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The Year of Our Lord 1939

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
2 Mar63.0ElectedEugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni PacelliPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
3 Mar37.1AppointedLuis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
37.1AppointedLuis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of DagnumBishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
50.1AppointedFelice BeccaroBishop of Nuoro, ItalyBishop of San Miniato, Italy
58.1AppointedAdolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. †Bishop of Alghero, ItalyBishop Emeritus
73.6DiedAuguste-Maurice ClémentBishop Emeritus of MonacoBishop
44.5AppointedFrancesco CogoniBishop of Ozieri, ItalyBishop Emeritus
74.9DiedJoseph-Lucien GirayBishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
69.1DiedNándor RottBishop of Veszprém, Hungary
50.1SucceededTihamér TóthBishop of Veszprém, Hungary
4 Mar63.9AppointedBartolomé Pascual MarroigBishop of Menorca, Spain
83.3DiedNicola PiccirilliArchbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
5 Mar76.8DiedAmando Agosto Bahlmann, O.F.M. †Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil
8 Mar BornJoseph Louis Jean BoishuAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
53.6AppointedMiguel de los Santos Díaz y GómaraApostolic Administrator of Barcelona, SpainBishop of Cartagena (en España)
10 Mar62.0AppointedLuigi MaglioneCardinal, Secretary of State
11 Mar72.5DiedCleto CassaniArchbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
BornGerard Sithunywa NdlovuBishop Emeritus of Umzimkulu, South Africa
BornOrlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I.Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
12 Mar36.7Ordained BishopThomas Absolam McCabeBishop of Port Augusta, AustraliaBishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
BornGiuseppe OrlandoniBishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
63.0InstalledEugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni PacelliPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
13 MarBornYouhanna Fouad El-HageArchbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
69.9DiedAlban Goodier, S.J. †Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
57.9DiedFilippo MantiniBishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy
14 Mar62.5AppointedFrancesco MarmaggiCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
61.9AppointedMassimo MassimiPresident of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon LawCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
61.6AppointedGiuseppe PizzardoPrefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and UniversitiesCardinal, Prefect Emeritus
65.4AppointedFederico TedeschiniArchpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
15 Mar35.1AppointedAntoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. †Vicar Apostolic of Malang, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
35.1AppointedAntoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. †Titular Bishop of Thubunae in NumidiaBishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
46.7AppointedCostantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of SwazilandBishop of Manzini, eSwatini
46.7AppointedCostantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. †Titular Bishop of ThagasteBishop of Manzini, eSwatini
41.0AppointedJean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’AvorioArchbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
41.0AppointedJean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †Titular Bishop of OnuphisArchbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
52.5AppointedPeter Rogan, M.H.M. †Titular Bishop of AcmoniaBishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
52.5AppointedPeter Rogan, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Buéa, CameroonBishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
BornHanna ZoraBishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
16 Mar BornRamon Barrera VillenaBishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
17 MarBornAdam LepaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
18 Mar23.3Ordained PriestJoseph BabanaPriestBishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
26.7Ordained PriestPietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop Emeritus of Surat Thani, Thailand
25.1Ordained PriestMelchior Zhang Kexing (Chang K’o-hing)Priest of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], ChinaBishop
25.8Ordained PriestThomas FernandoPriest of Tuticorin, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India
24.6Ordained PriestGuglielmo GiaquintaPriestBishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
22.5Ordained PriestFrancis Roberts RushPriest of Townsville, AustraliaArchbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
40.3AppointedAnunciado SerafiniBishop of Mercedes, Argentina
19 Mar49.9Ordained BishopFrancesco MarchesaniBishop of Cava e Sarno, ItalyBishop of Chiavari, Italy
BornPeter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp.Bishop Emeritus of Alindao, Central African Republic
25.2Ordained PriestFrancis Raymond SheaPriest of Nashville, Tennessee, USABishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA
48.8Ordained BishopBeniamino SoccheBishop of Cesena, ItalyBishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
BornJosé Mário StroeherBishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
20 Mar64.7AppointedNicola CanaliPresident of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City StateCardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
80.3DiedJoseph Henry ConroyBishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
63.6DiedBernard Joseph MahoneyBishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
48.3SucceededFrancis Joseph MonaghanBishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
22 MarBornPeter FernandoArchbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
44.5InstalledAlfredo Silva SantiagoBishop of Concepción, ChileArchbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
24 Mar40.6AppointedDominic Desperben, SS.CC. †Prefect of Hainan [Hainan], China
25 Mar24.1Perpetual VowsProsper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. †Member of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
26.3Ordained PriestRaymond Joseph GallagherPriest of Cleveland, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
28.2Ordained PriestRoland Alexander Huot, S.S.S. †Priest of Congregation of the Blessed SacramentSuperior General Emeritus
22.7Ordained PriestYouannès MalakPriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
24.4Ordained PriestAndré Perraudin, M. Afr. †Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
23.7Ordained PriestManuel Platon Del RosarioPriest of Sorsogon, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
73.0AppointedJoseph SchrembsArchbishop (Personal Title) of Cleveland, Ohio, USABishop
24.6Ordained PriestElias Shaheen (Chahine)PriestArchbishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
26.8Ordained PriestAlexandru TodeaPriest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), RomaniaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26 Mar29.9Ordained PriestRobert-Jacques-Victor FrossardPriest of Paris, FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
29.4Ordained PriestDominic Yoshimatsu NoguchiPriestBishop Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan
26.2Ordained PriestPierre Marie Joseph VeuillotPriest of Paris, FranceCardinal, Archbishop
27 Mar BornLawrence Eugene BrandtBishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
28 Mar BornHéctor González MartínezArchbishop Emeritus of Durango, México
30 Mar BornStefan CichyBishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
31 Mar59.9DiedGerhard (Thomas) Lennartz, S.C.I. †Prefect Emeritus of Adamaua, Cameroon
37.7AppointedEmilien Massé, P.M.E. †Prefect of Lintong [Lintung], China
1 Apr51.9AppointedArmand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. †Archbishop of Baghdad, IraqArchbishop Emeritus
82.3DiedDonato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza)Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
2 Apr26.1Ordained PriestGabriel BukatkoPriest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), CroatiaArchbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
68.6DiedVicente Castellanos y NúñezBishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
28.6Ordained PriestAloysius Haene, S.M.B. †Priest of Society of Bethlehem Mission ImmenseeBishop Emeritus of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
59.7Ordained BishopGabriel NaamoTitular Bishop of BatnaeBishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon
24.9Ordained PriestIvan PraskoPriest of Lviv (Ukrainian), UkraineBishop Emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
4 Apr BornManfred GrotheAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
5 Apr BornMiguel Angel Aguilar MirandaBishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military
8 Apr23.3Ordained PriestConstantino Maradei DonatoPriestBishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
23.4Ordained PriestCrisanto Darío Mata CovaPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
BornEdwin Frederick O’BrienCardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
43.2DiedLouis Perera, O.M.I. †Bishop-Elect of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
24.0Ordained PriestManuel António PiresPriestBishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola
27.4Ordained PriestRicardo RöschPriest of Goya, ArgentinaBishop of Concordia, Argentina
BornÁngel Rubio CastroBishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
25.4Ordained PriestPaulo Hipólito de Souza LibórioPriestBishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
24.4Ordained PriestKazimierz ŚwiątekPriest of Pinsk, BelarusCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
24.2Ordained PriestFrancesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. †Priest of Order of the Most Holy TrinityBishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
22.8Ordained PriestAnselmo Zarza BernalPriestBishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
9 Apr BornTheotonius Gomes, C.S.C.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
BornAntoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
10 Apr60.1SucceededJohannes Baptist DietzBishop of Fulda, GermanyBishop Emeritus
80.9DiedJosef Damian SchmittBishop of Fulda, Germany
11 Apr25.1Ordained PriestJean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S. †Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La SaletteBishop Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
12 AprBornRedovino Rizzardo, C.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
13 Apr BornJean-Claude PérissetApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
14 Apr62.3DiedJosef MutschlechnerVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
15 Apr25.2Ordained PriestWilliam Edward McManusPriest of Chicago, Illinois, USABishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
57.6AppointedEdwin Vincent O’HaraBishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USABishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
49.9AppointedFrancis Joseph SpellmanCardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
47.4AppointedEdoardo TonnaTitular Archbishop of MiletusBishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
16 Apr53.1Ordained BishopPatrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. †Titular Bishop of Amathus in CyproBishop of Nancheng [Nancheng], China
58.9Ordained BishopGaetano De CiccoBishop of Sessa Aurunca, ItalyBishop Emeritus
25.3Ordained PriestJuan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
47.5Ordained BishopWilliam Aloysius Rice, S.J. †Titular Bishop of RusicadeVicar Apostolic of Belize
44.7Ordained BishopMariano Rossell y ArellanoArchbishop of Guatemala
18 Apr76.0DiedJosé Américo OrzaliArchbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
19 AprBornMichael Gower ColemanBishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
20 AprBornJosé Alves da Costa, D.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
BornDominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp.Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon
22 AprBornLászló DankóArchbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
23 Apr58.2Ordained BishopAdolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. †Bishop of Alghero, ItalyBishop Emeritus
44.7Ordained BishopFrancesco CogoniBishop of Ozieri, ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornJosé Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
24.1Ordained DeaconProsper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. †Deacon of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
BornJuraj JezerinacBishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military
76.0DiedDomenico MarianiCardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
BornHerman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. †Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
BornStanislaw Wojciech WielgusTitular Archbishop of Viminacium
24 Apr45.5Ordained BishopAbraham Elias, C.M. †Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
BornVittorio FuscoBishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
25 Apr36.4AppointedMiklós Dudás, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
26 Apr76.1DiedFrancesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
27 Apr BornWilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de BekkerBishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
BornStanisław DziwiszCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
29 Apr48.4AppointedIgnacio de Alba y HernándezCoadjutor Bishop of Colima, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
48.4AppointedIgnacio de Alba y HernándezTitular Bishop of AlgizaBishop Emeritus of Colima, México
BornBali GaliBishop Emeritus of Guntur, India
37.6AppointedRamón Munita EyzaguirreBishop of Puerto Montt, ChileBishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
30 Apr46.8Ordained BishopCostantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. †Titular Bishop of ThagasteBishop of Manzini, eSwatini
67.5AppointedFrancesco Marchetti SelvaggianiSecretary of the Congregation of the Holy OfficeCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
54.0Ordained BishopPaul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. †Titular Bishop of AscalonArchbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
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