The Year of Our Lord 1977

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.5	Professed	Abdo Arbach, B.C.	Member of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist	Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
	51.6	Resigned	Enzio d’Antonio	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
	52.5	Resigned	João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †	Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
		Died	Leopold Grimard, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Idah, Nigeria
	81.0	Died	Ludwig Haag, M. Afr. †	Prefect Emeritus of Tukuyu, Tanzania
	39.2	Incardinated	Joseph Nunzio Latino	Priest of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	38.1	Incardinated	Paul Kazuhiro Mori	Priest of Tokyo, Japan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Prefect Emeritus
	84.0	Died	Basil Niederberger, O.S.B. †	Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
	61.9	Resigned	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †	Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
	75.7	Retired	Luigi Rinaldi †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M. †	Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
		Died	Henry J. Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Same, Tanzania
1 Jan	28.5	Ordained Priest	Aloísio Alberto Dilli, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 Jan	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Einaudi	Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Croatia
3 Jan	42.1	Appointed	Grégoire (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B.	Apostolic Exarch of France (Armenian)	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
	42.1	Appointed	Grégoire (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B.	Titular Bishop of Amida degli Armeni	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
	55.7	Appointed	Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan	57.0	Died	Vasco Séirécov †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	40.7	Appointed	Edgardo Gabriel Storni	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
	40.7	Appointed	Edgardo Gabriel Storni	Titular Bishop of Croae	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
6 Jan	60.4	Appointed	Fiorenzo Angelini	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
7 Jan	74.7	Died	Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion †	Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
8 Jan	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé †	Bishop of Sikasso, Mali
8 Jan	26.0	Ordained Priest	Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia
9 Jan	27.5	Ordained Priest	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Priest of Istituto del Prado	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfons Demming	Titular Bishop of Gordus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Armando Franco †	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Wöste †	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
11 Jan	74.6	Retired	Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka †	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	92.2	Died	James Edward Kearney †	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
13 Jan	31.9	Ordained Priest	Ramzi Garmou	Priest of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop
15 Jan	89.4	Retired	Raffaele Campelli †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Robert Daniel Conlon	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
	58.6	Appointed	Costanzo Micci †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	52.5	Appointed	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
16 Jan	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Mutugenna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
17 Jan	57.3	Died	José Dalvit, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
17 Jan	48.4	Appointed	James Steven Rausch †	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
20 Jan	22.6	Professed	Severino Clasen, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
22 Jan	72.6	Died	Franco Costa †	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
22 Jan	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Laurence Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Broken Bay, Australia
23 Jan	29.4	Ordained Priest	Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho
23 Jan	30.1	Ordained Priest	Vincent Kympat †	Priest of Shillong, India	Bishop of Jowai, India
24 Jan	55.2	Appointed	Adolfo Gerstner †	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Vincent Dudley †	Titular Bishop of Ursona	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
	39.6	Ordained Bishop	John Francis Kinney	Titular Bishop of Caprulae	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	43.7	Appointed	João Oneres Marchiori	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	68.8	Installed	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Jan	87.0	Died	Salvatore Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru
27 Jan	71.7	Appointed	Francesco Carpino †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
27 Jan	47.7	Appointed	Bernard Hubert †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
30 Jan	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Cyriaque Siméon Obamba †	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	77.8	Retired	Alberto Carinci †	Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.7	Succeeded	Enzio d’Antonio	Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Fabio Martínez Castilla	Priest of Yucatán, México	Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
	79.0	Died	Giacomo Palombella †	Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy
Feb	56.1	Resigned	Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. †	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
1 Feb	38.3	Appointed	Howard James Hubbard	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
2 Feb	22.1	Professed	Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P.	Member of Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza	Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Lélis Lara, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	23.3	Professed	José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
3 Feb	75.8	Resigned	Luis Chávez y González †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.9	Appointed	Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †	Bishop of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
	53.9	Resigned	Eurico Dias Nogueira	Bishop of Sá da Bandeira, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	51.9	Appointed	Alexandre do Nascimento	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	55.4	Appointed	Manuel Franklin da Costa †	Archbishop of Huambo, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
	66.5	Resigned	Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. †	Bishop of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
	46.9	Appointed	Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	46.9	Appointed	Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	75.4	Retired	Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty †	Bishop of Lwena, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa †	Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola	Bishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola
	59.5	Appointed	Oscar Amulfo Romero y Galdamez †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
	53.4	Appointed	Eugénio Salessu †	Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	51.7	Appointed	Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †	Archbishop of Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Feb	77.0	Resigned	Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. †	Prelate of Guamá, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
6 Feb	64.5	Installed	Francis James Harrison †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	72.7	Died	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
8 Feb	28.7	Ordained Priest	Dominic Lumon	Priest of Kohima, India	Archbishop of Imphal, India
9 Feb	76.2	Retired	Filippo Aglialoro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Grégoire (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B.	Titular Bishop of Amida degli Armeni	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
13 Feb	51.3	Ordained Bishop	António José Rafael	Titular Bishop of Budua	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal
14 Feb	63.1	Installed	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Eparch of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA	Eparch Emeritus
15 Feb	47.0	Appointed	Robert Edward Mulvee	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
15 Feb	47.0	Appointed	Robert Edward Mulvee	Titular Bishop of Summa	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
16 Feb	46.6	Appointed	Emile Marcus, P.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
	46.6	Appointed	Emile Marcus, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
	74.9	Retired	Joseph Thomas McGucken †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.9	Appointed	John Raphael Quinn	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	William Stephen Skylstad	Bishop of Yakima, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
19 Feb	71.1	Resigned	José Bascuñana y López †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Duran Moreno †	Titular Bishop of Tamagrista	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
	60.1	Appointed	João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda †	Titular Bishop of Tragurium	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
20 Feb	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Flynn	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Severinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia
22 Feb	52.4	Appointed	Giovanni Locatelli †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Giovanni Locatelli †	Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
	59.5	Installed	Oscar Amulfo Romero y Galdamez †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
24 Feb	55.5	Appointed	Paulos Tzadua †	Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
24 Feb	72.9	Retired	Asrate Mariam Yemmeru †	Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Feb	36.4	Appointed	Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I.	Bishop of Pala, Chad
	39.6	Appointed	Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
	57.9	Appointed	Paulinus Jeerakath, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabarese), India
	54.3	Appointed	Abraham D. Mattam, C.V.	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I.	Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
	58.1	Died	Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †	Bishop Emeritus of Atakpamé, Togo
	63.9	Appointed	Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	John Perumattam, M.S.T.A. †	Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Simon Ignatius Pimenta	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Simon Ignatius Pimenta	Titular Archbishop of Bocconia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
	73.2	Retired	Matthew Pothanamuzhi †	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Joseph Powathil	Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabarese), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India
	40.5	Appointed	George Punnakottil	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese), India
	57.2	Appointed	Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabarese), India
	67.9	Appointed	Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M.	Bishop of Ngong, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	42.9	Appointed	Mario Joseph Conti	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
	55.5	Appointed	James Joseph Daly	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.5	Appointed	James Joseph Daly	Titular Bishop of Castra Nova	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	50.5	Appointed	Javier Osés Flamarique †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	53.5	Appointed	Gerald Augustine John Ryan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	53.5	Appointed	Gerald Augustine John Ryan †	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA