Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unknown | 73.2 | Resigned | GeorgesEl-Murr, B.C. † | Patriarchal Exarch ofIraq (Melkite Greek) | Archbishop Emeritus ofPetra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek),Jordan |
36.1 | Simple Vows | John CurtisIffert | Priest ofOrder of Friars Preachers | Bishop ofCovington, Kentucky,USA | |
40.5 | Incardinated | Luis ManuelLópez Alfaro | Priest ofSan Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas,México | Bishop ofTapachula, Chiapas,México | |
40.2 | Appointed | Socrates CalambaMesiona, M.S.P. | Superior General ofMission Society of the Philippines | Vicar Apostolic ofPuerto Princesa,Philippines | |
37.0 | Ordained Bishop | JosephShi Shuangxi † | Auxiliary Bishop ofYongnian [Yüngnien],China | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
37.0 | Resigned | JosephShi Shuangxi † | Auxiliary Bishop ofYongnian [Yüngnien],China | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
Died | PaulTch’ang † | Apostolic Administrator ofSiping [Szepingkai],China | |||
41.0 | Appointed | Wang Chengli | Apostolic Administrator ofCaozhou/Heze [Tsaochow],China | ||
31.0 | Ordained Priest | JosephZhao Hongchun | Priest | Apostolic Administrator ofHarbin [Harbin],China | |
2 Jan | 76.4 | Retired | Anthony GerardBosco † | Bishop ofGreensburg, Pennsylvania,USA | Bishop Emeritus |
64.7 | Appointed | Lawrence EugeneBrandt | Bishop ofGreensburg, Pennsylvania,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
97.1 | Died | Maurice-Jean-Fernand-AlexisPourchet † | Bishop Emeritus ofSaint-Flour,France | ||
3 Jan | 45.3 | Incardinated | FranciscoGonzález Ramos | Priest ofIrapuato, Guanajuato,México | Bishop ofIzcalli, México,México |
62.3 | Appointed | José de JesúsMartínez Zepeda | Bishop ofIrapuato, Guanajuato,México | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.2 | Appointed | Anicetus Bongsu AntoniusSinaga, O.F.M. Cap. † | Coadjutor Archbishop ofMedan,Indonesia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
43.9 | Incardinated | José GuadalupeTorres Campos | Priest ofIrapuato, Guanajuato,México | Bishop ofCiudad Juárez, Chihuahua,México | |
32.6 | Ordained Priest | HiansenVieira Franco | Priest ofGuaxupé, Minas Gerais,Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop ofSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | |
4 Jan | 52.0 | Ordained Bishop | Héctor EduardoVargas Bastidas, S.D.B. † | Bishop ofArica,Chile | Bishop ofTemuco,Chile |
5 Jan | 70.0 | Appointed | EvaristPinto | Archbishop ofKarachi,Pakistan | Archbishop Emeritus |
6 Jan | 56.5 | Ordained Bishop | JosefClemens | Titular Bishop ofSegermes | Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for theLaity, the Family and Life |
40.9 | Ordained Bishop | PeterFeng Xinmao | Coadjutor Bishop ofJingxian [Kinghsien],China | Bishop | |
7 Jan | 44.8 | Ordained Bishop | Eduardo CiriloCarmona Ortega, C.O.R.C. | Bishop ofPuerto Escondido, Oaxaca,México | Bishop ofCórdoba, Veracruz,México |
76.3 | Retired | AmauryCastanho † | Bishop ofJundiaí, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.5 | Confirmed | Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin)Coussa | Bishop ofIskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian),Egypt | ||
57.9 | Ordained Bishop | Felipe de JesúsEstévez | Titular Bishop ofKearney | Bishop Emeritus ofSaint Augustine, Florida,USA | |
53.2 | Appointed | Gil AntônioMoreira | Bishop ofJundiaí, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Archbishop ofJuiz de Fora, Minas Gerais,Brazil | |
54.5 | Appointed | Joseph FredNaumann | Coadjutor Archbishop ofKansas City in Kansas,USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.5 | Retired | Howard GeorgeTripp † | Auxiliary Bishop ofSouthwark, England,Great Britain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
87.2 | Died | Léonce AlbertVan Peteghem † | Bishop Emeritus ofGent {Ghent, Gand},Belgium | ||
8 Jan | 62.9 | Installed | José LuisChávez Botello | Archbishop ofAntequera, Oaxaca,México | Archbishop Emeritus |
75.1 | Retired | FrancoFestorazzi † | Archbishop ofAncona-Osimo,Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
54.9 | Installed | Jose Romeo Juanito OrquejoLazo | Bishop ofKalibo,Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus ofJaro,Philippines | |
76.0 | Retired | Maurice RigobertMarie-Sainte † | Archbishop ofFort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique,Antilles | Archbishop Emeritus | |
64.2 | Appointed | EdoardoMenichelli | Archbishop ofAncona-Osimo,Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
9 Jan | 71.5 | Appointed | JosephCheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) † | Apostolic Administrator ofKinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu,Taiwan | Archbishop Emeritus ofTaipei,Taiwan |
75.6 | Resigned | JosephTi-kang † | Apostolic Administrator ofKinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu,Taiwan | Archbishop Emeritus ofTaipei,Taiwan | |
63.4 | Appointed | GiancarloVecerrica | Apostolic Administrator ofCamerino-San Severino Marche,Italy | Bishop Emeritus ofFabriano-Matelica,Italy | |
10 Jan | 54.3 | Ordained Bishop | Norbert MarshallAndradi, O.M.I. | Bishop ofAnuradhapura,Sri Lanka | |
94.6 | Died | Guido MariaCasullo † | Bishop Emeritus ofCândido Mendes,Brazil | ||
63.9 | Appointed | DiegoCausero | Apostolic Nuncio toCzech Republic | Apostolic Nuncio | |
76.5 | Retired | Stephen Hector YoussefDoueihi † | Bishop ofSaint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.0 | Retired | Adam JosephExner, O.M.I. † | Archbishop ofVancouver, British Columbia,Canada | Archbishop Emeritus | |
66.1 | Ordained Bishop | CarloLiberati | Prelate ofPompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario,Italy | Prelate Emeritus | |
48.1 | Appointed | Gregory JohnMansour | Bishop ofSaint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York,USA | ||
29.1 | Ordained Deacon | Francisco JavierMartínez Castillo | Deacon ofPuebla de los Ángeles,México | Auxiliary Bishop | |
40.6 | Ordained Bishop | AnthonyMuheria | Bishop ofEmbu,Kenya | Archbishop ofNyeri,Kenya | |
55.7 | Appointed | GennaroPascarella | Coadjutor Bishop ofPozzuoli,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
84.9 | Died | Angel AdolfoPolachini Rodriguez † | Bishop Emeritus ofGuanare,Venezuela | ||
64.5 | Appointed | Raymond OlirRoussin, S. M. † | Archbishop ofVancouver, British Columbia,Canada | Archbishop Emeritus | |
11 Jan | 45.7 | Ordained Bishop | Filomenodo Nascimento Vieira Dias | Titular Bishop ofFlumenpiscense | Archbishop ofLuanda,Angola |
63.8 | Installed | GiovanniGiudici † | Bishop ofPavia,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.6 | Ordained Bishop | AntonioLanfranchi † | Bishop ofCesena-Sarsina,Italy | Archbishop ofModena-Nonantola,Italy | |
57.6 | Ordained Bishop | Anselmo GuidoPecorari | Titular Archbishop ofPopulonia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
56.8 | Ordained Bishop | GiuseppeZenti | Bishop ofVittorio Veneto,Italy | Bishop Emeritus ofVerona,Italy | |
12 Jan | 30.3 | Ordained Deacon | Peter AdrianChifukwa | Deacon ofDedza,Malawi | Bishop |
57.5 | Ordained Bishop | John MichaelMiller, C.S.B. | Titular Archbishop ofVertara | Archbishop Emeritus ofVancouver, British Columbia,Canada | |
13 Jan | 57.6 | Appointed | AndréMarceau | Bishop ofPerpignan-Elne,France | Bishop Emeritus ofNice,France |
14 Jan | 74.9 | Died | Noel DesmondDaly † | Bishop Emeritus ofSandhurst,Australia | |
15 Jan | 54.2 | Appointed | José ManuelLorca Planes | Bishop ofTeruel y Albarracín,Spain | Bishop ofCartagena (en España) |
16 Jan | 54.6 | Appointed | Daniel NicholasDiNardo | Coadjutor Bishop ofGalveston-Houston, Texas,USA | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofGalveston-Houston, Texas,USA |
59.8 | Installed | Luis AlbertoParra Mora † | Bishop ofMocoa-Sibundoy,Colombia | Bishop Emeritus | |
17 Jan | 31.2 | Ordained Priest | John BoscoAuram | Priest ofKimbe,Papua New Guinea | Bishop |
44.4 | Ordained Bishop | KarlBorsch | Titular Bishop ofCrepedula | Auxiliary Bishop ofAachen,Germany | |
75.7 | Retired | AllanChamgwera | Bishop ofZomba,Malawi | Bishop Emeritus | |
51.8 | Resigned | Dominique François JosephMamberti | Apostolic Delegate toSomalia | Cardinal, Prefect of theApostolic Signatura | |
62.8 | Appointed | RamiroMoliner Inglés † | Apostolic Nuncio toEthiopia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
62.8 | Appointed | RamiroMoliner Inglés † | Apostolic Nuncio toDjibouti | Apostolic Nuncio | |
62.8 | Appointed | RamiroMoliner Inglés † | Apostolic Delegate toSomalia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
64.5 | Ordained Bishop | LuisMorao Andreazza, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop ofTullia | Bishop Emeritus ofChalatenango,El Salvador | |
35.1 | Installed | JosephTong Changping | Bishop ofTongzhou [Tungchow],China | ||
43.6 | Ordained Bishop | Gabriel Justice YawAnokye | Titular Bishop ofCellae in Mauretania | Archbishop ofKumasi,Ghana | |
18 Jan | 55.3 | Installed | Andrea BrunoMazzocato | Bishop ofTreviso,Italy | Archbishop Emeritus ofUdine,Italy |
44.1 | Ordained Bishop | Franz-PeterTebartz-van Elst | Titular Bishop ofGirus Tarasii | Official of the Dicastery forEvangelization | |
20 Jan | 75.1 | Retired | ZefSimoni † | Auxiliary Bishop ofShkodrë,Albania | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofShkodrë-Pult,Albania |
21 Jan | 57.5 | Appointed | ArmandoBucciol | Bishop ofLivramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
76.7 | Retired | HélioPaschoal, C.S.S. † | Bishop ofLivramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
22 Jan | 49.9 | Appointed | Paul RichardGallagher | Titular Archbishop ofHodelm | Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat ofState |
49.9 | Appointed | Paul RichardGallagher | Apostolic Nuncio toBurundi | Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat ofState | |
23 Jan | Died | Amândio DominguesNeto, O.F.M. † | Prefect Emeritus ofGuinea Portoghese,Guinea-Bissau | ||
24 Jan | 51.0 | Ordained Bishop | RenatoBoccardo | Titular Bishop ofAquipendium | Archbishop ofSpoleto-Norcia,Italy |
60.7 | Appointed | Luigi AntonioCantafora | Bishop ofLamezia Terme,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
71.5 | Appointed | JosephCheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) † | Archbishop ofTaipei,Taiwan | Archbishop Emeritus | |
48.7 | Appointed | LászlóKiss-Rigó | Auxiliary Bishop ofEsztergom-Budapest,Hungary | Bishop ofSzeged-Csanád,Hungary | |
48.7 | Appointed | LászlóKiss-Rigó | Titular Bishop ofPudentiana | Bishop ofSzeged-Csanád,Hungary | |
60.6 | Appointed | BoscoLin Chi-nan | Bishop ofTainan,Taiwan | Bishop Emeritus | |
66.2 | Installed | CarloLiberati | Prelate ofPompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario,Italy | Prelate Emeritus | |
76.1 | Retired | VincenzoRimedio | Bishop ofLamezia Terme,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
66.5 | Ordained Bishop | Victor AntonioTamayo Betancourt | Titular Bishop ofVoncariana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofBarranquilla,Colombia | |
75.7 | Retired | JosephTi-kang † | Archbishop ofTaipei,Taiwan | Archbishop Emeritus | |
43.6 | Appointed | GyörgyUdvardy | Auxiliary Bishop ofEsztergom-Budapest,Hungary | Archbishop ofVeszprém,Hungary | |
43.6 | Appointed | GyörgyUdvardy | Titular Bishop ofMarazanae | Archbishop ofVeszprém,Hungary | |
25 Jan | 67.2 | Ordained Bishop | Pier GiacomoGrampa | Bishop ofLugano,Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus |
57.6 | Installed | AntonioLanfranchi † | Bishop ofCesena-Sarsina,Italy | Archbishop ofModena-Nonantola,Italy | |
26 Jan | 55.5 | Installed | Raymond LeoBurke | Archbishop ofSaint Louis, Missouri,USA | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of theApostolic Signatura |
74.7 | Died | PaulMambe Mukanga † | Bishop ofKindu,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
27 Jan | 59.7 | Appointed | RenzoFratini | Apostolic Nuncio toNigeria | Apostolic Nuncio |
50.6 | Appointed | VitoRallo | Permanent Observer toCouncil of Europe | Apostolic Nuncio | |
28 Jan | 56.7 | Appointed | JoãoBráz de Aviz | Archbishop ofBrasília, Distrito Federal,Brazil | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery forInstitutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life |
66.9 | Appointed | RaymundoDamasceno Assis | Archbishop ofAparecida, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
79.4 | Retired | SerafimFernandes de Araújo † | Archbishop ofBelo Horizonte, Minas Gerais,Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
78.2 | Retired | José FreireFalcão † | Archbishop ofBrasília, Distrito Federal,Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
79.3 | Retired | Aloísio Leo ArlindoLorscheider, O.F.M. † | Archbishop ofAparecida, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
49.7 | Appointed | WalmorOliveira de Azevedo | Archbishop ofBelo Horizonte, Minas Gerais,Brazil | ||
86.5 | Died | FranzŽak † | Bishop Emeritus ofSankt Pölten,Austria | ||
29 Jan | 80.6 | Died | Walter TheodorJansen † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofKöln {Cologne},Germany | |
30 Jan | 52.1 | Ordained Bishop | Francis DeanAlleyne, O.S.B. | Bishop ofGeorgetown, Guyana,Antilles | |
61.7 | Ordained Bishop | PaulHinder, O.F.M. Cap. | Titular Bishop ofMacon | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus ofSouthern Arabia,United Arab Emirates | |
31 Jan | 53.7 | Ordained Bishop | FabioDuque Jaramillo, O.F.M. † | Bishop ofArmenia,Colombia | Bishop ofGarzón,Colombia |
75.0 | Appointed | RaffaelloFunghini † | Titular Archbishop ofNova Petra | Dean Emeritus of theRoman Rota | |
75.0 | Retired | RaffaelloFunghini † | Dean of theRoman Rota | Dean Emeritus | |
59.0 | Appointed | JuanNavarro Castellanos | Auxiliary Bishop ofAcapulco, Guerrero,México | Bishop Emeritus ofTuxpan, Veracruz,México | |
59.0 | Appointed | JuanNavarro Castellanos | Titular Bishop ofCaput Cilla | Bishop Emeritus ofTuxpan, Veracruz,México | |
68.3 | Appointed | AntoniStankiewicz † | Dean of theRoman Rota | Dean Emeritus |
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