The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Resigned	John Francis Brown, S.M.A.	Superior of Kano, Nigeria	Superior Emeritus
	49.2	Appointed	Aldo Cavalli	Apostolic Delegate to Angola	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
	85.0	Died	Germain-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Holy Cross
	53.9	Appointed	Antonio Lucibello	Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey
	69.8	Resigned	Mario Rizzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	88.9	Retired	Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.9	Appointed	Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.	Superior General of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia
1 Jan	64.3	Resigned	Isak Doera †	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan	62.1	Appointed	Pietro Brollo	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
2 Jan	66.1	Appointed	Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet †	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
5 Jan	49.4	Appointed	Julián Barrio Barrio	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	53.0	Appointed	Robert William Muench	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
	76.4	Retired	Phocas Nikwigize	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
	46.4	Appointed	José de Jesús Quintero Díaz	Prelate of Tibú, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
	49.2	Appointed	Atilano Rodríguez Martínez	Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
	49.2	Appointed	Atilano Rodríguez Martínez	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
6 Jan	69.9	Ordained Bishop	Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis †	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Warri, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Maria Celli	Titular Archbishop of Cluentum	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo	Titular Bishop of Bapara	Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Riccardo Fontana	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Antons Justs	Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Kurt Koch	Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Antal Majnek, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Pérez González	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	José Paulino Ríos Reynoso	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
	67.1	Ordained Bishop	Riccardo Ruotolo †	Titular Bishop of Castulo	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Ryłko	Titular Archbishop of Novica	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Marko Sopi †	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Vieira Rocha	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
7 Jan	86.5	Died	Joseph Bernard Brunini †	Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Gomes Guimarães	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Gregorios Elias Tabé	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Franz Vorrath	Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
8 Jan	68.6	Died	Guy Gérard Deroubaix †	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
8 Jan	85.5	Died	Alberto Frederico Etges †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9 Jan	59.5	Appointed	Rafael Palmero Ramos	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
9 Jan	68.6	Resigned	Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. †	Bishop of Jamshedpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	91.9	Died	Laurenz Böggering †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
11 Jan	48.0	Appointed	Paul Choi Deok-ki	Coadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	59.2	Appointed	Paulinus Costa	Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
	61.1	Appointed	Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J.	Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.6	Appointed	Aloysius Paul D’Souza	Auxiliary Bishop of Mangalore, India	Bishop
	54.6	Appointed	Aloysius Paul D’Souza	Titular Bishop of Dura	Bishop of Mangalore, India
	69.0	Appointed	Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr.	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	43.9	Appointed	Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C.	Bishop of Agartala, India
12 Jan	77.7	Retired	Francisco Maria Aguilera González †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan	55.1	Appointed	Rafael Romo Muñoz	Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
14 Jan	76.2	Died	Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada
16 Jan	75.0	Retired	Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M.	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan	60.3	Succeeded	André Louis Fort	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
17 Jan	94.5	Died	Anacleto Cazzaniga †	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
	71.0	Died	Mario Miglietta †	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
	54.5	Appointed	José Moreira de Melo	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	68.8	Ordained Bishop	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
18 Jan	96.0	Died	João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
	72.8	Appointed	Ivan Ljavinec †	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	72.8	Appointed	Ivan Ljavinec †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
20 Jan	65.0	Resigned	Cirilo R. Almario	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Tomás de Carvalho Botelho	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Leptiminus	Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela
23 Jan	50.2	Appointed	John Raymond Manz	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	50.2	Appointed	John Raymond Manz	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	64.0	Installed	Michael Angelo Saltarelli †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	62.1	Appointed	Robert Patrick Maginnis	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	62.1	Appointed	Robert Patrick Maginnis	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	49.7	Appointed	Joseph Francis Martino	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
	49.7	Appointed	Joseph Francis Martino	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Jan	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Carl Frederick Mengeling	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jan	90.8	Died	Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
26 Jan	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Robert Nugent Lynch	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
27 Jan	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez	Bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
28 Jan	62.8	Installed	Giuseppe Chiaretti	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Jan	63.2	Appointed	Francis Arinze	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	73.4	Appointed	Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	71.9	Appointed	Andrzej Maria Deskur †	Cardinal-Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
	78.0	Appointed	Edouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	79.7	Appointed	Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Saba	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	80.4	Appointed	Antonio Innocenti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	72.0	Appointed	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	84.7	Appointed	Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
	65.4	Appointed	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	85.4	Appointed	Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
	71.9	Appointed	Jozef Tomko	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
30 Jan	84.7	Died	Pierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon †	Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
31 Jan	59.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Mani	Archbishop of Italy, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
