The Year of Our Lord 1961

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb Born Paolo Rocco Gualtieri Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

2 Feb 20.4 Professed Gutemberg Freire Régis, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Prelate Emeritus of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil

28.3 Ordained Priest Heinrich Janssen † Priest of Münster, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

77.3 Appointed Amedeo Polidori † Titular Bishop of Metellopolis Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy

77.3 Retired Amedeo Polidori † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

45.3 Ordained Bishop Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. † Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela

46.3 Ordained Bishop Walenty Wójcik † Titular Bishop of Baris in Hellesponto Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland

3 Feb 58.5 Appointed Alfred-Joseph Atton † Coadjutor Bishop of Langres, France Bishop Emeritus

70.4 Died Ciril Banic † Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

Born Galo Fernández Villaseca Bishop of Talca, Chile

23.4 Ordained Priest Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

4 Feb 44.0 Appointed Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. † Prelate of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

44.0 Appointed Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Olbia Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

Born László Felföldi Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

38.8 Appointed Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Saesina Prelate Emeritus of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil

38.8 Appointed Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

41.4 Appointed Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. † Prelate of Formosa, Goias, Brazil Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil

41.4 Appointed Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. † Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil

5 Feb 64.4 Ordained Bishop Elias Coueter † Titular Bishop of Taua Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil

6 Feb 54.2 Appointed Charles Alexander Grant † Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

54.2 Appointed Charles Alexander Grant † Titular Bishop of Alinda Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain

Born Titus Seo Sang-Beom Bishop of Korea, Military

7 Feb Born Donald Joseph Bolen Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

97.1 Died Antônio Augusto de Assis † Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil

51.8 Appointed Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia

51.8 Appointed Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Philae Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia

45.3 Succeeded José Varani † Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

8 Feb 44.4 Ordained Bishop Francis Roberts Rush † Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

54.8 Appointed Michel-Louis Vial † Coadjutor Bishop of Nevers, France Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

54.8 Appointed Michel-Louis Vial † Titular Bishop of Agnus Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

9 Feb 32.1 Ordained Priest Zef Simoni † Priest of Shkodrë, Albania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania

10 Feb 45.2 Appointed Vittorio Cecchi † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy

47.2 Appointed Heinrich Forer † Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

44.0 Appointed Joseph Gargitter † Apostolic Administrator of Trento, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

58.5 Appointed Mario Ghiga † Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

Born Rrok Gjonlleshaj Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

57.6 Succeeded Bruno M. Pelaia † Bishop of Tricarico, Italy

67.3 Appointed Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Aspona Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

67.3 Resigned Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian Bishop of Ahmedabad, India

11 Feb 29.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad

52.8 Appointed Leo Christopher Byrne † Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

60.5 Ordained Bishop Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin † Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay

20.3 Professed Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

29.8 Ordained Priest José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Lurín, Peru

50.2 Appointed John Joseph Krol † Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Joseph Mark McShea † Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

44.4 Ordained Bishop Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Mades Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

26.3 Solemn Vows Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. † Member of Sons of Divine Providence Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina

29.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

12 Feb Born Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S. Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia

52.3 Ordained Bishop Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda † Titular Bishop of Gindarus Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

59.1 Appointed Alfredo Rubio Diaz † Bishop of Sonsón, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

13 Feb 74.1 Appointed Auguste-Callixte-Jean Bonnabel † Titular Bishop of Zuri Bishop Emeritus of Gap, France

74.1 Retired Auguste-Callixte-Jean Bonnabel † Bishop of Gap, France Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Succeeded Georges Jacquot † Bishop of Gap, France Archbishop of Marseille, France

14 Feb Born Valdir José de Castro, S.S.P. Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

18 Feb 74.8 Appointed Georges-Arthur Melançon † Titular Bishop of Esbus Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

74.8 Retired Georges-Arthur Melançon † Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

57.7 Succeeded Marius Paré † Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Philip Francis Pocock † Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Philip Francis Pocock † Titular Archbishop of Isauropolis Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

19 Feb 56.4 Ordained Bishop Volodymyr Malanczuk, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Ukrainian)

20 Feb 65.8 Appointed Hailé Mariam Cahsai † Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

33.3 Appointed Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

33.3 Appointed Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero † Titular Bishop of Sanavus

80.5 Died Ferenc Rogács † Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

35.2 Appointed Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † Auxiliary Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

35.2 Appointed Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † Titular Bishop of Nilopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

21 Feb 18.2 Professed Julian Gbur, S.V.D. † Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine

49.0 Appointed John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E. † Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

54.9 Appointed Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. † Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Appointed Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. † Bishop of Prome, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

Born Szymon Stułkowski Bishop of Płock, Poland

22 Feb 81.1 Died Antonín Eltschkner † Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

24 Feb 42.5 Ordained Bishop José Costa Campos † Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

57.3 Ordained Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † Titular Bishop of Synaus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

38.2 Confirmed Abdul-Ahad Sana † Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop Emeritus

25 Feb 25.9 Ordained Priest João José Burke, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil

25.4 Ordained Deacon Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot † Deacon of Langres, France Titular Bishop of Parthenia

66.5 Died Thomas John McDonnell † Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

23.0 Ordained Priest Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi

Born Gualtiero Sigismondi Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

Born Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland

26 Feb 63.5 Appointed Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

25.4 Ordained Priest Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P. † Priest of Congregation of the Passion Prefect Emeritus of Sekadau, Indonesia

27 Feb 52.3 Appointed Cornélio Veerman, C.M. † Prelate of Cametá, Para, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Cornélio Veerman, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Numida Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil

28 Feb 78.9 Died Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrath † Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

47.9 Appointed João José da Mota e Albuquerque † Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

58.4 Resigned Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Marco Valenti Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb		Born	Paolo Rocco Gualtieri		Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
2 Feb	20.4	Professed	Gutemberg Freire Régis, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Prelate Emeritus of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
28.3	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Janssen †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
77.3	Appointed	Amedeo Polidori †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
77.3	Retired	Amedeo Polidori †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Walenty Wójcik †	Titular Bishop of Baris in Hellesponto	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland
3 Feb	58.5	Appointed	Alfred-Joseph Atton †	Coadjutor Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus
70.4	Died	Ciril Banic †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	Born	Galo Fernández Villaseca		Bishop of Talca, Chile
23.4	Ordained Priest	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
4 Feb	44.0	Appointed	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †	Prelate of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
44.0	Appointed	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Olbia	Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
	Born	László Felföldi		Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
38.8	Appointed	Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Saesina	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
38.8	Appointed	Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
41.4	Appointed	Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. †	Prelate of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
41.4	Appointed	Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
5 Feb	64.4	Ordained Bishop	Elias Coueter †	Titular Bishop of Taua	Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
6 Feb	54.2	Appointed	Charles Alexander Grant †	Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
54.2	Appointed	Charles Alexander Grant †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
	Born	Titus Seo Sang-Beom		Bishop of Korea, Military
7 Feb		Born	Donald Joseph Bolen		Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
97.1	Died	Antônio Augusto de Assis †	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
51.8	Appointed	Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia
51.8	Appointed	Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Philae	Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia
45.3	Succeeded	José Varani †	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
8 Feb	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Roberts Rush †	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
54.8	Appointed	Michel-Louis Vial †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
54.8	Appointed	Michel-Louis Vial †	Titular Bishop of Agnus	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
9 Feb	32.1	Ordained Priest	Zef Simoni †	Priest of Shkodrë, Albania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
10 Feb	45.2	Appointed	Vittorio Cecchi †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
47.2	Appointed	Heinrich Forer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
44.0	Appointed	Joseph Gargitter †	Apostolic Administrator of Trento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
58.5	Appointed	Mario Ghiga †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
	Born	Rrok Gjonlleshaj		Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
57.6	Succeeded	Bruno M. Pelaia †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
67.3	Appointed	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Aspona	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
67.3	Resigned	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian		Bishop of Ahmedabad, India
11 Feb	29.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad
52.8	Appointed	Leo Christopher Byrne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin †	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
20.3	Professed	Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
29.8	Ordained Priest	José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Lurín, Peru
50.2	Appointed	John Joseph Krol †	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Joseph Mark McShea †	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
26.3	Solemn Vows	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †	Member of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
29.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
12 Feb		Born	Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S.		Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda †	Titular Bishop of Gindarus	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.1	Appointed	Alfredo Rubio Diaz †	Bishop of Sonsón, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
13 Feb	74.1	Appointed	Auguste-Callixte-Jean Bonnabel †	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Bishop Emeritus of Gap, France
74.1	Retired	Auguste-Callixte-Jean Bonnabel †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Succeeded	Georges Jacquot †	Bishop of Gap, France	Archbishop of Marseille, France
14 Feb		Born	Valdir José de Castro, S.S.P.		Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Feb	74.8	Appointed	Georges-Arthur Melançon †	Titular Bishop of Esbus	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
74.8	Retired	Georges-Arthur Melançon †	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
57.7	Succeeded	Marius Paré †	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Philip Francis Pocock †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Philip Francis Pocock †	Titular Archbishop of Isauropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19 Feb	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Volodymyr Malanczuk, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Ukrainian)
20 Feb	65.8	Appointed	Hailé Mariam Cahsai †	Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
33.3	Appointed	Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
33.3	Appointed	Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero †	Titular Bishop of Sanavus
80.5	Died	Ferenc Rogács †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
35.2	Appointed	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
35.2	Appointed	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
21 Feb	18.2	Professed	Julian Gbur, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
49.0	Appointed	John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E. †	Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
54.9	Appointed	Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. †	Bishop of Prome, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Szymon Stułkowski		Bishop of Płock, Poland
22 Feb	81.1	Died	Antonín Eltschkner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
24 Feb	42.5	Ordained Bishop	José Costa Campos †	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †	Titular Bishop of Synaus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
38.2	Confirmed	Abdul-Ahad Sana †	Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	25.9	Ordained Priest	João José Burke, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
25.4	Ordained Deacon	Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot †	Deacon of Langres, France	Titular Bishop of Parthenia
66.5	Died	Thomas John McDonnell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
23.0	Ordained Priest	Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
	Born	Gualtiero Sigismondi		Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
	Born	Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk		Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland
26 Feb	63.5	Appointed	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
25.4	Ordained Priest	Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Prefect Emeritus of Sekadau, Indonesia
27 Feb	52.3	Appointed	Cornélio Veerman, C.M. †	Prelate of Cametá, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Cornélio Veerman, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Numida	Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil
28 Feb	78.9	Died	Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrath †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
47.9	Appointed	João José da Mota e Albuquerque †	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
58.4	Resigned	Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Marco Valenti		Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

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