuarto, Argentina

66.7 Appointed Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Eguga Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia

66.7 Appointed Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. † Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia

66.7 Resigned Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. † Bishop of Larantuka, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

24 Feb 46.0 Ordained Bishop Ludwig Averkamp † Titular Bishop of Thapsus Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

39.9 Ordained Bishop Reinhard Lettmann † Titular Bishop of Rotaria Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

55.2 Installed Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. † Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

42.6 Appointed Jesus Balaso Tuquib † Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

46.5 Ordained Bishop Max Georg von Twickel † Titular Bishop of Lugura Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

25 Feb 60.6 Ordained Bishop Krikor Ayvazian † Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Ordained Bishop Alfredo Battisti † Archbishop of Udine, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

64.1 Ordained Bishop Karl Berg † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria Archbishop Emeritus

79.5 Retired Carlo Confalonieri † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals

46.0 Ordained Bishop Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. † Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Born Mario Andrés Salas Becerra, O. de M. Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

Born Getahun Fanta Shikune, C.M. Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia

51.9 Ordained Bishop Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran

26 Feb 59.7 Appointed Sebastiano Baggio † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

47.7 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Titular Archbishop of Carpi Apostolic Nuncio

47.7 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea Apostolic Nuncio

50.7 Appointed Bernardin Gantin † Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

57.5 Appointed Antonio Innocenti † Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

49.0 Appointed Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy † Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

78.0 Retired Paolo Marella † President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

27 Feb 57.3 Died Altino Ribeiro de Santana † Bishop of Beira, Mozambique

46.7 Appointed Georges Rol † Coadjutor Bishop of Angoulême, France Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Georges Rol † Titular Bishop of Gabii Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

28 Feb 68.3 Resigned Maximilien de Fürstenberg † Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

77.4 Died Thomas Niu Huiqing (Niu Hui-ching) † Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Feb	42.3	Appointed	Michele Giordano †	Apostolic Administrator of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
1 Feb	53.2	Appointed	Umberto Florenzani †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
	Born	Stanislaus Min Ko		Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar
63.0	Died	Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
2 Feb	76.5	Resigned	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
64.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Casoria †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship
85.0	Died	Oreste Rauzi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy
20.2	Professed	Wilmar Santin, O. Carm.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
47.2	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Snyder †	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Henri Antoine Marie Teissier †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
3 Feb	26.2	Professed	Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
7 Feb	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bernard James Ganter †	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
57.3	Succeeded	Federico Guba Limon, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
70.7	Resigned	Mariano Aspiras Madriaga †	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
77.8	Resigned	Luigi Traglia †	Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
8 Feb	45.8	Appointed	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
41.6	Appointed	Joseph Leopold Imesch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
41.6	Appointed	Joseph Leopold Imesch †	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
60.0	Appointed	Arthur Henry Krawczak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.0	Appointed	Arthur Henry Krawczak †	Titular Bishop of Subbar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
51.3	Ceased	Jacques Landriault †	Apostolic Administrator of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez †	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
10 Feb	59.8	Appointed	Gilberto Baroni †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
	Born	Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia		Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay
55.0	Appointed	Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
70.2	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Dal Prà †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
92.7	Died	Fidel García Martínez †	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
53.1	Appointed	Santo Bartolomeo Quadri †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
60.7	Appointed	Luigi Rovigatti †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
60.7	Appointed	Luigi Rovigatti †	Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
60.7	Resigned	Luigi Rovigatti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
11 Feb	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Julius Babatunde Adelakun †	Titular Bishop of Thunigaba	Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria
73.8	Appointed	Alberto Carinci †	Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
21.7	First Vows	José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. †	Member of Sons of Divine Providence	Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Naha, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
19.8	Professed	Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
	Born	Ephrem Ndjoni		Bishop of Franceville, Gabon
58.3	Appointed	Aurelio Sorrentino †	Archbishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
12 Feb	90.2	Died	Innocenzo Alfredo Russo, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bovino, Italy
13 Feb		Born	Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M.		Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
14 Feb		Born	Simon Kulli †		Bishop of Sapë, Albania
15 Feb	89.0	Died	Achille Liénart †	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
79.0	Died	Michael O’Reilly †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
16 Feb	66.2	Died	Luigi Cicuttini †	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
69.0	Died	Clarence Edward Elwell †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
59.4	Appointed	Armido Gasparini, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect of Awasa, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
62.9	Died	Paweł Latusek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
50.5	Appointed	Czeslaw Lewandowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Czeslaw Lewandowski †	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
67.0	Resigned	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Awasa, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
67.0	Resigned	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Hosanna, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
17 Feb	72.2	Died	John Farmer Healy †	Bishop of Gibraltar
19 Feb	29.3	Ordained Priest	Peter John Elliott †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Jozef Feranec †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Július Gábriš †	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
59.2	Appointed	Július Gábriš †	Titular Bishop of Decoriana	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
61.0	Appointed	Ján Pásztor †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
67.3	Appointed	Josef Vrana †	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia
67.3	Appointed	Josef Vrana †	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia
20 Feb	54.0	Resigned	Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
21 Feb	57.3	Ordained Bishop	John Anthony Kelly †	Titular Bishop of Zucchabar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Francis Little †	Titular Bishop of Temuniana	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Eric Gerard Perkins †	Titular Bishop of Verrona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
22 Feb	55.9	Resigned	Clemens P. Chabukasansha †	Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Daniele Ferrari †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Teresio Ferraroni †	Apostolic Administrator of Como, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Resigned	Henri Marie Charles Gufflet †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
	Born	Valter Magno de Carvalho		Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
52.6	Resigned	Luigi Maverna †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes †	Titular Bishop of Assava	Bishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México
23 Feb	56.4	Appointed	Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana †	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Río Cuarto, Argentina
66.7	Appointed	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
66.7	Appointed	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
66.7	Resigned	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Larantuka, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Ludwig Averkamp †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Reinhard Lettmann †	Titular Bishop of Rotaria	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
55.2	Installed	Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
42.6	Appointed	Jesus Balaso Tuquib †	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Max Georg von Twickel †	Titular Bishop of Lugura	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
25 Feb	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Krikor Ayvazian †	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Battisti †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
64.1	Ordained Bishop	Karl Berg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
79.5	Retired	Carlo Confalonieri †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	Born	Mario Andrés Salas Becerra, O. de M.		Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
	Born	Getahun Fanta Shikune, C.M.		Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
26 Feb	59.7	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
47.7	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Titular Archbishop of Carpi	Apostolic Nuncio
47.7	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea	Apostolic Nuncio
50.7	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
57.5	Appointed	Antonio Innocenti †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
49.0	Appointed	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †	Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
78.0	Retired	Paolo Marella †	President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
27 Feb	57.3	Died	Altino Ribeiro de Santana †	Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
46.7	Appointed	Georges Rol †	Coadjutor Bishop of Angoulême, France	Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Georges Rol †	Titular Bishop of Gabii	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
28 Feb	68.3	Resigned	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
77.4	Died	Thomas Niu Huiqing (Niu Hui-ching) †	Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China

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