The Year of Our Lord 2006

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 49.0 Appointed José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.Ss.R. Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil

49.0 Appointed José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.Ss.R. Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil

2 Feb 52.6 Ordained Bishop John Stanley Kenneth Arnold Titular Bishop of Lindisfarna Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain

52.0 Appointed José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo Auxiliary Bishop of Cotabato, Philippines Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines

52.0 Appointed José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines

64.5 Appointed Anthony Chirayath Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Thomas John Gumbleton † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Peter Machado Bishop of Belgaum, India Archbishop of Bangalore, India

75.8 Retired Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. † Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

63.6 Ordained Bishop George James Rassas Titular Bishop of Reperi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

50.8 Ordained Bishop Marian Rojek Titular Bishop of Tisedi Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland

3 Feb 82.1 Died Ivan Choma † Titular Bishop of Patara

63.8 Appointed John Choi Young-su † Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

72.7 Resigned Rafael Eleuterio Rey † Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

42.7 Appointed Oscar Domingo Sarlinga Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

4 Feb 50.6 Appointed John Barwa, S.V.D. Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela, India Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India

48.8 Ordained Bishop Paulo Roberto Beloto Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.9 Ordained Bishop Józef Piotr Kupny Titular Bishop of Vanariona Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

5 Feb 94.2 Died David de Sousa, O.F.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal

50.5 Ordained Bishop Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard Bishop of Chartres, France Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

92.0 Died Antonio Maria Travia † Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

56.5 Ordained Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy Titular Bishop of Mentesa Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

7 Feb 66.1 Selected Elias Chacour Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop Emeritus

48.6 Ceased Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P. Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

8 Feb 50.5 Appointed Dominique Marie Jean Denis You Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

9 Feb 59.8 Appointed Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)

59.8 Appointed Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado Titular Archbishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)

55.5 Appointed Isidore Battikha, B.A. Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

77.9 Died Roger Marie Albert Froment † Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

47.9 Appointed Franz Scharl Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

47.9 Appointed Franz Scharl Titular Bishop of Ierafi Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

11 Feb 69.0 Ordained Bishop Simon Atallah, O.A.M. Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

62.1 Ordained Bishop Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) Archbishop Emeritus

46.2 Appointed Tadeusz Bronakowski Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland

46.2 Appointed Tadeusz Bronakowski Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland

62.5 Ordained Bishop François Eid, O.M.M. Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus

59.7 Appointed André Gazaille Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

59.7 Appointed André Gazaille Titular Bishop of Vaga Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

61.6 Appointed Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

61.6 Appointed Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. Titular Bishop of Tagase Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

55.0 Installed Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

49.4 Appointed Peter Joseph Hundt Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

49.4 Appointed Peter Joseph Hundt Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

46.0 Appointed Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

46.0 Appointed Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães Titular Bishop of Galtelli Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

45.2 Ordained Bishop Elias Nassar Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Ordained Bishop Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria

50.8 Appointed Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

50.8 Appointed Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral Titular Bishop of Thubursicum-Bure Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

75.2 Retired Jude Saint-Antoine † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.5 Ordained Bishop Andrzej Siemieniewski Titular Bishop of Theuzi Bishop of Legnica, Poland

57.7 Installed Domenico Sorrentino Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy

63.4 Installed Norbert Trelle Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany Bishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

12 Feb 59.7 Installed Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus

13 Feb 61.2 Appointed Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

61.2 Appointed Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Uzalis Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

14 Feb 72.0 Ceased Felipe Aguirre Franco Apostolic Administrator of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

49.9 Ordained Bishop Paul Joseph Hendricks Titular Bishop of Rossmarkaeum Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

37.1 Ordained Priest Đaminh Hoăng Minh Tiến Priest of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop

58.7 Ordained Bishop Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC. Titular Bishop of Castrum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

64.1 Installed Alejo Zavala Castro Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México Bishop Emeritus

15 Feb 38.9 Ordained Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. Titular Bishop of Vagada Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

68.4 Appointed Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

69.6 Installed George Hugh Niederauer † Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA Archbishop Emeritus

17 Feb 55.4 Ordained Bishop Randolph Roque Calvo Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.2 Confirmed Elias Chacour Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Lorenzo Ghizzoni Auxiliary Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

50.8 Appointed Lorenzo Ghizzoni Titular Bishop of Ottana Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

18 Feb 62.4 Resigned Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B. Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru Prelate Emeritus

42.7 Installed Oscar Domingo Sarlinga Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

41.5 Appointed Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru Prelate Emeritus

68.1 Appointed Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. † Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

93.6 Died Manuel Tavares de Araújo † Bishop Emeritus of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

19 Feb 48.8 Installed Paulo Roberto Beloto Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil

20 Feb 51.7 Installed Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA

84.0 Died Paul Casimir Marcinkus † Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

21 Feb 61.6 Ordained Bishop John Bura † Titular Bishop of Limisa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

52.1 Appointed Eduardo Eliseo Martín Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina

75.5 Retired Ramón Artemio Staffolani † Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

22 Feb 50.8 Ordained Bishop José Rafael Quirós Quirós Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

79.2 Died Emil Riti † Bishop

46.0 Ordained Bishop José Guadalupe Torres Campos Titular Bishop of Quiza Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

23 Feb 87.9 Died Marián Ján Potáš, O.S.B.M. † Bishop

85.2 Died Joseph Sun Yuanmo † Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China

24 Feb 64.6 Ordained Bishop Juan Frausto Pallares Titular Bishop of Vagrauta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

52.8 Ordained Bishop Paul Hwang Chul-soo Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

87.1 Died Forsenio Vezzani, M.I. † Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Ministers of the Sick

75.8 Died Desmond A. Williams † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

25 Feb 49.5 Ordained Bishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze Bishop of Uromi, Nigeria Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria

66.2 Ordained Bishop Elias Chacour Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop Emeritus

80.4 Retired Michael Joseph Cleary, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Banjul, Gambia Bishop Emeritus

97.7 Died Florencio Coronado Romani, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru

62.8 Ordained Bishop Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y. † Bishop of El Banco, Colombia

64.0 Appointed Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Banjul, Gambia Bishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Fernando Filoni Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

52.4 Ordained Bishop Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.Ss.R. Coadjutor Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

55.0 Ordained Bishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

29.2 Ordained Priest Henry Juma Odonya Priest of Eldoret, Kenya Bishop of Kitale, Kenya

58.3 Ordained Bishop José María Yanguas Sanz Bishop of Cuenca, Spain

26 Feb 59.6 Ordained Bishop Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M. Titular Bishop of Egnatia Apostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)

44.0 Ordained Bishop Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M. Titular Bishop of Simitthu Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil

51.7 Ordained Bishop George Palliparampil (Palliparambil), S.D.B. Bishop of Miao, India

69.4 Installed Fabriciano Sigampa † Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

63.7 Ordained Bishop Barry Alexander Anthony Wood, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Babra Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa

27 Feb 59.1 Ordained Bishop David Raymond Choby † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

28 Feb 56.7 Succeeded Daniel Nicholas DiNardo Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

85.0 Died [Peter Fan Wenxing] † Bishop Emeritus of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China

75.0 Retired Joseph Anthony Fiorenza † Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Archbishop Emeritus

62.2 Ordained Bishop John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D. Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	49.0	Appointed	José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.Ss.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
49.0	Appointed	José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
2 Feb	52.6	Ordained Bishop	John Stanley Kenneth Arnold	Titular Bishop of Lindisfarna	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
52.0	Appointed	José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo	Auxiliary Bishop of Cotabato, Philippines	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines
52.0	Appointed	José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines
64.5	Appointed	Anthony Chirayath	Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Thomas John Gumbleton †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Peter Machado	Bishop of Belgaum, India	Archbishop of Bangalore, India
75.8	Retired	Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
63.6	Ordained Bishop	George James Rassas	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Marian Rojek	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
3 Feb	82.1	Died	Ivan Choma †	Titular Bishop of Patara
63.8	Appointed	John Choi Young-su †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
72.7	Resigned	Rafael Eleuterio Rey †	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
42.7	Appointed	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	50.6	Appointed	John Barwa, S.V.D.	Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela, India	Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Roberto Beloto	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Józef Piotr Kupny	Titular Bishop of Vanariona	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
5 Feb	94.2	Died	David de Sousa, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
92.0	Died	Antonio Maria Travia †	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Zornoza Boy	Titular Bishop of Mentesa	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
7 Feb	66.1	Selected	Elias Chacour	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
48.6	Ceased	Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
8 Feb	50.5	Appointed	Dominique Marie Jean Denis You	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
9 Feb	59.8	Appointed	Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado	Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)
59.8	Appointed	Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)
55.5	Appointed	Isidore Battikha, B.A.	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
77.9	Died	Roger Marie Albert Froment †	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
47.9	Appointed	Franz Scharl	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
47.9	Appointed	Franz Scharl	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
11 Feb	69.0	Ordained Bishop	Simon Atallah, O.A.M.	Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
62.1	Ordained Bishop	Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
46.2	Appointed	Tadeusz Bronakowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
46.2	Appointed	Tadeusz Bronakowski	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
62.5	Ordained Bishop	François Eid, O.M.M.	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	André Gazaille	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
59.7	Appointed	André Gazaille	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
61.6	Appointed	Lionel Gendron, P.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
61.6	Appointed	Lionel Gendron, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Tagase	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
55.0	Installed	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
49.4	Appointed	Peter Joseph Hundt	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
49.4	Appointed	Peter Joseph Hundt	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
46.0	Appointed	Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
46.0	Appointed	Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães	Titular Bishop of Galtelli	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Elias Nassar	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
50.8	Appointed	Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
50.8	Appointed	Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral	Titular Bishop of Thubursicum-Bure	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.2	Retired	Jude Saint-Antoine †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Siemieniewski	Titular Bishop of Theuzi	Bishop of Legnica, Poland
57.7	Installed	Domenico Sorrentino	Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
63.4	Installed	Norbert Trelle	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb	59.7	Installed	Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona	Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Feb	61.2	Appointed	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
61.2	Appointed	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
14 Feb	72.0	Ceased	Felipe Aguirre Franco	Apostolic Administrator of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Joseph Hendricks	Titular Bishop of Rossmarkaeum	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
37.1	Ordained Priest	Đaminh Hoăng Minh Tiến	Priest of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC.	Titular Bishop of Castrum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
64.1	Installed	Alejo Zavala Castro	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Vagada	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
68.4	Appointed	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
69.6	Installed	George Hugh Niederauer †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Feb	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Randolph Roque Calvo	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.2	Confirmed	Elias Chacour	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Ghizzoni	Auxiliary Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
50.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Ghizzoni	Titular Bishop of Ottana	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
18 Feb	62.4	Resigned	Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B.	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
42.7	Installed	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
41.5	Appointed	Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
68.1	Appointed	Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi	Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
93.6	Died	Manuel Tavares de Araújo †	Bishop Emeritus of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
19 Feb	48.8	Installed	Paulo Roberto Beloto	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Feb	51.7	Installed	Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
84.0	Died	Paul Casimir Marcinkus †	Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
21 Feb	61.6	Ordained Bishop	John Bura †	Titular Bishop of Limisa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
52.1	Appointed	Eduardo Eliseo Martín	Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina
75.5	Retired	Ramón Artemio Staffolani †	Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	50.8	Ordained Bishop	José Rafael Quirós Quirós	Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
79.2	Died	Emil Riti †	Bishop
46.0	Ordained Bishop	José Guadalupe Torres Campos	Titular Bishop of Quiza	Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
23 Feb	87.9	Died	Marián Ján Potáš, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop
85.2	Died	Joseph Sun Yuanmo †	Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
24 Feb	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Juan Frausto Pallares	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Hwang Chul-soo	Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
87.1	Died	Forsenio Vezzani, M.I. †	Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Ministers of the Sick
75.8	Died	Desmond A. Williams †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
25 Feb	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Obiora Akubeze	Bishop of Uromi, Nigeria	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
66.2	Ordained Bishop	Elias Chacour	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
80.4	Retired	Michael Joseph Cleary, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Banjul, Gambia	Bishop Emeritus
97.7	Died	Florencio Coronado Romani, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru
62.8	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y. †	Bishop of El Banco, Colombia
64.0	Appointed	Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Banjul, Gambia	Bishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.Ss.R.	Coadjutor Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Mendes Peixoto	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
29.2	Ordained Priest	Henry Juma Odonya	Priest of Eldoret, Kenya	Bishop of Kitale, Kenya
58.3	Ordained Bishop	José María Yanguas Sanz	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
26 Feb	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Egnatia	Apostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Simitthu	Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
51.7	Ordained Bishop	George Palliparampil (Palliparambil), S.D.B.	Bishop of Miao, India
69.4	Installed	Fabriciano Sigampa †	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
63.7	Ordained Bishop	Barry Alexander Anthony Wood, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Babra	Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa
27 Feb	59.1	Ordained Bishop	David Raymond Choby †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
28 Feb	56.7	Succeeded	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
85.0	Died	[Peter Fan Wenxing] †	Bishop Emeritus of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
75.0	Retired	Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †	Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
62.2	Ordained Bishop	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

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