The Year of Our Lord 1921

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Cristoforo Becker, S.D.S. †	Prefect of Assam, India
	58.0	Resigned	Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Cozzi †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Apostolic Delegate to Albania
		Died	Liberato da Exel, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Sumatra, Indonesia
		Died	Clemente Fernández, O.P. †	Prefect of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan
	50.9	Resigned	François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Administrator of Togo	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
	43.7	Appointed	Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P. †	Prefect of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru	Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru
	75.2	Appointed	Michele de Jorio †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	75.2	Resigned	Michele de Jorio †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Pietro Maria Kernivinen, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
		Died	Eugenio Klaeyle, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia
	89.7	Died	Domenico Marinangeli †	Patriarch of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
	53.5	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Masera †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
		Born	Jacques Mbali †	Aketi	Bishop Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
	69.3	Appointed	Francesco Moretti †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy
	69.3	Resigned	Francesco Moretti †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Zacarías Muñoz Henríquez †	Apostolic Administrator of Chillán, Chile
		Died	Pietro Noyen, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia
		Appointed	Michael Ott, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
	79.0	Died	Vincenzo Palunko †	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Louis Perera, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop-Elect of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
	59.2	Appointed	Bernardo Pizzorno †	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
	44.0	Appointed	Pietro Pomares y de Morant †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	66.9	Resigned	Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. †	Archbishop of Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus
	79.3	Retired	Wenceslao Sangüesa y Guía †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Resigned	Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Foreign Vicariate	Titular Bishop of Zama Major
	59.2	Appointed	Giacomo Sereggi †	Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus	Archbishop Emeritus of Shkodrë, Albania
	59.2	Resigned	Giacomo Sereggi †	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania	Archbishop Emeritus
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Władysław Suszyński †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania
	56.6	Appointed	Sigismund Waitz †	Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
Jan	44.9	Resigned	Franz Wolf, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Togo	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
1 Jan	49.4	Appointed	Paolo Albera †	Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	49.4	Resigned	Paolo Albera †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Born	Cyrille Emmanuel Benni †	Bagdad	Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
		Born	Pio Yukwan Deng †	Aweci	Bishop of Malakal, Sudan
2 Jan	26.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Jan	45.1	Appointed	Egide de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Jan	77.0	Died	Giovanni Carli †	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
5 Jan	45.3	Appointed	Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Demetrias	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
9 Jan	67.6	Appointed	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Titular Bishop of Pelusium	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	67.6	Resigned	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Frutos Valiente †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Born	Henri Lugagne-Delpon †	Sorgues-Sur-L'Ouvèze	Bishop of Pamiers, France
		Born	George Hamilton Pearce, S.M.	Brighton, MA, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
	47.6	Ordained Bishop	St. Luis Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
10 Jan	50.6	Appointed	Angelo Paino †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Angelo Paino †	Titular Archbishop of Antinoë	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy
	70.4	Died	Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada †	Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
11 Jan	36.1	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Administrator of Togo	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo
11 Jan	40.1	Appointed	Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Cimbebasia, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Windhoek, Namibia
13 Jan		Born	Pedro Luís António	Caconda	Bishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola
		Born	Felixberto Camacho Flores †	Agaña	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
		Born	Manuel Pérez-Gil y González †	Morelia	Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
15 Jan		Born	Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. †	Piana degli Albanesi	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy
	78.4	Died	Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viêt Nam
	48.0	Installed	Henry Thomas Renouf †	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
		Born	John Francis Whealon †	Barberton, OH	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
17 Jan		Born	Maximilian Goffart †	Kalterherberg	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
18 Jan	72.3	Died	Filippo Camassei †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
	53.9	Installed	Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
		Born	Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. †	Grand-Combe-des-Bois, France	Bishop Emeritus of San, Mali
	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Félix-Henri-François-Donatien Perroy, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Medea	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
		Born	Libero Tresoldi	Rivolta d'Adda	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
19 Jan		Born	Remigio Ragonesi †	Bagnaia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Felix Maria Davídek †	Chrice, Czech Republic	Bishop
21 Jan	56.7	Died	Celestino Loza †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
22 Jan	73.0	Died	Pablo Padilla y Bárcena †	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
24 Jan	51.2	Appointed	Andrea Cassulo †	Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey
	51.2	Appointed	Andrea Cassulo †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey
		Born	Sabás Magaña García †	Morelia	Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México
	44.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
25 Jan	51.1	Died	Rodolfo Caroli †	Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Flocard †	Bishop of Limoges, France
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Ersilio Menzani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
28 Jan		Born	André Gustave Bossuyt †	Tourcoing	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France
28 Jan	63.8	Died	Thomas Whiteside †	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
29 Jan	57.6	Died	Simeón Pereira y Castellón †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
30 Jan	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †	Bishop of Monaco	Bishop Emeritus
	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Guízar y Valencia †	Bishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
31 Jan	56.6	Installed	Pierre-Florent-André du Bois de la Villerabel †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Jan	81.3	Died	Friedrich Justus Knecht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Feb	74.6	Resigned	Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Egitto, Egypt
Feb	74.6	Resigned	Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Vicar Apostolic of Egitto, Egypt
1 Feb		Born	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla	Guadalajara	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
2 Feb	70.5	Died	Bl. Andrea Carlo Ferrari †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Hyacinthe Thiandoum †	Poponguine	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
3 Feb	84.6	Died	Félix-Auguste Béguinot †	Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), France
3 Feb	58.4	Succeeded	Marcelin-Charles Marty †	Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), France
4 Feb	41.1	Installed	Antonio Guízar y Valencia †	Bishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
4 Feb		Born	Ivan Marghitych †	Boržavske	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine
6 Feb		Born	Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C.	Mondovì-Breo, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
6 Feb	78.8	Died	Fédéric-Henri Oury †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
7 Feb		Born	Francis-Roland Lambert, S.M. †	Lawrence, MA, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
9 Feb	44.2	Installed	Emanuele Mendes da Conceição Santos †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
10 Feb		Born	Luigi Diligenza	Arzano	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
11 Feb	38.4	Appointed	Basilio Cattan †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Feb		Born	Antony Padiyara †	Manimala	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India
12 Feb	64.9	Died	John Patrick Farrelly †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
13 Feb	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Marián Blaha †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Karol Kmetko †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
		Born	Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. †	Marseille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Ján Vojtassák †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
14 Feb		Born	Michele Alfredo Marra, O.S.B. †	Placanica	Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
15 Feb	62.9	Died	Pierre-André Viganò, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India
16 Feb		Born	James Patrick Shannon †	South Saint Paul	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
17 Feb	55.6	Died	William Ambrose Jones, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
18 Feb	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Simone Barta †	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic
18 Feb	63.0	Died	Sabbatino Giani †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
19 Feb	26.3	Ordained Priest	Miguel Paternain, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Taffi †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Nicaragua
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro †	Priest	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
20 Feb		Born	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Kombeikadu	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
20 Feb	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. †	Grotte Santo Stefano, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
21 Feb		Born	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Siétamo, Spain	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
22 Feb		Born	James (Jaime) Collins, C.SS.R. †	Moyvane, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
22 Feb	69.0	Died	Josef Doubrava †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
23 Feb	43.4	Appointed	Martino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan {Ho-Nan Settentrionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Weihweifu, China
24 Feb	56.4	Installed	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †	Bishop of Monaco	Bishop Emeritus
	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas †	Bishop of Sinaloa, Sinaloa, México
	41.3	Appointed	Ignace Gabriel I Tappouni †	Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
26 Feb	37.2	Appointed	Atanasio Behnam Kalian †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
26 Feb	37.2	Appointed	Atanasio Behnam Kalian †	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
28 Feb	37.8	Installed	Francisco Frutos Valiente †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

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