The Year of Our Lord 1923

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	72.3	Died	Alfonso Andreoli †	Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy
	52.8	Died	Emanuele Antonio Arboleda, C.M. †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
	68.3	Died	Michele Angelo Baldetti †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
	68.6	Died	Manuel Segundo Ballón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
	64.3	Died	Tommaso d'Aquino Bossart, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
	47.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Bruno †	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission of Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	69.9	Died	Agostino Cattaneo †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
	66.7	Appointed	Federico Cattani Amadori †	Secretary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Priest of Modigliana, Italy
	72.3	Resigned	Louis Couppé, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Died	Pasquale da Luchon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Djibouti
		Appointed	Giustino Fabre †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, French Guyana, Antilles
		Died	Teodosio Heikenrath, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Central New Guinea
		Appointed	Guglielmo Herting, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa
		Appointed	Daniele Kauczor, M.C.C.I. †	Prefect of Umtata, South Africa
		Born	Nikasius Kipengele †	Kipatimu	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
	56.2	Appointed	Norberto Klein, O.T. †	Superior General of Deutsch-Ordens-Priester	Bishop Emeritus of Brno, Czech Republic
		Born	Maurus Gervase Komba †	Litembo	Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
	67.6	Died	Edmondo Luypen, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
	64.6	Died	Giuseppe Moràbito †	Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy
		Born	Louis Nganga a Ndzando	Ndeke Mabela	Bishop Emeritus of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	65.0	Died	Thomas O’Dea †	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	52.1	Died	Domenico Pasi †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
	59.6	Died	Angelo Petrelli †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	72.0	Died	Luigi Pugliese †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
	52.8	Resigned	Luigi Sincero †	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission of Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †	Priest	Bishop of the unknown of Titular See
	71.6	Died	Antonín Cyril Stojan †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	55.0	Died	Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	57.5	Died	Árpád Lipót Várady †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	54.4	Died	Emanuele Virgilio †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
		Died	Stanislao von Krolikowski, O.S.F.S. †	Prefect of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
	79.4	Died	Giuseppe van Reeth, S.J. †	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
	56.5	Died	Pietro Zanolini †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
3 Jan	56.9	Appointed	Antonio Cech †	Auxiliary Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic
3 Jan	56.9	Appointed	Antonio Cech †	Titular Bishop of Cidyessus	Auxiliary Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic
4 Jan		Born	Alberto Iniesta Jiménez	Albacete	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
5 Jan	62.6	Appointed	Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles †	Titular Bishop of Doara	Bishop Emeritus of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
5 Jan	62.6	Resigned	Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	84.9	Died	Jaime Cardona y Tur †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
		Born	Edward Henryk Materski	Vilnius	Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Albino Morera †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan	53.7	Appointed	Fedele Cosio y Medyna †	Bishop of Puno, Peru
		Born	Joseph Thomas Dimino	New York	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Johann Evangelist Müller †	Titular Bishop of Lorea	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Josef Schinzel †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
9 Jan	78.8	Died	Joseph-Marie Fabre †	Bishop of Marseille, France
		Born	Celso N. Guevarra †	Capas	Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines
	73.6	Died	Jules-Laurent-Benjamin Morelle †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
12 Jan	57.9	Appointed	Kazimieras Mikalojus Michalkiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
12 Jan	57.9	Appointed	Kazimieras Mikalojus Michalkiewicz †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
13 Jan		Born	Joseph Alphonse McNicholas †	St. Louis	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
14 Jan	62.0	Installed	Uberto Maria Fiodo †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan		Born	Antonio Riboldi, I.C.	Triuggio	Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano †	Llambi Campbell	Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
19 Jan	43.9	Appointed	Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	56.3	Appointed	Daniel Champavier †	Bishop of Marseille, France
	54.1	Appointed	Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho †	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
20 Jan	55.8	Died	Jules-André Brault †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
	59.0	Appointed	Giovanni Festa †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
		Born	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Pasajes de San Juan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
21 Jan	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Fontana †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
21 Jan	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Macchi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Como, Italy
22 Jan	55.5	Installed	Ignacio Placencia y Moreira †	Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México
24 Jan		Born	Javier Azagra Labiano	Pamplona	Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
25 Jan	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Ludovico Brems, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Roskilde	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Denmark
25 Jan		Born	Emilio Ogñénovich	Olavarría	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
27 Jan	34.5	Incardinated	Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Order of St. Basil the Great	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia
28 Jan	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás Corona y Corona †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
29 Jan	26.0	Ordained Priest	Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
	70.7	Died	Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos †	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
	55.2	Appointed	Joseph Gabriel Zelger, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
30 Jan	41.5	Appointed	Richard Ryan, C.M. †	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia	Bishop of Sale, Australia
31 Jan	47.9	Installed	Francisco Javier de Irastorza Loinaz †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	75.0	Died	José López Mendoza y García, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
		Born	Jorge María Mejía	Buenos Aires	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
	68.9	Appointed	Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mopsuestia	Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)
		Born	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Chebukwa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
1 Feb	54.0	Appointed	Bernardin Castanié, C.I.M. †	Prefect of Cook e Mnihiki, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
2 Feb	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J. †	Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District
2 Feb	78.1	Appointed	Carlo Sliwowski †	Bishop of Vladivostok, Russian Federation
3 Feb	43.3	Appointed	Agustín Hombach, C.M. †	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
4 Feb	38.2	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Manríquez y Zárate †	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Quintino Carlo Bertamo Olwell, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
	63.1	Died	Charles Joseph O'Reilly †	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
	89.4	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	72.8	Succeeded	Michele Zezza di Zapponeta †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Patriarch of Constantinople, Turkey
5 Feb		Born	Michael Kuchmiak, C.SS.R. †	Obertyn, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)
	51.0	Appointed	Ismael Perdomo Borrero †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Archbishop
	51.0	Appointed	Ismael Perdomo Borrero †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
6 Feb	36.3	Appointed	John Alexander Floersh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
6 Feb	36.3	Appointed	John Alexander Floersh †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
11 Feb		Born	Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap.	Renedo de Valdetuéjar, Spain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Hugo Bressane de Araújo †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Leonard Hsu Ying-fa, O.F.M. †	Tung A-Shi-Pa-shengchung	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	69.0	Appointed	Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Antinoë	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
14 Feb	80.9	Died	Bartolomeo Bacilieri †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
14 Feb		Born	Mark Francis Schmitt	Algoma	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
15 Feb	55.3	Appointed	Joseph Gabriel Zelger, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Feb	46.5	Appointed	Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
16 Feb	46.5	Appointed	Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
17 Feb	38.8	Succeeded	Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}, China	Bishop of Kirin [Jilin], China
17 Feb	72.9	Died	Pierre-Marie-François Lalouyer, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}, China
18 Feb		Born	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †	Cork	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
19 Feb	53.7	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Curley †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA
	57.5	Appointed	Joseph Deitmer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland
	57.5	Appointed	Joseph Deitmer †	Titular Bishop of Sora	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland
		Born	René-Alexandre Dupanloup †	Etaux	Bishop Emeritus of Belley-Ars, France
20 Feb	51.0	Appointed	Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou], China	Archbishop Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China
20 Feb	51.0	Appointed	Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China
22 Feb	35.2	Appointed	Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
23 Feb	45.2	Appointed	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
	45.2	Appointed	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
	52.7	Succeeded	Angelo Paino †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Feb	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Palombella †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Macario Tinti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy
25 Feb	60.7	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide Echeverría †	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
28 Feb	46.7	Installed	Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J. †	Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District

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