The Year of Our Lord 1975

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 24.7 Professed Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Garzón, Colombia

45.3 Appointed Justo Oscar Laguna † Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina

45.3 Appointed Justo Oscar Laguna † Titular Bishop of Lares Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina

27.8 Ordained Priest Jaime Vieira Rocha Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

2 Feb 29.1 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok Priest of Masan, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Ordained Bishop Jean-Baptiste Ama † Titular Bishop of Accia Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon

42.8 Ordained Bishop Władysław Bobowski Titular Bishop of Abernethia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland

26.0 Ordained Priest Francisco Canindé Palhano Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

37.6 Installed Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † Bishop of Jos, Nigeria Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria

47.5 Ordained Bishop François Gayot, S.M.M. † Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

43.3 Ordained Bishop Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga † Bishop of Benguela, Angola Bishop Emeritus

40.1 Ordained Bishop Alberto Jover Piamonte † Titular Bishop of Gubaliana Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines

45.6 Ordained Bishop Pier Giuliano Tiddia Titular Bishop of Minturnae Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy

3 Feb 53.3 Ordained Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Bishop Emeritus

27.0 Ordained Priest John Thomas Kattrukudiyil Priest of Tezpur, India Bishop Emeritus of Itanagar, India

67.3 Selected Antoine Pierre Khoraiche † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

5 Feb 75.3 Died Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

6 Feb 70.3 Resigned Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. † Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed Gerardo de Andrade Ponte † Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

47.2 Ordained Bishop Endre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. † Titular Bishop of Media Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary

61.4 Ordained Bishop Iván Pálos † Titular Bishop of Isola Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary

54.9 Ordained Bishop Kornél Pataky (Pataki) † Titular Bishop of Gegi Bishop Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary

7 Feb 75.1 Died Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy

57.2 Appointed Luigi Poggi † Apostolic Delegate to Poland Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

8 Feb 56.3 Appointed Giovanni Canestri † Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

56.3 Appointed Giovanni Canestri † Titular Archbishop of Forum Clodii Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

42.5 Ordained Bishop Szilárd Keresztes Titular Bishop of Chunavia Bishop Emeritus of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary

54.4 Ordained Bishop Imre Timkó † Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary

9 Feb 22.1 Professed Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

50.1 Ordained Bishop Francesco Colasuonno † Titular Archbishop of Truentum Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

26.0 Ordained Priest Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico

85.0 Died Julien François Le Couëdic † Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France

55.1 Ordained Bishop Adrian Mung’andu † Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

48.8 Ordained Bishop José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

10 Feb 26.6 Perpetual Vows Dario Campos, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

11 Feb 94.0 Died Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. † Bishop Emeritus of Alghero, Italy

21.4 Professed Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. Member of Society of Divine Vocations Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

47.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas Vose Daily † Titular Bishop of Bladia Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

42.4 Ordained Bishop John Michael D’Arcy † Titular Bishop of Mediana Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

52.6 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy † Titular Bishop of Penafiel Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

68.9 Resigned Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. † Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph John Ruocco † Titular Bishop of Polinianum Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

12 Feb 64.4 Died Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict

52.4 Appointed Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

13 Feb 75.3 Retired Thomas Arthur Connolly † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

39.9 Appointed Dermot Patrick O’Mahony † Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

39.9 Appointed Dermot Patrick O’Mahony † Titular Bishop of Thiava Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

15 Feb 41.5 Appointed José Dimas Cedeño Delgado Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá

19.5 Professed Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Prefect of Azerbaijan

47.7 Appointed Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

47.7 Appointed Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Zallata Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

67.4 Confirmed Antoine Pierre Khoraiche † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

65.0 Resigned Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. † Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama Bishop Emeritus

16 Feb 43.1 Ordained Bishop Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. † Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Roraima, Brazil

18 Feb 82.3 Died Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China

19 Feb 59.4 Resigned Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion Bishop Emeritus

20 Feb 79.4 Died Lino Aguirre Garcia † Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

21 Feb Born Parsegh (Manuel) Baghdassarian, I.C.P.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA

22 Feb 43.1 Ordained Bishop Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. † Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

77.0 Retired José Vieira Alvernaz † Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India Archbishop Emeritus

77.0 Retired José Vieira Alvernaz † Patriarch of East Indies, India Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

23 Feb Born Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B. President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

