The Year of Our Lord 1984

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	63.3	Appointed	José (Joseph) Bulber, O.M.I. †	Administrator of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
	16.4	Entered	Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P.	Member of Missionary Society of St. Paul	Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru
	66.7	Confirmed	[Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
	39.7	Professed	René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. †	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
	36.3	Incardinated	Kevin Joseph Farrell	Priest of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
	73.7	Resigned	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Vincent Guo Xijin	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
	25.9	Incardinated	Raphy Manjaly	Priest of Agra, India	Archbishop
	71.5	Resigned	Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar General of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
	51.9	Appointed	Gian Vincenzo Moreni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
	37.3	Incardinated	José Francisco Oliveros †	Priest of Gumaca, Philippines	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
	43.2	Appointed	Domenico Padovano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bitonto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
	43.7	Appointed	Lawrence M. Purcell	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Rector Emeritus
	74.0	Died	Saba de Rocco, C.R.S. †	Superior General Emeritus of Clerks Regular of Somasca
	38.2	Selected	[Bernard Tissier de Mallerais], S.S.P.X. †	Secretary General of [Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX)]	Bishop
	53.6	Ceased	Adélio Giuseppe (José) Tomasin, P.S.D.P. †	Superior General of Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza	Bishop Emeritus of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
	54.7	Resigned	Leo Joseph White †	Prefect of Garissa, Kenya	Prefect Emeritus
	81.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Zhu Yousan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
1 Jan	72.1	Died	Almir Marques Ferreira †	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Jan	34.4	Solemn Vows	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
4 Jan	30.3	Entered	Sylvester Anthony John David, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
	75.8	Died	Policarpo da Costa Vaz †	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
	52.8	Installed	William Henry Keeler †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	60.0	Resigned	Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
6 Jan	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Binini	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy
	47.8	Installed	Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble †	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol	Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Mathai Kochuparampil, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Diphu, India
	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Ernest Kombo, S.J. †	Bishop of Nkayi, Congo	Bishop of Owando, Congo
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Okioh †	Bishop of Natitingou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Pecile †	Bishop of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy
	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Polycarp Pengo	Bishop of Nachingwea, Tanzania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Romeo	Titular Archbishop of Vulturia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Silli	Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	23.8	Professed	Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
7 Jan	60.3	Appointed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
	76.1	Retired	Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.4	Appointed	Héctor Gabino Romero †	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Tiama	Priest	Bishop of Mopti, Mali
8 Jan	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Stefan Moskwa †	Titular Bishop of Giru Mons	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
8 Jan	27.6	Ordained Priest	Patrick Taval, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
9 Jan	62.0	Resigned	Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. †	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
	86.6	Died	Augustin Arce Mostajo †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	51.1	Appointed	John Joseph †	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan
	49.4	Appointed	Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M. †	Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
	64.0	Appointed	Adrian Mung’andu †	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus
	45.8	Appointed	Mogale Paul Nkhumishe †	Bishop of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Polokwane, South Africa
10 Jan	50.8	Appointed	Zygmunt Kamiński †	Coadjutor Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
11 Jan	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Robert James Carlson	Titular Bishop of Avioccala	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	57.3	Succeeded	Eduardo Koaik †	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Bernard Francis Law †	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	72.5	Resigned	Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo †	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	57.0	Installed	Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Jan	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan	Titular Bishop of Girus	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines
14 Jan	83.9	Died	Garabed Amadouni †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Armenian)
	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem, Netherlands
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Enrique José Parravano Marino, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela
16 Jan	45.9	Appointed	William John Brennan †	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	67.5	Died	Ephrem Bédé †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt
	61.3	Appointed	Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †	Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	48.1	Installed	Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	71.1	Ordained Bishop	Odoric Victor Liu Hede (Liu Ho-teh), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
	53.3	Installed	Daniel Leo Ryan †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	68.6	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Yang Shao-huai (Xiaohuai), O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
19 Jan	53.8	Appointed	Julián Herranz Casado	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
20 Jan		Died	[John Li Sheng-xue] †	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
20 Jan	81.5	Died	Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
21 Jan	44.1	Appointed	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	44.1	Appointed	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Ulcinium	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	31.7	Ordained Priest	Dirceu Vegini †	Priest of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
22 Jan	98.6	Died	Mikiel Gonzi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
22 Jan	26.4	Ordained Priest	John Opoku-Agyemang	Priest of Kumasi, Ghana	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
23 Jan	64.5	Installed	Gérard Dionne †	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	46.4	Appointed	Geoffrey James Robinson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.4	Appointed	Geoffrey James Robinson †	Titular Bishop of Rusuca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
24 Jan	74.5	Retired	Joseph Bernard Brunini †	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	63.9	Died	Vicente Faustino Zazpe †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
25 Jan	23.3	Professed	Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S.	Member of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	61.9	Died	George Avis Fulcher †	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Adam Joseph Maida	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	66.7	Ordained Bishop	James Xie Shiguang †	Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
26 Jan	58.2	Appointed	Franz Xaver Eder †	Coadjutor Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jan	64.0	Appointed	John Joseph O’Connor †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
27 Jan	61.7	Appointed	Antun Bogetić †	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	63.9	Died	Emil John Mihalik †	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA
	75.9	Retired	Dragutin Nežić †	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	47.2	Appointed	Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B.	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jan	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey †	Titular Bishop of Mibiarca	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
28 Jan	75.0	Retired	Salvador Quezada Limón †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jan	24.0	Professed	Itacir Brassiani, M.S.F.	Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
29 Jan	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Smith	Titular Bishop of Leges	Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
30 Jan	52.6	Installed	Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen	Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan	71.8	Resigned	Joseph Parecattil †	Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
3 Feb	59.7	Appointed	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of El Petén, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
	43.2	Appointed	Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Garissa, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	47.4	Appointed	Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	55.0	Appointed	Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	John P’ing Ta-kuam, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Jinan [Tsinan], China
	75.7	Retired	John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	74.4	Retired	Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	60.2	Appointed	Carlo Curis †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus	Apostolic Nuncio
4 Feb	60.2	Appointed	Carlo Curis †	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Apostolic Nuncio
5 Feb	77.4	Died	John Boerkamp, M.H.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Jammu and Kashmir, India
	69.8	Died	Edward Rapallo †	Bishop of Gibraltar
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Yousif Thomas †	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
6 Feb	43.3	Appointed	Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt
10 Feb	22.2	Professed	Charles Morerod, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph O’Donnell †	Titular Bishop of Britonia	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
	88.5	Died	Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bangueolo, Zambia
	43.7	Ordained Bishop	James Terry Steib, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Fallaba	Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
11 Feb	73.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Bonfiglioli †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar †	Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Mark Davies	Priest of Salford, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
	54.2	Appointed	Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Belize, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
12 Feb	67.6	Died	Stefan Bareła †	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
13 Feb	75.6	Retired	Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Died	Peter Hoang Min Syeng †	Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	71.9	Died	Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
14 Feb	58.9	Appointed	Raymond Conway Benjamin †	Bishop of Townsville, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	79.3	Retired	José Newton de Almeida Baptista †	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	77.2	Retired	Manuel Pedro da Cunha Cintra †	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	67.9	Succeeded	José Fernandes Veloso †	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	José Freire Falcão †	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	21.3	Professed	Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
16 Feb	51.3	Appointed	Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
17 Feb	24.6	Professed	Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
17 Feb	93.9	Died	Paul Clarence Schulte †	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
18 Feb	47.6	Appointed	Piotr Krupa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pelplin, Poland
18 Feb	47.6	Appointed	Piotr Krupa †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pelplin, Poland
19 Feb	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena	Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
20 Feb	71.1	Died	Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
22 Feb	55.3	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Pala †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
23 Feb	60.7	Installed	Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	93.6	Died	Louis Joseph Reicher †	Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA
	77.1	Died	Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viet Nam
24 Feb	79.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Meng Zi Wen (Meng Jieren; Mong Zi Wen) †	Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
24 Feb	46.9	Died	Anthony Thannikot †	Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India
25 Feb	36.4	Ordained Priest	Ulrich Boom	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	30.1	Professed	Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Thadeu Gomes Canellas	Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
26 Feb	26.1	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola
26 Feb	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Shija †	Bishop of Kahama, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	52.3	Appointed	Louis Jean Dufaux †	Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
	52.3	Appointed	Louis Jean Dufaux †	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	74.1	Died	Cornelius Chitsulo †	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
	70.2	Appointed	Juan José Iriarte †	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	José Agustín Marozzi †	Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	72.3	Died	Pierre Samain †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
29 Feb	46.3	Installed	Robert Mikhail Moskal †	Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA	Bishop Emeritus
29 Feb	56.7	Appointed	Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. †	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru

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