The Year of Our Lord 2013

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 63.5 Confirmed Louis Raphaël I Sako Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq Cardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

63.5 Confirmed Louis Raphaël I Sako Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq Cardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

2 Feb 61.8 Appointed Michel Christian Alain Aupetit Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus

61.8 Appointed Michel Christian Alain Aupetit Titular Bishop of Maxita Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

66.6 Appointed Michael August Blume, S.V.D. Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda Apostolic Nuncio

77.6 Retired Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey † Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

55.5 Appointed Eugenio Coter Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia

55.5 Appointed Eugenio Coter Titular Bishop of Thibiuca Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia

63.1 Appointed Joseph Effiong Ekuwem Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria

47.4 Appointed Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia

78.2 Retired Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. † Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

69.5 Appointed Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus

71.7 Appointed Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B. Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France Bishop Emeritus

75.6 Retired Joseph Edra Ukpo † Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

77.0 Appointed Ernesto Vecchi † Apostolic Administrator of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

3 Feb 80.4 Died John Michael D’Arcy † Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

72.8 Died Joseph Oforishe Egerega † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria

53.7 Ordained Bishop Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R. Titular Bishop of Ficus Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

77.8 Died Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena † Bishop Emeritus of Kara, Togo

4 Feb 99.2 Died John Baptist Liu Jingshan † Bishop Emeritus of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China Bishop

5 Feb 48.5 Ordained Bishop Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero Titular Bishop of Cissa Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México

89.8 Died Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec † Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France

6 Feb 61.0 Appointed Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil

81.7 Died Arthé Guimond † Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

51.5 Appointed Valdir Mamede Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

51.5 Appointed Valdir Mamede Titular Bishop of Naissus Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

93.8 Died Douglas Joseph Warren † Bishop Emeritus of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

7 Feb 91.3 Died William Anthony Hughes † Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA

81.4 Died Amedeus Msarikie † Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania

8 Feb 94.3 Died Giovanni Cheli † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

75.8 Retired Salvatore Di Cristina Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

89.3 Died Joseph Ma Xue-sheng † Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China

66.2 Appointed Michele Pennisi Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

42.8 Succeeded Joseph Yang Yongqiang Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China

9 Feb 50.1 Appointed Domingo Buezo Leiva Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala

50.1 Appointed Domingo Buezo Leiva Titular Bishop of Dardanus Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala

61.4 Installed Carlos María Franzini † Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

56.7 Ordained Bishop George Madathikandathil Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India

80.8 Ceased Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Izabal, Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala

50.4 Ordained Bishop Radosław Zmitrowicz, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Gypsaria Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

11 Feb 70.5 Died Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica

48.3 Appointed Robert Joseph Coyle Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

48.3 Appointed Robert Joseph Coyle Titular Bishop of Zabi Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

12 Feb 67.9 Installed Dennis Joseph Sullivan Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

14 Feb 51.4 Appointed Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou Bishop of Moulins, France Bishop of Nantes, France

16 Feb 46.5 Installed Eraldo Bispo da Silva Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

47.7 Ordained Bishop Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín Titular Bishop of Dagnum Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela

66.3 Appointed Aldo Cavalli Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

48.6 Appointed Anthony Wieslaw Krótki, O.M.I. Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada

77.4 Died Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso † Bishop Emeritus of Babahoyo, Ecuador

51.9 Appointed Titus Joseph Mdoe Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Bishop of Mtwara, Tanzania

51.9 Appointed Titus Joseph Mdoe Titular Bishop of Bahanna Bishop of Mtwara, Tanzania

77.2 Retired Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I. Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada Bishop Emeritus

18 Feb 75.6 Died Anthony Theodore Lobo † Bishop Emeritus of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan

19 Feb 62.5 Appointed Fabio Martínez Castilla † Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México

83.7 Died Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez † Bishop Emeritus of Jinotega, Nicaragua

20 Feb 52.7 Appointed José Mário Scalon Angonese Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

52.7 Appointed José Mário Scalon Angonese Titular Bishop of Giufi Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

52.4 Appointed Daniel Joseph Miehm Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

52.4 Appointed Daniel Joseph Miehm Titular Bishop of Gor Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

21 Feb 64.8 Appointed Ilario Antoniazzi Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia Archbishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Miguel Ángel D’Annibale † Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

83.1 Died Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA

56.7 Appointed Ramón Alfredo Dus Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina

49.3 Appointed Marco Aurélio Gubiotti Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

74.1 Resigned Odilon Guimarães Moreira Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

59.4 Appointed Gabriel Marchesi Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil

43.6 Appointed Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C. Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia

43.6 Appointed Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C. Titular Bishop of Ottocium Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia

76.4 Retired Fabriciano Sigampa † Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

22 Feb 50.5 Appointed Mirosław Adamczyk Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

50.5 Appointed Mirosław Adamczyk Titular Archbishop of Otriculum Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

46.1 Appointed Ettore Balestrero Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva

46.1 Appointed Ettore Balestrero Titular Archbishop of Victoriana Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva

50.2 Appointed Michael Wallace Banach Titular Archbishop of Memphis Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

47.5 Appointed Antoine Camilleri Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

55.6 Ordained Bishop William Goh Seng Chye Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore Cardinal, Archbishop

56.5 Appointed Léon Kalenga Badikebele † Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

51.3 Appointed Urbain Ngassongo Bishop of Gamboma, Congo

64.7 Appointed Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo Archbishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

48.5 Appointed Brian Udaigwe Titular Archbishop of Suelli Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

48.5 Appointed Brian Udaigwe Apostolic Nuncio Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

23 Feb 54.8 Ordained Bishop Peter Iorzuul Adoboh † Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria

78.9 Died José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mitú, Colombia

51.4 Appointed Pietro Lagnese Bishop of Ischia, Italy Archbishop of Capua, Italy

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

57.8 Appointed Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero, México

24 Feb 57.6 Installed William Amove Avenya Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria

51.5 Installed Paul-Marwan Tabet, M.L. Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

25 Feb 58.7 Resigned Władisław Blin Bishop of Vitebsk, Belarus Bishop Emeritus

74.9 Retired Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien † Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

26 Feb 93.1 Died Giovanni D’Ascenzi † Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

55.1 Resigned Claudio Giuliodori Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy

27 Feb 71.6 Resigned Gerard Clifford † Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

74.2 Resigned Patrick Altham Kelly Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

62.1 Appointed Philip Tartaglia † Apostolic Administrator of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

65.0 Appointed Thomas Anthony Williams Apostolic Administrator of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

28 Feb 74.7 Ceased Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

78.2 Ceased Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Secretary of State Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

65.8 Ceased João Bráz de Aviz Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

69.2 Ceased Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive Archivist Emeritus

69.2 Ceased Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. Librarian of the Vatican Library Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

64.6 Ceased Raymond Leo Burke Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

70.0 Ceased Domenico Calcagno President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Cardinal, President Emeritus

67.3 Ceased Antonio Cañizares Llovera Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

46.2 Installed Oscar Cantú Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA Bishop of San Jose in California, USA

71.6 Ceased Claudio Maria Celli President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication

74.9 Ceased Francesco Coccopalmerio President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts Cardinal, President Emeritus

69.4 Ceased Angelo Comastri President of the Fabric of St. Peter Cardinal, President Emeritus

65.8 Ceased Giorgio Corbellini † President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

67.9 Appointed Joseph Đình Đúc Đao Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

67.9 Appointed Joseph Đình Đúc Đao Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam

66.8 Ceased Fernando Filoni Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

61.5 Ceased Salvatore Rino Fisichella President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization

73.3 Ceased Zenon Grocholewski † Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

92.5 Died Jean Marcel Honoré † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France

55.7 Appointed Samuel Jofré Giraudo Bishop of Villa María, Argentina

62.9 Ceased Kurt Koch President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

65.1 Ceased Gerhard Ludwig Müller Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

65.1 Ceased Gerhard Ludwig Müller President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

65.1 Ceased Gerhard Ludwig Müller President of the International Theological Commission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

65.1 Ceased Gerhard Ludwig Müller President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

68.7 Ceased Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S. Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops

67.8 Ceased Vincenzo Paglia President of the Pontifical Council for the Family President of the Pontifical Academy for Life

68.4 Ceased Mauro Piacenza Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

85.8 Resigned Joseph Ratzinger † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) Pope Emeritus

70.3 Ceased Gianfranco Ravasi President of the Pontifical Council for Culture Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology

70.3 Ceased Gianfranco Ravasi President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology Cardinal, President Emeritus

