The Year of Our Lord 1940

Overview

See Also: Previous Year (1939) | Next Year (1941)

Bishop Events (763): January to February | March to April | May to June | July to August | September to October | November to December
Necrology (74)
Diocese Events (91)

Event	Avg Age	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Unk
Births		204	18	15	17	20	26	14	12	16	18	17	20	11	0
Ordained Priest	25.6	131	4	4	23	1	19	25	16	11	8	2	2	14	2
Ordained Bishop	47.7	82	3	3	7	14	7	5	7	3	11	14	3	5	0
Deaths	72.0	74	9	12	3	7	8	6	6	7	7	5	2	2	0

Ordained Priest:
- Most Common Date: (11)
  - 23 March
- Most Common Ordainer: (2 each)
  - Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley †, Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA
  - Archbishop Daniel Mannix †, Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
  - Archbishop Luigi Traglia †, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Ordained Bishop:
- Most Common Date: (5)
  - 7 April
- Most Common Principal Consecrator: (2 each)
  - Patriarch Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †, Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
  - Archbishop Benedetto Aloisi Masella †, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
  - Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti †, Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
  - Bishop Alexandre Caillot †, Bishop of Grenoble, France
  - Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †, Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
  - Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta †, Titular Archbishop of Serdica
  - Maurilio Cardinal Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
  - Archbishop Bernhard Adriaan (Jordaan) Gijlswijk, O.P. †, Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae
  - Luigi Cardinal Maglione †, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
  - Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. †, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
  - Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, O.M.I. †, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
- Most Common Principal Co-Consecrator: (2 each)
  - Bishop Bl. Ioan Balan †, Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
  - Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †, Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia
  - Bishop Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais †, Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada
  - Bishop Albini Lafortune †, Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
  - Bishop Clément Joseph Mathieu †, Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
  - Bishop Joseph Edward McCarthy †, Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
  - Archbishop Jean Naslian †, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus per gli Armeni
  - Archbishop Jacques Nessimian †, Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
  - Bishop Johann Paul Odendahl Metz, C.M. †, Titular Bishop of Latopolis
  - Bishop Mečislovas Reinys †, Titular Bishop of Tiddi
  - Bishop Joseph Elmer Ritter †, Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
  - Bishop Angelo Soracco †, Bishop of Fossano, Italy

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