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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown64.6ResignedAquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F.Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of MaryCardinal, Superior General Emeritus
32.7EnteredXabier Gómez García, O.P.Priest of Order of Friars PreachersBishop-Elect of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain
34.4AppointedJohn Joseph KennedyOfficial of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithSecretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
36.7Ordained DeaconJosé Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.Deacon of Order of Friars MinorCoadjutor Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina
28.6ProfessedAndrea Lembo, P.I.M.E.Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsAuxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan
23.5Perpetual VowsPetro Loza, C.Ss.R.Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
32.9IncardinatedChristian Heribert Riesbeck, C.C.Priest of Companions of the CrossBishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
55.6AppointedThomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T.Superior General of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
82.5ResignedJoseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide)Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], ChinaBishop Emeritus
87.0DiedAloysius Wei ShutianAdministrator of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
83.3ResignedBartholomew Yu Chengti (Chengdi)Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], ChinaBishop Emeritus
2 Jan42.1Ordained BishopJoseph Vũ Văn ThiênBishop of Hải Phòng, Viet NamArchbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
3 Jan76.5RetiredWilliam Russell HouckBishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USABishop Emeritus
65.2AppointedJoseph Nunzio LatinoBishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USABishop Emeritus
49.9Ordained BishopAlapati Lui Mata’eligaArchbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Jan58.7AppointedAlan Stephen HopesAuxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
58.7AppointedAlan Stephen HopesTitular Bishop of CuncacestreBishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
47.7AppointedBernard LongleyAuxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great BritainArchbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
47.7AppointedBernard LongleyTitular Bishop of ZarnaArchbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
68.3AppointedLuigi PaiaroBishop of Nyahururu, KenyaBishop Emeritus
44.9AppointedKindane YebioBishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea
5 Jan67.2InstalledAndré Louis FortBishop of Orléans, FranceBishop Emeritus
36.9Ordained BishopJoseph Han ZhihaiBishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
58.9Ordained BishopCarmelo ScampaBishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, BrazilBishop Emeritus
6 Jan59.7Ordained BishopAndraos AbounaTitular Bishop of ZenobiasCurial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
64.5Ordained BishopAngelo Amato, S.D.B.Titular Archbishop of SilaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
49.1Ordained BishopJán Babjak, S.J.Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), SlovakiaArchbishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
58.7Ordained BishopRené-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. †Bishop of Abomey, BeninBishop of Porto Novo, Benin
58.9Ordained BishopBrian Farrell, L.C.Titular Bishop of AbitinaeSecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
50.9Ordained BishopCalogero La Piana, S.D.B.Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
49.4Ordained BishopPedro López QuintanaTitular Archbishop of AcropolisApostolic Nuncio to Austria
50.5Ordained BishopCelestino MiglioreTitular Archbishop of CanosaApostolic Nuncio to France
65.0Ordained BishopGiuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of FormaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
53.7Ordained BishopPierre Nguyễn Văn TốtTitular Archbishop of RusticianaApostolic Nuncio
50.3Ordained BishopMilan Šašik, C.M. †Titular Bishop of BononiaBishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
53.1Ordained BishopPaul Tschang In-NamTitular Archbishop of AmantiaApostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
7 Jan70.7AppointedNechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. †Apostolic Administrator of Greece (Armenian)Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
8 Jan86.3DiedAdolfo Roque Esteban AranaBishop Emeritus of Río Cuarto, Argentina
55.0AppointedAlonso Gerardo Garza TreviñoBishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
83.9DiedAntonio Palenzuela VelázquezBishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
49.0AppointedPedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. †Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop
25.2Ordained DeaconEphrem Elie Joseph WardeDeaconBishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
9 Jan60.6AppointedJesús García BurilloBishop of Ávila, SpainBishop Emeritus
50.4AppointedJean-Paul André Denis Marcel JamesBishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), FranceArchbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
57.1AppointedCarlos López HernándezBishop of Salamanca, SpainBishop Emeritus
10 Jan68.1AppointedRafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Líbano-Honda, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
58.8AppointedFlavio Calle ZapataArchbishop of Ibagué, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus
54.2AppointedAllen Henry VigneronCoadjutor Bishop of Oakland, California, USAArchbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
11 Jan50.5InstalledPéter ErdőCardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
28.3ProfessedEdinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A.Member of Order of St. AugustineBishop of Chiclayo, Peru
50.2Ordained BishopThomas Ignatius MacwanBishop of Ahmedabad, IndiaArchbishop of Gandhinagar, India
14 Jan99.6DiedFrancisco José Iturriza Guillén, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
48.8AppointedHlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
62.7AppointedThomas Anthony VazhapillyBishop of Mysore, IndiaBishop Emeritus
15 Jan60.3AppointedMathew AnikuzhikattilBishop of Idukki (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus
44.2AppointedThomas Koorilos ChakkalapadickalBishop of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), IndiaArchbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
