The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Feb 76.2 Retired Luigi Bongianino † Bishop of Tortona, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Martino Canessa Bishop of Tortona, Italy Bishop Emeritus

65.1 Appointed Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David † Bishop of Évreux, France Bishop Emeritus

77.2 Retired Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli † Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy Bishop Emeritus

66.6 Died Bernard Hubert † Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

29.8 Professed José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina

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 Ávila, Cuba Bishop Emeritus

49.4 Installed Carlos José Ñáñez Coadjutor Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina

76.1 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

56.0 Succeeded Ivan Prendja † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

47.8 Installed Thomas Joseph Tobin Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

3 Feb 39.7 Ordained Bishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo Bishop of Kericho, Kenya Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya

70.8 Died Ibrahim Hélou † Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon

56.3 Appointed Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M. † Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

27.4 Ordained Priest Pius Sin Hozel Priest of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) Auxiliary Bishop

68.6 Ordained Bishop Pierre Wadih Tayah † Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)

4 Feb 61.3 Ordained Bishop Tesfamariam Bedho † Bishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea

67.5 Ordained Bishop Luigi Locati † Titular Bishop of Zica Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya

71.7 Ordained Bishop Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea Bishop Emeritus

6 Feb 47.5 Appointed Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. Bishop of Peru, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru

56.8 Appointed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

56.8 Appointed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Titular Bishop of Thizica Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

75.4 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

46.0 Ordained Bishop Christopher Alan Saunders Bishop of Broome, Australia Bishop Emeritus

76.0 Died Derek John Harford Worlock † Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

10 Feb 23.5 Ordained Priest Jaime Cristóbal Abril González Priest of Tunja, Colombia Bishop of Arauca, Colombia

55.7 Ordained Bishop Charles Henry Dufour Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

82.6 Died Abramo Freschi † Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy

56.9 Appointed Enrico Masseroni † Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

40.2 Confirmed Mauro Meacci, O.S.B. Abbot of Subiaco, Italy

32.9 Ordained Priest Pius Moon Chang-woo Priest of Cheju, Korea (South) Bishop of Jeju, Korea (South)

55.6 Appointed Donal Brendan Murray † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

58.5 Appointed Marin Srakić Coadjutor Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia

11 Feb 55.2 Ordained Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak † Bishop of Wau, South Sudan

28.0 Professed Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil

29.0 First Vows Geraldo Freire Soares, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil

71.0 Appointed Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce † Bishop of Venezuela, Military Bishop Emeritus

27.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Martin Wu Qinjing Priest Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China

13 Feb 65.8 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, Brazil

74.9 Retired James (Jaime) Collins, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Died Manuel Pérez-Gil y González † Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México Bishop

15 Feb 28.2 Ordained Priest Herculano Medina Garfias Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

16 Feb 59.1 Died Ernest Patili Assi † Bishop of Kara, Togo

18 Feb 46.3 Ordained Bishop Pedro José Conti Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

55.1 Ordained Bishop Valentin Masengo Nkinda † Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.3 Ordained Bishop Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez Titular Bishop of Horaea Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

20 Feb 27.5 Perpetual Vows José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina

21 Feb 27.5 Ordained Deacon José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D. Deacon of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina

25.3 Ordained Deacon Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim Deacon of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea

22 Feb 76.1 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

62.9 Appointed Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

66.1 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 Emeritus of Alcalá de Henares, Spain

51.9 Appointed Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon † Bishop of Clermont, France Archbishop Emeritus of Clermont, France

52.4 Appointed Peter Stephan Zurbriggen † Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique Apostolic Nuncio

23 Feb 57.2 Appointed Pedro Dulay Arigo Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines

57.2 Appointed Pedro Dulay Arigo Titular Bishop of Mactaris Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines

50.5 Appointed Longinus Da Cunha † Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia

56.8 Appointed José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

56.8 Appointed José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Bamaccora Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela

76.7 Retired Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. † Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

61.6 Appointed Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi † Bishop of Aného, Togo

56.9 Appointed Peter Fernando † Coadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin, India Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

56.8 Appointed Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. Titular Bishop of Zucchabar Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

56.8 Resigned Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

45.9 Installed Kurt Koch Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

73.1 Died Maurus Gervase Komba † Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania

48.6 Appointed John Baptist Odama Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda Archbishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda

38.8 Incardinated Sanctus Lino Wanok Priest of Nebbi, Uganda Bishop of Lira, Uganda

24 Feb 60.4 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus 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

66.0 Resigned Gabriel Montalvo Higuera † Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia Apostolic Nuncio

50.6 Ordained Bishop Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S. Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Ordained Bishop Rafael Romo Muñoz Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México Archbishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