76.3 Retired José Ángel Rovai † Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

67.6 Ceased Stanisław Ryłko President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

69.2 Ceased Leonardo Sandri Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

67.7 Ceased Robert Sarah President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

69.8 Ceased Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

64.3 Ceased Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal, Chancellor of the Roman Curia - Other

75.0 Ceased Antonio Maria Vegliò President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

69.5 Ceased Giuseppe Versaldi President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

76.8 Died Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. † Bishop Emeritus of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine

63.8 Ceased Zygmunt Zimowski † President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	63.5	Confirmed	Louis Raphaël I Sako	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
63.5	Confirmed	Louis Raphaël I Sako	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
2 Feb	61.8	Appointed	Michel Christian Alain Aupetit	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus
61.8	Appointed	Michel Christian Alain Aupetit	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
66.6	Appointed	Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda	Apostolic Nuncio
77.6	Retired	Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey †	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Eugenio Coter	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
55.5	Appointed	Eugenio Coter	Titular Bishop of Thibiuca	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
63.1	Appointed	Joseph Effiong Ekuwem	Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria
47.4	Appointed	Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores	Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
78.2	Retired	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
69.5	Appointed	Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
71.7	Appointed	Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France	Bishop Emeritus
75.6	Retired	Joseph Edra Ukpo †	Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
77.0	Appointed	Ernesto Vecchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
3 Feb	80.4	Died	John Michael D’Arcy †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
72.8	Died	Joseph Oforishe Egerega †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Ficus	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
77.8	Died	Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena †	Bishop Emeritus of Kara, Togo
4 Feb	99.2	Died	John Baptist Liu Jingshan †	Bishop Emeritus of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China	Bishop
5 Feb	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México
89.8	Died	Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec †	Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France
6 Feb	61.0	Appointed	Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R.	Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil
81.7	Died	Arthé Guimond †	Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
51.5	Appointed	Valdir Mamede	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
51.5	Appointed	Valdir Mamede	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
93.8	Died	Douglas Joseph Warren †	Bishop Emeritus of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
7 Feb	91.3	Died	William Anthony Hughes †	Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA
81.4	Died	Amedeus Msarikie †	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
8 Feb	94.3	Died	Giovanni Cheli †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
75.8	Retired	Salvatore Di Cristina	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
89.3	Died	Joseph Ma Xue-sheng †	Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
66.2	Appointed	Michele Pennisi	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
42.8	Succeeded	Joseph Yang Yongqiang	Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China	Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
9 Feb	50.1	Appointed	Domingo Buezo Leiva	Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
50.1	Appointed	Domingo Buezo Leiva	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
61.4	Installed	Carlos María Franzini †	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
56.7	Ordained Bishop	George Madathikandathil	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India
80.8	Ceased	Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Izabal, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Radosław Zmitrowicz, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Gypsaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
11 Feb	70.5	Died	Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
48.3	Appointed	Robert Joseph Coyle	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
48.3	Appointed	Robert Joseph Coyle	Titular Bishop of Zabi	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
12 Feb	67.9	Installed	Dennis Joseph Sullivan	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
14 Feb	51.4	Appointed	Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou	Bishop of Moulins, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
16 Feb	46.5	Installed	Eraldo Bispo da Silva	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Titular Bishop of Dagnum	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
66.3	Appointed	Aldo Cavalli	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
48.6	Appointed	Anthony Wieslaw Krótki, O.M.I.	Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
77.4	Died	Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso †	Bishop Emeritus of Babahoyo, Ecuador
51.9	Appointed	Titus Joseph Mdoe	Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Bishop of Mtwara, Tanzania
51.9	Appointed	Titus Joseph Mdoe	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Bishop of Mtwara, Tanzania
77.2	Retired	Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I.	Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb	75.6	Died	Anthony Theodore Lobo †	Bishop Emeritus of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
19 Feb	62.5	Appointed	Fabio Martínez Castilla †	Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
83.7	Died	Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez †	Bishop Emeritus of Jinotega, Nicaragua
20 Feb	52.7	Appointed	José Mário Scalon Angonese	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
52.7	Appointed	José Mário Scalon Angonese	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
52.4	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Miehm	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
52.4	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Miehm	Titular Bishop of Gor	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
21 Feb	64.8	Appointed	Ilario Antoniazzi	Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia	Archbishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Miguel Ángel D’Annibale †	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
