The Year of Our Lord 2020

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 62.3 Installed Segundo René Coba Galarza Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador

49.8 Appointed Michael Francis Crotty Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria

49.8 Appointed Michael Francis Crotty Titular Archbishop of Lindisfarna Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria

73.7 Ceased Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S. Apostolic Administrator of Eldoret, Kenya Bishop Emeritus of Kitale, Kenya

82.4 Installed Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli) Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

58.7 Appointed Dominic Kimengich Apostolic Administrator of Lodwar, Kenya Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya

58.7 Installed Dominic Kimengich Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya

59.9 Ceased Guido Iván Minda Chalá Apostolic Administrator of Ibarra, Ecuador Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador

59.0 Installed João Muniz Alves, O.F.M. Bishop of Xingu-Altamira, Para, Brazil

2 Feb 65.8 Succeeded Julio Angkel Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

66.2 Ceased Werner Freistetter Apostolic Administrator of Gurk, Austria Bishop of Austria, Military

71.1 Died Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. † Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

64.5 Ordained Bishop Josef Marketz Bishop of Gurk, Austria

61.4 Installed Irineu Roman, C.S.I. Archbishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil

71.4 Resigned Amando Samo † Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

3 Feb 62.6 Installed Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

93.1 Died William John McNaughton, M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)

42.5 Appointed Flavio Pace Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

55.9 Installed Jose Pulickal Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India

4 Feb 51.7 Appointed Vicente Ribas Prats Administrator of Ibiza, Spain Bishop

5 Feb 61.6 Appointed Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M. Bishop of Osorno, Chile Bishop of Temuco, Chile

56.4 Appointed Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

6 Feb 84.5 Died Gioacchino Illiano † Bishop Emeritus of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy

8 Feb 67.6 Installed Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I. † Cardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo della Carità a Via Giulia Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

61.4 Ordained Bishop Luis Augusto Campos Flórez Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

44.8 Ordained Bishop Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia

9 Feb 64.9 Installed Jesús María López Mauléon, O.A.R. Prelate of Alto Xingu-Tucumã, Para, Brazil

10 Feb 64.9 Appointed Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo Apostolic Administrator of Manila, Philippines Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines

11 Feb 48.4 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Barbetta Manzocchi Titular Bishop of Isola Auxiliary Bishop of Huarí, Peru

77.8 Retired Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. † Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

57.2 Appointed Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia

76.5 Retired Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus

56.3 Ordained Bishop Robert John McClory Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA

57.6 Appointed Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia

13 Feb 54.9 Ordained Bishop Donald Edward DeGrood Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

91.5 Died Charles James McDonnell † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

61.1 Ordained Bishop Augustine Ndubueze Echema Bishop of Aba, Nigeria

14 Feb 61.8 Died Peter Iorzuul Adoboh † Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria

42.0 Ordained Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

63.6 Ceased Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine

15 Feb 79.9 Retired Venant Bacinoni † Bishop of Bururi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

70.4 Appointed Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México

62.5 Installed Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich Bishop of Kericho, Kenya

52.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa

62.7 Ceased Adam Leszek Musiałek, S.C.I. Apostolic Administrator of Aliwal, South Africa Bishop of De Aar, South Africa

61.5 Appointed Salvator Niciteretse Bishop of Bururi, Burundi

16 Feb 61.5 Installed Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J. Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto Cardinal, Archbishop of Luxembourg

67.7 Installed Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I Cardinal, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco

17 Feb 64.6 Appointed William Amove Avenya Apostolic Administrator of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria

91.7 Died Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M. † Bishop Emeritus of Huacho, Peru

18 Feb 75.3 Retired Bronisław Bernacki † Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

58.6 Installed Nelson Jesus Perez Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

63.6 Succeeded Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine

19 Feb 48.0 Appointed Kęstutis Kėvalas Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

20 Feb 67.9 Died Peter Louis Cakü † Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

58.6 Ceased Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador

52.0 Ordained Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi Bishop of Kafanchan, Nigeria

21 Feb 69.1 Died Ilídio Pinto Leandro † Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal

22 Feb 57.5 Appointed Mirosław Adamczyk Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

74.1 Appointed Roberto Bordi, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

61.4 Installed Luis Augusto Campos Flórez Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

75.0 Retired Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

54.4 Installed Andrew Nkea Fuanya Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon

51.5 Ordained Bishop Gergely Kovács Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania

23 Feb 50.4 Ordained Bishop Nicolas Nadji Bab Bishop of Laï, Chad

69.9 Ordained Bishop Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O. Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

24 Feb 59.6 Appointed Jose Chirackal Auxiliary Bishop of Tura, India

59.6 Appointed Jose Chirackal Titular Bishop of Acufida Auxiliary Bishop of Tura, India

25 Feb 86.3 Died Valerian D’Souza † Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India

72.1 Appointed Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

72.1 Appointed Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro Titular Archbishop of Trecalae Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

72.1 Appointed Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

26 Feb 79.2 Died Andrea Mugione † Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy

27 Feb 89.6 Died Eduardo Alas Alfaro † Bishop Emeritus of Chalatenango, El Salvador

50.6 Appointed Ramón Bejarano Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

50.6 Appointed Ramón Bejarano Titular Bishop of Carpi Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

48.4 Ordained Bishop Beshara (Bechara) Goda (Guida Matarana), O.F.M. Bishop of Abu Qurqas (Coptic), Egypt

59.3 Appointed Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

59.3 Appointed Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B. Titular Bishop of Tabuda Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

57.8 Appointed Michael Arsenio Saporito Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

57.8 Appointed Michael Arsenio Saporito Titular Bishop of Luperciana Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

71.9 Appointed Gregory James Studerus Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

71.9 Appointed Gregory James Studerus Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

29 Feb 62.3 Installed Francisco Cerro Chaves Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

51.1 Ordained Bishop Antonio Crameri, S.S.C. Titular Bishop of Apollonia Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

44.9 Installed Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia

52.9 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Damián Medina Titular Bishop of Nepte Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

47.4 Ceased Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M. Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Montt, Chile Bishop of Copiapó, Chile

61.1 Installed Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	62.3	Installed	Segundo René Coba Galarza	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
49.8	Appointed	Michael Francis Crotty	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso	Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
49.8	Appointed	Michael Francis Crotty	Titular Archbishop of Lindisfarna	Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
73.7	Ceased	Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S.	Apostolic Administrator of Eldoret, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Kitale, Kenya
82.4	Installed	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
58.7	Appointed	Dominic Kimengich	Apostolic Administrator of Lodwar, Kenya	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
58.7	Installed	Dominic Kimengich	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
59.9	Ceased	Guido Iván Minda Chalá	Apostolic Administrator of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador
59.0	Installed	João Muniz Alves, O.F.M.	Bishop of Xingu-Altamira, Para, Brazil
2 Feb	65.8	Succeeded	Julio Angkel	Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
66.2	Ceased	Werner Freistetter	Apostolic Administrator of Gurk, Austria	Bishop of Austria, Military
71.1	Died	Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
64.5	Ordained Bishop	Josef Marketz	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
61.4	Installed	Irineu Roman, C.S.I.	Archbishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil
71.4	Resigned	Amando Samo †	Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	62.6	Installed	Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
93.1	Died	William John McNaughton, M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)
42.5	Appointed	Flavio Pace	Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
55.9	Installed	Jose Pulickal	Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India
4 Feb	51.7	Appointed	Vicente Ribas Prats	Administrator of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop
5 Feb	61.6	Appointed	Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M.	Bishop of Osorno, Chile	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
56.4	Appointed	Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC.	Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
6 Feb	84.5	Died	Gioacchino Illiano †	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
8 Feb	67.6	Installed	Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I. †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo della Carità a Via Giulia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
61.4	Ordained Bishop	Luis Augusto Campos Flórez	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia
9 Feb	64.9	Installed	Jesús María López Mauléon, O.A.R.	Prelate of Alto Xingu-Tucumã, Para, Brazil
10 Feb	64.9	Appointed	Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo	Apostolic Administrator of Manila, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines
11 Feb	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Barbetta Manzocchi	Titular Bishop of Isola	Auxiliary Bishop of Huarí, Peru
77.8	Retired	Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. †	Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán	Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia
76.5	Retired	Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
56.3	Ordained Bishop	Robert John McClory	Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA
57.6	Appointed	Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos	Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia
13 Feb	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Donald Edward DeGrood	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
91.5	Died	Charles James McDonnell †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
61.1	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Ndubueze Echema	Bishop of Aba, Nigeria
14 Feb	61.8	Died	Peter Iorzuul Adoboh †	Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Pavlo Honcharuk	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
63.6	Ceased	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
15 Feb	79.9	Retired	Venant Bacinoni †	Bishop of Bururi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
70.4	Appointed	Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.	Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
62.5	Installed	Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mary Kizito	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa
62.7	Ceased	Adam Leszek Musiałek, S.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
61.5	Appointed	Salvator Niciteretse	Bishop of Bururi, Burundi
16 Feb	61.5	Installed	Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Luxembourg
67.7	Installed	Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
17 Feb	64.6	Appointed	William Amove Avenya	Apostolic Administrator of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria	Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria
91.7	Died	Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Huacho, Peru
18 Feb	75.3	Retired	Bronisław Bernacki †	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
58.6	Installed	Nelson Jesus Perez	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
63.6	Succeeded	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
19 Feb	48.0	Appointed	Kęstutis Kėvalas	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
20 Feb	67.9	Died	Peter Louis Cakü †	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
58.6	Ceased	Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca	Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Julius Yakubu Kundi	Bishop of Kafanchan, Nigeria
21 Feb	69.1	Died	Ilídio Pinto Leandro †	Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
22 Feb	57.5	Appointed	Mirosław Adamczyk	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
74.1	Appointed	Roberto Bordi, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.4	Installed	Luis Augusto Campos Flórez	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
75.0	Retired	Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
54.4	Installed	Andrew Nkea Fuanya	Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Gergely Kovács	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
23 Feb	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Nadji Bab	Bishop of Laï, Chad
69.9	Ordained Bishop	Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O.	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
24 Feb	59.6	Appointed	Jose Chirackal	Auxiliary Bishop of Tura, India
59.6	Appointed	Jose Chirackal	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Auxiliary Bishop of Tura, India
25 Feb	86.3	Died	Valerian D’Souza †	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
72.1	Appointed	Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
72.1	Appointed	Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro	Titular Archbishop of Trecalae	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
72.1	Appointed	Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro	Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
26 Feb	79.2	Died	Andrea Mugione †	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
27 Feb	89.6	Died	Eduardo Alas Alfaro †	Bishop Emeritus of Chalatenango, El Salvador
50.6	Appointed	Ramón Bejarano	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
50.6	Appointed	Ramón Bejarano	Titular Bishop of Carpi	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Beshara (Bechara) Goda (Guida Matarana), O.F.M.	Bishop of Abu Qurqas (Coptic), Egypt
59.3	Appointed	Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
59.3	Appointed	Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Tabuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
57.8	Appointed	Michael Arsenio Saporito	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
57.8	Appointed	Michael Arsenio Saporito	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
71.9	Appointed	Gregory James Studerus	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
71.9	Appointed	Gregory James Studerus	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
29 Feb	62.3	Installed	Francisco Cerro Chaves	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Crameri, S.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
44.9	Installed	Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Damián Medina	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
47.4	Ceased	Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M.	Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Montt, Chile	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
61.1	Installed	Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez	Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile

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