| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|
| unknown | | Resigned | Sebastião (Sebastián) Acosta Hurtado, O.P. † | Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador | Prefect Emeritus |
| 75.0 | Retired | Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
| 74.3 | Resigned | Fernando Cento † | Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
| 46.0 | Selected | [Stanislav Chang Shou-yi] † | Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China |
| 27.6 | Incardinated | Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea † | Priest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 28.8 | Final Vows | Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. † | Member of Society of the Divine Word | Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia |
|
| Born | [Paul Dong Guanhua] | | Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China |
| 49.0 | Appointed | Marie-Bernard de Terris, O. Cist. † | Abbot | Abbot Emeritus |
| 81.6 | Ceased | Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † | President of the Italian Episcopal Conference | Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy |
| 56.4 | Resigned | Ignacio García Martin, S.J. † | Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru | Prefect Emeritus |
| 34.5 | Ordained Deacon | René Henry Gracida | Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict | Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA |
|
| Born | Vincent Guo Xijin | | Auxiliary Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China |
|
| Born | Joseph Han Yingjin | | Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China |
| 63.0 | Selected | [Stephan He Chunming] † | Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China |
| 48.1 | Appointed | Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. † | Superior General of Missionaries of the Company of Mary | Superior General Emeritus |
| 49.0 | Selected | [Peter Lan Bo-lu (Lan Pai Lu)] † | Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China |
| 57.0 | Selected | [Paul Li De-pei (Li Dipei, Li Debei)] † | Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China | Bishop Emeritus |
| 27.5 | Professed | Émile Marcus, P.S.S. | Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice | Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France |
| 48.9 | Appointed | Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. † | Superior General of Society of African Missions | Superior General Emeritus |
| 28.0 | Ordained Priest | Emile Njeru † | Priest | Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya |
| Selected | [ Pan Shao-qing] † | Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China |
| 54.8 | Appointed | Paolo Pappalardo † | Official of the Secretariat of State | Official Emeritus |
| 30.8 | Incardinated | Gilberto Pereira Lopes | Priest of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Appointed | Francesco Scrivano, D.C. † | Superior General of Congregation of Christian Doctrine | Superior General Emeritus |
| Resigned | Shi Huayu † | Apostolic Administrator of Jinzhou [Jehol], China | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus |
| 60.0 | Died | Paul Su Pai-lu (Su Xida) † | Apostolic Administrator of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia, Wenchow], China |
| 60.0 | Resigned | Antonio Taffi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 60.0 | Resigned | Antonio Taffi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 43.9 | Resigned | Gilberto Tapia † | Bishop-Elect of Guaranda, Ecuador | Former Bishop-Elect |
|
| Born | Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga | | Bishop of Moundou, Chad |
| 46.5 | Appointed | Pasquale Venezia † | Auxiliary Bishop of Benevento, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy |
| 48.9 | Appointed | Jozef (Joseph Paulinus Amandus) Van Kerckhoven, M.S.C. † | Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Superior General Emeritus |
| 21.6 | Entered | Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. † | Member of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian) | Bishop Emeritus of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 41.1 | Appointed | [Peter Zhang Shi-zhi] † | Administrator of Xiapu [Funing], China | Bishop |
|
| Born | Joseph Zhang Weizhu | | Bishop of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China |
| Ordained Bishop | [Joseph Zhou Yi-zhai (Zhou Yizhou)] † | Bishop of Bengbu [Pengpu, Peng-Fou], China |
| 44.8 | Appointed | Matija Matiša Zvekanović † | Apostolic Administrator of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia | Bishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia |
| Jan | 62.0 | Resigned | Jean Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. † | Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
|
| Born | Francis Xavier Jin Yangke | | Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China |
| 1 Jan | 47.3 | Installed | Franz Hengsbach † | Bishop of Essen, Germany | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 2 Jan | 55.4 | Ordained Bishop | Howard Joseph Carroll † | Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Born | Akio Johnson Mutek † | | Bishop of Torit, South Sudan |
|
| Born | José Vicente Pinto de Alencar da Silva | | Bishop of Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| 3 Jan | 41.1 | Appointed | Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. † | Prefect of Northern Nyassa, Malawi | Bishop Emeritus of Mzuzu, Malawi |
| 82.1 | Died | Kazimieras Paltarokas † | Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania |
|
| Born | Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong | | Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México |
| 5 Jan | 83.7 | Died | João Evangelista de Lima Vidal † | Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal |
|
| Born | John Francis Sherrington | | Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain |
| 6 Jan | 35.0 | Ordained Priest | Ignatius Harsono † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia |
| 78.5 | Died | Marcelino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E. † | Prefect Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia |
| 28.2 | Ordained Priest | George Edward Rueger † | Priest of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 7 Jan | 54.8 | Died | Teodor Bensch † | Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland |
|
| Born | Simon T. Faddoul | | Bishop of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Ibadan (Annunciazione) (Maronite), Nigeria |
| 44.4 | Installed | Frederick William Freking † | Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA | Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA |
|
| Born | Claudio Giuliodori | | Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy |
| 46.6 | Appointed | Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
| 46.6 | Appointed | Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica |
| 8 Jan |
| Born | Giuseppe Schillaci | | Bishop of Nicosia, Italy |
| 10 Jan | 50.3 | Appointed | Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile |
| 50.3 | Appointed | Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † | Titular Bishop of Arethusa | Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile |
| 11 Jan | 72.3 | Died | Francesco Potenza † | Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy |
| 12 Jan | 44.0 | Installed | Juan José Iriarte † | Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina |
| 13 Jan | 37.0 | Appointed | Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † | Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México | Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México |
| 42.5 | Appointed | Fernando Romo Gutiérrez † | Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México | Bishop Emeritus |
| 15 Jan | 27.3 | Solemn Vows | Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. † | Priest of Order of Saint Benedict | Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy |
| 50.7 | Died | Egidio Negrin † | Bishop of Treviso, Italy |
| 16 Jan | 49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger † | Titular Bishop of Antandrus | Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France |
| 50.5 | Appointed | William Richard Field, S.M.A. † | Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus |
| 44.8 | Appointed | João de Souza Lima, O. Cist. † | Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 37.8 | Appointed | René Toussaint, O.M.I. † | Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 37.8 | Appointed | René Toussaint, O.M.I. † | Titular Bishop of Calama | Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 17 Jan |
| Born | Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. | | Archbishop of Lubango, Angola |
| 20 Jan | 69.2 | Appointed | Fermín Emilio Lafitte † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Archbishop |
| 69.2 | Appointed | Fermín Emilio Lafitte † | Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia | Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
|
| Born | Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve | | Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia |
| 21 Jan | 52.0 | Appointed | Victor Joseph Reed † | Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA |
| 23 Jan | 37.7 | Appointed | José de Aquino Pereira † | Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 46.7 | Appointed | Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Campo Grande, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil |
|
| Born | Giovanni Mosciatti | | Bishop of Imola, Italy |
| 52.4 | Died | Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit † | Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand |
| 24 Jan | 44.7 | Resigned | Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. † | Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia | |
| 44.7 | Resigned | Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. † | Titular Bishop of Tullia | |
| 25 Jan |
| Born | Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R. | | Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama |
|
| Born | Kindane Yebio | | Bishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea |
| 26 Jan | 46.4 | Ordained Bishop | Jules-Joseph Puset, S.M.M. † | Bishop of Tamatave, Madagascar | Bishop Emeritus |
| 27 Jan |
| Born | Paul Connell | | Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland |
| 29 Jan | 44.9 | Ordained Bishop | Leonard Philip Cowley † | Titular Bishop of Pertusa | Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| 22.7 | Final Vows | Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. † | Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile |
| 16.5 | Professed | Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B. | Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia |
| 55.5 | Ordained Bishop | Alphonse James Schladweiler † | Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 30 Jan | 48.8 | Appointed | Domenico Enrici † | Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti | Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State |
| 55.5 | Installed | Alphonse James Schladweiler † | Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 31 Jan |
| Born | Ciro Miniero | | Archbishop of Taranto, Italy |
| 45.2 | Appointed | Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † | Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil |
| 45.2 | Appointed | Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Margum | Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil |
| Feb | 68.8 | Resigned | Ghebre Jesus Jacob † | Apostolic Exarch of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus |
| 2 Feb | 53.2 | Ordained Bishop | Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. † | Titular Bishop of Caunus | Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador |
| 24.6 | Ordained Priest | John Bulaitis † | Priest of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 69.8 | Died | Marco II Khouzam † | Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt |
| Selected | [ Li Wei-jen] † | Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China | Bishop-Elect |
|
| Born | Robert Anthony Llanos | | Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles |
| 61.8 | Died | Roberto Moreira Martínez † | Bishop of Linares, Chile |
| 32.1 | Ordained Priest | Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria |
| 66.0 | Selected | [Matthias Wu Guo-huan] † | Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China | Bishop Emeritus |
| 3 Feb | 25.1 | Ordained Priest | Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † | Priest of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka | Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 24.4 | Ordained Priest | Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. † | Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) | Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi |
| 50.6 | Ordained Bishop | Jean Émile André Marie Maury † | Titular Bishop of Elis | Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France |
| 53.8 | Appointed | Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † | Apostolic Exarch of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea | Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia |
| 53.8 | Appointed | Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † | Titular Bishop of Urima | Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia |
| 4 Feb | 80.3 | Died | Stanislaw Rospond † | Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland |
| 6 Feb | 81.1 | Died | Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. † | Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 7 Feb | 67.2 | Appointed | Alfonso Castaldo † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
| 52.0 | Appointed | Pio Augusto Crivellari, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Trivento, Italy |
|
| Born | Raphy Manjaly | | Archbishop of Agra, India |
| 8 Feb |
| Born | Peter Leslie Smith | | Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon, USA |
| 9 Feb | 76.4 | Died | Basile Ephrem Hikary (Hykary) † | Titular Bishop of Amastris |
| Selected | [ Shen Chu-ming] † | Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien], China |
| 11 Feb | 28.5 | Ordained Priest | Josef Homeyer † | Priest of Münster, Germany | Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany |
| 54.7 | Ordained Bishop | Jan Jaroszewicz † | Titular Bishop of Letopolis | Bishop of Kielce, Poland |
| 25.6 | Ordained Priest | Friedrich Ostermann † | Priest of Münster, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 42.3 | Appointed | Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo † | Auxiliary Bishop of Talca, Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile |
| 42.3 | Appointed | Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo † | Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium | Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile |
| 81.7 | Appointed | Ricardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Dominican Republic, Military | Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| 55.1 | Ordained Bishop | Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski † | Titular Bishop of Medeli | Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland |
| 12 Feb | | Selected | [ Dong Wen-long] † | Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China |
|
| Born | Nazzareno Marconi | | Bishop of Macerata, Italy |
| 55.1 | Died | Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski † | Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland |
|
| Born | Paul Desmond Tighe | | Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education |
| 14 Feb | 37.2 | Appointed | Walmor Battú Wichrowski † | Auxiliary Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| 37.2 | Appointed | Walmor Battú Wichrowski † | Titular Bishop of Sanavus | Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| 60.3 | Appointed | Alejandro Schell † | Coadjutor Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | Bishop |
| 60.3 | Appointed | Alejandro Schell † | Titular Bishop of Birtha | Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina |
| 15 Feb | 55.5 | Appointed | Angel Riesco Carbajo † | Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 55.5 | Appointed | Angel Riesco Carbajo † | Titular Bishop of Limisa | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain |
| 16 Feb | 31.8 | Ordained Priest | Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † | Priest of Mbulu, Tanzania | Bishop Emeritus |
|
| Born | Thomas Joseph Neylon | | Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain |
| 17 Feb | 46.0 | Appointed | Hyakinthos Gad † | Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek) | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus |
| 46.0 | Appointed | Hyakinthos Gad † | Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek) |
| 18 Feb | 25.5 | Ordained Priest | Pier Luigi Mazzoni † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy |
| 19 Feb | 61.7 | Resigned | Edgar Larochelle, P.M.E. † | Superior General of Société des Missions-Étrangères | Superior General Emeritus |
| 35.5 | Appointed | Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. † | Superior General of Société des Missions-Étrangères | Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada |
| 20 Feb |
| Born | Kenneth Michael Howell | | Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia |
| 22 Feb |
| Born | Margarito Salazar Cárdenas | | Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México |
| 23 Feb | | Born | Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás † | | Bishop of Namibe, Angola |
| 24 Feb |
| Born | Gabriele Giordano Caccia | | Permanent Observer to United Nations |
| 56.0 | Ordained Bishop | Vincent-Marie Favé † | Titular Bishop of Andeda | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France |
|
| Born | Hency Martínez Vargas | | Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia |
| 47.0 | Appointed | Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel † | Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 25 Feb | 39.7 | Appointed | Rafael González Moralejo † | Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain |
| 39.7 | Appointed | Rafael González Moralejo † | Titular Bishop of Dardanus | Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain |
|
| Born | Germán Medina Acosta | | Bishop of Engativá, Colombia |
| 68.1 | Died | João de Deus Ramalho, S.J. † | Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China |
| 27 Feb | 43.2 | Ordained Bishop | Reginald John Delargey † | Titular Bishop of Hirina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand |
| 28 Feb |
| Born | Philippe Maurice Marie Joseph Christory, Comm. l'Emm. | | Bishop of Chartres, France |
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