The Year of Our Lord 2019

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	80.4	Retired	Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
unknown	65.6	Appointed	Michel Joseph Mulloy	Administrator of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Former Bishop-Elect of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
2 Jan	48.4	Appointed	Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
	60.6	Appointed	John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Accra, Ghana
	69.9	Appointed	Prakash Mallavarapu	Apostolic Administrator of Srikakulam, India	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
	85.8	Died	Salvador Martínez Pérez †	Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
3 Jan	54.9	Appointed	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Bishop of Torit, South Sudan	Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
	50.7	Appointed	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
	72.0	Died	Michael Yeung Ming-cheung †	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
5 Jan	70.5	Installed	Dario Campos, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	92.6	Died	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Janusz Edward Mastalski	Titular Bishop of Noba	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Dumium	Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	79.4	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	74.4	Retired	Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X.	Bishop of Port Blair, India	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	80.4	Died	Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
7 Jan	49.8	Appointed	Marvyn Abrea Maceda	Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
8 Jan	86.0	Died	José Belvino do Nascimento †	Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	92.3	Died	Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
	51.9	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
	51.9	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Titular Bishop of Thérouanne	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
	88.8	Died	Giorgio Zur †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
9 Jan	95.3	Died	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
9 Jan	55.9	Appointed	Walter Jorge Pinto	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
10 Jan	58.5	Installed	Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R.	Bishop of Veracruz, México
11 Jan	84.1	Died	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
11 Jan	84.3	Died	Charles Soreng, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Hazaribag, India
12 Jan	62.6	Installed	Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo	Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya
	55.6	Appointed	Nuno Brás da Silva Martins	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
	77.1	Died	Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lae, Papua New Guinea
	76.7	Retired	António José Cavaco Carrilho	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Franco Moscone, C.R.S.	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
13 Jan	97.7	Died	Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González †	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
	60.8	Appointed	Hency Martínez Vargas	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia
	76.3	Retired	Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	82.3	Died	Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
16 Jan	61.1	Resigned	Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	76.6	Appointed	Jesús García Burillo	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
	78.5	Resigned	Francisco Gil Hellín	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
17 Jan	54.9	Appointed	Francis Obafemi Adesina	Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
	76.3	Retired	Yvon Ambroise	Bishop of Tuticorin, India	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Benoît Bertrand	Bishop of Mende, France
	79.5	Retired	Albert Ayinde Fasina	Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	66.5	Appointed	Stephen Antony Pillai	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
18 Jan	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Saeed Jarjis	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
18 Jan	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P.	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
19 Jan	75.5	Retired	Benvenuto Italo Castellani	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis	Titular Archbishop of Rusellae	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
	55.0	Appointed	Paolo Giulietti	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	74.7	Ceased	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	67.0	Ceased	Guido Pozzo	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Secretary Emeritus
20 Jan	70.6	Installed	Giovanni Angelo Becciu	Cardinal-Deacon of San Lino	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
20 Jan	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Paul Marie Valentin	Titular Bishop of Vaison	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France
22 Jan	58.6	Appointed	Joseph Lawrence Coffey	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	58.6	Appointed	Joseph Lawrence Coffey	Titular Bishop of Arsacal	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	61.5	Appointed	William James Muhm	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	61.5	Appointed	William James Muhm	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	83.5	Died	John Mortimer Fourette Smith †	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
23 Jan	57.3	Appointed	José Benedito Cardoso	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
23 Jan	57.3	Appointed	José Benedito Cardoso	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
24 Jan	89.1	Died	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
25 Jan	84.2	Died	Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
	68.9	Appointed	Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	75.0	Retired	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne	Archbishop of Lima, Peru	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	66.1	Appointed	José Antonio Fernández Hurtado	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
	63.3	Installed	Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P.	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
	91.4	Died	Vigilio Mario Olmi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
	91.3	Died	Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi †	Bishop Emeritus of Gaborone, Botswana
	84.5	Died	Jaume Traserra Cunillera †	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
26 Jan	54.4	Appointed	Henry Aruna	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
	80.6	Installed	Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone	Cardinal, Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
	75.0	Retired	Laurent Chu Văn Minh	Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	61.1	Installed	Franco Moscone, C.R.S.	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
	53.0	Ceased	Luigi Renna	Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy	Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
29 Jan	53.6	Appointed	Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
	58.4	Installed	Daniel Elias Garcia	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
	62.4	Installed	Peter Joseph Hundt	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	79.2	Ceased	Gerald Eugene Wilkerson	Apostolic Administrator of Monterey in California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
30 Jan	64.0	Installed	Peter Jin Lugang	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China	Bishop
30 Jan	60.6	Installed	Romeo Sombilon Saniel, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Jolo, Philippines	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
31 Jan	56.6	Appointed	Robert John Brennan	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	75.4	Retired	Frederick Francis Campbell	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	68.9	Installed	Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines

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