	59.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Mani	Titular Archbishop of Zaba	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
	65.0	Resigned	Giovanni Marra	Archbishop of Italy, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
2 Feb	76.2	Retired	Luigi Bongianino †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Martino Canessa	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
	65.1	Appointed	Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David	Bishop of Evreux, France	Bishop Emeritus
	77.2	Retired	Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli †	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	66.7	Died	Bernard Hubert †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Boniface Lele †	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
	55.9	Appointed	Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega	Bishop of Ciego de Avila, Cuba
	49.5	Installed	Carlos José Ñáñez	Coadjutor Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
	76.2	Retired	Marijan Oblak †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Walter Pérez Villamonte	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
	56.1	Succeeded	Ivan Prendja †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	47.8	Installed	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
3 Feb	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya	Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya
	70.9	Died	Ibrahim Hélou †	Bishop of Saïda (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
	56.4	Appointed	Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	68.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Wadih Tayah †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
4 Feb	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Tesfamariam Bedho †	Bishop of Keren (Ethiopian), Eritrea
	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Locati †	Titular Bishop of Zica	Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
	71.8	Ordained Bishop	Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Barentu (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	47.6	Appointed	Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.	Bishop of Peru, Military	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
	56.8	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	56.8	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Titular Bishop of Thizica	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	75.5	Retired	Eduardo Picher Peña †	Archbishop of Peru, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Feb	72.7	Resigned	Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M.	Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
8 Feb	68.4	Installed	Andrew Pataki †	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Alan Saunders	Bishop of Broome, Australia
	76.0	Died	Derek John Worlock †	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
10 Feb	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles Henry Dufour	Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	82.7	Died	Abramo Freschi †	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
	57.0	Appointed	Enrico Masseroni	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.3	Appointed	Mauro Meacci, O.S.B.	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
	55.7	Appointed	Donal Brendan Murray	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Marin Srakić	Coadjutor Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
11 Feb	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Deng Majak	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
11 Feb	71.0	Appointed	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Bishop of Venezuela, Military	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	65.9	Appointed	Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras	Archbishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Feb	60.9	Succeeded	João José Burke, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
	75.0	Retired	James (Jaime) Collins, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	75.1	Died	Manuel Pérez-Gil y González †	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Bishop
16 Feb	59.1	Died	Ernest Patili Assi †	Bishop of Kara, Togo
18 Feb	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro José Conti	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Valentin Masengo Mkinda	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Atilano Rodríguez Martínez	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
21 Feb	25.3	Ordained Deacon	Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim	Deacon of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop of Segheneity (Ethiopian), Eritrea
22 Feb	76.2	Retired	José María Cases Deordal †	Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Choi Deok-ki	Coadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	72.2	Appointed	Ivan Choma †	Titular Bishop of Patara
	63.0	Appointed	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U.	Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	66.2	Appointed	Victorio Oliver Domingo	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	48.6	Appointed	Juan Antonio Reig Pla	Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
	52.0	Appointed	Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon	Bishop of Clermont, France	Archbishop of Clermont, France
	52.5	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
23 Feb	57.3	Appointed	Pedro D. Arigo	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
	57.3	Appointed	Pedro D. Arigo	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
	50.6	Appointed	Longinus Da Cunha †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
	56.8	Appointed	José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
	56.8	Appointed	José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Bamaccora	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
	76.8	Retired	Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.7	Appointed	Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi †	Bishop of Aného, Togo
	56.9	Appointed	Peter Fernando	Coadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin, India	Archbishop of Madurai, India
	56.9	Appointed	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
	56.9	Appointed	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Zucchabar	Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
	56.9	Resigned	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
	73.1	Died	Maurus Gervase Komba †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
	48.7	Appointed	John Baptist Odama	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
	38.9	Incardinated	Sanctus Lino Wanok	Priest of Nebbi, Uganda	Bishop
24 Feb	60.4	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	54.8	Appointed	Walter Mixa	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
	66.1	Resigned	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to United States of America
	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S.	Bishop of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Romo Muñoz	Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
25 Feb	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Ramzi Garmou	Coadjutor Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop
	77.6	Died	Nikë Prela †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Bishop of Goiás, Goias, Brazil
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Novo Redondo, Angola	Archbishop of Malanje, Angola
27 Feb	86.0	Died	Cyril Edward Restieaux †	Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
28 Feb	59.7	Appointed	Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I.	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Feb	75.4	Retired	Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Feb	60.0	Resigned	Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble †	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	67.9	Died	Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
	40.4	Succeeded	Jean-Claude Rembanga	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus