Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Feb | 63.5 | Confirmed | Louis Raphaël I Sako | Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq | Cardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq |
63.5 | Confirmed | Louis Raphaël I Sako | Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq | Cardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq | |
2 Feb | 61.8 | Appointed | Michel Christian Alain Aupetit | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France | Archbishop Emeritus |
61.8 | Appointed | Michel Christian Alain Aupetit | Titular Bishop of Maxita | Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France | |
66.6 | Appointed | Michael August Blume, S.V.D. | Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda | Apostolic Nuncio | |
77.6 | Retired | Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey † | Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
55.5 | Appointed | Eugenio Coter | Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia | ||
55.5 | Appointed | Eugenio Coter | Titular Bishop of Thibiuca | Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia | |
63.1 | Appointed | Joseph Effiong Ekuwem | Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria | ||
47.4 | Appointed | Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores | Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia | Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia | |
78.2 | Retired | Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. † | Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France | Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon | |
69.5 | Appointed | Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. | Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.6 | Retired | Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
71.7 | Appointed | Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B. | Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.6 | Retired | Joseph Edra Ukpo † | Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus | |
77.0 | Appointed | Ernesto Vecchi † | Apostolic Administrator of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy | |
3 Feb | 80.4 | Died | John Michael D’Arcy † | Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA | |
72.8 | Died | Joseph Oforishe Egerega † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria | ||
53.7 | Ordained Bishop | Darci José Nicioli, C.SS.R. | Titular Bishop of Ficus | Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
77.8 | Died | Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena † | Bishop Emeritus of Kara, Togo | ||
4 Feb | 99.2 | Died | John Baptist Liu Jingshan † | Bishop Emeritus of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China | Bishop |
5 Feb | 48.5 | Ordained Bishop | Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero | Titular Bishop of Cissa | Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México |
89.8 | Died | Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec † | Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France | ||
6 Feb | 61.0 | Appointed | Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. | Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil |
81.7 | Died | Arthé Guimond † | Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada | ||
51.5 | Appointed | Valdir Mamede | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
51.5 | Appointed | Valdir Mamede | Titular Bishop of Naissus | Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
93.8 | Died | Douglas Joseph Warren † | Bishop Emeritus of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia | ||
7 Feb | 91.3 | Died | William Anthony Hughes † | Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA | |
81.4 | Died | Amedeus Msarikie † | Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania | ||
8 Feb | 94.3 | Died | Giovanni Cheli † | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | |
75.8 | Retired | Salvatore Di Cristina | Archbishop of Monreale, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
89.3 | Died | Joseph Ma Xue-sheng † | Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China | ||
66.2 | Appointed | Michele Pennisi | Archbishop of Monreale, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
42.8 | Succeeded | Joseph Yang Yongqiang | Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China | Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China | |
9 Feb | 50.1 | Appointed | Domingo Buezo Leiva | Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala | Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala |
50.1 | Appointed | Domingo Buezo Leiva | Titular Bishop of Dardanus | Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala | |
61.4 | Installed | Carlos María Franzini † | Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina | ||
56.7 | Ordained Bishop | George Madathikandathil | Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India | ||
80.8 | Ceased | Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. | Apostolic Administrator of Izabal, Guatemala | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala | |
50.4 | Ordained Bishop | Radosław Zmitrowicz, O.M.I. | Titular Bishop of Gypsaria | Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine | |
11 Feb | 70.5 | Died | Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez † | Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica | |
48.3 | Appointed | Robert Joseph Coyle | Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military | Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | |
48.3 | Appointed | Robert Joseph Coyle | Titular Bishop of Zabi | Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | |
12 Feb | 67.9 | Installed | Dennis Joseph Sullivan | Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA | |
14 Feb | 51.4 | Appointed | Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou | Bishop of Moulins, France | Bishop of Nantes, France |
16 Feb | 46.5 | Installed | Eraldo Bispo da Silva | Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil | |
47.7 | Ordained Bishop | Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín | Titular Bishop of Dagnum | Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela | |
66.3 | Appointed | Aldo Cavalli | Apostolic Nuncio to Malta | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) | |
48.6 | Appointed | Anthony Wieslaw Krótki, O.M.I. | Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada | ||
77.4 | Died | Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso † | Bishop Emeritus of Babahoyo, Ecuador | ||
51.9 | Appointed | Titus Joseph Mdoe | Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Bishop of Mtwara, Tanzania | |
51.9 | Appointed | Titus Joseph Mdoe | Titular Bishop of Bahanna | Bishop of Mtwara, Tanzania | |
77.2 | Retired | Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I. | Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
18 Feb | 75.6 | Died | Anthony Theodore Lobo † | Bishop Emeritus of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan | |
19 Feb | 62.5 | Appointed | Fabio Martínez Castilla † | Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México | |
83.7 | Died | Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez † | Bishop Emeritus of Jinotega, Nicaragua | ||
20 Feb | 52.7 | Appointed | José Mário Scalon Angonese | Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil |
52.7 | Appointed | José Mário Scalon Angonese | Titular Bishop of Giufi | Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil | |
52.4 | Appointed | Daniel Joseph Miehm | Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | |
52.4 | Appointed | Daniel Joseph Miehm | Titular Bishop of Gor | Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | |
21 Feb | 64.8 | Appointed | Ilario Antoniazzi | Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia | Archbishop Emeritus |
53.9 | Appointed | Miguel Ángel D’Annibale † | Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina | Bishop of San Martín, Argentina | |
83.1 | Died | Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. † | Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA | ||
56.7 | Appointed | Ramón Alfredo Dus | Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina | ||
49.3 | Appointed | Marco Aurélio Gubiotti | Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
74.1 | Resigned | Odilon Guimarães Moreira | Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
59.4 | Appointed | Gabriel Marchesi | Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil | ||
43.6 | Appointed | Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C. | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia | ||
43.6 | Appointed | Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C. | Titular Bishop of Ottocium | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia | |
76.4 | Retired | Fabriciano Sigampa † | Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus | |
22 Feb | 50.5 | Appointed | Mirosław Adamczyk | Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia | Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina |
50.5 | Appointed | Mirosław Adamczyk | Titular Archbishop of Otriculum | Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina | |
46.1 | Appointed | Ettore Balestrero | Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia | Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva | |
46.1 | Appointed | Ettore Balestrero | Titular Archbishop of Victoriana | Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva | |
50.2 | Appointed | Michael Wallace Banach | Titular Archbishop of Memphis | Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary | |
47.5 | Appointed | Antoine Camilleri | Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State | Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba | |
55.6 | Ordained Bishop | William Goh Seng Chye | Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore | Cardinal, Archbishop | |
56.5 | Appointed | Léon Kalenga Badikebele † | Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador | Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina | |
51.3 | Appointed | Urbain Ngassongo | Bishop of Gamboma, Congo | ||
64.7 | Appointed | Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. | Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo | Archbishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo | |
48.5 | Appointed | Brian Udaigwe | Titular Archbishop of Suelli | Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka | |
48.5 | Appointed | Brian Udaigwe | Apostolic Nuncio | Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka | |
23 Feb | 54.8 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Iorzuul Adoboh † | Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria | |
78.9 | Died | José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mitú, Colombia | ||
51.4 | Appointed | Pietro Lagnese | Bishop of Ischia, Italy | Archbishop of Capua, Italy | |
92.8 | Died | Julien Ries † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia | ||
57.8 | Appointed | Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga | Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero, México | ||
24 Feb | 57.6 | Installed | William Amove Avenya | Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria | |
51.5 | Installed | Paul-Marwan Tabet, M.L. | Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada | ||
25 Feb | 58.7 | Resigned | Władisław Blin | Bishop of Vitebsk, Belarus | Bishop Emeritus |
74.9 | Retired | Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien † | Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
26 Feb | 93.1 | Died | Giovanni D’Ascenzi † | Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy | |
55.1 | Resigned | Claudio Giuliodori | Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy | |
27 Feb | 71.6 | Resigned | Gerard Clifford † | Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
74.2 | Resigned | Patrick Altham Kelly | Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | Archbishop Emeritus | |
62.1 | Appointed | Philip Tartaglia † | Apostolic Administrator of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain | Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain | |
65.0 | Appointed | Thomas Anthony Williams | Apostolic Administrator of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
28 Feb | 74.7 | Ceased | Angelo Amato, S.D.B. | Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus |
78.2 | Ceased | Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. | Secretary of State | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus | |
65.8 | Ceased | João Bráz de Aviz | Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | |
69.2 | Ceased | Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. | Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive | Archivist Emeritus | |
69.2 | Ceased | Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. | Librarian of the Vatican Library | Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive | |
64.6 | Ceased | Raymond Leo Burke | Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus | |
70.0 | Ceased | Domenico Calcagno | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
67.3 | Ceased | Antonio Cañizares Llovera | Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain | |
46.2 | Installed | Oscar Cantú | Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA | Bishop of San Jose in California, USA | |
71.6 | Ceased | Claudio Maria Celli | President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications | President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication | |
74.9 | Ceased | Francesco Coccopalmerio | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
69.4 | Ceased | Angelo Comastri | President of the Fabric of St. Peter | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
65.8 | Ceased | Giorgio Corbellini † | President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See | ||
67.9 | Appointed | Joseph Đình Đúc Đao | Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
67.9 | Appointed | Joseph Đình Đúc Đao | Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala | Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam | |
66.8 | Ceased | Fernando Filoni | Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | |
61.5 | Ceased | Salvatore Rino Fisichella | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization | Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization | |
73.3 | Ceased | Zenon Grocholewski † | Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus | |
92.5 | Died | Jean Marcel Honoré † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France | ||
55.7 | Appointed | Samuel Jofré Giraudo | Bishop of Villa María, Argentina | ||
62.9 | Ceased | Kurt Koch | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity | |
65.1 | Ceased | Gerhard Ludwig Müller | Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus | |
65.1 | Ceased | Gerhard Ludwig Müller | President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
65.1 | Ceased | Gerhard Ludwig Müller | President of the International Theological Commission | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
65.1 | Ceased | Gerhard Ludwig Müller | President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
68.7 | Ceased | Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S. | Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops | |
67.8 | Ceased | Vincenzo Paglia | President of the Pontifical Council for the Family | President of the Pontifical Academy for Life | |
68.4 | Ceased | Mauro Piacenza | Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
85.8 | Resigned | Joseph Ratzinger † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) | Pope Emeritus | |
70.3 | Ceased | Gianfranco Ravasi | President of the Pontifical Council for Culture | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology | |
70.3 | Ceased | Gianfranco Ravasi | President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
76.3 | Retired | José Ángel Rovai † | Bishop of Villa María, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
67.6 | Ceased | Stanisław Ryłko | President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity | Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | |
69.2 | Ceased | Leonardo Sandri | Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches | |
67.7 | Ceased | Robert Sarah | President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
69.8 | Ceased | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | ||
64.3 | Ceased | Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson | President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | Cardinal, Chancellor of the Roman Curia - Other | |
75.0 | Ceased | Antonio Maria Vegliò | President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | |
69.5 | Ceased | Giuseppe Versaldi | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education | |
76.8 | Died | Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U. † | Bishop Emeritus of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine | ||
63.8 | Ceased | Zygmunt Zimowski † | President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers |
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