The Year of Our Lord 2025

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	51.5	Appointed	Justin Ain Soongie	Administrator of Wabag, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
1 Jan	54.5	Succeeded	Peter Lê Tấn Lợi	Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam
1 Jan	74.8	Retired	Stephanus Tri Bữu Thiên	Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jan	91.3	Died	William Leo Higi †	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
4 Jan	58.4	Installed	Euginius Longakit Cañete, M. J.	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Renato Tarantelli Baccari	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
		Ceased	Ramón D. Uriarte	Administrator of Gumaca, Philippines	Priest
5 Jan	74.3	Resigned	Eduards Pavlovskis	Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
	61.7	Installed	Marcellin Randriamamonjy	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
	61.4	Installed	Paul Simick	Bishop of Bagdogra, India
	69.8	Appointed	Zbigņev Stankevičs	Apostolic Administrator of Jelgava, Latvia	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
	70.5	Appointed	Désiré Tsarahazana	Apostolic Administrator of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar
6 Jan	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Josivaldo José Bezerra	Titular Bishop of Patara	Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	59.7	Appointed	Simona Brambilla, M. C.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	77.7	Retired	João Bráz de Aviz	Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	59.9	Ceased	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M.	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
	64.3	Appointed	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	77.0	Retired	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	56.6	Appointed	George (Jerzy) Joseph Kołodziej, S.D.S.	Bishop of Bunbury, Australia
	75.0	Died	John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen †	Bishop Emeritus of Ratchaburi, Thailand
	70.9	Appointed	Robert Walter McElroy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	76.4	Died	Raymond Saw Po Ray †	Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
7 Jan	68.7	Appointed	Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Bishop
	65.8	Appointed	Charles Jason Gordon	Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
	68.5	Installed	Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
	90.9	Confirmed	Giovanni Battista Re	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	75.2	Retired	Douglas Regattieri	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	72.2	Resigned	Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France	Bishop Emeritus
	83.1	Ceased	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Napo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador
	77.5	Retired	Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B.	Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	59.6	Succeeded	François Marie Pierre Touvet	Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France
	79.3	Died	Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu †	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
8 Jan	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C.	Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
	75.7	Retired	Angelo Massafra, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.5	Succeeded	Giovanni Peragine, B.	Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
9 Jan	65.5	Appointed	Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B.	Bishop of La Guaira, Venezuela
	57.9	Appointed	Franck Henri Javary	Bishop of Châlons, France
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Das Pilli	Coadjutor Bishop of Nellore, India
10 Jan	65.4	Appointed	Alan Edward Campeau	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
11 Jan	69.2	Appointed	Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Baggio, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Urusi	Cardinal, Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	59.9	Resigned	Fabio Baggio, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Urusi	Cardinal, Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	54.6	Appointed	Justin Georges Ebengue	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Javier García Pérez	Titular Bishop of Tamazeni	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
	55.0	Appointed	Joseph Pamplany	Archiepiscopal Vicar of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
	59.5	Installed	Giovanni Peragine, B.	Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
	78.6	Ceased	Bosco Puthur	Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia
	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Enrique Ramón Casas	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión	Titular Archbishop of Rosella	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
12 Jan	46.4	Appointed	Filippo Ciampanelli	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F.	Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar
	59.4	Appointed	Carlo Maria Polvani	Titular Archbishop of Regiae	Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
	59.4	Appointed	Carlo Maria Polvani	Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
14 Jan	67.0	Appointed	Jérôme Daniel Beau	Archbishop of Poitiers, France
	80.7	Retired	Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.6	Resigned	Ariel Galido, M.S.C.	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
	63.8	Installed	Jeffrey Scott Grob	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	76.9	Died	Ladislav Hučko †	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
	60.8	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	60.8	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	60.8	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	81.1	Confirmed	Leonardo Sandri	Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
	52.7	Appointed	Tamati Alefosio Sefo, M.S.C.	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	60.0	Appointed	Susitino Sionepoe, S.M.	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
15 Jan	62.4	Appointed	Maurizio Claudio Bravi	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	62.4	Appointed	Maurizio Claudio Bravi	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	62.4	Appointed	Maurizio Claudio Bravi	Titular Archbishop of Tolentino	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	61.1	Installed	Nolly Camingue Buco	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines
	58.3	Selected	Joseph Cai Bingrui	Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
	59.3	Resigned	Mauro Lalli	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio
	59.3	Resigned	Mauro Lalli	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio
16 Jan	54.7	Appointed	Jackson Murugara, I.M.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Meru, Kenya
18 Jan	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Fredrik Hansen	Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway	Bishop
18 Jan	50.6	Installed	Jesús Vidal Chamorro	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
20 Jan	75.6	Retired	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Ji Weizhong	Bishop of Lüliang, China
	67.5	Appointed	Joe Steve Vásquez	Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
21 Jan	76.5	Retired	Luigi Bonazzi	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania	Apostolic Nuncio
22 Jan	61.9	Appointed	Josef Grünwidl	Apostolic Administrator of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Archbishop-Elect
	80.0	Retired	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
23 Jan	58.3	Installed	Joseph Cai Bingrui	Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
	50.5	Appointed	Estêvão Ângelo Fernando	Bishop of Alto Molócuè, Mozambique
	57.4	Installed	John Rodrigues	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay, India	Archbishop
24 Jan	51.4	Appointed	George Jacob Koovakad	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
25 Jan	64.9	Appointed	José Armando Álvarez Cano	Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	56.0	Appointed	Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B.	Ordinary of Greece (Armenian)
	63.8	Resigned	Hovsep Joseph Bezazian (Bezouzou)	Apostolic Administrator of Greece (Armenian)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	68.3	Installed	Stephen Brislin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
	80.0	Retired	Oswald Gracias	Archbishop of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Nereudo Freire Henrique	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	76.1	Appointed	John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr.	Apostolic Administrator of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	76.1	Retired	John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	55.4	Appointed	Víctor Melchor Quintana Quezada	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
	57.4	Succeeded	John Rodrigues	Archbishop of Bombay, India
	77.2	Retired	Joseph Sama	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Guy Mukasa Sanon	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso
	53.5	Appointed	Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
	78.0	Died	Tito Banchong Thopanhong †	Priest of Vientiane, Laos
	51.1	Appointed	Augustine Thang Zawm Hung	Bishop of Mindat, Myanmar
26 Jan	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Sérgio Manuel Ribeiro Dinis	Bishop of Portugal, Military
28 Jan	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Artur Olexandrovych Bubnevych	Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
	69.2	Ceased	Kurt Richard Burnette	Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
	57.3	Appointed	Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
	58.3	Installed	Ruben Caballero Labajo	Bishop of Prosperidad, Philippines
	55.6	Appointed	Romanus Elamu Mihali	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
	76.2	Retired	Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Paolo Ricciardi	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	75.2	Retired	Gerardo Rocconi	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jan	84.8	Died	[Richard Nelson Williamson] †	Bishop
31 Jan	68.3	Appointed	Stephen Brislin	Apostolic Administrator of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
	79.5	Retired	Terence Robert Curtin	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.6	Appointed	Johannes Freitag	Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
	52.6	Appointed	Johannes Freitag	Titular Bishop of Guzabeta	Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
	75.9	Retired	Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D.	Bishop of San Jacinto, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar	Bishop of San Jacinto, Ecuador
	69.9	Resigned	Giuseppe Sciacca	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See	President Emeritus
	57.3	Appointed	Marco Sprizzi	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

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