The Year of Our Lord 1973

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	68.7	Died	Pedro José Agostini, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Rabban Al-Qas	Priest of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop
	44.1	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Franzoni, O.S.B.	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	29.1	Professed	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan
		Died	James Ireland, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
		Died	Giuseppe Khantzian †	Ordinary of Greece (Armenian)
	70.5	Died	Joseph Li Tao-nan †	Bishop of Puqi [Puchi], China
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Mikha Pola Maqdassi	Priest of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop
	84.6	Died	Pietro Moretti, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
	68.5	Appointed	Umberto Mozzoni †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	64.4	Resigned	Eustace John Smith, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Died	John A. Weidner, S.A.C. †	Prefect of Raipur, India
	27.8	Professed	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Korea, Military
2 Jan	59.9	Died	Alejandro Olalia †	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
6 Jan	24.6	Ordained Priest	Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando	Priest of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Auxiliary Bishop
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Augustine Kasujja	Priest of Kampala, Uganda	Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Priest	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan
	41.5	Ordained Priest	Alonso Llano Ruiz	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
	29.0	Ordained Priest	John Njue	Priest of Embu, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
7 Jan	28.4	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Bushu	Priest	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon
7 Jan	58.7	Installed	Gerard Louis Frey †	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan	92.7	Died	José Carlos de Aguirre †	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil
8 Jan	63.1	Succeeded	José Melhado Campos †	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jan	64.0	Confirmed	Karl Berg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Jan	40.9	Appointed	Miguel C. Cinches, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	61.5	Resigned	Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jan	55.0	Appointed	Edouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Cardinal, President Emeritus
11 Jan	68.0	Appointed	Maurice Roy †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
12 Jan	57.9	Died	Prosper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
12 Jan	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Ezequiel Perea Sánchez †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan	89.4	Died	Fernando Cento †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
13 Jan	71.2	Died	Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
14 Jan	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Fani Chakaipa †	Titular Bishop of Rucuma	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
14 Jan	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
16 Jan	80.4	Died	Vicente Juan Solís Fernández †	Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
18 Jan	55.9	Appointed	Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M.	Bishop of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil
	45.9	Appointed	Ludwig Averkamp	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
	45.9	Appointed	Ludwig Averkamp	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
	39.9	Appointed	Reinhard Lettmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	39.9	Appointed	Reinhard Lettmann †	Titular Bishop of Rotaria	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Alphonsus Liguori Penney	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	46.4	Appointed	Max Georg von Twickel	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.4	Appointed	Max Georg von Twickel	Titular Bishop of Lugura	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
20 Jan	56.3	Succeeded	Enrico Bartoletti †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	François-Marie-Christian Favreau	Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae	Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
	46.1	Appointed	León Kruk †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
	94.4	Died	Antonio Torrini †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
22 Jan	52.6	Died	Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
23 Jan	53.5	Appointed	Edward Dennis Head †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	49.2	Appointed	Pompeu Bezerra Bessa †	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	64.8	Appointed	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.8	Appointed	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Titular Bishop of Mevania	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
26 Jan	58.2	Appointed	Luigi Maria Carli †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
	68.3	Resigned	Lorenzo Gargiulo †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.0	Resigned	Adriani Mkoba †	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
	55.9	Appointed	Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. †	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Manuel S. Salvador †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
	48.1	Appointed	Manuel S. Salvador †	Titular Archbishop of Zarna	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
27 Jan	53.2	Appointed	Umberto Florenzani †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
27 Jan	88.1	Died	Istvan Hász †	Titular Bishop of Sura
28 Jan	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Lawson Howze	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
28 Jan	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Nei Paulo Moretto	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
29 Jan	39.5	Appointed	Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Kohima-Imphal, India	Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India
	42.7	Succeeded	Pius Suh Awa	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	45.8	Appointed	Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
	56.5	Appointed	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	56.5	Appointed	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	45.5	Appointed	Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
	42.4	Appointed	Philip James Anthony Kennedy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide, Australia
	42.4	Appointed	Philip James Anthony Kennedy †	Titular Bishop of Ros Cré	Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide, Australia
	52.7	Appointed	Augustine Kim Jae Deok †	Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	87.6	Died	Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	90.4	Died	Gaetano Mignani, C.M. †	Bishop of Ji’an [Kian], China
	46.3	Resigned	Albert Ndongmo †	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	44.6	Appointed	Thomas Nkuissi †	Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	44.6	Appointed	Thomas Nkuissi †	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
	59.9	Resigned	Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan	50.1	Appointed	Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
	50.1	Appointed	Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto †	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
	57.3	Appointed	Manuel Salazar y Espinoza †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
	53.5	Appointed	Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla †	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop Emeritus of Juigalpa, Nicaragua
31 Jan	48.6	Appointed	Edward Idris Cassidy	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
1 Feb	63.1	Died	Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
2 Feb	76.6	Resigned	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
	64.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Casoria †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship
	85.1	Died	Oreste Rauzi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy
	20.3	Professed	Wilmar Santin, O. Carm.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Snyder	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Henri Antoine Marie Teissier	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
7 Feb	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Bernard James Ganter †	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
	57.3	Succeeded	Federico G. Limon, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	70.8	Resigned	Mariano Madriaga †	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	77.8	Resigned	Luigi Traglia †	Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
8 Feb	45.8	Appointed	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	41.6	Appointed	Joseph Leopold Imesch	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
	41.6	Appointed	Joseph Leopold Imesch	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
	60.0	Appointed	Arthur Henry Krawczak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.0	Appointed	Arthur Henry Krawczak †	Titular Bishop of Subbar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	51.4	Resigned	Jacques Landriault	Apostolic Administrator of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
10 Feb	59.8	Appointed	Gilberto Baroni †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
	55.1	Appointed	Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
	70.3	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Dal Prà †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	92.8	Died	Fidel García Martínez †	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	53.2	Appointed	Santo Bartolomeo Quadri †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
	60.8	Appointed	Luigi Rovigatti †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	60.8	Appointed	Luigi Rovigatti †	Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	60.8	Resigned	Luigi Rovigatti †	Apostolic Administrator of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
11 Feb	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Julius Babatunde Adelakun	Titular Bishop of Thunigaba	Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria
	73.9	Appointed	Alberto Carinci †	Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Naha, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Aureliano Sorrentino †	Archbishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
12 Feb	90.2	Died	Innocenzo Alfredo Russo, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bovino, Italy
15 Feb	89.0	Died	Achille Liènart †	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
15 Feb	79.0	Died	Michael O’Reilly †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
16 Feb	66.3	Died	Luigi Cicuttini †	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
	69.0	Died	Clarence Edward Elwell †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	59.5	Appointed	Armido Gasparini, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect of Awasa, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
	63.0	Died	Pawel Latusek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	50.5	Appointed	Czeslaw Lewandowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Czeslaw Lewandowski †	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	67.0	Resigned	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Awasa, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
	67.0	Resigned	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Hosanna, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
17 Feb	72.2	Died	John Farmer Healy †	Bishop of Gibraltar
19 Feb	29.4	Ordained Priest	Peter John Elliott	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop
	62.9	Appointed	Jozef Feranec †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
	59.2	Appointed	Julius Gábriš †	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
	59.2	Appointed	Julius Gábriš †	Titular Bishop of Decoriana	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
	61.1	Appointed	Jan Pasztor †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	67.3	Appointed	Josef Vrana †	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	67.3	Appointed	Josef Vrana †	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czech Republic
20 Feb	54.1	Resigned	Carlos Stanislau Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
21 Feb	57.3	Ordained Bishop	John Anthony Kelly †	Titular Bishop of Zucchabar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Francis Little †	Titular Bishop of Temuniana	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Eric Gerard Perkins †	Titular Bishop of Verrona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
22 Feb	55.9	Resigned	Clemens P. Chabukasansha †	Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	Daniele Ferrari †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.7	Resigned	Henri Marie Charles Gufflet †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
	52.6	Resigned	Luigi Maverna †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes †	Titular Bishop of Assava	Bishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México
23 Feb	56.5	Appointed	Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana †	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Río Cuarto, Argentina
	66.7	Appointed	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
	66.7	Appointed	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
	66.7	Resigned	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Larantuka, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Ludwig Averkamp	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Reinhard Lettmann †	Titular Bishop of Rotaria	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
	55.2	Installed	Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
	42.7	Appointed	Jesus B. Tuquib	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Max Georg von Twickel	Titular Bishop of Lugura	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
25 Feb	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Krikor Ayvazian †	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Battisti †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Karl Berg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
	79.6	Retired	Carlo Confalonieri †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	79.6	Retired	Carlo Confalonieri †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
26 Feb	59.8	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	47.7	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Titular Archbishop of Carpi	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
	47.7	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
	50.8	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	57.5	Appointed	Antonio Innocenti †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	49.1	Appointed	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy	Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	78.1	Retired	Paolo Marella †	President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
27 Feb	57.4	Died	Altino Ribeiro de Santana †	Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
	46.8	Appointed	Georges Rol	Coadjutor Bishop of Angoulême, France	Bishop Emeritus
	46.8	Appointed	Georges Rol	Titular Bishop of Gabii	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
28 Feb	68.3	Resigned	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
28 Feb	77.4	Died	Thomas Niu Hui-ching †	Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China