The Year of Our Lord 1952

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Patrizio Tommaso Brennan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Kwangju, Korea (South)
	43.9	Appointed	Policarpo da Costa Vaz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
	44.1	Appointed	Wilfrid J. Dufault, A.A. †	Superior General of Augustinians of the Assumption	Superior General Emeritus
	64.3	Resigned	Francisco Gomez de Santiago, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Died	Pietro Alcantara da Habas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Berbérati, Central African Republic
	17.9	Professed	Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist.	Member of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
	50.7	Appointed	Malcolm La Velle, C.P. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Passion	Superior General Emeritus
	69.8	Died	Giuseppe Ramiro Marcone, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy
		Died	Jean-Henri Mazoyer, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos
		Died	Francesco Sanz Pascual, C.M.F. †	Prefect of Chocó, Colombia
	51.4	Appointed	Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Uruguay
		Appointed	Clément Sirgue, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Moundou, Chad
		Born	Norman King’oo Wambua	Kathiani	Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya
	70.1	Resigned	Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Djakarta, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Djakarta, Indonesia
	53.4	Appointed	Georges Xenopulos, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
1 Jan	50.4	Died	Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
2 Jan	45.9	Appointed	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Awasa, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
2 Jan	45.9	Appointed	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Hosanna, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
3 Jan	40.9	Appointed	Aleksandar Tokic †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop
3 Jan	40.9	Appointed	Aleksandar Tokic †	Titular Archbishop of Bizya	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
4 Jan		Born	Alfonso Yepes Rojo †	Donmatias	Prefect of Leticia, Colombia
5 Jan	69.3	Died	Joseph Henri Jean Marie Prud’homme †	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
6 Jan	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Bosetti †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
		Born	Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R.	Valtierra-Navarra, Spain	Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil
		Born	John Douglas Deshotel	Basile, LA	Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
	67.8	Succeeded	Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto †	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
	86.7	Died	José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega †	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
		Born	Denis Moutel	Ancenis	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
8 Jan	81.8	Died	Arturo Celestino Álvarez †	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
8 Jan	56.4	Succeeded	Antonio Ignacio Camargo †	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
9 Jan	82.1	Died	Andrea Cassulo †	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey
10 Jan	41.4	Appointed	Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bandung, Indonesia	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
	41.4	Appointed	Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Stectorium	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
	51.2	Appointed	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas Vose Daily	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	57.8	Appointed	Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costermansville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	57.8	Appointed	Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	32.1	Appointed	Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. †	Prefect of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	24.3	Ordained Priest	John Richard McNamara †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	37.1	Appointed	Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
	37.1	Appointed	Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
	43.3	Appointed	Patrick Winters, S.A.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mbulu, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania
	43.3	Appointed	Patrick Winters, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Burca	Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania
11 Jan	38.9	Appointed	Marceliano Eduardo Canyes Santacana, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Leticia, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
11 Jan		Born	Peter Holiday	Durban	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
13 Jan	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Josip Pavlišić †	Titular Bishop of Bruzus	Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia
13 Jan		Born	Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji	Naze	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
14 Jan		Born	Michele Castoro	Altamura	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Georges-Léon Landry †	Titular Bishop of Cnossus	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
	56.1	Resigned	Georges-Léon Landry †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	45.5	Succeeded	Philip Francis Pocock †	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	74.9	Appointed	Arthur Alfred Sinnott †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
	74.9	Retired	Arthur Alfred Sinnott †	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Jan	62.6	Died	Francisco Blanco Nájera †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
15 Jan		Born	Peter Hla	Hwary	Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar
17 Jan	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel †	Titular Bishop of Neocaesarea in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
18 Jan	46.7	Succeeded	René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
18 Jan	80.6	Died	Ange-Marie-Paul Hiral, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt
20 Jan	75.3	Appointed	Ignace Mobarak †	Titular Archbishop of Gabala	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
	75.3	Retired	Ignace Mobarak †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
	23.3	Ordained Priest	José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Uije, Angola
21 Jan	39.9	Appointed	Ernest Maria Çoba †	Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania
21 Jan	39.9	Appointed	Ernest Maria Çoba †	Titular Bishop of Midaëum	Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania
23 Jan	49.0	Appointed	Lambert Anthony Hoch †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
24 Jan		Born	Fausto Feliciano Gaibor García	Guaranda	Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
24 Jan	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen †	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
25 Jan	47.9	Appointed	Pacificus Ly-Hsüan-te (Li Huande), O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
26 Jan	51.9	Appointed	Heinrich Baaken †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Heinrich Baaken †	Titular Bishop of Gordus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
	70.7	Died	Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Anlong [Lanlung], China
	46.0	Appointed	Ignace Ziadé †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Jan	71.9	Appointed	Pjetër Dema †	Titular Bishop of Apollonias
		Born	Calogero La Piana, S.D.B.	Riesi	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Huacho, Peru
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Radicioni †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku	Lukanga	Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Jan	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Lino R. Gonzaga y Rasdesales †	Bishop of Palo, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
29 Jan	57.3	Appointed	Georges Cabana †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jan	83.5	Died	Luigi Ferri †	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
31 Jan	56.7	Appointed	Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
31 Jan	52.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Feb	92.0	Died	José Alves Matoso †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	66.7	Died	Felice Cribellati, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
	61.0	Succeeded	Domingos da Silva Gonçalves †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
		Born	Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C.	Calangute	Bishop of Agartala, India
2 Feb		Born	Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón	Quimbaya	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia
		Born	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C.	Orleans	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Zipaquirá, Colombia
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Botriana	Bishop Emeritus of Nouna, Burkina Faso
	75.1	Died	William Henry Mellon †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
3 Feb	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Biagio d’Agostino †	Titular Bishop of Citium	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
5 Feb		Born	José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F.	Don Benito, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
6 Feb	47.7	Appointed	Gabriel Auguste François Marty †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	53.7	Appointed	Aleksander Moscicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
	53.7	Appointed	Aleksander Moscicki †	Titular Bishop of Doara	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
7 Feb	65.4	Appointed	Joseph Aloysius Burke †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
7 Feb	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis Yi Hsüan-hua (Xuan-hua) †	Bishop of Xiangyang [Siangyang], China
8 Feb	59.4	Appointed	Thomas Kiely Gorman †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
	59.4	Appointed	Thomas Kiely Gorman †	Titular Bishop of Rhasus	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
	45.0	Appointed	Joseph Mark McShea †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
	45.0	Appointed	Joseph Mark McShea †	Titular Bishop of Mina	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
10 Feb		Born	Martin Kivuva Musonde	Muthetheni	Bishop of Machakos, Kenya
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Pacificus Ly-Hsüan-te (Li Huande), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
	66.7	Appointed	Denis J. Moynihan †	Bishop of Kerry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Laurean Rugambwa †	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
12 Feb		Born	Gilberto Gómez González	Albeos, Spain	Bishop of Abancay, Peru
	51.6	Died	Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
	49.8	Appointed	José Lázaro Neves, C.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb	66.4	Appointed	Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. †	Bishop of Teramo e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	47.1	Appointed	Aloys Bigirumwami †	Vicar Apostolic of Nyundo, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda
	47.1	Appointed	Aloys Bigirumwami †	Titular Bishop of Garriana	Bishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda
	49.4	Appointed	Adolfo Binni †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
	49.7	Appointed	James Buis, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Astypalaea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
	49.7	Appointed	James Buis, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Jesselton, Malaysia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
	67.7	Appointed	Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	49.9	Appointed	Jan Vos, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cnidus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
	49.9	Appointed	Jan Vos, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.0	Appointed	Joseph Wan Tsu-Chang †	Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
15 Feb		Born	George Antonysamy	Tiruchy, India	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
16 Feb	36.9	Appointed	Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos †	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil
16 Feb	64.1	Appointed	Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas †	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
17 Feb	23.4	Ordained Priest	John Adel Elya, B.S.	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Bishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
17 Feb		Born	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot	Valencia	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
18 Feb	18.9	Professed	Brian James Barnes, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	79.9	Died	Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Guangzhou [Canton], China
		Born	Daniel Kozelinski Netto	Colonia Paraiso	Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
19 Feb	61.5	Died	Francesco Giberti †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
20 Feb	62.2	Selected	Jules Georges Kandela †	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Feb	41.6	Appointed	Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	41.6	Appointed	Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bapara	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	60.1	Died	Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. †	Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
	75.0	Died	Agostinho de Jesus e Souza †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
22 Feb	69.4	Appointed	Mate Garkovic †	Apostolic Administrator of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop
22 Feb	69.4	Appointed	Mate Garkovic †	Titular Bishop of Adrasus	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
23 Feb	39.1	Appointed	Gabriel Bukatko †	Apostolic Administrator of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	39.1	Appointed	Gabriel Bukatko †	Titular Bishop of Severiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	40.8	Appointed	Jorge Manrique Hurtado †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.8	Appointed	Jorge Manrique Hurtado †	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum	Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
	43.4	Appointed	Matteo Guido Sperandeo †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy
24 Feb	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Lucas Katsusaburo Arai †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Installed	Thomas Absolam McCabe †	Bishop of Wollongong, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Port Augusta, Australia
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Andrew Pataki †	Priest of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Aleksander Moscicki †	Titular Bishop of Doara	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
26 Feb		Born	Jacinto Inácio Flach	Bom Principio	Bishop of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
26 Feb	57.2	Appointed	Luigi Pirelli †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
28 Feb	43.8	Appointed	Lionel Audet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Lionel Audet †	Titular Bishop of Thibaris	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
	40.6	Appointed	Francis Joseph Klein †	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
29 Feb	86.6	Died	Augstín Barrere, F.M.I. †	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
	72.6	Died	Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
		Born	Thomas Löhr	Frankfurt	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany