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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown70.9AppointedPaul AntakiProtosyncellus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)Protosyncellus Emeritus
70.9AppointedPaul AntakiAuxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), SyriaProtosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
30.0Ordained PriestPetros BergaPriest of Haarlem, NetherlandsApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
26.6Perpetual VowsPatrick Chilekwa Chisanga, O.F.M. Conv.Member of Order of Friars Minor ConventualBishop of Mansa, Zambia
40.6ProfessedJoseph Gontrand Décoste, S.J.Priest of Society of JesusBishop of Jérémie, Haïti
23.2EnteredEdinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A.Member of Order of St. AugustineBishop of Chiclayo, Peru
29.5EnteredPedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P.Member of Congregation of the PassionAuxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
72.0SucceededPeter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen)Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
27.8Ordained DeaconGeorge Toufik KhouryDeacon of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), SyriaBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
30.5Ordained DeaconAndris Kravalis, I.N.D.V.Deacon of Riga, LatviaAuxiliary Bishop
64.0AppointedGrégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), PalestinePatriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
80.5Resigned[John Liu Ding-han], S.J. †Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], ChinaBishop Emeritus
28.1Perpetual VowsDavid Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P.Member of Order of Friars PreachersArchbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
75.8ResignedFrançois-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, AntillesBishop Emeritus
23.5Ordained DeaconMassimiliano PalinuroDeacon of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, ItalyVicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
27.2Solemn VowsAnselm van der Linde, O. Cist.Member of Order of CisterciansAbbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
1 Jan77.4DiedPedro BoxlerBishop Emeritus of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
2 Jan48.5Ordained BishopDavid Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.Bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, CanadaBishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
88.9DiedWilliam Francis Kupfer, M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
3 Jan54.9AppointedAngelo BagnascoBishop of Pesaro, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
75.8RetiredGaetano MichettiBishop of Pesaro, ItalyBishop Emeritus
73.6DiedGiulio SalimeiAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
4 Jan25.4Ordained DeaconCleocir BonettiDeacon of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
48.5InstalledDavid Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.Bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, CanadaBishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
31.3Perpetual VowsNeil Augustine Frank, O.M.I.Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
5 Jan73.4DiedNicola ComparoneBishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
67.2AppointedThomas Joseph FlanaganAuxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
67.2AppointedThomas Joseph FlanaganTitular Bishop of BavagalianaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
51.6AppointedMarcelino Hernández RodríguezAuxiliary Bishop of México, Federal DistrictBishop Emeritus of Colima, México
51.6AppointedMarcelino Hernández RodríguezTitular Bishop of AncusaBishop Emeritus of Colima, México
61.8DiedAlejandro Jiménez LafebleBishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile
49.3AppointedPatrick James ZurekAuxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USABishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
49.3AppointedPatrick James ZurekTitular Bishop of ThamugadiBishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
6 Jan41.2Ordained BishopPeter Kwaku AtuaheneBishop of Goaso, Ghana
65.8Ordained BishopMarco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. †Titular Archbishop of Città DucaleApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
52.4Ordained BishopFranco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. †Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
64.2InstalledAngelo DanielBishop of Chioggia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
43.2Ordained BishopJohn Forrosuelo DuTitular Bishop of TimiciArchbishop of Palo, Philippines
42.2Ordained BishopTomislav Koljatic MaroevicTitular Bishop of BencennaBishop of Linares, Chile
47.8Ordained BishopAngelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I.Titular Bishop of VallipositaArchbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
68.7Ordained BishopMario Francesco PompeddaTitular Archbishop of BisarcioCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
69.3Ordained BishopFrancesco Saverio SalernoTitular Bishop of CaereSecretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
49.6Ordained BishopWiktor Paweł SkworcBishop of Tarnów, PolandArchbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
57.3Ordained BishopFilippo StrofaldiBishop of Ischia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
8 Jan52.5Ordained BishopGabriel Kujur, S.J.Bishop of Daltonganj, IndiaBishop Emeritus
81.9DiedAlbino MensaArchbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
9 Jan82.2DiedCrisanto Darío Mata CovaArchbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
10 Jan25.8Ordained PriestDilmo Franco de CamposPriest of Formosa, Goias, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
28.8Ordained PriestEvaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M.Priest of Congregation of the MissionBishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
27.0Ordained PriestBulus Dauwa YohannaPriest of Ilorin, NigeriaBishop of Kontagora, Nigeria
74.4RetiredAdrian Kivumbi DdunguBishop of Masaka, UgandaBishop Emeritus
50.2Ordained BishopSaúl Figueroa AlbornozTitular Bishop of AmudarsaBishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
54.7SucceededJohn Baptist KaggwaBishop of Masaka, UgandaBishop Emeritus
57.3Ordained BishopIvan MilovanBishop of Poreč i Pula, CroatiaBishop Emeritus
78.3DiedMagín Camerino Torreblanca ReyesBishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México
11 Jan25.5Ordained PriestTeshome Fikre WoldetensaePriest of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), EthiopiaCoadjutor Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
13 Jan76.0RetiredAustin-Emile BurkeArchbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus
54.0AppointedMartin William CurrieApostolic Administrator of Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
47.8Ordained BishopJose Serofia PalmaTitular Bishop of Vazari-DiddaArchbishop of Cebu, Philippines
57.9DiedCharles Kweku SamBishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
14 Jan46.7SucceededJosé Vicente Conejero GallegoBishop of Formosa, Argentina
49.7AppointedEmanuel Messias de OliveiraBishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.6RetiredDante Carlos SandrelliBishop of Formosa, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
16 Jan61.1SucceededJacques Jean Joseph Jules PerrierBishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, FranceBishop Emeritus
74.1RetiredJean Yves Marie SahuquetBishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, FranceBishop Emeritus
89.1DiedErnst Tewes, C.O. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
17 Jan60.6AppointedAnastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap.Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, AngolaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.6AppointedAnastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap.Titular Bishop of ThignicaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
46.6AppointedAlberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M.Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, PeruVicar Apostolic Emeritus
46.6AppointedAlberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of Vicus AugustiVicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru
67.9ResignedLeobard D’SouzaArchbishop of Nagpur, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
74.0RetiredLorenzo Rodolfo (Laurent-Rodolphe) Guibord Lévesque, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, PeruVicar Apostolic Emeritus
50.8AppointedJohn Ha Tiong HockAuxiliary Bishop of Kuching, MalaysiaArchbishop Emeritus
50.8AppointedJohn Ha Tiong HockTitular Bishop of CanapiumArchbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
87.0DiedJean-Charles LeclairePriest of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
54.1AppointedMatthias U ShweArchbishop of Taunggyi, MyanmarArchbishop Emeritus
54.6AppointedAbraham ViruthakulangaraArchbishop of Nagpur, India
18 Jan22.9Ordained DeaconFelix (Saeed) Dawood Al ShabiDeacon of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), IraqBishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq
53.0Ordained BishopTomé Makhweliha, S.C.I.Bishop of Pemba, MozambiqueArchbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
91.9DiedJosef SchneiderArchbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
73.4DiedGiuseppe (Josip) UhacSecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
74.1CeasedManuel da Silva Vieira PintoApostolic Administrator of Pemba, MozambiqueArchbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
19 Jan27.5Ordained DeaconAlfred Mateyu ChaimaDeacon of Blantyre, MalawiBishop of Zomba, Malawi
60.3AppointedThomas ChakiathAuxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), IndiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.3AppointedThomas ChakiathTitular Bishop of UzippariAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
54.7AppointedFrederick Bernard HenryBishop of Calgary, Alberta, CanadaBishop Emeritus
71.0ResignedAldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, ChileVicar Apostolic Emeritus
75.0ResignedPaul John O’ByrneBishop of Calgary, Alberta, CanadaBishop Emeritus
20 Jan44.5AppointedPrecioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B.Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
73.9RetiredIgnatius D’CunhaBishop of Aurangabad, IndiaBishop Emeritus
63.2AppointedMiguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
21 Jan57.4AppointedFranco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, BrazilBishop Emeritus
48.1AppointedGílio FelícioAuxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
48.1AppointedGílio FelícioTitular Bishop of IlliberiBishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
43.7AppointedWalmor Oliveira de AzevedoAuxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, BrazilArchbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
43.7AppointedWalmor Oliveira de AzevedoTitular Bishop of CaliabriaArchbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
58.2Ordained BishopGerald Eugene WilkersonTitular Bishop of VincennesAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
22 Jan91.7DiedHendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. †Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
24 Jan52.8AppointedCarlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón ValdésBishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, CubaBishop Emeritus
94.6DiedFranciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China
38.6Ordained BishopAlfred Adewale MartinsBishop of Abeokuta, NigeriaArchbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
54.6AppointedFrancesco MiccichéBishop of Trapani, ItalyBishop Emeritus
67.1ResignedAbraham Aruliah SomavarapaBishop of Cuddapah, IndiaBishop Emeritus
25 Jan27.1Ordained DeaconCharles Peters BarthélusDeacon of Port-au-Prince, HaïtiBishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
47.4Ordained BishopThomas D’SouzaBishop of Bagdogra, IndiaArchbishop of Calcutta, India
58.5Ordained BishopFrançois-Xavier Jacques Marie LoizeauBishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), FranceBishop Emeritus
37.6Solemn VowsNeri Menor Vargas, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorBishop of Carabayllo, Peru
51.0Ordained BishopPius Alick Mvundla NcubeArchbishop of Bulawayo, ZimbabweArchbishop Emeritus
49.5Ordained BishopBerhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.Titular Bishop of BitaCardinal, Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
27 Jan65.5Ordained BishopJames Albert MurrayBishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USABishop Emeritus
56.3AppointedManual Pelino DominguesBishop of Santarém, PortugalBishop Emeritus
28 Jan51.0AppointedOrlando Antonio Corrales GarcíaAuxiliary Bishop of Medellín, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
51.0AppointedOrlando Antonio Corrales GarcíaTitular Bishop of ThuccaboraArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
89.8DiedBernard Joseph FlanaganBishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
50.7Ordained BishopRichard John GarciaTitular Bishop of BaparaBishop of Monterey in California, USA
74.2Ordained BishopErmenegildus (Paul) Li Yi, O.F.M. †Coadjutor Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], ChinaBishop
64.2AppointedGonzalo de Jesús Rivera GómezAuxiliary Bishop of Medellín, ColombiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.2AppointedGonzalo de Jesús Rivera GómezTitular Bishop of BennefaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
46.3AppointedJoão Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop of Formosa, Goias, BrazilBishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
29 Jan52.7Ordained BishopSalvadore LoboBishop of Baruipur, IndiaBishop Emeritus
31 Jan32.5Ordained PriestLuka Sylvester GopepPriest of Minna, NigeriaAuxiliary Bishop
59.4AppointedValter ŽupanBishop of Krk (Veglia), CroatiaBishop Emeritus
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