The Year of Our Lord 1938

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	69.9	Died	Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
	67.4	Resigned	Giuseppe Ludovico Brems, O. Praem. †	Vicar Apostolic of Denmark	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	55.7	Died	Evangelista Galea (da Cefalonia), O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil
		Died	Guglielmo Ferrer Cassidy, O.P. †	Superior of Kienow [Jian’ou], China
	59.9	Died	Joseph Diss, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
		Born	Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba	Siou	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
		Died	Max Theodor Franz Donders, M. Afr. †	Superior of Tukuyu, Tanzania
	71.3	Died	Agapito Augusto Fiorentini, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiyüanfu, China
	71.5	Died	Goffredo Frederix, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ninghsia, China	Vicar Apostolic
	70.6	Appointed	Ettore Fronzi †	Titular Archbishop of Melitene	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
	70.6	Resigned	Ettore Fronzi †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Cubango in Angola	Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola
	57.5	Resigned	Arturo Jara Marquez, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes-Islas Malvinas, Chile	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Died	Felice de Kempeneer, C.M. †	Superior of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	54.8	Died	Basilio Khouri †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria
		Born	Maurice Konan Kouassi	Adjékro	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
		Appointed	Souleyman Kutchouk Ousta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Died	Edgario Larochelle, P.M.E. †	Prefect of Lintung [Lintong], China
	73.3	Appointed	Gusztáv Károly Majláth †	Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	73.3	Retired	Gusztáv Károly Majláth †	Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Tomaz M. de Marcellano †	Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil
	71.2	Died	Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
	81.0	Retired	Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Belize, Belize	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
	62.8	Died	Vittoriano Romàn Zárate di S. Giuseppe, O.A.R. †	Prefect of Palawan, Philippines
	47.8	Succeeded	Adolfo Vorbuchner †	Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
	73.6	Retired	Sigismund Waitz †	Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
		Died	Pietro Wang †	Prefect of Chumatien [Zhumadian], China
	43.5	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S. †	Prefect of Ogoja, Nigeria	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Vital Komenan Yao †	Koffiyaokro	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
	59.2	Died	Bonifacio Yeung †	Auxiliary Bishop of Canton [Guangzhou], China
	53.9	Died	Giuseppe Zambonardi, M.C.C.I. †	Prefect of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan
Jan	69.1	Retired	Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	50.3	Appointed	Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ipsus	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
	50.3	Resigned	Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan		Born	José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria	Betijoque	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
2 Jan	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Walsh †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
3 Jan	73.5	Died	Pierre-Florent-André du Bois de la Villerabel †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
4 Jan		Born	Roberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña †	Sonsonate	Bishop of El Salvador, Military
5 Jan	49.8	Appointed	Pavao Butorac †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
7 Jan	62.0	Died	Lorenzo Pereira †	Bishop of Kottar, India
	64.6	Appointed	Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. †	Bishop of Germany, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	64.6	Appointed	Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
8 Jan	48.0	Appointed	John Peter Leonard, S.J. †	Bishop of Madurai, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
	49.8	Appointed	John Joseph Lonergan †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia	Bishop-Elect
	40.3	Appointed	Pierre Martin Ngô-dinh-Thuc †	Vicar Apostolic of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam	Archbishop Emeritus of Huê, Viêt Nam
	40.3	Appointed	Pierre Martin Ngô-dinh-Thuc †	Titular Bishop of Saesina	Archbishop Emeritus of Huê, Viêt Nam
11 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Molinari	Scoppito	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
11 Jan		Born	Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr.	La Minerve, Canada	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
13 Jan	56.8	Installed	Vincenzo Del Signore †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
14 Jan	69.5	Died	Pasquale Dell'Isola †	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
14 Jan		Born	Gino Malvestio, P.I.M.E. †	Moale, Italy	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
15 Jan	69.9	Appointed	Sergio Der Abrahamian †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon dei Armeni	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
16 Jan	51.7	Appointed	Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
		Born	Vilhelms Nukšs †	Aizelksni	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
	31.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Perniciaro †	Titular Bishop of Arbanum	Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi, Italy
18 Jan		Born	Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil
18 Jan	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Vicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic
19 Jan		Born	Marko Culej †	Repno	Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia
21 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †	Prefect of Morondava, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
22 Jan	58.4	Appointed	Manuel Arce y Ochotorena †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
25 Jan	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †	Titular Bishop of Peltae	Bishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
26 Jan	42.1	Installed	Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez †	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
26 Jan		Born	Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. †	Sforzatica di Dalmine, Italy	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
27 Jan	44.9	Appointed	Riccardo Chavez Alcazar †	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia
29 Jan		Born	Mário Zanetta †	Borgomanero, Italy	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil
30 Jan	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Adelchi Albanesi †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
30 Jan	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Carata †	Priest of Lecce, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
Feb	64.4	Resigned	John William Campling, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Feb	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
3 Feb		Born	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Macerata Feltria	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
4 Feb		Born	Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †	San Zeno di Cassola, Italy	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
	57.3	Appointed	Antonio García y García †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
	48.9	Appointed	Francis Costantin Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Prefect of Ndola, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia
7 Feb		Born	Antonio Camilo González	Salcedo	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic
7 Feb		Born	John Gabriel †	Bassein	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
9 Feb	62.8	Died	Florian-Jean-Baptiste Démange, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, S.J. †	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
		Born	Raul José Quimpo Martirez	New Washington	Bishop Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
10 Feb	49.4	Appointed	Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
10 Feb	49.4	Appointed	Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Latopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
11 Feb	67.6	Died	James Byrne †	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
11 Feb	59.3	Appointed	Georges-Eugène-Emile Choquet †	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
12 Feb	57.0	Appointed	Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †	Bishop of León, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
13 Feb	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Tatsuo Doi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan
13 Feb		Born	Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P.	Nancy	Bishop of Metz, France
15 Feb	52.0	Appointed	Joseph-Jean Heintz †	Bishop of Metz, France
15 Feb		Born	Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. †	Varades	Archbishop of Tours, France
16 Feb		Born	William John Brennan	Arncliffe	Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia
16 Feb	75.0	Died	Luigi Capotosti †	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
18 Feb		Born	Louis-Marie Billé †	Fleury-lès-Aubrais	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
19 Feb		Born	Roman Andrzejewski †	Morzyczyn	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
19 Feb	64.3	Died	Julio Campero y Aráoz †	Bishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
20 Feb	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. †	Bishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Jacques Michel Djarwé †	Priest	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Efrem Forni †	Titular Archbishop of Darnis	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
		Born	Paolo Romeo	Acireale, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Ruotolo †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M.	Bokoro	Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Feb		Born	John Cunningham	Paisley	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc	But Dong	Bishop Emeritus of Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam
	75.5	Died	Fortunato de Santa †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
23 Feb	63.6	Succeeded	Richard Michael Joseph O’Brien †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
23 Feb	83.9	Died	Michael Joseph Spratt †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
24 Feb	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Etienne Bornet †	Titular Bishop of Tenedus	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Pharan	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Ridgley Cotton †	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Servulo Desranleau †	Titular Bishop of Sala	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Uamzemi (Wang Tseng-yi), C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lamia	Bishop of Ankwo [Anguo], China
25 Feb		Born	Jacques Ishaq	Mosul	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
25 Feb	64.4	Appointed	Federico Tedeschini †	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
26 Feb	37.3	Appointed	José André Coimbra †	Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil	Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	24.5	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Graham †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.3	Appointed	William Aloysius Griffin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Marcello Morgante †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	52.8	Appointed	William Francis Murphy †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
		Born	Marko Sopi †	Binac	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
		Born	Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira	Porto	Bishop of Portugal, Military
28 Feb		Born	Mogale Paul Nkhumishe	Warmbaths	Bishop of Pietersburg, South Africa

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