The Year of Our Lord 1947

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin	Iwere-Ile	Bishop of Osogbo, Nigeria
		Born	Judes Bicaba	Wakara	Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
		Died	Giuseppe Billiet, C.I.C.M. †	Prefect of Mountain Provinces, Philippines
	23.4	Professed	Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Tambacounda, Senegal
		Died	Paolo Chou †	Prefect of Zenshu, Korea (South)
	41.6	Resigned	Joseph Faye, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Prefect Emeritus
	71.7	Resigned	Valeriu Traian Frentiu †	Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	54.1	Resigned	Józef Gawlina †	Bishop of Poland, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Resigned	Ludwig Haag, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Tukuyu, Tanzania	Prefect Emeritus
	18.8	Professed	Peter Henrici, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	61.9	Resigned	Iuliu Hossu †	Apostolic Administrator of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania
	69.0	Resigned	Peter Janser, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Indore, India	Prefect Emeritus
		Died	Giuseppe Kirsten, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Benue, Nigeria
		Died	Henrique Klein †	Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
		Died	Teodoro Koenig, S.A.C. †	Prefect of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph M. Loftus, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Prior General Emeritus
	57.3	Appointed	Carlo von Mansfeld, M.I. †	Superior General of Order of the Ministers of the Sick	Superior General Emeritus
	62.3	Resigned	Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris †	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
		Died	Giuseppe Patrizio O’Donohoe, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan
	51.7	Appointed	William M. Slattery, C.M. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Mission	Superior General Emeritus
	74.0	Died	Ignazio Giuseppe Tommaso Staub, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
		Died	Raffaello Toro, S.J. †	Prefect of Río Magdalena, Colombia
	39.3	Resigned	Louis Wach, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Prefect Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Vicente Costa	Birkirkara, Malta	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Jan		Born	Isidore Fernandes	Kalathur	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
4 Jan		Born	Gabriel Chang Bong-hun	Umsong-gun	Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
6 Jan	73.3	Died	Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. †	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
8 Jan		Born	Edward Eugeniusz Bialoglowski	Rzeplin	Auxiliary Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland
8 Jan	71.4	Resigned	Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.SS.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Suriname, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
9 Jan	53.5	Appointed	Leopold Brellinger, S.J. †	Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
	50.3	Appointed	Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda
	50.3	Appointed	Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda
	45.4	Appointed	Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
11 Jan	39.1	Appointed	Joseph Carroll McCormick †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
	39.1	Appointed	Joseph Carroll McCormick †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
	43.2	Appointed	Domenico Savarese †	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Francisco Pérez González	Frandovínez	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
16 Jan		Born	Thomas Christopher Collins	Guelph	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 Jan		Born	David Raymond Choby	Nashville	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
	79.8	Died	Bl. Hryhory Khomyshyn (Chomyszyn) †	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	51.0	Succeeded	Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	63.2	Died	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
18 Jan	59.5	Appointed	Adalberto Accioli Sobral †	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil
	44.6	Appointed	James Buis, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Northern Borneo {Borneo Settentrionale}, Malaysia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
	41.8	Appointed	Secondo Chiocca †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jan		Born	Riccardo Fontana	Forte dei Marmi	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Hilary Paul Odili Okeke	Utuh	Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria
21 Jan		Born	Thomas James Olmsted	Marysville, KS	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
22 Jan		Born	Vincenzo Apicella	Napoli	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
24 Jan		Born	Romualdo Matias Kujawski	Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil
25 Jan	47.1	Installed	Emilio Antonio di Pasquo †	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina
	66.7	Died	Johannes Damascus Jesacher (Iesacher), O.F.M. †	Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China
		Born	Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba	Muala	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Jan	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Octavio José Calderón y Padilla †	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Orlando Antonio Corrales García	Abejorral	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
28 Jan	64.1	Died	Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
30 Jan	79.2	Died	Joseph Martin Nathan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
31 Jan		Appointed	Cosma Alterio, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Alto Orinoco, Venezuela
	61.5	Died	Daniel Kauczor, M.F.S.C. †	Prefect Emeritus of Lydenburg, South Africa
	55.3	Appointed	Giacomo Lercaro †	Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	45.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Melas †	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
1 Feb	70.3	Died	Filippo Cortesi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
