The Year of Our Lord 1977

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	21.5	Entered	John Barwa, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
	57.1	Ordained Priest	Karel Chytil †	Priest	Bishop
	50.6	Resigned	Jude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Abbot Emeritus
	51.6	Resigned	Enzio d’Antonio †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
	27.0	Entered	Robert Matthew Festing, S.M.O.M. †	Member of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta	Grand Master Emeritus
	52.4	Resigned	João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †	Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
	56.7	Appointed	Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Guamá, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil
		Died	[Tarcisius Guo Ze-qian] †	Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
	81.0	Died	Ludwig Haag, M. Afr. †	Prefect Emeritus of Tukuyu, Tanzania
		Died	Josef Jindra †	Bishop
	59.0	Resigned	Clément Ignace Mansourati †	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	52.5	Appointed	Miroslav Stefan Marusyn †	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	27.5	Professed	Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Maurice Monier	Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Pro-Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	38.0	Incardinated	Paul Kazuhiro Mori †	Priest of Tōkyō, Japan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Prefect Emeritus
	61.8	Ceased	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †	Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
	75.6	Ceased	Luigi Ricceri, S.D.B. †	Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Rector Major Emeritus
	61.4	Ceased	Louis Joseph Secondo, T.O.R. †	Minister General of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Minister General Emeritus
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Angelo Spina	Deacon of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
	69.8	Resigned	Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	19.5	Entered	Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
		Died	Wang Ju-guang (Wong Juguang) †	Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China
	28.8	Incardinated	[Anthony D. Ward], S.S.F.	Priest of [Servants of the Holy Family (SSF)]	Bishop
1 Jan	28.5	Ordained Priest	Aloísio Alberto Dilli, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 Jan	69.1	Died	José de Jesús Arango Velázquez, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
2 Jan	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Einaudi †	Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana	Apostolic Nuncio
3 Jan	42.1	Appointed	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Apostolic Exarch of France (Armenian)	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	42.1	Appointed	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Titular Bishop of Amida degli Armeni	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	55.7	Appointed	Arturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan		Born	Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez		Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	56.9	Died	Vasco Séirécov †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	40.7	Appointed	Edgardo Gabriel Storni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
	40.7	Appointed	Edgardo Gabriel Storni †	Titular Bishop of Croae	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
6 Jan	60.4	Appointed	Fiorenzo Angelini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
7 Jan	74.6	Died	Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion †	Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
8 Jan	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé †	Bishop of Sikasso, Mali
8 Jan	25.9	Ordained Priest	Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia
9 Jan	27.5	Ordained Priest	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Priest of Association of Priests of Prado	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfons Demming †	Titular Bishop of Gordus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Armando Franco †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Wöste †	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
11 Jan	74.5	Retired	Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka †	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	92.2	Died	James Edward Kearney †	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
13 Jan	31.9	Ordained Priest	Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado	Priest of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
15 Jan	89.4	Retired	Raffaele Campelli †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Robert Daniel Conlon	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
	58.6	Appointed	Costanzo Micci †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
16 Jan	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Mutugenna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
17 Jan	57.3	Died	José Maria Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
17 Jan	48.3	Appointed	James Steven Rausch †	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
20 Jan	22.6	Professed	Severino Clasen, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
21 Jan		Born	Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C.		Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
21 Jan	25.7	Perpetual Vows	Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization
22 Jan	72.6	Died	Franco Costa †	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
22 Jan	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Laurence Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Broken Bay, Australia
23 Jan	29.4	Ordained Priest	Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Leribe, Lesotho
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Vincent Kympat †	Priest of Shillong, India	Bishop of Jowai, India
	21.0	Professed	Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P.	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil
24 Jan	55.2	Appointed	Adolfo Gerstner †	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	26.3	Perpetual Vows	Tarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Jan	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Vincent Dudley †	Titular Bishop of Ursona	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
	39.6	Ordained Bishop	John Francis Kinney †	Titular Bishop of Caprulae	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	43.7	Appointed	João Oneres Marchiori †	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	68.8	Installed	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Jan		Born	Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E.		Bishop of Oran, Algeria
26 Jan	86.9	Died	Salvatore Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru
27 Jan	47.6	Appointed	Bernard Hubert †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
30 Jan	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Cyriaque Siméon Obamba †	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	77.8	Retired	Alberto Carinci †	Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.7	Succeeded	Enzio d’Antonio †	Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Fabio Martínez Castilla †	Priest of Yucatán, México	Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
	79.0	Died	Giacomo Palombella †	Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy
	47.1	Appointed	Oriano Quilici †	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
	75.7	Retired	Luigi Rinaldi †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Feb	56.0	Resigned	Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. †	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
1 Feb	38.2	Appointed	Howard James Hubbard †	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	22.1	Professed	Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P.	Member of Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza	Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Lélis Lara, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	23.2	Professed	José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3 Feb	75.7	Resigned	Luis Chávez y González †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.9	Appointed	Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †	Bishop of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
	53.9	Resigned	Eurico Dias Nogueira †	Bishop of Sá da Bandeira, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	51.9	Appointed	Alexandre do Nascimento †	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	55.4	Appointed	Manuel Franklin da Costa †	Archbishop of Huambo, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
	66.4	Resigned	Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. †	Bishop of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
	46.8	Appointed	Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	46.8	Appointed	Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong †	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	75.4	Retired	Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty †	Bishop of Lwena, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	55.2	Appointed	Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa †	Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola	Bishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola
	59.4	Appointed	St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
	53.4	Appointed	Eugénio Salessu †	Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Henricus Joachim Hubertus Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp. †	Apostolic Administrator of Same, Tanzania	Prefect Emeritus of Same, Tanzania
	55.3	Resigned	Henricus Joachim Hubertus Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Same, Tanzania	Prefect Emeritus
	51.7	Appointed	Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †	Archbishop of Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Feb	76.9	Resigned	Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. †	Prelate of Guamá, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
6 Feb	64.4	Installed	Francis James Harrison †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	72.7	Died	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
8 Feb	28.6	Ordained Priest	Dominic Lumon	Priest of Kohima, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India
9 Feb	76.1	Retired	Filippo Aglialoro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Titular Bishop of Amida degli Armeni	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
13 Feb	51.2	Ordained Bishop	António José Rafael †	Titular Bishop of Budua	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal
14 Feb	63.1	Installed	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Eparch of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA	Eparch Emeritus
15 Feb	47.0	Appointed	Robert Edward Mulvee †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
15 Feb	47.0	Appointed	Robert Edward Mulvee †	Titular Bishop of Summa	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
16 Feb	46.6	Appointed	Émile Marcus, P.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
	46.6	Appointed	Émile Marcus, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
	74.9	Retired	Joseph Thomas McGucken †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.8	Appointed	John Raphael Quinn †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	42.9	Appointed	William Stephen Skylstad	Bishop of Yakima, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
19 Feb	71.1	Resigned	José Bascuñana y López †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Duran Moreno †	Titular Bishop of Tamagrista	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
	60.1	Appointed	João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda †	Titular Bishop of Tragurium	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
20 Feb	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Flynn †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Severinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia
22 Feb	52.4	Appointed	Giovanni Locatelli †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Giovanni Locatelli †	Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
	59.5	Installed	St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
24 Feb	55.4	Appointed	Paulos Tzadua †	Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
24 Feb	72.8	Retired	Asrate Mariam Yemmeru †	Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Feb	32.2	Incardinated	Mathew Arackal	Priest of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	36.4	Appointed	Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I.	Bishop of Pala, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
	39.5	Appointed	Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.9	Appointed	Paulinus Jeerakath, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India
	54.2	Appointed	Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. †	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I.	Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	58.0	Died	Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †	Bishop Emeritus of Atakpamé, Togo
	63.9	Appointed	Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	John Perumattam, M.S.T. †	Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	56.9	Appointed	Simon Ignatius Pimenta †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	56.9	Appointed	Simon Ignatius Pimenta †	Titular Archbishop of Bocconia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
	73.1	Retired	Matthew Pothanamuzhi †	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Joseph Powathil †	Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
	40.4	Appointed	George Punnakottil	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
	67.8	Appointed	Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Ngong, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Marek Szkudło	Deacon of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
28 Feb	42.9	Appointed	Mario Joseph Conti †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
	55.5	Appointed	James Joseph Daly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.5	Appointed	James Joseph Daly †	Titular Bishop of Castra Nova	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	50.5	Appointed	Javier Osés Flamarique †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	53.5	Appointed	Gerald Augustine John Ryan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	53.5	Appointed	Gerald Augustine John Ryan †	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

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