75.1RetiredEndre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. †Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, HungaryAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.4AppointedJosé Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap.Coadjutor Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, BrazilBishop Emeritus
16 Jan63.0InstalledTeodoro Cruz Bacani Jr.Bishop of Novaliches, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
81.4DiedMichael Rusnak, C.Ss.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada
17 Jan76.0RetiredCarlos Marcio Camus LarenasBishop of Linares, ChileBishop Emeritus
61.6InstalledJean GagnonBishop of Gaspé, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus
47.3AppointedTomislav Koljatic MaroevicBishop of Linares, Chile
63.0DiedEdward Eugeniusz SamselBishop of Ełk, Poland
18 Jan49.2InstalledJán Babjak, S.J.Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), SlovakiaArchbishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
61.4DiedHervé Jean Luc RenaudinBishop of Pontoise, France
19 Jan65.6InstalledAlois Kothgasser, S.D.B. †Archbishop of Salzburg, AustriaArchbishop Emeritus
20 Jan53.9AppointedFrantišek RábekBishop of Slovakia, Military
21 Jan63.8AppointedJoseph Louis Jean BoishuAuxiliary Bishop of Reims, FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.8AppointedJoseph Louis Jean BoishuTitular Bishop of GaurianaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
74.7ResignedFrançois GourguillonAuxiliary Bishop of Reims, FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.4AppointedJorge Alberto Ossa SotoBishop of Florencia, ColombiaArchbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
40.7Ordained BishopJohn Baptist Tan YanquanCoadjutor Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], ChinaBishop
22 Jan64.0AppointedOdilon Guimarães MoreiraBishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus
77.0RetiredLélis Lara, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus
68.0AppointedAssis LopesAuxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.0AppointedAssis LopesTitular Bishop of ZaraïAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
70.1AppointedAugusto José Zini FilhoBishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Jan46.0AppointedGustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USAArchbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
46.0AppointedGustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.Titular Bishop of OescusArchbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
75.2RetiredRaymond Emil GoedertAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
77.1RetiredJohn Robert GormanAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.8Ordained BishopAlan Stephen HopesTitular Bishop of CuncacestreBishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
78.8RetiredThaddeus Joseph JakubowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.2AppointedFrancis Joseph KaneAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.2AppointedFrancis Joseph KaneTitular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie in MichiganAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
47.8Ordained BishopBernard LongleyTitular Bishop of ZarnaArchbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
50.4AppointedThomas John Joseph PaprockiAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USABishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
50.4AppointedThomas John Joseph PaprockiTitular Bishop of VulturariaBishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
25 Jan87.6DiedGiuseppe CarataArchbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
51.2AppointedMichel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A.Bishop of Niamey, NigerArchbishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
88.6DiedCamillo Faresin, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
79.8RetiredLuís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. †Bishop of Lichinga, MozambiqueBishop Emeritus
77.6DiedCarlos Walter Galán BarryArchbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
49.1AppointedJohn Hsane HgyiAuxiliary Bishop of Pathein, MyanmarBishop
49.1AppointedJohn Hsane HgyiTitular Bishop of PuppiBishop of Pathein, Myanmar
53.8AppointedJosé Francisco Robles OrtegaArchbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, MéxicoCardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
65.6ResignedGuy Armand Romano, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Niamey, NigerBishop Emeritus
61.3Ordained BishopCornelius Schilder, M.H.M.Bishop of Ngong, KenyaBishop Emeritus
76.0RetiredAdolfo Antonio Suárez RiveraArchbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, MéxicoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
64.1InstalledWerner ThissenArchbishop of Hamburg, GermanyArchbishop Emeritus
26 Jan58.6InstalledMarc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S.Archbishop of Québec, CanadaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops
27 Jan52.0AppointedPascal Marie RolandBishop of Moulins, FranceBishop of Belley-Ars, France
28 Jan51.6InstalledJesse Eugenio MercadoBishop of Parañaque, Philippines
29 Jan51.8AppointedAbraham DestaVicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
51.8AppointedAbraham DestaTitular Bishop of Horrea AniniciVicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
51.6AppointedHarold Anthony PereraBishop of Ratnapura, Sri LankaBishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
61.4InstalledGabriel Villaruz ReyesBishop of Antipolo, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
54.1AppointedFlorentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. †Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
30 Jan71.6ResignedRichard Charles Patrick HanifenBishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USABishop Emeritus
57.9SucceededMichael John SheridanBishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USABishop Emeritus
68.9Ordained BishopIgnatius Wang Chung ChangTitular Bishop of SitipaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
31 Jan76.2RetiredAntonio CantisaniArchbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
68.0AppointedAntonio CilibertiArchbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
77.8DiedNarbal da Costa StencelAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30.6Ordained PriestJuan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza, O.P.Priest of Order of Friars PreachersBishop of Coroico, Bolivia
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