The Year of Our Lord 1979

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	18.0	First Vows	Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. †	Member of Order of Imitation of Christ	Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India
	73.7	Retired	Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	24.2	Perpetual Vows	Hanna G. Alwan, M.L.	Member of Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries (Maronite)	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	20.6	Entered	Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
	18.8	Professed	Róbert Bezák, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop Emeritus of Trnava, Slovakia
	58.9	Resigned	Donaldo Gonzalo Chávez Núñez †	Titular Bishop of Giru Mons
	73.6	Resigned	Anthony Zhou Weidao (Chow Wei-tao), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China	Bishop Emeritus
	65.2	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Coudray, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kankan, Guinea	Prefect Emeritus
	28.1	Perpetual Vows	Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.	Member of Congregation of St. Basil	Bishop Emeritus of London, Ontario, Canada
	49.1	Resigned	François-Marie-Christian Favreau †	Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae	Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
	47.1	Selected	[Michael Fu Tie-shan] †	Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
	19.7	First Vows	Georges Salim Khawam, S.M.S.P.	Member of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	37.4	Incardinated	François Lapierre	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
	24.8	Perpetual Vows	Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.	Member of Antonin Maronite Order (Maronite)	Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel
	72.3	Resigned	Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. †	Superior of Baghdad, Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
	25.3	Ordained Deacon	David Gerard O’Connell †	Deacon of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	21.4	Ordained Deacon	Santiago Sánchez Sebastián, O.A.R.	Deacon of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
	74.4	Retired	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Vicar Apostolic of Belgium, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
	66.6	Died	Giuseppe Turbessi, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
	33.7	Perpetual Vows	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military
	19.4	Entered	Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Chimbote, Peru
2 Jan	44.5	Appointed	Rubén López Ardón	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jan	22.4	Entered	Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U.	Member of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
5 Jan	28.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Shin Eun-geun	Priest of Masan, Korea (South)
6 Jan	53.4	Installed	Marco Cé †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Czeslaw Kozon	Priest of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark	Bishop
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Antoni Macharski †	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
7 Jan	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Cristiano Jakob Krapf	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan	51.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M. †	Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus
	49.2	Appointed	Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez †	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	71.4	Resigned	Josef Stangl †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Francis Joseph Walmsley †	Bishop of Great Britain, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Francis Joseph Walmsley †	Titular Bishop of Tamalluma	Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
10 Jan	59.2	Appointed	Joseph Nguyễn Tùng Cương †	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
10 Jan	58.2	Appointed	Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp †	Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	46.7	Appointed	George Mamalassery †	Bishop of Tura, India	Bishop Emeritus
	72.3	Ceased	Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Tura, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
	38.7	Appointed	Anthony Peter Mayalla †	Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania	Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
	44.9	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	Assessor of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	62.1	Resigned	John James Rudin, M.M. †	Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	41.3	Appointed	Laurent Yapi †	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
14 Jan	73.0	Died	José Bascuñana y López †	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Mario Miglietta †	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
15 Jan	65.8	Resigned	Doroteo Fernández y Fernández †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Appointed	Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	77.1	Died	Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam
17 Jan	24.3	Ordained Priest	Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez	Priest of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
17 Jan	66.8	Appointed	Bruno Wüstenberg †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
19 Jan	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Edmundo Madarang Abaya †	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
19 Jan	31.0	Professed	Jan de Groef, M. Afr.	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
20 Jan	56.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Laigueglia †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cuba	Apostolic Nuncio
20 Jan	52.4	Appointed	Antonio Nuzzi †	Apostolic Administrator of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy
21 Jan	42.2	Installed	Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
22 Jan	52.5	Installed	Emanuele Catarinicchia †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
22 Jan	67.3	Resigned	Primo Gasbarri †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	48.5	Appointed	John Edward McCarthy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA
23 Jan	48.5	Appointed	John Edward McCarthy †	Titular Bishop of Petina	Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA
24 Jan	55.8	Appointed	José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Chota, Peru
24 Jan	20.7	Professed	Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
25 Jan	47.0	Appointed	John Joseph Nevins †	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Venice, Florida, USA
25 Jan	47.0	Appointed	John Joseph Nevins †	Titular Bishop of Rusticiana	Bishop Emeritus of Venice, Florida, USA
26 Jan	72.7	Died	Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
27 Jan	75.9	Died	Ramón José Castellano †	Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Dao †	Bishop of Kayes, Mali	Bishop Emeritus
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Troyna	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
