The Year of Our Lord 2010

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Feb 45.1 Ordained Bishop Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei Bishop of Obala, Cameroon

62.3 Appointed Óscar Armando Campos Contreras Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

63.7 Appointed José Figueroa Gómez Apostolic Administrator of San José del Guaviare, Colombia Bishop of Granada en Colombia

48.4 Installed Daniel Ernest Flores Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

63.7 Appointed Augustine Kasujja Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria Apostolic Nuncio

57.8 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel Kerketta Bishop of Jashpur, India

50.5 Appointed Justin Kientega Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso

66.4 Appointed Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Guillermo Orozco Montoya Bishop of Girardota, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

49.8 Succeeded Roger Victor Rakotondrajao † Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar

62.5 Resigned Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo † Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

88.5 Died Raymund Wang Chong Lin † Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China

4 Feb 58.3 Ordained Bishop Matthieu Nguyễn Văn Khôi Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam Bishop

62.5 Died Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo † Bishop Emeritus of Mahajanga, Madagascar

5 Feb 43.5 Appointed Arūnas Poniškaitis Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

43.5 Appointed Arūnas Poniškaitis Titular Bishop of Sinna Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

6 Feb 50.6 Installed Vlado Košić Bishop of Sisak, Croatia

52.3 Appointed Novatus Rugambwa Titular Archbishop of Tagaria Apostolic Nuncio

52.3 Appointed Novatus Rugambwa Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe Apostolic Nuncio

47.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Luechai Thatwisai Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand

7 Feb 65.8 Installed Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Treviso, Italy Bishop Emeritus

68.2 Ceased Angelo Scola Apostolic Administrator of Treviso, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

10 Feb 54.2 Appointed Rafael Biernaski Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil

54.2 Appointed Rafael Biernaski Titular Bishop of Ruspae Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil

67.7 Appointed Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. Coadjutor Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Appointed Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Ordained Bishop William Francis Medley Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

75.8 Retired Néstor Hugo Navarro Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

11 Feb 63.7 Ordained Bishop Lucio Lemmo Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

12 Feb 84.2 Died Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather † Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India

13 Feb 66.7 Appointed Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Luciano Giovannetti † Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.4 Ordained Bishop Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom Titular Bishop of Bistue Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

63.2 Appointed Mario Meini Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Appointed Eugene Martin Nugent Titular Archbishop of Domnach Sechnaill Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait

51.3 Appointed Eugene Martin Nugent Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait

51.3 Appointed Eugene Martin Nugent Apostolic Delegate to Comoros Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait

63.7 Ordained Bishop Bosco Puthur Titular Bishop of Foratiana Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia

77.7 Retired Miloslav Vlk † Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

46.2 Ordained Bishop Herman Willebrordus Woorts Titular Bishop of Giufi Salaria Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

14 Feb 49.4 Ordained Bishop Jean (John) Bosco Baremes, S.M. Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)

15 Feb 48.7 Appointed Jude Ayodeji Arogundade Coadjutor Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria Bishop

16 Feb 75.3 Retired Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. † Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

76.2 Retired Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez † Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia

17 Feb 86.8 Died Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

59.2 Appointed Alessandro D’Errico Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro Apostolic Nuncio

90.8 Died Ignatius P. Lobo † Bishop Emeritus of Belgaum, India

18 Feb 70.0 Succeeded Rufin Anthony † Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan

52.6 Appointed José Araneta Cabantan Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

76.5 Retired José Dimas Cedeño Delgado Archbishop of Panamá Archbishop Emeritus

60.0 Appointed Demetrio Fernández González Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

72.6 Resigned Anthony Theodore Lobo † Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

77.0 Retired Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J. † Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. Archbishop of Panamá

19 Feb 85.0 Died Rafael Muñoz Núñez † Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México

20 Feb 79.3 Retired Rafael de la Barra Tagle, S.V.D. Prelate of Illapel, Chile Prelate Emeritus

68.3 Appointed Francis Kallarakal Archbishop of Verapoly, India Archbishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Novatus Rugambwa Apostolic Nuncio to Angola Apostolic Nuncio

52.6 Appointed Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D. Prelate of Illapel, Chile Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

51.7 Appointed Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

21 Feb 56.5 Installed Pedro Luiz Stringhini Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil

22 Feb 83.4 Died Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá † Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

50.7 Ordained Bishop Mark Davies Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain Bishop

76.3 Retired Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia Bishop of Machala, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

66.5 Appointed Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. Bishop of Machala, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

23 Feb 53.9 Appointed Joseph Charles Bambera Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

53.9 Appointed Terry Ronald LaValley Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

76.1 Retired Orlando Romero Cabrera Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

64.3 Appointed Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

25 Feb 88.6 Died John Bernard McDowell † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

26 Feb 62.1 Appointed Peter Lee Ki-heon Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired Joseph Lee Han-taek, S.J. Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

78.6 Retired Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. † Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

42.0 Appointed Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D. Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar

55.7 Appointed Désiré Tsarahazana Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar

27 Feb 76.7 Retired Godfried Danneels † Bishop of Belgium, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

48.3 Ordained Bishop Ginés Ramón García Beltrán Bishop of Guadix, Spain Bishop of Getafe, Spain

45.1 Appointed José de Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M. Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México

69.8 Appointed André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard Bishop of Belgium, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

69.8 Installed André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium Archbishop Emeritus

56.3 Ordained Bishop José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

41.7 Ordained Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya

61.0 Installed Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D. Bishop of San Jacinto de Yaguachi, Ecuador Bishop of San Jacinto, Ecuador

62.1 Resigned José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. † Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México Prelate Emeritus

28 Feb 60.2 Installed Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

49.3 Ordained Bishop Wolfgang Bischof Titular Bishop of Nebbi Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

44.9 Ordained Bishop Edmar Perón Titular Bishop of Mattiana Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Feb	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei	Bishop of Obala, Cameroon
62.3	Appointed	Óscar Armando Campos Contreras	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
63.7	Appointed	José Figueroa Gómez	Apostolic Administrator of San José del Guaviare, Colombia	Bishop of Granada en Colombia
48.4	Installed	Daniel Ernest Flores	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
63.7	Appointed	Augustine Kasujja	Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria	Apostolic Nuncio
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Kerketta	Bishop of Jashpur, India
50.5	Appointed	Justin Kientega	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
66.4	Appointed	Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Guillermo Orozco Montoya	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
49.8	Succeeded	Roger Victor Rakotondrajao †	Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar
62.5	Resigned	Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo †	Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
88.5	Died	Raymund Wang Chong Lin †	Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
4 Feb	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthieu Nguyễn Văn Khôi	Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam	Bishop
62.5	Died	Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo †	Bishop Emeritus of Mahajanga, Madagascar
5 Feb	43.5	Appointed	Arūnas Poniškaitis	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
43.5	Appointed	Arūnas Poniškaitis	Titular Bishop of Sinna	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
6 Feb	50.6	Installed	Vlado Košić	Bishop of Sisak, Croatia
52.3	Appointed	Novatus Rugambwa	Titular Archbishop of Tagaria	Apostolic Nuncio
52.3	Appointed	Novatus Rugambwa	Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe	Apostolic Nuncio
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Luechai Thatwisai	Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand
7 Feb	65.8	Installed	Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
68.2	Ceased	Angelo Scola	Apostolic Administrator of Treviso, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
10 Feb	54.2	Appointed	Rafael Biernaski	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
54.2	Appointed	Rafael Biernaski	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
67.7	Appointed	Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I.	Coadjutor Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Appointed	Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta	Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Ordained Bishop	William Francis Medley	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
75.8	Retired	Néstor Hugo Navarro	Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Lucio Lemmo	Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
12 Feb	84.2	Died	Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather †	Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India
13 Feb	66.7	Appointed	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Luciano Giovannetti †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom	Titular Bishop of Bistue	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
63.2	Appointed	Mario Meini	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Titular Archbishop of Domnach Sechnaill	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
51.3	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
51.3	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Apostolic Delegate to Comoros	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
63.7	Ordained Bishop	Bosco Puthur	Titular Bishop of Foratiana	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia
77.7	Retired	Miloslav Vlk †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Herman Willebrordus Woorts	Titular Bishop of Giufi Salaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
14 Feb	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean (John) Bosco Baremes, S.M.	Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
15 Feb	48.7	Appointed	Jude Ayodeji Arogundade	Coadjutor Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria	Bishop
16 Feb	75.3	Retired	Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
76.2	Retired	Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
17 Feb	86.8	Died	Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
59.2	Appointed	Alessandro D’Errico	Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro	Apostolic Nuncio
90.8	Died	Ignatius P. Lobo †	Bishop Emeritus of Belgaum, India
18 Feb	70.0	Succeeded	Rufin Anthony †	Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
52.6	Appointed	José Araneta Cabantan	Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
76.5	Retired	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado	Archbishop of Panamá	Archbishop Emeritus
60.0	Appointed	Demetrio Fernández González	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
72.6	Resigned	Anthony Theodore Lobo †	Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
77.0	Retired	Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J. †	Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.	Archbishop of Panamá
19 Feb	85.0	Died	Rafael Muñoz Núñez †	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México
20 Feb	79.3	Retired	Rafael de la Barra Tagle, S.V.D.	Prelate of Illapel, Chile	Prelate Emeritus
68.3	Appointed	Francis Kallarakal	Archbishop of Verapoly, India	Archbishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Novatus Rugambwa	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola	Apostolic Nuncio
52.6	Appointed	Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D.	Prelate of Illapel, Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
51.7	Appointed	Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
21 Feb	56.5	Installed	Pedro Luiz Stringhini	Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Feb	83.4	Died	Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá †	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Mark Davies	Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop
76.3	Retired	Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
66.5	Appointed	Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B.	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	53.9	Appointed	Joseph Charles Bambera	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
53.9	Appointed	Terry Ronald LaValley	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
76.1	Retired	Orlando Romero Cabrera	Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
64.3	Appointed	Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero	Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	88.6	Died	John Bernard McDowell †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Feb	62.1	Appointed	Peter Lee Ki-heon	Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Joseph Lee Han-taek, S.J.	Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
78.6	Retired	Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. †	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
42.0	Appointed	Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D.	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
55.7	Appointed	Désiré Tsarahazana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar
27 Feb	76.7	Retired	Godfried Danneels †	Bishop of Belgium, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Ginés Ramón García Beltrán	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
45.1	Appointed	José de Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M.	Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
69.8	Appointed	André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard	Bishop of Belgium, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
69.8	Installed	André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium	Archbishop Emeritus
56.3	Ordained Bishop	José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
41.7	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Muhatia Makumba	Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya	Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya
61.0	Installed	Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D.	Bishop of San Jacinto de Yaguachi, Ecuador	Bishop of San Jacinto, Ecuador
62.1	Resigned	José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México	Prelate Emeritus
28 Feb	60.2	Installed	Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M.	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Wolfgang Bischof	Titular Bishop of Nebbi	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
44.9	Ordained Bishop	Edmar Perón	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil

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