The Year of Our Lord 2021

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Feb 58.0 Appointed Domenico Battaglia Apostolic Administrator of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

58.0 Installed Domenico Battaglia Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

80.6 Died Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia

66.1 Installed Dermot Pius Farrell Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland

64.2 Ordained Bishop Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv. Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

51.3 Appointed Inácio Lucas Mwita Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique

51.1 Appointed Joaquim Nhanganga Tyombe Bishop of Uije, Angola

57.6 Appointed Denis Nulty Apostolic Administrator of Ossory, Ireland Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

63.3 Appointed Novatus Rugambwa Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio

59.9 Appointed Titus Seo Sang-Beom Bishop of Korea, Military

54.4 Appointed Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria

75.8 Appointed Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Korea, Military Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. Bishop of Korea, Military Bishop Emeritus

3 Feb 75.0 Retired Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F. Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

53.2 Succeeded Hélio Pereira dos Santos Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil

4 Feb 88.3 Died Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria

94.7 Died Franz Josef Kuhnle † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

76.8 Died Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti

5 Feb 53.7 Appointed Mark Gerard Miles Apostolic Nuncio to Benin Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

53.7 Appointed Mark Gerard Miles Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

6 Feb 71.5 Installed Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Appointed Nathalie Becquart, Xavière Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

57.6 Ceased José Carlos Brandão Cabral Apostolic Administrator of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

51.3 Ordained Bishop Robert Józef Chrząszcz Titular Bishop of Forconium Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

62.7 Appointed Lucien (Luc) Jacques Marie Joseph Crepy, C.I.M. Bishop of Versailles, France

78.6 Died Afonso Fioreze, C.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil

55.0 Installed Miguel Fernando González Mariño Bishop of Espinal, Colombia

65.0 Installed Victor Lyngdoh Archbishop of Shillong, India

59.4 Appointed Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A. Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

59.4 Appointed Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A. Titular Bishop of Suliana Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

46.9 Ordained Bishop François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

62.3 Ceased Jaime Muñoz Pedroza Apostolic Administrator of Espinal, Colombia Bishop of Girardot, Colombia

55.9 Ceased Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. Apostolic Administrator of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

60.9 Installed Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela

54.7 Appointed Edouard Sinayobye Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda

7 Feb 47.3 Ordained Bishop Georgios Altouvas Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

54.3 Installed Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina

8 Feb 70.3 Resigned Denis Theurillat Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Gerald (Jerry) Lee Vincke Apostolic Administrator of Dodge City, Kansas, USA Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA

9 Feb 58.2 Ordained Bishop Michael Cornelius Otieno Odiwa Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya

10 Feb 56.2 Appointed Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

56.2 Appointed Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón Titular Bishop of Decoriana Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

57.7 Appointed Pascual Limachi Ortiz Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia

51.4 Appointed Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P. Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

51.4 Appointed Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P. Titular Bishop of Acelum Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

11 Feb 75.1 Ceased Roberto Bordi, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Roberto Bordi, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Installed Damian Bryl Bishop of Kalisz, Poland

75.5 Appointed Joseph Coutts Apostolic Administrator of Karachi, Pakistan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Joseph Coutts Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

53.6 Ordained Bishop Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira Titular Bishop of Thiava Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

52.8 Appointed António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Apostolic Administrator of Pemba, Mozambique Bishop

54.9 Ordained Bishop Larry James Kulick Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

65.1 Appointed Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P. Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop

62.3 Appointed Eugene Martin Nugent Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait

58.3 Installed Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

57.0 Ceased Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś Apostolic Administrator of Kalisz, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland

54.2 Appointed Benny Mario Travas Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan

12 Feb 78.1 Died Bernard Nsayi † Bishop Emeritus of Nkayi, Congo

13 Feb 84.0 Ceased Benedito Beni dos Santos Apostolic Administrator of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.8 Ordained Bishop Júlio César Gomes Moreira Titular Bishop of Thisiduo Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

63.3 Installed Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil

58.1 Ordained Bishop Carlos Silva, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Summula Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

14 Feb 47.3 Installed Georgios Altouvas Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

59.4 Installed Ignace Bessi Dogbo Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

51.2 Ordained Bishop Jean-Luc Gérard Garin Bishop of Saint-Claude, France

52.0 Ordained Bishop Noel Saw Naw Aye Titular Bishop of Methamaucum Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar

15 Feb 75.2 Retired Joseph Aind, S.D.B. Bishop of Dibrugarh, India Bishop Emeritus

72.5 Appointed Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

65.8 Resigned Marian Eleganti, O.S.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Succeeded Albert Hemrom Bishop of Dibrugarh, India

58.8 Appointed Gary Wayne Janak Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

58.8 Appointed Gary Wayne Janak Titular Bishop of Dionysiana Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

88.8 Died Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. † Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian) Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)

53.4 Appointed Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal’Etumba Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

16 Feb 57.6 Ordained Bishop Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv. Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran

17 Feb 90.9 Died Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India

18 Feb 54.6 Appointed Tibor Berta Bishop of Hungary, Military

70.2 Resigned László Bíró Bishop of Hungary, Military Bishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

75.8 Retired Piotr Kryk Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

19 Feb 55.4 Appointed Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh

92.8 Died Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu † Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

20 Feb 77.4 Retired Angelo Comastri President of the Fabric of St. Peter Cardinal, President Emeritus

77.4 Retired Angelo Comastri Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

55.3 Appointed Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv. Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter

55.3 Appointed Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv. Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter

55.5 Ordained Bishop Luka Sylvester Gopep Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena Auxiliary Bishop of Minna, Nigeria

75.6 Retired Robert Sarah Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

22 Feb 57.1 Ordained Bishop Manuel González Villaseñor Titular Bishop of Ploaghe Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

86.6 Died Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil

52.3 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa Titular Bishop of Satafis Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México

24 Feb 71.8 Resigned Edson de Castro Homem Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

47.4 Ordained Bishop Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A. Titular Bishop of Ausuccura Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

25 Feb 49.5 Installed Michael Miabesue Bibi Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon

92.2 Died Bede Vincent Heather † Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia

82.5 Died Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia

26 Feb 68.4 Appointed Giacomo Cirulli Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy

47.9 Ordained Bishop Raúl Pizarro Titular Bishop of Ausana Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina

93.0 Died Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

71.9 Died György Snell † Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

27 Feb 58.7 Ordained Bishop Philippe Abbo Chen, I.N.D.V. Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad

60.6 Ordained Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D. Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil

99.4 Died Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India

53.2 Appointed Roberto Madrigal Gallegos Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México

48.9 Ordained Bishop Robert Mogapi Mphiwe Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa

76.0 Retired Juan Navarro Castellanos Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz † Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia

28 Feb 55.0 Installed Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado Bishop of Créteil, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Feb	58.0	Appointed	Domenico Battaglia	Apostolic Administrator of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
58.0	Installed	Domenico Battaglia	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
80.6	Died	Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
66.1	Installed	Dermot Pius Farrell	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
64.2	Ordained Bishop	Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
51.3	Appointed	Inácio Lucas Mwita	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
51.1	Appointed	Joaquim Nhanganga Tyombe	Bishop of Uije, Angola
57.6	Appointed	Denis Nulty	Apostolic Administrator of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
63.3	Appointed	Novatus Rugambwa	Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio
59.9	Appointed	Titus Seo Sang-Beom	Bishop of Korea, Military
54.4	Appointed	Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal	Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
75.8	Appointed	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Korea, Military	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.	Bishop of Korea, Military	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	75.0	Retired	Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F.	Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
53.2	Succeeded	Hélio Pereira dos Santos	Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil
4 Feb	88.3	Died	Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
94.7	Died	Franz Josef Kuhnle †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
76.8	Died	Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
5 Feb	53.7	Appointed	Mark Gerard Miles	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
53.7	Appointed	Mark Gerard Miles	Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
6 Feb	71.5	Installed	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Appointed	Nathalie Becquart, Xavière	Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops
57.6	Ceased	José Carlos Brandão Cabral	Apostolic Administrator of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Robert Józef Chrząszcz	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
62.7	Appointed	Lucien (Luc) Jacques Marie Joseph Crepy, C.I.M.	Bishop of Versailles, France
78.6	Died	Afonso Fioreze, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
55.0	Installed	Miguel Fernando González Mariño	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
65.0	Installed	Victor Lyngdoh	Archbishop of Shillong, India
59.4	Appointed	Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A.	Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops
59.4	Appointed	Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A.	Titular Bishop of Suliana	Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops
46.9	Ordained Bishop	François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
62.3	Ceased	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Apostolic Administrator of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
55.9	Ceased	Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr.	Apostolic Administrator of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
60.9	Installed	Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela
54.7	Appointed	Edouard Sinayobye	Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda
7 Feb	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Georgios Altouvas	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
54.3	Installed	Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M.	Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina
8 Feb	70.3	Resigned	Denis Theurillat	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Gerald (Jerry) Lee Vincke	Apostolic Administrator of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA
9 Feb	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael Cornelius Otieno Odiwa	Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya
10 Feb	56.2	Appointed	Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
56.2	Appointed	Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón	Titular Bishop of Decoriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
57.7	Appointed	Pascual Limachi Ortiz	Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia
51.4	Appointed	Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
51.4	Appointed	Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Acelum	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
11 Feb	75.1	Ceased	Roberto Bordi, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Roberto Bordi, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Installed	Damian Bryl	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland
75.5	Appointed	Joseph Coutts	Apostolic Administrator of Karachi, Pakistan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Joseph Coutts	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira	Titular Bishop of Thiava	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
52.8	Appointed	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Apostolic Administrator of Pemba, Mozambique	Bishop
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Larry James Kulick	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
65.1	Appointed	Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P.	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop
62.3	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
58.3	Installed	Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
57.0	Ceased	Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś	Apostolic Administrator of Kalisz, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
54.2	Appointed	Benny Mario Travas	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
12 Feb	78.1	Died	Bernard Nsayi †	Bishop Emeritus of Nkayi, Congo
13 Feb	84.0	Ceased	Benedito Beni dos Santos	Apostolic Administrator of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Júlio César Gomes Moreira	Titular Bishop of Thisiduo	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
63.3	Installed	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Summula	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
14 Feb	47.3	Installed	Georgios Altouvas	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
59.4	Installed	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Luc Gérard Garin	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Noel Saw Naw Aye	Titular Bishop of Methamaucum	Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
15 Feb	75.2	Retired	Joseph Aind, S.D.B.	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
72.5	Appointed	Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
65.8	Resigned	Marian Eleganti, O.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Succeeded	Albert Hemrom	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India
58.8	Appointed	Gary Wayne Janak	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
58.8	Appointed	Gary Wayne Janak	Titular Bishop of Dionysiana	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
88.8	Died	Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. †	Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)
53.4	Appointed	Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal’Etumba	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Feb	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
17 Feb	90.9	Died	Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
18 Feb	54.6	Appointed	Tibor Berta	Bishop of Hungary, Military
70.2	Resigned	László Bíró	Bishop of Hungary, Military	Bishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
75.8	Retired	Piotr Kryk	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
19 Feb	55.4	Appointed	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
92.8	Died	Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu †	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Feb	77.4	Retired	Angelo Comastri	President of the Fabric of St. Peter	Cardinal, President Emeritus
77.4	Retired	Angelo Comastri	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
55.3	Appointed	Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
55.3	Appointed	Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Luka Sylvester Gopep	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Minna, Nigeria
75.6	Retired	Robert Sarah	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
22 Feb	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Manuel González Villaseñor	Titular Bishop of Ploaghe	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
86.6	Died	Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
24 Feb	71.8	Resigned	Edson de Castro Homem	Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
25 Feb	49.5	Installed	Michael Miabesue Bibi	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon
92.2	Died	Bede Vincent Heather †	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
82.5	Died	Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
26 Feb	68.4	Appointed	Giacomo Cirulli	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Pizarro	Titular Bishop of Ausana	Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina
93.0	Died	Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
71.9	Died	György Snell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
27 Feb	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Abbo Chen, I.N.D.V.	Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad
60.6	Ordained Bishop	Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D.	Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
99.4	Died	Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India
53.2	Appointed	Roberto Madrigal Gallegos	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Robert Mogapi Mphiwe	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
76.0	Retired	Juan Navarro Castellanos	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz †	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia
28 Feb	55.0	Installed	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Créteil, France

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