28 Jan	51.6	Installed	Franciszek Antoni Macharski †	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jan	50.5	Installed	Thomas Nkuissi †	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jan	49.2	Appointed	José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
	49.2	Appointed	José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
	64.1	Died	Reginald John Delargey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	53.2	Appointed	Patrício José Hanrahan, C.Ss.R. †	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
30 Jan	66.0	Resigned	Romeo Roy Blanchette †	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	50.0	Installed	Edmundo Madarang Abaya †	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	37.7	Appointed	Edward Ozorowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
	37.7	Appointed	Edward Ozorowski †	Titular Bishop of Bitettum	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
Feb	57.5	Resigned	James Richard Ham, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2 Feb	25.5	Professed	Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
	27.0	First Vows	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. †	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
	64.0	Died	Giuseppe Moizo †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
	55.0	Appointed	Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
	55.0	Appointed	Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau †	Titular Bishop of Gunela	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
	48.4	Appointed	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	48.4	Appointed	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	Titular Bishop of Usula	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Bonifacio Antonio Reimann Panic, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
	21.9	First Vows	John Ribat, M.S.C.	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	20.9	Professed	José Slaby, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Prelate of Esquel, Argentina
	38.8	Incardinated	Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
5 Feb	66.9	Appointed	José Melgoza Osorio †	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
	48.3	Appointed	Manuel Samaniego Barriga †	Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
	48.9	Appointed	Giorgio Zur †	Titular Archbishop of Sesta	Apostolic Nuncio
	48.9	Appointed	Giorgio Zur †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi	Apostolic Nuncio
	48.9	Appointed	Giorgio Zur †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zambia	Apostolic Nuncio
6 Feb	50.7	Appointed	Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	50.7	Appointed	Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez †	Titular Bishop of Sertei	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
7 Feb	17.0	Entered	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
9 Feb	33.0	Incardinated	Felipe de Jesús Estévez	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
	67.4	Died	Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France
	82.0	Died	Eduardo Martinez González †	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain
10 Feb	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Caloyera, O.P. †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
	93.3	Died	Giovanni Mele †	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
11 Feb	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Barthélémy Batantu †	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus
	24.5	Solemn Vows	Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
	25.4	Perpetual Vows	Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V.	Member of Society of Divine Vocations	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
12 Feb	49.2	Appointed	Andrew Zolile T. Brook †	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Appointed	Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
	25.5	Perpetual Vows	Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
	48.9	Appointed	Francesco Cuccarese †	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
	36.6	Appointed	Josaphat Louis Lebulu	Bishop of Same, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania
	47.4	Appointed	Felix Eugenio Mkhori †	Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
	62.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Vairo †	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	68.9	Resigned	Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	75.2	Retired	Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea †	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	60.9	Appointed	José María Larrauri Lafuente †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	60.8	Appointed	Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta †	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	50.9	Appointed	José María Setién Alberro †	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
17 Feb	26.5	Solemn Vows	Hanna Jallouf, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
17 Feb	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Menezes	Bishop of Ajmer and Jaipur, India	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer, India
18 Feb	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Theodor Kettmann	Titular Bishop of Busiris	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Nguyễn Tùng Cương †	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Pestana Filho †	Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	30.1	Ordained Priest	Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Archbishop of Asmara (Eritrean), Eritrea
19 Feb	18.8	Simple Vows	Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.	Member of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Feb	24.6	Ordained Priest	Udumala Bala Showreddy	Priest of Warangal, India	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
20 Feb	66.6	Appointed	Giovanni Stamati †	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
21 Feb	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	78.2	Died	David Frederick Cunningham †	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Hélio Gonçalves Heleno †	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Robert Fealey Morneau	Titular Bishop of Massa Lubrense	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Walmsley †	Titular Bishop of Tamalluma	Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
23 Feb	75.0	Retired	Laurenz Böggering †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	52.2	Appointed	Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia
24 Feb	79.6	Died	Joseph Edward Rudderham †	Bishop Emeritus of Clifton, England, Great Britain
24 Feb	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Zur †	Titular Archbishop of Sesta	Apostolic Nuncio
25 Feb	24.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco Moreno Barrón †	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
	48.1	Ordained Priest	Paul Xie Ting Zhe †	Priest	Bishop of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
26 Feb	53.2	Appointed	António José Rafael †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal

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