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| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Feb | 50.1 | Appointed | Paolo Andreolli, S.X. | Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil | |
| 50.1 | Appointed | Paolo Andreolli, S.X. | Titular Bishop of Altava | Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil | |
| 76.5 | Retired | Armando Bucciol | Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 62.2 | Appointed | Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez † | Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA | ||
| 52.2 | Appointed | Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil | ||
| 65.6 | Succeeded | José María Gil Tamayo | Archbishop of Granada, Spain | ||
| 75.1 | Retired | Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández | Archbishop of Granada, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 2 Feb | 60.6 | Appointed | Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C. | Titular Archbishop of Bisuldino | Dean of the Roman Rota |
| 75.3 | Retired | Giampaolo Crepaldi | Bishop of Trieste, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 73.9 | Resigned | Edward Dajczak | Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 54.7 | Appointed | Michael Robert Kennedy | Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia | ||
| 62.0 | Ordained Bishop | Yanuarius Teofilus Matopai You | Bishop of Jayapura, Indonesia | ||
| 65.2 | Ceased | Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. | Apostolic Administrator of Multan, Pakistan | Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan | |
| 64.4 | Ordained Bishop | Yousaf Sohan | Bishop of Multan, Pakistan | ||
| 59.4 | Appointed | Enrico Trevisi | Bishop of Trieste, Italy | ||
| 58.1 | Installed | Michael Kalu Ukpong | Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria | ||
| 58.0 | Succeeded | Zbigniew Jan Zieliński | Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland | Archbishop of Poznań, Poland | |
| 3 Feb | 71.6 | Ceased | Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor | Patriarchal Administrator of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq | Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq |
| 75.9 | Retired | Ferenc (Franz) Cserháti † | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 86.5 | Died | Anthony Fernandes † | Bishop Emeritus of Bareilly, India | ||
| 90.1 | Died | Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † | Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||
| 40.3 | Ordained Bishop | Younan (Benedict Qusay Mubarak Abdullah) Hano | Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq | ||
| 49.2 | Appointed | Levente Balázs Martos | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | ||
| 49.2 | Appointed | Levente Balázs Martos | Titular Bishop of Treba | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | |
| 4 Feb | 65.4 | Installed | Giovanni Checchinato | Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy | |
| 75.3 | Retired | Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss † | Bishop of Tanjore, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 52.9 | Appointed | Wilbert Marwein | Bishop of Nongstoin, India | ||
| 76.7 | Ceased | Giuseppe Piemontese, O.F.M. Conv. | Apostolic Administrator of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy | |
| 55.3 | Appointed | James Shekhar | Bishop of Buxar, India | ||
| 5 Feb | 59.9 | Installed | Peter Ebere Okpaleke | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno | Cardinal, Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria |
| 62.6 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Paccosi | Bishop of San Miniato, Italy | ||
| 7 Feb | 64.7 | Appointed | Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M. | Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco | |
| 8 Feb | 50.7 | Appointed | Anthony Cerdan Celino | Auxiliary Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA | |
| 50.7 | Appointed | Anthony Cerdan Celino | Titular Bishop of Maronana | Auxiliary Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA | |
| 93.1 | Died | Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. † | Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia | ||
| 97.7 | Died | Ignatius Paul Pinto † | Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India | ||
| 59.7 | Appointed | Peter Bryan Wells | Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand | ||
| 59.7 | Appointed | Peter Bryan Wells | Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia | Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand | |
| 59.7 | Appointed | Peter Bryan Wells | Apostolic Delegate to Laos | Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand | |
| 9 Feb | 66.4 | Ceased | Augustine Obiora Akubeze | Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria | Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria |
| 66.8 | Appointed | Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo | Apostolic Administrator of Tricarico, Italy | Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy | |
| 62.3 | Ordained Bishop | Anthony Ovayero Ewherido | Bishop of Warri, Nigeria | ||
| 52.3 | Appointed | Tomasz Grysa | Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles | Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar | |
| 10 Feb | 57.1 | Installed | Giovanni Intini | Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy | |
| 11 Feb | 54.5 | Ordained Bishop | Robert Cissé | Bishop of Sikasso, Mali | Archbishop of Bamako, Mali |
| 76.0 | Retired | Thomas Christopher Collins | Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 57.1 | Appointed | Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R. | Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 54.4 | Ordained Bishop | José Genivaldo Garcia | Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil | ||
| 51.2 | Appointed | Bob John Hassan Koroma | Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone | ||
| 51.6 | Appointed | Frank Leo | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| 51.0 | Appointed | Rolandas Makrickas | Titular Archbishop of Tolentino | Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | |
| 55.5 | Installed | Eduardo Malaspina | Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
| 60.0 | Appointed | Mario Medina Balam | Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México | ||
| 60.0 | Appointed | Mario Medina Balam | Titular Bishop of Pupiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México | |
| 58.5 | Ordained Bishop | Gabriel Msipu Phiri | Titular Bishop of Arae in Mauretania | Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata, Zambia | |
| 68.1 | Ceased | Jean-Baptiste Tiama | Apostolic Administrator of Sikasso, Mali | Bishop of Mopti, Mali | |
| 12 Feb | 54.6 | Installed | José Albuquerque de Araújo | Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 62.3 | Ceased | Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T. | Apostolic Administrator of Mahajanga, Madagascar | Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar | |
| 67.0 | Appointed | Denis Chidi Isizoh | Bishop of Aguleri, Nigeria | ||
| 64.3 | Installed | Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F. | Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar | ||
| 13 Feb | 75.0 | Retired | Javier Salinas Viñals | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain | |
| 14 Feb | 49.5 | Appointed | David Abadías Aurín | Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain | |
| 49.5 | Appointed | David Abadías Aurín | Titular Bishop of Urci | Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain | |
| 57.1 | Appointed | Anthony Narh Asare | Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana | ||
