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January


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown46.0AppointedJohn Lei JiapeiBishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
54.5ResignedLucio Ángel Vallejo BaldaSecretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy SeeSecretary Emeritus
88.0RetiredVincent Zhu WeifangBishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], ChinaBishop Emeritus
2 Jan49.9Ordained BishopLuigi RennaBishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, ItalyArchbishop of Catania, Italy
56.8InstalledPablo Virgilio Siongco DavidBishop of Kalookan, Philippines
3 Jan78.0RetiredAmbroise Kotamba DjolibaBishop of Sokodé, TogoBishop Emeritus
67.5Ordained BishopRoberto FilippiniBishop of Pescia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
58.7AppointedCélestin-Marie GaouaBishop of Sokodé, Togo
87.0DiedBarnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’ImanaBishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
92.9DiedAlberto Iniesta JiménezAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
85.0DiedRaymond William LessardBishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
4 Jan77.8RetiredRodrigo Orlando Cabrera CuéllarBishop of Santiago de María, El SalvadorBishop Emeritus
53.9AppointedWilliam Ernesto Iraheta RiveraBishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
54.5AppointedThomas Eusebios NaickamparampilBishop of Saint Mary, Queen of Peace (Syro-Malankara), USABishop of Parassala (Syro-Malankara), India
5 Jan53.5InstalledTadeusz LityńskiBishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
6 Jan50.0AppointedLuis Gonzaga FéchioBishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
54.5AppointedJuarez Sousa Da SilvaCoadjutor Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, BrazilArchbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
7 Jan85.3DiedAlwin Albert Hafner, M.S.F. †Bishop Emeritus of Morombe, Madagascar
46.8AppointedPaul Antoine NassifApostolic Exarch of Canada (Syrian)
46.8AppointedPaul Antoine NassifTitular Bishop of SerigeneApostolic Exarch of Canada (Syrian)
8 Jan75.8RetiredMiguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. †Bishop of Vitoria, SpainBishop Emeritus
55.5AppointedJuan Carlos Elizalde EspinalBishop of Vitoria, Spain
91.3DiedCarlos Milcíades Villalba AquinoBishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
9 Jan67.2InstalledSalvatore LigorioArchbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
53.5AppointedAntónio Augusto de Oliveira AzevedoAuxiliary Bishop of Porto, PortugalBishop of Vila Real, Portugal
53.5AppointedAntónio Augusto de Oliveira AzevedoTitular Bishop of CemerinianusBishop of Vila Real, Portugal
94.3DiedPaul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France
51.1Ordained BishopCorrado SanguinetiBishop of Pavia, Italy
10 Jan59.7Ordained BishopHervé Marie Michel GosselinBishop of Angoulême, France
88.9DiedFrancis Thomas HurleyArchbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
64.5InstalledFrancesco ManentiBishop of Senigallia, Italy
63.2Ordained BishopJonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of CanapiumVicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
63.6Ordained BishopRolf SteinhäuserTitular Bishop of ThuburnicaAuxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
11 Jan84.5DiedAlbert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Jan56.0AppointedEuzébius Chinekezy Ogbonna ManagwuBishop of Port-Gentil, Gabon
62.5Ordained BishopAnthony Bernard PaulBishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
51.8AppointedJose PulickalAuxiliary Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop
51.8AppointedJose PulickalTitular Bishop of LaresBishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India
13 Jan53.4CeasedJorge Alberto Cavazos ArizpeApostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MéxicoArchbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
71.9AppointedTerrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
55.1InstalledEnrique Sánchez MartínezBishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MéxicoBishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
14 Jan39.4AppointedVolodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R.Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
39.4AppointedVolodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R.Titular Bishop of BahannaAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
75.7RetiredRayappu JosephBishop of Mannar, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus
79.0AppointedJoseph Kingsley SwampillaiApostolic Administrator of Mannar, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
15 Jan74.1DiedDaniel Joseph BohanArchbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
65.9AppointedDomenico CornacchiaBishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
16 Jan70.0ResignedJosé Lai Hung-sengBishop of Macau, ChinaBishop Emeritus
59.1AppointedStephen Lee Bun SangBishop of Macau, China
83.9DiedAlexius Obabu MakoziBishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
42.7Ordained PriestJohn Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F.Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of FaithBishop-Elect of Myitkyina, Myanmar
69.7AppointedLuigi PezzutoApostolic Nuncio to MonacoApostolic Nuncio
49.9InstalledLuigi RennaBishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, ItalyArchbishop of Catania, Italy
76.3RetiredLuigi TravaglinoApostolic Nuncio to MonacoApostolic Nuncio
17 Jan89.0DiedFrancis Bible SchulteArchbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 Jan46.2AppointedFadi Abou Chebel, O.M.M.Apostolic Exarch of Colombia (Maronite)
75.3RetiredGentil DelázariBishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, BrazilBishop Emeritus
64.2AppointedCanísio KlausBishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
64.0Ordained BishopEmmanuel Nguyên Hong SonCoadjutor Bishop of Bà Rịa, Viet NamBishop
21 Jan53.5AppointedMarco BrunettiBishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
80.2CeasedJosé Guadalupe Martín RábagoApostolic Administrator of Autlán, Jalisco, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
72.7CeasedFrancesco Guido RavinaleApostolic Administrator of Alba (Pompea), ItalyBishop Emeritus of Asti, Italy
49.6AppointedGiuseppe RussoUnder Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic SeeBishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
68.7InstalledRafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M.Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
22 Jan83.1DiedIan MurrayBishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Jan59.2InstalledStephen Lee Bun SangBishop of Macau, China
44.9AppointedMirosław MilewskiAuxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
44.9AppointedMirosław MilewskiTitular Bishop of Villa NovaAuxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
54.6InstalledThomas Eusebios NaickamparampilBishop of Saint Mary, Queen of Peace (Syro-Malankara), USABishop of Parassala (Syro-Malankara), India
46.9Ordained BishopPaul Antoine NassifTitular Bishop of SerigeneApostolic Exarch of Canada (Syrian)
24 Jan57.0Ordained BishopKarel Marinus ChoennieBishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
73.2CeasedPaulo Antônio de ContoApostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
67.6InstalledRoberto FilippiniBishop of Pescia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
51.2InstalledCorrado SanguinetiBishop of Pavia, Italy
52.4InstalledRodolfo Luís WeberArchbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25 Jan56.6AppointedFélix Eduardo Antonio Calderón CruzBishop of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa, Guatemala
56.7IncardinatedMiguel Ángel Martínez MéndezPriest of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa, GuatemalaVicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala
60.1AppointedMiguel Maury BuendíaApostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic ofApostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
64.5Ordained BishopPaul McAleenanTitular Bishop of MerciaAuxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
59.5AppointedCarlo Roberto Maria RedaelliApostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Acqui, ItalyArchbishop of Gorizia, Italy
47.5Ordained BishopJohn WilsonTitular Bishop of LindisfarnaArchbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
27 Jan50.6AppointedAdilson Pedro Busin, C.S.Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
50.6AppointedAdilson Pedro Busin, C.S.Titular Bishop of GuardialfieraBishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
28 Jan49.3AppointedJosé Hiraís Acosta BeltránBishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
80.4DiedÉmile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
29 Jan63.6AppointedMiguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I.Titular Bishop of LupercianaCardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
75.5RetiredRaffaele CalabroBishop of Andria, ItalyBishop Emeritus
63.7AppointedLuigi MansiBishop of Andria, Italy
30 Jan51.5Ordained BishopHenrique Aparecido de Lima, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
48.1AppointedVirgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B.Bishop of Díli, Timor-LesteCardinal, Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste
58.1Ordained BishopAntonio NapolioniBishop of Cremona, Italy
55.1AppointedCarlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.Auxiliary Bishop of Huancayo, PeruBishop of Huancavélica, Peru
55.1AppointedCarlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.Titular Bishop of MattianaBishop of Huancavélica, Peru
47.2Ordained BishopGeorge Desmond Tambala, O.C.D.Bishop of Zomba, MalawiArchbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
52.1Ordained BishopNélio Domingos ZorteaBishop of Jataí, Goias, BrazilBishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
31 Jan58.8InstalledJosé Reginaldo AndriettaBishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
53.4Ordained BishopNuno Manuel dos Santos AlmeidaTitular Bishop of RuspaeBishop of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal
66.9InstalledRuben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F.Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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