Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | 60.4 | Appointed | Francis An Shuxin | Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China | Bishop |
49.0 | Selected | Joseph Han Yingjin | Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China |
93.0 | Confirmed | Thomas Qian Yurong (Quan Yirong) † | Bishop | Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China |
36.6 | Incardinated | Basel Salim Yaldo | Priest of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA | Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq |
| Selected | Yang Shiqing | Administrator of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China |
79.0 | Retired | Matthias Yu Chengxin † | Coadjutor Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China | Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus |
2 Jan | 56.6 | Appointed | Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil | Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India |
3 Jan | 54.0 | Appointed | João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. | Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil | Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
48.0 | Appointed | Messias dos Reis Silveira | Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil | Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
77.4 | Retired | Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P. | Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
62.7 | Appointed | René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. † | Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin |
60.0 | Appointed | Ângelo Pignoli | Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil |
76.6 | Retired | José da Silva Chaves | Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
76.6 | Retired | Adélio Giuseppe (José) Tomasin, P.S.D.P. | Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
4 Jan | 95.5 | Died | [Peter Paul Li Pan-shi] † | Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China |
5 Jan | 47.4 | Appointed | Isabelo Caiban Abarquez | Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines |
43.3 | Ordained Bishop | Lucjan Avgustini † | Bishop of Sapë, Albania |
46.0 | Appointed | Emmanuel Félémou | Bishop of Kankan, Guinea |
52.0 | Ordained Bishop | Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. | Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil |
46.4 | Appointed | Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D. | Bishop of Bangued, Philippines |
80.1 | Retired | Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. | Vicar Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
68.3 | Appointed | Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J. | Vicar Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia |
68.3 | Appointed | Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J. | Titular Bishop of Vulturia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia |
67.7 | Installed | Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus | Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland | Titular Archbishop of Viminacium |
6 Jan | 47.0 | Ordained Bishop | John Ebebe Ayah | Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria | Bishop of Uyo, Nigeria |
76.0 | Died | Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
77.0 | Appointed | Józef Glemp † | Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
67.7 | Appointed | Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus | Titular Archbishop of Viminacium |
67.7 | Resigned | Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus | Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland | Titular Archbishop of Viminacium |
7 Jan | 66.5 | Installed | Bernard Marie Fernand Housset | Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France | Bishop Emeritus |
102.8 | Died | Joseph Meng Zi Wen (Meng Jieren; Mong Zi Wen) † | Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China |
80.3 | Appointed | Robert Pierre Sarrabère † | Apostolic Administrator of Montauban, France | Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France |
44.7 | Appointed | John Baptist Tan Yanquan | Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China |
8 Jan | 56.1 | Appointed | John Charles Wester | Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA |
9 Jan | 88.4 | Died | Nemesio Rivera Meza † | Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru |
10 Jan | 81.0 | Died | Hermann Josef Spital † | Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany |
11 Jan | 64.2 | Appointed | Giuseppe Bertello | Apostolic Nuncio to Italy | Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
64.2 | Appointed | Giuseppe Bertello | Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino | Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
54.1 | Appointed | Kurien Valiakandathil | Bishop of Bhagalpur, India |
12 Jan | 59.9 | Appointed | Orlando Antonio Corrales García | Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia |
77.1 | Retired | Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal | Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus |
77.5 | Died | Jairo Rui Matos da Silva † | Bishop Emeritus of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil |
94.6 | Died | Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea |
13 Jan | 70.8 | Died | John Joseph Kaising † | Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military |
54.9 | Installed | Calogero La Piana, S.D.B. | Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
64.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez | Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba | Bishop Emeritus |
14 Jan | 72.4 | Appointed | Domenico Crusco † | Apostolic Administrator of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy |
62.6 | Installed | Domenico Graziani | Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
66.1 | Died | Anthony Giroux Meagher † | Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
15 Jan | 65.2 | Appointed | Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M. † | Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea | Bishop Emeritus |
38.6 | Appointed | Emigdio Duarte Figueroa | Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
38.6 | Appointed | Emigdio Duarte Figueroa | Titular Bishop of Bilta | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México |
55.4 | Appointed | Gervas Rozario | Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
74.8 | Retired | Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. † | Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea | Bishop Emeritus |
16 Jan | 53.7 | Appointed | Leo Boccardi | Titular Archbishop of Bitettum | Apostolic Nuncio to Iran |
53.7 | Appointed | Leo Boccardi | Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan | Apostolic Nuncio to Iran |
56.7 | Appointed | François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P. | Bishop of Mende, France | Bishop of Luçon, France |
65.7 | Died | Leon Augustine Tharmaraj † | Bishop of Kottar, India |
17 Jan | 80.3 | Died | Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật † | Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam |
49.2 | Installed | Doraboina Moses Prakasam | Bishop of Nellore, India |
18 Jan | 71.4 | Died | Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. † | Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India |
77.8 | Died | Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan |
19 Jan | 56.8 | Succeeded | Frank Joseph Dewane | Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA |
75.0 | Retired | John Joseph Nevins † | Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
20 Jan | 54.3 | Appointed | Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor | Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria | Bishop |
54.3 | Appointed | Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor | Titular Bishop of Tetci | Bishop of Awka, Nigeria |
54.7 | Died | Johannes Gorantla † | Bishop of Kurnool, India |
60.5 | Appointed | Angelus Kujur, S.J. | Bishop of Purnea, India |
22 Jan | 58.5 | Appointed | Joseph Perumthottam | Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India |
76.4 | Retired | Joseph Powathil | Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Archbishop Emeritus |
55.1 | Appointed | Andrews Thazhath | Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India |
76.1 | Retired | Jacob Thoomkuzhy | Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Archbishop Emeritus |
25 Jan | 52.9 | Installed | Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. | Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya |
45.0 | Appointed | David Motiuk | Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada |
72.0 | Appointed | Angelo Mottola † | Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus |
56.3 | Ordained Bishop | Gérard Pettipas, C.SS.R. | Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada |
26 Jan | 61.0 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Cremona, O.P. | Archbishop of Malta | Archbishop Emeritus |
73.0 | Confirmed | Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. † | Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq | Archbishop Emeritus |
75.0 | Retired | Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. | Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina | Prelate Emeritus |
55.2 | Appointed | Sigifredo Noriega Barceló | Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México | Bishop of Zacatecas, México |
27 Jan | 61.8 | Ordained Bishop | José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. | Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus | Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia |
46.9 | Confirmed | Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S. | Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon |
56.2 | Ordained Bishop | Wilfredo Pino Estévez | Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba | Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba |
28 Jan | 50.3 | Ordained Bishop | Stephen Brislin | Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa | Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa |
65.3 | Installed | Diego Coletti | Bishop of Como, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
59.0 | Installed | Paul Runangaza Ruzoka | Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania |
30 Jan | 55.5 | Appointed | Charles Daniel Balvo | Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic |
53.7 | Appointed | Leo Boccardi | Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea | Apostolic Nuncio to Iran |
62.4 | Installed | Emmanuel Bushu | Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon | Bishop Emeritus |
60.0 | Installed | Thomas Christopher Collins | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
59.7 | Installed | Richard John Garcia † | Bishop of Monterey in California, USA |
58.0 | Appointed | George Vance Murry, S.J. † | Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA |
49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Sarat Chandra Nayak | Bishop of Berhampur, India |
31 Jan | 47.2 | Appointed | Sérgio da Rocha | Coadjutor Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |