The Year of Our Lord 1925

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.8	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Briani, F.S.C.J. †	Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Superior General Emeritus of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
		Appointed	Marcelo Calvo †	Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
	48.0	Resigned	Antonio Maria Capettini, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	26.0	Professed	Julian Edward Dillon, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Shashi [Shasi], China
		Born	Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi †	Bandala	Bishop Emeritus of Rumbek, Sudan
	55.8	Appointed	Emilio Ferrais †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania, Italy	Archbishop
		Born	Gabriel Kihimbare †	Nuguerero	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kitega, Burundi
	28.6	Professed	Edgar Larochelle, P.M.E. †	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Prefect Emeritus of Lintong [Lintung], China
	25.0	Professed	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
	23.5	Professed	Emilien Massé, P.M.E. †	Member of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Prefect of Lintong [Lintung], China
		Appointed	Giuseppe Rose, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	18.3	Professed	Alphonse Van Buggenhout, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Datong [Tatung], China
1 Jan		Born	Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M.	Troškunai, Lithuania	Titular Bishop of Egara
2 Jan		Born	Ubaldo Calabresi †	Sezze Romano, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Argentina
	43.1	Appointed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	43.1	Appointed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
		Born	Francesco Colasuonno †	Grumo Appula	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
	58.5	Appointed	Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada †	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	58.5	Resigned	Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jan		Born	Valenti Giacomo Lazzeri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cologno al Serio	Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
4 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Palmas, Brazil
5 Jan		Born	Marcello Costalunga †	Roma, Italy	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	75.1	Died	Henry Moeller †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	69.0	Died	Patrick Phelan †	Bishop of Sale, Australia
6 Jan		Born	Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I.	Dardine, Italy	Prelate Emeritus of Huarí, Peru
6 Jan	49.1	Installed	Giovanni Pranzini †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
7 Jan		Born	Manuel S. Salvador †	Dalaguete	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
8 Jan	79.4	Appointed	Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
11 Jan	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
12 Jan	54.9	Installed	Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
		Born	Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap.	Chemillé, France	Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti
		Born	Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel †	Ampuis	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
13 Jan	66.1	Died	Franz Zorn von Bulach †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
14 Jan		Born	Rafael Muñoz Núñez †	Vista Hermosa	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México
15 Jan		Appointed	Leone Delaval, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, French Guyana, Antilles
16 Jan	58.1	Appointed	Felix Ambrosio Guerra, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Verissa	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
	58.1	Resigned	Felix Ambrosio Guerra, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	Gabriel-Roch de Llobet †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Archbishop
	53.0	Appointed	Gabriel-Roch de Llobet †	Titular Archbishop of Odessus	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	63.3	Appointed	Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Alfredo Battisti †	Masi	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
		Born	Matthew Kia Yen-wen	Yuenshi Hsien	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
		Born	Józef Kazimierz Kluz †	Olpiny	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
18 Jan	72.2	Died	Louis Charles Casartelli †	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
18 Jan	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Laubitz †	Titular Bishop of Iasus	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
19 Jan	92.9	Died	Pedro Rocamora y García †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
20 Jan	39.1	Appointed	Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Araucanía, Chile	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
20 Jan	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Justino José de Sant’Ana †	Bishop of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
21 Jan		Born	Luciano José Cabral Duarte	Aracajú	Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
21 Jan		Born	Štefan Vrablec	Závod	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava, Slovakia
23 Jan	46.7	Installed	João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) †	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Jan		Born	Mario Miglietta †	Leverano	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
25 Jan		Born	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Santiago de la Punta	Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military
26 Jan		Born	Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso †	Santiago	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
27 Jan	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Thorman †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
28 Jan	66.3	Installed	Théophile-Marie Louvard †	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
29 Jan	58.1	Died	Ignazio Gladès Berzi †	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Jan		Born	Léon Hégelé	Montreux-Vieux	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
31 Jan		Born	Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M. †	Panacachi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
1 Feb	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Cicognani †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
3 Feb		Born	Jean-Baptiste Décoste †	Saint Louis du Sud	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
5 Feb	79.3	Died	Charles du Pont de Ligonnès †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
5 Feb	71.6	Resigned	Paul Nègre †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	50.6	Appointed	Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	50.6	Appointed	Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	56.4	Appointed	John Thomas Kidd †	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
7 Feb		Born	Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap.	Venezia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ndalatando, Angola
9 Feb	82.4	Appointed	Alfred-Jules Mélisson †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
9 Feb	82.4	Retired	Alfred-Jules Mélisson †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb	82.0	Died	Paolo Emio Bergamaschi †	Bishop Emeritus of Troia, Italy
11 Feb	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Uberaba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
	38.7	Ordained Bishop	José Maria Parreira Lara †	Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12 Feb		Born	Alfonso Arteaga Yepes †	Don Matías	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
13 Feb	51.4	Appointed	Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	72.3	Appointed	Carmelo Pujia †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	63.3	Appointed	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Titular Bishop of Neocaesarea in Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Ogliastra, Italy
	63.3	Resigned	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb		Born	Paul Francis Reding †	Hamilton	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
15 Feb	53.3	Installed	Giuseppe Castelli †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
15 Feb	26.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Monaco †	Priest of Nicosia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy
16 Feb	51.4	Appointed	Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Clazomenae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
17 Feb		Born	Roger Joseph Bourrat †	Saint-Martin-en-Haut	Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France
18 Feb	31.3	Ordained Priest	Ignace Ramarosandratana †	Priest	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
18 Feb	30.8	Ordained Priest	Edouard Ranaivo †	Priest	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
20 Feb	83.8	Died	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya
21 Feb	40.8	Died	Michele Cerrati †	Vicar Apostolic of Italy, Military
24 Feb		Born	Raymond Conway Benjamin	Rockhampton	Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Noël de Cleene, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
27 Feb	62.2	Died	Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
28 Feb	44.1	Selected	Yousef VII Ghanima †	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch