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The Year of Our Lord 1940

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
2 Mar79.3AppointedEmidio TrentaArchbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, ItalyBishop
3 Mar52.7Ordained BishopGioacchino Di LeoTitular Bishop of MemphisBishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
25.6Ordained PriestYouhannan Semaan IssayiPriest of Sehna (Chaldean), IranArchbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
57.3Ordained BishopFrédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †Titular Bishop of TingisAbbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
24.9Ordained PriestRudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia
26.0Ordained PriestBiagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
5 Mar BornMario Eusebio Mestril VegaBishop Emeritus of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
BornRomeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M.Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
6 MarBornMiguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
BornGiovanni GiudiciBishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
7 Mar47.4Ordained BishopLouis DelmotteBishop of Tournai {Doornik}, BelgiumBishop Emeritus
BornAlejandro Goić KarmelićBishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
41.1AppointedVíctor Manuel Sanabria y MartínezArchbishop of San José de Costa Rica
8 Mar44.1SucceededNorman Thomas GilroyArchbishop of Sydney, AustraliaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
90.0DiedMichael KellyArchbishop of Sydney, Australia
BornDenis James MaddenAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Born[Richard Nelson Williamson], S.S.P.X.Bishop
9 Mar25.2Ordained PriestRicardo Blanco GrandaPriest of Madrid, SpainAuxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
25.6Ordained DeaconMartinus H. M. Bodéwes, C.S.Sp. †Deacon of Congregation of the Holy SpiritPrefect Emeritus of Bangassou, Central African Republic
27.1Ordained DeaconAlfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. †Deacon of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of JesusBishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
27.2Ordained PriestAnthony Humilis Yang Guang-qi (Yang Kuang C’hi), O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop-Elect of Yuci [Yütze], China
10 Mar52.2Ordained BishopVincentas BoriseviciusTitular Bishop of LysiasBishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
24.6Ordained PriestMichael DoumithPriest of Cipro (Maronite)Bishop of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon
BornDante LafranconiBishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy
25.2Ordained PriestJoseph SalaméPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
25.2Ordained PriestAntonio Torasso, I.M.C. †Priest of Consolata MissionariesVicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
12 MarBornFrancesc-Xavier Ciuraneta AymíBishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
26.7Ordained PriestLouis Hà Kim DanhPriestBishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
13 MarBornAfonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
14 Mar69.0DiedGiovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy
16 Mar19.1Solemn VowsJoseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. †Member of Order of Augustinian RecollectsBishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
18 Mar75.4DiedGusztáv Károly MajláthBishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
19 Mar50.9AppointedGeorge Joseph DonnellyAuxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USABishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
50.9AppointedGeorge Joseph DonnellyTitular Bishop of CoelaBishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
43.6AppointedHenry Joseph O’BrienAuxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
43.6AppointedHenry Joseph O’BrienTitular Bishop of SitaArchbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
55.7AppointedVincent James RyanBishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
20 MarBornJoseph Oforishe EgeregaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria
23 Mar25.3Ordained PriestBogdan Stefanov DobranovPriestBishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
22.6Ordained PriestColin Aloysius MacPhersonPriest of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great BritainBishop
24.3Ordained PriestJorge MayerPriest of Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
27.0Ordained PriestAlejandro Ayson OlaliaPriestArchbishop of Lipa, Philippines
24.5Ordained PriestManuel Pereira da CostaPriestBishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
23.4Ordained PriestIoánnis PerrísPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
23.1Ordained PriestVenedictos PrintesisPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
24.9Ordained PriestJosé Rincón BonillaPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
24.7Ordained PriestFernando Romo GutiérrezPriestBishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México
26.9Ordained PriestRafael Valladares y ArgumedoPriest of San Salvador, El SalvadorAuxiliary Bishop
24 Mar BornFrançois Marie Joseph Pascal Louis BlondelBishop Emeritus of Viviers, France
BornGiovanni De VivoBishop of Pescia, Italy
25.3Ordained PriestMesrob J. Terzian, I.C.P.B. †Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de BzommarAuxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
25 Mar40.9AppointedAlberto CarinciBishop of Isernia e Venafro, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
58.0AppointedMarco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
28.2Ordained PriestRaymond (Nianga-Nzita) NdudiPriest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
27 MarBornCzesław Stanula, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
28 Mar BornGiuseppe AndrichBishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
BornJosé Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R.Prelate Emeritus of Marajó, Para, Brazil
65.0AppointedCesare BoccoleriArchbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
35.2AppointedHernán Frías HurtadoBishop of San Carlos de Ancud, ChileBishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
31 Mar41.6Ordained BishopSecondo BolognaBishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
BornPier Giorgio DebernardiBishop Emeritus of Pinerolo, Italy
38.6Ordained BishopGiuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. †Bishop of Andria, Italy
36.0Ordained BishopManuel da Silveira d’ElbouxTitular Bishop of BarcaArchbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
