The Year of Our Lord 1978

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	71.3	Resigned	John Boerkamp, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Jammu and Kashmir, India	Prefect Emeritus
	20.7	Entered	Núria Calduch-Benages, M.H.S.F.N.	Member of Misioneras Hijas de la Sagrada Familia de Nazaret	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
	24.4	Entered	Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno	Member of Emmanuel Community	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
		Died	[ Dong Wen-long] †	Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
	15.5	Entered	Aurelio Gazzera, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic
	54.5	Appointed	Vekoslav Grmič †	Administrator of Maribor, Slovenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Basile Kanakri	Patriarchal Vicar of Iraq (Melkite Greek)	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Kuwait (Melkite Greek)
	27.1	Ordained Deacon	Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M.	Deacon of Society of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	23.0	Professed	Nikolaus Messmer, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
	67.5	Ceased	Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Derna, Libya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
		Died	[ Shi Ming-liang] †	Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
	25.6	Ordained Deacon	Philippos Stephanos Thottathil	Deacon of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop of Saint Mary, Queen of Peace (Syro-Malankara), USA
	26.0	Professed	Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
Jan	25.9	Ordained Deacon	Fernand Joseph Cheri III, O.F.M. †	Deacon of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	58.5	Appointed	Giovanni Mariani †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio
	54.4	Appointed	Marco René Revelo Contreras †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
	60.9	Installed	Giuseppe Vairo †	Archbishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
1 Jan	21.0	Professed	João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
2 Jan	48.8	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Costello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Costello †	Titular Bishop of Perdices	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
	58.9	Installed	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
3 Jan	46.4	Appointed	Luiz Colussi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	46.4	Appointed	Luiz Colussi †	Titular Bishop of Gor	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	46.7	Appointed	Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	41.5	Appointed	José Martins da Silva, S.D.N. †	Prelate of Vila Rondônia, Rondonia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
	73.8	Resigned	Hubert Michael Newell †	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	53.3	Appointed	Geraldo Majela Reis †	Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5 Jan	53.0	Appointed	Ubaldo Calabresi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Apostolic Nuncio
5 Jan	62.2	Resigned	Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia †	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Prelate Emeritus of Los Ríos, Ecuador
7 Jan	27.2	Ordained Priest	Fidèle Agbatchi	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
	25.0	Ordained Priest	João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Irineu Roque Scherer †	Priest of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
8 Jan	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Felix Eugenio Mkhori †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
10 Jan	49.4	Appointed	Lawrence James McNamara †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	52.1	Resigned	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
11 Jan	78.5	Installed	František Tomášek †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
13 Jan	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Anthony Ferrario †	Titular Bishop of Cusae	Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
15 Jan	55.5	Resigned	Luis Baldo Riva, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Sarda	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru
	51.7	Installed	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Sodano †	Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
		Died	[John Xia Xue-qian] †	Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China
16 Jan	47.2	Appointed	Jerónimo Tomás Abreu Herrera †	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pavlo Honcharuk		Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
	41.2	Appointed	Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	89.0	Died	Luciano Marcante †	Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
17 Jan	82.7	Died	Juliusz Bieniek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
	48.4	Resigned	Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Apisa Maius	Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibambilla, Peru
	46.5	Resigned	Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	23.5	Professed	Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil
	23.1	Perpetual Vows	Paul Rouhana, O.L.M.	Member of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)	Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
	58.7	Died	Sotero Sanz Villalba †	Apostolic Delegate to México
	20.9	Professed	Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
18 Jan	25.2	Ordained Priest	José Edson Santana de Oliveira	Priest of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Eunápolis, Bahia, Brazil
	47.9	Appointed	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
	59.8	Appointed	Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †	Archbishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
19 Jan	64.3	Appointed	Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
20 Jan	38.6	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquín Troconis Montiel	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus
21 Jan	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Luigi Mondello	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
21 Jan	27.2	Ordained Priest	Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
22 Jan	63.2	Died	Stepan Chmil, S.D.B. †	Bishop
24 Jan	65.9	Appointed	Emanuele Romano †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Rosales Dean	Titular Bishop of Thuccabora	Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines
	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nabala	Archbishop Emeritus of Ozamiz, Philippines
	61.3	Ceased	Guerino Luigi Grimaldi †	Apostolic Administrator of Acerra, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
	55.0	Appointed	Antonio Riboldi, I.C. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jan	46.9	Appointed	Rafael Montiano Lim †	Bishop of Boac, Philippines
	63.2	Appointed	Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	63.2	Appointed	Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Bennefa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
27 Jan	72.6	Appointed	Francesco Carpino †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
29 Jan	61.7	Appointed	Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México
29 Jan	61.7	Appointed	Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo †	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México
30 Jan	44.6	Appointed	Savarinathan Michael Augustine †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
	44.6	Appointed	Savarinathan Michael Augustine †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
	76.3	Retired	Jerome M. Fernandez †	Bishop of Quilon, India	Bishop Emeritus
	52.3	Appointed	Joseph Gabriel Fernandez †	Bishop of Quilon, India	Bishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †	Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †	Patriarch of East Indies, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
	52.8	Appointed	Antonio José González Zumárraga †	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	66.3	Resigned	Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán †	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
	55.0	Appointed	John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	51.3	Appointed	Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
	60.6	Appointed	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	75.3	Retired	Ángel Hidalgo Ibáñez †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	José Méndez Asensio †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
2 Feb	17.7	Entered	Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.	Member of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	23.6	Professed	Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
	19.1	Professed	Vilson Dias de Oliveira, D.C.	Member of Congregation of Christian Doctrine	Bishop Emeritus of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	96.3	Died	Domenico Petroni †	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis Phạm Văn Nẫm †	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Conrado Walter, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Bishop Emeritus of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
3 Feb	53.7	Appointed	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of El Petén, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
5 Feb	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †	Titular Bishop of Umbriatico	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Albert Kanene Obiefuna †	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria
	46.1	Installed	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
7 Feb	56.5	Appointed	François Abou Mokh, B.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Curial Bishop Emeritus
	56.5	Appointed	François Abou Mokh, B.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	72.2	Died	Clemente Carranza y López †	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
	57.4	Appointed	Elias Nijmé, B.A. †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Girolamo Prigione †	Apostolic Delegate to México	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Feb	63.2	Appointed	Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Esteli, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
9 Feb	52.7	Appointed	James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
9 Feb	52.7	Appointed	James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Gibba	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
10 Feb	57.1	Died	Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. †	Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru
11 Feb	30.1	Ordained Priest	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	47.7	Appointed	Serafino Sprovieri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
	47.7	Appointed	Serafino Sprovieri †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
13 Feb	68.4	Died	Anastasio Granados García †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
15 Feb	48.9	Resigned	Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. †	Titular Bishop of Velefi	Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
	50.0	Resigned	Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
	70.8	Appointed	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
	86.1	Retired	Giuseppe Franciolini †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	43.5	Appointed	Luciano Giovannetti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
	43.5	Appointed	Luciano Giovannetti †	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
	65.2	Resigned	Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Egara	Prelate Emeritus of Madera, Chihuahua, México
	55.3	Resigned	Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Sesta	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México
	48.8	Resigned	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †	Titular Bishop of Santa Giusta	Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
	58.8	Resigned	Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dusa	Prelate Emeritus of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México
	55.5	Resigned	Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari	Prelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
17 Feb	43.4	Appointed	Eusebius Joseph Beltran	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Soter Fernandez †	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	78.4	Died	Johannes Rüth, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
18 Feb	24.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Malcolm Brignall	Priest of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain
	43.2	Resigned	Fernando Robles Capalla †	Titular Bishop of Grumentum	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
	55.5	Resigned	Henricus Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Prelate Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
	55.6	Resigned	Federico Ocampo Escaler, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Prelate Emeritus of Ipil, Philippines
	65.2	Resigned	Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Fata	Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Maximilian Goffart †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	51.5	Resigned	Julio Xavier Lizares Labayen Jr., O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Sinnuara	Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
	62.2	Resigned	Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Caliabria	Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
19 Feb	82.6	Died	Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
21 Feb	56.1	Resigned	Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez †	Titular Archbishop of Alexanum	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
21 Feb		Born	Rocco Ronzani, O.S.A.		Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
23 Feb	63.8	Died	Eugéne Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
23 Feb	75.5	Died	Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
25 Feb	25.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Carlos Cipolini	Priest of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Feb	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
26 Feb	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Philip Ekka, S.J. †	Bishop of Ambikapur, India	Bishop Emeritus of Raipur, India
26 Feb	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Michael Ugwu Eneja †	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	43.2	Appointed	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
	43.2	Appointed	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
	77.3	Retired	Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Mombasa, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	38.4	Appointed	Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	60.1	Appointed	Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.1	Appointed	Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Buxentum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
	41.9	Appointed	Nicodemus Kirima †	Bishop of Mombasa, Kenya	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
	35.6	Appointed	Zacchaeus Okoth	Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
	53.5	Appointed	Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I.	Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	58.1	Died	Denis Ngande †	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
	58.7	Appointed	Mario Revollo Bravo †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Frank Joseph Rodimer †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	Peter Anthony Rosazza	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	Peter Anthony Rosazza	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Novum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	76.2	Retired	Alfredo Rubio Diaz †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.5	Appointed	Philip Sulumeti	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus

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