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The Year of Our Lord 1921

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Mar48.4ResignedPietro Fumasoni BiondiApostolic Delegate to JapanCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
62.1ResignedIldephonse Lanslots, O.S.B. †Prefect of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South AfricaPrefect Emeritus
1 MarBornTerence James CookeCardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
55.5ResignedKaspar KleinVicar Apostolic of Anhalt, GermanyArchbishop of Paderborn, Germany
BornSpiridon MattarBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
5 MarBornVartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
6 Mar89.5DiedDomenico MarinangeliTitular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
50.8Ordained BishopLouis Van Hoeck, S.J. †Bishop of Patna, IndiaBishop of Ranchi, India
7 Mar56.1Elevated to CardinalJuan Bautista Benlloch y VivóCardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
66.8AppointedVicente Casanova y MarzolCardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
63.3AppointedFlorencio Cerviño y GonzálezBishop of Orense, Spain
55.5Elevated to CardinalDennis Joseph DoughertyCardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
55.1AppointedJosé Juan de Jésus Herrera y PiñaArchbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, MéxicoArchbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
50.1AppointedLudwig Maria HugoCoadjutor Bishop of Mainz, GermanyBishop
50.1AppointedLudwig Maria HugoTitular Bishop of BubastisBishop of Mainz, Germany
60.2AppointedPietro La FontaineCardinal-Priest of Santi XII ApostoliCardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
69.4AppointedFrancesco MorettiTitular Archbishop of Laodicea in SyriaBishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy
69.4ResignedFrancesco MorettiBishop of Terni e Narni, ItalyBishop Emeritus
60.5AppointedFrancis Edward Joseph MostynArchbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
59.3AppointedBernardo PizzornoBishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
70.2Elevated to CardinalFrancesco RagonesiCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
70.2ResignedFrancesco RagonesiApostolic Nuncio to SpainCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
58.0AppointedJohannes ScheifesAuxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
58.0AppointedJohannes ScheifesTitular Bishop of CestrusAuxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
49.4Elevated to CardinalKarl Joseph SchulteCardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
52.0Elevated to CardinalMichael von FaulhaberCardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
52.4AppointedFrancisco de Asís Vidal y BarraquerCardinal-Priest of Santa SabinaCardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
52.4Elevated to CardinalFrancisco de Asís Vidal y BarraquerCardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
8 MarBornLuigi SpositoSecretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
10 Mar53.8AppointedPietro BenedettiTitular Archbishop of TyrusApostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
53.8AppointedPietro BenedettiApostolic Delegate to MéxicoApostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
45.3AppointedGilles de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. †Titular Bishop of AzotusVicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.1AppointedRafael Otón Castro y JiménezArchbishop of San José de Costa Rica
43.4AppointedMartino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. †Titular Bishop of CalamaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Weihweifu, China
BornBernard Patrick DevlinBishop Emeritus of Gibraltar
55.5AppointedDennis Joseph DoughertyCardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed AchilleoCardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
54.3AppointedLouis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Port Victoria o SeychellesBishop Emeritus
53.6AppointedCharles-Albert-Joseph LecomteBishop of Amiens, France
52.6AppointedAntonio del Carmen Monestel y ZamoraBishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
50.2AppointedAugustus John SchwertnerBishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
49.4AppointedKarl Joseph SchulteCardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro CoronatiCardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
69.8AppointedAntonín Cyril StojanArchbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
52.0AppointedMichael von FaulhaberCardinal-Priest of Sant’AnastasiaCardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
12 MarBornArgimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. †Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
13 Mar38.5Ordained BishopBasilio Cattan, B.C. †Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), LebanonArchbishop Emeritus
BornPhilippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiễn, P.F.J. †Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
14 MarBornHippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
15 MarBornDominic Ðinh Huy QuangAuxiliary Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam
47.5AppointedJoaquim Ferreira de MeloBishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
BornCarlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. †Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
39.1AppointedSebastião Leme da Silveira CintraCoadjutor Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop
39.1AppointedSebastião Leme da Silveira CintraTitular Archbishop of PharsalusCardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18 Mar48.0AppointedGiovanni IaconoBishop of Caltanissetta, ItalyBishop Emeritus
25.2Ordained PriestDomenico ValeriiPriestBishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
19 Mar83.1DiedPierre-Marie BelmontBishop of Clermont, France
59.8InstalledSilviano Carrillo y CárdenasBishop of Sinaloa, México
40.1ResignedAchille GrimaldiBishop-Elect of Tricarico, ItalyFormer Bishop-Elect
64.5DiedTimoteo Hernández y MulasBishop of Guadix, Spain
62.0SucceededFrancisque- Jean-Etienne MarnasBishop of Clermont, France
22.5Ordained PriestSilvino MartínezPriest of San Juan de Cuyo, ArgentinaBishop of Rosario, Argentina
48.2InstalledErsilio MenzaniBishop of Piacenza, Italy
BornJoseph Nguyễn Phụng HiểuBishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
BornGiovanni PisanuBishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy
25.2Ordained PriestAlfonso Ródenas GarcíaPriestBishop of Almería, Spain
BornJoseph-Marie Trịnh Văn CănCardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
20 Mar23.1Ordained PriestJoão da Matha de Andrade e AmaralPriest of Nazaré, Pernambuco, BrazilBishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
39.6AppointedJohannes Michiel Buckx, S.C.I. †Apostolic Administrator of Finland {Finlandia}Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
BornFeliciano González AscanioBishop of Maracay, Venezuela
21 Mar60.2AppointedJean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. †Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères
50.5DiedConstant-Philomène Jeanningros, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet NamVicar Apostolic
BornJosé Méndez AsensioArchbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
75.4DiedJoseph MüllerAuxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
22 MarBornGabriel BulletAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
24 MarBornEverardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
86.6DiedJames GibbonsCardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
BornVittorio PiolaBishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
25 MarBornEdmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
BornJosé GomesBishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
BornJohn McCormackBishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
26 Mar23.3Ordained PriestPedro Celestí (Jaume) Gusi i Rossell, O.S.B. †Priest of Order of Saint BenedictSuperior General Emeritus
23.0Ordained PriestGiuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. †Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsBishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
25.7Ordained PriestPietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsBishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
25.8Ordained PriestLuigi Santa, I.M.C. †Priest of Consolata MissionariesBishop of Rimini, Italy
29 MarBornRobert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. †Prefect Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
30 MarBornPavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †Titular Bishop of Rusadus
BornJosé Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-VelascoBishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
40.0Ordained BishopFrancis Joseph TiefBishop of Concordia, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus
31 MarBornStephen Nweke EzeanyaArchbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria
47.4AppointedFederico TedeschiniApostolic Nuncio to SpainCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
1 Apr79.2DiedVince PalunkoAuxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
3 Apr28.7Ordained PriestPedro Pablo (Luis Reinaldo) Andrade Sánchez, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorPrefect Emeritus of Galápagos, Ecuador
22.5Ordained PriestJoseph GennangiPriestBishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria
69.8Ordained BishopAntonín Cyril StojanArchbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
5 AprBornLorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
42.8AppointedFrancis VazhapillyVicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
6 Apr40.0InstalledFrancis Joseph TiefBishop of Concordia, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus
7 Apr42.8AppointedFrancis VazhapillyTitular Bishop of Philadelphia in LydiaBishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
8 Apr80.6DiedPietro BerrutiBishop of Vigevano, Italy
9 Apr47.5AppointedPaul-Jules-Narcisse RémondTitular Bishop of ClysmaBishop of Nice, France
56.8AppointedSigismund WaitzApostolic Administrator of Innsbruck, AustriaArchbishop of Salzburg, Austria
80.1DiedWilliam Joseph WalshArchbishop of Dublin, Ireland
10 Apr53.8Ordained BishopPietro BenedettiTitular Archbishop of TyrusApostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
50.2Ordained BishopLudwig Maria HugoTitular Bishop of BubastisBishop of Mainz, Germany
47.4Ordained BishopFranciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †Titular Bishop of AmyclaeVicar Apostolic of Chengting [Zhengding], China
11 AprBornArturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
79.5DiedDomenico ScopellitiBishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
50.0AppointedWincenty TymienieckiBishop of Łódź, Poland
13 Apr34.6AppointedGiacomo CarabelliArchbishop of Siracusa, Italy
15 Apr50.2SucceededLudwig Maria HugoBishop of Mainz, Germany
62.7DiedGeorg Heinrich Maria KirsteinBishop of Mainz, Germany
16 Apr67.5DiedKarl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
BornRoberto Reinaldo Cáceres GonzálezBishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
60.6InstalledFrancis Edward Joseph MostynArchbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
17 Apr46.3Ordained BishopJoseph-Jean-Baptiste HalléTitular Bishop of PerrheVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada
45.0Ordained BishopGiovanni Battista Federico VallegaArchbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
18 AprBornMiguel Roca CabanellasArchbishop of Valencia, Spain
19 Apr63.8AppointedAmbrogio Damiano Achille RattiTitular Archbishop of AdanaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
BornRoberto Tucci, S.J. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio
21 Apr59.9AppointedPasquale BerardiArchbishop of Gaeta, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
BornMichel Hakim, B.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
23 AprBornCleto BellucciArchbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
55.1AppointedFranz Rudolf BornewasserAuxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, GermanyBishop of Trier, Germany
55.1AppointedFranz Rudolf BornewasserTitular Bishop of BidaBishop of Trier, Germany
65.5DiedLiberatus da Exel (Jacobus) Cluts, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of Sumatra, Indonesia
82.5DiedHenry GabrielsBishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
BornRogelio Sánchez GonzálezBishop Emeritus of Colima, México
24 Apr59.1InstalledSalvatore BellaBishop of Acireale, Italy
23.0Ordained PriestJerônimo MazzarottoPriest of Curitiba, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
27.5Ordained PriestAngel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. †Priest of Order of St. AugustineVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
58.1Ordained BishopJohannes ScheifesTitular Bishop of CestrusAuxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
33.7Ordained PriestPlácido (Thaddäus) Staeb (Stäb), O.S.B. †Priest of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot
27 Apr50.2InstalledLudwig Maria HugoBishop of Mainz, Germany
28 Apr62.5AppointedJohann RafflBishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
30 Apr52.5AppointedEmmanuel Boleslaus LedvinaBishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USABishop Emeritus
47.5AppointedFederico TedeschiniTitular Archbishop of NaupactusCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
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