The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 78.2 Retired Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

52.4 Appointed Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia † Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

61.8 Appointed Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

61.8 Appointed Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Sullectum Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

2 Feb 68.1 Installed Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

71.2 Died Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro † Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

87.8 Died Philip James Benedict Harvey † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain

64.4 Died Raúl Omar Rossi † Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

31.1 Ordained Deacon Mário Spaki Deacon of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

4 Feb 88.0 Died Joseph Robert Crowley † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

5 Feb 45.1 Appointed Antônio Carlos Félix Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

75.0 Retired José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. † Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Died Décio Pereira † Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

50.9 Succeeded Reinaldo del Prette Lissot † Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela

6 Feb 44.2 Installed Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal Bishop of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), India Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India

43.0 Appointed Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria

8 Feb 57.8 Ordained Bishop Guerrino Riccardo Brusati † Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

57.4 Appointed José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia Bishop of Tabasco, México Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

70.6 Died James Robert Hoffman † Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA

49.5 Appointed Pedro López Quintana Apostolic Nuncio to India Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

49.5 Appointed Pedro López Quintana Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

56.8 Ordained Bishop Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R. Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

10 Feb 47.6 Ordained Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Denis You Titular Bishop of Auzia Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

11 Feb 51.8 Succeeded Guillermo Dela Vega Afable Bishop of Digos, Philippines

71.2 Resigned Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E. † Bishop of Digos, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

75.6 Retired John Joseph Gerry † Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Appointed Héctor González Martínez Archbishop of Durango, México Archbishop Emeritus

61.9 Appointed Roger Paul Morin † Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

61.9 Appointed Roger Paul Morin † Titular Bishop of Aulon Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

60.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Respecta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

12 Feb 58.2 Installed Kevin Michael Britt † Coadjutor Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop

77.3 Retired Joseph Roy † Bishop of Mysore, India Bishop Emeritus

13 Feb 62.2 Appointed José María Arancedo Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

48.0 Ordained Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina Titular Bishop of Mareotes Bishop Emeritus of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt

62.8 Appointed Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia Bishop Emeritus

14 Feb 51.5 Appointed Michael Charles Evans † Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain

50.9 Appointed Pietro Maria Fragnelli Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy Bishop of Trapani, Italy

75.6 Retired Martino Scarafile † Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

30.2 Ordained Priest Fransiskus Tuaman Sasfo Sinaga Priest of Sibolga, Indonesia Bishop

84.7 Died Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

17 Feb 98.9 Died Jacques Le Cordier † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis, France

18 Feb 46.6 Ordained Bishop Isabelo Caiban Abarquez Titular Bishop of Talaptula Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines

53.0 Ordained Bishop Stephanus Tri Bữu Thiên Coadjutor Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam Bishop

19 Feb 52.9 Ordained Bishop Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B. Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines

76.4 Retired Raúl Holguer López Mayorga Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

61.6 Appointed José Victoriano Naranjo Tovar Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

20 Feb 58.3 Appointed Werner Guballa † Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany

58.3 Appointed Werner Guballa † Titular Bishop of Catrum Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany

45.5 Appointed Ulrich Neymeyr Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany Bishop of Erfurt, Germany

45.5 Appointed Ulrich Neymeyr Titular Bishop of Maraguia Bishop of Erfurt, Germany

75.2 Retired Wolfgang Rolly † Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

22 Feb 55.2 Appointed Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique Archbishop Emeritus

40.4 Ordained Bishop Pierre-André Dumas Titular Bishop of Floriana Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti

45.3 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia Bishop of Auchi, Nigeria

55.4 Ordained Bishop Ronald William Gainer Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

60.1 Appointed Giuseppe Leanza Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria Apostolic Nuncio

68.8 Appointed Karl-Josef Rauber † Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

68.8 Appointed Karl-Josef Rauber † Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

54.8 Appointed Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M. Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite) Bishop Emeritus

70.6 Resigned Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Appointed Ernest Sambou Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Bishop Emeritus

78.9 Retired Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

51.6 Ordained Bishop Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Lamdia Bishop of Hinche, Haïti

62.5 Ordained Bishop Giancarlo Vecerrica Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy Bishop Emeritus

23 Feb 42.5 Ordained Bishop Michael Ekwoy Apochi Bishop of Otukpo, Nigeria

60.7 Installed Jesús García Burillo Bishop of Ávila, Spain Bishop Emeritus

84.1 Died Jan Olszański, M.I.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

43.0 Ordained Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu Bishop of Chipata, Zambia

24 Feb 74.9 Retired Klaus Dick † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

46.5 Appointed Rainer Maria Woelki Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Cardinal, Archbishop

46.5 Appointed Rainer Maria Woelki Titular Bishop of Scampa Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

26 Feb 64.0 Installed Nicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C. † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Installed Héctor González Martínez Archbishop of Durango, México Archbishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

