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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Feb49.0AppointedJosé Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.SS.R.Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, BrazilBishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
49.0AppointedJosé Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.SS.R.Titular Bishop of Tipasa in NumidiaBishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
2 Feb52.6Ordained BishopJohn Stanley Kenneth ArnoldTitular Bishop of LindisfarnaBishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
52.0AppointedJosé Colin Mendoza BagaforoAuxiliary Bishop of Cotabato, PhilippinesBishop of Kidapawan, Philippines
52.0AppointedJosé Colin Mendoza BagaforoTitular Bishop of Vazari-DiddaBishop of Kidapawan, Philippines
64.5AppointedAnthony ChirayathBishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus
76.0RetiredThomas John GumbletonAuxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.6AppointedPeter MachadoBishop of Belgaum, IndiaArchbishop of Bangalore, India
75.8RetiredJoseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. †Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus
63.6Ordained BishopGeorge James RassasTitular Bishop of ReperiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
50.8Ordained BishopMarian RojekTitular Bishop of TisediBishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
3 Feb82.1DiedIvan ChomaTitular Bishop of Patara
63.8AppointedJohn Choi Young-suCoadjutor Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)Archbishop Emeritus
72.7ResignedRafael Eleuterio ReyBishop of Zárate-Campana, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
42.7AppointedOscar Domingo SarlingaBishop of Zárate-Campana, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
4 Feb50.6AppointedJohn Barwa, S.V.D.Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela, IndiaArchbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
48.8Ordained BishopPaulo Roberto BelotoBishop of Formosa, Goias, BrazilBishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.9Ordained BishopJózef Piotr KupnyTitular Bishop of VanarionaArchbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
5 Feb94.2DiedDavid de Sousa, O.F.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
50.5Ordained BishopMichel Armand Alexis Jean PansardBishop of Chartres, FranceBishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
92.0DiedAntonio Maria TraviaAlmoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
56.5Ordained BishopRafael Zornoza BoyTitular Bishop of MentesaBishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
7 Feb66.1SelectedElias ChacourArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), IsraelArchbishop Emeritus
48.6CeasedGeorges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), IsraelArchbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
8 Feb50.5AppointedDominique Marie Jean Denis YouBishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
9 Feb59.8AppointedGeorges Michel Bakar, Ist. del PradoProtosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), PalestineProtosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)
59.8AppointedGeorges Michel Bakar, Ist. del PradoTitular Archbishop of Pelusium dei Greco-MelkitiProtosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)
55.5AppointedIsidore Battikha, B.A.Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop Emeritus
77.9DiedRoger Marie Albert FromentBishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
47.9AppointedFranz ScharlAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
47.9AppointedFranz ScharlTitular Bishop of IerafiAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
11 Feb69.0Ordained BishopSimon Atallah, O.A.M.Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), LebanonBishop Emeritus
62.1Ordained BishopGeorges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. †Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)Archbishop Emeritus
46.2AppointedTadeusz BronakowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
46.2AppointedTadeusz BronakowskiTitular Bishop of Tigisi in MauretaniaAuxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
62.5Ordained BishopFrançois Eid, O.M.M.Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), EgyptApostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
59.7AppointedAndré GazailleAuxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
59.7AppointedAndré GazailleTitular Bishop of VagaBishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
61.6AppointedLionel Gendron, P.S.S.Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
61.6AppointedLionel Gendron, P.S.S.Titular Bishop of TagaseBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
55.0InstalledLawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
49.4AppointedPeter Joseph HundtAuxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, CanadaArchbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
49.4AppointedPeter Joseph HundtTitular Bishop of Tarasa in ByzacenaArchbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
46.0AppointedJoaquim Giovani Mol GuimarãesAuxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
46.0AppointedJoaquim Giovani Mol GuimarãesTitular Bishop of GaltelliAuxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
45.2Ordained BishopElias NassarBishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), LebanonBishop Emeritus
57.4Ordained BishopMartin Dada Abejide OlorunmoluBishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
50.8AppointedAloísio Jorge Pena VitralAuxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
50.8AppointedAloísio Jorge Pena VitralTitular Bishop of Thubursicum-BureBishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.2RetiredJude Saint-AntoineAuxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, CanadaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.5Ordained BishopAndrzej SiemieniewskiTitular Bishop of TheuziBishop of Legnica, Poland
57.7InstalledDomenico SorrentinoBishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
63.4InstalledNorbert TrelleBishop of Hildesheim, GermanyBishop Emeritus
76.0RetiredTadeusz Józef ZawistowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Łomża, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb59.7InstalledOdon Marie Arsène RazanakolonaArchbishop of Antananarivo, MadagascarArchbishop Emeritus
13 Feb61.2AppointedEdmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, ParaguayArchbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
61.2AppointedEdmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of UzalisArchbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
14 Feb72.0CeasedFelipe Aguirre FrancoApostolic Administrator of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
49.9Ordained BishopPaul Joseph HendricksTitular Bishop of RossmarkaeumAuxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
37.1Ordained PriestĐaminh Hoăng Minh TiếnPriest of Hưng Hóa, Viet NamBishop
58.7Ordained BishopPatrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC.Titular Bishop of CastrumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
64.1InstalledAlejo Zavala CastroBishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
15 Feb38.9Ordained BishopBohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R.Titular Bishop of VagadaApostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
68.4AppointedMichael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic ofCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
69.6InstalledGeorge Hugh NiederauerArchbishop of San Francisco, California, USAArchbishop Emeritus
17 Feb55.4Ordained BishopRandolph Roque CalvoBishop of Reno, Nevada, USABishop Emeritus
66.2ConfirmedElias ChacourArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), IsraelArchbishop Emeritus
50.8AppointedLorenzo GhizzoniAuxiliary Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, ItalyArchbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
50.8AppointedLorenzo GhizzoniTitular Bishop of OttanaArchbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
18 Feb62.4ResignedJuan Godayol Colom, S.D.B.Prelate of Ayaviri, PeruPrelate Emeritus
42.7InstalledOscar Domingo SarlingaBishop of Zárate-Campana, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
41.5AppointedKay Martin Schmalhausen PanizoPrelate of Ayaviri, PeruPrelate Emeritus
68.1AppointedRémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. †Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe, MalawiArchbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
93.6DiedManuel Tavares de AraújoBishop Emeritus of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
19 Feb48.8InstalledPaulo Roberto BelotoBishop of Formosa, Goias, BrazilBishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Feb51.7InstalledPaul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
84.0DiedPaul Casimir MarcinkusPro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
21 Feb61.6Ordained BishopJohn BuraTitular Bishop of LimisaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
52.1AppointedEduardo Eliseo MartínBishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, ArgentinaArchbishop of Rosario, Argentina
75.5RetiredRamón Artemio StaffolaniBishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
22 Feb50.8Ordained BishopJosé Rafael Quirós QuirósBishop of Limón, Costa RicaArchbishop of San José de Costa Rica
46.0Ordained BishopJosé Guadalupe Torres CamposTitular Bishop of QuizaBishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
23 Feb87.9DiedMarián Ján Potáš, O.S.B.M. †Bishop
85.2DiedJoseph Sun YuanmoBishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
24 Feb64.6Ordained BishopJuan Frausto PallaresTitular Bishop of VagrautaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
52.8Ordained BishopPaul Hwang Chul-sooTitular Bishop of Vicus PacatiBishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
87.1DiedForsenio Vezzani, M.I. †Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Ministers of the Sick
75.8DiedDesmond A. WilliamsAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
25 Feb49.5Ordained BishopAugustine Obiora AkubezeBishop of Uromi, NigeriaArchbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
66.2Ordained BishopElias ChacourArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), IsraelArchbishop Emeritus
80.4RetiredMichael Joseph Cleary, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Banjul, GambiaBishop Emeritus
97.7DiedFlorencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru
62.8Ordained BishopJaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y. †Bishop of El Banco, Colombia
64.0AppointedRobert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Banjul, GambiaBishop Emeritus
59.8AppointedFernando FiloniApostolic Nuncio to PhilippinesCardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
52.4Ordained BishopJoércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R.Coadjutor Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, BrazilPrelate Emeritus
55.0Ordained BishopPaulo Mendes PeixotoBishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
29.2Ordained PriestHenry Juma OdonyaPriest of Eldoret, KenyaBishop of Kitale, Kenya
58.3Ordained BishopJosé María Yanguas SanzBishop of Cuenca, Spain
26 Feb59.6Ordained BishopPaulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.Titular Bishop of EgnatiaApostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
44.0Ordained BishopMeron Mazur, O.S.B.M.Titular Bishop of SimitthuBishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
51.7Ordained BishopGeorge Palliparampil (Palliparambil), S.D.B.Bishop of Miao, India
69.4InstalledFabriciano SigampaArchbishop of Resistencia, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
63.7Ordained BishopBarry Alexander Anthony Wood, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of BabraAuxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa
27 Feb59.1Ordained BishopDavid Raymond ChobyBishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
28 Feb56.7SucceededDaniel Nicholas DiNardoCardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
85.0Died[Peter Fan Wenxing]Bishop Emeritus of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
75.0RetiredJoseph Anthony FiorenzaArchbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USAArchbishop Emeritus
62.2Ordained BishopJohn Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.Bishop of Kiayi, TaiwanArchbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
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