83.1	Died	Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA
56.7	Appointed	Ramón Alfredo Dus	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina
49.3	Appointed	Marco Aurélio Gubiotti	Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
74.1	Resigned	Odilon Guimarães Moreira	Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	Gabriel Marchesi	Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil
43.6	Appointed	Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia
43.6	Appointed	Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Ottocium	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia
76.4	Retired	Fabriciano Sigampa †	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Feb	50.5	Appointed	Mirosław Adamczyk	Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
50.5	Appointed	Mirosław Adamczyk	Titular Archbishop of Otriculum	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
46.1	Appointed	Ettore Balestrero	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
46.1	Appointed	Ettore Balestrero	Titular Archbishop of Victoriana	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
50.2	Appointed	Michael Wallace Banach	Titular Archbishop of Memphis	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
47.5	Appointed	Antoine Camilleri	Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
55.6	Ordained Bishop	William Goh Seng Chye	Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore	Cardinal, Archbishop
56.5	Appointed	Léon Kalenga Badikebele †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
51.3	Appointed	Urbain Ngassongo	Bishop of Gamboma, Congo
64.7	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B.	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo
48.5	Appointed	Brian Udaigwe	Titular Archbishop of Suelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
48.5	Appointed	Brian Udaigwe	Apostolic Nuncio	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
23 Feb	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Iorzuul Adoboh †	Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria
78.9	Died	José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mitú, Colombia
51.4	Appointed	Pietro Lagnese	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
92.8	Died	Julien Ries †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
57.8	Appointed	Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga	Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero, México
24 Feb	57.6	Installed	William Amove Avenya	Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria
51.5	Installed	Paul-Marwan Tabet, M.L.	Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
25 Feb	58.7	Resigned	Władisław Blin	Bishop of Vitebsk, Belarus	Bishop Emeritus
74.9	Retired	Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien †	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26 Feb	93.1	Died	Giovanni D’Ascenzi †	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
55.1	Resigned	Claudio Giuliodori	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy
27 Feb	71.6	Resigned	Gerard Clifford †	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
74.2	Resigned	Patrick Altham Kelly	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
62.1	Appointed	Philip Tartaglia †	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
65.0	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Williams	Apostolic Administrator of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	74.7	Ceased	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
78.2	Ceased	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
65.8	Ceased	João Bráz de Aviz	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
69.2	Ceased	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive	Archivist Emeritus
69.2	Ceased	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
64.6	Ceased	Raymond Leo Burke	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
70.0	Ceased	Domenico Calcagno	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
67.3	Ceased	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
46.2	Installed	Oscar Cantú	Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA
71.6	Ceased	Claudio Maria Celli	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication
74.9	Ceased	Francesco Coccopalmerio	President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts	Cardinal, President Emeritus
69.4	Ceased	Angelo Comastri	President of the Fabric of St. Peter	Cardinal, President Emeritus
65.8	Ceased	Giorgio Corbellini †	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
67.9	Appointed	Joseph Đình Đúc Đao	Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
67.9	Appointed	Joseph Đình Đúc Đao	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
66.8	Ceased	Fernando Filoni	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
61.5	Ceased	Salvatore Rino Fisichella	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
73.3	Ceased	Zenon Grocholewski †	Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
92.5	Died	Jean Marcel Honoré †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
55.7	Appointed	Samuel Jofré Giraudo	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina
62.9	Ceased	Kurt Koch	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
65.1	Ceased	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
65.1	Ceased	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
65.1	Ceased	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
65.1	Ceased	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
68.7	Ceased	Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S.	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops
67.8	Ceased	Vincenzo Paglia	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
68.4	Ceased	Mauro Piacenza	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
85.8	Resigned	Joseph Ratzinger †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)	Pope Emeritus
70.3	Ceased	Gianfranco Ravasi	President of the Pontifical Council for Culture	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
70.3	Ceased	Gianfranco Ravasi	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology	Cardinal, President Emeritus
76.3	Retired	José Ángel Rovai †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
67.6	Ceased	Stanisław Ryłko	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
69.2	Ceased	Leonardo Sandri	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
67.7	Ceased	Robert Sarah	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
69.8	Ceased	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran †	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
64.3	Ceased	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Roman Curia - Other
75.0	Ceased	Antonio Maria Vegliò	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
69.5	Ceased	Giuseppe Versaldi	President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
76.8	Died	Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
63.8	Ceased	Zygmunt Zimowski †	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

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