54.3 Installed Allen Henry Vigneron Coadjutor Bishop of Oakland, California, USA Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

27 Feb 50.2 Died Elizeu de Morais Pimentel † Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

28 Feb 76.0 Retired Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. † Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	78.2	Retired	Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia †	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
61.8	Appointed	Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
61.8	Appointed	Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Sullectum	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
2 Feb	68.1	Installed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
71.2	Died	Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro †	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
87.8	Died	Philip James Benedict Harvey †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
64.4	Died	Raúl Omar Rossi †	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
31.1	Ordained Deacon	Mário Spaki	Deacon of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
4 Feb	88.0	Died	Joseph Robert Crowley †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
5 Feb	45.1	Appointed	Antônio Carlos Félix	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.0	Retired	José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Died	Décio Pereira †	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
50.9	Succeeded	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot †	Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
6 Feb	44.2	Installed	Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal	Bishop of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), India	Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
43.0	Appointed	Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
8 Feb	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Guerrino Riccardo Brusati †	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
57.4	Appointed	José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia	Bishop of Tabasco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
70.6	Died	James Robert Hoffman †	Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
49.5	Appointed	Pedro López Quintana	Apostolic Nuncio to India	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
49.5	Appointed	Pedro López Quintana	Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
56.8	Ordained Bishop	Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R.	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Marie Jean Denis You	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
11 Feb	51.8	Succeeded	Guillermo Dela Vega Afable	Bishop of Digos, Philippines
71.2	Resigned	Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Digos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
75.6	Retired	John Joseph Gerry †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	Héctor González Martínez	Archbishop of Durango, México	Archbishop Emeritus
61.9	Appointed	Roger Paul Morin †	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
61.9	Appointed	Roger Paul Morin †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
60.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Respecta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
12 Feb	58.2	Installed	Kevin Michael Britt †	Coadjutor Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop
77.3	Retired	Joseph Roy †	Bishop of Mysore, India	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	62.2	Appointed	José María Arancedo	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonios Aziz Mina	Titular Bishop of Mareotes	Bishop Emeritus of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
62.8	Appointed	Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.	Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb	51.5	Appointed	Michael Charles Evans †	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
50.9	Appointed	Pietro Maria Fragnelli	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
75.6	Retired	Martino Scarafile †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30.2	Ordained Priest	Fransiskus Tuaman Sasfo Sinaga	Priest of Sibolga, Indonesia	Bishop
84.7	Died	Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
17 Feb	98.9	Died	Jacques Le Cordier †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis, France
18 Feb	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Isabelo Caiban Abarquez	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Stephanus Tri Bữu Thiên	Coadjutor Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam	Bishop
19 Feb	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
76.4	Retired	Raúl Holguer López Mayorga	Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
61.6	Appointed	José Victoriano Naranjo Tovar	Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	58.3	Appointed	Werner Guballa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
58.3	Appointed	Werner Guballa †	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
45.5	Appointed	Ulrich Neymeyr	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Erfurt, Germany
45.5	Appointed	Ulrich Neymeyr	Titular Bishop of Maraguia	Bishop of Erfurt, Germany
75.2	Retired	Wolfgang Rolly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	55.2	Appointed	Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus
40.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-André Dumas	Titular Bishop of Floriana	Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia	Bishop of Auchi, Nigeria
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Ronald William Gainer	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
60.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio
68.8	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
68.8	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
54.8	Appointed	Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M.	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)	Bishop Emeritus
70.6	Resigned	Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Appointed	Ernest Sambou	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Bishop Emeritus
78.9	Retired	Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Giancarlo Vecerrica	Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Michael Ekwoy Apochi	Bishop of Otukpo, Nigeria
60.7	Installed	Jesús García Burillo	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
84.1	Died	Jan Olszański, M.I.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
43.0	Ordained Bishop	George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu	Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
24 Feb	74.9	Retired	Klaus Dick †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Appointed	Rainer Maria Woelki	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop
46.5	Appointed	Rainer Maria Woelki	Titular Bishop of Scampa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Feb	64.0	Installed	Nicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C. †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Installed	Héctor González Martínez	Archbishop of Durango, México	Archbishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
54.3	Installed	Allen Henry Vigneron	Coadjutor Bishop of Oakland, California, USA	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
27 Feb	50.2	Died	Elizeu de Morais Pimentel †	Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
28 Feb	76.0	Retired	Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus

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