The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Feb 50.0 Appointed Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

50.0 Appointed Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. Titular Bishop of Naiera Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

50.8 Succeeded José Bonello, O.F.M. Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras

62.2 Appointed Joseph-Luc-André Bouchard Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

81.7 Died Paul Consbruch † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany

41.1 Appointed Bulus Dauwa Yohanna Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria

41.1 Appointed Bulus Dauwa Yohanna Titular Bishop of Scebatiana Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria

58.3 Installed Wacław Tomasz Depo Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland

49.8 Appointed Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México

67.8 Appointed Paul Lortie Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

75.1 Retired Vital Massé Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

73.4 Resigned Tomás Andrés Mauro (Maurus) Muldoon, O.F.M. † Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Appointed Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.7 Appointed Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe Titular Bishop of Strathernia Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

68.8 Installed Armando Xavier Ochoa Bishop of Fresno, California, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed José Manuel Romero Barrios Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela

56.8 Appointed José Manuel Romero Barrios Titular Bishop of Materiana Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela

49.9 Appointed Luis José Rueda Aparicio Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

49.8 Ordained Bishop Anselm Umoren, M.S.P.N. Titular Bishop of Scampa Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria

75.2 Retired Martin Veillette Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

3 Feb 68.4 Appointed Leslie Rogers Tomlinson Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia Bishop Emeritus

4 Feb 63.7 Appointed Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz Bishop of Neiva, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

55.5 Installed Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy

67.7 Died Joseph Walter Estabrook † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

54.6 Ordained Bishop Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

76.4 Retired Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Neiva, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

94.2 Died Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire

83.8 Died Giovanni Volta † Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy

5 Feb 62.5 Installed Franco Giulio Brambilla Bishop of Novara, Italy

56.9 Installed Francesco Cavina Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

92.0 Died Lawrence Zhang Wenchang † Apostolic Administrator of Kunming [Kunming], China

6 Feb 51.1 Appointed Edward Joseph Weisenburger Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA

7 Feb 49.5 Appointed Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe Apostolic Administrator of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México

62.9 Installed José Francisco Robles Ortega Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

8 Feb 86.1 Ordained Bishop Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. † Titular Archbishop of San Leone Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

54.3 Ceased Gabriel Malzaire Apostolic Administrator of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

53.4 Ordained Bishop Kenneth David Oswin Richards Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

9 Feb 43.7 Ordained Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy Bishop of Armidale, Australia Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

10 Feb 57.0 Appointed Giovanni d’Aniello Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

88.7 Died Filippo Giannini † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

84.0 Died Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza † Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela

59.6 Ceased Rafael Ramón Ibarguren Schindler, E.P. Apostolic Administrator of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador Priest of Clerical Society of Virgo Flos Carmeli

77.7 Appointed Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. † Apostolic Administrator of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador

44.5 Appointed Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

11 Feb 58.7 Appointed Angelo Antolini, O.F.M. Cap. Prefect of Robe, Ethiopia

49.4 Appointed Nicolas Jean René Brouwet Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

77.2 Retired Fernando Robles Capalla † Archbishop of Davao, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

60.5 Installed Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, S.J. Bishop of Fontibón, Colombia

45.1 Ordained Bishop João Justino de Medeiros Silva Titular Bishop of Tullia Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

63.7 Ordained Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando Titular Bishop of Horta Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka

51.9 Appointed Jonas Ivanauskas Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

51.6 Appointed Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. Bishop of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

58.6 Ordained Bishop José Leonardo Lemos Montanet Bishop of Orense, Spain

60.3 Ordained Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras Archbishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

57.4 Appointed Pierre Claver Malgo Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso

75.9 Retired Juozas Matulaitis Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France Bishop Emeritus

91.8 Ordained Bishop Julien Ries † Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

58.3 Ordained Bishop Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva Titular Bishop of Lesina Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

60.5 Appointed Romulo Geolina Valles Archbishop of Davao, Philippines

38.6 Appointed Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

38.6 Appointed Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Quiza Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

12 Feb 50.1 Ordained Bishop João Santos Cardoso Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

59.8 Installed Jeffrey Neil Steenson Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA Ordinary Emeritus

13 Feb 74.3 Died Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. † Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil

15 Feb 55.6 Appointed Airton José dos Santos Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

55.0 Appointed José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil

16 Feb 48.6 Appointed Luciano Russo Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda Secretary (Pontifical Representations) of the Secretariat of State

