The Year of Our Lord 1945

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	55.1	Converted	Nikolay Avtonomov †	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
	49.7	Appointed	Karl Braunstorfer, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus
		Resigned	Federico da Baselga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Endeber, Ethiopia	Prefect Emeritus
		Died	Tiziano da Verona, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Hosanna, Ethiopia
		Died	Marcelliano da La Guerche, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Djibouti
	88.1	Died	Luigi Ermini †	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
	62.5	Resigned	Franz Hartz †	Prelate of Schneidemühl, Poland	Prelate Emeritus
	21.8	Solemn Professed	George Basil Hume, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
		Died	Alessandro Malynowskyj †	Apostolic Exarch of Lemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian), Poland
	41.0	Died	Tomaz M. de Marcellano, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil
	82.3	Died	Luigi Paulini †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	66.1	Died	August Wachter, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Northern Borneo {Borneo Settentrionale}, Malaysia
		Died	John A. Wall, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kodok, Sudan
Jan	66.3	Died	Damian Tcheng †	Prefect of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
1 Jan		Born	Vincent Boi-Nai, S.V.D.	Labadi	Bishop of Yendi, Ghana
2 Jan		Born	Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I.	Mpwaha	Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique
3 Jan	62.8	Resigned	Egidio Lari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
3 Jan	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Edward Francis Ryan †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
4 Jan	51.7	Installed	Michael Joseph Ready †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
5 Jan	41.4	Installed	Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas †	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
5 Jan		Born	Joseph Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap.	Mankayan	Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines
6 Jan	50.1	Appointed	Donald Alphonsus Campbell †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
6 Jan	23.8	Ordained Priest	Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Prefect Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
9 Jan	82.9	Died	Saturnino Peri †	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy
10 Jan	54.0	Ordained Bishop	John George Bennett †	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
	55.3	Installed	Eugene Joseph McGuinness †	Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	William Theodore Mulloy †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
11 Jan	60.3	Installed	Ralph Leo Hayes †	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Jean-Maria Mazé, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Jean-Maria Mazé, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sauatra	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
12 Jan	45.3	Appointed	Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne, French Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
12 Jan	45.3	Appointed	Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Mundinitza	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
13 Jan	61.5	Appointed	Francisco Beckmann, C.M. †	Archbishop of Panamá
	62.9	Died	Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	40.1	Appointed	Hernán Frías Hurtado †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	62.5	Appointed	Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba †	Bishop of Peru, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
16 Jan		Born	Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.	Moratuwa	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
17 Jan	85.6	Died	Pio Marcello Bagnoli, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
17 Jan	62.2	Died	Adrien-Pierre Devals, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
18 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	74.1	Appointed	Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Papua, Papua New Guinea
	74.1	Retired	Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Papua, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.1	Appointed	Costantino Stella †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
19 Jan	70.2	Died	Claudio María Volio y Jiménez †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
20 Jan		Born	Martin Tetsuo Hiraga	Hanamaki	Bishop of Sendai, Japan
21 Jan		Born	Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.	Loreggia	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Jan	78.3	Died	Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Comacchio, Italy
22 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Domenico Brizi †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	57.0	Appointed	Demetrio Moscato †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	39.0	Appointed	Enrico Nicodemo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
		Born	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Skalsko, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
		Born	Alojzij Uran	Ljubljana	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
23 Jan	52.8	Appointed	Lucio Crescenzi †	Apostolic Administrator of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy	Bishop
23 Jan	52.8	Appointed	Lucio Crescenzi †	Titular Bishop of Pharsalus	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
24 Jan		Born	Valério Breda, S.D.B.	San Fior di Sooto	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
25 Jan	29.4	Ordained Priest	Oskar Formánek, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop
25 Jan		Born	Philippe Ouédraogo	Konéan	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
27 Jan	25.9	Ordained Priest	Patrick Vincent Ahern †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	74.2	Appointed	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
	74.2	Appointed	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Edward Dennis Head †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
		Born	Juan Navarro Castellanos	San José de Gracia	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México
29 Jan		Born	Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.	Bezeros	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
30 Jan		Born	Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.SS.R.	Chang Ming	Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
30 Jan		Born	Michele Russo, M.C.C.I.	San Giovanni Rotondo	Bishop of Doba, Chad
31 Jan	70.6	Died	Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda
	60.6	Succeeded	Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
		Born	Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez	Guantánamo	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
1 Feb	71.6	Resigned	Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. †	Bishop of Germany, Military	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb		Born	Paul Nguyên Thai Hop, O.P.	Lang Anh, Nghe An	Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
3 Feb	52.0	Appointed	José Souto Vizoso †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
3 Feb	52.0	Appointed	José Souto Vizoso †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
4 Feb		Born	Maurice Marcel Gardès	Lyon	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
4 Feb		Born	George Kocherry	Changanacherry, India	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
5 Feb		Born	Michael Aidan Courtney †	Nenagh, Ireland	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
5 Feb		Born	Ramzi Garmou	Zakho	Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
6 Feb		Born	Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap.	Kibala	Bishop Emeritus of Mbanza Congo, Angola
7 Feb		Born	Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M.	Medina del Pomar, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
8 Feb		Born	Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R.	Almazul, Spain	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
11 Feb	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Brizi †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Luigi (James Louis) Cheng †	Titular Bishop of Barcusus	Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi, Thailand
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Alan Charles Clark †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Philip Lasap Za Hawng	Pang-Pu	Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar
16 Feb		Born	Edward Michael Grosz	Buffalo	Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
22 Feb	68.7	Died	Marius Besson †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
	43.3	Appointed	Adolf Bolte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Bishop
	43.3	Appointed	Adolf Bolte †	Titular Bishop of Cibyra	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	67.8	Died	Michal Bubnic †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
	60.2	Died	William Francis O’Shea, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Heijo, Korea (North)
24 Feb	26.7	Ordained Priest	Sauveur Casanova †	Priest of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Cavero y Tormo †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
	67.1	Appointed	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado	Priest of Istituto del Prado	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Charles Alexander K. Salatka †	Priest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
25 Feb		Born	Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli	Camisano, Italy	Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala