The Year of Our Lord 1954

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	55.8	Resigned	Raymund Alfons Ackermann, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Yanji [Yenki], China	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
	40.0	Ordained Priest	Marius (Joseph Michael) Banks, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Volksrust, South Africa
	43.5	Appointed	Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	42.0	Resigned	Philippe Carriquiry, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Xichang [Ningyüan], China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	47.9	Appointed	Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	55.0	Resigned	Oscar (Antonius Aloysius Gerardus) Cremers, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Hollandia, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
	78.0	Resigned	Pacifico Cembranos Nistral, O.C.D. †	Prefect of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
		Resigned	Giovanni de Gesu Ostia, O.C.D. †	Superior of Baghdad, Iraq	Superior Emeritus
	32.9	Selected	[Peter Fan Wenxing] †	Administrator of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China	Bishop Emeritus
	28.5	Final Vows	Olívio Aurélio Fazza, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
	47.8	Appointed	Joseph Kuo Joshih (Guo Ruoshi), C.D.D. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	29.0	Ordained Priest	John Crisostome Lan Shi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
	43.8	Appointed	Michele Maccarrone †	Secretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	President Emeritus
	40.3	Appointed	Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Sulu, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
	75.8	Appointed	Pio Paschini †	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
	69.2	Ceased	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	72.5	Resigned	Cyrille Jean Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Jan	50.0	Resigned	Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Machiques, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Jan	38.1	Ordained Priest	Stephen Li Xinzheng †	Priest	Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
1 Jan		Born	Isaac Circuncisión Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A.		Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
2 Jan	28.1	Ordained Priest	Anthyme Bayala †	Priest	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
3 Jan		Born	Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.		Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Abraham (Ibrahim) Nehmé, B.C. †	Priest of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan
4 Jan		Born	Angelo De Donatis		Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
5 Jan	49.2	Appointed	José Newton de Almeida Baptista †	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
5 Jan		Born	José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I.		Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
6 Jan	45.0	Appointed	James Patrick Carroll †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	James Patrick Carroll †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	36.9	Appointed	Wilhelmus Joannes (Guillaume Jean) Demarteau, M.S.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
	36.9	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	81.1	Died	Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
8 Jan		Born	Eugenio Scarpellini †		Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia
9 Jan		Born	Tomo Vukšić		Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 Jan	21.9	Perpetual Vows	Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
	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
		Born	Mark Joseph Seitz		Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
11 Jan	70.3	Appointed	Frédéric Duc †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
	70.3	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
14 Jan	49.6	Installed	Raymond Peter Hillinger †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	40.2	Appointed	Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. †	Prefect of Sokoto, Nigeria	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
15 Jan		Born	Angelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap.		Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia
16 Jan	52.1	Appointed	Felix Romero Menjibar †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
17 Jan	29.7	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	46.0	Appointed	John Patrick Cody †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	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	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Aimé Décosse †	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan		Born	José Augusto Traquina Maria		Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
22 Jan		Born	Luis Francisco Miranda Rivera, O. Carm.		Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico
22 Jan	82.3	Died	Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
23 Jan		Born	Paul Richard Gallagher		Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
24 Jan	24.4	Ordained Priest	Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
24 Jan	68.3	Died	José Fogued y Gil, C.M.F. †	Prefect of Tunxi [Tunki], China
25 Jan	43.9	Incardinated	Benvenuto Matteucci †	Priest of Pistoia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
26 Jan	24.0	Solemn Vows	Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina
26 Jan		Born	William Nolan		Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
27 Jan	53.8	Appointed	Joseph John Annabring †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
28 Jan		Born	Joel Zamudio Baylon		Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
29 Jan	45.9	Appointed	Policarpo da Costa Vaz †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
		Born	Dominic Savio Fernandes		Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
	42.3	Appointed	Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. †	Prefect of Eldoret, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Eldoret, Kenya
	76.3	Died	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
30 Jan		Born	José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo		Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines
	61.6	Died	José Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
	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	Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap.		Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
31 Jan	67.4	Died	Juvéncio de Brito †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
	75.4	Died	Maurice-Louis Dubourg †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Raimondi †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
1 Feb	52.9	Succeeded	Giuseppe Amici †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
	72.8	Appointed	Fortunato Maria Farina †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Bishop Emeritus of Foggia, Italy
	72.8	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
	51.6	Installed	Joseph Gerald Berry †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	20.0	Professed	Valter Carrijo, S.D.S.	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop Emeritus of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil
3 Feb	58.0	Appointed	Henri Maurice Albert Audrain †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.0	Appointed	Henri Maurice Albert Audrain †	Titular Archbishop of Phasis	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
	62.4	Died	Rosalvo Costa Rêgo †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Born	Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B.		Archbishop of Perth, Australia
	50.2	Appointed	Léon-Etienne Duval †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
5 Feb		Born	Robert Walter McElroy		Cardinal, Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
6 Feb	73.6	Died	Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
	56.3	Elected	William Charles Philip Gaudreau, C.Ss.R. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Superior General Emeritus
	36.4	Ordained Priest	Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia
		Born	Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C.		Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya
7 Feb	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Jean Daniel Bakose †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
	86.0	Died	Ernest Costa de Beauregard †	Former Bishop-Elect of Dijon, France
	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
	26.5	Ordained Priest	François Gayot, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	50.7	Appointed	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Peru, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
	50.7	Appointed	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
8 Feb	67.2	Appointed	Joseph Gogué †	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
8 Feb	65.0	Appointed	Ephrem Gogué †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
9 Feb	52.4	Appointed	Edward Wilson Douglas †	Titular Bishop of Botrys	Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
	52.4	Resigned	Edward Wilson Douglas †	Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Simon Kaipuram, C.M. †		Bishop of Balasore, India
11 Feb	51.7	Appointed	Mariano Aspiras Madriaga †	Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
11 Feb	38.3	Ordained Bishop	John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sbida	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
12 Feb		Born	Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I.		Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
12 Feb	19.3	Professed	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †	Member of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
13 Feb		Born	Grzegorz Balcerek		Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
13 Feb	76.4	Died	Réginald (Zénon) Duprat, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
14 Feb	51.8	Died	Vincenzo Cavalla †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
		Born	Clet Feliho		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
	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Kilian (Chiliano) Pflaum, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Iziriana	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
15 Feb	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
16 Feb	55.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Feb		Born	Raúl Gómez González		Archbishop of Toluca, México, México
19 Feb		Born	Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.		Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel
19 Feb		Born	Eduardo Alanis Nevares		Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
20 Feb		Born	Karlheinz Diez		Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	72.9	Died	Fortunato Maria Farina †	Bishop Emeritus of Foggia, Italy
	51.5	Appointed	Cornelius Lucey †	Apostolic Administrator of Ross, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
21 Feb	41.5	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
	43.7	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		Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil
22 Feb	41.5	Appointed	Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar
23 Feb		Born	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.		Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
24 Feb	45.2	Ordained Bishop	James Patrick Carroll †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	41.2	Appointed	Laureano Castán Lacoma †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
	41.2	Appointed	Laureano Castán Lacoma †	Titular Bishop of Dalisandus in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
	54.1	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
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Monaco †	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian †	Titular Bishop of Baris in Hellesponto	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
27 Feb		Born	Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos		Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	José Siro González Bacallao †	Priest of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus

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