The Year of Our Lord 1943

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	80.0	Died	Eugenio Beccegato †	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	44.4	Died	Secondo Bologna †	Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
	57.2	Appointed	Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia
	70.2	Appointed	Luigi Bumci †	Titular Bishop of Cantanus	Bishop Emeritus of Lezhë {Lesh}, Albania
	70.2	Resigned	Luigi Bumci †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh}, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
	61.2	Appointed	Ettore Castelli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	61.2	Appointed	Ettore Castelli †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	68.7	Died	Paolo Castiglioni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	60.5	Died	Domenico Ettorre †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
	68.8	Died	Gyula Glattfelder †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	53.3	Appointed	William Godfrey †	Official to Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Giuseppe Kao †	Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China
	78.2	Died	Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Simla, India
	71.0	Died	Edward Komar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
		Born	Augustin Misago	Ruvune	Bishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda
	54.3	Died	Enrico Montalbetti †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	79.9	Died	Edward Mulhern †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
		Born	Bernard Nsayi	Mindouli	Bishop Emeritus of Nkayi, Congo
	46.3	Resigned	Thomas Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Shunsen, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’on, Korea (South)
	76.4	Died	Ferdinando Rodolfi †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
	47.6	Appointed	Luigi Santa, I.M.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Bishop
	52.7	Died	Angelo Soracco †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	62.5	Died	Fortunato Antonio Spruit, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu, China
	91.7	Died	Ludovít Szmrecsányi †	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	84.7	Died	Eugenio van Rechem †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	52.3	Died	Fabiano Yu Teh Guen †	Vicar Apostolic of Kiating [Leshan], China
2 Jan	65.4	Died	Louis-Joseph Fillon †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Giuseppe Leanza	Cesarò, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	53.4	Appointed	William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
	53.4	Appointed	William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Anaea	Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
3 Jan		Born	Ciriaco Benavente Mateos	Malpartida de Plasencia	Bishop of Albacete, Spain
3 Jan	24.1	Ordained Priest	Wladyslaw Jedruszuk †	Priest of Siedlce, Poland	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
6 Jan	25.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Francis Anderson †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
6 Jan		Born	Pál Reizer †	Turulung	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
9 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	48.7	Appointed	Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Pogla	Prelate Emeritus of Marajó, Para, Brazil
	32.8	Appointed	Fernando Gomes dos Santos †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	69.5	Appointed	Teofilo Matulionis †	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
10 Jan	68.9	Died	Joseph-Tobie Mariétan, C.R.A. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
12 Jan	58.6	Appointed	Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
	58.6	Appointed	Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
	51.9	Appointed	Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
	51.9	Appointed	Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin, Nigeria	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria
	47.3	Appointed	Thomas Niu Hui-ching †	Vicar Apostolic of Yangku [Yanggu], China	Bishop of Yangku [Yanggu], China
	47.3	Appointed	Thomas Niu Hui-ching †	Titular Bishop of Sertei	Bishop of Yangku [Yanggu], China
	57.1	Appointed	Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
13 Jan	36.1	Appointed	Alonso Manuel Escalante, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
	36.1	Appointed	Alonso Manuel Escalante, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sora	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
	41.6	Appointed	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
	41.6	Appointed	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Hurtado y García †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Hurtado y García †	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
14 Jan		Born	Angelo Bagnasco	Pontevico	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Thomas John Curry	Drumgoon, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
17 Jan	22.7	Ordained Priest	Aurélio Granada Escudeiro	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Angra, Portugal
18 Jan	44.6	Appointed	Hugh John O'Neill †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	44.6	Appointed	Hugh John O'Neill †	Titular Bishop of Bareta	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Dunedin, New Zealand
19 Jan	68.7	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Michel-Marie-Louis Pénicaud, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pakhoi [Beihai], China
22 Jan	57.6	Appointed	Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
23 Jan	81.1	Died	Johann Jakob von Hauck †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 Jan	61.4	Appointed	Joseph Otto Kolb †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 Jan	24.4	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Paul †	Priest of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
25 Jan	50.3	Appointed	Emilio Baroncelli †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Anaea	Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
	39.0	Appointed	Casimiro Morcillo González †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop
	39.0	Appointed	Casimiro Morcillo González †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
		Born	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.	Chicago, IL, USA	Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru
26 Jan	49.3	Died	Bl. Michaël Kozal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
27 Jan	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Martin John O’Connor †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae	Prelate Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications
29 Jan	65.1	Died	Antoni Jacek Zimniak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
30 Jan	59.0	Appointed	Daniel Cohalan †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
30 Jan	55.1	Appointed	Eugene O’Callaghan †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb		Born	Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. †		Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
3 Feb		Born	Domenico Calcagno	Tramontana	Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
3 Feb	50.7	Appointed	Andreas Rohracher †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Feb	29.4	Ordained Priest	Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
8 Feb		Born	Nikolaki Sawaf	Alep	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite), Syria
9 Feb	35.8	Appointed	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Feb	35.8	Appointed	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Boseta	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Feb		Born	Richard Edmund Pates	Saint Paul	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
