The Year of Our Lord 1954

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	74.1	Retired	Mattia Leonardo Trudone Brans, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Medan, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
	43.5	Appointed	Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Burzio †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	63.0	Appointed	Federico Callori di Vignale †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Archbishop
		Died	Oscar Cremers, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Hollandia, Indonesia
		Died	Pacifico del Carmine, O.C.D. †	Prefect of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
		Died	Jeroteo della SSma Vergine del Carmelo, O.C.D. †	Prefect of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
	64.0	Appointed	Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †	Prefect of Bermuda Islands, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
		Died	Giuseppe Fogued y Gil, C.M.F. †	Prefect of Tunki [Tunxi], China
		Died	Stefano Garon, M.S. †	Prefect of Morondava, Madagascar
	44.5	Appointed	Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Kwangju, Korea (South)	Apostolic Administrator of Cheju, Korea (South)
	55.2	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Lamezia Terme, Italy
	48.6	Appointed	Armando Lombardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
	40.4	Appointed	Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Sulu, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
	78.1	Appointed	Domenico Menna †	Titular Archbishop of Novae Patrae	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
	78.1	Retired	Domenico Menna †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	83.1	Died	Augustin Pacha †	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
	50.3	Resigned	Antonio Pott, S.V.D. †	Bishop-Elect of Sinyang [Xinyang], China	Former Bishop-Elect
	64.0	Appointed	João de Deus Ramalho, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
	64.0	Resigned	João de Deus Ramalho, S.J. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
	66.2	Died	Giovanni Scheffler †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
	45.9	Appointed	Pietro Sigismondi †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Jan	50.0	Resigned	Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Machiques, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Jan	28.2	Ordained Priest	Anthyme Bayala †	Priest	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
3 Jan		Born	Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.	Tuparendi	Prelate of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Abraham Nehmé, B.C.	Priest of Ordre Basilien Choueirite	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan
5 Jan	49.2	Appointed	Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista †	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
6 Jan	45.1	Appointed	James Patrick Carroll †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	45.1	Appointed	James Patrick Carroll †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	37.0	Appointed	Wilhelmus Joannes (Guillaume Jean) Demarteau, M.S.F.	Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
	37.0	Appointed	Wilhelmus Joannes (Guillaume Jean) Demarteau, M.S.F.	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro	Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
	50.5	Appointed	Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa	Abbot Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Cissita	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
	39.7	Appointed	Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	39.7	Appointed	Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Jan	73.2	Died	Alexandru Theodor Cisar †	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
7 Jan	81.2	Died	Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
10 Jan	24.8	Ordained Priest	José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Jorge Novak, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
	24.1	Ordained Priest	José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11 Jan	70.4	Appointed	Frédéric Duc †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
	70.4	Resigned	Frédéric Duc †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
15 Jan	40.3	Appointed	Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. †	Prefect of Sokoto, Nigeria	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
16 Jan	52.2	Appointed	Felix Romero Menjibar †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
17 Jan	29.8	Ordained Priest	Matthew Shija	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kahama, Tanzania
18 Jan	53.0	Appointed	Josef Schoiswohl †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
19 Jan	44.6	Appointed	José Armando Gutiérrez Granier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	44.6	Appointed	José Armando Gutiérrez Granier †	Titular Bishop of Pionia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	52.6	Appointed	Walter Philip Kellenberg †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
20 Jan	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Aimé Décosse †	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	82.3	Died	Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Patriarch of the unknown of Titular See
23 Jan		Born	Paul Richard Gallagher	Liverpool	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
24 Jan	24.5	Ordained Priest	Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
27 Jan	53.9	Appointed	Joseph John Annabring †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
27 Jan	46.1	Appointed	John Patrick Cody †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 Jan		Born	Joel Zamudio Baylon	Milaor	Bishop of Masbate, Philippines
29 Jan	45.9	Appointed	Policarpo da Costa Vaz †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
	42.3	Appointed	Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. †	Prefect of Eldoret, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Eldoret, Kenya
	76.4	Died	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
30 Jan		Born	José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo	Cotabato	Auxiliary Bishop of Cotabato, Philippines
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr.	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
	40.9	Appointed	Stefan László †	Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Eisenstadt, Austria
		Born	Juda Thadaeus Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M. Cap.	Mulo-Kilema	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
31 Jan	67.5	Died	Juvéncio de Brito †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
	75.5	Died	Maurice-Louis Dubourg †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	61.7	Died	José García Pulgar, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Raimondi †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
1 Feb	53.0	Succeeded	Giuseppe Amici †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
	72.9	Appointed	Fortunato Maria Farina †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Bishop Emeritus of Foggia, Italy
	72.9	Resigned	Fortunato Maria Farina †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	36.5	Ordained Bishop	José de Almeida Batista Pereira	Titular Bishop of Baris in Pisidia	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 Feb	20.0	Professed	Valter Carrijo, S.D.S.	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop of Brejo, Maranho, Brazil
3 Feb	58.1	Appointed	Henri Audrain †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.1	Appointed	Henri Audrain †	Titular Archbishop of Phasis	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
	62.5	Died	Rosalvo Costa Rêgo †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Born	Timothy Costelloe, S.D.B.	East Melbourne	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
	50.2	Appointed	Léon-Etienne Duval †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
6 Feb	36.5	Ordained Priest	Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia
6 Feb		Born	Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C.	Thunguri	Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya
7 Feb	73.7	Died	Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Jean Daniel Bakose †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
	26.6	Ordained Priest	François Gayot, S.M.M.	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	50.8	Appointed	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Peru, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
	50.8	Appointed	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
8 Feb	67.3	Appointed	Joseph Gogué †	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
8 Feb	65.1	Appointed	Ephrem Gogué †	Archbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq
9 Feb	52.5	Appointed	Edward Wilson Douglas †	Titular Bishop of Botrys	Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
9 Feb	52.5	Resigned	Edward Wilson Douglas †	Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb	38.3	Ordained Bishop	John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sbida	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
13 Feb		Born	Grzegorz Balcerek	Grodzisk Wielkopolski	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
13 Feb	76.5	Died	Réginald Duprat, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
14 Feb	51.8	Died	Vincenzo Cavalla †	Archbishop of Acerenza-Matera, Italy
		Born	Clet Feliho	Conakry	Bishop of Kandi, Benin
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Jorge García Isaza, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Kilian (Chiliano) Pflaum, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Iziriana	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
20 Feb		Born	Karlheinz Diez	Freigerich-Horbach	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
20 Feb	72.9	Died	Fortunato Maria Farina †	Bishop Emeritus of Foggia, Italy
21 Feb	41.6	Appointed	Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar
	45.8	Appointed	Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. †	Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
	44.4	Appointed	Petro Arikata Kobayashi †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Antoon Konings, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Keta, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Ho, Ghana
	37.9	Appointed	Eusebio Septimio Mari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha, Colombia
	37.9	Appointed	Eusebio Septimio Mari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Pachnemunis	Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha, Colombia
22 Feb		Born	Pedro Brito Guimarães	Buriti	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
22 Feb	41.6	Appointed	Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar
23 Feb		Born	Hlib Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Steubenville, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Feb	45.2	Ordained Bishop	James Patrick Carroll †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	41.3	Appointed	Laureano Castán Lacoma †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
	41.3	Appointed	Laureano Castán Lacoma †	Titular Bishop of Dalisandus in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Baliana	Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Monaco †	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian †	Titular Bishop of Baris in Hellesponto	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
28 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	José Siro González Bacallao	Priest of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus

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