17 Feb 80.0 Died Joseph Faber MacDonald † Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

18 Feb 76.4 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

76.4 Elevated to Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

66.8 Appointed George Alencherry Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

66.8 Elevated to Cardinal George Alencherry Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

83.8 Appointed Karl Josef Becker, S.J. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire

83.8 Elevated to Cardinal Karl Josef Becker, S.J. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire

69.3 Appointed Giuseppe Bertello Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

69.3 Elevated to Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

64.9 Appointed Giuseppe Betori Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

64.9 Elevated to Cardinal Giuseppe Betori Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

64.8 Appointed João Bráz de Aviz Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

64.8 Elevated to Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

69.0 Appointed Domenico Calcagno Cardinal-Deacon of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

69.0 Elevated to Cardinal Domenico Calcagno Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

73.9 Appointed Francesco Coccopalmerio Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

73.9 Elevated to Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

65.0 Appointed Thomas Christopher Collins Cardinal-Priest of San Patrizio Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

65.0 Elevated to Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

62.0 Appointed Timothy Michael Dolan Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

62.0 Elevated to Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

68.8 Appointed Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

68.8 Elevated to Cardinal Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

58.6 Appointed Willem Jacobus Eijk Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

58.6 Elevated to Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

65.8 Appointed Fernando Filoni Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

65.8 Elevated to Cardinal Fernando Filoni Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

51.8 Appointed Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V. Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V. Titular Bishop of Absa Salla Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

86.1 Appointed Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

86.1 Elevated to Cardinal Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

48.2 Ordained Bishop Ollo Modeste Kambou Bishop of Gaoua, Burkina Faso

73.8 Appointed Manuel Monteiro de Castro Cardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di Guzman Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

73.8 Elevated to Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

80.7 Appointed Lucian Mureşan Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

80.7 Elevated to Cardinal Lucian Mureşan Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

72.8 Appointed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

72.8 Elevated to Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

91.8 Appointed Julien Ries † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

91.8 Elevated to Cardinal Julien Ries † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

72.5 Appointed John Tong Hon Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

72.5 Elevated to Cardinal John Tong Hon Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

74.0 Appointed Antonio Maria Vegliò Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

74.0 Elevated to Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

68.5 Appointed Giuseppe Versaldi Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

68.5 Elevated to Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

55.5 Appointed Rainer Maria Woelki Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Maria Vianney Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

55.5 Elevated to Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

19 Feb 47.2 Ordained Bishop Pio Hipunyati Bishop of Ondjiva, Angola

20 Feb 58.0 Appointed Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. Archbishop of Perth, Australia

75.8 Retired Barry James Hickey Archbishop of Perth, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

75.3 Retired Joachim Friedrich Reinelt Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Died Edgardo Gabriel Storni † Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina

21 Feb 89.2 Died Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão † Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

65.8 Appointed George Arthur Sheltz † Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.8 Appointed George Arthur Sheltz † Titular Bishop of Hirina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

22 Feb 82.0 Ceased Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. Apostolic Administrator of Ajaccio, France Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

75.2 Retired Peter James Cullinane Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Succeeded Charles Edward Drennan Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

64.6 Appointed Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine Bishop of Ajaccio, France Archbishop of Lyon, France

23 Feb 61.4 Succeeded Thomas D’Souza Archbishop of Calcutta, India

64.2 Installed Noël Simard Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Calcutta, India Archbishop Emeritus

24 Feb 44.8 Appointed Dominik Schwaderlapp Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

44.8 Appointed Dominik Schwaderlapp Titular Bishop of Frequentium Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

41.3 Appointed Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea

25 Feb 52.7 Ordained Bishop Michel Aoun Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon

57.3 Appointed John Forrosuelo Du Archbishop of Palo, Philippines

63.5 Ordained Bishop Nunzio Galantino Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

57.3 Ordained Bishop Denis Grondin Titular Bishop of Camplum Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

75.0 Retired Gilberto Jiménez Narváez † Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Ordained Bishop Mounir Khairallah Bishop of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon

75.6 Retired Giuseppe Mani Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

69.6 Appointed Arrigo Miglio Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

64.7 Ordained Bishop Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. Titular Bishop of Azura Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