2 Feb		Born	Julio César Bonino Bonino	Santa Lucía	Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Nicola Comparone †	Priest	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
		Born	Smaragde Mbonyintege	Rutobwe-Gitarama	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda
3 Feb	62.7	Died	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	26.1	Ordained Priest	George Hamilton Pearce, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
		Born	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Unterems, Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
4 Feb	58.9	Died	John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
5 Feb	75.9	Died	Michel Akras †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
	73.3	Died	Anton Hilfrich †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
		Born	Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.	St. Wendelin	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
6 Feb	50.9	Appointed	Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
6 Feb	50.9	Appointed	Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Fussala	Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
8 Feb	86.5	Appointed	Antonio di Tommaso †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Bishop Emeritus of Oria, Italy
	86.5	Retired	Antonio di Tommaso †	Bishop of Oria, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Joseph Masterson †	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	59.0	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	59.0	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	51.6	Appointed	John Edward Petit †	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb	25.4	Ordained Priest	Jacques Landriault	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
10 Feb		Born	Juan Guillermo López Soto	Santa Bárbara	Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
11 Feb	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Léon-Etienne Duval †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
		Born	Juan María Leonardi Villasmil	Bocono	Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Denis Stewart †	Titular Bishop of Ucres	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
12 Feb		Born	Ferenc Cserháti	Túrterebes	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	82.8	Died	Tito Trocchi †	Official of the Apostolic Chamber
		Born	Eduardo Zielski	Brodnica	Bishop of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil
13 Feb	48.4	Appointed	Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar
	48.4	Appointed	Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia	Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar
	44.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo
	44.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Araxa	Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo
	57.8	Appointed	Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †	Titular Bishop of Aspendus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
	57.8	Appointed	Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh
	58.5	Appointed	René van Heusden, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	58.5	Appointed	René van Heusden, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Cariana	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	74.9	Died	Juan Villar y Sanz †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	41.8	Appointed	Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
15 Feb	48.7	Appointed	Allen James Babcock †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	48.7	Appointed	Allen James Babcock †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	50.2	Appointed	Mark Kenny Carroll †	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	51.1	Appointed	James Fergus †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
16 Feb	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lucknow, India
17 Feb	48.3	Appointed	Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Ist. del Prado †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	48.3	Appointed	Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Ist. del Prado †	Titular Bishop of Myrina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	58.8	Appointed	Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus
	59.2	Appointed	Albert-Paul Droulers †	Bishop of Amiens, France
	52.4	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Théas †	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France	Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb		Born	Lourdes Daniel	Dehu Road	Bishop of Nashik, India
21 Feb		Born	Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau	Ardelay Les Herbiers	Bishop of Annecy, France
21 Feb		Born	Hyginus Kim Hee-jong	Bukkyu-dong Mopko-shi	Archbishop of Kwangju, Korea (South)
22 Feb		Born	Jurij Bizjak	Col	Bishop of Koper, Slovenia
	40.3	Appointed	Paul II Cheikho †	Bishop of Aqra {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	64.2	Appointed	Alessandro Guidati †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	64.2	Retired	Alessandro Guidati †	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.0	Appointed	Etienne Katcho †	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	64.0	Appointed	Etienne Katcho †	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Jacob Manathodath	Kodamthuruth	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese), India
	37.0	Appointed	Raphaël Rabban †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	64.4	Appointed	Marcus Sigala †	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
	48.5	Appointed	Georges Xenopulos, S.J. †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	48.5	Appointed	Georges Xenopulos, S.J. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
23 Feb	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Vicente Scherer †	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23 Feb		Born	Peter Turang	Tataaran	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
25 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Betori	Foligno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
26 Feb		Born	Jean-Luc Hudsyn	Uccle	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium