The Year of Our Lord 1973

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	56.0	Ceased	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
	44.1	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Franzoni †	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
	24.0	Entered	Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua
	29.1	Professed	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	25.8	Ordained Deacon	Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.	Deacon of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
	25.8	Perpetual Vows	Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
		Ordained Bishop	Josef Jindra †	Bishop
		Died	Giuseppe Khantzian †	Ordinary of Greece (Armenian)
	70.4	Died	Joseph Li Taonan (Li Daonan) †	Bishop of Puqi [Puchi], China
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Mikha Pola Maqdassi	Priest of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
	53.5	Resigned	Giovanni Mariani †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dahomey	Apostolic Nuncio
	84.6	Died	Pietro Moretti, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
	66.9	Resigned	Enrico Nicodemo †	Apostolic Administrator of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	20.4	Professed	Ihor Voznyak (Vozniak), C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	54.8	Resigned	John A. Weidner, S.A.C. †	Prefect of Raipur, India	Prefect Emeritus
	27.7	Professed	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military
		Born	Joseph Zhao Hongchun		Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China
1 Jan		Born	Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok		Bishop of Malakal, South Sudan
2 Jan	59.8	Died	Alejandro Ayson Olalia †	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
2 Jan	68.2	Died	Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Malakal, Sudan
3 Jan		Born	Thinh Xuan Nguyen		Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Melbourne, Australia
4 Jan	68.7	Died	Pedro José (Giuseppe Pietro) Agostini, O. Cist. †	Abbot Emeritus of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4 Jan		Born	Charles Ndaka Salabisala		Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Jan		Born	Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos		Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
6 Jan	24.6	Ordained Priest	Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando	Priest of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Augustine Kasujja	Priest of Kampala, Uganda	Apostolic Nuncio
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tainan, Taiwan
	41.5	Ordained Priest	Alonso Llano Ruiz †	Priest of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
	27.0	Ordained Priest	John Njue	Priest of Meru, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
		Born	Arkadiusz Trochanowski		Bishop of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
7 Jan	28.4	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Bushu	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
	58.6	Installed	Gerard Louis Frey †	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	18.8	Ordained Deacon	Bawai (Ashur) Soro	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
8 Jan	92.6	Died	José Carlos de Aguirre †	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil
	63.1	Succeeded	José Melhado Campos †	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	68.4	Died	[Marc Yuan Wen-hua], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
9 Jan	64.0	Confirmed	Karl Berg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Jan	40.9	Appointed	Miguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	61.5	Resigned	Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jan		Born	Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos		Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	54.9	Appointed	Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †	Vice President of the Pontifical Committee for the Family	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	67.9	Appointed	Maurice Roy †	President of the Pontifical Committee for the Family	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
12 Jan	57.9	Died	Prosper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
12 Jan	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Ezequiel Perea Sánchez †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan	89.4	Died	Fernando Cento †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
13 Jan	71.2	Died	Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
14 Jan	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Fani Chakaipa †	Titular Bishop of Rucuma	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
14 Jan	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
16 Jan	80.4	Died	Vicente Juan Solís Fernández †	Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
18 Jan	55.8	Appointed	Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Ludwig Averkamp †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
	45.9	Appointed	Ludwig Averkamp †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
	39.8	Appointed	Reinhard Lettmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	39.8	Appointed	Reinhard Lettmann †	Titular Bishop of Rotaria	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Alphonsus Liguori Penney †	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
		Born	Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona		Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
	46.4	Appointed	Max Georg von Twickel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.4	Appointed	Max Georg von Twickel †	Titular Bishop of Lugura	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
20 Jan	56.2	Succeeded	Enrico Bartoletti †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.1	Ordained Bishop	François-Marie-Christian Favreau †	Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae	Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
	46.1	Appointed	León Kruk †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
	94.3	Died	Antonio Torrini †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
22 Jan	52.6	Died	Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
23 Jan	53.4	Appointed	Edward Dennis Head †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	49.1	Appointed	Pompeu Bezerra Bessa †	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jenry Orlando Ruiz Mora		Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
	64.8	Appointed	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.8	Appointed	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Titular Bishop of Mevania	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
26 Jan	58.1	Appointed	Luigi Maria Carli †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
	68.2	Resigned	Lorenzo Gargiulo †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.9	Resigned	Adriani Mkoba †	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
	55.9	Appointed	Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. †	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania
	48.0	Appointed	Manuel Sandalo Salvador †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
	48.0	Appointed	Manuel Sandalo Salvador †	Titular Archbishop of Zarna	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
27 Jan	88.0	Died	Istvan Hász †	Titular Bishop of Sura
27 Jan	23.4	Perpetual Vows	Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia
28 Jan	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
28 Jan	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Nei Paulo Moretto †	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
29 Jan	39.5	Appointed	Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Kohima-Imphal, India	Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India
	42.7	Succeeded	Pius Suh Awa †	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	45.7	Appointed	Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
	56.4	Appointed	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	56.4	Appointed	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	45.5	Appointed	Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
	42.4	Appointed	Philip James Anthony Kennedy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide, Australia
	42.4	Appointed	Philip James Anthony Kennedy †	Titular Bishop of Ros Cré	Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide, Australia
	52.6	Appointed	Augustine Kim Jae Deok †	Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	87.6	Died	Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	90.4	Died	Gaetano Mignani, C.M. †	Bishop of Ji’an [Kian], China
	46.3	Resigned	Albert Ndongmo †	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Thomas Nkuissi †	Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Thomas Nkuissi †	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
	59.9	Resigned	Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan	50.1	Appointed	Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
	50.1	Appointed	Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto †	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
	57.3	Appointed	Manuel Salazar y Espinoza †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Appointed	Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla †	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop Emeritus of Juigalpa, Nicaragua
31 Jan	48.5	Appointed	Edward Idris Cassidy †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

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