The Year of Our Lord 2009

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 77.5 Died Edward Joseph O’Donnell † Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

3 Feb 90.6 Died António dos Reis Rodrigues † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

4 Feb 81.1 Died Cipriano Calderón Polo, H.S.O.D. † Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America

44.9 Appointed Grzegorz Kaszak Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland Bishop Emeritus

5 Feb 59.0 Appointed Carlos Aguiar Retes Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District

75.9 Retired Ricardo Guízar Díaz † Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México Archbishop Emeritus

76.9 Retired Rosendo Huesca Pacheco † Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Archbishop Emeritus

62.0 Ceased Thomas James Olmsted Apostolic Administrator of Gallup, New Mexico, USA Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

58.7 Appointed José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

42.2 Appointed Valentine Tsamma Seane Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana Bishop Emeritus

81.3 Retired Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi † Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana Bishop Emeritus

44.3 Appointed James Sean Wall Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

7 Feb 79.1 Appointed Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal † Apostolic Administrator of Barrancabermeja, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia

58.6 Appointed James Patrick Green Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana Apostolic Nuncio

77.1 Retired Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Villarrica, Chile Bishop Emeritus

67.8 Installed Jaime Prieto Amaya † Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia

46.7 Appointed Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin Bishop of Villarrica, Chile

8 Feb 51.2 Ordained Bishop Francis Kalist Bishop of Meerut, India Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

9 Feb 77.2 Retired Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

50.3 Appointed Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

10 Feb 53.3 Appointed Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand

61.1 Appointed Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of El Petén, Guatemala

61.1 Appointed Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Madarsuma Vicar Apostolic of El Petén, Guatemala

45.1 Appointed Binay Kandulna Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India Bishop of Khunti, India

45.1 Appointed Binay Kandulna Titular Bishop of Auzegera Bishop of Khunti, India

53.0 Appointed Augustinus Kim Jong Soo Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) Bishop

53.0 Appointed Augustinus Kim Jong Soo Titular Bishop of Sufasar Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)

76.1 Died Philippe Kourouma † Bishop Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea

59.6 Appointed Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Appointed Marcellin Randriamamonjy Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar

73.4 Resigned Joseph Sangval Surasarang † Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

86.4 Died Serafín Vásquez Elizalde † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

11 Feb 76.1 Retired José Belvino do Nascimento † Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

54.9 Appointed Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

12 Feb 75.0 Retired Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

64.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria

76.1 Retired Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya † Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana Archbishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed Philip Naameh Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana

64.0 Appointed Juan Navarro Castellanos Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México Bishop Emeritus

67.3 Succeeded Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

13 Feb 77.8 Retired Víctor Manuel López Forero † Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Ismael Rueda Sierra Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

14 Feb 49.9 Installed José Luis Escobar Alas Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

51.2 Appointed Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan

51.2 Appointed Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Tinum Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan

15 Feb 44.8 Installed Neri José Tondello Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil

64.2 Installed Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

16 Feb 86.7 Died Stephen Kim Sou-hwan † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

48.4 Appointed Krzysztof Zadarko Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland Bishop

48.4 Appointed Krzysztof Zadarko Titular Bishop of Cavaillon Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

17 Feb 49.0 Installed José Guadalupe Torres Campos Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México

82.8 Died Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) † Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan

18 Feb 54.6 Appointed Matthias Heinrich Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany

54.6 Appointed Matthias Heinrich Titular Bishop of Thibaris Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany

49.4 Appointed Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

76.0 Retired Angélico Sândalo Bernardino † Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

38.4 Confirmed Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist. Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria Abbot Emeritus

76.3 Retired Wolfgang Weider † Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

19 Feb 55.0 Appointed Paul Richard Gallagher Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State

47.6 Ordained Bishop Silvester Tung Kiem San Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia

87.1 Died Thomas Jerome Welsh † Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

20 Feb 64.7 Installed Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria

21 Feb 56.1 Appointed Andrzej Dzięga Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired Zygmunt Kamiński † Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

44.9 Ordained Bishop Franco Mulakkal (Aippunny) Titular Bishop of Chullu Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India

52.2 Appointed Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam

86.6 Died Jean Rémond † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mission de France o Pontigny, France

80.2 Died Zef Simoni † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë, Albania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania

49.7 Appointed Joseph Spiteri Titular Archbishop of Serta Apostolic Nuncio to México

49.7 Appointed Joseph Spiteri Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka Apostolic Nuncio to México

56.8 Ordained Priest Jeffrey Neil Steenson Priest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Ordinary Emeritus of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA

22 Feb 89.6 Died Paul Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

23 Feb 59.0 Appointed Timothy Michael Dolan Archbishop of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired Edward Michael Egan † Archbishop of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

24 Feb 53.8 Ordained Bishop Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia Bishop of Teotihuacán, México, México

77.1 Appointed José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

68.8 Appointed Agostino Vallini Cardinal-Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

25 Feb 75.7 Retired Heriberto João Hermes, O.S.B. † Prelate of Cristalândia, Tocatins, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

86.7 Retired Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. † Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental} Prefect Emeritus

45.4 Appointed Rodolfo Luís Weber Prelate of Cristalândia, Tocatins, Brazil Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

27 Feb 66.2 Ordained Bishop Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

76.2 Retired Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. † Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

