Year 1977, January-February, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title unknown57.1Ordained PriestKarel Chytil †PriestBishop 50.6ResignedJude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. †Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USAAbbot Emeritus 51.6ResignedEnzio d’Antonio †Bishop of Trivento, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy 52.4ResignedJoão (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †Superior General of Xaverian Missionary FathersBishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy 56.7AppointedMiguel Maria Giambelli, B. †Apostolic Administrator of Guamá, Para, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil Died[Tarcisius Guo Ze-qian] †Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China 81.0DiedLudwig Haag, M. Afr. †Prefect Emeritus of Tukuyu, Tanzania DiedJosef Jindra †Bishop 59.0ResignedClément Ignace Mansourati †Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon LawAuxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon 52.5AppointedMiroslav Stefan Marusyn †Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon LawSecretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches 27.5ProfessedMalcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P.Member of Order of Friars PreachersArchbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain 24.0Ordained PriestMaurice MonierPriest of Le Puy-en-Velay, FrancePro-Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota 38.0IncardinatedPaul Kazuhiro Mori †Priest of Tōkyō, JapanAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus ResignedAmândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M. †Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-BissauPrefect Emeritus 61.8CeasedAristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsPrelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil 75.6CeasedLuigi Ricceri, S.D.B. †Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John BoscoRector Major Emeritus 61.4CeasedLouis Joseph Secondo, T.O.R. †Minister General of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of PenanceMinister General Emeritus 22.1Ordained DeaconAngelo SpinaDeacon of Boiano-Campobasso, ItalyArchbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy 69.8ResignedVolodymyr Sterniuk, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Died Wang Ju-guang (Wong Juguang) †Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China 1 Jan28.5Ordained PriestAloísio Alberto Dilli, O.F.M.Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2 Jan69.1DiedJosé de Jesús Arango Velázquez, O.F.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia 48.8Ordained BishopGiulio Einaudi †Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in TripolitanaApostolic Nuncio 3 Jan42.1AppointedGrégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †Apostolic Exarch of France (Armenian)Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon 42.1AppointedGrégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †Titular Bishop of Amida degli ArmeniPatriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon 55.7AppointedArturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. †Bishop of Pasto, ColombiaBishop Emeritus 4 Jan BornEloy Ricardo Domínguez MartínezAuxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba 56.9DiedVasco Séirécov †Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria 40.7AppointedEdgardo Gabriel Storni †Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina 40.7AppointedEdgardo Gabriel Storni †Titular Bishop of CroaeArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina 6 Jan60.4AppointedFiorenzo Angelini †Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, ItalyCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers 7 Jan74.6DiedHenri-Louis-Toussaint Vion †Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France 8 Jan44.3Ordained BishopJean-Baptiste Maria Cissé †Bishop of Sikasso, Mali 25.9Ordained PriestHéctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R.Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsVicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia 9 Jan27.5Ordained PriestEsmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del PradoPriest of Istituto del PradoBishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil 48.8Ordained BishopAlfons Demming †Titular Bishop of GordusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany 54.6Ordained BishopArmando Franco †Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, ItalyBishop of Oria, Italy 65.2Ordained BishopWilhelm Wöste †Titular Bishop of ThignicaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany 11 Jan74.5RetiredFranciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka †Bishop of Takamatsu, JapanBishop Emeritus 12 Jan92.2DiedJames Edward Kearney †Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA 13 Jan31.9Ordained PriestRamzi Garmou, Ist. del PradoPriest of Teheran (Chaldean), IranArchbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey 15 Jan89.4RetiredRaffaele Campelli †Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, ItalyBishop Emeritus 28.1Ordained PriestRobert Daniel ConlonPriest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA 58.6AppointedCostanzo Micci †Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, ItalyBishop of Fano, Italy 52.4AppointedGiuseppe (Josip) Uhac †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to GabonSecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples 16 Jan51.9Ordained BishopBernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of MutugennaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia 17 Jan57.3DiedJosé Maria Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil 48.3AppointedJames Steven Rausch †Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA 20 Jan22.6ProfessedSeverino Clasen, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorArchbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil 21 Jan BornArjan Dodaj, F.D.C.Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania 25.7Perpetual VowsRyszard Szmydki, O.M.I.Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateSecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization 22 Jan72.6DiedFranco Costa †Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy 56.2Ordained BishopPatrick Laurence Murphy †Titular Bishop of Aquae in NumidiaBishop Emeritus of Broken Bay, Australia 23 Jan29.4Ordained PriestAugustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I.Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop of Leribe, Lesotho 30.0Ordained PriestVincent Kympat †Priest of Shillong, IndiaBishop of Jowai, India 21.0ProfessedLuiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P.Member of Congregation of the PassionBishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil 24 Jan55.2AppointedAdolfo Gerstner †Bishop of Concordia, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus 26.3Perpetual VowsTarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B.Member of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil 25 Jan50.1Ordained BishopPaul Vincent Dudley †Titular Bishop of UrsonaBishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA 39.6Ordained BishopJohn Francis Kinney †Titular Bishop of CaprulaeBishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA 43.7AppointedJoão Oneres Marchiori †Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil 68.8InstalledJosé de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus 26 Jan BornDavide Carraro, P.I.M.E.Bishop of Oran, Algeria 86.9DiedSalvatore Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru 27 Jan47.6AppointedBernard Hubert †Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, CanadaBishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada 30 Jan58.9Ordained BishopCyriaque Siméon Obamba †Bishop of Mouila, GabonBishop Emeritus 31 Jan77.8RetiredAlberto Carinci †Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus 51.7SucceededEnzio d’Antonio †Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy 26.5Ordained PriestFabio Martínez Castilla †Priest of Yucatán, MéxicoArchbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México 79.0DiedGiacomo Palombella †Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy 47.1AppointedOriano Quilici †Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic ofApostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Feb56.0ResignedRedento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. †Prelate of Chuquibamba, PeruPrelate Emeritus 1 Feb38.2AppointedHoward James Hubbard †Bishop of Albany, New York, USABishop Emeritus 2 Feb22.1ProfessedJaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P.Member of Poveri Servi della Divina ProvvidenzaBishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 51.1Ordained BishopLélis Lara, C.Ss.R. †Titular Bishop of Cellae in MauretaniaBishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil 23.2ProfessedJosé Luiz Majella Delgado, C.Ss.R.Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerArchbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3 Feb75.7ResignedLuis Chávez y González †Archbishop of San Salvador, El SalvadorArchbishop Emeritus 41.9AppointedTobias Wunganayi Chiginya †Bishop of Gwelo, ZimbabweBishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe 53.9ResignedEurico Dias Nogueira †Bishop of Sá da Bandeira, AngolaArchbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal 51.9AppointedAlexandre do Nascimento †Archbishop of Lubango, AngolaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola 55.4AppointedManuel Franklin da Costa †Archbishop of Huambo, AngolaArchbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola 66.4ResignedAloysius Haene, S.M.B. †Bishop of Gwelo, ZimbabweBishop Emeritus 46.8AppointedJoseph Kyeong Kap-ryong †Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) 46.8AppointedJoseph Kyeong Kap-ryong †Titular Bishop of BuffadaBishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) 75.4RetiredMichel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †Archbishop of SingaporeArchbishop Emeritus 48.8AppointedJosé Próspero da Ascensão Puaty †Bishop of Lwena, AngolaBishop Emeritus 55.2AppointedPedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa †Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, AngolaBishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola 59.4AppointedSt. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez †Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador 53.4AppointedEugénio Salessu †Bishop of Malanje, AngolaBishop Emeritus 55.3AppointedHenricus Joachim Hubertus Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp. †Apostolic Administrator of Same, TanzaniaPrefect Emeritus of Same, Tanzania 55.3ResignedHenricus Joachim Hubertus Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp. †Prefect of Same, TanzaniaPrefect Emeritus 51.7AppointedGregory Yong Sooi Ngean †Archbishop of SingaporeArchbishop Emeritus 5 Feb76.9ResignedEliseu Maria Coroli, B. †Prelate of Guamá, Para, BrazilPrelate Emeritus 6 Feb64.4InstalledFrancis James Harrison †Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USABishop Emeritus 72.7DiedCarlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile 8 Feb28.6Ordained PriestDominic LumonPriest of Kohima, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India 9 Feb76.1RetiredFilippo Aglialoro †Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 13 Feb42.2Ordained BishopGrégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †Titular Bishop of Amida degli ArmeniPatriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon 51.2Ordained BishopAntónio José Rafael †Titular Bishop of BuduaBishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal 14 Feb63.1InstalledJoseph Elias Tawil †Eparch of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USAEparch Emeritus 15 Feb47.0AppointedRobert Edward Mulvee †Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USABishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA 47.0AppointedRobert Edward Mulvee †Titular Bishop of SummaBishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA 16 Feb46.6AppointedÉmile Marcus, P.S.S.Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France 46.6AppointedÉmile Marcus, P.S.S.Titular Bishop of Tres TabernaeArchbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France 74.9RetiredJoseph Thomas McGucken †Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USAArchbishop Emeritus 47.8AppointedJohn Raphael Quinn †Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USAArchbishop Emeritus 42.9AppointedWilliam Stephen SkylstadBishop of Yakima, Washington, USABishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA 19 Feb71.1ResignedJosé Bascuñana y López †Bishop of Solsona, SpainBishop Emeritus 46.2Ordained BishopManuel Duran Moreno †Titular Bishop of TamagristaBishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA 60.1AppointedJoão Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. †Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus 51.8Ordained BishopThaddeus Anthony Shubsda †Titular Bishop of TraguriumBishop of Monterey in California, USA 20 Feb45.6Ordained BishopThomas Flynn †Bishop of Achonry, IrelandBishop Emeritus 57.6Ordained BishopSeverinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia 22 Feb52.4AppointedGiovanni Locatelli †Bishop of Rimini, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy 52.4AppointedGiovanni Locatelli †Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy 59.5InstalledSt. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez †Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador 24 Feb55.4AppointedPaulos Tzadua †Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), EthiopiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 72.8RetiredAsrate Mariam Yemmeru †Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), EthiopiaArchbishop Emeritus 26 Feb32.2IncardinatedMathew ArackalPriest of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 36.4AppointedJean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I.Bishop of Pala, ChadBishop Emeritus 39.5AppointedHieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Pontianak, IndonesiaArchbishop Emeritus 57.9AppointedPaulinus Jeerakath, C.M.I. †Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India 54.2AppointedAbraham D. Mattam, C.V. †Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 43.7AppointedGratian Mundadan, C.M.I.Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 58.0DiedBernard Oguki-Atakpah †Bishop Emeritus of Atakpamé, Togo 63.9AppointedJanuarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 55.3AppointedJohn Perumattam, M.S.T. †Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 56.9AppointedSimon Ignatius Pimenta †Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay, IndiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 56.9AppointedSimon Ignatius Pimenta †Titular Archbishop of BocconiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India 73.1RetiredMatthew Pothanamuzhi †Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 46.5AppointedJoseph Powathil †Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India 40.4AppointedGeorge PunnakottilBishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 57.1AppointedJonas Thaliath, C.M.I. †Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India 67.8AppointedClement Thottungal, C.M.I. †Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 27 Feb52.7Ordained BishopColin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. †Bishop of Ngong, KenyaBishop Emeritus 24.9Ordained DeaconMarek SzkudłoDeacon of Katowice, PolandAuxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland 28 Feb42.9AppointedMario Joseph Conti †Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain 55.5AppointedJames Joseph Daly †Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 55.5AppointedJames Joseph Daly †Titular Bishop of Castra NovaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA 50.5AppointedJavier Osés Flamarique †Bishop of Huesca, SpainBishop Emeritus 53.5AppointedGerald Augustine John Ryan †Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA 53.5AppointedGerald Augustine John Ryan †Titular Bishop of MunatianaAuxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA