The Year of Our Lord 2021

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	58.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Dkhar	Administrator of Jowai, India	Bishop
	60.5	Appointed	Henry Eikhlein	Administrator of Pathein, Myanmar	Bishop
	57.0	Appointed	Mathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C.	Superior General of Order of Imitation of Christ	Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India
	59.2	Appointed	Linus Pingal Ekka	Administrator of Gumla, India	Bishop
1 Jan	60.4	Installed	Erio Castellucci	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	John Lee Juo-Wang	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand	Archbishop
	53.6	Appointed	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Christchurch, New Zealand	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	52.4	Appointed	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
	54.4	Appointed	Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
2 Jan	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Roberto José Ferrari	Titular Bishop of Pinhel	Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
2 Jan	51.5	Installed	Moacir Silva Arantes	Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
3 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
	75.0	Retired	Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz	Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Archbishop Emeritus
	71.6	Installed	Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia
	59.1	Installed	Anthony Poola	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior	Titular Bishop of Tyndaris	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	75.6	Appointed	Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus
4 Jan	66.0	Appointed	David Kamau Ng’ang’a	Apostolic Administrator of Nairobi, Kenya	Auxiliary Bishop
	75.0	Retired	John Njue	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	77.6	Died	Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo †	Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
	53.7	Appointed	Marek Solarczyk	Bishop of Radom, Poland
	85.2	Died	Antoni Stankiewicz †	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	75.0	Retired	Henryk Marian Tomasik	Bishop of Radom, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Appointed	Luc René Young Chen Yin, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Rodrigues, Mauritius	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
5 Jan	49.4	Appointed	Michael Miabesue Bibi	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon
5 Jan	100.5	Died	Joseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide) †	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
6 Jan	59.9	Ordained Bishop	László Felföldi	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Simon Kim Ju-young	Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)	Bishop of Chuncheon, Korea (South)
	60.6	Ceased	György Udvardy	Apostolic Administrator of Pécs, Hungary	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary
7 Jan	62.9	Installed	Raphy Manjaly	Archbishop of Agra, India
	91.3	Died	Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
	62.2	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
	62.2	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
	88.5	Died	Henri Schwery †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
8 Jan	69.2	Died	Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
	59.2	Ordained Bishop	François Achille Eyabi	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
	64.6	Appointed	Antonio Gómez Cantero	Coadjutor Bishop of Almería, Spain	Bishop
	57.5	Appointed	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
	53.7	Installed	Marek Solarczyk	Bishop of Radom, Poland
9 Jan	54.9	Appointed	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Créteil, France
	47.2	Appointed	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	47.2	Appointed	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Justo Rodríguez Gallego	Titular Bishop of Nomentum	Auxiliary Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
	73.6	Resigned	Michel Léon Émile Santier	Bishop of Créteil, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	88.1	Died	Adam Dyczkowski †	Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
10 Jan	60.6	Installed	Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
11 Jan	75.0	Retired	Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz	Archbishop of Avignon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.0	Confirmed	Anthony Li Hui	Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
	74.2	Died	Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	77.6	Appointed	Georges Paul Pontier	Apostolic Administrator of Avignon, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
	91.9	Died	Oscar Rizzato †	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
	59.6	Appointed	Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala
12 Jan	58.9	Ordained Bishop	David Joseph Bonnar	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
12 Jan	61.3	Died	Florentin Crihălmeanu †	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
13 Jan	87.9	Died	Mario Cecchini †	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
	65.3	Appointed	Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
	53.6	Died	Moses Hamungole †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
	63.2	Appointed	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	88.0	Died	Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	70.0	Died	Philip Tartaglia †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
14 Jan	66.0	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
14 Jan	79.5	Died	Vincent Paul Logan †	Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Jan	77.0	Appointed	Gianni Ambrosio	Apostolic Administrator of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
	62.8	Installed	Michael William Fisher	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	71.6	Resigned	Giovanni Santucci	Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	72.6	Ceased	Edward Bernard Scharfenberger	Apostolic Administrator of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
16 Jan	52.9	Installed	Devair Araújo da Fonseca	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Alejo Concepción	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
	75.8	Retired	Joseph Đình Đúc Đao	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	67.6	Appointed	John Đo Văn Ngân	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
17 Jan	65.8	Died	Abel Doctor Gabuza †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
	89.3	Died	Vincent Michael Rizzotto †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Rumen Ivanov Stanev	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
	70.2	Died	Philip Edward Wilson †	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
18 Jan	76.7	Retired	Marcello Bartolucci	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Secretary Emeritus
	61.8	Appointed	Fabio Fabene	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
	61.8	Appointed	Fabio Fabene	Titular Archbishop of Mons Faliscus	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
	65.2	Died	Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
19 Jan	78.2	Died	William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
19 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Pietro Lagnese	Apostolic Administrator of Ischia, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
20 Jan	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás Renán Aguilera Arroyo	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
	70.2	Ceased	Tommaso Caputo	Apostolic Administrator of Caserta, Italy	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
	77.8	Died	John Baptist Kaggwa †	Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda
	54.8	Appointed	Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	59.3	Installed	Pietro Lagnese	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
21 Jan	91.8	Died	José Crisologo Sorra †	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
22 Jan	53.0	Appointed	Francesco Airoldi	Apostolic Administrator of Monze, Zambia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	94.0	Died	Jean Assaad Haddad †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	93.9	Died	Alfredo Magarotto †	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
23 Jan	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Halim Habib	Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Valter Magno de Carvalho	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	59.2	Ceased	Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz	Apostolic Administrator of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco José Tigerino Dávila	Bishop of Bluefields, Nicaragua
	80.2	Installed	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Arkadiusz Trochanowski	Bishop of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
24 Jan	57.0	Ceased	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Apostolic Administrator of Wau, South Sudan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
	52.5	Installed	Gergely Kovács	Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian)	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
	79.8	Appointed	Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
	86.7	Died	Patrick O’Donoghue †	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
25 Jan	71.1	Resigned	Joseph-Luc-André Bouchard	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Damian Bryl	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Philip Camilleri	Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Stephanus Han Jung Hyun	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	50.9	Appointed	Josif Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	50.9	Appointed	Josif Printezis	Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), Greece	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	79.9	Retired	Nikólaos Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
	79.9	Retired	Nikólaos Printezis	Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	60.3	Installed	Giuseppe Satriano	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
26 Jan	85.7	Died	Luc Julian Matthys †	Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
27 Jan	69.2	Appointed	Peter Abir Antonysamy	Apostolic Administrator of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Bishop of Sultanpet, India
27 Jan	75.5	Retired	Antony Anandarayar †	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jan	52.4	Appointed	Francisco José Prieto Fernández	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Archbishop
	52.4	Appointed	Francisco José Prieto Fernández	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	73.2	Died	Juan del Río Martín †	Archbishop of Spain, Military
29 Jan	48.4	Appointed	Peter Beňo	Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	48.4	Appointed	Peter Beňo	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	55.6	Installed	Hilario González García	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
30 Jan	93.2	Died	Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
	53.3	Appointed	José Libardo Garcés Monsalve	Apostolic Administrator of Cúcuta, Colombia	Bishop
	58.2	Installed	Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid	Bishop of Colombia, Military
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Artur Ważny	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
31 Jan	72.1	Removed	Michel Abrass, B.A.	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Jan	61.0	Appointed	Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.	Apostolic Administrator of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

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