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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Jan67.3DiedLawrence Sydney NicasioBishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
57.4InstalledAntonino Spadaro, S.J.Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
2 Jan79.9AppointedVicente Jiménez ZamoraApostolic Administrator of Huesca, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
79.9AppointedVicente Jiménez ZamoraApostolic Administrator of Jaca, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
57.0DiedRonald Ignacio (Bong) LunasBishop of Pagadian, Philippines
3 Jan67.1AppointedMartin Sarmiento JumoadApostolic Administrator of Pagadian, PhilippinesArchbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines
4 Jan63.3AppointedEugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S.Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
62.3AppointedJosé Benedito CardosoBishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.1Ordained BishopFrancisco Javier Martínez CastilloTitular Bishop of NepteAuxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
5 Jan50.1AppointedFrançois Hervé Marie DurandBishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
88.0DiedRyszard KarpińskiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
82.0DiedWilliam LeeBishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
58.0AppointedThomas Ifeanyichukwu ObiatuegwuAuxiliary Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria
58.0AppointedThomas Ifeanyichukwu ObiatuegwuTitular Bishop of Horrea CoeliaAuxiliary Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria
6 Jan58.3InstalledCarlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, BrazilArchbishop
89.1DiedFernando Robles CapallaArchbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
45.7AppointedImad Khoshaba GargeesPatriarchal Administrator of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), IranArchbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
45.7AppointedImad Khoshaba GargeesPatriarchal Administrator of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), IranArchbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
51.1AppointedGélase Armel KemaArchbishop of Owando, Congo
59.7AppointedAbel LilualaArchbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
80.4RetiredThomas MeramArchbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), IranArchbishop Emeritus
80.4RetiredThomas MeramBishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), IranArchbishop Emeritus of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
75.6RetiredMiguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B.Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, CongoArchbishop Emeritus
95.0DiedAnton Pain Ratu, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
81.5DiedPablo Varela ServerAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Panamá
8 Jan84.5DiedAlexio Churu MuchabaiwaBishop Emeritus of Mutare, Zimbabwe
9 Jan50.3AppointedJoão de Ceita NazaréBishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
50.0AppointedMatthieu Henri Fabien DupontBishop of Laval, France
93.7DiedPhilippe Fanoko Kossi KpodzroArchbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
46.5AppointedJuan Ignacio LiébanaBishop of Chascomús, Argentina
75.1RetiredCarlos Humberto MalfaBishop of Chascomús, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
67.7ConfirmedRaphael ThattilMajor Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
67.7ConfirmedRaphael ThattilArchbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), IndiaMajor Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
67.7SelectedRaphael ThattilMajor Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
67.7SelectedRaphael ThattilArchbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), IndiaMajor Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
56.7CeasedSebastian VaniyapurackalArchiepiscopal Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), IndiaCurial Bishop
52.2AppointedBruno Varriano, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
52.2AppointedBruno Varriano, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of AstigiAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
11 Jan75.3RetiredRamón José Aponte FernándezBishop of Valle de la Pascua, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
55.5AppointedRicardo Aldo Barreto CairoBishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela
63.1InstalledTheodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X.Bishop of Daltonganj, India
67.7InstalledRaphael ThattilMajor Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
12 Jan62.3Ordained BishopLinus Pingal EkkaBishop of Gumla, India
13 Jan77.8RetiredGerald AlmeidaBishop of Jabalpur, IndiaBishop Emeritus
61.3Ordained BishopÓscar Álvarez OrellanaTitular Bishop of PudentianaAuxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
60.7AppointedJeevanandam AmalanathanBishop of Kumbakonam, India
57.0AppointedAlbert George Alexander AnastasBishop of Kuzhithurai, India
77.7RetiredAntonisamy FrancisBishop of Kumbakonam, IndiaBishop Emeritus
58.8ResignedKannikadass William AntonyBishop of Mysore, IndiaBishop Emeritus
56.5AppointedJesu Gaspar Valan ArasuBishop of Jabalpur, India
77.0RetiredGiorgio Bertin, O.F.M.Bishop of DjiboutiBishop Emeritus
77.0RetiredGiorgio Bertin, O.F.M.Apostolic Administrator of Mogadiscio, SomaliaBishop Emeritus of Djibouti
54.3AppointedDuming DiasBishop of Karwar, India
57.7AppointedBhaskar JesurajBishop of Meerut, India
59.5AppointedJamal Boulos Sleiman DaibesBishop of Djibouti
59.5AppointedJamal Boulos Sleiman DaibesApostolic Administrator of Mogadiscio, SomaliaBishop of Djibouti
68.3AppointedJoseph KollamparambilApostolic Administrator of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), IndiaAuxiliary Bishop
51.7AppointedJustin Alexander MadathiparambilAuxiliary Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
51.7AppointedJustin Alexander MadathiparambilTitular Bishop of LysiniaAuxiliary Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
14 Jan56.1InstalledGiorgio FerrettiArchbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
59.8Ordained BishopEusebio Samwel KyandoBishop of Njombe, Tanzania
63.2CeasedJohn Chrisostom NdimboApostolic Administrator of Njombe, TanzaniaBishop of Mbinga, Tanzania
73.0InstalledFausto TardelliBishop of Pescia, ItalyBishop of Pistoia, Italy
16 Jan92.7DiedSergio SebastianiCardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
17 Jan64.0AppointedErnesto Giobando, S.J.Apostolic Administrator of Mar del Plata, ArgentinaAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
76.7RetiredJanvier Kataka LuveteBishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
62.9AppointedGustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F.Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
62.9AppointedGustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F.Titular Bishop of BuslacenaAuxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
62.9ResignedGustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F.Bishop of Mar del Plata, ArgentinaAuxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
57.8AppointedDésiré Lenge MukwenyeBishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
64.0AppointedEmmanuel Ngona Ngotsi, M. Afr.Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Jan83.8DiedGiovanni GiudiciBishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
19 Jan63.2DiedMario Eduardo Dorsonville-RodríguezBishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
20 Jan59.8Ordained BishopMikel Garciandía GoñiBishop of Palencia, Spain
48.1Ordained BishopVincent Frederick MwakhwawaTitular Bishop of Aquae ThibilitanaeAuxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
56.4Ordained BishopAmbrose PuthenveettilBishop of Kottapuram, India
51.3Ordained BishopMichael Smolinski, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
64.5CeasedAlex Joseph VadakumthalaApostolic Administrator of Kottapuram, IndiaBishop of Kannur, India
21 Jan72.9CeasedLawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.Apostolic Administrator of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), CanadaArchbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
57.6Ordained BishopGiuseppe RussoBishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
51.3InstalledMichael Smolinski, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
22 JanAppointedSimon Peter EnguraitAdministrator of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
23 Jan58.4AppointedLuís Miguel Muñoz CárdabaApostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
24 Jan78.4DiedAlberto TanasiniBishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
25 Jan58.9AppointedFrancisco Gerardo Escalante MolinaApostolic Nuncio to Japan
62.5CeasedElias Joseph GonsalvesApostolic Administrator of Amravati, IndiaArchbishop of Nagpur, India
61.2Ordained BishopMichel Proulx, O. Praem.Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
62.2Ordained BishopMalcolm SequeiraBishop of Amravati, India
56.6AppointedJanusz Stanisław UrbańczykApostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
56.6AppointedJanusz Stanisław UrbańczykTitular Archbishop of VoliApostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
57.9Ordained BishopTaddeo Wang YueshengBishop of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China
26 Jan47.0Ordained BishopDavide Carraro, P.I.M.E.Bishop of Oran, Algeria
97.5DiedEmanuele CatarinicchiaBishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
27 Jan69.5Ordained BishopJoaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B.Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
60.2Ordained BishopGeraldo de Souza RodriguesBishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
64.7Ordained BishopPeter Rumal KharadiBishop of Jhabua, India
75.8CeasedMethod Paul KilainiApostolic Administrator of Bukoba, TanzaniaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.8RetiredMethod Paul KilainiAuxiliary Bishop of Bukoba, TanzaniaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.1Ordained BishopJonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U.Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
57.1Ordained BishopJovitus Francis MwijageBishop of Bukoba, Tanzania
62.0Ordained BishopFlorencio Roselló Avellanas, O. de M.Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
73.3CeasedPeter RusnákApostolic Administrator of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), SlovakiaBishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
48.7InstalledAntônio Ederaldo de SantanaBishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
28 Jan69.5InstalledJoaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B.Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
51.7Ordained BishopOsório Citora Afonso, I.M.C.Titular Bishop of Putia in NumidiaAuxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique
97.7DiedWalter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
51.0InstalledPaulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de CamposBishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
68.3InstalledRobert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.Cardinal-Deacon of Santa MonicaCardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
54.2Ordained BishopLuc Olivier RazafitsimialonaBishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
53.2AppointedNapoleon Balili Sipalay Jr., O.P.Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines
29 Jan84.1DiedDelio LucarelliBishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
53.2Ordained BishopAntonio Sun WenjunBishop of Weifang, China
30 Jan60.0CeasedBenjamin Kituto Maswili, A.J.Apostolic Administrator of Kenya, MilitaryPriest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries
51.5AppointedJohn Njue NjeruApostolic Administrator of Kenya, MilitaryPriest of Embu, Kenya
31 Jan44.5AppointedMatthias AmbrosUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
48.9AppointedGiordano Piccinotti, S.D.B.Titular Archbishop of GradiscaPresident of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
69.3AppointedJoel Portella AmadoBishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
59.1Ordained BishopPeter Wu YishunBishop of Shaowu [Shaowu], China
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