The Year of Our Lord 1995

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 55.0 Appointed Gianni Danzi † Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Prelate of Loreto, Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest Siby Mathew Peedikayil, H.G.N. Priest of Heralds of Good News Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea

2 Feb 82.3 Appointed Charles Garrett Maloney † Titular Bishop of Bardstown Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

51.1 Appointed Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños Bishop of Pasto, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

73.8 Retired Arturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

3 Feb 33.1 Incardinated Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier Priest of Damongo, Ghana Bishop

58.3 Appointed Vincent Michael Concessao Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, India Archbishop Emeritus

58.3 Appointed Vincent Michael Concessao Titular Bishop of Mascula Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India

49.1 Appointed Gilles Côté, S.M.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Gilles Côté, S.M.M. Titular Bishop of Cissa Bishop Emeritus of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

77.1 Retired Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. † Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Appointed Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

50.4 Ordained Bishop Angel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F. Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

36.5 Appointed Ignatius Ayau Kaigama Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria

46.4 Appointed Philip Naameh Bishop of Damongo, Ghana Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana

63.4 Appointed Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P. Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

52.0 Ceased Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro Sula, Honduras Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

76.3 Retired Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

5 Feb 25.0 Ordained Priest Antônio Luiz Catelan Ferreira Priest of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

29.0 Ordained Priest Christophorus Tri Harsono Priest of Bogor, Indonesia Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia

6 Feb 58.0 Appointed Pier Luigi Celata Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

7 Feb 66.4 Died Antonio Ambrosanio † Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy

59.7 Appointed John Kevin Boland Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.7 Appointed John Martin Dougherty † Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.7 Appointed John Martin Dougherty † Titular Bishop of Sufetula Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

64.1 Retired Raymond William Lessard † Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Ordained Bishop Judson Michael Procyk † Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

8 Feb 61.7 Resigned Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N. † Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

66.7 Died Serapio Bwemi Magambo † Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda

9 Feb 64.9 Appointed Robert Edward Mulvee † Coadjutor Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Bishop Emeritus

10 Feb 66.9 Died Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, M.C.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

69.5 Appointed Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. † Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Secretary Emeritus

69.5 Appointed Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. † Titular Archbishop of Africa Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

11 Feb 27.9 Professed Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. Member of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

57.5 Installed Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama Bishop Emeritus

54.2 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff Bishop of Aachen, Germany Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Installed Antonio Napoletano, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman † Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

25.5 Ordained Deacon Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C. Deacon of Consolata Missionaries Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

62.4 Installed Pedro Rubiano Sàenz † Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 Feb 27.1 Ordained Deacon José Alberto González Juárez Deacon of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México

14 Feb 47.4 Appointed Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

70.7 Resigned Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. † Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

15 Feb 55.3 Ordained Bishop Michael John Malone Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

82.9 Died David Monas Maloney † Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA

16 Feb 58.7 Appointed André Gaumond † Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

17 Feb 29.7 Perpetual Vows Vusumuzi Francis Mazibuko, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa

18 Feb 59.4 Appointed André Louis Fort Coadjutor Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France

28.6 Ordained Priest Richard Ng Priest of Kuching, Malaysia Bishop of Miri, Malaysia

19 Feb 59.9 Installed Giuseppe Anfossi Bishop of Aosta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

55.5 Ordained Bishop Seán Baptist Brady Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

57.6 Died Michael Hughes Kenny † Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA

67.1 Ordained Bishop Giovanni (João) Zerbini, S.D.B. Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

21 Feb 69.9 Appointed Alejandro Figueroa Medina † Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela

58.4 Appointed Josef Grünwald Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Josef Grünwald Titular Bishop of Fronta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

69.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Roy † Bishop of Mysore, India Bishop Emeritus

22 Feb 77.9 Retired Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. † Bishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

54.8 Appointed Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.6 Installed Raymond Leo Burke Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

45.6 Ordained Bishop Frederick Joseph Colli Titular Bishop of Afufenia Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

81.6 Died Louis Hà Kim Danh † Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam

51.0 Appointed Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

51.0 Appointed Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. Titular Bishop of Slebte Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

54.3 Ordained Bishop José Francisco Ulloa Rojas Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Costa Rica

54.4 Appointed Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

24 Feb 56.0 Installed Alberto Suárez Inda Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

66.8 Resigned Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. † Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

25 Feb 73.9 Retired Stephen Nweke Ezeanya † Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

65.0 Succeeded Albert Kanene Obiefuna † Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

94.1 Died Stanslaus Skutans, M.I.C. † Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary

27.9 Professed Ronilton Souza de Araújo, S.C.I. Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil

26 Feb 68.9 Installed Bernard Agré † Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

61.1 Died Severino Miguel Pelayo † Bishop of Philippines, Military

28 Feb 61.4 Appointed Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua

43.8 Appointed William Edward Lori Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

43.8 Appointed William Edward Lori Titular Bishop of Bulla Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	55.0	Appointed	Gianni Danzi †	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Siby Mathew Peedikayil, H.G.N.	Priest of Heralds of Good News	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
2 Feb	82.3	Appointed	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Titular Bishop of Bardstown	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
51.1	Appointed	Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
73.8	Retired	Arturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	33.1	Incardinated	Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier	Priest of Damongo, Ghana	Bishop
58.3	Appointed	Vincent Michael Concessao	Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, India	Archbishop Emeritus
58.3	Appointed	Vincent Michael Concessao	Titular Bishop of Mascula	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
49.1	Appointed	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop Emeritus of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
77.1	Retired	Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †	Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Appointed	Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C.	Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Angel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F.	Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
36.5	Appointed	Ignatius Ayau Kaigama	Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
46.4	Appointed	Philip Naameh	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana
63.4	Appointed	Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P.	Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
52.0	Ceased	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
76.3	Retired	Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
5 Feb	25.0	Ordained Priest	Antônio Luiz Catelan Ferreira	Priest of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
29.0	Ordained Priest	Christophorus Tri Harsono	Priest of Bogor, Indonesia	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia
6 Feb	58.0	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
7 Feb	66.4	Died	Antonio Ambrosanio †	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
59.7	Appointed	John Kevin Boland	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	John Martin Dougherty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	John Martin Dougherty †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
64.1	Retired	Raymond William Lessard †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Ordained Bishop	Judson Michael Procyk †	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
8 Feb	61.7	Resigned	Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N. †	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
66.7	Died	Serapio Bwemi Magambo †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
9 Feb	64.9	Appointed	Robert Edward Mulvee †	Coadjutor Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb	66.9	Died	Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
69.5	Appointed	Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †	Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Secretary Emeritus
69.5	Appointed	Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Africa	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
11 Feb	27.9	Professed	Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
57.5	Installed	Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez	Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama	Bishop Emeritus
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Mussinghoff	Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Installed	Antonio Napoletano, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
25.5	Ordained Deacon	Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C.	Deacon of Consolata Missionaries	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
62.4	Installed	Pedro Rubiano Sàenz †	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Feb	27.1	Ordained Deacon	José Alberto González Juárez	Deacon of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México	Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México
14 Feb	47.4	Appointed	Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B.	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
70.7	Resigned	Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Michael John Malone	Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
82.9	Died	David Monas Maloney †	Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
16 Feb	58.7	Appointed	André Gaumond †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Feb	29.7	Perpetual Vows	Vusumuzi Francis Mazibuko, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa
18 Feb	59.4	Appointed	André Louis Fort	Coadjutor Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
28.6	Ordained Priest	Richard Ng	Priest of Kuching, Malaysia	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
19 Feb	59.9	Installed	Giuseppe Anfossi	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Seán Baptist Brady	Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.6	Died	Michael Hughes Kenny †	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA
67.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni (João) Zerbini, S.D.B.	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
21 Feb	69.9	Appointed	Alejandro Figueroa Medina †	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
58.4	Appointed	Josef Grünwald	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Josef Grünwald	Titular Bishop of Fronta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
69.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Roy †	Bishop of Mysore, India	Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	77.9	Retired	Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
54.8	Appointed	Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.6	Installed	Raymond Leo Burke	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Frederick Joseph Colli	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
81.6	Died	Louis Hà Kim Danh †	Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
51.0	Appointed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
51.0	Appointed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Slebte	Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
54.3	Ordained Bishop	José Francisco Ulloa Rojas	Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Costa Rica
54.4	Appointed	Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
24 Feb	56.0	Installed	Alberto Suárez Inda	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
66.8	Resigned	Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	73.9	Retired	Stephen Nweke Ezeanya †	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
65.0	Succeeded	Albert Kanene Obiefuna †	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
94.1	Died	Stanslaus Skutans, M.I.C. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
27.9	Professed	Ronilton Souza de Araújo, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
26 Feb	68.9	Installed	Bernard Agré †	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
61.1	Died	Severino Miguel Pelayo †	Bishop of Philippines, Military
28 Feb	61.4	Appointed	Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier	Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
43.8	Appointed	William Edward Lori	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
43.8	Appointed	William Edward Lori	Titular Bishop of Bulla	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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