60.5 Ordained Bishop Elias Khoury Sleman Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria Bishop Emeritus

26 Feb 52.7 Installed Michel Aoun Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon

61.7 Installed Remídio José Bohn † Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

65.8 Installed Fernando Filoni Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

85.0 Died Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

59.1 Installed Mounir Khairallah Bishop of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon

60.5 Installed Elias Khoury Sleman Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria Bishop Emeritus

27 Feb 67.3 Died Werner Guballa † Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany

29 Feb 44.7 Appointed Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

44.7 Appointed Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito Titular Bishop of Zallata Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Feb	50.0	Appointed	Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
50.0	Appointed	Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Naiera	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
50.8	Succeeded	José Bonello, O.F.M.	Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras
62.2	Appointed	Joseph-Luc-André Bouchard	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
81.7	Died	Paul Consbruch †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
41.1	Appointed	Bulus Dauwa Yohanna	Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria	Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria
41.1	Appointed	Bulus Dauwa Yohanna	Titular Bishop of Scebatiana	Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria
58.3	Installed	Wacław Tomasz Depo	Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland
49.8	Appointed	Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México
67.8	Appointed	Paul Lortie	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
75.1	Retired	Vital Massé	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
73.4	Resigned	Tomás Andrés Mauro (Maurus) Muldoon, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Appointed	Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.7	Appointed	Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe	Titular Bishop of Strathernia	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
68.8	Installed	Armando Xavier Ochoa	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	José Manuel Romero Barrios	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela	Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela
56.8	Appointed	José Manuel Romero Barrios	Titular Bishop of Materiana	Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela
49.9	Appointed	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Anselm Umoren, M.S.P.N.	Titular Bishop of Scampa	Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria
75.2	Retired	Martin Veillette	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	68.4	Appointed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	63.7	Appointed	Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
55.5	Installed	Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy
67.7	Died	Joseph Walter Estabrook †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
76.4	Retired	Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
94.2	Died	Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
83.8	Died	Giovanni Volta †	Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
5 Feb	62.5	Installed	Franco Giulio Brambilla	Bishop of Novara, Italy
56.9	Installed	Francesco Cavina	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
92.0	Died	Lawrence Zhang Wenchang †	Apostolic Administrator of Kunming [Kunming], China
6 Feb	51.1	Appointed	Edward Joseph Weisenburger	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA
7 Feb	49.5	Appointed	Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe	Apostolic Administrator of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
62.9	Installed	José Francisco Robles Ortega	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
8 Feb	86.1	Ordained Bishop	Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. †	Titular Archbishop of San Leone	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
54.3	Ceased	Gabriel Malzaire	Apostolic Administrator of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles	Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Kenneth David Oswin Richards	Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles	Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
9 Feb	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael Robert Kennedy	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
10 Feb	57.0	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
88.7	Died	Filippo Giannini †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
84.0	Died	Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza †	Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela
59.6	Ceased	Rafael Ramón Ibarguren Schindler, E.P.	Apostolic Administrator of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador	Priest of Clerical Society of Virgo Flos Carmeli
77.7	Appointed	Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
44.5	Appointed	Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo	Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
11 Feb	58.7	Appointed	Angelo Antolini, O.F.M. Cap.	Prefect of Robe, Ethiopia
49.4	Appointed	Nicolas Jean René Brouwet	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
77.2	Retired	Fernando Robles Capalla †	Archbishop of Davao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
60.5	Installed	Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, S.J.	Bishop of Fontibón, Colombia
45.1	Ordained Bishop	João Justino de Medeiros Silva	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
63.7	Ordained Bishop	Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando	Titular Bishop of Horta	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
51.9	Appointed	Jonas Ivanauskas	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
51.6	Appointed	Prosper Kontiebo, M.I.	Bishop of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
58.6	Ordained Bishop	José Leonardo Lemos Montanet	Bishop of Orense, Spain
60.3	Ordained Bishop	Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.	Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras	Archbishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
57.4	Appointed	Pierre Claver Malgo	Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
75.9	Retired	Juozas Matulaitis	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop Emeritus
91.8	Ordained Bishop	Julien Ries †	Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
58.3	Ordained Bishop	Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva	Titular Bishop of Lesina	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
60.5	Appointed	Romulo Geolina Valles	Archbishop of Davao, Philippines
38.6	Appointed	Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
38.6	Appointed	Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Quiza	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
12 Feb	50.1	Ordained Bishop	João Santos Cardoso	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
59.8	Installed	Jeffrey Neil Steenson	Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA	Ordinary Emeritus
13 Feb	74.3	Died	Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. †	Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil
15 Feb	55.6	Appointed	Airton José dos Santos	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
55.0	Appointed	José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
16 Feb	48.6	Appointed	Luciano Russo	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Secretary (Pontifical Representations) of the Secretariat of State
17 Feb	80.0	Died	Joseph Faber MacDonald †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