58.6 Appointed Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

28 Feb 58.3 Ordained Bishop Florencio Armando Colín Cruz Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México

76.2 Retired Renato Raffaele Martino † President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

71.0 Appointed Antonio Maria Vegliò President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	77.5	Died	Edward Joseph O’Donnell †	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
3 Feb	90.6	Died	António dos Reis Rodrigues †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
4 Feb	81.1	Died	Cipriano Calderón Polo, H.S.O.D. †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
44.9	Appointed	Grzegorz Kaszak	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
5 Feb	59.0	Appointed	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District
75.9	Retired	Ricardo Guízar Díaz †	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Archbishop Emeritus
76.9	Retired	Rosendo Huesca Pacheco †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Archbishop Emeritus
62.0	Ceased	Thomas James Olmsted	Apostolic Administrator of Gallup, New Mexico, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
58.7	Appointed	José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
42.2	Appointed	Valentine Tsamma Seane	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana	Bishop Emeritus
81.3	Retired	Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi †	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana	Bishop Emeritus
44.3	Appointed	James Sean Wall	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
7 Feb	79.1	Appointed	Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal †	Apostolic Administrator of Barrancabermeja, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
58.6	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana	Apostolic Nuncio
77.1	Retired	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Villarrica, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
67.8	Installed	Jaime Prieto Amaya †	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
46.7	Appointed	Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin	Bishop of Villarrica, Chile
8 Feb	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis Kalist	Bishop of Meerut, India	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
9 Feb	77.2	Retired	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
50.3	Appointed	Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
10 Feb	53.3	Appointed	Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
61.1	Appointed	Mario Fiandri, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of El Petén, Guatemala
61.1	Appointed	Mario Fiandri, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Madarsuma	Vicar Apostolic of El Petén, Guatemala
45.1	Appointed	Binay Kandulna	Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India	Bishop of Khunti, India
45.1	Appointed	Binay Kandulna	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Bishop of Khunti, India
53.0	Appointed	Augustinus Kim Jong Soo	Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)	Bishop
53.0	Appointed	Augustinus Kim Jong Soo	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
76.1	Died	Philippe Kourouma †	Bishop Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
59.6	Appointed	Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Appointed	Marcellin Randriamamonjy	Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
73.4	Resigned	Joseph Sangval Surasarang †	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
86.4	Died	Serafín Vásquez Elizalde †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
11 Feb	76.1	Retired	José Belvino do Nascimento †	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
54.9	Appointed	Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12 Feb	75.0	Retired	Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
64.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J.	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
76.1	Retired	Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya †	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	Philip Naameh	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana
64.0	Appointed	Juan Navarro Castellanos	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
67.3	Succeeded	Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Feb	77.8	Retired	Víctor Manuel López Forero †	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Ismael Rueda Sierra	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Feb	49.9	Installed	José Luis Escobar Alas	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
51.2	Appointed	Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
51.2	Appointed	Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
15 Feb	44.8	Installed	Neri José Tondello	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
64.2	Installed	Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
16 Feb	86.7	Died	Stephen Kim Sou-hwan †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
48.4	Appointed	Krzysztof Zadarko	Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland	Bishop
48.4	Appointed	Krzysztof Zadarko	Titular Bishop of Cavaillon	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
17 Feb	49.0	Installed	José Guadalupe Torres Campos	Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México	Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México
82.8	Died	Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) †	Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan
18 Feb	54.6	Appointed	Matthias Heinrich	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
54.6	Appointed	Matthias Heinrich	Titular Bishop of Thibaris	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
49.4	Appointed	Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
76.0	Retired	Angélico Sândalo Bernardino †	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
38.4	Confirmed	Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist.	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria	Abbot Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Wolfgang Weider †	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb	55.0	Appointed	Paul Richard Gallagher	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Silvester Tung Kiem San	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
87.1	Died	Thomas Jerome Welsh †	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Feb	64.7	Installed	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J.	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
21 Feb	56.1	Appointed	Andrzej Dzięga	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	Zygmunt Kamiński †	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
44.9	Ordained Bishop	Franco Mulakkal (Aippunny)	Titular Bishop of Chullu	Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India
52.2	Appointed	Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản	Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
86.6	Died	Jean Rémond †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mission de France o Pontigny, France
80.2	Died	Zef Simoni †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë, Albania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
49.7	Appointed	Joseph Spiteri	Titular Archbishop of Serta	Apostolic Nuncio to México
49.7	Appointed	Joseph Spiteri	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka	Apostolic Nuncio to México
56.8	Ordained Priest	Jeffrey Neil Steenson	Priest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Ordinary Emeritus of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA
22 Feb	89.6	Died	Paul Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
23 Feb	59.0	Appointed	Timothy Michael Dolan	Archbishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	Edward Michael Egan †	Archbishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
24 Feb	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia	Bishop of Teotihuacán, México, México
77.1	Appointed	José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
68.8	Appointed	Agostino Vallini	Cardinal-Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
25 Feb	75.7	Retired	Heriberto João Hermes, O.S.B. †	Prelate of Cristalândia, Tocatins, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
86.7	Retired	Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}	Prefect Emeritus
45.4	Appointed	Rodolfo Luís Weber	Prelate of Cristalândia, Tocatins, Brazil	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27 Feb	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
76.2	Retired	Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. †	Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
58.6	Appointed	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 Feb	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Florencio Armando Colín Cruz	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia	Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México
76.2	Retired	Renato Raffaele Martino †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
71.0	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

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