The Year of Our Lord 2021

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	58.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Dkhar	Administrator of Jowai, India	Bishop
	60.5	Appointed	Henry Eikhlein	Administrator of Pathein, Myanmar	Bishop
	57.0	Appointed	Mathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C.	Superior General of Order of Imitation of Christ	Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India
	59.2	Appointed	Linus Pingal Ekka	Administrator of Gumla, India	Bishop
1 Jan	60.4	Installed	Erio Castellucci	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	John Lee Juo-Wang	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand	Archbishop
	53.6	Appointed	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Christchurch, New Zealand	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	52.4	Appointed	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
	54.4	Appointed	Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
2 Jan	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Jos� Ferrari	Titular Bishop of Pinhel	Auxiliary Bishop of Tucum�n, Argentina
2 Jan	51.5	Installed	Moacir Silva Arantes	Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
3 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Archbishop of Korhogo, C�te d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, C�te d’Ivoire
	75.0	Retired	Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz	Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Archbishop Emeritus
	71.6	Installed	Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia
	59.1	Installed	Anthony Poola	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Dorival Souza Barreto J�nior	Titular Bishop of Tyndaris	Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	75.6	Appointed	Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus
4 Jan	66.0	Appointed	David Kamau Ng’ang’a	Apostolic Administrator of Nairobi, Kenya	Auxiliary Bishop
	75.0	Retired	John Njue	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	77.6	Died	Guillermo Rodr�guez-Melgarejo †	Bishop Emeritus of San Mart�n, Argentina
	53.7	Appointed	Marek Solarczyk	Bishop of Radom, Poland
	85.2	Died	Antoni Stankiewicz †	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	75.0	Retired	Henryk Marian Tomasik	Bishop of Radom, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Appointed	Luc Ren� Young Chen Yin, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Rodrigues, Mauritius	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
5 Jan	49.4	Appointed	Michael Miabesue Bibi	Bishop of Bu�a, Cameroon
5 Jan	100.5	Died	Joseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide) †	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sany�an], China
6 Jan	59.9	Ordained Bishop	L�szl� Felf�ldi	Bishop of P�cs, Hungary
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Simon Kim Ju-young	Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)	Bishop of Chuncheon, Korea (South)
	60.6	Ceased	Gy�rgy Udvardy	Apostolic Administrator of P�cs, Hungary	Archbishop of Veszpr�m, Hungary
7 Jan	62.9	Installed	Raphy Manjaly	Archbishop of Agra, India
	91.3	Died	Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
	62.2	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
	62.2	Appointed	Eugene Martin Nugent	Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
	88.5	Died	Henri Schwery †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
8 Jan	69.2	Died	C�stor Oswaldo Azuaje P�rez, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Fran�ois Achille Eyabi	Bishop of Es�ka, Cameroon
	64.6	Appointed	Antonio G�mez Cantero	Coadjutor Bishop of Almer�a, Spain	Bishop
	57.5	Appointed	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
	53.7	Installed	Marek Solarczyk	Bishop of Radom, Poland
9 Jan	54.9	Appointed	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Cr�teil, France
	47.2	Appointed	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	47.2	Appointed	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Justo Rodr�guez Gallego	Titular Bishop of Nomentum	Auxiliary Bishop of Z�rate-Campana, Argentina
	73.6	Resigned	Michel L�on �mile Santier	Bishop of Cr�teil, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	88.1	Died	Adam Dyczkowski †	Bishop Emeritus of Zielona G�ra-Gorz�w, Poland
10 Jan	60.6	Installed	Jacques L�on Jean Marie Habert	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
11 Jan	75.0	Retired	Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz	Archbishop of Avignon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.0	Confirmed	Anthony Li Hui	Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
	74.2	Died	Luis Adriano Piedrah�ta Sandoval †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	77.6	Appointed	Georges Paul Pontier	Apostolic Administrator of Avignon, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
	91.9	Died	Oscar Rizzato †	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
	59.6	Appointed	Bernab� de Jes�s Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala
12 Jan	58.9	Ordained Bishop	David Joseph Bonnar	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
12 Jan	61.3	Died	Florentin Crihălmeanu †	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
13 Jan	87.9	Died	Mario Cecchini †	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
	65.3	Appointed	Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos	Bishop of Jequi�, Bahia, Brazil
	52.8	Appointed	Rub�n Gregorio Delgado Carmona	Administrator of Trujillo, Venezuela	Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela
	53.6	Died	Moses Hamungole †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
	63.2	Appointed	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	88.0	Died	Eus�bio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	70.0	Died	Philip Tartaglia †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
14 Jan	66.0	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
14 Jan	79.5	Died	Vincent Paul Logan †	Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Jan	77.0	Appointed	Gianni Ambrosio	Apostolic Administrator of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