18 Feb	76.4	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
76.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Santos Abril y Castelló	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
66.8	Appointed	George Alencherry	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
66.8	Elevated to Cardinal	George Alencherry	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
83.8	Appointed	Karl Josef Becker, S.J. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire
83.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Karl Josef Becker, S.J. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire
69.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
69.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Bertello	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
64.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Betori	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
64.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Betori	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
64.8	Appointed	João Bráz de Aviz	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
64.8	Elevated to Cardinal	João Bráz de Aviz	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
69.0	Appointed	Domenico Calcagno	Cardinal-Deacon of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
69.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Domenico Calcagno	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
73.9	Appointed	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
73.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
65.0	Appointed	Thomas Christopher Collins	Cardinal-Priest of San Patrizio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
65.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Thomas Christopher Collins	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
62.0	Appointed	Timothy Michael Dolan	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
62.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Timothy Michael Dolan	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
68.8	Appointed	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
68.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
58.6	Appointed	Willem Jacobus Eijk	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
58.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Willem Jacobus Eijk	Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
65.8	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
65.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando Filoni	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
51.8	Appointed	Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V.	Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V.	Titular Bishop of Absa Salla	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
86.1	Appointed	Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
86.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Ollo Modeste Kambou	Bishop of Gaoua, Burkina Faso
73.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Cardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di Guzman	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
73.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
80.7	Appointed	Lucian Mureşan	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
80.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Lucian Mureşan	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
72.8	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
72.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
91.8	Appointed	Julien Ries †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
91.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Julien Ries †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
72.5	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
72.5	Elevated to Cardinal	John Tong Hon	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
74.0	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
74.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
68.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Versaldi	Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
68.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Versaldi	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
55.5	Appointed	Rainer Maria Woelki	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Maria Vianney	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
55.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Rainer Maria Woelki	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
19 Feb	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Pio Hipunyati	Bishop of Ondjiva, Angola
20 Feb	58.0	Appointed	Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
75.8	Retired	Barry James Hickey	Archbishop of Perth, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Joachim Friedrich Reinelt	Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Died	Edgardo Gabriel Storni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
21 Feb	89.2	Died	Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão †	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
65.8	Appointed	George Arthur Sheltz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.8	Appointed	George Arthur Sheltz †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
22 Feb	82.0	Ceased	Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A.	Apostolic Administrator of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
75.2	Retired	Peter James Cullinane	Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Succeeded	Charles Edward Drennan	Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
64.6	Appointed	Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Archbishop of Lyon, France
23 Feb	61.4	Succeeded	Thomas D’Souza	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
64.2	Installed	Noël Simard	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Feb	44.8	Appointed	Dominik Schwaderlapp	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
44.8	Appointed	Dominik Schwaderlapp	Titular Bishop of Frequentium	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
41.3	Appointed	Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim	Bishop of Segheneity (Eritrean), Eritrea
25 Feb	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Michel Aoun	Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon
57.3	Appointed	John Forrosuelo Du	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
63.5	Ordained Bishop	Nunzio Galantino	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Denis Grondin	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
75.0	Retired	Gilberto Jiménez Narváez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Mounir Khairallah	Bishop of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon
75.6	Retired	Giuseppe Mani	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
69.6	Appointed	Arrigo Miglio	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
64.7	Ordained Bishop	Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Azura	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Elias Khoury Sleman	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
26 Feb	52.7	Installed	Michel Aoun	Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon
61.7	Installed	Remídio José Bohn †	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
65.8	Installed	Fernando Filoni	Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
85.0	Died	Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
59.1	Installed	Mounir Khairallah	Bishop of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon
60.5	Installed	Elias Khoury Sleman	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	67.3	Died	Werner Guballa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
29 Feb	44.7	Appointed	Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
44.7	Appointed	Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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