25 Feb 51.0 Ordained Bishop Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado Coadjutor Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

77.6 Died Nikë Prela † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia

51.6 Ordained Bishop Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen Titular Bishop of Tabbora Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil

49.3 Ordained Bishop Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Novo Redondo, Angola Archbishop of Malanje, Angola

26 Feb 86.0 Died Cyril Edward Restieaux † Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain

28 Feb 59.6 Appointed Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. † Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

75.3 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

40.3 Succeeded Jean-Claude Rembanga Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Feb	76.2	Retired	Luigi Bongianino †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Martino Canessa	Bishop of Tortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David †	Bishop of Évreux, France	Bishop Emeritus
77.2	Retired	Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli †	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
66.6	Died	Bernard Hubert †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
29.8	Professed	José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina
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 Ávila, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
49.4	Installed	Carlos José Ñáñez	Coadjutor Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
76.1	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
56.0	Succeeded	Ivan Prendja †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
47.8	Installed	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
3 Feb	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
70.8	Died	Ibrahim Hélou †	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
56.3	Appointed	Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
27.4	Ordained Priest	Pius Sin Hozel	Priest of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop
68.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Wadih Tayah †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
4 Feb	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Tesfamariam Bedho †	Bishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea
67.5	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Locati †	Titular Bishop of Zica	Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
71.7	Ordained Bishop	Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea	Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	47.5	Appointed	Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.	Bishop of Peru, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
56.8	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
56.8	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Titular Bishop of Thizica	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
75.4	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
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Alan Saunders	Bishop of Broome, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
76.0	Died	Derek John Harford Worlock †	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
10 Feb	23.5	Ordained Priest	Jaime Cristóbal Abril González	Priest of Tunja, Colombia	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Charles Henry Dufour	Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
82.6	Died	Abramo Freschi †	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
56.9	Appointed	Enrico Masseroni †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
40.2	Confirmed	Mauro Meacci, O.S.B.	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
32.9	Ordained Priest	Pius Moon Chang-woo	Priest of Cheju, Korea (South)	Bishop of Jeju, Korea (South)
55.6	Appointed	Donal Brendan Murray †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
58.5	Appointed	Marin Srakić	Coadjutor Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
11 Feb	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Deng Majak †	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
28.0	Professed	Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil
29.0	First Vows	Geraldo Freire Soares, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
71.0	Appointed	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Bishop of Venezuela, Military	Bishop Emeritus
27.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Martin Wu Qinjing	Priest	Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
13 Feb	65.8	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, Brazil
74.9	Retired	James (Jaime) Collins, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Died	Manuel Pérez-Gil y González †	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Bishop
15 Feb	28.2	Ordained Priest	Herculano Medina Garfias	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
16 Feb	59.1	Died	Ernest Patili Assi †	Bishop of Kara, Togo
18 Feb	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro José Conti	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Valentin Masengo Nkinda †	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
20 Feb	27.5	Perpetual Vows	José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina
21 Feb	27.5	Ordained Deacon	José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D.	Deacon of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina
25.3	Ordained Deacon	Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim	Deacon of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea
22 Feb	76.1	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
62.9	Appointed	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
66.1	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 Emeritus of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
51.9	Appointed	Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon †	Bishop of Clermont, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Clermont, France
52.4	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique	Apostolic Nuncio
23 Feb	57.2	Appointed	Pedro Dulay Arigo	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
57.2	Appointed	Pedro Dulay Arigo	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
50.5	Appointed	Longinus Da Cunha †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
56.8	Appointed	José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Bamaccora	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
76.7	Retired	Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
61.6	Appointed	Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi †	Bishop of Aného, Togo
56.9	Appointed	Peter Fernando †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
56.8	Appointed	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Zucchabar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
56.8	Resigned	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
45.9	Installed	Kurt Koch	Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
73.1	Died	Maurus Gervase Komba †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
48.6	Appointed	John Baptist Odama	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
38.8	Incardinated	Sanctus Lino Wanok	Priest of Nebbi, Uganda	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
24 Feb	60.4	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus 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
66.0	Resigned	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Apostolic Nuncio
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S.	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Romo Muñoz	Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
25 Feb	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado	Coadjutor Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
77.6	Died	Nikë Prela †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Novo Redondo, Angola	Archbishop of Malanje, Angola
26 Feb	86.0	Died	Cyril Edward Restieaux †	Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
28 Feb	59.6	Appointed	Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. †	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
75.3	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
40.3	Succeeded	Jean-Claude Rembanga	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus

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