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The Year of Our Lord 1944

Bishop Events

April to June


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Apr BornArturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D.LobocBishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
3 Apr BornMichel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.Autun, FranceArchbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Apr39.0AppointedGirolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of LyddaBishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
39.0AppointedGirolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †Apostolic Administrator of Belluno e Feltre, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
5 Apr59.3AppointedVittorio D'AlessiTitular Bishop of LyrbeBishop of Concordia, Italy
6 AprBornVincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †Osio SottoBishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
7 Apr BornFrançois Charles GarnierBeauneArchbishop of Cambrai, France
41.9AppointedMarie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, CanadaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to India
37.8AppointedPhilip Francis PocockBishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8 Apr24.6Ordained PriestJoão d’Avila Moreira LimaPriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27.5Ordained PriestServílio Conti, I.M.C.Priest of Consolata MissionariesPrelate Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
67.4DiedAlbert Maria FuchsAuxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
BornLouis-Marie Ling MangkhanekhounBonha-LouangVicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos
23.9Ordained PriestLuis Mena ArroyoPriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
23.6Ordained PriestJosé Humberto PaparoniPriestBishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
24.2Ordained PriestCarlos Quintero ArcePriest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
10 Apr BornPhilip Leo O'ReillyKilsherdanyBishop of Kilmore, Ireland
12 Apr BornRené-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M.CotonouBishop of Porto Novo, Benin
14 Apr57.5DiedGiuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
16 Apr36.1Ordained PriestJohn Kwao Amuzu AggeyPriestArchbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
50.4Ordained BishopPranciskus RamanauskasTitular Bishop of CarpasiaAuxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
39.5Ordained BishopFernando Ruiz y SolózarnoArchbishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México
18 Apr BornArthur Joseph SerratelliNewarkBishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
19 Apr BornLuis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.Manacor, SpainSecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
22 Apr84.4DiedWilliam Henry O’ConnellCardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
23 Apr38.4Ordained BishopJuan Hervás y BenetTitular Bishop of AlindaPrelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
47.9Ordained BishopInácio Krause, C.M. †Titular Bishop of BindaBishop Emeritus of Shunteh [Xingtai], China
44.7Ordained BishopGiuseppe ZaffonatoTitular Bishop of ElateaArchbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
24 Apr BornThumma BalaNarimettaBishop of Warangal, India
25 Apr BornRenzo FratiniUrbisaglia, ItalyApostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
53.0AppointedDiego Maria Gómez TamayoArchbishop of Popayán, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus
30 Apr57.8Ordained BishopPietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of AntiphraeBishop of Yütze [Yuci], China
24.1Ordained PriestKornél Pataky (Pataki)Priest of Győr, HungaryBishop Emeritus
28.5Ordained PriestGodofredo Pedernal PisigPriestBishop Emeritus of Borongan, Philippines
1 May44.2Ordained BishopGeorge AlapattBishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), IndiaBishop Emeritus
44.8Ordained BishopEdward EllisBishop of Nottingham, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
3 May BornPeter John Haworth DoyleBlackburnBishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
BornJoji GovinduDharmaramBishop of Nalgonda, India
4 May BornLuciano Bergamin, C.R.L.Loira, ItalyBishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6 May27.8Ordained PriestDenis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. †Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)Bishop Emeritus of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
7 May BornPaul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J.Saint-Etienne, FranceBishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
78.2DiedVictor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap. †Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
29.3Ordained PriestJoseph-Aurèle PlourdePriest of Edmundston, New Brunswick, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
38.0Ordained BishopGiuseppe SiriTitular Bishop of LiviasCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
11 May62.6AppointedGiacomo Luigi (James Louis) ChengVicar Apostolic of Chantaburi, Thailand
62.6AppointedGiacomo Luigi (James Louis) ChengTitular Bishop of BarcususVicar Apostolic of Chantaburi, Thailand
34.9AppointedVictor Frederick Foley, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
34.9AppointedVictor Frederick Foley, S.M. †Titular Bishop of PetinessusArchbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
68.4AppointedKarol KmetkoArchbishop (Personal Title) of Nitra, SlovakiaBishop
14 May39.1Ordained BishopGirolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of LyddaBishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
22.7Ordained PriestRubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. †Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsBishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
16 May32.6AppointedMiguel Angel García y AráuzAuxiliary Bishop of GuatemalaBishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
32.6AppointedMiguel Angel García y AráuzTitular Bishop of SopheneBishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
35.3AppointedRafael González EstradaAuxiliary Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, GuatemalaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
35.3AppointedRafael González EstradaTitular Bishop of MatregaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
18 May BornStephen AthipozhiyilChennavelyBishop of Alleppey, India
59.4Ordained BishopVittorio D'AlessiTitular Bishop of LyrbeBishop of Concordia, Italy
72.6AppointedFranz KamprathTitular Archbishop of CarpathusAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
22.6Ordained PriestGirolamo PrigionePriest of Alessandria (della Paglia), ItalyApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to México
26.8Ordained PriestErnest Leo UnterkoeflerPriest of Richmond, Virginia, USABishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
19 May BornAntônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap.Espírito Santo do PinhalBishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil
BornJoseph Walter EstabrookKingston, NYAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
81.4DiedPaolo JacuzioArchbishop of Sorrento, Italy
BornYoohanon Chrysostom KalloorKadammanittaBishop of Marthandom (Malankarese), India
20 May30.7Ordained PriestJoseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. †Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred HeartBishop Emeritus of De Aar, South Africa
27.3Ordained PriestJames Daniel NiedergesesPriest of Nashville, Tennessee, USABishop Emeritus
22 May50.1AppointedJoseph CheikhoArchbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), IranArchbishop Emeritus
23 May BornDomenico GrazianiCalopezzatiArchbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy
24 May BornRaymond W. FieldDublinAuxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
42.1Ordained BishopCharles Eugène ParentTitular Bishop of DianaArchbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
25 May77.2AppointedGiovanni CazzaniArchbishop (Personal Title) of Cremona, ItalyBishop
26 May62.4AppointedRaymundo Julian Martín (Manguan), O.P. †Auxiliary Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, GuatemalaBishop Emeritus
62.4AppointedRaymundo Julian Martín (Manguan), O.P. †Titular Bishop of TrocmadesBishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
27 May53.4DiedJean PhungCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam
23.2Ordained PriestVittorio PiolaPriestBishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
28 May50.0Ordained BishopDominic Senyemon FukahoriBishop of Fukuoka, JapanBishop Emeritus
25.5Ordained PriestWilliam Robert JohnsonPriestBishop of Orange in California, USA
42.0InstalledMarie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, CanadaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to India
46.2Ordained BishopJuan Niccolai, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of RhandusBishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
48.3Ordained BishopEugene O'DohertyBishop of Dromore, IrelandBishop Emeritus
26.6Ordained PriestEdward William O'RourkePriest of Peoria, Illinois, USABishop Emeritus
29 May BornYves Maria Monot, C.S.Sp.Pont-l’Abbé, FranceBishop of Ouesso, Congo
30 May60.7AppointedFrédéric DucCoadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, FranceBishop Emeritus
60.7AppointedFrédéric DucTitular Bishop of CanathaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
3 Jun30.3Ordained PriestPiotr BednarczykPriest of Tarnów, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
BornThomas Matthew Burns, S.M.Belfast, IrelandBishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
23.8Ordained PriestPietro CocolinPriest of Gorizia e Gradisca, ItalyArchbishop
22.9Ordained PriestVincenzo Maria FaranoPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
26.1Ordained PriestBernard Matthew KellyPriest of Providence, Rhode Island, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.8Ordained PriestMartin Nicholas LohmullerPriest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.5Ordained PriestMiguel Antonio Medina y MedinaPriestBishop of Montería, Colombia
25.4Ordained PriestBernard James Murphy, C. R. †Priest of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus ChristBishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
23.1Ordained PriestCesare PaganiPriestArchbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
BornBruno Pedron, S.D.B.Torreglia, ItalyBishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
74.7DiedAnthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
24.3Ordained PriestDerek John WorlockPriestArchbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
4 Jun BornRobert Joseph BakerWillard, OHBishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
24.1Ordained PriestSamuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. †Priest of Augustinians of the AssumptionBishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
6 Jun58.8Ordained BishopJames BoyleBishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
7 Jun BornKonrad ZdarsaHainichenBishop of Görlitz, Germany
8 Jun BornMarc Ouellet, P.S.S.Lamotte, CanadaCardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
10 Jun39.7AppointedJose Newton de Almeida BaptistaBishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
BornAbraham Youlios KackanattKalloopparaBishop of Muvattupuzha (Malankarese), India
BornNelson Antonio Martinez RustPuerto CabelloBishop of San Felipe, Venezuela
11 Jun50.2Ordained BishopJoseph CheikhoArchbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), IranArchbishop Emeritus
30.5Ordained PriestEdward Louis Fedders, M.M. †Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of AmericaPrelate of Juli, Peru
27.5Ordained PriestJohn James Rudin, M.M. †Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of AmericaBishop Emeritus of Musoma, Tanzania
12 Jun BornJohn BuraWegeleben, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
BornLionel Gendron, P.S.S.Saint-QuintinAuxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
16 Jun42.4AppointedLuis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. †Bishop of Antioquía, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
BornNicholas Anthony DiMarzioNewarkBishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
24.0Ordained PriestLouis Joseph Jean Marie FortierPriest of Québec, Québec, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
21.1ProfessedDaniel William Kucera, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictArchbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
24.2Ordained PriestLaurent NoëlPriest of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
17 Jun52.1AppointedErnesto Sena de OliveiraArchbishop (Personal Title) of Lamego, PortugalBishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
32.2Ordained PriestRobert Louis Whelan, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusBishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
18 Jun23.7Ordained PriestArnold Boghaert, C.SS.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
19 Jun23.3Ordained PriestGiovanni PisanuPriestBishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy
BornJulio César Vidal OrtizTierraltaBishop of Montería, Colombia
24 Jun BornCamillo Ballin, M.C.C.I.Fontaniva, ItalyVicar Apostolic of Kuwait
23.7Ordained PriestPaul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. †Priest of Congregation of Holy CrossAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
25 Jun30.3Ordained PriestAlvaro del Portillo y Diez de SollanoPriest of Opus DeiPrelate
22.6Ordained PriestCarlo FurnoPriest of Ivrea, ItalyCardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
25.7Ordained PriestHugo Eduardo Polanco BritoPriest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
23.0Ordained PriestRaúl Zambrano CamaderPriest of Popayán, ColombiaBishop of Facatativá, Colombia
28 Jun BornEdward Kenneth BraxtonChicagoBishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
29 Jun25.3Ordained PriestJeronim Isidore Chimy, O.S.B.M. †Priest of Order of St. Basil the GreatBishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
22.6Ordained PriestLuca Collino, O.S.B.Priest of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
23.4Ordained PriestAngelo Cuniberti, I.M.C.Priest of Consolata MissionariesVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
25.4Ordained PriestAnthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill HillBishop of Miri, Malaysia
37.7Ordained BishopFrancis Hong Yong-hoTitular Bishop of AuziaBishop of P’yong-yang, Korea (South)
24.3Ordained PriestMarko JozinovicPriest of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and HerzegovinaArchbishop Emeritus
54.8Ordained BishopAlfredo Maria Obviar y ArandaTitular Bishop of LinoëBishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
BornSean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.Lakewood, OH, USACardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
38.0Ordained BishopPhilip Francis PocockBishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
22.7Ordained PriestMário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. †Priest of Society of the Divine SaviorBishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 Jun BornPaul K. BakyengaBumbaire-IgaraArchbishop of Mbarara, Uganda
BornRobert James CarlsonMinneapolisBishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
27.0Ordained PriestMark Onwuha UnegbuPriest of Onitsha-Owerri, NigeriaBishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
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