12 Feb		Born	Giovanni Battista Pichierri	Sava	Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
14 Feb	43.6	Ordained Bishop	François Ayoub †	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus	Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Baroncelli †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Edward Kisiel †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
15 Feb		Born	Heinz Josef Algermissen	Hermeskeil	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
16 Feb		Born	Cristián Caro Cordero	Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile
17 Feb	53.4	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Boylan †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
18 Feb	56.7	Died	Vicente Camacho y Moya †	Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México
21 Feb	63.3	Died	Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
		Born	Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D.	Waekabubak	Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia
	75.3	Appointed	Nicolás Eugenio Navarro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	75.3	Appointed	Nicolás Eugenio Navarro †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
22 Feb	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
22 Feb		Born	Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
23 Feb		Born	Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B.	Acebes del Páramo, Spain	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
24 Feb	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Fortino Gómez León †	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Mongo †	Priest of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus	Bishop Emeritus of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Bernard Ferdinand Popp	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	88.2	Died	Pierre Chatelus †	Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
26 Feb		Born	Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage	Hajjé	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
27 Feb	35.2	Appointed	Francisco Espino Porras †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	35.2	Appointed	Francisco Espino Porras †	Titular Bishop of Pharbaethus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
	84.3	Died	John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya
Mar	70.8	Appointed	Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Le Mans, France	Cardinal, Bishop
2 Mar	56.0	Died	Rudolph Aloysius Gerken †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
3 Mar		Born	Jean-Clément Jeanbart	Alep	Archbishop of Alep (Melkite), Syria
4 Mar	43.8	Succeeded	René Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
		Born	Gabriele Mana	Marene	Bishop of Biella, Italy
	72.3	Died	François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé, Cameroon
5 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Jerzy Karol Ablewicz †	Priest	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
6 Mar	25.6	Ordained Priest	Luigi Accogli †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Syria
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Fagiolo †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
		Born	Dominick John Lagonegro	White Plains	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
	30.8	Ordained Priest	Filippo Pocci †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Santo Bartolomeo Quadri	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
7 Mar	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Rafael García y García de Castro †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
7 Mar	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Ernest Victor Tweedy †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Mar		Born	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos	Loon	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
11 Mar	71.1	Died	Manoel Raymundo de Mello †	Bishop Emeritus of Caetité, Baia, Brazil
11 Mar	55.5	Appointed	Mario Vianello †	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy
12 Mar	66.2	Died	Jean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
	51.1	Appointed	Eduard Nécsey †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Apostolic Administrator
	51.1	Appointed	Eduard Nécsey †	Titular Bishop of Velicia	Apostolic Administrator of Nitra, Slovakia
	27.5	Professed	Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Mar	34.8	Appointed	Maximos V (George) Hakim †	Bishop of Akka (Melkite), Israel	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
		Born	Lucas Martínez Lara	Villa de la Paz	Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México
	55.2	Appointed	Pierre Kamel Medawar, S.M.S.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.2	Appointed	Pierre Kamel Medawar, S.M.S.P. †	Titular Bishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
16 Mar		Born	Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro	San Donà di Piave	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
16 Mar	76.8	Died	Hermann Joseph Sträter †	Apostolic Administrator of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
17 Mar	77.6	Died	Arthur Hinsley †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
18 Mar	83.0	Died	Arnold Frans Diepen †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	53.8	Succeeded	Willem Pieter Adrian Maria Mutsaerts †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
19 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	José María Cases Deordal †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain
19 Mar	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
20 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Daniele Ferrari †	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
	25.0	Ordained Priest	André Lesouëf, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Prefect Emeritus of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia
	29.9	Ordained Priest	Teotimo C. Pacis, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
23 Mar		Born	Andraos Abouna	Bedare/Zakho	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Eugéne Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. †	Priest of Institute of Charity	Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
		Born	John Baptist Kaggwa	Bulenga	Bishop of Masaka, Uganda
24 Mar		Born	Nestor Ngoy Katahwa	Nonge	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Mar	27.5	Ordained Priest	Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. †	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
25 Mar	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
	75.4	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás Eugenio Navarro †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Hugh John O'Neill †	Titular Bishop of Bareta	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Dunedin, New Zealand
27 Mar	25.3	Ordained Priest	Arthur Joseph O'Neill	Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Emeterio Echeverria Barrena †	Titular Bishop of Dora	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
28 Mar		Born	Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J.	Iloilo City	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
29 Mar	67.0	Died	Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
30 Mar	71.8	Died	Bernard Alexis Burquier, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
31 Mar	63.2	Died	Joseph Casimir Plagens †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

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