Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Feb | 52.2 | Appointed | Antonio Cañizares Llovera | Apostolic Administrator of Cartagena (en España) | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain |
32.5 | Incardinated | Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía | Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México | Bishop of Matamoros-Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México | |
1 Feb | 83.5 | Died | Valentino Vailati † | Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy | |
2 Feb | 57.9 | Appointed | Luigi Bressan | Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia | Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy |
57.9 | Appointed | Luigi Bressan | Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam | Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy | |
55.8 | Appointed | Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. † | Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
52.4 | Ordained Bishop | Mieczysław Cisło | Titular Bishop of Auca | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland | |
51.9 | Ordained Bishop | Richard John Grecco | Titular Bishop of Uccula | Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
60.7 | Appointed | Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón | Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia | |
59.8 | Appointed | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
59.8 | Appointed | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
59.8 | Appointed | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
75.4 | Retired | Augusto Trujillo Arango † | Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
4 Feb | 45.4 | Appointed | Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm. | Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil |
5 Feb | 82.5 | Died | Conrad Henri Blanchet, M.S. † | Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette | |
51.6 | Ordained Bishop | Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez | Titular Bishop of Ancusa | Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México | |
52.8 | Appointed | Salvatore Pappalardo | Bishop of Nicosia, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy | |
77.1 | Died | Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity | ||
86.2 | Died | Adolfo Servando Tortolo † | Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina | ||
6 Feb | 61.2 | Ordained Bishop | Adrian Leo Doyle | Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart, Australia | Archbishop Emeritus |
7 Feb | 55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Angelo Bagnasco | Bishop of Pesaro, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy |
58.7 | Appointed | Stanisław Dziwisz | Titular Bishop of San Leone | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | |
58.7 | Appointed | Stanisław Dziwisz | Official of the Prefecture of the Papal Household | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | |
48.2 | Appointed | James Michael Harvey | Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household | Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica} | |
48.2 | Appointed | James Michael Harvey | Titular Bishop of Memphis | Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica} | |
75.8 | Retired | Dino Monduzzi † | Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus | |
8 Feb | 26.0 | Professed | João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.SS.R. | Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil |
58.2 | Installed | John Buckley | Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.5 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo † | Titular Bishop of Milevum | Bishop Emeritus of Mahajanga, Madagascar | |
9 Feb | 64.9 | Installed | Edward Peter Cullen † | Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
86.0 | Died | Emanuele Romano † | Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy | ||
11 Feb | 49.3 | Ordained Bishop | Salvatore Ligorio | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy |
84.4 | Died | Laurentius Satoshi Nagae † | Bishop Emeritus of Urawa, Japan | ||
72.6 | Died | Luc Auguste Sangaré † | Archbishop of Bamako, Mali | ||
87.9 | Died | Wilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. † | Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia | ||
13 Feb | 96.2 | Died | René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. † | Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China | |
47.2 | Appointed | Antal Spányi | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary | |
47.2 | Appointed | Antal Spányi | Titular Bishop of Tharros | Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary | |
14 Feb | 44.0 | Appointed | Joel Zamudio Baylon | Bishop of Masbate, Philippines | Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines |
77.3 | Retired | Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto, O.P. † | Bishop of Puno, Peru | Bishop Emeritus | |
65.3 | Appointed | Charles Caruana † | Bishop of Gibraltar | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.9 | Retired | Bernard Patrick Devlin † | Bishop of Gibraltar | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.4 | Retired | Porfirio Rivera Iligan † | Bishop of Masbate, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus | |
43.1 | Appointed | Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga | Auxiliary Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop | |
43.1 | Appointed | Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga | Titular Bishop of Utimmira | Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
48.5 | Appointed | Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. | Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.0 | Appointed | Piero Marini | Titular Bishop of Martirano | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses | |
50.3 | Ordained Bishop | Jean Ntagwarara | Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi | Bishop Emeritus | |
32.5 | Ordained Priest | Carlo Maria Polvani | Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy | Official of the Dicastery for Culture and Education | |
70.2 | Appointed | Raymond Razakarinvony | Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar | Bishop Emeritus | |
60.0 | Appointed | Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Dedza, Malawi | Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi | |
60.0 | Appointed | Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. † | Titular Bishop of Molicunza | Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi | |
57.5 | Installed | Filippo Strofaldi † | Bishop of Ischia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
59.1 | Appointed | Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B. | Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy | |
15 Feb | 78.6 | Died | Philip Yang Libo † | Bishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China | |
16 Feb | 67.3 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Joseph Flanagan † | Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA |
73.4 | Died | Marcos Antônio Noronha † | Bishop Emeritus of Itabira, Brazil | ||
71.0 | Resigned | Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. † | Archbishop of Santiago de Chile | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.5 | Installed | Raymund Wang Chong Lin † | Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China | Bishop Emeritus | |
49.4 | Ordained Bishop | Patrick James Zurek | Titular Bishop of Thamugadi | Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA | |
18 Feb | 77.1 | Retired | Antônio Batista Fragoso † | Bishop of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
49.2 | Appointed | Sérgio Arthur Braschi | Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil | |
49.2 | Appointed | Sérgio Arthur Braschi | Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia | Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil | |
66.3 | Appointed | Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. † | Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
66.3 | Appointed | Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. † | Titular Bishop of Cibaliana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | |
62.9 | Appointed | Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges | Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.6 | Appointed | Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho | Bishop of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil | |
25.7 | Ordained Priest | George George Panamthundil | Priest of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India | Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan | |
20 Feb | 75.0 | Retired | Javier Azagra Labiano † | Bishop of Cartagena (en España) | Bishop Emeritus |
64.8 | Installed | Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I. | Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada | |
50.3 | Appointed | Agustín Cortés Soriano | Bishop of Ibiza, Spain | Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain | |
48.2 | Appointed | Juan Alberto Puiggari | Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná, Argentina | Archbishop | |
48.2 | Appointed | Juan Alberto Puiggari | Titular Bishop of Turuzi | Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina | |
26.2 | Ordained Deacon | Lindomar Rocha Mota | Deacon of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil | |
80.3 | Died | Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † | Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile | ||
87.7 | Died | William Gordon Wheeler † | Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain | ||
21 Feb | 68.0 | Appointed | Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
68.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
75.5 | Appointed | Lorenzo Antonetti † | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | |
75.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Lorenzo Antonetti † | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | ||
63.5 | Appointed | Jean Marie Julien Balland † | Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France | |
63.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Jean Marie Julien Balland † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France | ||
75.6 | Appointed | Alberto Bovone † | Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | |
75.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Alberto Bovone † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | ||
68.6 | Appointed | Darío Castrillón Hoyos † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” | |
68.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Darío Castrillón Hoyos † | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” | ||
79.3 | Appointed | Giovanni Cheli † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | |
79.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giovanni Cheli † | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | ||
73.1 | Appointed | Francesco Colasuonno † | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eugenio | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | |
73.1 | Elevated to Cardinal | Francesco Colasuonno † | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | ||
73.1 | Retired | Francesco Colasuonno † | Apostolic Nuncio to Italy | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | |
73.1 | Retired | Francesco Colasuonno † | Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | |
67.3 | Ordained Bishop | Hubert Coppenrath † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
67.4 | Appointed | Salvatore De Giorgi | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy | |
67.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Salvatore De Giorgi | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy | ||
73.5 | Appointed | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo † | Cardinal-Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
73.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
43.3 | Appointed | Marian Florczyk | Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland | ||
43.3 | Appointed | Marian Florczyk | Titular Bishop of Limata | Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland | |
61.0 | Appointed | Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † | Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
61.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA | ||
71.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Marian Franciszek Jaworski † | In Pectore | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
86.8 | Appointed | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. † | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia | |
86.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia | ||
71.1 | Appointed | Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez † | Cardinal-Deacon of San Saba | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
71.1 | Elevated to Cardinal | Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez † | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | ||
75.8 | Appointed | Dino Monduzzi † | Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household | |
75.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Dino Monduzzi † | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household | ||
53.5 | Appointed | Polycarp Pengo | Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | |
53.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Polycarp Pengo | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | ||
67.2 | Elevated to Cardinal | Jānis Pujats | In Pectore | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
55.7 | Appointed | Norberto Rivera Carrera | Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District | |
55.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Norberto Rivera Carrera | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District | ||
61.5 | Appointed | Antonio María Rouco Varela | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain | |
61.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Antonio María Rouco Varela | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain | ||
55.1 | Appointed | Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta | Bishop of Girardota, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia | |
53.0 | Appointed | Christoph Schönborn, O.P. | Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore | Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria | |
53.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Christoph Schönborn, O.P. | Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria | ||
74.2 | Appointed | Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † | Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan | |
74.2 | Elevated to Cardinal | Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan | ||
65.5 | Appointed | James Francis Stafford | Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
65.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | James Francis Stafford | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | ||
63.9 | Appointed | Dionigi Tettamanzi † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy | |
63.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Dionigi Tettamanzi † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy | ||
73.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac † | Died Before Publication | Secretary | |
22 Feb | 51.3 | Ordained Bishop | Adriano Langa, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop of Baia | Bishop Emeritus of Inhambane, Mozambique |
46.4 | Installed | Cornelius Sim † | Prefect of Brunei | Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Brunei | |
23 Feb | 75.5 | Appointed | Lorenzo Antonetti † | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Cardinal, President Emeritus |
75.6 | Appointed | Alberto Bovone † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | ||
68.6 | Appointed | Darío Castrillón Hoyos † | Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” | |
68.6 | Installed | Darío Castrillón Hoyos † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” | |
71.1 | Appointed | Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez † | Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus | |
26 Feb | 74.6 | Died | Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa † | Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela | |
27 Feb | 47.0 | Appointed | Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B. | Bishop of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador | |
28 Feb | 61.1 | Succeeded | Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. | Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
86.9 | Installed | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. † | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia | |
61.8 | Appointed | Mario Milano | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
74.5 | Died | Antonio Quarracino † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
76.9 | Appointed | Luigi Sposito † | Titular Bishop of Capreae | Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See |
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