24 Feb 52.7 Appointed Alfredo Guillermo Disandro † Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina

52.7 Appointed Alfredo Guillermo Disandro † Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina

27 Feb 87.4 Died Iwannis Georges Stété † Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

68.4 Died Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. † Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

28 Feb 41.3 Appointed Mansuet Dela Biyase † Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa

56.1 Appointed Brian Leo John Hennessy, C. R. † Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México

49.5 Appointed José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Mozotcori Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	24.7	Professed	Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
45.3	Appointed	Justo Oscar Laguna †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
45.3	Appointed	Justo Oscar Laguna †	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
27.8	Ordained Priest	Jaime Vieira Rocha	Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
2 Feb	29.1	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok	Priest of Masan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Ama †	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Władysław Bobowski	Titular Bishop of Abernethia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
26.0	Ordained Priest	Francisco Canindé Palhano	Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
37.6	Installed	Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †	Bishop of Jos, Nigeria	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
47.5	Ordained Bishop	François Gayot, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga †	Bishop of Benguela, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Jover Piamonte †	Titular Bishop of Gubaliana	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Titular Bishop of Minturnae	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
3 Feb	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Odore Joseph Gendron †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus
27.0	Ordained Priest	John Thomas Kattrukudiyil	Priest of Tezpur, India	Bishop Emeritus of Itanagar, India
67.3	Selected	Antoine Pierre Khoraiche †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
5 Feb	75.3	Died	Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
6 Feb	70.3	Resigned	Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	Gerardo de Andrade Ponte †	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Endre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Media	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary
61.4	Ordained Bishop	Iván Pálos †	Titular Bishop of Isola	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Bishop Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary
7 Feb	75.1	Died	Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
57.2	Appointed	Luigi Poggi †	Apostolic Delegate to Poland	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
8 Feb	56.3	Appointed	Giovanni Canestri †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
56.3	Appointed	Giovanni Canestri †	Titular Archbishop of Forum Clodii	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Szilárd Keresztes	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Bishop Emeritus of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Imre Timkó †	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
9 Feb	22.1	Professed	Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Colasuonno †	Titular Archbishop of Truentum	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
26.0	Ordained Priest	Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico
85.0	Died	Julien François Le Couëdic †	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Adrian Mung’andu †	Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
48.8	Ordained Bishop	José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb	26.6	Perpetual Vows	Dario Campos, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
11 Feb	94.0	Died	Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Alghero, Italy
21.4	Professed	Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V.	Member of Society of Divine Vocations	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Vose Daily †	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
42.4	Ordained Bishop	John Michael D’Arcy †	Titular Bishop of Mediana	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
52.6	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Mulcahy †	Titular Bishop of Penafiel	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
68.9	Resigned	Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph John Ruocco †	Titular Bishop of Polinianum	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 Feb	64.4	Died	Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
52.4	Appointed	Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
13 Feb	75.3	Retired	Thomas Arthur Connolly †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
39.9	Appointed	Dermot Patrick O’Mahony †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
39.9	Appointed	Dermot Patrick O’Mahony †	Titular Bishop of Thiava	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
15 Feb	41.5	Appointed	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado	Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
19.5	Professed	Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prefect of Azerbaijan
47.7	Appointed	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
47.7	Appointed	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
67.4	Confirmed	Antoine Pierre Khoraiche †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
65.0	Resigned	Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Roraima, Brazil
18 Feb	82.3	Died	Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
19 Feb	59.4	Resigned	Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	79.4	Died	Lino Aguirre Garcia †	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
21 Feb		Born	Parsegh (Manuel) Baghdassarian, I.C.P.B.		Auxiliary Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA
22 Feb	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
77.0	Retired	José Vieira Alvernaz †	Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India	Archbishop Emeritus
77.0	Retired	José Vieira Alvernaz †	Patriarch of East Indies, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
23 Feb		Born	Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B.		President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
24 Feb	52.7	Appointed	Alfredo Guillermo Disandro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
52.7	Appointed	Alfredo Guillermo Disandro †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris	Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
27 Feb	87.4	Died	Iwannis Georges Stété †	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
68.4	Died	Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †	Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Feb	41.3	Appointed	Mansuet Dela Biyase †	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa
56.1	Appointed	Brian Leo John Hennessy, C. R. †	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
49.5	Appointed	José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México

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