| 57.1 | Appointed | Anthony Narh Asare | Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana | |
| 63.5 | Ordained Deacon | Antonio Luca Fallica, O.S.B. | Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict | Abbot of Montecassino, Italy | |
| 87.7 | Died | William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea | ||
| 54.3 | Appointed | Dražen Kutleša | Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia | Archbishop | |
| 58.2 | Appointed | John Kobina Louis | Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana | ||
| 58.2 | Appointed | John Kobina Louis | Titular Bishop of Fesseë | Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana | |
| 57.1 | Appointed | Mauro Mantovani, S.D.B. | Prefect of the Vatican Library | ||
| 59.9 | Ordained Bishop | Patrick Michael Neary, C.S.C. | Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA | ||
| 73.0 | Resigned | Cesare Pasini | Prefect of the Vatican Library | Prefect Emeritus | |
| 75.9 | Appointed | Želimir Puljić | Apostolic Administrator of Split-Makarska, Croatia | Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia | |
| 94.1 | Died | Vito Schlickmann † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | ||
| 64.7 | Appointed | Gerardo Villalonga Hellín | Bishop of Menorca, Spain | ||
| 15 Feb | 71.5 | Resigned | Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 71.5 | Resigned | Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader | Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico | Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 50.8 | Appointed | Marcelo Antônio da Silva | Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
| 50.8 | Appointed | Marcelo Antônio da Silva | Titular Bishop of Tabaicara | Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 75.0 | Ceased | Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro | Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches | Secretary Emeritus | |
| 73.3 | Appointed | Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. | Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 56.4 | Appointed | Michel Jalakh, O.A.M. | Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches | ||
| 55.2 | Appointed | Cleophas Oseso Tuka | Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya | ||
| 40.7 | Ordained Bishop | Mykola Semenyshyn | Titular Bishop of Iunca in Mauretania | Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
| 17 Feb | 58.3 | Appointed | Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso | Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus | Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan |
| 55.9 | Ordained Bishop | Eduardo Gonzalo Redondo Castanera, H.S.O.D. | Titular Bishop of Tingaria | Auxiliary Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina | |
| 61.0 | Ordained Bishop | Pablito Martinez Tagura, S.V.D. | Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines | ||
| 75.0 | Retired | Adolfo Tito Camacho Yllana | Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus | Apostolic Nuncio to Israel | |
| 18 Feb | 55.5 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Kakou Aka | Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire | |
| 83.3 | Ceased | Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. | Apostolic Administrator of Baroda, India | Archbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, India | |
| 63.5 | Ordained Bishop | Sebastião Mascarenhas, S.F.X. | Bishop of Baroda, India | ||
| 69.5 | Died | David Gerard O’Connell † | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | ||
| 54.1 | Ordained Bishop | Stefano Rega | Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy | ||
| 55.1 | Installed | José Carlos de Souza Campos | Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| 19 Feb | 55.5 | Installed | Joseph Kakou Aka | Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire | |
| 53.2 | Ordained Bishop | António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.I. | Titular Bishop of Sutunurca | Auxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique | |
| 41.8 | Ordained Bishop | Andriy Khimyak | Titular Bishop of Cuicul | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
| 63.2 | Ceased | Alexis Youlo Touabli | Apostolic Administrator of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire | |
| 20 Feb | 62.5 | Appointed | Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu | Bishop of Kibungo, Rwanda | |
| 21 Feb | 49.1 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia | Titular Bishop of Tabla | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| 52.5 | Ordained Bishop | Evelio Menjivar-Ayala | Titular Bishop of Aëtus | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
| 67.8 | Ordained Bishop | Philip Robert Moger | Titular Bishop of Glastonia | Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain | |
| 23 Feb | 70.4 | Appointed | Giacomo Cirulli | Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy | Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy |
| 60.8 | Appointed | Claude Lamoureux | Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | ||
| 75.7 | Retired | Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. | Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 25 Feb | 57.0 | Installed | Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza | Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela | |
| 54.5 | Installed | José Genivaldo Garcia | Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil | ||
| 56.5 | Ordained Bishop | Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho | Titular Bishop of Centenaria | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | |
| 66.9 | Appointed | Luis Mariano Montemayor | Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland | ||
| 91.1 | Died | Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile | ||
| 61.6 | Installed | Juarez Sousa Da Silva | Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil | ||
| 67.7 | Resigned | Vicente Juan Segura † | Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 61.1 | Installed | Pablito Martinez Tagura, S.V.D. | Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines | ||
| 59.1 | Ceased | David William Valencia Antonio | Apostolic Administrator of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines | Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines | |
| 47.6 | Appointed | Federico Guillermo Wechsung | Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina | ||
| 47.6 | Appointed | Federico Guillermo Wechsung | Titular Bishop of Pederodiana | Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina | |
| 26 Feb | 60.8 | Ceased | Denis Jean-Marie Jachiet | Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Dié, France | Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France |
| 65.7 | Died | Mário Lucunde † | Bishop Emeritus of Menongue, Angola | ||
| 55.4 | Ceased | Andrea Migliavacca | Apostolic Administrator of San Miniato, Italy | Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy | |
| 62.7 | Installed | Giovanni Paccosi | Bishop of San Miniato, Italy | ||
| 61.9 | Ordained Bishop | Josef Stübi | Titular Bishop of Lemellefa | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland | |
| 27 Feb | 50.6 | Appointed | Saulius Bužauskas | Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 50.6 | Appointed | Saulius Bužauskas | Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus | Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 28 Feb | 66.5 | Ceased | Georg Gänswein | Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household | Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania |
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