	62.8	Installed	Michael William Fisher	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	71.6	Resigned	Giovanni Santucci	Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	72.6	Ceased	Edward Bernard Scharfenberger	Apostolic Administrator of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
16 Jan	52.9	Installed	Devair Ara�jo da Fonseca	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Tom�s Alejo Concepci�n	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
	75.8	Retired	Joseph Đ�nh Đ�c Đao	Bishop of Xu�n Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	67.6	Appointed	John Đo Văn Ng�n	Bishop of Xu�n Lộc, Viet Nam
17 Jan	65.8	Died	Abel Doctor Gabuza †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
	89.3	Died	Vincent Michael Rizzotto †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Rumen Ivanov Stanev	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
	70.2	Died	Philip Edward Wilson †	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
18 Jan	76.7	Retired	Marcello Bartolucci	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Secretary Emeritus
	61.8	Appointed	Fabio Fabene	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
	61.8	Appointed	Fabio Fabene	Titular Archbishop of Mons Faliscus	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
	65.2	Died	Francisco Daniel Rivera S�nchez, M.Sp.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of M�xico, Federal District
19 Jan	78.2	Died	William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
19 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Pietro Lagnese	Apostolic Administrator of Ischia, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
20 Jan	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicol�s Ren�n Aguilera Arroyo	Bishop of Potos�, Bolivia
	70.2	Ceased	Tommaso Caputo	Apostolic Administrator of Caserta, Italy	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
	77.8	Died	John Baptist Kaggwa †	Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda
	54.8	Appointed	Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	59.3	Installed	Pietro Lagnese	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
21 Jan	91.8	Died	Jos� Crisologo Sorra †	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
22 Jan	53.0	Appointed	Francesco Airoldi	Apostolic Administrator of Monze, Zambia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	94.0	Died	Jean Assaad Haddad †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	93.9	Died	Alfredo Magarotto †	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
23 Jan	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacr�s	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Halim Habib	Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Valter Magno de Carvalho	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	59.2	Ceased	Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz	Apostolic Administrator of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Jos� Tigerino D�vila	Bishop of Bluefields, Nicaragua
	80.2	Installed	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Arkadiusz Trochanowski	Bishop of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
24 Jan	57.0	Ceased	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Apostolic Administrator of Wau, South Sudan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
	52.5	Installed	Gergely Kov�cs	Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian)	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
	79.8	Appointed	Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
	86.7	Died	Patrick O’Donoghue †	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
25 Jan	71.1	Resigned	Joseph-Luc-Andr� Bouchard	Bishop of Trois-Rivi�res, Qu�bec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Damian Bryl	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Philip Camilleri	Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Stephanus Han Jung Hyun	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	50.9	Appointed	Josif Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	50.9	Appointed	Josif Printezis	Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), Greece	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	79.9	Retired	Nik�laos Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
	79.9	Retired	Nik�laos Printezis	Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	60.3	Installed	Giuseppe Satriano	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
26 Jan	85.7	Died	Luc Julian Matthys †	Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
27 Jan	69.2	Appointed	Peter Abir Antonysamy	Apostolic Administrator of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Bishop of Sultanpet, India
27 Jan	75.5	Retired	Antony Anandarayar †	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jan	52.4	Appointed	Francisco Jos� Prieto Fern�ndez	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Archbishop
	52.4	Appointed	Francisco Jos� Prieto Fern�ndez	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	73.2	Died	Juan del R�o Mart�n †	Archbishop of Spain, Military
29 Jan	48.4	Appointed	Peter Beňo	Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	48.4	Appointed	Peter Beňo	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	55.6	Installed	Hilario Gonz�lez Garc�a	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, M�xico
30 Jan	93.2	Died	Rafael Gallardo Garc�a, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tampico, Tamaulipas, M�xico
	53.3	Appointed	Jos� Libardo Garc�s Monsalve	Apostolic Administrator of C�cuta, Colombia	Bishop
	58.2	Installed	V�ctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid	Bishop of Colombia, Military
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Artur Ważny	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
31 Jan	72.1	Removed	Michel Abrass, B.A.	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Jan	61.0	Appointed	Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.	Apostolic Administrator of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop of Sa�dā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

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