The Year of Our Lord 1985

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	25.4	Entered	Antonio Luca Fallica, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
	23.3	Temporary Vows	Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
	24.4	First Vows	Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
	67.2	Appointed	Leoncio Leviste Lat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	22.8	Temporary Vows	Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.I.	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
	17.6	Entered	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Member of Society of Mary	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	29.1	Solemn Vows	Mauro Meacci, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
	25.6	Ordained Deacon	Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R.	Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	26.4	Entered	Timothy John Norton, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Broome, Australia
	51.0	Appointed	Yusuf Sağ	Patriarchal Vicar of Turkey (Syrian)	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Turkey (Syrian)
	25.5	Ordained Deacon	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal	Deacon of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	23.7	Perpetual Vows	Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	34.1	Professed	Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia
	53.0	Selected	Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen)	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
	68.1	Appointed	[Peter Zhang Shi-zhi] †	Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Zhang Weizhu	Priest	Bishop of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China
1 Jan	19.9	Professed	Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P.	Member of Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza	Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil
2 Jan	56.3	Appointed	Geoffrey Francis Mayne †	Bishop of Australia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Geoffrey Francis Mayne †	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Bishop Emeritus of Australia, Military
	75.2	Retired	John Aloysius Morgan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Australia, Military
	75.2	Retired	John Aloysius Morgan †	Bishop of Australia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan	56.4	Appointed	Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	83.5	Died	Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lyallpur, Pakistan
	71.6	Died	Othon Motta †	Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Joseba Segura Etxezarraga	Priest of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop
5 Jan	28.2	Ordained Priest	Robert John Byrne, C.O.	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
	53.7	Appointed	Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	66.7	Resigned	Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire †	Bishop of Uganda, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
	53.7	Appointed	James Odongo †	Bishop of Uganda, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
	49.3	Appointed	Paul Ri Moun-hi †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
	30.2	Ordained Priest	Pedro Carlos Zilli, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
6 Jan	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Balina †	Bishop of Geita, Tanzania	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Patrick Devlin †	Bishop of Gibraltar	Bishop Emeritus
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Kazimierz Górny	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Bishop Emeritus of Rzeszów, Poland
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †	Titular Bishop of Thibilis	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Sáenz Lacalle †	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
8 Jan	60.0	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
8 Jan	53.7	Appointed	Sergio Sebastiani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
9 Jan	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Huang Shoucheng †	Coadjutor Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China	Bishop
11 Jan	28.2	Ordained Priest	Ángel Luis Ríos Matos	Priest of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Bishop
12 Jan	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Rosendo Álvarez Gastón †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
	88.1	Died	Mark Kenny Carroll †	Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
	68.5	Died	Youannès Malak †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Józef Pazdur †	Titular Bishop of Ulcinium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	70.1	Appointed	Rafael Sarmiento Peralta †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Jan	29.6	Ordained Priest	James Romen Boiragi	Priest of Khulna, Bangladesh	Bishop
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Tomas Aguon Camacho †	Bishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
	25.9	Professed	Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
14 Jan	34.7	Incardinated	Salvador Cristau Coll	Priest of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Terrassa, Spain
15 Jan	26.7	Ordained Priest	Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
15 Jan	75.0	Retired	Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	59.8	Appointed	Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Buga, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Isaac Danu	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Bishop Emeritus of Taungngu, Myanmar
	80.2	Died	Mario De Santis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy
	67.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Valerius Sequeira †	Titular Bishop of Fissiana	Bishop Emeritus of Pathein, Myanmar
18 Jan	27.7	Ordained Priest	Ján Čapla, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Superior Emeritus of Baku, Azerbaijan
19 Jan	61.7	Appointed	Joseph Mees †	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa	Apostolic Nuncio
19 Jan	61.7	Appointed	Joseph Mees †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio
20 Jan	88.5	Died	Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sibundoy, Colombia
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X.	Bishop of Port Blair, India	Bishop Emeritus
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Adalbert Ndzana	Coadjutor Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt †	Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
24 Jan	51.5	Appointed	Francesco De Nittis †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio
25 Jan	61.3	Appointed	Francesco Tarcisio Carboni †	Bishop of Macerata, Tolentino, Recanati, Cingoli, and Treia, Italy	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Limacêdo Antônio da Silva	Deacon of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
	70.9	Appointed	Bruno Frattegiani †	Bishop of San Severino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
	27.0	Incardinated	Claudio Giuliodori	Priest of Osimo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy
	45.8	Incardinated	Giuseppe Orlandoni	Priest of Macerata, Tolentino, Recanati, Cingoli, and Treia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
26 Jan	84.4	Died	Laurence Alexander Glenn †	Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
	27.5	Ordained Priest	José Aparecido Hergesse, C.R.	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular
	57.4	Appointed	Edoardo Rovida	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio
27 Jan	87.5	Died	Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
	28.0	Professed	José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
	73.3	Died	Joseph Howard Hodges †	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
	68.6	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China	Coadjutor Bishop
	77.0	Ordained Bishop	[Stephen Li Side] †	Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
	25.7	Perpetual Vows	Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	44.7	Installed	Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M.	Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jan	31.9	Ordained Priest	Constantine Bae Ki Hyen	Priest of Masan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jan	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Zurbano Marquez	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
29 Jan	51.4	Appointed	Alfio Rapisarda	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
31 Jan	90.9	Died	Urbanus Stephanus Mauritius Cornelius (Urbain Étienne) Morlion, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
31 Jan	62.6	Appointed	Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Bernhard Rieger, P. Schönstatt †	Titular Bishop of Tigava	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
3 Feb	27.1	Ordained Priest	Marco Antonio Cortez Lara	Priest of Chiclayo, Peru	Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
	34.8	Ordained Priest	José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Mário Lucunde †	Priest of Benguela, Angola	Bishop Emeritus of Menongue, Angola
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Roger Joseph Vangheluwe	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
4 Feb	65.6	Died	François-Xavier Dione †	Bishop of Thiès, Senegal
4 Feb	71.7	Died	Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Feb	64.3	Appointed	Clemente Faccani †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Seychelles	Apostolic Nuncio
	52.4	Succeeded	Pedro Rubiano Sàenz †	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	66.1	Resigned	Alberto Uribe Urdaneta †	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Feb	25.2	Ordained Priest	Rafael Valdéz Torres	Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México
10 Feb	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot †	Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb	81.2	Died	Joseph Maria Pernicone †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
12 Feb	50.8	Died	Joseph Ek Thabping †	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
14 Feb	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Pathalil †	Bishop of Udaipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	70.2	Installed	Rafael Sarmiento Peralta †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Feb	68.5	Appointed	Fiorenzo Angelini †	Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
	68.5	Appointed	Fiorenzo Angelini †	Titular Archbishop of Messene	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
	48.9	Appointed	Claude Feidt †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France
	59.7	Appointed	Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	59.7	Appointed	Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro †	Titular Bishop of Dumium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Titular Archbishop of Beneventum	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bahamas, Antilles	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Belize, Antilles	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dominica, Antilles	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Antilles	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Marius Ouédraogo †	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
	41.4	Appointed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	41.4	Appointed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	46.9	Appointed	Luis Robles Díaz †	Titular Archbishop of Stephaniacum	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
	46.9	Appointed	Luis Robles Díaz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
	46.9	Appointed	Luis Robles Díaz †	Apostolic Delegate to Red Sea Region	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
18 Feb	52.5	Appointed	John Michael D’Arcy †	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	54.0	Installed	Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †	Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	71.0	Retired	William Edward McManus †	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb	48.6	Appointed	Luis Morales Reyes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
19 Feb	55.0	Appointed	Robert Edward Mulvee †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
21 Feb	54.1	Appointed	Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France
21 Feb	60.6	Died	Dermot J. Ryan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
23 Feb	71.1	Ordained Bishop	Philemon Kurchaba, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	42.9	Appointed	Roman Adam Marcinkowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	42.9	Appointed	Roman Adam Marcinkowski	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Kazuhiro Mori †	Titular Bishop of Fata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
	51.9	Appointed	Henryk Józef Muszyński	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
	51.9	Appointed	Henryk Józef Muszyński	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
	76.8	Died	Delfino (Delfim) Ribeiro Guedes †	Bishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	16.6	Converted	John Wilson	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
24 Feb	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	25.0	Perpetual Vows	Vilson Basso, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
25 Feb	71.3	Resigned	Vincent Madeley Harris †	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	67.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Fan Zhong-Liang, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China	Bishop
	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Geoffrey Francis Mayne †	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Bishop Emeritus of Australia, Military
	48.6	Appointed	Donald Walter Trautman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
	48.6	Appointed	Donald Walter Trautman †	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

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