The Year of Our Lord 1948

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	40.1	Appointed	Gabriel Abou-Saada †	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
	60.2	Appointed	Mikhayl Assaf †	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
		Died	Giacinto Maria D’Avila, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Anselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa
	43.6	Resigned	Emilio Favarato, O.F.M. Conv. †	Prefect of Ankang [Hinganfu], China	Prefect Emeritus
		Died	Giacomo Jacobs, O. Praem. †	Prefect of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	67.1	Appointed	Federico Lunardi †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
		Died	Giuseppe Ly †	Prefect of Linqing [Lintsing], China
		Born	Michael Marai	Muschu Island	Bishop Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
		Died	Gerardo Martino Uberto Martens, C.I.C.M. †	Prefect of Makassar, Indonesia
	48.7	Resigned	Thomas Megan, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Paul R. Ruzoka	Nyakayenzi	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
	34.7	Appointed	Johannes Schütte, S.V.D. †	Pro-Prefect of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China	Superior General Emeritus of Society of the Divine Word
	52.4	Appointed	Juan Tarcisio Senner, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	60.2	Appointed	Marian Tumler, O.T. †	Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem	Grand Master Emeritus
Jan	47.6	Appointed	Martin John O’Connor †	President of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications	President Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Ivan Devcic	Krasno Polje	Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia
1 Jan		Born	Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.SS.R. †	Manaus	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
2 Jan	51.6	Appointed	Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil
3 Jan	41.1	Appointed	Manuel Pedro da Cunha Cintra †	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Appointed	Édouard Jetté †	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	49.4	Appointed	Édouard Jetté †	Titular Bishop of Tabae	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
		Born	Donato Negro	S. Cesario di Lecce	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
4 Jan	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Jan	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Bishop of Goiás, Goias, Brazil
5 Jan		Born	František V. Lobkowicz, O. Praem.	Plzen	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czech Republic
6 Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
7 Jan		Born	Jan de Groef, M. Afr.	Beigem, Belgium	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
8 Jan	46.8	Appointed	Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thuburnica	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
	46.8	Appointed	Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Iringa, Tanzania	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
	53.0	Appointed	Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
	53.0	Appointed	Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Cotenna	Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
	42.6	Appointed	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	42.6	Appointed	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	43.8	Appointed	Peter Wang Mu-To †	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
	61.8	Appointed	Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	61.8	Appointed	Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Jan		Born	Andrej Imrich	Mnišek nad Popradom	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
	71.2	Appointed	Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Acarassus	Bishop Emeritus of Jinzhou [Jehol], China
	71.2	Resigned	Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Jinzhou [Jehol], China	Bishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
	48.8	Succeeded	René-Joseph Piérard †	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
	90.4	Died	Joseph-Marie Tissier †	Bishop of Châlons, France
10 Jan	40.0	Appointed	Carlos Gouvêa Coelho †	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	45.5	Appointed	Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil
	45.5	Appointed	Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, O.S.M. †	Prelate of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus, Brazil	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil
	44.8	Appointed	Joseph Rodgers †	Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland	Bishop
	44.8	Appointed	Joseph Rodgers †	Titular Bishop of Sebela	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
11 Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Francis John Dunn †	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
13 Jan	55.1	Appointed	Ugo Camozzo †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Jan	75.7	Died	Francesco Canessa †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta
		Born	Giovanni D’Alise	Napoli	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle †	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Jan		Born	Paul Choi Deok-ki	P'yongt'aek	Bishop Emeritus of Suwon, Korea (South)
	88.3	Appointed	Heinrich Döring (Doëring), S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
	88.3	Retired	Heinrich Döring (Doëring), S.J. †	Bishop of Poona, India	Bishop Emeritus
	41.7	Appointed	António Ferreira Gomes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
	41.7	Appointed	António Ferreira Gomes †	Titular Bishop of Rhandus	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
	75.4	Appointed	Francis Liu-Chiu-wen (Liou King wen) †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Bishop Emeritus of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
	75.4	Retired	Francis Liu-Chiu-wen (Liou King wen) †	Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	36.3	Appointed	Isidore Borecky †	Apostolic Exarch of Eastern Canada (Ukrainian)	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
	36.3	Appointed	Isidore Borecky †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
		Born	Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.	Dublin, Ireland	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	48.0	Appointed	Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. †	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Olena	Prelate Emeritus of Xingu, Para, Brazil
18 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Luciano José Cabral Duarte	Priest of Aracajú, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
18 Jan		Born	John Thomas Kattrukudiyil	Kothamangalam	Bishop of Itanagar, India
19 Jan	48.4	Appointed	Marian Jankowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
	48.4	Appointed	Marian Jankowski †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia	Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
	42.7	Appointed	Nilus Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. †	Apostolic Exarch of Western Canada (Ukrainian)	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada
	50.0	Appointed	Władysław Suszyński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Apostolic Administrator
	50.0	Appointed	Władysław Suszyński †	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania
20 Jan	39.3	Appointed	Bernard Czaplinski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop
20 Jan	39.3	Appointed	Bernard Czaplinski †	Titular Bishop of Faustinopolis	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
21 Jan	51.5	Installed	Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle †	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23 Jan		Born	Javier Salinas Viñals	Valencia	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
25 Jan	26.0	Ordained Priest	Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel Franklin da Costa †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephanos I Sidarouss, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sais	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
28 Jan	54.3	Appointed	Charles Justin Marie Ernest Calewaert †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
		Born	Celso Morga Iruzubieta	Spain	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy
		Born	Gino Reali	Monteleone di Spoleto	Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina, Italy
		Born	Sebastián Taltavull Anglada	Ciudadela	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
29 Jan	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Albert Rudolph Zuroweste †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	68.1	Appointed	Jean Delay †	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Archbishop Emeritus
Feb	65.2	Resigned	Robert Constant Lagae, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Feb	41.9	Ordained Bishop	José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Colybrassus	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Benigno Carrara †	Titular Bishop of Hieropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
	77.3	Died	Francis Clement Kelley †	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
	58.4	Succeeded	Eugene Joseph McGuinness †	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3 Feb		Born	Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B.	Baucau	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
5 Feb	22.6	Ordained Priest	Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia
	66.4	Appointed	Terence Bernard McGuire †	Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.4	Appointed	Eris Norman Michael O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
	52.4	Appointed	Eris Norman Michael O’Brien †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
	41.4	Appointed	Antonio Tedde †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
6 Feb		Born	Ladislav Hučko	Prešov, Slovakia	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
6 Feb		Born	Adolfo Tito Yllana	Naga City, Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of
7 Feb	56.0	Appointed	Gerald Thomas Bergan †	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.4	Appointed	Edward Wilson Douglas †	Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	61.6	Appointed	James Francis Aloysius McIntyre †	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	John Aloysius Murphy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
	42.1	Appointed	John Aloysius Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
	37.0	Appointed	Manuel de Jesus Pereira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
	37.0	Appointed	Manuel de Jesus Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Praenetus	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
8 Feb		Born	Joseph Osei-Bonsu	Jamasi	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
8 Feb	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Conana	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
9 Feb	75.0	Died	Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
10 Feb		Born	Luis Armando Collazuol	Rosario	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
10 Feb		Born	Thomas Anthony Williams	Liverpool	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
11 Feb	61.6	Appointed	Gustavo Testa †	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
12 Feb	59.3	Appointed	Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tigava	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	59.3	Appointed	Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	70.5	Appointed	Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	61.1	Appointed	John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Sertei	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	61.1	Appointed	John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	30.6	Incardinated	Mark Onwuha Unegbu †	Priest of Owerri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
	46.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Huê, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Isauropolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam
	34.8	Appointed	Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Abercorn, Zambia
	34.8	Appointed	Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Abercorn, Zambia
	38.7	Appointed	Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Owerri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
	38.7	Appointed	Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Tiddi	Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
13 Feb	47.9	Appointed	Ruy Serra †	Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Feb	39.6	Appointed	José Terceiro de Sousa †	Bishop of Caetité, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
14 Feb	75.9	Died	Conrad Gröber †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	37.2	Appointed	Andrew J. Roborecki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Central Canada (Ukrainian)	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
	37.2	Appointed	Andrew J. Roborecki †	Titular Bishop of Tanais	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
15 Feb	25.8	Ordained Priest	François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
16 Feb		Born	John Fleming	Ardpatrick	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
	96.8	Died	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
		Born	Armando Trasarti	Campofilone	Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
19 Feb	80.9	Appointed	Dionigi Vismara †	Titular Bishop of Tymbrias	Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India
19 Feb	80.9	Retired	Dionigi Vismara †	Bishop of Hyderabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	50.0	Appointed	Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Misurata, Libya	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
21 Feb	25.2	Ordained Priest	Paul John O’Byrne †	Priest of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb		Born	Cherubim Dambui †	Timbunke	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
23 Feb	63.9	Appointed	Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
24 Feb	58.2	Installed	Francis Patrick Keough †	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
24 Feb		Born	Gilles Lemay	Sainte-Emmélie, Leclercville	Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada
25 Feb	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Duperray †	Titular Bishop of Lamia	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	John Aloysius Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Wendelin Joseph Nold †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
26 Feb		Born	Boutros Marayati	Alep	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
26 Feb	85.3	Died	Valentín de la Asunción (Manuel) Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
28 Feb	53.7	Appointed	James Black †	Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
	48.4	Appointed	Thomas Arthur Connolly †	Coadjutor Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA
	26.1	Ordained Priest	George Avis Fulcher †	Priest of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
29 Feb	48.0	Appointed	Orlando Chaves, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil