The Year of Our Lord 1987

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	26.9	Perpetual Vows	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	41.8	Incardinated	Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli	Priest of Quiché, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
	20.4	First Vows	Euginius Longakit Cañete, M. J.	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop-Elect of Gumaca, Philippines
	18.3	Entered	José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina
	81.6	Died	Joseph Faye, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect Emeritus of Ziguinchor, Senegal
	21.9	Professed	Hermann Glettler, Comm. l'Emm.	Member of Emmanuel Community	Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria
	30.3	Entered	Juraci Gomes de Oliveira	Member of Society of Joseleitos of Christ	Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil
	17.4	Entered	Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda	Member of Opus Dei	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland
	68.7	Selected	[Samuel Guo Chuan-zhen], O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Augustinus Hu Daguo †	Bishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
	26.5	Professed	Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	18.7	Entered	Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.	Member of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
	27.0	Professed	Francesco Neri, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
	74.7	Resigned	Joseph Parecattil †	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
	52.2	Appointed	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Secretary of the Secretariat for Non-Believers	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	75.7	Retired	Paul Joseph Schmitt †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
	25.1	First Vows	Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
	55.5	Appointed	John Baptist Ye Ronghua †	Administrator of Ankang [Hinganfu], China	Bishop
	74.0	Selected	[ Zhang Hualiang] †	Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
	75.4	Selected	[James Zhao Zi-ping (Chao Ziping)] †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China	Bishop
1 Jan	25.6	Ordained Priest	Tomé Ferreira da Silva	Priest of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	28.3	Ordained Priest	Norbert Pu Yingxiong	Priest of Kiayi, Taiwan	Bishop
	70.1	Installed	[Peter Zhang Shi-zhi] †	Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
3 Jan	55.7	Appointed	José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Lurín, Peru
	61.2	Appointed	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	27.4	Ordained Priest	José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda	Priest of Jalapa, Guatemala	Bishop
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Edward Matthew Rice	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
4 Jan	69.7	Died	Paul Francis Anderson †	Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
5 Jan	60.3	Appointed	Emilio Lorenzo Stehle †	Prelate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador
6 Jan	64.4	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Agustoni †	Titular Bishop of Caprulae	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	George (Giorgio) Biguzzi, S.X. †	Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone	Bishop Emeritus
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle	Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Alex Mapunda †	Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	62.9	Ordained Bishop	William Jerome McCormack †	Titular Bishop of Nicives	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Dino Monduzzi †	Titular Bishop of Capreae	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Franc Perko †	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Benedict Dotu Sekey †	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Su Haw Chiu	Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Sangval Surasarang †	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Varghese Thottamkara, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Balasore, India
8 Jan	65.1	Resigned	Oscar Garcia Urizar †	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jan	89.8	Died	José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †	Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia
10 Jan	20.4	Professed	Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	26.0	Professed	Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
	21.3	Professed	Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Alphonse Liguori Chaupa †	Priest of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Carmelo Cuttitta	Priest of Palermo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy
	31.5	Ordained Deacon	Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte	Deacon of Utrecht, Netherlands	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
11 Jan	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Martin Luluga †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Dacia	Bishop Emeritus of Nebbi, Uganda
12 Jan	77.5	Died	Victor Frederick Foley, S.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
	47.2	Appointed	Camilo Diaz Gregorio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus of Batanes, Philippines
	47.2	Appointed	Camilo Diaz Gregorio †	Titular Bishop of Girus	Prelate Emeritus of Batanes, Philippines
	42.2	Appointed	Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Philippines, Military
	42.2	Appointed	Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak †	Titular Bishop of Lesvi	Bishop of Philippines, Military
13 Jan	49.0	Appointed	José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria †	Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan	74.6	Retired	George Henry Speltz †	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	51.8	Died	Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
15 Jan	78.2	Died	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
15 Jan	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Antolin Salgado	Titular Bishop of Buruni	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
16 Jan	79.7	Died	Marino Bergonzini †	Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy
	61.4	Resigned	Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Ipiales, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	51.6	Appointed	Gustavo Martínez Frías †	Bishop of Ipiales, Colombia	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
	57.3	Appointed	George Edward Rueger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.3	Appointed	George Edward Rueger †	Titular Bishop of Maronana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
17 Jan	57.8	Appointed	Luigi Conti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador	Apostolic Nuncio
18 Jan	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Antuvan Marovitch †	Titular Bishop of Igilgili	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
19 Jan	78.6	Died	Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M. †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
20 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Daniel Mark (Marcus George) Buechlein, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
	75.1	Appointed	William Graham Connare †	Apostolic Administrator of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.1	Retired	William Graham Connare †	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon †	Bishop of Cahors, France	Bishop Emeritus
	92.2	Died	Charles Pasquale Greco †	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
21 Jan	74.2	Retired	Thomas McDonnell †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	49.4	Appointed	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
23 Jan	52.7	Installed	Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario †	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	54.8	Appointed	Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	33.6	Ordained Deacon	Georges Colomb, M.E.P.	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Selendeta	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Lafontant	Titular Bishop of Gilba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Victor Lyngdoh	Priest of Shillong, India	Archbishop
26 Jan	74.3	Retired	Anthony Rayappa Arulappa †	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.5	Appointed	Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza, S.J. †	Bishop of Raiganj, India
	68.3	Appointed	Cornelius Elanjikal †	Archbishop of Verapoly, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.7	Appointed	Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. †	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
	56.5	Appointed	John Baptist Sequeira †	Bishop of Chikmagalur, India	Bishop Emeritus
	49.8	Appointed	Gabriel Simo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Douala, Cameroon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bafoussam, Cameroon
	49.8	Appointed	Gabriel Simo †	Titular Bishop of Sereddeli	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bafoussam, Cameroon
	39.8	Appointed	Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot	Auxiliary Bishop of Douala, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
	39.8	Appointed	Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
	50.5	Appointed	Benedict To Varpin †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Jan	49.5	Appointed	John Thomas Steinbock †	Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
27 Jan	65.0	Appointed	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
29 Jan	62.7	Appointed	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †	Bishop of Jalapa, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
	56.7	Appointed	William Edwin Franklin	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
	56.7	Appointed	William Edwin Franklin	Titular Bishop of Surista	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
	75.3	Retired	Miguel Angel García y Aráuz †	Bishop of Jalapa, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	52.6	Resigned	José Lizares Estrada	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
	27.7	Ordained Deacon	Paul Fitzpatrick Russell	Deacon of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala
Feb	59.0	Appointed	Pietro Garlato †	Apostolic Administrator of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
1 Feb	21.1	Simple Vows	Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R.	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
	53.2	Died	Denis William Hanrahan †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
	28.6	Professed	Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Lismore, Australia
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia	Prelate Emeritus
2 Feb	25.7	Ordained Priest	José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez	Priest of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop
3 Feb	47.2	Appointed	Martin Gächter	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	47.2	Appointed	Martin Gächter	Titular Bishop of Betagbarar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
	57.0	Appointed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	57.0	Appointed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	43.9	Appointed	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos †	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
4 Feb	61.5	Ordained Bishop	George Martin Kuzma †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop Emeritus of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA
5 Feb	66.2	Installed	Edward Thomas Hughes †	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	54.1	Appointed	José Belvino do Nascimento †	Coadjutor Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Feb	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Karl Reger †	Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
9 Feb	60.4	Resigned	Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb	60.9	Appointed	Antonio Vilaplana Molina †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb	59.8	Appointed	William Henry Bullock †	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
	40.7	Appointed	Washington Cruz, C.P.	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	86.3	Died	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
	75.8	Retired	Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. †	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb	59.9	Appointed	Raffaele Castielli †	Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.7	Retired	Antonio D’Erchia †	Bishop of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.9	Resigned	Attilio Nicora †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	46.0	Appointed	Bruno Schettino †	Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
12 Feb	33.6	Incardinated	Peter Malcolm Brignall	Priest of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop
	58.5	Appointed	James Hannigan †	Bishop of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain
	57.5	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Mullins †	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	49.7	Appointed	Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia
	49.7	Appointed	Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón	Titular Bishop of Segia	Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia
	82.9	Died	Hubertus Hermens, S.V.D. †	Prefect Emeritus of Denpasar, Indonesia
	50.2	Appointed	Roger Francis Crispian Hollis	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
	50.2	Appointed	Roger Francis Crispian Hollis	Titular Bishop of Cincari	Bishop Emeritus of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
	46.3	Appointed	Domenico Padovano †	Bishop of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb	30.0	Ordained Priest	Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M.	Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
15 Feb	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Skucha	Titular Bishop of Segisama	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland
16 Feb	46.8	Appointed	José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R.	Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
16 Feb	80.8	Died	Alois Brems †	Bishop Emeritus of Eichstätt, Germany
17 Feb	75.4	Retired	John Ahern †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
17 Feb	50.3	Appointed	John Magee, S.P.S.	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb	80.7	Died	Jorge Carlos Carreras †	Bishop Emeritus of San Justo, Argentina
	26.9	Perpetual Vows	Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
	53.7	Succeeded	João Oneres Marchiori †	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	75.2	Retired	Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	44.9	Appointed	Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	44.9	Appointed	Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Tacapae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
20 Feb	90.5	Died	Heinrich Bliestle, M.S.F. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
	65.7	Died	Caesar Gatimu †	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya
	53.1	Died	John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. †	Prefect Emeritus of Lashio, Myanmar
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Martínez Frías †	Bishop of Ipiales, Colombia	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
	25.3	Solemn Vows	Charles Morerod, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
	74.8	Died	Joseph Parecattil †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
21 Feb	27.1	Ordained Priest	Itacir Brassiani, M.S.F.	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
21 Feb	67.3	Appointed	Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †	Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
22 Feb	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Carl Anthony Fisher, S.S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Tlos	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	67.2	Died	Umberto Florenzani †	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Armando Xavier Ochoa	Titular Bishop of Sitifis	Bishop Emeritus of Fresno, California, USA
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	George Patrick Ziemann †	Titular Bishop of Obba	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
24 Feb	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles Edwin Herzig †	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
	78.1	Died	[John Ji Huairang], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China
	75.8	Retired	Jorge Manrique Hurtado †	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
	45.1	Appointed	Piero Marini	Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations of the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
	65.0	Installed	Norman Francis McFarland †	Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	74.1	Retired	Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
	82.4	Died	Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Plouffe	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Bishop Emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
	50.6	Appointed	Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	88.8	Died	Wilhelm Sedlmeier †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
	28.3	Incardinated	Joseph Edward Strickland	Priest of Tyler, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	57.4	Ordained Bishop	George Edward Rueger †	Titular Bishop of Maronana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
26 Feb	49.8	Appointed	José María Arancibia	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
	49.8	Appointed	José María Arancibia	Titular Bishop of Pumentum	Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Mathew Vattackuzhy †	Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	42.2	Appointed	Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
	42.2	Appointed	Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette	Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
	58.8	Appointed	Edoardo Ricci †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	34.8	Incardinated	Pedro Carlos Cipolini	Priest of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Lurín, Peru
	51.8	Appointed	Gerardo Pierro	Bishop of Avellino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
	24.6	Solemn Vows	José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
	59.5	Appointed	Alberto Tricarico †	Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Appointed	Alberto Tricarico †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Singapore	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Appointed	Alberto Tricarico †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Appointed	Alberto Tricarico †	Apostolic Delegate to Laos	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Appointed	Alberto Tricarico †	Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia and Brunei	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	75.7	Retired	Pasquale Venezia †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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