The Year of Our Lord 1950

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Cosma Alterio, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Alto Orinoco, Venezuela
	72.8	Appointed	Hermann Wilhelm Berning †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop
	75.6	Appointed	Michael Buchberger †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop
		Died	Venceslao da Spoleto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil
	63.5	Appointed	André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Yungkia [Yongjia], China	Bishop of Ningpo [Ningbo], China
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Leonard Anthony Faulkner	Priest of Adelaide, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Franciolini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
		Appointed	Giuseppe Gerardo Grondin, M.M. †	Prefect of Musoma, Tanzania
		Died	Agostino Guérin, M. Afr. †	Prefect of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
	24.5	Incardinated	Robert Healy †	Priest of Perth, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Died	Krizosztom Kelemen, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
	53.6	Appointed	Inácio Krause, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Shunteh [Xingtai], China
	66.6	Resigned	Enrico Leven, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	65.8	Resigned	Giuseppe Misuraca †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
		Died	Stephen Mlakic, M.C.C.I. †	Prefect of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan
	45.7	Resigned	Vincenzo Padolskis †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	76.3	Died	Giuseppe Potier, C.M. †	Prefect of Arauca, Colombia
	65.9	Appointed	Saverio Ritter †	Official of the Secretariat of State
		Appointed	Giovanni Schütte, S.V.D. †	Pro-Prefect of Sinsiang [Xinxiang], China
	205.0	Canonized	St. Vincenzo Maria Strambi, C.P. †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
	44.4	Incardinated	Hans Urs von Balthasar †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland
		Died	Bruno Wolnik, S.J. †	Prefect of Broken Hill, Zambia
1 Jan	26.1	Ordained Priest	Brian Patrick Ashby †	Priest of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
	64.1	Died	William Aloysius Griffin †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
		Born	Timothée Modibo-Nzockena	Mbomo	Bishop of Franceville, Gabon
2 Jan		Born	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Kniazhpil	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
4 Jan		Born	Gerald Michael Barbarito	Brooklyn	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
6 Jan	22.4	Ordained Priest	Alberto Tricarico	Priest	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
8 Jan	72.4	Died	Nicolás Corona y Corona †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Sigismondi †	Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	67.7	Died	Andrej Skrábik †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
9 Jan		Born	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Tepic	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
	52.1	Appointed	Antonio Taffi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Antonio Taffi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Nicaragua
14 Jan	59.2	Appointed	Alfonso Castaldo †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
	59.2	Appointed	Alfonso Castaldo †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	59.2	Appointed	Alfonso Castaldo †	Apostolic Administrator of Pozzuoli, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	23.7	Professed	Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
	34.9	Appointed	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
15 Jan		Born	Christopher Alan Saunders	Melbourne	Bishop of Broome, Australia
18 Jan	64.8	Died	Alfonso Camillo de Romanis, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †	Titular Bishop of Gaza	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
	77.8	Died	Elia Scedid †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus per i Maroniti
20 Jan	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Bergamaschi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	64.2	Appointed	Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Girus	Bishop Emeritus of Yentai [Yantai], China
	64.2	Resigned	Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yentai [Yantai], China	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan	53.1	Appointed	Paul Nousseir †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop
23 Jan	39.4	Appointed	Franz Jáchym †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
	39.4	Appointed	Franz Jáchym †	Titular Archbishop of Maronea	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	76.3	Appointed	Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nice, France	Bishop
	70.0	Resigned	Angelo Cesare Vigiani, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Douglas William Young, S.V.D.	Brisbane, Australia	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
24 Jan		Born	Joaquim Justino Carreira	Santa Catarina da Serra, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	45.9	Appointed	Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Zenobias	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
27 Jan		Born	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez	Santo Domingo	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
27 Jan		Appointed	Edward Gabriel Quint, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Weihaiwei [Weihai], China
28 Jan	45.6	Appointed	George William Ahr †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	52.2	Appointed	John Joyce Russell †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
	44.4	Appointed	Christopher Joseph Weldon †	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	40.5	Appointed	John Joseph Wright †	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
29 Jan	36.6	Ordained Bishop	João Cláudio Colling †	Titular Bishop of Corone	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
29 Jan	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Kweiteh [Shangqiu], China
30 Jan	44.2	Appointed	Antonio Samorè †	Titular Archbishop of Ternobus	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
30 Jan	44.2	Appointed	Antonio Samorè †	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
31 Jan	70.4	Died	Francesco Gardini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	42.2	Appointed	Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Bonfim, Baia, Brazil
	42.2	Appointed	Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro †	Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina	Bishop of Bonfim, Baia, Brazil
	77.1	Appointed	Pasquale Mores †	Titular Archbishop of Phulli	Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
	77.1	Retired	Pasquale Mores †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Feb	25.2	Ordained Priest	Georges Biard, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Mopti, Mali
		Born	Kieran Thomas Conry	Coventry	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
		Born	Kazimierz Nycz	Stara Wies	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
2 Feb	26.3	Ordained Priest	Gilles Bélisle †	Priest of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	67.0	Appointed	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	44.1	Appointed	Jesús Enciso Viana †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	28.3	Ordained Priest	Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
	48.0	Appointed	Manuel Llopis Ivorra †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
	46.3	Appointed	Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
3 Feb	53.0	Appointed	Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bangueolo, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
	53.0	Appointed	Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Regiae	Bishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
	54.2	Appointed	John Joseph McEleney, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	54.2	Appointed	John Joseph McEleney, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	40.7	Appointed	Pierre Marie Pham-Ngoc-Chi †	Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viêt Nam	Bishop of Ðà Nang, Viêt Nam
	40.7	Appointed	Pierre Marie Pham-Ngoc-Chi †	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto	Bishop of Ðà Nang, Viêt Nam
5 Feb		Born	Patrick James Dunn	London, Great Britain	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
		Born	Andrew Marak	Chimagre	Bishop of Tura, India
	42.5	Died	James Thomas O'Dowd †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
6 Feb		Born	Timothy Michael Dolan	St. Louis, MO	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
7 Feb	64.7	Died	William Francis Murphy †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
	73.1	Died	Bonifatius (Josef) Sauer, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (South)
		Born	Dusan Spiridion Spiner	Vydrník, Slovakia	Bishop
8 Feb		Born	Callistus Rubaramira	Rubira Kyanamira Village	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda
9 Feb	57.5	Appointed	Joseph Charbonneau †	Titular Archbishop of Bosporus	Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	57.5	Resigned	Joseph Charbonneau †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	42.0	Appointed	Ladislao Hlad †	Titular Bishop of Cediae
	76.7	Died	Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Patient Honoré Pierre Yvon Redois, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Natitingou, Benin
10 Feb	32.2	Ordained Priest	Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
	62.8	Appointed	Paul-Marie-André Richaud †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	84.5	Died	Bl. Adolf Peter Szelazek †	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
13 Feb		Born	Domenico Cornacchia	Altamura	Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy
	44.8	Appointed	Armando Lombardi †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Philippi	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
	44.8	Appointed	Armando Lombardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
14 Feb	76.9	Died	Jean-Camille Costes †	Bishop of Angers, France
14 Feb	81.1	Died	Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza-Matera, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Demetrio Fernández González	Puente del Arzobispo	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
15 Feb		Born	Stephanus Tri Buu Thien	Tra Long	Coadjutor Bishop of Cân Tho, Viêt Nam
16 Feb	86.1	Died	Jacob Naughton †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
19 Feb	24.8	Ordained Priest	Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
	34.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Dices	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
	61.5	Died	Henry John Poskitt †	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Marian Przykucki	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Klerksdorp, South Africa
20 Feb	44.0	Appointed	Manuel Marengo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
20 Feb	44.0	Appointed	Manuel Marengo †	Titular Bishop of Carrhae	Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
22 Feb	56.6	Appointed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
22 Feb	56.6	Appointed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
25 Feb	64.3	Died	Luigi Cammarata †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
26 Feb	64.9	Died	Ignatius Arnoz, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
28 Feb	54.8	Died	José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México

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