29.9Ordained PriestWilliam Gordon WheelerPriest of Westminster, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
Apr BornLawrence M. PurcellRector Emeritus of the Pontifical North American College
2 Apr36.3AppointedVincentas BrizgysAuxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
36.3AppointedVincentas BrizgysTitular Bishop of BosanaAuxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
60.8Ordained BishopJoseph Moran CorriganTitular Bishop of Bilta
37.6DiedRené de PontesBishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
48.6Ordained BishopJoseph-Marie-Eugène MartinBishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
4 Apr BornIrineu Danelón, S.D.B.Bishop Emeritus of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Apr31.1AppointedAntonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. †Prefect of Aysén, ChileVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
BornPaul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
7 Apr51.2Ordained BishopGiuseppe BeltramiTitular Archbishop of DamascusCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
44.0Ordained BishopMatthew BeovichArchbishop of Adelaide, AustraliaArchbishop Emeritus
BornFelice di MolfettaBishop Emeritus of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
41.0Ordained BishopJosip LachTitular Bishop of DodonaAuxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
34.3Ordained BishopIsidro Augusto Oviedo y ReyesBishop of Matagalpa, NicaraguaBishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
65.2Ordained BishopJoseph Sak, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of SciliumVicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Apr41.1AppointedOubagaraswami BernadotteBishop of Coimbatore, India
42.0AppointedJean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †Vicar Apostolic of Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireArchbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
52.8ResignedAdalard Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap. †Superior of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], ChinaSuperior Emeritus
52.6AppointedAlphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. †Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra, Côte d’IvoireVicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.6AppointedAlphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. †Titular Bishop of AssurasVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire
50.6AppointedThomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri)Bishop of Guntur, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
43.6InstalledJuan Subercaseaux ErrázurizArchbishop of La Serena, Chile
76.1DiedJean Verdier, P.S.S. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
10 Apr37.7Ordained BishopSidney Matthew MetzgerTitular Bishop of BirthaBishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
BornJoseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C.Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
11 Apr BornThomas Anthony VazhapillyBishop Emeritus of Mysore, India
12 Apr40.8AppointedBl. Vasile AftenieAuxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
40.8AppointedBl. Vasile AftenieTitular Bishop of UlpianaAuxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
BornJosé Vicente Huertas VargasBishop Emeritus of Garagoa, Colombia
14 Apr41.0Ordained BishopDomenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of Attalea in PamphyliaArchbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
70.4DiedNicola ColaBishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
65.5DiedDionýz NjaradiBishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
15 AprBornDécio PereiraBishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 AprBornRayappu JosephBishop Emeritus of Mannar, Sri Lanka
17 Apr BornJacyr Francisco Braido, C.S.Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
48.5AppointedIvan Bučko (Buchko)Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), PennsylvaniaOfficial Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
BornPaolo UrsoBishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy
BornAgostino ValliniCardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
18 Apr34.9AppointedIsidor Hermengild Hintringer (da Losenstein), O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of Jiamusi [Kiamusze], ChinaPrefect Emeritus
65.4AppointedClaudio María Volio y JiménezTitular Archbishop of SoteropolisBishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
19 Apr88.2DiedHugh McSherryVicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South AfricaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
20 Apr BornAntonio MattiazzoBishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
58.0AppointedMichael Joseph Lawrence McGrathArchbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
51.5InstalledAudino Rodríguez y OlmosArchbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
21 Apr BornDaniel Eugene HurleyBishop Emeritus of Darwin, Australia
67.0DiedGiuseppe MarcozziBishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
22 Apr BornDamian KyaruziBishop Emeritus of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
23 Apr BornTimothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria
51.0Ordained BishopGeorge Joseph DonnellyTitular Bishop of CoelaBishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
27.1Ordained PriestTheodore Bible Foley, C.P. †Priest of Congregation of the PassionSuperior General
24 Apr60.8DiedRoberto NogaraArchbishop of Cosenza, Italy
25 Apr55.0Ordained BishopAimable ChassaigneBishop of Tulle, FranceBishop Emeritus
BornCharles Henry DufourArchbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
43.4Ordained BishopAlbert Lewis FletcherTitular Bishop of SamosBishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
BornAnthony Peter MayallaArchbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
42.3Ordained BishopEdmund Peiris, O.M.I. †Bishop of Chilaw, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus
41.2InstalledVíctor Manuel Sanabria y MartínezArchbishop of San José de Costa Rica
27 Apr72.3AppointedJosé Guadalupe Ortíz y LópezTitular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in CiliciaArchbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
72.3ResignedJosé Guadalupe Ortíz y LópezArchbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
28 Apr50.7Ordained BishopCristoforo Domenico Carullo, O.F.M. †Bishop of Lacedonia, ItalyArchbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
BornMassoud MassoudBishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
BornAntoine NtalouArchbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
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