The Year of Our Lord 1946

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 76.2 Died Antonio Galati † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy

Born Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. † Prefect Emeritus of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)

3 Mar 54.0 Ordained Bishop Mathurin Blanchet, O.M.I. † Bishop of Aosta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

48.5 Appointed Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

30.1 Ordained Deacon Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux † Deacon of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France

28.1 Ordained Priest Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

4 Mar Born Richard John Grecco Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

64.6 Appointed August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

64.6 Appointed August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

50.0 Appointed Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski † Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

54.4 Died William Aloysius Rice, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Belize

63.5 Appointed Maurilio Silvani † Apostolic Internuncio to Austria

44.5 Appointed Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † Bishop of Lublin, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

5 Mar Born William D’Souza, S.J. Archbishop Emeritus of Patna, India

7 Mar Born Gerald Almeida Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India

44.1 Ordained Bishop Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † Titular Archbishop of Preslavus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

9 Mar 62.5 Appointed Fernando Cento † Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

62.5 Appointed Fernando Cento † Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

83.7 Died John Joseph Glennon † Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

56.6 Appointed Francesco Roberti † Secretary of the Congregation of the Council Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

66.1 Appointed Giuseppe Rossino † Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

10 Mar 46.7 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe D’Avack † Archbishop of Camerino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

24.7 Ordained Priest Leroy Theodore Matthiesen † Priest of Amarillo, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

30.1 Ordained Priest Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux † Priest of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France

11 Mar Born Christo Proykov Bishop Emeritus of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria

Born Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam Archbishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India

12 Mar 59.3 Appointed Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. † Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

59.4 Installed William Patrick O’Connor † Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Amadeo Rodríguez Magro Bishop Emeritus of Jaén, Spain

13 Mar 21.4 Solemn Vows Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Giulio Mencuccini, C.P. Bishop Emeritus of Sanggau, Indonesia

14 Mar 43.7 Appointed Enrique Alvarez González, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru

43.7 Appointed Enrique Alvarez González, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Scyrus Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru

62.5 Succeeded Frédéric Duc † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France Bishop Emeritus

83.0 Died Auguste Grumel † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

48.1 Appointed Giacomo Palombella † Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy

43.0 Appointed Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada

43.0 Appointed Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Isba Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada

38.3 Appointed Andrew Gerard Tynan † Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia

47.7 Appointed Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China

47.7 Appointed Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Sufes Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China

15 Mar 62.7 Died Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy

71.1 Died Joseph Sak, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

16 Mar 27.3 Ordained Priest José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia

Born Virgilio Pante, I.M.C. Bishop Emeritus of Maralal, Kenya

22.5 Ordained Priest Carlo Poggi † Priest of Piacenza, Italy Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

17 Mar 23.3 Ordained Deacon André Bernard Michel Quélen † Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Bishop Emeritus of Moulins, France

25.4 Ordained Priest Francis Mansour Zayek † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

18 Mar Born Anatole Milandou Archbishop Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo

Born Dieudonné Watio Bishop Emeritus of Bafoussam, Cameroon

19 Mar 41.5 Ordained Bishop José María Bueno y Monreal † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

64.3 Appointed Carlo Chiarlo † Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

Born Richard Joseph Malone Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA

48.4 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Sauatra Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam

53.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas Lawrence Noa † Titular Bishop of Salona Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA

46.6 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. † Bishop of Anagni, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy

47.0 Ordained Bishop René-Joseph Piérard † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France

20 Mar 77.9 Resigned Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

21 Mar 43.5 Appointed Mauro De Caro, O.S.B. † Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

Born Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan

22 Mar 60.1 Appointed Vincenzo Gili † Bishop of Cesena, Italy

68.0 Died Bl. Clemens August von Galen † Cardinal, Bishop of Münster, Germany

23 Mar Born Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R. Bishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy

24 Mar 38.8 Ordained Bishop Vicente Enrique y Tarancón † Bishop of Solsona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

31.1 Ordained Priest Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

30.1 Ordained Priest Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

46.1 Ordained Bishop Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

25 Mar 42.8 Ordained Bishop Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Europus Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China

48.7 Ordained Bishop Bertrand Lacaste † Bishop of Oran, Algeria Bishop Emeritus

Born Julio Parrilla Díaz Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador

53.7 Appointed Jan Piotr Stepa † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

57.1 Appointed Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy

57.1 Appointed Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Lystra Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy

28 Mar Born Martinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Padang, Indonesia

30 Mar 54.6 Appointed Rosalvo Costa Rêgo † Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

54.6 Appointed Rosalvo Costa Rêgo † Titular Bishop of Marciana Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

31 Mar 48.6 Ordained Bishop Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin † Titular Bishop of Messene Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	76.2	Died	Antonio Galati †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	Born	Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. †		Prefect Emeritus of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
3 Mar	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Mathurin Blanchet, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
48.5	Appointed	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
30.1	Ordained Deacon	Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux †	Deacon of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
28.1	Ordained Priest	Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
4 Mar		Born	Richard John Grecco		Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
64.6	Appointed	August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
64.6	Appointed	August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
50.0	Appointed	Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
54.4	Died	William Aloysius Rice, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Belize
63.5	Appointed	Maurilio Silvani †	Apostolic Internuncio to Austria
44.5	Appointed	Bl. Stefan Wyszyński †	Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
5 Mar		Born	William D’Souza, S.J.		Archbishop Emeritus of Patna, India
7 Mar		Born	Gerald Almeida		Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
9 Mar	62.5	Appointed	Fernando Cento †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
62.5	Appointed	Fernando Cento †	Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
83.7	Died	John Joseph Glennon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
56.6	Appointed	Francesco Roberti †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
66.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Rossino †	Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
10 Mar	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe D’Avack †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
24.7	Ordained Priest	Leroy Theodore Matthiesen †	Priest of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30.1	Ordained Priest	Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux †	Priest of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
11 Mar		Born	Christo Proykov		Bishop Emeritus of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
	Born	Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam		Archbishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India
12 Mar	59.3	Appointed	Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. †	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
59.4	Installed	William Patrick O’Connor †	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Amadeo Rodríguez Magro		Bishop Emeritus of Jaén, Spain
13 Mar	21.4	Solemn Vows	Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Giulio Mencuccini, C.P.		Bishop Emeritus of Sanggau, Indonesia
14 Mar	43.7	Appointed	Enrique Alvarez González, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru
43.7	Appointed	Enrique Alvarez González, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Scyrus	Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru
62.5	Succeeded	Frédéric Duc †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Bishop Emeritus
83.0	Died	Auguste Grumel †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
48.1	Appointed	Giacomo Palombella †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy
43.0	Appointed	Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada
43.0	Appointed	Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Isba	Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada
38.3	Appointed	Andrew Gerard Tynan †	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
47.7	Appointed	Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
47.7	Appointed	Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
15 Mar	62.7	Died	Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
71.1	Died	Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Mar	27.3	Ordained Priest	José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
	Born	Virgilio Pante, I.M.C.		Bishop Emeritus of Maralal, Kenya
22.5	Ordained Priest	Carlo Poggi †	Priest of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
17 Mar	23.3	Ordained Deacon	André Bernard Michel Quélen †	Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus of Moulins, France
25.4	Ordained Priest	Francis Mansour Zayek †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
18 Mar		Born	Anatole Milandou		Archbishop Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo
	Born	Dieudonné Watio		Bishop Emeritus of Bafoussam, Cameroon
19 Mar	41.5	Ordained Bishop	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
64.3	Appointed	Carlo Chiarlo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	Born	Richard Joseph Malone		Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sauatra	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Lawrence Noa †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
47.0	Ordained Bishop	René-Joseph Piérard †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France
20 Mar	77.9	Resigned	Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
21 Mar	43.5	Appointed	Mauro De Caro, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
	Born	Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.		Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
22 Mar	60.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Gili †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
68.0	Died	Bl. Clemens August von Galen †	Cardinal, Bishop of Münster, Germany
23 Mar		Born	Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy
24 Mar	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Enrique y Tarancón †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
31.1	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
30.1	Ordained Priest	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Quiroga y Palacios †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
25 Mar	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Bertrand Lacaste †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Julio Parrilla Díaz		Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador
53.7	Appointed	Jan Piotr Stepa †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
57.1	Appointed	Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy
57.1	Appointed	Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy
28 Mar		Born	Martinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Padang, Indonesia
30 Mar	54.6	Appointed	Rosalvo Costa Rêgo †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
54.6	Appointed	Rosalvo Costa Rêgo †	Titular Bishop of Marciana	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
31 Mar	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

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