The Year of Our Lord 1974

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	45.7	Ceased	Jenaro Artázcoz Lizárraga, I.E.M.E. †	Director General of Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones Extranjeras	Director General Emeritus
	51.8	Resigned	Hilarion Capucci, B.A. †	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus
	25.0	Solemn Vows	Robert Francis Christian, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
	19.3	Professed	Eusebio de la Luz Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S.	Member of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
	40.3	Appointed	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Superior General of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	38.4	Incardinated	Giuseppe Rocco Favale †	Priest of Matera, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo della Lucania, Italy
	78.7	Ceased	Aniceto Fernández Alonso, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Master General Emeritus
	51.1	Appointed	Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão †	Coadjutor Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	55.9	Appointed	Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †	President of the Pontifical Committee for the Family	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	25.1	Professed	Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
	64.0	Resigned	Gebhard (Ferdinand) Koberger, C.R.S.A. †	Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Abbot Primate Emeritus
	62.7	Ceased	Germaine-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. †	Superior General of Congregation of Holy Cross	Superior General Emeritus
	38.3	Appointed	Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †	Superior General of Order of Imitation of Christ	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	20.2	First Vows	Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
	62.3	Resigned	Bernardo Navarro Allende, O. de M. †	Master General of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Master General Emeritus
		Died	Joseph Patrick O’Donohoe, M.H.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan
	72.0	Died	Marie-Joseph Omez, O.P. †	Superior Emeritus of Mossul, Iraq
	63.3	Resigned	Edoardo Pecoraio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
	64.4	Resigned	Maurice René Quéguiner, M.E.P. †	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Superior General Emeritus
	67.8	Appointed	Egano Righi-Lambertini †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	63.1	Appointed	Renato Spallanzani †	Apostolic Administrator of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
	23.3	Converted	David Prescott Talley	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Fausto Tardelli	Deacon of Lucca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy
	25.8	Ordained Deacon	Armando Trasarti	Deacon of Fermo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
	73.1	Died	Francis Yi Xuanhua (Yi Hsüan-hua) †	Bishop of Xiangyang [Siangyang], China
5 Jan		Born	Frédéric Pierre Rossignol, C.S.Sp.		Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
5 Jan	27.7	Ordained Priest	Martinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Padang, Indonesia
6 Jan	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Francisco Canindé Palhano	Deacon of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
6 Jan	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Koaik †	Titular Bishop of Noba	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7 Jan	80.4	Appointed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Dean
	78.7	Appointed	Luigi Traglia †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	78.7	Confirmed	Luigi Traglia †	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
8 Jan	55.3	Died	Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 Jan		Born	Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia		Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
10 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Ippolito Rotoli †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan
11 Jan	44.5	Appointed	Jairo Rui Matos da Silva †	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan	24.8	Ordained Deacon	Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano	Deacon of Managua, Nicaragua	Cardinal, Archbishop
		Born	Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz		Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
		Born	Antonio Prieto Lucena		Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia †	Titular Bishop of Sebana	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Petrus Boddeng Timang	Priest of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
15 Jan	65.4	Resigned	Robert Joseph Dwyer †	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	42.2	Appointed	Sergio Obeso Rivera †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	42.2	Appointed	Sergio Obeso Rivera †	Titular Archbishop of Uppenna	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
	60.0	Appointed	Cornelius Michael Power †	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez		Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
16 Jan	45.0	Appointed	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18 Jan	75.3	Retired	Pierre-Abel-Louis Chappot de la Chanonie †	Bishop of Clermont, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Jean Louis Joseph Dardel †	Bishop of Clermont, France	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Edward Bede Clancy †	Titular Bishop of Árd Carna	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
19 Jan	43.9	Ordained Bishop	David Cremin	Titular Bishop of Cunga Féichin	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
20 Jan	36.4	Ordained Priest	Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez	Priest of Panamá	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
20 Jan	27.3	Ordained Priest	Louis Dicaire †	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
21 Jan		Born	Marek Forgáč		Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
	66.6	Resigned	Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	Miguel Gatan Purugganan †	Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	42.7	Appointed	Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
	45.3	Appointed	Jaime Lachica Sin †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
24 Jan	36.0	Appointed	Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame †	Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Cassisa †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
	48.0	Appointed	Henry Sebastian D’Souza †	Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
	38.0	Appointed	Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M.	Bishop of Berhampur, India	Bishop Emeritus of Balasore, India
	66.7	Resigned	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	55.0	Appointed	Bernard Joseph Wallace †	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	47.7	Appointed	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
	47.7	Appointed	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †	Titular Bishop of Semta	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
	59.8	Appointed	James Robert Knox †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	59.8	Appointed	James Robert Knox †	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	68.1	Appointed	Antonio Samorè †	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
	68.1	Appointed	Antonio Samorè †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
26 Jan	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Simeon Oliveros Valerio, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Mimiana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
29 Jan		Born	Dariusz Zalewski		Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk, Poland
30 Jan	64.3	Resigned	Ernest John Primeau †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	26.3	Professed	Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
31 Jan	40.1	Appointed	Edward Kevin Daly †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
Feb	65.3	Appointed	Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Montt, Chile	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
1 Feb		Born	Teodor (Taras) Martynyuk, M.S.U.		Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1 Feb	74.4	Died	Leonard Joseph Raymond †	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
2 Feb	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	63.0	Appointed	József Bánk †	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
	59.0	Appointed	Salvatore Delogu †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
	23.9	Professed	John Doaninoel, S.M. †	Member of Society of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Maria Garsia †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	67.4	Appointed	Imre Kisberk †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	81.8	Retired	József Mindszenty †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	75.9	Retired	Francesco Pennisi †	Bishop of Ragusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Juan del Río Martín †	Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Archbishop of Spain, Military
	47.8	Appointed	Angelo Rizzo †	Bishop of Ragusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	22.2	First Vows	Óscar José Vélez Isaza, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
3 Feb	59.8	Succeeded	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
	78.2	Died	Rafael García y García de Castro †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	83.4	Died	Giuseppe Pronti †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Marian Przykucki †	Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
4 Feb	41.6	Appointed	Jan Stefan Gałecki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	41.6	Appointed	Jan Stefan Gałecki †	Titular Bishop of Maiuca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	44.1	Appointed	Jean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel Thomas †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
5 Feb	49.8	Appointed	Urbano José Allgayer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	49.8	Appointed	Urbano José Allgayer †	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	48.8	Appointed	Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
	53.3	Appointed	Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
	46.1	Appointed	José Ivo Lorscheiter †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	46.7	Died	Orlando Arce Moya †	Bishop
6 Feb	54.2	Appointed	Ćiril Kos †	Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
8 Feb		Born	Domenico Beneventi		Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy
8 Feb		Born	Paweł Janusz Kubiak, O.M.I.		Superior of Turkmenistan
9 Feb	58.0	Appointed	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	58.0	Appointed	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	58.0	Resigned	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	44.3	Appointed	Antônio de Souza, C.S.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	44.3	Appointed	Antônio de Souza, C.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Egnatia	Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Guy Hamelin †	Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	56.6	Appointed	Albert Ignatz Koenigsknecht, M.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Juli, Peru
		Born	François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa		Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Feb	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Agostino †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
	54.2	Installed	Umberto Florenzani †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
	56.5	Died	Joseph Maria Phạm Năng Tĩnh †	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
12 Feb	47.9	Appointed	Rafael Bello Ruiz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
	47.9	Appointed	Rafael Bello Ruiz †	Titular Bishop of Segia	Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
	49.3	Appointed	Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	46.1	Appointed	Joseph Adolphe Proulx †	Bishop of Hull, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada
14 Feb	53.9	Appointed	Victorino Alvarez Tena †	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
14 Feb		Born	Eustache Ntambwe Makoyo		Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Feb	46.8	Succeeded	Leo Rajendram Antony †	Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	67.0	Resigned	Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. †	Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
17 Feb	26.8	Final Vows	Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
18 Feb	47.7	Appointed	Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
19 Feb	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Noël Delaquis	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb	60.3	Resigned	Eugenio Santiago Peyrou, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	44.0	Ordained Bishop	James Masilamony Arul Das †	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
20 Feb	22.4	Perpetual Vows	João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
21 Feb	56.6	Appointed	Salvatore Sorrentino †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	40.2	Appointed	Helmut Reckter, S.J. †	Prefect of Sinoia, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
23 Feb	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Robert Marie Jean Victor (de Boissonneaux) de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	33.2	Ordained Deacon	Mykhaylo Sabryha, C.Ss.R. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Feb	33.2	Ordained Priest	Mykhaylo Sabryha, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Feb	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Nestorius Timanywa †	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
26 Feb	67.9	Died	José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
	45.9	Appointed	John Stephen Cummins †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, California, USA
	45.9	Appointed	John Stephen Cummins †	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, California, USA
		Born	José Otacio Oliveira Guedes		Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Feb		Born	Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D.		Bishop of Kurnool, India
28 Feb	62.1	Resigned	Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. †	Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	39.1	Appointed	Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Sambalpur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
	44.8	Appointed	Michael Bosco Duraisamy †	Bishop of Salem, India
	44.8	Appointed	Darius Nggawa, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Larantuka, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	42.3	Installed	Sergio Obeso Rivera †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	78.4	Died	Eris Norman Michael O’Brien †	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
	60.0	Appointed	Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S. †	Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	41.4	Appointed	René Joseph Rakotondrabé †	Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
	39.8	Appointed	James Mwewa Spaita †	Bishop of Mansa, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
	68.8	Resigned	Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Sambalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus

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